Viola

"Your Highness, Lord Shou Rao, please see me."

The guard knelt down on one knee and reported to Rao Luo through the paper door.

"Back off."

The man lying on the couch flicked the hair hanging down his chest, and he threw the unfinished book aside without the patience to read another page.After the scroll was taken down, what suddenly appeared was an overpowering appearance that was more seductive than a woman, and Zhu's lips were curved in a pleasant arc.

It was the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, and the exhaled breath began to form a white mist.Raoluo is absolutely frighteningly cold when it enters the winter equinox.

Rao Luoxuan stepped out of the room wearing only a thin robe, and did not tie up her hair, letting the black hair hang loose on her shoulders.

He couldn't wait to go outside; he wanted to see the stubborn man immediately.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped out, he would see his personal guard.

They just watched from a distance at both ends of the corridor, Rao Luoxuan left the room, and Shou Raozheng was on the way back.

It must have been a strange sight, for none of them took another step or said a word.

In the silent atmosphere, suddenly, there was a slight sound from outside the railing.

The fine snow is falling silently. This is the first snow this winter.The more white rain covered the whole world bit by bit so slowly and so quickly.The light in the sky was reflected by the snow, making this morning brighter than usual, which is not surprising.

Shou Rao Zheng couldn't believe that he had the desire to escape.

The idea that first appeared was caused by his master who he had been with for four years.He is so familiar with Rao Luoxuan who he doesn't understand.

That scorching gaze that would burn him, that cautious, precious and serious expression seemed to be looking not at him, but at a priceless treasure.When he touched Rao Luoxuan's eyes, his calm heart hit hard.

It was such an expression, such a strong expression of wanting to convey something, that made him want to run away even more.

That kind of gaze is like he is frankly in front of him, naked Ren Rao Luo Xuan dissects.Don't show this eager expression, he doesn't understand at all and never wants to understand what kind of emotion is buried in those unfathomable eyes like a lake. He has been with him for four years and never gives up asking him for something he gave. Great stuff.

Feeling about to be swallowed, he lowered his eyes impulsively.Maybe he should kneel down to say hello, or at least say something, but he just stood there, avoiding his gaze, and it seemed inappropriate to do or say anything this morning.

Why is it that looking at Rao Luoxuan's expression now, his absurd behavior last night did not surprise him at all?

He really had a strong desire to turn around and run away.

Rao Luoxuan spoke first, "Zheng, accompany me to see the snow."

He stepped out and stepped on the slightly wet stone ground.Snow slowly covered the garden, and white and gray intertwined into mottled colors.

Shou Rao followed closely behind, but deliberately kept a longer distance than usual.

Those two figures one in front and one behind slowly turned into two small black dots in the white world.

Rao Luoxuan gradually slowed down her pace, shortening the distance between them.

In fact, he didn't need to think about how much the ambiguous behavior last night had shocked Zheng. It was the first time he couldn't help being so close and close to Zheng like a small animal. He was about to admire his extraordinary endurance.

Well, they weren't even friends after all.

"You have changed into your winter palace clothes, which look great."

As usual, the people behind did not answer, nor could they answer why.Shou Rao was puzzled, Rao Luo's footsteps seemed unnaturally slow today?No, Rao Luoxuan said that he was going out to enjoy the snow, and it was only natural for him to slowly look around while walking.

Does he know that Xiao Di Changxiu came to see him this morning?He suspected that he was involved in a conspiracy with Xiao Di Changxiu, and planned to force a confession from him?

"Zheng, do you like winter?"

"Um"

"That's good."

Along the way, many maids and guards were watching them.Shou Rao felt the sights coming from all directions.

This was of course, they rarely saw His Royal Highness walking around outside the Ya Palace, and most of them had never seen Rao Luoxuan.The Seventh Prince was more handsome, elegant and noble than imagined, and their natural aura made them unable to hold their heads up.Rao Luoxuan didn't wear any clothes that symbolized the royal family, and he didn't even tie his hair up, but no one would question his authoritative demeanor.

"He is His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince", they probably whispered like this.Shou Rao Zheng knew how many people were eager to pay any price to exchange the position behind Rao Luo Xuan with him, but he didn't know that he was the one who most wanted to escape from here.

