I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

After a month and a half, Xue Yuan stepped into Gu Yuanbai's Xuanzheng Hall again.

Gu Yuanbai sat behind the table, looked up when he heard the sound, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.

Xue Yuanyuan saw the smile on the corner of his lips, stared straight for a while, and then followed General Dingyuan's footsteps. He suppressed his expression and murmured to himself: "It seems that his complexion is better."

The two courtiers came up to pay their respects, Gu Yuanbai warmly called them up, and after they reported the rebel army and the current situation in Jingnan and South, Gu Yuanbai nodded and let them go back to the mansion to rest.

General Dingyuan retreated obediently, but Xue Yuan did not move. Gu Yuanbai looked at him, his gaze shifted from his brows to his neck, wondering what the weather in Jingnan Lake was like, it made people feel dark several degrees.

"What else is there for Xue Qing?" Gu Yuanbai asked.

In July, the weather is hot.There is an ice basin in the Xuanzheng Hall, and the sun outside is accompanied by disturbing birds and cicadas, making the air distorted by the sun.

It took one month and seventeen days before Xue Yuan saw Gu Yuanbai.

Gu Yuanbai's face turned red from the heat, the clothes on his body were thinner, and the knuckles under his fingers were still round and fair.

Xue Yuan was dressed in normal clothes, his armor had been taken off, and he still had the smell of wind and sand on his body, he smiled slightly at this moment, and said calmly: "As the Marquis in front of the palace, I naturally want to protect the safety of the Holy Majesty and accompany the Holy Majesty at all times. "

Gu Yuanbai pondered for a moment, then said: "Then there's no need, the imperial decree for Xue Qing's promotion will come down later. Xue Qing is a great talent, so you don't need to stay by my side in the future."

The smile on Xue Yuan's face froze for a moment, and the tip of his tongue felt a bit bitter. He asked slowly, "My lord, what do you mean?"

Seeing that Gu Yuanbai was silent, Tian Fusheng interjected with a smile, "Lord Xue, this is the meaning of the Holy Majesty's desire to promote you because of your great talent!"

The fire that had just ignited in my heart was slammed into ice again.

Xue Yuan's eyes were heavy, he looked at Gu Yuanbai for a long time, and after a while he smiled coldly, "I obey the order."

Turn around and stride away from Xuanzheng Hall.

Gu Yuanbai watched him leave with his robe flying, and from this step, it could be seen how angry Xue Yuan was.Gu Yuanbai rubbed his nose, then turned to ask Tian Fusheng, "I will reward him for his merits and deeds, and give him a good position, isn't that good enough?"

Tian Fusheng was also very puzzled, "The little one can't figure out what Mr. Xue is thinking."

"Forget it," Gu Yuanbai frowned in distress, unable to figure out what Xue Yuan was thinking, "Leave him alone."

As soon as Xue Yuan walked out of the palace, he stopped with a blank expression.

The golden palace behind him was shining and huge, but it was icy and cold, without a trace of human touch, just like its owner.

Xue Yuan squeezed the white dragon pattern handkerchief in his sleeve, and returned to Xue's mansion without any expression.

Gu Yuanbai.

Everyone in the Xue residence had been waiting for him for a long time. When Xue Yuan was lying in the room after taking a bath, he was still looking at the beam above his head with his eyes open.

After thinking about it all night and for a long time, I finally came up with a solution.

It would be too naive for the little emperor to think that he could be driven away in this way.

When Xue Yuan went to the battlefield for the first time, he took a fancy to the dagger in the arms of a leader of the enemy. Because of that dagger, he almost lost his life on the battlefield.But the dagger still belonged to him, what Xue Yuan wanted, as long as he had breath, he would grab it into his arms even when he crawled.

or kill him.

Either give yourself to him.

Isn't it cool enough?Wouldn't it be enough for him to make him feel good?

Gu Yuanbai did not give the rebel army an extra day to live. At noon that day, he beheaded these important figures in the rebel army in the capital for public display.

