monopolize my master

"What do you mean?" Ling Xiao looked coldly at the father-in-law who came to deliver the food and asked, "His Highness is studying hard, and you bring such meals, do you still take His Highness seriously? Donggong pays attention to it!"

"Lord Ling, calm down." The leading eunuch sneered, "Your Majesty, you don't need to teach us slaves here. Our family is also following orders. The rules in the palace have always been like this, and supplies must be provided to important people. Your Highness is practicing food and drink in seclusion. It's better to be lighter, the emperor said, this is the best way to defeat the anger."

"Fuck you..." Ling Xiao clenched his fists tightly to suppress the anger burning in his body, "Your Highness is still growing, so go and tell your Secretary, if the leftovers and rotten leaves are sent next time, I want your blood and bones to make soup for His Highness, get out of here!"

Seeing Ling Xiao's red-eyed and terrifying look, the eunuchs who delivered the food were so frightened that they put down the food box in a hurry and left in a hurry.Before leaving, he didn't forget to secretly spit behind Ling Xiao's back.

"A servant of a prince who has lost power, what is he proud of..."

The voice of inadvertent sarcasm floated into Ling Xiao's ears.He moved his fist, but finally let go, and picked up the food boxes sent by the eunuchs.

"It's too fast to become popular." Ling Xiao smiled wryly, opened the food box, and found a few wilted cabbage and some hardened steamed buns, which were the meals of Ling Xiao and Su Huang all morning.

"The tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by dogs."

"Ling Xiao, what happened?" Su Huang rubbed her eyes and walked out of the inner hall, "I just heard the commotion outside, has anyone been here?"

"It's nothing." Ling Xiao sighed, and pointed to the food box, "I just feel that these things have wronged you too much."

Su Huang took it with a calm face, "Although this steamed bun is a bit hard, it looks edible... this cabbage..." Su Huang looked at Ling Xiao with some embarrassment, "You... know how to cook? "

Ling Xiao sighed, "... Didn't a single maid stay behind?"

"...Forget it." Su Huang smiled, "I'd better ask Achang."

"Who said I can't do it anymore." Ling Xiao curled his lips when he heard the words, and took a step forward to snatch the food box, "Then Ah Chang is already tired enough to do the rough work of sweeping and sweeping. This kind of trivial matter... Cough, I still Can do."

"Really?" Su Huang pointed with a smile, "the small kitchen is there, and there should be enough things in it. I'm going to practice swords first... Well, I'll eat when I get back."

"Okay." Ling Xiao blinked and smiled, "Then I'll go to the kitchenette."

Looking at Ling Xiao carrying the cabbage to the small kitchen, Su Huang couldn't help showing a slight smile in his eyes, but deep in this smile, there was a trace of sadness that was not easy to be noticed by others.

He already, knows everything.

Su Huang walked to the apse with the Yuehua sword in his hand, flicked it twice, and the Yuehua sword fell to the ground with a clang, shining brightly under the morning light.

This is the saber Ling Xiao gave him.I still remember that day on the shore of the Weiming Lake, the snow that was dressed in white under the moon, fluttering like a flowing wind.

Why is it so clear that he looks drunk and smiles at himself?He will still stay by his side, take care of himself, preach and teach, those peach blossom eyes full of smiles, when did they change their appearance?

Su Huang's heart was in a mess.

……

"I searched everywhere for you but I couldn't find you, so I was hiding here."

Ling Xiao's chuckle came from above, and Su Huang was taken aback when he was lost in thought.

"I... I just rest for a while." Su Huang defended with a slightly red face.

Ling Xiao looked at Su Huang's calm face without the slightest sign of luck, and knew that he was lying, but he didn't tell the truth, just reached out to him.

"The meal is ready." Ling Xiao smiled lightly, "My Highness, have you rested enough to taste Ling's cooking?"

"Let's go."

Su Huang responded, but did not extend his hand for a long time.

There was a subtle embarrassment in the atmosphere, Ling Xiao smiled, and finally dropped his hands.

Afterwards, on the way back to the temple, the two of them did not speak.It wasn't until the two of them entered the inner hall and saw the plate of blackened vinegared cabbage that Ling Xiao had prepared on the table that Su Huang couldn't help but sigh.

"...What are you doing moaning and sighing all day at such a young age?" Seeing Su Huang's appearance, Ling Xiao's eyes flashed with embarrassment. Will pay attention next time."

Su Huang picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of black and white vegetables and put them in his mouth, his pretty eyebrows were furrowed into a ball.

"...Well, the taste is not very good." Ling Xiao scratched his head and said, "Be careful... Well, I'll ask Achang about his craftsmanship in a while..."

Su Huang smiled lightly.

"No, this one is actually pretty good." Su Huang smiled, "I will have to rely more on Master for the cooking tasks in the future."

"Oh." Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows, and wolfed down the steamed buns in his hand.

"What are you going to do today?" After breakfast, Su Huang asked, "Father ordered me to practice behind closed doors, and even specially called you here. I don't want to relax my requirements because there is no one to supervise me." Su Huang's gaze Seriously, "The last time I lost a complete loss in the martial arts competition, I really realized the gap between myself and my elder brother and even martial arts practitioners of the same age. So I can't slack off. Father's arrangement must have his intentions."

