Gu Yuanbai felt a headache.
"Xue Qing," he was too lazy to play hints, "Do you have the love of Longyang?"
"I don't like men," Xue Yuan frowned, almost without hesitation, "What do men like?"
Sheng Shang's eyes were filled with scrutiny and suspicion, and Xue Yuan smiled slightly.
"Your Majesty," he picked up a yellow flower from Gu Yuanbai's hair, "I am only loyal to you."
I'm afraid this doesn't make me a fool.
But Gu Yuanbai didn't have to force Xue Yuan to admit his feelings for him.
Gu Yuanbai rubbed his eyebrows, tired, "I'm too lazy to care about you."
Xue Yuan got started, rubbed his temples for him, his voice was low, urging people to fall asleep, "I don't need to worry about the sage."
Gu Yuanbai was so comfortably served by him that he was paralyzed in the water, and his voice was slightly sleepy and nasal, "Xue Qing, you shouldn't refuse the transfer I gave you."
"Now in the seventh month and a half," the saint said, "you should know that your father is going to the northern border?"
Xue Yuan said: "I know."
Recently, General Xue has made preparations. Now that he can still get the appointment of the Holy Master at this age, General Xue is very excited, and he is in high spirits day and night. Mrs. Xue often complains that General Xue is too excited and often tossing and turning at night makes her unable to sleep.
The mansion has already prepared the luggage, and because the treasury is sufficient and the grain and grass are full, the people in the court have never refuted the decision of the saint. Although they feel that they have used troops and horses more often these days, the six ministers did not refute, They retort shit.
Because of this, Gu Yuanbai couldn't figure it out.
"General Xue went on a nomadic expedition, and only two of your brothers were left in the family," Gu Yuanbai. "As the pillar of the family, you should have some ambition."
Like a person can have so much power? You can even refuse a promotion.
Gu Yuanbai couldn't understand this.
"The second brother in the minister's family is ill," Xue Yuan said calmly, "Has the sage forgot?"
Gu Yuanbai lost his desire to chat, hummed, and stopped talking.
After waiting for a while, Xue Yuan whispered, "Your Highness?"
Gu Yuanbai's breathing was shallow, as if he had fallen asleep.
Xue Yuan gradually stopped, he stood up straight and looked at Gu Yuanbai. After watching for a while, he bent down and hugged the person, and carried the person away from the water step by step.
Gu Yuanbai's eyelids barely moved, and he said lazily, "Don't touch me."
Xue Yuan stopped his hands and feet. Gu Yuanbai's body was close to the water. This kind of complete weightlessness felt uncomfortable. He opened his eyes, and was stabbed by the sun's rays and closed again.
"Don't bother me," the voice became a little angry, "put me back."
The sage was too lazy to even move his fingers. Xue Yuan hugged him like he was holding a lifeless corpse. Except for the anger in his voice, he was not at all angry. Xue Yuan didn't like this feeling, he weighed Gu Yuanbai and teased him: "Sir, you are as light as a child."
Gu Yuanbai: "Go away."
"Where are you going?" Xue Yuan was so happy, he didn't keep his mouth shut, "Go away..." Go to the dragon bed
The last few words were still swallowed.
Xue Yuan changed his posture again, and waited on Gu Yuanbai comfortably in his arms, with the other hand holding his five fingers, "Sir, you can't sleep in the water."
Gu Yuanbai: "I'm sleepy."
Xue Yuan's heart softened.
He seemed to laugh twice, his chest was stuffy, and Gu Yuanbai could hear the beating of his heart inside. Jumping too fast, he was frowned by the noise.
"Sir, when I came here with you, I saw a lotus leaf pond not far away," Xue Yuan coaxed Gu Yuanbai to sleep in a low voice, his voice was like hypnosis, "The lotus will thank you, but the lotus pod is already ripe. The minister looked at the lotus pods, and they all looked sweet."
"When I was stationed at the border in the past, the minister wanted to eat lotus seeds and wanted to go crazy," Xue Yuan. "The minister took the sage to pick a handful and taste it?"
Gu Yuanbai didn't speak. Xue Yuan patted him on the back with very light force. When he finally walked to the lotus leaf pond with Gu Yuanbai in his arms, Gu Yuanbai had already fallen asleep.
Xue Yuan picked a lotus pod with one hand and tasted the lotus seeds inside. It was obviously very sweet, but it was strange that he couldn't even have the slightest thought that this thing was delicious, and he couldn't even understand that he wanted to eat this thing before. obsession.
instead.
