Small wood

A thin wooden door, even light and shadow can penetrate, but Amu just didn't have the strength to push it open.

He moved his lips, but couldn't ask a word.

He didn't speak, so Gu Linbian didn't speak, just stood outside the door.

At this moment, there was another shadow outside the door, standing three steps away from Gu Lin respectfully with hunched back, and said softly: "Your Highness, the Emperor has urged you three times to hold a banquet in the main palace, please move your Highness." .”

Gu Linen made a sound, but did not leave. He stood at the door for a while, as if he was waiting for something.

Amu just stood there, staring at Gu Lin's shadow in a daze.

After a while, Amu watched the shadow turn around, gradually blurring and shrinking, like a black mist, blowing into the air, leaving only the shadows of leaves on the door frame.

Amu opened the wooden door with a clatter, the sunlight made his eyes turn white, and it took him a while to see what was in front of him clearly.

Gu Lin had already left, and the maid at the door looked at him in surprise, then bowed and took a few steps back.

"Master." Lin Yi followed behind him, looking at him carefully.

Amu went back to the house, feeling the cool air on the ground. He looked at his feet without shoes, his eyes were sore, and he asked Lin Yi: "You said that the young master used me, but when I saw the young master, he didn't even think about it." I can’t even live, how can I still think about such a thing.”

But Ji Dong shook his head: "Maybe he didn't think that way at that time, but the maidservant who has taken care of him for many years is what the master calls A Niang, she can take Gu Lin to any more secret place, but she just brought him in front of the master. The master is not deeply involved in the world, so it is too easy to gain the trust of the master. Once the case of Lin family extermination came out, the secret of the old emperor's exchange of sons was made public. Wearing a glazed knife, his age is also suitable, and he followed Gu Lin, Those who have met Gu Lin probably already know that you are the only son of the Lin family, the more people who know about it, the more people who turn to Gu Lin, the greater the chance for him to regain that position."

Amu thought of Zhou Xingping, Mr. Zheng, even the officials he met in Huiyue Palace just now, seemed to know clearly that he was Lin Mu.

Only he does not know.

Amu lowered his head, his eyes were gloomy, and his face was a little pale.

"Master, don't be sad, it's really not worth it for that kind of person." Seeing Amu's sad look, Lin Yi hurriedly comforted him, but after saying these words, Amu's face wrinkled into balls, and his eyes turned red.Ji Dong's expression changed, his hand holding the knife tightened again and again, he wanted to say something but he didn't dare to say anything, he stood there very helpless.

Amu sniffed: "But, I am the one who insists on following the young master all the time."

Ji Dong's eyes flickered, and he thought for a while: "Then, it's because the master is kind."

This is too forced, it can be seen that Lin Yi doesn't understand why Amu has been following Gu Lin.

Just when there was a knock on the door, Lin Yi heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and walked over to open the door.

Standing outside the door was a little father-in-law in Tsing Yi. He rolled his eyes around the room, smiled, bowed respectfully and said, "Mr. Lin is awake already? Mr. Lin, if you are ready, you can go with the younger one."

Amu rubbed his eyes and glanced at the little father-in-law.The little father-in-law was holding a set of clothes in his hand, and there were still clean shoes on the clothes. He shrunk his dirty feet and asked, "Do you have to go?"

The little eunuch didn't seem to expect him to ask such a question, he was stunned for a moment and said: "I don't know about this little one, the emperor just said that if Mr. Lin wakes up, he will be invited to the banquet."

This is a must.

Amu nodded: "Understood, thank you."

The little father-in-law hurriedly said: "You don't need to thank me for this little thing." He put the clothes in his hands on Lin Yi's hands: "This is clean clothes."

Ji Dong took it over, without saying a word, and shut the door directly.

It was only then that Amu realized that except for himself, Ji Dong's face seemed to be always dark, which was scary.

He took the clothes, it was a small dark blue gown, which matched his height, it was soft to the touch, the inner lining was clean white, and the belt was exquisitely embroidered with small bamboo leaves.The shoes are also dark blue, and the top is sewn with dark blue thread, which is very beautiful.

Such a beautiful dress, let alone wearing it, Amu never even touched it.

He pulled the clothes on his body, and quickly took them off. Anyway, he was wearing them when he was sleeping, and the belt fell to the ground as soon as he pulled it.

In an instant, half of Amu's pale body was exposed, and he was still trying to pull it down.

For some reason, Lin Yi suddenly turned his back and pointed the back of his head at Amu.

Amu took a look, very strange: "What are you doing with your back on?"

"Master is changing clothes."

"It's just a change of clothes, I'm not a woman." Amu muttered.

Only then did Ji Dong turn around, his face tensed up, looking even more terrifying, but the tips of his ears were slightly red, and his eyes were downcast, not daring to look at Amu.

This is, shy?

Amu curled his lips, thinking that he was wrong.

