Through the palace of the king of subjugation

"Yes." Chen Yu answered calmly, "No matter what the truth is, at least on the surface, he did save His Majesty's life just now. If His Majesty is required to personally issue an order to restrain him, it is inevitable that others will listen to His Majesty's suspicion of the hero."

"But he is the Empress Dowager's man after all." Chen Yu suddenly snapped, "Then the old minister will replace His Majesty as the villain."

"What evidence do you have—" Li Yu frowned, "Prove that he is the Empress Dowager?"

"Then Your Majesty—" Chen Yu clasped his fists and saluted, "How can we prove that he is not?"

The little emperor didn't show any surprise that Chen Yu would talk to himself in such an attitude, he seemed to be used to it.

Chen Yu has never been flattering or flattering, he regards outspoken advice as his own job, and believes in his heart that everything he does is for Shangning's country and people.

It is undeniable that he is a loyal minister and a pure minister,

In the eyes of such people, there are too many things that are more important than respecting the illusory majesty of the emperor.

The people are the most precious, the society is second, and the monarch is the light.

Li Yu also understood in his heart what good words are good for one's ears and good for one's actions, even though he found it difficult to accept some of Chen Jin's actions, such as the other party's attitude towards Xiao Wu and Bai Gu.

But Chen Yu is undoubtedly the most sensible, and his approach is foolproof.

But Li Yu still couldn't forget how Bai Ou helped him time and time again; it was Bai Ou who fought off the enemy for him on the martial arts stage, and it was Bai Ou who kept the secret between himself and Madam Su for him in front of Zhou Zheling. besides……

On an ordinary morning, he saw with his own eyes that Madam Su couldn't push the wooden cart full of barrels onto the bridge, and the wooden cart was about to slide down the gentle slope of the arch bridge, and might run over Nanny Su's body.

It was Bai Gu who played the leading role.

At that time, the white gull hadn't broken the secret between him and Madam Su. Madam Su was just an old and humble servant, pushing the pail, and everyone shunned her.

That's why Li Yu had the courage to take that gamble on the night the secret was broken.

Because he really wanted to believe that if the white gull happened to pass by when Madam Su fell that night, then he would really help her up.

Even if Bai Ou really belonged to the Empress Dowager, Li Yu didn't want to believe that he was a born bad guy, at least...

The temperature of the white gull's blood was still on the side of his face.

Although he is only 17 years old, he understands what it means to be involuntary.

"Whoever he is." Li Yu had an inexplicable melancholy on his brows, "Wouldn't it be better to leave? Out of sight is out of sight——"

"Your Majesty is confused!" Chen Yu was furious for a moment, and interrupted the emperor's words completely recklessly, "The old minister just told His Majesty that women should not be kind! Did the white gull leave? Where did he go?"

"He had the courage to protect the country in the past, and the meritorious service in the future. His future is bright and unlimited! Why did he leave?"

Li Yu didn't know why, but a sentence that Bai Ou said to him before suddenly sounded in his mind——

"Has Your Majesty ever seen a gull in the sky?"

"Not everyone is dedicated to official career." He said lightly.

In fact, many people have longed for the sky outside the palace walls, but some people have no chance since birth.

Maybe the white gull really flies from a far away place, so it will really fly away one day.

"Then what if he is?" Chen Jin narrowed his eyes, "Did Your Majesty ever think that he didn't want to leave, but to—"

"go back."

Go back to the deep palace, go back to Zhou Zheling's Yannian Palace; go back and report everything that happened here, and even bring back the news that Chen Yulou sneaked into the king's tent at night.

At this time, the white gull who was walking down the mountain sneezed several times in a row, lost his mind, and stepped into a small mud puddle.

This reminded him of the autumn rain that finally ushered in Jiangning City yesterday, which had been gloomy for several days.

But this little incident didn't spoil his good mood of escaping from the sky. He smiled self-deprecatingly with the corners of his mouth curled up. He sneezed two more times and stretched out his hands to tighten the cloak he was wearing.

An autumn rain, a cold.

The forest is dense, covering the only moonlight above his head. No matter how good his eyes are, he is not a cat. His feet are deep and his feet are shallow, and he doesn't know the direction. He only knows that he is walking down the mountain.

He began to feel a little heavy in his head.

When he woke up again, the first sense to return to his body was pain; the white gull was almost awakened by the swelling pain from the wound on his forearm.

He opened his eyes, and saw that he was in a simple wooden house, and the sun's light was already dim.

