The little prince, who was injured and running around, arrived at the imperial hospital, and was taught a lesson for half an hour by the respected old imperial physicians.
The wound was more serious than before, and there was a cold wind outside. The imperial physicians were busy dispensing the medicine while scolding.
Gu Ai was almost overwhelmed by the smell of the medicine, but she was stunned to see Lu Cheng holding the bowl of medicine calmly and drinking it slowly one by one.
The old doctor had boiled the medicine for so many years, and it was the first time that someone affirmed the taste of boiled medicine, and he was so happy that his white beard would curl up. He glanced at Dang Chao Shoufu, who didn't know the good stuff, with disapproval, took out a bag of licorice candy from his sleeve with a bowl full of satisfaction, and stuffed it into the arms of the little prince.
These old imperial physicians are the holy hands of Xinglin, please come back and take care of them in the imperial hospital. Gu Ai had experienced the taste of licorice candy, and while the old doctor was trembling to pack up, he quickly touched the candy in the hand of the little prince, and replaced two nougat from his cuff in his palm.
Lu Deng blinked his eyes and raised his head subconsciously.
"Eat this."
Gu Ai held his hand, lowered her voice and commanded a sentence. She looked back at the old doctor who didn't pay attention, and shook her head cautiously at him: "That licorice candy—don't eat it, it's best not to touch it at all..."
I don't know what the licorice candy tastes like, but the Xiangye, who has always been calm and solemn, suddenly showed a look of lingering fears.
… I glanced at it coldly, but it vaguely showed some familiar shadows from the past.
Lu Deng stared at him in a daze, the corners of his lips could not help but lift up slightly, he clenched the round nougat in the palm of his hand, and a smile burst lightly from the bottom of his eyes.
He was always stern, and his expression rarely softened. This time, he suddenly smiled, like a spring breeze blowing ice, suddenly slammed into people's eyes, and caught off guard a pond of spring waves.
This time, it was Gu Ai's turn to be stunned.
Lu Chengru lowered his head and ate candy obediently, so quiet that it was almost docile. The cheeks bulged slightly because of the sugar cubes, and moved lightly under Gu Ai's gaze. A strand of hair on the temples was messed up in the garden and hung down by the ear.
Gu Ai couldn't help but put her hand behind her ear.
The little prince was still young, and the tips of his ears had small, clean short hairs, and when he accidentally touched them with his fingertips, they quickly smudged a crimson.
Gu Ai's heart softened and she smiled at him: "Your Highness—"
After only saying two words, he was reminded by the young emperor's uncle's gaze, Gu Ai was as good as he was, and changed his mouth in time: "Chengru."
Lu Cheng was eating the candy, and his brows and eyes arched again in satisfaction. He carefully stuffed another piece of candy into his purse, and Yu Pei also wrapped the remaining cotton cloth from the wound, and carefully hidden them together.
Gu Ai originally wanted to ask him about his knowledge. At least he knew what books he had read and what he was studying before he could teach. Seeing his serious, almost solemn expression, his heart suddenly softened, he swallowed what he was about to say, and held his wrist with ease.
"You don't have to hide it like this, just wear it if you like it, and if it breaks, I'll give you another piece."
Lu Chengru didn't listen to him on this kind of thing, and shook his head with sugar in his head: "If it breaks, it will hurt again."
Gu Ai was dumbfounded. She wanted to comfort him a few more words. She remembered the way those dudes threw his books to tease him, but she swallowed the words slowly, and only raised her hand to carefully adjust the collar for him.
The little prince's face was still as calm as if he didn't care, making Gu Ai almost remember what he looked like when he just drank the medicine.
- Probably because I got used to the pain, so I didn't feel how hard it was. After all, there is no room for resistance, and I feel that it is normal, so I just go on like this.
Gu Ai suddenly rejoiced at the few candies she had ordered to buy on a whim last night.
Medicine is already so bitter, how can we not eat sugar
The young man sitting on the couch was holding the piece of candy intently, the corners of his lips curled up in a gentle and gentle arc, and he dropped his purse on his waist again.
Gu Ai squatted down in front of him, raised her head slightly to look at him, and said softly, "Chengru, do you want to study with me?"
Lu Deng raised his head suddenly, and the light quietly lit up from the bottom of his eyes.
"You know my situation, I may not be able to teach you how long. After all, one day counts, what I know, you can learn whatever you want"
Gu Ai smiled and continued patiently: "If you want, you can temporarily live in the Prime Minister's Mansion from tomorrow. There is no need to go to a place like Guozijian."
Can live in Xiangfu!
