It's like an eternity.
When Lin Chao woke up again, he thought he had just arrived in a new world.When the last world collapsed, he remembered very clearly that he held the hands of the people around him tightly, and he also held himself tightly.All encounters are reunions after a long absence.Thankfully, now they won't forget each other.
He rolled over from the bed with a smile and straightened his clothes.
He fastened the buttons nimbly with his fingers, and he could roughly judge his status from the coarse and short brown suit.It won't be very high anyway.
The things placed in the house are all ordinary people's things, and there is no aura of wealth.There is a pair of shoulder poles in the corner. Judging from the wear marks on it, it should be used frequently.
He picked up the pole, weighed it, put it down again, opened the door and walked out of the house.
Outside the house is a small vegetable field, surrounded by a fence, and a few big roosters walk through the field with their heads held high.
Lin Chao smiled, and said to himself: "This is really..."
A girl walks past the fence.There is a newly picked flower on the girl's head, and the freshness of the countryside blows over her face.
"Are you still leaving?"
Lin Chao smiled and asked, "What are you going to do?"
The girl's attire could be considered a full-on dress in the countryside, with layers of skirts almost dragging to the ground, which is obviously different from the short jackets she usually wears for work.
The girl said loudly: "Go and see the emperor and empress~"
It turned out to be this, Lin Chao couldn't laugh or cry.Not to mention his own identity, the emperor is not a novelty in the world he travels through later.
But the girl doesn't think so.Seeing that Lin Chao's feet were not moving as if they had taken root, she urged her twice: "Hurry up! It's rare for the emperor to come to Lingshan to offer incense, but I don't know when the next time will be."
"Spirit Mountain?" Lin Chao said, "Come to Jiming Temple to offer incense?"
He was just talking casually at first, but he didn't expect the girl to answer: "Of course. Isn't it just such a big temple here? Where else can I go? When the little emperor came to offer incense, he also went to Jiming Temple."
Lin Chao looked at her in astonishment.
The clothes the girl and he were wearing, their accents, and Lingshan and Jiming Temple... Is it really such a coincidence?A world very similar to the world he lived in?
He unconsciously took two steps outside, stared at the girl and asked, "The current emperor...is his surname Lin?"
The girl smiled and said, "That's not it."
Lin Chao heaved a sigh of relief, and he said... It's just similar, he was already a dead person in the original world, how could he go back.He's not afraid of going back to his original world, he's just afraid of...
Little men and women in the countryside don't pay much attention to etiquette. The girl grabbed Lin Chao's sleeve and said, "Didn't the emperor surnamed Lin die a few years ago? The current emperor's surname is Gu."
Gu...
Lin Chao tried his best to hold back, but the two words slipped out from between his teeth as if alive: "Gu Huai."
The girl quickly covered his mouth and said, "Oh, take it easy!"
Lin Chao nodded, motioning for her to let go of her hand.
Has that person's name finally become a taboo among the people?And he, in this world, is a person who "died a few years ago".
"You go first, I still... want to freshen up." He wanted to find a bronze mirror, or a bay of clear water, to take a picture of his current appearance.Will it be exactly the same as the original self?Or simply changed to a completely different face?If the latter, then he—
When meeting Gu Huai, would the other party still recognize him?
Will they meet again?Just like countless worlds before?
or--
Everything before was just a dream he had?
The girl gave him a hand, made a grimace, and said with a smile: "Why do you feel lost so early in the morning? I called you several times."
The girls in the country are so enthusiastic, Lin Chao is a little bit unlucky.
The girl looked at his face again and again, and finally came to a conclusion: "It's very tidy, what else do you need to wash up? There is a small river in front of it. If you are worried, you can take a picture of it."
Lin Chao had no choice but to obey her.
The face in the river is not unfamiliar, it is exactly like him in life.Eyebrows should grow wider, looking more mature.
After all, "years" have passed.If this is the trace left by time on him, then what about Gu Huai?Did he really accompany him through the boundless time and space?
to see him.
Because it is certain that in this world, and in any other random world, there is no one he likes more than Gu Huai.
"Gu..."
Seeing that the girl was about to blow her beard and stare again, Lin Chao swallowed the name on the tip of her tongue.Qingyouyou turned around, he felt that these two words were sweet just by thinking about them.
In the deep palace at night, the two words that were often spoken silently were finally no longer full of depression and bitterness.Lin Chao really wanted to stand in front of him right now and say to him, look at me——
Lin Chao wiped his face with water on his sleeve, got up and said to the girl, "Let's go to see the emperor."
……
The sidewalk on the mountain was full of civilians watching.Looking at the shoulder poles or hoes in their hands, they are probably farmers at the foot of Lingshan Mountain.The great monks on the mountain recite scriptures every day, and there is always someone to provide food and clothing, so some farms gradually emerged at the foot of the mountain to provide rice and vegetables for the great monks.
Before the emperor's chariots and horses arrived, everyone crowded together, you looked at me, I looked at you, exchanged a few words with each other, and then cast their eyes on the road ahead.
There was some awe and some eagerness in his eyes, which Lin Chao was very familiar with.He had also frankly accepted such gazes from all directions.
The girl was chatting and laughing with a few familiar friends, and after being teased a few words, her face became brighter.
Standing beside them, Lin Chao felt that his mentality was vicissitudes.
"Here we come!" The girl gave him a soft push, and smiled softly in his ear.
The young girls gathered around laughed at her for not being irritable, so the girl raised her brows and said with her hands on her hips: "What's there to be afraid of? If you like Brother Xiao Lin, you can do it yourself."
After speaking, he held Lin Chao's arm and refused to let go, as if he was going ahead.
Lin Chao looked at her like the little sister next door, smiled and patted her head: "What do you think?"
A bright yellow is faintly visible.
The leading officers and soldiers tried their best to maintain order, but the crowd still became agitated.
Lin Chao took the opportunity to loosen the girl's little hand and pushed forward to protect her.The girl smiled gratefully, turned her head and stuck out her tongue at the booing companion.
"Where is the emperor?"
"We'll have to wait." Lin Chao couldn't remember the order of the carriages and horses, but the emperor's chariot was still recognizable, and it wasn't in this row.
"It's a big show."
After waiting for a long time, I saw a particularly magnificent carved chariot.The five-clawed golden dragon on the bright yellow embroidered curtain is tumbling through the clouds, about to break through the brocade and go straight up ninety thousand miles.
Lin Chao raised his hand to cover the increasingly dazzling sunlight, watching the chariot slowly approaching.
The embroidered curtain completely covered the interior of the car.He hoped for a nagging wind to lift the curtains, but there was none.
"I didn't see anything."
The girl's tone was rather disappointed, and the disappointment in Lin Chao's heart was much heavier than what she said.
But she soon cheered up again: "There is still the empress to watch!"
