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Day two.

"Your Highness!" Xu Lai stumbled into Lu Jue's study room. Lu Jue was currently critiquing the official documents of the past few days before the case, and Xie Qiao was leaning comfortably on the small bed on the other side, holding a book in his hand and chatting. Look around.

Xu Lai was out of breath, so Xie Qiao put down the book in his hand and looked at him: "Didn't someone go to the house yesterday and tell you that I was here? Why are you running in such a hurry?"

Xu Lai said: "Your Majesty sent a message to ask you to enter the palace..."

As he was talking, someone came in, Lu Jue waved his hand, and the servant bowed and said, "Young Master, Your Majesty ordered you to enter the palace."

Xie Qiao smiled: He and Lu Jue really should go to the palace. He hasn't seen his elder brother for more than two months. Although Li Mingbei will report on the matter in Tai County without incident, some details can only be told by those who have experienced it personally. Clear.

Xie Qiao put down the book and stood up to look at Lu Jue, who nodded.Xu Lai went to prepare the carriages and horses for the two of them without ordering them - he had been with His Royal Highness in the Lu Mansion for the past few years, and the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion had long stopped treating him as an outsider.

in the palace.

Lu Jue and Xie Qiao stepped into the door of the imperial study. Xie Zheng smiled when he saw it. He stroked his chin with some surprise on his face, and joked with the two of them, "I bumped into each other on the road? Gu sent someone first Chuan Qiao Er, and then send someone to the Lu Mansion, so that you can all hit him?"

Xie Qiao said: "I happened to be in Lu's residence at that time, so I came with brother Huaiyu."

Xie Zheng walked up to Xie Qiao with his hands behind his back, raised his eyebrows and knocked on Xie Qiao's head, glanced at Lu Jue who was standing next to him with a smile and scolded: "Who is your real brother? Why has Gu looked at you these two years?" Running to the Lu residence is much faster than entering the palace."

Xie Qiao touched his forehead, "coughed" and said: "Brother, I am no longer the child I was back then, don't hit me like this again in the future—as for entering the palace or not, I see that my brother is accompanied by his sister-in-law. I don't need to accompany you either."

Xie Zheng raised his eyebrows, then knocked Xie Qiao on the head again, and said, "How old are you? Can you be older than Gu? Besides, how come Huaiyu knocked your own brother down?"

He looked at Lu Jue, laughed loudly and said, "Thanks to our Qiaoer being a boy, if he were a girl, Gu Ke would have to wonder if he's taken a fancy to you - if that's the case, Gu Ke would have to beat you up A pause." Even in the palace, he knew that there were countless girls in Jinling City who admired Lu Jue, if Xie Qiao was really a girl, he would never let him get so close to Lu Jue.

Lu Jue and him are siblings, but a younger sister, an older brother is naturally guarding against all men in the world.

Xie Qiao: "..."

Lu Jue coughed a few times when he heard this, and the emperor asked with concern: "Huaiyu, is your health okay?"

Seeing Xie Qiao's playful and worried eyes towards him, Lu Jue finally said expressionlessly, "I'm fine."

Xie Qiao looked at Lu Jue's blushing ears and smiled, but he accepted it as soon as he saw it, and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Brother, why did you tell us to enter the palace today?"

Speaking of business, Xie Zheng put away the smile on his face and said, "Of course it's about Tai County."

Xie Qiao said: "Li Mingbei should have told my brother about the details, if you have any questions, just ask me."

Xie Zheng looked at Xie Qiao and sighed lightly, with warmth in his eyes, and said, "Qiao Er, don't do such dangerous things by yourself in the future." He looked at Lu Jue, and said, "After all, Gu is here. In the palace, there are many things that I can’t see, he listens to you, you should watch him more in the future.”

Xie Qiao's heart warmed up, a smile appeared on his face, and he said: "Don't worry, brother, I regret my life very much, and I won't be able to do it in the future."

Lu Jue glanced at Xie Qiao, bowed seriously to the emperor, and said, "I obey the order. Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will naturally take good care of him in the future."

Xie Zheng nodded, and then said: "As for King An's matter, Gu already asked Li Mingbei to investigate, so you don't have to worry too much."

Xie Qiao frowned slightly, he looked at Xie Zheng, and said, "Brother, I know you value love, but Xie Hong—"

In the previous life, his elder brother was only 26 years old when he died. Because of an incident, the emperor had to go to Yanzhou in person. In Yanzhou, the young emperor died of an assassin.And Yanzhou is only one Jizhou away from Xie Hong's fief Bingzhou. Xie Hong stayed in Yanzhou when he was the prince, and when Concubine Qian Guifei took power, it is not an exaggeration to say that Yanzhou and Bingzhou are both fiefdoms of Xie Hong...

