Raising Wolves

When he recovered, Lu Qing took a deep breath.

If it weren't for Ning Juan's really drunk now, he almost suspected that this bastard brought him to this place on purpose, and acted pitifully and acted pitifully, disturbing his defenses.

But Ning Juan didn't seem to do it on purpose, he was just really a little drunk, so he spoke frankly what was in his heart.

Lu Qing was the opposite of him. He seldom uttered what was in his heart. He felt restless and unsteady when Fang Cai was loosening. He pursed his red lips: "Your Majesty, it's time to go back."

Guests and ministers are still waiting outside, Ning Juan can't go away for too long.

Ning Juan wanted to throw Lu Qingze on the ground and bite him a few more times, but he also knew that the time and occasion were not suitable, so he had to regretfully let Lu Qingze go and straighten his messed up clothes.

Lu Qing saw that Ning Juan's movements were slightly sluggish, and helplessly dragged the drunk out of the dark room, back to the warm pavilion just now, and handed over the tea for sobering up.

Ning Juan stared at him with piercing eyes and refused to answer.

Lu Qing read his meaning from his eyes and fell silent for a while.

On weekdays, Ning Juan is trying to please him in every possible way—although most of the time he has bad intentions, but today is Ning Juan's birthday, so let's follow him.

Just like in the darkroom just now, when he faced Ning Juan's wish, he gave him a little indulgence.

just a little bit.

Lu Qing had already calmed down, and by the way put away his previous thoughts of lying down.

After tonight, he can no longer be led by the nose by Ning Juan.

Ever since he came back, Ning Juan has woven such a big net around him, enveloping him, trapped in this nest of love, hardly giving him a break to breathe and think.

For him, "give it a try" is a choice that is difficult to turn back.

Lu Qing doesn't like the feeling that there is no way out, he always leaves room for himself.

Besides, even after reading many love stories, Lu Qing still doesn't know what it's like to like someone.

He could only vaguely feel the warmth of liking from Ning Juan's burning passion.

He can no longer regard Ning Juan as his student or younger brother, and look at Ning Juan with the eyes of a man, but apart from those ambiguous entanglements that cannot be cut off, does he really have that kind of thought for Ning Juan?Can he respond to Ning Juan's liking?

Lu Qing suppressed his emotions for too long, felt indifferent, and felt that he could not achieve such strong love and hatred.

He never shed tears for anyone.

Otherwise, move back to Lu's residence for a while, or leave the capital for a while.

He has to think clearly without Ning Juan's interference, and carefully weigh his relationship with Ning Juan... Especially Ning Juan, he is still so young, as the older one, he can't act like Ning Juan.

Lu Qing thought to himself, picked up the teacup, and fed it to Ning Juan himself.

Ning Juan's nerves were paralyzed by alcohol, and his perception was not as sharp as usual. He didn't notice Lu Qingze's subtle emotional changes, and drank the tea that Lu Qingze fed with satisfaction.

After a while, when he opened his eyes again, the hazy drunkenness in Ning Juan's eyes had subsided, and he had returned to his majesty the emperor with no expression on his face.

Lu Qing also calmed down his subtle emotions, and smiled: "Let's go."

The singing and dancing at the banquet was still the same, and it was rare for Chen Xiaodao below to not blare everywhere.

Lu Qingze and Ning Juan left for a while, and he was so worried that Lu Qingze couldn't sit still. Seeing that Lu Qingze and Ning Juan finally came back, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He has been following Lu Qingze since Lu Qingze woke up, looked at Lu Qingze a few times, and always felt that Lu Qingze looked different from his usual calm and calm.

Chen Xiaodao's heart couldn't help but slightly lifted.

The young master took the trouble to leave the capital, but now he was arrested and forced to stay by His Majesty's side, he must be feeling uncomfortable.

He should be a wandering crane, not a golden bird locked in the palace.

What's more, Chen Xiaodao can feel that the young master regards His Majesty as his own younger brother, and now he is "married" by His Majesty, this is really...

Chen Xiaodao felt awkward for Lu Qingze even thinking about it.

The banquet passed smoothly for a long time, probably because Haidongqing’s attack failed. After the Tatar mission discussed in private, it suddenly started again: “We heard that the nobles of Daqi have practiced the six arts since childhood, and they are both civil and military. Erlang has also been familiar with the art of riding and shooting since he was a child, I wonder if he will have the honor to compete with His Majesty?"

As soon as these words came out, the ministers who had just relaxed a little bit brought up snacks again.

Who doesn't know that today's son has not been favored by the late emperor since he was a child, and has been kept in the cold palace?