Rao Luoxuan was walking, but he didn't go outside to enjoy the snow in the big garden exclusively for the children of the royal family.He walked to a small pavilion to rest for a while, there are at least two hundred such pavilions in the palace, they are only for the beautiful garden scenery, the actual use is not paid attention to by two or three people.At this time, the snow did not decrease but increased, and the pavilion was almost completely covered by dazzling white snow.

As soon as Rao Luoxuan sat down, the maids approached Xiaoxueting with an excuse, just to get a glimpse of their seventh prince and to have one more gossip in the palace.

"Sit down, too." He argued to Shou Rao who was standing upright across from him.

"I don't dare." Shou Raozheng was even more puzzled. Rao Luoxuan seldom made such an order, so he refused without even thinking about it.Moreover, before he completely erased the scene from last night, he didn't want to shorten the distance with the person in front of him.

"Don't ask me to say it a second time."

Shou Rao had to sit down.He laughed at himself and thought, to be able to sit on an equal footing with His Royal Highness, he really has enough face.

"I'm hungry." Rao Luoxuan called a probing maid and ordered her to prepare some light meals.The maid was flattered and wrote it down with trepidation, and before leaving, she looked back one more time, almost slipping and falling on the snow.

Rao Luoxuan glanced at Shou Raozheng who was sitting far away, feeling a little sullen.He is not a plague germ, but only this one can hide as far away as possible when he gets the chance. "Did you know? Your face is just like Snow's."

As a personal guard, he never bothered to take care of himself.

After all, there was still no response.Very good... He wants to see how long this stone-stuffed head can last?

It doesn't matter how long it takes, as long as it draws out a little bit of his humanity.

"What?" Rao Luoxuan evoked an interesting smile, resting his chin with one hand, "I just licked you, does it have that aftertaste?"

He is about to get the desired effect.Shou Raozheng, who was sitting across from him, was shocked, and a flush of red flooded his face immediately.

But after he calmed down, his complexion was a little colder than before, as if a wall of ice had been built.

Rao Luoxuan received his stare without any surprise. "What kind of look is this? Who allowed you to be so disrespectful to the prince?"

Tsk tsk, I really don't know how his master raised him?He taught so well that he was really skilled and bold, and he could even be disrespectful to his master.

At this time, two or three maids served meals and arranged dishes on the stone table, interrupting the tense atmosphere at the right time.

Rao Luoxuan pushed out the bowls and plates without even looking at the hot soup and pasta in front of him, "Give me a bite of each dish, be careful not to be poisonous."

The maids were shocked, if the prince suspected that the food was poisoned, he would not eat it, instead he asked his close friends to test the poison?Things are weird to the extreme.They thought to themselves, the Seventh Prince's temper is really strange.

Shou Rao Zheng looked at him quietly, with rare fluctuations in his eyes.

Of course he understood that this was Rao Luoxuan's considerate move, but the reason behind it was questionable.Does he have to bother about a servant who is so favored by everyone in the treasure chest?But drug testing is also part of his job, basically, as long as it is the master's order, he must obey it.In the past four years, Rao Luoxuan had to seriously count the crimes against him that could be described as innumerable.

After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the silver spoon to taste the meal that should only be enjoyed by the royal family and nobles.

It was the first day of Ruixue, and the chill and desolation in such a remote pavilion was even more obvious.The hot, fragrant broth is mouth-watering, but the guests who are lucky enough to enjoy it are not the children of the royal family.

What a dead-brained person.Rao Luo watched the scramble to taste each delicacy and put it away after just a sip.

It doesn't matter, he has his own way to take care of the guard who dared to pour cold water last night because his brain was tied up.Is there anything in Ya Palace that he doesn't know about?This Shou Rao contends that he doesn't know if he doesn't tell?He has a lot of mind and time.

"Is it tasty?"

Rao Luoxuan's first question was not "What's wrong with the food", but "Is it delicious", as if he was caring for someone he cherished.Rao Luoxuan's gaze was like a torch, staring at his every movement and every expression.

Even though Shou Rao gave him very little reaction, he still enjoyed it so much.

Shou Raozheng was astonished when he heard such a question, but he also understood that Rao Luozhen never played cards rationally, he should have gotten used to it long ago, "Okay."

