What about Mr. Faint?
Chapter 55 Shadow Guard...
The whole world seems to be burning, like being in a scorching fire, and it seems that Gu is the source of the burning fire.It's very uncomfortable, I want to struggle but I can't escape, the feeling like being scalded adheres to the skin, no matter how I roll and search, I can't find a small piece of shade.
In this burned world, a black figure gradually became clear. His palms were rough and covered Gu's forehead, warm but not hot.With that hand on Gu's forehead, Gu heard his sighs, his murmurs, his soliloquies, and his comfort.
The hand left Gu's forehead, and the shadow dissipated.The eyelids are so heavy that it is very difficult to lift them up, but Gu still saw it. The figure was dressed in black, and his thin waist was outlined by the tights. Facing Gu, he opened the wooden door and disappeared. In the blinding sunlight.
Gu thought that he would never come back again, like a queen, like a companion, like a sister.Gu saw them smiling at Gu, patted Gu's head as in the past, opened his arms and hugged Gu, then turned around and waved without any worries.They talked and laughed and walked into the distance, no matter how Gu cried and shouted, he never caught their eyes or caught up with their footsteps.
"Your Highness, Your Highness..."
When he opened his eyes, he was lying in the arms of his elder brother, who was half leaning against the wall and hugging Gu.It was still the same black suit with hard armor that Gu had seen, but he loosened his hair, and it was a little itchy when it brushed Gu's face.Seeing Gu opened his eyes to look at him, the elder brother raised his hand to test Gu's forehead.
"Your Highness, don't think too much, it's just a cold, a little fever." He raised his hand and pulled the quilt on La Gu's body.The warm feeling made Gu subconsciously lower his head to look at it. The purpose of entering was not the cold and damp quilt a few days ago, but the quilt that Gu was somewhat familiar with in the past.
What is he going to do?
"If Your Highness is awake, how about eating something?" He put the orphan on the other side, "Your Majesty will be right back."
He said everything and disappeared before Gu could react. What else could Gu do, yell at him to stay?
Lifting the quilt and getting up, the first thing I noticed was the underwear that had been replaced.It's definitely not that Gu changed it by himself. Although it's a bit embarrassing to say it, Gu really doesn't know how to dress himself.And what clothes to wear to sleep, how uncomfortable...
Looking up and looking around, there was only a bed, a table, and two chairs in the empty space, and there were a lot of things.There was a familiar painting hanging on the wall, the four treasures of the study on the dilapidated table, the dishes were piled up in the corner of the room, and two large boxes were also placed in the corner.
How long has Gu been sleeping, so that he has time to move and decorate the room?
Clothes are stacked beside him, square and square like a booklet.It was very cold in the room, and even when I raised my head and breathed out, I could see the white smoke drifting away. Before stepping on the ground, Gu was frightened back into bed again.In such a cold day, the one who is really out of bed is the one who is stupid.
A large room has the advantages of a large room, but a small room also has the advantages of a small room.In the past, the palace was large and spacious, and there were various partitions, door stalls, screens, and painting fans. If you don't walk around, you can't easily see the whole situation.But with just one glance at the small house in front of him, everything can be captured in his eyes, and he can see everything at a glance.
Just like the quilt folded at the foot of the bed, and a long sword placed on it, it is dark but not dirty.It’s also like putting the extinguished firewood in the opposite corner of the room, and the stones surround the city in a circle, surrounding the firewood.
Ruogu is still the prince, maybe after looking at the surrounding situation, he was furious because of such treatment, but now Gu is not a prince, the father and emperor no longer want Gu, even the elders despise Gu, the person who once bowed to Gu , Now turn over and despise Gu.Among them, everything that the big brother did became the last of the lonely.
As for why he did all this for Gu...
It took a long time for the eldest brother to go. When he carried the dishes into the room, he was still wrestling with the clothes under the quilt, with his head lowered and struggling with how to wrap his girdle.In my memory, Sister's hand can tidy up the clothes with just a light swipe, but when it's Gu's turn, it becomes extremely difficult. Don't say that the tie looks good, it's good if it can be tied.
"Your Highness," the elder brother put the dishes in his hand on the table, turned around to catch Gu, "it's time to eat."
Big brother doesn't seem to be wearing thick clothes, at least not as thick as what Gu used to wear in those days, no fox fur cape, nor thick clothes: "Big brother, aren't you cold?"
"Big Brother?" He was stunned for a moment, "Your Highness... I don't know who this servant is?"
is he famousShould Gu know who he is?
Shaking his head.
The elder brother pursed his lips and raised his hand to touch Gu's head, but stopped just before touching it.His movements are too familiar, like when the mother and queen raised a puppy, she wanted to touch it but dared not.It's just that Gu's fear is because that puppy is fierce, so what is he afraid of?
Leaning forward, he sent the top of his head to the big brother's hand: "If Gu should know you, but doesn't, Gu apologizes." He blocked Gu's sight and couldn't see his face.It's just that his palms are very warm, as Gu imagined, they are placed on top of Gu's head, warm and reassuring.
"It's His Highness's Shadow Guard." He was silent for a while, "It's time for Your Highness to get up and have dinner."
"What is a shadow guard?" You don't want to get up, the bed is so warm, and the cold outside makes you shiver.Now someone is coaxing Gu to stay with Gu and be nice to Gu, of course Gu wants to take advantage of this time to act like a baby: "It's so cold outside, what are you doing when you get up, lie on the bed with Gu, okay?"
He sat on the side of the bed and looked down at Gu's smile, then pursed his lips and raised his hands to wrap Gu into a ball. Gu watched as he took off his shoes and leaned against the wall again, holding Gu in his arms: "If your Highness still Want to sleep," put Gu's head on his lap in a familiar manner, facing him, "Go to sleep."
... Gu did not say that he wanted to sleep?
There was a smell of medicinal food on the elder brother, but it was already very faint: "Is the elder brother injured?" In the memory, before he fell asleep crying, he hit the sticky blood on the head.The first time I smelled that smell, my memory was so clear that I could recall that smell as long as I thought about it.
That's why the big brother's smell makes Gu alert.But why did the big brother get hurt? Is it because of loneliness?
As long as he thought of this possibility, regardless of the cold weather, one turned over and wanted to get up from the big brother's lap, but the quilt was too tight, and the other fell back onto the big brother's lap again.Gu's face was numb when he bumped into the big brother's leg, but now only the big brother is left by Gu's side, the previous assumption made Gu a little flustered.
Ignoring the pain of being hit on my cheek, I stabilized my body with the help of my elder brother, and wanted to raise my hand to grab the clothes of my elder brother.Gu didn't know any treatment, so he raised his head and wanted to call the doctor according to his old habit, but as soon as he uttered the words "Come here!", there was only endless silence.
On the contrary, in the silence, the eldest brother laughed.He raised his hand to hold Gu's palm, grabbed Gu's palm and took it off his clothes: "Your Highness's kindness, I appreciate it." He smiled softly, "Your Majesty is fine, it's just a few minor injuries." , I'm used to it, it really doesn't matter."
