A thousand years

During the march, Gu Huai's hand holding the reins trembled violently, his heart twitched without warning for some reason, heart-piercing pain, empty.

The man frowned, and raised his hand to stroke his chest.Unprecedented, uncontrollable uneasiness.

Taking a deep breath, even though he didn't know the reason for this inexplicable uneasiness, Gu Huai suppressed the twitching pain in his heart, and yanked his horsewhip, "I will go back to Nanchu first, and you will follow closely behind." !"

Regardless of the exhausting journey, Gu Huai drove wildly all the way. He couldn't wait to see Gu Ruofan in advance, couldn't wait to hug and kiss him.

If I saw him, I was afraid that the so-called uneasiness, apprehension, or inexplicable heartache in my heart would all disappear and turn into nothingness.

The young emperor was sitting on the horse, his black hair fluttering in the wind like a crow's feathers, no one saw him, the man with a murderous aura, as cold as a **** of hell, had a soft and longing expression on his face at this moment .

Southern Chu Palace.

call-

Far away outside the city gate, Gu Huai saw that the whole city was covered with white spirit-calling banners and lanterns, paper money floating all over the sky, as if it had snowed, and the whole palace was surrounded by a bleak and desolate scene. surrounded by atmosphere.

With deep black eyes and furrowed brows, Gu Huai got off his horse, held the rein, and walked into the city gate step by step.

"Your Majesty... It is His Majesty who has returned triumphantly, it is His Majesty who has returned triumphantly!"

Opening the city gate, the guards in military uniform but with filial piety on their shoulders saw Gu Huai, a flash of joy flashed in their eyes, and they knelt down, everyone kowtowed to Gu Huai at the gate of the city.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty on your triumphant return, Your Majesty's triumphant return!"

Gu Huai narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that the white plain filial piety in front of him was an eyesore and hurt, and said coldly: "Why are you all wearing sackcloth and filial piety? And this palace, why is the sky full of paper money? I just left three years ago. Months, who in the palace went to such a big show?!"

It's not that Gu Huai was angry, but when he came back after a long journey, the first thing he saw was such a scene, who could not be angry?

Hearing this, all the guards present lowered their heads, trembling all over, terrified and afraid to speak.

The pain in the heart became more and more severe, even with Gu Huai's determination, he couldn't help clenching his fists at this moment, only feeling that his heart was twitching and hurting all over his body.

"Tell me, what's going on here!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty... this is... this is... the Seventh Prince, he... the Seventh Prince has gone..."

There was a click——

Hearing the guard's hesitant speech suddenly, Gu Huai felt his mind explode with a bang, and he felt a little unsteady on his feet.Taking a deep breath, the young emperor erupted with a shockingly cold murderous aura, grabbed the collar of the guard who was speaking, and lifted the man from the ground abruptly, his eyes were dark and fierce. Scary, staring at him closely.

"What did you say? Say it to me again!"

At this moment, the guard was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart, and his mind was burned, so how could he speak?

boom!

Gu Huai threw the guard on the ground, and tore off all the white plain cloth hanging from his body and the tower. The man's eyes were like hawks, scanning the faces of every guard present.

"I'll give you a cup of tea, and I'll clean up all these unlucky and unsightly things on your body and inside the palace."

"Also, if I hear anyone again, dare to curse the Seventh Prince..." Gu Huai took a deep breath, his head buzzing with pain, "I will personally cut that person into pieces and let him Taste it, life is better than death!"

Running all the way, ignoring rest, ran to the dormitory, walked to the door, saw the darkness inside, Gu Huai's footsteps suddenly slowed down.

The two white lanterns hanging at the entrance of the sleeping hall looked extraordinarily bleak and... an eyesore in such a late night.Gu Huai's eyes were a little dry from the whiteness, the man slightly raised the corners of his lips, swung his sword, and directly chopped off the two white lanterns.

There is no light in the sleeping hall, Ruofan must be asleep.

Gu Huai stood at the door, dressed in military attire, and was full of travel and dust.

The Feige letter sent by someone before said that he and the army would arrive outside the city tomorrow, but now that he was one step ahead of the army and galloped all the way back, it was normal for Ruofan to fall asleep.

