After the rebirth, I became the darling of the tyrant

Gu Chen waited in the tent for more than half an hour before Xiao Tingshen came back from the Empress Dowager.Seeing Xiao Tingshen coming in, Gu Chen stood up involuntarily: "Is the Empress Dowager okay?"

Xiao Ting was silent for a while without speaking.

... Is the situation bad?

Gu Chen's heart sank, as if a big rock had fallen, and he was so heavy that he couldn't breathe.His eyes gradually turned from anticipation to worry, and finally slowly, bit by bit, were covered with despair——Is the empress dowager's injury worse?Life is at stake?Or... already...?

He couldn't help shaking, and took a few steps back, feeling that the big stone in his chest was blocking him almost to suffocate.Xu Shi saw that his expression was not right, Xiao Tingshen hurriedly took a step forward, and pulled him into his arms: "She's fine."

Gu Chen suddenly raised his head: "What?"

"She's fine." Xiao Tingshen repeated with a little helplessness.

Gu Chen: "Then you..."

Then why are you making that expression! ?

Xiao Ting blinked deeply, and the corners of his lips curled slightly downward, revealing the aggrieved expression that he had when he gave Gu Chen the bow: "I was reprimanded by my mother, so I am naturally unhappy."

Gu Chen: "..."

"The queen mother said that I blamed you wrongly, you can't be the one who shot her." Xiao Tingshen continued, "Tell me to come back immediately and apologize to you."

Gu Chen wanted to laugh and was moved at the same time: "..."

"I have to obey my mother's wishes and apologize to you." Xiao Ting moved closer to him, breathing lightly in his ears, "Tell me, Mr. Gu, how do you want me to apologize?"

Xiao Tingshen's voice was very low, and when he spoke close to his ears, Gu Chen's ears went numb one after another, almost crawling along his ears all over his body.He quickly dodged back, pushing him while dodging: "Your Majesty has already apologized, there is no need to—"

Xiao Ting smiled deeply, held him firmly to prevent him from hiding, then touched his earlobe lightly with his lips.How could Gu Chen bear this, he felt that his hair was blown up, if it wasn't for Xiao Tingshen's hand clasping his waist, he would have jumped up: "Your Majesty...!"

Seeing that he was really getting angry from embarrassment, Xiao Ting let him go.As soon as he let go of his hand, Gu Chen hid eight feet away, with a look of shame and indignation on his face, as if Xiao Ting had robbed a common man and done something indecent to him.But from the beginning to the end, Xiao Tingshen just touched his earlobe...

Xiao Tingshen lowered his hands helplessly: "Come back, don't stand so far away, I won't move you."

Gu Chen: "..."

He had no intention of coming back, and expressed his deep suspicion of Xiao Tingshen with his expression, and said cautiously: "It is good for me to stand here."

Xiao Tingshen has never been able to do anything about him, so he had to sit down, pondered for a while, and then said seriously: "I think I will return to Beijing in three days."

Gu Chen was startled, and realized that Xiao Tingshen was talking about something serious, so he walked back slowly: "Would it be a little hasty for three days?"

"I asked the imperial doctor, and after three days, my mother's injuries are basically fine and she can move." Xiao Tingshen said, "This autumn hunting happened, I can't stay here for a long time, lest accidents happen."

Gu Chen nodded: "Your Majesty has a clue as to who hurt the Empress Dowager?"

Xiao Tingshen did not speak, but asked him instead: "What do you think?"

Gu Chen hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "I don't have any ideas."

"Then wait for the results of my investigation."

Gu Chen was curious: "Master Yang?"

"No." Xiao Ting sneered deeply, "Wait for him? Then I'm afraid I won't know the truth next year. I sent the inner court guards, and there should be a conclusion soon."

It turned out that Xiao Tingshen didn't count on Yang Qin early in the morning, but he still let Yang Qin solve the case within three months, in addition to the meaning of punishment, maybe it also meant to paralyze the real culprit on the surface.

...I just feel sorry for Mr. Yang.