It turns out that I have been sleeping in an unknown place all day?

He turned over and sat up, only to find that there was a strange pain all over his body.

Frowning, he opened the bandaged wound yesterday, and saw that the originally flat incision was red, swollen and inflamed...

Unexpectedly, I was careless...

He used to go to the mountains and seas, and he suffered from constant injuries. But in those days, there were povidone iodine, alcohol, and sterilized cotton pads. They all carried first-aid kits in their backpacks for outdoor extreme sports. He was used to being alone, and no one cared. Just deal with it in a hurry, and never take it to heart.

Yesterday, the bandage was hurriedly bandaged without strict disinfection, probably because the wound was inflamed and brought a low-grade fever, which weakened the body's immunity, and it was easy to catch a cold...

He raised his hand and touched his forehead, it was quite hot.

The old wooden door made a "creaking" sound, and the white gull looked up and saw a woman over fifty years old pushing the door and coming in.

"Are you awake?" The woman held an earthenware bowl in her hand, "This porridge has just arrived, just in time, while it's hot."

Bai Guu wanted to go up to the old woman to give him a hand, but the woman waved her hand and told him to sit down. He took the earthenware bowl and saw that there was a poached egg in the porridge, so he could only say "Thank you" in embarrassment. ".

"Thank you, it's about a few grains of rice and firewood." The old woman laughed plainly, seeing Bai Gu holding the porridge bowl still, and raised her hand to make a gesture of eating towards Bai Gu, as if she was deeply afraid of the other party. As if he didn't understand, "Hurry up and eat, don't let it get cold again."

Bai Gu was almost amused by the way the old woman coaxed the child, so he hurriedly took two big gulps from the porridge bowl.

The rice is fragrant, soft, glutinous and sweet, probably the new rice from the south of the Yangtze River boiled by spring water in the mountains; he has never had such a good porridge, and he was really hungry after sleeping all day, so he took three or two bites of the bowl.

"Hey—that's right!"

The old woman smiled so that the corners of her eyes narrowed into a line, and the white gull seemed to see the kindness of Mother Su that night in the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

He was dragged by the enthusiastic old woman and talked for a long time until it was completely dark.

"You were very hot when you came back. The old man went down the mountain to fetch medicine for you. I guess it's time to go back now. I'll go and have a look."

downhill?Could it be that he was still on the mountain after walking all night?

"Old man." Seeing that woman was about to get up, Bai Gu quickly called her back, "Where is this place?"

"At the foot of Yuyang Mountain." The old woman's eyes looked a little surprised, "You don't even know where you fainted? My God! This young man... is really..."

The old woman sighed again before continuing: "The old man and I went to the mountain to collect herbs, and happened to be blocked by the royal family, so we had to stay in the Orion's wooden house for a few days. No, the old man went out early in the morning to collect firewood, and it was too late. Pick up a handsome boy and come back!"

While the two were talking, the dark sky outside suddenly lit up with flames.

This desolate place was sealed off by the royal family, but the light of the fire continued from the direction of the top of the mountain to the wooden house.

It is a torch, and there are many.

Bai Ou's heart tightened, it seemed that Li Yu didn't intend to just let him go.

"This..." The old woman also saw the strange flame, stood up and stretched her neck to look out the window, "What's wrong?"

"Old woman!" As he spoke, an old man pushed the door open and entered with an oiled paper bag in his hand, "Many people from outside have come to our place, what's the matter?"

The old woman had no choice but to cast her questioning gaze on Bai Gu.

"Probably, he was looking for me..." Bai Gu was not prepared to lie, nor did he want to trouble others, he got up as he spoke, "If you have a chance to repay your life-saving grace in the future, this junior has to go first."

But he didn't take two steps, and he staggered under his feet.

The high fever persisted, and he was very dizzy.

"Where can you go like this?" The old man who just entered the door hurriedly supported him, "What kind of crime have you committed?"

"I... I escaped from the palace... They, they..."

Bai Ou didn't want to lie, and he wasn't good at it, but he really couldn't explain more, so he had no choice but to make nonsense: "I was forcibly sent to the palace to work as a servant, but I...but I still have a good cousin in my hometown. !"

"No wonder the accent doesn't sound like Jiangning's." The old lady sighed regretfully.

"There are a lot of people outside! You can't get out like this—" the old man helped the white gull into the corner of the room, "There are cellars in this Orion's house, which are meant to guard against wild beasts in the mountains. Hurry up! You first Go in and hide."