He's just a stand-in

Gu Lichuan shook his head, "I'm fine, don't worry."

Gu Lichuan took Liu Huaiqiu's hand and walked to the elegant hall, only then did Liu Huaiqiu realize that King Kang was also there.

He looked at Kang Wang and then at Gu Lichuan, feeling more and more uneasy in his heart.

He held Gu Lichuan tightly, not wanting to let go.

"Brother Wang, if you have anything to say today, you may wish to speak directly." Gu Lichuan patted the back of Liu Huaiqiu's hand to express his comfort.

Kang Wang glanced at Liu Huaiqiu, and said coldly: "I have nothing to say to you, this time I was ordered by my father to search you, it has nothing to do with me."

Hearing what Kang Wang said, Gu Lichuan picked up his teacup and took a sip unhurriedly, and said slowly: "I said that I never thought of competing with you for that position, do you believe me?"

Kang Wang's pupils suddenly dilated, and his eyes were full of disbelief, "Gu Lichuan, are you crazy? Don't try to drag me into the water."

"I know I'm going to die today, and there are only three of us in this room right now, so don't let us have an open and honest talk." Gu Lichuan looked calm, and when he mentioned that he would die, it was as simple as talking about what to eat today.

Liu Huaiqiu panicked when he heard what he said, "Do you know what you're talking about? How could you die? You can't possibly die."

Gu Lichuan smiled and put his eyes on Liu Huaiqiu, "Huaiqiu, I know that there was something in the cup of tea you poured for me yesterday, and I also know that you must have been bewitched by others. Your intentions have always been kind, so Don't feel guilty when I die, it has nothing to do with you."

"You, you know, you have always known that I am Liu Huaiqiu?" Liu Huaiqiu collapsed, and his red eyes seemed to point out.

"No wonder, no wonder, sometimes I think you are weird, so you have always known."

Liu Huaiqiu couldn't help grabbing Gu Lichuan's hands, scratching the back of Gu Lichuan's hands with red marks one after another, trembling uncontrollably, "Then why didn't you just drive me out? Why did you keep me with you?" around?"

Liu Huaiqiu had mixed feelings in his heart, and various emotions and questions filled his mind.

For a moment, he felt that he might not know Gu Lichuan.

He finally couldn't help crying, and the tears dripped down the back of his hand along the end of his red eyes, "Why on earth did you keep me by your side? Playing on me? Do you think it's funny to see me like this?"

Gu Lichuan raised his other hand and wiped Liu Huaiqiu's tears, his eyes were full of distress, "Hey, don't cry, I'm not kidding you, I keep you by my side just because the person I like is you. "

Liu Huaiqiu froze for a moment, and let out a hoarse voice from his throat, "You, like me?"

Gu Lichuan said softly "Mmm", caressing Liu Huaiqiu's face lovingly, his deep eyes are full of affection, "I have always liked you, I can't find any other way to touch you, you bore me, and I don't want to If I make you unhappy, I can only pay attention to you silently."

"Originally, I have planned to watch you marry a wife and have children, or be with someone else in my whole life."

"It's just that I didn't expect that you would take the initiative to come to my side. I can't bear such a temptation. I really don't want to give up this opportunity to get along with you."

"Forgive me, okay? Don't be mad at me."

Liu Huaiqiu was completely dumbfounded, sitting there motionless, only tears kept falling from the corners of his eyes.

Gu Lichuan sighed softly, turned his head, and looked at Kang Wang who was already dumbfounded, "I don't know what kind of medicine you gave Qiuqiu, but I know that if you drink it, you will definitely die. You can rest assured, I From the beginning to the end, I never wanted to compete with you for that position."

"No! No, you won't die." Liu Huaiqiu shook his head crazily, the young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion who used to act recklessly, is now as miserable as a stray cat abandoned in the rain by his master.

He broke down in tears, "Yong'an said that, that is not poison at all, I only put a little bit, really only a little bit, how could you die?"

"Yong'an, tell me that the medicine is not fatal at all, right?!" Liu Huaiqiu yelled at King Kang frantically.

Kang Wang glanced at Liu Huaiqiu with complicated eyes, and met Gu Lichuan's calm gaze, "Since you don't want to compete with me for that position, why have you been wooing ministers in private to fight against me?"

Gu Lichuan patiently explained to King Kang, "You and I are the only ones who can take that position in the court. Even if I have no intention of taking that position, there will be ministers standing in line. Father, he has his own ideas in his heart. If they were all on your team, what do you think the royal father would think?"

While talking, Gu Lichuan suddenly coughed crazily, his pale face turned red.

Liu Huaiqiu, who was in a daze, suddenly came to his senses, and hurried forward to help Gu Lichuan, "What's wrong? Gu Lichuan, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?"

He poured tea for Gu Lichuan in a hurry, because he was too anxious, the first cup of tea was poured directly on the table.

