Heaven and earth return to one

Nangong Xuan still has a lot of problems that Li Yunke doesn't know about. He tried his best to cover up, but he felt that there was no hope of overcoming it.

For example, when he is sleeping, he is not allowed to have anyone next to him, because his defenses have already been integrated into his flesh and blood and become a part of his body, and he can't sleep with someone around him.But many times, he was afraid that there would be no one around him, and that would make him feel like he was back in that secret room where he couldn't see his fingers. He couldn't hear anything except his own voice for a few days and nights. There was no water or food. , the sky should not work.

But after meeting Li Yunke, something changed.

Just like now, Nangongxuan thought he couldn't sleep, and wanted to pretend to be someone so as to fool Li Yunke away, but he didn't expect that he would go to Zhou Gong in a daze before a stick of incense.

From the moment I shared the same carriage with him, the vigilance that I was so proud of disappeared little by little. Nangong Xuan thought dully, it will be fine when the child is born, it must be...

Li Yunke heard that his breathing was steady and long, and knew that he was asleep, so he stood up and approached the bed lightly, blew out the lamp, and planned to leave.

But as soon as the lights went out, Nangongxuan, who was already asleep, suddenly trembled violently, turned over, and grabbed Li Yunke's forearm.

His hands were so strong that Li Yunke felt that his arm bones were about to be crushed by him, and frowned, "What's wrong?"

Nangongxuan didn't know if he was awake, but he growled, "Light the lamp!"

"what?"

"Light up the lights!" Nangong Xuan's voice was much louder, with a slight tremor at the end.

Li Yunke had no choice but to agree, and wanted to withdraw his hand to light the lamp, but instead, Nangong Xuan clenched him even tighter, half of his arm went numb.

Puzzled in his heart, he used his other hand to light the lamp again, while keeping an eye on Nangongxuan's reaction.

The room was shrouded in a light yellow halo again, Nangong Xuan let go of Li Yunke's hand stiffly, his face was pale and his eyes were dull.

Li Yunke pressed the place where he scratched and hurt, glanced at his trembling fingertips from the corner of his eye, and asked, "Are you afraid of the dark?"

He didn't know that Nangong Xuan still had the habit of keeping a light on when sleeping. If he slept in an inn all the way, he would be allocated a room. If he didn't sleep in an inn, he would leave the carriage to Nangong Xuan. He never knew whether it was lit or dark.

Li Yunke only remembered the time when he was trapped in Mount Shura. It rained heavily all night, and there was no light outside. Later, the fire was also extinguished, but he didn't see anything wrong with Nangongxuan.Thinking about it now, I'm afraid it was because he was too sick at that time and couldn't wake up at all.

Nangongxuan sat with his head down, as if he didn't hear his words, the trembling spread from his fingertips to his whole body.

"You..." Li Yunke leaned over and was about to ask again when he realized that he couldn't hear his breathing, and immediately sat beside him and raised his face, "Nangong, don't scare me."

Nangong Xuan held his breath, his face turned blue.

"Exhale!" Li Yunke pressed his Tanzhong acupoint twice lightly with his internal strength in his hand, but found no effect, so he stepped up.

Nangongxuan couldn't help but spit out the turbid air that was stuffed in his chest, but it was still uncomfortable, the air he took in was stuck in the chest cavity, and he couldn't complete the simple movement of inhaling and exhaling.

Li Yunke hugged his limp body, and wanted to hit his Shenque acupoint a few times, but now that his belly is getting bigger, he was afraid that tapping the acupoint rashly would hurt the fetus; moreover, he had an injury in his abdomen, so he didn't dare to act recklessly up.Li Yunke had no choice but to help him up, and took three consecutive shots on his vest.

Nangong Xuan coughed uncontrollably, at least he was able to breathe on his own.

Li Yunke didn't move, let him lean in his arms, and waited for him to catch his breath before saying: "What's going on with you?"

Nangongxuan pushed away the hand he was holding around her, and said weakly: "Let me go."

"I'll let you go if you say so." Li Yunke seldom disrespected him, but this time he was very strong.

"You have to let me go, or I might still..." He said halfway, as if he was afraid that the situation would happen again, his body stretched like a taut string, as if if Li Yunke exerted a little more force, he would break Lost.

Li Yunke hesitated for a moment, stood up by himself, and helped him lie down slowly.

Nangongxuan lay with his eyes closed for a while, trembling under pressure, and after a while he said wearily: "Keep the light on, let's go."

At this time, Li Yunke was naturally not obedient, and said: "You are not born with a fear of the dark, are you? What will happen to you if I don't let you go? Your illness is not that simple, right? What does it have to do with your fear of the dark? ? Has anything bad ever happened?"

One question after another, each of them pierced Nangongxuan's heart, and he could hardly restrain himself from trembling again.Nangongxuan didn't want to talk about these things with him and didn't have the energy to talk to him again, so he turned around and said, "Go out—it's the second time, don't make me say it a third time."

Li Yunke didn't know that he had touched the wound that he least wanted to be spied on, and said again: "What's the use of torturing yourself like this, can blindly avoiding solve the problem?"

