Ever since King Gu came to the Qianqing Palace that night, everything has been as usual, those above the court are respectful, and those below the court no matter how Xia Chengqi summons him, they will avoid seeing him.

But at this time, news came from Weiyang Palace that the Queen Mother was seriously ill. The palace with a foot of weeds on the wall was no longer prosperous, desolate and dilapidated. At the time of death.

Xia Chengqi ordered the empress dowager to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, and the funeral and other ceremonies were carried out according to the empress dowager's specifications. There were many discussions among the ministers in the court.

"Show the emperor, the empress dowager passed away, according to the ancestral system, King Duan should return to Beijing to observe his filial piety."

King Duan is the empress dowager's son. After the empress dowager passed away, he should return to Beijing to keep his filial piety. King Duan wrote a letter to return to Beijing from far in the northwest, but he was put aside by King Gu all the time. , but King Duan and the Queen Mother never saw each other for the last time, and now they don't even give King Duan the gift of filial piety.

This matter was spread in Beijing, and it was faintly uncontrollable, so it was brought up in the court.

Xia Chengqi looked at Wen Yuan, "I wonder what Prime Minister Wen thinks?"

Prime Minister Wen smiled from the side: "Since we are parents and children, we should return to Beijing to observe filial piety. This is the norm of human relations."

"What does the Regent mean?"

King Gu nodded his head, "My minister seconded the proposal."

Because of the grievances between King Gu and King Duan before, even if King Duan had been exiled in the Northwest for these years, it would not be an exaggeration to kill him secretly, why did he agree so readily today?

If it weren't for this tumultuous public opinion?

Xia Chengqi shook his head and laughed, how could it be possible, how could King Gu, who does his own way, care about public opinion?

"Since this is the case, then this matter will be handed over to Mr. Chen Zhen to deal with it. You must hurry up and inform Prince Duan of his return to Beijing."

Chen Zhen stepped out from the group of officials, "Your minister receives the order."

Xia Chengqi looked at him with satisfaction, it was enough for this huge court to have one person for his own use.

"Retreat!"

The ministers withdrew from the main hall, and Chen Zhen followed the ministers out. Suddenly, he heard a refined voice calling him from behind, "Master Chen, please stay."

Chen Zhen stopped and looked back, and at a glance, he saw the regent standing not far from him with his hands behind his hands, his eyes were indifferent, alienated and deserted, but his majesty was unstoppable, making people palpitate, and cold sweat poured out layer upon layer .

"I have seen the prince, Prime Minister Wen."

"Your Majesty Chen, you don't need to be too polite. It's nothing serious. It's just that the emperor has appointed you to go to the northwest to deliver an edict today. We are all colleagues in the court, so we have to give some instructions."

Chen Zhen lowered his body even lower, "I hope the prime minister can give me some pointers."

"It's a long way to the northwest. Mr. Chen is skilled in martial arts. I think Xiao Xiao's generation will not be able to do it. But if you are not afraid of [-], you are afraid of the eventuality. Mr. Chen should send more people. The journey is far away. If something happens, Chen Wouldn’t the beautiful family members of your lord’s family be heartbroken?”

Chen Zhen's heart trembled, and he forced a smile, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for reminding me that I must protect my own safety on my way to the northwest."

Prime Minister Wen laughed like Mu Chunfeng, "Your Majesty, you are being polite. My lord and I are still waiting for Master Chen to come back and have a glass of celebration wine."

"Should be."

"Then Mr. Chen, please go ahead."

Chen Zhen nodded, not daring to take a look at King Gu. After saluting respectfully, he turned around and wanted to leave, but King Gu stopped him abruptly, "It's far away in the northwest, and ordinary soldiers may not be able to guarantee your safety. Unfortunately, there are still Several skilled bodyguards, their martial arts are not much better than this king, how about this king lend these bodyguards to Mr. Chen for a few days, and then return them to this king after Mr. Chen returns to Beijing from the northwest, how about it? "

Chen Zhenqiang pulled out a bit of a smile, "Since the prince is so loving, then the officials should be respectful rather than obedient."

