Self-cultivation after the cannon fodder

Zhu Sining covered his face and fled into the tent.

I actually asked such a stupid question, I obviously planned to ignore this misunderstanding.I raised my head and touched my neck. The itching on the back was no longer so itchy. It should be that the allergies have almost recovered.

It seems that even if Zong Qihao took a bite, it would not affect the efficacy of the medicine.

After feeling that his cheeks were not so hot, Zhu Sining started to wash, changed into pajamas and lay down on the bed to prepare for sleep.

Zhu Sining was not too sleepy, lay on the bed and read the conversation book and waited for Zhu Xiuyong to come back.

As the night deepened, Zhu Sining turned a page of the book, and suddenly remembered that no matter whether he went to the pavilion on the hillside or came back with him later, Zong Qihao just brought a few palace people and picked out a lantern.

Isn't he a little afraid of the dark?

When he was in the palace, he refused to leave after a little later, so he had to stay overnight in Jiaofang Hall.He refuses to extinguish the lamps and candles when he sleeps, so he must keep them in order to sleep more peacefully.

Zhu Sining half-faced, lost in thought—is it the power of love that makes Zong Qihao no longer afraid of the dark?

"Why don't you go to bed?" Zhu Xiuyong came back from the night patrol and saw that Zhu Sining was still staring at a certain point with his eyes open, and he was in a daze at first glance, so he couldn't help reminding, "Get some rest early, I'll let you come here , it’s not for you to stay up late.”

"I didn't stay up all night with His Majesty." Zhu Sining came back to his senses, put away the scriptures, muttered a few words, pressed the corner of the quilt and lay down under the quilt.

Zhu Xiuyong's bed here is not big enough, the palace servant who brought Zhu Sining's bedding brought another bed in and arranged them side by side.

"If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you thinking about?" Zhu Xiuyong was so tired that he had no intention of chatting with Zhu Sining, "Hurry up and turn off the lights and go to bed."

"I'm just a little confused and need to think about it."

Zhu Xiuyong yawned and asked casually, "What confusion?"

"I won't tell you." After doing someone else's kiss for this matter, Zhu Sining was ashamed to say it, but he was a little entangled in a problem.

Zhu Sining turned over, stretched out his hand and shook Zhu Xiuyong awake: "Brother, I have something to ask you, so don't sleep yet."

"Don't you want to talk?" Zhu Xiuyong pushed him away, "Speak quickly if you have something to say, and sleep after you finish."

"What would you do if you suddenly became someone else's stand-in?"

"Why should I be someone else's stand-in? It's almost the other way around."

"That's right, it's useless to ask you about it, you haven't even held a girl's hand before."

Zhu Sining thought about it himself, he was the only one struggling with this matter from the beginning to the end, look at Zong Qihao, how calm he was when he found out that he kissed the wrong person, and he could bear his temper and ignore him. After eating Xiao Yiming's love supper, the relationship deepened after misunderstanding and contact.

So, as long as he forgets that Zong Qihao took a bite of him, they will be good brothers and friends again.

"Huh? What did you say?" Zhu Xiuyong suddenly felt something was wrong.

Zhu Sining didn't have a single friend in Beijing, but later on when he entered the palace, he was surrounded by Zong Qihao's concubines, so the relationship would not be particularly close, and there was no chance of relationship problems even appearing.

——Except for Zong Qihao.

But before he heard Zhu Sining say that Zong Qihao didn't like him.So Zhu Sining felt that he was someone else's stand-in?

On the other hand, Zong Qihao made a promise to himself...

There are only a few people around Zong Qihao, besides Zhu Sining, is there someone close to him that he doesn't know?

Zhu Xiuyong, who was still sleepy at first, was so frightened by his own thoughts that he lost all sleepiness, and then felt that it was impossible, Zong Qihao didn't need to lie to him about this matter.

Moreover, he promised himself that when the time came, he would be quite solemn, and his expression would not seem to be fake.

Zhu Xiuyong straightened out his thoughts for a long time, but was completely convinced by Zhu Sining's thoughts. How did he come to this conclusion?