After he changed his clothes and put on his shoes, he felt awkward again. After all, it was his first time wearing such good clothes. He asked Ji Dong: "Is this how I wear it? Am I wearing it right?"

Ji Dong looked at it, stepped forward to remove his messy belt, fastened it again, and said: "If the master doesn't want to go, you can continue to sleep, and the servants outside will not make things difficult for you."

Amu shook his head: "Young master is there too, I want to go."

Lin Yi gritted his teeth and said, "Master, don't call him son anymore."

"Why?" Amu asked, "I've been shouting for a long time, and I'm used to it."

Ji Dong looked at him, as if he was thinking of a reason, and he said reluctantly after a while: "He is now the third highness, and you are from the Lin family, so it is not suitable."

Amu thought about it, but it was true.

Lin Yi tidied up Amu's clothes, and went to straighten his messy hair.

Amu turned his head away all of a sudden, and even he was stunned by the subconscious action.

Ji Dong's hand froze in the air, he clenched his fist and retracted it: "Master?"

Amu thought of the little bun Gu Lin gave him, and he didn't want others to touch his hair, but he had slept for so long, his hair had obviously been washed, and now it was a mess, and he would go to the emperor to set it up later. At the banquet, I was afraid that this would be bad, so after thinking about it, I obediently moved my head over and said awkwardly, "Can you tie it up for me?"

Lin Yi coughed lightly, the corners of his mouth froze, as if suppressing a smile, he raised his hand, and lightly tied Amu's hair.

After preparing everything, the little father-in-law outside took Amu to the main palace, followed by Ji Dong.

When he arrived at the main palace, Amu realized what kind of place the imperial palace is. The red walls and golden pillars, and the carvings and paintings of coiling dragons can be seen everywhere.

Amu didn't close his mouth when he entered the palace gate, he looked east and west, and when he got to the palace, he saw so many people, Amu felt a little embarrassed to look around.

It seemed that he was going late, the sound of silk and bamboo in the hall was one after another, the sound of the glass walls colliding was as clear as silver bells, a quick look, there were probably hundreds of people.

The little father-in-law led him to the vacant seat, filled up the wine and left.Ji Dong was removed from the knife outside the palace, and he was still standing behind him.

There were also quite a few people with guards in the hall, and Amu was not abrupt like this, but his immature appearance of fifteen or sixteen still attracted many people to look at him again and again.

"Coming?" Qian Sheng sat down beside him at some point, turned the porcelain white wine glass in his hand, and leaned against him with a smile.

"Why don't you sit on it?" Amu asked, he glanced at Gu Lin who was sitting on the emperor's right hand, and hurriedly moved his gaze away.

"It's too boring up there, and I have to think for a long time to say something. I told the emperor to meet a friend, and he let me down." Qian Sheng said with a smile: "Why, finished crying under the quilt? Do you know?" Pointed, reached into Amu's robe and pinched his waist.

Lin Yi kicked up behind him, his face still expressionless, as if nothing had happened.

Qian Sheng snorted softly, rubbed his wrists, squinted at Lin Yi, hummed a low laugh, and leaned softly on Amu's shoulder: "Why are you still carrying him?"

Amu was used to Qian Sheng's tendency to cling to people, so he didn't avoid it. Hearing Qian Sheng's question, he asked instead, "Can you leave him alone?"

Qian Sheng's long eyelashes fluttered twice, and the runes under his eyes trembled slightly with a smile: "You are his master, it's up to you whether you take him or not."

Ji Dong's face was so dark that he could hear his gnashing of teeth half a step away.

Amu glanced back at Lin Yi's black robe, and said happily, "Don't follow me."

Lin Yi said in a muffled voice, "Master..."

Amu blinked at him.

Lin Yi closed his eyes, lowered his head and replied, "Yes...the subordinates are in the dark. If the master has something to do, just call the subordinate's name." After finishing speaking, he stared at Qian Sheng fiercely, and lowered his head He walked out, with heavy steps, and felt that the black robe was a bit dim.

Amu watched, feeling a little guilty in his heart, but he didn't want to ask him to come back.

He pushed Qian Sheng away and said, "Thank you."

Qian Sheng twirled his fingers around the jewel tassel on the end of his hair, looked at Amu thoughtfully, and asked, "Gu Lin lied to you, are you upset?"

Amu didn't speak, he looked at the green wine in the glass, smelled the aroma of the dishes in the air, but he didn't have the slightest appetite, his eyelids always wanted to lift up to take a look at Gu Lin who was sitting at the top.

Qian Sheng leaned over, teased the hair around his ears with his fingertips, and said in a low voice, "Gu Linyou is busy, and you haven't visited the Northland, tomorrow, I'll take you out for a walk."

Amu lowered his head, not interested.

Qian Sheng said again: "Go pinch two more sugar figurines?"

When Amu thought of the sugar man that Gu Lin ate that time, his ears felt a little hot, he rolled his eyes at Qian Sheng, and nodded.

