Come on, Your Highness

When He Xichao returned home, Xiao Hongzheng had needles in the soles of his feet, standing restlessly waiting for him.

"You don't even know how to serve tea, why should His Royal Highness wait?"

He Xichao's voice made Xiao Hong turn his head. As soon as he saw him, he immediately ran over, pulled him to his side, looked him up and down carefully, and asked with concern: "Xichao, are you alright?"

He Xichao smiled and said, "What can I do?"

Xiao Hong saw that he was walking steadily, he was not injured, and his face was normal, so he shouldn't have been scolded, right?

But he was still worried, so he asked: "What did the father tell you?"

He Xichao thought for a while, then tilted his head innocently: "Guess?"

Xiao Hong smiled wryly and said, "Don't be a fool, I'm worried to death."

He Xichao sat down and said, "It's nothing. I'm probably the only one in the world who would do such a thing. The old man expressed his surprise, so let's get to know me again."

He said it easily, but it pierced Xiao Hong's heart like a knife.

"Xi Chao..."

He Xichao looked at him, and suddenly asked: "Are you moved?"

Xiao Hong nodded heavily, and said in a low voice, "I don't even know how to repay you."

"You know." He Xichao raised his hand and patted Xiao Hong's heart, "All I want is you."

"But I already gave it to you?"

"Then what are you worried about?" He Xichao asked back, "I don't care about other people or other things. I give my life to you, can't you protect me?"

Xiao Hong's eyes turned red, and he said in a dazed voice, "I have to protect you even if you die."

He Xichao smiled immediately. He approached Xiao Hong, raised his head, and looked straight at him with his eyes, as if looking into his eyes: "Li Xun is waiting to see what happens to me. You will let me lose completely?"

"No." After Xiao Hong finished speaking, he continued, "Absolutely not."

He Xichao then hugged him, and put his head lightly on Xiao Hong's shoulder: "That's it. Everything I do is for our future, and you can hold hands and grow old as you wish. As long as you work hard for it , it’s worth it for me to do so.”

Xia He brought tea, and amidst the curling water vapor, He Xichao asked, "Is Li Xun still alive at [-]?"

"Alive, Father said to spare him the death penalty, and the executioner is not a fool, how dare he really beat him to death, he will lie on the bed for almost a month." Xiao Hong said with regret and some dissatisfaction, "Father It's true, it's too cheap for him to expose such a big crime lightly!"

He Xichao said: "The method I used is too direct. After all, I am a relative of the emperor, so this is the only way."

"But you should have told me earlier. If we work together, we will surely kill this old man. I was caught off guard today, and I didn't think about many things."

"Telling you is not the effect. Besides, my purpose is not to kill him. I just want him to lose the position of minister. Just don't get in my way."

Hearing this, Xiao Hong couldn't say anything more, he thought for a while and asked: "Then who will be the next Minister of the Household Department? Smuggling involves a lot, and I'm afraid it's not easy to find an irrelevant one with a proper identity. Even if I want to recommend it, there is no one around for a while.”

"You don't need to recommend it. I told the emperor that I have no one to choose, so naturally you don't either."

Wouldn't that be a waste of time, Xiao Hong didn't understand.

"What if the next one is not as good as you want? Xi Chao, I am afraid that there are not many people who can work with you peacefully now."

He Xichao was holding the tea, his eyes fell on the ups and downs of the tea leaves, and there was no emotion on his face. He suddenly asked, "Do you think the teacher will forgive me?"

He Xichao knelt outside the door of Xie Ge's old study, and the servants who came and went in Xie's mansion couldn't help but look at him.

"What are you looking at, hurry up and go."

In this winter, Xie San, still waving a folding fan in his hand, came out of the study and dismissed the servants.

He looked at He Xichao in the corridor, with a troubled expression on his face: "Little uncle, grandfather is very angry, and you may not be able to get up for a while. Why don't you go back first, and I'll let you know when the old man's anger subsides?"

He Xichao said, "If I leave, he will be even angrier."