King Gu looked at him, and smiled meaningfully, without the slightest warmth, and was a little unkind, "Master Chen works hard for the emperor, so this king naturally wants to protect Lord Chen's life, isn't it?"

Chen Zhen's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, "Your Highness loves you so much, I will leave first."

King Gu watched Chen Zhen walking cautiously, and Prime Minister Wen lowered his eyebrows and said in a low voice, "My lord has thrown olive branches at this Chen Zhen again and again, but it seems that this Chen Zhen doesn't know what is good or bad."

Gu Wangyao looked at the majestic Qianqing Palace not far away, and smiled, "The emperor uses him heavily, so he must be cautious. With the emperor as his backer, how can he think highly of me."

Prime Minister Wen raised his eyebrows and didn't dare to speak.

"You are fully responsible for the affairs after King Duan returns to Beijing. You know what this king is referring to."

Wen Yuan hurriedly cupped his hands and said yes, "Don't worry, my lord, I will handle it properly."

"Ah."

There were hurried footsteps behind him, "My lord, please stay."

Lu Fu hurried over, panting heavily, cupped his hands with a smile, and said, "My lord, the Emperor's Qianqing Palace invites you."

King Gu glanced at Prime Minister Wen, and Prime Minister Wen smiled just right, "My lord, I'm a step ahead."

Lu Fu watched Prime Minister Wen leave, and then he bowed to Gu Wang and said, "My lord, the emperor is here."

"What happened these days?"

Lu Fu glanced around, "The emperor hasn't thought about food and drink for several days, and no matter how much the slave persuades him, he won't do anything."

There was no trace of helplessness and sullenness in King Gu's eyes, "How long has it been?"

"It's been three days." Lu Fu looked at King Gu, and whispered again: "The emperor has been missing the prince these days, and the prince has been avoiding him for the past few days. I can't bear it, my lord might as well..."

King Gu raised his hand, "Go and ask him, just say that this king said, when will you confess to this king, and when will this king go to see him."

"This……"

King Gu turned around and walked away, but Lu Fu had no choice but to go back to the palace to report to the emperor.

"The emperor really said that?"

Lu Fu stood on one side, "Yes, my lord indeed said so."

Xia Chengqi bit his lip, thought about it, and finally sat down helplessly.

"Your Majesty, can you pass on the lunch?"

Xia Chengqi got up and paced back and forth in the hall, looking very irritable, Lu Fu's eyes were dizzy from standing on the side, Xia Chengqi said: "Lu Fu, change my clothes."

"Where is the emperor going?"

"Gu Wangfu!"

Gu Wang's mansion is very close to the imperial palace, Xia Chengqi took Lu Fu to the backyard of the palace in less than a quarter of an hour, Lu Fu is an old man in the mansion, naturally many people recognize him, Xia Chengqi went all the way to Gu Wang's bedroom without hindrance Walking away, he was aggressive, quite a bit like asking for guilt.

These days I have been summoned again and again, and you not only do not come, but you also avoid it. If you cannot be called, then I will come to you in person.

But what Xia Chengqi didn't expect was that as soon as he walked to the door of the familiar hall, he heard a voice from inside the hall, soft and sweet, with a hint of charm.

Xia Chengqi frowned involuntarily.

"My lord, this is the soup that Liu Yu personally cooked for you. You should drink some of it anyway, and Liu Yu's intentions will not be in vain."

King Gu's voice was rather impatient, "Back off!"

"My lord..."

"You step back first, the king still has business to deal with."

"Then the prince of soup should drink it while it's hot, Liu Yu will take his leave first."

Xia Chengqi was furious when he heard this.

Just talk about how to avoid yourself, it turns out that there is still a beautiful woman hidden in the mansion!

For a moment, Xia Chengqi felt deeply wronged, the sourness in his heart couldn't be stopped, his mind was stunned, his mind went blank, he kicked open the door of the main hall, pointed at King Gu, and said angrily, "Uncle! "

Holding the pen, Gu Wang trembled, raised his eyebrows, and saw that the chest of the person at the door was heaving up and down, and his round eyes seemed to burst into flames. He could tell at a glance that he was very angry.

