I've Got this Cannon Fodder's Back

The room fell silent for a moment.

Gu Ai has always been a strict person, and has a reputation of being mean and ungrateful in the court. No one dares to touch his bad luck.Now it is rare to see him talking with others with a pleasant face, but the little prince still doesn't know what is good or bad, just blindly making troubles, many people watched silently, fearing that the chief minister lost his temper and caused others to suffer along with him.

Lu Chengru's movements were so quick that no one could see clearly what he threw, only a cluster of soft red fluttered down, but no one dared to take a closer look.Everyone just dodged their heads to the side, and they actually vacated an open space next to Lu Chengru.

The young prince stood alone, the inkstone on the table had been knocked over during the fight, the paper and pen were stained in a mess, and his already thin figure seemed even thinner.

Gu Ai's mind was not on the jade pendant, he was afraid that he had stretched his wound too much just now, so he stood still and stopped moving, stretched out his hand towards him, and still said in a harmonious voice: "I will send the prince to see the wound first, after the other things are over. Besides..."

Before the words were finished, Lu Chengru had already pushed the person away, jumped up to the window sill, and ran into the garden outside the window without a trace.

"Gu, Mr. Gu, don't worry about it. King Yi is paranoid. Sometimes his temper comes up. He has never listened to people's persuasion..."

The old teacher stepped forward tremblingly, trying to smooth things over, trying to draw Gu Ai's attention back from Lu Chengru, and asked him to continue his lecture.

Gu Ai just folded his sleeves and turned around, lowered his eyes and said indifferently: "What are you trying to persuade him? Advise him not to argue with a group of disrespectful juniors, he deserves to be bullied and ridiculed, anyway, is there no one to support him when he is bullied? "

His tone was flat, but it was inexplicable that people were terrified when they heard it.

The old teacher was so frightened that he leaned over and said he didn't dare, but Gu Ai ignored him and walked out the door quickly.

"grown ups!"

The old teacher didn't know where he was going, so he chased him out quickly, but Gu Ai just blocked him with one hand: "Mr. Liang is a good teacher, so I will continue to teach. Gu has little talent and little learning, and I dare not spoil my master's knowledge."

This Prime Minister who held the late emperor's edict had a detached status in the court. Even though the documents to impeach him had piled up in the emperor's place, they were not shaken in the slightest.

Being squeezed out by him with a gun and a stick, half of the old teacher's life was scared away.Seeing his back going farther and farther, he returned to the classroom in a daze, and weakly ordered everyone to study by themselves and recite silently, and couldn't help but feel regretful.

Gu Ai hurried around to the garden.

It's just the new year, and the weather is cold.Lu Chengru was dressed thinly and had injuries on his body, if he ran out like this, he might have caught a cold.

The garden was originally built for teenagers to play, and the road was specially built into a winding nine-turn corridor. At this time, the weather has not turned warm and there is no scenery, it just makes people feel like a desolate and empty maze.

Gu Ai was impatient, and was afraid that if he called out, he would startle him even more, so he just searched around blindly, and even broke out in a cold sweat in the cold winter wind.

The chubby winter sparrow hopped among the branches, looking curiously at the dignified figure in the rich clothes and brocade belt who struggled to push aside the branches and stretched his neck to search, flapping his wings and throwing himself into the desolate sky.

Gu Aixun raised his head, and unexpectedly saw that shadow on the highest rockery.

"My lord!"

The young man, who had just fallen and injured himself, gritted his teeth and climbed up the rockery, wobbling in fear that he would fall down again if he stepped on the air.Gu Ai's heart tightened, and she called out urgently, waved her sleeves and pushed aside the branches, and hurried over to speak, but she instinctively kept silent.

When he spoke just now, he made the little prince angry again.

He has been strict for too long, he preaches when he speaks, and he doesn't know how to comfort others.Right now Lu Chengru is on the rockery, if he gets angry again, he doesn't know where to look for it again.

Under the rockery is a spring of living water, which is now half-hard from the cold, and if one steps on it, it will fall into the icy water.The path made of pebbles can still be walked, but it is also covered with thin frost, and it will undoubtedly feel good to slip and fall.

Gu Ai didn't dare to disturb him, but carefully stepped on the rocks, stood still with difficulty while supporting the rockery, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Chengru was sitting on the rockery, staring at him blankly with red circles, but the coldness and hostility of that time had disappeared.

He wasn't a bad tempered kid at all.

Gu Ai wiped his sweat with his sleeves, stretched out his hand upwards, and said in a soft voice with all his strength: "My lord is obedient, come down, it's dangerous—"

He was only halfway through speaking, but his eyes suddenly fell on the book that the young prince was holding firmly in his hand.

