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If you interpret it carefully, Xie Jingyu's words have several meanings.

First, it may be fatal to kill from Jiankang City to the city gate; second, it may be fatal to follow the father to fight north and south; third, it may be fatal to be an official in the court alone; fourth, rashly Confessions to me can also be fatal.

Among these possibilities, dangers such as swords are tangible, and dangers such as human hearts are invisible.

However, no matter how dangerous they are, shouldn't normal people be glad that they are lucky?No matter how you understand it, you can't come to the conclusion of "deserving to die long ago", right?

"Chen..." Facing my angry gaze, Xie Jingyu got stuck.After a long time, he whispered: "I know I was wrong."

Such flimsy three words can't get rid of me. "Where did you go wrong, huh?" If I guessed right, Xie Jingyu would only admit it verbally; but in fact, his thoughts have not changed——

A man from the former dynasty has survived until now; although under the persuasion of his father, he would not kill himself, but his heart has long since died.

Thinking about it more, I realized that I actually could understand why.The family and the country are destroyed, and it takes more courage to live alone.Even if there is no loyalty to Emperor Huidi of Southern Wu, relatives are also a part that cannot be ignored.Standing alone, his shadow is attached to each other; even though he has already occupied a high position second only to me, he is still alone in the mansion.

I suddenly realized why Xie Jingyu had to be on duty every holiday - he didn't just want to be on duty, he just didn't want to go back home.

What does that poem say?

The mountains and rivers are broken and the wind is fluttering.

The vastness of the world, no relatives, no one knows where to stay.This kind of loneliness cannot be solved by high-ranking officials, nor can it be solved by money.only……

In an instant, I put together many bits and pieces of the past.Xie Jingyu still maintains the attitude that silence is golden, I can't force him, so I can only ask: "Actually, you are telling the truth, aren't you?"

Xie Jingyu glanced at me, then lowered his eyelashes.

The anger just now receded like a tide, followed by heartache. "You also know that I will be angry if you say that, but you still have to say it, right?" I almost sighed.

Xie Jingyu's reaction was to lower his head even more.

This is undoubtedly a default.He just stood there, his back straight, as if he was the same as usual.But when I look at him now, it's like seeing a lone pine standing tall on a hill; everyone praises it for reaching the sky, but no one thinks deeply about how many storms it has experienced.

"I know you will always tell me the truth; but there are some things..." I couldn't continue speaking halfway through.Teach Xie Jingyu to tell white lies?Then I would rather him tell the truth, even if the truth is not so pleasant.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Xie Jingyu opened his mouth, obviously understanding my unfinished intentions.

But before he could really promise, I quickly got up from the couch, took a stride forward, and covered his mouth.Not to mention the obvious intention, he hesitated and blinked his eyes. "……His Majesty?"

Because across the palm of my hand, the voice of Your Majesty is quite dull.I could feel the heat and friction caused by Xie Jingyu's words, so I turned my hands and followed his chin to the side of his neck. "Forget about the past; what about now?" I asked him close at hand, "You still think so?"

Xie Jingyu moved slightly under my palm. "I just said—" he said, his voice a little muffled, "It's my luck to find what he wants most and get it."

This is not the answer I most want to hear.Xie Jingyu must have guessed my attitude, so he was deliberately noncommittal and only picked the insensitive part in the middle. "Really?" I asked back, but didn't give him time to explain, and lightly touched his temple with my forehead, "So you still think so?"

Words and actions were completely opposite, Xie Jingyu moved again, as if wanting to break away from me and see the expression on my face clearly. "No, sir..."

But I just restrained him harder. "It suddenly occurred to me that if I switched places with you, I'm afraid both of us would have a better life."

This speech might be too terrifying, Xie Jingyu froze firmly. "Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense!" He retorted hastily as soon as he realized it.

I just pretended not to hear. "Since ancient times, there has been no kinship among the royal family, and the positions above ten thousand people have been lonely. I have known this since I was a child, and I have never had extravagant hopes. Therefore, if it can be changed, I guess it will be There is no trouble like yours..."

"—Your Majesty!" Xie Jingyu interrupted me violently—he had never spoken to me so harshly like now—"You are too arrogant to belittle yourself!"

Although I did provoke him on purpose, I don't think I underestimated myself——

After all, as long as I determine a goal I want, I will go all out.Even if there are trade-offs in the process, I will not hesitate.Therefore, the courtiers generally feel that it is not a wrong judgment that I am deeply scheming and never relentless; moreover, there must be some indifference in family affection, otherwise my brothers can't be cautious, for fear of being caught by me.

This is my self-knowledge, but I don't need to go any further - because hearing Xie Jingyu's voice, he is almost at the critical point of going crazy. "So you know how I feel just now?"