At that time, Xu Xiongyuan looked at the people in the capital who were circling round and round to watch the excitement, and seeing the excitement in their eyes and the joy they couldn't get rid of, he suddenly felt that he was completely defeated.

Gu Yuanbai has the ability to behead Lu Feng, but will he really let him flee the capital with five thousand soldiers?Perhaps from this moment on, when he was selected by Gu Yuanbai, he was defeated.

But he understood too late.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the head fell to the ground.

In the evening of the next day, it was a small banquet hosted by Gu Yuanbai for the heroes.

The maids in the palace were busy, preparing wine and serving dishes. In the open space of the palace banquet, there were singing and dancing girls in the palace dancing.

Nowadays, the Holy Majesty is not good at women, and his eyes are full of clarity when watching singing and dancing.Xue Yuan drank a glass of wine and glanced at the Holy Majesty, his eyes were scorching, very hot.

During the small banquet, in order to show kindness, the Holy Majesty wore a bright yellow uniform. Occasionally, when he raised his glass or raised his sleeves, he could see the dark light of the golden pattern on the clothes. Xue Yuan traced the dark pattern with his eyes, and drank a cup Another glass of wine.

Sitting next to him was General Dingyuan, who was already drunk after being toasted by everyone, when he turned to look at Xue Yuan, he was surprised by the empty wine bottles all over the place: "Hey! Master Xue, Why are you drinking so much?"

Chang Yuyan who was not far away heard this, and Tan Hualang laughed loudly and toasted Xue Yuan and General Dingyuan: "General Dingyuan and Xue Jiuyao have stayed in Jingnan Lake for more than a month, and I don't know Xue Yuan Is Jiuyao's drinking capacity?"

General Dingyuan said: "He climbs up to the eaves every day and shakes the wine bottle to drink, and I always ask him if one bottle is enough. I didn't expect that I underestimated Master Xue's drinking capacity."

Chang Yuyan smiled and drank a toast with General Dingyuan.

Xue Yuan stood up suddenly, and walked towards the Holy Majesty with a glass of wine.But before he came to the front, Prince He, who was sitting on the lower left of the sage, stood up, raised his glass to Gu Yuanbai, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, take a drink."

Gu Yuanbai took a glance from the corner of his eye, but inadvertently caught sight of Xue Yuan who stopped not far away.Xue Yuan's long eyebrows slanted into his temples, with a half-smile, looking at the two of them as if they were watching a good show.

As if suddenly, Mad Dog was back to his original self.But it seems to be very different from the original appearance.

Gu Yuanbai withdrew his gaze, turned his head to give Tian Fusheng a word, then raised his wine glass, signaled to Prince Tonghe, and took a sip.

The prince raised his head and drank the glass of wine without leaving a drop. He looked at Gu Yuanbai taking a sip and didn't say anything. He sat down again in silence, as if he was simply offering a glass of wine to the Holy One. .

After sitting down with the prince, Xue Yuan stepped forward, Tian Fusheng happened to bring a new jug of wine, and poured another glass for the Holy One, Gu Yuanbai smiled and said: "Xue Qing is in the limelight again this time."

When he saw it, he paused, "Where did Xue Qing get the dripping water from?"

Xue Yuan looked down and said casually, "The wine glass is cracked."

Gu Yuanbai asked someone to change a new wine glass for him. After Xue Yuan took the wine glass again, he raised his sleeve, and just as he handed the white jade wine glass to his lips, Xue Yuan said, "Your Majesty, don't drink it."

Gu Yuanbai paused and raised his eyes to look at him.

The eyes of the Holy One reflected the light of water, Xue Yuan rolled his Adam's apple, drank the wine in the glass, then stepped forward abruptly, snatched the wine glass from the Holy Lord's hand quickly, and drank the same Not a drop left.

The clear water that Tian Fusheng took to pretend to be wine was sweet, Xue Yuan smiled and said politely: "Your Majesty, this wine tastes extraordinary."

