Through the palace of the king of subjugation

Li Yushou waited for Xiao Yao's reply in the hall, but every time Xiao Yao said a word, his expression darkened.

When Xiao Yao finished speaking cautiously, he saw that Li Yu's face had completely sunk into the shadows, and he tentatively called out, "Your Majesty?"

"I must have said something wrong that day..." Li Yu looked up at Xiao Yao with a questioning look, "So he was angry, right?"

"Your Majesty—" Xiao Yao frowned, and said helplessly, "Master Bai has an important position, and he is busy with official duties... There are also some."

"What kind of job does he have? No one else has seen it, have you and me?" He said, suddenly stepped forward nervously and grabbed Xiao Yao, "Would he know what happened before? Did I say that? "

"No, Your Majesty—" Xiao Yao hastily comforted him with an affirmative tone, "No."

"No wonder he has been avoiding me since that night..." Li Yu didn't seem to hear Xiao Yao's words, he let go of him and muttered to himself: "If he knows about those nasty things, he will definitely hate him." mine……"

Xiao Yao frowned and was thinking of something to comfort him, when he suddenly saw Li Yu waving his hand and said, "Go down, send this list to Gao Xian, don't make the empress dowager wait, I don't know what will happen again do what."

"Your Majesty, since..." Xiao Yao hesitated to say Bai Ou's name, but said: "Since it's all like this, if you... don't go tonight, what do you need this list for?"

"Since Gao Xian has brought the words to the table, this is the only way to do this." Li Yu sighed and said, "If I change my appearance in a short while, I'm afraid that the Empress Dowager will become suspicious, and I may give Chen Jin a chance. What's wrong with you?"

Li Yu took the initiative to submit the list, and Gao Neishi went holding the list in a desperate manner.

In order to show the Shangning royal family's "deep love between grandparents and grandchildren", Zhou Zheling personally issued a decree, asking the imperial guards to plan the emperor's night-time activities route, guarding the emperor with lights along the way, and carefully guarding the emperor.

When Li Yu received the news, he almost shattered the teacup in his hand.

The list he drew up had avoided Zhou Zheling's eyeliner as much as possible, but Zhou Zheling's monitoring of him would never relax for a moment.

In the days that followed, he had to go out for a walk or two under Zhou Zheling's nose every night without interest.

If the white gull was there, he probably wouldn't be able to talk; but even if he had an extra look, it would be good.

Now he doesn't have to stay in the pavilion anymore, except that he can glance at Bai Gu when he is working normally, and he has never seen Bai Gu again.

And in the shadow of the Imperial Guard's lantern, on the top of the palace courtyard wall, the tall and tall figure sat with his legs crossed, his forearms resting lazily on his knees.

Bai Gu looked at Li Yu's surroundings from a distance, and watched Li Yu reach out to wipe the thin sweat from his forehead.

He was avoiding Li Yu on purpose.

Things happened in a hurry that night, and he couldn't help but worry about the little emperor, but when things really happened, he always felt that something was wrong——

I seem to be a little worried about the little emperor.

For the rest of his life, he has no close parents, no loving brothers, and even friends, he only stays in the relationship with classmates and colleagues; he has lived for 27 years, and the only close relationship is between coffee and coffee.

He wasn't emotionally involved with anyone—

This made him instinctively uncomfortable with being approached by others, unable to understand a certain complex emotion called "caring".

And feel scared.

He is the freest gull bird in the sky. He has no worries and no attachments. He has lived freely for 27 years. How could he be entangled?

Prolonged loneliness will make people lose the ability to empathize——

This made it impossible for him to keenly capture Li Yu's emotions and intentions.

Rational incompatibility and fear made him avoid it, but emotional suspense still made him climb up the wall every night and take a look at it from a distance before he could feel at ease.

Sometimes he feels that this state is terrible, but every night when he sees it from a distance, he feels as if it is okay.

When Xiao Yao was looking for him before, it was not without his intention to hide, but he was not a liar either.

The little emperor's birthday is approaching, and he does have a difficult task waiting to be done.