Three days later, the Empress Dowager's health improved significantly, so Xiao Tingshen ordered that the autumn hunting should be terminated and the camp should be returned to Beijing.

At least on the surface, everything seemed to be calm. The matter of the empress dowager being shot was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, and there seemed to be no progress.However, secretly, Xiao Tingshen sent the inner court guard to search secretly, and the clues flew to Xiao Tingshen's desk like snowflakes. Gu Chen also read part of it because he often went in and out of the study, so he had to admire the inner court guard's investigation methods.

One day about half a month later, Gu Chen entered the palace as usual and met Wei Dequan at the gate of Ganquan Palace.The great eunuch was pacing at the gate of the palace with a bitter face. When he saw Gu Chen coming, his eyes lit up immediately, and he stepped forward and bowed deeply.

"Master Gu."

"Eunuch Wei." Gu Chen nodded to him, "You are..."

"Master Gu came just in time, and His Majesty is in a bad mood." Wei Dequan hurriedly led Gu Chen to the Ganquan Palace, "It's a good thing that Master Gu is here, otherwise I really don't know what to do."

Gu Chen: "...What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

"The inner court guard sent a secret report today, and His Majesty became angry after reading it." Wei Dequan said in a low voice, "The servant may be related to the Empress Dowager."

Gu Chen's hand, which was about to push the door of the study, couldn't help but pause: "Have you found out the real culprit?"

Wei Dequan shook his head, with an indescribable expression: "Your Excellency will know when you enter."

After that, he opened the door for Gu Chen, and Gu Chen walked in.When he entered, Xiao Tingshen was sitting behind the desk, his eyes downcast as if he was in deep thought.Hearing the door knock, he raised his head and glanced at Gu Chen, as expected, he looked in a bad mood.

"Here you are," he said. "Sit down."

Earlier, Gu Chen would never sit down without being rude, but later Xiao Tingshen became anxious with him because of this matter, Gu Chen had no choice but to take a step back, so he would not salute when he met Xiao Tingshen in private.He sat down on a chair, and Xiao Tingshen threw him a sealed envelope: "The inner court has just sent it, take a look."

Gu Chen opened it and browsed it from top to bottom, and couldn't help showing a touch of surprise: "This... the matter of the empress dowager actually involves the empress dowager?"

The secret document clearly stated the investigation results of the inner court guards for half a month - they started to investigate the traces of the archer ambushed in the forest, and found out the identity of the archer that day and the inextricable connection between this person and the Wang family. .All kinds of obvious or dark signs showed that the Empress Dowager had something to do with this matter.

"I should have thought of it." Xiao Ting sat back in the chair, his voice was a little harsh, "Who else but her."

Gu Chen frowned slightly - he thought of the empress dowager's inexplicable summoning to him before, so he said slowly: "So that time she summoned me..."

"It's for me to see." Xiao Ting snorted coldly, "Thank you for your hard work."

Gu Chen closed the secret folder and looked deeply at Xiao Ting: "What are your majesty's plans?"

Even though we know that the empress dowager may have ulterior motives and malicious intentions, the investigation by the inner court guards cannot be brought to the surface. The empress dowager is even in the name of Xiao Tingshen's aunt, and if Xiao Tingshen has no evidence to charge him On the head of his aunt, then the criticism of the world will definitely make him overwhelmed.

What's more, the empress dowager has been very quiet recently, even if Xiao Tingshen tried to find her fault, he couldn't find it.

"I've thought about it." Xiao Tingshen buried half of his face in the shadows, and spoke very slowly: "In a few days, you and my mother will leave Shenjing and go to Ningcheng, along with your family."

His topic jumped too fast, and Gu Chen didn't react for a while: "What?"

"You can't stay in Shenjing." Xiao Tingshen said, "Go to Ningcheng Palace to stay for a while, and you will come back when things are over here."

