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The carriage rumbled, Xie Zheng and Lu Jue just thought of Xie Qiao as a child, so they just smiled and passed by without paying attention.

Although Lu Jue was in good health, it was probably because he was too busy some time ago, and he still fell ill after returning to Lu Mansion today.

The maid and doctor in Lu Jue's yard came and went, Master Lu and Mrs. Lu also went to see their son in the yard, and after hearing from the doctor that the wind and cold were nothing to worry about, they left with peace of mind.

When everyone was gone, Xie Qiao sat by Lu Jue's bed and reached out to touch Lu Jue's face - it was a little hot, and that white jade-like face was dyed with some rouge-like red, which made Lu Jue look A little fragile.

Regardless of whether it was the last life or this life, Xie Qiao remembered that Lu Jue was strong most of the time, and he always appeared in front of him as a protector, opening up a world for himself as if he was omnipotent. The time is numbered.

When he was most vulnerable, he must have died lying in a coffin. As long as Xie Qiao thought of the moment when he saw Lu Jue's body in a coffin, he felt that he was about to suffocate.His hand trembled suddenly, and he held Lu Jue's hand tightly as if to prove something.

Feeling his hand being held by someone, Lu Jue couldn't help but smile on his face. He opened his eyes, and saw Xie Qiao sitting by his bed alone, holding his hand with red eyes.His heart was so soft that he stretched out his other hand to lightly touch the corner of Xie Qiao's red eyes, and his usual clear voice was lowered because of the cold wind: "I just feel cold occasionally, and I'll be fine tomorrow after I sleep. How did you end up like this?"

"I'm fine, it's you who has problems." Xie Qiao pouted.Ever since he and his elder brother visited Zhao's girl that day, Lu Jue has been sick like this since he came back—he has always been in good health, and he must have suffered too much to be so ill.

Lu Jue laughed out loud, and said: "I told you to sleep and I'll be fine tomorrow. It's not too early now, so go back to sleep. I'm sick, so be careful to bring sickness to you." He said Sitting up halfway up, looked at the maid by the door, and ordered: "Take your highness back to the room to rest."

The servant girl was about to come over after hearing the order, but Xie Qiao frowned and grabbed Lu Jue's hand tightly, saying: "I don't, I want to guard you!"

The servant girl looked at Lu Jue in embarrassment, and Lu Jue laughed in a low voice, and said to the servant girl, "You don't need to serve here, just go down."

After listening to the order, the servant girl took the door and went out.

Lu Jue leaned against the bed wall, looked at the child sitting by the bed who was still holding his hand with a funny face, moved the hand held by Xie Qiao, raised his eyebrows and said: "You are going to sit by the bed Watch me all night?"

Xie Qiao nodded firmly.

Lu Jue chuckled.Xie Qiao had already finished washing, and now he was wearing obscene clothes and bare feet, so he stretched out his other hand, took Xie Qiao by the back collar, and directly carried him onto the bed, and put him beside him.Xie Qiao was trapped in the soft quilt dyed with some medicinal fragrance. He opened his eyes wide, and saw the other party approaching, touching the tip of his nose with white fingertips, and said: "It's still very cold now, you are lying on the bed like this. Watch me overnight, and you will be sick tomorrow. If you don't want to leave, sleep with me tonight."

Lu Jue put Xie Qiao down, then turned around and blew out the candle.The room suddenly became dark, Xie Qiao was lying beside Lu Jue, the room was so quiet that he could hear the other party's breathing and heartbeat.It's great that Lu Jue is so alive, Xie Qiao thought.

"Qiao Er, in the carriage today, I see that you have something on your mind, are you afraid that His Majesty won't love you after marrying a wife?" In the quiet and reassuring night, Lu Jue said.

Xie Qiao's lips were pursed into a straight line in the night—at such a time, Lu Jue would ignore the wound in his heart to explain to his brother.

"I didn't." He said, "I didn't think so."

"That's good." Lu Jue still had a smile in his slightly hoarse voice due to illness, and he said: "Your Majesty really loves you, and this will not change even after he is established. In the future, there will only be more It's just that one person loves you. Qiaoer, don't think too much about it."

After a few seconds of silence, Xie Qiao grabbed Lu Jue's finger and said, "I see. Brother Huaiyu, don't worry."

"Sleep then, Joel."

Lu Jue's voice seemed to carry some kind of magical power, Xie Qiao fell into a reassuring deep sleep even though he was full of worries.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year again.Xie Qiao has smoked during this year, and he is no longer the skinny and pitiful look he was when he was nine years old, but Lu Jue's treatment of him has not changed at all.

Xie Qiao always thought that according to the previous life, it would take a year for his elder brother to become queen, but he never expected that because Li Mingbei did not die, his elder brother would be able to clean up the palace much faster. A year early.

Tomorrow is the New Year, and his elder brother will welcome Zhao's daughter into the palace.

After the Son of Heaven was established, the new year was chosen again, which is a grand ceremony for the whole world to celebrate together.Miss Zhao is the queen chosen by the emperor, and she will receive the attention and blessings of all Dasheng people on that day.