As he spoke, he rewrapped the slipped quilt around Gu's body, as carefully as the king's elder sister did: "Your Highness's cold is not over yet, if you are not hungry, take a good rest." He pressed Gu, The movements were clumsy but gentle, "Your Majesty will always be there, Your Highness will be able to see you when you open your eyes."
If he didn't know that he was injured, perhaps his words could really comfort Gu.I don't want to be alone, I don't want to fall asleep alone in such darkness, I don't want to close my eyes alone in this cold palace, if he can really accompany you, if he is there when you open and close your eyes, then you will really be lonely. Reason for peace of mind.
But now all Gu's thoughts are on the fact that he has not denied that he was injured.
How much does it hurt?Gu Chang has only been injured once so far, and that was when his father grabbed Gu's palm and slashed across Gu's palm with a dagger.Before that, Gu was surrounded by various people, not to mention injuries, as long as there was a slight bump, they would be nervous as if something serious had happened.
How glorious it was in the past, but how desolate it is now: "If you are in pain," the pain of the blade slashing across the palm and the numbness afterwards are still unforgettable, "Just blow on it for you, and it won't hurt anymore. "In the past, Gu coaxed his mother like this, and every time he said this to her mother, she would be very happy.
She would hug Gu Xiao, and then lean forward to kiss Gu Gu.Elder Sister would cover her mouth and watch cheerfully, and when Gu wanted to push the queen away, she would take Gu away from the queen's arms.She would squat down and wipe Gu's cheeks with a handkerchief, and then tell Gu that Gu is really cute and well done.
"Big brother, you won't leave alone, right?" Although I asked him this question over and over again last night, I asked him when we were clearing the weeds, I asked him when I was moving and tidying up the queen mother's clothes, and I asked him when I was burying him. I asked him when I was the queen mother, but Gu still felt empty and uneasy.
"I will always be with His Highness," the elder brother's words were still so gentle, without any impatience, just like the thousand times in the past, "I will always be with His Highness until His Highness doesn't need me."
"That's what everyone said," looking up at the beam above his head, "the queen mother said she would find a smart wife for Gu, but she died before Gu grew up. The emperor said he would marry Gu Gu is trained to be a qualified prince, but because of a few gossips, don't be lonely."
"Gu's accompanying reader told Gu that when he grows up, he will become a blade in Gu's hand and protect Gu all the time, but he failed to grow up. Gu's Taifu said that he would be loyal to Gu, but now Gu wants him Not so loyal, he didn't fulfill his promise. Gu may be the silly white sweet in the mouth of the queen mother, but Gu doesn't understand everything. "
The elder brother stopped patting Gu's back, and did not lift it when it fell again: "Your Majesty, if you see His Highness's current appearance, you will be very pleased. Your Highness has grown up, is sensible, and will take care of himself. It's better than anything." He said, looking down at Gu.
True love or falsehood, comfort or truth, what does it matter: "I don't want to grow up." The tile beams of the East Palace are very high, and they are vermilion beams. There are no cobwebs and no moss. "I want to be that A prince who doesn't understand anything, not this useless prince who can only face reality."
"I want to pamper my father and queen, I want to love my younger brother, I want to trust my brother's brother, I want to play with my lonely playmates, I want to be so angry with naughty students that my beard grows up Mr. Gu wants so much, but in the end he has nothing."
In this case, the elder brother didn't respond, he just lowered his eyes and leaned half against the wall, repeating the promise he made a thousand times in the past: "I will always be here until His Highness doesn't need me anymore."
"I don't believe that."
Gu really didn't believe it anymore, all the people who promised not to leave turned around and left first.They walked so neatly, the people who left were relieved, only one person was left standing there watching the place where they disappeared, all that was left was bitter memories and coldness all over his body.
All the people who promised not to disappear, disappeared by the lonely side.
Empress, companion, elder sister, and the younger brother whom I have never seen.
All those who promised not to leave left in front of Gu.
Father, sir, concubine brother, and those concubine brothers who didn't grow up.
But for brother, it may be a blessing that he didn't come to this royal family.For those compatriots of different mothers, it may be a blessing for them not to have the son and the prince pressing on their heads.It was only after going through so much that Gu realized that this sentence was not half false.
As for who said this to Gu...
It's the queen mother.
"I will always stand behind His Highness," the eldest brother did not change his words because of Gu's dissatisfaction, but just leaned there and repeated his previous words, "Until His Highness doesn't need me anymore."
Gu could only remain silent, and changed the topic. Did the big brother not tell Gu: "What is a shadow guard?"
"It's His Highness's shadow, His Highness's guard." The eldest brother has a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, the corners of which are slightly upturned, making his originally condensed face soft. He smiles beautifully, "It's His Highness's eyes, Your Highness's ears are His Highness' hands and feet, and His Highness's sword."
I only remembered what he said.
"If you are Gu's shadow, Gu will believe you for now." The shadow will not leave his master, Gu believes so.Or maybe it's because at this point, he has never left Gu.
"Okay," he smiled, "Your Highness still has a lot of tomorrows, witness that your servant will not lie."
"Your Highness doesn't seem to want to sleep anymore, do you want to get up and eat something?" The sky outside was a bit gloomy, not only because of bad weather but also because the sun was setting, "Eat something."
When the mother passed away, the orphan had to observe filial piety for three years, so there were only vegetarian dishes during these days.But in Gu’s daily life in the past, what I hated the most was these green vegetables: “Not good.” On the other hand, Gu’s clothes are in a mess now, let alone the belt, and the buttons can’t even be undone. .
The eldest brother looked down at Gu, and looked away guiltily at Gu, and at this moment, a grunt came from his stomach.This made things very embarrassing. When he said he was not hungry, he turned his head and revealed his lonely thoughts: "Well, I'm just a little hungry."
"Okay." He shook his head with a smile, turned over and knelt on the bed, and then straightened Gu, "Your Highness is not hungry."
The big brother moved very quickly. Before Gu could react, he lifted Gu's quilt: "Your Highness is not hungry, but His Highness's belly is hungry." Knowing, "So Your Highness, should you consider satisfying your little stomach, and then quarrel with your servant about whether you will accompany Your Highness?"
As he spoke, he began to straighten Gu's clothes, smooth out the folds, straighten the overlapping places, and even the girdle around the waist that Gu couldn't get rid of no matter what, it was separated with a twist of his fingertips.Gu watched as he pulled the bra, turned it around Gu's waist, and tied a knot on one side.
Although not as good as Sister, but much better than Gu.
Then he turned over, squatted down to help Gu put on his little boots, and bent down to hug Gu.The feeling of having nothing to rely on made Gu a little flustered, he raised his arms and put his arms around the big brother's neck in a panic: "Gu can walk!"
"It's cold on the ground," he responded, and after a few steps, he put Gu on the chair, "Your Highness, the cold is still not healed." With that said, he picked up the porcelain that Gu had noticed before from another chair. He squatted down and handed the bowl to Gu, "Since your Highness is ready, let's take the medicine."
In the snow-white porcelain bowl, the pitch-black medicine swayed because of his movements.