Nangongxuan turned his back to him, clasped the corner of the soft pillow, and said in a stiff tone: "Get out!"

Again and again, Li Yunke's temper also came up, and he walked out quickly without asking any more questions.

Nangongxuan heard the sound of closing the door, and clearly felt that this would be all right, but he couldn't explain the loss that arose in his heart at that moment.

The next day Li Yunke left the early court, and according to Li Yunshen's instructions, he went to various officials who wanted to fight Qiujue to convey the emperor's intentions.

Li Yunke himself is naturally unwilling to fight, but if he wants to fight, he also feels that it is not the time.Insufficient preparations for battle, and hungry wolves staring at the side, the chance of winning the battle is too small.

The officials he went to meet, those who followed him secretly, even if they didn't want to make peace, were finally willing to listen to him; while those who were not for Li Yunshen and Li Yunke had nothing to do with him, but only for the people of the court, they didn't listen to his "present opportunity" It is not appropriate to go to war if you are immature, since Qiu Jue is willing to bow his head, why not focus on the overall situation for the time being." The words are sound but useless.

Especially the respected Marquis of Anguo, who is over seventy years old and has never lost his heroic spirit all his life. After hearing Li Yunke's intentions, he was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, regardless of whether Prince Duan was under one man or above ten thousand. He directly and harshly drove the person out.

Busy from morning to night, Li Yunke didn't even have a hot meal, and rushed into the palace to report to Li Yunshen.

Li Yunshen had just had dinner, and was walking in the imperial garden with his little grandson in his arms, when he heard that Li Yunke asked to see him, half of the smile on his face faded immediately.He asked someone to send the little baby back to the prince, sat down in a gazebo, and announced Li Yunke in.

Li Yunke walked in and was about to salute but was stopped by Li Yunshen raising his hand.

Li Yunshen said to Mr. Bai behind him: "There is no need to wait here, you can take someone down."

Manager Bai understood his temper very well, didn't say a word of nonsense, waved to the eunuchs and maids around, and took them away.

"How, is it going well?" Li Yunshen asked after taking a sip of hot tea.

Li Yunke looked a little embarrassed, and said, "Maybe...it's not going well."

Hearing this, Li Yunshen's facial features stretched a bit, "Why is it not going well?"

"Masters Qi and Yang from the Ministry of War, Lord Xu from the Ministry of Punishment, and General Zuowei Yan have all expressed their willingness to obey the emperor's wishes," Li Yunke said, "But some generals headed by Yuan Laohou and Youwei General Cheng , still unwilling to seek peace, Yuan Laohou was even more angry, and threw his younger brother out."

Li Yunshen's expression became more peaceful - if one more person doesn't give Li Yunke face, he will feel more confident.He put down the teacup and said: "Don't worry, I will tell you in the morning later, I think Yuan Lao won't throw me out of the court."

Li Yunke answered yes aggrieved.

Li Yunshen got up and walked in front of him, carefully looked at his forehead which had turned from red to blue, changed his tone from business to business, and said mildly: "Yesterday, I was so angry that I hurt you for some reason, you go back home Go to the imperial hospital and ask them to bring you the best ointment, just say it is my oral order."

"This is also my brother's dereliction of duty... Xie Huangxiong."

Li Yunshen bypassed him and walked out of the pavilion, "I heard that you still have a concubine? You can't mess around with this matter, and I still hide it from your mother for you. What's going on?"

"There is such a one, I met when I was chasing that spy in the first month of the lunar year, this time he saved the life of my younger brother when he was in danger on Mount Shura, so... I was moved." Li Yunke followed him, pretending to be embarrassed. .

Li Yunshen raised his eyebrows, "A man?"

Li Yunke said: "Brother Huihuang, yes."

"Yun Ke, you should know that the prince's marriage is not a trivial matter. There are many powerful relationships involved in it. It's not something you can make a simple decision on your own. It's rare for you to meet someone you like. Brother Huang should be happy for you," Li Yunshen said slowly Said, "But it's not proper for a dignified prince to marry a male concubine."

Li Yunke said anxiously: "Brother Huang..."

Li Yunshen waved his hand, "I won't stop you, you can like him and keep him by your side, but the seat of the concubine has to be vacant. In the future, I and my mother will choose an official woman with the same status as you, and that will be you." The real princess, as for the one you brought back to the mansion, you can keep it if you want to, and give some money away if you don’t want to."

Li Yunke said stubbornly: "I don't want another concubine, I beg the emperor to make it happen!"

"Or do you want me to send someone to drive him away now?" Li Yunshen said sternly.

Li Yunke paused, lowered his head and said: "Everything is arranged by the emperor."

"Well," Li Yunshen was satisfied, "you help me with something, and I will continue to hide it from my mother's side."

No wonder he was so pleasant.Li Yunke cupped his fists and said, "Brother Emperor, please give me instructions."

"King Qiujue and the prince will be arriving in Yingzhong in half a month. You can take the Ritual Department to attend to the reception."