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I didn't mention Luan and Phoenix overnight.At the end, I was so tired that I fell asleep.When I was half awake, before I opened my eyes, I noticed the heat source in front of me.This is different from the usual feeling of facing forward when getting up, and I touched it subconsciously.

"It's still early," a familiar voice whispered, seemingly distant, "Your Majesty, let's rest."

Even if I am not fully awake, I can tell that this is Xie Jingyu.The soreness behind me and the lingering sleepiness both reminded me of what happened, and then I remembered the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday... I didn't want to talk at all, I just leaned in that direction.

Xie Jingyu's hand, which was already holding me, tightened even more. "Your Majesty..." he called softly.Seeing that I didn't move, he calmed down, and then there was a gentle force on the top of his hair.

In this posture, he is probably kissing my hair...

I was thinking vaguely, and I wanted to see Xie Jingyu's expression at this time.But the eyelids weighed more than a thousand catties, and the next moment I fell asleep again.

When I opened my eyes again, the sky was already bright.The people around me are gone, I guess this means that the sun is already high, so I want to get up too.But after sitting for a while, the tailbone starts to protest.I remembered what happened last night, and secretly said that I would not survive because of my own crimes, and now I am the one who really learned the lesson.

But his body is very fresh, presumably Xie Jingyu has already taken care of it.I took a little breath, and reluctantly changed to a side-sitting posture, and finally felt a little more comfortable.

At this moment, the door opened.Xie Jingyu turned over the screen and saw that I was leaning on the head of the bed staring at him, he was so startled that he almost dropped the tray in his hand. "Your Majesty, why are you up?"

I pouted at the still closed window. "What time is it, I still can't get up?" Then I asked him: "Is there no one in your house, and you are asked to do the work of such rough servants?"

There was no other reason—I found that there was an extra tub of hot water in the room, and as soon as Xie Jingyu entered the door, I could already smell the aroma of porridge.

"I like to do such small things by myself." Xie Jingyu explained, he put down the tray and came to help me, "I serve Your Majesty to wash up."

I know what he means, but—"I'll do it myself." Seeing his instantly aggrieved face, I couldn't help glaring at him: "My hand hasn't been broken yet!"

Although Xie Jingyu is reluctant, he will never disobey what I insist on.After a while, I finished washing up, drank another bowl of porridge, and said enough was enough.

"Your Majesty," Xie Jingyu held an empty bowl hesitantly, with an expression of uncertainty, "The cooks in the minister's mansion are far inferior to Shangshi Bureau..."

"Come on, don't talk nonsense." I started to feel sleepy again after I was full, but I didn't finish the work, so I could only force myself to pat my side, "Come here, I have something to ask you."

Xie Jingyu hastened to do so.He sat closer, and I noticed that his eyes were a little black, and the words that were originally prepared turned into another sentence: "Did you not sleep well last night?"

Noticing my gaze, Xie Jingyu touched the edge of his cheekbones subconsciously. "Nothing."

I stared at him distrustingly. "Will you look at yourself at the basin?"

"No, I'm just..." Xie Jingyu seemed hesitant to speak, but in the end he confessed honestly: "I just don't want to sleep."

With that said, I couldn't help raising my eyebrows. "Could it be that you've been looking at me for as long as I've slept?"

"Not from beginning to end." Xie Jingyu immediately defended himself.

Now I have a very clear understanding of Xie Jingyu's temper.Not from beginning to end means that he couldn't bear to sleep for a while in the middle, but that was not his intention.I remembered what he said when I was half asleep and half awake, and thought to myself that he was not asleep at that time, no wonder he reacted so quickly. "What's so good about me sleeping?"

Faced with my surprise, Xie Jingyu was a little embarrassed. "After all, the opportunity is rare."

A rare opportunity?Is it a rare chance to watch me sleep?

What he said was too brief, and I thought about it for a while before I understood the key points.When it comes to the joy of fish and water, it has long been not once or twice; but in the follow-up, they went back separately and pretended nothing happened. It is true that the two of them have never slept in the same bed and woke up again. "You said you..." I sighed, I really didn't know what to say - no matter what I said, I couldn't continue to scold him about what happened yesterday.

But when I mentioned yesterday, I didn't expect another thing. "How about your wrist? What about your ankle?"

Hearing this, Xie Jingyu immediately lowered his hand, but Zhen quickly grabbed it. "Do you think you can escape at this time?" I snorted at him, then pushed back his wide cuffs.I saw a bloodstain as wide as a leather case drawn near the back of my hand, and I'm afraid it won't disappear for a while.Look at the other hand, it's almost the same.

"How could this be?" I couldn't help frowning.

"Your Majesty used his lips and tongue last night... I can't help it." Xie Jingyu took it with a single mouth, obviously not wanting to mention it.

