Chang Zuihou

The life of hard labor in Bailang Mountain is many times more difficult than the work on the wharf in Luo Town.

And Ye Piao has been doing hard labor here for a month.

In the beginning, he still waited desperately for Li Xiao's edict or his own arrival.

But gradually one month has passed, there is no decree from the regent, and there is no trace of Li Xiao, what Ye Piao has to do is to pick up the mined stones from morning to night, and continue to wait for someone who may never come again. People who can't wait.

After a while, Shamu was defeated, King Khan bowed his head and proclaimed himself a minister to the Celestial Dynasty. Such a happy event immediately aroused the joy of the whole country, and even the imperial court issued a decree of amnesty.

Then, Ye Piao watched many convicts who worked with him leave White Wolf Mountain because they were pardoned, but he, who was personally ordered by the regent to never be pardoned, lost his luck.

Waiting for him every day is still hard work and a life that is not as good as a pig or a dog.

Because he was exiled here for treason, officials and even other prisoners hated him even more and often made things difficult for him.

The life of a hero is completely different from the feeling of being a prisoner.

The days of being aloof and admired by others are gone, and now life is only pain and torment.

"Rebellious dog, eat something!"

The steward in charge of food delivery threw a spoonful of cold rice mixed with soil and grass roots in front of Ye Piao, turned around and left regardless of whether the food could be swallowed or not.

Here, the attitudes of the guarding officials are different for different prisoners.

Some prisoners have good family backgrounds and can afford bribes. They do less work, are warmly dressed, and have enough food.

Some of them committed unknown crimes, and they were not considered serious crimes. Maybe they were just framed by others, or they just offended Long Yan, and the people in charge were not too difficult.

And criminals like Ye Piao, who are labeled as heinous crimes and are so poor that they have no money to manage, suffer the most.

Although they were just exiled here, it was not a capital crime, but they often didn't live long before they would be tortured to death here.

Ye Piao looked coldly at the steward who left arrogantly, sat up and carefully picked up the food on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth.

He knew that it was not Li Xiao's original intention for these people to treat him like this.

He even believed that if Li Xiao saw these people treating him like this, he would be furious.

It's just why Li Xiao hasn't come yet?

Does he really not want to see himself again?

Ye Piao felt a little dazed, he chewed the hard grass root and had a lot of effort to swallow it.

As if he had spent a lot of effort to persuade himself again and again when he was desperate, wait a little longer, Chang Zui Hou will come, and Li Xiao will definitely come.

Didn't he say that he wants to accompany him to visit the famous mountains and rivers?

As an emperor, the days of covering the sky with one hand are nothing more than that.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Li Xiao was already tired of listening to the following officials singing praises to themselves or to the Celestial Dynasty because of this great victory.

The maid next to him was holding today's child in her arms, a baby who had just reached the full moon and knew nothing.

I don't know which of them got tired of these hypocritical praises first?

Li Xiao, whose ears were calloused by the cliché, simply teased the child in the maid's arms. He liked the little emperor's chubby face so much, he pinched it again and again.

"Hey, uncle Huang Tai." Li Xiao smiled and took the little guy into his arms.

Suddenly, in the Golden Luan Hall, a crisp cry interrupted the chatter of the ministers below.

All the officials raised their heads together and looked towards the dragon chair.

"The emperor pissed."

Li Xiao held the baby in one hand, and shook the hem of her brocade robe with the other, the surface of Yunhai Shenglong's light-colored clothes was obviously wet.

He looked coldly at the ministers, and suddenly burst out laughing. The eunuch next to him saw the weird look of the regent, and hurried over to catch the weeping little emperor.

"Let's come here today and retreat."

Li Xiao waved his hand, and the silent officials immediately bowed to leave and filed out.

Looking at these numb figures from behind, Li Xiao couldn't help feeling a bit of disgust in his heart.

When everyone had retreated, he also stood up from the dragon chair, and left this supreme position full of loneliness with his hands behind his back.

"My lord, you are back."

Xiao Lian looked at Li Xiao, who was getting drunk every day in recent days, and hurried up to support him.

