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There was a deathly silence in the study.

Ling Qi raised his head suddenly, his face twitched a few times due to the extreme shock. After a long time, he managed to recover his voice, but he still couldn't believe it, and said incoherently: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I should be able to Wrong meaning...I don't quite understand what you mean..."

The emperor was not surprised by his reaction, and said with a smile, "What don't you understand?"

Ling Qi sorted out his thoughts, pushed down the extremely absurd idea in his mind, and tried to find a less horrifying explanation for the emperor's words: "Your Majesty said that Chu Shimo has a relationship with Lishan Dongjun. Are you going to check Lishandong Lord?"

The emperor smiled with his eyes bent, and said slowly: "Hasn't the commander-in-chief already checked twice? There are signs in black and white letters, what else needs to be checked?"

The trace of luck in Ling Qi's heart was shattered by the emperor's straightforward words, and the leader of the emperor's shadow guard, who was always calm and steady, froze on the spot this time. I came back to my senses.

At this point, he was still a little unbelievable to reconfirm to the emperor: "Your Majesty is saying that Chu Heng is..."

"En." The emperor nodded, and said calmly, "Chu Heng is the Lord of Lishan Mountain."

This sentence was like thunder on the ground. Ling Qi was silent for a long time. He thought of many kinds of explanations, but he never thought of it. In the end, it would be such an answer that sounded absurd, and everything in Chu Heng's body would be destroyed. Also made the most reasonable and perfect explanation.

Ling Qi raised his head and asked with difficulty: "Did Your Majesty know about it on the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month?"

That's why he got so angry when he came back, and asked the emperor's shadow guard to check on Chu Heng.

"Yes." The emperor nodded in agreement.

Ling Qi was silent for a while, he knew that Chu Heng had a lot of weight in the emperor's heart, but he still underestimated it before.The emperor chose to tell him the truth at this time, and he definitely didn't want to listen to dissuading advice.

Ling Qi thought for a while, but couldn't help asking: "Why didn't Your Majesty make it clear?"

Even ordinary lovers cannot easily tolerate each other's deliberate deception, let alone an emperor.

But the emperor just got angry that afternoon, and even calmed down that night, and he didn't have any grudges against Chu Heng because of this.

The emperor smiled when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "I can't even leave him this little room for self-protection."

Ling Qi was shocked.

"It's harder for him than me." Ling Ye said.

The emperor is the most capable person in the world who can give him a sense of security, but he himself is also the most dangerous person in the world.As the saying goes, companions are like companions to tigers, sitting on this dragon chair for a long time, not to mention others, even Ling Ye himself would feel so.

One of his insignificant preferences of mood and anger can determine the fortune, fate and even life and death of many people.

Ling Ye still remembers that two years ago, King Qi's chaos bloodbathed Jiuchong Que. Not long after he regained the power of the Son of Heaven, one day at noon, the imperial dining room served a dish of steamed shad. He remembered this dish and had eaten it several times before. , the taste is very good.

That day, he picked up a chopstick and tasted it, and he frowned slightly and said casually, "The shad was not cooked well today, why is it not fresh enough?"

He forgot when he said it, and he didn't intend to get angry because of this trivial matter.A few days later, he remembered again and ordered steamed shad again.

But after tasting it this time, it was even more strange. He asked the waitress: "Is the cook for this dish changed today? Does it taste the same as before?"

Seeing him frowning, the maidservant's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said, "It's a new one..."

He didn't think too much after hearing the words, nodded and said: "Next time, change it back, the original one is better."

Unexpectedly, after these words came out, the maidservant became even more frightened. She lowered her head and said falteringly: "Your Majesty, the imperial cook who used to make shad... is gone, already... gone."

"Dead?" He was very surprised, put down the jade chopsticks and asked, "What's going on?"

The serving maid knelt down and explained cautiously: "He was tortured with a cane. According to the imperial dining room, the wound was festered and infected. In addition, he had contracted the wind and cold before, so he couldn't survive."

Ling Ye was even more puzzled: "Standing? Why?"

"..." The maidservant fell on the ground and struggled for a while, then bit her head and said: "Because the shad made last time...offended His Majesty...so, I beat him forty times."

"Last time?" Ling Ye thought for a while before recalling what happened. He was a little angry at once, and said coldly, "But I never said that I would deal with it..."

In the middle of his speech, he looked at the serving lady kneeling tremblingly on the ground, and immediately realized that there was no need for him to speak in person for such a thing.If the master at the top is offended, those who serve poorly at the bottom will of course be punished. As for whether the cook didn't prepare the shad because of the cold, or for some other reason, it doesn't matter at all.

Just because of the sentence "the shad is not fresh enough", it can kill a living person.

In the following two years, Ling Ye seldom beat others, and the maids who served by his side were always lenient and benevolent.After a long time, the palace people realized that His Majesty was different from the previous master in the palace, and gradually dared to relax a bit.

Ling Ye always thought that the old atmosphere in Jiuchong Que had completely changed, until the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, when he returned to Mingcheng Hall late at night, he saw Chu Heng reclining on the couch to sleep, and the hall was full of servants. None of the maids, including the gangster who was ordered to boil the ginger soup, dared to wake Chu Heng up and go to bed - because he gave Chu Heng a cold face in a fit of anger that afternoon.

