King's favor is hard to do

Having said that, there is no denying it.Du Yuzhang gasped for breath, trying to grasp the longevity card.He couldn't even say Shane's words coherently.

"Chen... Thank you, Your Majesty... Long En..."

"Du Qing doesn't need to thank you."

Li Guangning squatted down suddenly, and moved his knuckle fingers from Du Yuzhang's chin to that slender neck.Du Yuzhang dodged, and a crisp slap was printed on the side of his face.

"Hiding what? Hold your head up!"

Du Yuzhang raised his head.He opened his mouth slightly, still panting.This posture made him even more out of breath than before.But he didn't dare to move - Li Guangning was obviously impatient just now.If he is punished again now, he is afraid that he will suffer from illness on the spot.Du Yuzhang begged in a low voice,

"Your Majesty...the minister...the minister dare not..."

Unexpectedly, the emperor frowned even more when he heard this, with displeasure on his face.

"What nonsense are you talking about?... I told you not to move!"

Du Yuzhang raised his face and did not dare to move.Cold sweat dripped down the skirt of the shirt along the jaw line.

He could feel Li Guangning undoing a button of his collar, and his fingertips brushed his slender neck.He opened his mouth, panting so painfully, his lungs seemed to be burning with flames, and the pain made him tremble all over--if he kept his head up like this, he really couldn't hold it anymore.

Suddenly, a kiss with the scent of medicine was wet on his lips.The man's tongue pried open between his lips and teeth, and pushed in a pill, still wrapped in life-saving air.Du Yuzhang groaned and swallowed it directly.

Doctor Zheng's life-saving medicine entered his stomach, and Du Yuzhang's chest pain suddenly eased a lot.He wanted to take the opportunity to take a few breaths, but Li Guangning would not give up.The man's kiss was forceful and domineering, and Li Guangning chuckled in Du Yuzhang's ear.Then the man let go of him.

A warm jade chain wrapped around Du Yuzhang's neck.This was taken off by Li Guangning from his neck, and the beautiful jade on it was thrown on the ground with a crisp sound.Du Yuzhang still didn't dare to move, he could only rely on the sudden drop on his neck to know that Li Guangning had tied the Longevity Card around his neck.

"All right."

Li Guangning's voice sounded under his Adam's apple, and his breath was blowing on his neck.Du Yuzhang couldn't help panting lightly, and the place shaken by that man's voice felt strangely numb.

"Du Qing, you can move now."

Just as Du Yuzhang lowered his head, his eyes met Li Guangning's smiling eyes.Eyes met, Li Guangning suddenly stepped forward and kissed him on the forehead.

"I am the emperor of Dayan, and my blessings are long. I use my blessings to protect you from a speedy recovery. I can accept your unruly temper and come back to me obediently."

Wet lips left his forehead.Du Yuzhang looked at Li Guangning in surprise, but the emperor had already got up, turned and went deep into the bedroom.

"Go, Du Qing. I promise you to kneel down."

……

Until he entered the door of his own mansion, Du Yuzhang did not slow down.Li Guangning's kiss made him more uneasy than any previous love affair.

——What's the matter, Your Majesty?

Du Yuzhang touched the longevity card on his neck, but couldn't figure it out.He returned to the bedroom and opened a secret door between the beds, revealing a dark room.It was full of things that Li Guangning had rewarded him in the past few years - from jewelry and antiques to house deeds and land deeds, they were all piled up on the ground and up to the ceiling.Some of them had a thick layer of dust, and no one cleaned them up.

There was only one wooden box that was placed upright in one corner, and the top and bottom were wrapped in brocade.Du Yuzhang cast his eyes on the wooden box.He was silent for a moment, then opened the box.

Inside is just a piece of green emerald tied to a kit.The pattern on the brocade bag is simple and elegant, with the word "Ning" embroidered in small seal script.On one side are two golden scorpions, also cast with the word "Ning" in Yin at the bottom.

Anyone who was an old person from the Eastern Palace would recognize at a glance that this golden scorpion was used as a gift to those close to him when the current sage, Li Guangning, was still the crown prince.As for the kit, they probably don't know its origin.

It was Li Guangning who personally placed it in Du Yuzhang's hands when he chose Du Yuzhang to be his servant.

"I've prepared this a long time ago. The word Ning on the back was also written by myself, and I found the best embroiderer to embroider on it. Yuzhang, this is a gift for meeting, you can take it."

Holding the kit written by Li Guangning himself, Du Yuzhang's heart almost jumped out of his chest.From then on, this majestic young prince had a special place in his heart.

until much later.Only then did he accidentally hear that Li Guangning's favorite candidate for the servant was Bai Jiaoran, the youngest son of Bai Zhiyue's family.

It turned out that the kit that easily took away his heart, and the tenderness behind it, never belonged to him.He just happened to appear and acted as a substitute.

……

Du Yuzhang took off the longevity card around his neck and put it in the box.But suddenly, he seemed to have remembered something, and with a straight face, he removed the Longevity Card again, threw it on the precious rewards aside, and then slammed the lid on the box.

A burst of dust flew up, and the Longevity Card, which was originally shining with a dark metallic light, was also stained dimly with gray.

But Du Yuzhang didn't even look at it, he just closed the secret door and walked out.

He remained sullen until bedtime.But after blowing out the candle, Du Yuzhang lay on his side on the bed, but couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

Somehow, it seemed that there was a gentle touch on his forehead.It was as if someone had pressed a kiss on it with a smile, and then quickly moved away.

Du Yuzhang lay down for a long time, but suddenly got up and lit the candle again.

After a while, he lay back on the bed again.His expression was no longer tense, but softened.He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.And in his hand, he was holding a longevity card—the other end was tied around his neck.

In the dead of night.The moonlight poured into the window, and shone on Du Yuzhang's alluring face, and also shone on the longevity card in his hand.

The brand seemed to have been carefully cleaned, and it still shone with a dark metal glow.

……

When Du Yuzhang woke up the next day, he felt better.For some reason last night, he slept more peacefully than usual.Those nightmares that woke him up in shock never came to haunt him.

Du Yuzhang's fingers touched the longevity card on his neck again.He heaved a long sigh.

"Du Xiang!"

The butler has been waiting outside the door for a long time.It's just rare that Du Yuzhang can sleep for a while, he doesn't want to wake up his master.Seeing Du Yuzhang get up now, he walked in with a letter,

"Late last night, someone sent this letter. It said, Mrs. Du, please open it. It was sent by Ouchi's letterhead, but it was not sent by the eunuch—I don't know which master it is?"

Du Yuzhang took it over and saw the strong handwriting on it, which said five words of Du Yuzhang's personal approval.He was somewhat familiar with the handwriting. After a little thought, Du Yuzhang opened his eyes wide.

"Is it Doctor Zheng?"

——The old doctor suddenly sent a letter, could something have happened?