Gu Yuan still paused on the spot with his white hands, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "Really?"

"Tian Fusheng," he said, looking straight at Xue Yuan, "give this pot of wine to Xue Qing."

Tian Fusheng should be, stepped forward and handed the jug to Xue Yuan.Xue Yuan was carrying the jug but still did not leave, his shadow almost covered Gu Yuanbai under his body, after a while, he said: "My lord, what you said last time to be rewarded to the minister, you still don't want to leave?" No reward."

Gu Yuanbai remembered that cave almost instantly.

His thoughts wandered for a moment, it was really good that his little brother was served by Xue Yuan that time.

This man is a bandit, and his hands are rough, but when he licks him, it can be said that he is facing a treasure.

Gu Yuanbai felt a bit guilty of a scumbag in his heart, he said softly, "What do you want?"

Xue Yuan grinned, leaned down, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you once took away one of my clothes."

Gu Yuanbai couldn't help laughing, "Young master of the Xue family, are you even bothering me with a piece of clothing?"

"That's not true," Xue Yuan said, "I think the clothes look good on the Holy One, so I should wear them more."

He had already spoken a lot with the Holy Majesty at the top, and many people had already looked over. The one sitting on the lower left and the Prince could not hear the sound of their conversation between the silk and bamboo wind music, but they could see that they were too close. , suddenly frowned and said loudly: "Master Xue hasn't finished talking yet?"

With Xue Yuan's force in his hand, he almost squeezed another crack in the cup that Majesty Sheng had just used against his lips.He smiled and said: "My lord, do you still have the jade ring finger that I gave you?"

Gu Yuanbai wondered, why did Xue Jiuyao ask all these questions today.But he still raised his hand, between the light-white fingers, the solemn jade finger that almost dripped green liquid was wrapped in delicate flesh, like a dewy flower, extremely beautiful.

Xue Yuan looked at it admiringly. He really wanted to reach out and touch it, but he couldn't, it would scare people away.Xue Yuan suppressed his thoughts, saluted Gu Yuanbai, took a wine glass and a deliberately hidden white jade cup, and walked back leisurely.

Prince He at the side glanced at Gu Yuanbai's hand, his eyelids twitched, and he looked away.But when he saw Xue Yuan's back, this sense of haste condensed into deep anger again.

The eldest son of General Xue's family was too bold, he just wanted to toast, but he even dared to take the wine from Gu Yuanbai.But what made Prince He even more depressed was that Gu Yuanbai didn't punish him.

Could it be that the emperor's favor is enough to indulge this person's audacity?

What others are thinking has nothing to do with Gu Yuanbai.

The evening breeze in the afternoon was much cooler than the daytime. Gu Yuanbai drank clear water, ate a few mouthfuls of vegetables, and when he felt that it was almost time, he ordered someone to cancel the banquet.

When the Holy Majesty retreated from the banquet, the prince and the prince also got up and followed behind Gu Yuanbai. He followed in silence, and when he was about to reach the bedroom, Gu Yuanbai asked, "Do you have something to talk to me about with the prince?"

"It's nothing," Prince He said in a muffled voice, unwilling to raise his head to look at Gu Yuanbai, "I miss the late emperor, so I want to come to the palace to have a look."

Gu Yuanbai found it interesting, and felt something unusual. He raised his brows and said with a smile: "Okay. Since the prince and the prince miss the late emperor, let's stay in the palace for a night. The late emperor likes to stay overnight. In Huayi Palace, you and the prince will stay there tonight."

He responded with a deep voice to the prince, glanced at him before leaving, and left with the eunuch.

Gu Yuanbai squinted at his back, and ordered: "Go and find out if anything happened to the Prince recently."

After Tian Fusheng agreed, he continued towards the bedroom.

After washing up, lying on the bed, Gu Yuanbai held the mutton fat white jade and closed his eyes. He stroked the jade pendant with his fingers, but suddenly thought of the white jade cup he had used at the banquet.

What about the cup?