If the other sons hadn't died due to several turmoil, Emperor Chong'an would not have thought of Ning Juan.

His Majesty the Emperor has indeed made a lot of achievements in governing the country, and the teacher taught us well.

But the emperor's teacher is sick and crooked, how can he teach Ning Juan other things, His Majesty was shrouded in the shadow of Wei Herong when he was young, dormant and pretended to be dull, he did not see how powerful His Majesty is in martial arts .

However, His Majesty has never participated in a hunt.

It seemed that the tartar had inquired about the news in advance and said so on purpose.

The Tatars already had an accumulated feud with Da Qi, and there were two Tatar generals in the mission brought by Ulihan, who had confronted some generals present here.

A military commander immediately slapped the table and stood up, sneering: "Your Majesty is the emperor of the dynasty, how can you compete with others at will, if you want to compare, why don't you let me come down and compare with you."

Ulihan glanced at the general, with a gentle smile on his face, and his tone was sincere: "This general, why should you be excited? I am from a small country called Fanbang, and I just want to appreciate the demeanor of the Great Qi Emperor. I don't know if His Majesty would like it." Do you want to compete with me?"

Urihan was very good at lowering his posture. When it came to this point, no matter how fiercely the others refused, it seemed that they were nervous because His Majesty couldn't do it.

Everyone couldn't help frowning, and their eyes fell on the unpredictable emperor on the high seat.

Lu Qing also turned his head and looked at Ning Juan: "Your Majesty, are you still drunk? If you lose to the Tartars, it will be a shame."

Ning Juan hooked the corner of his mouth: "How is that possible."

After saying that, he stood up and said: "The third prince is a visitor from afar, since he wants to appreciate Daqi's demeanor, I will naturally not refuse."

After finishing speaking, he lightly ordered: "Chang Shun, prepare your arrows."

Chang Shun bowed and gave a sneer in his heart, glanced at the group of ignorant tartars, and ran down in small steps to be ordered.

Because the Son of Heaven wanted to compete with the third Tatar prince, he had to change the venue, Changshun had someone set up a target, and prepared the bow and arrows, and the group moved over, feeling apprehensive.

Although he looked down on the Tartars, it had to be admitted that the Tartars were better at riding and shooting than the people of Daqi.

In case His Majesty loses to Wulihan at the birthday banquet, it will be embarrassing for the whole Daqi. Wow, the mission will stay in the capital for a few more days, how can it hold its head up.

Because it was a temporary shooting range, it was time to go back after a few competitions. Lu Qing didn't even find a place to sit down, protecting Ning Siyue in front of him, standing in front, watching Ning Juan and Ulihan enter the arena middle.

It's not so annoying for Baiguan to look at Lu Qing now.

No matter what, the male queen is still one of her own, and the Tartars are more of an eyesore.

The etiquette officer was bowing his waist in the field to introduce the rules to Ning Juan and Ulihan.

Lu Qing suddenly heard an "ouch" behind him, and the voice was very familiar.

Ning Siyu grabbed Lu Qingze's hem and turned his head to look: "Oh, someone fell down."

Lu Qing turned around and saw that it was Chen Xiaodao.

While other people's minds were attracted by the situation in the field, and they didn't dare to move their eyes, Chen Xiaodao sneaked behind him at some point, and fell to the ground, grinning and groaning in pain.

It seems that there is something to say to him.

Lu Qing realized it instantly, and leaned over to help Chen Xiaodao up, with a soft voice: "My lord, be careful."

Chen Xiaodao is also an official.

Ning Siyue's face was serious, and he said in a small voice: "The road in the school grounds is uneven, watch the road carefully."

Chen Xiaodao felt that the little Highness was quite cute, so he smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Highness and Little Highness."

Many people around looked over, and when Chen Xiaodao closed his hand, he quickly stuffed something into Lu Qingze's hand: "Your official was rude just now."

Lu Qing held the thing he stuffed, doubtful in his heart, but he didn't show a strange expression, he nodded with a smile, patted Ning Siyue on the head, motioned him to look at the scene, and turned back with him.

Ning Siyue hurriedly clenched his small fist again, staring at Ning Juan intently, secretly cheering for his father.

Chen Xiaodao's fall was just a small episode, and no one noticed.

On the contrary, someone recognized Chen Xiaodao, was surprised in his heart, and whispered: "Isn't that the butler of Taifu Lu's family? I heard that he went to Mobei and found a new job with General Shi Xiao..."

"He came back on behalf of the Mobei Army, and General Shi really valued him."

"In the end, it should be different in His Majesty's heart who is the person close to the emperor's teacher."