His mind was a little dizzy, he had no appetite at all, and the taste was even more tasteless. Maybe he didn't want to disappoint Rao Luoxuan, so he answered... He never knew that he could be loyal to this point, and the master's emotions were beyond the scope of his protection. within.

"Very good. But the answer to me in the future will be more than one word." After eating hot food, Zheng's face immediately became more rosy.Rao Luoxuan immediately ordered the maids who were serving food, "Prepare a meal for nourishing the body and promoting blood circulation, and serve it as soon as possible."

Shou Rao Zheng paused his moving hand.There is really no need for Rao Luoxuan to spend a lot of trouble, which is obviously not beneficial to him.

If so, such inexplicable actions were repeated three or four times, and the bewildered court lady at the side understood what was going on.

The pavilion was filled with smoke from the hot food, and the small stone table was filled with meals in the blink of an eye, until there was no room left and the maids had to hold it.But Mr. Shou Rao only took a small sip of those rare delicacies from mountains and seas and fine nectar, and the Seventh Prince didn't even move his chopsticks.

"Is it tasty?"

He wanted to answer: "Yes", but he remembered Rao Luoxuan's previous order, so he replied, "...not bad."

His Royal Highness the Prince took great pains to make such considerate actions, showing the status of Lord Shou Rao everywhere, presumably Lord Shou Rao is very valued.

Therefore, the maids did not dare to be negligent at all, and served the lord very diligently.

Shou Rao Zheng, who had tried a dozen dishes at least, did not know when the game would end. Rao Luo Xuan's eyes made him feel uncomfortable and chewy.He was just a small guard, but he was surrounded by court ladies and served him. He sat and ate and drank spicy food, but he couldn't refute.

Rao Luoxuan was able to invite his guards to move his chopsticks in the name of testing poison, but he was satisfied with his frighteningly pale face after the soup was gone.

Until he felt it was enough, Rao Luoxuan retired the table of food, doing extravagant and ostentatious things.

"That's enough. Now go watch the snow." He stood up first and walked out of the pavilion.

"Zheng, let me show you something."

Rao Luoxuan who was standing in front exhaled the hot air in his hands, and said.

The closer you get to the top of the mountain, the colder it becomes... Shou Rao Zheng, who was following behind, was a little lazy, but it wasn't because he was full and drunk.The cold wind that hit his face exhausted his physical strength extremely quickly, his footprints on the snow were flimsy, and his whole body was quite unsteady.He even felt a little dizzy, and guessed that the unreasonable behavior last night probably caused him to get sick, and his condition was not very good.

"Isn't it beautiful?"

They stopped before a tree.

Unbelievable to say, this tree looks like a dead tree, lifeless, everything from the trunk to the branches is charcoal black.If you don't take a closer look, you may think that the tree was scorched by people with fierce fire, and there is no leaf in the whole body.The branches are as fragile as candles in the wind, with strange twists and turns, and as black as firewood, they can miraculously bear the weight of thick snow.

Shou Rao Zheng knew that Rao Luo Xuan was not talking about the tree, and he didn't need to expect him to have the poet's leisurely poetic flavor, ambition and lofty sentiments, such as rebirth after fire, and rare words of praise.What Rao Luoxuan was talking about was not the tree, but the red flower on the top of the twig.

That is the red viola.

Such an astonishingly beautiful red, like blood drops accidentally dropped on the snow.

It's not a way of opening cautiously, fearing that it won't survive, but a strange flower that blooms regardless of the force of the branches; it's a little color left before the wind and snow buried the earth, it's the red rouge on the ground.It is the most gaudy and flashy color in the world, and the structure of the flower heart is extremely complicated; it is also the most quiet and refined flower, and there is no other color except red, red, and red. Not on what.

The scarlet viola is eye-catching and lasts until death. Even if it is regarded as the national flower, some people are lucky enough to see it in their lifetime. Therefore, there are countless legends about the scarlet viola.It is the darling of Xueli and the national emblem of Raoluo.

"I've seen the red viola, the other reds are just trash." Rao Luo narrowed his eyes and admired it carefully.Even the red violet embroidered on the back of his white robe, known as the most exquisite in the world, was not half as good as the original. "Did you know? They only bloom at the first snowfall, so proud!"

