Tang Dynasty

However, Li Jiancheng let out a low sigh, turned his face suddenly, and avoided it lightly.

The kiss was in vain, Li Shimin was unwilling.Pausing at the same place, Fu leaned over again and bit the back of the other's ear.

Li Jiancheng shook his body, and let out a low moan from his breath.He wanted to open his eyes, but the exhaustion in his body and mind kept pulling him into the abyss.Not even a trace of strength to struggle was left behind for him.

However, Li Shimin buried his head in his neck, and tried his best to kiss that place until it was flushed.With a bit of reluctance, a bit of anger, and a bit of emotion, he let go of the opponent's shoulder with one hand, moved it to the skirt, and slid it down while tugging randomly.

The robe was pulled up to his shoulders, Li Jiancheng suddenly stretched out his hand, held down the other's hand that had already fallen to the belt, and said in a hoarse voice: "Shimin, don't..."

He closed his eyes slightly, unable to see the expression in his eyes clearly, only his eyelashes were drooping and trembling.

Li Shimin's heart moved, he held the other person's side face, and kissed him.

This time Li Jiancheng couldn't avoid it, he was pressed against the back of the chair and received a kiss.But still as usual, neither pandering nor resisting.Li Shimin bit him hard until he was almost suffocated, and then reluctantly separated.

He stared at the other party intently, and saw that the other party's breath was a little disordered, but he still closed his eyes as if he didn't want to look at himself.With a self-deprecating laugh, he approached the other party with three gasps and said, "Brother, with me... are you so reluctant?"

After the words fell, he wanted to grab the undershirt that he hadn't taken off in time to take revenge like revenge.

Li Jiancheng pressed his hand again, this time, he found that the fingertips of the other party were actually a little cold.

Li Shimin stopped what he was doing and raised his eyes to look at him.

Li Jiancheng slightly opened his eyes and looked at him, his eyes were full of fatigue.He slowly let go of the hand that was on the back of the opponent's hand, shook his head, and said softly: "Shimin, don't make trouble. Brother... I'm tired..."

I don't know if it was because the sound was too soft that I had hallucinations for a while.Li Shimin only felt that these words fell into his ears, and there was a hint of pampering.This made him startled for a moment, and he just looked at him fixedly.

Li Jiancheng closed his eyes, breathing calmly, and seemed to have fallen asleep, clearly looking extremely exhausted.

"Brother..." Li Shimin called out in a low voice, but did not respond.But at this moment, he noticed that there seemed to be some light blue traces under the other party's eyes.

My heart suddenly softened a little.After a pause, he stretched out his hand and gently closed the skirt of the other person's clothes, then leaned over slightly, and hugged him horizontally.

Shocked, Li Jiancheng seemed to be slightly awake. He opened his eyes, but he didn't say anything, and then he closed them weakly, hiding the blurred look in his eyes under his long eyelashes.

In Li Shimin's view, this is undoubtedly a kind of tacit approval.He took a few steps to the side of the bed and slowly put the person down, then spread out the quilt on one side, and put it on the somewhat thin body.

However, he sat down quietly by the bed, lowered his eyes, just looking at the person on the bed.

Li Jiancheng was lying on his back, his breath was calm, and his chest rose and fell slightly.His face was slightly tilted inward, making it impossible to see his expression.All that could be seen was a slender neck exposed by the quilt.The red marks left by him when he kissed and gnawed just now, are in disordered shades, burned on the porcelain-like skin, just looking at it is enough to make one's heart run wild.

However, at this moment, Li Shimin looked at the person sleeping peacefully on the bed, stretched his hand into the quilt, touched the slightly warm hand of the other person, and held it gently, but his mind was full of complicated thoughts.

——Brother, if it had been someone else just now, would you still be able to sleep so defenselessly?

The answer is undoubtedly no.

Withdrawing the other party's hand from the quilt, slowly raised it in front of her eyes, paused, lowered her head and kissed her lips.

——Brother, does this mean that I am in your heart... After all, it is different?

The answer... is yes.

As soon as this thought came out, a trace of excitement suddenly surged in his heart.Compared with this, everything else, this moment seems to be unimportant.

After a long time, Li Shimin put the opponent's hand back into the quilt.After a moment of silence, he got into bed with his clothes.

He doesn't want to leave.Because he knew that the elder brother who was so defenseless and even somewhat dependent on him, after tonight, would no longer exist.