*****

The Qianqiu Festival to celebrate the emperor's birthday was originally supposed to be celebrated by the whole country, with a three-day banquet; but the year before last year Jiangnan was hit by a disaster, and last year Chen Yuzhi River was flooded with silver like a sea.

Just before and after the fall of last year, first it was the birthday of the Empress Dowager, then there was an absurd autumn hunt in Yuyang Mountain, and not long ago there was a New Year's Eve feast, all of which were full of ostentation.

No matter how much Zhou Zheling tried to save face, the court's money bag had really bottomed out.

When she asked the emperor what she meant, she wanted Li Yu to say "everything is simple", but Gao's waiter didn't have enough vision to understand his heart at all, so he was frustrated.

Li Yu knew what Gao Neishi didn't understand.

He asked himself to change the three-day celebration into a night banquet on the grounds that he was recovering from a serious illness and his physical strength was weak.

This suits Zhou Zheling's heart and also suits Li Yu's wishes.

On the eve of the big banquet, Li Yu had already packed up, and everyone else retreated, leaving only Xiao Yao kneeling beside him, helping him hang the pendant around his waist.

"Although everything in the Qianqiu Banquet is changed from a simple one to a night banquet, the time will not be short. At that time, most of the eyes of the palace will be on the Jiacheng Palace, and you don't have to go..."

Li Yuping held up his hands and let Xiao Yao take care of them. He had a lump in his throat when he said this, and he paused before continuing——

"You take the ingot paper money we prepared quietly before, and prepare some food and drink. According to the old rules, go to an empty stall and send it to Madam Su for me...that's me..."

Do your best.

But after all, this intention was too thin, and he couldn't express it in the end.

"Your Majesty, this year—" Xiao Yao said in embarrassment, "I'm afraid it won't work..."

Li Yu lowered his head and stared at Xiao Yao in surprise, "What's the matter? Isn't Madam Su busy?"

"Nurse Su is fine——" Xiao Yao quickly explained, "It's just that the waiter Gao was sent by the empress dowager to the royal horse farm in Yuyang Mountain...to, to pick up horse dung..."

The head of the servants in front of the imperial court didn't just pick up a cat or a dog and put them on it. As soon as the senior servant was dismissed, the emperor's Qianqiu banquet followed, and he couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while.

"In terms of seniority, it is the servant who has served His Majesty the longest." Xiao Yao said timidly, "So for today's banquet, the servant will serve His Majesty personally."

"Picking up horse dung?" Li Yu frowned in confusion and said, "Gao Xian and I went to receive the congratulations from all the officials in the morning, and he was fine. Why did the Empress Dowager suddenly send him away?"

"It's after the congratulations of all the officials. There are a lot of gossip outside, and the slaves are not sure what happened." Xiao Yao cleaned up for Li Yu, got up and said, "I've always wanted to tell your majesty, but this day your majesty is around There are too many people, and the servants did not find opportunities."

Li Yu thought about it carefully. On a day like today, Gao Neishi must have wandered back and forth to beg for rewards, but after all the officials came to congratulate him today, he did not show up again.

He has always known that Gao's servant is Zhou Zheling's man, and he has been extra cautious in front of him for a long time. No matter why Zhou Zheling abandoned this chess piece, he should be happy.

At least it's less of a thorn in my side.

But as long as he thinks about what happened at night, and the thought that the ingot paper money he and Xiao Yao sneakily folded overnight may not be able to be delivered, he still feels uncomfortable.

*****

In the Hall of Yannian, Zhou Zheling was also being dressed and washed by Zhou Muyun.

"Aunt, are you sure you don't want to investigate this matter anymore?" Zhou Muyun carefully put a phoenix hairpin on Zhou Zheling, who closed his eyes, "Gao Xian is the chief servant of the imperial court after all, this person is gone—"

"It's gone, so I can change to someone who is smarter." Zhou Zheling opened his eyes and looked at himself in the bronze mirror, "I helped Gao Xian, this trash, to sit in the seat of the chief servant of the imperial court, and I wanted him to be the eyes of the mourners, but What has he found out all these years? Apart from flattery, nothing serious!"