Queen?
"Go and see the emperor and empress~" He subconsciously ignored the second part of the girl's earlier words, but now the ostentatious phoenix chariot bumped into his eyes.
Very beautiful Phoenix.The color is more colorful than the golden dragon, and the carvings are exaggerated, but also gorgeous.
86. The Chronicle of Emperor Aidi 02
"Queen..." It's useless to talk too much, it's better to ask yourself.He also came to Jiming Temple to offer incense before his death, but he didn't like the compassionate manner of the great monk, he huddled in the dragon chariot all the way, and when it was time to offer incense, he lazily moved over to insert three sticks of incense.Even if you worship, you don't worship very sincerely.
The problem now is that, in his capacity, he cannot get close to that royal temple.But since he is a farmer who lives at the foot of Lingshan Mountain all year round, there is always a way.
After the crowd dispersed, Lin Chao grabbed the girl and said with a smile, "Do me a favor?"
……
A winding path leads to a secluded place.
Lin Chao slapped a mud print, straightened his clothes crooked by the evil bamboos in the back mountain, and walked from the meditation room in the back to the main hall in front.
The Buddhist hall exclusively for the royal family is in a small room to the east of the Daxiong Hall.The etiquette of royal travel is cumbersome. When Lin Chao walked near the Buddhist hall, he didn't see the guards. He was probably still talking with "Master" and "Your Majesty" at the main hall.
Sandalwood curls up.
The Buddhist hall is dark, there is no golden body, only nine rows of ever-burning lamps from top to bottom, which have been burning from the previous dynasty to the present.
These are all eternal lamps offered to the ancestors of the Lin family, and now... probably one of them belongs to him.
Gu Huai is not a person who is unfaithful and trustworthy. Although he took over the world from his Lin family, he still kept the former imperial Buddhist hall well.
Lin Chao sighed.
It's a pity that it's just respect for the dead.When treating strangers, Gu Huai used his hands, but he was not merciful.On the battlefield in Northwest Xinjiang, the number of heads chopped off by a Tang knife was more than just a few.Even when he returned to the capital, he would not give up when he compared his ability to sharpen with a soft knife.
The Gu family is also a big family.
His mother was also from this family whose disciples and old officials filled half of the imperial court. Because of this relationship, he and Gu Huai have been very close since childhood.
I was ignorant when I was young, and I only felt that this big cousin was very powerful.I couldn't read the book that the Taifu arranged to read, but the other party could answer it fluently the next day after just one glance.When I have to stand on tiptoe to reach the saber on the side of the imperial guard's waist, the opponent can fight without losing the wind.
At that time, in his eyes, there was no one more powerful than Gu Huai in the whole world.
Even the father, the only victory is the long beard.However, Taifu's beard is also very long, and when Gu Huai grows older, it will definitely not be short.The Taifu is also surnamed Gu, and his family does not grow two beards.
His mother had been admonishing him since he was a child, telling him to get closer to his eldest cousin, so that he would sometimes rely on him in the future.
He didn't need his mother to tell him so, he also liked to follow Gu Huai with a short tail that couldn't be shaken off.When he was only a little bit older, Gu Huai would carry him on his back and hold him in his arms.When he was a little older, Gu Huai would join the army, and the time when the two could meet would be limited.
He missed Gu Huai very much.
If the female officials in the palace wanted to tease him, they would say that the eldest son of the Gu family was here, and no matter what he was doing, he would definitely leave his servant behind and rush outside the palace to wait.It wasn't until the steps were cold that he came back angrily and punished the female officer to read poems to him.
At that time, he was not as violent as later.Even if you are angry, you are just punishing people in a playful way, how can you drag it down a few big boards at every turn.
Then how...became a foolish king in everyone's eyes?
Maybe it started with a dinner party at the Palace.
There is a big banquet once a year, no matter how busy Gu Huai is, he will still come to the banquet.
Lin Chao had chosen early on that he was wearing the most energetic Yi Yunshui suit, the light blue suiting his youthful figure.
The female officer smiled and said, "Which girl are you looking for?"
Everyone in the palace understands that makeup is for the appearance of those who please themselves.
Lin Chao smiled in a good mood: "I have fallen in love with the eldest son of the Gu family."
The lady officer was only joking.
He didn't even take it seriously.
Mostly dinners are not too bad, compliments, perfunctory, meaningless chatter, and wine, seemingly endless toasts.
Lin Chao bears the name of the crown prince, and has not yet reached the crown, so he didn't drink a few cups, and leaned on the couch with a relaxed smile to look at the others.
But Gu Huai was different.
Friends of the same generation, elders who are friendly with the Gu family, political enemies with ulterior motives... Almost everyone who attended the palace banquet could find a reason to have a drink with him.
The eldest son of the Gu family, the relatives of the current empress, and the young and promising generals of the Northwest Army, always have a status that is worthy of being favored by others, and they can borrow a glass of wine to set up friendship.
Drink it down a full circle, no matter how good your drinking capacity is, you can't stand it.
Lin Chao had been waiting anxiously for a long time, and seeing Gu Huai rubbing his brows from time to time made him feel very uncomfortable, he lowered his head and pulled his sleeves again and again, almost torn to pieces.
The old emperor was not in good health at that time, and he was half lying on the upper position due to lack of energy.The cloudy eyeballs couldn't pay attention to the open and dark arrows in the field, but saw Aiko Aiko's embarrassed look of wanting to leave and stay.
The old emperor, whose love for his son had never faded, asked a few words.
Lin Chao hurriedly said that he was not feeling well, could he ask his elder cousin to help him go for a walk outside.
The old emperor lowered his eyebrows and remained silent.Lin Chao knew that it was because he didn't like himself getting too close to the Gu family. At the beginning, the old emperor had borrowed the Gu family's support, but after securing his seat, he felt that the Gu family was too powerful. Unfortunately, it was too late to act.It is not easy to maintain a lukewarm relationship with the Gu family now, the old emperor does not want his son to be controlled by them.
But Lin Chao repeatedly asked, and in front of everyone, the old emperor had no choice but to let go.
Lin Chao couldn't wait to cling to Gu Huai.On the surface, he was leaning against Gu Huai, but in fact he supported Gu Huai's unsteady body and moved towards the back garden.
Gu Huai had indeed drunk too much, his breath was full of alcohol, and Lin Chao felt a little tipsy.
After finally returning to his bedroom, all the female officials surrounded him.Seeing them tugging on Gu Huai's belt, Lin Chao felt extremely agitated and waved them away.
When there were only two people left in the palace, he felt uneasy again.
Nothing seems right.
It is obvious that he is looking forward to the stars and the moon and waiting to meet this person every day, but why he doesn't even know where to put his hands when they meet.
Probably because the other party was drunk.