Li Xiao smelled of alcohol, his face was flushed, his hair was disheveled, he staggered around the room, laughing.

"Only the drinker is the loneliest! Do you understand?" He held Xiao Lian, sat on the chair and laughed, Xiao Lian looked at him in astonishment, not knowing what to say, it seems that Li Xiao has left the prison mansion Then I became a different person.

Li Xiao resentfully let go of her hand, sat on her back in the chair, and began to mutter to herself again.

"You don't understand...you don't understand. Those who know me say that I am worried, those who don't know me...what do I want! Those who know me...where are they?"

Xiao Lian asked someone to fetch water and wrung out the towel to wipe his face, but Li Xiao snatched the towel and covered his face.

"My lord..."

She stared blankly at the man, and saw that his shoulders were trembling, as if he was crying.

The doctor Wen in the palace couldn't help but feel a little worried when he learned that he was going to Bailang Mountain with the regent. He checked Li Xiao's pulse and knew that he had hidden diseases inside and old problems outside, and it was really not suitable for him to be so cold place to go.

After he explained everything, he thought that Li Xiao would adopt his advice to take a good rest and give up the idea of ​​going to White Wolf Mountain for a while, but Li Xiao was just playing with the hand stove indifferently, and asked him to prepare more medicine. .

Everyone knows that the current Prince Regent is actually the Son of Heaven, and what he says will never change easily.

After Xiaolian learned the news, as a princess, she didn't intend to do more to dissuade her.

Although she seldom goes out of the palace, she still knows some things.

Not long ago, a man named Ye Piao was wanted by the whole country, but recently, his husband often chanted that man's name when he was drunk or in his sleep.

"My lord, I'm going to the north, it's freezing cold, you should wear more clothes."

She sewed a close-fitting long jacket for Li Xiao overnight, and put it on for him herself.

"Okay." Li Xiao smiled, leaned over and kissed Xiaolian's cheek lightly.

This was the first time that he had skin-to-skin contact with his princess.

Ye Piao still carried stones at the foot of White Wolf Mountain as usual.

After winter, the weather here became even colder and biting. After a heavy snowfall, several wounded, sick and frail people froze to death in the prison.

Fortunately, he has not lost his martial arts, and he is still able to keep out the cold with his internal strength, but he has not had enough food and clothing for a long time here, and the days have gradually become difficult.

I don't know if I will die here?

This way of death is really ugly for Piao Ling Jian Ye Piao.

Ye Piaowu smiled to himself, and dragged the rope on his shoulders with great effort to pull a boulder up the mountain together with several other prisoners.

The thick rope was sharpened day after day, and there was a bloody hole on his shoulder, and there were countless scars between his palms.

The road up the mountain was difficult, and several prisoners struggled to slowly pull to the mountainside. Suddenly, one of them could no longer hold on and let go of the rope, and fell down. The boulder immediately lost its support and rolled down suddenly. As soon as it rolled, the other people who had been exhausted for a long time couldn't hold on, and the boulder was about to roll down the mountain.

There are still many prisoners working below. If the boulder is allowed to roll down, there will be casualties.

Ye Piao turned pale with shock, regardless of the tendency of the boulder to slide heavily, he insisted on grabbing the rope with his own strength.

The rough rope cut into the flesh like a cut, blood dripped immediately, Ye Piao let out a loud roar, and exerted enough internal strength to hold the boulder firmly.

At this time, the overseer had rushed over with another group of prisoners. They pushed or pulled, and finally resolved a crisis.

Although it was only for a moment, Ye Piao was already exhausted, he spit out a mouthful of blood, his knees softened and he knelt down, only then did he see that his hands were bright red, and his shoulder was so painful that he seemed to be unconscious.

Ye Piao sighed and took a breath, feeling that his body might have reached its limit, and he couldn't last much longer.

Finally, I still haven't waited until Chang Zuihou.

He tried his best to laugh, and fell down in the snow when his eyes went dark.

After Ye Piao passed out, he was taken back to the cell. The cell chief didn't force him to get up when he saw that he was seriously injured, but just let him lie on the haystack.

