I was the heir in ancient times

When Gu Shiyong heard Xiao Qi say this excitedly, he paused unexpectedly, his voice was calm and tentative: "Why don't you marry?"

"...I just don't want to." The young crown prince has never confronted his father like this before. Just looking at his father's probing eyes makes him feel uncomfortable. He has never been aware of the responsibilities and obligations he bears as a royal. Not much awareness.

Gu Shiyong saw that Xiao Qi didn't seem to be joking, but seemed very serious, and said earnestly: "There must be a reason, you are the prince of Shu Kingdom."

Gu Baozhen grabbed his trouser legs tightly, opened his mouth, and was about to come out of the closet in the next second, but was interrupted by the sudden cough of his eldest brother.

Gu Shanqiu, who was lying on the bed, woke up suddenly, opened his eyes, the eyeballs in his blood-red eyes were shaking in a panic, and finally locked on the two close relatives around him, when he saw Gu Baoyu, he felt an unspeakable emotional turmoil Repressed and hid inside, he said in a hoarse voice: "Father... Xiao Qi... why are you here?"

Gu Shiyong took a deep look at Gu Xiaoqi, did not continue the topic just now, patted the elder son's chest, and said, "What? You don't want us to come over?"

Gu Shanqiu smiled weakly and said, "How could it be..."

Gu Xiaoqi sat beside him quietly, looking at the elder brother who was still smiling and talking, the elder brother finally looked him squarely, and said to him: "Xiaoqi, you... have grown up."

Gu Baozhen nodded, his stomach was full of words that he wanted to say to his elder brother, but now he couldn't remember a word: "Brother, you lost weight..."

"I always lie down and don't exercise, so I lose weight naturally. Fortunately, Huang Hua often helps me move my body. Otherwise, what you see is probably only bones." Gu Shanqiu laughed happily.

Gu Baozhen thought to himself, now the elder brother doesn't have much meat left.

After the father and son exchanged a few words, Gu Shanqiu became tired again, and said, "Brother, there is nothing to do here, Xiao Qi, go back, it's so late."

Gu Baozhen looked at the back of the elder brother's hand with blood vessels protruding from the thin skin, shook his head and said, "I...wouldn't be good to stay here with the elder brother?"

The emperor didn't know what he thought of, so he stood up first and said, "Since Xiao Qi doesn't want to leave, just wait for him to stay here with you. I'll go back first, and I will notify you as soon as the murderer is found out. Xiao Qi, don't Bothering your elder brother for too long."

Gu Shanqiu was nervous for a moment, he didn't want to be alone with his younger brother, but at this moment he couldn't say anything. Can watch the emperor leave, leaving room for their brothers who are 20 years apart in age.

What is the concept of 20 years old?

Gu Shanqiu's sons are as old as younger brothers.

And the time they spent together did not exceed two months.

One of them seemed to be dying, and the other was still a teenager.

Gu Shanqiu once heard Zhitong say that his younger brother looks very beautiful, but he is still naughty, which is not worrying.

At this moment, the uneasy guy finally sat in front of him as he wished, wearing a cloak, holding an exquisite hand warmer, and his long hair was spread softly behind him, thick and thick, which made his snow-white face stand out. Slap bigger.

Gu Shanqiu could see that the little brother had a lot to say to him, but he was stunned and stupid, not knowing how to start.

Gu Shanqiu avoided those topics that made him blame himself so much, so he broke the silence first, and said with a smile under the flickering candlelight: "Xiaoqi, how is your health? Are you okay?"

Gu Baozhen nodded.

Gu Shanqiu just thinks that his younger brother hasn't seen him for ten years, he is unfamiliar, and he is not as familiar as he was when he was a child. Anyone can come up to him and act coquettishly: "Okay, that's good, big brother didn't go to see you, don't blame big brother .”

Gu Xiaoqi shook her head: "...how could I blame big brother? Big brother, do you... blame me?"

Gu Shanqiu froze for a moment, and said, "Why are you to blame?"

Gu Baozhen's long eyelashes drooped down. Although he was smiling, his eye sockets were moist. He was terrified. He could bear the hate and slander of all kinds of negative energy from the whole world. I suspect that since he came here, he has devoted himself to integrating into this family every day. He will do what everyone expects him to do, but everyone's expectations of him are starting to change, and he doesn't know what to do.

"Brother, you've been lying in bed for so many years because of me, don't you blame me?" Gu Xiaoqi said bluntly, "Brother, who do you think is trying to kill you? Do you think it's me?"