If Gu Huai wakes up, then he will definitely embrace himself as before, say something interesting, and then they will laugh together and watch Dongfang fade away together.
Helping Gu Huai to the bed, Lin Chao turned to get a cup of tea.
"Gu Huai?"
He yelled softly, and Gu Huai narrowed his eyes and looked at the teacup.
"Have a drink?"
Gu Huai lowered his head as he said, and took a sip from the side of the teacup.
"!"
He asked Gu Huai to give him a response. This was supposed to be a fun thing, but it suddenly changed.When Gu Huai's tongue accidentally touched his fingers, he almost spilled the whole cup of tea.If it was really spilled, it would be fine, the tea would also cool the heart thoroughly, and it wouldn't beat so restlessly anymore.
Gu Huai seemed to wake up, and asked vaguely, "Lin... Chaochao?"
Realizing where he was, the always cautious man stood up with the edge of the bed and said, "It's inconvenient for me to stay in the palace, you call someone to take me out."
Licking his chapped lips, Lin Chao really wanted to drink the tea in his hand: "A place like the harem...you might as well stay here with me if you go out at night."
Gu Huai frowned and thought deeply, as if he was thinking about whether he would be tricked if he went out now.After all, the harem is full of the old emperor's women, and he suffers from anything.
Lin Chao hit the iron while it was hot: "It's so late, it's not convenient to call someone. You just stay in my palace for one night and leave tomorrow morning?"
Gu Huai finally nodded.
Lin Chao felt relieved, but he didn't know what he could do if Gu Huai was left behind.The other party's wine was obviously not sober, and he looked tired, and he would probably fall asleep immediately after touching the pillow.The imaginary all-night talk is definitely impossible.
A little disappointed, but only a little.
Following the way female officials often do, she brought a basin of water and wiped Gu Huai's face.When I saw my hand slide inch by inch across the other's cheek through a thin layer of cloth, I felt full of joy, stronger than being praised by my father.
Missing him for too long, such closeness made him very satisfied.
When he knew that the other party had gone to the northwest battlefield thousands of miles away, the books he read every day became Stories of the Western Regions, and the poems he liked to listen to also became "Drunk Lying on the Battlefield Lord Mo Xiao".Like that, in a dream, you can gallop in the desert with each other.
But after waking up, what I saw when I opened and closed my eyes was still the Diaolanhuadong, the maid of honor.
He knew that his feelings for Gu Huai were far beyond what normal brotherhood could explain.He has been looking up to Gu Huai.
The Gu family is a master of poetry and etiquette, and has never been a general.But despite the opposition of his whole family, Gu Huai still devoted himself to the battlefield, which was something he couldn't compare to.
He envied Gu Huai's courage.
It's not just courage, he envies everything about Gu Huai.And hope that one day I can become that kind of person.
For one night, he and Gu Huai did not speak again.
Lying sideways on the bed, covered with a quilt, just listening to the breath in the ear, you can wait until dawn.
but……
But the next day, he was excitedly waiting for Gu Huai to wake up, but the other party covered his forehead and asked, "Ah Cui?"
Later he found out that this "A Cui" was Gu Huai's maid, and soon became his concubine.When Gu Huai ascended the throne and became the emperor, he wondered whether he would be a concubine or a phoenix crown?
At that time, Lin Chao couldn't hold back the surging killing intent in his chest.
The tortures that I have heard and seen in the palace since I was a child, that I have seen in the history of the former government, and the tortures that the palace people talked about at night, struggled in my mind in turn, and each one clamored to use it on the person named "A Cui". body.
That man is simply heinous, just because, just because——
Gu Huai had never called his name in such a soft, close to caring tone.
In fact, marrying a wife and having children is just common in wealthy families.
Although the seat of the empress of the main palace was vacant during his lifetime, there were also many concubines.Some were powerful officials and wealthy families who stuffed them into the palace to shirk away, some had to be married to balance power, and some were bought by foreign friends as decorations...
Once he died, even if these beautiful women did not die among the rebellious army, they would not be able to escape the fate of guarding the imperial tomb.
He himself married two concubines beyond count, why would he ask Gu Huai to—
Guard yourself like a jade?
87. The Chronicle of Emperor Aidi 03
After that palace banquet, he and Gu Huai never had the chance to be so close again.Because the old emperor died, he succeeded to the throne and became the lord of the 27 counties in Kyushu of the Great Qin Dynasty.
On the day of enthronement, Gu Huai and all the officials bowed down together, shouting long live.
He stood too high on the Temple of Heaven, and he could only see a piece of black-blue mending clothes, and he couldn't even distinguish the grades, let alone the person under the robe that he wanted to hug tightly.
If he can become a generation of Mingjun, and Gu Huai is the famous general who opened up the territory for him, that would be good.But as long as he thought of Gu Huai fighting so far away alone, he couldn't help but get anxious.
In such a cold place, the snow can cover half of the body, will there be no one by his side?
When he walked into the tent with a bloody and cold breath, would no one warm a pot of wine for him?
Lin Chao couldn't help being anxious.
So there were rumors in the palace that the emperor was moody...
Gu Huai didn't come back for one or two years in a row in the northwest, and all the officials in the court said that the Gu family had rebelled, and the chair under the emperor's buttocks might not be sitting for long.
The female officer serving in his palace also said that the young master of the Gu family seemed to have an idea at first sight, so he didn't look like he was willing to let it go.
He couldn't move the old courtiers, so he sent the gossiping female officials to other places.
He didn't think they understood.If Gu Huai wanted to be emperor, he would be able to hold the jade seal with both hands immediately.Why does Gu Huai need to grab it by himself?
But he also missed Gu Huai, so he wrote a letter himself and asked his cronies to send it to the border.
The letter was half-true and half-truthful, asking him why he didn't come back after going to the border for two years. Could it be that he really wanted to rebel?
After Gu Huai received the letter, he took only ten riders and set off overnight to return to Beijing to plead guilty.
When Lin Chao knew that the other party came back wearing stars and wearing moons, he was full of pride in his heart, and wished that everyone in the world could understand.If Gu Huai really wanted to rebel, how could he be summoned back with just a letter?
He personally went out of the city gate to meet the other party, took off his dusty war robe and put on a bright yellow thin shirt for him.
That day, Gu Huai almost knelt down like a stone statue outside the city gate.
Later, I heard people say that the emperor's behavior was simply trying to punish his heart, and he was actually driving people to the wrong path.
He just wanted Gu Huai to wear the clothes he had handed over to him, but in the eyes of those who cared, that was a devious way of shaking mountains and shaking tigers.
Gu Huai is the opposite.
I don't know if he was really driven to a dead end.Back then, he was clutching his hot heart for fear that the other party would not want him, and he didn't know what kind of imperial schemes his actions would be interpreted as.
On the day when the counter-information came, he locked himself in the bedroom.
