Everyone loves Huo Qubing

The sound of birds chirping in the morning pulled me out of my deep sleep.

Having grown up so much, I am already used to frequent minor illnesses, but this is the first time that I was so burned that I couldn't move a finger.I finally understood why Han said that after returning from Ganquan Palace, he lay in the guest room of the East Wing of Changping Hou Mansion for nearly a month.Now I am also lying on the couch half dead, my limbs are limp and weak, the unspeakable place behind me throbs and hurts, every slight movement pulls all the muscles in my body, and I grin my teeth for a while.

A slender hand clasps my wrist pulse.

"How's the situation?" The Son of Heaven withdrew his hand from my forehead, and turned to the female imperial physician Yiqian next to me.

"Returning to Your Majesty, from the symptoms, it is a common cold caused by qi deficiency. It's just—"

"Just what?" Tianzi's voice suddenly became anxious.

Yiqian closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, he already had a heroic expression on his face: "The boudoir secret medicine passed on by barbarians in the Western Regions, moderate use can enhance the mood, but excessive use will hurt Yang Yuan , I hope His Majesty will use it with caution."

Men stare at women.

"The concubine is going to get some herbs for Mr. Huo to reduce fever and soothe the nerves." Yi Yan resigned tactfully.

"Go quickly." The emperor waved his hand at the female doctor in a compromised manner.

"Your Majesty, this, this..." The soldiers stared at me lying on the couch dumbfounded.

"You are Yang Pu?" The emperor glanced at him from the corner of his eyes, "Tell me, how long will it take to clear the Gaoque battlefield?"

"At least...at least three to five days, at most ten days and a half months." Yang Pu, who usually speaks smoothly, stuttered today, and he seemed to be really frightened.

The emperor paced back and forth, and after a while of contemplation, he suddenly raised his head and ordered the eunuch: "Chuntuo, hurry to the Ye Ting Palace, I order you to take the seal of the great general, and immediately go to Shuofang City to stop Wei Qing, and stop me for another three to five days. Wait until Qu’s illness recovers before letting him go back to Beijing.”

"Your Majesty, this—" the eunuch hesitated.

"Why are they all so sticky today, hurry up!"

"Your Majesty, the morning court is about to begin, and it's time for you to drive back to the palace."

"Why go to court?" the emperor waved his hand impatiently and announced, "The Han army won the flag, and we will have a week off."

***

The night was shrouded again, and I was always being hugged and cared for in my daze.When he woke up, the candles in Jianzhang's bedroom were still on, and it was pitch black outside the window, with the sound of pattering rain.

The feeling of exhaustion has begun to dissipate, licking his chapped lips, his mouth is filled with the bitter taste of herbs.This seems to be the third night. The prescription prescribed by the imperial physician definitely has the effect of making people drowsy. If you have been in such a drowsy sleep, why did you say that you went to the battlefield with your second uncle before going to the front line? You will sleep to death in the palace first. .

The servant leaned against the wall at the door and dozed off, with a wet oilcloth umbrella at his feet.In front of the desk not far from the opposite side, the Son of Heaven was snoring on the bamboo slips, with two stacks of memorials in his hand, and Zhu Zhu rolled down on the ground, splashing some red ink.

Stretching my limbs that were almost paralyzed from sleep, I felt discomfort behind me, as if something was buried deep in my body. In great embarrassment, I instinctively reached out to fish it out.

Hearing the noise, the emperor raised his head and rubbed his eyes.He got up, raised his foot and nodded the sleeping servant.

"Don't touch it." The wrist was gently grabbed, and the man sat next to me, "It's a suppository for relaxing muscles and reducing swelling prescribed by the imperial doctor. If you want to get well soon and go riding a horse, don't take it out yourself."

Hearing that he couldn't ride a horse, I frowned in disappointment, but when I saw the bamboo slips with ink on half of the emperor's face, I couldn't help laughing.

"what happened?"

"No... nothing." He hadn't spoken for two days, and his voice was hoarse.

"Sick nephew, you are so beautiful. It's the first time I've seen you smiling at me like this." The worried look on the man's face soon cleared away, he curled the corners of his mouth, and let me stretch out Fingers, touching the clearly visible ink stains on his jawbone.

The waiter entered the hall with wild rice soup.I withdrew my hand and struggled to sit up, but was firmly pushed back on the couch by the emperor.

"Lie down," he ordered.

The silver needle was removed, the emperor took the bowl and tested the temperature.Covering my warm lips, I greedily suck the sweet water between the other's teeth.

When the bowl bottomed out, the man's breathing became heavy, his Adam's apple slid up and down, and his pupils once again churned with desire.The black fox fur cloak slipped from his shoulders, and the outline of the black silk jacket reflected his broad and strong chest and long and powerful arms, while his lower body was holding up an obvious tent through the silk jacket.

