Raising Wolves

In the dark room, the rapid breathing stopped suddenly, and the cold wind poured down.

The moment Lu Qingze pulled his hand away, Ning Juan's eyelashes trembled.

The fiery heart that was still beating rapidly a few moments ago suddenly became hollow, and the cold wind seemed to pour through the hollow heart, making him smack and touch Lu Qingze's faint voice "I can't see clearly, and I can't speak clearly", Some want to laugh.

Did the teacher notice it?

When he realized it, his first reaction was to leave without hesitation, thinking that he was talking nonsense.

He sat stiffly on the edge of the bed, expressionless on his face, coldly watching the familiar figure groping in the dark to find a lamp, his eyes were filled with thick ink that could not be melted, and he clenched his fists silently.

After a few breaths, the room suddenly lit up.

The warm yellow candlelight was blown by the wind, swaying and outlining the thin and thin lines of the person at the table, hidden in the flickering light and darkness.

Lu Qing could clearly feel Ning Juan's eyes staring directly at him.

The sense of presence is too obvious.

But he is not in the mood to coax the child now, and needs to calm down.

Lu Qing lived two lifetimes, but the only two times when his mind was blank and he didn't know how to deal with things for a while was because of Ning Juan.

After lighting the lamp, he didn't turn his head to look at Ning Juan, nor did he leave the bedroom immediately, but turned around and walked to the window and closed it.

Ning Juan's heart was beating very fast just now, it was abnormally fast.

She stared at him and said vague words.

If he's not getting too sentimental...that's a bit of a problem.

calm.

Lu Qing warned himself in his heart, his fingertips trembling a little.

He treats Ning Juan as a child, and feels that he is "like a master, like a father", but the age gap between them is actually only seven years old.

What's more, Ning Juan is much precocious than teenagers of this age.

And he's still good looking.

Although sick and thin, there is nothing to look at.

Lu Qing numbly closed a window.

A young boy in adolescence is at the time of restlessness.

He lacked a sense of security since he was a child, and the person he trusted the most was the teacher who grew up with him, taught him to read and write, planned strategies, and protected him.

It would indeed be easy to confuse feelings, especially when he tied all his desire for warmth to one person.

By the way, there is also Ning Cong, king of Shu who should have been whipped countless times.

Ning Juan was misled by this uncle when he was a teenager.

The 17-year-old Ning Juan is not childish if he says he is naive, but he is not mature enough if he is to say he is mature, especially in terms of emotions, he will misplace emotions such as attachment and admiration, and become curious about him, and then breed some strange and irritating feelings. A little bit of possessive confusion is normal.

It's just an illusion, he is Ning Juan's teacher, what needs to be done at this time is to guide and correct it.

Even if Ning Juan really had something on his mind, he had to suppress it as soon as possible.

They are teachers and students.

Numerous psychological analyzes ran through his mind, while Lu Qing took a deep breath, feeling that he had calmed down, while his mind was still confused, and closed a window again.

In previous interviews, how did he answer and how did he deal with such questions?

If you can't avoid it, it will break the child's heart.

Then speak clearly and frankly, help him analyze his psychology, let him understand what is going on with his feelings, and then...

Lu Qing thought about it step by step in his heart, and was about to continue closing the window when his hand was suddenly held down.

The hand that was pressing on his was slender and strong, but it was cold and not as hot as it used to be.

The young man's deep and calm voice sounded behind him: "Teacher, this is the Baibao Pavilion. Although it's fine if you lift it, the porcelain on it hit the ground too loudly, and it will scare you."

Lu Qing suddenly came back to his senses. It was clear that the fingers on the back of his hand were not warm, and his hand shrank as if it had been scalded. When he looked up, he realized that he was walking around and had already reached the Baibao Pavilion.

"It's nothing to lift" is very easy to say - none of the things placed on it are rare treasures that are priceless, even a small vase is priceless.

He looked back calmly: "Why did you get up?"

