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Dasheng.Jinling.Ming Palace.

A few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was another autumn rain.There was a bone-chilling chill in the air.

Xie Qiao stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, idly admiring the maple trees in the courtyard. The blue bricks were slightly damp, and after a rain, the maple leaves all over the trees were already completely red, as bright as fire.Xie Qiao looked at it and felt that Lu Jue would definitely like such a beautiful and lively tree.

Thinking of this, Xie Qiao lowered his eyes: It's a pity that Lu Jue is in the barracks now, so he can't see these things.Even he himself was in the palace for the past few days, and he only came back in the light rain this morning.

Everyone in the ruling and opposition parties knew that the battle between Dasheng and Beiliang was imminent.

Recently, the emperor's imperial edict was dispatched to various places in a hurry, and Lu Jue was doing the final rectification in the barracks, and the atmosphere there has been chilling recently; Yan Ying's household department has already organized all the new food that was just delivered this autumn, Li Ming Sad and those high officials have been staying in the palace all day and all night just like him recently, and the lights in the emperor's study room have hardly been extinguished these nights...

"Cough..." It was probably because of the light rain in the early morning. At this time, Xie Qiao felt a slight itchy throat and couldn't help coughing.

"Your Highness..." Xu Lai hurriedly took the cloak and put it on for him, Xie Qiao put on the cloak, looked at him again, and said, "Go and help me pack my luggage, it should be lighter." If he expected it right, Lu Jue's expedition is only a few days away, after all, the troops in Beiliang have already been mobilized.

Xu Lai opened his eyes wide: "You...you..." You are about to go to the battlefield... After a pause, he asked again: "Does Your Majesty know? Does Master Lu know?"

Xie Qiao raised his eyebrows: "They probably know, but they won't agree." After a pause, he said seriously: "But, Xu Lai, I have to go, do you understand?"

Xu Lai looked at Xie Qiao's eyes, and his eyes turned red: "Your Highness, that's a battlefield..."

"Xu Lai, pack your bags." Xie Qiao turned around and ordered.

Seeing His Royal Highness like this, Xu Lai knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he replied "Hey", and then said: "The slave has prepared ginger soup for dispelling cold, Your Highness can use it later."

Xie Qiao nodded: "OK."

Xie Qiao made a plan to go with Lu Jue no matter what that day, even if Lu Jue disagreed, there were many ways to sneak in.But in the end, people are not as good as heaven. Before that day, Xie Qiao caught a cold and fell ill.

The illness was neither mild nor severe, but it still trapped him on the bed.

The Son of Heaven has been here, Li Mingbei and Yan Ying have been here, Mrs. Lu has been here, Mrs. Lu has been here, and even Gu Wang has come to visit the sick seriously, but now is an urgent time, so unless Mrs. Lu can come often Visiting, the others also left in a hurry after staying in the mansion for less than a moment.

It was late at night when Lu Jue came to this mansion.The moon in the sky that day had completely changed from a semicircle to a slender crescent.

Xu Lai tucked the corners of the quilt for Xie Qiao, looked at Xie Qiao's flushed face, obviously sleeping restlessly, and sighed softly.

There was a soft "click".

Xu Lai quickly turned around, and then opened his eyes wide: he saw that the bedroom door was half opened, and Lu Jue was standing quietly by the door in his night clothes.

"Lu...Master Lu..." Xu Lai couldn't help saying.

Xie Qiao frowned slightly, and when Lu Jue saw it, he quickly put his finger between his lips.Xu Lai nodded quickly and stood up again.

Outside.

Xu Lai looked at Lu Jue, lowered his voice and said, "When will your lord leave?"

Lu Jue lowered his brows and said, "Tomorrow morning, His Majesty will call for soldiers at the general's platform."

Xu Lai was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but look in the direction of the door, he sighed, and said, "Our Highness doesn't know yet, does he?"

A soft and helpless smile appeared on Lu Jue's face, and said, "So, I'm here." Come to say goodbye to him, come...to have a last look at him.

Xu Lai said: "My lord, I wish you to come back in victory as soon as possible, and our Highness will certainly do the same. Let's go in quickly, my lord."

"Okay." After saying that, Lu Jue walked into the room lightly, and closed the door again.

Xu Lai looked at the closed door and sighed: In the eyes of His Majesty and Master Lu, His Highness's illness is actually very good. In this way, they don't have to worry that His Highness will try to follow Lord Lu to the battlefield. When His Highness recovered from his illness, His Majesty's place would not be as busy as it is now, so he could take care of His Highness and not allow him to go - only His Majesty and Lord Lu could watch His Highness...

Thinking in this way, Xu Lai raised his eyes to look at the crescent moon in the dark blue sky, feeling filled with emotion in his heart: "I just hope that General Lu will return from victory as soon as possible. In this way, His Highness is happy, and everyone is happy... If the sky has eyes , treat our Highness better, hey..." He murmured, then shook his head and left.

inside the house.

No candlelight, no moonlight.Lu Jue sat by the bed, his face hidden in the night, he just looked at Xie Qiao with his eyes closed quietly and seriously, as if he could never get enough of it.