"emperor?"

All the people in the hall knelt down and bowed to the ground. King Gu took a few steps forward and brought Xia Chengqi into the hall, and waved to the people in the hall, "Stay back!"

Xia Chengqi stared closely at Liu Yu, who had a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes, picked up the soup on the table, and threw it at Liu Yu fiercely, the hot soup spilled all over the floor, and a lot of it splashed on Liu Yu's face. On his feet, the white jade bowl containing the soup was smashed into pieces and splashed everywhere.

Xia Chengqi pointed at Liu Yu and shouted sharply: "Get out! If you dare to appear in this hall again in the future, I will kill you!"

With tears in her eyes, Liu Yu covered her hands and looked at Gu Wang miserably. Gu Wang frowned and said angrily: "Jin Yu!"

Xia Chengqi looked at King Gu in disbelief, "Uncle Huang wants to scold me for him?"

King Gu lowered his eyebrows, "Get out!" He was speaking to Liu Yu.

King Gu glanced at Lu Fu who was standing on one side, Lu Fu's heart trembled, he hurriedly retreated, and closed the palace door.

"Uncle Huang wants to reprimand me for a servant..."

King Gu shook his head helplessly, sighed, and stretched out his hand to pull Xia Chengqi, but he didn't want Xia Chengqi to take a step back, pursed his lips and looked at him with red eyes.

"What are you hiding from? The soup bowl is so hot that you have to hold it and smash it. What if you get burned?"

Xia Chengqi blinked, and was looked at by King Gu, and suddenly said: "Why didn't Uncle Huang drive that person away?"

Seeing that his palms were only reddish, King Gu looked at him calmly, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes, "Your Majesty, don't mess around."

"I didn't mess around, it's the emperor's uncle!" Xia Chengqi stepped forward and pulled Gu Wang's sleeve, "What does the emperor want Jinyu to do, whether to hand over the throne, or to let Jinyu... "

"Your Majesty, be careful!" King Gu stopped him, "I have never thought of this before. As for why, Your Majesty is clear in his heart."

Xia Chengqi thought of King Gu leaving with his sleeves that day, and wanted to explain, but couldn't get the words out of his mouth.

"If the emperor is fine, I will send guards to send the emperor back to the palace."

"Uncle Huang blames Jinyu for making such claims and sending people to the northwest to look for his brother's whereabouts?"

"You also know that he can't find it?"

Xia Chengqi clenched his fists tightly, and he couldn't believe what he said, "He's always been my brother, and what happened back then can't be blamed on him."

King Gu sneered and said, "It's no wonder he, this king, didn't protect you well."

"No, Jinyu didn't mean that."

King Gu looked indifferent, "Okay, it's time for the emperor to return to the palace."

Xia Chengqi's nose tingled at the resistance of being thousands of miles away, "Uncle Huang, Jinyu has said everything and confessed, why did Uncle Huang chase Jinyu away?"

Looking at Jinyu's timid look, King Gu sighed secretly, "You are the emperor, you should be in the palace, and you should leave the palace without a reason. If those old men in the clan's mansion know about it, those words of advice will not bother you. ?”

Xia Chengqi pursed his lips and said for a while, "Is the emperor's uncle doing it for Jinyu?"

King Gu asked back: "Otherwise?"

Xia Chengqi looked up at him with scorching eyes, and said stubbornly: "The emperor uncle has been in Gu Wang's mansion all these years, have you ever touched those servants?"

Gu Wang Ning raised her eyebrows and said nothing, Jinyu immediately felt aggrieved, "It turns out that the emperor has already hidden his beauty in a golden house, and he must have been living very uncomfortable these years."

"Guess what!"

"I didn't make a wild guess. Did that Liu Yu, who entered your hall grandly and brought you soup, come into your bedroom grandly at night, lay on your bed, and warm your bed?"

Xia Chengqi yelled at him, the more he yelled, the more aggrieved he felt.

He simply hated his cowardly physical function. He cried whenever he quarreled, cried when he was angry, and cried when he was wronged. His tear glands were so developed that he couldn't stop. I can't tell, this is not Xingshi's questioning, this is clearly crying for comfort.

