The cute pet of the empire

"Queen Mother!" The 15-year-old maid this year was frightened by Perik's appearance. She backed up again and again, trying to leave here, but was stopped by Perik's female officer.

Perik's face was terrifying at this moment, and she approached the girl step by step: "You really want him to come back, don't you? He is my son, and he will only listen to me! You vixens, don't even think about it!" !"

"No...no..." The maid was so frightened that she cried, and she fell to the ground in fright, "The queen mother spares my life, the queen mother spares my life!"

The door of the palace was opened at this moment, and the setting sun poured in along the door. A tall figure stood at the door, hesitating for a moment.

But after a while, the figure stepped in firmly. He walked up to the girl who fell on the ground and kept begging for mercy, and stretched out his hand to help her up: "You go out first, I don't want to hear any crying today .”

The girl raised her eyes secretly, and glanced at the man who helped her up. For a moment, she felt dazed.

In her 16-year-old life, she had never seen such a man, strong, gentle, irresistible, yet full of trust.

She knew this was the Emperor of the Empire, so she stopped crying, saluted him, and backed out of the room.

The guards with weapons stayed outside the door, and the female officer beside Perik also bowed to Luo Huan before leaving. In the huge room, only a mother and child, and a white leopard were left.

"Mother... I'm back." Luo Huan's voice was very calm. He walked to Perik's side and stared at the woman he hadn't seen in six years.

There was a hint of panic in Perik's eyes, but he quickly calmed down: "Luo Huan, you've grown taller again. I'm glad to see you."

"Me too, do you still have the habit of living here?" Luo Huan's gaze swept every corner of the room, and finally landed on Perik's desk.

Perik's panic when she saw Luo Huan just now gradually disappeared. She nodded and explained why she came here: "I don't like Royce, it's too cold, and I always think of Philip when I live there. When Filger came back last time, I asked him to help me move my family here, I thought...he had already told you. "

Luo Huan strolled to the terrace in the room. Marble pillars supported the entire building. Standing on the terrace, one could have a panoramic view of the sea in the distance. The blue sea was dotted with white sails, and seabirds soared.

"You don't have to worry, I don't mean to blame. If you can live happily, I will be happy too. And standing here and looking at the sea, you will feel that the world is much wider."

Perik breathed a sigh of relief. What she was very worried about was that Luo Huan would blame her for moving as soon as she came back, but now it seems that he doesn't intend to pursue it.

"Luo Huan, haven't you eaten yet?" Perik asked, "I'll let them prepare dinner, and our family will eat together in the evening."

Luo Huan nodded, and did not object to his mother's proposal. He leaned on the railing of the terrace, overlooking the entire Corinth.

To the west is the great port, and to the north is the road to Alanguard.

The south side of the city is very prosperous, with merchants hawking and residents scurrying among them.

To the east of the city, there is a temple built on a mountain peak.It was the place where the Corinthians held various ceremonies and worshiped their gods.It is dedicated to the goddess of nemesis.

"How have you been all these years?" Luo Huan asked casually, "I have never been with you outside, do you feel lonely?"

Perik was slightly taken aback, and she looked at Luo Huan. The figure of that man looked strong and calm in the setting sun, like a statue.For no reason, she felt a burst of relief in her heart, which was a rare concern for Luo Huan.

Perik's throat was a little choked: "I am your mother. I raised the greatest man in the world. No one dares to disrespect me."

Luo Huan turned his head and looked at Perik for a while. He found that Perik was a little thinner than he remembered. Although she was well maintained, there were still some fine lines at the corners of her eyes.

For a while, Luo Huan, who was better at talking, couldn't find anything else to say, so he shut up and stood there quietly.Mao Xiaohua, who had been following him all the time, also squatted at his feet, wrapping her tail around his calf.

It was time for dinner soon. In the palace of Corinth, the maids stood aside. Luo Huan sat at the main seat, his leopard followed on his right, and Perik sat on Luo Huan's left.

Sitting opposite Luo Huan was Perik's little niece, Luo Huan's cousin Pei Yifu, who just turned 16 this year.