The pain and cold prevented Ye Piao from staying longer in the lethargy, he was shaking and woke up from the cold not long after.

"Captain, please give me some saliva."

Ye Piao moved to the prison door, his throat was dry, he raised his hand and patted the iron bars, and the injury on his shoulder immediately began to tear sharply.

The cell leader sitting outside drinking heard Ye Piao yelling for a while, then lazily picked up the broken bowl on the ground and scooped up the dirty water in the bucket and brought it to him.

A lot of prisoners die here every winter, and the labor force is getting less and less. The officials above are afraid that someone will make a fuss about it, so they tell them to take care of them a little more, and don't let the prisoners die of illness and exhaustion, so as not to be difficult to explain when they get it.

Otherwise, if he didn't have the intention of the above, he wouldn't bother to care about these criminals who deserved to die in this living hell.

After drinking two sips of water and feeling more comfortable in his throat, Ye Piao leaned against the wall.

He didn't know if it was because it was too cold, but he felt that the pain in his body seemed to be a little numb from the cold, but it wasn't that uncomfortable, it was just that he was drowsy.

But he knew he couldn't sleep, it was so cold in the prison, if he fell asleep with this injury all over his body, he might not be able to wake up.

Ye Piao smiled wryly, and had no choice but to try his luck to adjust his breath.

But as soon as he got lucky, his chest suddenly hurt, and he coughed up a mouthful of black blood.

Unexpectedly, she was so injured that even luck could not heal her wounds, Ye Piao wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and had no choice but to stop acting rashly.

He glanced at the cold corridor outside the iron fence, and couldn't hide the loss in his heart.

Forget it, life and death are determined by fate.Perhaps the fate between himself and Chang Zuihou has been broken.

It's a pity that there is no wine to drink, otherwise it would be a good thing to pass away quietly in a drunk dream after getting drunk.

Ye Piao closed his eyes after thinking about it, and lay down quietly, at least, before he died, he had to make himself more comfortable.

Bailang Mountain is located in a barren, bitter cold and remote place, except for the officials who were arranged by the court not to work here, no one else is willing to come.

This time, the regent and his party kept secret all the way, and no one came to tell the local officials to pick them up when they approached Bailang Mountain.

When General Zhang, who was in charge of this place, heard that the regent was coming here, he was so frightened that he led people to kneel all over the side of the road early.

After traveling all the way, Li Xiaoben's old suffering body was tired and couldn't bear the severe cold, so he had to sit in the carriage with a strong fire and drink warm wine to keep warm.

He heard the deafening cheers outside, frowned impatiently, and only asked the accompanying Wangfu Chief Shi to dismiss him.

The chariots and horses entered White Wolf Mountain, and soon arrived at the official office at the foot of the mountain.

"The subordinate kowtowed to the prince, and the prince will be a thousand years old."

General Zhang flattered Li Xiao and his party to the best room here, for fear that the other party would be dissatisfied.

Li Xiao felt cold, so he pulled on his scarf and secretly cheered himself up, which allowed him to slightly suppress the old pain caused by the injury from the ice water back then.

He cast a disgusted look at this tall and thick guy, and ordered the warm wine to be brought over. He took a sip and said, "Stop talking nonsense, this king is here to see someone."

General Zhang thought to himself that the officials here are all minor officials, and it should be impossible to cling to someone like the regent.

In addition, there are many slaves in White Wolf Mountain who have committed serious crimes. It is even more difficult for such a group of people to think that they will have any relationship with the current regent.

After much deliberation, General Zhang couldn't figure out who would be able to get the Regent to come here in person.

If there is such a person, then his position in the heart of the regent must be very important.

Li Xiao put down his wine glass, let out a sigh of relief, and smiled faintly when he saw General Zhang's puzzled face.

"This king wants to see a prisoner. His name is Ye Piao."

"My lord, it's very cold here, why do you have to come down in person, if you want to see the slave, I'll ask you to bring him here."

Hearing that Li Xiao wanted to go to jail to see Ye Piao in person, General Zhang and the others hurriedly took the opportunity to flatter Ye Piao, but Li Xiao didn't appreciate it, glared at him coldly, and made everyone around him shut up .

