Raising Wolves

The dinner in Qianqing Palace is quite rich tonight.

When Chang Shun heard that Lu Qingze had entered the palace, he sneaked away without hesitation and ordered the kitchen to change the dinner to medicinal food.

Lu Qing took a look at the dishes and guessed three points. He glanced at Ning Juan with a half-smile: "Changshun is getting smarter and smarter. You should not bully him on weekdays."

"Understood." Ning Juan complied obediently, looked at Lu Qingze carefully, but was dissatisfied, "The heat is hard to dissipate, and the teacher seems to have lost a little. Is this how Chen Xiaodao took care of you in the mansion?"

Lu Qingze: "It's almost done, it's forbidden to step on it."

Lu Qingze's appetite has always been poor. Tonight, with Ning Juan's considerate feeding, he ate more than half a bowl. After eating, he only felt that his stomach was bloated and stuffed too full. If he didn't take a stroll to digest food, he must be sleeping No more.

After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, how is Xiaoxue?"

Go to Yingfang to see Xiaoxue, and then walk back, almost digested.

Ning Juan didn't like the broken bird very much, and replied reluctantly: "It should be fine."

Lu Qing stood up and said, "Then I'll go and have a look."

Ning Juanteng followed suit: "I'll accompany..."

"Your Majesty, continue to deal with government affairs." Lu Qing tapped two fingers on the table and pointed in the direction of the study, "Don't be lazy, Wei Herong's people are waiting to see your jokes."

Hearing the sound, Ning Juan could only retract his legs abruptly, fearing that Lu Qing would feel that he was not doing his job properly, so he muffled, called two guards, and led him with lights.

Seeing that Lu Qing was about to leave, he couldn't help telling: "Then teacher come back early."

That broken bird has a deep scheming mind, don't be so hooked that you don't want to come back!

Lu Qing waved his hand without looking back, followed the guards and left Qianqing Palace.

Chang Shun followed Ning Juan back to the study to wait on him. Seeing that he seemed unhappy, he comforted him plainly: "Your Majesty, Master Lu will stay in the palace tonight, and maybe he will stay tomorrow. Your Majesty will finish approving the papers earlier. , and spend more time with Mr. Lu."

Ning Juan glanced at him, noncommittal, recalling Lu Qingze's words, and said lightly: "You have done a good job recently."

Tonight's medicated meal is also well arranged.

The way to keep Lu Qingze was Chang Shun's reminder, and Lu Qing took the soft rather than the hard.

He knew not to be impatient, but it was difficult to restrain the impulses rushing through his limbs. After the incident in Lin'an Mansion last time, although he had reconciled, it was probably because that night was too chaotic, and Lu Qing left behind The memory is not good, and when dealing with him, occasionally there will be a little more caution that he has not noticed and never had before.

For example, when I came to see him today, I wanted to read the playbook, but stopped.

It's been a long time since I slept with him.

On the way back to the capital from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Lu Qing was alone in another carriage, saying that he was afraid of getting angry with him.

He can only be more obedient, making Lu Qing soft-hearted.

Chang Shun knew very well which errand he was doing well: "Your Majesty has been rewarded, and I am very happy to be able to share the worries of Your Majesty."

"I paid you a pair of gold bowls and cups from Pan Jingmin this time, and I'm rewarding you." Ning Juan picked up his pen and became a majestic and indifferent emperor again in front of others, "Go and get it."

Chang Shun's eyes lit up, and he thanked happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

Lu Qing left Qianqing Palace, strolled unhurriedly, and stepped into the Eagle Room after a long absence.

It was getting dark, but the falconer hadn't fallen asleep yet. He was sitting at the door and carving a pigeon whistle. When he heard the sound of footsteps, he raised his head and saw a young man in white clothes walking not far away. He cried out and jumped in surprise. Get up: "Teacher Lu, you are back!"

Lu Qing smiled and nodded: "I'll come and see Xiaoxue, is your injury healed?"

