birth

Xu Jia walked in only to find the ball protruding from the quilt, and her uncomfortable pace suddenly slowed down, and she stopped by the bed, stared at the unknown object for two seconds, then reacted quickly, kneeling on the bed The quilt was lifted on the bed, and the familiar plain white figure came into view.

Fuer knelt on the bed and hugged his legs, arched his back into a ball, it was a subconscious self-protection action.

Xu Jia's heart trembled, thinking that something had happened again, he relaxed his movements and approached slowly, seeing that Fuer didn't reject him, he tentatively sat down beside him, heaved a sigh of relief, and touched Fuer with his hand. Only then did he realize that Fuer's hand was so hot that it was frighteningly hot. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Have you been drinking?"

Fuer raised his upper body, changed his position and sat on the bed, his eyes seemed to be covered with fog, stared at him for a while, and then gestured with his hand, "Drink a little."

Xu Jia looked at him and smiled, "It's a lie."

Fule sniffled, and hid his chin in the crook of his arm, "No, really a little."

"Yeah." Xu Jia pulled him into his arms and said softly while pulling him, "I asked the maid outside that you didn't come back."

Fu Er, "I'm back, but Zhou Shun didn't come back."

Xu Jia asked casually, "Where did he go?" In fact, he was thinking about how to put Fu Er to sleep later.

Fu Er, "He was drunk and stayed at Pei Yu's place."

Xu Jia, "Okay."

Fuer lay quietly on his shoulder for a while, then raised his head to look at him, and pointed to his shoulder.

Xu Jia followed his fingers and looked over, "What's wrong?"

Fu Er moved a little away from him, and sat on the bed, "It smells so good."

Xu Jia's heart skipped a beat, thinking of the beautiful blue-green daughter who flung herself into her arms today, and just as she was thinking about how to fool her, Fu Er suddenly said, "Xu Jia, I went to the Royal Garden to see it yesterday. , there is no Jinzan flower tree at all."

Xu Jia didn't follow Fu Er's train of thought for a while, and stared at him blankly, "What?"

"Xu Jia, are you kidding me? You have no kind at all, right? You lied to me."

Xu Jia said urgently, "I didn't lie to you, the saplings in the northwest corner are all Jinzan flower trees."

Fule, "then none of them have bloomed."

Xu Jia, "It's winter now, and it won't bloom until next summer."

Fuer, "Then they don't bloom, how do I know they are Jinzan flower trees?"

Xu Jia smiled helplessly, "So wait until next summer, let's go and see together to see if I've lied to you, okay?"

Fuer lowered his gaze, stopped talking, and unconsciously buttoned his sleeves with his fingers.

Xu Jia tugged at his arm and discussed, "Are you sleepy now? Do you want to sleep?"

"I won't be here in the future, don't drink so much wine."

Fuer looked at him, "I'm not drunk."

Xu Jia, "Okay, I'm not drunk."

Fu Er, "..." He was really not drunk, but his head was a little swollen and dizzy.

"Xu Jia."

"Ok?"

"Xu Jia."

"Ah."

"Xu Jia."

"I'm here."

Fu Er pursed his lower lip, and reached out to touch his face, "Do you know that Zhou Shun and Pei Yu are together?"

During Xu Jia's long silence, Fu Er raised his eyes and smiled, "So you know."

The two looked at each other, and neither of them looked away this time.

Fu Er stared at Xu Jia, and Xu Zihe's words sounded in his ears again, as if they were coming from a distance through the hood, but every word seemed to hit his heart so aptly.

"Brothers? Of course it's different from a lover. Lovers can hug each other and share the same bed. This is love; brothers are just friendship. Although they can die, they are different."

"Aren't brothers allowed to kiss and hug each other?"

Xu Zihe looked at him amusedly, "Of course, for example, you can't see Zhang Yi and Xue Rongbao, right? But Zhou Shun and Pei Yu are fine, because they are lovers, they love each other, and they have each other in their hearts."

"Can you imagine sharing the same bed with your former fellow disciple?"

No.

Of course not.

But this is different from what Xu Jia said.