"I don't know if he found out after seeing Xin..."

The slight murmur quickly faded away.

After the preparations in the arena, the night was hazy, and the school field was very windy. Even if the torches were lit around, it was not as good as the light in the daytime, which would affect the accuracy of the archery.

Ning Juan courteously gave way to Yuanguo and let Ulihan shoot first.

In the prayer of "missing the target, aiming at the target" in the hearts of all the ministers of Daqi, Ulihan took the arrow and drew the bow, aiming at the bull's-eye, and the feathered arrow flew out suddenly.

Be impartial and hit the bullseye.

Everyone stomped their feet in their hearts and sighed.

Ulihan showed a confident smile, put his hands on his chest and bent down to salute: "Your Majesty, it's your turn."

Ning Juan glanced at him indifferently, with a cold expression on his face, he slowly drew his bow and shot the arrow, hardly aiming.

The next moment, with a sound of "Duo", the feathered arrow pierced the night sky, precisely split the middle of the feathered arrow shot by Ulihan, and penetrated into the bull's-eye, leaving only the half of the arrow's tail trembling slightly.

The bowstring was still buzzing silently.

The emperor slowly put down his long bow, his wide sleeves fluttered in the night wind, and his voice was neither high nor low: "I saw the wrong target."

After the words fell, the entire school ground was so quiet that a needle could almost be heard except for the sound of the wind.

Urihan: "..."

The face of the Tatar mission instantly became extremely ugly.

After a short moment of shock, the officials of Daqi almost jumped up and clapped their hands in excitement.

As expected of His Majesty!

Your majesty's words make you a warrior, how can these tartars compare!

The first emperor was confused all his life, and the only thing he did most wisely was to pass on the throne to the current emperor!

Ning Siyue also blushed with excitement, looked at Ning Juan with eyes full of admiration, clenched his fists, and secretly made up his mind that he must become the pride of his father.

Everyone's hearts were surging, and Lu Qingze's heart was also slightly hot.

He is confident that Ning Juan will win.

But I still feel my heart beating faster for such Ning Juan.

Ning Juan was just as he had imagined at first. He was full of vigor, ruled the world, stood in the most honorable position, and made all the officials submit willingly. He was an emperor who could not have been more qualified.

No longer a tyrannical monarch who is alone and rebelled by thousands of people.

Lu Qing stared at the handsome young emperor in the field, but Ning Juan seemed to have a feeling, suddenly turned his head, and accurately found Lu Qingze in the crowd, met his gaze, and proudly raised his head.

Lu Qing couldn't help but also laughed.

The officials behind him whispered again, and sighed in a low voice: "Your Majesty is holy and civil, the only problem is...there are so many noble women in the capital..."

He didn't dare to speak too loudly. After sighing, his colleagues covered their mouths and stopped.

There are so many noble girls in the capital, Ning Juan just likes any one, and marrying any one is better than being with him.

Lu Qing completed what the official wanted to say in his heart, and silently clenched the things in his hands, feeling a little pained by the pain.

After a brief pause on the field, the second round of arrow competition began.

This time it was proposed by the Tatar side, using a moving target.

There is a lot of hunting in the grasslands, and the Tatars naturally have the advantage when it comes to moving targets.

Besides, it's still night.

The Tatar mission breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, the emperor of Daqi will not be able to overwhelm the third prince even with this, right?

Unfortunately, Ning Juan really overwhelmed Urihan again.

Among the ten moving targets, Ulihan missed one by mistake. Ning Juan set the arrow and pulled the string, almost without a pause, the arrow hit the bull's-eye.

After counting the targets, Chang Shun ran over happily: "Your Majesty, Third Prince, do you want to prepare for the third round?"

Two out of three rounds, Ning Juan has already won two rounds, these words fell into his ears, no matter how harsh they sounded.

Ulihan's complexion was really ugly this time, he felt like he was asking for trouble, and he forced a smile: "As expected of the emperor of Daqi, he is really skilled, I admit defeat."

The onlookers heard the words and sneered coldly: You have already lost, so why admit it?

This contest was not only won, but won quite beautifully.

Ning Juan casually handed the longbow to the people around him, tilted his head to hear a guard approaching and whispered a few times, took the handkerchief and wiped his hands: "It's not early, Zhu Qing is busy today, and the banquet should be over."

All the ministers saluted together, and then they began to disperse.

Fan Xingyan, who had been silent all this time, finally had a chance to come over, looked at Lu Qingze, saluted, and stopped talking: "Your Highness..."

From the moment he saw Lu Qingze, he was a little suspicious.

