That night, Gu Yuanbai did nothing because he had a slight fever.
The imperial doctor said that he could have sex in half a month, and Xue Yuan was even more careful not to hurt him. But Sheng Shang's body still couldn't hold the joy that penetrated deep into his bones. Gu Yuanbai was forced to take medicine and lie down on the bed to rest.
In order to appease him, Xue Yuan showed him the scarred back he scratched.
The sage was not appreciative, gave the loyal General Xue a blank look, and closed his eyes to rest.
Three days later, Gu Yuanbai got up from the bed. He was secretly persuaded by Tian Fusheng several times, "Sir, you must not be so disrespectful to your body, it is too hurtful."
Not only that, the old eunuch also deliberately ran on Xue Yuan in front of him for being too annoying, complaining a lot in his words. Gu Yuanbai couldn't hold back, he leaned on the desk slip and laughed so much that his spine trembled slightly.
Xue Yuan stood aside, his cold eyes swept over Tian Fusheng, and his hand gently followed the back of the saint.
A few days later, Gu Yuanbai received a letter from the Emperor of Xixia.
Now the emperor of Xixia is the second prince of the previous Xixia, the cowardly prince whose leg was broken by Gu Yuanbai.
The tone in Li Angyi's envelope was helpless, "The letter you wrote to my father really made my life difficult."
Naturally, he didn't say it so directly, but the details contained such meaning. After reading the entire letter, Gu Yuanbai's expression slowly rose, from which he could see the many temptations of the second prince of Xixia.
Li Angyi already knew about the naval battle between Fusang and Daheng. Is he going to take action
Gu Yuanbai pondered for a night, and was thinking about the second prince of Xixia when he slept. Xue Yuan climbed the bed and was kicked off by him, "I'm not in the mood right now."
Xue Yuan just climbed up, hugged him into his arms, was kicked and beaten several times, and carried them down one by one, "My lord, the minister said, who is bothering you? The minister will go and cut him down. already."
"That's more," Gu Yuanbai pointed at him, "you should be number one."
Xue Yuan twitched his fingers and smiled gracefully, "Your Majesty, this minister is willing to be punished by Your Majesty."
"My minister is on my knees, make sure not to move," Xue Yuan was eager to try, thinking of the carriage that day, "Sir, your legs are strong, you can stand directly on the minister's legs and support the minister's shoulders."
Gu Yuanbai was unmoved, and said leisurely: "Xue Jiuyao, can you say a few more words?"
Xue Yuan shut up.
After a moment of silence, it was Gu Yuanbai who spoke first, "I'm thinking of Emperor Xixia."
Xue Yuan sneered, "I remember the second prince whose leg was broken by me."
"Yes," Gu Yuanbai said slowly, "in the near future, there will be a war at the junction of the Northwest and Xixia. At that time, I plan to go on a personal expedition."
Xue Yuan abruptly tightened the arm holding Gu Yuanbai.
Gu Yuanbai pursed his lips, looked at him face-to-face, and broke the reason why he decided to go to Xue Yuan, "Now the country is stable, and the victory in the coastal area is far away from the inland after all, I will fight corruption. At the time of the incident, I once thought of using a victory to spread the power. The local officials were far away from the emperor, and the emperor's majesty had weakened a lot for them. I told you about this, you told me at that time , the greater the majesty of the commander, the more convinced and obedient the soldiers will be."
Xue Yuan took a deep breath and nodded, "Yes."
"So I need a sure-win victory to intimidate the place and shake the northwest. Victory in the Northern Border is a must, and the victory that seized the heavenly secret did not have the degree of intimidation I wanted internally," Gu Yuanbai said neatly. "I'm sure of the victory in the first battle of Xixia. Since this is the case, I can't let go of this opportunity to go on a personal expedition."
"What's more," Gu Yuanbai paused, lowered his voice and said, "After the First Battle of Xixia, I plan to implement a school reform. Only when I come back in person, those people will be timid in the aftermath of my victory, and will continue to be afraid of it. Run away from me."
"At that time, the school change will be able to take this opportunity to make it happen in one fell swoop."