Gu Huai was thinking that if he opened the door for a while, it would be better if he didn't wake him up.

In the past three months, without Gu Ruofan, there was hardly a single day when Gu Huai was able to sleep peacefully. Presumably he was alone in this cold deep palace, just like himself, he had never slept peacefully. .

Gu Huai was thinking that he should take a good look at Gu Ruofan, take a good look at him while he was asleep, kiss him secretly, and hug him.

When I wake up tomorrow morning, I can just take a look. When Gu Ruofan opens his eyes and sees himself for the first time, what kind of expression will he have? Will he be pleasantly surprised, or surprised, or will he hug him instantly, so excited that he can't speak .

The man stood at the door of the dormitory, those scenes appeared in his mind, his thin lips slightly curled up, his smile softened his brows and eyes.

squeak-

The heavy and thick palace gate was slowly pushed open by Gu Huai, and in such a quiet late night, there was an uncontrollable creaking sound.

Gu Huai walked anxiously, with anticipation.

The man's voice was low, overflowing with uncontrollable thoughts.

He said, Ruofan, I'm back.

Blowing toward the face, extremely thick bloody smell.

Gu Huai's hasty footsteps suddenly stopped, and his gaze was fixed on the warm jade chess pieces scattered all over the floor in the middle of the hall.

The black and white staggered chess pieces were stained with dried blood, which was shocking and bloody.

The pain in his chest became more and more intense. Gu Huai couldn't help coughing violently. Enduring the pain in his heart, he straightened his waist and walked towards the bed behind the screen of the bedroom hall step by step.

"Ruofan, I'm back, why don't you come and see me?"

"Did you knock over my Nuanyu Go again...there's a lot of blood on it..." Gu Huai raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and his smile was a little helpless and accommodating, "A lot of blood... I'll punish you to get up now and go They're all cleaned up, okay?"

"In order to give you a surprise, I rode fast all the way, never even taking a break. I ran a long, long way, Ruofan... Do you miss me?"

"The guards below were guilty of talking nonsense just now. I have already punished them. Get up and have dinner with me. Let me tell you what happened to me in Beiqi in the past three months, okay?"

Gu Huai walked heavily and cautiously, sitting beside the bed, stretched out his hand, and lifted the quilt.

Empty.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...you are finally back, the Seventh Prince...the Seventh Prince...just this morning, committed suicide this morning..."

The eunuch who hurried in from outside knelt on the ground with a plop and stammered, but he didn't dare to look up at Gu Huai.

Sitting on the side of the bed, Gu Huai smiled, with a rare soft and tolerant voice, and motioned the eunuch to get up, "What nonsense are you talking about? The Seventh Prince, what kind of tricks is he playing with me again?"

"Call him out, this game is not fun at all."

Seeing the eunuch trembling and not moving, Gu Huai's voice gradually sank, "Did you hear what I said? Tell the Seventh Prince to come out! This game is not fun at all!"

The eunuch was too frightened to speak, trembling all over, and kowtowed until his forehead was pierced and bleeding began, then he tremblingly said: "Your Majesty... How dare my slave lie to you... The Seventh Prince committed suicide this morning... Now buried..."

Gu Huai swallowed a mouthful of blood, waved his sword and pointed it straight at the eunuch kneeling on the ground with a cold voice.

Like from hell.

"Tell me, where is Ruofan?"

"In...at the imperial mausoleum..."

Before the eunuch finished speaking, Gu Huai had already left the dormitory quickly, and galloped on his horse, ignoring other things, and went straight to the imperial mausoleum.

Ruofan, they said you committed suicide, how could you commit suicide?

I have already defeated Northern Qi, and the world has surrendered. From now on, there will be no one or anything that hinders us. How could you commit suicide?

After riding for a long time, the middle of Gu Huai's thigh was already bloody from the bumps, but the man's speed did not slow down in the slightest.

Imperial Mausoleum.

Huo Qingyu's eyes shone brightly, staring closely at the mausoleum where he was buried.

He had to watch with his own eyes that Gu Ruofan was buried in the soil and completely disappeared from this world from now on, so that he could rest assured.

Gu Huai is going to return in triumph tomorrow, and at that time, all he needs to do is make up a flawless lie. Then, from now on, Nan Chu will never have Gu Ruofan again, and Gu Huai will have only him by his side, which is enough.