At first, Gao Neishi caught Zhou Zheling's eyes by flattering him. He was not a very smart person, and Li Yu had been on guard against him all these years, so he never found out any useful news.

Only those flattering words, after a long time, Zhou Zheling got tired of hearing them.

Especially recently, first Li Yu and Chen Yu flirted with each other about Jiangnan affairs, but Gao's servant didn't investigate at all, and almost caught Zhou Zheling by surprise; I had to teach Gao's servant to find out the emperor's tone, but there was still nothing to say.

"This trash is so easily used by people today—" Zhou Zheling said coldly, "Why do you keep something that has no brains? It's an eyesore."

Zhou Muyun lowered his eyes, "How does Aunt know that she is being used by others?"

"Muyun, you seldom care so much about other people's affairs, why?" Zhou Zheling looked back at Zhou Muyun, "Are you really worried that among the women Aijia gave to the emperor, someone will give birth to a dragon heir before you?"

"Heh—" she sneered, "The Ai family loves you so much, how can you be willing?"

"Mu Yun didn't mean that...Mu Yun..."

Zhou Muyun was eager to explain, but he suddenly realized that there was something wrong with this matter.

The high servant in front of the head hurriedly held a letter to inform.

The content of the letter was probably a woman sent by Zhou Zheling to Li Yu's side crying to Li Yu that she was pregnant and afraid of being framed by others, so she begged the emperor for mercy and a title.

It stands to reason that Zhou Zheling has always been most concerned about whether the Zhou family can give birth to the eldest son and grandson of the Li family, so as to ensure that the child who will inherit the great line in the future is the blood of the Zhou family.

But on this matter, Zhou Zheling was not in a hurry at all. He turned around and sent Gao Neishi to the Royal Horse Farm in Yuyang Mountain, saying that it was all out of sight.

At first Zhou Muyun thought it was to block the news and leave it for further investigation, but now it seems——

Zhou Zheling didn't intend to investigate at all. Regarding the authenticity of this letter and this matter, she seemed to have already figured it out in her heart.

"Aunt..." Zhou Muyun felt a chill rush up his vest, "Could it be..."

"The Ai family has long said that you are a smart child." Zhou Zheling smiled and patted Zhou Muyun's trembling hand, "The Ai family sent those women there just to find the way for you, lest the emperor be like his short-lived father. I am afraid that I will wrong you when the time comes."

"Don't worry—" The corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she slowly put away her smile, "Aijia will not allow those lowly women to become pregnant."

She smiled again, looked up at Zhou Muyun, and repeated: "Never again."

Zhou Muyun tried hard to clenched his fist to stabilize Zhou Zheling's trembling hand, but he couldn't.

She remembered that Zhou Zheling wanted to select a group of women to send to Li Yu, and she picked those girls herself.

Every twenty-eight years are like flowers and jade.

At first, she always comforted herself that those girls became emperors, although they could not be regular wives, they could still be relied on, and they would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives, so it was a good place to go.

It's just that she grew up in the deep palace and by Zhou Zheling's side; she is too familiar with the methods of the harem, and she is too familiar with Zhou Zheling.

Since Zhou Zheling is so sure, she can almost be sure——

Because of the so-called temptation, these young and beautiful girls will lose their right to be mothers for the rest of their lives.

*****

But at this moment, the "culprit" who turned Guangming Palace and Yannian Palace into two pools of muddy water has jumped onto the wall that must be visited every night, and his legs are raised.

Gao Xian was usually extremely flattering, he pushed Xiao Yao to do the work if he had any work, and he would be the first one if he was rewarded.

That night White Ou was on the roof watching how bossy Gao Xian was, and in front of Imperial Doctor Zhang and Zhou Muyun, he pushed all his grievances and responsibilities onto Xiao Yao, fearing that he would get a little bit of it.

It's a completely different person from the way the other party flatters and flatters me on weekdays.

That's all for nothing, he can still see it.

