Your Majesty, come back

After a thousand turns, Chu Yue gritted his teeth and told the truth: "My brother before..." The clenched teeth rattled, and he forced out two words: "Servant."

Chu Xiao knew it well, and only smiled in response: "Oh, the place where the golden house hides its beauty has opened my eyes."

It is the only thing he can feel satisfied with at present to make the young man show such a bewildered expression like he is now.

Chu Xiao warned himself not to ignore any staged small victories, because you don't know on which day the dike of a thousand miles will eventually collapse in whose hands.

"Sixth Brother misses the past, everyone has left, and this place is still empty." Chu Xiao raised his head up and down, and all the guards who used to be crowded outside the courtyard were withdrawn, leaving only a few overly tall ancient trees standing outside the courtyard , the lush green shade covers the small courtyard with low walls, which is not simple and interesting, "Then sixth brother, do you plan to leave this place empty from now on?"

Chu Yue immediately raised his eyebrows, and said seriously: "My brother will definitely keep himself clean, and will not do such indecent things anymore, don't worry, Brother Huang."

"..."

"Sixth Brother, you...don't need to be so nervous, I'm just curious about who is the person who can keep Sixth Brother in the house."

The young man continued to straighten his back, very upright, as if the righteousness was flowing in his chest: "I dare not let the emperor bother, I am just an ordinary person, in fact, my brother may not have been here for a long time, what does the other party look like?" The younger brother can't remember clearly either."

Knowing that the other party was opening his eyes and talking big words, Chu Xiao followed the other party's words and asked lightly, "Can't remember?"

Chu Yue shivered, and unconsciously raised his voice—in Chu Xiao's eyes, this was of course just a bluff, "Yeah, I really don't remember clearly, but my impression is quite pleasing to the eye." .”

His own appearance was reduced to the category of being pleasing to the eye, and Chu Xiao couldn't laugh or cry. The young man's feigned frivolity was so interesting that people couldn't stop laughing, but Chu Xiao wanted to endure it again, so a stiff look appeared on his face. , inconsistent lines.

"Brother Huang... Are you feeling unwell?"

The self-control that Chu Xiao was always proud of collapsed in an instant, the tight and hard lines on his face suddenly loosened, and he laughed with a sneer, his eyebrows and eyes curved, and the laughter overflowed from his mouth no longer could be suppressed, Chu Xiao hadn't laughed so heartily like today for many years, he couldn't stop, his hand was full of strength, and he slapped the young man on the shoulder.

Chu Yue didn't know what he had done to make Chu Xiao laugh like this, but it's not a bad thing for a person to laugh like this—smile is the most contagious, and Chu Yue was also infected soon after a short period of infatuation. After being patted on the shoulder by Chu Xiao so affectionately, he soon shyly shyly looked down, a little ashamed, lowered his head and pursed his lips and smiled.

Chu Xiao suddenly felt that he was going to be pierced by the spring breeze at this moment, so he cut his knife gently, pointing directly at his heart.

"Ayue."

The young man in front of him would not betray him, even when he was only an incompetent body, he was still willing to kneel by his bed.

Without power, the thousands of troops who had surrendered at his feet would leave immediately.But now he has full confidence, even if he has nothing, there is no one to accompany him.

No matter what the reason is, what the reason is, he just looks at the result.

"I will treat you well."

It seemed that this was not the first time he had said this to the young man. The first time he didn't believe him, the second time, the third time—there would always be one time, Chu Yue would listen to the words in his heart.

You must know that he will never be stingy with people who have expectations of him.

When Chu Xiao returned to the palace, it was already dusk and sunset.On the edge of the sky, dark clouds overwhelmed the city, and they were all dyed a dazzling orange by the twilight.

If it wasn't for the heavy rain, Chu Xiao still planned to stay in Yue Wang's mansion to have a meal and have a good chat with the young man.It's a pity that he can't stay for a long time, the affairs in the palace are complicated, and the memorials piled up on the dragon case are still waiting for him to approve.

Criticizing notebooks is never an easy task. Over the past few years, he felt that his eyesight was not as good as before.

In fact, you only need to sit there and start writing, and you don't need too much labor at all, but Chu Xiao always feels that he has become an old scalper, slowly cultivating in the hard and hard soil, day after day. , Wait until the land starts to sprout, harvest, and be abandoned again, until you are too old to walk or drag the plow, then you can give up.

