Ice Beauty Emperor Master Manual

The day of parting always comes so fast, so fast. For Yu Yuke, the time that person stayed behind was like a silly dream.

Five days later.

On this day, Yu Bei entered the cold winter, it was the coldest time, before dawn, snowflakes were falling like goose feathers.

At the entrance of Zichen Palace, in the distance, a row of palace attendants in thick clothes lowered their heads, holding faintly bright lanterns, and waited respectfully aside. In front of them was the emperor with a stern face.

Yu Ke didn't go to court today, but came to Zichen Palace early in the morning, but lingered at the gate for a long time, never went in, as if he was waiting for someone who would never come out, since Yinshi, he has been waiting in the snow, standing all the time After an hour, a layer of snow accumulated on the umbrella.

It wasn't until the east lit up and the morning light was faint that Yu Ke opened his mouth. His voice was like ice, low magnetic and condensed, but covered with a layer of weak frost: "Let's all back down."

"Yes." Li Yuansheng replied, waved them back, glanced at Yu Ke, sighed inwardly, and backed away silently.

Yu Ke raised his head, and the plaque with the word "Zichen" on the gate was as usual, painted in gold, and clean as new. It seemed that it was still the same as when he moved here when he just ascended the position of prince, and it has never changed.

He thought of himself before he met Chu Tang, weak and helpless, his mother and concubine died of hatred, his father treated him coldly, and the palace people bullied the weak and feared the hard. He was an unfavored prince who could only let others bully him He was captured and went to the distant Weiying.When thinking back on these, Yu Ke's handsome eyebrows and eyes seemed to be covered with frost, as if he was watching a stranger's short first few years, ruthless and indifferent.

Slowly, his gaze softened.

But everything has a cause and an effect, and what is more a blessing than a misfortune, his previous sufferings, compared to his later happiness, are like a drop in the ocean.If he hadn't been taken into captivity when he went out of Beijing that night, and he wouldn't have met Chu Tang, his life might have been ruined by the Qimeng's knife, how could he still have the honor of being above ten thousand people?

When Chu Tang came here, it was like a god coming down to earth, holding him gently but firmly, through all the disasters, and giving him light and new life.

Yu Ke raised his head and stared at the plaque for a while, then looked away, and flicked his sleeves.

But time has changed, no matter how well these things are cared for, there will be a day of decay, and the world will always forget the old ones and replace them with new ones.

So are people.

Even if Chu Tang gave him affection, it was limited to this period of time and this place. After leaving here, maybe Chu Tang would forget him and the emperor he had single-handedly brought up in his life, and return to him. in previous lives.What's more, he is not sure whether Chu Tang really has a place for him in his heart.

Stepping over the threshold, Yu Ke wore a black brocade jacket with a silver border and dark dragon patterns, looking extraordinarily lonely in the white courtyard.

The people in Zichen Palace saw him and saluted one after another, Yu Ke raised his hand to stop him.Yue Rong hurried over and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, my servant."

"Where is the national teacher?" Yu Ke asked.

If you listen carefully, you will hear a slight tremor in his voice, like nervousness, or despair of not wanting to hear an answer.

Yuerong said: "The national teacher is in the small Buddhist hall."

Only then did Yu Ke's hands under the sleeves loosen a little: "Yeah,"

He made them back off.Soon, only he and the other owner were left in the huge palace.

Yu Ke looked around the courtyard and walked towards the side hall.

When Chu Tang promised him to stay for one more month, Yu Ke ordered someone to build a small Buddhist hall in the side hall, which was almost exactly the same as the Buddhist hall in the National Teacher's Mansion, so that Chu Tang could calm down in it when he was free. .

The door of the Small Buddha Hall is slightly closed to prevent the cold wind from outside from entering.

Yu Ke didn't go in, didn't knock on the door, just sat on the steps casually, quietly.

Snowflakes fell silently, and the pine, bamboo, and plum trees in the courtyard were covered with white frost and snow.

The ground was obviously very cold, and the wind and snow blew on his face like a knife, but Yu Ke seemed unconscious, staring at the yard blankly, with his long legs on one side, and his back slightly bent.

