I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

The next day, Chu Yuzhao took Luo Bai to the back mountain.

Although there is no beautiful scenery on the mountainside, luckily Luo Bai doesn't pick anything, even a long icicle or a wild fruit in the snowdrift will amaze him and he will enjoy playing with it.

Today he was wearing a thick light blue leather robe with a cloak of the same color, and a circle of white fox fur rolled around the collar, making his face even more white and delicate.

Chu Yuzhao had just brushed off a few snowflakes on his head when he heard someone calling for His Majesty from behind.

The two followed the sound and saw Cheng Shou leading an official up the mountain, with Hong Si behind him.

The stone steps were covered with snow, and the official climbed very awkwardly. When he got to Chu Yuzhao, he wanted to kneel down to salute, but he staggered under his feet. Thanks to Cheng Gonggong, he supported him.

It was Liu Huaifu, Minister of the Household Department who was promoted by Chu Yuzhao.

"Mianli, let's talk about something." Chu Yuzhao knew that there must be something important, so he didn't talk nonsense.

Liu Huaifu's face was blue and purple from the cold, thinking that he just came from the palace, he didn't shy away from Luo Bai, and said directly: "The border is in chaos, the Dager tribes suddenly joined forces to invade Ningzuo the day before yesterday, Ningzuo City has already fall."

Chu Yuzhao's expression suddenly changed, and he asked sharply, "Even if Dagel's big tribes attacked Ningzuo, it took only one night. Ningzuo City plus the surrounding counties and counties add up to [-] troops. How could it be possible?" Lost in one night?"

Liu Huaifu said: "Originally it was extremely cold in winter, and the Dager people would not send troops. They never thought of a surprise attack last night. Tens of thousands of troops sealed off Ningzuo City, and all those who sent out to ask for help were killed. Several counties and counties were killed. I didn’t receive the letter, and it’s too late to find out, Ning Zuo has already lost it.”

"What about Lengshan? General Leng led the army to sit in the town and work peacefully. Could it be that he can't even resist until dawn?"

Liu Huaifu hesitated and said: "General Leng had already abandoned the city and fled when he was besieged, and he is now missing."

Chu Yuzhao closed his eyes, and none of them dared to make a sound, even Luo Bai just looked at him worriedly beside him.

After a while, he opened his eyes, his eyes were still cold and stern, but his voice had calmed down: "What are the Dager people doing now?"

Liu Huaifu said: "We are stationed in Ningzuo for repairs, and it is estimated that we will attack the next county in two days."

"The cities on the border are watching each other. Originally, they were as solid as gold, but they would rather be destroyed, and the rest of the cities would be in jeopardy. Dagel's next goal will definitely be Jindu." Chu Yuzhao looked at the snow-capped mountains in the distance, and said coldly: " Order to return to the palace immediately."

The courtyard of the Xinggong was busy, and the maids were busy packing their luggage and putting on the carriage. After Chu Yuzhao came down from the mountain, everyone set off to return to the palace immediately.

Chu Yuzhao took a group of imperial guards and rode a fast horse one step ahead.Luo Bai also knew that something big had happened, so he didn't ask him to go with him knowingly, but just sat in the carriage with Cheng Shou, obediently following the team.

After returning to the palace, Luo Bai first went to the sleeping hall to change clothes, and then went to the main hall of Qiande. Seeing that the civil and military officials were already standing in the hall, he sneaked into the hall as before, and then found a corner to stand there.

The atmosphere in the whole hall was very serious. Chu Yuzhao sat at the head of the hall with a condensed expression, listening to the reports from the officials below, and never said a word.But when he was arguing about who should lead the troops to the border, he suddenly said, "Zhen will personally lead the troops to the border."

There was no sound in the hall, and a needle could be heard. A moment later, an old minister trembled and shouted: "Your Majesty, it is bitter cold at the border, and all the tribes of Dager are mobilized. It is too dangerous to go here."

"Your Majesty must not."

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

The courtiers begged one after another, and Wu Ya knelt down in the hall.

