After raising the emperor, he always wanted to marry me

After the national mourning period on the 49th, it was early winter.

Those pale silk hangings were removed from the palace, and the whole palace no longer needed to wear plain clothes.

Gu Xiuxin came to the throne, and once the late emperor's funeral was over, those postponed court affairs flooded in like a tide.He and Han Mochu had to be busy every day until late at night.

Although Gu Xiu has ascended the throne and took charge of the government, he still set up his dormitory in the East Nuan Pavilion in the side hall of the Xuanzheng Hall.The Chongning Palace where the king originally lived was consecrated by Gu Xiu, and all the original furnishings in the palace were piled as funerals into the two tombs that Gu Hong ordered to build before his death.

Living in the warm pavilion of the Xuanzheng Palace has two advantages. One is that it is convenient to live in, and you can go to court every day when you get up and change clothes.The second is that the place is big enough to accommodate two beds for him and Han Mochu.

Yes, Han Mochu still lives in the palace. After he ascended the throne, Gu Xiu thought that he wanted to repay the kindness of teaching him in the past, so he ordered to build a mansion for Han Mochu.Put all the wealthy mansions in the capital, and order Qin Tianjian to search for geomantic treasures all over the capital, and when the location is selected, start from ramming the foundation, and repair it bit by bit.

Before that, the homeless Han Mochu could only live in the palace with Gu Xiu.

These two people have gotten used to it over the years, even King Ning, Princess and Concubine Li outside the palace, including those courtiers who deal with them all the year round, are also used to it.

Gu Xiu and Han Mochu live together in the palace, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with it.

The entire Dongnuang Pavilion was arranged by Gu Xiu like a wing room in Guiyun Palace. Two beds were placed facing each other, and a large square table with a square meter was set in the middle. On the table, there were piles of memorials, pens, ink, paper and inkstone seals. etc.

The original Duobao Pavilion in the warm pavilion has been replaced with large bookshelves that are as high as the ridge of the roof. The library pavilion in the palace is too far away, so many books that I need to read in my daily life here are simply placed on the shelves.There is no need to go to the Library Pavilion from time to time, nor does it need to be sent by officials serving in the Imperial Academy.

Because the bookshelf is too high, there is a three-story small step with pulleys installed beside the bookshelf, which is specially used for two people to step on the high climbing shelf to get books.

This day is the second watch.

Gu Xiu was wearing an ink-colored robe with wide sleeves, with no crown tied in his hair, only a gold hairpin with a dragon's head stuck in it.Flipping through a memorial in his hand, he snorted involuntarily: "The governor of Suizhou wants to reduce or exempt taxes, the governor of Fengzhou wants to build bridges, and Lingnan wants to relieve the hungry. The recruits I recruited years ago have to go through the matter of military registration too. They want me to look over it over and over again. One thing after another makes me decide, if everything is up to me, what do you want them to do?"

"It's always been like this at the beginning of the new dynasty." Han Mochu, who was sitting opposite him, was wearing a bead-white brocade gown with wide sleeves. He only tied his hair with jade hairpins, and on his chest was a long-lived lock that looked extremely wealthy.This longevity lock was hung around Han Mochu's neck after the national mourning period expired.Even the court clothes were hung outside the court clothes, as if it was for Gu Xiu's peace of mind.Hearing what Gu Xiu said, he also closed a yellow scroll in his hand, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "They just want to test and test what kind of king His Majesty is."

The two of them are in such a state of not resting, staying up all night to read booklets, they need to dress loosely so as not to be too tired.

The memorials of these days were read by Han Mochu and Gu Xiu together.Gu Xiu never shy away from Han Mochu.After all, when dealing with military affairs in the past, two people are half of one person, and they will discuss together when they are indecisive.

It's not like Han Mochu hasn't dealt with these important military affairs in the past.It's just that it is more complicated and trivial than the military affairs that specialize in the arts in the past.

Another difference is that Han Mochu has finished disposing of these excerpts, and Gu Xiu has to read them again before sending them to other places.

"Trying?" Gu Xiu put on a cold face, snapped the folder in his hand, and threw it towards Han Mochu's hand: "Come on, this is pulling me to play house with them day and night, right?"

"You can't say that." Gu Xiu's anger is obvious, but Han Mochu's is much calmer: "Your Majesty is young, and they all believe that they want to help His Majesty practice and experience. They also want to know how to go about their official career in the future. How can I keep Wusha and my head?"

"What does that mean?" Gu Xiu took a sip of hot tea and smoothed it to his chest: "Relying on the old to sell the old?"

"Your Majesty ascended the throne, posthumously named His Royal Highness King Xun, pardoned even the mother who brought him into the crime, and treated Lu Guogong's family generously. In the eyes of others, His Majesty is a benevolent person with a soft heart. Besides, before His Majesty ascended the throne, It’s such an upright attitude, and they never go beyond the imperial government when supervising the country, so they naturally want to know what your Majesty will be like when you are the king.”

