Crossing should also be very low-key

The four of them played until the sky was completely dark, and it was only because there was not enough lighting equipment in this era that they stopped temporarily.Because it was already past the time for dinner, the dinner delivered by the dining room was of course already cold, so Ah Cong and Ah Shun took their son's meal back to the kitchen to reheat it.

It was rare for Li Qingjiu to lie leisurely on the deck chair in the yard and chat with Zhang Xiaoyue, because some of the conversations just now made him interested in Zhang Xiaoyue's life experience.

"Brother Yue, are you also sent here by your family?" He thought to himself, Zhang Xiaoyue's family has been in debt for a long time, so she should be sent here because she didn't come out in the end!I don't know if I took the money to pay off the debt at the beginning, or used Zhang Xiaoyue's "salary" to pay it back slowly?

"Well, when I was 15 years old, my father suddenly died of illness. Several creditors came to ask for money. My mother had no choice but to sell me to a men's brothel. At that time, the prince came to the fief, and my mother hugged me. He took me to the palace with the mood of giving it a try, and then by chance, I was taken into the North Courtyard as a prince."

"That's how you come in? Your lord, he doesn't refuse anyone who comes?"

Zhang Xiaoyue glared at him, secretly thinking that one day Commander Chen would send a hidden guard with first-rate hearing, this idiot would be dead.But since dying was supposed to be fun, he wasn't going to remind him of that either.

"Of course Steward Lin didn't accept it, but at that time, a guest from the palace happened to pass by. He saw me and my mother kneeling on the ground begging, and after listening to my mother tell us about our family's debts, the man said "It's so pitiful, Tangtang, just let him in. If there is no shortage of people here, I will take him away in two days", and then Butler Lin let me in." Recalling the past, the sharp look on Zhang Xiaoyue's face The feeling is reduced a lot.

"Wow, you're so lucky...well, you can't say that, after all, you're here to sell meat..."

"Meat?"

"That's... the same meaning as a girl's prostitution! Uh, you don't mind if I'm so straightforward, Brother Yue?" Before, he always thought that boys at Zhang Xiaoyue's age should love face and don't like being called Speaking of this aspect, but after staying in the palace for a while, he found that everyone's perception of the matter of "male favorite" seems to be not as bad as he thought.

"What you said is the truth! Besides, being able to enter the palace is much better than selling yourself. I am indeed very lucky."

"Hey, brother Yue, I don't see how you can think about it." Li Qingjiu thumped Zhang Xiaoyue's upper arm like a "hero cherishes a hero".

"I eat well, dress warmly, sleep soundly, and have endless money to spend, what else can I miss?"

Li Qingjiu choked on the words of endless money.

Brother Yue deserves to be Brother Yue, you can sell meat until you can't run out of money, what kind of realm is this?

"Well, I wonder if the two of them need help?" He deliberately changed the subject, and then he stood up and walked to the yard to look outside.

At this moment, he heard a sentence from a distance that he never thought he would hear.

"The emperor is here---"

emperor?emperor?Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa!Your Majesty, there is your Majesty!is that true?Is the emperor coming to the North Courtyard?

Li Qingjiu was taken aback for a moment, and then he became so excited that he wanted to meet his idol.He was not that excited when he saw the presidential candidates come out to ask for votes during the previous elections. After all, the president can see it on TV, but the emperor may never see it in his life!

"Brother Yue, come out and see the emperor!" He rushed back to the yard and took Zhang Xiaoyue's hand to watch the fun.

The words "The Emperor is coming" were uttered from the direction of the entrance of the north courtyard, just like in a drama. Li Qingjiu grabbed Zhang Xiaoyue and hid by the door of his own courtyard, looking intently at the direction the voice came from. , hoping to see the emperor from afar.

Compared to Li Qingjiu's excitement, Zhang Xiaoyue was much calmer.He followed his father in and out of the casino since he was a child, and the people inside gambled day and night, and there was nothing in their minds other than gambling.Even for such a big event as the emperor's abdication five years ago, in their gambling shop, it was only discussed after losing consecutive bets.Because of this, he is very vague and indifferent to the word "emperor".It wasn't until he entered the palace and spent a lot of time being educated by the chief steward and the servants that he felt a little bit of the awe that these royal relatives should have.

"I said, do you know that if you look directly at the emperor's face without permission, you will be beheaded?"

"That's why I hid! Brother Eyue, keep a low profile, don't stand so straight!" Li Qingjiu, who was huddled by the door, pulled Zhang Xiaoyue down again.

