I started a boy band in ancient times

Chu Qi held his hand tightly, and his chest was wrapped in heavy worry, which gradually settled and turned into deep sadness.

What is the final critical moment?What if he hadn't been aware of the moment coming?What if he didn't have time to rush back to his side?The unpredictable future is full of variables, and the unpredictable ending cannot be seen through.

But how... come to this point?

"Your Majesty..." Chu Qi turned his face to the side and stared at him, "Has it really reached the point where he can't stop dying?"

Liu Jiyue's black eyes were full of dark fire: "Yes."

"What kind of person Chu Jingzhong is, I may be much clearer than you. When he believes in his pursuit, no matter how much he sacrifices, for example, sister, brother, wife and children." He teased Chu Qi The black hair hanging around his neck raised a mocking smile, "But in fact, these sacrifices are considered loyalty to him."

"He forced his younger sister to marry into the palace because he was worried that Liu Zhengrong would be disobedient in fear of his military power, so he could show his loyalty; he poisoned Liu Zhengrong because he felt that he would no longer remember serving the people after he became emperor. My heart has also become licentious and tyrannical, and I am extremely disappointed; as for him controlling me since childhood... I naturally hope that I will grow into the model he likes, a wise ruler who works hard to govern, knows people well, respects and loves the people."

"...But of course I won't do what he wants."

Chu Qi frowned, took a breath, and moved his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't make a sound.

But Liu Jiyue asked him with a light smile: "Are you trying to say, what's wrong with me being so obedient? Since King Jing didn't want to seek power and usurp the throne, he was criticized as a sycophant outside, and I would do it inside." The main stream of the Ming Dynasty will live forever, so why not be happier than being in danger now!"

When he got emotional, he moved his whole body with a single hair, which caused coughing and shortness of breath: "But I might as well tell you clearly, in my heart, the life and death of the people in the world have nothing to do with me?"

Chu Qi grabbed his wrist and leaned forward, his starry eyes were as bright as a mirror: "Your Majesty, if you really think so, you won't tell me. Similarly, if I really agree with King Jing's self-proclaimed loyalty , and won’t sit here anymore.”

His voice was calm and warm: "Of course I hope that Your Majesty will be a benevolent monarch who is admired and loved by all people, but this expectation should not be exchanged for endless oppression, loneliness and threats. If it is true to respect the king I hope His Majesty grows up to be like that from beginning to end, what he has to do should also be guidance and education."

Chu Qi knew that he was not a great educator and couldn't speak a lot of beautiful words, but he knew the influence of the environment on a person.When he was young, he was under long-term depression. The pain of illness, the threat of death, and his lonely soul were enough to destroy anyone's world. Even if Liu Jiyue really became violent and malicious, he would not be surprised, but Liu Jiyue did not.

He used to be a timid and silent child, small in stature, low in voice, small in presence, as quiet as a little rabbit, cherishing everything he got.Even though seeing each other after ten years has already changed her temperament drastically, hiding her knife in her smile, making a series of plots, every word she utters makes people want to smash the conspiracy and calculation behind the research, but Chu Qi knows, he can feel that Liu Jiyue is still suppressing himself, He didn't have hatred for no reason, nor was he absurd as he wanted, and he even covered up some people and things for himself.

It was hard for Chu Qi to believe wholeheartedly before that Liu Jiyue's deliberate intimacy was not to pursue some interests behind him, and Luo Zong's end brought him too much shadow.But when his survival points were deducted to a negative number and he came back to life, realizing what they got and what they gave respectively, those so-called entanglements disappeared.

What did he get?The emperor's unconditional trust, love, and determination to let go of his plan without hesitation; and what did he pay?No matter what Chu Qi thought, he would only feel that this attachment came from the past ten years ago.Because of the tinge of guilt for being a disaster, the smack of enthusiasm that he couldn't see past, and the little joy that he thought the Seventh Prince was cute, he gave some care that seemed insignificant to him.

Obviously not many... There is no grandeur, and there is no life and death oath.Some of them were just letting go of beautiful paper kites in the spring breeze, covering his ears that could not sleep because he was afraid of thunder in summer nights, chatting and playing with a rabbit in his arms under the autumn moon, and wrapping his hands with warm palms in snowy winter days. The cold fingers covered the heat.Just some ordinary, bland, trivial, seemingly insignificant past.