"Your Majesty!" Peifu was a little nervous. She had heard many legends about Luo Huan, and she had long longed for the young emperor.At this time, I have peeked at Luo Huan many times, "I heard that after you captured Baron, you were very friendly to the Shah people. Is this true?"

Luo Huan peeled off the shell of a shrimp in his hand, put it into the mouth of the leopard, and nodded: "Yes, you are interested in this? I thought that a girl your age would like beautiful clothes more."

Pei Yifu was a little speechless, of course she was not interested in these wars, but she just wanted to find something common with Luo Huan.

"If you like to listen, I can tell you slowly in the future." Luo Huan sent another shrimp to Leopard's mouth, "But not today, I just came back, I'm a little tired, I hope to have a good sleep."

Pei Yifu laughed, she nodded vigorously, followed Luo Huan's example, peeled a prawn, and met the leopard.

Mao Xiaohua happily rolled the shrimp into her mouth, and rubbed her head against the little cousin's arm by the way.

"Luo Huan, can I play with your leopard?" Pei Fu asked.

Luo Huan shook his head: "He doesn't like to play with strangers."

"But I think it likes me."

Luo Huan gave Mao Xiaohua a warning look, Leopard could only sigh helplessly, and put his head on Luo Huan's feet.

"He doesn't like you." Luo Huan said, "He just wants to sleep."

"Then I'll go to the garden to play for a while." Peifu couldn't sit still, she felt that the dinner was too dull, and Luo Huan was not worthy of the name, although he was handsome, he was not friendly, she didn't like getting along with this man very much .

After Pei Fu left, Luo Huan said slowly: "Mother, she doesn't like me."

Perik smiled a little guilty: "What are you talking about?"

"I'm not interested in marrying a Bennesian woman." Luo Huan said straight to the point, "I just came back. If possible, I don't want to make you unhappy."

Perik didn't expect Luo Huan to be so sensitive. He knew everything without saying anything.This kind of insight made Perik feel even more uneasy.

She said, "I heard you almost got married? You liked that priest of the Shah, and that would have been a good choice, too."

Luo Huan sighed in his heart. He didn't understand why Perik would talk about these things on the first day he came back. Perhaps, his mother was so eager to pick the things he didn't like to discuss, just to cover up Something else...

"I thought you should care about me and know everything about me." Luo Huan didn't get angry, he stared at Perik, "I hope... this meal is just for our family to eat."

Perik's eyes fell on the leopard next to Luo Huan. Of course she had heard about those things, but she didn't want to be a family member with a leopard at all.

"you……"

"I'm already married, at a wedding of ten thousand people outside Mulang City." Luo Huan said, he rubbed Mao Xiaohua's head, and signaled Leopard to support his statement.But the leopard just let out a listless growl, and then continued to lie on Luo Huan's lap, not at all interested in fighting her mother-in-law.

"Haven't you thought about the heir?" Perik said, "If there is no heir, your empire will definitely fall apart, and the generals under you will divide up your world without hesitation after you die. .”

Luo Huan's eyes were slightly closed, and he felt a burst of tiredness in his heart: "Nowadays, you should understand that I will not fall in love with others."

"I can ignore your private affairs, if you need... I can even find you an heir." Perik said, "I am your mother, and I will always stand by your side. Even if you like this leopard, But in fact, I am the one who loves you the most in this world."

"Really?" Luo Huan stood up abruptly, looking down at his mother.

Perik backed away subconsciously, and under Luo Huan's gaze, she felt unprecedented panic.

This person is already very different from the child in her memory. He smells of unresolved blood and looks down upon the world. This reminds Perik of Philip, especially Luo Huan. The same eyes as Philip when he was young.

"Thank you for thinking about me, do you...do you have any suitable candidates for successor?"

Perik stammered a little: "I...a nephew of mine, seven years old this year...very smart...and very..."

Luo Huan didn't move, he just stood there quietly, like a frozen stone statue.

Only when the leopard encircling his calf was close to his side, could he feel that Luo Huan's leg was actually shaking at this moment.

"Seven years old is too big, it's not suitable." Luo Huan said slowly, "If I really want to adopt someone, I hope he can be younger."

"Also...your cousin's child...his parents died a month ago, he is only two years old...you can also be considered a relative."

