Shadow Guard stand-in

He Jue looked at the light that was close at hand, and it was no longer moving, just burning alive.

"If you shout too much..." He Jue's heart was pounding, maybe an unexplainable emotion lingered all over his body, "How about you screaming too much?"

Jin Jiuye shook his head and didn't have the energy to speak anymore.

He Jue didn't get an answer. He stared at the lamp all night, thinking about the past, every moment of the picture came to mind, and the man's face was always lingering.

He sighed and hugged him tighter. The other person closed his eyes, and he didn't know if he was conscious or not.

He Jue said softly: "If you punish yourself in the future, I will punish myself ten times. It is my fault for treating you badly."

"Don't..." Jin Jiuye still heard it, and said dumbly.

He Jue got very close, "Brother Ye, do you know why I'm willing to let you get hurt? If you have a little bit of love for me, I'm already very attached to you."

"Just let it go, okay?" He Jue pressed Jin Jiuye's chest, feeling the beating there, with a suppressed voice, "I beg you, bro."

Jin Jiuye was silent for a long time without answering.

Nothing to say all night until dawn.

He Jue didn't wait for Jin Jiuye's answer, so he skipped the morning court the next day and stayed with Jin Jiuye in Yongshou Palace.After lunch, the child was brought over, He Jue coaxed him for a while, and said to Jin Jiuye: "I named him, according to seniority, I follow jade, and the next generation should follow water."

"What's your name?" Jin Jiuye asked.

He Jue replied with a smile: "I said before, I will never change, I will never change to you until death."

Jin Jiuye lowered his eyes and looked at the child's big dark eyes, "There is an extra word "no" in the middle, is it okay?"

He Jue said: "Yes, it's settled like this."

Jin Jiuye didn't say anything else, and He Jue didn't go to court for the next few days, Qin Zhen took a few officials to guard the gate of Qinzheng Hall every day, and Elder Qi Ge suddenly went home on vacation, and Qi Lezhi couldn't even see him silhouette.Until the once-a-ten-day grand meeting, He Jue was bound to attend, and Qi Lezhi couldn't avoid it. As soon as he entered the Taihe Gate, he was stopped by Qin Zhen.

"Nephew, I finally see you." Qin Zhen held Qi Lezhi's hand for a while, and Qi Lezhi couldn't break free, so he was forced to drag him all the way to the Tai Chi Hall.

"Nephew, you grew up with His Majesty, and you are the best brothers. This matter has not been publicized yet, and His Majesty still needs your advice, otherwise, how will the people of the world treat His Majesty?" Qin Zhen earnestly said He said these words over and over again many times, Qi Lezhi could only nod repeatedly.

"Yes, Lord Qin is right." Qi Lezhi repeatedly agreed, and then said, "It's still early to go to court, I'll go to Qinzheng Hall to persuade Your Majesty."

"That's good, let's go, let's go." Qin Zhen finally let him go, Qi Lezhi went straight from Taiji Hall to Qinzheng Hall, and heaved a sigh of relief when he got out.

When he arrived at Qinzheng Hall, he was still stopped by the palace people. Fortunately, Zhang Fu went in to report and saw He Jue after a while.

"He Xiaoliu, you must have made a big fuss this time." Qi Lezhi said hastily as soon as he entered the door, regardless of etiquette.

He Jue smiled with a gentle tone, "Is it big?"

"Isn't that old enough?" Qi Lezhi said angrily, "I'm being questioned by the old man all day long at home, and when I went out today, I was pestered by the old man Qin for a long time. , There is no way to spoil a daughter-in-law like this."

He Jue packed up his clothes under the service of the palace servants, "It's not all because of this, I'm tired and want to rest for a while."

"What do you mean?" Qi Lezhi asked suspiciously.

"It's literally." He Jue walked out without saying anything, followed by Qi Lezhi, "Did your kid have a name?"

"Not yet, there's a nickname, wait until you're older to name it, so that you don't get overwhelmed and collide." The old rules have always existed, and children are usually raised until they are three or four years old before they get a proper name. After all, there are too many children to support.

He Jue nodded, and asked again: "Ge Lao doesn't seem to object much this time?"

Qi Lezhi sighed, "Although he didn't come to look for you, His Majesty, he was venting his anger at Nachen at home, saying that I spoiled you, but I don't like men, so what can it have to do with me?"