But what can be done, this is all his hard work, the fruit of his past pride and ambition, even if it makes him unable to do what he wants now, he can't complain.

It would be great if Chu Yue could come here at this time.

Chu Xiao feels that no one can experience his melancholy with a tragic heroic look. This is so unprecedented, and his height is unmatched, so even his melancholy is so different from ordinary people that he I can't even figure it out myself.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sighed at the flickering candlelight. The manager Awu saw this subtle movement, and immediately turned up the candlelight on the desk carefully, "Your Majesty, my servant gives you Click it."

At this time, the palace was already full of bright lights, and it was pouring rain outside the palace. The sound of the rain came to Chu Xiao's ear through layers of barriers. Chu Xiao stood up and stretched, rubbing the hand holding the pen, "This What time is it?"

Awu replied in a low voice: "Go back to your majesty, it's already Xu time, is your majesty going to rest?"

"No, wait a little longer."

A Wu asked again: "Then tonight, the Holy One is going to flip the cards?"

Chu Xiao was startled for a moment, and then murmured: "No need, take it easy."

Chu Xiao loves cleanliness, and there is only Awu serving in the palace. Awu retreated outside the palace to order the maids to prepare some refreshing soup. He secretly thought about the deep meaning of His Majesty's words, take it easy, and didn't pay attention for a while. , and bumped into the oncoming guard, the manager shouted: "What are you doing, you are in a panic!"

The guards came running from outside the hall, with rain on their clothes, and said: "Eunuch, there is an editor of the Imperial Academy kneeling outside now, and he has been kneeling and saying that he wants to see the emperor. It's useless if we persuade him, I'm afraid it's something urgent." thing……"

What important matter could an editor of the Hanlin Academy have? The director impetuously looked at the water curtain falling outside the eaves, feeling uneasy: "Hey, I'll go and tell the Holy One first, this kind of weather..."

Awu felt that it was worthy of pity that he had to face the increasingly eccentric emperor alone in this weather.

But fortunately, there was an editor outside the temple who had to kneel in the rain. He was so stupid, how could it not be comforting, and his whole body felt warm in comparison.

The manager immediately shook his spirits, and said kindly, "You can persuade that adult to get up first, and if you can't persuade him, send an umbrella over there. If the time comes, the Holy One will blame us."

When Awu hurried back to the study in the hall, Chu Xiao was still writing something with his head down.After Awu reported what happened just now, Chu Xiao raised his eyebrows in surprise, but the pen in his hand did not stop at all, and threw the approved paper on the table: "Then go and listen to what he has to say."

When Awu returned to the study room again, he had a strange expression on his face, as if he didn't dare to speak, "My lord, editor Duan said..."

"Ok?"

"Editor Duan said that he and Yue Wang really love each other and hope the emperor will be happy. He had some misunderstanding with Yue Wang before. Please don't blame Yue Wang. He is willing to bear all the punishment for Yue Wang." It was useless even to break the sentence quickly. , directly read it hastily, the chief steward secretly raised his eyes with a guilty conscience, and saw that the emperor looked calm and there was no abnormality.

"Oh, then let him continue to kneel."

Half an hour passed, and Chu Xiao finally finished approving all the documents on the desk. This was a difficult tug-of-war. He rubbed his forehead wearily, thinking that it was time to go to bed.

"Your Majesty...then, that editor is still kneeling outside."

The rain didn't mean to slow down, and the thunder burst out, and Chu Xiao couldn't help but began to admire the extraordinary perseverance and infatuated persistence of the scholars outside.But after thinking about it, people are not grass and trees, and infatuation must have some roots. If the young man and the scholar are really innocent, why does the scholar persist until now.

Can you catch fish without a lure hook?There must be some unexplainable reasons in the middle.

"If you want to kneel, you can kneel enough for me. When you faint, you will be dragged to the Tai Hospital. If you die, you will dig a pit and bury it."

Chu Xiao snorted coldly, turned over in the quilt, and wrapped himself in the quilt.

"Your Majesty... Yue Wang also entered the palace just now, and he is outside persuading editor Duan to go back."

Chu Xiao didn't feel sleepy at all. He got up from the bed and put on his clothes and walked quickly outside the palace door. Suddenly, the night wind blew in, especially with humidity, and it was still raining outside.