That's all.

Liu Jiyue's panting gradually calmed down, and his gaze was slightly outward, as if recalling something.

"Just a little bit..." he said softly, "fortunately... Ming Qian Su is a good person, and I accidentally intercepted your letter during that time."

"Prime Minister?"

"Yeah." Liu Jiyue exhaled, "Chu Jingzhong doesn't approve of his philosophy of governing the country, but he doesn't like his behavior. I promoted Ming Qiansu repeatedly, but he didn't ask a few words."

Chu Qi wondered: "Why do I hear that they are deadly enemies? When King Jing was in the previous court, he used the excuse to demote the prime minister to the north?"

Liu Jiyue looked at him: "Do you know why Ming Qiansu, who was the number one scholar in the past, was always depressed in his later career?"

Chu Qi had heard about this matter: "It seems to be because of the late emperor."

Liu Jiyue had no respect for Chengtai Zu, and called him by his first name: "Liu Zhengrong is a beautiful woman, how could he not be tempted by Ming Qiansu more than 20 years ago? He plundered him into Ziwei under the pretext of discussing politics. In the palace, I don’t know if he succeeded or not, at least Ming Qiansu has never dared to enter the palace, and he will not enter the palace when it is not necessary.”

Chu Qi: "..."

Liu Jiyue said again: "After that, Ming Qian Su was repeatedly suppressed, and his life was not very comfortable. Not long after, he annoyed Liu Zhengrong because he spoke for one person, and wanted to kill his whole family—in fact, the crime is not so serious. ? Don’t you want Ming Qian Su to beg him for mercy?”

All these things happened before Chu Qi traveled here. He had heard some rumors but didn't dare to believe them completely. He was completely shocked when he heard Liu Jiyue's confirmation.He also had a lot of dealings with the first emperor, although he knew that his temper was not good, but he was not brainless, and sometimes he acted so absurdly.However, after thinking about it, in the previous dynasty, the ethos of emphasizing martial arts and despising literature was more prosperous, and Liu Zhengrong had the supreme right to speak, so it might not be a big deal in the eyes of others to control a small courtier.

"But before that, Chu Jingzhong took the lead. Ming Qiansu and his family were dispatched to the frontier after an unwarranted beating. Although there would be no such thing as Israel serving the king, the journey was long and his family members died of illness. A pair of children are also living a hard life." Liu Jiyue shook his head, "However, according to the prime minister's temperament, he might rather be wronged by himself than his family members suffer."

Chu Qi's heart suddenly moved when he heard it, and a guess was circling in his mind repeatedly, which made his heart skip a beat: "Tell me, will King Jing..."

Liu Jiyue smiled faintly: "Not at all.... Prime Minister and Mingyao, although their temperaments and talents are very different, they are similar in nature. When approaching them, they will have a peaceful and peaceful feeling, which is easy to forget Sorrow is very special. During the time when I... don't want to recall the most, the prime minister will also help me, so that I won't be too depressed."

Chu Qi looked into his eyes, with a faint soreness in his chest.He didn't know what Liu Jiyue had experienced in the past ten years, but it was not difficult to find out from the few words and subtle expressions that it was not something worth remembering.If it weren't for the appearance of a prime minister like Mingyao who has a soothing effect, and the accidental contact with his reply letter, perhaps there would not even be today.

He said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, I can see the lifespan of your body. If you don't suppress the toxicity as soon as possible, it will only be one month at most."

Liu Jiyue nodded slightly, not surprised how he "saw it", but stretched his brows: "The residual poison of Teng Wu's blood is also novel, not only I don't feel uncomfortable, but I am more awake than many years ago, it turns out This is what it feels like to be alive..."

His five fingers gradually clenched into a fist, and the strength in his hand made the veins on his wrist stand out, as if he had never felt its existence.

Chu Qi probably guessed that this might be an accidental effect of Biwu White Tiger's bloodline. Although it is highly poisonous, he can't feel the slightest slump. If it weren't for his observation skills to detect it in advance, no one would have thought of the next moment of death nearly.

However... Even if you know the consequences and choose again, for people who have been ill for a lifetime, instead of continuing to live on their last breath, perhaps this short-lived freedom is more enjoyable.