But ever since he knew it was Gao Xian who let the sick little emperor drink, and even gave Li Yu a tranquilizer after drinking...

"Killing the king" might just be an angry word, but the tone in his heart really didn't go smoothly.

Now that he has already inquired clearly with the little emperor that Gao Xian is Zhou Zheling's eyeliner, there is no need to hold back this tone——

Simply kill two birds with one stone.

If you let yourself go, it's considered...

Piggybacking to let the little emperor breathe.

Recently, as long as he is not on duty, he has to exchange cups with the high servant every day, and talk at night by candlelight; fortunately, the high servant is selfish and he just happens to have the ability to keep a thousand cups, so he finally has a chance Before the little emperor's Qianqiu banquet, he "called brothers" with Gao Xian, "accidentally" got drunk and "lost" the letter.

As long as he had a slight misunderstanding of Gao Xian before, as long as Gao Xian was not Zhou Zheling's person, or if Gao Xian didn't flatter and ask for credit, this matter would not work, and he would not frame a good person.

But he really wasn't wrong at all.

On the face of it, Gao Xianming continued to chat and drink with him, but privately hid his forged letterhead, and happily rushed to Yannian Hall when he saw the right opportunity.

Fortunately, he really doesn't know how to use a brush. It's very difficult to write, but it's easy to write poorly.

As far as his two strokes are concerned, he deliberately scribbled them, even if he searched for them in the whole palace, he would not reveal any clues.

It was a pity that he was not as familiar with Yannian Palace as he was with Guangming Palace, so he couldn't go to see the good show he directed with his own eyes today.

However, this did not delay him when the news that Gao Xian was sent by Zhou Zheling to the Royal Racecourse of Yuyang Mountain reached his ears, and he was very happy.

He was on duty early today and had an early rest, so he came to the "old place" early, just to see if the little emperor was as happy as himself.

Sometimes two people don't need to be together or have any special relationship to share some secret and unspeakable joy together.

This is an experience he has never had before.

He didn't know what it was, he just thought it was funny.

Sitting on the high palace wall is also a different kind of climbing and looking far away. He saw the lights in front of Jiacheng Hall from a distance, and the night banquet was in full swing.

But the person who accompanied Li Yu tonight has been replaced by Xiao Yao, so he has nothing to worry about.

Jiangning City is located on the south side, and it is spring after saying goodbye to the old year.

It's not that cold anymore.

But Bai Gu was waiting on the top of the wall until his hands and feet were frozen, and he didn't wait for the little emperor who strolled by every night.

Several hours passed.

Choushi's clapper has already rang, and the lights of Jiacheng Hall have been extinguished——

The little emperor's birthday has passed.

The ancients reached the crown at twenty, but in his habitual cognition, Li Yu eighteen today is an adult.

He didn't expect that he came so early today, and he still didn't have time to talk to Li Yu face to face——

"Happy birthday."

He rubbed his stiff hands and feet, turned over and jumped off the palace wall.

After coming for so long, the most familiar road in this palace still leads to Guangming Palace. He walked aimlessly, and unknowingly came to the vicinity of Guangming Palace.

The little emperor's red neck and delicate collarbone, Xiao Yao's frantic movements beside the couch...

As soon as I walked to the Guangming Palace, I would still think of these things in my mind.

Gee!

White Gull frowned.

It's all here, anyway, it's not too much trouble to touch it...

He turned into Guangming Palace with ease and headed towards the gazebo.

Knowing that Li Yu hadn't stayed in the gazebo for a long time, he just wanted to go and have a look.

In order to avoid the guards watching the night, he could not take the usual avenue, his usual route was to go through the dense bamboo forest near the gazebo——

It was the direction he flew the paper airplane to last time.

There are a few cobblestone paths in the forest that can point the way. It is supposed to be midsummer, so it is convenient for the masters to come in and cool off.

He is familiar with walking in this forest, but walking today is a bit strange.

In the depths of the bamboo forest off the path, there seemed to be a faint light of fire.