Qian Sheng laughed, and wanted to say something, but someone came up to toast, and he couldn't talk to Amu for a while.

This palace is too big, there are hundreds of people in this palace, but they still feel quite spacious, the silk and bamboo in the corners are soft and pleasant, and they float on the beams of the house and come back to people's ears, it's very nice.

Amu took a sip of the wine in the glass, unexpectedly it was delicious, it was sweet and fruity, after he finished drinking, the maid behind him refilled it for him.

After drinking three cups, Amu felt a little dizzy, his cheeks were hot, and his eyes were foggy.

Taking advantage of this dizziness, he went to see Gu Lin in the hall.

It was still the exquisite long-sleeved robe, the hand holding the wine glass was half hidden in the cuff, and one could see the black and gold embroidered fingers that looked like white jade. The fine porcelain white wine glass looked too plain in his hand .The bundled hair fell behind him smoothly, meticulously, the hair was as black and shiny as gems, making him want to reach out and touch it.

They were far away, and Amu couldn't hear what they were talking about.

Even the expression on Gu Lin's face was a little fuzzy, I don't know if it was because of the distance or because the wine he drank just made him dizzy.

The emperor was middle-aged, slightly fatter, but his eyes were like tigers, and his legs and feet trembled. He laughed boldly from time to time, and the laughter would echo in the hall.

Amu stared blankly, without blinking his eyes.

Gu Lin was listening to the emperor.

Gu Lin took a sip of his wine.

Gu Lin smiled.

Amu's eyes widened when he saw Gu Lin smiling, and the wine glass in his hand creaked, almost crushed by him.

He had never seen Gu Lin smile at anyone.

Amu frowned, stopped drinking, and stared at Gu Lin.

The emperor of the Northern Kingdom spoke for a while, and then many people came up to toast.

Amu couldn't hear what they were talking about, and seeing Gu Lin drinking down every cup without refusing to come, his heart became entangled.

Gu Lin has a bad stomach, will it hurt after drinking so much wine for a while?Those people are also true, just talk when you talk, what kind of wine are you toasting.

Amu panicked, sitting there as if his buttocks had been pricked by needles, he simply didn't look at it, lowered his head, and gasped for air.

That's why he didn't see Gu Lin's gaze. That gaze stayed on him for a long time. When the emperor sitting next to him also looked towards Amu, he lowered his eyes and picked up the next person to toast. mug.

Amu rubbed his eyes, still couldn't let go, raised his head to look at Gu Lin again, but happened to meet the eyes of the Emperor of the Northern Kingdom, which shocked him a lot, they were almost as far away as a street, why? Will you think of looking at him?

Amu's body froze, but fortunately, that gaze just turned around on him, then retracted it, and continued laughing and talking to Gu Lin.

The toasters went down one by one, and Gu Lin's face was also slightly dizzy from alcohol, and his eyes were a little watery, which made him lose his usual lightness and mist.

Then, Amu saw a woman.

Wearing a complicated light purple palace attire, the hem was dragging to the ground, the skirt and rings were jingling, the figure was dignified and elegant, and the makeup on the face was exquisite. Two little maids followed behind her, and they were not badly dressed.

"That's the princess of the Northern Kingdom." Qian Sheng drank too much, the sweet aroma of wine filled his words, and the heat from his body kept rushing towards Amu.

For some reason, Amu felt that his ears had suddenly become particularly sensitive. He heard the princess say: "Your Highness has just come to the North Kingdom, and my palace will use tea instead of wine to clean up the dust for Your Highness."

The emperor sat aside, stroking his beard and looking at the princess with a satisfied expression on his face.

Gu Lin turned sideways slightly, with a quiet face as if listening.

The princess blushed and handed over the wine glass, and their knuckles touched slightly.

Amu only felt that something in his heart was broken, which made him namelessly irritable.

Qian Sheng laughed, and said: "The emperor is quite satisfied with Gu Lin, it seems that he wants to marry a daughter to him."

Amu was irritable, biting his wine glass and making crackling noises. Hearing what Qian Sheng said, he suddenly broke his teeth, bit his tongue all of a sudden, tears came out in pain, and coughed desperately.

His movement was so loud that everyone looked at him.

Gu Lin also looked over, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, he turned the cup in his hand, and suddenly said to the emperor on the left: "Your Majesty, forgive me, I'm a little drunk."

The emperor was silent for a while, then smiled and said: "Drinking so much wine, you must be drunk, let's go early today, princess, it's not too late to drink this wine next time."

Gu Lin nodded and smiled at the princess: "Sorry."

The princess looked at Gu Lin's side face, and her cheeks began to flush. She took back the wine glass and said in a low voice, "It's okay, Your Highness should rest earlier."

Amu didn't know what happened, his face turned red from coughing, Qian Sheng patted his back, and he said, "It's too late for you to cough."

Amu was taken aback, and subconsciously looked at the main seat, only to see that Gu Lin had already left.

He looked at Qian Sheng, but didn't understand.