Luo Huan's throat trembled, and after a while, he suddenly asked, "Do you hate everything about Philip?"

Perik squeezed out a smile: "We don't want to discuss people who are already dead. You are the emperor of the empire and have a vast territory. How can you be worthy of Murang's wedding in such a hurry? You have to have an extraordinary The wedding must be solemn and sacred enough."

She walked up to Mao Xiaohua with a gentle voice: "Although I don't like you, if Luo Huan really likes you, as his mother, I can re-officiate the wedding for you and let you adopt a child at the wedding. "

"I don't like those two children I've never met!" Luo Huan interrupted Perik. He blocked Mao Xiaohua's body and stood in front of his mother: "If an heir makes you feel at ease, I can marry Cousin Peyve, have a child with her."

An unprecedented gentle smile bloomed on Perik's face. She looked at Luo Huan and smiled, just as she smiled at the infant child many years ago: "I'm glad you can think so, and your father has more than one father." Wife. The woman he loves the most is not the woman who gave birth to his heir. Actually, as a mother, I am very pleased with your decision."

At this moment, Luo Huan felt that he had been overwhelmed by something, and he felt a burst of despair.He put his hand behind his back, and the leopard immediately offered his flesh pad.

Only when he grasped the soft meat pad did he have the courage to say the following words, "Then let's hold the wedding, I hope the sooner the better."

"Too hasty definitely won't work, but you can get engaged as soon as possible..."

"Tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow?" Perik froze for a moment, then nodded, "That's right, the sooner the better! What do you think of the temple in Corinth as the engagement place? It's very solemn and sacred there."

Luo Huan's hands tightly grasped the leopard's paws, almost crushing Mao Xiaohua's bones: "Goddess' temple... good."

"Luo Huan, I know you are very tired, you can leave all this to me, you go back and have a good rest with your lover!" Perik said, she didn't dare to approach Luo Huan, she just stood at a safe distance, yes Mao Xiaohua squeezed out a smile, "Actually, from a certain point of view, you and Luo Huan are quite a match."

Luo Huan nodded, he turned mechanically and walked out. When he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and looked at Perik: "Mother."

Perik looked up blankly: "Huh?"

"I love you more than I love Philip..." Luo Huan's voice was hoarse, his face was serious, and his eyes showed nostalgia and sadness.

"I... love you too." Perik said, "I have prepared a room for you and let the maid take you there."

Luo Huan walked towards the door, he walked through the garden under the guidance of the maid, and happened to meet the little cousin who was picking flowers on tiptoe.

"Peifu, come here." Luo Huan called her.

Pei Yifu turned her head, for no reason, she felt a little afraid of this cousin, but despite this, she slowly walked in front of Luo Huan.

Luo Huan reached out and stroked Pei Yifu's hair.This is a young girl, she should be at the carefree age. Luo Huan recalled that when he was 16 years old, he met a furry leopard in the arena.

"Your Majesty?" Peifu looked at Luo Huan in confusion.

Luo Huan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn't say anything in the end, and left with the leopard.

In the room, the leopard's tail brushed against Luo Huan's chin lightly, and Luo Huan caught it accurately.

"You can choose not to go tomorrow. Two thousand leopards and I can do anything for you..." Mao Xiaohua said, he felt his tail being pinched by Luo Huan.

Luo Huan shook his head slightly, a self-deprecating smile appeared on his lips, and after a while, he suddenly asked: "If I die, will you be very sad?"

The leopard jumped forward and turned into a black-haired young man in the air. He hugged Luo Huan tightly and kissed him repeatedly.

Luo Huan kissed Mao Xiaohua, as if he wanted to embed his lover in his bone marrow.

There was a knock on the door, it was Luo Huan's captain of the guard.

But Luo Huan didn't open the door.

After a while, someone knocked on the door again, it was Cheng Xiaoqi.

Luo Huan still did not open the door.

Finally, Pei Fu's voice sounded outside the door: "Your Majesty... I have something to tell you... cousin!"

Luo Huan just buried himself deeply in Mao Xiaohua's body until the light of day dawned.

When it was dawn, Luo Huan opened the door, with a resolute and unchangeable expression on his face. Outside the door, Perik, who was dressed up, was waiting for his son with a smile.