"Give me the key, and no one is allowed to follow."

Since it was the regent who spoke in person, the cell boss didn't dare not give the key to the cell. After everyone persuaded him, Li Xiao already held the key and limped into the cold corridor step by step.

With the help of the faint light of the fire, Li Xiao took a closer look at each cell. Most of the people living inside were ragged and haggard. It was hard for him to imagine that these prisoners could survive under such difficult conditions.

I don't know what happened to Ye Piao?According to what the subordinates reported that day, he has been here for half a year.

It's just that he was still alive...he didn't escape.

Why should he stay here and suffer?Obviously that crime was imposed on him for revenge.

Before he knew it, Li Xiao had already walked in front of the cell where Ye Piao was locked up that the prison chief said, and he suddenly panicked, and he didn't dare to look into the dark cell.

He had already thought about many things he should say after seeing Ye Piao, and when he was ready, he would sneer at Ye Piao, vent his hatred first, and then talk about other things.

But now he couldn't say a word, just stood quietly outside the cell door, watching the man lying in the corner silently through the iron bars.

"Who?"

Although Ye Piao was plagued by injuries, his eyes and ears were still a little sensitive. He had a severe fever and was drowsy, but he heard a series of footsteps again.He thought it was the prison boss who came to inspect, but the other party seemed to stand in front of his cell door and stopped moving.

Ye Piao propped up her head and looked against the light from the darkness.

When seeing that familiar figure for the first time, Ye Piao was taken aback and almost sat up, but suddenly, he laughed, and the agitation in his heart gradually calmed down.

"You are hurt?"

Originally, he didn't say a word of sarcasm, but when Li Xiao saw Ye Piao again, his first words were words of concern that he had never thought of.

He opened the cell door, walked over a few steps, and saw Ye Piao who hadn't seen him for several years.

If it weren't for him to still be able to hear this person's voice, I'm afraid it would be difficult to recognize him just by seeing him like this.

The old hero who was proud of the world of mortals with a smile on his face was no longer seen, only a dirty and despondent criminal prisoner.

Li Xiao leaned over slightly, saw Ye Piao's severed left arm, and felt a sudden pain in his chest.

"Where... where is your hand?"

"It's nothing. It's just broken." Ye Piao said lightly, and slowly sat up.

He looked at Li Xiao with a smile, a kind of joy of reunion finally welled up in his heart.

"Did you suffer in those years?"

"It's okay." Li Xiao was taken aback by his question, and suddenly felt that he couldn't hold back his face, so he coughed and simply sat down.

"Hand...how did you break it?" He looked at Ye Piao's stumped arm, his eyes filled with pain.

Ye Piao shook his head, as if he didn't want to say any more, but instead looked at Li Xiao's right foot. When Li Xiao walked over just now, he had already seen the limp walking posture of the other party. Thinking about it, this injury will never heal after all. .

I just don't know if the other wound between him and Li Xiao will have a chance to heal.

"Is there any wine? Changzuihou, since you and I meet again, why don't we put aside our grievances and have a drink together?"

Ye Piao smiled slightly, looking at the person in front of her, feeling filled with emotion in her heart.

Even if the other party refuses to forgive me, it doesn't matter, the wish before death is finally fulfilled.

It's rare to have a thousand cups of wine with a bosom friend. How many bosom friends can one person have in this life?

General Zhang and others didn't understand why the majestic Prince Regent drank on an equal footing with a prisoner. They sent drinks and meals as ordered by Li Xiao, and they didn't dare to disturb this eccentric prince anymore, and retreated to other rooms one after another.

"So many injuries." Li Xiao glanced at Ye Piao who had just bathed and was putting on clothes, and saw the extra wounds on the other party's body.

Ye Piao unconcernedly fastened the button with one hand clumsily, and smiled without raising his head, "A prisoner must be whipped and beaten by the officials. You were taken to Beijing that day, didn't you have to be punished by those dogs?" Official bullying?"

Li Xiao snorted, raised her head and took a sip of her wine, and said coldly, "It's good that you know."

Seeing him like this, Ye Piao didn't say much, but poured another glass of wine for him self-consciously.