Ning Juan looked as usual, with the same smile on his face as usual: "It's rare to see the teacher in a daze, and he wants to scare you, and he has been lying down for two days, and he also wants to come down for a walk."

Lu Qingze: "..."

Why do you look like a normal person.

The opening remarks he had prepared were choked back by Ning Juan's attitude, so he had to push Ning Juan to sit on the couch first, thinking back to the boy's heartbeat that was beating like a drum just now, and felt that it was still necessary to talk about it .

Even if the language is vague and misunderstood, the heartbeat will never lie.

We can't let this little brat get away with it.

Just wanting to take the initiative to bring this up, Lu Qing was still a little awkward.

He has lived two lifetimes, both because of physical problems, he has always been pure-hearted and ascetic, and has never been exposed to such things, and his experience is actually zero.

But he is older than Ning Juan, so he should take the initiative to make this clear.

Lu Qing paused for a moment before opening his mouth: "Guoguo, you just..."

"Is the teacher still angry?" Ning Juan sat down and tilted his head to look at him, "It was indeed my fault for hiding it from you. I will discuss it with the teacher next time. Don't be angry, okay?"

The ending sound was pitifully low, making people unbearable to criticize.

Lu Qing was dumbfounded for a moment: "Who told you this, I'm not angry. I mean, you just..."

"Is the teacher concerned about my body?"

Ning Juan answered again, probably because the Arhat couch was not very comfortable to lie on. He was half leaning on the couch, with one long leg resting lazily on the edge, and the other leg dangling down. He was full of youthful air, and his tone was casual: " Xu Shu's medicine will make me feel flustered and thirsty occasionally, it's not a big deal."

Lu Qing was stunned, because Ning Juan's performance was too understated, and he couldn't even remember that Ning Juan was poisoned by a poison that even the entire imperial hospital was helpless.

Probably in order to delay time, and to make the Tai Hospital temporarily puzzled, such a vicious poison was administered.

Ning Juan has always been cruel to himself and his enemies.

... Is it really because of poisonous hair?

Then, how to explain those words.

That low, inaudible "you" still feels like thunder on the flat ground, thrilling in the silence.

Seeing that Lu Qing was examining himself without saying a word, Ning Juan looked back at him flatly: "As for that hairpin, the teacher doesn't have to worry about it. I am no longer the incompetent and ignorant kid I used to be. I really don't need it anymore. I want to take advantage of Xu Shu's thoughts, but more, it is indeed for my mother, and when things are done, Xu Shu will also get a corresponding reward..."

As he spoke, he frowned: "Teacher, I'm in so much pain."

From his demeanor to his tone of voice, he was extremely natural, and in the end he even coquettishly skillfully.

Lu Qing almost softened his heart because of his distress. After examining him for a long time, he couldn't find any flaws in him.

Is it his illusion, or is he too self-indulgent, thinking that everyone will think about him because of this face?

Or maybe Ning Juan's acting skills are too good.

It was difficult for Lu Qing to be sure for a while.

But the draft he had just typed out was really too much to say after being disrupted by Ning Juan's phone call.

After a long while, Lu Qing pointed to the outside room: "I asked Changshun to prepare hot water, and it should be able to be brought in now, you go to take a bath, come back and rest, I will finish the military and political affairs in the past few days , come back tonight and let you know."

Ning Juan nodded obediently, got up from the couch, his footsteps were not as stable as usual due to the pain from the poison.

When the two got closer, Lu Qing almost had a premonition that Ning Juan would fall to him in the next second.

The atmosphere is like a sharp and straight line, precarious.

His nerves also tensed slightly.

However, in the next moment, the boy passed him by, only the fingertips touched each other unconsciously, but in just that moment, they separated suddenly.

Lu Qing was inexplicably relieved.

Sure enough, he was self-indulgent.

But he didn't see that the moment Ning Juan turned his back, the smile on his face disappeared completely, and the darkness in his long and narrow eyes spread.

Just now, there was only a little clue, but Lu Qing couldn't wait to get away and leave him.