"You don't have to hide. The prince has secret guards, and the emperor also has secret guards. I guarantee that you will be arrested and punished before you even see the emperor's feet." Zhang Xiaoyue pulled people back into the yard. "You'd better play it safe, don't go out to join in the fun! If the emperor really wants to chop off your head, even the prince can't keep you!"

"Hey, can't you really watch it? What a pity! Your Majesty...otherwise I'll just watch his back when he's about to leave, isn't that okay?"

"you this...."

Zhang Xiaoyue was about to say something when the outside of the yard suddenly fell silent.

Stopped! The shouts of "The Emperor is coming" stopped!This means that the emperor has arrived at his destination!Li Qingjiu still couldn't help being curious, thinking of eavesdropping on the movement of the emperor and those entourage at the entrance of the courtyard, but turned around impulsively, and almost bumped into the oncoming people.

"Ah, I'm sorry! Hey, you are..."

Li Qingjiu was still thinking about why he had never seen this young master or servant before, when Zhang Xiaoyue's voice came from behind him.

"Xiaomin kowtowed to the emperor." Zhang Xiaoyue bowed her head and knelt, and at the same time pulled Li Qingjiu who was sluggish.

Feeling his sleeves being pulled forcefully, Li Qingjiu hurriedly knelt down as if waking up from a dream.

"Xiaoxiao, Xiaomin kowtow to the emperor!"

"It's over, it's over, I saw the emperor's face! I'm going to be beheaded—"

There are countless Meng Ke rolling in Li Qingjiu's mind at this time.

Compared to Li Qingjiu's panic, Xu Lixiao didn't react to the rude behavior of the man in front of him.He looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, and he could tell which one he was targeting from his clothes and behavior, so he stepped forward, pinched the man's jaw and took a good look.

"You are Li Qingjiu?" Well, you are handsome and beautiful, with a heroic look in your docile eyes, and the skin texture in your hands is also good to the touch. You really have "troublesome" capital!Even myself who has no interest in men has changed a bit!

"If you go back to the emperor, Xiaomin is not Li Qingjiu, he is." Zhang Xiaoyue calmly pointed to the front.

"Brother Yue, you betrayed me! At this time, it should be said that Li Qingjiu is not here!" Li Qingjiu looked distressed.

Xu Lixiao looked at the two of them in surprise, then walked back to the person he thought was the servant.

"Are you Li Qingjiu?"

"Yes..." he whispered in horror, his mind full of exclamation points and question marks.

Why are you looking for me?Why are you looking for me?I am always law-abiding and enthusiastic about helping others. Ever since I came here, I have never left the door or left, and of course I have not caused trouble. Why did you find me? I am not very familiar with you, Your Majesty! !

"Keep your head up."

Li Qingjiu thought in his heart "Is it possible not to", but he still raised his head slightly due to the situation.

Xu Lixiao took a few glances hard, but couldn't see anything other than "ordinary, ordinary, and inconspicuous", which was nothing compared to the male favorite just now.

"I heard that you are very favored by Prince Chen recently, aren't you?"

"Little people don't dare..." Li Qingjiu immediately lowered his head again, and replied in a low voice.Because I don't know the emperor's purpose at all, let alone the emperor's personality, if he accidentally makes the emperor unhappy, then his low-key life might end today!

"I originally thought that you must be beautiful and beautiful to be able to make Prince Chen fall in love with you, but now it seems that there should not be such a superficial reason."

"The little people are terrified...." Is it a compliment or a sarcasm?

"I see that even though you are the head of the North Court, you are so frugal in your clothing expenses. It is really rare."

"Xiaomin should..." Oh oh oh, has someone finally noticed his low profile?This emperor is a good man!

"Then, do you want to serve me in the palace?"

"Xiaomin...Huh?"

Li Qingjiu looked up at the condescending person in front of him, wondering if he was deaf just now.

"I will give you a better life, richer rewards, and the respect you deserve. In the palace, as long as you don't break the law, you can do whatever you want. Maybe I can't give you a legitimate Fame, but I promise that I will not let you be wronged. Li Qingjiu, are you willing to come by my side?"

Faced with such an affectionate confession and invitation from the lord of a country, no matter who it is, he will cry bitterly and immediately agree with joy, and then resolutely abandon everything in the past and move towards a better future.But after Li Qingjiu heard this, he just twitched the corners of his mouth a few times, thinking seriously whether this was a kind of rotten peach blossom.

At this moment, what comes to mind in a chaotic mind are still the already accustomed coping words in the service industry.