He put his arms around Li Jiancheng's waist, buried his face in the other's neck, and slowly closed his eyes.Compared with Li Jiancheng's defenseless sleeping state, his posture can be described as extremely defensive.

In fact, it is afraid.I'm afraid that when I wake up the next day, the embrace in my arms is gone.

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When the sky was twilight the next morning, Li Jiancheng woke up leisurely.Ever since he studied the emperor's art with Li Yuan, it seems to have become a habit to do it at sunrise.

Before opening his eyes, he first felt the breath falling on the side of his neck.Warm but not moist, gentle but slightly rough.

Then came the hands tightly bound around the waist, with the fingertips clasped firmly on the side of the waist, the force could be felt even through the quilt.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng slowly opened his eyes; after another long time, he slowly turned his face to look at the person beside him.

The two were too close together, almost nose-to-nose.However, when Li Jiancheng looked at each other, his expression was no different from that of a person who was hundreds of miles away.

Looking slowly across the other person's face, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have never looked at this younger brother like this before.

Not in the previous life, nor in this life.

Li Shimin's face is seven or eight points similar to his own, but whether it is eyebrows, eyes or mouth and nose, it is a bit tall and straight.Coupled with youthful vigor, radiant spirits all day long, and a high-spirited demeanor, this pair of facial features is more and more heroic.

Even if he is in a deep sleep at this moment, he will not lose a bit.

Li Jiancheng watched quietly, and the memories of yesterday vaguely appeared in his mind.Because he was too exhausted to hold on to himself, only a vague outline remained of this memory.After that kiss, he had no memory of what he said or what Li Shimin did.

However, even looking at the scene at this time, one can roughly guess a thing or two.

With a wry smile, he shook his head.I can't believe that I... fell asleep like that.

It was too quiet in the early morning, and each other's heartbeats beat against the chest cavity along the close body, one by one, and it seemed to be the loudest sound in the room.

In an instant, the words that Ji Bi said before leaving appeared in his mind.

——Sure enough... Jian Jiancheng really had no personal affair in saving me this time.

——Your heart is already elsewhere.

—… Li Shimin?

—… Li Shimin?

—… Li Shimin?

There is no answer.

"Brother?" When he was stunned, Li Shimin's opened eyes suddenly appeared in his sight.

Li Jiancheng immediately looked away, pulled away the opponent's hand, and sat up without saying a word.

However, Li Shimin immediately sat up and embraced him from behind.When he opened his eyes, he clearly saw the rare ripples in the other person's eyes, but the moment he called out softly, those eyes immediately returned to the usual alienation and coldness.

Li Jiancheng let him hold him without moving, his whole body was as still as still water.

No one spoke for a while, Li Shimin clung to the other party, and the hands around his waist became more and more forceful.In fact, there is no need to say more redundant words, he knows that the elder brother actually understands everything.

After a long time, he heard Li Jiancheng sigh and said softly: "Shimin, don't act like this in the future."

Li Shimin was slightly taken aback, but he also knew that what he was referring to was his private capture of Ashina Doubi.

Mentioning this person made me feel uneasy again, so Shimin didn't answer.

However, Li Jiancheng didn't seem to care at all, and after a moment of silence, he said again: "Shimin, regardless of whether that aggressiveness will make yourself a Turkic obstacle... Do you really think that bloodthirsty like the Turks will really be caused by a mere one?" Your lord, are you restrained by us?" After a pause, he said, "Just put yourself in the shoes of me, even if you were taken captive by the Turks in my place, how would you want the Li family to suffer any grievances for this?"

Li Shimin thought to himself behind him, if you are really captured by that Turk one day, I will send my troops thousands of miles to wipe out Mobei.Li's family is important to the world, but if there is no elder brother, what's the point for me?

It's just that he has never said this to anyone, and he will not say it at this time.Hearing that what Li Jiancheng said was for the public, he avoided talking about the private matters that he cared most about.After a while, he whispered: "It seems that elder brother really understands that aggressiveness very well."

However, Li Jiancheng paused for a moment, but he sighed with a smile and said, "Shimin, you are worrying too much."

Li Shimin was stunned.He never expected that the other party's answer to the worries in his heart would be so tactful, but rather blunt...and so direct.

He tried his best to calm himself down, nodded, and only gave a low "hmm" without further questioning.Between the arms, they hugged each other more and more tightly.

