[Rat and Cat] Han Palace Autumn

"Looking at the place, the rain gathers and the clouds break, and the shadows are quiet, watching the autumn light. The evening scene is bleak and sparse, which can make Song Yu sad...Look, Mr. Tang, the scene of the rain breaking and the clouds clearing is indescribably desolate." Zhan Zhao leaned on the bed Sitting on the rattan chair near the window, there was a bit of bleakness between his brows and eyes, his body had lost a lot of weight in just half a month, and his unyielding eyes bloomed with a bit of indifferent melancholy after being tortured by the King of Xiangyang .

"Master Zhan..."

"Don't call me your lord anymore... Didn't Zhan Zhao, the fourth-rank imperial guard with a sword, die outside Xiangyang City long ago?" Zhan Zhao's expression was cold. He smiled indifferently at the moment, and now his face is more indifferent - he knows that he has no right to seek death and life, and he does not want to do such weak things, although he knows that Tang Lan has taken care of him within his ability, but Deep fatigue made it difficult for him to summon up the strength to make other expressions.

Zhan Zhao really doesn't understand, he is a majestic man of seven feet, he is full of arrogance in the rivers and lakes, he asks himself that he will not have a little girl's delicacy at all, how can the emperor who has seen all the beauties in the world treat him like this... Obsession comes.Now that he has completely lost his internal energy, and is controlled by the Gu poison, no matter how hard he tries along the way, he can't think of any way to escape the emperor's control.

"...Okay, Zhan Zhao, can I call you Zhan Zhao?" Tang Lan's expression was almost gentle, he didn't want to answer Zhan Zhao's desolate question, so he turned to care about his injury, " How is it, has the penetrating wound on the shoulder started to heal?"

Zhan Zhao turned his head slightly, closed his eyes, and replied slowly, "It's getting better..."

"Master Tang, Master Zhan, it's time to drink the medicine." The attendant with low brows and pleasing eyes held a tray in his hand, which contained the freshly brewed decoction. Zhao just glanced at it, and uncontrollable bitterness and nausea surged in his throat. He endured the pain and let the guard bring the medicine to him. The acrid smell rushed into his nose and even spread into his brain. He tried his best to keep his face still, but he was too dizzy to see his surroundings clearly.

——I don’t know why, since he was a child, his reaction to drugs is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Therefore, what he is most afraid of is the soup that cannot be avoided when heals... It used to be that his own exclusive pharmacist and Mr. Gongsun adjusted the properties of the medicine to be milder. , although it is very bitter, it is not unbearable, but now...

"Zhan Zhao, drink the medicine," Tang Lan advised him, "Don't hold back, your body is yours, and you certainly don't want to, the scene from that day will repeat itself..."

Heh, Zhan Zhao hooked his lips ironically. Did he think he resisted the drug because he wanted to die? He still can't forget that after he silently refused many times, this person tapped his acupoints and put the drug on his body. He poured down a bowl of medicine drop by drop, he remembered the unstoppable cough caused by the fast-flowing liquid, and remembered the pungent taste passing through his throat like the tip of a knife, burning in his stomach endlessly— —And what was more intense than the physical pain was his humiliation and resentment for his powerless situation. For the first time, he realized so clearly that he, who had lost his martial arts, had no ability to resist Tang Lan's arrangements... Naturally , including the arrangements of future emperors.

He closed his eyes, stretched out his still intact right hand to take the medicine bowl and drank it down, frowning and suppressing the vomiting, letting the tearing pain wreak havoc in his stomach.

It started to rain again, and tomorrow we will arrive in Kaifeng.

Autumn rain always brings a bit of bleakness, and the streets after the rain look extraordinarily desolate and cold.As soon as the city gate opened in the early morning, a low-key and plain carriage slowly drove into Kaifeng from the north gate.

The carriage went straight to the back door of the palace, where a bright yellow sedan chair was already waiting, and through the hazy veil, one could see the looming figure of the most honorable person in the entire Song Dynasty.

The carriage stopped quietly by the door, and a young man in blue and long gown jumped out of the carriage, bowed down to the sedan chair, and respectfully said after the people in the sedan chair signaled him to get up: "Your Majesty, it is fortunate that Tang Lan did not disgrace her life."

Zhao Zhen stepped down from the sedan chair, looked at the curtains of the carriage hanging quietly, his eyes couldn't stop being lit up with flames, he calmed down for a while, and said majesticly: "You've done a good job, so go back to the team, Zhen Your own reward—remember, don’t come into contact with anyone who has seen your face.”

"Yes, I obey." Tang Lan knelt down and kowtowed again, then retreated in silence. He raised his eyes for one last look at the dark blue car curtain, sighed helplessly and bowed back.

A palace official had already stepped forward and opened the curtain, and said respectfully, "Lord Zhan, please get out of the car."

Zhan Zhao clenched his fists, knowing that he would never be able to escape this experience, he stood up and got out of the sedan chair, but when his feet touched the ground, his eyes would turn black, and his whole body seemed to be floating in the air. Holding on to the shaft, I'm afraid I can't even stand up.Zhao Zhen smiled when he saw this, and simply picked him up by the waist, and they went back to the Luanjia together.

The surrounding guards and maids all lowered their heads, as if they were turning a blind eye to the emperor's extravagant behavior - the palace servants who could be brought in for such a thing must have a deep understanding of the principle of abiding by their duties.