Seeing that King Gu didn't respond, Xia Chengqi reached out and wiped away the tears on his face, "I won't call you anymore!"

He turned around and walked out of the hall. Before reaching the door, he lightened up and was hugged by the sky. Xia Chengqi subconsciously circled Gu Wang's neck, and then became very angry with his subconscious action, pushing Gu Wang. Wang, "Let me down, I don't want you to hold me! Leave me alone, I want to go back to the palace!"

King Gu carried him to the side hall, pressed him onto the bed, kissed the tears on his cheek, and comforted him, "Okay, okay, the emperor knows that Jinyu is wronged and behaved, it's all the emperor's fault, no Cried."

"I didn't cry. I am the Son of Heaven, so I don't cry."

King Gu coaxed him softly, "Yes, I didn't cry, I didn't cry, it's Uncle Huang who read it wrong."

Xia Chengqi turned his head to one side, Gu Wang turned his head to look at him patiently, "Jinyu is good, don't be angry with the emperor."

"I'm not a three-year-old child, who wants you to coax me like this!"

Gu Wang was helpless, "In the eyes of the emperor, Jinyu will always be that ten-year-old child, how can Jinyu not be angry."

Xia Chengqi looked at him, and said word by word: "Unless you drive Liu Yu out of the house!"

King Gu frowned and hesitated for a moment, "Jinyu..."

"The emperor likes him?"

"Guess again."

"Then why did the uncle keep him?"

Gu Wang sat beside him, wrapping his arms around his waist, "A person naturally has his uses."

"What use can he be!"

King Gu laughed, "His usefulness is great, and the emperor will tell you in detail later."

Xia Chengqi is not a fool, from Gu Wang's words, he gradually understood that Liu Yu must be useful to Gu Wang, but when he thought of the way Liu Yu delivered the soup just now, he became angry, that smiling face, The pretentiously soft words made him sick, and at that time, he wished he could get to know him with a sword.

The emperor's uncle belonged to him, so why should a servant serve him by his side, but I can only take a look at him in the early court!

Why!How can such a person get close to the emperor!

Everyone who can get close to the emperor's uncle deserves to die!Damn it all!

This desire to possess became more and more vigorous as King Gu avoided seeing him day by day, and it kept accumulating in his heart. For my own, I will no longer be alienated and indifferent to myself, respectful and polite, but smile at myself and pamper myself as before.

"Uncle Huang, I've confessed everything, don't ignore me."

Gu Wang looked at his pitiful appearance, rubbed his forehead, "You..."

Jinyu hugged his waist tightly and leaned her head on his chest, "Jinyu knows the emperor's painstaking efforts, I am willing to change and obey, as long as the emperor doesn't ignore me."

"Will you be obedient? This king told you to take good care of yourself. How about you, don't think about eating or drinking for three days?"

Xia Chengqi heard something wrong from these words, don't think about food and drink for three days?

But still obediently said: "Uncle Huang, Jinyu won't do it anymore."

Gu Wang thought that he must have come without lunch, and ordered outside: "Come here, pass on the meal."

Not long after, the table was full of food. Gu Wang didn't let anyone serve him, so he sat on the side and served Xia Chengqi with food, watching him frowning and swallowing the food bit by bit.

"Uncle, I can't eat anymore."

King Gu held a bowl of soup, and put the spoon to his mouth, "Drink the soup."

Xia Chengqi opened his mouth to drink it, spoonful after spoonful, and didn't stop until the bowl of soup bottomed out.

Xia Chengqi took the opportunity again and said: "Uncle Huang, you are not allowed to drink soup made by others in the future."

King Gu was slightly amused, "Others? Could it be that this king will not be able to drink soup in his life?"

Xia Chengqi thought for a while, "You are not allowed to drink the soup made for you by those ministers."

"Okay." King Gu wiped the stains from the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, "You should go back to the palace after eating and drinking."

Xia Chengqi looked at the person in front of him, mustered up the courage to stand up, and said to Gu Wang who was still sitting at the table: "Uncle Huang, do you want to digest after dinner?"

