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Xu Boyuan took a step forward and held the hand holding the ancient fan, "Ying Zhou."

The skin in the palm of his hand exuded scalding heat. Xu Boyuan felt Ying Zhou tremble all over. After a long while of stalemate, his slack eyesight gradually gathered, reflecting the color of the candlelight and his face, like waking up from a big dream .

"Xu..." Ying Zhou's breathing was heavy, his shoulders shrugged slightly, and he was actually trembling, "Xu Boyuan..." The corners of his eyes were red, and the suppressed voice made Xu Boyuan's heart ache.

"It's me," he whispered in a voice that the emperor and others couldn't hear, "don't be afraid, it's me."

Ying Zhou stared at him blankly, Xu Boyuan gently opened Ying Zhou's tightly clenched palms, removed the ancient fan in his hand, and then, with a force that he could not refuse, warm and dry palms covered Ying Zhou's cold sweat. Wrapping your hands, "It's okay, I'm..."

He didn't finish his sentence, because Ying Zhou suddenly opened his arms and hugged him.

Xu Boyuan froze in place.

What should a hug feel like?

It’s hard to describe, the warmth of embracing each other, the intertwined breathing, and the smell of the skin all melt into a violent and close heartbeat, which is enough to deprive you of all reason and consideration, you can’t think about anything, you just want to be desperate and ruthless Hug the person in front of you, and use the power to rub him into your body to respond to his desire and convey your eagerness.

But he can't do that—

There were so many people behind them, Xu Boyuan couldn't imagine the expressions on those people's faces at this moment.

He heard someone gasp, maybe it was the emperor, maybe Xu Li, or maybe it was Old Liu Ge or Dai Zheng.But in fact, it doesn't matter to anyone. To him, that voice is just a reminder to him to keep his disgusting calmness and rationality.

"Xu Boyuan," Ying Zhou's arms tightened, his forehead rested on Xu Boyuan's shoulder, and he repeated, "Xu Boyuan."

Xu Boyuan's arm was stiff and stiff, but he never raised it.The things contained in this hug were too complicated and unclear, so he didn't dare to respond easily.

He couldn't tell how long Ying Zhou had hugged him, it might be a short moment, or it might be a long time, because when Ying Zhou raised his head, the flash of disappointment in his eyes made his heart ache.

"Sorry," Ying Zhou took a step back and smiled, the white mist exhaled from his lips blurred each other's outlines, "I'm fine."

Xu Boyuan almost subconsciously wanted to grab Ying Zhou, but unexpectedly, Ying Zhou gathered his clothes, wiped him directly, and walked over.

He could feel that Ying Zhou was not really "all right", because he walked very slowly, every step seemed extremely difficult, but he still walked, slowly but firmly.

Heavy snow flooded his ankles, and Ying Zhou stepped down the steps, his figure almost melting in the flying white.

He looked up at the sky, and suddenly raised his hand. It was obvious that there was no ancient fan, but a wave of air surged from the ground, pushing outward from his body, expanding continuously, pushing away all the wind and snow, and spiraling into the air , broke through the thick black clouds that shrouded the capital city, and then swayed away, creating circles of ripples. In the blink of an eye, the wind and snow disappeared, and the sky was clear and the moon was bright.

In the night sky, the white tiger descended against the air current, landed beside him, and hurriedly checked him twice, probably confirming that he was fine, then turned his head and let out a deep roar at the people on the steps.

Ying Zhou came back to his senses and rubbed Baihu's head, "I'm fine, don't be angry."

However, this action just made Baihu see the black magic seal on his wrist, and Xiaobai became anxious immediately, and kept arching Ying Zhou's wrist with his head, Ying Zhou had to withdraw his hand, "Well, it's really all right."

The white tiger walked around beside him, but Ying Zhou smiled, "It's really cold outside, let's go back."

He walked towards the crowd again, and the white tiger followed immediately, his golden eyes glanced around, bared his teeth, and issued a suppressed threat.

"Nation... National teacher..." The emperor swallowed dryly, and moved out of the way embarrassingly.Originally he was only afraid of the white tiger, but just now, he suddenly realized that Ying Zhou seemed to be gentle and casual on weekdays, but when he really got angry, he was far more terrifying than the white tiger.

Ying Zhou stopped in his tracks, glanced at the emperor, then at Xu Li, the fear in the other party's eyes was still there, Ying Zhou was silent for a long time, and finally walked straight into the room without saying anything.Bai Hu followed him into the house, and closed the door without caring who was standing outside.

Ying Zhou leaned on the couch, he was too tired, the mana in his body dissipated with the evaporating heat, the pain in his wrist, and Xu Boyuan's silent refusal made him physically and mentally exhausted, he just wanted to close his eyes and sleep for a while Feel, get over this difficult desire, swallow this unspeakable feeling back into your stomach.

He didn't want to lie down, as soon as he lay down, he became unbearably unbearable, so he could only lie half-ly and half-recumbent, propping his head on one hand, trying to sleep for a while, but after a long time in a daze, he was awakened by the knock on the door.