Trying to act like nothing happened and everything is still the same.
But the hoarse remonstrance of the ministers and the panicked expressions of the palace people all showed his unavoidable fate.The old emperor died a long time ago, and he is the one who will soon become the king of subjugation.
The mother refused to see him, he thought that the other party was a son who had no face to face and was robbed by his mother's family.
He can understand this feeling, and he has no face to face the person who is about to kill him.
"Report—the Northwest Army has rushed eight hundred miles and is now approaching Hangu!"
"Bao--Hangu and Yaoshan are all broken!"
"Report—Wang Shouwen died in battle, and the Northwest Army occupied Luocheng!"
Sitting in the supreme position of the world, but still being driven to death.
How could he be so embarrassed?
Rather than wait until you feel ashamed in front of that person, it's better to end it sooner.
What he died was never a country.
It's just a past where nothing happened in time.
……
Breaking free from his memories, Lin Chao walked around a wall lit with ever-burning lamps.Just as he was about to push open the secret door in the Buddhist hall, he suddenly heard the sound of announcements coming from afar.
Even faster than that was the sound of footsteps approaching the door.
Lin Chao didn't have time to think about it, and pulled over the hanging curtain beside the pillar, hiding his figure behind.
But I heard the small sound of clothes and shoes rubbing against each other, but no human voice.
He held his breath and looked out.
With his back facing him, Gu Huai quietly knelt on the futon in front of the ever-burning lamp.Looking over his shoulder, he could fall on the latest light of an ever-burning lamp.
The lights are reddish.
"How did you come?"
Lin Chao was startled, he didn't know why his whereabouts were exposed.
The door of the Buddhist hall was pushed open again, but Gu Huai did not turn his head, as if he knew that someone would come to disturb his purity.
The person who came in was dressed in a dark blue robe with a kingfisher painted on it, a double ring of white jade on his waist, and a crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes on his head.
With such a dress, she can only be the queen of the new dynasty.
Lin Chao felt that she looked familiar, but decided that she was not that "Ah Cui".Who is it then?The youngest daughter of Wang Taishi's family?Or the granddaughter of General Fu?
The queen sneered, raised her head and said, "You are the only one who can come? I can't?"
Gu Huai was silent.
The queen knelt down on another futon, bowing her head in a devout gesture.After paying three respects, she stood up and said, "Are you people used to acting like this?"
Gu Huai said lightly: "Who are we people?"
The queen raised Danko's red-painted nails and flicked the fireworks on the ever-burning lantern: "People who don't respect gods and Buddhas."
The Gu family is from a scholarly family, and they believe in gentle and honest teachings, so naturally they don't believe in gods and Buddhas.Lin Chao silently defended Gu Huai, but the person who was really accused did not refute.
The queen walked around the Buddhist hall, her long gown swaying, and the fragrance on the cloth was so rich that it almost overwhelmed the light sandalwood.
"Since you are here to sacrifice to him today, you should restrain yourself."
The queen smiled and said, "You are the one who came to sacrifice him, I just came to see him. When visiting an old friend, one must dress up beautifully. Don't they all have the same dead face like you?"
What a great mouth!
Lin Chao really couldn't figure out where this woman came from, and he couldn't understand how Gu Huai married such a sharp-tongued and unforgiving queen.It's a thousand miles away from being dignified. Can you really rule the harem and take the position of the mother of a country?
Gu Huai ignored her sarcasm and said, "I want to recite the mantra for him. If you have nothing to do, you can escape temporarily."
"You read yours, I read mine, how about not disturbing each other?"
The queen stepped aside with a smile, and walked to the side of the Buddhist hall.
Her position is not far from the secret door, and closer to Lin Chao's hiding place.
Gu Huai got up from the futon, pressed her shoulders, and said coldly, "You—"
The queen spat at him and looked into his eyes without fear: "Do you really think that no one knows what you are doing! How happy are you in repairing the imperial tomb in Los Angeles?"
Gu Huai pinched her hand bones and rattled.
"Very, happy, heart."
He slowly pulled out the saber at his waist and slammed it on the door.The soldiers guarding the door were ordered to enter, as if they were going to use force to force the dignified queen away.
It seems that this is not the first time that the conflict between the emperor and empress erupted. The soldiers entering the gate all lowered their heads and moved nimbly.
"That's all you have to deal with women." The soldier couldn't cover the queen's mouth no matter how much she sneered, "I don't know how you coaxed my aunt to sell her son. Could it be possible to return the favor?" It's really crawling like they say-"
"You really want to know?"
Gu Huai waved back the soldiers and smiled at the queen.
His smile was very cold, as if he was forcibly pulling his flesh and blood, making a look that seemed to be happy.
The queen took two steps back vigilantly, and said, "If you dare to speak, I will dare to listen."
"Then listen carefully." Gu Huai said slowly, "My aunt, the former Empress Dowager, helped me, a cheap nephew, because I have blood from the Gu family on my body."
"You mean—" the queen said in surprise, "he doesn't have—"
Gu Huai said: "The Zhenggong has no children, and you should be very clear about such things as adopting the children of the unnamed palace people."
What Gu Huai said was so clear that Lin Chao didn't even have the chance to pretend he didn't understand.
He is not the parent and child of the Queen Mother Gu, so when faced with a choice, it is only natural that he be abandoned.The adopted son who will feel resentful because of discovering the truth at any time, and the nephew who is in the same blood lineage, can tell at a glance whether they are close or distant.
"Even if it wasn't me, it would be someone else surnamed Gu. Rather than that, it might as well be me."
The queen laughed and said, "You think I will believe you if you say that? Do you think that you can make yourself clean?"
"Believe it or not." Gu Huai said, "I'm not clean at all."
The queen pursed her lips, then helped the delicate flowers on her temples, and said: "Of course you leave it to me, anyway, you never look down on me. A bastard who is rough with maids and guards, trying to win favor in front of him will only get me Take the position of Zhaoyi. If it weren't for the fact that the forces behind the other women who dislike him are too complicated, you wouldn't let me be the queen."
"You think that if you give me some sweetness, I can make a palace decoration with peace of mind, so that you can think of him with such a little forward appearance."
Gu Huai neither admitted nor denied it.
The queen raised the corner of her mouth and smiled: "When you miss him through me, have you ever thought that in fact I would be willing to stay, just because you miss him?"
"Why do you think that, in my heart, a queen can surpass him?"
The raised brows and the indelible brilliance in the eyes made Lin Chao finally remember who she was.That girl who was twelve or thirteen years old and hadn't grown up yet, dared to jump into the frozen lake in the cold weather, just for Yibo's sympathy.
What did he do then?At most, the police sent her a bowl of hot soup to drive her away from the cold, right?
It turns out that a bowl of hot soup is better than a person who respects the infinite.