So he couldn't show his mind right now, scaring Lu Qing away would outweigh the gain.

He had to be more patient, and more patient, to weave a natural trap, so that Lu Qing could step in unsuspectingly.

Chang Shun always looked worried, afraid that he would use force against Lu Qing.

He is also worried.

If Lu Qing really ran away, he was not sure what he would do.

If Lu Qing is obedient, he doesn't mind being an obedient puppy in front of him all the time, and obeys everything.

teacher.

Ning Juan walked to the door of the hall expressionlessly, and knocked on the door three times.

You better not find it yourself.

When Chang Shun came in, he happened to meet His Majesty's face that seemed to have been refrigerated in an ice cellar for 18 years. He couldn't help shivering, his legs were weak: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"

Isn't Mr. Lu inside, why is he still looking murderous!

Ning Juan's face was cold, but his tone was very calm: "Pass the hot water up."

Lu Qing listened from a distance, feeling fine.

That night in Lin'an Mansion, Ning Juan discovered that when he had a private meeting with Duan Lingguang, he might have felt betrayed—after all, Ning Juan hated being betrayed the most in his life. See what intense emotions there are.

His Majesty the emperor is rich in gold and jade, so he inevitably has the thinking of "those who oppose me will perish". If he really has any thoughts about him, he shouldn't be so calm.

But whether it's true or not, he has to be careful.

He cultivated the emperor well, and wanted to teach him a wise king, not to raise himself a wolf that would only bite back.

In the future, I can no longer ignore the distance as before, and I have to give Ning Juan a correct view of love.

A few years ago, I felt that the child was still young, and he himself had no experience, so he seldom talked about this aspect.

Now that Ning Juan has grown up, it's time to learn this knowledge.

While thinking about it, Lu Qing hugged all his bedding to the couch and spread it out, then took a thread, crossed the screen, tied it between the bed and the couch, and hung a bell.

When Ning Juan came back after freshening up, seeing all this, he was slightly silent: "What are you doing, teacher?"

In order to prevent the kid from losing his temper, he softened his heart midway, while Lu Qing had already lay down on the couch, tucked into the quilt, closed his eyes as if drowsy, and said lazily: "If you have anything to do at night, just dial Line, when the bell rings, I'll know."

Ning Juan: "..."

Ning Juan secretly ground his teeth, his canines were itchy, and stared at Lu Qingze.

Even though he is so afraid of the heat, he still wears tight clothes, with overlapping collars, completely blocking all the scenery, only the thin and slender neck exposed, looking under the candlelight, it looks as white as a lotus root joint washed with water , looks very underbite.

But in the end, Ning Juan just smiled calmly: "Okay."

The two of them couldn't sleep well that night.

Early the next morning, Lu Qing woke up from his sleep, got out of bed softly, put away the thread and bell, and leaned over to look at Ning Juan.

The boy had fallen into a coma again, his brows were furrowed, as if he was in some kind of nightmare.

Lu Qing gently smoothed his eyebrows, left the bedroom quietly, washed up in the Nuan Pavilion next to him, asked Changshun for a pen and paper, and thought for a while.

General Shi has been chilling with the imperial court for a long time, if he sent a letter bluntly saying that he had found Xiao Shizi, he might not be trusted.

After thinking for a while, he didn't write directly, but picked up a pen to outline. According to his memory, he drew the jade pendant on Lin Xi's body. He took the court clothes that Changshun sent to Lu's residence.

After breakfast, the ink on the paper was dry, so he folded the letter, stuffed it into an envelope, walked out of the warm pavilion, and handed it to Xiao Jin: "Please send this letter to Mobei, and it must be handed over to General Shi. "

Xiao Jin received the letter: "Yes!"

Mobei was busy with military affairs. When he returned to Beijing, he heard that General Shi had already led his troops to Oala. He received the military report yesterday. The battle must be almost over, so it was just in time to receive this letter.