"Then we can't let them go on like this. Back then, there's no reason to procrastinate." Gu Xiu took a sip of strong tea, and his expression seemed to relax a little.

"Of course we can't let this kind of thing go. Fortunately, His Majesty was born in the army, and the millions of soldiers in the dynasty are all sincerely loyal to His Majesty. There are Yun family, Meng family, and Ding family in the court who make humerus for His Majesty. If they want to make a fuss, His Majesty will do it." Give them this chance." Han Mochu also put down the pen in his hand, picked up the memorial that angered Gu Xiu, and the corner of his mouth smiled even deeper: "I just took this opportunity to let them understand that this court is a Who is in charge."

Han Mochu's words straightened out the depression in Gu Xiu's heart.

These years, it has always been like this, as long as he sees Han Mochu's expression, Gu Xiu's heart will be half at ease.

In the blink of an eye, it was midnight, and the notebooks piled up in front of Gu Xiu and Han Mochu finally only had a few scattered books left.

Aunt Wu offered two bowls of red dates and white fungus soup in front of the two of them, coughed twice and said, "Little master, Master Han, drink the sweet soup and go to bed earlier."

This unnamed peasant woman, Aunt Wu, entered the palace and entered the official register of the Department of Internal Affairs.Not a palace slave, but a serious inner court servant, everyone in the palace except Gu Xiu and Han Mochu respectfully addressed everyone as Aunt Wu.

"Aunt Wu, go to bed first. Your Majesty and I rested after reading the booklet." Han Mochu took a soup bowl and put it in his mouth: "Tomorrow morning, we will still eat shredded pork noodles."

"Succeed, Master Han will have shredded pork noodles for breakfast tomorrow." Aunt Wu rubbed the calluses on her hands, and looked at Gu Xiu who was holding a bowl of sweet soup with a smile: "What do you want to eat tomorrow morning, little master?"

"It's all good." Gu Xiu said seriously, "Aunt Wu's cooking is delicious."

"Little master said that." Wu's face flushed, and she straightened her hair into a bun: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you are busy first, I will go down first."

After Mrs. Wu left, Han Mochu and Gu Xiu looked at each other holding the soup bowl, and Han Mochu praised, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, your ability to coax people is getting better."

"If you don't say that, and don't talk about you and me turning off the lights, Aunt Wu won't leave." Gu Xiu scraped the small bowl clean: "She led the elder sister and the concubine Li to talk to each other. For the imperial order, don’t coax me today, tomorrow Eldest Sister will come into the palace to ask questions.”

"Speaking of which, it's really getting late." Han Mochu also put the small bowl aside: "After reading these scriptures, it's time for His Majesty to arrange it."

The last few letters were all notes, Gu Xiu wrote a few words of peace, and then stood up from the table.The stiff back that sat loosely.

Han Mochu still sat down and made the final sorting and simple classification of those memorials, and they can be sent to Shang Shuxing early tomorrow morning.

In fact, the two cups of sweet soup just now did not soothe the nerves, on the contrary they refreshed both of them.Han Mochu put the last stack of memorials neatly, and stood beside Gu Xiu: "Your Majesty, are you sleepy?"

"The sleepiness passed an hour ago." Gu Xiu replied truthfully.

"I can't sleep either, do you want to go out for a walk?" Han Mochu pointed to the cloak on the mahogany hanger beside him.

Gu Xiu touched his stiff neck and said, "That's fine."

Since they hit it off immediately, the two of them no longer hesitated.Flipping the cloak on his back, Han Mochu extinguished the bright lights in the Nuan Pavilion, leaving only a gauze lantern.He lit another glazed cup that is often used in winter wind and snow, held it in his hand, and raised his eyebrows towards Gu Xiu: "Your Majesty, let's go."

Gu Xiu and Han Mochu just pushed open the palace gate with the lamps in hand, when they were bumped into by the guards on duty outside the gate.The little guard hastily bowed and saluted: "See Your Majesty..."

Han Mochu raised his hand and made a gesture of silence towards the people.

The little guard understood clearly, straightened his body immediately, and continued to stand guard in the wind and snow.The guards in front of Gu Xiuyu are all under the jurisdiction of Xiong Hu.Xiong Hu has married himself, as if he had been split open by a god.Not only did he learn to read, but his mind also became sound. The drawings of the important tasks of defense inside and outside the palace are better than the previous ones in the palace, neat and clean.It is said that his little daughter-in-law taught him step by step.

Turning out of the Xuanzheng Hall, Gu Xiu and Han Mochu walked side by side on the long palace road.

After the end of the seventh day of the king, some palace people in the harem returned to their mother clan with their masters.Gu Xiu also skipped the New Year's Eve and Shangyuan Day celebrations, and the entire imperial city became deserted all of a sudden.