Huo Qingyu slowly raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, his smile was bright and crazy, and even made people feel a little chills down their spine.

As the soil was shoveled down one after another, Gu Ruofan's coffin was gradually buried.

bang-

The stone gate of the imperial mausoleum was split open with a sword, and Gu Huai, dressed in military uniform, stood at the entrance of the imperial mausoleum with a cold and murderous aura.

"Where is Ruofan? Tell him to come out." Gu Huai's gaze shifted to Huo Qingyu's face, and the young emperor smiled slightly, "I miss him very much, call him out quickly."

Seeing Gu Huai, Huo Qingyu's complexion changed suddenly, and he quickly reacted, knelt down on the ground, and his voice quickly adjusted to a heavy grief.

"Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince committed suicide this morning..."

Boom!

It was like an explosion in the head, and the shock was painful.

Gu Huai closed his eyes slightly, pushed Huo Qingyu away, staggered, and walked to the side of the mausoleum.

He ruthlessly grabbed a guard's clothes. The young emperor's eyes were blood-stained and red, "Stop, didn't you hear that I told you to stop? Stop!"

Wearing heavy armor, Gu Huai jumped down from the mausoleum desperately, using his hands, feet, and everything he could use to dig up the thick soil, bit by bit.

His fingers were worn out by the mud and dripping with blood.

Gu Huai seemed to feel no pain at all, and threw the dirt out desperately. His Ruofan, he was fine when he left, and he promised Ruofan that he would wait for him when he came back.

How could it be lying here?

Gu Huai's eyes were red, and he had completely lost his mind. He muttered to himself, Ruo Fan loves cleanliness so much, how could he stay here, how could it be possible? !

The coffin gradually appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Gu Huai took a deep breath, paused, raised his hand, and forcibly pried open the coffin that had already been nailed on. The iron nails cut a hole the size of a bowl in the palm of his hand. The man didn't seem to feel it at all.

Gu Ruofan was dressed in white, lying lifelessly inside the coffin, his face was pale and his body was cold.The position on the chest has been soaked by fresh blood and coagulated into clots. The black and red blood looks extremely terrifying.

Staggered back a few steps.

Gu Huai pinched his palm abruptly to bleed.

Carefully carrying Gu Ruofan out of the coffin, the moment he moved, the surrounding guards dissuaded him.

"Your Majesty, no! The Seventh Prince... The Seventh Prince is already a dead person... The anger of death may have hurt the dragon's body..." Before he finished speaking, Gu Huai drew his sword and cut off the man's head with precision.

In the imperial mausoleum, high above, the emperor in uniform carefully hugged a dead man, with blood dripping from his hands and gentle eyes.

"The dead?"

Gu Huai raised his hand to caress Gu Ruofan's cheek, the man shook his head slightly, a hint of distress flashed in his eyes.It's so cold, I just left for a few months, why don't you know how to take good care of yourself?

"He said he would wait for me to come back, how could he die?"

How could it be possible to die?

puff-

Huo Qingyu knelt in front of Gu Huai, with a trace of grief flashing in his eyes, he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince has already gone, don't be too sad to accept the fact and hurt the dragon's body, Your Majesty."

As if Gu Huai had never heard of it, he walked forward step by step with Gu Ruofan in his arms.

Kneeling and walking forward, blocking Gu Huai's way, Huo Qingyu's eyes flashed a flash of jealousy, and then quickly disappeared, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... I beg you... Please let the Seventh Prince go to the grave..."

Bang kick.

Kicking Huo Qingyu mercilessly, Gu Huai's eyes were red, and his voice was so cold that almost everyone present was frozen.

"I asked you to stay with Ruofan, let you stay with him until I come back..." Gu Huai raised his hand to caress Gu Ruofan's cold cheek, without looking at Huo Qingyu, his voice was as cold as from hell.

"He fell asleep, why are you still here?"

"Why don't you die?"

Gu Huai hugged Gu Ruofan, his back was straight, he didn't ride a horse, he walked all the way, one step at a time, all the way back to the palace.

