After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

Zhou's mother was sitting on the chair, twisting the wooden beads with her fingers, feeling restless.Seeing the maid in aqua-green clothes coming from the door, she immediately asked anxiously, "How is Brother Cai? Are you still losing your temper?"

"Husband...Madam." The servant girl said tremblingly, "Young...Young Master, Young Master, he won't let slaves and maidservants enter the gate of the courtyard!"

"It's a crime, it's a crime..." Mother Zhou's voice was full of tears.

She dropped the Buddhist bead in her hand onto the table, and the wooden bead knocked on the table, rolled up and fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

Seeing the drop of the Buddha bead, the servant girl who was waiting next to her exclaimed and hurriedly picked it up—it was the Bodhi bead consecrated by Master Jingxu in Lingying Temple!Zhou's mother loves that bead very much on weekdays, just being wiped, Zhou's mother will feel distressed for a long time!

"Mother, what's the matter, big brother?" The younger sister Zhou next to her was also very anxious, "Isn't everything over? Today big brother went to court, and he was happy when he came back..."

Mother Zhou has two sons and a daughter.The oldest among them is Zhou Cai, whom she loves the most, and the second is Zhou Hongzhou's younger brother.Zhou Xiaomei is her only daughter, whose real name is Zhou Wanwan.

Zhou Wanwan's favorite since she was a child is her elder brother Zhou Cai.In her heart, her elder brother is the legitimate son of the Zhou family, a stunning genius with noble background, gentle and elegant since childhood, everyone likes him - even the emperor likes her brother very much!Never had her brother ever lost his composure like this!

"You ask me, how do I know?" Zhou's mother frowned.She didn't look at the broken Buddhist beads, feeling at a loss.

Obviously... obviously since two days ago, everything is going in a good direction!

Five days ago, Zhou Cai went to the palace banquet.Four days ago, Jiangwei surrounded the Zhou mansion, led by Lu Xiandao who had always been at odds with Zhou Cai.Everyone in the Zhou family didn't know exactly what happened, but seeing the battle of the black clouds overwhelming the city, they all thought that a catastrophe was imminent.The maids and women were also whispering, secretly trying to escape.

However, Lu Xiandao had only been showing off his power in Zhou Mansion for one day, and the emperor personally ordered the withdrawal of Jiangwei.The entire Zhou Mansion was preserved in its entirety, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

After that, Zhou's mother finally found out the whole story from the Fifth Prince.She originally thought that it was Zhou Xun's disrespect in the palace and offended the nobleman.When she learned the truth, she was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she passed out directly.

This, this is the great crime of treason and killing the nine clans!

But what surprised her even more was——

As soon as the emperor heard that Zhou Cai had passed out kneeling in front of the palace gate, he suppressed the whole thing directly!

What kind of grace should this be!

Zhou's mother knew that the emperor had always loved Zhou Cai, but she didn't expect this love to be so terrifying!

Zhou Cai is not just a person who is held in the apex of the emperor's heart, he is simply...a person who can step on the drum beat and tap dance on the apex of the emperor's heart!

However, Zhou Cai seemed unwilling to say more about it.Seeing his gloomy expression, Zhou's mother knew it in her heart.

...Since the emperor loves Zhou Cai so much, what he asks for must not be such a simple return such as "between the monarch and his ministers, fish and water get each other".

Although Zhou Cai was engaged to the lady of Yan Shangshu's family, the Minister of Rites, but because of the lady's filial piety, the two have not yet married.What does the emperor think about Zhou Cai...

However, to be loved by the emperor is a very good thing no matter how you say it. This is a blessing that others can't ask for!At least until the emperor makes it clear, this is a good thing, and it is Zhou Cai's amulet that can stand upright in the court!

Zhou Cai also had a smile on his face when he came back from court early this morning.After the Zhou Mansion lifted the ban, the officials and wives in the capital sensed the direction of the wind and continued to visit the Zhou Mansion one after another.Zhou's mother heard from a familiar official's wife that today Zhou Cai mentioned the epidemic in the early court and presented a book. The emperor also praised him for the people's livelihood and the great fortune of the people, and he should read his book carefully after returning.

Unexpectedly, tonight, after Zhou Cai came back from entering the palace to discuss matters, his face was always sullen, as if he was extremely angry.Zhou Xiaomei called him at the door, but he didn't listen.Zhou's mother just asked him a question, and he, who was always filial to his mother, ignored him. He just went straight into his yard and slammed the door.

Then, the sound of things being broken came from the yard!