Lu Qing put on his mask, watched Xiao Jin leave, and went to Wenyuan Pavilion under the guard of Jin Yiwei.

Several cabinet ministers also arrived at about the same time, and they all showed smirks when they saw that Lu Qingze had arrived on time.

This sick young man has to pass out and take medicine every three days or so in the past, why hasn't he collapsed yet?

Instead of falling down, Lu Qing was very energetic when he played the right time, quite easily.

The Wenyuan Pavilion was quiet, while Lu Qing flipped through the notes drafted by the cabinet ministers, and asked indifferently: "Member of Rituals, Qiu Rongwei, and his colleagues are drunk and prostitutes. According to the law, they are responsible for sixty. Why don't you press it?"

"Yan Quanming, the son of Shaoqing in Taichang Temple, galloped his horse in the street and trampled the vegetable seller to death. After he was arrested and sent to prison, he was released only two days later. The Secretary went to check to see if it was blackmail."

"The Ministry of Industry spent 300 million taels on the [-]th of last month. The detailed purpose and whereabouts have not been disclosed. Let Yang Shangshu hand over a memorial to clarify."

"The autumn hunting list proposed by the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple was rejected and redone."

"The censor, Sun An, made an admonishment, and Liu Pingyuan, the prefect of Tai'an, paid respects to Lu Wei, the official doctor..."

Lu Qingze's voice was very stable, clear and light, neither high nor low, always maintained on a line, and the voice line was clear and pleasant to the ears.

But at this moment, it got into the ears, but it made everyone feel dizzy.

For those who are not shown and not dealt with, besides having some relationship with them, what other reasons can there be?

Lu Qing looked at people softly, how could he act so tactfully!

But after this incident, it can also be seen that Lu Qing is not as peaceful and elegant as he seems on the surface. He holds the power of acting, and when he becomes tough, he will really take action.

They can only suppress dissatisfaction.

From early morning to noon, everyone took a break, and the servants came forward to serve tea.

Lu Qing lowered his head and took a sip of tea, moistened his dry throat, and glanced at Wei Herong, who had been leisurely all the time.

Several other cabinet ministers felt that he had robbed them of power and overwhelmed them, and they were depressed and dissatisfied. Wei Herong, the chief assistant who had held power for many years, seemed to have no objections.

Isn't he afraid?

No matter what kind of power they are, they should be afraid of losing power.

Especially Wei Herong, a power sycophant with a bad reputation like him, the day he loses power will be the time to die.

Lu Qing stroked the teacup, and just as he was thinking, a little eunuch came outside with a happy expression on his face: "Master Lu! Father-in-law Changshun sent me to tell you that your majesty just woke up after the medicines of the imperial doctors worked. After a while, Imperial Physician Chen said that we have a direction, and it is only a matter of time before the residual poison is cleaned up!"

As soon as these words came out, apart from Lu Qingze, Mr. Feng Ge and Wei Herong, the eyes of everyone else couldn't hide a trace of disappointment.

This little emperor has a big fate.

Although this play was not arranged by Lu Qingze, it was within his expectation.

Although Wei Herong couldn't let Chen Ke tamper with the medicine, he could order Chen Ke to deliberately interfere with the other imperial physicians' thinking, so that they couldn't find the direction to detoxify for a while.

Now Wei Herong needs the imperial physician to play a role and be able to detoxify, so let Chen Ke lead the imperial physicians back to the right direction, so that Xu Shu can "lose its effect" and be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for execution, otherwise it will be regarded as Wei Herong's hand , and can't reach the imperial prison.

Wei Herong was completely caught.

Lu Qing stood up abruptly, showing a relieved smile: "That's good, that's good, did your majesty say anything?"

The little eunuch lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty was not very energetic when he woke up, and fell asleep again without saying anything, but his face looked much better than the previous two days."

Lu Qing raised his foot and wanted to rush to Qianqing Palace to have a look, but he paused again, and looked at the cabinet ministers behind him with a little hesitation.