Indeed, Xie Sanyi shrugged his shoulders, expressing that there is nothing wrong with it.

He thought for a while, then knelt down in front of He Xichao, and said: "Now, the Li family has let go of their words, and they are not at odds with you. Your in-laws on both sides are gone, but the reputation of the crown prince's number one lackey is resounding inside and outside. , Xi Chao, why are you doing this?"

He Xichao looked at Xie San with a puzzled expression, but he was not alienated, so he couldn't help asking with a smile: "Do you think I'm crazy?"

Xie San shook his head: "I don't understand."

"Don't think about it, there is a reason for everything, it's just that it's not easy to say it."

Xie San frowned slightly: "But if you don't tell me, how can grandfather forgive you? He is very disappointed in you."

Hearing this, He Xichao raised his head to look at him: "Do you think I did something wrong?"

"This..." Contradictions appeared on Xie San's face, and he said hesitantly, "Li Xun's crime is convincing. If you expose this, not only is it not wrong, but it is just like the outside saying, killing relatives with righteousness. But the method... compared to the He family's crimes." Removing the name is too extreme, it is a bit irritating..."

"Fear?"

Xie San nodded: "Yes."

"It's just that there are ghosts in your heart. If you really stand upright, are you still afraid of this?"

"But the problem is that there are too few people like this, the bigger the official, the less!" Xie San scratched the back of his head with a fan, "Xi Chao, you are so smart, there should be a better way to pull Li Xun down!" , why use this criticized method?"

He Xichao said indifferently: "I have done everything, I don't regret it."

"But if you don't tell me, grandfather will never forgive you." Xie San lowered his voice suddenly when he said this, "Aren't you afraid that he will expel you from the teacher's school?"

He Xichao's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Xie San in disbelief.

The latter said: "There is no alarmist talk."

He Xichao pursed her lips, her eyes fell on the closed study door, and after a while, she suddenly called out: "Thank you, third brother."

"Huh? Wait, what do you call me?" Xie San looked at him vigilantly, feeling a little nervous.

He Xichao looked at his guarded appearance, and said, "It's just a title, there's no need to be so particular about it."

No, the person you ask for is your elder brother.

Xie San laughed inwardly: "What do you want to do?"

"Find me something to eat."

Xie San twitched the corners of his mouth. He was extremely surprised, and couldn't help but said anxiously: "You're already like this, and you still want to eat? Don't you just kneel down and beg for forgiveness?"

"I'm afraid I'll fall if I don't eat anymore. How can I kneel? I'm a weak scholar with a weak body, so I'm considerate."

Xie San felt that He Xichao was really an outlier.

"Hurry up, and pour me a cup of hot water to warm up my body, or I'll really suffer from the cold, and now I can't feel my feet anymore." He Xichao urged.

"Your heart is too dishonest, don't you really want to..." Xie San pointed behind him, then wiped his neck.

"Don't worry."

Xie San didn't know what this man wanted, so he could only ask, "Aside from food and drink, what else do you want?"

"That's enough, I can stand for a while, thank you."

Xie San waved his hand and walked to the kitchen helplessly.

As soon as he left, He Xichao said in a loud voice: "The student came to repent sincerely. As long as it can make the teacher calm down, he can kneel for as long as he wants. I don't want to use bitter tricks to make your old man feel sorry for you and compromise. Teacher... I can't hold on anymore... ..."

After the voice fell, the door of the study opened.

I saw Mr. Xie Ge gave him a cold look, and said angrily: "Get out of here, old man!"

As soon as He Xichao entered the door, he wanted to kneel down, but before his knees touched the ground, he heard Mr. Xie Ge sneer and say: "Stop kneeling, it's the old man's fault if there's something wrong with kneeling."

He Xichao sighed softly when he heard the words, then knelt down and kowtowed completely.

Xie Ge received all the courtesy, then looked at him and waited for him.

"Can you sit?"

Xie Ge's old cold face raised his chin to the chair next to him.

