return to peace

Since the trip to Qucheng, Chu Lingshang's illness has not recovered, and it has been repeated repeatedly.Chu Zexi was in a hurry, so the imperial doctor had no choice but to shake his head and said, "Heart disease needs heart medicine." Chu Zexi knew why, but he couldn't, so he had to order a good doctor to take care of him.

Everything seems to be back to the original way, but it seems that a lot has changed.Chu Lingshang was more silent than before, and he didn't speak if he could.When alone, he would be in a daze.He ate a lot, but he couldn't grow any meat. In the past few months, he lost weight again.

He dealt with government affairs without distraction. When Lin Feng reported to him information about Chen Guo, he deliberately concealed Ji Fan's matter, and he didn't ask any more questions.Do what he should do, but lost himself.It was as if he had returned to the state where his heart was as dead as ten years ago.No, maybe worse than a decade ago.

It was another summer, and the lotus in the pond of Guoshi Mansion bloomed again.The blue lotus and red lotus stretched across a stretch.When Chu Zexi saw Chu Lingshang, he was standing by the pool with fish food in his hand, feeding the fish in the pool casually.Wearing a homely Yuebai shirt, her black hair was tied loosely with a jade hairpin, a few locks of hair hanging to the sides, her face was indifferent and neither sad nor happy.

Chu Zexi stood in the dark and watched for a long time before slowly walking forward: "Ling Yu."

Chu Lingshang turned his head, saw that it was him, put down the fish food in his hand, and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty."

Chu Zexi supported him, and said angrily, "How many times have I told you that you and I don't need these vain gifts."

The corner of Chen Lingshang's mouth twitched, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.After returning from Qucheng, Chu Zexi felt that Chu Lingshang and him were not as close and natural as before, and there was a relationship everywhere.He knew that Chu Lingshang was tired and was afraid of getting too close to anyone. He didn't blame him, and wanted to tell him with his own enthusiasm that he would always love him, but with little success.

Suppressing these personal thoughts for now, he pulled out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Lingshang.Chu Lingshang only glanced at it before throwing the note into the pool.The wind blew by, and the fluttering paper fluttered up and down, vaguely revealing the words "Chen Wang" and "Jia Beng".

"Ahead of our plan."

"Yes."

"Did Ze Tan move his hand?"

"It's said that it's not, it's because Wang Chen's body can't hold it anymore."

"The Vermilion Fruit in the Cold Pool couldn't save him either?"

Chu Zexi shook his head.

Chu Lingshang pondered: "This is troublesome. With King Chen present, the two countries will live in peace, and the country of Chen will not be able to rectify. It is difficult to say that King Chen is gone, and Chen Jingxuan is in power. He is far more than you and I thought. Yes, even more ambitious."

He stood by the pool with his hands behind his back, thought for a while, and said: "Next, our focus should be on the military. The generals should concentrate on training their troops from now on, arrange troops and strengthen their weapons, just in case .If my guess is right, Chen Jingxuan will come to fight in at least three years. We want to beat them and train an iron army!"

"But don't we have a ten-year peace treaty? It's only been four years."

"Your Majesty, only Xiliang and Chen Kingdom stand opposite each other in this world. The others are subordinate to these two big countries. As long as Chen Jingxuan is given three years to rectify the atmosphere and win the hearts of the people, he will dare to tear it up after three years. Treaty. Of course, he will find a perfect excuse to blame us for instigating the incident. The people are far away from the court, what can they know? So, we must be one step ahead of them, this is the only solution .”

"However, Chen Guo puts more emphasis on literature than military, and there is no general to come out. Xiliang's various reform measures are progressing smoothly. If other things are underestimated and the military is emphasized at this time, it will inevitably cause people to criticize."

Chu Lingshang closed his eyes, and said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten Ji Fan?" He really didn't want to mention this name, but as the two countries face each other, he must be one of the important people.

"Since the fall of Wen Ruyu's lineage, Chen Guo Chaotang has formed a lineage of generals centered on Ji Fan, and their power is constantly expanding. This force will become the strongest fighting force in Chen State. Therefore, we have to Defend."

Chu Zexi was silent, but Chu Lingshang didn't know that he had actually pushed Ji Fan to Chen Jingxuan.But he has no regrets.He paced back and forth, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay, as far as you are concerned."