Seeing that familiar fiery gaze, I couldn't help but hide in the bed.However, I immediately regretted it. The man kicked off the clogs, lifted the brocade quilt, and slipped into the gap I inadvertently reserved for him.

"Don't be nervous, I won't go in." He hugged me and arched inward, and he licked my neck softly, "It was my fault that night, I finally got you, I really couldn't help myself, no It is the first time for you to be scrupled."

When I mentioned the madness of that night, my cheeks burned instantly.In the room full of incense from the Western Regions, I clearly remember being tossed and tossed by the emperor for several hours.

"Your Majesty, do you want to make up for all the losses that have been lost over the years?" Thinking of this, I teased the other party angrily and amusedly.

The emperor stopped, turned my face, and kissed me hard on the lips.

"My nephew owes me two thousand days and nights, how can I make it up so quickly? But don't worry, there will be plenty of time in the future, just make it up slowly."

***

The sun was shining between the window lattices, and there were vague conversations outside the palace door.I rubbed my sleepy eyes, sat up and listened.

"...Zichang, haven't you always wanted to travel to famous mountains and great rivers? After the coronation ceremony is over, I will set you free."

"However, my lord father hopes that I will stay with His Majesty."

"Being crowned today is a sign that you are an adult, and you should learn to live in the world, and let go of what you want to do, and don't care about others."

"Your Majesty, are you driving the minister away?" When he spoke again, Young Master Sima's voice was desolate, "Is it because of him?"

The conversation pauses for a moment.

"My son, it's not that I want to drive you away. I know that you have been unhappy this year. Since you didn't stay by my side voluntarily, it's better to separate from each other for a while." The emperor comforted the other party softly, but his tone could not be refuted. "Don't worry, the expenses of traveling in the mountains and rivers will be covered by me. Even if you travel around the palace for me and see all kinds of things in the world. I am still looking forward to reading your book, what is it called travel notes?"

"Historical Records, Your Majesty."

"That's right, record the meritorious deeds of our great Han, so that future generations and neighboring Siyi can all see. My Han family has a long history and a long history."

***

I finally breathed fresh air and felt extremely comfortable.Yiqian's medical skills seemed to be good. Han said he had been lying down for a month, but I only stayed in bed for four nights.

"Let's go, accompany me back to Jianzhang camp." I waved to servant Yang who was standing guard at the door.

"Healed up so quickly?" Yang Pu was suspicious.He must have seen the large pile of medicinal materials that Yi Yong brought.

"Good morning, Your Majesty is not allowed to leave." Trying to forget the residual discomfort in my body, I straightened my back and pretended to be nonchalant.How could this blushing soldier know about sneaking out while His Majesty and Sima Qian were heading to the Taimiao.

"Mr. Huo, please wait a moment." Before I could react, Yang servant had already skillfully untied my bun and put it back together, and he tidied up the crooked armor before he said happily, "Yes. Let's go."

The whole country had a long holiday, and the soldiers who lived in Longbeidi and Shangjun went home to visit their relatives one after another. The camp was filled with smoke, and it was extremely quiet.The little prince Pu Duo didn't ask why Yang Pu and I disappeared for so long, but when he saw my bare shoulder blades when changing clothes, his eyes dimmed for a moment.I vaguely remember that at the end of the dinner party, he was still eating barbecue and did not go to camp with the others.Before being carried into Jianzhang Palace by the emperor, I seemed to catch a glimpse of his faint gaze.

That night, something happened that made the little prince even more depressed—he and Yang servant were suddenly kicked out from their respective beds.I watched helplessly as the little prince put on his coat and left, and then a tall and muscular figure lifted the curtain and stepped in, trapping me on the couch like a thunderstorm.

"Good guy, let me run away without saying a word, and see if I don't punish you for deserting." The man frowned, pretending to be a majestic and fierce expression.

"Your Majesty, can you see the deserters who fled to your own barracks?" I sniffed disdainfully.

"It seems that I should reward you instead? Let me think about how to reward you." The emperor overturned, bit my earlobe, and began to read the oral order with a chuckle, "My Jianzhang Qilang Huo Qubing, bright and wise, Shining in the sky, gracious and gracious, won my heart, from tomorrow onwards I will be transferred to Fengche Duwei, I will be added as a servant, given a sword to walk in the palace, and will always be by my side."

"I dare not accept the order." I angrily glared at the nonsense person in front of me.What Tianzi Chengze, I'm not his female relative in Yongxiang; I just fell in his temptation and had sex with him twice, so I don't want to stay on guard at night from now on.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"How dare you resist the order? Well, how should I punish you?"

"Your Majesty..." Hearing the punishment, I tried my best to hide inside until I was squeezed into the tent cloth that was soaking in the air.

"Don't worry, I won't bother you tonight, just let me sleep with you in my arms. I can't sleep if I don't see you at night."

