Shadow Guard stand-in

Jin Jiuye woke up in the evening, He Jue was reviewing papers in the Qinzheng Palace, and went to see him after getting the news.

Now His Majesty enters the Xuanyi Department twice a day, and walks more frequently than the Imperial Garden. Everyone in the Xuanyi Department is trembling, even the dark guards on duty in the dungeon straighten their backs, lest the emperor take a day trip to the dungeon on a whim.

"I've heard about it." He Jue strode into the door, followed by a small palace man, carrying a heavy food box in the crook of his arm.

Jin Jiuye wanted to get off the bed, but was held down by He Jue, "Sit."

He brought food from the food box himself, "The imperial doctor told you that you can only eat light food, don't blame me for depriving you of food, it will be better in another day, you can choose the big wine and meat, and I will accompany you until you get drunk. "

The green vegetable porridge was handed to Jin Jiuye, Jin Jiuye reached out to take it, He Jue reminded: "It's hot."

Jin Jiuye didn't even use a spoon, he drank a little while reaching the edge of the bowl, his appetite was so good that he didn't look like a sick person.

He Jue couldn't help but said again: "Wait a minute, isn't it true? You look like a hungry ghost who hasn't eaten for three days. If you say that you are sick, who will believe it?"

Jin Jiuye said nothing.

He has never eaten and lived for pleasure, but just for survival. Even if he has no appetite now, he must eat enough, otherwise he will have no strength.

Without strength, how to deal with the enemy?

A moment of slow reaction can cost you your life.

Jin Jiuye quickly ate a bowl, and He Jue turned away the palace people as soon as he entered the door, so he had to take the empty bowl to fill it up, and said while filling it up, "I heard that half of the Xuanyi Division's staff was punished this morning, you even yourself If you don't let it go, how can you still turn the world upside down if you are injured? If it is according to your intention, I should also receive fifty sticks."

"Subordinates dare not." Jin Jiuye nodded.

He Jue took the spoon and put it in the bowl, and handed it to Jin Jiuye, "You can't drink like just now, or I will feed you spoon by spoon myself."

Jin Jiuye, who was about to drink up in one gulp, paused, and began to be reserved.

He Jue sat by the bed and continued what he said just now, "You really dare not, but you have already thought about it in your heart, how can you refuse to stay overnight in Qinzheng Palace next time?"

Jin Jiuye, who was guessed, almost hit his lips with the spoon, and he silently lowered his gaze.

Just drink porridge and don't talk.

He Jue sighed again, "I know, you want to train Xuanyi Division into the life and death camp back then, but if all these hundred or so people are as good as you, then I won't need so many."

Jin Jiuye raised his head suddenly, puzzled in his eyes.

He Jue smiled, stretched out his thumb to wipe off the food residue from the corner of Jin Jiuye's mouth, and said softly: "My shadow guard, you are enough."

Hearing this, Jin Jiuye couldn't help it, "Subordinate..."

He Jue couldn't listen to the coy and provocative words, so he stood up, and pulled off a clean undershirt that was on the hanger next to him, "Why don't you be shirtless, and you won't be afraid of catching cold, put on your clothes quickly."

The middle coat fluttered in a blink of an eye, and He Jue threw it in front of Jin Jiuye in disgust.

It's too late to say what Jin Jiuye didn't say.

He was only wearing a pair of trousers, his back was bloody with medicine powder, and his abdomen was wrapped with thick gauze. He Jue just came in and didn't tidy up, just eating porridge. In a blink of an eye, the night fell and the temperature suddenly dropped a lot.

The weather in June can change a lot, He Jue raised his eyes and stared at Jin Jiuye getting dressed.

Jin Jiuye didn't look like a wounded person at all. Putting on clothes was a bold move, and he wasn't afraid of tearing his wounds.

He is used to forbearance, and he can bear any pain, as if he doesn't need to take it seriously. There are countless injuries on his body, big and small, new and old, one after another, some of them faded, Then some can't see it.

But He Jue remembered clearly the one on his chest, it was blocked for him.

That time, almost killed Jin Jiuye.

But even if one foot has stepped into the gate of hell, the man in front of him has never been afraid of showing weakness.

He can kill with a knife when he is weakest, and he can also drag He Jue forward when it is most difficult.

He Jue knew very well in his heart that without Jin Jiuye, there would be no He Jue today, and he would never lose this person for the rest of his life.

"Brother Ye." He Jue rarely called out his childhood nickname.

Jin Jiuye tugged at his clothes, looked up at him, surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes, and there was no time to hide it.

He Jue couldn't help laughing out loud, "Let's eat the porridge, it scares you."

Jin Jiuye hummed, took the porridge bowl, "Don't scare me, master."

He Jue looked at Jin Jiuye's eyebrows and eyes, "You are two years older than me, but your face looks younger, and you are much younger at once."