He stood nailed outside the threshold, stopped the foot that was about to step out of the threshold, turned his head and said angrily: "Tell him to come in!"

A Wu couldn't figure it out for a moment: "Is it editor Duan?"

The emperor kicked his chief executive out with one kick, "Bring King Yue in."

It is not allowed to take a sedan chair when entering the palace. The young man will inevitably have wet hair and a tired face when walking all the way in this weather. Once entering the palace, he kneels down and apologizes: "Brother Huang, the younger brother has already sent Duan Bianxiu back. .”

"Should I praise you for your ability?" Chu Xiao sneered, paced back and forth by Chu Yue's side several times, and stared with sharp eyes: "A Yue, tell me honestly, what's the relationship between you two?"

"The younger brother has nothing to do with him." Chu Yue firmly insisted.

Chu Xiao felt that he was caught in a strange circle, why did he insist on asking the cause and effect, and what benefit did he have?He could almost guess his expression after he learned the truth, no matter what the truth was, the shop would definitely not make him happy.

If so, why bother to ask?

Chu Xiao couldn't figure it out, it was obviously a thankless task, but in the end he couldn't hold back, "I asked you a question, do you dare not answer it truthfully?"

The young man's gaze slowly lowered, as if he was struggling.

Just when Chu Xiao saw that the young man was about to confess, he suddenly stood up from his chair, interrupted what Chu Yue was about to say without thinking, and hurriedly shouted at the young man: "Go and change your clothes first, What does it look like when it's dripping wet, Awu—take King Yue there quickly."

The disgusted tone successfully concealed the flash of retreat in his heart. Chu Xiao sensed his abnormality. He had made up his mind to know just now, but when it really came to the door, he resisted inexplicably.

Chu Yue touched his clothes with his hands, but he didn't feel wet, "Brother Huang, my body is not wet, why don't you listen to my clothes first..."

"Awu, take King Yue down."

Chu Yue looked very dejected, so he had to follow the manager to the side hall to change into new clothes, and untied his hair by the way. Chu Yue didn't let the maids get close, and used a handkerchief to absorb the moisture on his head, and the hair fell on the hair. With his forehead covering his eyes, Chu Yue had something on his mind, so he moved in a trance, absent-minded.

He didn't notice at all that someone walked over silently, until the handkerchief in his hand was roughly snatched away, Chu Yue raised his head in panic, but was pressed down by the emperor the next moment.

Chu Xiao waited impatiently outside, and here he was slow to change clothes and wipe his head. He couldn't stand it anymore, grabbed the handkerchief from the young man's hand, and violently rubbed it on Chu Yue's black hair for a while, with great strength Terrifying, it didn't stop until it messed up the young man's black hair.

"Brother Emperor... I'll do it myself..."

Chu Yue was sitting with his back slightly bent, allowing Chu Xiao to come suddenly over his head.

"It's as slow as a girl with yellow flowers. I don't have time to wait for you."

After finishing speaking, he threw the handkerchief casually and stepped on it: "You will stay here to sleep with me tonight, I have something to ask you."

"Ah? This, this is not acceptable." The young man refused without thinking about it with red ears.

The emperor squinted over: "Do you want me to say it a second time?"

Chu Xiao threatened the young man to the side of the bed, pointed to the edge and said, "Sleep next to you, you are not allowed to come over at night, I am not used to it."

Chu Yue was still hesitating: "Then...then how can I do it?"

Chu Xiao ignored it, and lay down on the dragon couch, leaving a back for the young man.

After a long time, someone climbed up without a sound, and slept on the edge in an orderly manner, even without a place to turn over.

If you are not satisfied later, you can push people down at any time. That's right, that's what Chu Xiao planned.

"What did you want to say just now, continue." Chu Xiao continued to turn his back on the other party, unable to see the embarrassment and melancholy on the young man's face.

"Your brother likes the "History of Zhao" compiled by Duan Xiu very much."

Chu Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't make a sound, only listening to the young man continue to speak slowly: "Duan Jinrong himself is very talented, and he is also famous for his poems in the capital. We met at the prime minister's family banquet at that time, and we chatted very well. We saw each other last time."

Chu Xiao snorted coldly.

Hearing this cold snort, Chu Yue didn't know whether he should continue talking. After a long pause, he continued: "Once, my brother was drunk..."

The emperor suddenly turned back again, with a sinister expression on his face: "Are you drinking?"