When Lin Chao woke up again, he thought he had just arrived in a new world.When the last world collapsed, he remembered very clearly that he held the hands of the people around him tightly, and he also held himself tightly.All encounters are reunions after a long absence.Thankfully, now they won't forget each other.
He rolled over from the bed with a smile and straightened his clothes.
He fastened the buttons nimbly with his fingers, and he could roughly judge his status from the coarse and short brown suit.It won't be very high anyway.
The things placed in the house are all ordinary people's things, and there is no aura of wealth.There is a pair of shoulder poles in the corner. Judging from the wear marks on it, it should be used frequently.
He picked up the pole, weighed it, put it down again, opened the door and walked out of the house.
Outside the house is a small vegetable field, surrounded by a fence, and a few big roosters walk through the field with their heads held high.
Lin Chao smiled, and said to himself: "This is really..."
A girl walks past the fence.There is a newly picked flower on the girl's head, and the freshness of the countryside blows over her face.
"Are you still leaving?"
Lin Chao smiled and asked, "What are you going to do?"
The girl's attire could be considered a full-on dress in the countryside, with layers of skirts almost dragging to the ground, which is obviously different from the short jackets she usually wears for work.
The girl said loudly: "Go and see the emperor and empress~"
It turned out to be this, Lin Chao couldn't laugh or cry.Not to mention his own identity, the emperor is not a novelty in the world he travels through later.
But the girl doesn't think so.Seeing that Lin Chao's feet were not moving as if they had taken root, she urged her twice: "Hurry up! It's rare for the emperor to come to Lingshan to offer incense, but I don't know when the next time will be."
"Spirit Mountain?" Lin Chao said, "Come to Jiming Temple to offer incense?"
He was just talking casually at first, but he didn't expect the girl to answer: "Of course. Isn't it just such a big temple here? Where else can I go? When the little emperor came to offer incense, he also went to Jiming Temple."
Lin Chao looked at her in astonishment.
The clothes the girl and he were wearing, their accents, and Lingshan and Jiming Temple... Is it really such a coincidence?A world very similar to the world he lived in?
He unconsciously took two steps outside, stared at the girl and asked, "The current emperor...is his surname Lin?"
The girl smiled and said, "That's not it."
Lin Chao heaved a sigh of relief, and he said... It's just similar, he was already a dead person in the original world, how could he go back.He's not afraid of going back to his original world, he's just afraid of...
Little men and women in the countryside don't pay much attention to etiquette. The girl grabbed Lin Chao's sleeve and said, "Didn't the emperor surnamed Lin die a few years ago? The current emperor's surname is Gu."
Gu...
Lin Chao tried his best to hold back, but the two words slipped out from between his teeth as if alive: "Gu Huai."
The girl quickly covered his mouth and said, "Oh, take it easy!"
Lin Chao nodded, motioning for her to let go of her hand.
Has that person's name finally become a taboo among the people?And he, in this world, is a person who "died a few years ago".
"You go first, I still... want to freshen up." He wanted to find a bronze mirror, or a bay of clear water, to take a picture of his current appearance.Will it be exactly the same as the original self?Or simply changed to a completely different face?If the latter, then he—
When meeting Gu Huai, would the other party still recognize him?
Will they meet again?Just like countless worlds before?
or--
Everything before was just a dream he had?
The girl gave him a hand, made a grimace, and said with a smile: "Why do you feel lost so early in the morning? I called you several times."
The girls in the country are so enthusiastic, Lin Chao is a little bit unlucky.
The girl looked at his face again and again, and finally came to a conclusion: "It's very tidy, what else do you need to wash up? There is a small river in front of it. If you are worried, you can take a picture of it."
Lin Chao had no choice but to obey her.
The face in the river is not unfamiliar, it is exactly like him in life.Eyebrows should grow wider, looking more mature.
After all, "years" have passed.If this is the trace left by time on him, then what about Gu Huai?Did he really accompany him through the boundless time and space?
to see him.
Because it is certain that in this world, and in any other random world, there is no one he likes more than Gu Huai.
"Gu..."
Seeing that the girl was about to blow her beard and stare again, Lin Chao swallowed the name on the tip of her tongue.Qingyouyou turned around, he felt that these two words were sweet just by thinking about them.
In the deep palace at night, the two words that were often spoken silently were finally no longer full of depression and bitterness.Lin Chao really wanted to stand in front of him right now and say to him, look at me——
Lin Chao wiped his face with water on his sleeve, got up and said to the girl, "Let's go to see the emperor."
……
The sidewalk on the mountain was full of civilians watching.Looking at the shoulder poles or hoes in their hands, they are probably farmers at the foot of Lingshan Mountain.The great monks on the mountain recite scriptures every day, and there is always someone to provide food and clothing, so some farms gradually emerged at the foot of the mountain to provide rice and vegetables for the great monks.
Before the emperor's chariots and horses arrived, everyone crowded together, you looked at me, I looked at you, exchanged a few words with each other, and then cast their eyes on the road ahead.
There was some awe and some eagerness in his eyes, which Lin Chao was very familiar with.He had also frankly accepted such gazes from all directions.
The girl was chatting and laughing with a few familiar friends, and after being teased a few words, her face became brighter.
Standing beside them, Lin Chao felt that his mentality was vicissitudes.
"Here we come!" The girl gave him a soft push, and smiled softly in his ear.
The young girls gathered around laughed at her for not being irritable, so the girl raised her brows and said with her hands on her hips: "What's there to be afraid of? If you like Brother Xiao Lin, you can do it yourself."
After speaking, he held Lin Chao's arm and refused to let go, as if he was going ahead.
Lin Chao looked at her like the little sister next door, smiled and patted her head: "What do you think?"
A bright yellow is faintly visible.
The leading officers and soldiers tried their best to maintain order, but the crowd still became agitated.
Lin Chao took the opportunity to loosen the girl's little hand and pushed forward to protect her.The girl smiled gratefully, turned her head and stuck out her tongue at the booing companion.
"Where is the emperor?"
"We'll have to wait." Lin Chao couldn't remember the order of the carriages and horses, but the emperor's chariot was still recognizable, and it wasn't in this row.
"It's a big show."
After waiting for a long time, I saw a particularly magnificent carved chariot.The five-clawed golden dragon on the bright yellow embroidered curtain is tumbling through the clouds, about to break through the brocade and go straight up ninety thousand miles.
Lin Chao raised his hand to cover the increasingly dazzling sunlight, watching the chariot slowly approaching.
The embroidered curtain completely covered the interior of the car.He hoped for a nagging wind to lift the curtains, but there was none.
"I didn't see anything."
The girl's tone was rather disappointed, and the disappointment in Lin Chao's heart was much heavier than what she said.
But she soon cheered up again: "There is still the empress to watch!"