In the middle of the night, in the imperial palace, near the emperor's bedroom, could there still be will-o'-the-wisps that could not be suppressed by the emperor's spirit?

The white gull doesn't believe in these fairy tales, but considering the little emperor's bad luck and circumstances...

Shouldn't there be another assassin?

He was still thinking about it, but the steps under his feet were already following the firelight.

Moving closer to the light, he saw someone burning a fire on the spot in a small open field in the woods.

Wouldn't the assassin have to be roasted along the way?

White Gull approached the fire cluster cautiously, but actually saw a short figure standing not far away.

He immediately dodged vigilantly and hid behind a clump of dense bamboo branches to hide himself, and took a closer look by the light of the fire——

Although the figure stretched its neck vigilantly and looked around, how could there be such a short assassin?

With this stature and height, quite a few servants in the palace matched it.

When the other party patrolled around and turned around, the white gull was startled——

It's Xiao Yao!

He took a closer look at the flame, and sure enough, he saw that clear and familiar figure from behind.

Li Yu was wearing black casual clothes, without those complicated decorations, and his shoulders were even thinner.

The little emperor knelt by the fire in the middle of the night, what was he doing?

Li Yu doesn't sleep in the gazebo anymore. There's nothing in the bedroom of Guangming Palace. Is it worth hiding here to warm up?

With question marks in his head, the white gull changed direction and circled around the fire cluster.

"Mother, the child's time has passed. Yu'er hurried or missed it. It's because the child is unfilial and very clumsy. After a few nights of tossing with Xiao Yao, he only broke out such a few ingots. I don't know you Is it enough over there..."

"But Madam Su should remit some more to you?"

"But mother, I don't even know your name. Can you receive these things? Will the ghost messengers in the underworld stop you?" Whether it is the history books or Bai Ou's experience of Shang Ning, there is absolutely no information about Li. After hearing the slightest trace of Yu's birth mother, Bai Ou was surprised to find out that even Li Yu himself didn't know about it?

"It's all Yu'er is useless. If you want to blame, blame Yu'er alone. Don't involve others."

"Su Nanny is fine, Xiao Yao is fine, and..."

Li Yu paused in front of the fire cluster, but in the end he still didn't say Bai Gull's name.

He wondered if his mother would blame him if she knew that the person he liked was a man.

If one day he really broke his sleeves completely, his mother would blame him for anything, he just didn't want Bai Gull to be implicated for no reason.

After all, it was just his wishful thinking.

"Anyway, everyone is fine, and Yu'er is also fine."

"I just miss you."

White Ou frowned upon hearing this.

He also has a mother, but he is not close; his mother is abroad, and they have not seen each other for many years.

The word "mother" is a rare word in his dictionary, and he can't understand the little emperor's admiration at all.

But at this moment, he had already circled in front of Li Yu, and the dancing flames printed on that thin and cold little face, illuminating the tear that rolled down the corner of his eye, especially dazzling.

In fact, Li Yu was born well, fair and delicate, and he noticed it when he first saw him.

Tears were shed now, and those big eyes shone like autumn water had been cut.

A branch of pear blossoms brings rain in spring, which always makes people feel distressed.

"If my mother is alive, she probably doesn't want to bless this rotten Shang Ning; but you must bless Madam Su in good health, and bless Xiao Tao to leave the palace as soon as possible and find a good son-in-law. Peace of mind; and..."

In the end, Li Yu avoided Bai Ou's name, just recited it silently in his heart, and said——

"Bless him too, and he will recover smoothly."

"Don't your majesty ask for something for yourself?"

Li Yu was terrified by the sudden voice and figure.

It is forbidden to sacrifice privately in the palace, and within the palace walls, only the master is eligible to receive incense; his mother has a humble status, and she is also Zhou Zheling's most hated person.

Hearing the sound, Xiao Yao hurriedly turned around to support Li Yu who had fallen to the ground.

After a moment of panic, Li Yu suddenly came back to his senses. He was too familiar with this voice and this figure.

Familiar with the dream.

"You..." He saw Bai Gu's face clearly, and said softly, "I'm fine."

