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This was the first time Xu He saw the Empress Dowager Xuande after the flower banquet.She looks sick, her complexion is much worse than before, her temples are mottled with silver hair, but now her eyes are extremely complicated.

Xu He entered the hall, knelt down to pay his respects, and then walked aside. After all, the person summoned today was Yu Mu.

The atmosphere in the hall is very strange.

Emperor Hui'an spoke first: "Raise your head."

"Yes." Yu Mu calmly raised his head.The figure is as tall and straight as a pine, and under the sword eyebrows, the eyes are cold and cold.The dark purple pupils, which are different from ordinary people, catch light and shadow, sinking and floating.

Those present gasped.

The Empress Dowager Xuande closed her eyes, sighed, and shook her head slowly.

But a minister standing there was so excited that his hands were shaking. Without waiting for Emperor Hui'an to speak, he went out and knelt beside Yu Mu with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, you can't be wrong! This is Jinghong who the prince has been looking for for 20 years. Your Highness! I have seen the eyes of the side concubine Yan——the side concubine's eyes, that's how it is!"

The people in the room did not speak.

After hearing this, Yu Mu was stunned for a second, then suddenly turned his head to look at the minister next to him.

Xu He's brain hurts from being bombarded by this information—His Royal Highness Jinghong?Prince?what.

It took a long time for Emperor Hui'an to move, but his gaze was on Xue Chengyu.

Xue Chengyu's eyes narrowed, and he said coldly: "I heard that Concubine Yan once danced in all directions, and the red butterflies on her shoulders were so lifelike, it was a joy to hear. A few days ago, I accidentally rescued the maid who escaped from the fire next to Concubine Concubine. She said that the concubine's son seems to have a birthmark on his back."

After the words fell, the others didn't respond, Bu Jinglan laughed first, a very abrupt laugh, so cold that it was shocking, "According to save the maid who escaped from the sea of ​​fire, what happened 20 years ago is really a coincidence." He smiled, red lips like blood: "What about the maid? Let me see."

Xue Chengyu said lightly: "Shouldn't the top priority be to confirm his identity?"

Bu Jinglan sneered, "Yes."

Empress Dowager Xuande said softly: "Show Aijia your back."

Yu Mu lowered his head, his expression couldn't be seen clearly in the shadow.The oppressive atmosphere and tense swords in this hall seemed to have nothing to do with him. He raised his head, but his eyes were on Xu He.

Xu He had thought about Yu Mu's identity a lot, whether he was born illegitimately by a court lady, stayed behind by a concubine, or was brought in from the outside, but he never thought that he would have a relationship with King Yan, and those who were bombarded by the news would have blank minds. When meeting Yu Muqing's lingling gaze, Xu He's mood was particularly complicated.What do you see me doing?

Things have come to this, with so many people, he can still disobey the emperor.

Xu He said, "Yu Mu, take off your clothes."

The eye contact between the two fell into the eyes of many people.The Empress Dowager Xuande was slightly surprised, and Xue Chengyu gave Xu He an extremely cold look.Bu Jinglan looked at this younger brother again, the more he looked, the colder his smile became.

Yu Mu lowered his eyes and said to the Queen Mother: "Yes."

He turned his back and quickly unbuttoned his shirt. On the back of the young man, there were all kinds of scars that have been accumulated over the years. The marks have faded, but they are still shocking. And between the vertical and horizontal scars, there is a red birthmark, really like a butterfly. fell on his shoulders.

The entire hall was silent.

The minister next to Yu Mu was once favored by Concubine Yan when he was young. At this moment, he was so excited that he burst into tears, "Your Highness...we finally found you." The Empress Dowager Xuande couldn't bear it, and said softly: "Jinghong, this child, Living outside these years has also suffered a lot.”

Emperor Hui'an listened to the Queen Mother's words, nodded, and pondered: "I know this child from General Xu. He told me that this child will become a great weapon. Unexpectedly, it is the child of King Yan." He said: "Yu Really? Your father was so frantic when he heard about you that he sent someone from Yandi overnight. Clean up and go back soon."

After Emperor Hui'an finished speaking, he looked at Bu Jinglan hesitantly.

Bu Jinglan reacted very quickly. If he still doesn't understand that he was tricked by Xue Chengyu, then the past few years will be considered in vain.The smile on his face disappeared completely, and dark clouds rolled in his eyes: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will go back with Jinghong, and I can take care of one or two."