"Chang Zui Hou, I respect you." He raised his glass and smiled, his eyes full of tenderness.

Li Xiao frowned slightly, looked at the wine glass in front of her, sighed softly, and finally raised the glass to touch Ye Piao lightly.

Ye Piao took a full sip and closed her eyes with recollection.

"It's been a long time since I had a drink with you, Lord Hou."

Scenes of the past reappear in front of Ye Piao, it seems that even the laughter of the two of them talking to each other back then can be heard.

Li Xiao is actually a very good drinker, but he is very good at hiding it. Whenever he drinks, his cheeks are flushed and his eyes are quite attractive, but often he is the one who is drunk at that time.

It was herself who was intoxicated by his smiling eyes.

"You refused to show mercy to me at the beginning, why bother to say these things now."

Li Xiao sneered and looked down at his right foot.

After hearing this, Ye Piao laughed, knowing that Chang Zuihou's mouth was still mean after all.

"Who told you to think of rebellion...and even lie to me?"

Ye Piao slowly opened her eyes, looking at Li Xiao with mixed emotions in her cold and stern eyes.

"I really hated you at the time. You said so many sweet words to me, sworn to each other, are you lying to me?"

Li Xiao was stunned, with no grief or indignation on his face, he kept shouting: "No! I didn't lie to you! It's true that I love you! Now...it's true that I hate you."

"I know you hate me, otherwise how could you be dissatisfied even after winning the world, and want to be wanted by the whole country just for a mere Ye Piao."

The conversation between Ye Piao and Li Xiao finally intensified, and the misunderstanding and resentment accumulated in their hearts for many years were hard to contain for a while.

Suddenly, Ye Piao laughed a few more times, as if he wanted to let out all the depression in his chest.

Li Xiao looked at him coldly, but the knuckles holding the cup were gradually turning white, and with a sound of "cha", a fine porcelain cup turned into crumbs between his fingers.

"Okay. Even if my rebellion failed that day, you should have arrested me for Tian Xingdao. I don't blame you. But do you know that I have suffered in the prison for two years, and you have never come to see me once?" How can I not hate such ruthlessness?"

Ye Piao lowered her voice and looked at Li Xiao seriously, a wry smile slowly emerged from the corner of her mouth.

He put down the cup, stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Xiao's hand, clasped his fingers, and clenched it firmly.

The hands of both of them were a little cold, but at this moment they gradually warmed up because they depended on each other.

"Yes. I haven't visited you, but do you know? During those two years, I missed you all the time." Ye Piao smiled softly, held Li Xiao's hand, and gradually felt relieved, "I Hurt you so deeply, what face do you have to see you again? Wouldn't it be hypocritical if you act like a child and cry about the past after seeing you?"

"You think I'll believe it?!"

Li Xiao's expression was a little flustered at first, but then he calmed down, and gradually assumed the indifferent expression he had when he was in the palace.

"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not. I've finished my words. Ye Mou is content to see this side of you again before he dies."

After Ye Piao finished speaking, she loosened her fingers and let go of Li Xiao's hand.

Li Xiao pursed his lips, not knowing what to say, his heart ached, he clenched his fingers backwards, and grasped Ye Piao's hand tightly again.

"I believe it. Brother Ye, you are a hero, you won't lie to me."

"Brother Ye? Lord Hou, it's great that you can still call me that."

Ye Piao closed his eyes and smiled, his expression was slightly pained, his internal injuries started to flare up again, it was heart-piercing, and it was no longer possible to suppress it with internal force.

Li Xiao saw Ye Piao turn pale suddenly, and was about to ask a question, but saw Ye Piao frowned, opened his mouth, vomited blood, and fell to the ground.

Li Xiao hurriedly supported Ye Piao, and without thinking about it, expended her true energy to protect his heart veins.

"Brother Ye, you..."

"fine."

When Ye Piao struggled to say this, a rush of blood rushed to his throat, but he clenched his teeth and swallowed the blood back.

"Stop talking!" Seeing that he was still holding on, Li Xiao reprimanded him lightly, and quickly called someone in.

