Prisoner of the Eastern Palace

Mu Ke finally found him at the four-corner pavilion at the end of the Qushui corridor, and saw the blush from a distance. He didn't go up to disturb him for a while, but just stood by the pillar and watched quietly.

Under the moonlight, the silhouette of the man's side face appeared softly, and the slender hair was stained with moonlight and shone slightly.

Luo Ange was afraid of the cold, wrapped in a thick cloak and sat on the railing, leaning on the porch pillar, with half of his face buried in the pure white fox down, looking down at the sparkling small lake.

Mu Ke followed his gaze to look at the lake, it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything clearly, so he coughed lightly, told Luo Ange that he was coming, and walked slowly over.

"Why don't you go to eat? What are you doing here?" Mu Ke reached out to touch Luo Ange's hair, his hands were wet and cold.

The humidity was too heavy at night, Mu Ke was worried that Luo Ange's body would not be able to bear it, so he took off his black cloak and put it on Luo Ange's legs, "Isn't it cold? Staying by the pool so late?"

Luo Ange lowered his head and touched the cloak, which still had the warmth of Mu Ke. The material was high-quality, soft and thick, just like the one on his own.

Although Luo Ange has no real power in the Eastern Palace, and he doesn't even have a serious status, but food and clothing are all paid according to the crown prince's share. Luo Ange said that he doesn't appreciate it at all, that's a lie.

Coupled with Mu Ke's words in prison that day, Luo Ange felt that something was wrong in his heart.

He lowered his eyes to look at the withered and yellow lotus in the pond, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see clearly, he was just afraid of meeting Mu Ke's gaze.

Luo Ange was silent for a while before opening his mouth and said: "I remembered that when I was in Yunle a few years ago, Yan Yu once wanted to open a pond in his yard, bring in running water from the outside, and plant lotus flowers."

He stretched out his hand and gestured, "Probably smaller than this."

Luo Ange's face was a little sad, "But I didn't agree to him, saying that it's not appropriate to mobilize people and take a lot of effort."

Mu Ke laughed, "Luo Yanyu is your younger brother, right? It's just a pond, what's there to mobilize people?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Mu Ke knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. What happened to Yun Le, but what happened to Yi Guo?What he said was a bit inappropriate.

Unexpectedly, Luo Ange didn't take the opportunity to be sarcastic, he just smiled wryly, "For the crown prince, it's a drop in the bucket, but Yunle has always been tight on the treasury, and the people are struggling to get by, usually better, once there is a natural disaster, they won't be able to eat , that year was a drought year, so..."

Luo Ange squeezed his fingers, his eyes were a little lost, "I'm so useless, I can't even satisfy my brother's little wish."

Mu Ke was speechless for a moment.He also knew a little bit about the situation at Yunle's side. The terrain was bad, droughts and floods continued, nothing could grow in the land, and soldiers could not be raised without food. Naturally, there was no army to expand the territory.

How should I put it, if it wasn't for getting Luo'ange, Mu Ke wouldn't bother to lay down this ruined place, even if it was converted into a vassal land, it wouldn't be easy to collect taxes. It is really tasteless to pay for the disaster relief by yourself.

But Mu Ke just thought about these words in his heart, and would not say them in front of Luo Ange.

Mu Ke sat down next to Luo Ange, looked at Chizhong, and comforted him: "Xiaoxiao, you're not useless, it's just that you were born at the wrong time, and you can't help yourself, so you don't have to embarrass yourself like this."

"But if I wasn't useless, why would Yun Le end up like this? If I wasn't incompetent, why couldn't I help the common people live a better life?"

Luo Ange's eyes were clouded, and he clasped his fingers tightly. He muttered to himself: "I am obviously the monarch of Yunle, but I failed to take good care of the country and the country and made the people suffer. Failure to guard the country's gates caused the country to be destroyed...Three, three..."

Luo Ange suddenly covered his face weakly, bent deeply, curled up as if he was afraid of something, and said in a trembling voice: "San failed to die for the country, and he knelt at the feet of the enemy's prince shamelessly, and became The pet he kept... Lu Zhi is right, I really don't deserve to stand in this position..."

Mu Ke trembled when he heard his voice, full of trance and fear.

He frowned, knowing that Luo Ange must be on the brink of death again.

No matter how much you tried to comfort him at this time, it was useless to speak nice words to him, Mu Ke simply raised his hand and pushed Luo Ange into the pool.

Luo Ange screamed, he was already sitting unsteadily, now he leaned forward, waving his hands to grab something, his fingers only touched a corner of the prince's clothes, and fell into the pool with a plop, the darkness There was a splash of water.

There are no stones in this pond, only a piece of remnant lotus, and it is very shallow. Luo Ange thumped twice and stood up, with a yellow lotus leaf on his head, staring at him in embarrassment, "It's fine, what are you pushing me for?!"

Mu Ke looked at him condescendingly, and then stretched out his hand to him, "Are you awake now? I think your brain is sick again, so you're just thinking about it."

