Your Majesty, come back

The nights of this season are the most sticky, hot and dull.

The hundred-year-old trees around Yue Wang's mansion are full of cicadas chirping and insects chirping, making the night full of joy. Chu Xiao has been to his brother's mansion many times at night, and he is almost familiar with it. He has practiced his lightness skills. He is standing outside an inconspicuous small courtyard in the northwest corner of Yuewang Mansion. He is standing with his hands behind his back. Bright moonlit night.

"Brother Huang, you...why are you here?"

Not far away, Chu Yue was dressed in casual clothes, probably just after bathing and changing, before wiping his hair, his slightly damp long hair was hanging behind him, obviously he just got the news and came in a hurry.

"Don't worry, I'll just take a look."

Chu Xiao didn't look at the young man next to him, but kept his head up slightly, as if he was seriously appreciating this unremarkable and humiliating small courtyard. He seemed to have made some kind of decision, so he was unusually at ease. Not counting the number of visits to Prince Yue's Mansion, he would come here once or twice every half month, but he never went to the northwest. Visible details.

This is where Chu Xiao left his soul.

People are more or less suspicious of the unknown, or the things they have suffered in the past. It is not without pain when the scars are healed, but the wounds are probably just a layer of flesh wounds.

Chu Yue said at this time: "Brother Huang, what you said to me today was not a whim, I thought about it, I thought about it very seriously—"

Chu Xiao asked back: "Oh? This is the result of very serious, very serious thinking? He walked away and abandoned his armor? It's really crisp and simple."

His voice was not in a hurry or annoyed, it was not accusation, but for some reason, Chu Yue's eye sockets were tight, and he became a frightened bird. He seemed to have returned to his childhood, and became that incompetent and weak person who didn't take the slightest attention. The youngest of the Chu family, he tightly held a corner of Chu Xiao's robe with one hand, his brows were deeply furrowed, creating a ravine.

"Because I don't want to, I don't want to hurt you." Intermittently, he dug out the past buried deep in his memory in shame, and laid it in front of Chu Xiao bloody, "When I was young... When I was very young, Dad once Find someone to tell me my divination and life, he..."

Chu Xiao tilted his head and thought about it, and he really dug up some memories of that meeting from years of memories. The old man Chu believed in these gods and ghosts, and every time he got a son, he would find an expert to order him to touch his bones , The self-deceiving Le Shangyile, he coldly hit the nail on the head: "This old man has counted every son and daughter, which one is not the fate of the dragon and phoenix among the rich and noble? As a result, you and I will live."

Chu Yue paused, showing embarrassment, and said in a low voice: "But the fortune teller said that I have a strange horoscope, it's..."

Chu Xiao was impatient: "What is it, don't hesitate."

The young man laughed at himself: "It's brother Ke Kemu's life."

"..."

"Thinking about it later, it seemed like that was the case. Brother Huang probably didn't know that back then my mother...had an affair with people outside the mansion. She was actually very cautious and was never discovered by the people in the mansion. It was me, I That day I was just playing around, climbing on the tree outside my mother's room to pick fruit, and accidentally saw someone coming to her, I didn't know the severity, so I went to tell the servant girl about it, and then..."

Chu Xiao looked helplessly at the frustrated young man in front of him. He really didn't know that he said that the young man's temperament can take everything on him, and he only takes bad things, as if he did all the suffering and pain in the world. Same.

"Fool, paper can never contain fire. Without you, other people will find out the clues. If she makes mistakes first, how can she blame you?"

While shaking his head, Chu Yueku showed a bitter expression: "But the third brother died because of my mistake, especially after the national teacher came, I kept having that dream. Yinger kept running away, but I shot an arrow and killed you with one arrow. Sometimes it was you in my dream, and sometimes it was my second brother. When I was in Nanman, I shot and killed the king of Nanman... Later, the soldiers came back and said, The Nanman King was holding a girl in his arms, it was his daughter, and she died because of that arrow piercing through her heart. I couldn't help but wonder if I committed a taboo and got retribution..."