Just now, seeing Chen Xiaodao sneaking towards the back of Xin Hou and falling down on purpose, his suspicion became even bigger.

But he didn't dare to extrapolate, he struggled for a while, and still didn't say anything.

The idlers all dispersed, and Ning Juan only ordered Chang Shun to stop a few key people and prepare to go back to the South Study Room for a discussion. He walked up to Lu Qingze, glanced at Fan Xingyan, and turned around and asked, "Would you like to go to Nanshu together?" Can you listen to the library?"

Lu Qing guessed that he might have found a suspicious person, but he squeezed the things in his hand, not knowing what Chen Xiaodao specially sent, he was puzzled, and shook his head: "I have a headache, I'll go back first. "

Fan Xingyan was in a daze.

Being so close together, the sense of familiarity is even more obvious.

But in front of His Majesty, it was impossible for Fan Xingyan to say "I feel that the new queen is a bit like Mrs. Lu", so he could only swallow the words back, his eyes became more and more complicated.

Ning Juan didn't care about other people's eyes at all. He raised his hand and touched Lu Qingze's forehead. After feeling no fever, his face calmed down. He nodded and said, "Go back and rest earlier, don't let Ning Si bother you."

Ning Si, who was obediently standing aside, blinked in confusion: "?"

Ning Juan whispered again: "It's a bit cold tonight, you warm Pozi Tang first, I'll go back and warm you up."

It's like an ordinary confession between husband and wife.

Lu Qing nodded unnaturally.

Not only did he overwhelm Tatar tonight, but his intentions were not rejected by Lu Qingze. Ning Juan was in a great mood. If it wasn't for the presence of other people, he almost wanted to go over and kiss Lu Qingze. His eyes were bright: "Then I I'm leaving."

Lu Qing couldn't laugh or cry, and nodded again.

Ning Juan was a little worried and kept Lu Qing out of his sight, turning his head while walking.

In Lu Qingze's stern warning eyes, he reluctantly followed the urge to turn back three times, maintaining the majesty of the emperor, and led the people back in the opposite direction.

The faces of the remaining officials twitched: "..."

The last time I saw His Majesty so... sticky alone, he should still be the emperor's master.

Could it be possible that His Majesty really treats this vase as an imperial teacher? !

Lu Qing, on the other hand, didn't care about the weird gazes that other people cast on him, and led Ning Siyue, a little radish, to another path, rubbed the things in his palms, and glanced at the guards following behind.

Ning Juan knew that he didn't like being stared at by others, so the guards were not far or close behind him, vigilantly guarding his surroundings, and didn't keep staring at him.

Ning Si was more afraid of falling like Chen Xiaodao, so he watched the road carefully.

He raised his hand, spread out the crumpled paper ball in his palm, and glanced at it.

"After the banquet, see you outside the west gate."

Lu Qing was quite shocked at the first glance.

This is actually Chen Xiaodao's handwriting?

I haven't seen it for three years, and the handwriting of "Xiao Dao Yi Gou Climb" is so neat and neat. If it is not for the familiar handwriting, I really can't tell.

It seems that Chen Xiaodao has been practicing calligraphy every day for the past few years.

After sighing, Lu Qing stared at those words, a little confused.

Chen Xiaodao stuffed him with a note mysteriously, just not wanting Ning Juan to find out, is there anything that needs to be said secretly to avoid Ning Juan's people?

Lu Qing thought about it, and decided to go to the appointment. There are not many people he can give all his trust to. Ning Juan is one, and so is Chen Xiaodao.

Jixuexuan is a little closer to where Ning Siyue lived, and outside Jixuexuan, Lu Qing rubbed Ning Siyue's soft hair: "Send your highness back, the capital city has been chaotic recently, so be careful Hold on."

Already at the gate of Jixuexuan, several guards subconsciously felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and when they heard the voices, they agreed to protect Ning Siyue and leave.

Seeing the people going away, Lu Qing turned around and hid in the darkness without changing his face, and walked slowly towards the west gate.

He is still wearing black clothes today, which is very convenient to blend into the night, and even if he has been away for a few years, he has memorized the layout of the palace by heart. After the patrols in the palace were handed over recently, he and Ning Juan discussed together The modification was to walk quite calmly, avoiding all the patrolling Jinyiwei and Jingwei.

When he arrived at the west gate, Lu Qing showed the tooth card he had snatched from Ning Juan. The guard saw that he was embarrassed, but the tooth card could not be faked, so he let him out of the palace gate.

There was no one coming and going outside the gate of this palace, it was empty and quiet, but when Lu Qing walked out, he saw Chen Xiaodao waiting outside anxiously, with a carriage beside him.

