World Relations Fanwai·Chu Li

That night.

The little eunuch replaced the leftover candle, walked carefully to the dragon seat, and whispered to the emperor who was crouching in front of the case to review the memorial,

"Your Majesty, it's late at night, it's time to rest."

Chu Li stretched, threw aside the imperial brush stained with cinnabar, and nodded to the little eunuch beside him.

This is his third year on the throne.

Walking outside the hall, snowflakes fell lightly.

Chu Li stretched out his hand, and with the light from the glazed palace lantern, he watched a snowflake fall on his fingertips and turn into a drop of crystal water, with a trace of tenderness in his eyes.

It has been three years since the new emperor ascended the throne, and the court has been completely wiped out.

Everyone's evaluation of Chu Li is still good. He is diligent in government, loves the people, and behaves in the right way. Courtiers love.

It's just that his temperament is really cold, and he doesn't seem to care much about anything except the government.

Chu Li sent away the sedan chair waiting outside the hall, and casually walked towards Xiaoxue.

Seeing this, the accompanying father-in-law quietly waved at the little eunuch who was waiting for orders. It seems that the emperor is not in the mood to visit the harem again today.

Chu Li's harem is very peaceful. Although there are many concubines, there are very few jealousy.

The so-called rain and dew are evenly covered, and no one is favored. This is probably the situation.

At the beginning, I was a little eager to try. Look at this handsome and handsome emperor, even if he put aside his glory and wealth, it may be a great gift to be the one he misses the most in his heart.

As a result, as time went by, this little unspoken idea gradually lost the enthusiasm it had at the beginning.Anyway, His Majesty has only a few words with any concubine, and there are only so many gifts for any concubine. No one has more than anyone else, and no one has anything less than anyone else. Everyone is just each other.

what else can we do?Who made His Majesty have such a temper, always so lukewarm.Say you like it with a little alienation, say you don't like it and it's good for you.So later everyone gradually understood that this may actually be the so-called Son of Heaven, the unfathomable holy will, the heart that can never be entered, the person on the cloud who is far away, and the most pitiful lonely person.

Old Seven Chu Jia described Chu Li like this, "Like a lump of ice."

Chu Rong smiled and said, "How can anyone say that about your brother?"

"It's just such a person, it won't melt if you don't cover it with heat."

Chu Rong still smiled, but said nothing.

Chu Jia is younger than them all, so she may not know it.

In fact, Chu Li was not like this at first.

A shrill scream came from the dark bedroom, Chu Li was sweating profusely and lifted the curtains. After his breathing became stable, he sent the maids and eunuchs who were kneeling in front of the bed away.

Sitting alone for a long while, the image in the nightmare is lingering.So he put on a fox fur and walked outside the bedroom alone, stood on a snow-white open space, closed his eyes and raised his head, letting the snowflakes fall on his face, it was icy cold, and finally found a moment of peace in his heart.

The bedroom where he lived in the old days was cleaned spotlessly, Chu Li touched an old mark carved on the pillar.

Now, Archer, I'm already taller than you, but when will you let me hug you?

Chu Li likes winter the most, because it was winter that sent that person to him.

But what Chu Li was most afraid of was winter, because it was also cold winter that took that person away later.

The memory is a piece of white snow.

The young Chu Li fell into the snow, and the snacks in his arms fell to the ground.

That was the one he finally asked the little father-in-law in the imperial dining room to come to. His little white was injured and lingering on his last breath. Can anyone save it.

There is no way, now that Chu Li can't even take care of himself, who can care about the life and death of a dog beside him, after all, his mother and concubine are gone, and no one can take care of them anymore.

Chu Li has also been favored before, not only him, even the little white dog next to him has been loved by thousands of people; he eats better than people, sleeps warmer than people, even the father-in-law next to his father loves him. Not daring to reprimand it, it was held in Chu Li's arms every day, accepting the servant's kneeling.

When he was a child, Chu Li was very lively, with red lips and white teeth, smart and quick-witted. He was everyone's pistachio wherever he went. He was the most likable among all the princes. Anyone who saw him would like to get close to him.

Chu Li's mother concubine Yan Guifei was once the most favored woman by the emperor's side.