When Xiaoxue was mentioned, the falconer's face suddenly became very complicated: "Not long after you and His Majesty went south, Xiaoxue recovered from her injuries, but..."

"What?" Seeing his distressed expression, Lu Qingze's heart slightly lifted.

"It's just... oh, it's hard to say, just go in and have a look!" The falconer waved his hand, put away the pigeon whistle, and led the way, sighing, "The little one has survived five or six eagles back and forth, This is the first time this has happened!"

Lu Qing, full of doubts, followed him into the eagle room where Xiaoxue was kept.

In the huge eagle cage, a huge group of snow-white huddled in the corner, supported on the shelf, with its head buried in one wing, seemed to have fallen asleep.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Hai Dongqing in the corner moved his head and turned his head vigilantly to look.

The eyes of one person and one bird met.

Lu Qing couldn't help being stunned: "Why... have you gained so much weight?"

Fat into a snowball.

The falconer said in a heavy tone, "Because it doesn't want to fly and eats so much."

Xiaoxue recognized Lu Qingze, her sharp eagle eyes rounded, screaming and bumping into the cage, trying to fly out.

The falconer hurried over and opened the lock.

The next moment, a meter-long bird fluttered out with its wings spread. Its beak was barbed like a knife, and it shone coldly in the candlelight, making the falconer tremble with fear.

This is a bird of prey!

He rushed over to stop her, but Lu Qingze had already stretched out his hand, hugging Xiaoxue in his arms, and his smile deepened: "It's only been so long, why has it grown so much?"

Seeing that Xiaoxue didn't attack Lu Qingze, the falconer wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and vomited bitterly: "Teacher Lu doesn't know something, he eats too much! He eats three or four fat rabbits a day, and what's the price?" You have to feed it to its mouth, coax it before it will eat, let it out after eating, and refuse to move, poke it and move it, if you put it on the hunting ground, you won’t even be able to catch the prey!"

Xiaoxue seemed to understand the falconer's rant behind her back, she tilted her head, and her eagle eyes turned to the falconer.

The falconer immediately shut up.

This fat bird not only eats too much and refuses to move, but also holds grudges.

Lu Qing struggled to weigh the weight.

Fat is a little fatter, but the injury has healed, if you continue to feed like this, it will not be good for this little guy to lose his hunting instinct.

Still have to be released.

Hearing from the falconer that Xiaoxue refused to move, Lu Qing thought about it, and simply took it outside, let go of the big bird, and tried to communicate with it: "I threw the food, can you catch it?"

Xiaoxue folded her wings, tilted her head, and her eyes were full of foolishness.

Lu Qing took the clip from the falconer and picked up a piece of meat. Xiaoxue thought she was going to feed herself and opened her mouth.

But Lu Qing threw it with all his strength and threw the meat into the sky!

With a swipe, a black shadow flashed in front of the eyes of several people in the courtyard, and the eagle flapped its wings. It was as fast as lightning, and it firmly grabbed the piece of meat in mid-air, flapped its wings, and gracefully landed on the eaves. He held his head high and looked down on the crowd below, lowered his head and ate his supper.

The falconer was dumbfounded: "So it can fly?"

Lu Qing touched his chin: "This is the power of ancestral blood."

It seems that there is no need to worry that this fat bird will not even find food after it is released.

The falconer slowly closed his wide-open mouth: "You don't know, we also tried to feed Xiaoxue like this, but she didn't care at all, it had to be you."

Lu Qing couldn't help but laugh: "If I'm free, I'll come and exercise Xiaoxue often."

After playing with the excited Big Bird for a while, Lu Qing deeply felt that not only Xiaoxue got the amount of exercise, but he also got it, sweating profusely.

Seeing that it was late, if he didn't go back, Ning Juan would probably send someone to remind him, so he sent Xiaoxue back, said goodbye to the falconer, and returned to Qianqing Palace.