It took Gu Chen a while to realize that Xiao Tingshen wanted to send them away, away from Shenjing, away from the center of the conflict that might break out next.For a moment, he had mixed feelings in his heart. On the one hand, he was moved because Xiao Tingshen wanted to protect him, but on the other hand, he felt a real helplessness from the bottom of his heart——

Xiao Tingshen still regarded him as some kind of fragile porcelain.

"I won't leave." Gu Chen said, "No matter what His Majesty is going to face, I will just be with you."

Xiao Tingshen sat up straight from the shadows, glanced at him with a strange, almost gentle gaze, and said firmly: "No. I have already made a decision."

Gu Chen was laughed angrily by him for a moment: "Your Majesty thinks that the minister is like the vase on the shelf, which will break if touched?"

"I never thought about it that way."

"Then let me stay." Gu Chen said, "It is impossible for me to leave His Majesty alone."

"...Yunting." Xiao Tingshen said, "The only one I can fully trust is you."

"I asked you to leave with your mother and your family, not just because I want you to avoid it, but because I hope you can help me take care of my mother, and you can help me protect her safety." Xiao Ting said in a low voice, "I won't Putting yourself in a dangerous situation, now that the Wang Clan is in decline and most of the forces have been uprooted, you don't need to worry about me."

As he spoke, he paused slightly: "Don't let me worry about you."

Gu Chen's eyes flickered for a moment - Xiao Ting knew him too well, knew that he was powerless to refuse such an excuse, and he couldn't refuse his tone at all.However, after only a moment, Gu Chen stabilized himself, and said in the same firm tone: "I can't leave."

He got up, stood in front of Xiao Tingshen, and repeated firmly: "I will not leave."

While he was talking, he remembered his previous life.It was also the same inexplicable expulsion, the same inexplicable decree, Xiao Tingshen issued an imperial decree, driving him back to Yanbei directly.At that time he thought it was Xiao Tingshen who doubted him, he thought it was Xiao Tingshen who detested him...

But now his heart is clear: it is Xiao Ting who wants to protect him.

The time in the previous life was much longer than that in this life. Around the New Year of this year, Gu Chen was driven back to Yanbei by Xiao Tingshen. Since then, the two have been separated by thousands of miles and have never seen each other again.Afterwards came the decree to bestow death, and Gu Chen died under a cup of poisoned wine.

Although there was no evidence, Gu Chen just felt that he was about to face the same situation as in his previous life, and Xiao Tingshen made the same choice—he wanted to send Gu Chen away.It's just that in the previous life, he directly made the will outrageously, but in this life, he tried to impress Gu Chen with reason.

If Gu Chen leaves, he will face the same ending as in his previous life.

Therefore he cannot go.

It has been a long time since Gu Chen expressed such strong opposition. Since he and Xiao Tingshen gradually confirmed their intentions, he has gradually retreated step by step.Xiao Tingshen also noticed something strange from his unusual attitude, but he still insisted on his own thoughts: "If you refuse to leave, I will decree to demote you from the capital."

Gu Chen smiled, his eyes suddenly brightened surprisingly: "It's like this again... I won't leave."

"Then you are disobedient."

"If your majesty thinks that the subject is resisting the order and does not obey it, and should be killed, then go ahead and do it." Gu Chen said, "The subject is resisting the order, so what will your majesty do?"

He has never had such an expression, he should be gentle, restrained, low-key, reserved... It is almost impossible for such arrogant remarks to appear on him.However, when he said "just do it" with a smile, he showed a different kind of gorgeousness in an instant, which was soul-stirring.

It took Xiao Tingshen a lot of effort to regain his reason, and he gritted his teeth: "No! You have to go!"

"Do not."

For a moment, Xiao Tingshen felt all the blood in his body rushing to the top of his head, and he suddenly pushed Gu Chen down on the desk.Pens, inks, papers and inkstones and a large pile of notebooks were scattered all over the ground, making a loud noise, but neither of them paid attention.

Xiao Ting was condescending, and leaned close to Gu Chen's ear, and their bodies were tightly fitted together.

"Don't go?" Xiao Ting's deep breath was astonishingly hot, "If you don't go... I will let you sleep."