I thought about it and realized that what he said should be the moment when he bounced up unconsciously at the end.At that time, I was concerned about not being choked, and I really didn't pay attention to other things. "Then what are you going to do when you go to court?" The scar is so far outside that people will see it if it moves casually!

"This is what I want to tell Your Majesty." Xie Jingyu said, "I am going to take sick leave and stay in the house to work. Please allow Your Majesty."

I thought about it, and this is the only way.The main reason is that the traces are so obvious that it is not made by serious things at first glance. "Then let's do it like this, and come back when you recover from your injury."

Xie Jingyu immediately thanked him.I have always been impatient with his thoughtful etiquette, so I interrupted him and said, "What happened to King Wei, can we tell now?"

At this time, it is meaningless to hide it from me, so Xie Jingyu gave a general account.I listened, and the situation was basically exactly the same as my guess—Yong Meng used high-sounding reasons to ask Xie Jingyu to stop, but of course Xie Jingyu refused;

"It's only the two of you that can spread the ups and downs in the whole court." I couldn't hold back my disgust.How could ordinary officials not get along like this?

Xie Jingyu lowered his head to show that he sincerely admits his mistakes. "It is indeed the fault of the minister for alarming His Majesty."

Subtext, is there nothing wrong with falling out with Yongmeng?

For his stubbornness, I have always been convinced. "Then tell me, how will this mess end?"

Xie Jingyu paused. "I still don't know what His Majesty said to His Royal Highness King Wei."

"I just told him that if there is another time, let him go to Lingnan, and never even think about returning to Xingjing in this life." Even if I say it again, I still feel annoyed.

Hearing that this Lingnan is different from that Lingnan, Xie Jingyu turned pale with shock. "Your Majesty, you are too reckless!"

I don't need him to say that I know recklessness, but I am still very upset when I hear him say it. "Otherwise? Do you think I can give him a good face?"

Xie Jingyu was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, his voice was very soft: "I thank your majesty for protecting me, but His Royal Highness King Wei is not easy to move."

To this, my answer was a cold snort.

Seeing that I didn't buy it, Xie Jingyu didn't flinch. "His Royal Highness King Wei has always known how to advance and retreat. His miscarriage of justice this time does not mean that he will continue to make misjudgments. Moreover, he has no heart for His Majesty; even if there are other things, the crime is not so serious."

I was annoyed when I heard Yong Meng, and what was even more disturbing was that I knew what Xie Jingyu said was right. "Then tell me again, King Wei has always been astute, why did he make a wrong decision this time?"

Xie Jingyu definitely knew the answer, but he didn't answer right away.He looked at me, and I looked at him.After a long while, he slowly opened his mouth, his words were astringent: "Because I can't celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Before he said it, I already guessed it——Xie Jingyu is the only descendant of the Xie family in Southern Wu, and I was indeed afraid of him earlier because of this; later, we eradicated the scourge of King Kang, but apart from me, Xie Jingyu, my sister, and Yan Tongfu who was in charge , no one knows at all.Yong Meng didn't know either, so he took it for granted that I was still wary; from this, it can be deduced that Xie Jingyu and I must be at odds with each other, no matter how close we are, it's just a joke.

I kept the matter of King Kang's death a secret, in order to expose him when someone took the opportunity to make trouble; it turned into a trouble, which was really unexpected. "This matter is my negligence. If I had earlier..."

I couldn't continue speaking, because Xie Jingyu leaned over suddenly and blocked me firmly with his lips and tongue.After parting after a while, he said in a hoarse voice: "It is truly a blessing in my life for me to meet Your Majesty." After a pause, he added: "Besides, there will be no next time such a problem occurs."

I don't know if he is confident that no more people will find out, or if he promises that he will not hide it again after similar things happen.But no matter what, apart from sister, I can't think of anyone who is more troublesome than Yongmeng. "Be careful sailing for thousands of years." I couldn't help but muttered.

Xie Jingyu nodded in agreement.As if thinking of something suddenly, he turned his head and looked at the window. "When is Your Majesty going to leave?" He asked, "Your Majesty has been at the minister's residence all night, and I am worried..."

He might want to say that it's time for me to go back to the palace, but I can hear the reluctance hidden in his words.Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, the world is reunited, but he is alone, and it has been like this for 15 years...

"I've come out, I'll go back when it's night." Zhen said without thinking, and only thought of finding a good excuse to hold back the words.Otherwise, if the ministers know tomorrow, it will be difficult to explain this matter.

Xie Jingyu immediately revealed a look of surprise.But after a while, he came back to his senses. "However……"

"Nothing but." I raised my hand, almost rudely preventing him from continuing to object. "I am the Son of Heaven, I have the final say!"

Xie Jingyu opened his mouth under my palm, but no sound came out.As if confirming that Zhen's indisputability is unquestionable, he unconsciously rolled his eyes, and a fiery kiss was immediately burned on his palm.

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