Gu hates vegetables, and of course, he hates taking medicine even more.
"Well, the medicine is cold, so I won't take it if it doesn't have any effect." I am very glad that my sister used to explain how to take the medicine and how to take it to be effective in order to coax Gu to take the medicine.Although I was taken aback by Sister's set of theories at the time, it is also meaningful to be able to apply it to this now without taking medicine.
The eldest brother looked at Gu, and shook his head amusedly: "Your Highness, how do you know that this medicine is cold?" He moved his hand towards him, and then slid to the bottom of the medicine bowl to free up a piece of medicine for Gu. Able to catch the bowl space.
...How long has this medicine been on the chair, how could it still be hot...
Start with a warm bowl.
Gu stared wide-eyed at his elder brother, not understanding what he had done to make this supposedly cold medicine look warm.Gu is sure that before Gu said that the potion must be warm to be effective, the potion in this bowl was cold, not as warm as it is now, with faint white smoke.
Even leaning over, you can smell the nauseating smell.
"Your Highness has taken the medicine, so tell His Highness." He smiled lightly and passed the medicine bowl forward, "So Your Highness is taking medicine?"
You've already said that, what else can Gu do?
"Big brother, you must have coaxed younger brother a lot in the past." You know how to fool children with such a familiarity. He took the medicine bowl, and the black medicine inside smelled a little nauseating. He closed his eyes with both hands holding the medicine bowl, thinking Lifting the bowl horizontally and raising his head, he drank the medicine in one gulp.
In the past, drinking medicine alone has never been so easy, and there are countless medicine bowls deliberately knocked over. If it were in the past, those so-called secret lonely talents would not be rare.As long as Gu acted coquettishly, slapped and threatened the palace servants with a straight face, all the secrets would be exposed in front of Gu, and there was nowhere to escape.
But in the past few days, the palace people outside were so reluctant to even deliver a meal, and the elder brother had to spend a lot of effort to get this bowl of medicine.Gu just likes to mess around, but it's not that he can't see the situation clearly. He doesn't know how much time he spent to get the medicine, but how can it be overturned.
As soon as he put down the bowl, a small piece of hard stuff was stuffed into his mouth.The bitterness that has not yet spread in the mouth is covered by the sweet taste: "It's delicious!" The pastry has never been used so much, "What is this? It's so sweet!" No one does not like the sweet taste , Anyway, Gu likes it.
The eldest brother seems to like to laugh, because he laughed again, his brows and eyes curved: "It's normal that Your Highness hasn't tasted it, this thing is not very popular in the palace." The eldest brother took the medicine bowl and put it aside, "Instead They are indispensable for the New Year’s festivals in the homes of ordinary people outside, and they are just ordinary candies.”
something outside...
"Father said that the things in the palace are the best," he was a little dazed, "If the things in the palace are the best, why has Gu never seen this kind of candy?"
"Then His Highness probably doesn't know, isn't it the most bitter to take the medicine one by one?" For some reason, I felt that the elder brother's reaction was a bit narrow, "If you drink it with your head up like His Highness just now, you won't feel the pain." Is it hard to take medicine?"
Sigh, before Gu covered his mouth with his hand, the big brother laughed again.
He really likes to laugh.
"And His Highness must not know that although drinking this medicine spoonful by spoonful is not easy to reverse, but it will leave a taste in your mouth—" the voice dragged on, and for some reason I felt that he was teasing Gu, "and What's even more frightening is that because the drinking time is too long, the whole day-"
"Gu is hungry!" Refusing to listen to his threats, "Gu is about to eat, shut up."
The eldest brother smiled and nodded, raised his hand to wipe Gu's mouth dry: "It's stuck to his mouth," he straightened up, "Your Highness, wait a moment."
"Where are you going?" Seeing that he was leaving, maybe it was because I saw too many people's backs recently, so I felt a little flustered.
"Go and clean up the yard," the eldest brother replied without thinking too much while putting on his shoes.Probably because the tone was too affirmative, and it didn't look like he was lying to Gu. Originally, he wanted to say the words to let him eat with Gu, but he didn't say it. He just listened to his report there, and it seemed to be talking to himself.
"The yard is overgrown with weeds, which is always unsightly. Yesterday, a space was vacated for the burial of the empress. I can't let the empress be with those weeds, so I thought about clearing the yard. If I can plant some flowers and plants, so that in the future His Highness won't be in a bad mood when he sees it."
He thinks wholeheartedly for Gu, can Gu still refuse?
It's just that such a big brother makes Gu think of Taifu.It's just different from the big brother who is still in front of Gu now. In the past, when the Tai Tuo took a strict look at Gu, he didn't know how to cherish Gu, and even questioned and opposed his husband, and even teased him.After going through this incident and looking back, I just feel that I still put my husband's kindness towards Gu in the soil and practiced it vigorously.
For those who are good to Gu, Gu will never trample on them again.
The solitary will be doubly good to all those who are good to the solitary.The orphan will learn to be indifferent, learn to pretend, learn to wear a mask to others, and learn to classify and deal with them, as the queen mother hopes.Those who are kind to Gu will be doubly nice to them.And those who humiliated Gu, Gu will pay back double.
Looking at the rice in his hands and the food in front of him, the elder brother had already disappeared at the door.He took the medicine bowl that was put aside by the big brother just now, put in half of the food, and ran to the door with the bowl in his hands, the cold wind blowing from his face made him shiver uncontrollably.
The big brother wanted to tidy up the weedy yard as he said. In such a short time, he had already rolled up his sleeves and was ready to start working with tools that appeared out of nowhere.Hearing the sound of Gu's footsteps, he raised his head and saw Gu sitting on the threshold, holding a bowl: "Your Highness isn't eating in the house?"
"Gu watched you work," I didn't want the topic to end like this, but I really didn't know what to say, "Well, thank you?"
Apart from thank you, I don't know what to say, I can't say that I believe you will be able to finish it.In that way, it will appear that the big brother is no different from the eunuchs around Gu before.Although Gu never said such a thing to them, they all worked.
Big Brother is different.
"Your Highness just need to shut up and eat well at this time." Seeing Gu's embarrassment, "It's so cold outside, if Your Highness eats the air-conditioning, the wind and cold will be even worse." He put down the food while talking. He took the tool in his hand and began to untie his robe, walking towards Gu while taking it off.
When he walked in front of Gu, all his coat had been taken off, leaving only the lining inside.
The black coat drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then landed on Gu's body.The big brother knelt down and put his clothes on Gu Gu. Although it was too loose, but with the temperature of the big brother, it was warmer than those fox fur cloaks in the past: "If it's cold, tell me ?”
"it is good."
"I will always stay in your sight." He laughed, and raised his hand to touch the top of Gu's head, "Your Highness, don't panic, this subordinate really won't leave His Highness first."
Anyone can say empty words, the only difference is how much thought has been spent on decorating those gorgeous words.No matter how much elegant rhetoric is used, no matter how many times promises are made, they will not be worth the powerless retention and irreversible occurrence when it really comes.