The first snowflakes wet their bodies, and they are willing to open their eyes and look down on the world.It's a pity that the flower heart is highly poisonous, and the juice cannot be extracted and refined into dyeing materials. They should be happy to be alone.

Rao Luoxuan reached out to touch the petals, but Shou Raozheng's dissuasion came from behind, "Beware of the venom."

"The petals are not poisonous." He caressed the tender petals, his expression full of infatuation, as if he had fallen into a demon.

Shou Rao Zheng saw all this in his eyes.To be honest, he never felt that the flowers were so beautiful, but he always made such a prince work so hard to climb the hill behind the palace to linger.Rao Luoxuan never misses the time, and visits on time every winter.

"This flower is the only flower in Rao Luo that is not afraid of severe winter. Should it be said that it does not compete for beauty, or does it have the ambition to be a pet?" Rao Luo asked abruptly.

"I think this thing has no greed, hatred, love and hatred in the world, and it should be opened when it should be opened."

Those bonuses are so strong that people dare not stare at them.Shou Rao Zheng saw the strong contrast between red and white, and his forehead became more and more painful.

"Struggle, quarrel, you really don't understand romance. If it had life, what would it look like when it was born?"

"Probably refers to a strong woman..." Since ancient times, flowers have been compared to women who are as beautiful as flowers and jade, and no matter how strong this flower is, it is no exception.

"No." Rao Luo looked straight into his eyes and made a domineering judgment, "man."

"It must be a man." Rao Luoxuan's tone was as if he had personally experienced the situation, and he was as straightforward as seeing him personally, and there was no room for doubts.After finishing speaking, he laughed as if realizing his irrationality.

Without warning, Rao Luo reached out to him.

Shou Rao took a step back to avoid it, even if it was just a small dodge, the meaning of avoidance was beyond words.

The strong message of "don't touch me" is written in his eyes.Shou Rao decided to keep his mind on it, and secretly scolded himself for being so rude, even if he wanted to avoid it, he couldn't be so obvious.

"What are you afraid of?" Rao Luoxuan taunted this excessive reaction, without any intention of giving in, he took a big step towards Shou Rao, and put his palm on Shou Rao's forehead. "I won't eat you again." Sure enough, "You have a high fever."

His forehead was hot, and there seemed to be a line of rouge smeared across his cheeks. "Besides, I'm curious..."

Rao Luoxuan's long fingers wandered casually between his neck, unbuttoning the high collar, one, two, three...

Every movement is as light as a dance step, and the skirts are opened slowly, like a prank that tests patience.

Shou Rao Zheng's neck, which was repeatedly rubbed into pink and broken skin, was gradually revealed.

"What kind of mess did you make yourself into..." Rao Luoxuan's nails scratched the redness, causing a sharp pain.

Zheng is really brave, let the clothes rub against the sores, and I know that the feeling is not good.From the first time he saw that Shou Rao Zheng, who never knew how to take care of himself, changed into a high-necked and long-sleeved winter palace dress at the beginning of winter, he guessed the reason.

Shou Rao Zheng knew that he should run away, or say something to stop him from continuing to touch unscrupulously.But, be patient, he told himself, just be patient and it will pass.No matter in height or strength, Rao Luoxuan can't compare with him at all, and can't do anything to hurt him.

Wanting to run away after being touched by the master is an overreaction.Even the light and heavy scraping of the fingertips made him more uncomfortable than the friction of clothes.

"Let me think about it..." Rao Luoxuan asked, "Tell me, when did I allow you to self-harm?"

The words he uttered were incomparably gentle, as thin as a dream, even the white mist was breathed on his face, but it contained the meaning of reproach.

Shou Raozheng's eyebrows relaxed, and he felt a lot more relieved - he finally knew that his recent strange behavior was only prepared to punish him.

...Could it be corporal punishment?Although Rao Luoxuan had only punished him slightly and severely in the past four years, it was hard to guarantee that Luo Luoxuan's patience with him had reached its limit, so he wanted to beat him and physically punish him to make him feel humiliated and serious?