As soon as he went in, he didn't come out all night.Even the maid who delivered the food was sent out by him.

Little brother Zhou gritted his teeth, stood up from the chair and said, "Brother has never lost his temper so much, I'll go talk to him..."

"What's wrong, Brother Cai?"

Father Zhou's voice sounded at the door.Brother Zhou just wanted to call his father, but his eyes lit up when he saw the young man beside Zhou's father: "Thank you, brother thank you!"

Walking into the lobby with Zhou's father was a handsome young man.He has a deep and handsome appearance, dressed in silver armor, with a noble and righteous look in his brows.As soon as Zhou Xiaomei saw him, she blushed with embarrassment.

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Brother Xie, are you back in the capital? Little brother Zhou said happily, "Why didn't you tell us when you came back?" "

When Zhou's mother saw the person coming, she could not stop complaining.

Why didn't he come early or late, but why did he come at this time?

The five generations of the Xie family, Xie Zhengqing is a well-known child prodigy in the Xie family. He has the reputation of being able to set the country with martial arts and to stabilize the country with literature.As a direct descendant of the Xie family, he was upright and refused to be sheltered by his father's generation. At the age of 13, he joined the army with his uncle.Although he is young, he is already a general, and he has made several military exploits, large and small, and is very famous in the court.Returning to the capital this time, he must be rewarded again.

Xie Zhengqing and Zhou Cai are good friends.If it was normal, Zhou's mother would like him to come to Zhou's house more - she still hopes to marry her daughter to Xie Zhengqing, so that she can fly on a branch and become a phoenix!

But now... Zhou's mother looked at the messy home with embarrassment on her face.

I also know that it was Zhou's father who met Xie Zhengqing on the road. He didn't know that there was such a mess at home, so he invited him to come to the house as a guest... Zhou's mother couldn't help feeling a lot of resentment towards him. It's just this time to curry favor!

Xie Zhengqing seemed to turn a blind eye to the chaos in the Zhou family, which relieved Zhou's mother a lot.

He first saluted Zhou's mother, and then said to Zhou's younger brother: "I just came back from Cangzhou a few days ago, it's full of dust and dust, so I don't want to bother you."

Zhou's mother hurriedly asked him to sit down, and ordered the maid to bring him tea.

Xie Zhengqing noticed the unusual atmosphere in Zhou Mansion when he entered the door.He had heard about the events of the previous two days, but he didn't know the details, so after exchanging a few pleasantries, he asked, "Jiangwei suddenly surrounded the Zhou residence two days ago, what happened?"

It's okay if he didn't ask, but when he asked, Father Zhou's head was covered with sweat: "This..."

"It's that Zhou Xun's disrespect and offended the emperor!" Zhou Xiaomei immediately screamed, "He did something wrong himself, and our family was punished accordingly. That Deputy Commander Lu even bullied us hard and took the opportunity to break There are a lot of things in our house!"

"Lu Xiandao is upright, but he has no bad intentions. There may be some misunderstanding between him and Ah Cai." Xie Zhengqing said helplessly.

He is good friends with Zhou Cai, and his relationship with Lu Xiandao is not too bad.Yet somehow, the two never got along.In the past two years, he has been fighting abroad and has not been in Beijing all year round, so even if he wanted to mediate between the two, he would not have the time.

But Zhou Xun...Xie Zhengqing frowned slightly, and said with some uncertainty, "That Zhou Xun...is your second brother?"

He didn't have much impression of Zhou Xun, but only heard from Zhou Cai's mouth and rumors with other members of the Zhou family.

In his impression, that Zhou Xun didn't seem to like reading very much since he was a child, and only liked to do some crooked ways.After staying in the Fifth Prince's Mansion temporarily for a month and seeing the riches and honors in the Palace, he didn't even take the imperial examination, and entered the Fifth Prince's Mansion as a male favorite.The whole Zhou family thought he was ashamed, and they kept this matter secret.

Although Xie Zhengqing didn't remember his face, but because of these rumors, he didn't have a good impression of this person himself.He was born noble and upright, and looked down on these crooked and unprogressive things.

"Yeah, he is the one who caused us..."

"Wan'er!" Mother Zhou raised her voice, "No nonsense!"

Zhou Wanwan's eyes were red, and before she closed her mouth, she said: "He dared to do those things, why can't I say it! I think the big brother got so angry today and locked himself in the yard, he must be angry. I I've never seen my brother get so angry..."

Made Zhou Cai so angry?Xie Zhengqing was startled.