"As for Ze Tan..."

"Let her pretend to be sick and bring her back as soon as possible."

Chu Zexi smiled: "I think so too."

"I have been studying how to improve weapons. Now it seems that the progress has to be accelerated. Three months later, I will give you the improvement map."

"Okay, but don't be too tired. Let others do some things that others can do." Chu Zexi looked at his pale and thin face, feeling a little worried.

Chu Lingshang shook his head, smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know my own body, and I won't die for the time being."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Chu Zexi cut him off.

Chu Lingshang smiled: "Okay."

The two were talking, when suddenly a childish "Daddy" came from not far away. Chu Lingshang turned his head to look, and saw the nanny coming over with Chu Wuyou in her arms.Chu Wuyou is more than one year old this year, with a tiger head and a tiger brain, white and fat, a bit like Chu Lingshang's appearance when he was a child.When he was still some distance away from Chu Lingshang, Chu Wuyou twisted and wanted to come down, but the nanny had no choice but to put him down, so he walked towards Chu Lingshang with staggering steps, staggering from side to side. The nanny guarded her carefully.Chu Wuyou walked faster and faster, while walking towards Chu Lingshang with open arms.

Chu Lingshang suddenly remembered Ji Fan who wobbled towards him when he was in the school when he was a child.He caught Chu Wuyou who was rushing towards him, picked him up with some effort, and let him sit on his lap.While calling "Daddy", Chu Wuyou was playing with a lock of hair hanging down by Chu Lingshang with great interest.

"I haven't seen you for a month, Wuyou seems to have grown up a little bit." Chu Zexi looked at Chu Wuyou who was sitting in Chu Lingshang's arms with peace of mind, feeling inexplicably jealous.

Chu Lingshang took out the handkerchief from his sleeve, and helped Chu Wuyou wipe the thin sweat on his forehead carefully. Hearing what Chu Zexi said, he really looked at it carefully, and said with a smile, "It seems true, the face seems to be rounder."

"Hahaha." Chu Zexi laughed unkindly.

"You hug?"

Chu Zexi quickly waved his hands, "Farewell. Ever since I saw him, whenever I hugged him, he cried. I'd better stop hugging him."

It was rare to see that he had the innocence of his youth, and Chen Lingshang's heart softened, and he coaxed the baby in his arms in a low voice: "Baby, that's your little uncle, if you like him, let him hug you, okay?" good?"

Chu Wuyou listened in a daze, and when Chu Lingshang saw him in a daze, he handed him to Chu Zexi.With a soft dumpling in her arms, the smell of milk filled the tip of her nose, Chu Zexi felt very novel.Quite at a loss.

Chu Wuyou didn't cry this time, he looked up and saw Chu Zexi's tense face, then looked at Chu Lingshang opposite, and twisted his buttocks, as if he felt something was wrong.Chu Zexi's hair was coiled up and tied with a crown, there was no hair for him to scratch, and his mouth curled.

Seeing this, Chu Lingshang immediately took him back, and sure enough, as soon as he was in Chen Lingshang's arms, the corners of his curled mouth curled up again.Chu Lingshang looked at Chu Zexi in a daze, couldn't help laughing, and joked, "Fortunately, I persisted for a little longer this time."

Chu Zexi was already furious by Chu Wuyou, upon hearing this, he immediately said, "Better hurry up next time."

Chu Lingshang chuckled amusedly.It was rare for Chu Zexi to see him so happy, boldly, and cautiously asked: "Ling Yan, I'll stay at your house today, it's going to rain soon."

Chu Lingshang's smile gradually disappeared. He looked at the sky, and there were indeed some dark clouds. He lowered his eyes and said softly: "You are the king of a country now, and it is not appropriate to live with me. Today's affairs will be decided according to our discussion. You go back quickly."

Seeing that he armed himself up again, Chu Zexi felt a little sad, and forced a smile, "Okay then. Then I'll go back first, and you should also pay attention to your body, and add more clothes when the wind blows."

"Well, I'll take it to you."

A heart that has been hurt twice can't bear a little bit of torture.The best protection is to keep these foreign emotions at a respectful distance.A road, go alone, although a little lonely, but it is better than heartache.