Shadow Guard stand-in

The palace people of Qinzheng Palace obeyed He Jue's order and closed the palace door tightly, no one could enter the palace.Qin Zhen and a few courtiers begged for an audience outside the palace, but after waiting for half an hour, He Jue did not come out to answer. He asked those little palace people, but all of them said they didn't know, and stood with downcast eyebrows, wanting to get angry but really looking for it. Not an iota of error.

Jin Jiuye came in from the palace road outside at this time, Qin Zhen immediately went up to meet him, and his tone was not restrained in irony, "Your Excellency Shadow Guard is a good trick."

"I've heard about the Tai Chi Palace." Jin Jiuye said, "Your Majesty is really ridiculous, so I'll go and persuade him."

Qin Zhen's words suddenly got stuck. He didn't expect Jin Jiuye to agree with his point of view. He was in the same camp as him. He held back for a long time before saying, "Then there will be Mr. Lao Yingwei."

"It doesn't matter." After Jin Jiuye said this, he went straight to the Palace of Qinzheng without further delay, and the palace people didn't stop him.

They all know that according to this person's favor, even if His Majesty does not see everyone in the world, it is impossible for His Majesty to miss Lord Shadow Guard.What's more, even if they try to stop them, they can't stop them with Lord Shadow Guard's skills.

So Jin Jiuye went straight into the Hall of Qinzheng, He Jue was reading a book in the hall, when he heard the noise, he looked up, "Why are you here?"

"Master." Jin Jiuye approached, and He Jue waved to him, beckoning him to come forward, "How is that child?"

"Eating a lot." Jin Jiuye said, he is still not used to taking care of a young baby, but fortunately he has a wet nurse and a few palace people to take care of him, so he is just accompanying him on a daily basis.

"Eat more and grow faster." He Jue smiled, "This is like you, you are a bottomless pit that can't be filled."

Jin Jiuye didn't think he ate too much, but his master said, "Then my subordinates should eat less."

"Don't." He Jue quickly stopped, "It's not that I can't afford to support you, why eat less? Besides, I haven't healed your injuries, and you haven't grown up. If you don't eat more, how can I eat you?" you?"

Speaking of the last half sentence, He Jue took Jin Jiuye's hand and rubbed it, just wanting to squeeze him into his arms.

Jin Jiuye nodded and said: "Yes, listen to the master, then the subordinates will eat more in the future."

These words made He Jue laugh out loud, and hugged him directly, "Brother Ye, do you want to be eaten by me sooner? If you are here, I won't be able to read."

Jin Jiuye left from He Jue's arms. He sorted out the memorials on the desk casually, and folded each one neatly. He Jue quietly watched his words and deeds with a smile on his lips.

"Why don't you help me sharpen ink."

"Okay." Jin Jiuye turned to the other side of the desk, picked up the ink stick and started to work. He stood upright and his movements were methodical, as if carved out of a mold.

With a smile on his face, He Jue looked at it for a while before calming down. He picked up the paperwork that he had just sorted out and reviewed it. The two of them were relatively silent. The hall was silent for a long time, only the slight sound of grinding ink and the rustling of flipping through.

"Master, there is something I want to say." Jin Jiuye thought about it countless times, and finally couldn't help but speak.

"What do you want to say?" He Jue asked.

"Master, is he being too aggressive in the Taiji Hall today?" Jin Jiuye observed He Jue's expression, He Jue's face was expressionless, and he suddenly began to feel uneasy, a feeling of being judged that he had never had before. perturbed.

"Subordinates should not talk about government affairs indiscriminately, but the master is the king of a country. I don't want the master to be criticized because of this matter."

He Jue nodded, "You are right, then do you know why I would say such a thing?"

Jin Jiuye shook his head, expressing doubts.

He Jue sighed, "I don't want you to be compared with other women, and I don't want any other people in my harem. I said before, that child is your son."

"So the master doesn't want to have any more heirs?" Jin Jiuye lowered his eyes.

"Yes." He Jue said frankly, "I can't do it, not now, and I won't be able to in the future, and you can't bear me a child, what can I do?"

"The master wants to use the name of the emperor's heir to block everyone's mouths, so he wants the child's existence to be justified, even if it seems to be justified." Jin Jiuye quickly understood He Jue's intentions, "But... there is no need for this."

"What do you mean unnecessary?" He Jue asked.

Jin Jiuye was silent, and He Jue said again: "You should know who I'm doing this for."

"If you insist on treating him as your subordinate's child and bearing such a reputation, why doesn't the master allow your subordinate to become pregnant?"

When He Jue heard this, he suddenly sneered, "Yeah, why didn't I let you bear this reputation? Even you thought it was a bad reputation, so why would I let you bear it?"

"Your subordinates are fine." Jin Jiuye emphasized, He Jue shook his head, "You don't need to say any more."

