"Hey." Xiao Zhengzi said no more and continued to walk to Chengqian Palace with Hongli. Hongli didn't know that just because of the collision, someone stuffed a silk bag into his folded sleeve.
, not to mention that there were a few mosquitoes that had just been fed in the half-open silk bag.
That night, while Hongli was half asleep and half awake, he kept hearing mosquitoes buzzing in his ears. When he woke up the next morning, he found several bumps on his body, which were red and swollen.
Little Zhengzi saw that he kept scratching his body and looked very strange. When he handed the twisted face towel to him, he asked: "What's wrong with Brother Si? Are you feeling unwell?"
After Hongli wiped his face casually, he continued to scratch the itch, "Yes, there seemed to be a lot of mosquitoes last night. They bitten several of them, and they were very itchy."
"It's strange. Last night before Fourth Brother came to go to bed, my servant specially drove away the mosquitoes. Why are there still mosquitoes?" Xiao Zhengzi saw that Hongli kept catching him, so he quickly grabbed his hand and said: "Fourth Brother, you do this again.
If you scratch it, the skin will break, so I will get you some ointment to relieve the itching and swelling."
After only stopping for a short while, the area where the mosquito bites started felt uncomfortably itchy. Hongli urgently urged: "Then go get it quickly. It's really itchy."
When Xiao Zhengzi hurriedly brought the ointment over, Hongli was already scratching again. Xiao Zhengzi quickly applied the ointment on him, but Hongli still kept itching and scratched his body from time to time, even if the little
Zheng Zi wiped it over and over again to no avail.
Seeing Hongli like this, Xiao Zhengzi said nervously: "What... what should I do? Just now when the servant went to get the medicine, Aunt Shuiyue, who was next to the empress, came over and told the servant to tell Brother Si to hurry up and take breakfast.
"Shan, the queen is waiting there. If the queen sees you tickling me like this, I will definitely be unhappy."
Hongli thought for a moment, took the ointment in Xiao Zhengzi's hand, and applied a thick layer on the bitten area. Then he said to the frowning Xiao Zhengzi: "Okay, let's go have breakfast. I've applied so much
, you should be able to hold on for a while.”
Little Zhengzi hesitated and did not take a step, "Brother Si, are you really okay?"
Hongli pulled him and said angrily: "It's fine now, but if you delay it any longer, I really can't stand it any longer."
After hearing this, Xiao Zhengzi quickly followed Hongli to the side hall. Breakfast was already placed on the table. Ling Ruo was sitting at the table talking to Shui Xiu. When he saw Hongli coming, he smiled and said, "I'm a little late today. Why?"
, are you snoozing and can’t you get up?”
"I overslept, and little Zhengzi didn't call me, so I got up late." With that said, Hongli sat down next to Ling Ruo. After just a short while, there was another sensation on his body.
It was extremely itchy, like an ant crawling, but he couldn't scratch it with his hands in front of Ling Ruo. It was really uncomfortable. Although Hongli tried hard not to reach out and scratch it, Ling Ruo still noticed something was wrong and asked
: "What's wrong? But where do you feel uncomfortable?"
"No, I'm fine." Hongli quickly denied, then picked up the water served by Shuixiu and drank it in big gulps. He didn't care that the porridge was still very hot. He finished the porridge in a moment, and then hurriedly drank it.
He stood up and said, "Mother, I've eaten enough. It's time to go to the study."
"But you just drank a bowl of porridge. You won't be full. Eat some snacks before leaving." Before Ling Ruo could say this, Hongli had already walked to the door. Hearing this, he said without looking back: "My son, sir."
I’m really full. Mom, please take your time.”
Looking at his figure walking away quickly, Ling Ruo said strangely: "What happened to Hongli today? He walked so fast, as if someone was chasing him behind."
Shui Xiu said with a smile: "Maybe the fourth elder brother wants to go to the study earlier. After today, the fourth elder brother will no longer be able to go to the study every day to study like now."
"Maybe." Ling Ruo nodded and stopped thinking about the matter. But she didn't know that Hongli couldn't wait to scratch his itch after leaving Chengqian Palace. He even scratched it when he got to the study room.
After reprimanding him several times, Master Zhu saw that he still couldn't stop scratching him. He took it as a sign of disobedience to class disciplines and lack of respect for his superiors. He was so angry that he punished Hongli for the first time and ordered him to copy the text he learned today ten times.
After finally getting to the end of get out of class, Zhaohui and Agui hurriedly asked: "Brother Si, what happened to you today? Why do you keep moving, as if there are ants crawling on your body?"
"Although there are no ants, it's almost the same." Hongli told the story while scratching the itchy spot. The two of them couldn't believe it. Agui added: "There are such poisonous mosquitoes. How many bites have there been?"
This bag makes you itchy all the time."
Hongli frowned and said: "It's not just itchy, but it seems to be a little painful now." At this point, he rolled up his sleeves and saw that a red envelope on his arm had been scratched, and blood was flowing from there.
When they came out, they looked extremely scary. Not to mention Zhaohui and the others, even Hongli himself was shocked.
"Wow, Fourth Brother, no wonder you feel pain. You have been caught like this. How can it not be painful?" Agui clicked his tongue and said, "Where are these mosquitoes? They are so poisonous."
"Brother Si, stop arresting me!" Seeing that Hongli wanted to arrest him, Zhaohui quickly grabbed his hands and said, "You can't do it like this. You have to let the imperial doctor come and take a look."
Hongli broke away from his hand and put down his sleeves and said: "It's just a few mosquito bites. It doesn't need to be as serious as the imperial doctor."
"But..." Before Zhaohui could try to persuade him, Hongli had already left in a hurry with little Zhengzi, not wanting to listen to anything else they said.
Agui shrugged and said: "Forget it, if Fourth Brother really feels something is wrong, he will naturally send it to the imperial doctor to see. Don't worry too much. Let's go back."
Zhaohui nodded, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and walked towards the palace gate with Agui. But when he was about to reach the palace gate, he suddenly stopped again, "No, there is something wrong with Si'age's swollen bump. It doesn't look like that."
It's just a mosquito bite, I have to go back and check on him."
Agui grabbed him and said loudly: "Go to Chengqian Palace? Are you crazy? Without Fourth Brother to lead us, we can't wander around in the harem. It will be very serious if we are caught."
Zhaohui shook his head and said: "Let's just be careful and don't let anyone find out. From just now, I have always felt that something is wrong. The swelling is too scary. Brother Si doesn't take it seriously. He will definitely not pass it on to the imperial doctor."
of."
Seeing that Zhaohui spoke with great solemnity, Agui gradually became serious, "Is it really that serious?"
Zhaohui glanced at him and said: "Don't forget, I have always been in poor health. I often see the doctor. I have been ill for a long time and have read many medical books. Once you were stung by a scorpion, and it was I who found herbal medicine to treat you."
It’s cured. I think the swelling on Brother Si’s body doesn’t look like it was bitten by mosquitoes, but rather like it was stung by poisonous insects.”