He thought of every hug, every kiss, every night they shared the bed.Those pictures flooded Fuer's mind uncontrollably, they were all wrong.

Unconsciously, Fuer's eyes when looking at Xu Jia became wet, and his eyes slowly moved down, resting on Xu Jia's lips.

So... that's not right either.

My heart was stuffy, but it seemed that a needle passed through it, and it hurt very much.

Fu Er frowned in displeasure, he was really a little drunk now.

Suddenly, a gust of wind hit. The wind was cool and dry, but the body temperature of the two people was boiling and hot.

Xu Jia's eyes widened due to shock, his pupils shrank suddenly, his hand hanging on one side clenched into a fist, and he froze on the spot, not daring to make any movements.But Fu Er propped his two hands on his knees, bent over to get close to him, and the loose hair slipped to Xu Jia's ear in disobedience, making Xu Jia feel itchy and painful in his heart.

Soft to the touch, at that moment, the hearts of the two were infinitely close to the closest distance.

The sound of each other's heartbeats was endless and hearty.

Fuer thought, it can't, it shouldn't, it's wrong.

But he didn't want to.

Even if he couldn't, even if it wasn't right, he wanted to do it.

In the middle of the night that no one knew about, amidst the sound of firecrackers approaching the New Year, under the wantonness of alcohol - reckless, followed the most direct desire in his heart: kiss him.

The next day, when Zhou Shun woke up, it was already high in the sun, and his bones creaked when he moved a little. He hissed, and before he opened his eyes, he heard Pei Yu's voice, "Are you awake? Drink the hangover soup. "

Zhou Shun rubbed his eyes, frowned, took the bowl and drank it down, and lay down on Pei Yu's lap like boneless, "Headache."

Pei Yu massaged his temples, "Who told you to drink so much yesterday."

Zhou Shun tilted his head, "Hey, weren't you happy yesterday?"

Pei Yu, "This is not an example."

Zhou Shun, "Okay, okay, besides, what am I afraid of when you are here?"

Pei Yu pursed his lips, Zhou Shun closed his eyes and continued, "I had a dream yesterday, it was a nightmare."

"I dreamed that I was drunk and told you that I was going to sleep with another little man. You were so angry that you carried me back."

"Hey, why don't you talk?"

Zhou Shun clicked his tongue, shook his head, and said, "The emperor specifically told us to keep the matter from the prime minister of the country, and you will also pay attention to him in the future... What's wrong with you?"

Pei Yu looked at him quietly for two seconds and said, "Zhou Shun, you are not dreaming."

Zhou Shun, "..."

Don't play with it like this! ! !

When Zhou Shun turned his neck and came to the imperial study room, his heart was still pounding, he hesitated for a few seconds at the door, and happened to meet Xue Rongbao who came out of it, Xue Rongbao laughed when he saw him, "Godfather! You're here!"

"Hush." ​​Zhou Shun covered his mouth and dragged him to a small corner, "How is the Emperor feeling today, look?"

Xue Rongbao looked at him suspiciously, "It's pretty good."

Zhou Shun, "Really?"

Xue Rongbao nodded vigorously.

Zhou Shun passed him and glanced inside, waved his hands and said, "Forget it, it's useless to ask you."

Xue Rongbao, "..." Then why do you still ask?

Xu Jia seemed to be in a really good mood. After seeing him, he didn't make a sound to criticize him, but just asked a few words about Lesi Temple.Zhou Shun heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, and replied, "The servant found out that Yang Zhongliang sent someone to Xishu a few months ago, and is currently hunting down this informant."

Xu Jia lowered his head and wrote calligraphy, without raising his head, he asked, "Can you find out if there is any injury on his left arm?"

Zhou Shun, "At present, there is no chance to approach him, and it has not been confirmed."

"Okay." Xu Jia put down the brush, "Continue to investigate. And help me look up the origin of Alaiai, she is from Meng Zhongliang."

Zhou Shun was taken aback, "Since the emperor knows that she belongs to Meng Zhongliang, why does he keep her by his side?"