Turning his head again, he saw that Zhu Sining had closed his eyes and fell asleep smoothly, Zhu Xiuyong suddenly lost his temper and worried about him for a long time, but in the end Zhu Sining dismissed him because he was inexperienced. Leave him to sleep alone.

"I wish Si Ning to get up for me! Make it clear before going to bed! Who is the substitute!"

"Ah?" Forcibly pulled up by Zhu Xiuyong, Zhu Sining yawned sleepily, "Brother, why haven't you slept yet? You didn't say it, so you fell asleep after you finished speaking?"

"I can't sleep anymore." Zhu Xiuyong looked at Zhu Sining, "Whose substitute did you just say you were going to be?"

"Did I ever say that?"

Zhu Xiuyong twitched his lips lightly: "Come on, I still don't know your tricks? If you don't want to say something, you can pretend to have amnesia, and just say that you didn't say it."

"If you know, you'll expose me." Zhu Sining collapsed on the soft bed, "Can't you save me some face?"

Regarding this point, Zong Qihao did a good job. He really didn't want to talk about the leg injury last time, so he forced it to fool him, but Zong Qihao didn't ask.

"I have to ask, or I won't be able to sleep."

When Zhu Sining thought of that misunderstanding, his face was still a little hot, and he buried himself in the pillow: "There is no one's substitute, so I don't want to be a substitute." Even cannon fodder has dignity!

"Then you are?" Zhu Xiuyong frowned, Zhu Sining's state didn't look right.

"I figured it out. This is just a misunderstanding. When I wake up tomorrow, there will be nothing left."

"Nothing?" Zhu Xiuyong caught a glimpse of the skin on the back of Zhu Sining's neck.

Zhu Sining's skin is thin, and it will turn red with a little touch. If you add more force, a trace will last for a long time.

Now there is only a shallow tooth mark left on the back of Zhu Sining's neck, it seems that Zong Qihao hasn't gone too far.

only……

Zhu Sining seemed to be planning to ignore this incident and act as if nothing happened.

Zhu Xiuyong thought about it for a long time, and suddenly remembered what Zhu Sining said just now - why should he worry about Zhu Sining?Zong Qihao gnawed at Zhu Sining, he hadn't even held the girl's hand yet!

Turning over angrily, Zhu Xiuyong closed his eyes, he was going to sleep!

As for the misunderstanding, let Zong Qihao worry about it.

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Zong Qihao heard that the palace servants below reported that Zhu Xiuyong had gone back, so he put away his things and prepared to go to sleep with peace of mind.

"The empress may stay with the son of King Qin for a few more days, and send more lights and candles there." Zong Qihao told Jiang Wei, "And today, I was traveling alone earlier, so there were not many lights. After you become a queen, you should order a few more."

Zong Qihao recalled that when he got married, in order to sleep well, maybe he wanted to make a good impression, Zhu Sining asked him to put out the candles, and then Zong Qihao went to the Jiaofang Palace, Zhu Sining got up at night I drank water or went to light the lamp, but when asked by myself, I was vague and refused to say the reason.

Zhu Sining's leg still has some residual symptoms that are not fully healed, presumably because he is afraid of the dark and worried about falling.

It seems that we have to find a way to get the Tai Hospital to make a careful diagnosis and treatment, but Zhu Sining refuses to mention it, preferring to just let it go.

Still have to take it little by little...

Zong Qihao covered the quilt, touched the empty bed beside him, felt that the quilt seemed not as smooth as before, sat up and pressed the corner of the quilt, and then lay down and fell asleep again.

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After the hunt is over, King Qin and his son are about to leave Beijing.

The sun was high, and the army was lined up neatly at the ten-mile long pavilion on the outskirts of Beijing. Every soldier was full of energy, and the horses snorted and stomped lightly.Zhu Guang bowed to Zong Qihao: "We are going to a high mountain and a long way to go, please take care of your majesty." He looked at Zhu Sining who was beside Zong Qihao, a little choked up: "Ah Ning too, take care and write to me more. "

"Okay, I will write more." Zhu Sining hugged Zhu Guang, "Please take care of your father, don't worry about Aning, I will have a good life in the palace."

