Your Majesty, come back

Chu Xiao sat stiffly in the chair, watched the young man thank you without saying a word, got up, turned and left.

That action was not sloppy, and it wasn't a lover's intentional hypocrisy. It was really determined to go back to Yuewang's mansion, and Chu Xiao would never keep a person who really wanted to leave for the second time, no matter what he said. It can't be kept either.

The world outside the hall was silent, only the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves. Chu Xiao suddenly felt tired, but not the kind of tiredness that made people want to sleep. He threw away the things in his hands and relaxed his arms on both sides of the chair , the eunuch Awu looked at the time, he was very good at observing words and expressions, and knew that the master was in a bad mood, so he tried in a softer voice than usual: "Your Majesty, are you going to bed?"

Chu Xiao closed his eyes, lazily, as if all his energy had been exhausted by getting angry just now, he answered the wrong question: "Who is on duty tonight."

Awu immediately replied: "Your Majesty, it is Commander Ruan."

Chu Xiao opened his eyes, "Go and prepare some appetizers. I want beef sauce, deep-fried belly, roast leg of lamb, whatever else you want, and warm a few catties of wine, then go and call Commander Ruan over."

Awu handled affairs quickly, and set up a low-leg table on the ground, with a cushion on each side, and Chu Xiao sat cross-legged on it. The back foot arrived.

Chu Xiao waved his hand at him: "Come here, have a few drinks with me, there is your favorite beef."

Commander Ruan was not pretentious, thanked His Majesty, then readily took off the soft armor on his body, sat on the floor like Chu Xiao, first poured a large bowl of hot wine in one breath, and said: "Your Majesty still remembers that the general likes to eat beef."

Chu Xiao also gulped down a glass of spicy wine, and his stomach felt warm. It seemed that even the stagnation in his heart had been washed away by the alcohol. He raised his glass to his beloved general, and the two drank another glass.

"Remember, why don't you remember, when we were fighting outside, the happiest thing was to be able to eat meat. When we fought in Lincheng, we couldn't attack for a long time in the winter, and the food and grass in the barracks were almost gone. At that time, I managed to get a batch of pork, and I shared some with you in private, but you turned around and gave it to others, and drank gruel by yourself. I found out, and asked why you didn’t eat it, you kid If you can't pull it, you say that you don't like pork but like beef, I was so angry that I wanted to whip you with a stick!"

Commander Ruan was also a little ashamed, "This... all happened a few years ago."

"I had a bad temper back then, so I beat you up. Later, when I went to find you with medicine, I heard your lieutenant admonishing you from outside the tent, so I realized that you gave him all the meat and tricked him. Reward for you, you have already eaten at my side."

Commander Ruan said with a sneer: "The last general is always being trained."

"That's right, it's an anecdote in the world that my commander-in-chief is actually afraid of internal affairs."

Looking at all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, he, Commander Ruan, is the Duanxiu, and he has the same effect as himself. Although he is sullen, he can't just hook up with a friend like other men, and go up. He can complain unscrupulously about his own wife in a tavern. No one can complain about his anger, and no one can relieve him.

So Chu Xiao let out a long sigh, gulped down the beef, patted Ai Jiang on the shoulder and said, "Actually, now I think it's not bad to be afraid of guilt. Only desperadoes."

Ruan Jin thought for a long time before saying: "Actually, my family doesn't always scold me. Most of the time, he treats me very well."

Chu Xiao sneered, and said: "I don't understand, hey, you say——I really don't understand, you say at the beginning, before the relationship between the two of you is broken, you are probably praised like a jewel, like a treasure, Later, when the two of them became friends, hey, they started to be lukewarm, since that's the case, why bother to act like it's up to you in the first place!"

He was so emotional that he slapped the edge of the low table with a powerful palm, causing the peanuts in the small dish to fly out.

Commander Ruan put down his chopsticks and said, "This is normal and human."

"..." Chu Xiao was stunned.

"I don't know about the others. If it was my family... After I came back from Nanban, the person in my family must have treated me much better. After all, I haven't seen each other for so long, so it's rare. But if you have been in the mansion all the time, then you should have a normal attitude.

Chu Xiao turned the wine glass: "People's hearts... are unpredictable."

"However, I can understand it. Before I got it, I always thought it was a pearl. No matter how beautiful it looked, after I got it, I got used to it. Even pearls can be regarded as duck eggs, but duck eggs are also very good for people who live their lives. "

Chu Xiao was silent. Thinking of the young man's resistant attitude, he felt even more sad. He was afraid that this big pearl of innocence would have long been reduced to an egg in Chu Yue's eyes!

He felt uncomfortable, drinking was like drinking water, pouring cup after cup, his throat was hot and hot, and he was also a little drunk, so he said in a hazy voice, "How can that pearl be swallowed like this!"

His beloved general also sighed, and said: "What's the difference between being hot and cold? The seven-year itch is the scariest thing."

The seven-year itch, like the new and dislike the old.

These eight words were like darts, whizzing into his heart.

Yes, he likes the new and dislikes the old. Is he not a person who likes the new and dislikes the old? Chu Xiao likes swords. He has 280 six swords in his private treasury. He knows the origin and characteristics of each sword very well. Every time he collects one, he will be delighted. Ruokang, but so what, no matter how much he likes a sword, it doesn't affect him to continue looking for a new sword.

This is true for swords, and it should be true for people.

This is the attitude that people in high positions should have. They will not like anyone too much. They can like things, but they are never infatuated. They can have them, but when they should withdraw, they must not think about it.

But for Chu Yue, he couldn't do this.

Having experienced two deaths, Chu Xiao thought he would be tolerant enough, but he felt that he was wrong, and he obviously didn't know himself well enough.

It wasn't until this question really came to the surface that he clearly realized that the domineering and fearless in his bones still hadn't changed in any way.

Love the new and dislike the old?That is absolutely impossible.

He would not allow Chu Yue to see other new people, even if he would hate him in the end, he would never allow it.

Ruan Jin drank too much, Chu Xiao asked A Wu to help him go to the side hall to rest, and after he woke up, he was fed a few bowls of anti-alcohol medicine, and then sent back to the commander's mansion. , When he woke up, his mind was muddled. He was lying on the dragon bed, and it was the first time that he felt that the bed was really hard.

He summoned his spies.

"Go and investigate the suspicious people around King Yue these days. Report to me every move he makes, what he does and who he sees."

After giving the order, he lay back on his bed, and suddenly felt that his face was inexplicably ridiculous.

Now he is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that Chu Yue will leave him.

That kind of fear was even more difficult for him to accept than death.