As the saying goes, you don't hit someone in the face.
Gou Liang's slap in the face this time was extremely insulting, and it was so brutal that no one expected it.
No one expected that he would be so unmannered, and no one expected that he would dare to act so recklessly in this palace.
Zhong Yue fell to the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood, but lying in the palm of his hand were two teeth, his whole face was distorted, "Zhong Gu!!!"
However, Zhong Quan had already pushed his master forward.
Li Yan, who was ignored, became furious, grabbed Zhong Yue who was about to tear him apart with Gou Liang, and said sharply: "How dare you wantonly commit murder and hurt people in the palace! Come, let me take them both down!"
The Imperial Forest Army responded loudly and was about to make a move when Wang An laughed and said, "It's just a small joke. Why is His Royal Highness so angry?"
"This king was able to see clearly. They were walking on the road well. When they saw a dog biting them for no reason, they kicked them to teach them a lesson. According to this king, it is just human nature. Your Royal Highness is my Liang Yiguo." How can Prince Chu disregard right and wrong, and only act on his own interests? Besides, Zhong Gu is the blood of the former national teacher. After my meritorious service in Daliang, today he is a distinguished guest invited by the emperor himself. His Royal Highness opened his mouth to the Imperial Forest Army The order is very powerful, but I am afraid that it is also disrespectful to the father, right?"
Li Yan glanced at him gloomyly, and shouted angrily at the hesitant Imperial Forest Army: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you make a move?!"
King An: "I'll see who dares!"
The two brothers were at a stalemate, when they saw the chief eunuch beside the emperor hurried down the steps and greeted Gou Liang.
"Mr. Xiao Zhong, Your Majesty has been waiting for you in the palace for a long time, please come with the servant."
"Thank you, Eunuch Wang."
"Sir, you are being polite. Your Majesty has been thinking about you today."
The chief eunuch smiled and invited him into the palace. In this way, who would dare to move the imperial forest army
Li Yan's face was ashen, Wang An smiled even more proudly, waved his hands and said to the imperial army: "Still not retreating? Or is Commander Zhang only obeying the orders of His Highness the Crown Prince, and dare to disobey the will of the emperor?"
The commander of the imperial forest army knelt down to plead guilty in fear, and then led his soldiers to leave quickly.
King An glanced at Li Yan, snorted contemptuously, and walked away with his head held high.
Li Yan endured for a while, and finally looked at Zhong Yue, "I'll take you back first."
He thought that the impatience and anger in his eyes were well hidden, but Zhong Yue saw it through, he clenched his teeth tightly, and Zhong Yue turned and left.
Gou Liang touched Zhong Quan's tiger's mouth with his fingers, and said with a low smile, "Good job."
Seeing that he was happy, Zhong Quan had a smile in his eyes, "Fortunately, it's not a disgrace."
After entering the main hall of Zhengyang Palace, the emperor was playing chess with Liu Buyu. Seeing him coming in, he said with a smile like a loving elder: "Just now I was talking about the old things with Liu Aiqing, and every time it comes to my birthday, the national teacher will definitely meet you." Presided over Yicheng to pray for me. Now, it has been many years since... "
He was full of emotion.
Gou Liang's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he bowed to congratulate him on his birthday, and then said: "It's only because Zhong Gu is so ignorant that he failed to inherit his grandfather's ability, so he couldn't pray for the real dragon emperor."
The emperor waved his hand and said: "Hey, it's my fault. If I hadn't been deceived by the Gao family's rebels back then, how could I..."
"Your Majesty, you don't need to hurt yourself. You upheld justice for the Zhong family and returned my Zhong family's innocence. Zhong Gu can only feel grateful. Even if the grandfather has a spirit in heaven, he must also be grateful for the mighty kindness of the emperor."
"Haha, let's not talk about this, just now I heard that you had a conflict with the prince? Is there any misunderstanding?"
The emperor returned to business.
Gou Liang smiled and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it's not that there is any conflict with His Royal Highness, but the young man beside him is really hateful. He just said that my legs are broken and my appearance is ruined. Zhong Gu thought he was a few years older than him, and taught him how to be a man." It’s just reasonable. I don’t want to, so I offended His Royal Highness, it’s the fault of the grassroots.”