Except for Feng Ge, everyone else wanted him to get out of here, showing a reserved smile: "Master Lu, since His Majesty has woken up for a while, maybe he will wake up again, do you want to go and see?"

"That's right, I'll send these memorials to Qianqing Palace after I've finished processing them."

"Looking at your complexion, I'm afraid you're tired too. With your body, what should you do if you collapse from exhaustion?"

Lu Qing showed a deep thought, and then sat back moved, with a firm tone: "My lords are old, and you are dedicated to your duties, and you are so considerate of me as a young man. How dare I leave and leave all the heavy affairs behind Leave it to you? Your Majesty has the entire Imperial Hospital watching over him. I can’t detoxify Your Majesty even if I go there. Why don’t you do two more things for Your Majesty, so that when His Majesty wakes up again, you can feel relieved. Come on, let’s continue.”

The guards were blinded by his words "do two more things for His Majesty" and they had nothing to say, and Lu Qing finished all the words, and then urged Lu Qing to leave, as if to make him do less. His Majesty seems to be doing business.

It's better not to speak just now, let him go by himself!

As the chief assistant, Wei Herong sat closest to Lu Qingze, chuckled, and said in a low voice: "It seems that Master Lu is in a good mood, and he still has the intention to tease them."

Lu Qing didn't know what Wei Herong's intentions were, so he took another sip of tea, and said in a neutral tone: "Your Majesty has improved, so I'm naturally in a good mood. I see that Wei Shoufu's expression is happy, did you encounter any good things? "

Seeing that the topic was brought to him, Wei Herong smiled and said naturally: "Of course it's also because His Majesty is very happy to see you."

After a pause, Wei Herong also picked up the tea in front of him, looked at the floating tea inside, and smiled with a deep meaning: "Your Majesty and Taifu Lu have a deep relationship, and when you wake up, you must be anxious to see you. It's okay if Taifu Lu doesn't go back." ?"

Lu Qing heard something wrong, and looked at him kindly.

It's not an illusion, Wei Herong deliberately emphasized the words "deep affection".

Ning Juan treats him in front of outsiders, at most he respects his teacher.

Where did he see the deep affection?

There are very few palace people in Qianqing Palace, and all of them have been found out in detail for eighteen generations of ancestors, all of them are of innocent background, and they rarely get close to the South Study Room and the bedroom. Several imperial physicians stayed in the side hall for two days, and the rest was guaranteed to be correct. How could Wei Herong see his usual relationship with Ning Juan.

That's what happened in Jiangyou?

He was suspected of being infected, but Chen Ke misdiagnosed him. Regardless of the danger, Ning Juan rushed to his side, took care of him hand in hand, and guarded him for several days in undressed clothes.

It is indeed affectionate.

It's just that Wei Herong's tone made people uncomfortable no matter how he heard it.

It reminded Lu Qing of the scorching gaze of the young man he faced in the dark last night.

Lu Qing's tone was light: "Your Majesty wakes up and wants to see me, and he will declare himself, so I don't need to worry about Wei Shoufu."

After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at him and picked up the playbook again to read.

Because of Chen Ke, they changed their strategy and temporarily put aside the matter of Pan Jingmin and the ledger, but if they kept moving, Wei Herong would also find out that something was wrong, maybe they would realize that they had discovered that Chen Ke was an insider.

Even if Wei Herong couldn't be knocked down by that account book that was obtained with great difficulty, it should still show some light and heat.

Lu Qing was thinking about two things. After finishing today's memorial, the sky was getting dark. He said goodbye to several elders, and calmly got into the sedan chair and returned to Qianqing Palace.

Not long after arriving at Qianqing Palace, someone sent a message: "Lord Lu, someone from the Criminal Department has taken Dr. Xu away."

Lu Qing raised his eyebrows: "So anxious? How is Wei Qiao?"

"It shouldn't be good. Qin Yuan'an was on duty yesterday and wanted to see Wei Qiao, but was stopped."