"Thank you teacher."

He Xichao sat down, rubbed his knees, and said: "If you want to promote border trade, you must ban smuggling, but Li... If your lord is still the Minister of the Household Department, it will be too disadvantageous for me. Naturally, I can only find a way to let him step down first."

Old Xie Ge sneered: "There are thousands of ways, but you chose the worst one."

"But this is the fastest!"

Hearing this, Mr. Xie Ge stood up, walked slowly towards the door, opened the door, and said, "You can go."

He Xichao was startled, and said repeatedly: "No, wait, teacher, don't be angry, I haven't finished yet!"

Xie Ge turned his head back and just looked at him expressionlessly.

He Xichao bit his lip, with a hesitant expression on his face, showing that there was conflict in his heart, and finally he whispered: "I want to be a lonely minister, so that the emperor can rest assured."

Xie Ge nodded his head: "I see, this is the path you chose, a very difficult path, a path with no good end."

He Xichao lowered his head.

"No matter which way you want to go, you have your own considerations, but if you don't believe in this old man, it doesn't matter if this teacher doesn't worship you."

He Xichao suddenly raised his head: "Teacher..."

Mr. Xie Ge supported the door frame, looked at He Xichao and said: "I don't think you did something wrong today. From a righteous point of view, loyalty to the emperor is beyond reproach. But why did you do this, I didn't know from the beginning to the end. Come up with a clue, I just want to help you, but I can't help you!"

He Xichao's heart felt sore and his eyes turned red: "The student just doesn't want to involve you."

"Then what's the use of me as a teacher?" Old Xie Ge raised his voice and asked back, "If you don't want to get involved, why don't I cut it off for you first, so that you don't need to find a way to let me drive you out of the school in the future, okay? Cut in two!"

He Xichao immediately knelt down and blurted out: "I like someone alone!"

Xie Ge was taken aback: "What?"

"His name is Xiao Hong."

"Pa——" Xie San just walked to the door, his hands trembled instantly, and the food he was carrying fell to the ground.

He was so shocked that he was dumbfounded, as if a thunderbolt struck the spirit cap in the middle of the sky, and his soul came out of his seven orifices.

And if Mr. Xie Ge hadn't been holding on to the door frame, he might not be able to stand still and fall to the ground.

He murmured, "What did you say?"

"Teacher, do we want to talk here?" He Xichao asked.

Hearing this, Old Xie Ge moved his eyes outside, looked at Xie San who hadn't recovered yet, and finally settled down: "You come in for the old man, Xiu Ning, close the door."

He Xichao stood up, supported Mr. Xie Ge and walked inside.

Xie San swallowed hard, hearing such a big secret, he always felt his neck was chilly, and his life was in danger.

Little Martial Uncle really deserves to be a Junior Martial Uncle!

Blockbuster!

He was in a daze for a long time before he slowly raised his foot to step over the threshold.

However, He Xichao's voice suddenly came: "The emperor already knows."

That foot tripped over the threshold after all, and Xie San fell into the study with his face hitting the ground.

Damn, just let him pass out!

The study door was tightly closed, Xie San rubbed the bridge of his nose, poured tea on both sides, and then stood behind Xie Ge, as if he was in a dream until now.

And He Xichao, holding a teacup, told the story of the cause and effect.

"...You must think I'm stupid, I don't want a bright future, I have to rely on the courtiers, but I have struggled, stayed away, imagined all the tragic endings, and finally my reason couldn't restrain my emotions and I fell into it."

"...I don't want to stay away from the court and do nothing, and I don't want to die suddenly and accidentally, leaving nothing behind. I want to live, and I want to use my talents. I told the emperor, don't marry a wife, don't have children , willing to be the sword in the hands of His Highness the Crown Prince, until the moment he doesn't need it."

"……That's it."

As He Xichao said, he raised his teacup, drank the water in the cup, looked at Old Xie Ge and said, "It's hard for students to talk about it, let alone tell others about it. If you think it's embarrassing and degrading, then you will I was expelled from the teacher's school, and the students... have no complaints."

