I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

Luo Bai didn't know when he fell asleep, and when he woke up the next day, there was no one in the room.

Yuan Fu came in with a stack of clean clothes, Luo Bai hurriedly asked, "Aunt Yuan Fu, where is my brother?"

Yuan Fu looked a little sad: "The concubine passed away last night, and His Majesty is going to arrange the funeral."

"The concubine passed away, which concubine?" Luo Bai asked blankly.

Yuan Fu shook off his white shirt: "Concubine Qin, she died of an emergency last night. Now that all the officials have entered the palace, you should put on your clothes quickly, and you will go to attend the spirit later."

Luo Bai suddenly received this news, sat on the bed without moving, unable to recover for a long time.He remembered meeting the concubine in the garden not long ago, she was so pretty, she spoke to him kindly, with a soft tone, and when she smiled, there were two thin lines of laughter at the corners of her eyes.

Yuan Fu unfolded his clothes, and waited for Luo Bai to get up to put them on for him, when he saw him sitting there with tears streaming down his face.

Yuan Fu sighed: "Life is a matter of life and death, the concubine is going to heaven to enjoy her blessings, son, don't be sad, be careful not to hurt your body."

Only then did Luo Bai understand why his brother was so sad last night. He wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said, "Aunt Yuan Fu, I'm going to find my brother right now. He must be feeling very bad right now. I'm going to be with him."

Yuan Fu said: "Your Majesty is very busy today, after the concubine's funeral is over, it won't be too late for you to accompany him."

"Then I'll watch from afar and not disturb him." Luo Bai choked.

The red lanterns in the Changchun Palace have been taken down, and white flowers are hung everywhere. As soon as Luo Bai stepped into the palace gate, he saw a wooden coffin lying in the prepared mourning hall. Standing in front of the coffin was a tall and familiar figure, dressed in The white plain clothes are exactly Chu Yuzhao.

The civil and military officials were attending the coffin. Luo Bai stepped forward and followed the team slowly. When he moved to the wooden coffin, he knelt on the futon and respectfully kowtowed three times. farewell.

After inserting the incense in the incense burner, he didn't go far after getting up, sitting under the ginkgo tree not far away, looking at Chu Yuzhao worriedly.

One day passed like this, and he saw Chu Yuzhao standing in front of the coffin, his eyes downcast and silent, his lips were chapped and peeled.A court lady came forward with a bowl of porridge, but got no response, she could only kneel aside holding the tray, and retreated when the porridge was cold.

The ministers took turns to persuade them, but none of them had the slightest effect, and they could only retreat in the end.

People in Changchun Palace come and go, all in white clothes, and the sound of monks chanting sutras can be heard endlessly, but Chu Yuzhao seems to be isolated from this world, lonely and sad.

He was immersed in his own thoughts, as if he had thought a lot, but also seemed to think nothing, his mind was empty, until a porcelain bowl appeared in front of him, filled with milky white sugar water, and some glutinous rice balls were floating.

"Brother, eat some Mianmian Bobo soup." Luo Bai's cautious voice sounded in his ears.

It was only then that Chu Yuzhao had the slightest reaction to the outside world, and he lowered his eyes slowly, looking at the white porcelain bowl.

Luo Bai scooped up a ball, brought it to his mouth and blew it, then handed it to his mouth.

The ministers who had been whispering in the back all stopped talking, and the palace people also held their breaths and just watched quietly.

"Brother, let's eat a meatball." Luo Bai continued softly: "Boom!"

Chu Yuzhao finally opened his mouth slowly, took the pill in his mouth, chewed it carefully, and then swallowed it.

"I'm fine, don't worry." He finally said the first sentence of the day, his throat was as hoarse as if he had thrown a handful of sand.

Luo Bai didn't make a sound, and continued to feed him. Chu Yuzhao didn't reach out to take the bowl, but just lowered his head and touched his hand, and ate the whole bowl of meatballs and soup.

Seeing this, Eunuch Cheng quickly ordered the servant next to him in a low voice to bring up a chair and place it behind Chu Yuzhao.

"Brother, you've been standing for a whole day, sit down, you can also accompany Elder Sister Taifei while sitting." Luo Bai said again.

Chu Yuzhao looked at him sideways, and saw that his big black and white eyes were full of worry, his face was tired, obviously he hadn't had a good rest all day, his lips moved, and finally he sat down.