Compared with before, after the white gull appeared, life has really become much better, and he can no longer be greedy for anything.

Realizing his gaffe, he took two deep breaths and pretended to be calm, "How did you find this place?"

"I saw it when I was flying in the sky." Bai Gu scratched his head with a rascal face, and then suddenly leaned forward, leaned towards Li Yu's ear, and said softly, "What is Your Majesty doing?"

The heat in his ears instantly burned Li Yu's sensitive ears red, and he turned his head in embarrassment, just in time to meet Bai Gu's eyes.

Those eyes clearly said——

You better not lie to me.

He squeezed the unburned paper ingot that was still in his hand, and whispered: "Didn't you see everything..."

"I was standing far away just now, and I didn't hear some words clearly—" He got up in satisfaction, clasping his hands behind his head lazily, "Your Majesty doesn't want to say it."

Originally, he didn't intend to force the little emperor to say something to him. He still remembered that he wandered outside in the middle of the night just to say "Happy birthday".

"I just came here to say something to His Majesty—"

"Don't say it!"

The purpose of Bai Gu's trip was still not achieved, and Li Yu interrupted the four words before he could utter them; he also felt as if something was suddenly caught on the hem of his robe.

He lowered his head in doubt, and saw the little emperor sitting on the ground, clutching the hem of his robe tightly with one hand...

From his top-down angle, he couldn't see the emotion in the little emperor's eyes, but from this angle, he could see it very clearly——

The little emperor's eyelashes are really long...

A gust of wind blew through the bamboo forest, and the bamboo leaves made a soft "rustling" sound.

The slender eyelashes fluttered in the wind.

And that sense of inexplicable vulnerability...

Bai Gu gave a "tsk" in his heart, and cursed secretly, "Damn it!"

Then he heard the little emperor's voice—

"Don't say those four words..." Li Yuxi muttered, "Yesterday was my mother's death sacrifice."

*****

After Li Yu's mother became a guilty minister, she was required to enter the palace as a maid as a rule when she reached the age; and when she entered the palace at the beginning of the year, Madam Su was already an old man in the palace, and it was her nun who taught her.

The servants and servants in the palace are not worthy of having a name, and even Madam Su knows her surname, only that everyone in the palace calls her Surui.

Su Rui is a smart and hardworking girl, she does things in a low voice and doesn't talk too much, and she is pretty, with big eyes, especially watery, which Mammy Su likes very much, after a few years, the two get along like a mother and daughter.

After the late emperor's nurse, the nanny who was in charge of the imperial court at that time, passed away suddenly, Madam Su was transferred to be in charge of the imperial court. At that time, she brought Su Rui to the imperial court.

But later Su Rui became pregnant.

In order to save Su Rui's life, Mother Su hid her in the depths of Yongxiang, but when Li Yu was born, Su Rui also died of dystocia.

Li Yu only said so much, or maybe he only knew so much.

There are some doubts in this story, but this is always the little emperor's sad private matter, and Bai Gu has no intention of exposing people's scars.

The thousand-year-old banquet, the joy of all the people, is to celebrate the birth of a generation of kings.

But no one would know that at the same moment, an unremarkable woman disappeared from this world.

This woman was Li Yu's mother, and even her body could only be swept up with a strip, and thrown into the dry well outside the palace together with the white-headed palace maid in the palace of the old dead.

She didn't even leave her son with his name.

Normally, the emperor's biological mother would posthumously become queen after her death. Bai Ou didn't know why Li Yu didn't do that, and Li Yu didn't tell him that Su Rui was a woman Zhou Zheling hated very much.

The little emperor had never even met his mother, but he could have such a strong dependence on this woman he had never met. It is conceivable how much Li Yu needs a support in his 18 years, which is not a long life.

Bai Gu couldn't bear to think about it.

He looked at the lonely eyes of the little emperor, and couldn't bear to ask more.

"Do you still want to learn the song?" He picked off a bamboo leaf casually and asked Li Yu back.

Li Yu looked at the bamboo leaf in Bai Ou's hand, and asked doubtfully, "Is this okay too?"

