I dare not

Yu Wang Mansion, Yu Wang Xiang Zebei and the third prince Xiang Zenan are sitting in a small building near the lake drinking each other.

According to the regulations, the princes of the Kingdom of Hao can only leave the palace and start the mansion after they get married, the eldest prince Xiang Zebei is an exception.

Xiang Zebei was granted the title of king at the age of 25, and the emperor bestowed on him the word Yu, which meant Yuyao's brilliance, but this King Yu was just the opposite, with a gloomy and volatile personality.

When he was 9 years old, he suffered from a serious illness and lost his eyesight. When he was 14 years old, he had an accident and broke his legs. Now he is in his thirties. Because of his eccentric temper, he is still unmarried.

He was supposed to be the most honorable eldest son in the palace, but his life was bumpy, and he was still alone at this age.The only one who can talk to him a few words is the younger brother of the same mother.

Xiang Zebei was leaning on the wheelchair, his eyes were covered with white gauze, which did not affect his accuracy in picking up the gold-encrusted agate cup on the table.He swirled the wine in his glass, and said lazily, "Why don't you come in a carriage today, the air-conditioning makes my room cold."

"I met a friend when I was leaving the palace." The third child couldn't help but raise his lips when he thought of the man standing in the wind, "I lent him the carriage."

Xiang Zebei chuckled, "Gu Qiao came up from Lianzhou, right? Counting the days, it should be here today."

"Yes, when he comes back this time, he probably won't be able to leave."

"Don't those scholars all want to be officials in Beijing? Why? You still want him to go?"

"Of course I don't want him to leave, but now many people have known about Lianzhou, and all forces are ready to move. If he stays in the capital, he will inevitably be involved in the situation."

"Wouldn't that be better," Xiang Zebei took a sip of the wine and rubbed the glass in his hand, "You need a charismatic ally to build momentum for you with the civil servants. Gu Qiao once challenged He Fangzhi publicly. He has a good reputation with the young new civil servants, and it is most suitable for him to do this for you."

The third child leaned on the plinth, looked at the sparkling lake outside the window and did not speak.

Once the courtiers get closer to the prince, it will be a relationship of both prosperity and loss. If this battle cannot be won, they can only die together.

Gu Qiao has a delicate heart, and I am afraid that as long as he knows the true identity of the third child, he will understand everything immediately, so how will he choose?

When he left Lianzhou, he deliberately concealed his identity. Will he blame me?

It's been so long since I've been back to Beijing, and I haven't contacted him, will he blame me?

If... I stand in front of him as the Third Prince... will he blame me?

For those days of tenderness and affection, he...would he blame me?

Thinking of this, the third child suddenly felt a little afraid, and began to be afraid of meeting Gu Qiao.

King Yu played with the cup in his hand, and pointed out: "What? Can't bear it?"

The third child didn't refute, but said uncertainly: "I don't know what choice he will make, what if he doesn't want to?"

"He has no choice. From the moment he rescued you, he has already boarded our boat. Do you think he can survive alone?" King Yu put down the cup, adjusted a comfortable posture and nestled in the thick animal skin Li, continued: "The whereabouts of Agu Mencha and Du Yuwen have been going on for so long, but there is still no result. You said our father, does he want to know, or does he not want to know?"

"When I just came back from Lianzhou, the imperial grandmother had a quarrel with my father. The imperial grandmother said that the person who harmed me was in the palace, and asked my father to investigate and punish me severely."

"Oh?" Yu Wanggai raised his eyebrows under the white gauze, "What did he say?"

"Father said that you should not speak without evidence, and the Queen Mother should treat all the princes equally without prejudice or discrimination."

"Hehe, who is biased? Who is discriminated against? That person understands it very well!"

A gust of wind blew from the lake, and the surface of the water swayed in layers. King Yu tightened his clothes and put his hands into his sleeves.

The third child got up and closed the window, staring into his eyes for a moment, "Take off the white veil from your eyes, there are only two of us here."

King Yu didn't move, "I can see better than anyone else when I'm blindfolded."

The third waved his hand in front of him, "Are you really blindfolded and can't see anything? Did the servant girls in the house notice?"

"I have been pretending to be blind for more than 20 years, and I was almost deceived by myself," Yu Wang smiled, as if thinking of something interesting, "But you can really see a lot of interesting things by pretending not to see, do you want to try it? "

The third child felt a little uncomfortable seeing him like this, "Brother..."

King Yu picked up the jug and poured wine for himself, "I'm not the only one pretending to be blind, the one in Qianyang Palace is a good one."

"Second brother grew up under my father's knees since he was a child, so of course he is closer than us. It is understandable that my father is partial..."

"It's understandable," the third child didn't finish his sentence, but was suddenly interrupted by Yu Wang sternly: "Xiang Zezhang was watching me when I fell into the deep pit 18 years ago! Now you almost died in Lianzhou It's also his handwriting! You can understand, you can play brothers and sisters with him! When he kills Gu Qiao in front of you, you can tell me that you can understand!"

The third child has long been used to the elder brother's surly temper, and he doesn't quarrel with him. He said softly, "I will settle the account with him one by one, but don't involve Gu Qiao in it."

"Didn't the second brother bring Gu Qiao back just to make an example of others? Or do you think he created opportunities for you to continue your relationship?"