Luo Bai hadn't seen this kind of formation before, he stood in the corner, a little at a loss, but seeing that everyone was kneeling, including the maids and servants, he also knelt down.

Chu Yuzhao finally spoke slowly, with an extremely majestic voice: "The young generals have all gone to the border, and General Wu who is still in Beijing is over [-] years old. During the battle against Caocheng in the winter of the seventh year, General Wu was in the water After soaking for seven days, I fell down with rheumatism and cold, so I can never go to the north again."

Old General Wu came out, knelt heavily on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the old minister can go to the northern border, the old minister—"

"General Wu doesn't need to say much, I've made up my mind." Chu Yuzhao interrupted him.

Chu Yuzhao's gaze slowly passed over the kneeling courtiers, and when he stopped at the figure in the moon-white robe in the corner, he froze for a moment.

Luo Bai just raised his head, met his dark eyes, and moved his lips a little helplessly.

"I know that the border is extremely cold, but the soldiers are also enduring such bad weather. They are not bad, why can't I?" Chu Yuzhao kept his eyes fixed on Luo Bai, "The military situation on the border is critical, and as the leader of a country, I Your Majesty, leading the army to fight and protecting the people is a duty that cannot be shrugged off. Don’t worry, dear friends, I promise that nothing will happen. During this period, Prince Chu Yu will supervise the country and handle all matters.”

His words were resounding, every word echoed in the hall, deafening, all the courtiers did not dare to speak out again.

Chu Yu was still staring at the floor in a daze, when he suddenly heard his name, he looked around in a daze, and was reminded in a low voice by the person kneeling beside him: "My lord, I want you to supervise the country temporarily."

"Ah! Oh." Chu Yu fell on the ground in a daze, "I obey the order."

After the court was over, Chu Yuzhao hurried to the apse, and Luo Bai hurriedly chased after him.As soon as he stepped into the bedroom door, he was pulled vigorously by the door and fell into a familiar broad chest.

"I'm going to the border, and I'll be back soon, so you can just obediently wait for me in the palace?" Chu Yuzhao gently shook Luo Bai's body.

Luo Bai put his arms around his waist, and took a deep sniff of the pleasant smell in his arms: "Then take me there together, okay?"

"No, I can't take you with me this time." Chu Yuzhao freed up a hand, held his cheeks, and squeezed his lips.

"Take me, take me." Luo Bai begged all over his face, "I won't disturb you, just let me stay by your side. Please, brother."

Chu Yuzhao thought sideways, showing a distressed expression: "Actually, it's not impossible to take you there. After all, although it is extremely cold there, people can't be frozen to death, only some leopards and tigers can be frozen to death."

"What, what? Frozen to death for what?" Luo Bai looked at him in shock, unable to speak clearly.

"You may not know that the climate on the border is very weird. It's just a little cold for people, but none of the leopards or tigers can survive." Chu Yuzhao said flatly: "All of them died of freezing."

"Why, why did you freeze the leopard to death?" Luo Bai's eyes widened.

Chu Yuzhao stroked his hair: "That's why I said that the climate there is weird, but it's okay if you go, after all, as humans, we can bear it, but those beasts can't, they died in a miserable state, and their hair was completely bald. , I can’t bear to see it. And don’t look at what I said in the hall just now, it’s serious, but I just went for a stroll, and I returned to the palace after ten or so days.”

Every time he said a sentence, Luo Bai's face turned pale, especially the sentence that he died in a miserable state, and his hair was completely bald.

The servant greeted Chu Yuzhao cautiously at the door, and wanted to change Chu Yuzhao's clothes. Chu Yuzhao allowed them to come in, spread his arms and let him put them on, and urged Luo Bai: "Go and get ready, wear thicker clothes."

Luo Bai raised his legs in turn and took small steps, but after a while he was still dawdling on the spot, Chu Yuzhao asked, "Why haven't you prepared yet?"

"Forget it, brother, I thought about it, I'd better stay in the palace and wait for you." Luo Bai whispered.