The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, "Do you know who that boy is?"
"It doesn't matter who he is, his upbringing is indeed worrying. Even if it is a distinguished guest invited by your Majesty, Zhong Gu will not forgive him just because of who his father or mother is. After all, I am neither his father nor I His mother, isn't she?"
"Hahaha, that makes sense."
The emperor suffered a lot from Zhong Yue, and almost lost his life. Although he reached a deal with him, he was happy to see him suffer.
"Your Majesty, it's your turn."
Liu Buyu reminded carefully.
The two started playing chess again, Gou Liang watched from the sidelines until the time came, and then they went to the front court together to attend the palace banquet.
"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
It was such a sincere voice that made the emperor refuse to admit his old age, let alone die and hand over everything in front of him to others, even his own son.
The emperor subconsciously glanced at Zhong Yue's position, but seeing that today he was wearing a mask similar to Gou Liang's, he couldn't help but frowned, and then said: "Everyone is flat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
During the birthday banquet, the music gradually became lively.
When the palace banquet finally dissipated, Gou Liang returned to the mansion, but there was a carriage waiting outside the gate of Zhong Mansion.
"Zhong Gu-Changqing, wait!"
Seeing him pretending not to hear, Li Yan stepped out of the carriage and shouted loudly.
Gou Liang raised his hand, signaled Zhong Quan to stop, and turned to look at Li Yan. Before the latter could be happy, he said coldly: "Changqing? This is not something His Royal Highness can call. It is dirty what my grandfather left me. Words!"
"Master, you—"
"Does His Royal Highness not understand human speech? Or, do you also want to taste the feeling of being slapped?"
"you!"
"Does Your Highness think that I dare not?"
Gou Liang looked at him with a half-smile, "Your Highness, don't forget what kind of person I am. Just as His Highness said that day, I, Zhong Gu, is pure and beautiful, and I have tried my best, and I have a cruel heart. Today I It's a trick, but your father didn't say a word. If I hit you in the future, I don't think His Majesty will treat me for my grandfather's sake. What's more... His Royal Highness should know me best If I want to die alone in the third watch, even if he is the crown prince of a country, I will never let him live past his son's time."
Li Yan originally heard him talk about what he said that belittled him that day, and he felt a little relaxed in his heart.
After all, this just proves that Gou Liang can't let go of him and still loves him.
But after hearing it, his face changed drastically.
He was aware of the original owner's methods, and Gou Liang's methods were not something he could underestimate.
"His Royal Highness, it's better to leave quickly, otherwise, I can't guarantee that there will be no one of yours among the corpses sent to the East Palace tonight."
"Zhong Gu, why are you so—"
"Zhong Quan, order someone to escort His Highness the Crown Prince back to the palace."
"It's the master."
"Zhong Gu—"
Li Yan wanted to say something more, but a person quietly landed behind him and grabbed his neck.
The icy fingers and the fear of being choked instantly caused a layer of cold sweat to break out on Li Yan's back, and he heard a gloomy voice say: "His Royal Highness, please."
He swallowed, and wanted to look at Gou Liang again, he had already been pinched onto the carriage by someone else's neck. The guards around him, except for a personal eunuch who was already limp on the ground, were all dead, even the hidden guards hiding in the dark were not spared! And their corpses were stuffed into the prince's luxurious and spacious carriage, stacked one after another.
When he returned to the brightly lit East Palace, his footsteps were still hurried, one deep and one shallow.
When Zhong Yue heard him push the door in, he sneered and said, "His Royal Highness is going to get rid of his old lover so soon?"
He turned his head, and immediately saw Li Yan's face covered in cold sweat, he frowned slightly, and then said coldly: "It seems that your old lover doesn't accept your love."
The injury on his face and the loss of his teeth made his voice lose its clear and melodious voice, and became eccentric.
Li Yanqian glanced at him angrily, then pushed away the trembling personal eunuch, and poured a few cups of hot water to drink himself before recovering.
"Master, it's time to rest."
Hearing this, Gou Liang put down his hands, rubbed the center of his brows with one hand, and naturally reached out to Zhong Quan with the other.
Even though he has been able to walk for a while as usual, he still often forgets what he has recovered and gets used to Zhong Quan as his means of transportation.