When He Jue heard this, he suddenly smiled and said, "It really has something to do with you."

"What, Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense. If someone outside hears it, I will have a hard time in the future. Mr. Qin's mouth..." Qi Lezhi trembled after thinking about it.

He Jue said: "Could it be that you came up with this bad idea for me? I didn't even think of it."

"Oh my god, Your Majesty, you have to speak with your conscience!" Qi Lezhi almost cried out, and He Jue chuckled, "You go, I'm going to have breakfast, why are you still sticking around here?"

"I didn't even have breakfast." Qi Lezhi said aggrievedly.

He Jue coldly refused, "I want to use it with Jin Jiuye, it will be inconvenient for others."

"What the hell?" Qi Lezhi looked ashamed, "He Xiaoliu, you... have really become a fool now!"

He Jue waved his hand, and the little palace people in the imperial dining room had already brought food boxes, and the breakfast that should have been there was still there, covering the entire table.

"With so much breakfast, are there ten villains in His Majesty's stomach?" Qi Lezhi was stunned.

He Jue said unhappily: "I want you to take care of it, I use it to coax people."

Qi Lezhi was depressed for a while, what else could he say, now he has no place in His Majesty's heart as a young boy, he is useless except to be used as a backstop.

He resigned with self-knowledge. He Jue didn't even look at it. He sat on the dining table and waited for Jin Jiuye to come over. God is sorry. Didn't even enter the door.

"Your Majesty, I have another question..." Qi Lezhi who had left suddenly returned, and He Jue frowned dissatisfiedly, "Say something quickly."

"How do you plan to sing this time? How long do you have to sing?" Qi Lezhi approached, and asked in a low voice, "You have to talk to Chen beforehand, so I have a good idea in my heart, do you really plan to get pregnant? October, I'm afraid I won't be able to sing for that long."

"Whenever those people are separated, I will give birth to the child." He Jue said lightly, his stomach started to growl after being hungry all night, and he really wanted to eat, but Jin Jiuye hadn't come yet, so he held back .

"Then when is Your Majesty planning to enroll?" Qi Lezhi asked, and He Jue glanced at him, "Why are you in such a hurry? Could it be that there is something bad about you?"

"Your Majesty, please don't wrong me. I have never been on your side. I used to have a prejudice against Lord Shadow Guard. Now that I have changed my ways, you should also trust me."

"Oh, maybe Qi Ge sent you here to find out the news, right?" He Jue looked at Qi Lezhi with cold eyes, Qi Lezhi sighed and admitted: "Half, half."

He Jue raised his eyebrows, "Oh?"

"My old man is not pedantic. In fact, Mr. Qin is not bad, at least he is considered good among the old stubborn of those aristocratic families. In the past, he was not open-minded. His majesty had a long time to choose a male concubine. I think this time It must be with Mr. Qin, but I didn't expect to use the excuse of sick leave to not participate, which really surprised me." Qi Lezhi said honestly.

He Jue also agrees with this, "If it weren't for the elder Ge's vague statement, the previous court might have become more violent. How could it be as small as it is now? For this, I have to thank the elder."

"So I also listened to the old man, and learned something." Qi Lezhi looked at He Jue steadfastly, and He Jue asked with his eyes before he continued, "Father, he should be supporting His Majesty." Master Chuyingwei is the queen."

"How could it be?" He Jue couldn't believe it, "At the beginning, he even had a long dispute with me about choosing a male concubine. In his heart, it was justified for a man to marry a woman, and it was just a stopgap measure to agree to my choice of a male concubine. .”

Qi Lezhi shook his head, "Perhaps today is different. I asked my father the same way, and my father told me about the day before His Majesty left Beijing."

He Jue's thoughts flashed back to that snowy afternoon. He and Qi Ge were standing at the gate of Qinzheng Hall, letting the cold wind blow across their cheeks. .

"Father said that he has been king for three generations, and he has seen countless kinds of people, but he has never seen anyone like His Majesty." Qi Lezhi said slowly, "Your Majesty's benevolence is for the benevolence of all people in the world. Selfish desires..."

He Jue smiled and shook his head, "I'm just being willful."