Xue Yuan turned his head to look at the emperor who was already asleep in his arms.
Eyes somber.
When Gu Yuanbai woke up, he had already returned to the bedroom.
After the palace attendant wiped his face for him, Gu Yuanbai woke up. He took the towel and used it himself, "How long have I slept?"
While asking, and looking around, Xue Yuan was not there. Gu Yuanbai frowned, vaguely remembering that he seemed to fall asleep beside Xue Yuan in the end.
shame.
The sound of the water was pattering, and Tian Fusheng tidied up his clothes for the sage, and said with a smile, "The sage has been asleep for an hour."
Gu Yuanbai cheered up, "Let's have someone prepare the meal, I also feel a little hungry."
The order of Chuanshan was ordered. This was the first meal after the sage came to the summer palace. The cooks tried their best to press the bottom of the box, and all kinds of delicacies were delivered one by one. Fortunately, Tian Fusheng knew that the sage did not like it. Waste, specially ordered to reduce the amount.
As soon as Gu Yuanbai came out, he smelled hungry. He sat down at the table, and when he was half full, Tian Fusheng said, "Sir, when you were asleep, the Marquis of An Le came to visit you."
"Marquis of Anle?" Gu Yuanbai thought for a while, "I remember that a few days ago, the prince of the Marquis of Anle was cut off by a scoundrel?"
"Exactly," Tian Fusheng said, "When Marquis Anle came to see you, he also brought his son with him. The Marquis is not angry, he should be asking for something."
Gu Yuanbai raised his eyebrows, "Go and invite An Lehou, let's see if they have something to come to see me."
Tian Fusheng responded and ordered someone to invite Anlehou and his son over.
However, before Marquis Anle came, Chu Wei and Chang Yuyan came together to visit Gu Yuanbai.
The two of them, one was to submit the documents submitted by the officials of the Censorship Office from various places, and the other was to submit tomorrow's "Daheng Guobao", and they happened to meet not far away, so they walked over together.
Chu Wei and Chang Yuyan bowed to the saint, and the palace attendant stepped forward and took things from them.
The sage reached out his hand to take it, but he suddenly covered his sleeves and coughed twice in a low voice.
"Holy!" Tian Fusheng hurriedly handed over the handkerchief.
Some people wanted to come forward, but Gu Yuanbai reached out to stop them from coming. After a while, the feeling of being choked down eased. He continued to take the memorial and the newspaper and read it slowly.
Chu Wei couldn't help frowning when he heard his cough, raised his eyes slightly, and saw the small amount of meals at this table.
The Holy Master's hand was placed beside the table, and compared with Zhezi, it was as bright as Yingying.
The meals on the table were all made for the taste of the saint, and Chu Wei subconsciously wrote down these dishes as soon as he saw them.
Luxury is not good these days, so even in the dishes, the ingredients used are common and visible. Chu Wei was in a trance for a moment, and he couldn't help thinking of what he said when he came across the sage to watch Cuju when he was outing with his classmates.
At that time, he disliked the sage's noise, and said, "Whatever is good for the top, the bottom must vote for it", but now he realizes how wrong it is to look at a person with superficial prejudice.
Chu Wei closed his eyes, his ears were slightly red.
But this shameful red has a different meaning in the eyes of other people.
The head guard was very vigilant to him. Seeing that Lord Chu's ears were all red, he immediately said to Xue Yuan in a solemn tone: "Master Xue, thank you for reminding me to pay more attention to Lord Chu."
Xue Yuan gave a deep response, but his eyes were fixed on Gu Yuanbai's body.
Are you choking on the water, or are you feeling sick
Gu Yuanbai saw half of the things, and hurried footsteps sounded in front of the hall. He looked up and saw that it was An Lehou and his son.
As soon as the two of them entered the palace, before they could reach Gu Yuanbai's eyes, they leaned over and knelt on the ground, choked and said, "I ask the sage to be the master."
Chu Wei and Chang Yuyan stepped aside.
Gu Yuanbai said solemnly, "Get up."
The palace attendant brought chairs for An Lehou and his son. After the two of them were seated, An Lehou raised his eyes with red eyes, looked around in the hall, his eyes finally settled on Xue Yuan, and two lines of tears were left: "Holy, my minister. This matter is related to Duke Yu."