He did remember that Zhou Cai had always had a good temper, but he would get angry because of it?

Even Zhou Cai was angry, presumably that Zhou Xun... must have done something terrible.Xie Zhengqing's disgust towards Zhou Xun subconsciously deepened.

The little maid came again with the warmed soup, Xie Zhengqing then said: "I'll go and see Ah Cai."

The two are friends, so there is no problem going to see it.Xie Zhengqing followed the maid to the small courtyard where Zhou Cai lived.

Before he went in, he heard a loud noise of things being swept to the ground from inside.

Xie Zhengqing pushed open the courtyard door.

"Master," Zhou Caizheng was furious, and the servant hurried in and whispered in his ear, "Xie Zhengqing is here."

Xie Zhengqing?Zhou Cai was taken aback.

"Master, this room..." The boy was sweating, "It won't be cleaned up for a while..."

"No need." Zhou Cai suddenly had a plan and said decisively, "No need to clean up."

He smiled and said, "Since he did such a thing, other people should know about it."

Xie Zhengqing was born noble, straightforward and ruthless, and now he has made more contributions...

——It is a good knife in hand.

Before Xie Zhengqing entered the study, he saw mixed figures inside.

"Young Master, Young Master!" He heard the boy crying, "Stop torturing yourself with other people's faults..."

Then there was Zhou Cai's painful voice: "As the eldest son of Zhou, I am sorry for the Zhou family. As the eldest brother, I should have set an example, but..."

"The Zhou family gave birth to a concubine who climbed the dragon bed. How can I be worthy of the Zhou family's ancestors? If others saw it, what would they say about the Zhou family? There are hundreds of people in the Zhou family, because his reputation has been ruined alone. .If I could restrain him earlier..."

"Master, how can you restrain yourself!" the boy cried, "When he broke the tablet of the old lady, the master wanted to beat him, and you sent him to the palace to protect him. But what about him? He has a grudge against you In my heart, first to the prince... Now he is greedy for wealth and honor, and climbed onto the emperor's bed..."

"I, I... Oh!" Zhou Cai's voice seemed to be crying blood, "Leave me alone! Just leave me alone..."

Xie Zhengqing stood in front of Zhou Cai's door, clenched his fists.

"Zhou Xun..." He repeated these two words with extremely cold eyes.

"Tomorrow," he said to the servant next to him, "follow me into the palace."

He wants to see, what kind of male favorite is he who seduced the emperor so much that he lost his soul?

……

The emperor slowly woke up from his sleep.

With the hangover pain in his brain, he rubbed his temples vigorously, not knowing where he was for a while.

The first thing that comes into view is the light blue bed curtain.

"Hmm... the bed curtain... on the bed..." He blurted out a few words, "Wait, this doesn't seem to be my bed??"

The emperor froze.

The fragmented memories of last night in the gazebo returned to his brain.

emperor:……

"Damn, I won't be... I just flipped through any concubine's brand..."

The images of the concubines appeared in his mind, and the emperor tremblingly stretched his hands behind him.

emperor:……

Luckily, he's safe...wait, next to him...

It seems, someone?

emperor:……

"A true warrior, dare to face the bleak life." He murmured, "Since it's not the back, it's the front, dare to look directly at the dripping..."

He turned his head.

When he saw the sleeping face beside him, the emperor—

Cracked.

"I..." the emperor made a trembling voice, and he was about to cry, "I did everything... what—!!"

……

After half a column of incense.

Little Lizi entered the side hall amid the weak shouts of the emperor.

"Little Li." The emperor sat cross-legged on the bed, next to Zhou Xun who was asleep, his face was ashen, "Bring me my knife."

Little Li:? ?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Xiao Lizi tremblingly said, "Your Majesty, what are you...doing?"

The emperor glanced at him, at Zhou Xun, and then at his legs.

"Apologize." He said coldly.

Little Lizi: ...

Xiao Lizi took the knife tremblingly, and the emperor grabbed the small knife inlaid with gold and jade, looked between his legs, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Amitabha, Amitabha," the emperor stretched his neck in pain, "You! You are not as good as a beast! You! You have no conscience! You, you, apologize with death!"

As he spoke, he raised the knife high and pointed it in a certain direction tremblingly.

Zhou Xun woke up.

He was still a little bit confused, but when he opened his eyes, he saw the emperor's strange movements.

Zhou Xun:?

"Your Majesty, this is..." He blurted out what he was thinking in his heart, "Do you want to engrave the word Zao somewhere?"

emperor:……