I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

Now that the emperor is safe, the normal morning court has resumed. Usually, the courtiers can argue with red faces because of a trivial matter in the court hall, but the assassination of the emperor is too serious, and no one dares to speak out. It is rare in the court hall. calm.

Today at court, Chu Yuzhao dealt with the backlog of state affairs in an orderly manner, and did not mention the matter of the hunting ground. Chu Yulu, who had been worried all the time, was relieved. After the court, he went straight to Lengcui Palace to meet his My mother, Concubine Leng.

Concubine Leng is in her early forties, and because of proper maintenance, she still looks beautiful. After listening to Chu Yulu's words, she not only did not relax, but her expression calmed down.

"Fool, I have been telling you to hide your strength and bide your time. Don't do something outrageous that involves your uncle at the border. You just want to tie up such a thing. That's it. If he wants to investigate, how can you tell?"

Chu Yulu has been scolded by Concubine Leng several times these days, and today he came to report his safety, but he never thought of being scolded again, so he replied angrily: "Uncle, Uncle, you only have Uncle in your heart, but look at you The son in front of you. Anyway, what I do is wrong, you are only worried that you will implicate your uncle."

"I'm worried that your uncle is still doing it for you and for the Leng family." Concubine Leng was so angry that she raised her eyebrows. "Why do you think that man has been putting up with you? It's because your uncle is at the border and holds a heavy army. As long as he gets With the military power, you will have a chance to turn around one day. But you still want to believe in the bad ideas of the so-called masters in the palace, who are actually useless, and they willfully and recklessly make dangerous moves again and again, always almost disrupting the plans of the palace and your uncle. .”

Concubine Leng put down the teacup heavily in her hand: "It's all right if he gets angry after he comes back, it's so silent, it makes people panic and don't know what to do."

Chu Yulu said indifferently: "Don't worry, my concubine, I didn't do him the assassination this time. My son just went to tie up the person next to him, and happened to bump into him. It's nothing more than a thing, a pet. He is afraid of his uncle. , even if he knew about it, he wouldn’t dare to do anything to Erchen.”

Concubine Leng sighed: "Anyway, the time is not yet ripe, you have to be sensible and don't make any more trouble."

"My son understands."

Chu Yulu went back to the palace from the palace, and didn't see a single servant in the front yard, but he didn't take it to heart, and stepped into the front hall while calling for someone to call Master Wang Jin.

As soon as he entered the front hall, he sensed that something was wrong. There were several guards standing on both sides of the hall, and several guest masters from the palace were kneeling on the ground, and then he saw the person sitting at the head of the hall.

Chu Yulu almost suspected that his eyes were dazzled. After he recognized Hong Si standing beside the man, and the doorman of the palace who was kneeling on the ground and did not dare to look up, he finally came to his senses and forcibly suppressed the urge to run away. Qiang Zuo calmly bowed to the man and said, "Your Majesty."

Chu Yuzhao lowered his eyes and leaned against the back of the chair, his bony fingers slowly tapped on his thighs, and when he heard Chu Yulu's voice, he didn't even lift his eyelids.

Chu Yulu didn't dare to ask him why he appeared in the palace, but turned his head to look at the master Wang Jin who was kneeling on the ground, but Wang Jin's face was trembling like paper, and he didn't receive any hint from his gaze.

After a while, Chu Yuzhao asked straight to the point: "Chu Yuluo, what did you do that day when you hunted in the hunting ground?"

His tone was still as indifferent as usual, but the coldness and sternness revealed in it made Chu Yulu suddenly frightened and understood the reason why he appeared in the palace.

There were more than [-] people kneeling in the hall, including the guards next to them, but no one dared to make a sound. The whole hall was silent, and a needle could be heard.

"Chen, I didn't do anything, I didn't do anything." Chu Yulong kept telling himself in his heart that he didn't participate in the assassination of the emperor, he just planned to kidnap a pet, it's not a big deal, but it's not a big deal for the emperor. With dark eyes, he was so flustered that he could barely speak.