The inner eunuch next to the emperor led a dozen or so little girls who looked like maids of honor, and knelt down to pay their respects, carefully watching Ying Zhou's face, "The emperor is worried about the health of the national teacher, and ordered the servants to choose a few suitable ones. Some people come to serve the national teacher, the national teacher has a look, is there anyone who can see it?"

Ying Zhou understood what he meant in an instant.

Ordinary people chasing love, in the past, he couldn't understand it after reading countless scripts, but now, he can quickly understand it from a few ambiguous words.

The girls kneeling on the ground looked to be no more than sixteen or seventeen years old. They all had their heads down, their faces were either delicate and shy, or bright and bright.

Ying Zhou looked around casually, and wanted to refuse, but paused when he passed the girl at the end of the line.

Sensing his gaze, the girl raised her head quietly, and stuck out her tongue in response to Zhou.

"..." Ying Zhou rubbed his forehead.

Xiaobai rolled his eyes.

The chief of the internal supervisor looked left and right, thinking he understood the flirtation between Ying Zhou and the little court lady, and immediately said, "National Teacher, why don't you let her stay?"

Ying Zhou helped his forehead, but didn't speak.

Quan Dang Yingzhou, the commander of the internal supervisor, was embarrassed to speak, and smiled happily, and hurriedly explained a few words to the little maid, said some good things about the emperor, and led the rest of the girls back out the same way.

After the door closed, the little maid stood up, her eyes were shining when she looked at Ying Zhou, "Tiger!"

Then she looked at the white cat lying next to Ying Zhou, Xingren's big eyes couldn't hide her surprise—the usually mighty Mr. Bai suddenly turned into such a harmless appearance, the fluffy cat is so cute—wanted to touch it, But dare not, like most monsters in the mountains, they are not afraid of Ying Zhou who has a good temper, but are even more afraid of Mr. Bai who blows his beard and stares every day.

"...Yun Xi," Ying Zhou felt unwell and had no strength to speak, his voice was very soft, "Why are you here?"

Yunxi jumped in front of Ying Zhou, smiling brightly, "Don't worry about the tiger, only Mr. Bai is next to you, let me come down and follow you."

Although the southeast and the northwest look exactly the same, their personalities are very different. The northwest is careless, while the southeast is calm and meticulous. He takes care of most things in the mountains. He is well-organized in 2000. On the contrary, Ying Zhou himself reads books and plays chess every day, and "fools around with Nanling" ", the matter is completely ignored.Although Xiaobai's skills are higher than most of the monsters in the mountains, he can't take form after all, and some things are inconvenient after all.Yunxi has only been a spirit for 200 years, but she is smart and smart. She often helped Dongnan with things when she was in the mountains. It made sense for Dongnan to let her come. After all, she has demon powers in her body. It is not difficult to sneak into the palace and become a maid.

Ying Zhou forced a smile, "How is it in the mountains?"

Yunxi replied with a smile, "It's all good, all things are fine, don't worry about tigers doing business in the southeast."

Ying Zhou nodded, with Dong Nan around, there was really nothing he should worry about.

Yunxi looked around Ying Zhou twice more, and finally calmed down from the joy of seeing Ying Zhou, only to find that Ying Zhou's face was blushing in a strange color, tightly frowning, and clutching his forehead, as if he was not very happy. Comfortable, he couldn't help but lower his voice, hesitantly said: "Tiger, what's wrong with you?"

Ying Zhou didn't want her to be worried when she first arrived, so she sat up straight and said, "It's okay, I'm a little sleepy, let me rest for a while, and I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Yun Xi quickly supported him, "Then the tiger is going to sleep on the bed?"

Ying Zhou nodded and was supported by her to stand up.When he walked to the bedside, he thought of the ambiguous look in the eyes of the head of the inner prison just before he left, and thought of Xu Boyuan not knowing if he had left the palace, and his heart was mixed for a while, and he couldn't tell what it was like.He didn't think about the moment he hugged Xu Boyuan, and calmed down afterwards, it was indeed him who was abrupt, the emperor and so many people were there, he might embarrass Xu Boyuan by doing so.

Yun Xi supported Ying Zhou to sit beside the bed, "Tiger, you are so hot."

Ying Zhou lay down, resting his head on the pillow, "Yun Xi, you can stay here tonight."

"Tiger?" Yun Xi keenly sensed that Ying Zhou's mood was not right, and worry appeared on her delicate face.

"nothing."

Ying Zhou smiled casually, he had already said too many "nothing" today, so much that he almost believed it himself.

It has only been more than 100 years since Yunxi came to Buzhou Mountain. In her impression, Ying Zhou has always been laughing and talking, and she doesn't care about everything. But at this moment, Ying Zhou looks so tired that he can't even smile, as if to say something more Words are the limit.She didn't dare to ask any more, so she could only carefully tuck the quilt up for Ying Zhou, "Then I'll be outside, and the tiger will call me if he needs anything."

Ying Zhou closed his eyes and said "OK" lightly.

The author has something to say: I'm sorry, I really...maybe I haven't been able to write a good article for a long time. Overnight, things changed and people changed, and there are still many, many things to deal with in the follow-up. It is really, very sad.

Thank you all for your encouragement and understanding.