The young emperor was dressed in a military uniform. The man in his arms was blood-stained on his chest, his face was pale, his eyes were closed, and he seemed to be sleeping quietly.Gu Huai just walked step by step like this, it seemed that as long as he kept walking like this, Gu Ruofan would just fall asleep and have a long dream.

"Ruofan, the imperial mausoleum is too cold, you are not in good health." Gu Huai took off his cloak and covered Gu Ruofan, his voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of disturbing the man in his arms to sleep.

"I'll take you back to the palace, take you back to the palace, let's go home together, okay?"

When I walked to the streets of the Southern Chu Imperial City, it was already the time of the morning market, and the streets were bustling with people, all of whom were people who came out early in the morning to do business or buy things.

Gu Huai was wearing armor and was hugging a man. Such an image was really conspicuous in the crowd, and almost everyone he passed by didn't feel like stepping out of the way.

"Mother, what does that uncle do?" The little child looked in Gu Huai's direction curiously, and immediately noticed the blood stains on Gu Huai's robe, "Is he our general of Southern Chu? Wearing armor, with blood on his body..."

"Kids, don't talk nonsense!" Although the woman didn't know Gu Huai, she could tell that such a person was not someone they could provoke, and she was afraid that her children would offend Gu Huai by talking nonsense.

"Mother, who is the person in his arms? Are you asleep?"

The child's immature voice reached Gu Huai's ears, and the man's footsteps stopped suddenly.

"I'm holding my lover in my arms. He's asleep. I'll take him home." Gu Huai's voice was like sandpaper, with a sourness and tenderness that made people's heart tremble.

After all, Gu Huai continued to hug Gu Ruofan and walked forward step by step.

"Mother...that uncle's eyes are so scary...it seems to be bleeding..."

Royal Palace.

In the dormitory, he placed Gu Ruofan on the bed with his own hands, and straightened the man's hair and clothes. Gu Huai slowly leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

"Ruofan, we are going home, are you happy?"

"I pushed open the door last night, and when I didn't see you, you didn't know how scared I was...It's okay now, I finally found you, and we are together, okay?"

"By the way, I was still angry last night and punished you to wash Go..." Gu Huai took Gu Ruofan's hand and hit himself. It's clean, and when you wake up, I won't force you to play chess with me again, okay?"

"I won't play chess anymore. I will accompany you to read books and practice calligraphy every day. I won't force you to drink those extremely bitter soups. I'll give you whatever you want, okay?"

The young emperor half-kneeled in front of the bed, holding Gu Ruofan's completely cold hand, trembling voice, red eyes, finally sobbing, tears like rain.

"Ruofan, I'm finally back, I finally solved everything and came back, how can you die, how can you die?"

"Wake up quickly...Wake up, I'll give you whatever you want...Wake up and take a look at me...Can you take a look at me?"

three full days.

Gu Huai stayed behind closed doors, stayed in the bedroom, did not drink or eat, and did not allow anyone to visit.

It wasn't until the return of the Northern Expeditionary Army that the outside of the main hall was full of civil and military ministers. Three days later, the door of the sleeping hall was slowly opened.

"His Majesty……"

"His Majesty……"

Everyone, even Huo Qingyu, was completely stunned by the scene in front of them, their eyes widened, and they stared at Gu Huai closely.

And the emperor in his first year, after three days, his black hair was covered with frost.

Whitehead overnight.

Gu Huai didn't seem to see the shock in these people's eyes at all, his black eyes were deep and dark, and they became more and more indifferent without showing a trace of emotion.

"I declare to the world that from today onwards, Gu Huai of Southern Chu and Gu Ruofan, the Seventh Prince, will tie the knot. From now on, we will live and die together, and share the world."

"Find the imperishable and immortal thousand-year-old golden nanmu to make the coffin, to keep the body of the Seventh Prince from decay, so that he doesn't need to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, and put it in this palace, to live and sleep with me."

Amid the terrified faces of everyone, Gu Huai turned around with a flick of his sleeves, not refusing.

As if thinking of something, he paused slightly without turning his head, turned his back to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and said lightly: "Prime Minister Huo is going with me to the Palace of Political Affairs. I still have many questions about the death of the Seventh Prince, and I want to ask you .”