Concubine Yan Gui is very beautiful, with blue silk like silk, scorpion head and crescent eyebrows, eyes like stars, and crimson lips reflecting the sun.When Chu Li was born, the emperor came to visit the mother and son in person.At that time, the emperor hugged Chu Li and sat in front of the bed and whispered softly to Concubine Yan, who looked like you.

Concubine Yan Gui, who still had beads of sweat on her forehead, couldn't help chuckling, and His Majesty joked again, how could a child be so young, how could he tell who he looked like.

The emperor blushed, and I said that like you is like you.

Later the emperor was right, Chu Li really looked like his mother and concubine.

It's a pity that because of this, the emperor was reluctant to see Chu Li for a long time after the death of Concubine Yan Gui.

Chu Li was not called Chu Li at first, but the name given to him by the emperor was Li. May he be as clean as jade and as bright as a star.

Concubine Yan Guifei died when Chu Li was six years old.

The emperor was very sad and stopped the early court for three full days, which was unprecedented among the successive kings of the Great Jie Dynasty.

"A beautiful girl is a disaster, it's better to die."

There are many people who gloat, and the queen is the happiest one.

In fact, I don't blame her for being jealous, Chu Xiu is only half a year younger than Chu Li, and he is also a prince, but what Chu Xiu got is not as good as Chu Li.Even when Chu Xiu was born, it was only the father-in-law next to the emperor who came to pass a message. When he saw the emperor, it was already three days later. When the emperor looked at the baby boy in the basket, he just pursed his lips and smiled, and said lightly, Queen worked hard.

He didn't even give Chu Xiu a hug.

But now that eyesore is finally dead.

The queen held Chu Xiu's shoulders with a serious face, "No one will bully us again in the future!"

After finishing speaking, she cried while hugging the young Chu Xiu.

Seeing this, Chu Xiu said loudly, "My queen, I will protect you from now on! No one can bully my mother!"

So Chu Li's "good life" began.

At the beginning Chu Li was not that miserable. Although his mother and concubine were gone, but because he was the child of Concubine Yan, the emperor would definitely favor him.

But when the emperor saw Chu Li again, he just looked at him from a distance for a while, then turned around and left without saying a word.The next day, an oracle came down and changed Chu Li's name to Li, so everyone knew that this child would be useless in the future.

Chu Li Chu Li, he was the best gift his mother could give the emperor, but he was destined to signal a parting.

Later Chu Li thought about it, in fact, the name his father changed to him was quite right.

He was born to represent parting, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Concubine Yan Gui died, and the queen's family dominated the harem.

People in the palace will follow the wind to make the rudder, and now even the emperor will not cover Chu Li, who will live with a useless master?

Even among the concubines, no one was willing to stand up and raise Chu Li.

Not to mention offending the empress, who doesn't know that the emperor doesn't want to see this child, and throwing him into the palace is simply a talisman. Do you want your majesty to enter this palace again in the future?

So Chu Li became the person that everyone in the harem avoided.

In the end, even the little eunuchs and maids in the palace were almost dispersed.

Today the palace is short of manpower to borrow a few, and tomorrow there are some things that need to be transferred. In short, people are borrowed one by one, but none of them have been returned.

Lonely is the most memorable word in Chu Li's childhood.

In the huge palace, he was the only one sleeping alone every night.

Oh, and that little white dog named Xiaobai, the only guy who never left him from the beginning to the end.

The old mother comforted him, life will get better, His Majesty is still in a sad place, and he will be fine in a few days, you see, don't the rewards during the New Year and festivals be sent over every cent?Rest assured, Your Highness, your father will not forget you, he will protect you.

The young Chu Li nodded, and whenever he had time, he sat on the steps outside the hall and waited, hoping that his father would remember him one day.

He no longer has a mother and concubine, and he really misses his father.

But when the flowers bloomed, the rain fell, the leaves turned yellow, the autumn wind blew up, and finally the winter snow began to fall, his father, whom he was looking forward to day and night, never summoned him.

So Chu Li finally knew that maybe his father would never visit him again.

Mammy comforted him again, forget it, forget it, at least no one will bully us, right?There is also Mammy accompanying His Highness, look, there is also Xiaobai, when His Highness grows up and can make contributions to the father, life will naturally get better, so you must work hard, and you will stand out in the future …

But when Chu Li ran back from outside crying with the dying Xiao Bai in his arms, Mammy realized that she was wrong again this time.