The third child blushed, "How can there be a continuation of the front?"

Yu Wang sneered, "Count it yourself, how many times you mentioned that name to me after you returned to Beijing. When you two were in Lianzhou Fuche, you had a pair of eyes watching behind your back! He has already been in the game People, whether to live or die, depends on you."

The third child was used to being violent all by himself, and rarely worried about these things, only to break out in a cold sweat after being reminded by King Yu.

Gu Qiao helped him protect him in Lianzhou, which was the reason for Xiang Zezhang's murder. He suddenly felt that his life would be in danger almost at any time.

"I'll send a few more people to secretly protect him. He Xiang, please help me keep an eye on him."

"Well," King Yu nodded, as if he was a little tired, "Don't go out of the palace too often, I have affairs outside the palace, and you should focus on government affairs."

The third child couldn't wait for a moment, so he agreed with a few words and left.

He recruited the five most elite people in his hands to secretly protect Gu Qiao day and night, not allowing him to be in any danger, and asked him to report all Gu Qiao's movements to him every day.

Gu Qiao is a bit annoying recently.

First of all, he broke up with his most respected teacher the day before, but he didn't want to admit his mistakes because he felt he was right.

Secondly, the person he was thinking of became an unreachable prince, which was too disturbing.Originally, I just wanted to smooth over the ambiguous relationship between the two, but now it directly rises to the major issue of choosing a political position.

Again, after Eunuch Zhai gave the manuscript to shopkeeper Xiao, he revealed the fact that he had returned to Beijing. Now shopkeeper Xiao sent people to his home every day to urge the manuscript.

What bothered him the most was that he felt as if he had messed with something unclean.

Take last night as an example. He went out drinking with his classmates and friends until midnight before returning home. He was very thirsty at the time, so he went directly to the water tank to drink water.Unexpectedly, he stumbled under his feet and fell into the water tank upside down. The water tank was not big and the water was not deep, but he was so drunk that he couldn't control his hands and feet and almost drowned.

He remembered clearly that he almost drowned, and then someone pulled him out.

At that time, he was too dizzy to react, so he said thank you to the man.

Now that I think about it, I feel creepy. I am alone in this family, thank you ghost!

After returning to Beijing, nothing went smoothly. I originally wanted to meet Wei Changshi, but I didn't know that he had left until I went to the post station.Counting this time, the Lianzhou Government Office is about to start working, and there are a lot of things waiting to be dealt with. Wei and Wu Shuang will probably burst into tears again when they go back.

Gu Qiao went to Ouyang Zhiwen and told him that he might have encountered a ghost. Ouyang Zhiwen gave him an amulet, saying that it was consecrated by the master of Guoguang Temple, and it was very spiritual.

Hang the amulet next to the bed that night before going to sleep.

Gu Qiao's house was built many years ago, and there are old houses around, and the neighbors' snoring can be heard at night.

It's okay to have a little smoke and fire, and it's very lively.

When lying on the bed, I honestly put my hands and feet under the quilt, turned off the light, and heard a slight sound on the roof in the dark night, and then heard nothing again.

Dazedly, I heard the sound of the clock knocking from the small street outside. Just after the third watch was knocked, the footsteps on the roof became louder.

Gu Qiao was shocked, and suddenly lost sleepiness.

I could indeed hear footsteps, as if someone was running on the roof, the sound of running was getting louder, and the tiles were being trampled.

Gu Qiao thought this ghost was dancing on the roof?It was quite fat, and the dust fell down from the shock.Putting on clothes and getting ready to take a look, it became quiet again, and the surroundings quickly returned to calm.

I had to lie down again, this time I didn't feel sleepy anymore, I couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.The ghosts and ghosts I wrote are all fighting in my head, and when I wake up in the morning, my eyes are black and blue.

Gu Qiao went straight to Ouyang's mansion after getting up, and returned the amulet to Ouyang Zhiwen.

"Your broken talisman doesn't work at all, ghosts came to dance on the roof of my house last night!"

Ouyang Zhiwen hadn't gotten up yet, the room was so warm that he was only covered with a thin quilt.He stretched out his hand to pick up the talisman and looked at it, "I can't, my mother asked for this for me, she said that when she saw this talisman, the demons would disperse."

Gu Qiao looked at him suspiciously, "How much did it cost? Mistress was cheated by the monk."

"Forget it, you can move to my house." Ouyang Zhiwen put the talisman under the pillow, "Maybe this talisman is only in my family spirit? I have never encountered anything strange before."

"Teacher..." Gu Qiao stammered, "Teacher is still angry?"

"Oh, what a big deal. It's not that you don't know my father's temper. It will be over in a while. If you have dinner at my house at noon, you can toast him with a glass of wine and you'll be fine."

Gu Qiao sat down beside Ouyang Zhiwen's bed, "Then, get up and see if your father is in a good mood. I'll come over at noon when he's in a good mood."

"Success," Ouyang Zhiwen turned over and sat up, "Don't worry."

However, Gu Qiao's attention was attracted by his open nightgown, and there were red marks on his chest, which were clearly the marks left after the love. "This is you? Which girl are you dating again?"

Ouyang Zhiwen picked up his clothes, "Shh, don't let my parents know, I'll take you with me next time."

"Uh," Gu Qiao didn't know what to think of, her ears turned red, and she hurriedly said, "No need!"