Huo Qingyu was called, panic flashed in his eyes quickly, and then quickly disappeared, took a deep breath, stood up, patted his robe, Huo Qingyu followed behind Gu Huai.

The emperor who was walking in front was tall, with a straight back, a chilling aura all over his body, and silver hair fluttering in the wind.

Clenching his fist tightly, his nails dug into the flesh of his palm, Huo Qingyu suppressed the resentment in his heart, Gu Ruofan, all this is because of Gu Ruofan!

They're all dead, they're all dead, why do they still appear in Gu Huai's life? !

Council Hall.

Sitting on the high dragon chair, condescending, his eyes without the slightest emotion and indifference swept across Huo Qingyu's face.

"Tell me, how did Ruofan commit suicide?"

Huo Qingyu knelt on the ground with a thud, "That day His Majesty took command in Beiqi and went out in person. Not long after, there was news that... Said that His Majesty and Princess Qi Yanling of Northern Qi stayed in the tent for one night. Princess Beiqi would rather Turn your back on Qi State..."

"Everyone in the palace has rumored that His Majesty is about to return in triumph, and that the Princess of Northern Qi will also return with His Majesty, and become the queen of my Southern Chu mother."

"The Seventh Prince was already depressed, men fell in love with each other...I'm afraid that your Majesty will be hurt forever...After learning of this rumor...the Seventh Prince...did not check...he took the Xuanbing Sword and committed suicide..."

bang bang bang-

After knocking his head several times, there was blood oozing from his forehead. Huo Qingyu said in a distressed tone, "I beg your Majesty to grant you a crime, I deserve death... When the minister arrived that day... the Seventh Prince...had completely lost his breath... I'm exhausted..."

Gu Huai stared closely at Huo Qingyu, a sarcasm flashed in his dark as night eyes.

"Because it was said that Qi Yanling would return with me, so Ruofan couldn't bear the pressure and committed suicide, right?"

Huo Qingyu nodded sadly.

Step by step, he walked down the steps, stood in front of Huo Qingyu, bent down, Gu Huai stretched out his hand, grabbed the man's neck fiercely, and sneered, "I thought I would believe what you said, yes Is it?"

"Even if everyone in the whole world says that Qi Yanling and I are in love with each other, and we agree in love, Qi Yanling will follow me back to Southern Chu and become the queen of my mother in Southern Chu..."

Gu Huai increased the strength in his hand, watching Huo Qingyu's face gradually flushed red and breathing began to become more and more difficult, his voice was awe-inspiring.

"I know him too well, know him too well... If I hadn't told him personally, told him personally that I no longer need him, no longer love him, how could he die?"

Gu Huai raised his head and closed his eyes slightly.

Gu Ruofan said that he would definitely wait for him to come back.

He hasn't come back yet, how could he believe those so-called ridiculous rumors

Gu Huai gave him all of his heart, how could he not believe him?

Huo Qingyu breathed hard, coughed violently, and spoke with difficulty: "Your Majesty... what I said... there is absolutely no half sentence... there is absolutely no half sentence... false..."

Nothing is false

Gu Huai took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and placed it in front of Huo Qingyu.

This is when Gu Huai was changing Gu Ruofan's clothes, he found a letter in the man's sleeve that he had written a long time ago.

Ah Huai:

You said let me wait for your return.It has been three months, I have learned how to correct memorials, sitting where you sat every day, doing what you do, I have been waiting for you to come back.

They all said that the princess of Qi State will return with you in triumph, and become my queen who stands tall and stands side by side with you in Southern Chu, and is the mother of the world.

I do not believe.

It's not what you said, how can I believe it

But, Qingyu brought your autographed letter, I can recognize your handwriting, I remember it in my heart, it is clear, and I will never forget it in my life.

Tell me, why you were still my Ah Huai when you left, and when you came back soon, you were about to become someone else's husband?

You are the best emperor in Southern Chu for hundreds of years, I have always known it.Now you have unified the north and the south again, and become the true master of this world, and you will rule the world together with Princess Qi.

When men fall in love, it is against human relations and the harmony of nature.So, I don't blame you.

If you can treat me wholeheartedly for 15 years, Ruofan will have no regrets in his life.

Ah Huai, let me call you Ah Huai one last time.