Luo Huancai came back less than a day ago, so it is impossible to know everything so quickly, and Corinth City has its own team of cronies.

The longer the delay, the worse it is for yourself.Either get caught, or give it a go.

Perik has already made a choice in her heart. She has already had two sons, and those two sons are very obedient and love their mother very much. They are the crystallization of true love born between her and the man she loves.

Son of Philip, hate and vengeance;

These two parties cannot coexist, one must disappear.

The balance in Perik's heart has long been tilted, even after meeting Luo Huan, it has not changed.

"Luo Huan, are you ready? Let's go." Perik tried her best to hide her nervousness. She had to paralyze Luo Huan at this critical moment, so as not to let him discover any clues.

Maybe that shrewd son has discovered something, after all, those words at dinner yesterday meant something; or maybe, this son knows everything well, and he is just acting like a clown.

But no matter how much Luo Huan knew, and no matter what he discovered, he didn't act.

Last night, he just locked himself in the room and made love to his lover, without any action other than this.

Perik raised her head slightly, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Luo Huan, I'm actually... looking forward to today. What about you?"

Luo Huan looked at his mother, but he didn't answer the question.

Perik didn't say any more, she asked Luo Huan to sit in her carriage, and under the guard of Corinthian guards, she drove all the way to the temple in the east.

Luo Huan didn't bring any guards, he just brought his own leopard.

And Perik took his little niece, boarded another not-so-luxurious carriage, and drove towards the temple together.

When they arrived at the gate of the temple, Luo Huan got off the carriage, bent down, and said to Mao Xiaohua, "Don't come in, it's right here...don't come in."

Leopard looked at his master, stuck out his tongue, and licked Luo Huan's hand, and then rubbed his head against Luo Huan's leg.

Luo Huan squatted down, kissed the leopard's nose, then stood up, pulled his cousin beside him, and walked towards the temple holding her hand.

Perik followed behind Luo Huan, her hands tightly clutching her skirt, until Luo Huan suddenly stopped in the temple and turned around.

A trace of panic flickered in Perik's eyes.

At this moment, she was sure that Luo Huan already knew everything, he just didn't act.He was just willing to risk himself.

Luo Huan's expression was very calm. He turned his head and patted his little cousin on the shoulder: "This place is not suitable for you. Go out and play with my leopard."

Peifu's palms were trembling nervously. She looked at Luo Huan, then at the Queen Mother, and said softly, "Your Majesty... I... am afraid..."

Luo Huan took a deep breath: "Don't be afraid, he is not only a leopard, but also a general who fought on the battlefield. He once returned from a battlefield where corpses were everywhere, and he will never fall down in today's temple. You came to look for me last night, although I didn't see you, but thank you for your kindness, he is the same, he will protect you!"

Perik's face changed color in an instant, and she stepped back abruptly, while Luo Huan just decisively threw the girl beside him towards the unclosed temple gate.

The gate of the temple was closed at this moment, obviously it was the morning sun rising in the east, but the light in the temple was as dark as night because of the closing of the gate.

"You don't need to be afraid, mother." Luo Huan stood still and said calmly, "I'm not carrying a weapon or wearing any armor. I've followed your request...to disarm all weapons and stand here, Let you kill."

"Luo Huan, what are you talking about? Today is your engagement ceremony!" Perik still stepped back step by step, and she didn't feel safe until she retreated behind the goddess statue.

"You know, my friend once asked me why I chose that extremely dangerous road, why I would rather risk my life to take that shortcut." Luo Huan's eyes were sharp, and he looked at the road calmly. The heavily armed soldiers who gradually came out of the temple.

"Because I hope that those things can stop my footsteps, so that I won't come back, and I... won't face such a mother!"

Perik's body trembled, even though she was surrounded and protected by her henchmen, she was still afraid.

"The night before I came back, I felt extremely frightened, and the fear deep in my heart almost overwhelmed me." Luo Huan said slowly, "At that time, I didn't quite know what I was afraid of... I didn't know until now. I'm afraid...of losing you."

He raised his head and looked at his mother who was standing in the shadows but refused to come out: "But since you have already made your decision, then I... will do what you wish."

