sugar
Gu Nan froze for a moment, then took out a bag from her arms. This bag was brought by Xun Yu when he came to visit today. When he first came to Gu Nan's house, Xun Yu remembered that she seemed to like eating this food very much.
Seeing the bag Gu Nan took out, Liu Xie smiled as expected.
"It seems that Mr. likes this dessert very much."
As he spoke, he slowly stretched out a hand and asked, "Can you give me another one?"
Sugar does bring out the bitterness a bit.
"Is the medicine too bitter?" Gu Nan opened the bag suspiciously, and put a piece of candy in Liu Xie's hand. The tranquilizing medicine she cooked should not be very bitter.
"No, sir's medicine is not bitter." Liu Xie shook his head and put the candy into his mouth. The sweetness seemed to dissipate some of the bitterness in his chest.
Lifting the medicine in his hand, he drank the remaining half bowl.
Liu Xie let out a long breath of foul air, his complicated thoughts calmed down rarely, and his headaches improved a lot.
Gu Nan glanced at Liu Xie's appearance, bowed his head and said.
"Your Majesty, if you are so restless for a long time, you will eventually become ill."
Heart disease is difficult to cure, Liu Xie's body is actually fine, but if things go on like this, it will be a matter of time before he gets sick again.
"I also want to be calm, but it has become natural to get used to it." Liu Xie turned his eyes and looked outside the pavilion, where there were a few koi swimming in the pond in the courtyard.
"Dong Zhuo abolished the Young Emperor back then and let me take over the throne. Sitting on the throne, it is ridiculous that I am worried every day, and I am cautious in my words and deeds. I am afraid that if I say a wrong word or do a wrong thing, I will be killed. "
Liu Xie looked at the pond, the koi in the pond felt something, turned around and swam away quickly, the water surface was covered with circles of ripples.
"Later the feudal lords came together to challenge Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo coerced me to go west, saying that he was going to Chang'an instead of staying in Luoyang. When we left Luoyang, the car was on the horse, and I couldn't hold back, and poked my head out to look back at Luoyang."
Perhaps the young man himself didn't even realize that his hand was gradually clenched.
"Luoyang is in a big fire, and the Han Dynasty is in a big fire. The light of the fire can be seen from several miles away. Sir, guess what Luoyang looked like at that time?"
Liu Xie turned his head. He seemed to have seen the fire again, and he didn't know whether it was anger or fear.
"The royal family was robbed, and there was nothing I could do. Hundreds of officials were slaughtered by the rebel army, and there was nothing I could do..."
"How can I feel at ease..."
In the last sentence, this boy who was only in his teens didn't use me, he let go of his hands and sat down slumped.
It seemed that those officials who died tragically were crying in his ears, and the anger of his ancestors made him unable to lift his head up, and his face was pale. In midsummer, his hands and feet were cold.
Gu Nan didn't speak, and silently sent a burst of inner breath into his hands.
The gentle inner breath flowed into the veins, Liu Xie's body warmed up, and his complexion improved.
He raised his head and saw Gu Nan looking at him quietly, he was inexplicably relieved and heaved a sigh of relief.
"Thank you sir."
Lowering her head again, Gu Nan said, "It's just curing illnesses and saving lives."
This sentence was the same as what she said when they first met, and Liu Xie knew why she felt at ease. Because the person in front of him has always only regarded him as a patient and will not change.
After a while of silence, Liu Xie said out loud, "Sir."
"Ok?"
"I have been the emperor for nearly ten years, but I never know who is trustworthy and who treats me sincerely."
After the words fell, the boy hesitated for a long time before asking in a low voice.
"Sir, would you like to treat me sincerely?"
There was no human voice under the gazebo, only the chirping of cicadas remained.
"Didn't I give you all the candy?"
After the needle was finished, Gu Nan lowered his head and took the silver needle in the boy's hand, and asked calmly.
Liu Xie opened his mouth, and then let out a laugh.
"Hahaha, yes, sir already gave me candy."
This may be the first time the young man laughed so freely and unscrupulously after he sat on the throne.
After laughing, Gu Nan had already finished taking out the silver needle, and ate a piece of candy by herself.
"gentlemen."
In midsummer, Liu Xie looked deeply at the man in a white robe in front of him, who sat casually in front of him and looked at the flowers and plants.
"Thank you."
"Why thank me?" Mr. Baiyi looked back at him.
Because you are already by my side, the last person who is willing to treat me sincerely.
The young man looked at Mr. Baiyi with a quiet smile, but he didn't say that.
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In July, Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei made meritorious deeds against Yuan Shu and was awarded the title of General Zuo.
It is also the midsummer of this year.
A man in armor walked into a hall with a long sword at his waist.
There was a man in a brocade robe sitting in the hall, and when he saw someone coming, he touched his beard on his chest with a smile and said.
"General Wang is finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time."
"Dong Hou." The man known as General Wang hurriedly bowed down and said, "I'm a little late because I'm busy with official duties. Forgive Dong Hou."
"Hey, it's okay, it's okay." Dong Hou waved his hand and stood up with a smile.
The general who came was called Wang Zifu, and Dong Hou was called Dong Cheng, a relative of the royal family, and the father of Liu Xie's concubine Dong Guiren.
"Come on, general, you don't need to be polite." Dong Chengying stepped forward, helped up the prince's clothes who were worshiping, and asked the seat: "Come on, general, please sit down."
Wang Zifu nodded in embarrassment: "Thank you Donghou."
After the two sat down, Wang Zifu looked at Dong Cheng and asked, "I don't know what Dong Hou Huanmo will do in the future?"
"General." Dong Cheng didn't say it directly, but picked up the jug on the table with a smile and poured wine: "Let's not talk about this, you and I haven't seen each other for a few days, let's have a few drinks first."
Wang Zifu felt even more suspicious, but since Dong Cheng invited him, he could only pour himself a glass of wine and drink it.
After drinking a glass of wine, Dong Cheng put away his smile, sat at the table, and sighed while holding the wine glass.
"Hey, it doesn't mean that General Wang thinks, how is the current situation of the emperor after entering Xuchang?"
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Wang Zifu didn't know why Dong Cheng brought up this matter suddenly, thinking he was testing himself, he clasped his fists and said.
"The prosperity of Xuchang today is almost the same as that of Luoyang back then."
Dong Cheng narrowed his eyes at the prince's clothes, and after a while, he snorted coldly.
"General Wang, in my opinion, today's Xuchang is indeed the same as Luoyang Chang'an back then. But today's Cao Cao is no different from Dong Zhuo and Li Que back then."
Hearing this change, Wang Zifu only felt a burst of cold sweat on his back, and looked around.
Dong Cheng's words must not be spread in Xuchang.
"Master Dong, are you drunk?"
"General Wang, I'm drunk, you make up your own mind, I just want to tell you one thing." Dong Cheng's eyes turned cold.
"Nowadays, the Han Dynasty is in trouble. Taking advantage of Cao Cao's ignorance, Your Majesty issued an edict to me to attack the traitors. I now have an edict from Your Majesty."
(There are some things about clothes and belts to avoid occupying the word count. I wrote them in the message after the chapter. If you are interested, you can take a look.)
Wang Zifu frowned and looked at Dong Cheng.
He was thinking, if Dong Cheng really had an imperial edict, why didn't he just show it directly.
Dong Cheng raised the corners of his mouth, leaned forward in front of Wang Zifu, and said in a low voice.
"And General Wang, Guo Si had hundreds of people back then, and he defeated Li Jue by tens of thousands. At this time, success or failure depends on whether your step and I agree. In the past, Lu Buwei became rich after he had a son Chu, and now my step and I are the same."