Who says the prince is weak and can't take care of himself?

Chapter 181 The Love in My Heart

Qi Xiao returned to the valley and glanced at Tang Ling's cabin. He wanted to go in, hold her in his arms, and sleep peacefully. But he only paused, glanced, and then walked straight to the row of newly built wooden houses.

Qinglan had just finished decocting the medicine outside. He took a bowl and poured out three bowls. The other pot of medicine was almost ready. Qinglan took a look and decided to send the medicine on hand in first.

"Let me do it."

Qi Xiao suddenly spoke, startling Qing Lan. In the pitch-black night, a grown man walked without making a sound: "...Prince, you scared me to death."

"Sorry." Qi Xiao had already walked in front of Qing Lan and reached out to pick up the tray. "Who is this for?"

"These three bowls are decoctions to reduce fever."

Qi Xiao knew who had a fever, nodded, and brought in the medicine.

Qinglan freed his hands and poured the other medicine into the bowl, then followed in after a while.

There were two soldiers in the hut helping to take care of the wounded. When they saw Qi Xiao coming in, they hurried over to get the medicine. Qi Xiao no longer had the airs of a prince, so they didn't dare to treat him as a servant.

Qi Xiao brought a bowl of fever-reducing medicine and walked to Chi Yue.

"Your Highness." Chi Yue stood up and bowed.

"No thanks, is he awake?"

"Not awake yet."

"Give him the medicine."

Chi Yue nodded, took the medicine and put it aside, helped Zong Sheng up, let him lean on his shoulder, then picked up the medicine, blew it a little to cool it down, pried open Zong Sheng's jaw, pressed his tongue with a bamboo stick and forced the medicine down his throat bit by bit.

Qi Xiao watched without offering a hand to help, and whispered, "Wouldn't it be faster to use your mouth?"

Chi Yue was stunned for a moment and said, "That's just a temporary solution."

Qi Xiao seemed to know that Chi Yue would try to fool him, and smiled softly: "Zong Sheng said a lot of nonsense. I don't think he could say this much even if he was by my side all year long."

Chi Yue slowly fed a bowl of medicine to Zong Sheng, lowered his eyes, and acted as if he didn't hear what Qi Xiao said, his expression unchanged.

"If you can tell Tang Ling, why are you hiding it from me?"

Chi Yue's hand trembled slightly, and some of the medicine spilled out. He hurriedly wiped it off for Zong Sheng until he had fed the whole bowl of medicine to Zong Sheng. Then he put down the bowl of medicine and helped Zong Sheng lie down. He had an injury on his back, so he could only lie down.

"Chi Yue is at your disposal, Your Highness."

"You want me to do whatever I want? Then go back to Yuanjing."

"What? Your Highness!" Qi Xiao saw panic on Chi Yue's face for the first time, but Chi Yue quickly calmed him down and replaced him with humble obedience. "Your Highness, if Chi Yue cannot complete the task assigned by Your Majesty, according to the rules of the Tiance Camp, I do not need to go back. Please grant me death."

Qi Xiao looked at him, lightly glanced at the unconscious Zong Sheng, and asked calmly, "Grant him death? There aren't many people in the Tiance Camp, and your disguise skills are superb. It would be a shame to grant him death. If you're worried about having to explain yourself to His Majesty, I'll break your legs. Then say you had an accident while trying to save me in the snowstorm. His Majesty will not only not punish you, but will even reward you."

Breaking the leg... Chi Yue gritted his teeth secretly. He knew Qi Xiao did it on purpose. In order to prevent Zong Sheng from being sent to Qi State, he broke his leg, which made Zong Sheng hate him for many years. Chi Yue had never explained it until today, but Qi Xiao knew it clearly. After knowing his feelings for Chi Yue, he knew it even more clearly.

Chi Yue remained silent. Despite his usual eloquence, he was speechless at this moment. He knew his jokes wouldn't work this time. He wasn't sure Qi Xiao would actually break his legs and send him back to Yuanjing. To Qi Xiao, Zong Sheng was family and a brother, while Chi Yue was a weapon. If the blade got dull, he could sharpen it; if it broke, he could throw it away. Qi Xiao hadn't trusted him much to begin with. Now it was even worse.

Qi Xiao remained silent. He had nothing to ask. Even if Chi Yue hadn't said anything, he knew that Zong Sheng meant to him what Tang Ling meant to him. Qi Xiao had originally thought Chi Yue was selfish and unscrupulous, cunning, sly, cold-blooded, and ruthless. He was right, but not entirely correct. Chi Yue was complex, like a color hidden in the dark shadows, invisible to all.

"Did you give him the medicine?" Qing Lan came over and glanced at the empty medicine bowl. Oblivious to the strange atmosphere between Qi Xiao and Chi Yue, she took Zong Sheng's pulse and said after a while, "He's fine. He'll be fine once his fever subsides."

Qi Xiao and Chi Yue nodded at the same time.

Qinglan added, "I've cooked some porridge. Would you like some too?"

Qi Xiao shook his head: "I've eaten."

Chi Yue said, "Okay."

Qinglan's eyes swept over the two of them, and something seemed to be wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Anyway, he didn't care and turned away.

The appearance of Qinglan interrupted the tug of war between Chi Yue and Qi Xiao. After Qinglan left, Qi Xiao was not going to make things difficult for Chi Yue anymore. He had never wanted to make things difficult for Chi Yue in the first place. The road to attack Qi was so difficult, and perhaps none of them could go back, so why bother?

Qi Xiao stood up and patted Chi Yue on the shoulder: "Take good care of him. When he was unconscious, he kept thinking about seeing you."

"Your Highness?" Chi Yue stood up. "Your Highness, are you going to break my legs again?"

Qi Xiao looked at Chi Yue and asked him, "What does it feel like to love someone for ten years?"

Chi Yue was stunned for a moment, sighed softly, and then said softly: "I don't feel anything. The sun rises in the east, which has never changed. There's nothing special about it."

Chi Yue stopped looking at Qi Xiao and sat back down next to Zong Sheng. Zong Sheng was his sun, and he never changed, no matter it was raining or snowing.

This time it was Qi Xiao's turn to be stunned. The sunrise and sunset did not feel anything at all. Chi Yue had not felt anything at all for ten years either. His feeling towards Zong Sheng was "natural".

Qi Xiao suddenly laughed. He thought he was crazy enough, but he didn't expect that there are always people better than him. Well, there is nothing to compare.

On the way out, Qi Xiao couldn't help but glance at Tang Ling and gently kissed the sleeping beauty. His beauty wasn't some distant object like the sun, moon, and stars, but his beloved whom he held in his arms and took into his heart bit by bit.