Gu Yuanbai was surprised and turned to look at Xue Yuan.
Xue Yuan raised his brows slightly, he stepped forward, and said respectfully, "I also ask Hou Ye for advice."
An Lehou asked, "Did you cut off my tail finger?"
Hearing this, Xue Yuan grinned and glanced at the Prince of Anle Hou who was hiding.
The Prince of An Lehou shook and lowered his head sharply.
Chang Yuyan was afraid that Xue Yuan's bad temper would get sick here, so he took a step forward and said modestly, "Dare to ask the Marquis of Anle why he said this?"
An Lehou's face was not good: "My son went out to play in the suburbs of Beijing, but was cut off by a gangster. I couldn't find this gangster, and I had already given up. Who ever thought of the last, I still asked Xue Er. It is the blessing of the son that I found this villain."
An Lehou's expression became somewhat contemptuous, even though he was angry at Xue Yuan, he was extremely disgusted with the second son Xue's behavior of killing people with a knife and selling his brother for glory, which was simply disgusting.
Involving Xue Yuan's stupid brother, Gu Yuanbai thought to himself, Xue Yuan really fell into the hands of that idiot this time
An Lehou looked at Xue Yuan and didn't let go, "Second son Xue sent me a severed finger and a letter, talking about the fact that you severed my son's tail finger. And that severed finger is my son's severed finger. , do you Xue Yuan recognize or not?"
Chang Yuyan knew the situation in Xue's mansion best. His expression changed, and he obviously believed what An Lehou said. He looked at Xue Yuan and silently urged him to say a few words quickly.
However, Xue Yuan's expression turned pale, "This minister pleads guilty."
Gu Yuanbai's eyelids jumped again, and he looked at Xue Yuan with sharp eyes.
His clean confession surprised everyone present. The Marquis of Anle was already full of anger and kept asking the Holy Master to decide for him. Some people think that there may be some misunderstandings, and they are persuading the Hou of Anle to stay safe.
The voices in the hall were so noisy that Gu Yuanbai's head hurt for a while.
Gu Yuanbai's face turned cold. He picked up the jade chopstick and dropped it on the white porcelain plate. The crisp sound made the palace attendants in the hall all kneel to the ground, and the noise disappeared in an instant.
Sheng Shang's voice was mixed, but he was the first to attack Xue Yuan, "Xue Yuan, how many things have you done that I don't know about?"
Xue Yuan was silent for a while, and only said, "But it's up to the saint to deal with it."
This time, Gu Yuanbai's expression turned completely cold. There was ice in his eyes, and just when everyone thought that the Holy Master was about to punish him directly, the Holy Master said coldly, "Send someone to check whether what An Lehou said is true or not."
The people in the hall immediately stood up and left. Gu Yuanbai's face was as cold as ice, and in July, those who faced him felt like falling into an ice pond, and a deep chill rose from the bottom of their hearts.
"Don't worry An Lehou," Gu Yuanbai said slowly, "I will make the decision for you."
An Lehou should be happy, but now he is a little scared. He forced a smile and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
During the two quarters of the time when the palace attendant went out to investigate, there was no sound in the palace for half a minute. Gu Yuanbai didn't move the food. After a while, Xue Yuan's voice suddenly sounded: "Sir, use some food."
Gu Yuanbai didn't seem to hear, and didn't even bother to lift his eyelids.
"Holy." Xue Yuan.
A cup of tea slammed into Xue Yuan's side, the ceramic pieces were brittle, and the tea leaves in it were splattered, and Gu Yuan's eyes were ruthless: "Shut up for me!"
Xue Yuan's eyes were ups and downs, and he respectfully shut his mouth.
Even if there is a trick later, even if it is himself directing and acting, but being treated like this by Gu Yuanbai, the shadow is about to drown Xue Yuan's whole person.
Soon, the palace attendant came back, and lowered his eyes to explain the reason clearly: "The prince of Anle Hou is arrogant and arrogant, not only bullying others with his power, but also often scolding the second son of Xue as a disability, and repeatedly persuaded the second son of Xue to vote. The lake committed suicide. The second son of Xue couldn't bear it, so he begged Master Xue to teach him a lesson for the prince of Anlehou."
As soon as the reason came out, the eyes of others looking at Xue Yuan changed, full of weirdness.
Is this still a good brother
A good brother who was betrayed by his own brother
An Lehou's expression also changed suddenly because of the first half of the palace attendant's words.