Promises are just a matter of opening and closing mouths, and it is hard to know how difficult it is to make them.
After experiencing so many things, apart from the cruelty of growing up, Gu has learned the most profound lesson, that promises are worthless.
The eldest brother got up, walked slowly to the place where he was before, and waved the tool in his hand: "What are you waving?" He had nothing to say, and he didn't want to sit alone in the silence.At least when Gu realizes that there is another person with him, Gu wants to talk to someone.
"The hoe." The elder brother didn't look up this time, nor was he affected by Gu's words, "The one who digs the ground."
Nodding, watching him lift and swing down.Picking up the medicine-stained food in the bowl, I suddenly felt that it was not so hard to say: "Where did you find the tools, Gu thought this yard was sealed."
The big brother's movements are very neat, even when he was talking to Gu, he didn't delay his movements: "Your Highness really can't leave this courtyard." Even if it was such a cruel word, he said it as it should be, "But I His Majesty is assigned to protect His Highness, so some things can still be brought in."
"Sent by the emperor to protect the orphan?" He widened his eyes and looked at the elder brother.
His words were like a ray of warm sun, giving Gu hope: "Isn't the father, don't you be lonely?"
The movement of the big brother's hand stopped, he didn't look up at Gu, just stared at his hoe for a moment, and then danced again: "En." He gave an unclear answer.
Whether you are deceiving yourself or trying to feel at ease, I don't want to ask this question anymore: "Is the father still loving Gu?" In the loose clothes, I hugged my legs and looked at my elder brother, "Parents in this world love their children, right?"
"Yes." The eldest brother didn't look at the orphan, and focused on the work of hand beating, "Tiger poison doesn't eat seeds." After he said this, there was no follow-up, and the only sound in the courtyard was the hoe scratching the ground for a while. the sound of.
Gu rested his chin on his knees and looked at his big brother, wanting to hear him speak: "Will big brother stay with Gu all the time?"
"I am the shadow guard of His Highness, and His Highness is the whole meaning of Your Highness's existence." He repeated the previous words, not impatient because of repeating over and over again, "As long as His Highness looks back, as long as His Highness needs, Your Highness will always be there for you." exist."
So Gu turned his head and saw only the washed floor behind him, a table with the Four Treasures of the Study and several dishes, and two chairs.The place where the queen mother was lying on her stomach was wiped clean, there was no blood that had coagulated, and there was no food scattered when she was alone feeding the queen mother in the past few days.
Just turning around, Gu saw the painting hanging on the wall: "Did you put the painting together?"
That is the mother's favorite scroll, and it is the mountains and rivers depicted by the most famous Taoist monks today.That eminent monk, Gu, was lucky enough to meet him once again, and it was the master who stood in the courtyard talking to Gu on the day the empress wailed loudly.It is said that he later recognized Xiao Jiu's mother as a monster, and exorcised the monster for his father.
It's just that the painting was obviously torn up by the queen mother, torn to pieces by her, and buried in the soil of the queen's palace piece by piece.Sister said it was because the queen mother gave up.Gu didn't know what the queen mother had given up, but only remembered that the stepmother liked to sit by the window and look at the blooming paintings in the yard from then on.
Where did Big Brother dig out this painting and put it together?
This painting is not the most popular color scroll, but the simplest black and white ink landscape painting.There are high mountains and rivers, falling geese, lively markets, deserted ancient cities, the daily life of ordinary couples, and lively scenes of scholars and students rushing to take exams. The queen mother said that every part of this scroll is a story.
"This is Your Majesty's favorite painting. In the past, Your Majesty hugged His Highness and told His Highness the story in this painting." The elder brother's voice came from the courtyard, "Your Highness cried for Your Majesty the day before yesterday, so I thought it would be Your Highness. If you miss your mother again, talk to this painting, maybe it will be much better."
Eye sockets were a little wet, Gu raised his head and stared at the almost invisible cracks in the painting, and grinned: "You are lying, Gu just looked back and saw only the painting, but didn't see you standing behind Gu."
"Because the empress is standing behind His Highness." The eldest brother piled up the weeds that had been dug up, and then picked up the hoe to open up a new space.
"So, you were lying to Gu just now, right?" The eldest brother is the third person who talks to Gu on an equal footing besides the father and queen, and the first two are of course the companion and elder sister.
Perhaps Gu's tone was too cheerful, and the elder brother also laughed out loud. He stopped his hands and looked at Gu: "My little highness, do you really have to hold on to the meaning of the words?" Although he was discussing with Gu, but in Gu's view, he was joking with Gu more like a little friend.
"But it's what you said, you will always stand behind Gu."
"Then, your Highness, turn around now and face the room, okay?" The elder brother shook his head and followed Gu's words, "In this way, His Highness can be regarded as turning his back to the servant, and probably he can really see the servant when he turns around." Next?" He raised one eyebrow, half a smile, "Satisfies His Royal Highness's literal meaning?"
"You obviously said it yourself." He muttered in a low voice, "Aren't you hungry?"
The eldest brother shook his head and said he had eaten.He was very skilled in digging the ground, and beads of sweat appeared on his head in this cold winter, and he didn't seem to feel cold at all because he wore so little.On the contrary, it was Gu, who was wrapped so thickly that even his big brother's clothes were wrapped around him, and he still felt cold.
"After that, will there be only Gu and Big Brother?" Looking at Big Brother's actions in full swing, it's boring to sit here without moving, so he wrapped his clothes and stood up to go to Big Brother.As a result, the hem of the clothes was too long and he caught his footsteps. He staggered forward twice and finally failed to stop, and fell headlong.
But he didn't fall to the ground, but fell into the big brother's arms: "How did you manage to stand in front of Gu suddenly?" His eyes widened, and the distance between big brother and Gu Zhan was not far away. The yard is not big.However, it is extremely powerful to cross a distance of more than ten steps in such a short moment.
"Because I want to protect His Highness," the eldest brother placed Gu on the table, "What does Your Highness want to do?"
"Seeing how busy you are, I wonder if I can help you, and the left and right orphans are also idle." Standing on the platform, the orphan is as tall as his elder brother, "And the queen mother always said that if it is cold in winter, you can Go out and run for a while, and you won’t be cold when you turn your head." Smiling at the big brother, "So, do you want to help alone?"
"If your Highness is really fine," the eldest brother said nothing about the help, "it's better to go to the house and write."
"No!" The room was warm, but the big brother could not be seen.
Regarding Gu's solution, the big brother didn't bluntly say that it was bad, but just nodded amusedly: "Then I will accompany your highness to trace the characters?" In the middle of the trip, he picked up the lonely rice bowl on the ground and held it in his hand.
It's just that when he saw the leftover meals on the table, he turned around and asked Gu Zhen if he was full.
"Gu thinks that you haven't eaten yet, so I left half of it for you." Satisfied, "Gu is very good to you."
"Your Highness, do you know that what you say is obviously a kindness, and it will be considered a charity." Putting Gu on the chair, he turned around and took out a small plate from the box beside him, and then took it. Water, "Is it okay to write on the table with water?"