Passing by the South Study Room, the lights inside are still on, and His Majesty is still writing hard.

Lu Qing went to take a bath and came out, and His Majesty the Emperor was still writing.

Previously, Lu Qing accompanied Ning Juan to read the playbook all afternoon, and felt dizzy.

The words and sentences used in these playbooks are extremely cumbersome, with four parallels and six parallels, and long-winded words. After reading a long and eloquent article, and then presenting key information, it is troublesome and hurts the eyes. Even after reading the long article, no effective information can be extracted.

It's no wonder that some emperors choose court officials after reading five thousand words of nonsense.

Originally, many documents should be handed over to the cabinet for processing. After the cabinet drafts, it will be reported to Ning Juan. Ning Juan only needs to make a ruling and hand it over to the ceremonial supervisor for approval.

But Wei Herong deliberately sent these memorials to Ning Juan, and the workload became extremely cumbersome.

He probably wanted Ning Juan to retreat and return power to the cabinet, but the cabinet was headed by the Wei Party.

Children have not yet reached the age of [-]. In modern times, they are all underage child laborers.

Lu Qing looked at the brightly lit study room, felt sorry for the child, went to the small kitchen to fetch a bowl of chilled mung bean tremella soup, returned to the south study room, and knocked on the door.

Ning Juan was frowning and looking at the nonsense thing in front of him, thinking that Changshun was outside the door, so he responded casually: "Come in."

The person came in but didn't make a sound, but something was put on the table instead. Ning Juan raised his eyebrows irritably, seeing Lu Qingze's face, swallowed the reprimand immediately, and smiled involuntarily: " The teacher is back? Did you bring me the soup?"

Lu Qing looked at his bored look, and touched his head: "Drink some soup to relieve the heat, take a break, how much is left? I'll approve it for you, and you can watch from the side."

No matter how many candles are lit at night, looking at these things is somewhat hurtful to the eyes, and Ning Juan is not very happy: "Not many, I will finish the approval in a while."

After a suspicion, it was actually difficult for Lu Qing to define some distance.

Do you not want him to see it?

He pondered for a while, and then suspected that he was overthinking, so he didn't say anything, just sat on the side, watching Ning Juan drink the soup with his chin in his hands.

Ning Juan secretly looked at Lu Qingze while drinking the sweet soup.

As the saying goes, look at the beauty under the lamp.

Lu Qing is undoubtedly a beauty like snow and moon.

The sleeves fell down, revealing a thin and white wrist. Looking up, one could see the rosy cheeks just after taking a bath, and the loose black hair made the face seem to glow.

Different from the weakness and paleness of the past, at this moment his lips are flushed, his eyes are shining, and there is a mole of tears in the corner of his eyes.

Ning Juan's heart beat faster, and the fingertips holding the porcelain spoon turned white. It took a lot of effort to barely glance away, so that Lu Qing would not notice the burning in his eyes.

Lu Qing twirled his hair that was still slightly damp, and chatted casually: "Xiaoxue's injury has healed up. I went to the eagle room to see it just now. It has gained a lot of weight. Fortunately, its hunting skills have not faded much. Find a time to let it go. Let it go back."

Ning Juan paused: "Don't the teacher like it very much?"

If you like it, why not stay?

Lu Qing blinked: "I just like it, so I can't lock it, otherwise I will force it to stay and kill its nature. Wouldn't it be a tragedy?"

Ning Juan tightened his grip on the porcelain bowl.

If he didn't know that Lu Qingze was extremely slow in the matter of love, and hadn't discovered his dark and dirty thoughts, he would almost think that Lu Qingze's words were meant for him.

He took a deep look at Lu Qingze: "Let it stay in the capital, someone will feed it every day, and if you want to go out to relax, someone will take it with you. Compared with the life of the reintroduction, it is no different, not even Wouldn't it be better if there was more danger?"

When discussing Xiaoxue before, didn't the boy take the initiative to say that he would let Xiaoxue go?