Gu Lichuan looked at Liu Huaiqiu and shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

It took a long time for Gu Lichuan to recover, and the hand covering his mouth was oozing bright red blood.

Looking at the blood, Liu Huaiqiu collapsed holding Gu Lichuan's hand, "Why is there blood? Why do you vomit blood? Those medicines really won't kill you, you can't die, don't scare me, okay?"

"You clearly said that every day from now on, the kitchen will cook for me the dishes I like. If you can't do it, I will hate you!"

Gu Lichuan took out a handkerchief, wiped the blood off his hands, grabbed Liu Huaiqiu, and hugged Liu Huaiqiu as before, "Don't cry, Qiuqiu, don't cry, I'm fine."

"Seeing you cry, my heart almost hurts to death, be obedient."

Liu Huaiqiu hugged Gu Lichuan tightly, lying in Gu Lichuan's arms, sobbing nonstop, "You won't die, you can't die..."

Kang Wang continued to question Gu Lichuan, "I don't believe that you, as a prince, have no idea about that position."

"The emperor called you over yesterday, did he give you the imperial edict of the prince?"

"Yes, but I refused." Gu Lichuan patted Liu Huaiqiu's back lightly and said calmly: "I said no, if you don't believe me, I can't help it."

"However, I am already like this now, and no one is a threat to you anymore."

"I have seen too much indifference in this world, and there is nothing worth nostalgic for."

"I don't ask you for anything else. I just want you to treat Qiuqiu better in the future. He is very simple. Don't lie to him again in the future. Just treat it as my request to give up that position to exchange with you."

Kang Wang's face was a little moved, but his voice was still indifferent, "You don't need to say, Huai Qiu and I are friends, and I will take good care of him."

"Okay, then I'll thank you first." No one noticed that Gu Lichuan's voice was getting weaker and weaker. He looked down at Liu Huaiqiu lying in his arms, then looked up again, and said to Kang Wang: "And , I hope you don't find anything in my house, I can die, but the servants in my house, they didn't do anything wrong."

"They are just serving my master honestly, and there are family members waiting for them to go home."

"So, I ask Kang Wang to be lenient."

Kang Wang: "Okay."

Gu Lichuan: "Then can you invite Kang Wang out first, and let Qiuqiu and I stay alone for a while?"

Kang Wang glanced at Gu Lichuan and Liu Huaiqiu, was silent for a moment, turned and walked out without saying a word.

By the way, he closed the door for them.

"Qiuqiu." Gu Lichuan called softly, "Are you angry with me?"

Liu Huaiqiu hugged Gu Lichuan tightly without speaking or moving.

Gu Lichuan sighed softly, "It's normal for you to be angry with me, after all, it seems that I have played tricks on you."

"Kang Wang, I can't trust you. After I leave, there will be hundreds of people in this mansion. I hope you can help them, okay?"

"Actually, I didn't finish talking yesterday. Back then, I took the food that the young master gave me and went back to find my concubine mother. After my concubine mother died of illness, those court ladies went to nowhere."

"No one in the huge imperial palace cares about the life and death of me and my mother and concubine."

"At that time, I was sitting beside my concubine's bed, quietly ate some food that the young master gave me, and got up to find a place to bury my concubine."

"I spent a lot of effort to bury my mother and concubine. Now the palace where my mother and concubine live has become a cold palace."

"And my concubine's body is still under the big banyan tree in that palace."

Gu Lichuan laughed suddenly, "I've talked too much, let's continue. After I buried my mother and concubine, I didn't want to live anymore, so I thought it would be better to die with my mother and concubine."

"I have nothing to worry about, and I shouldn't have come to this world in the first place. Without me, my mother and concubine might not have ended up like this. There is really nothing in this world that I can miss."

"When I was looking for death, that little boy just came to bring me food again. I didn't die, so I kept procrastinating. son."

"So, don't feel guilty when I die, it's not your fault, because without you, I might have died long ago."

Gu Lichuan coughed up a big puddle of blood as he spoke, and his voice became weaker and weaker.

"What are you talking about?! You won't die, I tell you, if you die, I will never forgive you. I will hate you forever!" Liu Huaiqiu lost his mind, he went crazy, " You won't die, Gu Lichuan, that medicine won't kill you, I don't want you to die."

"I never wanted you to die."

"Please, please don't leave me behind, okay?"

Liu Huaiqiu wept uncontrollably.

"Don't cry, my dear Qiuqiu, I love you. I am really satisfied to meet you in this life. Apart from you, I have nothing to miss in this world."

Gu Lichuan smiled feebly, "Actually, to be honest, I also hate you Qiuqiu."

"I hate you for provoking me, and why you don't want me, and why you don't believe me, why you believe other people's words."

"I hate you for wanting me to die, I hate you for giving me **."

"But what should I do? I hate you, but I love you more. You saved this life, and now I give it back to you."

"In the next life, let's not meet again."

"Qiuqiu..."

Gu Lichuan's hand slowly dropped.