Finally, I still couldn't help stretching out my hand to gently touch the other person's face. It was really hot, and the other person's breathing was also a little unsteady. It seemed that because of the heat, he couldn't sleep comfortably. Lu Jue frowned slightly, and couldn't help using the The cold back of his hand was lightly pressed against the hot face of the other party.

Xie Qiao's slightly frowning eyebrows slowly calmed down, Lu Jue chuckled, and simply put his other hand on Xie Qiao's face.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide-I saw that Xie Qiao's breathing was stagnant, and then he suddenly opened those handsome eyes, which were calm and calm, and there seemed to be thousands of emotions hidden under the calm, deep and deep. Bottom.He just looked at him quietly.

When Lu Jue looked at this look, he suddenly felt strangely familiar. Suddenly, a figure flashed in his mind: it was a young man, in a place where everything was blurred but he knew it must be very cold. The young man was dressed in Looking at him in a thin single-clothes, this is the look in his eyes: calm, lonely, careless and thrilling love...

That young man had the exact same face as Xie Qiao—for some reason, an uncontrollable voice told him that it was Xie Qiao—but no, Xie Qiao was obviously not like that when he was a teenager. With him by his side, with him watching, no matter what happens, the light in his eyes never disappears, and there will be no such... so distressing eyes...

Xie Qiao stretched out his hand from under the quilt, grabbed one of Lu Jue's wrists, and then gently pressed his lips on the man's palm.Xie Qiao's lips were so hot that he even breathed hot, Lu Jue's hands trembled slightly from the heat, his brows frowned even more, and those strange thoughts in his mind just now were swept away.

He put his other hand on Xie Qiao's forehead, with a hint of worry in his brows, he said, "Why is it so hot?"

Xie Qiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've already taken the medicine, and the temperature will drop tomorrow."

As he said that, he put down Lu Jue's hand, and struggled to half sit up again. Lu Jue's pupils shrank, and just about to say something, he saw Xie Qiao leaning over to him. Lu Jue almost subconsciously opened his arms to him, and Xie Qiao jumped at him logically. to him, hugging him tightly.

His body exuded heat and a little astringent taste of medicine in his arms, and the hot breath was on his neck, as if it was about to seep into his skin and melt into his blood.Lu Jue couldn't suppress his worries, but his heart was so soft that he put his hands on the back of his head and murmured his name: "Qiaoer..."

"You're leaving tomorrow, aren't you?" It's easy to guess, if it wasn't for leaving the next day, Lu Jue would never come here late at night.

"Yes." Lu Jue pressed Xie Qiao tighter and said.

He tilted his head, put his lips on Xie Qiao's hair, and said seriously: "Qiaoer, wait for me to come back."

After a moment of silence, Xie Qiao finally said: "Okay. Wait for my general to return from victory." He doesn't mind saying these words if he can leave with peace of mind.

Lu Jue bent his eyes, he let go of Xie Qiao, and looked at Xie Qiao's face seriously, his loving eyes were bright and pure in the night, Xie Qiao let him look at her too.

Then, he took a blanket from the side and put it on Xie Qiao's body. Through the blanket, he held Xie Qiao's face, with stars in his eyes and a soft smile on his face. There is still some time before dawn, let me give you a hug."

Xie Qiao laughed lightly and said, "You hug."

Lu Jue pressed Xie Qiao into his arms again.

The blanket was very warm, but Lu Jue's embrace was even warmer. Xie Qiao leaned against his neck and looked towards the direction outside the door. It was already the darkest night, which meant that the brightest star was about to ascend. Wake up, the sky is about to dawn, but Xie Qiao's face shows no sadness of parting.

He took a deep breath, and the faint fragrance of Lu Jue's body filled the tip of his nose.Then, where Lu Jue couldn't see, a strange smile appeared on his face.

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Day two.

Early in the morning, people from every household in Jinling City gathered on the side of the main road early to see off the soldiers who were about to go to the battlefield.

Osmanthus osmanthus is fragrant for ten miles, and the bright and colorful banners of Dasheng are fluttering in the morning wind.

Ming Palace.

Sitting by the bed, Xie Zhao looked at the man who was only wearing obscene clothes and was drinking medicine one gulp at a time, as if nothing had happened, and couldn't help but said, "Little uncle, he... he left, you, don't you go see him off?" Him? Aren't you sad?"

Xie Qiao paused, and he squinted his eyes. In his mind, the image of Lu Jue in his previous life wearing a battle armor, full of fighting spirit, and resolute to leave appeared in his mind. He smiled and said, "I won't go. It's not sad." Because, I will see him again soon.After finishing speaking, he looked at Xie Zhao: "So brother is afraid that I will be sad and wants you to accompany me?"

Xie Zhao felt even more distressed, he gritted his teeth and patted his small chest, saying: "Little uncle, you don't have to bear it in front of Zhao'er, just cry if you want to cry, Zhao'er will definitely not tell others, and will give the future Let me lean on your shoulders!"

Xie Qiao laughed twice, he drank the medicine in one gulp, raised his eyebrows and looked at Xie Zhao, then reached out and patted his head, saying: "Your mouth is so sweet, don't talk to others casually like this in the future. Otherwise, if you encounter something powerful, you will suffer."

Xie Zhao pouted dejectedly: "Oh."