He really wanted to be with Chu Yuzhao very much, and he couldn't bear to be separated for more than ten days, but he would be frozen to death if he went there, he could still tell which was more important.

Fortunately, Chu Yuzhao did not question him, but replied straightforwardly: "Okay, then you will wait for me in the palace."

Put on the heavy armor, put on the leather boots with spurs, finally put on the cloak and put on the helmet.The servant was about to fasten the helmet buckle, but Chu Yuzhao stopped him, and said to Luo Bai who was standing beside him and looked at him pitifully: "Come here."

The servant backed away, Luo Bai slowly walked in front of him, Chu Yuzhao took his hand, put it on the buckskin buckle on the side of the helmet, and said, "fasten it for me."

Luo Bai was wearing the buckle, and Chu Yuzhao looked down at him. With a soft sound, the buckle was fastened, but Luo Bai's hand didn't let go, he caressed Chu Yuzhao's face reluctantly, and asked with red eyes: " If those leopards and tigers wear thicker clothes, will they also be frozen to death?"

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Luo Bai sniffed: "Isn't it okay to wrap the quilt around your body?"

"No."

Luo Bai rubbed his eyes, crying in his voice: "Then you come back sooner, no matter how fun the border is, you have to remember that I'm still waiting for you, you have to come back sooner."

Chu Yuzhao's throat moved, he held his chin with one hand, stared at him intently, and said in a hoarse voice: "I remember, I must be back sooner."

Chu Yuzhao summoned Zuo Xiang Xin Yuan and several trusted ministers, and after a closed-door conversation, he led the army out of the city.

Accompanied by Yuan Fu, Luo Bai chased to the gate of the city.

Chu Yuzhao was riding straight on the horse, his black armor glowing coldly in the winter sun, and his mighty demeanor was like a god.When he was driving his horse out of the city gate, he suddenly turned his head and slightly raised the corner of his lower lip towards the crowd behind him, his handsome and cold face instantly softened.

Luo Bai knew that he must be aware that he was in the crowd, smiling at himself.

Then he looked down coldly, turned around and clamped his horse's belly, and led the leading cavalry out of the city without looking back, heading for the far north.

Luo Bai's eyes were wet with tears before he knew it, and he looked in the direction of Chu Yuzhao with blurred vision, and kept raising his hands to wipe away his tears, trying to see more clearly.

It wasn't until he could no longer see that figure that Yuan Fu said in a low voice: "My lord, it's gone, let's go back."

A small sedan chair that had been following all along came down, and Yuan Fu helped the sobbing Luo Bai into the sedan chair, and was carried to the palace.

"Your Majesty will be back soon, why are you crying?" Yuan Fu persuaded.

Luo Bai didn't cry anymore, his nose was still a little red, he lay on the car window, looked at the high wall outside, and asked wearily: "Aunt Yuan Fu, do you know how to protect the leopard from the cold?"

Yuan Fu was stunned for a moment, but he also replied seriously: "It should be wrapped in straw or something."

"Straw, if you will freeze to death if you wrap it in a quilt, is it better to wrap it in straw?" Luo Bai asked.

Yuan Fu responded indiscriminately: "It should be better than a quilt, at least it's better than lightness."

"Will it freeze to death?"

Yuan Fu laughed and said: "What are you thinking about? If you are worried about the little white leopard in the palace, then there is no need at all. It is said that it is a god leopard. It is smart and knows how to survive the cold. But having said that, I just want to I’ve heard of it, but I’ve never seen it, and I don’t know if the panther stayed in the palace.”

Luo Bai looked up at the gray sky, reached out to catch a snowflake, and murmured: "He just left, I started to miss him..."

After Chu Yuzhao led the army to leave Beijing, Luo Bai experienced how life feels like years.He was with Chu Yuzhao all the time. He had never been separated for so many days. He just felt that every day was so long. From the moment he opened his eyes until it was dark, the time seemed to be several times longer than usual.

