He's just a stand-in

Liu Huaiqiu, who had been exhausted for so long and didn't have a good rest in the carriage, came to the spacious and comfortable bed, and soon couldn't hold on anymore and wanted to sleep.

But he wanted to wait for Gu Lichuan to come back, so he could only force himself to sleep, and fell asleep in a daze.

At midnight, Gu Lichuan finally rushed back from the yamen.

He didn't want to come back to disturb Liu Huaiqiu at first, he was afraid that the unclean things on his body would be passed on to Liu Huaiqiu, but he really missed him very much.

After bathing in the yamen, changing clothes, and rushing over from the yamen.

"My lord." The guard at the door saw Gu Lichuan shouted in a low voice.

Gu Lichuan quickly stretched out his hand, motioning the guards to keep their voices down.

Then he lowered his voice and asked, "Is he asleep?"

The guard also followed Gu Lichuan's example, and lowered his voice, "Go back to your lord, the young master has already fallen asleep, but just slept, and I have been waiting for you to come back just now."

Hearing what the guard said, Gu Lichuan's mood improved a lot. He asked with an upturned mouth without any concealment: "How is your meal today? Did you eat obediently?"

"Go back to your lord, you don't use much for dinner, even if you haven't finished a bowl of rice, you don't use much food."

The guard was a little apprehensive, he knew that Gu Lichuan was not cruel to his subordinates, but it was about their wife, he couldn't guarantee that Gu Lichuan would not be angry.

After the guard finished speaking, Gu Lichuan's expression darkened instantly.

It's just that Gu Lichuan didn't get angry with the guards, but frowned, thinking: "Tomorrow, let the kitchen cook more appetizers. He likes spicy food, so I have to watch him finish a bowl of rice."

The guard breathed a sigh of relief, and said respectfully: "Yes, young master, he said he couldn't eat it, and would throw up if he ate it. The subordinates dare not force young master to eat."

Gu Lichuan frowned even tighter.

He stood at the door and pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "Since this is the case, don't force him, just eat as much as you can, if not, coax him to drink some soup."

"Also, don't tell him tomorrow, I've been back tonight."

"Yes."

After finishing speaking, Gu Lichuan gently opened the door and walked in.

In the bedroom, Liu Huaiqiu didn't sleep well, lying on the bed tossing and turning, his brows locked tightly together, as if he was having a nightmare.

Gu Lichuan originally wanted to stand by the bed from a distance and take a look before leaving, but he couldn't move just by taking a look.

As he got closer and closer, he got closer and closer, and when he saw the man's frown, he couldn't help but want to be soothed.

In the end, he propped himself up on the bed and stared at the person under him who was sleeping extremely unsteadily, with his hand gently stroking the center of the person's eyebrows.

Sensing the movement, Liu Huaiqiu opened his eyes in a daze, and after seeing the person in front of him clearly, he muttered in a low voice: "Why did you come back now? I'm sleepy, come to sleep quickly."

Gu Lichuan said softly: "Sleep when you're sleepy, don't wait for me, I'll come back to see you, and I'll leave right away."

Gu Lichuan left a light kiss on Liu Huaiqiu's forehead, got up and wanted to leave, but his wrist was grabbed.

He turned his head, and saw Liu Huaiqiu, who was still sleepy just now, staring angrily at him with his eyes wide open.

"What's wrong? Can't sleep? Or did I wake you up?"

Liu Huaiqiu had no intention of letting go, and said angrily, "Who told you to leave? Could it be that you still have to stay up late to catch up on work? You are not a god, so staying up late can solve the current difficulties? Besides, gods still have to sleep, how dare you try?" Try? You sleep with me."

Hearing what Liu Huaiqiu said, Gu Lichuan smiled.

Since Liu Huaiqiu had already said so, he now has no intention of leaving, Dang even nodded and agreed, "Okay, I won't go, I will sleep with you."

Gu Lichuan took off his coat, lay on the bed, hugged Liu Huaiqiu in his arms, kissed Liu Huaiqiu lightly, blew out the candle, and said softly: "Sleep, eat obediently tomorrow, and tell the kitchen if the food is not suitable."

"Yes, I see, you're so long-winded." Liu Huaiqiu was already extremely sleepy, but at this time the person he was waiting for came back, so he didn't have any worries in his heart anymore, he murmured in response, and turned over. Just fell asleep.

No matter how worried Gu Lichuan was, he was not a god, and with the person he liked in his arms, he didn't care about other things, and fell asleep with Liu Huaiqiu in his arms.

The next day, when Liu Huaiqiu woke up, there was no one beside the bed.

He seemed to remember that Gu Lichuan came back last night.

He knew that Gu Lichuan was reluctant to leave him, otherwise why would he bring him here.

Liu Huaiqiu felt a little joy in his heart, but it suddenly occurred to him that Gu Lichuan didn't seem to be inseparable from him, but Gu Lichuan's original sweetheart.

Gu Lichuan didn't like him, and this thought directly knocked back the little joy that had just popped up in Liu Huaiqiu's heart.

He suddenly became jealous of Gu Lichuan's sweetheart, he didn't want to be Gu Lichuan's sweetheart's substitute anymore.

How could he, a majestic young master in the prime minister's mansion, be willing to be a substitute for someone who didn't know anything.