Gu Ai can recognize the books he copied at a glance.The cover was already wrinkled, and the corners were blown away by the wind, and half of the torn pages were opened.

He also saw those dudes throwing books away, but he didn't expect it to be this one.

Gu Ai suddenly understood why Lu Chengru ran out.

The little prince's shoulder was injured, and at least he would have to take care of him for three and a half years before he fully recovered.There is no need to exert force on the waist, and holding the book that is about to fall apart in the arms, it is even more difficult to get off, even if you let go, you may fall hard and bruise.

"My lord, give me the book first—I'll hold it for my lord."

Gu Ai's heart was sour, but his face was still gentle. He stretched out his hand towards him with the rockery, hesitated for a while and added: "I still have a lot of books at home. If the prince wants to read them, you can go to my house to get them anytime. In a few days, I will send another box..."

Lu Deng: ...

Lu Deng:! !

A copy is a gift for a loved one, but a box is not.

Sure enough, even if my lover doesn't remember anything, he still remembers to supervise him to do his homework.

The little prince, who has not received the OOC notification yet, was full of melancholy, and when he lost his mind for a moment, his feet slipped suddenly, and his figure swayed violently.

Gu Ai watched him all the time, his heart tightened when he saw this, and he hurried up to protect him, but his feet slipped and he couldn't stand still, and he staggered half a step unexpectedly.

He is just a scholar, so his reaction is naturally not as good as that of Lu Deng.As soon as he was about to slip and fall, the book was suddenly thrown into his arms, and the collar was immediately pulled hard, preventing the downward fall.

Gu Ai picked up the book and looked up, Lu Chengru had deftly slid to the middle of the rockery, tightly pulling his collar.

Seeing him raise his head, the corners of the little prince's lips were pursed forcefully, the worry and concern in his eyes quickly disappeared without a trace, and he pulled him up to stand firm.

Gu Ai supported the rockery to stabilize his figure, met the cold and stern look made by the little prince, and suddenly couldn't help laughing.

"My lord..."

Gu Ai called him slowly, as if he felt that this title was too unfamiliar and cold, so he just read it in a low voice and then gently put it aside, put away the book and found a stable place to stand again, and opened his arms towards him: "Cheng Like, come down."

His voice was so gentle, it seemed that even the cold wind had no chill in it.

Lu Deng stared down at him in a daze, his eyes turned red, and he couldn't care less about the OOC make-up exam. He let go of his hand and fell down the hill, throwing himself into the arms of the rumored mean and ungrateful chief minister, with tears in his eyes It hurts, but I was forced to bear it back.

like.

I like all of them.

The jade pendant was well hidden in the sleeve, and it was not damaged at all.

Lu Deng couldn't speak, he just kept his arms tight and buried them on his shoulders, refusing to raise his head.

Gu Ai was startled by him, and was about to say something about the monarch and his ministers to persuade him to leave and comfort him, when the young man's thin chest pressed tightly against him, but his heart suddenly jumped violently.

A person's life... It should be very sad.

very sad.

Gu Ai's raised arm was slowly lowered, and it landed on the back of the little prince in his arms, patted gently, and stretched out his sleeves to protect him from the cold wind: "My lord——"

The arm that was holding him tightened suddenly, so that Mr. Shoufu, who was born as a literati, could barely catch his breath.

This is probably dissatisfied with the title.

Gu Ai was speechless, patted his back in compromise to coax him, lowered his head and said softly, "Cheng Ru, come with me to the Imperial Hospital, your injury needs to be re-examined."

The little prince didn't seem to know the pain, and if he tossed about without any scruples today, the injury on his body might be so serious.

It's hard to be able to stay alone with my lover, even if I go to exile Lu Deng in Northern Xinjiang together.He was about to get up and take a step, but he remembered his assessment, and secretly glanced worriedly, only to find that he still hadn't deducted a single point.

Lu Deng's heart beat lightly, and he poked the system quietly: "Is the evaluation strip broken? I didn't deduct my points just now..."

"It's not that the review is broken, the host can rest assured!"

The system just ran back from there, and excitedly waved a small flag to report: "I specifically asked other bad systems, and said that the evaluation of OOC is 'whether the image in the eyes of others matches the logic in the impression'. The host Not being OOC in front of the target person alone means that the host has always been a very good boy in the eyes of the target person!"

Finally found a less nervous opportunity for the host, the system was full of joy, silently looping the joyful playlist in its mind.

Lu Deng stood there in a daze, raised his head and blinked.