Even though you are no longer my Ah Huai, but Gu Ruofan, in this life, will always be your Ruofan.

I have no regrets in my life.

Gu Huai tightly held the letter left by Gu Ruofan, laughing loudly.

"You give Ruofan, my autographed letter?" Gu Huai kicked Huo Qingyu's chest, and said sharply, "What did I write in my autographed letter to marry Princess Qi or do you want Ruofan to die?"

Waving his hand and drawing his sword, the tip of the sword is sharp.

Gu Huai wished he could swallow this life in front of him and cut him into pieces.

Huo Qingyu's face was pale, and he stared at the letter in Gu Huai's hand, how could it be?

He had obviously burned all the evidence and everything left over, so how could he miss a letter?

Gu Ruofan! Gu Ruofan!

Looking up at Gu Huai, Huo Qingyu looked at the man with white hair, a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes, "That's right, it was me, I designed and killed Gu Ruofan!"

"Your Majesty, everything this minister has done is for you, all for you..."

"Your Majesty's fame, how can you be tired of him... how can it be?!" Huo Qingyu hugged Gu Huai's thigh, and said with some fanaticism: "Could it be that I did something wrong? Once Gu Ruofan dies, there will be no one in the world anymore Accusing His Majesty of being fatuous, what will be recorded in the history books in the future will all be His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts... What is wrong with what I did?"

"Hahaha, Your Majesty, I have said before that I will help you to see this immortal country, and I will help you remove all obstacles."

"Seventh Prince...he is dead...Your Majesty, why are you obsessed with a dead person? Look at me, look at me...you still have me by your side..."

Looking down at Huo Qingyu from a high position, Gu Huai's pupils were pitch black, and he couldn't see the slightest emotional fluctuation.

"Come here, put Prime Minister Huo Qingyu into prison." Gu Huai raised his head and gave a slight pause, his smile was almost cruel.

"A thousand cuts."

After finishing speaking, without looking at him again, Gu Huai had lost all interest in continuing to entangle with him.

How could he kill Huo Qingyu?

There is a criminal law in Southern Chu, which can cut people into pieces and save their lives without losing their sanity, and keep the victim awake at all times, so that he can see himself being cut clean by one knife and one knife .

Life is better than death.

How could Gu Huai kill Huo Qingyu?

He wants to keep him, let him experience what it means to be overwhelmed with pain, what it means to tear one's heart.How could he die? Gu Ruofan was alone below, without his protection. If he met Huo Qingyu, how scared would he be?

Without looking back, Gu Huai returned to the bedroom again.

Gu Ruofan lay quietly on the bed.

"Huo Qingyu will not die, he will be hacked into pieces by me, and his life will be preserved." The man stared deeply at the peaceful sleeping face on the bed, as if he was talking to him, or talking to himself.

"I know you're going to blame me for being too vicious again, right?" Gu Huai smiled slightly, looked at Gu Ruofan in front of him, and shook his head dotingly.

"A thousand cuts...does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt at all, Ruofan, it really doesn't hurt at all." The man raised his hand and rubbed gently on Gu Ruofan's face, the corners of his eyes were red, "Do you know what pain is?" ?”

The pain was that he had traveled thousands of miles, only to see a cold corpse.

The pain is that he has been high above all his life, but he can't keep the person he loves the most.

The pain is that he is sitting here looking at you, but you always close your eyes, and you can no longer respond to him.

Ruofan, this is pain.

Gu Huai raised his hand and placed it on his chest.

If a thousand cuts is considered painful, he would rather go to hell to suffer that torture, a thousand cuts, as long as you can wake up, as long as you can wake up.

Twenty years later, Emperor Huai of Southern Chu died of illness. He died in his bedroom and was buried in the same coffin as the Seventh Prince Gu Ruofan.

Many years later, there are still people telling the story of Gu Huai, who has been legendary all his life.

"Mother, why did the first emperor marry a dead man as his wife, and that man was still a man?" the immature childish voice tilted his head and asked his mother with some doubts.

The woman sighed, wiped her tears quietly, held the child in her arms, her eyes were red and swollen.

"That's because, our Majesty has only loved this one person in his life. He has loved him to the core. Even if he is dead, His Majesty will not be willing to forget him."