"His Royal Highness, can you tell me what happened between you before the emperor issued the imperial edict?" Ling Xiao asked seriously.

"Does it matter?"

"It's very important." Ling Xiao looked into Su Huang's eyes, "You will never lie. According to your character, after being punished by the emperor suddenly, you will definitely not just swallow your breath and say nothing—unless, you have already You know he's going to do this to you, don't you?"

"I don't understand what you are talking nonsense." Su Huang looked at Ling Xiao coldly, "Master Taifu, this is the East Palace, please respect yourself."

"His Royal Highness..." Ling Xiao hesitated to speak when he heard this, "...Since this is the case, I know."

Something is changing.

I still remember the night when I escaped from Jinping, Su Huang slept in the carriage, very unsteady, and had nightmares all the time.He fell into his arms, calling Ling Xiao's name, his little hand tightly clutching one of his fingers.Ling Xiao comforted him softly, and passed the whole night.

Also, when he came back from Taiming Hall with a dejected face, he looked at himself with tired eyes, smiled slightly, and said that he was the only person he trusted.

And...too much.

Ling Xiao turned around, walked into the room and silently cleaned up the dishes.

My family is doing a major event against the sky, and I and Su Huang are bound to become rivals.But Ling Xiao always had an expectation in his heart, if Su Huang knew about his father's evil deeds, he would definitely support his decision.Ling Xiao even thought about it, if Jing and Wang refused to accommodate Su Huang after they came back, he would steal Ling Yun's tiger charm and force the palace.Desperate to die, but also to save Su Huang's life.

This is the condition for him to agree to help his father raise an army.

He couldn't bear what the emperor did, but he never thought of hurting Su Huang from the beginning to the end.

Ling Xiao faintly sensed that Su Huang might already know something.When Master Luo Wei came to the palace last night, or even earlier.

Thinking of the guards who suddenly appeared in the cold palace last night, Ling Xiao couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.He secretly prayed, hoping that all this was a coincidence.

That night.

Ling Xiao came to the cold palace again.Relying on the vague impression from last night, after several twists and turns, Ling Xiao finally found the woman who was crying for Su Yin yesterday.

Under the moonlight, Ling Xiao could barely see the appearance of the woman in the room.Her white hair was scattered behind her, but she combed it meticulously.Her face was full of wrinkles branded by the years, making her look extremely old.However, there was an indescribable meaning between her brows and eyes.Ling Xiao bet that if she hadn't entered the cold palace, she would have been a rare beauty.

"Su Yin, Su Yin, where are you? Why don't you come to see me?" The woman sat by the window with her knees hugged, tears streaming down her face, "You said that you would take me away when everything stabilized... you now But why don't you want to look at me?"

"Miss, don't cry. The lord...he will come back, you believe me, he will." An old maid who looked normal next to him persuaded, "Don't be sad too, huh?"

"Aunt Gui, Aunt Gui." The woman calmed down a little after hearing the words, she held the maidservant's hand tightly and asked, "Aunt Gui, what year is it now?"

"Da Yin...23 years." Aunt Gui's voice was a little hoarse.

"23 years, it's almost here." The woman laughed when she heard the words, "He said that the new emperor can take me away within two years after he ascends the throne. Aunt Gui, I'm so happy."

"Miss, go to sleep if you are happy. Wait until tomorrow, huh?" Aunt Gui comforted in a warm voice.

"Okay. I'll listen to you." The woman lay down on the bed quietly.After Aunt Gui took good care of her, she sighed softly.

Dayin 23 years, Dayin 23 years.

Ling Xiao frowned and thought, isn't the 23rd year of Dayin the year when the new emperor ascended the throne?

Your lord, you can settle down in two years.

Dayin 25 years, what happened?

Seeing that the maid was about to fall asleep, Ling Xiao hurriedly jumped off the roof and stood in front of Aunt Gui.

"Ah, help..."

Aunt Gui turned pale with shock and hurriedly remembered to call.Ling Xiao had no choice but to temporarily block her mouth.

"Auntie... I didn't mean to hurt your lives. I came here today to ask for something. Can you listen to me?" Ling Xiao said.

Aunt Gui nodded dubiously.

"Offended." Ling Xiao quickly let go of his hand and helped the old woman sit down. Seeing that the old woman was still in shock, Ling Xiao hurriedly poured her a glass of water.

"...Do you feel better?" Ling Xiao worried.

"It's okay." The old woman said seriously, "Seeing that the gentleman is very handsome, he must be a big man, so what is the so-called reason for coming to this cold palace?"

"I'm a small civil servant in Donghui City, not a big person. Auntie laughed at me." Ling Xiao said, "But this time I came here to ask for something."

Aunt Gui snorted softly, "My lady and I are already in this cold palace, how can we help you?"

"Aunt Gui, I might as well call you that." Ling Xiao smiled, "I happened to overheard your conversation just now. I want to ask you a question, who is Su Yin?"

When the old woman heard this, her expression changed drastically.Vigilance, fear, panic.

"Who are you, who sent you?!"