Xu Jia, "Not only do I know that she belongs to Meng Zhongliang, but I also want Meng Zhongliang to know that I know she belongs to him."

At this juncture, Meng Zhongliang was going to find someone by his side, which meant that the matter of Concubine Hui's announcement made him panic.Even if one Alaiai is driven away, there will definitely be a second and a third one after that. It is not a big problem to keep Alaiai. The problem is that Meng Zhongliang must know that Xu Jia regards him as his own. Man, that's how things stop.

Zhou Shun nodded and said, "Your Majesty, there is also the matter of Sheng Wanwan. I have already protected that maid, and followed the clues to find the secret guard who pretended to be Doctor Huang. I have all the evidence."

"Yeah." Xu Jia licked the corner of his mouth, "press first."

Zhou Shun, "No."

Xu Jia's good mood lasted until lunch time - when he went to Saitama Hall to look for Fu Er, he was in vain.

Xu Jia raised his eyebrows and asked, "What did you say? He went to Lesi Temple?"

Wang Ruochang bowed his head and replied, "Back to the emperor, the Prime Minister left for Lesi Temple early this morning, and he said he would not be back until evening."

Xu Jia nodded, waved his hands and said, "Go down."

Since he was not there, he had no intention of eating, so he got up and drove to Yuge again.

Yuge is the place where Alaiai lives, and he was named Ming Noble by him.Xu Jia didn't say hello before he left. When he arrived, everyone in the Yu Pavilion was busy. Xu Jia glanced at Zhou Shun. Zhou Shun nodded, turned around and said in a low voice, "Go down."

After the door closed, Xu Jia was sitting on a high place, playing with his fingers, with a calm expression, making it hard to distinguish between emotions and anger.

Alaiai bowed to him, "Ai Nu sees the emperor."

Xu Jia looked up at her, "You are now my nobleman, you don't need to call yourself a slave anymore."

Alaiai nodded meekly, "Yes, Xiaoai obeys."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Jia paused when he was playing with his fingers, his temples throbbed inexplicably, and an inexplicable familiar feeling came to his heart in an instant.Xu Jia raised her head, and this time she didn't glance at her casually, but stared at her seriously. After watching for a long time, she got up and stood closer, squinting her eyes and frowning for a closer look.

Alaiai took half a step back, "What does your majesty mean?"

Xu Jia paused for two seconds, then smiled suddenly, "Have we met before?"

Alaiai raised his eyes and grinned, "Your Majesty, the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, Alaiai was a slave before, how can I have the honor to see you?"

Xu Jia laughed disapprovingly, "That might be."

The two stood opposite each other for a while, neither of them spoke.A few seconds later, Xu Jia turned around and sat back in the original place, "By the way, send me a message to say hello to your master."

Alaiai smiled faintly, "What are you talking about, Your Majesty, Alaiai is the Emperor's man in life, and the Emperor's soul in death, where is the master?"

Xu Jia didn't argue with her again, but just looked at her with a smile without saying a word.

When he came out of Yuge, Zhou Shun happened to receive the pigeon from the dark guard. He hid the small paper scroll, and when Xu Jia came out, he reported while walking, "Your Majesty, that Alaiai is Meng Zhonglian who is on the black market." The one bought online is from the Northwest, and it should have been trafficked to the Central Plains, with no father or mother, no relatives, no handle, so it's hard to handle."

Xu Jia's pace did not slow down, but she smiled, "No, she still has her own life to decide."

Zhou Shun was stunned, then lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

Xu Jia's guess was correct. After Alaiai was bought by Liang Shuang from the black market, he was given Qixing powder. He had to take the antidote every half a month, otherwise he would die of poison. What could be better than his own life? What's better?

Parents, relatives, none of these are more reliable than holding her own life.

Meng Zhong even fed the birds, leaving two ears free to listen to Liang Shuang's report, and finally raised his eyes and asked, "You said, the emperor left Alaiai behind, and asked her to say hello to me for him?"

Liang Shuang knelt on one knee, "Yes."

"What do you think the emperor is planning? Since you know that Alaiai is one of us, why do you still..."