Chu Yuzhao seemed to know that he would answer like this, with calm eyes, he said: "Since you didn't do anything, those men in black who appeared in the hunting grounds should be the servants of Prince Lu's mansion who made their own decisions."

Those disciple masters who were kneeling on the ground were all frightened when they heard this, and all of them looked up at Chu Yulu, with pleading faces all over their faces.

But how could Chu Yulu recognize it at this time, he just stammered: "What, what is the man in black in the hunting ground, I, I don't know."

The side door on the side opened, and a man with a bruised nose and a swollen face was pushed out and fell to the ground. He looked up and saw Chu Yulu, and immediately howled, "My lord, save me, my lord, I just obeyed orders to arrest that young master that day, and didn't commit any crimes." It is a great crime of treason, my lord, save me."

Chu Yulu pretended not to know him, but his subordinates crawled over and hugged his legs and continued to cry. He couldn't help feeling angry, kicked the man out with a heart-warming kick, carried the man several feet away, spewed blood and fell to the ground. .

Hong Si sneered at the side and said: "My lord, he is indeed a member of the palace, your subordinate, and his body is still in the palace, so you have to know him."

Chu Yulu knew that there was no way to deny it anymore, so he could only say to Chu Yuzhao: "I now remember that there is indeed such a thing. I just went to the hunting ground to invite Mr. Luo to the palace as a guest."

Chu Yuzhao stood up, slowly unbuttoned the top of the black robe, and then stretched out his arms to the side, and a guard immediately handed over the wooden staff.

Chu Yulu saw Chu Yuzhao walking slowly towards him holding the wooden stick, his pupils constricted in fright, he took two steps back, and shouted repeatedly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you can't do this to me, The late emperor, the late emperor will not allow it, your majesty, you, my uncle will not allow it either."

It’s okay not to mention his uncle. When he said this, he saw the murderous intent flashing across the emperor’s sinister eyes, and immediately reacted, and quickly changed his words in cold sweat: "Your Majesty, the matter of your majesty being assassinated has nothing to do with my minister. I swear, those men in black who tried to assassinate His Majesty in the hunting grounds are definitely not my servants."

Chu Yuzhao had already walked in front of him, and suddenly interrupted him: "Who told you that I was here for the assassination?"

"Ah?" Chu Yulu was at a loss now, and looked at him with a bewildered face.

"What I want to settle with you is that you want to kidnap the people around me." Chu Yuzhao's voice was very soft, but every word was clear.

Chu Yulu opened his mouth, and then said: "I really want to kidnap Luo Bai, but he is nothing more than a joke. Would your majesty humiliate me for a joke? I—"

"Chu Yulu, you have to think about it clearly, the people around me will tolerate your humiliation like this?"

Seeing Chu Yuzhao's eyes turned extremely cold in an instant, Chu Yulu suddenly understood, and he was stunned with his mouth slightly open.

The status of that young man in the emperor's heart was not what he thought at all, he was just an ordinary pet.In the past, no matter what he did, the emperor turned a blind eye to it, making him always think that it was the cold reason of the emperor's fear of the border.But this time when the young man was touched, the emperor did it without any scruples. It can be seen that the man is very important to him, and he is not so afraid of being cold.

"Chen, Chen..." Chu Yulu swallowed down the words that were about to be taken coldly, and then shouted: "I intend to take Mr. Luo away, but it's all the idea of ​​the masters in the mansion, and it has nothing to do with me, yes They are all their own ideas."

Those master disciples were not good things at all, they usually gave Chu Yulu a lot of crooked ideas to bully men and women, but seeing that Chu Yulu pushed all of them on them, it was also surprising. Their faces turned green with fright.

Chu Yuzhao suddenly raised the wooden stick in his hand, Chu Yulu yelled and closed his eyes, shrinking his neck and backing away.But after the stick hit him hard, it didn't land on him, but a doorman kneeling beside him let out a shrill scream.