Except for a few night-hunting guards, there was almost no one there.

In the cold winter night, there are scattered snowflakes.The cool wind is blowing on the face, it doesn't feel cold, but it is very transparent.

"Master, where are you going?"

"Didn't Your Majesty say that he was going to look for things in the warehouse of Guiyun Palace?" Han Mochu held up a lamp to illuminate the road, "I can't sleep right now, why don't you go there and have a look?"

"it is good."

Guiyun Palace has been idle since Gu Xiu left the palace. Because there were no furnishings, Gu Hong only sent a small eunuch to clean it every five days. The palace gate is closed on weekdays. The new servants in the past two years didn't even know what this Guiyun Palace was for.

Gu Xiu stretched out his hand and pushed open the closed door of Guiyun Palace, creaking.

It was still the same empty courtyard, with one main room and two side rooms, connected by curved corridors, a square palace.

Gu Xiu looked around, and when he looked at the main room with the door closed, he seemed to hear the sound of Han Mochu knocking the ruler on his palm every morning, as well as the voice of teaching each word.I also saw the piles of mountains and seas of books on the wall, and the two small square tables that can only accommodate one person.

The door of the wing room where the two of them used to live on a daily basis was open, and it was clear at a glance that there was only a small couch and a table left there.The rest of the furnishings were moved to the palace in the year when he left the palace.

Standing in this empty palace, Gu Xiu could think of every day and night he spent here.

At that time, Han Mochu taught him literature and martial arts every day, his eldest sister Gu Jin took care of his daily life, and his younger brother Gu You, who was only three months away from him, found various reasons to come to him every day. bother him.

Although this palace is cold and simple, but Gu Xiu really lives very well here.

"Your Majesty, the small storeroom is over there." Han Mochu patted Gu Xiu's shoulder, pointed to a small room at the end of the west hall not far away, holding a lamp.

When the two got closer, they found that there was a chain lock on the door of the small warehouse.

All the doors in the palace were opened and closed in a random way, only this small warehouse was locked, and those who didn't know it thought there was something valuable in it.

Gu Xiu looked around, but didn't find any tools suitable for unlocking the lock, so he said, "I'll send someone over here."

The corner of Han Mochu's mouth raised slightly, and he stepped directly on the middle of the two closed door panels.

There was only a click, and the rotten wood split and cracked.The two door panels connected with chains fell straight inward, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust on the ground.

"I vaguely remember that the door of this small warehouse seems to be not very strong, as expected."

Gu Xiu nodded silently, he also vaguely remembered that the door of this small warehouse should actually open outwards.

The two stood in front of the door, letting the north wind outside the house blow into the small storeroom, taking away the dust inside for years.Until the wind subsided and the dust settled, the two walked in one after the other.

There were not many things in the small storeroom. Han Mochu held a bright glass lamp to illuminate it, and there were a few wooden boxes piled up in the corner.There are also two small tables stacked together, which are exactly the small tables where Gu Xiu and Han Mochu practiced calligraphy.

"Tsk, what are you doing with so few things?" Han Mochu shook his head and reached out to open a wooden box.

Gu Xiu followed behind Han Mochu, slandering: Xu probably expected that one day, you would kick the door inward, so he placed it more compactly to avoid the door panel.

Inside the wooden box that Han Mochu opened was a very long scroll. One could tell at a glance that it was the picture of all nations that Han Mochu had drawn for him in the past. Bundle.There is also a mechanical peacock that Su Che called "the bald-tailed plague chicken", and a bunch of scattered small parts.There are many two people who forgot what they were supposed to do in the first place.

Gu Xiu took the mechanism peacock out of the box, stroked the dust on it, and casually pulled the rope that opened and closed the mechanism, and the tail behind the peacock really unfolded.

Gu Xiu once again uttered a slander: Who said that Han Mochu's workmanship is not good?Still moving after all these years.

Among the other two boxes, one box contained the disassembled shelves of Gu Xiu's childhood sand table.The other box contained small flags that lined up on the sand table.A good sand table was dismantled to pieces.

Gu Xiu's teeth were itchy with hatred, he rubbed his forehead and said: "This Baode, I don't know how to use my brain, if I can't put it in the box, I put it outside, what's the matter if it's broken?"

"Okay, Your Majesty don't scold him anymore." Han Mochu took out the two long swords from another box, patted Gu Xiu on the shoulder and said, "Would you like to try it in the yard?"

Gu Xiu stretched out his hand to catch the long sword, and tried it out in his hand: "It's a little light, but it's been a long time since I have compared swords with you."

The moonlit night was frosty, and the two took off their cloaks and stood facing each other.

The cold wind rolled up the sleeves of the two people's clothes, the two iron swords clanged, and the two figures rose and fell.

