After the rebirth, I became the darling of the tyrant

On the way back to Beijing, Gu Chen really experienced what it means to be "extravagant and lustful".

Xiao Tingshen thought that with his current physical condition, he couldn't blow the wind, so he insisted on getting a carriage, and insisted that Gu Chen sit in the carriage.No one in the whole team was in the carriage except Gu Chen. Gu Chen was not willing to do it. The two were jostling and shoving in front of the carriage. Wanting to die, Xiao Tingshen stuffed him into the carriage.

The interior of the carriage is very spacious, a wooden seat on one side is enough for one person to lie on as a bed, and there is even a small tea table in the middle.As soon as the curtain was lowered, it looked like a "golden house hiding a girl"... Fortunately, there was no one around here, so Gu Chen sat alone in the carriage for a while, and the heat on his face gradually faded.

Anyway, Xiao Tingshen didn't follow in, so there shouldn't be any more gossip. At most, everyone would talk about Xiao Tingshen as a good emperor, caring for his subjects... Gu Chen was comforting himself, when suddenly the curtain of the car lifted and Xiao Tingshen also got in.

Gu Chen: "...?"

"You think that someone will gossip if you are the only one in the carriage." Xiao Tingshen said while sitting down opposite him, "I will accompany you."

Gu Chen: "..."

Your Majesty, the more gossips come from riding in a carriage with you, okay...

After more than twenty days, they finally returned to the capital.

Xiao Tingshen first dealt with the Wang family on the charges of "corruption and bribery", "forming a party for personal gain", "deceiving the superior and concealing the inferior", and then issued a decree to issue arrest documents nationwide, and must arrest Wang Yongke and return to Beijing.

But no one thought that Wang Yongke turned against him.

Gu Chen was reading a book in Xiao Tingshen's study when he got the news——Since returning to Beijing, Xiao Tingshen has developed a habit of seeing Gu Chen every day.Sometimes he was invited to the palace for a drink, and sometimes it was said that Concubine Xian wanted to see him. At the end of the day, he found all the excuses he could. , I don't even bother to say anything.

Over time, Gu Chen also formed a tacit understanding - before Xiao Tingshen's oral order to enter the palace came, he had already entered the palace spontaneously, so as not to cause the mother's doubts and all the officials to look at him when the emperor sent oral instructions to the Gu family every day.

So when Wei Dequan came in with the secret letter, he saw such a scene: Gu Chen was leaning on the chair with a book, and was lost in thought, but the tips of his ears were red.And their Majesty, who was said to be "ruthless and violent" from the outside world, looked at Gu Chen with his arms crooked, his eyes were so gentle that water dripped from them, and there was no trace of his usual cold and stern look.

"Your Majesty." Wei Dequan couldn't help coughing a few times, "Hunan urgent report."

He submitted the secret letter, and Gu Chen noticed the patterned symbols on it, and couldn't help frowning—it was still the same mark as last time, and only the emperor could read it in person.

Xiao Ting took a deep look, didn't speak, just handed the letter in Gu Chen's direction casually.Gu Chen was stunned before picking it up. He glanced at a sentence, and couldn't help saying: "Wang Yongke conspired against...?"

"Wang Yongke launched a rebellion in the south of Hubei, and he took down eleven cities in a row, and he has already reached the suburbs of Xiangping." Xiao Tingshen tapped his fingers on the table lightly, and sneered while thinking, "It seems that I copied the Wang family. I'm in a hurry."

"Xiangping..."

Gu Chen muttered to himself, and suddenly a cold sweat soaked his back.Xiangping's geographical location is dangerous, and further inwards is Pingchuan, which is the last gate of the capital to southern Hubei.Once Xiangping is captured...

The capital is in danger!

Gu Chen said almost without thinking: "I would like to take people to guard Xiangping."

Xiao Tingshen's face suddenly sank: "No."

Gu Chen was stunned: "Your Majesty, Wang Yongke led an army of 12 in southern Hubei, plus the stragglers he patched together, the total number is almost 15. And the defenders in Xiangping are only [-], even if they are fighting against the natural danger, The guard of Xiangping will not be able to last long! Your majesty, please lead the troops to help Xiangping—"

"I said," Xiao Tingshen almost squeezed out the words between his teeth, "No, sure! I will send another person to reinforce, but you can't go!"

"Your Majesty!" Gu Chen tried his best to calm down his anger, but he couldn't help raising his voice slightly, "Once Xiangping is broken, the capital city will be next! Do you want your Majesty to just watch the capital fall into the hands of the rebels—— "

"If I say no, I won't!" Xiao Ting was furious, "Anyway, it's none of your business here!"

The words were too serious, and Gu Chen's face suddenly changed, and his tone changed suddenly: "...Yes, I understand."

He coldly dropped this sentence, put the book on the case, and saluted neatly: "The minister will leave."

Without looking back, he turned around and opened the door to go out.

"Master Gu, Master Gu!"

When Gu Chen walked down the steps at the gate of Ganquan Palace, Wei Dequan chased him up from behind.The big eunuch smiled all over his face, and bowed helplessly: "Master Gu, please stop, please wait a moment."

Gu Chen stopped in his tracks.