Gu Shanqiu immediately said: "Why do you think this way? Brother has never blamed you, nor doubted you."

"Then why hasn't the eldest brother refused to see me?"

Gu Shanqiu saw that Xiao Qi's head was getting lower and lower, and his chest was stuffy, and he said frankly: "It's the elder brother who feels ashamed to see Xiao Qi...it has nothing to do with you, Xiao Qi."

"Why doesn't it matter? I wait every day for my eldest brother to recover. When I wait for my eldest brother to recover, I will return the position of crown prince to my eldest brother. Dad said, I will help you sit in this position for a few years to avoid turmoil in the court. But ten years Big Brother, when will you replace me? If you come back, Third Brother won’t make things difficult for me, and everyone will be fine.”

"Brother, as long as you come back, you nod..."

"I'm sitting in this position, I'm so tired, I can't do anything, I can't handle anything, big brother... When will you be okay? I can't sit in this position all the time, I can't..."

Gu Shanqiu listened to the words in his heart that were choked up by the little brother, and suddenly his throat seemed to be pinched by someone, and he couldn't make a sound. After a long time, he said: "But Xiaoqi, you are very good. Well done, you fed the people of Shu Kingdom, saved tens of thousands of people, and you still wanted to make everyone in the world literate, built cement roads, and opened a glass factory, you did a great job Well... Big brother can't compare."

"I didn't do that! I just suggested that I can do it. I have nothing to do with the rest. It was done by the third and fourth brothers, and Bo Yanliang helped. I can't... I only know these things No, I don’t know anything else, the third brother and the others think the same way, I will definitely go down...but if the person who goes up is not the eldest brother, others will be dissatisfied."

Gu Shanqiu really felt that the little brother thought of him was too important: "Brother is not as important as you think, Xiaoqi, how many people do you think will listen to him when he is in such a body now?"

"Some things, if you miss them, it's hard to pick them up..."

Gu Baoyu was puzzled: "As long as Big Brother wants to pick it up, I will help Big Brother!"

"Even if it's helping the elder brother fight against the third and fourth?"

Gu Baozhen choked immediately and said, "Why did you fight against me? We are a family..."

Gu Shanqiu said: "Brothers also have a clear time to settle accounts, even if they don't want to, someone will always push them and let them start to calculate. Many times when people are alive, they can't help themselves, just like it's going to rain and they can't control it. "

Gu Baozhen frowned, hearing the implication of the elder brother's words, the elder brother probably also suspected that it was the other brothers who did it, even if it wasn't, it was their subordinates who did it, no matter who it was, it was for the crown prince, everyone said that, They are all so determined, determined that the fourth brother who will always support him and protect him by his side is a person who will do anything for power and desire; although determined that he always bullies him, the third brother who loves him is a cold-blooded animal who has no regard for brotherhood...

He has to refute, but what refute?

The eldest brother was indeed poisoned and almost died. The third brother was indeed very fierce and told him not to get too close to the fourth brother. The fourth brother also told him that the fire in the cement factory was caused by the third brother...

What is this all about?

The fifth brother told him that the fourth brother was good to him because of all the novel ideas in his head, the fourth brother told him that the third brother was a brainless violent maniac, and the father told him that everyone has grown up and has his own thoughts , the eldest brother said that he couldn't go back, everyone couldn't help themselves, how could they not help themselves?

The belief that he has been supporting him all these years is to wait for the elder brother to be well, but now the elder brother says he can't go back...

Could it be that he really wants him to watch the third brother and the fourth brother engage in a life-and-death fight for the heir apparent?Didn't he lose the bet he made with Bo Yanliang back then?

No, how is it possible? !

Gu Xiaoqi bit her lower lip, her eyes widened suddenly, and she said, "That's not right."

Gu Shanqiu was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"The direction is wrong. It must not be the third brother who attacked you. It must be other bad people. If I prove that it is not the third brother and the others, will you come back to be the crown prince?" Gu Xiaoqi still stubbornly did not believe it.

Gu Shanqiu was upset by Xiao Qi's blind belief. He should break Xiao Qi's trust in other brothers, but for some reason, he couldn't say it. Instead, he nodded and asked with a smile: " If they are that good, why don't you keep doing it, Xiaoqi? Since everyone is a brother and friend, if you sit down, they will support you, right?"

Gu Baozhen had never thought about this, so he was stunned for a moment, and said, "But I'm not as powerful as your brothers, and...to be a crown prince must marry a wife, right?"

"You don't want to marry?"

Gu Baozhen nodded: "I don't want to..."