Why did you suddenly change your mind now?

Lu Qing frowned slightly.

When the two met, Ning Juan was already eleven or twelve years old, and his three views and personalities were basically fixed. It was difficult for Lu Qing to teach Ning Juan some concepts that were different from the current world.

Moreover, it is impossible to really teach the emperor of the feudal society to become a young man with modern thinking, otherwise Ning Juan will only die faster.

So he hesitated for a while, and didn't try to argue: "Unless it stays voluntarily, it will wither if it is locked here."

Ning Juan pursed his lips, agreeing with most of Lu Qingze's ideas.

But maybe it was Lu Qingze's unintentional words that hit his mind precisely, and he rarely disagreed.

The teacher is a beautiful but fragile flower that attracts countless people to climb and break it. They covet and want to break it, but he will break the hands of those people, take care of it carefully, and water it carefully.

The only condition is to stay by his side.

What's wrong with staying with him?

It was so dangerous outside, it would only be more sad than being around him.

Ning Juan swallowed the last sip of mung bean soup, and smiled slightly: "Teacher, wait for me a little longer, I'll be fine soon."

Lu Qing didn't get an accurate answer, and was also a little puzzled. Seeing that Ning Juan was buried in his desk again, he could only hold back his thoughts temporarily, and waited for Ning Juan to finish processing the last note.

It was already late at night when the treatment was finished, Ning Juan went to take a bath, his eyes were a little red and bloodshot.

Chang Shun picked up the lamp, sent the two of them to the front of the bedroom, and quickly disappeared in small steps.

Lu Qing blinked, seeing a hint of intentionality.

What are you running in such a hurry?

After entering the room, he realized that something was wrong, and glanced at His Majesty the Emperor wonderingly: "What are you doing here?"

Ning Juan was even more innocent: "Teacher, this is my bedroom."

That's right.

Lu Qingze just waited for Ning Juan to drink the medicine while taking a bath, and now he was sleepy, and yawned a little: "Then you go to bed early, and you have to go to court tomorrow."

After speaking, he turned around and wanted to leave.

Ning Juan was so angry that he couldn't bear it any longer. He grabbed Lu Qingze and gritted his teeth: "Changshun has left with a lamp. It's pitch black outside. Where are you going?"

Only then did Lu Qing realize how Changshun had slipped away so quickly, and was speechless for a while.

Ning Juan grabbed his wrist, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Lu Qingze gloomily: "Is that why you don't want to sleep with me?"

Lu Qing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that this kind of Ning Juan was somewhat similar to that night.

Ning Juan didn't cause him any substantial harm that night, but it made him feel a little bit of danger.

This little boy seems to be not only a puppy who can act like a baby, but also has sharp teeth and claws, with a sharp aggressiveness.

Out of subconscious anxiety, she didn't really want to sleep with Ning Juan.

As if aware of his attitude, Ning Juan immediately let go of his hand, and lowered his eyes: "I knew it, the teacher is still blaming me."

Lu Qingze: "..."

Again!

It's fine for this brat to act, why does he just take this trick? !

Lu Qing hesitated to speak, and finally did not say the hurtful words, and said another reason without mercy: "To be honest, it's too hot to sleep with you, lying on the same bed at night, with a little girl Like a furnace."

Ning Juan: "...I'll ask someone to add another ice basin."

Since the beginning of summer, how many times has he been so disgusted by Lu Qingze?

After a lot of tugging, Lu Qing was defeated in the end. He reluctantly took an extra soft pillow and placed it between the two of them. It was the boundary between Chuhe and Han, and it was stipulated that Ning Juan was not allowed to cross the boundary to scald him. Lie on the dragon bed.

Ning Juan was so depressed that he had nowhere to vent his anger.

I don't know how many people want to climb the dragon bed but can't climb it. Only Lu Qingze wants him to go to the dragon bed.

The young His Majesty lay down depressed.

