Lang Yi

Although the queen's condition has improved, after all, she has been weak for a long time, and she could not survive this severe winter.Tian Zong was full of grief, and the emperor was hit hard.

After the funeral, Tian Zong hadn't calmed down yet, so he had to face the harsh reality: due to the two premature national funerals in recent years, the gift money originally reserved by the treasury has almost been exhausted.However, due to floods in the southeast and drought in the northwest, all the taxes paid were used for disaster relief, and none of them went into the national treasury.

Tian Zong was so exhausted that he was only busy in the study, and he never went to rest in the palace of the two female relatives on the grounds of observing filial piety.The emperor is now disheartened, and even going to court is extremely reluctant, and he doesn't care to ask about this matter.

Spring came again as usual, but the palace of Daying became more and more deserted.Only occasionally when Zhen'er enters the palace to pay her respects can it bring a moment of laughter.

Sometimes Tian Zong was really tired, so he left the study room alone at night, and slipped to the imperial garden to hide for a while; occasionally, after being in a daze for a long time and getting tired, he would sit on the ground and fall asleep against the peach blossom tree.Ning Xingye was not surprised, and every time he went to the old place to look for him, he didn't make a sound to bother him, just quietly watching from the sidelines.Every day he wakes up from a nap, always covered with a guard's black robe.

When Xinghe was not in Qingdu, he endured like this.

In order not to let that person enter his mind and disturb his reason, Tian Zong has been deliberately avoiding letting himself hear news from the southern border.

In the afternoon of this day, the soft wind was blowing, and the sun was even more unbearably warm.

Tian Zong raised his head from the arduous performance, he got excited for a while, and in order to stretch his muscles and bones, he took the saber and went to the open space behind the hall, and asked Ning Xingye to accompany him to do a few tricks.Ning Xingye has always been very skilled in sparring, he can't show mercy, but he will never let Tian Zong down.The two exchanged moves one by one, making others dazzled; Tian Zong was excited and said with a smile: "Ning Xingye, what a boy!"

Everyone in the palace knew that the Prince had always been friendly and good-natured. When they saw the excitement, many eunuchs gathered around to watch and cheered from time to time.The atmosphere was relaxed, and Tian Zong was rarely playful, and he smiled and nodded to everyone while using his moves; Ning Xingye couldn't help laughing, but also became happy and cooperated more.

The palace was dull for a long time. At this time, the surrounding eunuchs clapped their hands, watched with great enthusiasm, and whispered to each other: "Look at our Highness, what a demeanor like a god!"

"Commander Ning is also a top-notch handsome man! Look at his skill, it is rare in the world!"

"Naturally, he is the second younger brother of Vice Commander Ning, the former imperial guard. The three brothers in his family are all very good-looking, and they have no character! I heard that Vice Commander Ning has been transferred to the southern army. Avoiding hard work and gaining prestige, the southern border army even gave him a nickname, "General Yumian"!"

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Somehow, these few comments about Xinghe caught Tianzong's ears.His heart skipped a beat, and the saber in his hand missed his aim; Ning Xingye seemed to have prepared himself, so he unloaded his strength in time, put away the saber, and cupped his hands with a smile: "Your Highness, let's practice here today."

Tian Zong nodded, threw the sword to him, and walked back to the study with his hands behind his back.Li Qiu looked at him with a smile on his face, but there was a hint of coolness on his face, and hurriedly waved his hands to drive away all the palace people: "Go, go, they are all scattered, you see our Highness is generous, and you are getting more and more wanton !"

——"Jade Faced General"?It seems that you are not lost in the wet and rainy southern border?It's just an old injury on your knee, I'm afraid it will hurt in rainy days, right?After such a long time, I don't even dare to see you in my dream, I don't know what you look like now?

Tian Zong suppressed his thoughts and was busy until the evening, but finally couldn't help it, drank a few glasses of wine by himself, and let himself dream about that person.

In the dream, it was raining heavily, and Ning Xinghe was wearing the uniform of a general, straddling his horse, and patrolling the muddy ground.The icy raindrops hit his hard armor with a bang and bang, and flowed into the skirt under the armor along the gap, so cold that he couldn't help frowning.

Tian Zong felt distressed when he saw it, and rushed over to ask: "Xinghe, where is the robe I gave you? Why don't you wear it to keep out the rain?"

Ning Xinghe looked back and smiled slightly, his rain-drenched eyelashes showed infinite affection, and held his finger: "Tian Zong, don't worry, I will live well no matter where I am... If you don't believe in anything, then believe me... ..."

The long-lost warmth came up from his fingertips, Tian Zong's heart was agitated, he nodded vigorously and promised: "Okay, Xinghe, I believe you, I believe you..."

His fingertips were slightly itchy, Tian Zong opened his eyes, and dimly saw Xinghe kneeling at his feet, eyes closed, cautiously kissing his fingertips hanging beside the handrail.

For a moment he couldn't tell whether it was a dream or it was real, so Tian Zong called him ignorantly: "... Xinghe?"

The man responded softly, "Your Highness."

The long backlog of thoughts broke out in an instant, Tian Zong sat up suddenly, flipped down the seat, grabbed him by the collar and pushed him down on the long desk, regardless of the notebook falling to the ground, he kissed him fiercely.

The man was stunned for a moment, and immediately put his arms around his neck tightly, allowing him to tear off his clothes, and responded to him desperately.