"That, that, Your Majesty, you think highly of Xiaomin...Actually, we have a candidate who is very suitable for you, Your Majesty, would you like to take a look?" Li Qingjiu knelt and retreated a few steps, and retreated to " Suitable for the person's side, with a business smile on his face, ready to recommend it.

"All I want is you."

"...."Mother!I have met his biggest perverted paranoid!

First the prince and then the emperor, should he be reserved for the royal family?There are so many handsome men and beautiful women in the world, please brothers, please take the clam meat off your eyes!

Just when Li Qingjiu was wailing silently, wanting to cry without tears, and didn't want to face it at all, a certain manager-like person suddenly approached the emperor, whispered a few words in his ear, and then the emperor looked regretful sighed.

"It seems that I can't get the answer I want today. It doesn't matter, I will send someone over next month, and I hope you can come to me with him by then."

Just after Xu Lixiao finished speaking, footsteps came from far and near outside the yard, and the next second, Xu Lichen appeared in his yard with Chen Ying and Lin Tang.

"Your Majesty, it seems a little inappropriate to come to the residence of my male favorite at this hour." Although Xu Lichen's tone was respectful, his expression was somewhat displeased.

"Hey, I just came to see the 'difficult' object you mentioned."

"Even so, is it necessary to contain all the guards of the royal palace? What if an assassin appears at this time?" Thinking of the way from the main courtyard to here just now, all the guards and the palace brought by the emperor The guards beat him hard, Xu Lichen couldn't help frowning.

"Who told those guards to only listen to you, not mine, and block me along the way..."

"Your Majesty, your safety is at stake..."

"I know, I know, I'm going back now." Probably having achieved his goal, Xu Lixiao walked back to the guest room in the main courtyard with a group of entourage guards without hesitation.Wherever they passed, the inseparable guards of both sides finally retreated and returned to their posts.

I don't know if he was worried or wanted to talk about something, Xu Lichen followed the emperor and left.

The master left, and dozens of guards also left. Li Qingjiu's courtyard was instantly quiet like an empty city, and A Shun and A Cong, who were blocked outside just now, were finally able to enter.

"My lord, are you okay?" Cong quickly put the dinner on the table, and went to help Zhang Xiaoyue up.

"En." Zhang Xiaoyue stood up gracefully as usual, and then went directly to Li Qingjiu's recliner and sat down.

But the situation on the other side is different.

"Young master, why don't you get up? Why are you sitting on the ground?" Ah Shun helped him, but found that his young master was sitting on the ground without moving.

"Don't talk to me, I have to reflect on whether I did something immoral in my previous life..." Li Qingjiu sat on the ground and hugged his knees, shrinking himself into a ball.

"Hey, shouldn't we reflect on our previous life first?" Ah Shun asked.

"Not in my previous life." In his "previous life", he was always being chased by debt collectors and debt collectors. How could he have the opportunity to do immoral things?

"What you should reflect on most is this month of your life." Zhang Xiaoyue said sharply.

"At most, I said something I shouldn't say, I did some reactions I shouldn't do, and I just drew that birthday card..." He sighed helplessly. "There was such a big battle just now that the emperor came, the whole North Court must have heard it, now it's going to be so popular..."

"Anyway, so many things have happened to you, this one is not bad." Zhang Xiaoyue said comfortingly.

"That's different! No matter how much the lord spoofs me, I will at most feel sad in the north courtyard; but the emperor, the emperor! If there is anything to do with him, I have a few lives that are not enough to die!"

"Young master, what is a spoof?"

"That's right... it means deliberately setting traps to hurt you, to tease you, and to make your situation embarrassing!"

Ah Shun was sweating.After the prostitute, the prince's image in his son's heart became even worse...

"Actually, being in the North Campus is not as sad as I thought, because Brother Yue has been protecting me." Li Qingjiu turned his head, intending to take this opportunity to thank Zhang Xiaoyue. "Thick! Brother Yue, you don't call me even when you eat."

"Didn't you tell us to ignore you?" Zhang Xiaoyue had already started the car at some point, and was generously eating Dongpo meat from Li Qingjiu's plate.

"Ah, my meat!" He got up and rushed over to rescue it, but half of the meat on the plate had already gone.

"Your meat is here." Zhang Xiaoyue pinched Li Qingjiu's face. "Ah, ah, when you go to the palace, I won't be able to pinch such easy-to-knead meat..."

"I won't go!" Li Qingjiu muttered, and then started to eat his dinner.

Zhang Xiaoyue smiled and didn't say anything, but according to the experience he has gained in the past month, life is not as good as Li Qing's drunkenness! Eleven out of ten!

The excess is accidental.