"It's not your fault." Chu Xiao pressed the young man's arm tightly, grasping tightly, and repeated expressionlessly: "It's not yours."

is his.

It was he who went to the south with his own will, and it was he who disregarded the lives of the people and only for his own selfishness.

So he tasted the pain of being pierced by an arrow, and the pain of parting from his daughter.

It is enough for him to bear these pains alone.

Chu Yue said: "Brother Huang, people's desires will become bigger and bigger, like a wild beast. In the end, I might not even be able to control myself. A long time ago, my wish was just to be able to stay with you well." By my side, just looking at you makes me satisfied. Then, I think you like me, love me, and you can’t leave me for the rest of your life. Then, I got it, but I only want more. Every day I am Pushing forward, expecting more.”

This is true of love, and perhaps the same is true of the human heart.

The current Chu Yue can categorically say that he will never be tempted by power to do anything that hurts Chu Xiao, but in the future, will he be corrupted by power as predicted in that dream? Become numb and cold-blooded, and a cavity of love is completely cold.

In the depths of his heart, is there another ambitious self, waiting for the opportunity, even he can hardly detect it.

"Maybe it's fine to leave, you'll be safe, Brother Huang." Chu Yue smiled bleakly, and his palms intersected with Chu Xiao's: "My own brother died in my hands, do I want to kill him? No, I I don't want to hurt him, not at all, but the ending is out of my control."

"I can't control it, so I'm going to run away." Hearing this, Chu Xiao became a little anxious, and his tone became more serious: "My brother, who is so courageous, not only loses to the future, but also loses to the past ? Feeling ashamed in my heart, I spurn myself and exile myself? I tell you, you are incompetent and a coward! My mother tells you, I have millions of lives on my back, even if I get down from the Palace of Hades, first I am the one who blows up the [-]th floor of hell first! I will bear it—but since I am alive now, I have to live well, regardless of whether he lives or dies tomorrow!"

After Chu Xiao yelled this sentence, seeing the young man's distraught look, he let out a long sigh. They were at a stalemate at the gate of the small courtyard. He is not a person who likes to persuade others with his mouth, and someone who can be easily moved by words, can only be said to be weak in nature, and using threats or lures are better solutions.

It's a pity that he has nothing to do with the current Chu Yue.

Neither beating nor scolding, he is more fearful than teaching his son, obviously in this relationship, he is the one who has the upper hand, but in fact he is being restrained everywhere, hey, love, what kind of love love love Ah, in the final analysis, both sides are hurting, and they are hurting willingly.

"Come on, come with me."

Chu Xiao pointed to the courtyard, indicating that he wanted to go in. He pushed the gate of this small courtyard gently with a creak. With the movement of the door, dust flew around as if startled.

Chu Yue blocked the front with his body, not knowing why: "There's nothing to see here, and there are too many mosquitoes and ants, Brother Huang, let's go out."

"Look, this place means a lot to me."

Chu Yue looked at him suspiciously and blankly, Chu Xiao laughed, also, there are many courtyards in King Yue's mansion, his younger brother may have really forgotten who lived in this courtyard.

The two stepped across the front yard one after another. Chu Xiao took the young man's hand. After being scolded so hard by him, Chu Yue flickered before his fingers touched him. Chu Xiao caught him involuntarily. Don't mention what Chu Yue said in the morning. As long as he doesn't criticize or nod his head, this kid won't be able to make waves. He ordered Ruan Jin to greet the guards at the gates of the capital. When you go out, you will be escorted back to the palace immediately.

Doing both soft and hard is the best plan.

The courtyard in the courtyard had fallen leaves all over the ground because no one took care of it. Chu Yue didn't know what Chu Xiao wanted, so he followed him in obediently. Then, he heard Chu Xiao's tone and asked relaxedly: "A Yue, what are you doing?" Guess how I saw you before."

Chu Yue seemed to think about it for a while, and said, "I guess... I don't like it."