"It's all right." Bai Ou smiled at Li Yu, "I'll teach you a new one today."

He held the bamboo leaf to his lips, and gently blew a birthday song that everyone in the society he lived in knew.

Although Su Rui left, there was nothing wrong with Li Yu's birth.

He should not bear the burden of sin and death from birth.

Although it was impossible to simply persuade Li Yu to "look away", at least Bai Ou wanted to use his own way, at least at this moment, to let the little emperor relax for a song.

"The fire is all out, let's go back." After the song was played, the white gull said softly: "In the future, if something like this happens, don't pick it in the middle of the night. The forest is very humid and it's easy to catch cold."

He turned around and was about to walk outside the Guangming Palace, but the little emperor behind him hastily followed with two steps forward.

The white gull couldn't see with his back, only heard the rustling sound of the little emperor's boots stepping on the dead leaves on the ground.

There was an inexplicable sense of urgency and reluctance.

"This is my first time here. In the past—" Li Yu said urgently: "In the past, these things were sent by Xiao Yao to burn for me..."

"My lord." Xiao Yao, who had been standing in the distance just now, did not know when he approached, and he saluted the white gull, "These paper ashes slaves have to be dealt with, don't leave traces, leave people talking; can you replace the slaves?" Send Your Majesty back?"

The white gull didn't answer, but turned around and walked towards the gazebo.

Li Yu followed behind the white gull, his head drooping wearily, his eyes fixed on the shadow of the white gull in front of him.

Just now, Bai Gu was clearly comforting him and caring about him, but now he is ignoring him.

I really can't see through.

The news that Gao Xian was sent to the Yuyangshan Racecourse hadn't been spread yet, but at a big banquet in the evening, the person who accompanied Li Yu was replaced by Xiao Yao, so the matter exploded among the servants.

There are all kinds of rumors, but it can't get around that the woman next to the emperor is pregnant.

So the white gull also knows?

Does he...

Angry?

This guess made the boy anxious and ashamed, and a little...

An indescribable little joy.

Would White Gull dislike being close to others?

Just like he doesn't like the fact that there are always little palace maids coming to Bai Gu.

"I..." Bai Ou is tall and has long legs, Li Yu trotted two steps before keeping up, and whispered: "No one is pregnant...I..."

Even though he knew, Baiou knew very well that he never stayed in the Sleeping Palace and never got close to the women sent by Zhou Zheling, but he really wanted to explain it again.

Hearing the sound of the little emperor's trotting footsteps, the white gull slowly slowed down. He didn't turn his head, and didn't wait for the little emperor to finish speaking. He only said softly, "I knew it a long time ago."

early?

Li Yu thought of another rumor in the palace that Xiao Yao had inquired about.

Many people said that the girl's handwriting was so ugly that the empress dowager couldn't understand what she wrote, so she angrily dismissed the high servant; It's still a lowly embryo, and I can't even write a letter.

Whether other people's handwriting is ugly or not, Li Yu doesn't know, but he has seen the drawings drawn by Bai Gu and the notes written on them——

His brother Baiou is good at everything, but those two words are really shameful.

And before that, the only time Bai Ou came to see him was to ask him about the servant Gao...

So, it was Baiou who took care of Gao Xian for him?

This guess made him so excited that even his hands were shaking.

As if something suddenly gave him an inexplicable courage, he trotted two steps forward and grabbed Bai Gull's arm.

"You..." Bai Gu felt the trembling from his forearm, he stopped and turned around and said, "Is it cold?"

The moment he spoke, he could clearly see the little emperor looking up at himself with red eyes.

Li Yu was a head shorter than him. As long as they stood close, Li Yu's movement of looking up at him would naturally lengthen that fair and fragile neck.

The white gull always looks away unnaturally.

"The matter of Gao Xian—" Li Yu still looked at Bai Ou stubbornly, "It's you..."

"It's me." Before Li Yu could finish speaking, Bai Ou looked away, pretending to be relaxed and said, "Anyway, I've hated him for a long time, you don't have to..."

