After the rebirth, I became the darling of the tyrant

Gu Chen's eyelashes trembled, obviously he heard Xiao Tingshen's voice, but he didn't want to make any reaction, or he didn't want to raise his head to face him.

Xiao Tingshen walked to his side, sat down, and when he lowered his head, he saw Gu Chen propping his hands on both sides of his body.Those hands were like works of art carved from jade, almost transparent white, but without a trace of vitality.

Xiao Ting looked at that hand silently for a while, and then slowly said again: "Yun Ting..."

This time Gu Chen gave a little reaction, he tilted his head slightly, his eyes were pulled back from the void, and fell lightly on Xiao Tingshen's face.Those eyes were very black, as black as ink, without any light or warmth.

He spoke very softly: "Is what He Zhe said... true?"

"……no."

"...Then how did my brother die?"

Xiao Ting moved his lips deeply to say something, but finally swallowed the words back abruptly.He reached out and gently grabbed Gu Chen's hand.

The place where it started was icy cold, no different from the touch of jade, even a little colder.Gu Chen has always been warm and alive. In Xiao Ting's deep impression, his body temperature has never been so low.

This kind of coldness is like a poisonous snake, burrowing into the blood along Xiao Tingshen's skin, spreading all the way, freezing his heart together.Gu Chen's eyes were looking at him, waiting for him to give a reasonable and credible explanation, but he couldn't say it at all.

He couldn't explain it.

In the battle of the Huaihe River back then, it was indeed Wang Yongke who colluded with the Baiyi people and betrayed Gu Heng's marching route and arrangements, which made Gu Heng trapped in a tight siege and died in a fierce battle.It is precisely because of this that Wang Yongke was able to monopolize all the merits of the Huaihe River Victory and soared.

It was also at that time that Xiao Ting was deeply trapped in the vortex of seizing the heir, and had to rely on the power of the Wang family.It is true that Wang Yongke betrayed Gu Heng only after the fact.

What's the use?When these two incidents are superimposed, it seems that Xiao Tingshen has some schemes, and he will not hesitate to instruct Wang Yongke to betray Zhongliang for the sake of imperial power ambitions, so as to finally strengthen his power and seek benefits for himself.

This kind of matter is an extremely secret, extremely dark, and extremely dirty matter in the court, and it is impossible for someone to stand up and prove his innocence for Xiao Tingshen like a case.Even if he explained to Gu Chen, the other party couldn't believe it, they would only think that Wang Yongke would abandon him when he was done with it, abandon the car to protect the handsome, ruthless and ungrateful.

So he couldn't explain it, and couldn't explain it at all.

He could only grab Gu Chen's hand and remained silent for a long time without saying a word.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't spoken for too long, and the hope in Gu Chen's eyes dimmed little by little.Like a withered flower, the petals withered and fell to the ground, and finally crushed into mud and turned into dust.He moved his eyes away, and looked at the void again. At this moment, it seemed that all the hopes were peeled off from him, scattered in the air, and turned into dust.

He closed his eyes in pain.

...why?

In the previous life, he was bestowed to death by Xiao Tingshen with a cup of poisoned wine, but in this life—just when he had almost forgotten those grievances, and was even a little bit tempted by Xiao Tingshen, fate played a big joke on him again, and made him almost be killed again. Xiao Tingshen was killed here.

Kill | People kill their hearts.

He clenched his fists involuntarily, his knuckles turned white, and every inch of bone made a light cracking sound.A trace of pity flashed in Xiao Tingshen's eyes, he stretched out his hand, and grabbed his other hand as well.

"Yun Ting," Xiao Tingshen emphasized, "Yun Ting! Don't do this, don't torture yourself—"

He grabbed Gu Chen's hand with all his might, stretching his clenched hand into a fist, so as not to hurt himself too much, but Gu Chen began to tremble uncontrollably, his whole body seemed to be convulsed, his eyes were distracted, The color of the lips also faded completely, turning pale.

"The cloud stops!" Xiao Tingshen raised his voice and pulled his body hard, "Wake up...Wake up! Listen to me!"

Gu Chen looked at him blankly, like a wronged and bullied child, completely lost his sense of proportion.Seeing his appearance, Xiao Ting felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if someone had stabbed him in the heart, and bright red blood flowed out.

"Yun Ting——" Xiao Tingshen's lips also began to tremble. He grabbed Gu Chen's shoulders and stared closely at his eyes, "Listen to me, you still have me, you can't just give up on yourself like this..."

Gu Chen opened his eyes, his lips moved, and it took him a long time to utter a sentence that was so soft that he could hardly hear it: "...you lied to me."

"I didn't lie to you." Xiao Ting's voice became urgent, "I didn't lie to you, Yun Ting, I never lied to you, I know you won't believe what I say now, but I still want to say it."