After a while, he called out, "Brother."

In the howling wind and snow, his voice was not too loud, but it was very obvious because of the empty courtyard.

In the small Buddha hall, several Buddha statues are enshrined in front of the hall. Melon and fruit green lights exude a faint fragrance and sandalwood.

In front of the ancestral altar, Chu Tang was dressed in white, kneeling on the futon, his back straight, his long hair hanging down his waist, giving him a delicate and flexible beauty.

There is a string of Buddhist beads hanging on his wrist, and he is closing his eyes, as if he is reciting scriptures silently.

Hearing the words from outside, Chu Tang paused, moved his eyelashes, but did not open his eyes.

There is no response inside.

Yu Ke waited until a small layer of snow had accumulated around his feet before he continued: "Don't worry about me, just let me talk to you for a while, okay?"

He took a breath.

"It's too cold outside, if you don't like the cold, don't come out."

"Do you remember? The first time we met, when you rescued me, it was also in such a snowy day."

Yu Ke smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that we are parting now, and we are also in the snow."

These days, Chu Tang treated him the same as before, the good ones were still very good, and there was no trace of parting from him.Faced with Chu Tang's usual appearance, could he still not know what Chu Tang wanted?What he wants is a peaceful and ordinary separation, just like the separation of a pair of ordinary friends, holding the ordinary hope that they might meet again, and saying goodbye without sadness.

Chu Tang has a cold temper and doesn't like to be vigorous, Yu Ke has always understood.And he wasn't really a child anymore, he couldn't keep crying and begging Chu Tang to stay.Therefore, before parting, he was extremely calm in front of Chu Tang.

But under the calm sea, only he himself knows the hidden undercurrents.Every night, he tossed and turned, thinking and thinking in the dark, but there was nothing he could do, only the depression in his heart, and the love that might not be reciprocated in this life.

He thought of many ways, but he couldn't keep Chu Tang.Now, he can only run over and babble in the snow.

Yu Ke said: "Do you know why I know your origin?"

In the silence, only his voice echoed: "More than a month ago, I had a dream, the day you said you were leaving. I dreamed that we met a long, long time ago."

Yu Ke propped his head on his hands, seemed to be remembering, and looked at the distant horizon: "Although I don't know where it is, but my brother is there, I can recognize him. At that time, I should be my brother's subordinate. Always just your back, you never look back at me.

"But I am still full of joy, as long as I can be by your side, it will be great.

"Actually, compared to the dream, I seem to be happier now, at least you came to me very early."

Saying that, Yu Ke broke into a laugh, and soon, the smile fell: "But you have your own relatives, don't you? You are not even from Yu Bei. From the dream, I know that you are only because of the mission, and you have no other choice." came here."

Ever since he found out why Chu Tang came here, Yu Ke has always known that Chu Tang will leave Yu Bei one day.

"You have never concealed your strangeness. It's not that you are confident that you won't be seen by others, but because you knew from the beginning that you would not stay here forever. Yu Bei is just an excuse for you, To you, I am just a passer-by."

Yu Ke's nose was sore, his eyes blurred, like a wounded beast silently licking its wounds, but he quickly withdrew his tears and asked stubbornly, "You have only responsibility for me, don't you?"

Chu Tang still didn't answer.

In the Buddhist hall, he lowered his head, looked at the opened Buddhist scriptures, and closed them gently.

Outside the door, it seemed to be cold, and it seemed to be waiting for an answer, Yu Ke's back was straight and a little stiff.

Suddenly, small movements sounded in the snow.

Yu Ke didn't look up, after a while, a fiery red fox came into his eyes.It came to Yubei Palace and was raised better. It seemed to be fatter, with round eyes and pointed ears.

"Brother, don't you have any affection for me?" Yu Ke asked.

Little Firefox took a look at him, jumped up the steps, and got in through the crack of the door.

Yu Ke didn't seem to realize it: "When I was young, you told me that you would not marry a wife in Yubei, how happy I was... I thought you really doted on me so much. Only now did I realize that to you, I have never It's not the most special one, it's just a little pet that comes and goes. No, you even smile at the little pet, and I'm not even as good as a little pet."