He usually doesn't sleep well, the bedroom is lit with benzoin, the smell is a bit strong, but Lu Qing is far away, the familiar plum fragrance is faintly present, hooking people, lying quietly for a while, Ning Juan couldn't help it Rushed to Lu Qingze.

Immediately, a cold fingertip touched his forehead.

Lu Qing half-opened his eyes dimly, pointed at Ning Juan's head, and pushed him back, half awake and full of vigilance: "Your Majesty, you have crossed the line."

Ning Juan reluctantly retracted, and looked at Lu Qingze's profile resentfully.

As Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the jade plate outside the window became more and more round, and the bright moonlight sprinkled into the house, passed through the gauze bed curtain, was sieved softer, and was evenly wiped on Lu Qingze's face, and the two long eyelashes quietly closed.

Ning Juan's breathing couldn't help but ease, seeing that Lu Qingze's breathing gradually became even, and fell into a deep sleep.

The teacher is so beautiful, how could he let him go.

I don't know how long it took, Ning Juan tentatively moved over there, and called out in a low voice, "Huaixue?"

I don't know if it's because of Ning Juan's side, or because of the benzoin, but Lu Qing fell into a deep sleep and didn't feel anything.

Ning Juan indifferently glanced at the pillow that was used to draw the border between Chuhe and Han, ignored it directly, stretched out his hand gently, and Lu Qing, who was sleeping soundly, was brought into his arms.

The faint plum fragrance that seemed to have nothing to hook people before suddenly became rich.

Ning Juan secretly decided that when he lured Lu Qingze to the bedroom in the future, he had to put out the benzoin.

Suddenly being brought into a fiery embrace, Lu Qing struggled uncomfortably, but failed to break away, so he frowned and continued to sleep peacefully, accepting the reality quickly.

With a smile on the corner of Ning Juan's lips, he couldn't help kissing him on the forehead, and hugged Lu Qing contentedly, then closed his eyes.

Early the next morning, Lu Qing was woken up by the heat.

In the dream, he seemed to be thrown into warm water to be boiled, and he couldn't escape no matter what, bursts of heat came over him, forcing him to pull himself out of his sleep.

I don't know why the dormitory with two basins of ice is so hot, but Lu Qing opened his eyes sweating, and vaguely found that there were only strong arms around his waist.

When he looked up, he saw the handsome face of the young man in deep sleep.

Lu Qingze's mind was still not sober, and thoughts popped out of his mind one after another:

Ning Guoguo has always been very obedient.

Could it be that he rolled over unknowingly last night?

He is not very honest when he sleeps sometimes.

The mind and body were not awake at the same time, and Lu Qing thought about it for a long time. After gradually recovering his senses, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Under the thin quilt, Ning Juan hugged him tightly.

The pajamas are thin, and the bodies of the two get closer.

So many things that are difficult to conceal, let him feel without hindrance.

Realizing what it was, Lu Qing's mind, which had been slowly sobering for three minutes, suddenly became blind again.

As if being sweetened by the tongue of fire, he struggled violently. Ning Juan was awakened from his sweet sleep, and opened his eyes vigilantly. Before he could react, Lu Qing struggled again, and the boy frowned suddenly. , pressing his waist, with a hoarse voice: "Teacher... don't move around."

Lu Qing's expression was blank.

The atmosphere in the house was not clear, Chang Shun also brought people to the outside of the bedroom, and was about to knock on the door to go in, reminding Ning Juan that it was time to get up and change clothes and go up, but before he knocked, he heard a loud "boom" from inside the room.

Chang Shun was startled, he didn't care much, he hurriedly opened the door and rushed in: "What's the matter?"

Then I saw Lu Qing sitting on the bed with a strange face, his clothes and hair were all messed up, and His Majesty the Emperor lay disheveled under the bed, sat up frowning, glanced coldly, grabbed the shoes next to him and threw them away, The voice was still a bit hoarse, and the tone was not good: "Who let you in? Get out!"

