After the cannon fodder prince collapsed, the country will not perish

Xie Qingci nodded, and lightly pressed the acupuncture points with his slender fingers: "I'm tired too, let's go rest first."

"This..." Chunliu hesitated to speak, but after thinking about it, he said, "Isn't this waiting for the county king?"

Xie Qingci's voice was a few degrees colder: "You have said that you are the king of the county, so he naturally has his own place."

Chunliu looked at the setting sun that was about to fall outside the window, and could only help Xie Qing to resign and rest.

As the sky gradually darkened, Xie Qingci lay on the bed, tossing and turning, but couldn't sleep well.

As he was thinking about it, he only heard a soft knock on the door of the inner hall, and then calmness was restored as if the wind had passed without a trace.

Xie Qing said suspiciously: "Is there anyone?"

Chunliu shook her head outside: "It should be that cat ran around again."

Xie Qingci closed his eyes tiredly, and was about to fall asleep, when he heard a voice from the couch beside his feet: "Don't be afraid, it's me."

It turned out to be Xiao Di?

Xie Qingci sat up and looked up at the couch.

In the dim moonlight, a familiar figure of a man could be seen lying on the small couch, he had already taken off his outer shirt, apparently intending to sleep here.

The moonlight sprinkled on his broad shoulders, adding a touch of softness.

Xie Qingci's breathing stagnated immediately, and he was almost out of breath.

"How did you get in?"

There was a look of tiredness in Xiao Di's eyes after a long journey, and he lay down on the small couch loosely with his eyes down, as if he had reached the most stable place.

Thinking of his first arrival in the capital, he dragged his tired body and insisted on coming to his palace to rest, Xie Qingci felt a little sour again.

Xiao Di looked at Xie Qingci without blinking his eyes: "The wall is not very high, I can climb in from the top of the wall."

Xiao Di didn't take it seriously, Xie Qingci broke out in a cold sweat: "This is in the palace..."

Although this is the outer palace, not more fortified than the inner palace, but Xiao Di is too bold to do so. If the patrolling guards see him, he will kill him without mercy.

"Then I'll come too." Xiao Di's voice sounded childlike at night, "I'm sleepy, and I always want to come here to rest."

Xie Qingci pursed his lips, and said helplessly: "The imperial court has supervised and built the Xiao Mansion for you. It is very spacious there, and several gates have already been opened, ready to welcome you back in victory."

"I don't have the strength." Xiao Di's voice sounded light and light, which made people's hearts tremble: "It's too late, I can't go through."

Xie Qingci gently clenched his palms.

Xiao Di didn't have the strength to walk home, but he had the energy to climb the palace wall.

It seems that as long as he has his last breath left, he has to be by his side to feel at ease.

By the moonlight, Xie Qingci secretly looked at the young man on the small couch.

Xiao Di has his eyes closed at the moment, the bridge of his nose is straight, his eyebrows are drawn into his temples and his jaw is cold and sharp. He just came back from the battlefield and he is still a bit immature. look like.

But Xiao Di still looked docile and dependable lying on the small couch, his grown fangs were gathered in the dark by him, and he wouldn't hurt him at all.

Looking at Xiao Di like this, Xie Qingci calmed down inexplicably: "Since you're here, sleep well."

It's just that no matter how peaceful a place is, it is destined not to be his long-term residence.

The candlelight flickered, and after a moment of silence, Xiao Di opened his mouth as if he had read through his mind: "It's not a long-term solution for Your Highness to live in Liuyun Palace, and he has to go out of the palace to go to the fiefdom."

Xie Qingci's fingers trembled slightly, and there was a hint of emptiness on his pale side face: "Yes, I have to leave the palace..."

When his elder brother was firmly seated on the throne, he still hoped that he could leave the palace where he had been confined for two lifetimes, and live a peaceful and comfortable life for a few days.

"Where does Your Highness like to entrust?"

Xie Qingci tensed his back, maybe he was too wary of Xiao Di, and always felt that his words contained his great ambitions.

"Naturally, it means looking at the meaning of the father or the emperor's brother."