"Why are you in a daze again?" Lu Jue asked with some amusement as he waved his white hand towards Xie Qiao's eyes.

It was New Year's Eve at this time, Xie Zheng, Li Mingbei and Yang Su were busy preparing for tomorrow's affairs in the palace, Xie Qiao spent New Year's Eve at Lu's house this year, and would enter the palace early tomorrow morning.

Red lanterns and palace lanterns of various colors were hung everywhere in the courtyard like in previous years. In the dark blue night sky, a cluster of fireworks occasionally bloomed, and the sound of firecrackers rang out from time to time. In the courtyard, Lu Jue’s favorite branch of wintersweet was in full bloom, and the fragrance was wafting The courtyard is full.

There is a charcoal basin in the middle of Lu Jue's room, various fruits and melons are placed on the table, and a lantern is placed in the middle.Lu Jue and Xie Qiao sat around the table to watch the new year.

"Brother Huaiyu, we are going to enter the palace tomorrow, and tomorrow is the grand ceremony for the conferment of the elder brother..." Xie Qiao looked at the other party with black and white eyes.He really wanted to ask if you would be sad at that time.

Lu Jue peeled an orange with those jade-like hands, broke off a piece and stuffed it into Xie Qiao's mouth, and said with a smile, "Are you worried that you won't be able to get up tomorrow? Don't worry, I will call you tomorrow."

Xie Qiao was chewing a cold, sour and sweet orange, and as soon as he swallowed it, Lu Jue's pretty hand squeezed another piece and stretched it out to his mouth. Swallowing the sentence "Actually, I have grown up and can still eat oranges by myself" without a guilty conscience, and ate the orange in Lu Jue's hand.

An orange was fed to Xie Qiao by Lu Jue petal by petal. Xie Qiao felt that he couldn't be so heartless, so he reached out and patted Lu Jue on the shoulder and said, "Brother Huaiyu, no matter what happens tomorrow, no matter how sad you are, I'm always by your side."

Lu Jue only thought that Xie Qiao was talking nicely, and he was very useful, so he stretched out his hands to pinch Xie Qiao's little face, and said, "Then I will leave it to you."

The night was getting deeper and deeper. Xie Qiao originally wanted to spend the night with Lu Jue. On this New Year's Eve, it seemed that the best memories emerged from the long river of life full of regrets and became reality. This is too much for a person like him. It's so rare that Lu Jue's New Year's Eve is so warm and reassuring, he can't bear to fall asleep.

But his current body couldn't last the whole night, and finally fell asleep leaning on Lu Jue's shoulder.Lu Jue was peeling a pine nut when he suddenly felt his shoulders sink, and when he turned his head, he saw Xie Qiao's fair and quiet face sleeping peacefully on his shoulders, and a gentle smile naturally appeared on his face.

He tapped the tip of Xie Qiao's nose, then stretched out his hand to hold Xie Qiao in his arms, and picked him up like usual, and put him gently on the bed - Xie Qiao really grew up this year, and he was heavier in his arms than last year , Thinking that the other party has grown up and changed year by year, Lu Jue couldn't help showing a warm smile on his face.

……

Early the next morning, Lu Jue led Xie Qiao into the palace.

As the sun rises, Emperor Peidi wears imperial clothes and holds a woman in a back robe with a phoenix crown on the high platform with one hand. The music is played, the octaves are played, the sound of gold and jade vibrate, and all the officials in the audience pay homage.

"May my king and queen live forever!"

The sound of morning congratulations can be heard endlessly, resounding through heaven and earth.

When night falls, there will be a big feast.The banquet was held in the main hall of the palace, and all civil and military officials and all the noble families of Jinling City came to the banquet. At night, Jinling City was brightly lit and full of voices, and it was truly a city that never sleeps.

Xie Qiao is the younger brother of the emperor, so he sat at the head of the emperor and the empress, but Lu Jue was not here.The hall was very lively with singing and dancing, Xie Qiao was busy looking for Lu Jue in the hall so that he could follow him later, but at this moment he felt his sleeves being ripped off.

Xie Qiao turned around and saw a girl's face.Although this girl is not unfamiliar, she is not familiar either.It was Zheng Yiwu who he met in the paddock back then.This girl has also grown a lot in the past two years, becoming more and more beautiful.

Xie Qiao didn't know how to pity and cherish jade at all, she just frowned and said, "What's the matter with you?"

Zheng Yiwu glanced at him, as if he had made up his mind, and said: "I was ignorant back then, and I talked nonsense, but you didn't tell your brother, I was very useful. Your name is Xie Qiao, right?"

Xie Qiao nodded, and was about to say something when his brother called his name from the high platform.

He stood up, came to the audience, and saluted: "My brother is here."

The Son of Heaven looked at Xie Qiao with a smile, and said: "This is Gu's younger brother. He has grown up now. Gu will make him King Ming today." Jinling City has been cleaned up, and he should also title his younger brother so that others can see , He attaches great importance to Xie Qiao.