With all his strength, he pulled Gu Chen into his arms, pressed him tightly and firmly to his chest, and pressed his chin against his forehead, pouring out a steady flow of water to the cold body in his arms. Passing on the heat, as if trying to do his best, to give him some comfort.

"Gu Chen." Xiao Ting said in a low voice, word by word, his voice vibrating in his chest, "It won't be too long, you wait for me. Your brother will not die in vain, and neither will the soldiers under your brother's command. I assure you, I will give you an explanation."

"But before that, you have to cheer up and take care of yourself. You can't fall down before the truth is clear, understand?"

He waited for a long time before Gu Chen in his arms nodded very lightly.

"I know, this matter has always been a hurdle in your heart."

After the death of the eldest brother of the Gu family, Xiao Tingshen had witnessed Gu Chen's change with his own eyes - he restrained his temper, became gentle, low-key, and cautious... He knew that Gu Chen was always guilty in his heart, and he thought he hadn't Being able to save his elder brother, even the cause of death can only be vaguely passed on, so he is afraid of losing the people close to him again, even if he risked his life, he must protect them safe.

So at that time, Gu Chen would rather suffer on behalf of Jiang Chong than Jiang Chong should be hurt.

Thinking of this, Xiao Tingshen's heart tightened again, and he couldn't help but accentuate his tone: "At any time, you must protect yourself. Only in this way, you can see with your own eyes the day when good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil."

He paused, his voice vibrating in his chest: "I assure you, it won't be long before I will, I will give you and the whole Gu family an explanation."

After a long time, Gu Chen nodded again.

But having said that, Gu Chen didn't intend to wait for Xiao Tingshen to avenge him.

He walked out of Ganquan Palace against the cold wind, and when he stepped down the steps step by step, his steps were unusually steady, and he even felt extraordinarily calm in his heart.He would never sit there and wait for others to hold the results in front of him. If he wanted to find out what happened that year, he had to do it himself.

... What's more, no matter from which angle you look at it, Xiao Tingshen has nothing to do with this matter.

Gu Chen calmly stood under the steps, and stood quietly for a while.Suddenly, I heard very light footsteps behind me.He turned his head and saw Wei Dequan coming down the steps and walking in front of him.

"Your Majesty's order, this servant, is here to see Mr. Gu out of the palace." Wei Dequan bowed and said, "Mr. Gu, please."

Gu Chen didn't say anything, turned around and set foot on the palace road, walking in the direction of leaving the palace.Halfway through, Wei Dequan suddenly said, "Master Gu."

Gu Chen was not surprised either, and turned his head to look at him: "What does Eunuch Wei have to say?"

"Master Gu is a sensible person." Wei Dequan's expression remained unchanged, and he said kindly, "I do have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty Gu should know that after the death of General Gu Heng Gu, Concubine Xian suddenly died suddenly, so His Majesty was adopted by the empress."

Gu Chen nodded - after his elder brother died, he went to the border with his father. When he was in Yanbei, he heard that Xiao Tingshen's mother and concubine died suddenly of a serious illness. The death was quite strange.He originally wanted to see Xiao Tingshen when he returned to Beijing, but he didn't expect that Xiao Tingshen had been adopted by the queen and became the adopted son of the queen.

Wei Dequan took a step closer to Gu Chen, lowered his voice suddenly, and his expression became very cautious: "Concubine Xian is not dead."

Gu Chen was really taken aback: "What!?"

But then, he suddenly felt puzzled again: "...why did you tell me about this?"

"Master Gu, Your Majesty is not the real culprit who killed your brother." Wei Dequan said solemnly, "Whether you believe it or not, His Majesty sincerely wants to give you an explanation, but the whereabouts of Concubine Xian is unknown, maybe she is in danger. environment, he couldn’t act rashly.”

Wei Dequan has been by Xiao Tingshen's side for many years, and knows exactly what it was like to save Concubine Xian after a narrow escape. Unexpectedly, Concubine Xian was held in the hands of the Wang family, and she still doesn't know where she is hiding.It is precisely because of this that Xiao Tingshen has no choice but to forbear until now, to add officials to the Wang family, to cover up the truth of Gu Heng's death... Now, he probably wants to solve this matter with his own strength, and push Gu Chen out of danger .

But Wade is different.

"Since I have been with Your Majesty, I have only had Your Majesty as my master. Everything I have done today is to hope that Your Majesty will be well." Wei Dequan said indifferently, "The slave is weak and unable to leave the palace, and there is no one around His Majesty." A trustworthy and dependable person, I hope Lord Gu can help His Majesty no matter what."

"—Find Concubine Xian." Wei Dequan said, "Only in this way can His Majesty truly let go."