The scenes from many years ago are reappearing today.

Han Mochu raised his sword and swept across Gu Xiu's face, Gu Xiu blocked it with his horizontal sword, and Han Mochu raised the tip of his sword upwards, almost flying the sword in Gu Xiu's hand.

Gu Xiu frowned. The last time Han Mochu fought against Han Mochu in the military camp, it was obvious that Han Mochu's sword was not so fast.Last time, his skill was higher than that of Han Mochu, but this time, he has reached the same level again.

"Master, when are you?" Gu Xiu Ning brows puzzled, and took on Han Mochu's every move with all his energy.

"Since your Majesty claims to be a master, then there is no reason for me to slack off." Gu Xiu's offensive accelerated, and Han Mochu simply stopped fighting, and dismantled Gu Xiu's wind-like moves in two or three moves.The blade of the sword escaped Gu Xiu's arm, and directly rested on Gu Xiu's neck. His brows raised lightly and he said, "Your Majesty, I accept it."

Gu Xiu lost to Han Mochu again, which meant that he had to make himself stronger again.

Han Mochu seemed to be using this win or loss to remind him that the two of them still had a long, long road ahead.

Gu Xiu happily put away the long sword in his hand, picked up Han Mochu's blade across his neck with two fingers, moved it two inches to the side, and said in a deep voice, "Go back?"

"Go back." Han Mochu also put away his sword, turned around and took the two cloaks from the wing, and threw Gu Xiu's cloak with him casually.

Gu Xiu fastened the buckle of his cloak, turned his back and stood in front of Han Mochu: "Do you want to come up?"

"Huh?" Han Mochu put the two swords back into their scabbards, preparing to take them back to the Nuan Pavilion of Xuanzheng Palace tonight.

"Didn't I say that then? I'll carry you when I recover from my injury." Gu Xiu leaned slightly, the moonlight was bright, but he still couldn't see Han Mochu's expression clearly, so he could only guess.

He guessed, he couldn't guess.

Gu Xiu froze for a while with his back on his back, and Han Mochu's arms were bound up: "Then I will thank you, Your Majesty."

With both hands back, Gu Xiu held onto Han Mochu's knees firmly, and propped up his whole body.Han Mochu held two swords in one hand, and the glazed cup that illuminated the road in the other, and sighed softly: "Oh, no wonder His Majesty likes to be carried by ministers so much since childhood. It turns out that this is what it feels like to be carried by others."

"Ah."

Gu Xiu felt that Han Mochu on his back was not heavy at all, it was heavy like a big and thick cloak pressing on him, only the hard longevity lock on Han Mochu's chest made him uncomfortable.With the two bodies touching each other, Gu Xiu didn't feel the rush and panic he had when he was a teenager.After all, at his age, he was already able to control his emotions.

He neither restrained nor surpassed Han Mochu.Just stick to the bottom line that both of us are comfortable with.

"Your Majesty, turn around and ask them to tear down the two side rooms behind the Xuanzheng Hall and open up a courtyard." Han Mochu wrapped his arms around his neck and said in a low voice: "I think it's good to loosen your muscles and bones every day and sweat through birth."

"it is good."

"Tomorrow, ask Yuan Bao to find two people to move all the things in that small warehouse back."

"it is good."

"If Your Majesty still wants that sand table, I will repair it for you when it is moved back, and you can still put it on."

"it is good."

"Your Majesty, is it true that you will agree with whatever I say right now?" Han Mochu tilted his head, and his side face was naturally attached to Gu Xiu's side face.

Gu Xiu's shoulders did not move, his steps were steady, but his cheeks were still hot.

"Yes."

Gu Xiu's heartbeat fluctuated again, after all, it was the first time that Han Mochu was touching his profile.This doesn't mean he's worthless, it's just that he hasn't adapted yet.After coming to Japan, South Korea and Mochu to post a few more times, he will definitely get used to it.

Gu Xiu thought about it.

"Then if the minister says that you won't go to court tomorrow, okay?"

Gu Xiu didn't have to turn his head, the smile on Han Mochu's face at this moment could appear in his mind.It must be that kind of high spirits again, the clouds are calm and the wind is light.

Bad and overwhelming.

"Not good." Gu Xiu answered firmly.

"Your Majesty, you are breaking your promise, don't forget that you are not joking!"

Without saying a word, Gu Xiu dragged the man's body up again, and his steps became faster.

"Your Majesty, walk slowly, I'm not comfortable enough yet." Han Mochu straightened his body, as if he wanted to save Gu Xiu some strength.

Gu Xiu carried Han Mochu on his back and walked on the palace road back.

So what if the night is dark?The lamp in Han Mochu's hand illuminated the road ahead very brightly.

He is a king, and he not only has to bear the world on his shoulders.

He still has to bear Han Mochu.