Queen?
"Go and see the emperor and empress~" He subconsciously ignored the second part of the girl's earlier words, but now the ostentatious phoenix chariot bumped into his eyes.
Very beautiful Phoenix.The color is more colorful than the golden dragon, and the carvings are exaggerated, but also gorgeous.
86. The Chronicle of Emperor Aidi 02
"Queen..." It's useless to talk too much, it's better to ask yourself.He also came to Jiming Temple to offer incense before his death, but he didn't like the compassionate manner of the great monk, he huddled in the dragon chariot all the way, and when it was time to offer incense, he lazily moved over to insert three sticks of incense.Even if you worship, you don't worship very sincerely.
The problem now is that, in his capacity, he cannot get close to that royal temple.But since he is a farmer who lives at the foot of Lingshan Mountain all year round, there is always a way.
After the crowd dispersed, Lin Chao grabbed the girl and said with a smile, "Do me a favor?"
……
A winding path leads to a secluded place.
Lin Chao slapped a mud print, straightened his clothes crooked by the evil bamboos in the back mountain, and walked from the meditation room in the back to the main hall in front.
The Buddhist hall exclusively for the royal family is in a small room to the east of the Daxiong Hall.The etiquette of royal travel is cumbersome. When Lin Chao walked near the Buddhist hall, he didn't see the guards. He was probably still talking with "Master" and "Your Majesty" at the main hall.
Sandalwood curls up.
The Buddhist hall is dark, there is no golden body, only nine rows of ever-burning lamps from top to bottom, which have been burning from the previous dynasty to the present.
These are all eternal lamps offered to the ancestors of the Lin family, and now... probably one of them belongs to him.
Gu Huai is not a person who is unfaithful and trustworthy. Although he took over the world from his Lin family, he still kept the former imperial Buddhist hall well.
Lin Chao sighed.
It's a pity that it's just respect for the dead.When treating strangers, Gu Huai used his hands, but he was not merciful.On the battlefield in Northwest Xinjiang, the number of heads chopped off by a Tang knife was more than just a few.Even when he returned to the capital, he would not give up when he compared his ability to sharpen with a soft knife.
The Gu family is also a big family.
His mother was also from this family whose disciples and old officials filled half of the imperial court. Because of this relationship, he and Gu Huai have been very close since childhood.
I was ignorant when I was young, and I only felt that this big cousin was very powerful.I couldn't read the book that the Taifu arranged to read, but the other party could answer it fluently the next day after just one glance.When I have to stand on tiptoe to reach the saber on the side of the imperial guard's waist, the opponent can fight without losing the wind.
At that time, in his eyes, there was no one more powerful than Gu Huai in the whole world.
Even the father, the only victory is the long beard.However, Taifu's beard is also very long, and when Gu Huai grows older, it will definitely not be short.The Taifu is also surnamed Gu, and his family does not grow two beards.
His mother had been admonishing him since he was a child, telling him to get closer to his eldest cousin, so that he would sometimes rely on him in the future.
He didn't need his mother to tell him so, he also liked to follow Gu Huai with a short tail that couldn't be shaken off.When he was only a little bit older, Gu Huai would carry him on his back and hold him in his arms.When he was a little older, Gu Huai would join the army, and the time when the two could meet would be limited.
He missed Gu Huai very much.
If the female officials in the palace wanted to tease him, they would say that the eldest son of the Gu family was here, and no matter what he was doing, he would definitely leave his servant behind and rush outside the palace to wait.It wasn't until the steps were cold that he came back angrily and punished the female officer to read poems to him.
At that time, he was not as violent as later.Even if you are angry, you are just punishing people in a playful way, how can you drag it down a few big boards at every turn.
Then how...became a foolish king in everyone's eyes?
Maybe it started with a dinner party at the Palace.
There is a big banquet once a year, no matter how busy Gu Huai is, he will still come to the banquet.
Lin Chao had chosen early on that he was wearing the most energetic Yi Yunshui suit, the light blue suiting his youthful figure.
The female officer smiled and said, "Which girl are you looking for?"
Everyone in the palace understands that makeup is for the appearance of those who please themselves.
Lin Chao smiled in a good mood: "I have fallen in love with the eldest son of the Gu family."
The lady officer was only joking.
He didn't even take it seriously.
Mostly dinners are not too bad, compliments, perfunctory, meaningless chatter, and wine, seemingly endless toasts.
Lin Chao bears the name of the crown prince, and has not yet reached the crown, so he didn't drink a few cups, and leaned on the couch with a relaxed smile to look at the others.
But Gu Huai was different.
Friends of the same generation, elders who are friendly with the Gu family, political enemies with ulterior motives... Almost everyone who attended the palace banquet could find a reason to have a drink with him.
The eldest son of the Gu family, the relatives of the current empress, and the young and promising generals of the Northwest Army, always have a status that is worthy of being favored by others, and they can borrow a glass of wine to set up friendship.
Drink it down a full circle, no matter how good your drinking capacity is, you can't stand it.
Lin Chao had been waiting anxiously for a long time, and seeing Gu Huai rubbing his brows from time to time made him feel very uncomfortable, he lowered his head and pulled his sleeves again and again, almost torn to pieces.
The old emperor was not in good health at that time, and he was half lying on the upper position due to lack of energy.The cloudy eyeballs couldn't pay attention to the open and dark arrows in the field, but saw Aiko Aiko's embarrassed look of wanting to leave and stay.
The old emperor, whose love for his son had never faded, asked a few words.
Lin Chao hurriedly said that he was not feeling well, could he ask his elder cousin to help him go for a walk outside.
The old emperor lowered his eyebrows and remained silent.Lin Chao knew that it was because he didn't like himself getting too close to the Gu family. At the beginning, the old emperor had borrowed the Gu family's support, but after securing his seat, he felt that the Gu family was too powerful. Unfortunately, it was too late to act.It is not easy to maintain a lukewarm relationship with the Gu family now, the old emperor does not want his son to be controlled by them.
But Lin Chao repeatedly asked, and in front of everyone, the old emperor had no choice but to let go.
Lin Chao couldn't wait to cling to Gu Huai.On the surface, he was leaning against Gu Huai, but in fact he supported Gu Huai's unsteady body and moved towards the back garden.
Gu Huai had indeed drunk too much, his breath was full of alcohol, and Lin Chao felt a little tipsy.
After finally returning to his bedroom, all the female officials surrounded him.Seeing them tugging on Gu Huai's belt, Lin Chao felt extremely agitated and waved them away.
When there were only two people left in the palace, he felt uneasy again.
Nothing seems right.
It is obvious that he is looking forward to the stars and the moon and waiting to meet this person every day, but why he doesn't even know where to put his hands when they meet.
Probably because the other party was drunk.