Even so, in Gu Ai's eyes...is he still a good boy?

The little prince raised his head with tears in his eyes, and his eyes fixed on the chief assistant of the court, making Gu Ai almost worried whether he was too disheveled all the way to find him.He hesitated and raised his hand to straighten the clothes, but suddenly his thin fingers grabbed the clothes forcefully.

Those eyes filled with moisture all the way, finally fell down unscrupulously.

Holding the little prince who suddenly cried into tears and stood in the cold wind for a quarter of an hour, the young man in Gu Ai's arms finally stopped his palpitations, sobbed and raised his hand to wipe his tears, but his eyes were already flushed.

Gu Ai leaned over, held his hand so that he would not wipe it himself, and patiently wiped his tears with his cuff: "Do you feel better now?"

The little prince nodded obediently, and moved the held hand left and right in the palm of his hand, and finally held his hand firmly, and refused to let go after holding it tightly.

Gu Ai couldn't help smiling, let him hold his hand, and slowly smoothed his clothes with his free hand: "Go see the imperial doctor, okay?"

The little prince who cried a lot didn't have the slightest arrogance in the room. He lowered his head and said nothing. He obediently led him out of the pool by his uninjured hand, and walked out of the garden.

The palm is still cold to the touch.

Gu Ai put aside the idea of ​​being decent again, put that hand into the wide sleeve of the toga without a trace, slowly held his own hand, and led him all the way out of the Imperial College.

Originally, he just planned to come in to teach a class, and leave after seeing Lu Chengru.Gu Ai's carriage has been waiting outside, but the officials didn't follow, the driver is a son of a family, he knows what to look at and what not to look at, so he invites the lord and prince to get into the carriage, and after listening to Gu Ai's order, he said Jing Whip rushes to Tai Hospital.

The carriage bestowed by the first emperor was carefully arranged everywhere.

Needless to say, the outside is solid and exquisite, but inside there is a stove and a soft couch, the incense is light and elegant, and the soft mattress made of ferret fur is warm and thick, making people feel tired involuntarily after sitting in it.

Lu Deng hugged his knees and curled up in the ferret fur. His mind, which had been shaken so much, could barely withdraw, and he lowered his eyes in a daze.

Tassel is still in the Imperial College...

Picked it up secretly at night.

I got up at the fourth watch, and as soon as my body warmed up, I became heavy with fatigue.Lu Deng closed his eyes and planned to steal the tassels at night, thinking in a daze of Gu Ai's still treating him as a good boy, the corners of his lips slightly curled up, and his forehead was suddenly covered with warmth.

Lu Deng's figure trembled slightly, and he subconsciously opened his eyes, meeting Gu Ai's gaze.

"Fortunately—it's fine if you don't have a fever..."

He thought he was asleep, but unexpectedly he was caught again.

Gu Ai's arms stiffened, he coughed lightly, and tried to cover up his words calmly.The hand that was placed on the forehead to test the temperature lingered for a moment, and was about to withdraw it, when the little prince wrapped in snow-white ermine suddenly raised his hand and grabbed his sleeve.

In the rickety carriage, the little prince pursed his lips and leaned forward, placed his trembling head under his palm, and rubbed it carefully.

Hei Che's eyes were quiet and clean, revealing the reflection of people's hearts.

The sharp thorns that were erected hard against outsiders softened, but in fact he was just the same obedient and good child.

Gu Ai smiled, rubbing the top of his hair with the palm of his hand a little, coaxing him in a warm voice: "That book——I will copy another copy for the prince. If you really don't like going to the Imperial College from now on, you don't have to go. Even though Gu Ai has little talent and learning, he can still explain the truth in the book. If the prince does not give up..."

Gu Ai originally wanted Lu Chengru to go to the prime minister's mansion, but when the words came to his lips, he hesitated.

He is a man with no future.

Lu Chengru is too far away from the power center where the undercurrent is surging. If he does not get in touch with him, he will probably be a prince of peace all his life. An unremarkable name.

But who said - this is not good?

Gu Ai closed his eyes on him.

The eyes of the scarred young man were still full of steam, he was probably anxious to find the lost book, a few faint bloodstains drawn by the branches fell on his white neck, his chest was still slightly heaving, his gaze was fixed on him body.

Okay?

I have been silent all my life, I am used to being ignored and bullied, I have smoothed out my hostility, I huddled in a corner where no one can get in the way, I always eat and drink without worrying about it, and spend the rest of my life in a daze...

Gu Ai slowly withdrew the hand that was on top of his head, clenched his fist lightly and slowly put it back into his sleeve, his eyes still fell on those pair of black eyes.