Gu Yuanbai sneered, not believing that Master Xue in this story was referring to Xue Yuan.
Xue Yuan made such a big circle, what did he want to do.
Gu Yuanbai calmed down, and he turned to look at An Lehou, "What does An Lehou want to do with Xue Yuan?"
An Lehou's expression was a little subtle, and he was ashamed and angry. If Xue Yuan was released because of his son's misbehavior, he couldn't bear the tone, "I only know who cut my son's tail finger, Whoever pays them back with their tail finger."
Gu Yuanbai's eyes narrowed slightly, and his fingers tapped on the table lightly.
An Lehou suddenly remembered that, unlike his clan who had no real power, Xue Yuan's father was General Xue, who had real power in his hands. And this Zhongliang has been entrusted with an important task by the Holy Master recently.
The master of Xue Mansion worked hard for the Sage, and the Sage had to take care of Xue Mansion, and the cold sweat on Marquis Anle's head flowed down.
How can the three generations of Zhongliang be more liked by the emperor than the group of useless people who rely on the royal family to eat
At this moment, the Prince of An Lehou stood up abruptly, as if he was half-frightened, and grabbed An Lehou's arm with shaking hands, and said loudly: "I don't want his fingers! I want to hit him fifty big boards, and then take it away. His military exploits!"
An Lehou's eyes lit up.
Prince Anle didn't dare to look at Xue Yuan, because once he saw Xue Yuan, he would tremble all over and think of that terrifying night.
That night, the knife turned against the cold light in the moonlight, Xue Yuan's voice was low, with a smile: "If I can't be dismissed, Shizi, it's all your fault."
"I have to find you too. And as long as you can't kill me," the dagger slapped on the face, and the threatening man on the opposite side smiled slowly, "you have to be killed by me."
The Prince of Anle Hou was about to cry, "Your Majesty, just deprive him of his military merits."
An Lehou thought for a moment, but also felt that this was very outrageous, and followed him firmly: "Sir, the minister was reckless before, and the dog is right. In this case, I dare to ask Sir Xue, can you stand these fifty big board? "
Xue Yuan saluted: "My minister listens to what the sage has to say."
After a long while, Gu Yuanbai said, "Since that's the case, just follow what Marquis Anle said."
Xue Yuan was taken out. In order to appease and appease Marquis Le's heart, Xue Yuan was slapped with these fifty big boards in front of the door.
The sound of the heavy plank hitting his body passed through the door dully into the hall, Xue Yuan didn't hum a word, and occasionally a few muffled hums sounded.
Gu Yuanbai was silent for a while, then suddenly picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat with a blank expression.
Tian Fusheng said cautiously: "Sir, let the imperial kitchen give you a new round of meals?"
Gu Yuanbai: "Retreat."
Tian Fusheng didn't dare to say any more, and quietly retreated.
The white jade chopsticks made a crisp sound when they hit the porcelain plate, and each sound rang out among the heavy wooden boards outside. With the muffled sound, Anle Hou Shizi's face became more and more pale, and the sweat on his head rolled down.
There was no sound in the hall, and because of this, the sound outside was clearer.
Dull and dull, the sound is in the ear.
If a person with a weak body is hit hard, thirty big boards can kill a person. Time passed bit by bit, and when the outside finally stopped, An Lehou couldn't help spitting out fine sweat on his head.
Gu Yuanbai put down his chopsticks and said lightly: "Xue Yuan was in Jinghu Lake, where he arrested dozens of important rebel members and captured more than 10,000 local soldiers. Prince Anle's tail is expensive, even for military merits like this. can be erased."
An Lehou's heart trembled, and the father and son hurriedly knelt to the ground: "This minister is frightened, and this minister has lost his words..."
"Hundreds of thousands of people in Jingnan and Jiangnan, the lives of these people who have been spared from the war are not worth the prince's finger," Gu Yuanbai continued, "The arrogant, domineering and unreasonable, the prince of Anle is very good. Fingers are also very valuable."
An Lehou and his heir had already begun to tremble.
After a long time, Gu Yuanbai said, "Let's step back."
The Marquis of Anle did not dare to mention the military merits again. He and the Prince of Anle reluctantly got up, saluted Gu Yuanbai, and hurriedly disappeared from the palace.
The guard outside the execution walked in and reported: "Sir, the execution of the fifty large boards has been completed."