Xie Jingyu was waiting to talk about me again, but when he was poured with cold water that was pouring down suddenly, he immediately turned off the fire. "Your Majesty..." After a long while, he said with difficulty, "Your Majesty..."

I don't want to hear what he said again, "I know I was wrong". "In this matter, I think you must be thinking wrong." I narrowed the distance between the two more and more—the posture was infinitely close to a deep hug—"If things happen as you think, Then what should I do?" I clung to his ear and threw out the last trump card, "Can you bear it?"

Xie Jing was startled violently, his body trembling slightly. "Chen..." He seemed to have lost the ability to speak, and he opened his mouth a few times with rapid and disorderly breathing.Before he calmed down, he had already used all his strength—the only remaining distance between the two disappeared suddenly, and was replaced by a hug that was so tight that his ribs ached——

"No matter what happens, I will definitely accompany His Majesty to the end."

I laughed silently.The faint shock in the chest spread to the other person, and it immediately developed into a deep, urgent, and lingering kiss.

but……

Although I used all kinds of tricks when I persuaded Xie Jingyu to change his mind, and even used myself as a bargaining chip, in fact, no one knows better than me that his words are the reality in reverse——

I will always be with you until the day of death.

**

After passing Yangfu, I changed my way to take a boat and went down to Shanyang along the Huai River.The Jiangnan water system extends in all directions, and even the canals are well maintained.I just need to explain some things to the Jiangnan Dao Jiedu envoy, and inspect several major grain depots in the Southland, and the matter is basically done.

But maybe it was a wise decision for me to agree to Yongmeng to take him with me.He said that he was going to investigate the administration of officials along the way, and in the end he found out a case of official fraud in Yuhang.

To deceive the superior and the inferior, and enrich one's own pocket, if there is one thing, there will be two, and if there is two, there will be three. It is absolutely impossible not to kill the chickens and monkeys.Therefore, Yu Jia stayed in Yuhang for more than ten days, waiting for the Ministry of Officials, Ministry of Punishment, Yushitai, and Dali Temple to jointly investigate and make a conclusion on the case.In addition to severe punishment, I also instructed the Ministry of Officials and Yushitai to send a few more supervisors to Jiangnan Road.

If there is no fraud case, I will definitely be able to catch up with the Winter Solstice Dynasty when I return to Xingjing.With such a delay, the return journey becomes very tight, not to mention the detour to Puzhou that I thought before.It may be that blessings and misfortunes never come singly, I was still on my way back to Beijing when I received an urgent [-] li from Murong Qi from Feng Mansion——

Huihe moved.

They have no patience at all, I thought they could endure until next year.Or is it because Huihe felt that no one was paying attention to him because I was driving south of the Yangtze River, so he could take advantage of it?

"Huihe turns his face like a book, and he must not please them!"

"That's right, it's okay to look at it during the Yuanzheng Dynasty..."

"Knowing people, knowing their faces, but not their hearts, let alone those wild foreigners? I'm afraid they will be able to jump around if they think that His Majesty is not in the pass!"

"Hey, such rebellious officials and thieves are not afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Huns!"

At the impromptu half court meeting, all the ministers were excited and filled with righteous indignation.If the Huihe Khan was here at this time, it is estimated that the saliva star would have drowned him.In addition, among other things, it is indeed true to repeat the same mistakes: whether it was the time when the father turned back to defend the north after beating Southern Wu, or the time when the Huns tried to rob me when I first came to the throne, the dynasty won.

Therefore, I patiently waited for them to finish cursing before opening my mouth. "Now it's just a small change, so it's nothing to worry about. As for the future, the Hengsai Army and the Dingyuan Army are already on the alert, and the three surrendered cities have already been preparing for battle. Ou Qing," I called the name of the Minister of the Ministry of War, " Just follow the previous arrangement."

He took his orders and went away, and I then ordered: "Just in case, send a letter to Li Qing of Jiannan Road, telling him to be careful of Tubo."

Hearing this, all the ministers nodded one after another, saying that Tubo really must be guarded against, and they couldn't help but praise me for being exhaustive.

But what they don't know is that after receiving the urgent letter, I have already sent people to Xingjing.I accepted the beauties sent by Tubo and Huihe on the surface; but secretly, I never let down my vigilance and asked people to keep watching.There is always someone who wants to find fault, not to mention that they are not flawless in the first place——

The enemy moves first, and then he makes use of the problem; Huihe voluntarily enters the camp, but I can't complain about my cruelty!

"Pass my word of mouth, change the road today and go to Feng Mansion!"

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In this chapter, His Majesty set up a huge flag [not the sentence of death]