This time it was Li Yu's turn and did not give Bai Ou a chance to finish speaking.

He plunged into the white gull's arms again.

The image in front of Bai Gu's eyes seemed to be still on that slender neck, and he was terrified.

Is it...

Drink too much again?

Li Yu didn't drink, Xiao Yao was serving him at the banquet today, and the spirits in the cups were all replaced with water.

He was more sober than ever, but more intoxicated than ever.

White Gull helped him a lot.

Helping him fight off the enemy on the stage of martial arts can be said to be out of a sense of honor and disgrace as a citizen of Shangning; helping him in the difficult situation in the south of the Yangtze River can be said to be the duty of a courtier; but now Baiou is quietly helping him Cooked for Gao Xian.

There is no family and country, it is not a monarch and minister, and it does not involve all people——

It was Baiou who was protecting Li Yu.

Li Yu didn't drink, but even if he was drunk, it was something he didn't dare to think about.

If this is a dream, he doesn't want to wake up.

White Gull lowered his head, looking at the little head buried in his arms.

They had reached the edge of the bamboo forest, where the bamboo branches were already sparse, and the cold moonlight shone down on Li Yu's head.

Maybe it was for the sacrifice, the little emperor removed the usual complicated crown and headgear, and the black hair like a waterfall was let loose like this, loosely tied behind his back, because the action of throwing himself into the arms of the white gull just now was slightly messed up some.

The soft hair curled up a few, fluffy under the moonlight.

The white gull hovered in mid-air just like last time, and its helpless hand suddenly circled behind Li Yu's head——

He suddenly wanted to rub the little emperor's head.

tsk...

It is really disrespectful.

Just when Bai Ou was struggling in his heart, Li Yu suddenly raised his head from his arms and looked at Bai Ou with those big eyes full of autumn water.

Both timid and full of anticipation.

"Can I call you brother?" he said, "when no one is around."

Li Yu no longer wanted to be sober and restrained.

Before he was seven years old, he was locked in the small firewood room at the end of Yongxiang, where there was no light.

He didn't understand why he couldn't go out or meet people, but Madam Su was very kind to him, and he was very obedient; Madam Su said no, so he wouldn't go out.

He just lay down in the crack of the door and watched the other half-grown maids and maids playing together in Yongxiang, and he could only occasionally go out to play on the broken swing at the door of the firewood room when there was no one in the middle of the night.

God knows how much the children at that time wanted an older brother, they didn't need anything else, just to accompany him and talk.

Later he had Xiaobai——

A native cat.

He talks a lot to Xiaobai every day, and evenly distributes his little food to him.

He could still occasionally go out on the swing in the middle of the night. He felt a little regretful at that time. After all, Xiao Bai was not a big brother, and no one could help him push his swing.

He wanted to swing higher, maybe that way, he would be able to see the world outside Yongxiang.

No matter how dark the world of children is, it is always full of curiosity.

When he was seven years old, he was suddenly taken out of the dark woodshed, put on gorgeous clothes, and lived in a magnificent palace.

At that time, he didn't even know a single character, he didn't know who Zhou Zheling was, and he didn't know what it meant to be an emperor, he was just very happy——

Because he has two playmates, Xiaoyao and Cuizhu, who are the same age as him.

Children's happiness is really simple.

But later, Cuizhu disappeared.

So, from the age of seven, Li Yu knew that no one could protect him anymore, but he had someone to protect.

For the sake of Xiao Yao and Madam Su, he has been sober and restrained until now.

God knows how much that kid wants an older brother, tell him——

"Don't be afraid, brother is here."

Maybe it was God's pity, he endured for 11 years and finally got his brother Baiou.

What's the use of sober restraint?

He wants his brother Baiou.

Even if the current feelings are a little different from the yearning when I was young——

He wants more.

Bai Gu looked at the little emperor in surprise.

He has also bullied Li Yu many times, but he has never seen the little emperor cry. Whenever he is presumptuous, the little emperor's eyes seem to want to pull him down and beat him to death——

Very fierce.