Zong Qihao embraced Zhu Sining, and said to Zhu Guang: "Please rest assured, King Qin."

His attitude is already here, so Zhu Guang won't repeat it anymore. After all, he is a monarch, and in this kind of public occasion, talking too much will get annoying and lose face.

Zhu Xiuyong had already been waiting at the front of the team. As soon as Zhu Guang got on his horse, the horn sounded. The herald rode a fast horse and raised the flag and ran from the beginning to the end, and the army began to move forward.

Zhu Sining's eyes were sore, and he suddenly felt a little cold.In the past at the border, Zhu Guang and Zhu Xiuyong often went out to fight, but he never felt that he was alone.

"A-Ning," Zong Qihao hugged Zhu Sining and pressed his head into his arms, "Don't be afraid, I will always be here in the future."

Zhu Sining sniffed: "I don't want to cry, I just feel a little uncomfortable."

He turned around and was waving at the army: "This is actually very normal, I always have to adapt."

His eyes were red, but not a single tear fell from the beginning to the end.

Zong Qihao made no other moves.

Zhu Sining will not cry, Zhu Xiuyong said this.

After the morning court yesterday, Zong Qihao purposely summoned Zhu Xiuyong alone.

"I want to know, if you don't want peace talks, how many troops will you need to fight until the foreign tribes are completely disintegrated and can no longer invade the south?"

"Why did Your Majesty suddenly mention this?" Zhu Xiuyong raised his eyebrows.

This dynasty has always adopted a peaceful strategy in dealing with foreign enemies, and it is possible to negotiate peace as much as possible.Once peace talks cannot be made, the tribes gather to attack, and the defense is the main focus, so as to avoid large-scale casualties caused by the confrontation between the two armies.

Zhu's few active attacks, they all won more with less, which didn't make Hubu Shangshu anxious to scold others. However, even so, every once in a while, especially when money and food needed to be allocated, Zhu Guang would inevitably be punished by Hubu. The officials of the Ministry played and cut a meal in the air.

Zong Qihao said: "Because I don't want to talk about peace anymore."

Reborn again, avoiding many detours, Zong Qihao felt that the internal dynasty had returned to the level of the final decisive battle in the previous life, not to mention that the Zhu family is still there, and all capable ministers and strong generals are used by him in the court, Zong Qihao is full of confidence .

"There is one more thing, I have thought about it for a long time, and I want to ask the son to understand before he leaves."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"Is it because Zhu's family is so indulgent and doting on Aning because of guilt?"

Zhu Xiuyong smiled: "How did Your Majesty make this speculation?"

Zong Qihao replied: "Of course there is a basis, but I just want to confirm it."

The specific time when Zhu Sining left the palace in his previous life happened to be after Xiao Yiming's successful peace talks.

Combined with the death of Princess Qin and Zhu Sining's leg injury, even if he didn't know the details of what happened, Zong Qihao could roughly guess that it must have been done by the foreign Hulu.

In the previous life, the Zhu family's rebellion failed. There was a big reason that Zhu Guang led troops deep into the enemy's army and consumed a large amount of Zhu's family's strength. , because the imperial court still has many internal affairs that need to be resolved urgently, and the attack on foreign enemies can be postponed any longer. What he needs more is peace talks to gain more recuperation time.

Therefore, the Ministry of Households took advantage of the trend and only gave enough shares, and did not approve any other materials that Zhu Guang wanted too much.

Although he won in the end, Zhu's family was also badly hurt.

No one is right or wrong, it’s just that everyone thinks differently. Maybe Zhu Jia thinks that such an opportunity is once in a thousand years. If you miss it once, it will be impossible again. But what Zong Qihao wants is to accept it as soon as it is good, and consider it for the long-term development in the future .