He really held back in his heart for a long time, and after pouring it out, he suddenly felt a lot easier.

His taboo emotion, if it only hurts himself, if it involves others, it is not what he wants.

In fact, it would be better for everyone to stay away, but after all, he still hopes that someone can understand and give a support.

And the whole study suddenly fell silent again.

No one spoke.

The air seemed to stagnate.

It took a long time for Old Xie Ge to digest such a shocking secret, and then let out a deep breath: "Xi Chao, I have been very worried about you, I am afraid that you will pass Hui Yiyao, but now I have to add a deep love ...the gods are not benevolent!"

Now there is nothing to say who is right and who is wrong, Xie Ge can't think of this reason at all, except for the arrangement of heaven, what else can it be?

However, He Xichao shook his head: "But I don't think so, I thank God for giving me this life, enjoying the feeling of being loved and being loved, not being alone...it's pretty good."

There was no resentment or pain in his eyes, only regret and gratitude.

That's why it hurts even more.

And no amount of persuasion seems to be enough.

"Up to now, the old man has nothing to say. You have thought about whether it is good or bad. Then, what are you going to do next?" Xie Ge asked in a deep voice.

"Teacher, is he still willing to help me?" He Xichao opened his eyes and looked at Mr. Xie Ge hopefully.

"You are my closed disciple, who will I help if I don't help you? You didn't do anything against the law or violate the laws of the country. There is no reason to kick you out."

He Xichao's eyes lit up immediately, and he laughed, as if his whole body was filled with joy.

"Thank you, thank you!"

He quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"You child, apart from looking cunning, you are actually sincere. As a member of the royal family, no matter how much the crown prince protects you, after all, you are full of domineering in your bones. It has been like this since ancient times."

Mr. Xie Ge is worthy of being Mr. Xie Ge, and he can see the essence at a glance.

Xie San nodded silently. Today, he can see that his little uncle is really just a child, and he was deceived all of a sudden.

Still the deadliest deception.

He Xichao could not refute.

"Get up, take care of yourself, he is about to get married, no matter how much you like him, you have to restrain yourself from showing it, keep your duties as a monarch and minister, and never take that step! Do it, but a sycophantic minister will not do it!" Xie Ge helped him up, "Remember?"

"Yes, students, please remember." He Xichao cupped his hands.

"Alas..." Mr. Xie Ge looked at this student, feeling really worried, so he simply put aside such bad things, and said, "It cost so much to get Li Xun to step down, this Minister of the Household Department is not for everyone, Who do you plan to do?"

He Xichao said: "Teacher, can you also take the role?"

"Old man?" Xie Ge frowned when he heard this, "I'm afraid I don't have the energy."

"Someone can help you."

Xie Gelao thought for a moment when he heard the words, then suddenly said: "You can let Yuezhi come."

Yuezhi is Xie Er's character. Xie Er is now a doctor of the household department, and one promotion is the servant of the household department. With Xiege's ability, it is a matter of one sentence.

"Teacher thinks it's feasible?" He Xichao asked.

Mr. Xie Ge nodded, then glanced at him, and snorted coldly: "The brains of the court are moving very fast, and you can think farther than anyone else step by step. How did you get to that point, just like a fool, I don't know jump out?"

He Xichao touched his nose, lowered his head and listened obediently to the training.

Old Xie Ge became even more angry: "Who said you are a lonely minister? From now on, open your eyes a little bit upwards, and see where your brothers are standing, and don't rush forward alone in a daze!"

He Xichao asked cautiously: "Well, do you have to ask the brothers first?"

"This is what the old man means."

Come on, got it.

He Xichao sniffed, with a smile on his face, and said sincerely: "Teacher, you are so kind! The most sensible thing I will do in my life is to worship you as my teacher!"

"Don't be easily deceived by people's sweet words, just save the old man some food."

He Xichao bent her lips: "No way."