Emperor Hui'an nodded: "Okay."

The Empress Dowager Xuande paused, wanting to leave Yu Mu to talk.But these days, she was very tired from worrying about the queen's funeral, she had more energy than energy, so she awarded some rewards and left with the help of the maid.

The rest of the people looked at the young man standing in the center of the hall with complicated eyes.

One by one scattered.

Emperor Hui'an asked Yu Mu if he wanted to stay in the palace now.

Xu He hoped that he would stay.

But Yu Mu didn't want to, and directly refused.Afterwards, Yu Mu was taken away by the minister of Yandi, saying that he wanted to give him some things left by the former concubine Yan.

Xu He was waiting in the meditation hall.

In the end, only he and Xue Chengyu were left.

Xue Chengyu raised his eyebrows and asked him, "Aren't you leaving?"

Xu He said: "After all, I brought people here, I can't leave alone."

Xue Chengyu smiled, disapproving in his heart that he cared so much about Bu Jinghong, but said nothing, "Master Mu has a lot to say to him, and it's boring for you to wait here, let's go."

Xu He said, "Where are you going?"

Xue Chengyu said: "There is always a place to go."

Xu He froze for a moment, scratched his head and agreed.After all, they all grew up in the palace.After returning from Jinzhou, Xu He didn't enter the palace a few times because he was anxious about Su Shuangxu's affairs.

Going out of the meditation hall and out of the courtyard is a long corridor.

The towering palace wall separates the blue-gray sky.

As Xu He walked, he remembered the Rubik's Cube he carried with him. After giving one to Bai Qianwei that day, he went back and made another one, playing with it in his spare time.Take it out: "Remember this?"

Xue Chengyu stared at the colorful things in his hand, was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Very familiar."

Xu He gave him the fourth-order Rubik's Cube, and said, "I made a third-order Rubik's Cube when I was young. When I came back from Jinzhou and stayed at home for a few days, I changed it again when I was bored."

Xue Chengyu took it, and a smile flashed across his cold eyes: "I remember."

He thought for a while, and then said: "You made a lot of weird things when you were young."

Xu He was a little proud: "Yes, I was smart when I was young."

Xue Chengyu said indifferently: "That's right, I was late on the first day I came to the National Academy, and I slept from morning till night. I stole a chicken and used it as a decoration in the courtyard. It takes a month to memorize a book. How smart."

Xu He raised his forehead, and his mentally retarded behavior when he first arrived at the National Academy was vivid: "...Don't mention it."

Along the palace road is to go to Guoshuyuan and enter the old gate. The place full of pea flowers has grown a lot of weeds.

Xue Chengyu has a photographic memory since he was a child, and his memory is amazingly good. Now he can still use Xu He's words before: "What about your genetics? How is your research?"

Xu He was so ashamed that he just wanted to grab the ground with his head, wishing he could pounce on Xue Chengyu and cover Xue Chengyu's mouth - don't bring up such shameful things at the beginning, okay!He felt that Xue Chengyu deliberately hated him today.

What, how did he provoke him.

Xu He said in great pain: "Brother Xue, let's let the past go."

Xue Chengyu smiled to himself, but didn't speak.

After he and Xu He left, the yard was left empty.

It was clear and cold, a lot of weeds had grown, and a lot of dust had accumulated on the stone table.

Xu He thought of his first playmate in the palace, Brother Ji.

Feeling nostalgic for a while, he asked Xue Chengyu: "Hey, did I name that big rooster at that time?"

Xue Chengyu looked at him inexplicably: "No."

Xu He laughed, "I haven't thought of it yet. But it's fine if I don't choose it. As far as I was able to name it when I was a child, I might choose the walking alarm clock." Thinking of the rooster, his thoughts drifted away.

It seems that a long time ago, he hugged the big cock and pretended to be ugly, and then dragged someone across the garden corridor to avoid being chased.

Thinking about it again, oh, it's Yu Mu.

The poor little girl who didn't grow up, was submissive, and was so timid that she didn't even dare to take revenge.

It was only then that Xu He realized that his memory was not good at all.

... No wonder I couldn't read books when I was a child.

Tired from walking, Xu He sat on the stone bench in the yard.Next to it was a big green tree, and a few dead leaves fell on the table, and he gently brushed them off with his hands.