He walked towards the soldiers step by step, and stretched out his hand suddenly, almost without warning, with a light click, the soldier's neck was twisted and fell at his feet.

"You gave me life...you raised me...you protected me when Philip wanted to kill me..." Luo Huan's face was grim, "I know you have a lover, I don't mind , even if you have two more younger brothers, I can forgive you! I know that you have not been happy these years, as long as you like, you can move from Royce to Corinth, or even to El, Baron, Moulin It doesn't matter! Just this morning, I still had my last hope for you. I still can't believe that my mother hates me so much, and she insists on killing me before giving up..."

Luo Huan approached Perik step by step. Every time he took a step, he would kill a soldier who tried to stop him. At this moment, he had taken thirteen steps, and thirteen swordsmen had died before the unarmed Luo Huan. underfoot.

"I knew something was wrong. As soon as I came back, I could feel the smell of conspiracy in the air, but I didn't check it out for the first time, and I didn't do anything. Because I was afraid of the truth behind it."

He was still walking forward, with blood on his hands, step by step, with the posture of death, towards the woman who had brought him life.

"No! Luo Huan! No!" Perik screamed, she never knew that her son was so powerful.She didn't even know that everything about her, carefully arranged, could not be hidden from her son's eyes, even eyes that his son was unwilling to open.

"But you just want to push the truth in front of me, you just want to open my eyelids for me to see!"

"You have to tell me in this way that I am a child abandoned by my mother..."

"Whose two illegitimate children belong to?"

"You would rather kill me for them, who is their father?!"

"Would you rather have a child who is only seven years old and useless than me, a son who has conquered the world?!"

The guards in the temple, even though they were fully armed and outnumbered, were no match for Luo Huan at all.

Especially when Luo Huan asked these two questions and almost went crazy, he was even more unstoppable.

"No... son, I love you, there is no mother in the world who doesn't love her children..."

Luo Huan snatched the weapons of the soldiers who were rushing towards him, and stared at the women hiding in the shadows. Apart from fear and killing, there was no other woman in his eyes.

He clenched his teeth and squeezed out the cruel reality: "I——don't—believe it!"

The beast-like man went on a killing spree.

Outside the temple, at the closed gate, was a young man with black hair and blue eyes, sitting there quietly.

Beside him, there was a 16-year-old girl, trembling.

Mao Xiaohua patted the daughter's shoulder lightly: "Do you need me to turn into a leopard to comfort you? It will feel better to hold Mao Mao."

Peifu's face was bloodless, her eyes were wide open, and she was already petrified by the massacre outside the temple.

Yes, that is massacre.

Although the soldiers of Corinth were armed and numerous, they were no match for the leopards lurking in the mountains.

Those leopards had already experienced many battles, and when they attacked, they were fast and ruthless. They nimbly dodged the arrows and killed all the Corinthian soldiers who tried to take up arms.

The battle outside the temple ended quickly. The Corinthian soldiers who attempted to rebel in the city were resolved even faster. Cheng Xiaoqi led less than 100 people and subdued them all, waiting for Luo Huan to come back.

After the leopards dealt with the rebels outside the temple, they also waited quietly, waiting for Luo Huan to come out of the temple.

The sound of fighting came from the temple from time to time, and Luo Huan's roar, the sound was like the roar of a wild beast, which made Peifu who was waiting outside the temple feel terrified.

Her body trembled slightly, subconsciously grabbing Mao Xiaohua's skirt.

Compared with Luo Huan, who was as scary as Luo Huan, she liked this gentle man transformed from a leopard even more.

"I don't know...it will be like this..." Pei Fu whispered, "I just thought my aunt's request was strange yesterday. I saw her mobilizing soldiers here, and there were too many soldiers, so I went to Luo Huan... I I didn't know today would be so scary..."

Mao Xiaohua patted the back of Peifu's hand lightly: "He knew, that's why he let you out. Because...the inside is more terrifying."

Peifu held Mao Xiaohua's hand tightly. The young man's palm was warm and thick, but she still felt that it was not enough. She cried: "I don't want to hear Luo Huan talk about Balangamilla, and I don't want to see her again. He...I just want to hug the leopard...Jon, you become a leopard and hug me...Please turn into a leopard and wrap me up..."