Lu Deng's heartbeat was brisk, the corners of his lips couldn't help pursing, he raised his head hesitantly, and was caught by Gu Ai who was always watching him: "What? But what's the difficulty—"
Before he could finish his sentence, his wrist was grabbed by the little prince who ordered him to rest and not move around: "Can't you do it today?"
Gu Ai was slightly stunned, then she was dumbfounded and nodded with a smile: "Okay, then I'll send someone to the prince's mansion to say..."
The servants of Prince Yi's Mansion were frightened by themselves. I'm afraid they didn't dare to give up their hearts. If they took them back today, the Mansion might think that the Prince was lost.
Gu Ai thought about finding someone to explain, and thinking about how to protect Lu Chengru as much as possible, so as not to implicate him when she was liquidated by the emperor. Just as he was about to instruct some more, the little prince who was sitting on the couch just now was clearly unable to sit still, so he ran down to find the old doctor and wanted to go home.
The little prince, who was obediently drinking the medicine, restrained his temper outside, and with a few words, the old doctor made his brows smile.
Before Gu Ai could react, Lu Cheng eagerly dragged him out of the Imperial Hospital, and slid into the carriage.
"Be careful."
In order to protect Lu Chengru's shoulders, the imperial doctor put a splint on him. Seeing that the little prince was swaying, Gu Ai raised his hand to support him in time, followed by himself, sat firmly with him, smiled at Yin Yin's eyes and said, "Don't go to Prince Yi's mansion, just go back to the prime minister's mansion."
With the crisp sound of the whip, the carriage started slowly, and a winter sparrow flew away.
It's going to snow.
Lu Chengru stayed in the prime minister's mansion just like that.
A powerless and powerless young prince, and not the emperor's junior, even if he got together with the first assistant of the current dynasty, it did not attract many people's attention. On the contrary, Gu Ai was ridiculed and ridiculed by many political opponents, only saying that he was probably frightened by the impeachment of the aristocratic family, so he would use an empty prince who has not yet reached the crown and is ignorant as a shield.
Gu Ai originally only wanted the world to misunderstand, and never denied the suspicions of all parties. Except for the fact that he was still busy with official duties every day, he devoted himself to teaching Lu Chengru knowledge, and lived a more fulfilling life than anyone else.
After a few days of buzzing rumors, they also disappeared and quieted down.
It was freezing cold outside, and when Lu Deng woke up from the couch, the bed was warm.
The little prince was a distinguished guest, and was placed in the upper chamber of the prime minister's residence. The earth dragon was warm and warm, and Gu Ai would come to see him every day when he was facing forward, tuck the quilt for him, and put a hot lady in his arms quietly.
Everyone in the prime minister's mansion knew that the little prince was a student brought back by the prime minister. So much so that the subordinate officials were worried for a while, and all day long, they wondered if the Prime Minister really had the ignorant romance when he was a teenager.
The room was so warm and comfortable that it was tiring. Lu Deng lay down on the soft ferret for a while before finally getting up.
The prime minister's mansion was originally repaired by the previous emperor, and he made up his mind that Gu Ai's incense would last for thousands of years. Everywhere was packed with luxury and honor, and it was far more comfortable to live in than the haunted and ruined palace.
Lu Deng was not used to being served by others, so he packed up and changed his clothes, had breakfast, and came to the study wearing a rabbit fur cloak, leaning on the window and looking out.
The snow after the new year is usually small, but this year it has fallen for an extraordinarily long time. For three days, the inside and outside of the palace were covered in silver, and a string of horseshoe prints had been very lightly covered by snow.
Gu Ai went to court, and it will take a while to return.
The situation in the DPRK and China is not good these days.
The emperor became more and more unable to control the weakness of the court, causing the noble families to be arrogant and arrogant, arguing endlessly about crimes, and was determined to drag Gu Ai from the position of the chief assistant and the orphan.
These aristocratic families have been domineering for dozens or hundreds of years, and even the emperor does not take it seriously. Everyone thought that as long as Gu Ai was defeated, they would be able to stabilize their foundation and not be affected by the reform. But he didn't know that the emperor was just driving tigers and swallowing wolves. When they defeated Gu Ai, it was time for these noble families to suffer.
"My lord, the lord has gone to the court, and asked you to read first, and the lord will explain to you when you come back..."
The official stood at the door and spoke respectfully, looking at the little prince's face that was slightly pale from the wind, and hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea for him: "My lord, be careful, you should be worried."
Lu Deng turned around, thanked him, and went back to the table with tea and sat down.
I found the loophole of the OOC evaluation article, and my life is much better than before.