Chu Qi said softly: "There will be a longer time in the future."

Liu Jiyue laughed, neither refuting nor agreeing, just asking: "If I really killed King Jing, would you feel sad?"

Chu Qi thought to himself, so what if he would be sad?Winning the king and losing the bandit is the destiny, not to mention that he and Chu Jingzhong have no father-son relationship, there will be regrets, and sadness is not counted.In addition, if there is an emergency, the loser will only be...

When he returned to Beijing, he originally prayed for a balance between the two parties, but he didn't want to be completely biased now.

but--

Liu Jiyue said at the right time: "The matter of respecting the king will never implicate you."

Chu Qi: "Yes."

"But if there is a time of necessity..." Liu Jiyue's voice sank, with an unquestionable attitude, "...that must, must be only temporary."

Chu Qi couldn't help holding his breath, and nodded again.

At this moment, Liu Jiyue finally raised the corners of her lips completely, as if she had received some most precious answer, she relaxed, her tiredness and exhaustion were swept away, she even looked at Chu Qi with a smile for a while, Then she wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him.

"……Hello--!"

Chu Qi was still in a heavy mood just now, but suddenly his feet were off the ground, his posture was ambiguous, and his mind was very empty for a moment.However, although he was being hugged, the extent was not large, and he was not held against his shoulders. As long as he struggled, he could easily get rid of it.

But Chu Qi didn't know what he was worried about. Maybe he didn't want to shame the emperor in full view, or maybe he didn't want to spoil the good mood that the emperor had never seen before. He stiffly restrained his hands and feet and didn't move. So much so that by the time he reacted, the person had already been laid down on the bed.

Liu Jiyue looked down at him from top to bottom, his eyes were filled with deep affection, he stroked Chu Qi's soft chin like playing with a treasure, and his voice was hoarse: "Have you tried it with others?"

Chu Qi: "...!!!"

Chu Qi couldn't remember what they talked about before, and regretted why he was so obedient, so he said bravely, "Anyway...men...surely don't..."

Liu Jiyue said: "There is a scent that has a good aphrodisiac effect. In the past, the emperor always prepared it, so it won't make people feel uncomfortable."

Chu Qi's eyes darkened, and he wanted to run away. He tried to explain the truth: "Although your Majesty has cured the old poison, his heart disease has not been cured yet, and the imperial physician has said that it is not appropriate to be emotional."

Although Chu Qi had no aversion to this kind of thing, he was inexperienced and frightened, unable to pass the hurdle in his heart for a while.

Hearing this, Liu Jiyue didn't move anymore. He backed away a little, and even stretched out his hand to give Chu Qi a hand to make him sit up.

"If you don't want to, that's all. I'm just impatient." He straightened his clothes, a trace of imperceptible fragility flashed across his face, and then he quickly regained his composure, "Chu Qing wait a moment, I'll let you Those people come back, you continue to talk and laugh..."

Chu Qi was very successful in the entertainment industry in the past, and he has seen many people with superb acting skills. He is used to distinguishing poor performances from their micro expressions. If this expression falls on others, he will definitely not act. real.But at this moment, he was still flustered like he was in a dao, and couldn't help tugging at the emperor's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "...I'm obviously worried about your illness."

Liu Jiyue's movement of leaving paused slightly, and her eyes fell on him erratically: "I'm not going to risk my life for happiness."

After all, he still pulled away and left.

Chu Qiwu sat on the bed in a daze, but his consciousness, which was still sober, suddenly became chaotic.

Is he... lost?Angry?

...I'm not completely reluctant either!Chu Qi's teeth were sour, and there were depressed bubbles in his chest. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that after a few more gentle words, those things would come naturally. He was just... suddenly taken aback.

As a result, you gave up like this?What about perseverance!

Chu Qi didn't want to think carefully about how many times his mood had changed.

But his trance-like depression didn't last long, because Liu Jiyue just went to call someone to pick up the package.

Chu Qi watched in amazement as the eunuch added incense in front of the censer, and the rich smell rose from the top of the stove and gradually diffused around.

The silver charcoal baked the hall as warm as spring, and the incense added warmth.

Liu Jiyue untied her hair, took off her outer shirt, and looked at him not too close or far away, as if waiting for something.