Thinking about it carefully, he told Yuwen that Rao Luoxuan didn't like it when they had a one-night chat, and then when he returned from Xiaodi's mansion, he smashed Raoluoxuan's good deed, and he was full of alcohol and stained with blood. Palace clothes; next, he had a private meeting with Xiao Di Changshou this morning. He felt a little guilty for Xiao Di Changshou, so he didn't report the truth to Luo Luoxuan...

Counting his crimes is really like the stars in the sky, it is right for Rao Luo to be angry, and it is right to punish him personally.

Did he underestimate the authority of Rao Luoxuan's master, or did he overestimate his endurance?

The voice in my ear gradually became heavier, "You haven't forgotten, have you? From the day you were 19 years old, your body, hair, skin, and everything about you are mine..."

Rao Luoxuan's beautiful obsidian-like eyes are full of storms, and his voice is soft like spring breeze, but it proves that he is very angry.At least he cites the authority of this sentence, and the force of pressing down on the wound continues unabated.

"All." Luo Luoxuan emphasized these two words. "No one can touch you except me, not even yourself, do you understand? Huh?"

Shou Rao closed his eyes, accepted the punishment without grunting, and waited for his anger to subside. "The minister is guilty."

"Convicted? Just being intimate with you will make you crazy all night." This was the first time he punished Shou Rao Zheng. "Listen to me, even if I get you into bed tonight, you will still stand in front of me tomorrow!"

Shou Raozheng couldn't believe that Rao Luoxuan said such crazy words that a prince should not say, and his eyes widened.

At the same time, Rao Luoxuan captured Shou Rao Zheng's slightly opened lips.

He kissed him.

Rao Luoxuan's intrusive tongue attacked the city, pried open his clenched teeth, and picked up his taste.

He knew that he was despicable, so he attacked Zheng when he was about to pass out, but although Zheng was not as strong as usual, he still spared no effort to resist.This ruthless kiss robbed Shou Rao of all the air, his whole body was hot and uncomfortable.As the time of the forced kiss intensified, white mist gradually appeared in front of his eyes, and the scene was filled with bits and pieces of white.

He was so sick that he couldn't even stand firmly.The feeling of suffocation began to surge, and he could hardly use his hands pushing Rao Luoxuan's shoulders.He needs, needs to breathe...he needs air...

Feeling that his resistance had changed from strong to weak, Rao Luo gently pecked his thin lips.

"Shut up...stop!" Shou Raozheng shouted after being slightly lifted.

Rao Luo hurriedly took a big step back in embarrassment, not for anything else, Shou Rao Zheng cut his sleeve!If he doesn't back away, it will be his arm that will suffer!

Rao Luoxuan's astonished eyes fell on Shou Raozheng's hand. Sure enough, it was the dagger that he never left his body and hid in his sleeve.

Shou Raozheng also fell down on the snow due to this violent action, and his breathing continued again. For a moment, the air poured into his lungs, and a painful dry cough sounded in the silent snow forest.Grief, anger, humiliation, unwillingness, surprise and all kinds of emotions surged up, accumulating in his chest and forcing him to explode!

He was temporarily speechless, but his eyes stared at the culprit unwilling to be outdone... This time, he was kissed firmly, by a man!The sense of humiliation submerged him, and it was a great shame for him who was stronger than Rao Luoxuan in physique and strength.

Rao Luoxuan spoke first, "Are you scared? You have been in the palace since you were a child, and you are still so innocent?"

He met Shou Rao Zheng's fierce eyes, and stroked his lower lip eagerly.

"Don't tell me, this is your first kiss..." His words still left a lingering sound, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and he clenched the dagger tightly.

But he also knew that this was simply self-defeating, which seemed to confirm his hypothesis. "What the hell are you trying to do?"

What does this madman want from himself?If it was just corporal punishment, it would be too much... Could it be that Rao Luoxuan regarded him as a plaything that could be bet on and violated at will like the boy last night?He is his bodyguard! "I'm not your plaything!"

If he wants to play this kind of teasing game, he can find someone who is willing, so why must he provoke him?Why so suddenly?

"No, of course you are not." Rao Luoxuan was admiring him with an angry face, while tidying up his clothes, as if it was just an accident, "You are like it. Zheng, you know? You are like it. You are my scarlet director, the uncontested and refined red viola."

As if these words declared his ownership, Rao Luo looked down at him with a condescending expression, even a look of hatred--a look of extreme disgust, he wanted everything about him.