Zhan Zhao was dizzy, and didn't realize Zhao Zhen's actions for a while, but when he finally came back to his senses, the emperor still hugged him and didn't let go, Zhan Zhao was so angry that he struggled hard: "Your Majesty , please respect yourself."

"Heh, I haven't seen you for so long, but the guard Zhan is still so observant of etiquette." Zhao Zhen chuckled, and easily suppressed his weak resistance, "It's just that if you want to shine your claws, you must first raise your body. You are in this state , but nothing can be done." As he spoke, he took his hand presumptuously, put it on his lips and licked it lightly, "Guard Zhan...what do you think?"

Zhan Zhao was trembling with anger, but he didn't even have the strength to withdraw his hand. He was already very weak. Although the injuries on his body had been treated well, it was really difficult to recover in a short time. His eyes turned black, and he passed out without saying a word.

Zhao Zhen hugged Zhan Zhao with an unpredictable expression. He looked at the pale face of the comatose person in his arms, and couldn't help but put his finger on the person's lips and stroked them until the pale lips showed a bright red color. She withdrew her hand in satisfaction, and traced his straight nose, long eyelashes, and heroic eyebrows.

"Zhan... Zhao," the young emperor murmured to himself, "from now on, you will be mine..."

The frame went all the way to the southwest corner of the palace, and entered a small palace. Although the palace was small, it was elegantly and elegantly furnished.Several houses are hidden among the green pines and green bamboos. There is a large lotus pond on which pavilions with upturned eaves are built. They are connected by winding corridors and shrouded in a light mist. Like the Immortal Palace in Yaochi, high above the clouds.

Zhao Zhen continued to hold Zhan Zhao and walked into a room. There was a window in this room. The window was made into a circle. It has the function of covering up, making it more elegant when looking from the outside to the inside.

"Hmm..." Zhan Zhao was so angry that he couldn't bear it for a while, but after a while, he naturally woke up.He snorted softly, and suddenly opened his eyes.

"His Majesty……"

Zhao Zhen let go of his hand in a good-tempered manner, then saw him staggering on the spot a few times, finally groped and sat down at the table, and said amusedly: "Do you hate my touch so much?" He raised his hand and opened the window, pointing Looking out of the window, he said, "Look, do you still like it? This is the southwest corner of the imperial palace. It was originally an abandoned wasteland. Since your performance in the Yaowu Building, I have organized people to clean it up, dug a lotus pond, and planted green bamboos. , just waiting for this day to be handed over to its owner... It's a pity that it's not the time, the lotus in the pond has already bloomed, if midsummer comes, you can see the scene of lotus leaves touching the sky and red lotus reflecting the sun, It’s just so beautiful.”

Zhan Zhao gritted his teeth, yes, this courtyard was built when he entered the palace a few days ago, he saw its changes with his own eyes, until he went to Xiangyang with Bai Yutang, it was already full of flowers, bamboos and green, and the water was turbulent. , he had felt such auspicious omen before, but he never expected that it was actually a gorgeous cage waiting for him to get into from the very beginning!

"Do you still remember that time when I recovered Ku Yin and was injured, I went to Kaifeng Mansion to see what happened to you..." Zhao Zhen approached him and held up a lock of black hair, "At that time, I was full of joy... until I saw The hickey on your neck... You know, at that time I really wanted to force you to go back to the palace desperately... But I held back, and this time, Zhao, my imperial cat, I will never let you go!"

Zhan Zhao couldn't help dodging backwards, but he pressed his shoulder on the wound pierced by the iron hook on his left shoulder. He couldn't help grunting in pain, and his body fell sideways all at once.Zhao Zhen took advantage of the situation and sat down, holding him in his arms again. With his other hand, taking advantage of his inability to resist, he gently pulled off the white hairband, and the blue hair like a waterfall flowed down in an instant, scattered all over his back.

Zhao Zhen took a deep breath intoxicated: "Zhao, why do you always have such a pleasant smell of tea on your body? Could it be that you were born with it and deposited in your bones... I really love the way you wear your shawl , less sharpness, but more softness, from now on, don't tie your hair up, okay?"

Zhan Zhao was so angry at his rascal's behavior that he couldn't speak, his shoulder was in severe pain, the wound was torn open by his ruthless grab just now, the blood slowly smeared out, forming a dark purple color on the blue clothes .

There seemed to be a storm in Zhao Zhen's eyes. While announcing the imperial physician's audience loudly, he ignored Zhan Zhao's struggle and forcibly tore off the clothes on his shoulders together with the scattered bandages. When he saw the bloody wound, For a moment, the temperature in the room seemed to drop a few degrees.

He leaned into Zhan Zhao's ear and whispered, "This time in Xiangyang, I am sorry for you...I know you have suffered...I asked Tang Lan to report everything in detail, and he will give you all the punishments you have suffered. Come back, do you know how heartbroken I was when I saw those records? I can't wait to execute that thief Ling Chi!"

Zhan Zhao lowered his head, his ears were stained a little red because he was too close, but his expression was cold and indifferent, as if he was talking about something completely irrelevant to him, his dense eyelashes trembled slightly, A light shadow casts on the cheek.The skirt he tore open exposed half of his straight collarbone, and he could vaguely see two spots on his chest...

Zhao Zhen couldn't bear it anymore, and was about to touch the small earlobe that was close at hand, when he heard the notifications from outside, it was the imperial doctor who had arrived.Reluctantly looking at the more serious wound on Zhan Zhao's shoulder, he could only get up and straighten his clothes, and waited for the imperial servant Xuan to come in for an audience as soon as possible.