Eunuch Cheng, who was watching from the side, let out a long sigh of relief.

After Luo Bai returned to the ginkgo tree, Eunuch Cheng greeted him, followed by Zuoxiang Xin and Huaifu Liu.

"My lord, Lord Xin and Lord Liu are both worried about His Majesty's health, and I want you to persuade him to go back to his bedroom to rest." Cheng Gong said fairly.

Xin Zuoxiang also ignored his status, and stepped forward to salute Luo Bai: "The concubine passed away, and the world mourns. Your majesty is sad and mournful, but the body of the dragon is important. The concubine is in the spirit of heaven, and I don't want to see your majesty like this. Please also ask Luo The young master is going to persuade His Majesty to go back to the bedroom to rest immediately."

Luo Bai hurriedly replied: "I know, I am also very worried about my dragon body, I will go to persuade him now."

Zuoxiang Xin looked at Eunuch Cheng in a daze, while Liu Huaifu whispered beside him: "Don't worry, don't worry."

Chu Yuzhao was holding a stack of yellow papers and throwing them one by one into the brazier in front of the wooden coffin. Luo Bai squatted down beside him, before he could speak, he said: "It's okay, I'll go back right away."

Luo Bai didn't say anything more, just helped throw the yellow paper into the brazier, kept looking at the wooden coffin in front of him, and then at Chu Yuzhao's face.

The firelight reflected Chu Yuzhao's side face very clearly, and the outline became sharper. When the last piece of paper was burned, he said wearily: "Let's go, go back."

The courtyard was full of princes and ministers, and no one dared to leave unless the emperor left, and they all stayed here the whole time.Seeing the emperor finally got up and walked out, those old and weak who couldn't stay up all night were relieved in their hearts.

Luo Bai walked out behind Chu Yuzhao, and when he passed in front of them, he saw Chu Yulu and Chu Yu were also inside.He wanted to say hello to Chu Yu, but Chu Yu kept his head down and didn't see him, so he had to give up.

On the way back to Qiande Palace, Chu Yuzhao walked ahead alone, Luo Bai trotted a few steps forward, and stuffed his hand into his palm.Chu Yuzhao was only slightly taken aback, then held his hand instead, and slowed down his pace.

Eunuch Cheng and Hong Si stayed far behind, keeping an appropriate distance. In the silence, only the chirping of autumn insects was heard, and the two of them stepped on the fallen leaves, the rustling of the veins breaking.

Luo Bai scratched his palm with his finger, then leaned into his ear and whispered: "Brother, I like you very much, very, very much."

His words came out of nowhere, for no reason at all.Chu Yuzhao couldn't help looking at him from the side, only to see Luo Bai's clear eyes under the moonlight, shining with gentle and hazy broken light, full of undisguised attachment and affection.

Knowing that he was using his way, Chu Yuzhao comforted himself clumsily, and his heart softened into a puddle of water. He followed Cheng Gonggong and Hong Si behind him, stretched out his hands to embrace him, and buried his face in his In soft hair.

Luo Bai wrapped his arms around his waist, docilely motionless.

Not far away, Eunuch Cheng and Si Hong stood silently and turned around, facing backward.

After a long time, Chu Yuzhao pecked at the top of his head again, and then led him slowly back to Qiande Palace.

Back in the bedroom, Luo Bai went to take a bath first. Now that the weather was getting colder and colder, Chu Yuzhao was afraid that he would freeze after leaving the bathroom, so he asked someone to bring in a basin of charcoal to warm the bedroom.

Luo Bai came out of the bathroom in pajamas, ran to the bed, and was stopped by Chu Yuzhao.

"Come here, your hair is wet, you must dry it before going to bed."

Luo Bai stood at the same spot and couldn't go over, only giggling.Chu Yuzhao occasionally saw him today, and he was standing under the ginkgo tree with a worried face. Now that he had regained his vitality, he felt relieved, and his face softened.

Luo Bai has always been aggressive, seeing his expression, turned his back and wanted to continue running to the bed, but he didn't expect Chu Yuzhao to walk away from the table, and the next moment he had already pinched the back of his neck.

"Brother, I was wrong." Luo Bai didn't resist at all, and quickly begged for mercy.

"How do you punish if you make a mistake?" Chu Yuzhao's voice rang in his ears, with a warm breath.

Luo Bai shrank his neck and said: "Then...then punish you for kissing me."

Chu Yuzhao chuckled lightly: "It's quite a beautiful idea."