"What about big brother?"
"I'm standing in front of His Highness right now." The elder brother said with a good-tempered smile, "I will always be there in the future."
In this burned world, a black figure gradually became clear. His palms were rough and covered Gu's forehead, warm but not hot.With that hand on Gu's forehead, Gu heard his sighs, his murmurs, his soliloquies, and his comfort.
The hand left Gu's forehead, and the shadow dissipated.The eyelids are so heavy that it is very difficult to lift them up, but Gu still saw it. The figure was dressed in black, and his thin waist was outlined by the tights. Facing Gu, he opened the wooden door and disappeared. In the blinding sunlight.
Gu thought that he would never come back again, like a queen, like a companion, like a sister.Gu saw them smiling at Gu, patted Gu's head as in the past, opened his arms and hugged Gu, then turned around and waved without any worries.They talked and laughed and walked into the distance, no matter how Gu cried and shouted, he never caught their eyes or caught up with their footsteps.
"Your Highness, Your Highness..."
When he opened his eyes, he was lying in the arms of his elder brother, who was half leaning against the wall and hugging Gu.It was still the same black suit with hard armor that Gu had seen, but he loosened his hair, and it was a little itchy when it brushed Gu's face.Seeing Gu opened his eyes to look at him, the elder brother raised his hand to test Gu's forehead.
"Your Highness, don't think too much, it's just a cold, a little fever." He raised his hand and pulled the quilt on La Gu's body.The warm feeling made Gu subconsciously lower his head to look at it. The purpose of entering was not the cold and damp quilt a few days ago, but the quilt that Gu was somewhat familiar with in the past.
What is he going to do?
"If Your Highness is awake, how about eating something?" He put the orphan on the other side, "Your Majesty will be right back."
He said everything and disappeared before Gu could react. What else could Gu do, yell at him to stay?
Lifting the quilt and getting up, the first thing I noticed was the underwear that had been replaced.It's definitely not that Gu changed it by himself. Although it's a bit embarrassing to say it, Gu really doesn't know how to dress himself.And what clothes to wear to sleep, how uncomfortable...
Looking up and looking around, there was only a bed, a table, and two chairs in the empty space, and there were a lot of things.There was a familiar painting hanging on the wall, the four treasures of the study on the dilapidated table, the dishes were piled up in the corner of the room, and two large boxes were also placed in the corner.
How long has Gu been sleeping, so that he has time to move and decorate the room?
Clothes are stacked beside him, square and square like a booklet.It was very cold in the room, and even when I raised my head and breathed out, I could see the white smoke drifting away. Before stepping on the ground, Gu was frightened back into bed again.In such a cold day, the one who is really out of bed is the one who is stupid.
A large room has the advantages of a large room, but a small room also has the advantages of a small room.In the past, the palace was large and spacious, and there were various partitions, door stalls, screens, and painting fans. If you don't walk around, you can't easily see the whole situation.But with just one glance at the small house in front of him, everything can be captured in his eyes, and he can see everything at a glance.
Just like the quilt folded at the foot of the bed, and a long sword placed on it, it is dark but not dirty.It’s also like putting the extinguished firewood in the opposite corner of the room, and the stones surround the city in a circle, surrounding the firewood.
Ruogu is still the prince, maybe after looking at the surrounding situation, he was furious because of such treatment, but now Gu is not a prince, the father and emperor no longer want Gu, even the elders despise Gu, the person who once bowed to Gu , Now turn over and despise Gu.Among them, everything that the big brother did became the last of the lonely.
As for why he did all this for Gu...
It took a long time for the eldest brother to go. When he carried the dishes into the room, he was still wrestling with the clothes under the quilt, with his head lowered and struggling with how to wrap his girdle.In my memory, Sister's hand can tidy up the clothes with just a light swipe, but when it's Gu's turn, it becomes extremely difficult. Don't say that the tie looks good, it's good if it can be tied.
"Your Highness," the elder brother put the dishes in his hand on the table, turned around to catch Gu, "it's time to eat."
Big brother doesn't seem to be wearing thick clothes, at least not as thick as what Gu used to wear in those days, no fox fur cape, nor thick clothes: "Big brother, aren't you cold?"
"Big Brother?" He was stunned for a moment, "Your Highness... I don't know who this servant is?"
is he famousShould Gu know who he is?
Shaking his head.
The elder brother pursed his lips and raised his hand to touch Gu's head, but stopped just before touching it.His movements are too familiar, like when the mother and queen raised a puppy, she wanted to touch it but dared not.It's just that Gu's fear is because that puppy is fierce, so what is he afraid of?
Leaning forward, he sent the top of his head to the big brother's hand: "If Gu should know you, but doesn't, Gu apologizes." He blocked Gu's sight and couldn't see his face.It's just that his palms are very warm, as Gu imagined, they are placed on top of Gu's head, warm and reassuring.
"It's His Highness's Shadow Guard." He was silent for a while, "It's time for Your Highness to get up and have dinner."
"What is a shadow guard?" You don't want to get up, the bed is so warm, and the cold outside makes you shiver.Now someone is coaxing Gu to stay with Gu and be nice to Gu, of course Gu wants to take advantage of this time to act like a baby: "It's so cold outside, what are you doing when you get up, lie on the bed with Gu, okay?"
He sat on the side of the bed and looked down at Gu's smile, then pursed his lips and raised his hands to wrap Gu into a ball. Gu watched as he took off his shoes and leaned against the wall again, holding Gu in his arms: "If your Highness still Want to sleep," put Gu's head on his lap in a familiar manner, facing him, "Go to sleep."
... Gu did not say that he wanted to sleep?
There was a smell of medicinal food on the elder brother, but it was already very faint: "Is the elder brother injured?" In the memory, before he fell asleep crying, he hit the sticky blood on the head.The first time I smelled that smell, my memory was so clear that I could recall that smell as long as I thought about it.
That's why the big brother's smell makes Gu alert.But why did the big brother get hurt? Is it because of loneliness?
As long as he thought of this possibility, regardless of the cold weather, one turned over and wanted to get up from the big brother's lap, but the quilt was too tight, and the other fell back onto the big brother's lap again.Gu's face was numb when he bumped into the big brother's leg, but now only the big brother is left by Gu's side, the previous assumption made Gu a little flustered.
Ignoring the pain of being hit on my cheek, I stabilized my body with the help of my elder brother, and wanted to raise my hand to grab the clothes of my elder brother.Gu didn't know any treatment, so he raised his head and wanted to call the doctor according to his old habit, but as soon as he uttered the words "Come here!", there was only endless silence.
On the contrary, in the silence, the eldest brother laughed.He raised his hand to hold Gu's palm, grabbed Gu's palm and took it off his clothes: "Your Highness's kindness, I appreciate it." He smiled softly, "Your Majesty is fine, it's just a few minor injuries." , I'm used to it, it really doesn't matter."
As he spoke, he rewrapped the slipped quilt around Gu's body, as carefully as the king's elder sister did: "Your Highness's cold is not over yet, if you are not hungry, take a good rest." He pressed Gu, The movements were clumsy but gentle, "Your Majesty will always be there, Your Highness will be able to see you when you open your eyes."