If Gu Huai wakes up, then he will definitely embrace himself as before, say something interesting, and then they will laugh together and watch Dongfang fade away together.
Helping Gu Huai to the bed, Lin Chao turned to get a cup of tea.
"Gu Huai?"
He yelled softly, and Gu Huai narrowed his eyes and looked at the teacup.
"Have a drink?"
Gu Huai lowered his head as he said, and took a sip from the side of the teacup.
"!"
He asked Gu Huai to give him a response. This was supposed to be a fun thing, but it suddenly changed.When Gu Huai's tongue accidentally touched his fingers, he almost spilled the whole cup of tea.If it was really spilled, it would be fine, the tea would also cool the heart thoroughly, and it wouldn't beat so restlessly anymore.
Gu Huai seemed to wake up, and asked vaguely, "Lin... Chaochao?"
Realizing where he was, the always cautious man stood up with the edge of the bed and said, "It's inconvenient for me to stay in the palace, you call someone to take me out."
Licking his chapped lips, Lin Chao really wanted to drink the tea in his hand: "A place like the harem...you might as well stay here with me if you go out at night."
Gu Huai frowned and thought deeply, as if he was thinking about whether he would be tricked if he went out now.After all, the harem is full of the old emperor's women, and he suffers from anything.
Lin Chao hit the iron while it was hot: "It's so late, it's not convenient to call someone. You just stay in my palace for one night and leave tomorrow morning?"
Gu Huai finally nodded.
Lin Chao felt relieved, but he didn't know what he could do if Gu Huai was left behind.The other party's wine was obviously not sober, and he looked tired, and he would probably fall asleep immediately after touching the pillow.The imaginary all-night talk is definitely impossible.
A little disappointed, but only a little.
Following the way female officials often do, she brought a basin of water and wiped Gu Huai's face.When I saw my hand slide inch by inch across the other's cheek through a thin layer of cloth, I felt full of joy, stronger than being praised by my father.
Missing him for too long, such closeness made him very satisfied.
When he knew that the other party had gone to the northwest battlefield thousands of miles away, the books he read every day became Stories of the Western Regions, and the poems he liked to listen to also became "Drunk Lying on the Battlefield Lord Mo Xiao".Like that, in a dream, you can gallop in the desert with each other.
But after waking up, what I saw when I opened and closed my eyes was still the Diaolanhuadong, the maid of honor.
He knew that his feelings for Gu Huai were far beyond what normal brotherhood could explain.He has been looking up to Gu Huai.
The Gu family is a master of poetry and etiquette, and has never been a general.But despite the opposition of his whole family, Gu Huai still devoted himself to the battlefield, which was something he couldn't compare to.
He envied Gu Huai's courage.
It's not just courage, he envies everything about Gu Huai.And hope that one day I can become that kind of person.
For one night, he and Gu Huai did not speak again.
Lying sideways on the bed, covered with a quilt, just listening to the breath in the ear, you can wait until dawn.
but……
But the next day, he was excitedly waiting for Gu Huai to wake up, but the other party covered his forehead and asked, "Ah Cui?"
Later he found out that this "A Cui" was Gu Huai's maid, and soon became his concubine.When Gu Huai ascended the throne and became the emperor, he wondered whether he would be a concubine or a phoenix crown?
At that time, Lin Chao couldn't hold back the surging killing intent in his chest.
The tortures that I have heard and seen in the palace since I was a child, that I have seen in the history of the former government, and the tortures that the palace people talked about at night, struggled in my mind in turn, and each one clamored to use it on the person named "A Cui". body.
That man is simply heinous, just because, just because——
Gu Huai had never called his name in such a soft, close to caring tone.
In fact, marrying a wife and having children is just common in wealthy families.
Although the seat of the empress of the main palace was vacant during his lifetime, there were also many concubines.Some were powerful officials and wealthy families who stuffed them into the palace to shirk away, some had to be married to balance power, and some were bought by foreign friends as decorations...
Once he died, even if these beautiful women did not die among the rebellious army, they would not be able to escape the fate of guarding the imperial tomb.
He himself married two concubines beyond count, why would he ask Gu Huai to—
Guard yourself like a jade?
87. The Chronicle of Emperor Aidi 03
After that palace banquet, he and Gu Huai never had the chance to be so close again.Because the old emperor died, he succeeded to the throne and became the lord of the 27 counties in Kyushu of the Great Qin Dynasty.
On the day of enthronement, Gu Huai and all the officials bowed down together, shouting long live.
He stood too high on the Temple of Heaven, and he could only see a piece of black-blue mending clothes, and he couldn't even distinguish the grades, let alone the person under the robe that he wanted to hug tightly.
If he can become a generation of Mingjun, and Gu Huai is the famous general who opened up the territory for him, that would be good.But as long as he thought of Gu Huai fighting so far away alone, he couldn't help but get anxious.
In such a cold place, the snow can cover half of the body, will there be no one by his side?
When he walked into the tent with a bloody and cold breath, would no one warm a pot of wine for him?
Lin Chao couldn't help being anxious.
So there were rumors in the palace that the emperor was moody...
Gu Huai didn't come back for one or two years in a row in the northwest, and all the officials in the court said that the Gu family had rebelled, and the chair under the emperor's buttocks might not be sitting for long.
The female officer serving in his palace also said that the young master of the Gu family seemed to have an idea at first sight, so he didn't look like he was willing to let it go.
He couldn't move the old courtiers, so he sent the gossiping female officials to other places.
He didn't think they understood.If Gu Huai wanted to be emperor, he would be able to hold the jade seal with both hands immediately.Why does Gu Huai need to grab it by himself?
But he also missed Gu Huai, so he wrote a letter himself and asked his cronies to send it to the border.
The letter was half-true and half-truthful, asking him why he didn't come back after going to the border for two years. Could it be that he really wanted to rebel?
After Gu Huai received the letter, he took only ten riders and set off overnight to return to Beijing to plead guilty.
When Lin Chao knew that the other party came back wearing stars and wearing moons, he was full of pride in his heart, and wished that everyone in the world could understand.If Gu Huai really wanted to rebel, how could he be summoned back with just a letter?
He personally went out of the city gate to meet the other party, took off his dusty war robe and put on a bright yellow thin shirt for him.
That day, Gu Huai almost knelt down like a stone statue outside the city gate.
Later, I heard people say that the emperor's behavior was simply trying to punish his heart, and he was actually driving people to the wrong path.
He just wanted Gu Huai to wear the clothes he had handed over to him, but in the eyes of those who cared, that was a devious way of shaking mountains and shaking tigers.
Gu Huai is the opposite.
I don't know if he was really driven to a dead end.Back then, he was clutching his hot heart for fear that the other party would not want him, and he didn't know what kind of imperial schemes his actions would be interpreted as.
On the day when the counter-information came, he locked himself in the bedroom.