After suppressing the rebellious Zhu's family, they were able to completely eliminate the foreign Hulu. This also has a contribution from the Zhu's family-the two parties consumed each other, and finally achieved Zong Qihao.

The Zhu family's rebellion in the previous life was a sensible person who knew that the chances of winning were not high, and he had to do it no matter how difficult it was. Even if he knew he would fail, he had to resolutely resist... Maybe it was because Zhu Sining couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart, and couldn't accept the peace talks between himself and the foreign race.

For so many years, the Zhu family has resisted the foreign race for generations, and it has become a family feud, family hatred and national hatred. Once there is a chance to attack the other party, the Zhu family will definitely not let it go.

Zhu Sining's hostility towards Xiao Yiming also intensified at that time. At that time, Zhu Guang was under a lot of pressure to lead his troops in. Zong Qihao's support for the peace talks was the last straw that crushed Zhu Sining.

"It's not without reason that my father likes Aning. He always feels that Aning is the most like him."

Zhu Xiuyong took a deep breath. He will never forget the appearance of Zhu Sining riding out of the city alone in blood to seek support.At least, he doesn't have that kind of courage, and I'm afraid he doesn't have it now.

Now that he is the son of King Qin, he often has more things to consider, so it is difficult to have such a drive.

As for guilt, of course there is.But Zhu Xiuyong didn't want to say too much, the record that Qin Wangfei sacrificed her life and Zhu Sining's legs in exchange for was enough once.

As for what he didn't want to say, he avoided talking about it or even went to another topic. In this regard, he was the same as Zhu Sining.

"To thoroughly go deep into the enemy and break up these alliances is not something His Majesty can decide with a single word, it requires the cooperation of multiple parties." Zhu Xiuyong said, "Now that the foreign envoys have just left, His Majesty is planning to copy their old nest, yes Isn't it bad?"

Zong Qihao looked at him: "No matter what, the Zhu family is not willing to talk about peace, right?"

Zhu Xiuyong was silent for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty has great plans and plans, and has the world in mind. The decisions made by His Majesty are all based on the overall situation of the world..."

Zong Qihao suddenly interrupted him: "I don't need to listen to these clichés, maybe the Zhu family has some selfish intentions, but I believe that the Zhu family has no intention of supporting themselves."

In his previous life, he was very wary of the Zhu family. After all, the name of the Zhu family was far more famous outside the Great Wall than Zong Qihao, the emperor.

"Thank you for your Majesty's trust, and I am grateful." Zhu Xiuyong bowed, "We are both monarchs and ministers, and we are in-laws. Publicly speaking, I believe that Your Majesty will be a wise monarch. Personally speaking, I don't want Your Majesty is."

Zong Qihao didn't reply. Many of Zhu Xiuyong's emotions towards him came from personal sources. He has never been ambiguous in business affairs, which is why he can tolerate the other party.

"I think I can do both." He will be a good monarch who will last forever, and he will also be a good husband who will grow old with Zhu Sining.

Zhu Xiuyong looked at him firmly: "Don't think that I will help you, I am not sure whether it is right or wrong to let Aning go with me, but let him stay in the capital, even if His Majesty is willing to give him more rewards." Hu, I still don't feel relieved - even if His Majesty has made a promise, if Aning has a slight grievance, no matter how far or how difficult it is, I will take him away."

"You won't have this opportunity." Zong Qihao also looked into the other person's eyes, and said word by word, "I will never give it."

It is "I", not me.

The sun is getting hotter and hotter, piercing the eyes.Zhu Sining opened his eyes, not daring to blink, watching the army rushing to the distance in a mighty way.

One less glance, I don't know if I can see these people again next time.

Zhu Xiuyong at the front of the team turned his head and took a last look at the scene behind him.

The gray city wall winds into a line and fades into the sky. Zhu Sining is still standing there, turning into a small dot.

Zhu Xiuyong knew that at this time Zhu Sining would definitely wave to him, even if he couldn't see him at all, he would do it.

Ah Ning, I will not be by your side in the future, you must be well.

I'm sorry, I'm not a good brother, I can't always help you.