Ye Piao lay dizzy in Li Xiao's arms, and she didn't speak any more, but there was a somewhat relieved smile on her face.

"Master Ye, Daxia Ye's injuries are serious. The climate here is cold and there is a lack of good medicine. If we delay any longer, we may risk our lives."

The accompanying Physician Wen lowered his head submissively, not daring to look at Li Xiao's cold face.

People in the palace have always known that the regent's mood is not visible, but now he is so gloomy and cold, if he is not careful, he is in danger of turning around.

"In that case, return immediately without delay!"

When Li Xiao heard what Imperial Physician Wen said, he was really angry. He looked at Ye Piao who was drowsy in his arms, and deeply regretted how he forced him like this.At the beginning, he was willing to throw himself into the trap, didn't it explain everything?

But I was still obsessed with resentment and never thought about him.

The hard labor on White Wolf Mountain is famous all over the world, even if Ye Piao is a martial artist, how can he endure these inhuman tortures?

He sighed, and hugged the person in his arms even tighter. Seeing that the other person had broken his arm again, his heart was full of grief, which lasted for a while.

As soon as the regent arrived at White Wolf Mountain, he immediately ordered to return, and even took away a prisoner.

General Zhang was very puzzled, but what puzzled him even more was that shortly afterwards, the imperial court removed the White Wolf Mountain Office that had existed for many years, and pardoned all the prisoners here.

However, because of this, there are many rumors that the regent's heart is kind, and he can't bear to see the existence of such a forest hell, and finally abolished the cruel old system.

After returning to Beijing, Li Xiao ordered Ye Piao to be relieved of the crime of treason, and at the same time arranged for him to live in Chonghua Palace next to Yangen Palace. After his death, the noble concubines also moved out of Chonghua Palace according to the ancestral system and moved to live elsewhere.

Now there is no one else there except for some eunuchs and maids who stayed behind.

In the past few days, Li Xiao rushed to Chonghua Palace to visit Ye Piao non-stop after finishing the political affairs in Yangen Palace, fearing that something might be wrong.

"Whatever medicinal materials you need, just go to the Imperial Hospital to get them. Everything is up to this king. If there is anything wrong with him, this king can only ask you!"

He was afraid that his subordinates would not treat him wholeheartedly, so he had already said everything that should be said, but he still did not forget to remind him day and night.

After several days of careful treatment, Ye Piao's injury has been greatly relieved, and he couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Xiao speak.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, but Chang Zuihou's intimidating aura has not diminished at all."

"You're making fun of me again."

Li Xiao waved his hand to dismiss the servants, took the soup bowl and sat down beside the bed with a smile.

"But apart from you, it seems that no one in this world dares to speak to me like that."

"Ye Piao has thick skin and thick flesh. If you think about it, you won't die for a while, so don't scare those servants anymore, Lord Hou."

Ye Piao was supported by him to sit up, leaning on the pillow, smelling the smell of ginseng soup in the bowl, she couldn't help frowning.

"This thing again? I almost vomited after eating it."

Li Xiao scooped up a spoonful of soup, brought it to Ye Piao's mouth, and tried to persuade him: "The imperial doctor said that your illness is to drink more ginseng soup to nourish your energy."

Ye Piao pursed her lips, and looked at Li Xiao helplessly, with some malicious intentions in her eyes.

"You're forcing me to drink...you might as well put it in your mouth and feed me."

Li Xiao suddenly widened his eyes, as if he didn't believe that Ye Piao would say such a thing, but he saw the other party's expression was calm, it didn't seem like he was lying.

He looked back to make sure that the doors and windows were closed, and then he said with a smile: "Molesting the regent is an extra crime."

Ye Piao raised her eyebrows nonchalantly, waiting patiently for him.

Li Xiao sighed and laughed, took a sip of ginseng soup, and as expected leaned forward and kissed Ye Piao.

In this feeding method, not much soup was fed in, but the lips and teeth of the two were entangled endlessly, like glue.

Ye Piao put one arm around Li Xiao's waist and sat up slowly.

"I don't know if this hand can still hold you?" He smiled and sighed softly, whispering in Li Xiao's ear.