Chu Qi was so tormented by the gaze and temperature that he was dizzy. He buried his face on his knees, covering his blushing face like a cover-up, and finally pulled the neckline in self-defeating, and called out with misty eyes: "Jiyue..."

Gentle touches and kisses fell one after another.

In the tide of the sea of ​​desire, the day passes by in a flash, the sunset falls into the flat ground, and the stars and moon reappear in the sky.

After Chu Qi cleaned up, he fell asleep in a daze for half an hour. When he woke up again, he still couldn't believe what happened just now.

"I haven't had dinner yet, I asked the imperial dining room to save a portion for you, get up and eat."

Chu Qi was agitated, and subconsciously looked to the side. Liu Jiyue looked as usual, but the curvature of the corner of his mouth could not be suppressed no matter what.

...It must be an illusion today, Chu Qi wanted to bang his head against the wall to bring himself back half a day ago.He originally thought that Liu Jiyue's health was not good, and if he came to take the initiative, it might save both parties from suffering, and it wouldn't be too bad if he didn't want to vent it once.But why, when he realized that something was wrong, it was already dark when he opened and closed his eyes?

"You..." You are pretending to be sick!

Seeing his reaction, Liu Jiyue pressed her fist to her lips calmly and coughed softly.

--Stop pretending!

Chu Qi rubbed his sore waist and sat up, but suddenly realized that the culprit's incense was still burning, and suddenly felt that something was wrong all over his body: "Didn't your majesty put out the incense?"

"Huh?" Liu Jiyue didn't seem to understand, "Why did you turn it off?"

...Asshole!Chu Qi had no choice but to soften his voice: "I'm falling apart, I can't take it anymore."

Liu Jiyue tilted her head and kissed his side face, and asked with a slight smile: "What does the lovely Qing Chengen have to do with that fragrance?"

Chu Qi was really convinced, why didn't he find out that Liu Jiyue was so brazen before, did he have to say it?

"The fragrance is a mixture of 'Today's Moon' and 'Zhaoyinggui'. The fragrance is between light and strong, and it can't be regarded as memorable. The rest is nothing special." Liu Jiyue's lips curled up, and said softly , "Naturally there is no aphrodisiac effect."

"..."

Liu Jiyue looked at Chu Qi whose pupils were shaking, and said with a clear smile, "If Aiqing felt emotional surges before, it was only because of... emotional surges and longing for her."

Chu Qi suddenly lay down and got down, and pulled up the quilt to cover his head.

Liu Jiyue laughed.

——How can there be such a person!

First mention the existence of aphrodisiac incense, and then go out to get it and light it blindly, which is reasonable no matter how you think... He smelled this incense for the first time, although he noticed that there seemed to be a trace of Jinxiaoyue and Zhaoyinggui's respective breaths, but he would not go deep into it. Think about it, let alone get used to it after staying for a long time, so naturally you can't find the clue.When you subconsciously feel your body warming up, what happened after that will naturally be a matter of course, half push, half act, half truth, everything will come to fruition... Why are you talking about it now!It was as if he was infatuated first!

In the dark, Chu Qi told himself to be calm, tolerant, open-minded, and Buddhist. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore. After dinner, he pretended to be calm and said, "I'm going back first."

"You left today, I'm afraid you might not be able to enter the palace for a long time."

Chu Qi knew that King Jing's tolerance was limited to this at most. After what happened a few days ago, Chu Jingzhong's supervision of him might not be inferior to Mingyao's.It is precisely because he knows that parting may come, so he...

"I know. He Lanyi, Ling Feidu, and Teng Wu stayed in the palace, and Mingyao was confined to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Lan Ningbing also thought about sending someone back to Qianbo Island." Chu Qi said, "As long as you don't get hurt, these distances are not bad. What's the matter, it's just..."

It's just that he couldn't confirm Liu Jiyue's safety.

Liu Jiyue said with a faint smile: "Don't worry. Actually, there is something I forgot to mention. Seven days later it will be the Empress Dowager's [-]th birthday. She has been reluctant to make a big deal. In addition, she is busy with many things every year. It is a simple arrangement for preparing the harem. But now that Mingyao has left the palace, she will not be seen for at least three months, she must be extremely unwilling."