Chu Xiu hated Chu Li very much, really hated him, because he knew that what his mother hated most was Chu Li's mother and concubine.

Chu Li's mother and concubine always snatched his mother's favorite things, so he wanted to grab Chu Li's favorite things the most.

In fact, Chu Xiu has already snatched many things from Chu Li. As long as Chu Li likes them, he will take them all to him;As big as the jade pendant bestowed by the emperor, as small as a wild flower planted by the roadside, as long as he can see the meaning of liking in Chu Li's eyes, he will do his best to destroy it.

Then looking at Chu Li's angry eyes showing a very scared look, someone will come out to persuade Chu Li at this time, that is your younger brother, you have to let him go.

So Chu Li's small mouth was held back, and he handed everything to Chu Xiu without saying a word, and then squeezed out an indifferent smile.

Chu Xiu knew that Chu Li had nothing now, and he really had nothing to grab.

But he just didn't want to see Chu Li look a little happy.

He had someone beat that dog, who made that beast run up to him and yell at him, so frightened that he shook his hand and let go the little sparrow he had just caught.

The beating was not serious, it was nothing more than asking the little eunuch to take a stick with a thick arm and whip it a few times, and Chu Li came here very quickly, it was just a beast, as for him holding it and sitting Is there a lot of crying on the ground?

Mammy said that Xiaobai's bones are broken and he won't live for a few days.

Chu Li's brows trembled, and Dou Da's tears fell on Xiao Bai's ears.

He wiped away his tears, turned and ran out.

He wanted to find his father, and begged him to let the imperial physician into the palace to save Xiaobai, but his father was not there.

He ran to the queen's palace again, wanting to ask the queen to find the imperial physician to rescue Xiaobai, but he didn't even enter the door.

It was only later that Chu Li found out that his father was actually in the queen's palace at that time and was having dinner with the queen.

And his father didn't like to see him, everyone knew that, so it was impossible for the queen to let him in, and the servants didn't even make a notification.

So Chu Li could only hug Xiaobai day and night, holding the rice soup in the bowl and trying to feed him a few sips.

Xiaobai worked very hard, and he persisted for a long time, but in the end he couldn't get over the pain.

Chu Li thought, Xiaobai must be hungry, and he is going to find his favorite meat for Xiaobai. If he can eat meat, Xiaobai will be fine.

But he forgot that even he himself hadn't eaten meat for a long time, let alone who would give a piece of meat to a beast for him.

The father-in-law of the imperial dining room is very respectful, after all, he is also a little master.But as explained above, the people in this palace are vegetarian and don't like greasy food.No one can understand people's words, so naturally they have to weigh it in their hearts.

Later, a little father-in-law couldn't bear to see Xiao Chuli, so he secretly wrapped some freshly baked pastries and stuffed them for him, telling him to leave quickly.

So Chu Li hurried back with the snacks in his arms, but it was a pity that the weather was cold and the road was slippery, and he fell into the snow after walking a few steps, and the snacks in his arms fell all over the floor.

Chu Li was hurt by the fall, and his hand was broken, and it was still covered with snow, so it was cold and painful.But he didn't have time to care about these, he had to rush back to feed Xiaobai.Although the dim sum was broken, it should still be edible.

So the little Chu Li got up from the ground, squatted on the ground and put the broken snacks on the hem of the clothes bit by bit.

At this moment, a gentle voice sounded from the front, "Your Highness, let me come."

Chu Li raised his head. Against the light, he couldn't see the man's face clearly. He could only tell from his voice that he was a big brother. He was wearing a plain official uniform and carried a treasured sword. He quickly squatted beside him to help him. Picking up the last few snacks, he flicked his soiled trouser legs and clothes again.

"You fell and injured," the guard looked at Chu Li's hand, and then thought about it, "The little one overtook."

As he said that, he picked up Chu Li and strode towards Chu Li's bedroom.

Later, when he was hugged by the guards, Chu Li could see clearly what this person looked like.

High nose bridge, bright eyes, thin lips.

His embrace was very warm, Chu Li thought so at the time.

This was the first time since the death of his mother and concubine that someone made him feel this way. If he was there, he would feel at ease.

But they were still late.

When Chu Li jumped off the guard's arms and rushed into the bedroom, Xiao Bai was already dead.

The snack in his arms fell to the ground again, this time Chu Li didn't know how to cry.