Li Xiao threw a backhand, and smiled in Ye Piao's ear: "What are you afraid of, if you can't hug me, let me hug you. This time, Brother Ye will take good care of the person in front of you. "

Ye Piao laughed loudly, took the soup bowl from Li Xiao's hand and threw it aside, then grabbed the other side's skirt and pulled it away.

"Do you still need to say this?"

Li Xiao explained, let alone said much, she just took off her clothes silently, and undressed Ye Piao who was handicapped.

He climbed onto the bed naked, facing Ye Piao and the other two, using all his internal energy to go outside and ordering: "No one is allowed to enter the house without my king's order."

On that day, as expected, none of the servants who came to bring water, food, or news were brought in without the regent's orders.

And when the regent opened the door and came out, the eunuch who accompanied him found that his master was limping even more when walking, as if his waist had been twisted...

After all, Ye Piao has deep internal strength, and now that he and Li Xiao have resolved their knots and are no longer depressed, and after being cared for and adjusted in the Chonghua Palace, when he was doing hard labor in Bailang Mountain The internal injuries suffered have almost healed.

And when he heard that Li Xiao had ordered the removal of the hard labor at Bailang Mountain and the freedom of those criminals, he realized with emotion: I haven't seen him for a few years, and the current Chang Zuihou is no longer the angry and surly man who treats others as such. The arrogant prince of mustard grass, he finally knows how to be considerate of people's hearts, and he has changed a lot, flowers and leaves are also falling, and the most ruthless wandering sword is a thing of the past.

It's just that when he looked at this magnificent palace, he still felt that this was not the place for him to stay.

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"Now that you are the regent, you should put the world first. It doesn't seem right for me to be here."

Ye Piao found Li Xiao, and calmly told him what was on her mind.

Li Xiao was writing and reviewing the memorial, thinking that Ye Piao was just looking for him to chat to relieve boredom, at first he didn't pay attention to it, but when he heard the meaning in the other party's words, he immediately panicked.

"Why, do you want to leave here?"

Ye Piao was noncommittal, but seeing his flustered look, he couldn't bear to say what he had already thought about.

After all, he is a majestic man, how could he have been placed in the palace like Chang Zui Hou's golden house, waiting for him to come to "fortune" every day when he finished his work?Besides, he already knew that Li Xiao had a wife, regardless of whether Li Xiao married that woman sincerely or not, but since he married someone, he should be responsible to others, and entangled with himself all day long, it would always hurt that woman woman's heart.

"You... do you want to leave my side again?"

Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Xiao felt even more anxious, and stepped forward to support Ye Piao's shoulder after losing the pen.

Ye Piao looked at him in embarrassment, thought for a while, and finally said slowly: "You and I have been very happy to get along these days. I thank you for not thinking about the old bad things, and for being willing to get back together with me. But, you I also know that you are the Prince Regent, and the safety and prosperity of the world rest on your shoulders alone. Your burden is far heavier than the friendship between Ye and you. Moreover, you have married Concubine Lian, but you are happy with me every day. ..."

Before Ye Piao finished speaking, Li Xiao immediately explained: "I only have feelings of gratitude for Xiaolian, but no love for her. I made her a princess just to repay her for taking good care of me in the strict prison mansion. , why do you bother about this? As for the major affairs of the state, you have also seen that I have not neglected the state affairs just because you came. Dying in depression? Can you see the gray hair on my temples? It was all because of you!"

Ye Piao lowered her eyes and sighed, and raised her hand to stroke Li Xiao's temples. Although there were only a few strands of white hair in her eyes, it really made people feel distressed.

"Stay, stay by my side. I take back what I said back then... I still need you to accompany me. Drink with me, watch the stars with me, accompany me..." Li Xiao said later, her throat choked up, and she had to hold on tight Hug Ye Piao.

"Okay, I'll stay."

Back then, since I was able to stay for Chang Zuihou, why couldn't I stay for the Regent today?

Ye Piao knew that although she thought and said something else, deep down in her heart she still couldn't let go of this person.

