I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

In the early morning of the second day, when the palace attendant bundled Gu Yuanbai's hair, he let out a "huh" and said in surprise, "Your Majesty, you have a red mark behind your ear!"

Gu Yuanbai's face was sullen, and he didn't respond to what he said.Tian Fusheng took a closer look and gasped.It's terrible, there is a thumb-sized mark behind the Holy Majesty's ear, the mark is so red and purple, and it is even more frightening on the fair skin, "I didn't have any before going to bed yesterday, could it be a bug bite?"

But how can there be bugs in this season, and they serve the Holy One so well, it's impossible.

The position behind the ears is hidden, if it wasn't for the reason to tie the hair of the saint, the palace servants would not have seen it.Gu Yuanbai looked at himself in the bronze mirror, his complexion must not be pretty at all, he sneered, "Put a mirror behind me, let me have a look."

The servants found a transparent mirror and put it in the back so that the Holy One could look at the traces behind the ear through the bronze mirror in the front.The bronze mirror was a little fuzzy, but a thumb-sized red mark could still be seen. Gu Yuanbai sneered several times when he touched the red mark.

When he was in northern Xinjiang, when he heard that Gu Yuanbai wanted to accept a concubine, he galloped back and kissed him to feel at ease.All the wolves in the mansion had obscenities written on their necks, more or less, large and small, but they turned over the window in the middle of the night and licked their earlobe?

They are all adults, Gu Yuanbai thought, Xue Jiuyao, you still pretend to be innocent.

"Your Majesty, your ears are also red," the little eunuch with sharp eyes was about to cry in fright, "you can see the bloodshot appearance."

Gu Yuanbai was taken aback, "I don't feel any pain."

In the end, Gu Yuanbai did not ask Tian Fusheng to call the imperial doctor, but only asked him to apply some ointment on himself.When the long hair is draped behind, nothing can be seen.

The Xue family had already prepared breakfast. When Gu Yuanbai walked out of the bedroom, he turned a few turns along the corridor, and heard a sharp sound of breaking through the air in front of him. He stepped forward and saw Xue Yuan waved the scimitar bestowed by the emperor on the open space.

The scimitar was slender and delicately curved, like a bent Tang knife, when Xue Yuan held it in his hand, there was a gust of wind and it danced vigorously.

Gu Yuanbai stood at the corner, and beside him were young men holding Xue Yuan's clothes and scabbards. They were about to salute hurriedly after seeing the Holy Majesty, but Gu Yuanbai raised his hand to stop him, still watching Xue Yuan not move, The expression in his eyes was mixed, "Your eldest son comes here to practice martial arts so early every day?"

"I have to practice every day, but the eldest son got up at Yinshi this morning and has been practicing until now," the servant said cautiously, "It wasn't so early before."

In fact, Xue Yuan didn't sleep all night.

But no one could see that Xue Yuan didn't sleep all night.Seeing him now, Gu Yuanbai felt uneasy in his heart. He was about to leave, but Xue Yuan at the side heard his footsteps. Turning his head to look, he forcibly retracted the big knife in his hand. Walking over with big strides, he clasped his fists and saluted: "Your Majesty."

He paused, and said as if nothing had happened, "Did Your Majesty sleep well last night?"

Gu Yuanbai asked back: "Did Xue Qing sleep well last night?"

Xue Yuan's eyes flashed, "Okay."

Gu Yuanbai sneered silently, not wanting to see his face again, so he raised his steps and led the crowd past him.

Xue Yuan took the scabbard from the servant, put away the scimitar, and then quickly followed the Holy Majesty, "The Majesty has not had breakfast yet, but I have already ordered the cook to prepare the porridge made with yam. Warm your stomach with a small bowl first."

The Holy Majesty didn't seem to hear, Tian Fusheng took the opportunity to grab Xue Yuan and complained: "Master Xue, is there anything unclean in your house?"

Xue Yuan froze, then relaxed, "Director Tian, ​​what do you say?"

Tian Fusheng lowered his voice, "Master Xue, don't blame the old slave for not being pleasant to speak. When the sage got up today, the younger ones found a mark behind the sage's ear. It was a little dark red, and it looked frightening. More than that, the sage There are streaks of blood oozing from the right ear, and it looks fine on the outside, but it looks like it's about to bleed inside, but the Holy One doesn't feel any pain, what kind of strange thing is this?"

Bloodshot?Xue Yuan frowned, could kill mosquitoes.

Can't you bear that kind of strength?

Tian Fusheng was also thinking: "Your Majesty fell asleep, how did this happen?"

For a while, everyone was so engrossed in thinking that they didn't care to speak.

Gu Yuanbai returned to the palace after finishing his breakfast in Xue's residence.As soon as he left, Chang Yuyan entered Xue's mansion on his back, and saw Xue Yuan sitting on the main seat having a meal.

Chang Yuyan raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It's better to come at a good time than to come at a good time. Come here, and bring bowls and chopsticks to this young master."

The servant led him to sit down, "Mr. Chang, our eldest son's tableware has never been used, you can just use it."

Chang Yuyan was surprised, and pointed to the cups and chopsticks in Xue Yuan's hands, "Since these belong to your eldest son, then whose is your eldest son using?"

The servant didn't say a word, but bowed his head and retreated.

