After the rebirth, I became the darling of the tyrant

Gu Chen's ears were extremely sensitive, and when he spoke close to him like this, a slight shudder rolled over his whole body.He tried his best to turn his head and look directly at Xiao Tingshen, not wanting to show his weakness, and said in a firm and decisive tone: "I will not leave."

He was almost determined to break the boat, thinking that even if Xiao Tingshen was really the overlord, he would do something to him in the study, he would not leave.However, even after making such a determination, he still showed a slight tremor unconsciously—he still remembered the first time he was not very happy, and instinctively harbored a kind of panic about what was about to happen.

Relax... he took a deep breath and told himself.Xiao Tingshen is no one else and will not hurt him. He should not feel worried or afraid about it.But in fact he couldn't control himself, and added to this trembling was a deep shame.

He was lying on the desk in a stiff posture, trembling slightly with tension, but he didn't make any resistance.He didn't know what effect this posture of his would have in Xiao Tingshen's eyes—two clusters of flames quickly sprang up in the eyes of the young emperor, beating hotly, burning his whole body like substance.

The two of them were so close together that Gu Chen noticed it instantly - he reacted.

Gu Chen swallowed nervously involuntarily, hearing the rapid and heavy breathing of the other party.He subconsciously closed his eyes slightly, feeling the other party's heavy breath spilling into his neck, scalding like a pot of boiling hot water.Xiao Tingshen's head was deeply buried in his neck, and one hand was stretched out to the back of his waist. Gu Chen couldn't help struggling for a moment: "You..."

Xiao Tingshen stopped suddenly and took a deep breath.Immediately, he tightened his arms and hugged him tightly, leaning on him, as if he was trying his best to bear and restrain himself.After a while, he let go of Gu Chen and took a step back, the corners of his eyes were red from excessive patience.

"I can't do anything with you." He smiled wryly, "I can't move you."

Gu Chen didn't expect that the arrow could be retracted when it was on the string, so he couldn't help being stunned for a while, but then there was a burst of complicated emotions in his heart, and he couldn't tell whether he was mostly moved or relieved, or if the two were mixed together. together.

"Your Majesty, my minister..."

"I know you don't want to." Xiao Tingshen said, "Until you are willing, I will never touch you."

After speaking, he softened his eyes and softened his voice.

"I assure you," he said.

Gu Chen was startled, then nodded slightly.

About four or five days later, Xiao Tingshen issued a secret decree, ordering Jiang Chong, the commander of Long Xiangwei, to secretly escort the Gu family and the Empress Dowager away from Beijing.Gu Chen wondered what would happen after Beijing, and now Gu's mansion was the first to be targeted, so he put the rubbings of "Beiyue Stele" and the small jade carving that Xiao Tingshen gave him into the car, and handed them to his sister to take away together. .

But Xuanhu ordered him to stay.

Afterwards, Jingzhong was really quiet for a while, and there were neither any eye-catching events nor any expected changes.The empress dowager was still under house arrest by Xiao Tingshen on the grounds that "the body of the phoenix was restless". The court was operating normally, and the six ministries were also handling affairs normally. Gu Chen also went to Ganquan Palace every day as usual to drink tea or chat with Xiao Tingshen.

There was nothing strange about it at first, but as time went by, Gu Chen keenly discovered that no matter when he went to find Xiao Tingshen, the other party looked extremely tired, with blue shadows around his eyes, obviously not having a good rest .Then this tiredness began to spread to dealing with daily affairs - Xiao Tingshen in the court became extremely irritable, a little more irritable than before, and often lost his temper because of a little thing. In recent days, several officials have been unlucky one after another.

After about half a month, this symptom not only did not alleviate, but became more and more serious.Gu Chen was unavoidably worried, but Zhao Zhongqi left with the people in the Gu family, and he had nowhere to ask, so he stopped Wei Dequan when he entered the palace one evening, asking what was going on.

"Your Majesty has too many papers these days?" Gu Chen asked, "I don't think he's rested well..."

Wei Dequan sighed heavily when he heard the words, and a trace of worry appeared on his usually calm face: "Recently, Your Majesty has been having trouble falling asleep at night, and burning benzoin has no effect, and he always wakes up in the middle of the night."

"Nightmare?"

"Yes." Wei Dequan said, "Last time, Your Majesty had some kind of nightmare. When he woke up, he raised his sword and was about to cut people down. It was very scary."

"Didn't the imperial physician show His Majesty?"

"I've seen it, and prescribed medicine, but it's useless." Wei Dequan shook his head, "The imperial doctor said that your majesty's restlessness is a heart disease, and medicine can't cure it. Speaking of which, your majesty also had this problem in the past..."

Gu Chen was surprised: "Your Majesty used to be like this?"

"Probably after the incident in which the Empress Dowager was almost murdered." Wei Dequan said, "Your Majesty has never had a good night's sleep, even worse after becoming the throne."

"Could it be that he has been like this all the time, but the imperial doctors are helpless?" Gu Chen couldn't believe it.Even if he doesn't understand medical principles, he still knows that no matter who can't sleep well for such a long time, it may be very difficult to live.