"Poetry" cloud, clear as autumn water.

……Okay?

The car circled onto the main road, and suddenly heard galloping horses coming from the opposite side.

The coachman dodged in a hurry, the carriage shook violently, Lu Chengru staggered along with him, his delicate brows suddenly frowned, and he turned pale and let out a muffled groan.

Gu Ai hastily raised his hand to protect him, turned it over to protect his chest, and slammed into the carriage hard for him.The curtain of the car was lifted, and the eldest prince, who was born in a concubine, galloped past in anger, completely ignoring the obstruction of the officials and guards, arrogant and unscrupulous.

The boy in his arms seemed to be in severe pain, and he closed his eyes tightly in his arms, trembling slightly, with fine cold sweat breaking out from his forehead.

Gu Ai frowned, tightened his arms, and slowly wiped the sweat from his forehead with his cuffs.

The emperor learned the lessons of the previous generation's competition for the heir, except for the prince's meticulous training, he deliberately indulged the royal children to learn nothing, and now it seems that it has become a climate.If things go on like this, these children of the royal family who have been deliberately reared will be the first batch of targets to be used to make an example when the reforms are completed in the future.

"I'm sorry—my lord, let me see the injury."

The young prince was throbbing with pain, Gu Ai put his thoughts aside for the time being, and carefully unbuttoned his robe, his eyes shrank severely due to the bruises on his shoulders, and the light in his eyes finally sank completely.

Lu Deng leaned against his arms, relieved the pain for a while, raised his hand to hold his sleeve, and said softly and slowly, "What if I don't give up?"

Gu Ai was taken aback for a moment before realizing that he still remembered his last sentence "If the prince doesn't give up".

Gu Ai was also in a state of confusion, and Gu Ai sneered dumbly, stroking his forehead lightly: "Let's not talk about this now, the prince is seriously injured, I have to ask the imperial doctors to take a closer look, otherwise I will talk about it later..."

Probably because of the pain, the young man in his arms leaned against him softly, even the hair on his forehead was soaked in cold sweat and stuck to his forehead, he looked very docile and quiet, and the chief assistant almost forgot that the little prince was all stabbed. Whose posture.

Halfway through her comforting words, Gu Ai felt wrong, Gu Ai paused, and lowered her eyes hesitantly.

The pale-faced young prince poked out his sharp and soft thorns again, tried his best to straighten his body, and looked at him with a straight face.

The two were so close that they didn't have to speak loudly.Lu Deng took a breath, used his avatar in a timely and reasonable manner, raised his head and continued clearly: "You have reformed the law, there are many people who hate you, some people want to kill you, some people want to kill you - that one is also Waiting to kill you. I know..."

If you have to go to the hospital, you can't use painkillers all the time.The effect of the last analgesic had almost disappeared, and Lu Deng didn't refill it. He was caught off guard and touched the wound just now, so he really felt the pain.

The more you talk, the more dizzy you will be.Lu Deng closed his eyes to recover from his dizziness, and looked up at him with clear eyes.

"What if I don't give up?"

Gu Aiding stared at him.

The young man's eyes were clean, he clearly walked around in the world of mortals, but still not stained with a speck of dust, staring at him without avoiding it, waiting for his reply.

Gu Ai was silent for a long time, then suddenly chuckled and reached out to him.

Lu Chengru raised his head vigilantly, shrank into his arms, his eyes silently puzzled.

"My jade pendant."

Gu Ai looked at him with a smile, held him firmly with one hand, and said patiently and calmly, "Please give me back, my lord."

Obviously I gave it all to myself!

Lu Deng was a little anxious, met the gentle but unquestionable gaze in those eyes, pursed his lips and hesitated for a while, finally carefully took out the jade pendant from his sleeve, and handed it over cautiously.

"On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, is there any arrangement at the Prince's Mansion? If not - come to my mansion to have a bowl of glutinous rice balls if you are free."

Gu Ai spoke softly like gossip, when the cuff fell off, the tassel he dropped at that time was shining brightly in the palm of his hand.

The fingertips that have been holding the pen all year round are stable and flexible, and the tassel has been dropped on it in a blink of an eye.Gu Ai tried to stretch it, nodded in satisfaction, and handed it back to the wide-eyed little prince: "Take it well, don't lose it this time."

The carriage rumbled forward, and the wind howled and rolled up the curtains.

Lu Deng raised his head to look at him, Gu Ai raised his eyebrows, a smile flashed through his eyes, slowly clenched his hand, and looked up at the majestic palace wall outside the curtain.

The last memorial to the family impeaching the prime minister was sent to the imperial study by the secret guards.