"Let the little one help His Highness deal with it."

The guard couldn't bear to see Chu Li's sluggish look, so he took the initiative to wrap Xiaobai's body in a white cloth.

Now Chu Li quit, threw himself on the guard's arm and shouted loudly, "Where are you taking my Xiaobai?"

The mother on the other side couldn't stand it anymore, and came to hug Chu Li, "Your Highness, Xiaobai is dead."

But Chu Li still refused to accept it, crying and asking the guards to return Xiao Bai to him.

The guard hesitated for a while, then turned around and carried the dead Xiaobai out.

Then he came back after a while, and when he came back, he led Chu Li to the pear tree in the yard, and told him, "When Your Highness looks at this tree in the future, he will see Xiao Bai."

Chu Li cried for a while, then raised his head and asked the guard, "Who are you?"

"The young one is the guard in the palace."

Chu Li sniffed, then asked him, "What's your name?"

The guard smiled, "Your Highness, please call me Archer."

Archer.

This was the only way Chu Li knew to address him. Later, this person was gone, and Chu Li didn't even know what his last name was.It was not until a long time later, when Chu Li looked up the list of guards in the palace in previous years, and summoned the commander in charge to inquire carefully, that he realized that there was indeed such a guard, surnamed Wei.

"It seems to be dead."

Chu Li chuckled, of course he knew that he was dead, and he also knew very clearly how he died.

Because he was killed by him.

Archer was an ordinary guard in the palace. He was not very old when he entered the palace not long ago. He was only fifteen or sixteen years old when he met Chu Li.It was precisely because of this that he dared to provoke this little prince whom no one dared to talk to. He didn't care about the unclear forces behind him. He only knew that the person in front of him was also the master he wanted to serve. When he draws his sword to help, it is worthy of his mission.

Chu Li likes Archer very much. Although he has never had a chance to talk to him since the incident with Xiaobai, every time he sees Archer, Chu Li has a strange sense of dependence on him from the bottom of his heart.

Archer's arms are very warm, and Archer's smile is beautiful. This is what Chu Li knew about Archer at the beginning.

Later, by coincidence, when passing by the side hall, I saw Archer standing outside the door on duty.

The young Chu Li couldn't help it for a while, walked up to him, stretched out his small hand and tugged at the hem of his clothes, raised his head and looked at him eagerly, hoping that he could hug him like before.

But Archer just looked at him in embarrassment, wanted to move but didn't dare to move, wanted to reach out but didn't dare to.

So one big and one small just looked at each other silently, one was pitiful, the other was quite embarrassed, which made the guards on duty want to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

Suddenly, a slightly majestic voice came from the hall, "Is it Chu Li?"

Chu Li was taken aback when he heard the sound, before he retracted his hand, he was enveloped by a tall figure.

"My son has seen his father."

The emperor squinted his eyes at Chu Li for a long time, he seemed to have almost forgotten how long he hadn't seen him, why he was much thinner than he remembered, and he didn't grow any taller after a long time.

Chu Ying, Chu Rong and Chu Xiu are all so beautiful, why is it that this Chu Li looks so down and out?

It's because motherless children are different, the emperor touched Chu Li's head, he really looks like her.

"what are you doing here?"

The emperor caught a glimpse of Chu Li holding Archer's hand, and his tone became a little more ruthless.

Archer immediately knelt down when he heard the sound.

Chu Li withdrew his hand in panic, looked at the kneeling Archer, then raised his head to look at his father, his thoughts flashed quickly, and he blurted out, "I want to stand guard for my father just like him."

The emperor laughed and hugged Chu Li.

"It's so light, I need to eat more in the future."

On that day, the emperor asked Archer to send Chu Li back to the bedroom where he lived.

Later that day when the emperor was eating, he said lightly to a plate of Sanxian meatballs that Chu Li liked to eat them the most.

As he spoke, he glanced at the father-in-law beside him.

The father-in-law understood, and specially asked the imperial dining room to add dishes for Chu Li.

Not long after, there were more people in Chuli Palace. Not only did he go to pay his respects to the emperor every day, but he was also asked about his homework by the emperor himself from time to time.

All of a sudden, the feng shui changed drastically, and the third prince who had been neglected for a long time regained some of the glory of yesterday.

But it wasn't these things that made Chu Li most happy.