When mentioning age, Jin Jiuye's expression darkened, "At present, Xuanyi Division can pick out a few available, and the subordinates will spare time to teach them, and they will be able to take care of themselves in the future. If the pursuit of assassination is not helpful, personal protection should be fine. When the subordinates are gone, there will be useful people around the master."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" He Jue didn't take this seriously, "Who can walk back and forth under your hands? You are still alive even if the bastard is dead."

This didn't sound right. Jin Jiuye opened his mouth to speak, but He Jue said again: "If you want to train newcomers, I won't say anything. If you want money or someone, just say it. I will give you the best. As for you I'm gone, if you're gone, I'm afraid I won't have a few more days to live, we brothers are too old to walk, so we have to leave this world to the younger generations."

"The subordinates are afraid that they won't live until they are old." Jin Jiuye said the truth cruelly and calmly.

He Jue stared at him, and after a moment of silence, he slowly opened his mouth: "It's my fault this time, I used Anshenxiang for you, and I have used it for you from time to time in the past two years."

Jin Jiuye was surprised, "Master, why is this?"

He Jue closed his eyes and sighed: "You are always alert, you can wake up when there is any movement, I just want you to sleep well."

"So..." Jin Jiuye figured it out almost instantly, why he was able to sleep by He Jue's side till dawn, and this was actually the reason.

"I asked Doctor Su today that Anshenxiang is not harmful to the body, but it will be weak for a period of time after using it. You are seriously injured this time, and you have carried fifty sticks by force, and you have reached your limit." He Jue mentioned fifty sticks. I suddenly thought of my purpose of teaching this person a lesson, "Don't act recklessly in the future. Xuan Yisi's stick responsibility is unusual. If you get hurt in the dark, it will be too late to regret later. It's just a corpse, and everyone has died. If you are dead, can you still dig out the flowers?"

"My subordinates have always wondered why they did not hesitate to infiltrate into the Xuanyi Division, but also took away the man's left hand. Actually, I have taken a rough look at the man's body, and there is no abnormality in the left hand, and there is no sign mark." Jin Jiuye thinking.

He Jue said: "There is no abnormality, so there is no need to think too much. During the healing period, just concentrate on healing, eat well, drink well, sleep well, and the recovery of the wound is the truth."

Jin Jiuye complied obediently, remembering the matter of Anshenxiang just now, and said solemnly: "Master, don't use that Anshenxiang for me in the future."

"You don't want to sleep well." He Jue was rather reluctant, "This time it's because I didn't think carefully, next time I have to hold you to rest for two days before letting you go."

"Master." Jin Jiuye only called out, his dark eyes full of persistence.

Refuse to give in.

He Jue was defeated, "I know."

"I still have something to do, so I'm going back first." He Jue stood up and collected the porridge bowl for Jin Jiuye, "I have to deal with the concubine tomorrow, I don't know what will happen in the autumn election, you have to follow I'm fine, don't let me worry about it."

Jin Jiuye was about to stand up and see him off, but He Jue waved his hand to signal that there was no need.

At noon the next day, Jin Jiuye got up, walked around the house occasionally, and was seen by the people from the Tai Hospital, so he wanted to go to bed, and he called it bed rest.

Jin Jiuye is not used to it, but if he refuses to obey, that person will bring out He Jue and ask him if he wants to disobey the order.

It sounds like He Jue came up with this idea himself, but he didn't come over, so he asked a group of old pedants to watch, Jin Jiuye was quite uncomfortable being locked in the room.

It's not that he hasn't been injured in the past, but it's not like this time that he is so weak and can get over it with a little effort. Why should he mobilize so many people?To be honest, Jin Jiuye couldn't figure it out, even though he couldn't figure it out, he still had to obey his master's orders.

"Master Shadow Guard, lunch is here."

Under He Jue's order, the Imperial Dining Room delivered food several times a day, which were full of clear soup and little water. Jin Jiuye got tired of eating a few times, but he never paid much attention to food.Food is just for satiation, as long as you can eat it.

The little palace man entered the door carrying a food box, and as soon as the lid was lifted, steaming mist came out.

"I heard some excitement outside. The Concubine's Yijia has returned to the palace?" Jin Jiuye asked casually.

The little palace man replied: "Yes, I arrived an hour ago. The imperial dining room is busy with the lunch of His Majesty and the concubine, and it is only now that Lord Yingwei is here. Please don't be offended."

"It's okay, it's natural that His Majesty and the Concubine are the most important." Jin Jiuye didn't care much.

The little palace man got started, and excitedly talked about what he had seen and heard, "Our Majesty is really kind to the concubine. She likes everything the concubine eats, and she has personally instructed the taste. The imperial dining room is busy today. Crazy, non-stop since early morning, but fortunately the concubine is also happy, and left His Majesty to talk for a while."

When Jin Jiuye heard the last sentence, he paused slightly, but didn't say anything.