If he didn't know that he was injured, perhaps his words could really comfort Gu.I don't want to be alone, I don't want to fall asleep alone in such darkness, I don't want to close my eyes alone in this cold palace, if he can really accompany you, if he is there when you open and close your eyes, then you will really be lonely. Reason for peace of mind.
But now all Gu's thoughts are on the fact that he has not denied that he was injured.
How much does it hurt?Gu Chang has only been injured once so far, and that was when his father grabbed Gu's palm and slashed across Gu's palm with a dagger.Before that, Gu was surrounded by various people, not to mention injuries, as long as there was a slight bump, they would be nervous as if something serious had happened.
How glorious it was in the past, but how desolate it is now: "If you are in pain," the pain of the blade slashing across the palm and the numbness afterwards are still unforgettable, "Just blow on it for you, and it won't hurt anymore. "In the past, Gu coaxed his mother like this, and every time he said this to her mother, she would be very happy.
She would hug Gu Xiao, and then lean forward to kiss Gu Gu.Elder Sister would cover her mouth and watch cheerfully, and when Gu wanted to push the queen away, she would take Gu away from the queen's arms.She would squat down and wipe Gu's cheeks with a handkerchief, and then tell Gu that Gu is really cute and well done.
"Big brother, you won't leave alone, right?" Although I asked him this question over and over again last night, I asked him when we were clearing the weeds, I asked him when I was moving and tidying up the queen mother's clothes, and I asked him when I was burying him. I asked him when I was the queen mother, but Gu still felt empty and uneasy.
"I will always be with His Highness," the elder brother's words were still so gentle, without any impatience, just like the thousand times in the past, "I will always be with His Highness until His Highness doesn't need me."
"That's what everyone said," looking up at the beam above his head, "the queen mother said she would find a smart wife for Gu, but she died before Gu grew up. The emperor said he would marry Gu Gu is trained to be a qualified prince, but because of a few gossips, don't be lonely."
"Gu's accompanying reader told Gu that when he grows up, he will become a blade in Gu's hand and protect Gu all the time, but he failed to grow up. Gu's Taifu said that he would be loyal to Gu, but now Gu wants him Not so loyal, he didn't fulfill his promise. Gu may be the silly white sweet in the mouth of the queen mother, but Gu doesn't understand everything. "
The elder brother stopped patting Gu's back, and did not lift it when it fell again: "Your Majesty, if you see His Highness's current appearance, you will be very pleased. Your Highness has grown up, is sensible, and will take care of himself. It's better than anything." He said, looking down at Gu.
True love or falsehood, comfort or truth, what does it matter: "I don't want to grow up." The tile beams of the East Palace are very high, and they are vermilion beams. There are no cobwebs and no moss. "I want to be that A prince who doesn't understand anything, not this useless prince who can only face reality."
"I want to pamper my father and queen, I want to love my younger brother, I want to trust my brother's brother, I want to play with my lonely playmates, I want to be so angry with naughty students that my beard grows up Mr. Gu wants so much, but in the end he has nothing."
In this case, the elder brother didn't respond, he just lowered his eyes and leaned half against the wall, repeating the promise he made a thousand times in the past: "I will always be here until His Highness doesn't need me anymore."
"I don't believe that."
Gu really didn't believe it anymore, all the people who promised not to leave turned around and left first.They walked so neatly, the people who left were relieved, only one person was left standing there watching the place where they disappeared, all that was left was bitter memories and coldness all over his body.
All the people who promised not to disappear, disappeared by the lonely side.
Empress, companion, elder sister, and the younger brother whom I have never seen.
All those who promised not to leave left in front of Gu.
Father, sir, concubine brother, and those concubine brothers who didn't grow up.
But for brother, it may be a blessing that he didn't come to this royal family.For those compatriots of different mothers, it may be a blessing for them not to have the son and the prince pressing on their heads.It was only after going through so much that Gu realized that this sentence was not half false.
As for who said this to Gu...
It's the queen mother.
"I will always stand behind His Highness," the eldest brother did not change his words because of Gu's dissatisfaction, but just leaned there and repeated his previous words, "Until His Highness doesn't need me anymore."
Gu could only remain silent, and changed the topic. Did the big brother not tell Gu: "What is a shadow guard?"
"It's His Highness's shadow, His Highness's guard." The eldest brother has a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, the corners of which are slightly upturned, making his originally condensed face soft. He smiles beautifully, "It's His Highness's eyes, Your Highness's ears are His Highness' hands and feet, and His Highness's sword."
I only remembered what he said.
"If you are Gu's shadow, Gu will believe you for now." The shadow will not leave his master, Gu believes so.Or maybe it's because at this point, he has never left Gu.
"Okay," he smiled, "Your Highness still has a lot of tomorrows, witness that your servant will not lie."
"Your Highness doesn't seem to want to sleep anymore, do you want to get up and eat something?" The sky outside was a bit gloomy, not only because of bad weather but also because the sun was setting, "Eat something."
When the mother passed away, the orphan had to observe filial piety for three years, so there were only vegetarian dishes during these days.But in Gu’s daily life in the past, what I hated the most was these green vegetables: “Not good.” On the other hand, Gu’s clothes are in a mess now, let alone the belt, and the buttons can’t even be undone. .
The eldest brother looked down at Gu, and looked away guiltily at Gu, and at this moment, a grunt came from his stomach.This made things very embarrassing. When he said he was not hungry, he turned his head and revealed his lonely thoughts: "Well, I'm just a little hungry."
"Okay." He shook his head with a smile, turned over and knelt on the bed, and then straightened Gu, "Your Highness is not hungry."
The big brother moved very quickly. Before Gu could react, he lifted Gu's quilt: "Your Highness is not hungry, but His Highness's belly is hungry." Knowing, "So Your Highness, should you consider satisfying your little stomach, and then quarrel with your servant about whether you will accompany Your Highness?"
As he spoke, he began to straighten Gu's clothes, smooth out the folds, straighten the overlapping places, and even the girdle around the waist that Gu couldn't get rid of no matter what, it was separated with a twist of his fingertips.Gu watched as he pulled the bra, turned it around Gu's waist, and tied a knot on one side.
Although not as good as Sister, but much better than Gu.
Then he turned over, squatted down to help Gu put on his little boots, and bent down to hug Gu.The feeling of having nothing to rely on made Gu a little flustered, he raised his arms and put his arms around the big brother's neck in a panic: "Gu can walk!"
"It's cold on the ground," he responded, and after a few steps, he put Gu on the chair, "Your Highness, the cold is still not healed." With that said, he picked up the porcelain that Gu had noticed before from another chair. He squatted down and handed the bowl to Gu, "Since your Highness is ready, let's take the medicine."
In the snow-white porcelain bowl, the pitch-black medicine swayed because of his movements.
Gu hates vegetables, and of course, he hates taking medicine even more.