Liu Huaiqiu decided to ask whether Gu Lichuan treated him so well because Gu Lichuan regarded him as a substitute for that person, or just because he was him.

……

But Liu Huaiqiu failed to speak to Gu Lichuan for several days.

Gu Lichuan came back every day in the middle of the night, when Liu Huaiqiu was already too sleepy, he just wanted to hug Gu Lichuan to sleep, he couldn't think of anything else.

When Liu Huaiqiu woke up early in the morning, Gu Lichuan had already left.

For several days, the question Liu Huaiqiu wanted to ask had been kept in his heart, but it was going to overwhelm him.

On this day, he finally couldn't bear to go out of the mansion to ask Gu Lichuan for clarification, and to check the situation of those refugees by the way.

In the past few days, he was also restless in the mansion, he wanted to ask Gu Lichuan clearly, and when he thought of the scenes he saw on the way here that day, he felt extremely melancholy.

He had thought carefully about what Gu Lichuan said to him that day, and what Gu Lichuan said was right.

If he only gave that child a snack, others would compete with that mother for a snack out of jealousy or a survival instinct, causing more casualties.

It's just that at that time, he was so angry that he couldn't listen to what Gu Lichuan said, and he had preconceived that Gu Lichuan was cruel and cruel, so his resentment towards Gu Lichuan deepened.

It wasn't until he was angry that he really wanted to understand.

"Young master, the prince has ordered you not to go out."

As soon as Liu Huaiqiu reached the gate, he was stopped by the guards at the gate.

Liu Huaiqiu hesitated for a moment, "Why can't I go out? I'll go find Gu Lichuan."

The guard still said the same thing, "Master Hui, the prince ordered you not to go out, we cannot let you out, please don't embarrass your subordinates."

Liu Huaiqiu stood at the gate and stared at the guards.

After a long time, the guard still didn't intend to let him out, so he could only turn around angrily.

On that day, he decided that he would not sleep until Gu Lichuan came back tonight.

When I was sleepy, I ran in the yard, and I kept going.

But after waiting for Liu Huaiqiu until dawn, Gu Lichuan still didn't come back.

Liu Huaiqiu's drowsiness has long been replaced by anger.

Could it be that he was dreaming a few days ago, and Gu Lichuan never came back?

But he clearly remembered that Gu Lichuan kissed him.

Liu Huaiqiu came to the gate again, the guards were still the same two from yesterday.

When they saw Liu Huaiqiu, they still said the same thing, "Young Master, please go back."

Liu Huaiqiu was not as easy to talk to as yesterday, firstly he wanted to ask Gu Lichuan about the situation in Changbei County, and secondly he wanted to clarify with Gu Lichuan.

The main point is that he hasn't seen Gu Lichuan for several days, and Gu Lichuan didn't come back last night.

His eyelids were still twitching this morning, and he felt as if something big was about to happen.

He had to see Gu Lichuan to feel at ease.

He's going out today anyway.

"You won't let me go out, will you? Let me tell you, as long as I want to go out, you can't stop me. "

"Don't let me go through the gate, I can climb the wall, but if I fall off the wall, Gu Lichuan will blame me at that time, the consequences will be more serious than if you don't let me out."

After listening to Liu Huaiqiu's words, the guard also showed difficulty, "This... please trouble me not to embarrass my subordinates."

Liu Huaiqiu is the young son of the prime minister's mansion, he has been self-willed since he was a child, as long as it is what he wants to do, there is nothing he cannot do.

The prime minister's mansion is so heavily guarded that he can escape, how can the one or two guards stop him?

Liu Huaiqiu continued to scare the two guards, "If I insist on going out and you still stop me, I will force you to die. Do you think your lord will let you go if something happens to me?"

"This..." The guard's face became even uglier.

Liu Huaiqiu continued: "I don't want to be troublesome either. Take me to Gu Lichuan, and I'll tell Gu Lichuan that I forced you to commit suicide. He won't blame you."

The guard thought for a moment, and felt that what Liu Huaiqiu said was indeed true.

They are just subordinates, and the two masters have different opinions, so they can only choose to listen to the opinion of the one who hurt them less.

Immediately one of the guards led Liu Huaiqiu to the yamen.

The street at this time is even more desolate than the day Liu Huaiqiu came.

There was not a single pedestrian on the road, and it was lifeless everywhere. From time to time, officers and soldiers would break into people's homes carrying stretchers, and then carry out the dead.

But the family that was carried out didn't even make a sound.

So wrong.

Until he reached the Yamen, Liu Huaiqiu felt more and more uneasy in his heart.

Inside the yamen, it was a mess. With the hurried steps of the servants, anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that something serious had happened in the yamen.

Another two servants passed by Liu Huaiqiu with anxious faces,

"This prince is infected with the plague. I'm afraid our Changbei is hopeless. I think we should escape as soon as possible."

"How to escape? The gates of the city have been sealed."

"Are we just waiting to die here? I heard that more than a dozen have died today. I don't want to die."

"Who do you think wants to die, and I don't want to die, but what can we do?"

……

Liu Huaiqiu was stunned when he heard the conversation between the two, and without thinking, he stopped the person and asked: "You just said that the lord was infected with the plague, is it... who is the lord?"

"Who else can we have in Changbei County besides that prince?"