Xiao Di's eyes darkened.

Xie Qingci still wholeheartedly assists the crown prince, never thinking of anything else.

But if you want to stand firm and no longer be controlled by others, you have to use your own advantages and status to go up step by step.

Xiao Di clenched his rough palms, and could hardly believe that this was Xie Qingci's truth.

After a while, his voice came out from the chaotic darkness: "Did your Highness never think about becoming the emperor himself?"

In a word, Xie Qingci didn't feel sleepy at all, he sat up and met Xiao Di's eyes.

Xiao Di was still lying flat on the couch, looking at him calmly.

It seems that the sentence just now was not a rebellious statement, but the most common inquiry.

Xie Qingci didn't speak, and asked slowly after a long time: "Why do you ask such a question?"

"Your Highness is also a prince from the direct line. Thinking about the throne, isn't it the most normal thing?" Xiao Di looked at Xie Qingci: "At least as far as I know, His Highness the Second Highness is not very frank about the position of the East Palace."

Xie Qingci held his breath.

At this moment, Xiao Di's expression is peaceful, but Xie Qingci feels that Xiao Di is like a dragon hiding in the abyss of shadows at this moment, taking a panoramic view of everything, quietly spying on the opportunity, and when the time is right, he uses his cold-glowing advantage Claws tear the world apart.

Xie Qingci looked at him and called out: "Ju Lang, you said before you left that you wanted to be my thousand-mile horse?"

Xiao Di stared closely at Xie Qingci's eyes. This man beat him, saved him, and used him.

But no matter what, it was his most passionate obsession when he was young.

Xiao Di said softly: "My promise to Your Highness has never changed, that's why I asked just now."

What Liu Hui said was right, the prince was physically deficient, so he was indeed not the best candidate.

He always felt this way, and it didn't change just because the prince cared for him.

If the prince is idle, he can be a comfortable prince, and if he works hard, he can also use his fists in a fiefdom.

Why do you have to be a prince?

But even if the crown prince falls, Xie Rong shouldn't be in that position, let alone the shit prime minister.

His clear words are worth all the most precious things in this world.

And the most honored position in Xiao Di's heart is naturally the master of this world.

Xie Qingci was furious. You must know that it was the prince's idea to let Xiao Di go to Yunnan this time, but he still suppressed his anger. Seeing his tired appearance, he suppressed his anger and said: "The prince is my elder brother. , In terms of family background and talent, it is justified, who will sit in this country is not your turn, I am worried, you are tired, go to sleep."

The corners of Xiao Di's lips moved, but he didn't say another word.

He could hear the alienation and coldness in Xie Qingci's tone.

Two days later, Xiao Di's celebration banquet was specially held in the palace.

The civil and military officials, even the nobles, came, saying that it was a celebration banquet, and it was because the case of the Xiao family was brought to light, and the emperor came forward to express his condolences to the Xiao family.

Good news spread frequently, and he was directly named the county king. Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that Xiao Di had a bright future.

During the staggering of wine and wine, people kept coming to persuade Xiao Di to drink, Xiao Di had a decent smile on his lips, and he moved through the crowd with ease.

The evening wind blew into Xie Qingci's ears verbatim with laughter.

"My lord, there is a daughter in the lower official's family who has not yet left the cabinet. This year is fifteen, I wonder if you would like to..."

"My lord would like to take a step to speak. My daughter grew up on the border and has only come to the capital now. Your experiences are similar. If in the future..."

Xie Qingci's fingers holding the cup gradually tightened.

Looking at the smiling Xiao Di in the distance, he suddenly felt uncontrollable.

What Xiao Di said last night is enough to show that his nature is not different from his previous life.

This time he went to Yunnan, he was only going to suppress the bandits, but he did a series of great things, and even the title after returning was no different from his previous life.

It seems that everything is returning to the same path as the previous life in the dark.

Xiao Di was never someone who could be manipulated by him. He still had shackles and cages in the palace, but when he left the palace, the sky was high and the earth was far away.

In the future, I'm afraid that he will be beyond reach.