"Well, the medicine is cold, so I won't take it if it doesn't have any effect." I am very glad that my sister used to explain how to take the medicine and how to take it to be effective in order to coax Gu to take the medicine.Although I was taken aback by Sister's set of theories at the time, it is also meaningful to be able to apply it to this now without taking medicine.
The eldest brother looked at Gu, and shook his head amusedly: "Your Highness, how do you know that this medicine is cold?" He moved his hand towards him, and then slid to the bottom of the medicine bowl to free up a piece of medicine for Gu. Able to catch the bowl space.
...How long has this medicine been on the chair, how could it still be hot...
Start with a warm bowl.
Gu stared wide-eyed at his elder brother, not understanding what he had done to make this supposedly cold medicine look warm.Gu is sure that before Gu said that the potion must be warm to be effective, the potion in this bowl was cold, not as warm as it is now, with faint white smoke.
Even leaning over, you can smell the nauseating smell.
"Your Highness has taken the medicine, so tell His Highness." He smiled lightly and passed the medicine bowl forward, "So Your Highness is taking medicine?"
You've already said that, what else can Gu do?
"Big brother, you must have coaxed younger brother a lot in the past." You know how to fool children with such a familiarity. He took the medicine bowl, and the black medicine inside smelled a little nauseating. He closed his eyes with both hands holding the medicine bowl, thinking Lifting the bowl horizontally and raising his head, he drank the medicine in one gulp.
In the past, drinking medicine alone has never been so easy, and there are countless medicine bowls deliberately knocked over. If it were in the past, those so-called secret lonely talents would not be rare.As long as Gu acted coquettishly, slapped and threatened the palace servants with a straight face, all the secrets would be exposed in front of Gu, and there was nowhere to escape.
But in the past few days, the palace people outside were so reluctant to even deliver a meal, and the elder brother had to spend a lot of effort to get this bowl of medicine.Gu just likes to mess around, but it's not that he can't see the situation clearly. He doesn't know how much time he spent to get the medicine, but how can it be overturned.
As soon as he put down the bowl, a small piece of hard stuff was stuffed into his mouth.The bitterness that has not yet spread in the mouth is covered by the sweet taste: "It's delicious!" The pastry has never been used so much, "What is this? It's so sweet!" No one does not like the sweet taste , Anyway, Gu likes it.
The eldest brother seems to like to laugh, because he laughed again, his brows and eyes curved: "It's normal that Your Highness hasn't tasted it, this thing is not very popular in the palace." The eldest brother took the medicine bowl and put it aside, "Instead They are indispensable for the New Year’s festivals in the homes of ordinary people outside, and they are just ordinary candies.”
something outside...
"Father said that the things in the palace are the best," he was a little dazed, "If the things in the palace are the best, why has Gu never seen this kind of candy?"
"Then His Highness probably doesn't know, isn't it the most bitter to take the medicine one by one?" For some reason, I felt that the elder brother's reaction was a bit narrow, "If you drink it with your head up like His Highness just now, you won't feel the pain." Is it hard to take medicine?"
Sigh, before Gu covered his mouth with his hand, the big brother laughed again.
He really likes to laugh.
"And His Highness must not know that although drinking this medicine spoonful by spoonful is not easy to reverse, but it will leave a taste in your mouth—" the voice dragged on, and for some reason I felt that he was teasing Gu, "and What's even more frightening is that because the drinking time is too long, the whole day-"
"Gu is hungry!" Refusing to listen to his threats, "Gu is about to eat, shut up."
The eldest brother smiled and nodded, raised his hand to wipe Gu's mouth dry: "It's stuck to his mouth," he straightened up, "Your Highness, wait a moment."
"Where are you going?" Seeing that he was leaving, maybe it was because I saw too many people's backs recently, so I felt a little flustered.
"Go and clean up the yard," the eldest brother replied without thinking too much while putting on his shoes.Probably because the tone was too affirmative, and it didn't look like he was lying to Gu. Originally, he wanted to say the words to let him eat with Gu, but he didn't say it. He just listened to his report there, and it seemed to be talking to himself.
"The yard is overgrown with weeds, which is always unsightly. Yesterday, a space was vacated for the burial of the empress. I can't let the empress be with those weeds, so I thought about clearing the yard. If I can plant some flowers and plants, so that in the future His Highness won't be in a bad mood when he sees it."
He thinks wholeheartedly for Gu, can Gu still refuse?
It's just that such a big brother makes Gu think of Taifu.It's just different from the big brother who is still in front of Gu now. In the past, when the Tai Tuo took a strict look at Gu, he didn't know how to cherish Gu, and even questioned and opposed his husband, and even teased him.After going through this incident and looking back, I just feel that I still put my husband's kindness towards Gu in the soil and practiced it vigorously.
For those who are good to Gu, Gu will never trample on them again.
The solitary will be doubly good to all those who are good to the solitary.The orphan will learn to be indifferent, learn to pretend, learn to wear a mask to others, and learn to classify and deal with them, as the queen mother hopes.Those who are kind to Gu will be doubly nice to them.And those who humiliated Gu, Gu will pay back double.
Looking at the rice in his hands and the food in front of him, the elder brother had already disappeared at the door.He took the medicine bowl that was put aside by the big brother just now, put in half of the food, and ran to the door with the bowl in his hands, the cold wind blowing from his face made him shiver uncontrollably.
The big brother wanted to tidy up the weedy yard as he said. In such a short time, he had already rolled up his sleeves and was ready to start working with tools that appeared out of nowhere.Hearing the sound of Gu's footsteps, he raised his head and saw Gu sitting on the threshold, holding a bowl: "Your Highness isn't eating in the house?"
"Gu watched you work," I didn't want the topic to end like this, but I really didn't know what to say, "Well, thank you?"
Apart from thank you, I don't know what to say, I can't say that I believe you will be able to finish it.In that way, it will appear that the big brother is no different from the eunuchs around Gu before.Although Gu never said such a thing to them, they all worked.
Big Brother is different.
"Your Highness just need to shut up and eat well at this time." Seeing Gu's embarrassment, "It's so cold outside, if Your Highness eats the air-conditioning, the wind and cold will be even worse." He put down the food while talking. He took the tool in his hand and began to untie his robe, walking towards Gu while taking it off.
When he walked in front of Gu, all his coat had been taken off, leaving only the lining inside.
The black coat drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then landed on Gu's body.The big brother knelt down and put his clothes on Gu Gu. Although it was too loose, but with the temperature of the big brother, it was warmer than those fox fur cloaks in the past: "If it's cold, tell me ?”
"it is good."
"I will always stay in your sight." He laughed, and raised his hand to touch the top of Gu's head, "Your Highness, don't panic, this subordinate really won't leave His Highness first."
Anyone can say empty words, the only difference is how much thought has been spent on decorating those gorgeous words.No matter how much elegant rhetoric is used, no matter how many times promises are made, they will not be worth the powerless retention and irreversible occurrence when it really comes.
Promises are just a matter of opening and closing mouths, and it is hard to know how difficult it is to make them.
After experiencing so many things, apart from the cruelty of growing up, Gu has learned the most profound lesson, that promises are worthless.