The whole country was shocked by the assassination of the young emperor, but in the end it had to become a shocking unsolved case.Xie Qiao clearly knew that his brother's death was absolutely inseparable from Xie Hong, but he couldn't get any evidence. At that time, the situation was chaotic, and he gritted his teeth with hatred, but he couldn't move his hand to avenge his brother.Xie Hong really took advantage of the chaos to raise troops, and was finally beheaded by Lu Jue in Yanzhou.

Xie Qiao clenched his fist and pinched his fingertips into his palm: In this life, he will never let his brother die for no reason...

Looking at Xie Qiao's dark eyes and the bulging veins on that fist, Lu Jue subconsciously frowned.

Xie Zheng interrupted him with a smile and waved his hand. He nodded Xie Qiao's brow, with a smile on his face, and said seriously: "Qiao Er, your brother is not an amorous fool." With high spirits, he said: "Since I hold this country in my hands, I have to be responsible for this country. I don't want to be an emperor who harms my relatives, but if our uncle does something harmful to this country and the people, I will be willing to do it." Let him down—not afraid of bearing the infamy of kinslayer!"

Xie Qiao looked at his brother and nodded slowly.

"Uncle!"

At this moment, a child wearing brocade clothes and looking about seven or eight years old ran in with short legs, and as soon as he came in, he blinked a pair of sparkling eyes and threw himself into Xie Qiao's arms.The eunuch chasing behind was out of breath, and when he saw the emperor, he quickly knelt down and saluted.

As soon as the emperor waved his hand, the eunuch bent down and left the palace.

Lu Jue smiled when he saw the child, but Xie Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Xie Zhao, come down for me, you are old enough to act like a baby."

Xie Qiao smiled and picked up the child. The child seemed a little afraid of Xie Zheng, so he buried his face in Xie Qiao's chest, pretending not to see the accusation on his father's face.As soon as Xie Qiao lowered his head, he saw the child's grape-like black eyes winking at him pitifully, so he said, "Brother, it's okay, Zhao'er is only seven years old." He glanced at Lu Jue, and said meaningfully: " I also loved acting like a baby when I was nine years old."

The emperor said: "But he is the prince."

Xie Qiao stroked the child's black head, raised his eyebrows and said, "The prince is only my nephew now, and an uncle should love his nephew——Zhaoer, don't you think so?"

Xie Zhao kissed Xie Qiao on the face with a smile, then nodded emphatically.

Xie Qiao once said that Lu Jue has always been liked by children, but he is different, and for some reason, those children happily surrounded Lu Jue when they saw him, but they ran faster than rabbits when they saw him.

But Xie Zhao just likes Xie Qiao. His father has always been strict with him, so he saw his father running faster than a rabbit, let alone take the initiative to find his father in this royal study, but there is only one The exception is that when Xie Qiao was in the imperial study, as long as Xie Qiao was here, he was afraid that his father would take the initiative to run here.

It was rare for Xie Zheng to pinch his eyebrows and sigh, but seeing Xie Qiao's smiling eyes, he let him go.

Hiding in Xie Qiao's arms, Xie Zhao secretly looked at Lu Jue. Lu Jue met his eyes and smiled gently at him.Little Xie Zhao was taken aback by Shang Lu Jue's smile, then silently moved his eyes away: Although this man is good-looking, he always competes with him for his little uncle... But he can't hate him, because the little uncle will be angry...Xiao Xie Zhao Laohuai sighed in relief, thinking how difficult it is to be a human...

After finishing talking about the business, Xie Zheng said: "Huaiyu, you just came back from another place, it's not too late to rest for a few days before returning to the barracks."

Lu Jue was about to say, 'I can go back to the military camp tomorrow', but Xie Qiao cut it off: "What brother said is that brother Huaiyu and I made an appointment to go to Plum Blossom Mountain tomorrow to rest for a day, and he will not go back to the military camp after the rest. Late."

Lu Jue raised his eyebrows and looked at Xie Qiao: When did we make an appointment?

Xie Zheng laughed and said, "Sure."

Little Xie Zhao circled Xie Qiao's neck and opened his black grape-like eyes, saying: "Little uncle, little uncle, Zhao'er is going to Meihua Mountain too!"

Xie Qiao smiled: Although he didn't tell Lu Jue in advance, he did want to invite him to Meihua Mountain. He just wanted to find a quiet place to be alone with Lu Jue, but...

Little Xie Zhao pursed his lips and looked at Xie Qiao pitifully: "Little uncle, you haven't come to see me for a long time, and I haven't seen you for a long time... I finished all my homework in advance these few days, and even my master praised me …Little uncle, don’t you want to take Zhao’er with you?”

Xie Qiao: "..."

Xie Zheng was about to say something when Lu Jue smiled and said, "Your Majesty, let His Highness the Crown Prince go with us, and I will protect them."

Xie Zheng glanced at the coquettish son who was stuck in Xie Qiao's arms, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said, "Sure."

Xie Qiao: "..."