Silence, another burst of silence, and even the silence contained confrontation.

"The subordinates feel that the master should not announce the pregnancy, so why not take it back." Jin Jiuye still insisted.

"Jin Jiuye." He Jue suddenly called his name directly, "Don't go too far."

"This subordinate knows his mistake." The man in black pleaded guilty, knelt down and bowed his head, and said, "Master, please take it back."

He Jue stared at the man's head, wanting to reach out and hammer it twice, but finally held back, he stood up and went to the window sill.

"Master..." Jin Jiuye turned around and called out.

He Jue looked at the scenery outside for a while, "You have never disobeyed me before, even if everything I do is wrong, you will always be wrong with me."

These words were like enlightenment in an instant, and Jin Jiuye was stunned for a moment. He suddenly realized that his behavior had completely violated the shadow guard's rules.

However, He Jue's words continued: "Brother Ye, I will not take back what I say. Whether it is you or anyone else, I will not change the slightest bit. This decision is made by me. In my heart, even if it is Zhen, they put pressure on regardless. If you take on this title, the word "monster concubine" will never be taken off. Sorry, do you understand?"

"I didn't take your feelings into account in the past. I didn't do enough. Now, I don't want to make the same mistake again. Brother Ye, you are the person I put on top of my heart. As long as you are unhappy at all, I will feel uncomfortable."

He turned his head and saw Jin Jiuye kneeling on the ground with his head down, unable to say anything.

He Jue stepped forward and pulled him up from the ground, "Don't just kneel."

After Jin Jiuye got up, He Jue said a few more words of comfort, and finally said: "You know that I never said that I am an impulsive person without self-control, this child will be yours and mine, and you will also be my only wife. If you are the emperor, you are the queen, there is no doubt about it."

"Yes, this subordinate obeys." Jin Jiuye returned to his usual coldness, with no expression on his face and no emotion in his voice.

In addition to being respectful, there seemed to be an additional alienation of keeping one's identity, which He Jue hadn't noticed yet.

When Jin Jiuye went out, Qin Zhen and others greeted him, "Master Yingwei, what did your majesty say?"

Jin Jiuye shook his head, "It turned out that I was wrong. Your Majesty's order can only be obeyed. How can I argue?"

"What do you mean?" Qin Zhen didn't understand, but Jin Jiuye stopped talking and went straight to Yongshou Palace.

As night fell, He Jue had dinner in Qinzheng Hall, and after the stubborn courtiers outside had left, he also went to Yongshou Palace to rest.Ever since he came back from Yushi Pass, his schedule has not changed, and he will go to Yongshou Palace unshakably.

Now that he is resting in the name of raising a baby, he has a lot of leisure time.Zhang Xiaoxi, who was on duty at night, dozed off at the door, and when He Jue came, he quickly cheered up, "Slave..."

"Don't say too much, step back, where is Jin Jiuye?" A few days ago, that person would accompany the child and was not in the dormitory occasionally, so He Jue asked this question.

Zhang Xiaoxi said: "It's about in the bedroom of the main hall."

"Okay, you go down, I'll go and have a look." He Jue deliberately kept his voice down when he entered the door, he didn't want Jin Jiuye to notice, he just wanted to see what this man was doing in the room at this hour.

According to past habits, especially after having a child, Jin Jiuye usually would not stay in the house, he would either stay with the child, or wield a sword, or go to Xuanyi Division.

The abnormal situation made He Jue more careful, and the lights in the room were on.

He Jue pushed open the door, and there was no one in sight, so he walked in step by step, walking into the inner room bit by bit.

On the bed, there was a figure bowed. Jin Jiuye was lying on the bed with the quilt covering his whole body. He was still awake, looking at He Jue quietly with his eyes.

He Jue felt something was wrong, "What are you doing?"

Jin Jiuye shook his head, "I didn't do anything...just sleep."

"No." He Jue stepped forward suddenly, and threw off the quilt. The man's coat was neat, and even his shoes were on his feet. It didn't look like he was going to rest at all.

What's more, with Jin Jiuye's temperament, even if he was injured, he would never just lie down carelessly when he saw himself coming in.

"What were you doing just now?" He Jue asked, stretching out his hand to grab the man, only to find that the man's clothes were wet, and soon beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

He gritted his teeth, unwilling to let out a single sound, but in the current situation, what else does He Jue not understand?

"Are you so disrespectful to yourself?" He Jue's voice was full of anger, "Your injury is not healed yet."

Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Jin Jiuye struggled to get up and half sat up, but just such a movement made him sweat profusely.

He is suffering unbearable pain.

A small red pill accidentally fell on the pillow, He Jue saw it immediately, reached out to take it, and was covered by Jin Jiuye.

"You, give it to me." He Jue said sharply.

Jin Jiuye paused for a moment, then slowly stretched out his hand, spreading out his palm, and the little pill was completely presented in front of his eyes.