While teasing the bird, Meng Zhonglian interrupted him in a deep voice, "Liang Shuang, never speculate on His Majesty's mind."

Liang Shuang lowered her head, "No, this subordinate knows his mistake."

Meng Zhonglian smiled, put down the bird food in his hand, and clapped his hands, a lot of creases appeared in the corners of his eyes.

"Liang Shuang, Your Majesty is trying to win over us."

As soon as he finished speaking, the smile on Meng Zhonglian's face disappeared completely, and he turned his head to wink at Liang Shuang, Liang Shuang silently nodded, and the two exchanged information without a word.

Meng Zhonglian said loudly on purpose, "Liang Shuang, it would be better to go with me to the palace to see the emperor tomorrow."

And Liang Shuang walked towards the door while pressing the sword.

With a sound of "唰——", the sword came out of its sheath, pierced through the door, and the cold sword touched the delicate neck.

Liang Shuang pressed her to walk in, and replied, "Okay, my subordinates will prepare the carriages and horses for entering the palace tomorrow."

Walking step by step from the darkness into the dim light of the room, Xu Zihe grasped the lunch box in his hand, and when he met Meng Zhonglian's surprised gaze, he suddenly turned into a rainy pear blossom, "My... my lord."

Meng Zhonglian quickly ordered Liang Shuang to put down his sword, and walked forward to hold her hand, "Why are you here?"

Xu Zihe, "I'm here to see you, and I brought some cakes I made myself."

Meng Zhonglian reached out to touch her neck, "How is it? Did you get hurt?"

There was a red mark on the white and greasy neck. Although it was not heavy, it was shocking to look at.Meng Zhonglian immediately frowned, and Liang Shuang immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, "It was the negligence of a humble job that accidentally injured Miss Xu, and I hope you will forgive me."

Xu Zihe took Meng Zhonglian's hand and smiled gently, "I'm fine, so don't tell Liang Shuang to kneel."

Meng Zhonglian pursed his lips, and waved his hands at Liang Shuang upon hearing this, "Go down."

Liang Shuang quickly withdrew as if she had received an amnesty.

Xu Zihe put the food box on the black wooden square table, and said with a clever smile, "I just learned red bean willow stuffing cake, would you like to try it?"

Meng Zhong took it with a smile, with a stretched smile on his face, "It's delicious."

Xu Zihe, "You know it's delicious before you eat it."

Meng Zhonglian, "Everything you cook is delicious."

Xu Zihe was stunned for two seconds, hummed pretending to be shy, and played with Meng Zhonglian's jade pendant casually. After a while, he asked casually, "What were you and Liang Shuang talking about just now? Why is he so big? reaction."

Meng Zhong even ate the pastry, and looked at Xu Zihe unconsciously with a hint of inquiry.

Seeing that look, Xu Zihe bit her lower lip, knowing that she was still impatient, she lowered her head, as if she had no intention of offending, "I... I'll just ask casually, don't take it personally, if it's inconvenient, just ask me." do not talk."

"Yeah." Meng Zhonglian said vaguely with a smile, "things in court are very boring."

Hearing this, Xu Zihe raised his head and said with a smile, "Then I've learned a few Jiangnan ditties recently, which are quite interesting, and now I'll sing them for you?"

Meng Zhonglian put the pastry back and said with a smile, "Okay."

The faint moon shadow shines on the exquisite girl's curves through the translucent window screen.

After a few songs, Meng Zhonglian personally sent Xu Zihe out of the mansion. When he reached the gate, Xu Zihe turned around and said, "My lord, please stay, Zihe can just go back by himself."

Meng Zhonglian, "The cakes I made today are delicious, and the music is also very nice."

Xu Zihe tilted his head and said with a smile, "Will Zihe come here often in the future?"

Meng Zhonglian helped her cut her hair, without crossing the distance, more like a father's love for his daughter, "You can come anytime."

Meng Zhonglian watched the carriage go farther and farther, and finally disappeared into a small black spot, his eyes darkened, and he said hoarsely, "Liang Shuang, send someone to watch her recently."

Liang Shuang, "No."