Zhong Quan picked him up, and just this action dispelled all the pent-up emotions in his heart.
Gou Liang stretched his waist, pretending that he didn't notice his muffled jealousy, he yawned and leaned on his shoulder, and said, "Is there something going on in the mansion today?"
"As the master expected, the man really took advantage of this night to kill Wang Haiyi. The killer did not kill himself but died immediately after being captured. Someone should be manipulating it nearby. But his subordinates are incompetent, and Quan Ying was still chased out of the capital. He escaped."
"It's okay, has he stepped into Wang Haiyi's yard?"
"It should be."
"Haha, it's not us who are going to worry now."
"What does the master mean?"
"It's nothing, just put some poison in Wang Haiyi's yard today. You watch the drugstores within a hundred miles of the shadow guard. If anyone catches these medicines, I will keep an eye on them."
As he spoke, he reported the name of the medicine to Zhong Quan.
As the old man said, Gou Liang's talent in studying poison is much higher than studying medicine. In just over a year, he has been able to make poison independently, and the effects of the medicine are endless, and sometimes even the old man admires him. The grandfather and grandson often make a bunch of poisons together, and they look like they will never stop until they bring disaster to the world.
But Gou Liang's poison was powerful, but the man was also very cunning. Gou Liang tracked it down to the end, only to get the clue that the medicine shop was stolen again.
Zhong Quan said angrily: "This subordinate is not doing well, please punish the master!"
"come over."
Zhong Quan stepped forward, and Gou Liang, who was lying on his side on the bed with his arm resting on his arm, lifted his chin lazily, and groped his lips with his thumb, but his gaze was as cold as an exiled fairy, and asked him: "How do you want me to punish you?" ?”
"Owner… "
Zhong Quan held his thumb in his mouth, his eyes burning.
Gou Liang couldn't help but laughed first, and said, "How dare you look at me like this when you're not doing well? Could it be that you want to eat me?"
Zhong Quan held his hand and kissed him, and seeing the smile in his eyes, he couldn't help committing the same crime with his body routinely.
As for whether today is fifteen or not, who cares
Once the man was bitten by a snake, he became more cautious in his actions afterwards. Gou Liang wanted to wait for the rabbit, but the rabbit refused to pass by, so he had to wait patiently.
[The system that has been neglected for a long time is about to cry: Master, do you really not need me to track him down? QAQ.]
[Gou Liang: Be good, let my little tangerine have fun.]
[System: Are you still my master? You don't need me anymore, what's the point of my life! T port T]
[Gou Liang: It's useless to strangle your neck with messy codes, eat more viruses. ^_^]
[The system of the N+1th attempted suicide: See you in debt! ╯^╰]
In this way, during the three months when Gou Liang returned to the capital, except for throwing the corpse to the East Palace a few times at the beginning and slapping Zhong Yue, he lived in seclusion in the mansion. safe.
But the prince just got rid of the confinement, and in the government, he is like the soil that has been dry for a long time and the rain meets the rain. He wished to seep a little more, absorb a little more, and rack his brains every day to make contributions.
Coinciding with the change of seasons between spring and summer, a heavy rain made the emperor fall ill again. He actually ordered the prince to supervise the country, and closed the palace without asking about government affairs to rest in peace.
Now, not to mention King An, even Li Xi couldn't hold his breath anymore.
He went to Zhong's mansion in disguise, but unfortunately he came at the wrong time, the air pressure in the mansion was extremely low, and Gou Liang, who hadn't been angry for a long time, was losing his temper with Zhong Quan.
The medicine bowl was smashed on the ground, and Gou Liang said angrily, "I said I won't drink it! I'm fine and don't need to take medicine!"
Zhong Quan hugged him, not shrinking from his anger at all, and took back a bowl of medicine after a while.
"Master, this is brewed by my subordinates myself. It won't be bitter if I didn't let Mr. Jiang handle it. Drink it quickly, the effect of the medicine will be weak when it cools."
"Don't drink!"
The torrential rain half a month ago caused not only the emperor, but also Gou Liang.
It was the fifteenth night of the rainstorm, and Gou Liangzheng and Zhong Quan developed more detoxification postures. Unexpectedly, halfway through the night, they heard the ruthless reminder from the system.