This is the place where Xue Chengyu used to stay more often, reading books, practicing calligraphy and painting.

Xu He put his hands on the table and said, "The first time I saw you, you were practicing calligraphy in the yard. What did you write?"

Xue Chengyu said, "I forgot."

Xu He: "...you're bluffing me." He even remembered the genetics he casually mentioned, so he definitely didn't want to talk about it.

Xue Chengyu lowered his eyes: "You will know later."

Xu He was surprised: "Why later."

Xue Chengyu wrote lightly: "I'm afraid I'll scare you."

Xu He: "..."

He belatedly remembered what everyone had secretly speculated about why Xue Chengyu went to the National Academy.

He was hailed as the pearl of Changle since he was born, and he was destined to be the star of Ziwei.

As for why he entered the Academy as a student - I heard that it was Xue Chengyu who angered Emperor Hui'an when he was eight years old with Tong Yanwuji, and Prime Minister Xue sent him to the palace in order to temper his temper.

At the age of eight, he angered the current Holy Majesty...

Afraid of scaring him.

Xu He looked around seriously, was very shocked, and whispered: "About the emperor?"

Xue Chengyu was stunned, and smiled helplessly: "Why do you think so?"

Xu He was blunt: "When I was young, I never dared to ask. They said that you provoked the emperor when you were eight years old, and then you were thrown into the National Academy by Prime Minister Xue in a fit of anger. Because of childish words—what did you say?"

In these years, countless people wanted to ask but dared not ask, but Xue Chengyu didn't bother to think about it.But when he met Xu He's curious eyes, he didn't hesitate, and said directly: "Fat Yan."

Xu He: "What?"

Xue Chengyu said: "Your Majesty asked me to mention a few words for him. What I wrote back then was Fayan."

shit.

Xu He: "..."

Is it the Fayan he was thinking of?

eight years old? !

This is not a child prodigy, this is a monster.

Xu He's gaze was unbelievable.

He thought he knew Xue Chengyu very well, after all, he had known Xue Chengyu since he was a child and had been with him day and night.

Xu He knew many of his habits. For example, he didn't like noisy reading, he didn't like greasy food, his clothes must be meticulous, and his hair must be spotless.There are also details of life, such as drinking a cup of tea before going to bed, burning a stick of incense when writing, etc.Clever and courteous, cool and upright, a good student in the academy, an example of literati in the world.

this moment.

He suddenly felt that Xue Chengyu was a little strange.

He thought that Xue Chengyu was a cold and jade-like gentleman who didn't care about the world and only read sage books.

But it seems that it should be him who hides his thoughts so deeply.It is not against the peace.

How could Ziwei, the ruler of the political star, be the prime minister of a country in the future, be simple and simple.

But Xu He was still a little disappointed, and worried at the same time: "No wonder you were thrown into the National Academy. Weren't you afraid that the emperor would kill you in a fit of anger?"

King Yan and Emperor Hui'an were both descended from the Empress Dowager Xuande, and they were direct brothers.Even if there is a estrangement behind the scenes, the respectful brotherhood, the harmony between the monarch and the ministers on the surface still have to be pretended.

Xue Chengyu said calmly and firmly: "No."

He has acted cautiously in his life, even if he became famous as a young man, he has never been arrogant for a moment.In the words spoken, there is no such thing as youthful and childish speech.After finishing speaking, Xue Chengyu realized Xu He's worry. He was stunned for a second, then his mood suddenly improved, and he said with a smile, "Is it too late for you to worry?"

Xu He didn't know how to answer him.He knew Xue Chengyu was hostile to King Yan last time, but he didn't expect that this thought started so early.

Because he had to leave sooner or later, he didn't pay much attention to these court affairs when he was a child, and it's too late to pay attention now.

He shook his head and didn't ask further questions.

Going back to the original question, "So, what you wrote on this table that day was about cutting down swallows?"

Xue Chengyu shook his head, "No."

Xu He was speechless: "Fa Yan has already said, what else can scare me."

Xue Chengyu raised his head, the sky light fell on his cold eyebrows, he looked at Xu He for a long time, and smiled helplessly: "I really can't say."

"Compared to the cutting of swallows, this is even more of a headache for me."

Fuck!Xu He's jaw was about to drop on the table: "Don't you want to rebel?!"

Xue Chengyu: "..."

little fool.

Xue Chengyu sighed in his heart, but his eyes were serious: "No."