The wound on his chest has just healed, and the deadly smallpox has just healed, but he doesn't care about his body at all, as if his body is steel, in such a cold snowy day, sitting outside for so long His face was pale, his eyes were black and blue, he was haggard and pitiful.

Looking at the white snow, he seemed to be in a trance: "You might as well let me die on that snowy night more than ten years ago, so that I won't meet you, and I won't live in a dream for decades, and even more so... I won’t watch you leave today without being able to stop it.”

In the small Buddhist hall, Chu Tang kept his kneeling posture, as if he was listening very carefully, without moving.The little firefox crawled to his side and put his head on his lap. Only then did he regain his senses and touched the fox's furry ears.

He wondered in a daze, is what Yu Ke said true?

He quickly dismissed the question.

How could what Yu Ke said could be true.After so many years of getting along, how could he have only responsibility for Yu Ke?

But he didn't say anything.

The fox rubbed against him, Chu Tang untied the phoenix jade pendant from his waist, and hung it around the fox's neck.

"Squeak", the fox barked, seeing that Chu Tang ignored it, it ran out of the door sensiblely.

Chu Tang raised his head and looked at the Buddha statue with benevolent brows, his eyes softened for a moment.

He remembered that when he was with Yu Ke in the past, Yu Ke always liked to call him indiscriminately, not brother, master, teacher, national teacher, as if he was the only one who was close to many people in his life.

He closed his eyes, a smile flickering across his lips.

When he was suffering from smallpox, Yu Ke clumsily held his hand, extremely attached to him, but he was reluctant to approach him, cautiously, for fear of hurting him.

Memories flashed one scene after another, and finally stayed at the first encounter——

Yu Ke was lying on the carriage, his immature face was covered with gray marks, and he whispered, "Won't your benefactor come with us?"

Chu Tang got up, and the soft clothes rubbed against each other, making a slight noise.

He couldn't deny that he really didn't have a heartbeat, but he knew very well that he and Yu Ke were not from the same world. On the first day when he came to Yu Bei, he knew that he would always leave, and he would never leave anyone here. It's not a good practice to show mercy to anything.

He never lost that lucidity.

Outside.

The little Firefox stopped beside Yu Ke, with the piece of jade hanging around his neck, licking his paws irrelevantly.

Yu Ke looked at the jade pendant for a long time, then his shoulders shook suddenly, and he covered his face and laughed silently, but his eyes were full of sadness and self-deprecating, which was no different from crying.

"I knew it, Chu Tang, how could you take my things away?" Yu Ke laughed.

On that jade pendant, there is the Mother Gu of Love Gu.If Chu Tang took it away, Yu Ke would definitely notice where he was, so he returned the thing to him.

Inside and outside the door, there was silence.

After a long time, Yu Ke spoke again and said, "Brother, what I said just now were all nonsense, don't take it to heart."

He was sitting in front of the door, his eyes were red and his nose was red too. He didn't know whether it was cold or crying, but his eyes were firm.

"You don't want me to disturb you, so I won't go in. Let me see you off here." Yu Ke got up and said, "I wanted to bring some wine, but my brother is too strong to drink, and it's not suitable for drinking in cold weather." , I didn’t take it with me.”

Suddenly, the wooden door creaked softly.

Yu Ke froze all over, like a cold and hard stone.

Chu Tang's cold voice came from behind: "Yu Ke, I look forward to drinking the wine you make in the future."

Yu Ke's hand placed by his side kept shaking, he held his breath, and suddenly closed his eyes tightly, as if afraid of disturbing this last sweet dream.

There are begonias embroidered on the skirt of Chu Tang's clothes, the snow is flawless, just like his people, there is a kind of soft and cold beauty in the snow: "Goodbye."

He hugged Yu Ke from behind, very lightly, and soon separated, as if it was just a hug between relatives.

Yu Ke tremblingly said: "Okay."

Xueluo was silent, the little fox looked at the two of them, seeing Chu Tang hugging Yu Ke, his eyes widened, and he wanted to pounce on him, but the next moment, that beautiful person disappeared.

Only Yu Ke stayed where he was.

After a long time, he whispered: "One day, we will meet again."