"No, my father said, His Majesty is broad-minded, without prejudice, and sees farther than the ministers. The blood of the emperor's heir is to maintain the power of one family and one family name. For this reason, many kings do not hesitate to plot and calculate, but remove power, as long as they are for the country and the people, Who is unbearable to be a king?" Qi Lezhi said here, put away his foolishness, and respected a lot, "I apologize to His Majesty, because I was concerned about the child's life and blood back then, now that I think about it, under the guidance of His Majesty and Lord Yingwei, he Certainly there will be no disadvantages in virtue, if so, as the prince, why not?"

"As for the Northern Qi Dynasty, corpses are buried in the loess for a hundred years, and the affairs of future generations are not what we want to do." Qi Lezhi's eyes were firm, as if he had realized some truths, "For the matter after the book, the entire Qi family can help. "

He Jue was silent for a moment, then stood up, walked up to Qi Lezhi, and patted Qi Lezhi on the shoulder, "Thank you."

Needless to say, a word of thanks from the king is already the greatest respect for them.

Qi Lezhi backed out, just in time to meet Jin Jiuye coming over, the two met face to face, Jin Jiuye nodded at him, "Mr. Qi."

Qi Lezhi smiled and said, "Has Lord Shadow Guard recovered from his injury?"

"It's almost there, Mr. Qi, is there anything I can help you with?" Jin Jiuye asked.

Qi Lezhi shook his head and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I was just thinking about the emperor's wedding, the red tape is very troublesome, and Taichang Temple sacrifices to the heavens and so on, it will take a few days, and the shadow guard must recover from his injuries. Otherwise, if you are exhausted, Your Majesty will feel distressed again."

In the room, He Jue was calling Jin Jiuye to come in, but the man in black didn't say much, and went straight in, his eyes widened when he got to the dining table.

"Master, this table seems to have too much breakfast, right?" The man's attention was drawn to the food, and he didn't ask about the rest of the meal.

He Jue also forgot to explain, staring at the dining table with more than a dozen plates of food, and a large pot of meat porridge, reluctantly said: "It's not too much, isn't your appetite quite big? And I'm hungry too."

Jin Jiuye took a deep breath, "Since the master is hungry, don't waste it."

He Jue suddenly had an ominous premonition in his mind. Half an hour later, he swallowed the last mouthful of meat porridge in the bowl, "Brother Ye, I feel full."

Jin Jiuye pointed to the small pot next to him with his eyes, "There is still half a pot of porridge, isn't the master hungry?"

"No, I can't do it anymore." He Jue really didn't expect to deceive himself. He originally ordered the imperial dining room to cook something that Jin Jiuye liked. He wanted to seduce men with delicious food, so he could stay directly in the Qinzheng Hall tonight.

But who would have known that Jin Jiuye didn't take this trick at all, he only ate his usual amount of food, and the rest fell on He Jue's head.

However, He Jue also praised Haikou. Seeing the man's expressionless face, he was no different from a stern and selfless case-solving master. In the end, the food was stuffed in his throat, and He Jue didn't say the words that I don't want to eat. .

"Ugh..." The imperial dining room came to clear the dining table, and He Jue got up together, put on the crown and went out, before walking a few steps on the palace road, he almost vomited.

The accompanying Xiao Gongren panicked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

In order to maintain the majesty of the king, He Jue naturally refused to say that he felt sick after eating too much, so he said after a while, "Don't you know, I'm sick, do you understand morning sickness?"

The discerning Lord Shadow Guard walked towards Xuanyi Division, not far behind, upon hearing this, there was an imperceptible smile in his eyes for some reason.

And a few hours later, the faces of the courtiers at the court meeting were all different, and they hesitated to speak, because His Majesty asked the palace servants to bring spittoons before saying a few words at the court meeting, and everyone in the palace listened to the vomiting. can see.

"I'm sorry, there's something important, let's discuss it quickly." He Jue leaned on the dragon chair, his face was pale, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

The courtiers behind murmured: "Your Majesty announced that there is a happy event not long ago, so it must be true."

"Looking at it like this, it seems to be true. It's unheard of for a man to be pregnant. Isn't it dangerous?"

"I'm afraid that's the case. Look at how long it's been. His Majesty is feeling so uncomfortable. It seems that he has suffered a serious illness and his complexion is not very good."

"Yes, if it is really the prince born by His Majesty, then it is the most authentic bloodline, and it is more than enough to succeed the prince..."