Sure enough, all the officials in the audience stood up and saluted Xie Qiao: "Congratulations, Your Highness, congratulations, Your Highness!"

Xie Qiao bowed again to thank you: "My brother, thank you for your kindness."

……

After returning to his seat, Xie Qiao finally confirmed that Lu Jue was not in the hall at this time and had already left.He frowned, and while everyone was not paying attention, he slipped out of the hall with two pots of hot wine and two oranges in his pocket.

In the previous life, on the day when his elder brother was crowned queen, the hall was full of flowers and bustle, but Lu Jue drank cold wine in the middle of the night on some roof in this palace.It was only the next day that Xie Qiao heard him mention it unintentionally. After knowing this, he realized how much Lu Jue really loved his brother.

The hall was lively, but outside the hall was deserted. Xie Qiao searched for half an hour, and finally found Lu Jue on the roof of the house where he used to live.

He looked up, and he could see the young man in a red brocade robe, lying on the high roof with his arm on his pillow, and holding a wine jug in his other hand.A cluster of fireworks exploded suddenly in the sky, and Lu Jue's white face glowed coldly under the fireworks.

Xie Qiao sighed secretly, then found a ladder and climbed to the roof, and came to Lu Jue's side.Lu Jue was surprised when he saw him, Xie Qiao patted him on the shoulder with the bitterness in his heart and said: "Brother married sister-in-law, are you sad?"

Lu Jue laughed out loud and said, "Why am I sad?"

Xie Qiao curled his lips, his eyes dimmed, and he said: "Don't hide it from me, don't you like brother? Come on, I'll drink with you tonight, you can tell me if you have any worries. It’s not small, I can help you share your concerns.”

Lu Jue: "???"

Lu Jue laughed out loud. He sat up, stepped forward and pinched Xie Qiao's little face, his face couldn't help but bewildered: "When did I say I like Your Majesty? What are you thinking about with your little head?"

Xie Qiao opened his eyes wide, with a look of disbelief of 'how could you not like it': "You...you don't like brother?"

Lu Jue nodded: "Of course I don't like it. Your Majesty and I have always had a close relationship and share weal and woe. We are confidants in life and death, so where does the love between men and women come from? He married the woman he loves today, so I am naturally happy for him."

Xie Qiao opened his eyes even wider, and said in a trembling voice, "Then why did you drink alone on this roof when he was married and sealed as empress?"

Lu Jue took it for granted: "Although I like excitement and drinking, I don't like being drunk. Especially being drunk by those warriors."

Xie Qiao stood up abruptly, her eyes wide open, her voice trembling, as if questioning and angry: "Just because of this?! It's that simple?!"

Lu Jue nodded: "It's because of this. It's that simple."

The wine jug in Xie Qiao's arms was exposed, so he took it directly from Xie Qiao's arms, and took a sip with his head up.Another cluster of fireworks bloomed in the sky, and Lu Jue's white and delicate Adam's apple glistened under the fireworks.An orange in Xie Qiao's arms was rolled out, rolled directly off the roof, and made a "bang" sound on the ground.

Xie Qiao stared and gasped, unable to tell what mood she was in right now.Now he wanted to grab Lu Jue's collar and question him harshly, but also felt a hot and secret joy rushing into his mind.He was both angry and happy, happy and aggrieved, and at the same time felt that he had been ridiculously ridiculous in the past two lives.

After taking a sip of wine, Lu Jue looked up at Xie Qiao and said, "What's wrong with you? Why are you so strange?"

Xie Qiao was angry, and when he got angry, he bent down and grabbed the other party's neckline, and said loudly, "It's not because of you!"

The roof was uneven, and he was still young, so he lost his focus when he spoke like this, and his body was swaying and about to fall, but Lu Jue grabbed his wrist in time, and because of inertia, he fell into Lu Jue's arms.Lu Jue looked at him with a funny face, and said, "What's wrong with you? When did I offend you, and you want to lose your temper like this?"

"Nothing!" Xie Qiao said angrily.

Lu Jue drank, smelled of alcohol, felt that Xie Qiao like this was very interesting, so he teased him again: "Come on, tell me, I will solve it for you, there is nothing in this world that I, Lu Huaiyu, can't solve."

"I said nothing, don't you understand!" Xie Qiao seemed to have really turned into a child, unable to control the anger in his heart.

Seeing Xie Qiao like this, Lu Jue smiled even more heartily, and Xie Qiao was so angry that he smashed the remaining orange on the other's chest.

……

There is no moon in the sky, so there are many stars, and a cluster of fireworks blooms in the sky again, guarding the lights of thousands of families together with the stars.Thousands of homes are as bright as the warm lights of the stars.

The author has something to say: The second update is coming~Xiao Xie finally knows that Mr. Lu doesn't like his brother!

More importantly, in the next chapter, classmate Xiao Xie can finally grow up and happily fall in love with Mr. Lu~

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