Chang Yuyan wanted to ask again, but Xue Yuan quickly pulled out a dagger from his bosom, the cold light gleamed, and the menacing sharpness reflected on Chang Yuyan's face, the person holding the dagger didn't feel anything, and asked in a normal tone :"What do you want to eat?"

Chang Yuyan forced his words back, "Anything is fine."

Xue Yuan picked up a fruit and passed it through the dagger, raised his hand, and the dagger flew over the long table, and plunged into the wooden table in front of Chang Yuyan with a "ding—" sound.

"You lied to me, Chang Yuyan," Xue Yuan said, "The summer palace, the day you played chess with the saint, the saint clearly talked about me with you."

Chang Yuyan was nervous, and blurted out: "Don't listen to other people's nonsense——"

"I don't know if it's nonsense," Xue Yuan smiled, with a very gentle look, "but it's true that you don't want me to have more contact with the Holy One."

Chang Yuyan was speechless, Xue Yuan lowered his head and finished the last mouthful of yam porridge, got up and walked across the long table, and drew his dagger.Hearing a long groan of "嗡", Xue Yuan had already taken the fruit off the dagger and put it in Chang Yuyan's hand.

The sticky and sour toothache that came out of the fruit also slowly dissipated, and the juice stained Chang Yuyan's hands in a mess.

"This dagger should be unfamiliar to you," Xue Yuan flipped the dagger in his hands, "It's not the one I played with when I was young. Yuyan, do you still remember that when you were young, you were bullied by your servants, I will The servant who overwhelmed you happened to be at the dinner table."

"I have to do what you ask of me. Your parents and elders are all present at the dinner table. I spread the five fingers of the servant's hand and pressed it. I inserted the dagger between his fingers and asked you whether the knife was broken. His whole hand, or one of his fingers."

Chang Yuyan squeezed the fruit tightly, and the cuffs were soaked. He smiled: "Jiuyao, our tempers have been at odds since we were young, and we always fight each other. But you and I are also young friends, and we are also like dogs. No one is better than the other. powerful."

Xue Yuan also laughed, "You are forgiving and forgiving. You will not cut off people's fingers. The servant cried with excitement. He is grateful to you. On the second day, you took the man to the lake. Let the servant choose, either throw himself into the lake to die, or cut off his own hand and tongue."

Chang Yu said: "It's something that happened when I was young, so I don't need to mention it now."

"Chang Yuyan, you have a big heart," Xue Yuan said in a low voice, "But look, no matter how hearty you are, you're still scared when you see me take out a dagger. You've been scared since you were a child."

The smile on the corners of Chang Yuyan's mouth slowly retracted and straightened, and the handsome young master also turned expressionless at the moment.

"Talked about me with the Holy One, but didn't dare to tell me," Xue Yuan laughed a few times, and patted Chang Yuyan on the shoulder, "Yuyan, you are a little naive this time."

Chang Yu moved his mouth: "I will never harm you."

Xue Yuan: "There will be no shortage of small tricks."

"But yes, you can continue," he continued slowly. Chang Yuyan was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked up at him. Xue Yuan's dark eyes were deep, and he pulled his lips condescendingly, "There is a man of culture who is jealous of me, so I am happy."

After Gu Yuanbai returned to the palace, Tian Fusheng applied the medicine again.

Tian Fusheng hadn't reached the point where his old eyes were dim. The more he took the medicine, the more weird he felt. He hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly, "My lord, the marks behind your ears seem to have been sucked out."

Gu Yuanbai was neither salty nor bland, "Yes."

Tian Fusheng knew it in his heart, so he didn't ask any more questions, and concentrated on administering the medicine to the saint.

The smell of the ointment covered up the smell of spices in the hall, and after the smell of the ointment dissipated, Gu Yuanbai smelled something wrong, "Why is this fragrance different from the previous one?"

The palace attendant who burned the incense stepped forward and replied: "My lord, this is the spice offered by Xixia, it is said that it is their national incense, the imperial doctor of the Taiyuan Hospital said that this incense has the effect of calming the mind, so the maidservant lit it. "

Gu Yuanbai nodded, "The taste is not bad, Xixia really made a big deal this time."

"The apology was sent to the capital first, and the ransom was still on the way with the Xixia people," Tian Fusheng whispered, "My lord, listen to the people along the way, Xixia really brought a lot of things this time. They have It's been two or three months, and the leader is still the second prince of Xixia."

Gu Yuanbai leaned on the back of the chair, closed his eyes and knocked on the table regularly, "The second prince of Xixia?"

"The second prince of Xixia is named Li Angyi," said Tian Fusheng, "this man is different from Li Angshun, the seventh prince of Xixia. He came from a humble background and was not loved by the emperor of Xixia. He's grown up. Because of his gentle temper and a little cowardice, the Xixia royal family never paid attention to him, and they only think of him when they need the second prince."

"For example, this time, this thankless task was given to the second prince of Xixia," Gu Yuanbai understood, and he smiled, "I don't care about this matter, I am wondering about another matter."

Gu Yuanbai frowned, and murmured: "How could Xixia pay the compensation so quickly..."

Not even a counter-offer was made.

This is even more puzzling than Xue Yuan groping into Gu Yuanbai's room in the middle of the night but not doing anything.