After speaking, he put a dry handkerchief on the top of his hair, and began to rub it vigorously. Luo Bai was rubbed back and forth, but he didn't complain, but after the handkerchief was taken off, a small spot of redness appeared on his forehead.

Chu Yuzhao paused, a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes, he stretched out his hand to touch the place, and said, "Go to the bed quickly."

Seeing Luo Bai run to the bed again, slipping into the quilt, he smiled, turned around and went to the bathroom.

A few days later, Qin Taifei's coffin was sent to Longpan Mausoleum for burial. Chu Yuzhao knew that she did not want to enter the imperial mausoleum, so she was buried in the outer circle of the imperial mausoleum, not far from Chu Yuce's mausoleum.

Everyone didn't know the real cause of Concubine Qin's death, nor the conversation she had with Chu Yuzhao before she died. Everything about her during her lifetime was permanently sealed with the closed door of the tomb.

After returning to the palace from the imperial mausoleum, the first snow in winter came, and the whole palace was dyed white by the snow, adding a bit of chill and bleakness.

Luo Bai was worried that those wild cats would be frozen, so he hugged a quilt and went to the West Garden to make a nest for them.

He was wearing a thick brocade cotton robe, an ermine cape, a hand warmer around his neck, and moccasin boots that clicked on the snow.

When he arrived at the West Garden, he spread the quilt in a fake cave, and watched those wild cats chasing and frolicking in the snow, he felt an itch in his heart, and turned into a little leopard, pounced on them and rolled together.

When Chu Yuzhao came, he didn't make a sound, just stood quietly in the distance, watching the little leopard flying in the snow, and from time to time plunged into the snowdrift, only showing its furry buttocks.

After Luo Bai turned his head and saw him, he froze, pretending not to see him, quietly ran to the rockery and transformed back, and then put on the clothes that were hung on the rocks.

"Ah, brother, why are you here?" After walking out of the rockery, he said in an exaggerated tone that couldn't be faker.

But Chu Yuzhao only smiled lightly: "I'm fine in court, so I'll come and see you."

Luo Bai trotted forward, hugged Chu Yuzhao's waist, bent his eyes and smiled at him.The winter sun made his skin white and translucent, his eyelashes were coated with a layer of brown and yellow, and the jade crown on his head studded with various green and emerald gems shook so much that Chu Yuzhao couldn't even open his eyes.

Chu Yuzhao straightened his hair without asking him why he put on the flower jade crown he made for Little Leopard, tied up his cloak, led him to the big rock next to him, waved the snow off his face, let him sit down.

After Luo Bai sat down, Chu Yuzhao squatted down, took off his moccasin boots, and switched left and right.

Just now Luo Bai put on his shoes in a panic, and put them on backwards.

Chu Yuzhao held Luo Bai's feet in thick socks, and gave him boots seriously. Luo Bai looked down at Chu Yuzhao's black hair, and moved his toes to scratch his palm.

"Don't move." Chu Yuzhao squeezed his feet, put on his boots, stood up and said, "Let's go, go back."

The two walked hand in hand on the way back to Qiande Palace. Whenever Luo Bai saw a branch, he would stretch out his hands to remove the snow on it, sprinkle it on the heads and faces of the two of them, and pour some on their necks.He didn't continue playing around until Chu Yuzhao couldn't bear to scold him.

Luo Bai hung on Chu Yuzhao's arms, recalling what happened just now, and asked, "Brother, you clearly saw Xiao Bai just now, why didn't you call him?"

He didn't want to expose Xiaobai, and he was usually afraid of Chu Yuzhao mentioning it, but after he turned into a little leopard a few times recently, Chu Yuzhao turned a blind eye when he saw it, and Luo Bai couldn't help feeling disappointed again.

Chu Yuzhao glanced at him sideways, and said: "If Xiaobai wants to come to me, just come, but if he doesn't want to see me, I won't take the initiative to call him, lest he feel uncomfortable."

Luo Bai hurriedly said: "Xiao Bai won't want to see you, he really likes you."

"is it?"

"Yes, I like you as much as I do."

"Oh, all right, then the next time I see him, I must say hello to him."

The lunch they had together had the same amount of food as before, all according to Luo Bai's appetite, but today Luo Bai didn't eat much and put down his chopsticks.

"Why did you only eat two bowls of rice? But the food didn't suit your taste?"