Chu Xiao laughed, and said: "It's not just that you don't like it, it's just to give you face, I used to regard you as a serious problem in my confidant, I never believed in your loyalty, even though you have been loyal to me all these years. "

Chu Yue's voice was muffled, and it sounded awkward: "Oh, really."

"Since I was a child, I don't like you and your brother, but you don't need to be sad. I have never liked any of these brothers. I never care about such things as brothers and sisters, so I can't figure it out. You clearly know that I have murderous intentions towards you, but if you don't believe me, why are you still following behind me so shamelessly."

Sweat broke out on the palms of his hands because of these words, Chu Yue let go of his clenched fists, and said, "Brother Huang hates me, I know... I always knew it."

"So, after all, you just don't understand why I like you, don't you?"

Everything was silent, Chu Yue only felt that at this moment, all the chirping of insects and cicadas seemed to be far away from them. Yes, he didn't understand. This question seemed simple, but it had always been Hengcheng's biggest and most inescapable question in his mind. .

Yes, he doesn't understand, he has never understood, why the emperor brother who has always hated him suddenly treats him kindly.

Not only that, the brotherly relationship that had never been good, even slowly broke the ice, and he was gradually accepted, loved, and trusted, and even in the end, Brother Huang accepted his absurd love.

He thought about many kinds of endings that he would have, such as being assassinated, being smashed by a car, being mutilated—he kissed the imperial brother, and every method of death was worthy of his audacity.

But he never expected that Chu Xiao would accept him.

This is simply a fantasy that only occasionally appears in dreams, but it actually happened to him.

It's not that he hasn't asked, and he has also tried, but no matter how he asks in the open or in the dark, Chu Xiao always avoids the seriousness of this matter and never answers it.

Happiness like a mirage hangs in Chu Yue's heart, and he is afraid that if he makes a mistake, he will be lost forever.

"That's right, I don't understand... I don't understand why Brother Huang accepted me."

Chu Xiao slowly smiled at the young man. His smile was a bit weird. One corner of his mouth seemed to be controlled by a marionette, and he pulled it upwards for a while, forming an expression that was almost between sarcasm and a smile. Fortunately, late at night is always the best cover for secrets.

"I don't tell you because this is my secret. No one can tell it. You can't, Yinger can't, everyone can't. I, I planned to bring this secret into the coffin."

He pointed to the courtyard vaguely with his fingers: "Here, do you still remember who lived here?"

Chu Yue was taken aback, and looked in the direction of Chu Xiao's finger. Because it was night, there were no lights, and only the moonlight shone like broken silver. It was as if something was stuck, so that after a long time, he couldn't say a word.

Chu Xiao helped him answer: "The person who died here before was surnamed Qin. I know that he was a scholar who was motivated to take the exam."

"..."

His voice was very cool. Chu Xiao was originally a person who had nothing to do with the word Wen Wen, but for some reason, Chu Yue felt that Chu Xiao at this time was more gentle than ever.

"I don't know where you guys met. Anyway, you saw him, and you think he looks like me, especially the eyes. Although they are not me, they still look like me. You can't touch him. Really, it's fun to make a fake one, right?"

The young man's expression seemed interesting to Chu Xiao, he was a little flustered, and even more at a loss, so he continued: "So you brought him back to Yuewang's mansion, and asked him to teach him my habitual sitting posture and movements, and even asked the instructor to teach him how to do it." He shoots arrows." Speaking of this, Chu Xiao actually said with emotion: "You kid, people say you are bold, but you are just so brave."

Chu Yue pursed his lips and bowed his head in silence, his left hand unconsciously grabbed the hem of his robe, like a child who made a mistake, and at this moment, Chu Xiao's calm voice came from his ear.

"Then did you suddenly find out one day that this fake seems a bit like the real thing?"

Chu Yue was stunned: "No...no, I didn't—"

Chu Xiao waved his hand, "You're right." He smiled secretly at the young man, "Because that's true, it's me."

"..."

"My soul was there at that time, in that person's body."