"Why? If you are afraid of marrying a girl you don't like, you can also marry someone you like."

Gu Baozhen was able to tell the truth very easily to his eldest brother: "The person I like is... a boy?"

"This..." Gu Shanqiu never thought about it. He was shocked and couldn't find anything to say. It took a while to regain his senses and said, "It doesn't matter who you like. The most important thing to get married is to consolidate the imperial power. It is for the good of Shu Kingdom. As long as you have children, if you like men, you will like them, just don't let others know."

Gu Xiaoqi knows that in ancient times people married for the good of the two families. There is no difference between the women of the wealthy family and the women of the working people at the bottom. In many cases, as long as it is for the good of the whole family, they have to marry, even if they have never met each other. , have to marry, and men may not be able to marry a woman they like. They must first shoulder the burden of the whole family and marry a wife who is well-matched. From then on, the two of them will be business partners. It is good if they see each other. It is enough to have a child. A child is a union of blood, which also represents the union of all connections, money, and power between the two families.

He can't tell his elder brother willfully that he just can't marry someone he doesn't like.

Because everyone came here like this, whether he likes it or not is not a reason at all, and it is also untenable.

So Gu Xiaoqi didn't do anything and said, "I won't do it."

Immediately afterwards, Gu Baozhen saw that the expression of the eldest brother who had been calm and calm until just now changed immediately. It was a combination of pain and shock that could not be fully described: "How can you talk nonsense about such things?!"

Xiao Qi was taken aback by the elder brother's reaction, and was soon pinched by the elder brother's wrist, with such strength that he almost broke his hand, and said in a low voice, "You have someone? Who is it? Have you ever touched you? "

Gu Shanqiu's head turned quickly, if Xiao Qi only likes men because he doesn't lift up, wouldn't it be the one below? !

Since ancient times, only lowly people will do the side that has been accepted. With Xiaoqi's status, who would dare to touch him? !That is contempt for the imperial power, it is audacious, and the nine clans must be destroyed!

The development of the matter seems to be getting more and more strange, Gu Xiaoqi's trump card failed to achieve the effect he wanted, but immediately made the eldest brother suspect that he was having an affair with someone else.

The elder brother's expression was too scary, Gu Baozhen didn't dare to say who this person was, and denied Sanlian: "I didn't, no one, I didn't touch it."

"Then who else knows about you?"

Gu Xiaoqi replied honestly: "Fourth Brother..."

Gu Shanqiu frowned and said, "How long have you known?"

Gu Xiaoqi: "It's been a long time... ten years..."

"In the future, don't tell anyone about this kind of thing, and don't let the emperor know. First cure your refusal, Xiaoqi, even if it can't be cured, don't let anyone know. Don't give up on yourself. Even if you don't do it, you You are also a child of our Gu family, no one will look down on you! Don't dare to look down on you! There will always be a way to give you a child in the future, and give you a pension until the end of life, so that no one will burn incense for you in a hundred years... Xiaoqi, don't be afraid. "

Gu Xiaoqi didn't think that his elder brother would care more about his lack of sex than his liking for a man, so he actually comforted him instead. But it was also true in ancient times. In ancient times, the succession of the family was a big deal. No offspring would be laughed at by everyone, and no one would worship after death.

For these things he doesn't care about, the eldest brother cares for him, helps him worry, helps him feel sad...

"I'm not afraid." Gu Xiaoqi remedied.

"It's not about whether you're afraid or not. Starting tomorrow, I'll let Huang Hua take care of your body alone. Huang Hua won't tell anyone about your physical condition. Got it?" Gu Shanqiu ordered.

Gu Xiaoqi swallowed her saliva: "No need! Brother, you are not in good health yet, don't worry about me..."

"Since I know it, I can't ignore it. Don't shy away from medical treatment."

Gu Xiaoqi shook his head again and again: "It's really not necessary, I'll just ask Sixth Brother to look at it for me, really!"

"Lao Six, can you trust it?"

"letter!"

"The less people know about this kind of thing, the better, Lao Liu... Well, I will let Lao Liu come over and report his illness to me. Xiao Qi, you have to believe in yourself, and you will definitely become a real man."

Gu Xiaoqi's head was muddled, and he lied for a long time before being sent back to Nansan No. [-] by his eldest brother.

In the past, Gu Xiaoqi always wanted to run to the Emperor's Palace, but now he doesn't dare. He only comes to Big Brother once, and he is no longer a real man. He doesn't know what he will become if he comes again.