"Your Majesty does not allow you to rush to assist Xiangping. It is really difficult." Wei Dequan sighed, "Please think about it, my lord. With your ability, if you don't know the defense and arrangements of the imperial court, can you be able to continue the battle within a month?" The next eleven cities?"

Gu Chen was originally full of anger, but he couldn't help but startled when he heard the words, as if a basin of cold water was poured on his head, gradually extinguishing his anger.He thought about it calmly for a moment—the battle with the Baiyi in his previous life was the best example. Even if his attack went smoothly, he would only be able to break through seven cities in a row within a month.

Eleven... unlikely.

He immediately realized something: "Eunuch means... there are traitors in the court to send news to Wang Yongke?"

Wei Dequan nodded.

"...Your Majesty already knew?"

Wei Dequan nodded again.

"He already knew that there was a mole..." Gu Chen was about to say "Leaving Beijing", but he suddenly understood: "He went to Hubei to save me... also to lure the snake out of the hole...?"

"Your Majesty is really exquisite." Wei Dequan let out a sigh of relief, "Although your Majesty has endured and managed for many years, after all, there is a queen dowager above him. Your Majesty has devoted all his energy and sleep to sleep, but there is something beyond his power. This traitor , that is, although His Majesty knows about it, the identity of the person cannot be ascertained."

Wei Dequan paused, and continued: "Under such circumstances, His Majesty will never let Your Excellency rush to help Xiangping, otherwise, His Majesty will be sent to a dead end. Only by catching this traitor, His Majesty will agree to let Your Excellency lead the troops." .”

Gu Chen's anger had completely cooled down at this moment, and was replaced by helplessness: "...Why didn't he tell me about this? Why is he still the same as before..."

Keep everything from him, protect him immediately when in danger, instead of thinking about letting him solve the crisis with him.

Thinking about it this way, Gu Chen felt sad and distressed.Thinking about it, I am not a person who is easily irritated, but why did Shicai lose his composure... If Xiao Tingshen objected to him leading troops, he could calm down and think about it, maybe he might not be able to understand the key points.

"Since Your Majesty has long known that there are traitors, there must be countermeasures." Gu Chen said, "Although I am weak, I hope to do my best."

Wei Dequan hesitated for a moment: "Your Majesty does have countermeasures, but they have already been rejected."

"No?"

"Yes." Wei Dequan said, "Your Majesty has thought of two countermeasures. The best strategy requires the cooperation of a general who trusts His Majesty to catch the traitor. However..."

He didn't say what he said later, but Gu Chen understood it instantly. The premise of "mutual trust" sounds very simple, but in detail, no one in the DPRK and China meets this condition.Not to mention that others trust Xiao Tingshen, it is very difficult just to "get Xiao Tingshen to trust".

Then he suddenly remembered that at this time in his previous life, Xiao Tingshen carried out an unusually bloody massacre in the court. Nearly a hundred people were involved in the front and back, and almost half of the court was killed by him, including the two of them when they were young classmates. teacher.Could it be that Xiao Tingshen at that time did not hesitate to kill like this in order to find out the traitor...?

Gu Chen heard his own voice trembling slightly: "...What is Your Majesty's worst strategy...?"

Wei Dequan said: "Your Majesty already has someone he suspects. I would rather kill him by mistake than let him go."

It was as if a piece of ice had fallen heavily into Gu Chen's stomach, making his heart ache from the cold.

It turns out that this is the real reason why Xiao Tingshen committed mass murder in his previous life.

At that time, Gu Chen didn't stay in Beijing, and Concubine Xian was still in the hands of Wang's party. She deceived everyone inside and out, and it was chaotic. It was impossible to tell who was a ghost and who was a human.Xiao Tingshen was alone and helpless, he could not trust anyone, nor would he be trusted by anyone.

So he took up the knife, and the blood forged his name as a tyrant.

And the situation in this life is very different from the previous life - Gu Chen is here, he can be sure that he trusts Xiao Tingshen.

But Xiao Tingshen still didn't choose the best strategy, he didn't believe him.

"Does Your Majesty not believe me?" When Gu Chen asked this sentence, he felt his heart ache and his breath almost stopped, he almost said this sentence in a breathy voice, "Does he think I will betray him? "

Wei Dequan showed some surprise, and shook his head immediately: "Your Majesty believes in you, he just thinks that you don't believe him."

The moment Wei Dequan shook his head, the pain in Gu Chen's heart suddenly eased, as if the hand holding his neck disappeared, and his breathing became smoother in an instant.However, as soon as the last sentence came out, his heart tightened again—he knew why Xiao Tingshen thought so.

After all, he never believed him before.When He Zhe accused Xiao Tingshen of killing his brother, didn't he doubt him without hesitation?

Gu Chen was silent for a moment, turned around, and stepped up the steps of Ganquan Palace step by step.The people of Ganquan Palace knew him a long time ago, no one stopped him, so he went all the way unimpeded, and returned to the door of Xiao Tingshen's study, and pushed open the door.

"Didn't I say that no one is allowed to bother me—!"

Xiao Tingshen's irritable and violent voice suddenly sounded. He was about to get angry, but he stopped suddenly when he realized it was Gu Chen.Gu Chen walked towards him slowly, and finally stood in front of him.

His long eyelashes drooped, and he called out, "Your Majesty."