Seeing this, Lu Jue finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

……

It is not a good time to visit Meihua Mountain at this time. After all, Meihua Mountain is famous for its plum trees, and it is not the season for plum blossoms to bloom.But even if the plum blossoms are not in bloom, the scenery here is very good.Xie Qiao bought a Zhuangzi on this mountain two years ago, and there is a very good hot spring in the Zhuangzi, so he wanted to spend two days alone with Lu Jue here.

What's more, the temperature at the top of the mountain is naturally lower than that at the bottom of the mountain. If you are lucky, you may be able to enjoy the lingering plum trees on the top of the mountain. There is an old plum tree on the top of the mountain with luxuriant branches and vitality, and the plum blossoms are in full bloom.

It is his dream to be alone with Lu Jue in such a world.But... Now there is an extra child. He has never liked or liked children, but this child is an exception.This is his most beloved little nephew.

Plum Blossom Mountain is located in the suburbs of Jinling, the air in the mountains is very fresh and humid, it is early spring, although the plum trees at the foot of the mountain have already bloomed, but the green grass on the ground is growing vigorously, everywhere is green, it is really eye-catching I feel very happy.

Lu Jue said, "The scenery here is really good."

Little Xie Zhao quickly shook Xie Qiao's neck and said, "Little uncle, the scenery here is really beautiful."

Xie Qiao: "..."

Lu Jue couldn't help laughing a few times when he saw Xie Qiao's expression of whether he was entangled or not.

The little prince's eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Xie Qiao's - those are the unique eyes of the Xie family. Lu Jue looked at the big one and the small one, and couldn't help but think of Xie Qiao when he was a child. The smile on his face was full of warmth .

……

I don't know how long it took, and when the dusk began to sink, they finally reached the top of the mountain.

When they reached the top of the mountain, Xie Qiao smiled: They were really lucky, and the old plum plant on the top of the mountain was still in bloom.

At this time, the huge sunset had sunk into the mountains, leaving only a few warm yellow afterglows, bright stars rising from the dark blue sky, and the lights of Jinling City below the mountain began to light up here and there.

Such a good mountain and river, such a good human fireworks.

When they walked under the old plum tree, Xie Qiao put little Xie Zhao down, and with a smile on his face, he pointed in one direction and said, "Zhaoer, have you seen that pavilion?"

Xiao Xie Zhao nodded.

Xie Qiao said in a serious manner: "Zhaoer, if you go to the pavilion and stand there for a quarter of an hour, you will be able to see the big golden fish. Do you want to see it?"

Little Xie Zhao's eyes sparkled: "Really?! Little uncle, you are with me too."

Xie Qiao shook his head: "Only children can see it."

Although Xiao Xie Zhao felt regretful, he ran to the pavilion happily.

Xie Qiao watched the child run away, and when he turned around, he met Lu Jue's eyes that seemed to be smiling.

As soon as Xie Qiao raised his eyebrows, he took two steps closer, but Lu Jue didn't stop him, it all depended on his movements.

Xie Qiao pushed Lu Jue under the old plum tree with flourishing branches, the fragrance of the remnant plum intertwined with the breath and heartbeat of the two of them.

Warm and lingering.

Looking at Xie Qiao's close eyes, Lu Jue raised his eyebrows, smiled on his face, and said in a low voice, "Do you want to kiss me?"

Xie Qiao smiled: "Of course I can't ask for it." Then she covered Lu Jue's lips.

"Well……"

Meixiang entangled the breathing and heartbeat of the two of them, and the remaining plum fell on both of them.

"Bang, bang, bang"

It was as if there was only this voice in the world.

……

"Little uncle, you lied!" Xiao Xie Zhao ran over with a dejected face. Xie Qiao was full of satisfaction. I was wrong, I will never lie to you again."

Xie Zhao: "..."

"Hey?" Little Xie Zhao looked at Xie Qiao innocently: "Little uncle, why is your mouth broken? It's bleeding..."

Xie Qiao coughed in a good mood, and said, "It's broken well."

Lu Jue: "..."

……

The sun had completely set, and the sky was dotted with stars.Looking away, there are thousands of lights under the boundless sky.A piece of splendor.Heaven and earth complement each other.

Lu Jue looked at those, opened the jar of wine and asked with a smile, "Qiaoer, what did you see?"

Xie Qiao hugged Xie Zhao and smiled, and said: "Zhaozhao Xinghan, far away in Qinghe, thousands of lights, all living beings."

The lights and stars seemed to be reflected in Lu Jue's eyes, he poured the wine down the altar, and said loudly: "May the ancestors have spirits, and bless me with great prosperity!"

Although Xie Zhao didn't understand, he seemed to have been inspired by something. At this time, he said in a childlike voice: "Zhaozhao Xinghan, far away from Qinghe, thousands of lights, and all living beings. May the ancestors have spirits and bless me forever." Sheng Guozuo"

Xie Qiao smiled and patted Xie Zhao's head, then stood side by side with Lu Jue, looking at the magnificent mountains and rivers.