Gu Yuanbai's rules are the same. If his body can't be diagnosed and treated, then he will naturally not choose to go on a personal expedition, and he may not be able to endure the long journey. But now everything is different. The body has a way to live better and longer. Gu Yuanbai's ambitions began to burn with the body. When he said these words, his eyes seemed to be throbbing.
Charming, dazzling, and heart-pounding.
Xue Yuan suddenly lowered his head, holding Gu Yuanbai's face and looking into his eyes.
Gu Yuanbai was stunned for a moment, the words stopped abruptly, and the doubts in his eyes reflected Xue Yuan's face.
"Your Majesty," Xue Yuan said in a low voice, "It's agreed, no matter where you go, you have to bring your minister with you."
The corners of Gu Yuanbai's mouth couldn't help twitching. He touched Xue Yuan's Adam's apple and said with a smile, "Be good. If you are obedient, I will take you there."
"..." Xue Yuan sighed, "Your Majesty, how can this minister be obedient, and if he is obedient at that time, the minister will die."
Gu Yuanbai opened his lips, and before he could speak, Xue Yuan asked sincerely, "Is it really uncomfortable, don't you like it?"
"I like it," Gu Yuanbai said honestly, "It's just that you are too abrasive and your hands are too thick."
"Fuck," Xue Yuan scolded in a low voice, and immediately said, "Don't talk about it, sage, this minister is going to be a beast."
Gu Yuanbai: "..."
The two quarreled for a while, deliberately playing around. Then they embraced each other and slept. In the middle of the night, Xue Yuan suddenly woke up. He inhaled and exhaled heavily, his forehead pressed against Gu Yuanbai's forehead, feeling the spray of his breath. After a long time, the suffocation in the dream still remained. in the heart.
He had the exact same nightmare again.
Gu Yuanbai seemed to sense his panic when he was half-awake and half-dream. He stretched out his hand following his instinct and hugged Xue Yuan's head tightly, "Master is here, don't be afraid."
Xue Yuan was pressed and buried in his arms, his eyes widened, he recovered for a while, and couldn't help laughing.
The terrifying scene in the dream of the mountains and the ground cracking, and the dust flying, slowly dissipated.
More than ten days later, the Northwest Army had returned to the northwest from the coastal navy. There was also a letter from the front, telling that Xixia domestic soldiers gathered, and they were afraid to attack Daheng from the rear.
Gu Yuanbai went up in the morning, and frankly stated that he wanted to go on a personal expedition.
There was an uproar in the hall.
One minister after another came out to stop it, kneeling in tears and pleading. After going down to court, they went to Xuanzheng Hall to persuade them in twos and threes one after another.
But the sage had already made up his mind, and he could not convince everyone about the change of the school, so he told the rest of the reasons one by one. Now it has been ten years in Jingping, and it will be ten years in Jingping. The two generations of emperors of Daheng have never led troops to expedition personally, and the majesty of emperors has gradually been ignored. In Gu Yuanbai's eyes, such an opportunity is extremely rare. may miss.
Those who can be persuaded are persuaded by the saints, and those who cannot be persuaded do not need to be persuaded. Half of the court were loyal Baohuangtang, they were willing to take a step back, but they were still worried about the safety of the saint.
Gu Yuanbai is not someone who doesn't listen to the advice of the courtiers. The courtiers are worried that something will happen to him. Even if Gu Yuanbai has enough confidence, he must leave a guarantee of stability for the courtiers.
After two days, he selected five children from the clan's mansion to enter the palace.
The clan's mansion vaguely sensed something, so it was very excited, and repeatedly told the children to respect the saints, treat the saints as close to and respect them as parents, be sensible and polite, and never play a child's temper.
The five children were timid in their hearts, and they did not dare to lift their heads when they entered the palace to meet Gu Yuanbai, for fear that they would be the one who would be disobedient.
But the sage was kind and happy. Not only did he accompany them to stroll around the imperial garden, but he also kept them for dinner, which was all meals suitable for children.
The five children gradually relaxed, and they also showed some lively nature when talking with the saint. When it was time for them to leave the palace and go back, the sage rewarded them with a lot of things and watched them leave with a smile.