But... between the lips and teeth, under the palm of the hand, it seems that it is not the smell that haunts him.

Tian Zong sobered up in a moment of drunkenness, tasted it, immediately got up and pushed the man away, and helped him put on his shirt; panting, he covered his forehead and fell back to the seat, apologetically saying: "... Hoshino, Bengong... I was so drunk today that I mistook you for your big brother...I'm sorry for offending you. You, you step back. "

Ning Xingye's clothes were messy, but he didn't tidy them up, and he didn't walk away, instead he leaned over and climbed up.Tian Zong was shocked, and when he put down his hands, he saw a pair of tearful eyes close at hand. Before he could speak, he heard him tremblingly pleading: "Your Highness once asked me what reward I wanted, and I dared not say it at that time. But, I Actually, I just want, want..."

Tian Zong was fully awake, turned his face away quickly, avoiding the lips he kissed, and shouted in a low voice: "Presumptuous!"

Ning Xingye choked up and said, "I know Your Highness is thinking about big brother very hard...Your Highness, just treat me as...he..." Before he finished speaking, he was pushed away, and before he could stand still, he was hit head-on With a punch, he staggered and fell to his knees under the desk.

Tian Zong stood up, gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Ning Xingye! Could it be that your elder brother and this palace taught you this before?! With what you are doing now, are you humiliating your elder brother, humiliating this palace, or humiliating yourself?! You, you get out of this palace!"

Ning Xingye remained motionless, lowered his head and covered his face, tears fell drop by drop on the gorgeous carpet in front of him, and slowly rolled away.

He has always been a cheeky, heartless person, but now he looks like this. Tian Zong couldn't see his heart softening. His anger was extinguished by his tears, and he sighed: "Why do you love to cry so much? Get up, this matter is my responsibility." There are also mistakes, and I will not blame you. You are young and ignorant, and you have always been open-minded. From now on, we will pretend that this is not the case and remain the same as before."

"Still the same as before?" Ning Xingye repeated subconsciously, but tears kept flowing.

Looking at his expression, Tian Zong suddenly thought of something, walked up to him, bent down and ordered: "Show me your hand."

Ning Xingye shivered and did not reach out his hand.Tian Zong grabbed his left arm forcibly, and pulled off the cuff that was usually tightly bound. On his white wrist, a deep incision had healed, but there was still a scar.

It was only then that Tian Zong came to his senses: "When I was sick, what you gave me to drink was your blood—the one who gave me my life was you."

——At that time, I scolded him mercilessly, saying that he polluted my blood.

Both fell silent.After a long time, Tian Zong let out a long sigh: "I'm sorry, Hoshino, I have never known anything about your thoughts all this time."

Ning Xingye stopped his tears and tried his best to laugh: "Your Highness knows, it's better not to know. This matter has nothing to do with Your Highness, it's all because of my confusion, which makes Your Highness more troubled."

Seeing that Tian Zong was still silent, Ning Xingye smiled wryly and said: "Your Highness is thinking, should I transfer the minister out of the guards and arrange him to go elsewhere?"

I have also experienced the feeling of facing each other day and night but not being able to think about it, so why stay by his side and suffer this torture?Thinking of this, Tian Zong quickly made up his mind: "Xingye, don't blame Bengong...but you can't stay by Bengong's side anymore."

Ning Xingye just looked at him with pity, full of remorse: "It's all my fault... In fact, I have always understood who you are in your heart, so I never asked for anything extravagantly. If I don't let His Highness find this out Xin Xin, at least there is a minister by your side to relieve boredom; now that His Highness knows, the minister can no longer stay by your side, and it will make you more lonely. But," he suddenly recovered his usual cunning, tilted his head and smiled: "Your Highness Why must I have to leave? Anyway, my life depends on you, and it is impossible not to miss you in this life."

"So, Your Highness, don't drive me away, okay?" He tugged on Tian Zong's sleeves, regardless of the redness and swelling on his cheeks from the punch just now, he was still smiling as usual, but his eyes were genuinely sad: "I promise that I will never stop you from now on." Well behaved."

The sky is at a loss for words.Although he had known for a long time that Ning Xingye and Xinghe had similar faces, he had never thought of linking the two - Xinghe was Xinghe, unique; and Ning Xingye was just a laughing guard by his side.Now that it was the first time to carefully look at Ning Xingye in front of him, he felt that the two of them were really similar.

Tian Zong looked at the redness and swelling, regretted endlessly: How could he put such a heavy hand on this face similar to Xing He?

After a while, he finally couldn't bear it, so he stroked his cheek lightly, and said softly: "Hurry up and take the medicine, and come back when the swelling subsides."

Ning Xingye hurriedly covered his face, stood up and said with a smile: "I dare not block His Highness's eyes! But since you can't bear to see this embarrassment, please be gentle next time."

Tianzong already understood his good intentions in pretending to be relaxed, he laughed and sighed: "Go away, wild boy."

Ning Xingye arranged his clothes neatly, and said with a smile, "Decree!"

Seeing him running and jumping out of the study, Tian Zong sat back in front of the desk in a daze, and sighed with his hands on his forehead.Although he couldn't bear to drive him away from his side, could he really be as innocent as before?But he is right, his life is already tied to mine, if so, what difference does it make where we are?

——Xinghe, now even the family members you have always cherished have been hurt by me.I failed you more and more.