"Your Majesty..."

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Xia Chengqi stepped forward and put his arms around King Gu's neck, leaned over and kissed him, choking King Gu's words in his throat.

The lips were so soft that it was unbelievable. Seeing Gu Wang staying there, Xia Chengqi clumsily tried to pry open Gu Wang's tight lips, stick out the tip of his tongue, and bite with his gums, but it didn't help.

"Uncle Emperor..."

King Gu sighed, "What a stupid boy."

Picking him up, he went to the side hall bed, looked at him with a half-smile, "Digestion? How does Jinyu want to digest it?"

Xia Chengqi's cheeks were slightly flushed, and he stammered: "I want to exercise with the emperor... to eliminate food."

King Gu nodded and looked at him, "Then Jinyu took off her clothes by herself."

Xia Chengqi knew that he was the one who teased him, so he had no room to retreat at the moment, not to mention, he never thought about retreating, so he stretched out his hand to unbutton his clothes, took off his coat, and left a thin coat, gritted his teeth, The clothes came off clean.

Gu Wang patted his side buttocks, "Lie down."

Xia Chengqi lay on his stomach.

"Slump down."

Xia Chengqi blushed and slumped.

"Collapse again."

Xia Chengqi could feel a thin layer of cold sweat all over his body due to nervousness and shyness, so he could only call him softly, "Uncle Emperor..."

"Didn't Jinyu want to digest? What's the matter?"

Xia Chengqi trembled all over, "I'm cold."

King Gu wore brocade clothes without even a wrinkle, leaned over and whispered in his ear: "You delivered this to the door yourself, Uncle Huang will help you digest it."

With such a word, Xia Chengqi's face turned red, and he was too ashamed to speak, but what King Gu said was right, he was the one who took the initiative and delivered it to his door.

It can be said that he had been exercising for a long time for this meal, until Xia Chengqi was lying on the bed so weak that he didn't even have the strength to move his fingers, so King Gu could barely let him go.

Caressing his damp hair, King Gu ordered someone to bring hot water, leaned over to pick him up, soaked him in the hot water, and asked for it again and again in the tub.

-

Although everything is recovering in early spring, the cold winter has just passed, and there is still a little chill in the air.

Chen Zhen's trip to the Northwest went more smoothly than he had imagined. He traveled fast all the way, and in one month, King Duan's vehicle arrived outside the city. Prime Minister Wen arranged the people in the hotel, and did not make a good plan for King Duan to stay for a long time. Prepare.

As soon as King Duan entered the capital, he handed Xia Chengqi a note, which was nothing more than words of missing his mother. Xia Chengqi had no intention of embarrassing him, and immediately let him go to the imperial mausoleum to observe his filial piety.

At night, the imperial mausoleum was exceptionally quiet. King Duan was dressed in filial piety, his face was pale, his eyes were red and swollen, and he was quite haggard from traveling day and night these days.

"Finally back in the capital, isn't the prince happy?"

King Duan sat on a stone bench in the yard, and there was a jar of strong wine on the stone table. He lifted it up and poured it into his mouth. The voice from the source said with a mocking smile: "Happy? Don't you understand what will happen to this king now? How can you talk about being happy?"

"At any rate, it's far away from the northwest land."

"Stay away? How do you know that in a few days, we have to go back in despair. After all, the world is still in the hands of King Gu."

In the darkness, a figure slowly stepped out. The man had an outstanding appearance, and he was dressed in a black brocade suit that seemed to blend in with the night. Under the moonlight, his handsome face was emotionless, his eyes were cold, and the corner of his mouth curled If you have a mocking smile, "It's too early for the prince to say this."

"This king has accepted his fate, but it seems that you have not accepted your fate."

"Admit fate? Acknowledge what fate? If you don't believe in fate, why do you accept fate?" The man said indifferently, then raised his head, looked at the moonlight hanging high in the sky, and smiled, but there was no smile in those clear eyes. Even a vague murderous intent quietly emerged, "Does the lord feel that the moon in this capital city is much rounder than that in the northwest?"

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