"If you don't want to, you can only hide the truth from her. The so-called truth, how about making up an excuse that Mingyao worked hard and wanted to perform for her at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet?" Liu Jiyue said, "In this kind of thing It’s not difficult to respect the king. Otherwise... the empress dowager will scold him for ten days and ten nights."

Chu Qi: "..."

Grandma, I can't afford to provoke you.

As the saying goes, one thing lowers one thing, Chu Qi has seen the power of the Empress Dowager.During the time of the first emperor, she was still in good health, and if she caught someone who didn't like her, the lingering sound would linger around the four palace walls of Liang's imperial city.At the scene, according to "filial piety is the first", she didn't say anything at all, mainly because she couldn't spray it.

I don't know why he developed such a character when he was obviously born in a wealthy family in the previous dynasty.

But now that he has become Mingyao's biggest mother fan, it has become his confidence.

"Okay." Chu Qi whispered, "Then...you take care of yourself."

Even though he said that, he didn't seem to have the slightest intention of leaving.

Liu Jiyue lay down slowly, and instead of looking at each other with gentle and hot eyes, Chu Qi looked back calmly and did not avoid it.

But suddenly, he heard Liu Jiyue speak, and asked an extremely sudden, extremely absurd, and shocking question: "Do you want to be emperor?"

"..." Chu Qi said word by word, "This is not something you can joke about."

Liu Jiyue: "The truth."

Chu Qi raised his eyes to look at him, Liu Jiyue's expression was very calm, and he couldn't see any falsehood or teasing, but the words he asked were enough to set off shocking waves.

"It's not a question of whether you want to or not. It's about the life, death and future of thousands of people, responsibilities and destiny..." Chu Qi said slowly, "As far as I know, the six ancient kingdoms in the past Once someone who shouldn't be an emperor became an emperor, and the blood was impure, and disasters fell from heaven. So, Your Majesty... please don't say such things again."

Liu Jiyue nodded sincerely: "Okay." There was a sarcastic smile on the corner of her mouth, and she didn't know what she thought of.

He kissed Chu Qi's forehead and said softly, "Go to sleep first, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Chu Qi was actually not sleepy, nor did he want to close his eyes, but the candles were extinguished in the hall, and in the darkness, he could only vaguely feel the figures of the people around him through the faint moonlight from the window, his hands were clenched tightly, and his breathing rate was slow. Are the same.

The fragrance of the moon tonight is long and long, and the fragrance of returning home is strong and unforgettable. When they are mixed together, they may work together.

On the eve of falling asleep, he seemed to hear a whisper, but the voice was so soft that when he tried to hear it clearly, his consciousness was covered by sleepiness.

The next day, King Jing seemed to feel that he had given enough time, and finally got impatient, and the soldiers waited outside the Gouchen Hall to urge him.

When Chu Qi woke up, Liu Jiyue had disappeared, but Biwu was still there, wanting to help him get dressed.

Chu Qi did it himself, and declined politely with a smile: "I didn't know your identity before, but now I have already made it clear, why do you need to do these things? Your Majesty should also assign several palace servants to serve you, otherwise it would be too negligent."

But Biwu shook his head and said, "When I was in Xiwan, I wasn't treated like this."

Chu Qi paused for a moment, then remembered Cheng Qiushi's mysterious "revelation", and seeing is believing, he already had some guesses, so he glanced left and right, and asked Biwu in a low voice: "Are you in Xiwan?" How did Cheng Qiushi treat you...and your relatives?"

"I used to be more than just Brother Feng, but as long as I can remember, they have been dying one after another." Biwu's breathing was slightly rapid, "In order to pursue the purity of our blood, the Wu Clan made brothers and sisters, siblings, nephews, and even mother and child Repeatedly breeding offspring, many people can't bear the humiliation and give up survival. But the so-called giving up is not to wipe their necks, but to do their experiments."

"I know that those strange monsters of the Witch Clan were created with our blood. I don't know the details, but the dying animals may have a very low possibility of returning to life and becoming stronger after drinking our blood. , the more blood, the purer it is, the more likely it is...so—”

He held Chu Qi's hand and trembled uncontrollably: "In the end, only Brother Feng and I were left, and there would be no more offspring, so they restrained themselves. Therefore, their eyes naturally turned to Xi Wanwai..."