Although everyone's impression of Lu Chengru is still the arrogant and domineering prince, but now he has become Gu Ai's apprentice, according to the logic, he naturally needs to be taught to be polite and sensible, otherwise it will affect Gu Ai's personality.
The little prince is already sensible, and the people in the prime minister's residence don't have so many prejudices - especially when Lu Chengru was brought back with a splint on his shoulders, his face was so pale that there was almost no blood, and he would hold Gu Ai's hand when he went out. Well, it's really hard not to be soft-hearted.
The people under the Prime Minister's residence have been serving him for a few days, and they know a lot about this titular prince. They know what kind of life he lived in before, and they feel a little bit unbearable in their hearts, so their attitude towards him will naturally be better. few.
Lu Chengru spoke very rarely when he couldn't see Gu Ai, and sometimes he was dazed by himself. After hesitating for a moment, the subordinate officer leaned in and spoke to him in a harmonious voice.
"My lord, don't worry about it - your lord remembers that today is the Shangyuan Festival, and specially mentioned that you will accompany your lord to go around the capital tonight. It's just that you must go to the court meeting, and there is something to delay... When your lord comes back from the next court, you will be able to see your lord. "
He said it thoroughly, and there was no problem at first. But Lu Deng instinctively felt something was wrong, he frowned slightly, and put down the teacup in his hand: "What happened, sir?"
The official did not expect him to be so sensitive, he raised his head in surprise, and then staunchly turned away: "Your Highness, don't worry, it's just that something happened to the court, the adults are only afraid that it will take a while..."
If there is only something wrong, there is no need to ask the subordinate officials to come back to take care of themselves.
In the plot, Gu Ai's accident happened after the beginning of spring, but it was difficult to guarantee whether her living in the prime minister's mansion would have any impact on the plot.
Lu Deng's expression darkened, he got up and was about to go out, but he was hurriedly stopped by the officials: "Your Highness - Your Highness, don't be in a hurry! It's just that there was too much quarrel in the court today. The Emperor was furious and punished both parties to kneel on the steps. Didn't say when to get up..."
Chaoyang has been arguing for several days, and no one expected that the emperor would suddenly attack. Gu Ai was afraid that the news would come back to the palace, and that Lu Chengru would be anxious not to see him when he woke up, so he specially called his subordinate officials to come back to take care of him.
If he can't appease the little prince now, he will be reprimanded again when the adults come back.
The subordinate officials were worried about the situation in the palace, but did not dare to disobey Gu Ai's orders, so they just stopped him and said something to console him.
The little prince still had one arm hanging, and looked up with a pale face, but his eyes were still black and calm: "Where are the others?"
The official was startled: "What?"
"Are those aristocratic families still kneeling?"
Lu Deng's tone was calm, and he had already asked the system to start the broadcast for him in his mind, and called up the images outside the palace.
Those who were punished were both sides of the quarrel, namely Gu Ai and those aristocratic families. Under the deliberate indulgence of the emperor these days, those aristocratic families have long been arrogant without knowing it, and have despised the imperial power to a certain extent. Today's punishment for kneeling, these people will never give face.
Kind but different.
Even if anyone in this world can flout laws and rules and act recklessly, Gu Ai can't - even if someone wants his life, as long as it's legal, even if it is malicious to use power to slander it, he can only hand over his life. .
If even the reformers themselves break the law and disrespect it, the reformation is meaningless.
The emperor is not stupid, and these reasons must be clear. Today's punishment for kneeling was originally aimed at Gu Ai alone.
The subordinate officials faltered and dared not speak, but just kept his head down to stop him. Lu Deng glanced at the OOC evaluation bar that was still floating up and down, Heng Hengxin took a deep breath, retrieved the original character design, raised his hand, pushed him away, and strode towards the door.
"My lord!"
The subordinate officials were startled and hurriedly chased after them: "Your Excellency is an official who obeys the laws and regulations, and you can't take the lead in disregarding the imperial power and disrespecting the sacred edict. If the prince goes rashly—"
"I know."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the gentle voice of the little prince who walked to the door.
In the eyes of everyone in the prime minister's residence, the young prince, who had been quiet and docile for so long, had sturdy shoulders, picked off a horsewhip hanging on the door, weighed it in his hand, and turned around a little: "But I am a domineering prince."
The official stood there in a daze.
Lu Deng walked out of the prime minister's residence all the way, picked a high-headed horse, flew up with the rein in one hand, squeezed the horse's belly with both legs, and galloped towards Miyagi.
Snow is still falling.
Three days of heavy snow has accumulated extremely thick on the ground.