For a moment, Changshun seemed to see his little golden bowl fly away.

Without even thinking about it, he backed out with a whoosh, slammed the door shut, and guarded the door with a straight face, preventing others from approaching.

After waiting tremblingly for a long time, His Majesty came out after cleaning his face, and said in a calm voice, "Go to the nearby Nuan Pavilion to change clothes."

Changshun: "..."

So what exactly happened?

Your Majesty...was kicked off the dragon bed by Mr. Lu?

He didn't dare to ask these words, hesitating again and again, Chang Shun still said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, your forehead is a little green...do you want to apply some medicine?"

Ning Juan: "..."

Seeing that Ning Juan was silent, Chang Shun didn't dare to say anything more, and silently waited for Ning Juan to change his clothes, and put on the Dagon uniform.

He was really worried all the time that His Majesty would use his power against Master Lu!

Ning Juan changed his clothes with a paralyzed face, still thinking about what Lu Qingze had just said to him.

After Lu Qing kicked him out of the bed, the roots of his ears were turning red, like a mirror lake that had been thrown with stones. His usual calmness was broken, with constant ripples. His eyes wandered for a long time before he coughed lightly and said Two sentences.

The first sentence is: "It's normal, I don't mind."

The second sentence is: "Well... Guoguo is very healthy."

He sat on the ground, looked at Lu Qingze, and pretended to be puzzled: "Will the teacher do the same?"

One sentence made Lu Qingze's ears redder by two points.

Lu Qingze's breath was not stable: "Naturally."

The corners of Ning Juan's mouth curled up, and his eyes were dark and unclear. Just thinking about Lu Qingze's performance at that time, he couldn't help but feel distracted.

The teacher was shy and forced to be calm, which is really cute.

He suddenly felt much happier, and took a sip of tea slowly: "Keep the teacher, don't let him go out of the palace in a chariot."

If it wasn't for the lack of time... He would have to tease the teacher again when Xia Chao came back.

He hadn't realized how short the spring night was, but he didn't want to go to court early.

Ning Juan thought very well, but Lu Qing had legs.

He was stopped from being given a chariot, so he walked out of the Forbidden City slowly, relying on his two legs.

On the way, I heard some gossip from the little court ladies and eunuchs. When His Majesty went to court today, his forehead seemed to be a little blue, but he was calm and calm, so he pretended not to hear it.

By the time Ning Juan came back, he had already slipped away.

Chang Shun was also very helpless: "Master Lu must leave, and the slaves don't dare to stop him, for fear of hurting him..."

He firmly believed in his heart that in His Majesty's heart, Lord Lu's safety must be more important than keeping him.

Ning Juan was at a loss for words, but he had no choice but to send Chang Shun to the Lu Mansion again, to send more items to cool off the summer heat, and sent people to search for new gadgets.

So as not to be disgusted next time.

Lu Qing returned to the Lu Mansion, ignored Chen Xiaodao's teasing eyes, and said with a straight face: "For the past two days, we will close the door and see no visitors."

Chen Xiaodao wondered if he had quarreled with His Majesty again, and scratched his head.

Waking up too early, Lu Qing was still sleepy, and staggered back to the room to catch up on sleep.

He used to fall asleep with the pillow on his head, but this time he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep no matter what.

When I think about what happened in the morning, I am so embarrassed that my whole body is not right.

In fact, there was nothing to care about, but he followed like a demon, he couldn't forget it no matter what, and he was awkward everywhere.

Through this incident, Lu Qing finally realized that Ning Juan had really grown up.

Lu Qing had been a tortoise in the mansion for a few days, and the rewards from the palace came from time to time. Every time, Chang Shun secretly mentioned that His Majesty missed him very much, but he just smiled and didn't intend to go to the palace.

Two days later, there was a lot of ups and downs in the palace, and there was a faint message from the hidden ones.

His Majesty was poisoned and fell into a coma.