"...Your Majesty's symptoms suddenly disappeared after you returned to the capital, Mr. Gu." Wei Dequan also had a puzzled expression on his face, "I originally thought that your Majesty was recovering, but I didn't expect it to recur these days."

... No wonder Xiao Tingshen has such a violent temper. If it were Gu Chen who stayed in a dangerous place all day and couldn't sleep peacefully, he might not be in a good mood.However, Wei Dequan said... Xiao Tingshen's symptoms disappeared after Gu Chen returned to Beijing. What's the reason?

Presuming that Wei Dequan would not know, Gu Chen thanked him and asked, "Which imperial physician is treating Your Majesty?"

"It's Imperial Physician An." Wei Dequan thought for a while, "Is Master Gu looking for him? He just happened to be on duty at the Imperial Hospital today."

Gu Chen nodded and headed towards the Tai Hospital.

After coming out of the imperial hospital, Gu Chen returned to Ganquan Palace full of worries.He paced around the gate of Oasis Palace twice, feeling nervous and apprehensive about what he was about to do next.

Physician An probably knew about Gu Chen's importance with Xiao Tingshen long ago, and he didn't hide anything about Xiao Tingshen's symptoms.In addition to the nightmare that Wei Dequan said woke up in the middle of the night, there are also symptoms such as restlessness, insomnia and fright, irritability and irritability.However, when it comes to the reason, Imperial Physician An is also very puzzled——

"Your Majesty seems to have a hard time calming down. According to my diagnosis, His Majesty has been depressed for a long time, and his mind is restless. This is very difficult to help him fall asleep."

Mentioning that Xiao Tingshen's nightmare suddenly healed after Gu Chen returned to Beijing, Imperial Physician An could only shake his head helplessly: "Perhaps Mr. Gu can make His Majesty feel at peace. Mr. Gu might as well suggest to His Majesty to give it a try. Falling asleep in the presence of the presence. Veteran... Veteran dare not."

He was probably afraid that his suggestion would offend Xiao Tingshen, and Xiao Tingshen became furious and cut him off... Gu Chen couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

He stood at the door for a while, finally made up his mind, and walked into Ganquan Palace.Most of the time he came to Ganquan Palace to stay in the study, either to accompany Xiao Ting to read the notebooks deeply, or to read books by himself, usually entering the palace around Shen Shi, and returning home at Xu Shi at the latest.However, today he had this matter in his heart, which made him a little restless.

Soon it was three o'clock in the unitary hour, Xiao Tingshen raised his head from the pile of books, glanced at the completely dark sky outside, and then glanced at Gu Chen who was thinking about something and didn't even notice that the book was down, lightly With a light cough: "The cloud stops."

Gu Chen was obviously startled, and came back to his senses: "Your Majesty?"

"It's three quarters you hour." Xiao Tingshen said, "I will send someone to take you back home."

"No...no need." Gu Chen got up reflexively, but then he seemed to feel something was wrong and sat back.He lowered his head and said softly, "Your Majesty doesn't need to send anyone."

Xiao Tingshen:?

"...my minister... stay in the palace tonight."

Xiao Tingshen:! ?

He stared at Gu Chen motionlessly with a shocked expression on his face, it seemed that he had misunderstood.Gu Chen quickly explained: "I heard from Eunuch Wei that His Majesty has not slept well these days, and I...my...my minister will accompany Your Majesty."

"Accompany me?"

"……Um."

"... won't force you?"

In the past, Xiao Tingshen had always been dragging Gu Chen to death, there was never a time when Gu Chen offered to stay overnight.For a moment, Xiao Ting felt that he might have heard it wrong, or that he was dreaming, so he asked subconsciously.When he saw Gu Chen shaking his head with a blushing face and whispering "No", he had a real feeling - Gu Chen was actually going to stay in the Ganquan Palace tonight!

Inexplicably, he felt a sense of tension, like a young boy who just fell in love, he was very unnecessary and stammered: "You don't have to worry, I won't touch you..."

After finishing speaking, both of them felt that something was wrong. Gu Chen lowered his head and began to cough violently, while Xiao Tingshen crumpled the edges of the paper while holding a booklet. My mind was completely muddled.

Until Wei Dequan prepared the bathtub and pajamas, Xiao Tingshen looked dull and out of order.Gu Chen stood by the hot water for a long time and did not see any sign of him leaving, so he could only remind in a low voice, "Your Majesty?"

Xiao Ting was shocked, and realized that Gu Chen was going to take a bath, but he was still standing there, and immediately turned around and rushed out, and then closed the door with a bang.After he stood against the wall for a while, he gradually calmed down, and his mind turned around—presumably Gu Chen knew from Wei Dequan that he had started to have nightmares again in recent days, and that he knew that he might be It will be relieved, so I propose to stay with him.

For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.Being able to see but not being able to eat and simply not being able to see at all are completely different concepts. He seriously suspected that Gu Chen's staying would only make him unable to sleep at night, rather than having nightmares.

But no matter what... Gu Chen will be by his side tonight, with him.

Xiao Ting felt an uncontrollable joy in his heart.He beckoned and motioned for a little eunuch to come over.

"There's no need for benzoin tonight," he said.