Qin Yuan'an, the son of Qin Hui, the censor of Zuodu, and Wei Qiao are close friends. When Wei Qiao was in better health, Wei Herong probably wanted to make him a little happier, and would allow Qin Yuan'an to occasionally enter the front yard of Wei's mansion to talk to Wei Qiao. .

If he didn't see him behind closed doors, it must mean that Wei Qiao's health is not good.

No wonder Wei Herong was suddenly impatient and wanted to take Xu Shu back as soon as possible.

Although he is an out-and-out treacherous official who holds a lot of power and forms secret cliques, colludes with the upper and lower levels to amass countless wealth, and ignores the people and disregards the law, but he is extremely caring about his only son.

However, if he only regards his own blood as a human being, and does not treat others as human beings, Lu Qing will not be deeply moved by such affection. He just shook his head and asked people to pay close attention to the dynamics of Weifu, Qin Yuanan and the Ministry of Justice. , Then he took out a list, wrote down a few names, and handed it to the Jin Yiwei who came to report: "Let Mr. Zheng check these people, the more detailed the better."

"Yes!"

Chang Shun stared at Lu Qingze from the sidelines, always feeling that when he gave orders, he was subtly similar to Ning Juan.

In fact, the two people's temperaments are very different. His Majesty is like a sharp sword that is out of its sheath, shining with a cold light, which is frightening and involuntarily wants to worship, while Lord Lu is like spring wind and rain. Although his tone is calm, he is very powerful. , neither fast nor slow, as if there was nothing to make him anxious.

But it is very similar.

Changshun murmured in his heart, could it be a teacher-student relationship?

Seeing that Lu Qing was done with his work, Chang Shun came up to him and said, "Master Lu, go and give medicine to His Majesty?"

Lu Qing, who was calm and unhurried, paused for a while: "I want to take a bath first, Changshun, you can feed your Majesty."

"Our family can't feed it, but His Majesty refuses to drink any medicine that is fed by others." Chang Shun scratched his head, vaguely guessing the reason for His Majesty's cold face last night, and asked cautiously, "Lord Lu, are you right?" Have you quarreled with His Majesty again?"

again?

Lu Qing thought about it, he and Ning Juan did often have conflicts during this period.

But last night didn't count, it was barely a peaceful settlement.

He was just... a little worried that Ning Juan looked into his eyes after waking up.

Always so earnest, warm and bright, he even has the illusion of looking at his whole world in a trance, especially like a puppy wagging its tail.

And Wei Herong's meaningful words today always made him uncomfortable.

"No noise." Lu Qing hesitated for a moment, "Is the medicine cold? Give it to me, and I'll feed it."

Changshun immediately beamed, and hastily delivered the medicine.

Lu Qing returned to the familiar bedroom with the medicine in his hand, looked at the sleeping young emperor, this time he did not hold him in his arms, but raised his head and fed the medicine.

Ning Juan woke up faster each time, today he woke up a quarter of an hour earlier than yesterday.

The moment he woke up, he subconsciously chased after Lu Qingze who was sitting at the table, his eyes lit up, and he smiled: "Teacher."

Lu Qing twirled the teacup with his fingertips, smiled at him, and then talked about some big and small things that he had to deal with today. He would talk about the big things in detail, and briefly talk about the small things, focusing on the letter sent to Mobei and the Wei Herong's attitude.

Ning Juan had just woken up, and he was not fooled when he received the information, so he asked Lu Qingze a few words, showing a relieved look: "Teacher has worked hard these two days. He has to deal with government affairs, and he has to deal with Wei Herong. flow around."

"It's okay, it's very interesting and not tiring. I also saw a few playbooks today, imploring His Majesty to draft the draft as soon as possible, and manage the harem after becoming a queen. I rejected it."

Lu Qing pondered about love pedagogy, and said, "But you've grown up, so it's normal to think about these things."

Ning Juan asked, "What do you think?"

Lu Qing raised his eyes to look at him: "Does Guoguo have a girl he likes, who wants to spend the rest of his life with?"