He was happiest that his father gave Archer to him and made him responsible for the security of Chuli Palace.

"Archer."

Chu Li tugged at the corner of Archer's clothes, and looked at him from bottom to top with a look of eagerness, "I'm tired from walking."

Archer smiled without a trace, squatted down and hugged Chu Li in his arms.

On the dark night road, Archer walked forward with Chu Li in his arms.

Chu Li put his arms around Archer's neck, and gently pressed his small face into the hollow of his neck.

With Archer by his side, no matter how dark the place is, he won't be afraid.

Archer was really kind to Chu Li, sheltering him from the wind and rain, and warding off disasters big and small.

Chu Xiu's gang still couldn't see Chu Li's good luck, and they would look for Chu Li's bad luck from time to time.

If it was in the past, Chu Li must still have to suffer.But it's different now, he has Archer, and even though Archer can't do anything, he can still do things like protect his master from being bullied and suffer for him.

Chu Xin touched the corner of Archer's cut lip with her little hand in pain, and Archer could still look at him with the corner of his mouth bent, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt."

Sometimes Chu Li couldn't sleep at night, no one wanted Archer.

"Your Highness, don't be afraid, the little one is guarding His Highness outside."

Chu Li didn't do it, he raised the curtain and waved at him, and when someone came over, he stretched out his hands pitifully at him.

Archer had no choice but to lie down with Chu Li in his arms, and leave gently after Chu Li was coaxed to sleep.

However, we can't go far, if Chu Li wakes up and can't see him, there will be trouble again.

Sometimes Chu Li would keep holding his hand and not let go, even though the little guy was asleep, the little hand was so strong that he couldn't break it apart without any effort.So Archer sat on the edge of the bed, held his hand through the curtain, and slept casually against the bed frame.

Chu Li couldn't do without Archer, even the nanny said so, and Archer would never refuse Chu Li's request.

But that was only when Chu Li was young, and the dependence and intimacy of a child can still be understood as brotherly, but it's hard to say when he grows up.

"Archer is so tall," Chu Li stepped on the stool and carved a mark on the pillar, "When I am taller than Archer, can I hug Archer like Archer hugs me?"

Chu Li, who was only eight years old, looked at Archer with a smile.

"His Highness is grown up now, I can't hold His Highness anymore."

A few years later, Chu Li was 14 years old.

This is what Archer told him when he came to Archer and tugged at the hem of his clothes.

"No, I'm half a head shorter than you."

Chu Li put his arms around Archer's waist, staring at him with that eager expression again.

"Your Highness, don't do this again," Archer carefully pushed Chu Li, "there is a difference between master and servant, which makes people look bad."

"I've said it before, you are not allowed to say that," Chu Li still held Archer in his arms, "Brother Che..."

Archer panicked even more when he heard the words, and quickly escaped from Chu Li's arms, "Does Your Highness think my life is too long?"

Chu Li stood on the spot with his mouth curled up and felt wronged for a long time, then he stretched out his hand and ran towards Archer.

"Archer..."

Archer dodged helplessly, "Your Highness, don't be like this..."

The two of you chased me and hid around the palace, while watching the big palace maid chatting with the nanny holding her chin, "Your Highness is really clingy to Archer."

"Yes."

"Your Highness has been very clingy to Archer since he was a child."

"Yes."

"But why do I feel that Your Highness is becoming more and more clingy to Archer now..."

"...It seems to be..."

Chu Li is really clingy to Archer, not the kind of dependence that a younger brother has on his elder brother. He knew it a long time ago, and he likes Archer.

The dormitory was quiet in the afternoon, Chu Li tossed and turned, unable to sleep, opened the curtain and whispered, "Archer."

Soon there was a voice from outside, "Your Highness."

"come over."

Archer came to the bedside, looking at Chu Li's outstretched hand, feeling helpless again.

"Archer..."

"...this is the last time."

Chu Li didn't speak, just pulled Archer onto the bed with a smile, and pulled Archer's hand through the quilt. After a while, he pulled him into the quilt again, and said coquettishly against Archer's arm, "You Get some sleep, too, it's fine."

Archer had nothing to do with Chuli, he could only lean on his arms and turn his back, letting Chuli hug his waist tightly from behind.

The curtain was full of warmth, and the calming incense wafted out from the incense burner, soon making Archer feel drowsy, and he was about to fall asleep in a daze.