Chu Wei and San Yuyan, who were standing on the side and heard this, had mixed feelings.
Gu Yuanbai glanced aside and told them to retreat. When Chu Wei walked out of the palace, he saw water stains and the smell of blood all over the place.
He closed his eyes, suppressing the thousands of emotions in his heart.
Gu Yuanbai picked up a cup of tea, and when he drank half a cup of water, he stood up suddenly, his eyebrows lowered, "Take me to see him."
The imperial doctor had already treated Xue Yuan. When Gu Yuanbai came, in addition to the damp and bloody smell, there was also the smell of medicinal herbs.
The place is cramped and depressing. Gu Yuanbai didn't know if it was because of psychological effects. He even felt that the room was extremely dark, making him unable to breathe.
The saint walked slowly to Xue Yuan's bedside, lowered his eyelids, and looked down at Xue Yuan on the bed.
Xue Yuan was still awake, his face was ugly, his temples were wet with sweat, and his collar was wet. He heard the sound, followed the sound, and pulled his dry lips apart, showing a tired smile at Gu Yuanbai that he had never shown before.
"Holy."
Gu Yuanbai said: "You have been punished for this period in order to vent your anger on behalf of your brother. Although your character is good, I hope you will know in the future that this is illegal."
Xue Yuan smiled. He couldn't move, so he could only lie on his stomach. The bloody smell on his body was pungent, and he rushed towards Gu Yuanbai with the smell of medicine. He said docilely, "I know."
"As for the deprivation of military merit mentioned by the Prince of Anle," Gu Yuanbai's tone suddenly turned cold, "I did not agree."
The smile on Xue Yuan's mouth froze.
He slowly raised his head, his eyes were gloomy and terrifying, the feigned meekness faded away, and all that remained was hostility and suffocation.
His fists clenched suddenly, and his previously weak body was injected with strength, and the back attacked, as if it could burst at any time.
Gu Yuanbai smiled coldly and was about to turn around and leave. However, as soon as he took two steps, the corner of his clothes was grabbed by a hand. Gu Yuanbai looked down and followed this hand to see Xue Yuan's eyes.
Xue Yuan's eyes were deep, he sighed and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you are so cruel."
Gu Yuanbai said, "Release."
Xue Yuan dragged his blood and pulled Gu Yuanbai so that he could not leave. He rested his other hand on the bed, raised his upper body, and the blood stains on his clothes also reflected in Gu Yuanbai's eyes.
"Your Majesty, you clearly know that this minister has suffered these fifty big slaps, that this minister has cut off a finger of the Prince of Anle, and even his younger brother is terminally ill," Xue Yuan said slowly, while raising his hand and pulling Gu Yuan Bai's hand, there are still bloodstains on his hand that had been pinched into the palm of his hand when he was reluctant to bear the pain. These bloodstains stained Gu Yuanbai's hand red, "You clearly know that I want to stay by your side after doing such a big circle."
"But you didn't let me do what I wanted."
Xue Yuan smiled and put Gu Yuanbai's hand on his sweaty face, "Sir, if you let the minister leave again, the minister will go crazy."
"I don't even know if I will do anything more extreme."
Gu Yuanbai quietly looked at Xue Yuan, "Xue Qing."
Xue Yuan, you don't think about me normally.
But Gu Yuanbai didn't want to ask this question.
What if you ask? Whether Xue Yuan answered yes or not, Gu Yuanbai's answer was no.
He doesn't like men, he doesn't like same-sex, and he doesn't like that he will leave a lot of erotic rumors in history in the future, leaving unofficial stories about the emperor and a certain courtier.
What's more, Gu Yuanbai's body is not suitable for dating.
He didn't want to delay girls, but that didn't mean he was willing to delay men.
Gu Yuanbai was about to withdraw his hand ruthlessly, but Xue Yuan realized his intention. He grasped the jade-like hand in his hand, lowered his head, and placed a light kiss on Gu Yuanbai's hand.
A kiss that opened his eyes wide and could no longer be suppressed.
Xue Yuan didn't want to see Gu Yuanbai's expression.
Good face, he just wanted to see Gu Yuanbai's good face towards him and his smile.
"You smiled at me," Xue Yuan whispered, "Smile, I will give you my best."
Military merit, fingers, this thumping heart.
Gu Yuanbai can choose whichever he wants, as long as he smiles, everything can be done.