Lu Deng galloped on his horse all the way, and threw his waist card to the guards.
He is the prince who lives in the palace, and no one can stop him if he wants to enter the palace. If you want to take horse riding in the palace as an example, but the emperor deliberately indulges, the first prince can gallop on the official road, and it makes no sense that an uncle who is two generations higher than the first prince can't.
The guards looked at each other in dismay, and no one knew whether they should step forward or not. For a moment, the galloping figure had only a shadow left in the distance.
Outside the Zichen Hall, the snow was swept away and filled up in a blink of an eye, and a layer that was not too thin had accumulated.
On the finely crafted white jade steps, a solitary figure was still kneeling upright.
The palace was quiet, and it was rare to hear such a loud sound of hooves. The guards and eunuchs were all flustered, and instinctively called for people to take precautions, but they were scared by the whip of the person on the horse and their legs were weak.
Gu Ai's heart moved slightly, and she turned around to look, her eyes suddenly hardened.
Lu Chengru was dressed in a white satin brocade robe, with layers of silver threads pressing out a distinct and luxurious bearing. Although he was hanging his arms, he did not show any signs of embarrassment and weakness. He rode his horse up the jade steps with one hand.
"Chengru!"
Gu Ai's heart was tense, and she said in a hurry: "What are you doing here? It's none of your business, go back quickly!"
However, Lu Chengru had already slammed one-handedly, dismounted and walked towards him.
The guard eunuch next to him was deliberately left by the emperor to humiliate Gu Ai. Seeing this, he hurried up to stop him: "Your Highness, Xiangye is being punished, and Your Highness must not be disturbed..."
"Did you only punish Master Xiang?"
The little prince who came down soon lost the softness that had been warmed up by meticulous care for the past few days. His brows and eyes showed a vague coldness and sullenness again. He held a whip in one hand to fend off a eunuch, and still walked towards Gu Ai.
The guard was taken aback by his question, and he couldn't help but say with a guilty conscience, "No, it's not..."
"Yi Wangye, those who refuse to be punished are disrespectful and arrogant, and they don't even care about the emperor."
The head eunuch knew what the emperor was thinking, he came up with a half-smile, leaned over and said to him: "Master Gu is a role model for all officials, knowing that the king is on good terms with Master Gu, but I also ask the king to think twice, don't break it. Adult Name Festival…”
"Who said that I have made friends with Master Gu?"
Lu Chengru raised his eyes to look at him, sneered, and slapped the snow beside Gu Ai with a whip.
The velvet snow and fine ice splashed, and it fell lightly down Dang Chao's head.
Gu Ai suddenly guessed what he was going to do.
Looking at the young prince with cold eyes, Gu Ai's heart sank, and she scolded sharply: "Chengru! This is not a place for you to be arrogant, how much have you remembered what you have taught you, why are you still acting like this? Not happy? go back-"
"Sir, Cheng Ru is stubborn and has always disliked reading books."
Before he could finish his sentence, Lu Chengru had already squatted down in front of him, brushing the snowflakes from his temples for him.
Gu Ai's heart skipped a beat, and just as she was about to speak, Lu Chengru's hand slipped down, as if she had accidentally touched his acupuncture point.
"It's not a big mistake for me to be instigated by someone on the street, and asked him to fine me thousands of dollars in compensation, face the wall for ten days, and beat my board."
Lu Chengru lowered his gaze, his tone had completely returned to the surly and domineering prince, and slowly stood up on his knees: "Father-in-law, do you think I should take revenge?"
The eunuchs have already said all their words, and at this time they can't help but hesitate: "Yi, King Yi, this matter-"
"The emperor punished him to kneel. I don't think it's enough. I still want to get down on the ground. Does it count as helping the emperor to vent his anger?"
Lu Chengru spoke slowly, bent the whip in his hand, and put it on Gu Ai's shoulder: "I'm here to vent my anger for the emperor, it's snowing in this place. My palace is secluded, and no one can interfere, I'll take people back. Take care of it, father-in-law said, will it work?"
He is the emperor's uncle, and even if he has no real power, no one dares to cross this order of elders. What's more, the emperor is now deliberately keeping a low profile, just to make people feel bullied and manipulated, let alone embarrass the elder prince at this time.
The father-in-law was so anxious that his face flushed red, and he didn't know whether to say yes or not, but he was sweating profusely in the heavy snow.
Lu Cheng pursed his lips, and brought his horse over. I don't know if it was because he was afraid that Gu Ai wouldn't cooperate, he actually picked up the man out of thin air and threw it on the horse, mounted the horse and jumped down the jade steps, and walked towards his palace.