The children held the rewarded things, blushed and took the hand of the palace servant and left, showing a happy look from the bottom of their hearts.
The palace servants cleaned up the tableware, Tian Fusheng gave the saint a cup of tea, "What do you think of these young masters?"
Gu Yuanbai shook his head and sighed.
On the second day, another five children from the clan's mansion entered the palace. This time, Gu Yuanbai had been waiting in the pavilion in the imperial garden. The pavilion was surrounded on all sides, the brazier was lit, and it was as warm as early spring.
When the children arrived outside the pavilion, Gu Yuanbai took out his hand from Xue Yuan and ate the sticky petals in his mouth, "Half a bag a day, no more."
Xue Yuan cherished and counted the petals, distressed, "Sir, there are only three and a half bags of dried petals left in the minister's place."
Gu Yuanbai was startled, "I have given you more than a thousand famous flowers!"
Xue Yuan clicked his tongue, "No more."
As the voices from outside got closer, Gu Yuanbai asked Xue Yuan to go out. Xue Yuan lifted the heavy cotton cloth, and after walking out, he met a child. He frowned, feeling that the child was somewhat familiar. The child saw Xue Yuan looking at him and saluted properly.
Surprisingly, the children in the clan's mansion are all of the royal family, and they should only salute the courtiers who occupy the position of marquis or those in the royal family according to their seniority and position. Xue Yuan is neither a royal family nor a title holder, he raised his eyebrows, stepped forward and looked at the child condescendingly, "Do you recognize me?"
"I happened to see the day when the general's class teacher returned to the DPRK," the child said slowly, not in a hurry, "The general is very heroic and makes people yearn for it."
He said yearning, but his expression was calm. He looked only five or six years old, but he was able to speak flattering words without blushing and heartbeat. He was indeed a talent.
And on this child, there was a faint trace of imitating the sage. Xue Yuan curled his lips and said deliberately: "The sage also said that to me."
The child raised his head abruptly, his expression surprised, he was cautious but could not contain his excitement, "Did the sage praise the general as much as I do?"
"The sage also praised me for being very brave," Xue Yuan said meaningfully, "let me not slack off and reach the peak again."
The children couldn't hear General Xue's nasty words, he was only excited because he and the sage had said the same thing, laughed foolishly, then straightened his face, and said slowly: "General Xue, you are right. So, you have to bravely reach the peak."
This child really admires and likes Gu Yuanbai.
Xue Yuan took it for granted, Gu Yuanbai was so good, it was natural for a little child to respect him. This is not enough, everyone in the world should respect and love Gu Yuanbai so much.
But Gu Yuanbai can only be his.
He originally thought that one closeness would temporarily stop his greed and craving, but the truth was the complete opposite. Xue Yuan became more and more fascinated by Gu Yuanbai, and he lost his soul at a glance. Gu Yuanbai's fingers hooked, and Xue Yuan's heart beat like a drum. Where is this better than ever? Clearly more than ever.
The wolf's ambition was concealed, Xue Yuan gave way and let the children of the clan's house enter the pavilion.
*
As soon as the five children came in, the sage put down the book in his hand and smiled at them, "Can you be cold?"
The children blushed and shook their heads cautiously. Gu Yuanbai asked them to come forward. Several people have seen the saint one by one. When one of the children called out "Uncle Huang", Gu Yuanbai was suddenly startled, "Have you seen you somewhere?"
The serious child saluted Gu Yuanbai, but the tips of his ears were already red, "Uncle, my nephew saw you in the summer palace."
Gu Yuanbai remembered.
When he was supported by Xue Yuan to the door of Concubine Wan's bedroom, one of the children in the clan's house called out in surprise, "Uncle Huang is here!"
It is this child.
Gu Yuanbai thought of Concubine Wan, suppressed his melancholy, and smiled a little more gently. He touched the child's head, "What's your name?"
The child tried his best to appear calm, "Uncle Huang, my nephew is Gu Ran."
"Gu Ran," Gu Yuanbai nodded lightly and smiled, "Good name."