Luo Ange stood in the knee-high water, stared at him blankly, and then sneezed loudly.

He raised his arm, and Mu Ke held his hand tightly, pulled him up, and embraced him.

"Don't think about it anymore, do you hear me?" Mu Ke hugged him, and said close to his ear, "Next time you think about it, you will not be pushed into the water, but thrown on the bed."

Luo Ange shivered in fright, then trembled a few more times, and said in a low voice, "It's cold..."

Mu Ke patted him on the back, "Okay, go back, I'll ask them to heat up soup for you."

What happened that night was just a small episode, Luo Ange quickly forgot, he began to immerse himself in the study, reading a lot of books about agriculture, politics, business and politics.

Mu Ke guessed in his heart that this person was about to work hard, so he specially asked people to find more books of this kind, and bought a small bookcase especially for him.Sometimes Luo Ange couldn't understand what he was reading, and Mu Ke was happy to explain his doubts for him, but it was just a small reward.

It's just that Luo Ange's spirit is still not very good. Sometimes when he is tired from reading, he will lie down on the corner of the table to take a nap. When Mu Ke goes to cover him with a blanket, he can hear this man's whispering sleep, not very clearly, but A feeling of fear can be heard.

Mu Ke also thought of some ways to coax him, and asked him to find some strange folk things for him to play with.

Luo Ange didn't know much, so he would always be happy when he saw these things, but the excitement was over, and he still looked as sleepy as usual.

Mu Ke couldn't help it either.

Later, the prince ate a lot of salt and offered a good plan, "Luo Shaoqing is alone here, and he will inevitably suffer from homesickness. Why doesn't your highness take over the servants who serve Shaoqing from Yunle and continue to work hard?" Serving Shaoqing? Shaoqing must feel more comfortable with someone she knows by her side."

Mu Ke was thoughtful and felt that this method was good.

Eunuch Wang said again: "Isn't this the waterway from Qingyang to Yunle? It only takes five or six days to come here by boat, and it won't take too long."

Mu Ke nodded, "This is a good way."

Although His Royal Highness is not willing to let others distract Luo Ange's mind, but at this juncture, it is always good for Luo Ange to have a few familiar people around him.Besides, they are just a few servants, so there is nothing to worry about.

Mu Ke wrote a brief letter with a pen and handed it to Eunuch Wang, "That's it, you ask someone to send this letter to Yun Le, and they will arrange for someone to come over."

The prince received the letter, bowed his head and said, "Yes, Your Highness."

This letter written by His Royal Highness is actually just a small or even insignificant request. Mu Ke asked Luo Yanyu, the king of Yunle Fan, to pick three young men who are close to Luo Ange on weekdays, and they should not be too old. Older, fifteen or sixteen years old.

Mu Ke also had a little thought in it. Boys aged fifteen or sixteen are just at the time of being lively, so they can make Luo Ange more happy.Besides, in case there is someone with evil intentions among them who wants to seduce Luo Ange by relying on his superiority, Mu Ke believes that Luo Ange will not be so lustful/lustful to attack young people.

It can be seen that this age is relatively safe.

The letter was sent to Yun Le by the prince's secret guards, and soon to Luo Yanyu's hands.

Luo Yanyu's hands started to shake after receiving the letter. He is younger than Luo Ange, and he lived under the halo of his brother since he was a child. He is a cowardly and suspicious person. He has no opinions but inherited his brother's style. The biggest shortcoming - love to think about it.

This time the crown prince who was far away in the imperial city sent a personal letter, asking Luo Yanyu to pick a few servants to send it over by name, Luo Yanyu inevitably began to wonder, is there any hint in these words?Did I do something wrong and was caught by the court officials?What did the prince want to warn him about?Is he about to lose his head?

Luo Yanyu thought about it, his hands trembled like a sieve.

He bit his lip, and took the letter with extreme dignity and went to find his supervisor, Congguang.

In the Henuan Pavilion, a game of Sanqi, black and white, is being played on the mahogany carved table, but there is only one man sitting at the table.He didn't play chess either, he just teased the canary in the cage with a stick with feathers, and at the same time looked vaguely at the chessboard on the table.

This man is extremely beautiful, with long and narrow peach blossom eyes, slender eyelashes drooping, and slightly raised brows. The thin light of the afternoon shines through the white paper window, making him somewhat indiscriminately beautiful, like a fairy in a myth. The fox demon can be male or female in just one change, charming all living beings.

He was wearing a dark blue robe, a slender and even somewhat bony hand stretched out from the sleeve, fiddled with the black chess slightly.

At this time, a little eunuch came in from outside quietly, and reported in a low voice: "Eunuch Congguang, Prince Xuan is here."

Cong Guang smiled, "Understood, let's go."

The little eunuch didn't leave for long, when he heard a message from outside: "His Royal Highness King Xuan is here!"

Congguang stroked his sleeves and got off the couch.

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A new character has appeared, in fact, it was mentioned once or twice in the previous article hahaha