Then he felt Li Jiancheng let out a low sigh, but stretched out his hand and gently held his own.

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In March of the following year, news came from Jiangdu that Yu Wenhuaji and others hanged Yang Guang and made Yang Hao emperor.The Luoyang government and the public were shocked by it, and everyone knew that the time for Li Yuan to proclaim himself emperor had arrived.

Three days later, the new emperor Yang You, who had been on the throne for less than a year, welcomed two visitors in the palace: Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of King Tang, and Li Shimin, the second son.

Being in the game, Yang You naturally knew why the two came.In the past three days, there has been a lot of discussion in the court, and it has reached the point where it is not concealed.Even he himself has seen the servants and servants in the palace weeping inwardly - once the new emperor is dethroned, they will naturally be thrown into the cold palace, and they will never recover.

All these things can't be more clear, but in fact, I already knew that there would be such a day, but it's just a matter of time.So every time Yang You heard about it, he could only sigh, and pretended not to know, turned around and left.

But today, everything is already inevitable.Li Yuan's people at that time were naturally inconvenient to come forward, so this matter was naturally done like this, and the two sons of his mansion took care of it.

Yang You sat in the upper seat, maintaining a haughty expression on his face, and ordered the servants to watch the tea served.

The two stood in the hall and saluted respectfully, but they did not sit down.

"Why are you two here?" Yang You raised his teacup seemingly calmly, lowered his head and took a sip.However, this move could hide the panic in his eyes, but he couldn't hide the trembling of his fingertips.

Li Jiancheng waited quietly for him to put down his teacup before he said, "Your Majesty, please sit down with the King of Tang."

Yang You trembled and looked up at him.Today, Li Jiancheng is wearing a robe with a white background embroidered with dark gold bamboo leaf patterns, and his gestures and feet exude a subtle and noble air.

He smiled and said, "The prince still speaks so directly."

"Just because Jiancheng knows," Li Jiancheng also laughed, "Your Majesty doesn't like to beat around the bush."

Yang You looked at him fixedly, sighed for a long time, raised his face slightly and said: "I understand, I will send someone to draft an imperial edict today, and choose a date...to abdicate."

"No need," Li Jiancheng said, "The edict and date have already been prepared by the king of Tang, and it will be on the first day of next month."

"Really, as expected of the king of Tang, he is really thoughtful." Yang You smiled wryly, and said, "Since that's the case... then the king of Tang has to worry about it."

This "I" has been called by myself for less than a year.And this life of an emperor, which should not belong to him, will eventually be separated from his life and returned to its original owner.

Li Jiancheng looked at the loneliness in the other party's eyes calmly, and after a long time, said: "After abdicating, Your Majesty will still live in Daxing Hall, and Wude Hall will become the residence of the new emperor in the future." Tolerance, if there is half of the wrong treatment, send someone to find Jiancheng."

Yang Youben lowered his head, nodding in despair.Hearing the second half of the sentence suddenly, realizing that it seemed to be a kind of comfort to himself, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Li Jiancheng in a daze.

The person in front of him is gentle and refined, and his speech is calm, he can easily read other people's minds, but no one can fathom what is in his own heart.

Now that he is useless, what is the point of his caring so much?

In an instant, a flash of spring in the other party's eyes that had inadvertently fallen into his eyes appeared in his mind.Thinking of this, his gaze involuntarily slipped a little, and stopped at the lowest point where the plain white clothes overlapped.

And the next moment, a heavy low cough was heard.Yang You followed the prestige, and saw Li Shimin's calm face behind Li Jiancheng, and two sets of eyes shot at him coldly, as sharp as knives.

Immediately broke out in a cold sweat, Fang wanted to say something, but he heard Li Shimin rushing to say: "Since Your Majesty has no objection, then elder brother and I will take our leave first." Displeased.

Li Jiancheng wanted to say something at first, but the matter has come to this point, so he can only bow his hands.After a pause, he raised his eyes, looked at him intently, and finally said: "Since that's the case... please take care, Your Majesty."

"Forget it," Yang You nodded, smiled wryly, waved his hands and said in a shy voice, "You guys just... go."

Li Shimin snorted again, turned around and walked out.Li Jiancheng had no choice but to follow him out.

Yang You was still sitting in the hall, watching the white back gradually move away, paused, and let out another long sigh.