Chu Yulu opened his eyes tremblingly, and saw that the man was lying on the ground with his legs hugged. His calves were twisted and deformed. Obviously, the bones had been broken, but he didn't dare to continue howling. He could only bear the pain, and his body was instantly wet with sweat. ground.

Chu Yuzhao smashed the doorman's leg with a stick, but his fierce eyes locked on Chu Yulu and did not move away, saying: "Since the prince did not do such a thing, it must be that the discipline in the palace is not strict on weekdays, and the subordinates are bold and reckless. Take action. It is too light to kill such a dog slave who has no master. If I am interested today, I will come to discipline the prince and clean up the atmosphere in the palace."

When the other disciples heard this, they all asked Chu Yulu for help with ashen faces.

How dare Chu Yulu dare to control them at this time, he just turned his face away from sight, and let Chu Yuzhao hit one stick after another hard, and the sound of the stick hitting the flesh and blood resounded in the hall.

Chu Yuzhao has been staring at Chu Yulu.Chu Yulu felt that every time those wooden sticks fell on him, every sound made him shudder, and his soul was out of his wits.

Although he knew in his heart that this was clearly a killing of chickens and scaring monkeys, Chu Yuzhao looked like Yan Luo, the God of Killing, with undisguised killing intent in his eyes, which made him feel that if he provoked Chu Yuzhao again , the next one to deal with is himself.

And the end will only be worse than worse.

"My lord is sick, and I have to stay in the mansion for the next few months to recuperate, so don't go out again."

When Chu Yuzhao slowly wiped his hands with a silk handkerchief and led the people out of the palace, Chu Yulu's legs softened and he fell to the ground, his face was as white as a dead person's.

After that night, Lu Wang Chu Yulu suddenly reported illness and recuperated at home, and did not go to court for several days.The emperor was very concerned about this only brother. When he mentioned Chu Yulu's illness in the court, he frowned and was very concerned, and sent the imperial doctor to the palace for consultation.

Concubine Leng knew that if she wanted to go to the emperor, she would definitely be involved in the assassination of the emperor. Anyway, she was only imprisoned for a few months, so she didn't have to worry about it, so she never came forward to intercede for King Lu.

Luo Bai is a little lonely these days, because Chu Yuzhao has also started to be busy, often talking with those old men in the imperial study room, and he can't speak to him until he returns to the bedroom at night.

But even there are not many chances to say a few words, because when he comes back, it is often too late, Luo Bai can't hold on anymore, and he fell asleep before he was around.

It's just that Luo Bai felt a slight touch on the top of his head after a night of sleep, and he stretched out his hand to touch it, and unexpectedly pressed a generous and warm palm.

He opened his sleepy eyes and dimly saw a tall and familiar figure standing beside the bed, so he called his brother inarticulately.

"Go to sleep." Chu Yuzhao said in a low voice as he put his hands under the bed.

His voice was mellow and deep, which gave people a strong sense of security. Luo Bai only responded indiscriminately, and immediately fell into a dream again.

When he woke up the next day and found that Chu Yuzhao was not in the room again, a burst of regret filled his heart.

Why did I sleep so dead?After finally seeing my brother, I should have a few more words with him.

After breakfast, he went to study with his master as usual, and followed a little servant to the back of the garden with heavy steps.

He used to like to write, but it was different from the writing taught by the master.It is too uncomfortable for the master to teach writing. Every character has a fixed way of writing, which is difficult for people to remember.

Is it not good to write whatever you want?He used to write, and he could write as many pages as he wanted in a morning, but now it takes a long time to write just the word Luo Bai.

Many people in the garden were hanging lanterns on the treetops. He looked at it curiously and asked the servant if it was New Year's Eve?

The servant smiled and said, "It's still early for Chinese New Year. It's His Majesty's birthday coming soon. Hang up the lanterns to see the joy."