Having said that, the man still had to squeeze into the narrow single bed, tossing and turning to get used to it, grumbling and complaining: "This bed is really uncomfortable, it seems that I need to allocate some more money to Lao Ao, build The tents and couches in Zhangying have all been upgraded to the standard."

The drizzle was over, and the dim moonlight poked its head out from the heavy clouds and sprinkled down through the gaps in the curtains.In the darkness, the emperor beside me was already sound asleep, with warm palms on my waist, and a faint smile on his lips.

In any case, I never expected that the emperor would chase after Jianzhangying.I vaguely remember him announcing a holiday. Since it was a holiday, instead of going back to his spring-like greenhouse to rest, he ran to this cold barracks to squeeze into the military couch; It's not that I can't understand the tenderness from the emperor's family. On the contrary, in the past few years, I have been turning a blind eye to this rare and sincere choice.

Maybe it's because I have a skin-to-skin relationship with him, looking at the person next to me now is really different from before.When I first entered the palace, the emperor who spent all day hip-hop and having fun, who liked to recite poems, compose poems, dance and hunt, had already been sealed in my memory.Instead, there is a Han emperor who focuses on reform, worries about frontier fortresses and the army, land and finance, enacts laws and tax laws, builds water conservancy, and recruits talents and advice.

I remember my second uncle mentioned that the empress Dowager Dou and the Queen Mother once had two heavy burdens on the shoulders of the newly ascended emperor.The founding of the Han Dynasty was based on filial piety, and the Empress Dowager Dou and the emperor had different political views. Although I have not experienced the tragedies after the failure of the system reform in the Jianyuan period, I have also experienced it in Taixue; It has become the shackles imposed on His Majesty.Today, the Son of Heaven is finally able to shake off his arms, and together with his second uncle, he will fight against the outside world and settle down at home, and establish their common Utopia. I am very happy to see this.

Turning over to face each other, I used my eyes to trace the outline of the sleeping person in front of me, listening to his deep and long breathing.

Maybe today's emperor is the true face of the person whom my second uncle loved so much 15 years ago; maybe I, who have grown up, should really do what I can for them.

***

Wherever there are people, there will be gossip. The news of Shangweifu's night visit to Jianzhangying was spread the next day.When the holidays ended and the camp started, when I made another mistake during training, even Xu Ziwei, Jianzhang Supervisor who treated soldiers equally and was known for his strictness, began to hesitate when announcing the punishment.

"Instructor Xu, please punish me as you please." I consciously came out.

"Oh, well, I won't give you a set number of push-ups, you can do it yourself." Instructor Xu ordered helplessly.

Sweat slid down the tip of his nose to the ground, splashing small dust in front of his eyes.

That night, I finally rejected His Majesty's proposal to serve as the captain of Fengche, and decided to stay in Jianzhangying.So His Majesty immediately made a sensation in Shanglin Garden—ordered to rearrange the Tianliang Hall, the headquarters of the former Qimen Army located in the north of Jianzhang Palace, and transform it into a comfortable small palace with flower beds and ponds. And a group of Changle imperial guards were dispatched to garrison for him to visit at any time.

On the day when the Han army returned from victory, the capital was empty with thousands of people waiting for the general to return.As a member of the welcome guard of honor, I was fortunate to witness the heroic appearance of my second uncle on horseback up close.

Outside the Marquis of Changping, it was still bustling with people when the lights were on, and the housekeepers and guards were trying their best to dismiss the uninvited guests at the door.In the west chamber, I finally waited until the holiday and hid in the arms of the master of the Hou Mansion, enjoying the intimacy after the reunion after a farewell, completely ignoring the noise from the outside world.

"Uncle has only played for two months this time, why did Qu Bing lose so much weight all of a sudden." The second uncle kissed the messy strands of hair on my forehead, his eyes were full of concern, and there was some hoarse panting in his voice.

I gently grabbed the man's hand.

"Uncle, there is one thing I have to tell you." The aftertaste of leaking made my voice tremble slightly, "When you were not around, I had skin-to-skin relationship with...someone else."

After finishing speaking, I secretly bit my lip.When he persuaded Sima Qian to take the initiative to confess to Chen Yan, he threw out all the truths, but when it was his turn, his tongue seemed to be knotted, and half of his sentences were incoherent.

The second uncle stood up, astonished flashed across his brows and eyes.He looked into my eyes, and a smile gradually appeared on the corners of his lips.

"No wonder Qubing was so tense just now. I thought my technique was rusty." The man pecked my nose lightly while enlightening me, "Silly boy, uncle doesn't mind if you ask someone to help you. In the barracks, you hacked all day long. Oh shit, the pressure will be great, and occasionally you need to relax properly, just like a bowstring, if it is too tight, it will break."

"But I am very guilty. I have failed your love for me."

"Qubing, you are so cute. I didn't expect you to confess to such a thing." The second uncle sighed and leaned down to kiss my pouty lips again. "I said it a long time ago. As long as you love me, both parties, I can understand, and you don't need to blame yourself."