He Jue saw it clearly, and immediately his eyes widened. This kind of pill is so familiar. It is a kind of shadow guard punishment. After taking it, the body will be in pain. to eight hours.

"Jin Jiuye, are you crazy?" He snatched the small pill, and another layer of sweat oozed from the man's forehead, his whole body seemed to be washed, he gritted his teeth and said nothing.

"What is it for again this time?" He Jue's eyes were red, and his heart ached.

Jin Jiuye said: "Master, don't be afraid."

"Oh, you still know that I will be afraid?" He Jue held the man in his arms, only to hear the man whisper, "The other punishments will not work on the subordinates, only this pill, the subordinates will not be able to bear it."

Along with the pills, there are other penalties and sometimes interrogations.He Jue and Jin Jiuye have been together for 20 years, so they naturally know something, "Did you still use needles?"

"It was supposed to be used, but I didn't have time." A layer of sweat was visible to the naked eye.

He Jue was so angry that he really wanted to beat him up, but he couldn't bear it. His heart was so painful that he was about to die. If he didn't come early tonight, maybe this man would punish himself with a more severe punishment.

The Shadow Guard has a lot of tricks, this little red pill is the most severe one, the last time it was just a needle, why this time...

He Jue couldn't help asking: "Why?"

Jin Jiuye answered intermittently: "Subordinates who disobey their master should be punished according to the Shadow Guard Regulations."

"What disobedience, I never thought you were disobedient to me." He Jue hugged the man even tighter, and roared with hatred, "You are really crazy, why do you want to humiliate yourself, knowing that I will feel bad, I will feel bad I would rather die than live!"

After saying this, He Jue was so anxious that he shed tears, Jin Jiuye slowly raised his eyes, looked at it for a while, "Master, don't cry."

"I didn't cry." He said stubbornly, "Why are you so stupid? Next time you have to punish yourself, can you report it to your master? If it's because of today's incident, I will accept you, and if I accept you, you... ...Don't be like this, don't be like this again, okay?"

In the end, all that remained was pleading, but unfortunately Jin Jiuye couldn't respond to He Jue's questioning.

One is because of the physical pain, and the other is because there are some secret thoughts lurking in his heart that cannot be uttered. If it is only because of what he said today, maybe he will feel much better, but that is not the case.

Jin Jiuye grabbed his arm so hard that his nails were almost embedded in the flesh. He shouldn't let his heart overrule, he shouldn't forget the duty of the shadow guard, and he shouldn't go against the instinct of the shadow guard.

"There is no antidote for this pill, how many pills have you used?"

Jin Jiuye was silent for a moment, as if he was slowing down the momentum, and then said: "Just one."

He Jue finally breathed a sigh of relief. He hugged Jin Jiuye like he was holding a child, and pressed the man's head in his arms to make him lie more comfortably, "I'll be with you."

The last time this person was cruel enough to him, he used eight pills in one go, and he almost lost his breath at that time.What was the reason at that time? Several years ago, he disobeyed his orders and insisted on rushing into the thousands of troops to take the life of the king of Chu.In that battle, because King Chu died and the enemy army had no leader, He Jue naturally won.But afterwards, Jin Jiuye severely punished himself. He Jue said he had merit, but Jin Jiuye said that disobedience to the master's order is the most unforgivable crime for the shadow guard.

He stubbornly insisted on some seemingly unreasonable principles. Once He Jue only thought that Jin Jiuye was an excellent shadow guard, and did not allow his behavior to be unqualified. At that time, he admired Jin Jiuye's ruthlessness and Indifference, but now... what is it for this time, why did it rise to this level?

He Jue thought silently, felt the trembling of the man silently, and his heart also trembled.

Silence, long silence, the lights were swayed by a gust of night wind coming in from the window, He Jue's eyes were full of tears, and he felt that the scene in front of him was foggy.

"Brother Ye, it's my fault, next time I won't make any claims." He lowered his head close to Jin Jiuye's hair, and whispered in his ear.

"Brother Ye, don't do such a thing again, I'm going to die soon, do you know that?"

Panting in pain, Jin Jiuye slowly responded bit by bit: "Master, I want to ask you one thing."

"What's the matter?" He Jue asked angrily.

Jin Jiuye closed his eyes and said hoarsely, "Master, don't call me Brother Ye anymore."

"Why?" He Jue was puzzled.

But Jin Jiuye didn't speak, maybe half an hour of silence, maybe not, his eyes just quietly stared at the lamp that was swayed by the night wind.

After staring at it for a long time, the voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible.

However, He Jue got very close, and only heard the man move his lips, as if to say: "Master is calling too much..."

"The hearts of subordinates are just like that lamp."

Overstepping because of heartbeat, overstepping the rules because of heartbeat, and self-punishment because of heartbeat.