"You're crazy, I'm a human being, not your thing, but a man..." Shou Rao Zheng couldn't believe it, thinking of the past four years, Rao Luo Xuan has been following him with eyes full of exclusive desire, It made the back of his head feel cold and chilled to the heart.

"I only know that what I want is Shou Rao Zheng. It doesn't matter if it's male or female." Rao Luo took off his robe and touched the neat slit, "Zheng, are you sure you're a human being? From your crown From the day I got my surname, it’s just an item attached to me.”

It's ridiculous, after living for more than 20 years, I still can't see my status clearly?

Shou Rao's family is the plaything of the subordinate crown prince, and it has been like this for three generations. He can fight whatever he likes.

He hadn't planned to get Zheng into bed so soon, he just... recently started recruiting capable men and sages, he arranged for Zheng to deliberately end up stirring up trouble and messing up the spring water between the government and the opposition, but seeing this fool really confide in Fu Wen Said, when he and Xiao Di Changshou were sympathetic to each other, he was worried, so he rushed forward, anyway, he would go to bed sooner or later, and it was not bad earlier... He wanted to take it step by step.

To argue with this person, he was obviously more ruthless and neater than anyone else when he led his orders to kill people; apart from not wanting to let him hear his voice, he is not inferior to others in making bureaucratic detours. Someone insulted his master half a point, but when he found out that someone treated him sincerely, he reciprocated heartily.Does he think that he can accurately distinguish between ghosts and ghosts, who is sincere and who is just pretending to be a snake, and use him to climb the dragon and the phoenix?

When he saw such a fool, he was bothered and wanted to punish him, so that his eyes could be set on those who should be seen.

After a dazed defense, he covered his body with the torn robe.Zheng's whole body was almost drenched by the snow, and he didn't realize it.

"Here, I can't wear it anyway." When he bent down, his hair brushed Shou Rao's face, and then gently pulled it away, "If you try to hurt yourself again, I will make you worse than death. Don't Test my endurance."

The moment the robe was covered, Shou Rao Zheng couldn't take it any longer and closed his eyes.Rao Luoxuan's attitude in saying those words was like coaxing a child, compared to scolding him, beating him or even kissing him, it made him feel a hundred times more humiliated, leaving him no dignity at all. "Why……"

What has he done wrong?

What dissatisfaction does Rao Luoxuan have with him so much that he wants to reduce his bodyguard status to a plaything?

A strange emotion flashed across Rao Luoxuan's face, as if a needle had been stabbed in his heart.

His footsteps on the snow paused for a while, as if he was also thinking about the answer, and then whispered without turning his head, "It's your fault that your surname should not be Shou Rao."

It seemed like he was looking for an explanation for his cruel behavior... Is this really the case?The fault is that she should have been born in Shou Rao's family?

If he wasn't surnamed Shourao, but just a struggle between heaven and earth, would he be the same obsessive?

No more boring assumptions about what was and isn't, it's what it is.

He must stay by his side for the rest of his life, and he must not even have the thought of running away.Because he is a guard.

Shou Raozhen maintained the same posture and the same shock, knelt on the snow for a long, long time.

It's like worshiping the scarlet viola devoutly and offering one's own belief sincerely——this idea disgusts him.

Already... I don't want to think about anything.

He relaxed his tense body and fell backwards.

My whole body was frozen, and the only feeling came from the pain in my neck.Rao Luoxuan's robe was also cut by him, shouldn't they be in arrears?

However, now Rao Luoxuan's unnecessary waste is covered on himself like alms.

So tired... He simply lay down on the snow, effortlessly resisting the tiredness welling up in his limbs.

The eyelids seem to be filled with heavy lead. When you close your eyes, the last thing you see is the red Dong Zheng, who has only a quarter of an hour to live, and is withering at an incredible speed, which seems to condense the process of birth, old age, sickness and death.The petals are like rain, falling overwhelmingly, reflecting different lusters and shining colors from different angles.The amount of rain of flowers that fell would submerge him, and he remembered what Rao Luoxuan said before leaving...

Even though he is really like a red violet, he has dyed "inviolable" and "extraordinary" for him until he is colorless, leaving nothing behind.

No?

...isn't that enough?