"But there are very few men in this world who can conceive. No, they are unprecedented. Could it be that Your Majesty is some demon?"

"Shut up, do you dare to say such deceitful words?" The man paused, seeing that no one was paying attention in the court hall, and the important officials in front were discussing other things. He stood at the gate of the hall and couldn't hear him no matter how loud he was. Except for Habayashi Wei who is on duty outside the hall.

"I once heard that there are intersex people in this world who can get pregnant."

"Really? Could it be, Your Majesty... this child belongs to Lord Shadow Guard?"

"It should be, I didn't expect His Majesty to..." The unfinished words were too much to imagine. After a long time, the person next to him said, "If so, the Lord Shadow Guard should not only be a noble concubine, but should be registered as a queen!"

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When Qin Zhen saw He Jue's situation in the Hall of Taiji, his heart skipped a beat. What's going on?Why do you vomit so much?Is it really morning sickness?

There are tens of thousands of question marks in his mind, and he can't wait to go to the imperial hospital to catch two imperial doctors to come and ask him clearly. His three views of the past few decades are about to be subverted, so how can there be any rebuttals?Therefore, the voice of admonishment in the hall has decreased a lot. Except for important matters, almost no one talks nonsense.

He Jue hurriedly went down the court, and Qi Lezhi followed. Seeing that He Jue was being supported by the palace servants and vomited weakly, he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Didn't you say that you are easy to cooperate? Is there something after the book?"

He Jue squinted at the other party, "Say less, you will die?"

"Hurry up and invite the imperial physician to the Palace of Qinzheng." Qi Lezhi urged the palace servants beside him to help He Jue to the Palace of Qinzheng, "They were all sent away, what's going on? Could it be that you are really pregnant? "

"Pregnant ass!" He Jue couldn't help cursing, "Your stomach hurts to death, so don't ask me any more, just watch my jokes."

Qi Le looked worried, "You are the king of a country, nothing can happen to you, otherwise what will Jin Jiuye do?"

"Cough..." He Jue's ear hurts from this kid's nagging, so he endured it for a long time and had to tell the truth, "I ate too much for breakfast."

"..." Qi Lezhi asked after a while, "Have you eaten too much?"

"Yeah, I ate too much." He Jue decided to smash the can, anyway, he had nothing to hide in front of Qi Lezhi.

When Qi Lezhi heard this, he couldn't believe it. He thought the other party had some kind of gastrointestinal emergency, but after asking for a long time, he came up with this sentence, eating too much.

Today, because of eating too much breakfast, I vomited in the hall.

If this remark is recorded in the history books, it will make future generations laugh out loud. It is even more ridiculous than saying that I have morning sickness.

"You, you, you..." Qi Lezhi didn't say a complete sentence, He Jue glanced coldly, "Don't laugh, if you laugh again, I will lock you up in the palace, and you won't be allowed to go back to see Ayao."

Qi Lezhi still couldn't help laughing out loud, "Your Majesty, you are such a genius. How old are you, and you still eat a lot?"

He Jue sighed, and couldn't help complaining: "Isn't it just to coax that boy Jin Jiuye, you don't know, I was kicked out by him last night..."

When it came to the last two words, He Jue realized that he had slipped his mouth, so he quickly shut up, but Qi Lezhi caught the key point, "Kicked out by Lord Shadow Guard?"

"Don't say it!" He Jue looked fierce, but Qi Lezhi was out of shape, and smiled even more happily.

"Your Majesty also has today." Qi Lezhi laughed heartily, and He Jue simply walked away from this man without his help.

But his stomach was really uncomfortable, and he covered his abdomen without taking two steps. At this moment, a group of patrolling Habayashi guards came up the palace road. .

The team of guards walked past, and He Jue went limp again.

Qi Lezhi, who was watching the whole process, laughed again, stepped forward to support He Jue, and couldn't help but said: "He Xiaoliu, look at your stupid appearance now, are you still the vigorous and resolute Prince Yin?"

He Jue pursed his lips and said nothing.

Qi Lezhi said again: "Ever since Lord Yingwei entered the palace, His Majesty has changed like a different person, so stupid that he is smoking."

"Ugh..." He Jue's stomach cramped and he vomited out again, Qi Lezhi was not in a hurry to dodge, his sleeves were all stained, his face was almost turning green.

He Jue smiled, "This is your retribution for making fun of me."