hotmtlnovel Chapter 256: Cao Que, the social animal, and Xie Chengze, the wronged
Chapter 256: Cao Que, the social animal, and Xie Chengze, the wronged
Xie Chengze clenched his fists, his eyes twitched several times, and finally he chose to endure it.
If he hadn't just called out Wuhen Wuzhi a few times but no one responded, why would he have resorted to the second best option and asked Cao Que for help!
Taking a deep breath, he picked up a melon seed and cracked it, then got down to business. "Commander-in-Chief Cao, as the Crown Prince's right-hand man, you don't want the Crown Prince to make mistakes and be misrepresented in history books, right?"
Cao Que glanced calmly at his blood-smeared neck, then slowly lowered his eyes, took another sip of tea, and corrected him, "Your Highness seems to have made a mistake. I am the Queen's right-hand man, not the Crown Prince's."
Xie Chengze: "...But when the palace coup happened, you clearly concealed the cooperation from the Queen!"
"I am the Queen's man, but I am also a member of the Cao family. I have the right to make the right judgment to protect the imperial guards." Cao Que said calmly, "The Queen will understand me. This is also a privilege given to me by the Queen."
"..." Xie Chengze gritted his teeth secretly, "No matter this or that, don't forget that I also have left and right arms. If I suddenly disappear, the first person they will suspect will definitely be the crown prince!"
"You should know that my personal guards are ruthless and would even kill the crown prince!"
"This king is thinking about the prince!"
Cao Que's hand holding the tea paused slightly, and he finally looked at Xie Chengze.
"So, what does Your Highness want me to do?"
Xie Chengze immediately came over and said, "You go first... and then... do this..."
Cao Que's eyebrows twitched slightly.
He looked at the naive young man with some surprise.
He didn't really think that he could use a rope to strangle a mad tiger standing on a cliff, did he?
Yes, it is natural for a young man who has never been drugged but thinks he is really poisoned to have naive ideas.
He nodded slightly, "In that case, I will help you."
Seeing him let go, Xie Chengze was also relieved, and carefully reminded him, "Do this secretly, don't implicate yourself, if your life is in danger, push it onto me."
Although I have never seen a yandere, I heard that yanderes have abnormal brain circuits and may even stab people, so it is better to take precautions and not bring life-threatening situations to innocent people.
Cao Que lowered his eyes, his expression unclear, "Yes."
At this time, the imperial physician was also called by the guards. Seeing the blood all over Xie Chengze's neck, the imperial physician was so scared that his legs almost went weak. Fortunately, after an examination, it was found that it was only a slight skin break and the blood had even clotted on the wound.
The imperial physician took out two boxes of ointment from the medicine box and said, "This box can heal the wound, and this box can ensure that Your Highness will not have scars in the future. Your Highness is weak, so it is best to eat some blood-replenishing food, such as pig liver and pig blood..."
When Xie Chengze heard the word pig liver, his expression changed slightly and he waved his hand to indicate that he could leave.
Cao Que also stood up. Before sending the imperial physician away, he glanced at his face with a cold gaze and said calmly, "Imperial Physician Zhao, you should know whether you have been here today."
"Don't worry, sir." Doctor Zhao said quickly, "I have never been here today."
After watching the imperial physician leave, Cao Que returned to the house and saw Xie Chengze holding an iron chain and searching the house for a bronze mirror. He couldn't help but laugh.
No wonder the Crown Prince is so obsessed with His Royal Highness the Regent.
When Cao Que was young and temporarily living in the Eastern Palace on duty, he once saw the Crown Prince. The little boy had his back covered with wounds from being whipped with a rattan stick. Even the slaves bought and sold in the black market were not whipped so cruelly.
What’s more, he is the future emperor.
The palace servants seemed to be accustomed to it and told him not to pay attention to the prince and just focus on his own work.
He ignored it and tossed and turned at night. Finally, unable to bear the condemnation of his conscience, he wanted to go to the prince's bedroom to deliver some ointment, but he saw two children sleeping in disarray on the bed. The Second Prince's little hand was tightly holding the Crown Prince's little hand, and the wounds on the Crown Prince's back were all covered with ointment.
The unattended Crown Prince now has his own guardian spirit.
From then on, Cao Que could always see the Second Prince, who had overslept, crawling out of the dog hole in the East Palace covered in dust, then brushing off the dust on his body and running back to his Chenghuan Palace, thinking that no one noticed.
During the time he was on duty in the Eastern Palace, he witnessed with his own eyes how the Second Prince went from sneaking into the Eastern Palace to being able to enter the Palace openly.
Then, he dared not step into the East Palace.
Cao Que walked to the tea table and picked up the ointment on the table. "Your Highness, don't look for it. There is no bronze mirror in the room."
Xie Chengze stopped and walked back to the tea table, "Then help me put it on."
Cao Que lowered his eyes and opened one of the ointment boxes. Looking at Xie Chengze with his head tilted and his neck exposed defenselessly, he took a deep breath and reached out to apply the cold ointment on him.
I couldn't help but ask the question that had been lingering in my mind for a long time.
"Your Highness, why did you hate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Xie Chengze tilted his neck, his eyes casually falling on the pillar opposite, and answered casually, "If there was a grown man who didn't allow you to get close to anyone, and locked you in a small dark room, only allowing you to talk to him, would you not hate him?"
Cao Que thought about it and said, "It's OK. It depends on the situation."
Xie Chengze: ???
Xie Chengze immediately covered his neck and moved to the side, looking at Cao Que in horror, as if he was looking at some kind of ferocious beast. "Lord Cao! I didn't expect you to be this kind of person! I misjudged you!"
Cao Que: ...
After Xie Chengze was frightened, he started to gossip again, "Who is it? Do you have a crush on someone? Do you want to be imprisoned by the other person and then have sex with him?"
Cao Que didn't understand what "jiangjiangniangniang" meant, but he could tell from Xie Chengze's eyes that it was probably not an innocent word.
He reached out and held Xie Chengze's head, leaned over to continue applying medicine to him, and explained, "When you wake up in the morning and don't want to go to the government office, you just want to be locked up in a small dark room and be given food and drink."
Xie Chengze understood.
Isn’t this what office workers wish for when they don’t want to go to work?
"I understand you!" Xie Chengze couldn't help but hold his wrist, his eyes full of tears, "This was also the case when I was learning before!"
Cao Que didn't remember Xie Chengze had been to school. He was just about to tell him not to move, as the medicine hadn't been finished when he heard an angry voice outside the door, "What are you doing!"
Cao Que subconsciously withdrew his hand and looked back at Xie Jinyu, whose face was filled with anger and sinister intent. He stepped aside slightly, raised his hand and saluted, "Your Highness, I am applying medicine to His Highness the Regent."
Xie Jinyu swept his dark gaze over Cao Que, and with a wave of his sleeve, he released an internal force and directly pushed Cao Que back a few steps away. Then his gaze fell on Xie Chengze's neck.
Anger and distress intertwined, and finally turned into a look of sadness, "Second brother, in order to punish me, he is willing to hurt himself?"
Xie Chengze: ...
I warn you, don't accuse me!