[Ding, the task progress bar is advancing, the current task progress: 85%!]
Gou Liang shivered, and his whole body became sober.
The next day, he silently dialed back the full value bar of the blue blood item, causing himself a high fever that lasted for a day and a night, and the considerate quack made a conclusion for him: excessive indulgence, depletion of yang essence.
Reminiscent of the broken rules of the Zhong family who want to keep themselves clean and not have sex before the age of thirty, even though Gou Liang is already the son of destiny, the old man also solemnly issued a death notice to Zhong Quan: Unless it is necessary for detoxification, sex must be abstinent.
Gou Liang was satisfied with the result, but his heart was broken.
The progress of the task is too high, he dare not brush too often, when the brush is 95% full, he will probably start his life of fasting again... It's so cruel.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help venting his anger at Zhong Quan: Why don't you be so easy to be satisfied, not kill him, and clear his meow's mission progress!
But in fact, this is completely unreasonable.
Compared with the young and unrestrained little strawberry and the little lemon who lives with an encyclopedia in his heart, Zhong Quan is already very restrained because of his occupation and personality. At the same time, he has a deep obsession with Gou Liang, and it would be perfect to describe him as insatiable, otherwise, it has been nearly two years since Gou Liang came to this world, and he would not only reach 85%.
But, still so angry...
Zhong Quan gently coaxed him—this kind of situation happened frequently in the mansion in the past half a month. From the initial panic, the dog shadows now saw the leader lying down to his master and treating him like a three-year-old child. It's normal to have to be coaxed.
Gou Liang hadn't done enough, he was grinding his teeth with Zhong Quan's pectoral muscles, when he saw a dog shadow carefully announcing outside the door: "Master, Li Xi is waiting outside the door for a visit, and has been waiting for a long time in the outer hall."
Gou Liang sat up straight, his expression returning to a solemn fairy air.
"Ask him to the inner hall, I will come later."
Gou Ying led the order and went away, Gou Liang bitterly took the medicine bowl and drank the soup in one gulp, then wrinkled his face and stared at Zhong Quan.
Zhong Quan patted his head, gave him water to rinse his mouth, and fed him a candied fruit.
Gou Liang looked at him as he ate, thinking that candied fruit is nothing special, he only wants to eat small tangerines! As if hearing his inner voice, Zhong Quan held his face and kissed him. Gou Liang took advantage of the situation and forced his mouthful of bitterness on him. By the way, he gnawed a lot of soul power, and then walked away from him contentedly— Well, although the taste is not as mellow as that liquid, it is still very sweet.
When Li Xi watched Zhong Quan carry him out, Gou Liang's face was blushing and his lips were red, not at all sick.
After being glanced at by Zhong Quan, he didn't dare to look more, and quickly bowed and said, "Li Xi has seen Mr., but he didn't know Mr. was seriously ill before, and he didn't greet him. Please forgive me."
"No problem."
Zhong Quan put him on the soft bed, and quietly stood aside.
Gou Liang swept his eyes away, and Zhong Quan knowingly replaced the pastries with refreshing and crisp fruits.
Gou Liang took a bite, feeling satisfied, and then said to Li Xi, who was cramped, "Young Master took the risk to come here, why?"
Li Xi hurriedly said: "Now the crown prince supervises the administration of the country, and everyone in the government and the opposition praises him for his virtuous ability. Do you just sit back and watch him win people's hearts and inherit the throne?"
"Why, are you questioning me?"
Gou Liang glanced at him lightly.
Li Xi was startled, and hurriedly got up and said: "I dare not, I said something wrong in a moment of impatience, please don't argue with me, sir. It's just that the current situation in the court is such that His Majesty doesn't know if he can take back the power in the hands of the prince. Acting as a government agent will soon become legitimate."
As soon as the emperor fell ill, he refused the courtiers' visits and handed over all the government affairs to Li Yan. Many people secretly suspected that the prince had done something treasonous and imprisoned the emperor.
But Liu Buyu would go to the palace to meet the emperor every day, and nothing unusual was found, so it didn't look like the prince had tampered with it.
The situation here is really puzzling.
Gou Liang hooked the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "What's the rush, the higher you climb, the harder you fall. Li Yan, I'm afraid he won't be able to be proud for a long time..."