Seeing Lu Qingze coming, Chen Xiaodao pulled him into the carriage without saying a word, and before Lu Qingze could speak, the carriage sped away.

Chen Xiaodao stuffed a bundle into his arms, and said quickly, "My lord, there are banknotes and some broken silver in the bundle, as well as the guides I forged. Take it."

Lu Qing looked at Chen Xiaodao in astonishment, wondering if he should praise him for his skills.

"I bought someone, so I can leave the capital tonight." Chen Xiaodao's face was heavy, "Leaving the capital this time, you go south, don't get close to the capital again, wait a few years..."

Lu Qing listened to his temples jumping more and more: "No, I didn't..."

Chen Xiaodao held his hand with red eyes: "I know, Your Majesty treats you...you definitely don't really stay by His Majesty's side, and treat you and His Majesty well after you leave."

Lu Qing's explanation froze for a moment and fell silent.

After leaving, will you treat him and Ning Juan well?

He did think about leaving tonight, too.

Lu Qing couldn't help thinking of the school grounds, and heard the officials behind whispering that it would be better for Ning Juan to marry a noble girl casually than now.

Lu Qing also thought so in the past, Ning Juan found a girl he really liked, canonized as queen, and lived a happy life, that is the best.

As a teacher, he arbitrarily ruled out Ning Juan's life.

The reason why Lu Qing left was that he didn't want Ning Juan to have any discussion about it. Guoguo would be a good emperor, and he felt it was inappropriate to leave such a mark in the history books.

But it was him who had been standing by Ning Juan's side all these years.

He watched Ning Juan grow up step by step. No one knew better than him what Ning Juan was like in the original book, what Ning Juan was like in the past, and how he made Ning Juan grow into the current appearance that satisfied him. .

Their relationship is inseparable, closer than anyone else in this world, like teachers and students, like relatives, like friends.

Until now... Ning Juan wants them to be married couples.

Lu Qing was too used to standing next to Ning Juan and looking at him. Even after three years away, this position still belonged to him, so after returning, he hardly felt unfamiliar.

If he really left this time and someone else stayed by Ning Juan's side and took his place, would he be willing?

Did he really have no selfishness towards Ning Juan?

For the first time in his life, Lu Qing felt at a loss.

He always felt that he had no selfish intentions, but that Ning Juan was enveloping him step by step into his densely woven net, which made him unable to break free.

But if he really wanted to break free, Ning Juan couldn't hold him back.

The carriage gradually moved away from the west gate, passed through the quiet streets of the capital at night, and sped towards the city gate.

Lu Qing rubbed the center of his brows, looking at the farther and farther Miyagi, he had a vague feeling that he had returned to three years ago. He was sitting in the carriage, looking at Ning Juan under the city gate in the heavy snow, leaving the city gate Farther and farther away, and farther and farther away from Ning Juan.

He really wanted to leave last time, what about this time?

The opportunity is close at hand, if he wants to leave, he can leave tonight while the night is dark.

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of bird singing from the direction of Miyagi. Others might not understand it, but Lu Qing instantly understood what it meant.

That was Jin Yiwei's code, meaning: Your Majesty has been assassinated!

After Lu Qing felt cold all over, a sober thought immediately popped into his mind: Impossible.

Ning Juan is guarded by a group of hidden guards, all of them are one against ten masters, and his martial arts skills are not inferior to any of the hidden guards. Moreover, because of the recent entry of Tatars and feudal lords into Beijing, there are heavy guards inside and outside the Qianqing Palace.

Unless the assassin has some extraordinary abilities, Ning Juan cannot be assassinated.

This is more like, after Ning Juan finished discussing with the ministers in the South Study Room, he returned to Jixuexuan and found that he was missing, so he cast a handful of bait and waited for him to take the bait.

But what if?

Lu Qing couldn't help imagining the scene of Ning Juan being assassinated, then stood up suddenly, and ordered without hesitation: "Turn around."

Chen Xiaodao was nervously looking in the direction of the city gate, wondering if there were any loopholes in tonight's arrangement, and was taken aback when he heard the sound: "Master?"

Lu Qing said word by word: "Turn back to the palace immediately."

The city gate is in front of you, and freedom is close at hand.

Chen Xiaodao didn't understand why Lu Qingze suddenly changed his mind, he was silent for a while, still believing in all Lu Qingze's decisions, opened the curtain, and gave instructions to the coachman.

The carriage stopped abruptly, then turned around and ran back to the palace gate.

The author has something to say:

Teacher Lu: Act like a self-inflicted trap.