It turns out that my brother's birthday is coming soon.

Luo Bai attaches great importance to life, because every year on that day, no matter where her mother is, she will rush home, make delicious egg roll noodles for him, and be happy all day long.

Occasionally, he would take out something like a small windmill from his bosom, saying it was a birthday present.

Birthday gift, birthday gift... Luo Bai was thinking, he had to prepare a birthday gift for his brother.

Because I kept thinking about this matter, I didn't pay much attention in class, and was reprimanded several times by my master, and the ruler banged on the table.

"Luo Bai, what are you thinking? You've been distracted all morning."

Luo Bai was biting the tip of his pen and looking out the window in a daze, when the master snapped him back to his senses, subconsciously replied: "I'm thinking about what birthday gift to give to His Majesty."

The master was taken aback for a moment, then sighed: "If you can write a good article and draw a picture, I'm afraid His Majesty will be happier seeing it than anything else."

Luo Bai's eyes lit up after hearing this, he slowly sat up straight, and said excitedly: "Master, I want to learn how to draw today."

The master glanced at him, "What do you want to paint?"

"...That's right, it's like a painting for a birthday gift."

In the Qiande Palace, Chu Yuzhao finished his work and dealt with two prefects who were imprisoned for corruption. After the officials all retreated, he sat alone in the empty hall, holding his eyebrows with his hands, the handsome There was a tired look on his face.

"Your Majesty is rarely free, why don't you go for a walk in the garden?" Cheng Shou asked thoughtfully beside him.

After a moment of silence, Chu Yuzhao closed his eyes and asked, "Where's Luo Bai? How has he been these past two days?"

Cheng Shou said with a smile: "I saw Mr. Luo this morning, with a displeased expression on his face, saying that he didn't want to go to study, but wanted to come to His Majesty, but was coaxed and urged to go to Master."

While talking, Cheng Shou went to see Chu Yuzhao, and found that his expression had turned relaxed, and the corners of his mouth were slightly smiling, so he continued: "Your Majesty, why don't you go to the garden to relax and take a look at Mr. Luo's study?" Condition?"

Chu Yuzhao put down the hand between his eyebrows, lifted the corner of his robe and stood up: "Let's go, take a look."

Luo Bai was crouching in front of the large desk and drawing seriously, and from time to time he had to talk back to the roaring master behind him.

"This is Taoer. Master, the one you just mentioned is a watermelon, not Taoer."

"Shoutao and Shoutao are not ordinary peaches that are not as big as a fist. The painted birthday peaches have to be big."

Luo Bai muttered: "But that's too fake, I don't want to draw fake peaches for Your Majesty."

"What you drew like this is not a real peach." The master almost wanted to flip the table.

Luo Bai didn't care about him, mumbling in his mouth, drawing his own little peach.

"What kind of peach do you look like? It's obviously an egg, with one big and the other small."

Luo Bai said: "Master, you haven't seen the peaches on the tree, they don't all look the same, some peaches are half big and half small, some peaches are half green and half red."

"Sophistry, you are pure sophistry." The master was so angry that his beard rose, "If someone asks you to draw such a painting, please don't mention that I was the one who directed this painting."

"Well, good."

Luo Bai finished drawing the shapeless peach, and then carefully painted a circle of small dots on the outside. He didn't notice the master behind him, and unconsciously lost his voice.

"What is this painting?" A deep magnetic voice sounded in his ears.

"This is the hair on the outside of the peach." Just as Luo Bai finished answering, he felt that the voice was wrong, turned his head in surprise, and met a pair of eyes as deep as the sea.

"Brother!" He threw the brush in his hand, turned around and plunged into Chu Yuzhao's arms, wrapping his hands around that thin waist.

The master standing behind him stared at the pillar next to him, as if he suddenly became interested in the red paint on it.

Chu Yuzhao patted him on the back reassuringly, and then gently pushed him away: "I'll take a look at this peach."