The child nodded half-understood, but the woman listened to the storyteller's words on the stage, tears could not stop streaming down.

Amidst the commotion, the storyteller on the stage knocked on the gavel with a low voice, filled with unspeakable compassion and regret.

"Your Majesty has never married an imperial concubine in his life, and left the harem empty... He said that there is only room for one person by his side, and that person... is no longer here..."

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Gu Huai has been in a coma for nearly half a year.

In the past six months, too many things have happened.

Gu Ruofan went through the withdrawal procedures at F University, went around and went around, and finally went to B University that he had promised earlier.Mu Yan died, it was suicide.Gu Weiguo was getting old. When Gu Huai lay in the hospital for nearly half a year without any sign of waking up, the old man couldn't bear the blow and was hospitalized due to a stroke.

Gu Ruofan took over the Gu family, and began to learn what Gu Huai did before, to learn what to do, so that he could be like a man, and hold up a sky for others.

Gu Shi, late at night, one o'clock.

At this moment, only Gu Ruofan's office in the whole building was still lit. There was an inconspicuous black circle under the eye sockets of the young man, and he stretched himself, forcing himself to wake up.

After all, he doesn't have Gu Huai's ability. He just took over the Gu family, and there are too many things that he can't handle.

Gu Ruofan has to go to school every day, go to the hospital to accompany Gu Huai, and also handle Gu's work. Almost his whole body is tense, without any slack, even An Yarong is terribly worried.

Putting down the documents in his hands, Gu Ruofan shifted his gaze to the photo frame on the table.

Above is a photo of Gu Ruofan and Gu Huai taken together in Paris, Gu Ruofan is smiling, Gu Huai is standing not far away looking at him, his eyes are gentle, almost dripping water.

"Brother, if you were here, you would love me more than your mother, right?"

The young man gently rubbed Gu Huai's face on the photo, "The doctor said you may never wake up, I don't believe it, I don't believe it at all."

Gu Ruofan laughed, that was his Ah Huai.

How could he be reluctant to wake up?How could he be willing to leave himself alone in a world without him?Gu Ruofan shook his head, staring at Gu Huai in the photo.

Open a file and get on with the heavy lifting.

The clock hanging on the wall kept ticking, Gu Ruofan couldn't control his exhaustion, slowly closed his eyes, and fell asleep directly on the desk.

After an unknown amount of time, the door of the office was slowly opened.

Hearing a clicking sound, he raised his head in a daze, opened his eyes, and Gu Ruofan froze there suddenly.

Gu Huai was wearing a black suit, with a steady demeanor and a gentle expression, as if he had traveled through thousands of years of time and experienced the reincarnation of time to be able to stand in front of Gu Ruofan as he is now.

His throat was dry in an instant, Gu Ruofan raised his head, and looked at the man in front of him almost obsessively. The boy choked up his throat, his eyes were red, "Look, only in my dream can I see you looking good."

"Brother, can you wake up quickly? I miss you so much..."

Walking in, Gu Huai stood in front of Gu Ruofan, smiled, raised his hands and hugged the young man in his arms, with such strength that Gu Ruofan almost couldn't breathe.

He lowered his head and pressed a kiss on the boy's forehead.

Gu Huai finally spoke.

"You are not dreaming, I woke up and came back to see you properly."

Trembling all over, Gu Ruofan could feel the strength of Gu Huai's hug, the pulse beating on the man's arm, and the warm breath he breathed while speaking.

Embarrassed, he wanted to speak, he held Gu Huai's arm tightly, and wrinkled his face, but Gu Ruofan found that his throat was blocked and he couldn't speak a word, and tears poured down like rain.

"Don't cry."

Raising his hand to wipe away the tears from the young man's face, Gu Huai's black eyes were gentle, as if the deep love and lingering passion had been deposited for thousands of years.

"I know I've slept for too long, and I've kept you waiting for too long."

"I forgot to tell you before that I love you the most."

"Now that I finally think about it, I love you the most."

Gu Huai hugged Gu Ruofan slowly, carefully, gently and cherishingly.It's like hugging something precious that has been missing for many years.

The man's voice was low, with some unspeakable joy and sighs.

"Ruofan, I'm back."