Chu Yue was so scared that he almost fell out of bed in an instant, his fingers curled up, and he didn't know where he said wrong, "Yeah."

The amount of alcohol that gets drunk after three glasses, learning how to use alcohol to relieve sorrow, will only cause trouble because of alcohol——

What an idiot with a short memory!

Thinking of the young man's state of being unable to recognize people when he was drunk, Chu Xiao gritted his teeth and looked at the young man who had been covered with a quilt, his eyes were wide open, and his face looked so innocent.

Damn innocent.

"Drunk, then what?"

Chu Yue scratched his forehead in embarrassment, his eyes shifted randomly, and he was very rigid: "I did drink a lot at that time, so I kissed him."

Chu Xiao was silent for a while, "And then?"

The young man coughed, "No, this younger brother was so drunk that he passed out... Editor Duan has been refusing to listen to this younger brother's explanation. It's true that my younger brother is not interested in him, and my younger brother doesn't know his self-confidence. from where."

"If you know that he will come to you." The young man's expression also began to look grim: "My brother will definitely..."

Chu Xiao looked at this face carefully, making sure that there was no trace of deceit, and then he showed tolerance: "Since you are not interested, there is no need to compete. Drink less alcohol in the future, and you will understand. Drinking is a waste of time."

He breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the truth was still within the allowable range, although his things were still touched by someone.

Since you admire yourself, you shouldn't be like this.

Chu Xiao felt tired, and felt sleepy after knowing the result. There was someone lying beside him. Although it was far away from him, there was someone lying there after all.

So he propped his head a little, and said in a rough voice, "My eyes hurt."

The roots of Chu Yue's ears were red, extending all the way to his chin, "Then my brother will give you a massage?"

When the gentle palms came up, Chu Xiao's eyes seemed to be a little tighter, and a strange feeling flowed in his body like flames.

The young man's movements are gentle, his strength is enough, and he looks full of patience.

"Don't stop."

"Well, Brother Chen, wait until Brother Huang falls asleep before going to sleep."

Chu Xiao became satisfied, and felt that the other party was really comfortable and comfortable, and his generosity was not in vain, so he groaned a few times and became sleepy.

"Ayue, do you think I am getting old?"

Before going to bed, he suddenly asked.

"No, Brother Huang is just too tired."

Chu Yue finished speaking without hesitation, and said softly, "Brother Huang actually needs to rest earlier."

He lazily raised his eyelids, and the hot air from his nose hit the opponent's palm, "Then you come to help me approve the papers?"

The fingers twirling on the temples paused, "I dare not."

Chu Xiao soon fell asleep. When he was still aware, he actually knew that someone was quietly holding his hand under the quilt.

Whether it's the quilt or the other's hand, they are all equally soft and warm, covering people densely like a net.

He couldn't open his eyes anymore, as if he had strayed into the land of tenderness, his eyes were full of shimmering water and frosty white dew, all of which made him so intoxicated that he didn't know where to go.

"Third brother..."

There was wind in his ears, Chu Xiao's ears itched slightly, his body sank, and he felt more thoroughly drowned in the whirlpool.

"Third brother."

He couldn't grasp the source of the sound, but felt that his body had been completely swallowed up by the gentle beauty that he had outlined.

In a trance, the wind in his ear became more and more frenzied, but he heard the voice clearly amidst the whistling wind.

"Third brother."

Suddenly, Oulu started up, the scenery around him was like a virtual scene imprinted in a pool of water, and it only took a moment for it to be disturbed. Chu Xiao opened his eyes vigilantly in the sound.

This is still a gentle water town, the blood-red sunset, seen from the top of the mountain, the broken military flag is upside down in the yellow sand all over the sky, the word "Chu" on the flag can still be seen faintly, a dead silence, bloody.

Chu Xiao indifferently put his hands on his waist, where his saber was.

He was standing on a high slope, and a little further up, there was someone standing against the light, with black blood-stained iron armor and a cold knife in his hand.

Chu Xiao couldn't see the other person's expression clearly at the moment, but he knew that it was a face that was too evil and beautiful, too good-looking, but it just didn't look in the right place.

Like a flower growing out of the damp and wet cracks, it is as beautiful as it is beautiful, but it is still shocking.

Chu Xiao took a step forward, leaving a bloodstain on the yellow ground.

The other party smiled at him without warning.

"Third brother, long time no see."