Mao Xiaohua greeted a chubby El leopard to comfort the little girl. The leopard has long fur and a very soft belly. It stretched out its paws to hold Peifu under its soft belly.

And Mao Xiaohua just waited quietly outside the temple.

For a long time, there was no sound in the temple, even the leopard's ears could not hear any movement.

Mao Xiaohua's nose sniffed the air, and a strong smell of blood came from the temple.

At a certain moment, he really wanted to rush in, but he knew that what Luo Huan needed at this time was not victory.That was Luo Huan's own grievance, which should be resolved by him.

He remembered Luo Huan's question last night:

"Would you be sad if I died?"

Mao Xiaohua didn't know the outcome of this battle, he was alive, and she was by his side; if he died, then she could also be by his side, just like Swallowing Blood always followed Philip.

Even if everyone betrays him, his leopard will never leave.

For a long time, as long as a century, the sun slanted and hung on the top of the mountain, and the setting sun was like blood, covering the whole world.

The door of the temple opened slowly, and a man covered in blood and whose face could not be discerned stood behind the door. His voice was hoarse, and he looked at his lover who had been waiting outside: "Come here!"

Mao Xiaohua immediately stood up and ran towards the temple.

When he stepped into the shadow of the temple, the trembling body held him tightly, and he was dragged into the bloody shadow and pressed to the ground.

"Luo Huan..." Mao Xiaohua kissed the man on top of her, "Everything is over..."

He comforted him in a low voice, kissed him, and entangled his lips and teeth.

The bloody tongue invaded Mao Xiaohua's mouth, and she frantically pleaded in it. The sound of silk tearing resounded in the air, her body was roughly invaded, and the pain struck instantly.

But Mao Xiaohua didn't make a sound. He curled up his body slightly and hugged the man tightly. Although the man didn't speak, Mao Xiaohua could feel the man's almost collapsed mind at this moment.

I don't know how long it took, but in the middle of the night, Luo Huan stopped, and the surrounding corpses had already become stiff.

"I killed them..." Luo Huan whispered, the blood on his hair had solidified, "I killed Perik with my own hands... At that time... when I knew she wanted to kill me, when I saw with my own eyes When she stabbed me in the heart with a dagger, I never wanted to die so much..."

Mao Xiaohua kissed Luo Huan's bloody hair. Philip's accidental death that year almost made Luo Huan collapse.

And now, he killed his own mother with his own hands.

"Without you... I would have given up..."

Mao Xiaohua firmly grabbed Luo Huan's hair and kissed him forcefully.

"Philip didn't need me, and Perik didn't want me either, but at the last moment, I realized very strongly—you can't live without me."

Mao Xiaohua kissed every part of Luo Huan's body, even half kneeling on the ground, biting in the way Luo Huan liked.

He understands very well that only extreme joy, the thrill of almost death, can resist the collapse of his lover's heart at this moment.

"I still can't believe it until now, I hope all this is a dream, I just had a nightmare!"

"Hold me, don't leave me, let me open my eyes again and wake up, it's you."

"Okay!" Mao Xiaohua hugged the man in her arms tightly, watching him fall asleep after being extremely tired.

When Luo Huan opened his eyes again, he was already lying on a clean bed, and there was no smell of blood around him. When he turned his head, he saw his lover beside him, half-sitting on the head of the bed.

The bright sunshine sprinkled into this room, and the air carried a faint floral fragrance and a warm smell.

"Do you want me to sign those execution orders for you?" Mao Xiaohua asked.

Luo Huan hesitated for a moment, then got up from the bed: "No, I can do it myself. The worst thing is over, I... have nothing I can't bear."

He put on his own clothes, adjusted his collar, bent down, and put his shoes on.

I used to think that I dare not face those things, I used to think that it was the most terrifying thing in the depths of my soul.

But when those people have fallen and died, they are still alive, and their lovers are by their side, they will know that there is nothing in this world to be afraid of.

Luo Huan opened the door, walked out of the room, and came to the office. He took a deep breath, sat down at his own desk, and signed the execution orders of those traitors, but he felt unprecedented peace in his heart.