The little palace man is young, he can't keep his mouth shut, and when he waited on the sidelines, seeing Lord Yingwei didn't stop him, he assumed it was acquiescing, and continued: "The concubine has been going to the Universiade Temple to pray for blessings since the beginning of spring, and now it has been several months. The temple is poor. Seeing that the concubine has lost a little weight. Lord Yingwei, I heard that the concubine is going back to the palace this time for the autumn election, and will return to the Evergreen Garden to warm up the winter when the master and empress enter the palace."

"I don't know what kind of wonderful person the mistress is. If she is picky and difficult to serve, life in the imperial dining room will be miserable in the future." The little palace man puckered his mouth and asked curiously, "Master Shadow Guard, what are you doing with me?" You spend the most time with Your Majesty, but do you know what your Majesty's sweetheart looks like?"

He delivered meals to Jin Jiuye several times in a row, twice in the morning and twice at noon. Seeing that Mr. Yingwei talked less and did not make things difficult, he naturally became bolder.

Jin Jiuye asked: "When will Your Majesty have a sweetheart?"

Regarding He Jue's unrequited love for Qi Lezhi, he has been keeping his mouth shut all along, and he can guarantee that he will not leak anything even when he is sleeping, and He Jue himself will not make it public.How do you hear what this little palace man means, the whole world knows that He Jue has a sweetheart?

The little palace man was stunned when he heard the words, "Why doesn't Lord Shadow Guard know? If Your Majesty doesn't have a sweetheart, why did you argue with the courtiers for more than half a year? You can hear that His Majesty doesn't even need a girl by his side, and he has kept himself as jade for so many years." , it’s all for that one person.”

In a word, Jin Jiuye began to doubt his life.

It is true that there is one person in my heart. As for whether he is guarded like a jade, he is not a shadow guard who is with him day and night, how can he know?

Jin Jiuye hadn't heard of the rumors outside for a long time, but he didn't know that it had spread like this. Even a small palace in the imperial dining room swears so firmly, so how does He Jue feel?Did Mr. Qi feel something when he heard it, and that's why he wanted to get married?

Jin Jiuye didn't dare to think about it. As a shadow guard, the master's private affairs have their own reasons, and he shouldn't be involved.

He made up his mind, put those messes behind him, and only ate the food in front of him.

Shoukang Palace.

He Jue accompanied the concubine to lunch, and then went for a walk in the imperial garden to digest food. The sun was high in June, and it was steaming hot even walking under the shade of the trees.

The concubine couldn't get tired of it, "The palace is hotter than the Universiade Temple, but Ai's house has been cold for a long time, so I like the warmth. In previous years, the palace was not lively, and there were only you and my mother and son around. Let the concubine enter the palace, Brother Jue, don't be too busy with government affairs."

He Jue hummed.

The relationship between him and the concubine is not close, although he is his biological mother, but he was raised under the name of the former queen since he was a child, and he has not seen the concubine for several years, so he is naturally a lot stranger.

"Earlier, I saw that you hadn't prepared for the draft, and the Ai family was very anxious. How can the emperor have no heirs? This time when you open the harem, don't just care about your sweetheart. The royal family's first priority is to spread branches and leaves. There are so many Shui Ling girls, all of them are excellent, even the Qi family has a pair of sisters, not to mention the Gao family and the Yang family. This autumn election, the Zhong family also has women of the right age who are ready to be elected. Brother Jue must decide Next?"

The imperial concubine's maiden name is Zhong, and Zhong's family can also be regarded as He Jue's mother's family.

But He Jue followed the first queen from birth, and only called the first queen her mother. The first queen was the daughter of the Qin family, and He Jue only recognized the Qin family as her mother's family.Therefore, the concubine did not dare to force people into the palace, she had to ask He Jue what she meant. She wanted the daughter of the Zhong family to be selected, and she also had the thoughts of the Xingwang family hidden.

"Then there's no need." He Jue's face was light, "I have a plan in mind."

"You want a daughter of the Qin family?" The concubine asked anxiously, "The Qin family has been in decline. Since Empress Xiaoshu, the daughters of the Qin family have been unbearable to the mother of the country. Now it is becoming more and more unruly. Your two uncles eat and drink all day long." For whoring and gambling, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has to pay back the money. The cost of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is your private treasury, Your Majesty..."

"Enough, concubine." He Jue couldn't help interrupting, he was impatient to hear this, but the relationship between concubine and his mother and child had only been close in the past two years, and he didn't want to make it too rigid.

He didn't want to cause many troubles for nothing. He was born in the palace when he was young, and he had seen too many women's tricks. Concubine Zhong is one of the best.

The affairs of the previous dynasty are unclear, and the harem still adds to the chaos, so should he still be the emperor?

Thinking of this, He Jue helplessly rubbed the center of his eyebrows, and met the concubine's burning eyes.

He didn't have to dodge, so he could only sigh, "The concubine also said just now that I have a sweetheart. If I am a sweetheart, why would I be greedy for other women? Not only the Qin family, but also girls from other aristocratic families, I don't want it either."