The eldest brother got up, walked slowly to the place where he was before, and waved the tool in his hand: "What are you waving?" He had nothing to say, and he didn't want to sit alone in the silence.At least when Gu realizes that there is another person with him, Gu wants to talk to someone.
"The hoe." The elder brother didn't look up this time, nor was he affected by Gu's words, "The one who digs the ground."
Nodding, watching him lift and swing down.Picking up the medicine-stained food in the bowl, I suddenly felt that it was not so hard to say: "Where did you find the tools, Gu thought this yard was sealed."
The big brother's movements are very neat, even when he was talking to Gu, he didn't delay his movements: "Your Highness really can't leave this courtyard." Even if it was such a cruel word, he said it as it should be, "But I His Majesty is assigned to protect His Highness, so some things can still be brought in."
"Sent by the emperor to protect the orphan?" He widened his eyes and looked at the elder brother.
His words were like a ray of warm sun, giving Gu hope: "Isn't the father, don't you be lonely?"
The movement of the big brother's hand stopped, he didn't look up at Gu, just stared at his hoe for a moment, and then danced again: "En." He gave an unclear answer.
Whether you are deceiving yourself or trying to feel at ease, I don't want to ask this question anymore: "Is the father still loving Gu?" In the loose clothes, I hugged my legs and looked at my elder brother, "Parents in this world love their children, right?"
"Yes." The eldest brother didn't look at the orphan, and focused on the work of hand beating, "Tiger poison doesn't eat seeds." After he said this, there was no follow-up, and the only sound in the courtyard was the hoe scratching the ground for a while. the sound of.
Gu rested his chin on his knees and looked at his big brother, wanting to hear him speak: "Will big brother stay with Gu all the time?"
"I am the shadow guard of His Highness, and His Highness is the whole meaning of Your Highness's existence." He repeated the previous words, not impatient because of repeating over and over again, "As long as His Highness looks back, as long as His Highness needs, Your Highness will always be there for you." exist."
So Gu turned his head and saw only the washed floor behind him, a table with the Four Treasures of the Study and several dishes, and two chairs.The place where the queen mother was lying on her stomach was wiped clean, there was no blood that had coagulated, and there was no food scattered when she was alone feeding the queen mother in the past few days.
Just turning around, Gu saw the painting hanging on the wall: "Did you put the painting together?"
That is the mother's favorite scroll, and it is the mountains and rivers depicted by the most famous Taoist monks today.That eminent monk, Gu, was lucky enough to meet him once again, and it was the master who stood in the courtyard talking to Gu on the day the empress wailed loudly.It is said that he later recognized Xiao Jiu's mother as a monster, and exorcised the monster for his father.
It's just that the painting was obviously torn up by the queen mother, torn to pieces by her, and buried in the soil of the queen's palace piece by piece.Sister said it was because the queen mother gave up.Gu didn't know what the queen mother had given up, but only remembered that the stepmother liked to sit by the window and look at the blooming paintings in the yard from then on.
Where did Big Brother dig out this painting and put it together?
This painting is not the most popular color scroll, but the simplest black and white ink landscape painting.There are high mountains and rivers, falling geese, lively markets, deserted ancient cities, the daily life of ordinary couples, and lively scenes of scholars and students rushing to take exams. The queen mother said that every part of this scroll is a story.
"This is Your Majesty's favorite painting. In the past, Your Majesty hugged His Highness and told His Highness the story in this painting." The elder brother's voice came from the courtyard, "Your Highness cried for Your Majesty the day before yesterday, so I thought it would be Your Highness. If you miss your mother again, talk to this painting, maybe it will be much better."
Eye sockets were a little wet, Gu raised his head and stared at the almost invisible cracks in the painting, and grinned: "You are lying, Gu just looked back and saw only the painting, but didn't see you standing behind Gu."
"Because the empress is standing behind His Highness." The eldest brother piled up the weeds that had been dug up, and then picked up the hoe to open up a new space.
"So, you were lying to Gu just now, right?" The eldest brother is the third person who talks to Gu on an equal footing besides the father and queen, and the first two are of course the companion and elder sister.
Perhaps Gu's tone was too cheerful, and the elder brother also laughed out loud. He stopped his hands and looked at Gu: "My little highness, do you really have to hold on to the meaning of the words?" Although he was discussing with Gu, but in Gu's view, he was joking with Gu more like a little friend.
"But it's what you said, you will always stand behind Gu."
"Then, your Highness, turn around now and face the room, okay?" The elder brother shook his head and followed Gu's words, "In this way, His Highness can be regarded as turning his back to the servant, and probably he can really see the servant when he turns around." Next?" He raised one eyebrow, half a smile, "Satisfies His Royal Highness's literal meaning?"
"You obviously said it yourself." He muttered in a low voice, "Aren't you hungry?"
The eldest brother shook his head and said he had eaten.He was very skilled in digging the ground, and beads of sweat appeared on his head in this cold winter, and he didn't seem to feel cold at all because he wore so little.On the contrary, it was Gu, who was wrapped so thickly that even his big brother's clothes were wrapped around him, and he still felt cold.
"After that, will there be only Gu and Big Brother?" Looking at Big Brother's actions in full swing, it's boring to sit here without moving, so he wrapped his clothes and stood up to go to Big Brother.As a result, the hem of the clothes was too long and he caught his footsteps. He staggered forward twice and finally failed to stop, and fell headlong.
But he didn't fall to the ground, but fell into the big brother's arms: "How did you manage to stand in front of Gu suddenly?" His eyes widened, and the distance between big brother and Gu Zhan was not far away. The yard is not big.However, it is extremely powerful to cross a distance of more than ten steps in such a short moment.
"Because I want to protect His Highness," the eldest brother placed Gu on the table, "What does Your Highness want to do?"
"Seeing how busy you are, I wonder if I can help you, and the left and right orphans are also idle." Standing on the platform, the orphan is as tall as his elder brother, "And the queen mother always said that if it is cold in winter, you can Go out and run for a while, and you won’t be cold when you turn your head." Smiling at the big brother, "So, do you want to help alone?"
"If your Highness is really fine," the eldest brother said nothing about the help, "it's better to go to the house and write."
"No!" The room was warm, but the big brother could not be seen.
Regarding Gu's solution, the big brother didn't bluntly say that it was bad, but just nodded amusedly: "Then I will accompany your highness to trace the characters?" In the middle of the trip, he picked up the lonely rice bowl on the ground and held it in his hand.
It's just that when he saw the leftover meals on the table, he turned around and asked Gu Zhen if he was full.
"Gu thinks that you haven't eaten yet, so I left half of it for you." Satisfied, "Gu is very good to you."
"Your Highness, do you know that what you say is obviously a kindness, and it will be considered a charity." Putting Gu on the chair, he turned around and took out a small plate from the box beside him, and then took it. Water, "Is it okay to write on the table with water?"
"What about big brother?"
"I'm standing in front of His Highness right now." The elder brother said with a good-tempered smile, "I will always be there in the future."
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