He cut off his left arm at the beginning, thinking that he could completely cut off the evil relationship between himself and Chang Zuihou, but he didn't know that the result was that the wound became more and more painful, and the more he missed it.

I want to spend half my life wandering, and Li Xiao's warm embrace may be my final destination.

Ye Piao patted Li Xiao's back, suddenly enlightened.

In that year, another major event that shocked the government and the public occurred in the Celestial Dynasty.

The regent was actually divorced by his own princess, and at the same time, a decree was promulgated that if the husband and wife were not harmonious, the wife could also divorce her husband.

And he was the first husband to be divorced by his wife after the promulgation of the divorce order.

"Now the world must be making you a laughing stock."

Ye Piao was sipping good wine from all over in the courtyard of Yangen Palace, and Chong Lixiao smiled maliciously.

Li Xiao coughed twice, and sighed bitterly, "You told me to be fair to Xiao Lian, so how can I continue to lie to her? Fortunately, this girl is understanding and didn't blame me. Naturally, I can't let her feel wronged." , then I have to wrong myself. Alas, the prince was also divorced, which is indeed an anecdote in the world. But this makes me feel good, and it can be regarded as a way out for the women in the world who have been bullied by the heartbroken man."

Ye Piao laughed, squinted at him, and said: "Look at your face being bullied by a heartbroken man, do you also want to take this opportunity to divorce your husband in the future? What a sinister Chang Zuihou, he is already planning for the future Find someone else!"

Li Xiao blushed from being teased by Ye Piao, and couldn't hide her embarrassment anymore, so she had to act unhappy.

"What husband! You and I are both men, is there any difference between husband and wife?!" t

"Could it be that Lord Hou doesn't recognize the fact that you and I are husband and wife?"

Ye Piao laughed happily again, drank one cup, and poured in another cup.

Li Xiao looked at him helplessly, only lamenting that he might be exhausted by this person in his life.

"Come on, Lord Hou, Ye Mou toasts you!"

At this time, Ye Piao was in a good mood, so she grabbed Li Xiao and wanted to have a wine fight with him.

"Why do you still call me Lord Hou at this time?"

"I've long been used to it!... But Hou Ye sounds like a bit of a name, why don't you just call you a monkey! Hahaha!"

"That's unreasonable! How dare you call me a random nickname! I'm going to bed tonight, and I won't spare you!"

"Hahahahaha..."

Tonight, the garden of Yangen Palace is very lively, chatting and laughing constantly, a bright moon in the sky, perfect circle.

THE END

Chang Zui Hou (Side Story of Book Edition)

Spend the rest of my life together

In the 15th year of Jingde, the regent Xiao Li, who had been in power for 15 years, returned to the grown-up Emperor Jingde. He even donated all the gold and silver in the regent's mansion to the victims of the Nanzhao River flood. Wang himself escaped with a guest named Ye Piao in his mansion and disappeared without a trace.

The sky is sunny and the grass is green.

Outside a wooden house in the outer suburbs, there stood a man in black Chinese clothes, with a tidy crown and hairpin, looking at the green mountains and green waters in the distance with his hands behind his back, his gentle and handsome eyebrows were stained Divide the wind and frost of the world.

After a while, the wooden door creaked, and a plainly dressed man walked out of the wooden house, scratching his hair that had not been neatly combed with one arm, and yawning lazily.

Seeing the man standing outside the door, he smiled and said, "Master Hou, you got up so early?"

"I told you not to call me Lord Marquis. Now I have returned the government to His Majesty, let alone a prince or duke. I haven't been out of the palace for a long time. I'm really happy to see the beautiful mountains and rivers."

The person standing there is Li Xiao, the regent who has just retired. He has been the regent for 15 years. Unprecedented prosperity.

Now that the little emperor has grown up under his single-handed training, his knowledge and mind are enough to carry the entire country, so he can go to Ye Piao and return to the hidden mountains and forests to spend his old age in peace.

It has been 15 years since I stayed in the deep palace with high walls. It has been a long time since I have had such close contact with nature. Li Xiao, who had just left the cage for the first time, was naturally very happy. She came out neatly dressed in the morning to breathe in the forest