Gu Xiaoqi, who was with Guixi at the South No. [-] Institute, stepped into the courtyard of the South No. [-] Institute, and saw the red mark on his wrist that was pinched by the elder brother, and suddenly stopped walking—strange, the elder brother...has strength?

Didn't the father say that the eldest brother can only move his fingers a little now, and he can't move other places at all?

Gu Xiaoqi recalled the scene just now, his memory is a little fuzzy, but he can really feel that his elder brother's body is not in disobedience. After hearing the news that he is not lifting, his upper body leans forward slightly, and his right hand is even more direct. catch him!

When is the big brother good?

really good?

Is it a hallucination?

But the red mark on the wrist is clearly visible.

Brother is pretending to be sick?

impossible?

How long have you been pretending?

one day?a month?Or... ten years?

"Your Highness?" Guixi was stunned when he saw His Highness the Crown Prince standing in the yard, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

The young prince shook his head desolately, smiled and said, "I just suddenly feel like I've been cheated."

"Who dares to lie to His Highness...Your Highness is the crown prince, the future emperor of Shu Kingdom, and the people of the world depend on His Highness to live, so no one dares to lie to His Highness."

"I'm not..." Gu Xiaoqi said lightly.

Gui Xi was very firm, "Your Highness is, and everyone expects it."

The master and the servant were still talking, they didn't even enter the house, suddenly a group of people rushed over from outside, and they caught Guixi in no time!

"What are you doing?!" Gu Xiaoqi was puzzled.

Dong Jiang, the guard who came to arrest him, knelt on one knee and reported back: "Return to Your Highness, someone in the dining room testified that Guixi touched the food box sent to Huangji Palace!"

Depend on!Just now, Gu Baozhen patted his chest and told his eldest brother that he didn't do it, and he definitely wasn't someone around him, so now he's slapping him in the face.

"Guixi?" Seeing that Guixi was caught, Gu Xiaoqi didn't look scared at all, it seemed that he knew that such a moment would come, but since he knew it, he didn't run away, what was he doing by his side?

"Guixi...is that you?"

The skinny little eunuch Gui Xi smiled and said to His Highness the Crown Prince whom he had served for ten years: "It's me, Your Highness."

"Why?" Guixi is such a person who is afraid of death, Gu Xiaoqi can't figure it out.

"Yes... the third prince, the third prince gave the slave 5 taels of silver... and asked the slave to blame you."

"You're lying." Gu Xiaoqi didn't believe it.

The guard Dong Jiang waved his hand and asked his subordinates to take the prisoner away, and then said to the crown prince, "Your Highness, forgive me, but I have to take the prisoner Guixi to the Punishment Department for questioning. If Your Highness has any doubts, wait for the Punishment Department to ask you If you reveal the truth, you will know. Take it away!"

Guixi was almost carried away.

Gu Baozhen didn't hear Guixi crying for injustice, nor did he hear Guixi crying for mercy. This little eunuch who cried so much that he begged him to take him in had grown up...

Guixi's apprentice Hua Gonggong stepped forward at the right time, and without anyone noticing, he took Guixi's place, supported Gu Baojin's arm, and asked in a soft voice, "Your Highness, it's cold in the yard, why don't we go back to the house?"

The hand warmer in Gu Baozhen's hand was no longer very warm. He was silent for a while, shook his head, his voice became a little colder, and said, "Changing clothes, since the person next to me was arrested and sent to the Department of Punishment, I don't care what I do." You have to figure out what's going on?"

Eunuch Hua hesitated for a while, and said, "At this time, Your Highness should avoid suspicion."

"Do not avoid!"

"But the Department of Punishment is not allowed to enter without His Majesty's permission, even if His Highness is the prince. If others know that His Highness has gone down, they may think that His Highness will play favoritism for the sake of your family."

Gu Baozhen was persuaded.

Seeing that His Highness listened in, Mr. Hua half dragged His Highness back to the house, and said cautiously as he went back: "It's useless Your Highness to be anxious, it's better to have a good rest. Mr. Bo said that His Highness needs to be well taken care of because of his illness." So, if there is a repetition, the servants will have to go to the Punishment Department."

Gu Xiaoqi heard that Eunuch Hua mentioned Bo Yanliang, and suddenly missed Bo Yanliang very much.

If Bo Anliang was around, he would not be troubled by so many questions.

"Why wait for tomorrow? Eunuch Hua, you send someone out to invite him into the palace right now!" His Royal Highness subconsciously expected Bo Yanliang's arrival. At this moment, he seemed to be unable to believe anyone except Bo Yanliang.