But at this moment, he felt the embrace behind him getting hotter and hotter, and the hands around his waist were clenched tighter and tighter.

Archer wanted Chu Li to let go of him a little, but this dodging made Chu Li behind him lean closer more persistently, and his legs were squeezed between his legs, a hard and somewhat abnormal thing was firmly stuck It leaned against his back, rubbing nonstop.

Something out of the ordinary is happening.

With a bang in Archer's head, he immediately broke free from Chu Li's shackles, scrambled and fell off the bed, knelt on the ground and said in a panic, "Your Highness, Your Highness is old, do you want me to tell Mammy to arrange someone?" Come…"

"Archer..." Chu Li quickly got off the bed and threw himself on Archer's body, his breath was messy and his eyes were full of lust, "I only want you..."

The soft kisses fell down everywhere, Chu Li hugged Archer and kissed him, while he hurriedly untied his belt while kissing back.

"Do not…"

Archer was completely dumbfounded. He never thought that the prince who had been following him like a younger brother would have such thoughts towards him. He couldn't accept it at all.

"No!"

Archer pushed Chu Li away, regardless of whether Chu Li was in pain, and ran out without looking back.

Later, Archer didn't come to Chu Li's palace to be on duty for several days, and Chu Li looked for him everywhere like crazy.

Rumors spread everywhere, saying that the third prince actually valued a bodyguard so much, and that bodyguard was sent by the emperor himself to him, so there must be something unusual in it.

At last Archer came back with great difficulty, and saw Chu Li sitting alone on the steps outside the palace from afar.

How long has he been sitting here?Who is he waiting for here?Archer didn't know.

All he knew was that when Chu Li saw him, he stood up immediately, then trotted towards him, hugged him, and kept saying, "Archer, don't leave me!"

Archer lowered his eyes desolately, he really didn't know what to do.

"Archer, I like you."

The setting sun was low, and the autumn leaves of Kazuki were red.

"When I become an adult, I will ask my father to give me a mansion. At that time, no one will be able to control us."

Chu Li broke a jade ring into two pieces, kept one piece on his body, and stuffed the other piece into Archer's hand, with an embarrassed smile on his face.

"You...are you willing to follow me?"

Archer looked at the half of jade in his hand, and was speechless for a long time.

Later, Chu Li really patiently waited for Archer's reply, and even treated Archer better than in the past.

Once even got into a fight with Chu Xiu because of Archer.

That was the first time he had done anything to Chu Xiu when he was so old, because Chu Xiu kicked Archer.

"Your Highness, don't be so impulsive in the future."

Archer lowered his head and whispered to him.

"I will listen to what you say, but no one can bully you."

As Chu Li said, he took Archer's hand cautiously, "I will protect you, Archer, when will you be able to think about it?"

Archer blushed when he heard this, and turned his head away again to remain silent.

But this time, he didn't withdraw his hand.

Chu Li really wanted Archer to tell him that he was willing to follow him.

But he never heard from Archer again.

The winter of that year was extremely cold.

Chu Li was taken out of the palace by a faceless eunuch for a long time, saying that he was ordered to take the master out of the palace to handle errands, but spent the whole day without figuring out what to do.

By the time he finally came back, the people in the palace had already burst into tears.

Chu Li didn't even see Archer for the last time, only half a jade ring wrapped with a red string was held on a brocade handkerchief presented by the nanny.

"Your Majesty said that the jade hairpin on his head fell into the lake along the ice hole, and he asked Archer to go down and fish it out. If he failed once, he would do it twice, and if he couldn't find it twice, he would continue to look for it..."

Chu Li stepped on the frozen lake, came to the center of the lake full of crushed ice, stared blankly at the icy water for a long while, and then fell down without hesitation for a moment.

"What's wrong with the person His Majesty sent to the third prince? In the final analysis, he is just a guard. The master has orders, so you just follow them."

"The third prince regards you as a treasure, hehe, I don't believe it anymore, how precious can you be?"

"...And for such a slave, I fought with my brother..."

It turned out to be so cold.

The biting chill and pain eroded everything about Chu Li. Chu Li exhaled in pain, and even his heartbeat was frozen for an instant.

When Chu Li woke up later, he even thought it was all a dream.

He threw back the curtain and yelled, "Archer!"