At that moment, Ling Ye realized that Jiu Chong Que had never really changed.

A companion is like a tiger, the more you are with the emperor, the more you have to look forward and backward, otherwise, if you make a wrong step, you don't know what will happen.

If the people who serve you are like this, the people next to you may also be like this.

Later, Chu Heng woke up from the nightmare, plunged into his arms, and said "Don't want me" with anxiety, Ling Ye's heart was about to break.

That night, in the rainy night, Ling Ye hugged Chu Heng who was crawling into his arms, and lay on the bed thinking for a long time.

He was angry that Chu Heng lied to him.

But he had never thought about Chu Heng's uneasiness before.

Jumping out of this relationship, Chu Heng was not such a monarch and minister from the beginning. He dared to play his temper, and sometimes even dared to get angry with himself. Ling Ye had never put himself in his place and seriously thought about it. With his love, Chu Heng can be given the courage to act like this.

He is the emperor, who controls the life, death, honor and disgrace of everyone in Dayin Kyushu. If Chu Heng is not in the Mahayana realm, Chu Heng is also included in these people.

So rely on favor and be proud, if you really want to be "arrogant" in front of him, you can't just rely on favor.

And Chu Heng is the Lord of Lishan Mountain.

That's fine too.

Ling Ye wanted a sweetheart, not a sweetheart.When Chu Heng was just Chu Heng, Ling Ye had already thought about how to take him to the top, let alone now.

Most of Chu Heng's uneasiness stems from emotion itself, rather than status and power. He is only afraid of losing, only afraid that he will not want him.

So Ling Ye thought for a long time that night, and finally made a decision.

He wanted to give Chu Heng some time, and also give himself some time. ①

It may only take a moment for a heartbeat, it may take a month to fall in love with someone, and Ling Ye doesn't know how long it will take to love.

But from now on, he wants to love Chu Heng well, and he believes that he can do it.

In the study room, the emperor looked gentle, paused and continued: "I don't want to force him, no matter what the reason is, whether it is Chu Heng's own knots, uneasiness or worries in his heart, I believe he has his own reasons for the time being. Tell me the reason. Changing places, if I were him, I may not tell the whole story now. There is no unreasonable absolute trust in this world, and it is the same between lovers, let alone entrusting to the last one without reservation. The unfathomable emperor's heart, apart from him, I have to work hard on my own. Chu Heng and I have not been together for a long time, and there are still many days. There is nothing to worry about, I can afford to wait."

Ling Qi lowered his eyes and remained silent. He knew that the emperor's determination was rock-solid, and finally persuaded him once again as the leader of the emperor's shadow guard: "Your Majesty, forgive me, you are not rational. After all, you are in the Mahayana realm. The son of a thousand gold can't sit down, you are the emperor, the person next to you..."

The emperor smiled slightly, "Commander, this is actually not what you have in mind."

Ling Qi remained silent and did not refute.

Jiuchongque is the location of Yongzhen's mountains and rivers, and the Mahayana realm does not dare to be presumptuous here.With Ling Qi's knowledge in martial arts, now that he knows the truth, he can of course guess what happened to Ji Wuyue's "sickness" and Chu Heng's pale face when he killed Qian Nuolou.

The emperor said: "I was really angry at first, but afterward, I am also a little thankful that Chu Heng is the Lord of Lishan Mountain. In this way, he can have more sense of security in front of the emperor's heart, and he can also be bolder. Look forward and backward, don't think too much about 'favor'. As the Mahayana Dongjun, no matter what the situation, he always has the qualifications to say 'no', and there is still an inch of room to refuse." Even if there is something, he at least still To be able to withdraw, and thus to love more boldly.

The emperor paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Commander, since I'm already irrational, let me be willful for a while."

Ling Qi raised his head, half helpless and half moved, and said: "Your Majesty is irrational, but I think I can't persuade you, so I wish you all the best."

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It was already noon when I returned to Mingcheng Hall from the study, the bedroom was very quiet, the servants and maids all moved lightly, no one made a sound.

Not long after Chu Heng came back from the front, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.Ling Ye walked over with light steps, and saw that Chu Heng was frowning slightly, and he was not very comfortable in his sleep.

It has been two days since he came back from Qiannuo Tower to the Imperial Capital, but Chu Heng's complexion is still pale, his hands and feet are cold, he is sleepy and afraid of the cold, it can be seen that this trip has really hurt his body too much.

Ling Ye didn't want to wake him up, he gently pulled up the quilt, and stroked his face with his palm.Chu Heng seemed to feel something in his dream, he turned his head and rubbed against Ling Ye's palm, and his gloomy brows gradually relaxed.

After noon, seeing that Chu Heng was still asleep, Ling Ye couldn't help waking him up, and said softly, "I'll ask someone to bring lunch here, eat first, and then sleep after eating."

Chu Heng opened his eyes, looked sideways at Ling Ye, got up from the brocade quilt, and leaned over to hug him.

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① Hua’s mood was written a little earlier in Falling Horse ([-]).can be used for reference.