Every day, he would stand on a pavilion and look into the distance. It was the highest place in the palace, and he could see the palace gate all the way.He always fantasizes that a fine horse will appear suddenly, and immediately sit the person who makes him miss it day and night.

Yuan Fu was afraid that he would freeze, but he couldn't persuade him, so he had to wrap him tightly every day, and stood on the pavilion like a rice dumpling, with a pot of charcoal fire beside him.

He is also not shy, he has nowhere to confide in his lovesickness, and he always grabs every eunuch who enters the room to wait on him.

"I really miss my brother, I want to hug him tightly and call him a hundred times my sweetheart."

"The border is so cold, I don't know if my beautiful baby is frozen."

……

When did the little eunuchs hear such fiery love words?Everyone was blushing, and it was beyond words, but fortunately, Luo Bai didn't need them to respond, he could just confide in his own thoughts, as if someone was listening.

After he finished speaking, he would smile a little embarrassedly, and ask others if they were tired of listening. There was that clever little eunuch, who said that Mr. Luo was hurting lovesickness, very elegant, not annoying, and would recite it as he liked. A few lines of poetry.

After pouring out his thoughts, he would stare at the window in a daze. There were stray cats jumping to the opposite tree to call him to play, and he didn't have any heart, just waved them away lazily.

You don't understand, I'm lovesick, don't bother me.

It's just that lovesickness is really too uncomfortable.

After driving away the wild cats, the empty bedroom became even more deserted and lonely. Luo Bai couldn't dispel his sorrows, so he began to play the piano and sing.

"A bag of dew and a bag of grass, you can't rely on your enemies... woo woo woo, lovesick Elvis... woo woo, lovesickness is not beautiful... woo woo..."

Cheng Shou accompanied the emperor to the northern border, and Yuan Fu took care of the Qiande Palace. As soon as he reached the entrance of the corridor, he stopped and asked the little eunuch standing next to him: "How many times have you played the piano today? "

The little eunuch took off the cotton balls in his ears: "Report to father-in-law, Mr. Luo has played the piano three times today."

"Hey... sorry to see you." Yuan Fu didn't know whether he was sighing at the little eunuch or Luo Bai. He shook his head and turned to leave. , "Go and write down the word lovesickness, Mr. Luo will definitely copy and copy it when he sees it, so the whole afternoon will pass, and he won't play the piano and sing again."

The little eunuch's eyes lit up, and he said gratefully, "Thank you, father-in-law, for your suggestion."

After finally getting through the day, at night, Luo Bai hugged Bai Wowo and rolled under the quilt, lying on the pillow and smelling the smell left by Chu Yuzhao.Or simply sleep with a pillow covering his face, startling Yuan Fu who came to wait for him to get up the next day, and take the pillow away to sniff him, until he heard the regular snoring sound.

After Luo Bai got up, he went to Yuan Fu to inquire about Chu Yuzhao's situation as usual.

In the past few days, Yenfu will tell him some news from the border every day:

"Your Majesty is safe at the border, and your appetite is good, and the amount of each meal has greatly increased."

"Your Majesty ran horses at the border, running five hills in a row. It was majestic and majestic. The jaws of those border soldiers were about to drop. They just said that they had never seen such a god before."

Yuan Fu has been in the palace since he was a child. Although he has never seen the border, it does not prevent him from being able to diverge his thinking. Fortunately, Luo Bai has no experience, so when they make up and listen to it, both of them are very interested.

When Luo Bai asked again today, Yuan Fu said: "Your Majesty hunted a tiger at the border, and the tiger skin was more than two feet long. It was beautiful. The soldiers roasted the tiger meat, and His Majesty praised it for its deliciousness."

Luo Bai was taken aback for a moment: "There are live tigers at the border? My brother said that all the leopards and tigers there will be frozen to death."

Yuan Fu didn't know whether there were live tigers on the border, but thought he had made it up badly, so he hesitated and said, "Then I don't know, maybe they didn't all freeze to death, after all, they can be tied with straw."

"Is that so..." Luo Bai was thoughtful.