But the only ones who greeted him were the overjoyed court lady and the soup bowl full of concoction.

So Chu Li burst into tears.

That's what Archer is all about.

Then Chu Li changed.

He didn't like him anymore, because he knew that it was because of his liking that he lost so many things, such as the broken jade pendant, the wild flowers under his feet, and Xiaobai who was beaten to death.

And that Archer he loves the most.

But what can he do?

He still wants to be his third prince, he still wants to bow down to that tall woman and call her queen mother.

In the second year after Archer's death, he met a younger brother.

The younger brother's name also has the word Che, although it is not Archer's Che, but because of the homonym, Chu Li paid attention to him.

This brother Che has nothing in common with his brother Che, but he is also the only one who came to him when everyone turned away from him.

He thought it might be fate, maybe it was brother Che who had a spirit in heaven and didn't want him to continue twisting it.

So he was very kind to this brother Che, although he still pushed him at the critical moment, but as he said, he would protect him well, and he will definitely do what he said this time.

When he was 20 years old, his father gave Chuli the mansion.

When moving out of the bedroom where he had lived for 20 years, Chu Li touched an old mark carved on the pillar, which happened to be half a head shorter than him.

I'll protect you, Archer, when are you going to figure it out?

Chu Li choked up, gritted his teeth and walked out without looking back.

Many years have passed, some people say that Chu Li is despicable, some say that Chu Li is cunning, some say that Chu Li is ruthless, and some say that Chu Li is ruthless.

Chu Li knows that in this world, there are definitely more people who hate him than those who like him.

But he doesn't care, as long as he can finish what he wants to do, that's enough.

When the queen was deposed, it was he who personally announced the decree.

The empress, who had lost her power, sat on the ground with disheveled hair. Chu Li was not very interested in humiliating a woman. He just leaned into her ear and asked her in a low voice, did the empress really lose a jade hairpin back then?

The queen looked at Chu Li in astonishment, and finally shouted at his back, please let my son go!

Chu Li left without looking back, nonsense, of course he wouldn't do anything to Chu Xiu, he was his brother after all, not to mention, death was never the easiest thing.

He wants to let Chu Xiu live well. He likes to watch him look crazy, screaming "Chu Ying, Chu Ying..." to the white silk hanging in the palace all day long. Not only will he not kill him, he will also kill him. He will send someone to watch him all the time, and don't let him accidentally hang himself.

Not long after that, the queen hanged herself.

At this year's state banquet, Chu Li leaned on the high dragon seat, watching with a smile the younger brothers Che and Yi who had become princes sitting together.The way they talked and laughed reminded Chu Li that a long time ago, maybe he and someone were as happy and happy as they are now.

In the No.12 year of Chu Li's reign, Chu Xiu died.

When he heard the news, Chu Li finally let out a long sigh of relief.

In the second year, Chu Li, who had always been in good health, suddenly fell ill.

He felt that he was really tired.

According to the servants in the palace, apart from reviewing the memorials handled by the crown prince every day, what His Majesty would most like to do is to stare at a pair of jade rings that have been broken in half, one of which is wrapped with a dark red string.

But His Majesty must like that pair of jade rings very much, and that pair of jade rings must contain a lot of memories, because His Majesty's face, which has never seen sadness or joy, will only show a childish smile when facing the jade rings.

Later, an old nanny who had seen the world said that it must have been given to him by the person His Majesty loved the most, because it was looking at his lover.

Chu Li failed to survive the winter of that year. When he died, he was only 45 years old.

He likes winter best, because it is winter that brought him to his side.

He was most afraid of winter, because it was winter that took him away from him.

But this time, he won't be afraid anymore, because he can finally meet his Archer.

The pair of jade rings were always tightly held in their hands.

When he was dying, there was a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere, and a haunted figure came lightly.

The man was still about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a high nose bridge, bright eyes, thin lips, and a pleasant voice. He was reaching out his hand and smiling gently at him.

Your Highness, I'm here to pick you up.

Chu Li, who also turned into a young face, finally got up and grabbed the hand, and then hugged him into his arms.

Archer, I can finally see you again, and I will never be parted from you again.

The two looked at each other and smiled, then held hands and ran towards the distant light.

From now on, no matter how dark the place is, Chu Li won't be afraid, right?

Because as long as Archer is around, no matter where he goes, he will not be afraid.

Finish