Trying to act like nothing happened and everything is still the same.
But the hoarse remonstrance of the ministers and the panicked expressions of the palace people all showed his unavoidable fate.The old emperor died a long time ago, and he is the one who will soon become the king of subjugation.
The mother refused to see him, he thought that the other party was a son who had no face to face and was robbed by his mother's family.
He can understand this feeling, and he has no face to face the person who is about to kill him.
"Report—the Northwest Army has rushed eight hundred miles and is now approaching Hangu!"
"Bao--Hangu and Yaoshan are all broken!"
"Report—Wang Shouwen died in battle, and the Northwest Army occupied Luocheng!"
Sitting in the supreme position of the world, but still being driven to death.
How could he be so embarrassed?
Rather than wait until you feel ashamed in front of that person, it's better to end it sooner.
What he died was never a country.
It's just a past where nothing happened in time.
……
Breaking free from his memories, Lin Chao walked around a wall lit with ever-burning lamps.Just as he was about to push open the secret door in the Buddhist hall, he suddenly heard the sound of announcements coming from afar.
Even faster than that was the sound of footsteps approaching the door.
Lin Chao didn't have time to think about it, and pulled over the hanging curtain beside the pillar, hiding his figure behind.
But I heard the small sound of clothes and shoes rubbing against each other, but no human voice.
He held his breath and looked out.
With his back facing him, Gu Huai quietly knelt on the futon in front of the ever-burning lamp.Looking over his shoulder, he could fall on the latest light of an ever-burning lamp.
The lights are reddish.
"How did you come?"
Lin Chao was startled, he didn't know why his whereabouts were exposed.
The door of the Buddhist hall was pushed open again, but Gu Huai did not turn his head, as if he knew that someone would come to disturb his purity.
The person who came in was dressed in a dark blue robe with a kingfisher painted on it, a double ring of white jade on his waist, and a crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes on his head.
With such a dress, she can only be the queen of the new dynasty.
Lin Chao felt that she looked familiar, but decided that she was not that "Ah Cui".Who is it then?The youngest daughter of Wang Taishi's family?Or the granddaughter of General Fu?
The queen sneered, raised her head and said, "You are the only one who can come? I can't?"
Gu Huai was silent.
The queen knelt down on another futon, bowing her head in a devout gesture.After paying three respects, she stood up and said, "Are you people used to acting like this?"
Gu Huai said lightly: "Who are we people?"
The queen raised Danko's red-painted nails and flicked the fireworks on the ever-burning lantern: "People who don't respect gods and Buddhas."
The Gu family is from a scholarly family, and they believe in gentle and honest teachings, so naturally they don't believe in gods and Buddhas.Lin Chao silently defended Gu Huai, but the person who was really accused did not refute.
The queen walked around the Buddhist hall, her long gown swaying, and the fragrance on the cloth was so rich that it almost overwhelmed the light sandalwood.
"Since you are here to sacrifice to him today, you should restrain yourself."
The queen smiled and said, "You are the one who came to sacrifice him, I just came to see him. When visiting an old friend, one must dress up beautifully. Don't they all have the same dead face like you?"
What a great mouth!
Lin Chao really couldn't figure out where this woman came from, and he couldn't understand how Gu Huai married such a sharp-tongued and unforgiving queen.It's a thousand miles away from being dignified. Can you really rule the harem and take the position of the mother of a country?
Gu Huai ignored her sarcasm and said, "I want to recite the mantra for him. If you have nothing to do, you can escape temporarily."
"You read yours, I read mine, how about not disturbing each other?"
The queen stepped aside with a smile, and walked to the side of the Buddhist hall.
Her position is not far from the secret door, and closer to Lin Chao's hiding place.
Gu Huai got up from the futon, pressed her shoulders, and said coldly, "You—"
The queen spat at him and looked into his eyes without fear: "Do you really think that no one knows what you are doing! How happy are you in repairing the imperial tomb in Los Angeles?"
Gu Huai pinched her hand bones and rattled.
"Very, happy, heart."
He slowly pulled out the saber at his waist and slammed it on the door.The soldiers guarding the door were ordered to enter, as if they were going to use force to force the dignified queen away.
It seems that this is not the first time that the conflict between the emperor and empress erupted. The soldiers entering the gate all lowered their heads and moved nimbly.
"That's all you have to deal with women." The soldier couldn't cover the queen's mouth no matter how much she sneered, "I don't know how you coaxed my aunt to sell her son. Could it be possible to return the favor?" It's really crawling like they say-"
"You really want to know?"
Gu Huai waved back the soldiers and smiled at the queen.
His smile was very cold, as if he was forcibly pulling his flesh and blood, making a look that seemed to be happy.
The queen took two steps back vigilantly, and said, "If you dare to speak, I will dare to listen."
"Then listen carefully." Gu Huai said slowly, "My aunt, the former Empress Dowager, helped me, a cheap nephew, because I have blood from the Gu family on my body."
"You mean—" the queen said in surprise, "he doesn't have—"
Gu Huai said: "The Zhenggong has no children, and you should be very clear about such things as adopting the children of the unnamed palace people."
What Gu Huai said was so clear that Lin Chao didn't even have the chance to pretend he didn't understand.
He is not the parent and child of the Queen Mother Gu, so when faced with a choice, it is only natural that he be abandoned.The adopted son who will feel resentful because of discovering the truth at any time, and the nephew who is in the same blood lineage, can tell at a glance whether they are close or distant.
"Even if it wasn't me, it would be someone else surnamed Gu. Rather than that, it might as well be me."
The queen laughed and said, "You think I will believe you if you say that? Do you think that you can make yourself clean?"
"Believe it or not." Gu Huai said, "I'm not clean at all."
The queen pursed her lips, then helped the delicate flowers on her temples, and said: "Of course you leave it to me, anyway, you never look down on me. A bastard who is rough with maids and guards, trying to win favor in front of him will only get me Take the position of Zhaoyi. If it weren't for the fact that the forces behind the other women who dislike him are too complicated, you wouldn't let me be the queen."
"You think that if you give me some sweetness, I can make a palace decoration with peace of mind, so that you can think of him with such a little forward appearance."
Gu Huai neither admitted nor denied it.
The queen raised the corner of her mouth and smiled: "When you miss him through me, have you ever thought that in fact I would be willing to stay, just because you miss him?"
"Why do you think that, in my heart, a queen can surpass him?"
The raised brows and the indelible brilliance in the eyes made Lin Chao finally remember who she was.That girl who was twelve or thirteen years old and hadn't grown up yet, dared to jump into the frozen lake in the cold weather, just for Yibo's sympathy.
What did he do then?At most, the police sent her a bowl of hot soup to drive her away from the cold, right?
It turns out that a bowl of hot soup is better than a person who respects the infinite.
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