Chu Yuzhao was already full, so he sat at the table with him, slowly drinking a bowl of soup.Seeing that there were still many dishes left on the table, this was a situation that had never happened in the past, so he couldn't help asking worriedly.

Luo Bai said wearily: "It's very tasty, I just don't want to eat it."

"Where's the chili sauce? Bring you some chili sauce and mix it with a bowl of rice?"

"No more."

Not even his favorite chili sauce, Chu Yuzhao's expression became serious.

After the food was removed, the old doctor who was passed on quickly entered the hall, patted off the snow on his shoulders, and tremblingly was about to give Chu Yuzhao a salute, but he raised his hand to stop him and asked him to see Luo Bai, because of poor appetite today, is it because of the cold, or something wrong with the stomach.

Luo Bai put his hand on the cotton pad, revealing a white wrist, and let the old doctor feel his pulse.

"Young Master, have you eaten today?"

"Used."

"How's the appetite?"

Luo Bai tilted his head to recall, and Chu Yuzhao answered from the side: "The appetite is not as good as usual. For breakfast, I only used two pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, a bowl of lotus seed porridge, and a piece of water chestnut cake. For lunch, I only used two bowls of rice. Serve a piece of scallion pastry."

The old doctor: "..."

According to the final diagnosis, there was nothing wrong with him. He didn't suffer from cold or stomach stagnation. Mr. Luo was in good health.

When the old doctor was sent out by Eunuch Cheng, he muttered unhappily: "Your Majesty thinks it's not cold enough, so you want my old man to come outside to exercise?"

The old doctor was highly respected, and the emperor usually respected him, so Eunuch Cheng had to carefully apologize and send him out of Qiande Palace respectfully.

Although Luo Bai didn't feel that there was something wrong with his body, it didn't prevent him from cunningly using this as an excuse.In the afternoon, he didn't practice calligraphy or painting, and he said to Chu Yuzhao listlessly, "I'm sick and can't even eat. The doctor came to see it, and I definitely can't hold the pen."

Chu Yuzhao was not at ease at first, even though he knew that he was making an excuse, he followed him and said, "Then what do you want to do?"

Luo Bai said: "I don't have much strength now, the only strength I have is enough for me to play in the snow in the yard."

"No." Chu Yuzhao refused coldly, "We'll talk about it after we're healthy."

His so-called good health means that Luo Bai has returned to his normal appetite, so that he can be completely relieved.

Luo Bai said: "I can't play with snow, then I can only play the piano and sing."

"No."

"Then I'm going to play with the snow."

Chu Yuzhao sighed: "Okay, you can play the piano and sing, as you like."

Luo Bai looked at him with serious eyes: "Since you want to hear me play the piano and sing, you are not allowed to go to the garden, or I will go to play in the snow."

Chu Yuzhao: ...

"Elvis Presley wants to play with snow... woo woo woo, you pretty cat...why can't you play with snow woo woo..."

Luo Bai's soul-crushing singing echoed again in Qiande Palace, and the little eunuchs had become accustomed to it, and skillfully took out cotton balls from their sleeves, plugged their ears, and continued to do things on their own.Only Eunuch Cheng looked towards the study from time to time, pacing back and forth anxiously.

"Your Majesty still doesn't go to the garden, how can he bear it..."

Chu Yuzhao stood firmly in front of the window, looking into the distance with deep eyes, except for the corners of his mouth twitching from time to time, there was nothing unusual about it.

At night, the two went to bed after washing.

Chu Yuzhao leaned against the bedside to read a book, and Luo Bai crawled onto his bed after a while, lifted the quilt and got in by himself, lying in his arms and reading the book together.

Although he couldn't read the characters, there were pictures in the book, and he could look at the pictures, and he knew some characters now, so he pointed them out to Chu Yuzhao from time to time.

"wind."

"Well, the wind."

"What is this word? I think it looks familiar."

"Cooked."

"Yes, it looks familiar, so what does it read?"

"Cooked."

Luo Bai patted Chu Yuzhao's hand: "I know he looks familiar, but what does it read?"

Chu Yuzhao heaved a long sigh: "This word is familiar to him."

"oh, I see."

Luo Bai yawned for a long time, looked at the pages of the book for a while, and then talked to Chu Yuzhao, his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he fell asleep before he knew it.

Hearing the even snoring, Chu Yuzhao took away the book, gently moved the person onto the pillow, blew out the candle, and lay down too.