"Of course the family is ruined."
Tao Mo frowned tightly.
The emperor laughed and said, "Lord Tao is worried about the country and the people again."
Tao Mo said: "I thought water could be used for drinking, washing clothes, and watering fields, but I didn't know that it could also do harm."
"Then what are you going to do?"
"Wait Huang—you're gone, I want to control the flood."
The emperor nodded, but asked again: "What kind of treatment?"
Tao Mo didn't think about it: "Xianzhi always has a way!"
The emperor squinted at him: "The reason why you married Xianzhi is to let him manage Danyang County for you."
Tao Mo blushed: "I—I don't understand myself."
"Then, what do you know?" The emperor smiled half a smile.
"I—" Tao Mo concluded.
The emperor smiled: "I want to see the beautiful scenery, you brought me to this poor place, I haven't punished you yet..."
Tao Mo hurriedly wanted to kneel, but was stopped by the emperor: "Okay, okay, think about where to go this afternoon?"
Tao Mo said awkwardly, "I've only been here and the Guanyin Temple."
"Then what do you do on weekdays?"
"Just—just busy with the affairs of the county government."
Lao Miaozhu interjected, "Master Tao has only been in Danyang for four months. He has put the fire in Danyang under control and found out the case of the Kuang family's extermination. He is really busy."
The emperor said indifferently: "You are like Mr. Tao's teacher."
Lao Miao said: "I dare not. But the people in Danyang, men, women and children, will remember these things Master Tao has done."
The emperor looked at Tao Mo: "You have won the hearts of the people."
Tao Mo suddenly gained courage, and he straightened his chest and said, "I have always remembered eight words: 'Follow the public and abide by the law, be loyal to the emperor and love the people'!"
The emperor couldn't help laughing: "What a law-abiding, loyal to the emperor and the people! Don't just remember the other three, and forget about the loyalty to the emperor."
Tao Mo was puzzled: "How come? Am I not loyal enough?"
He thought to himself: when the Nine Kings rebelled, Gu She went to help the emperor because he fully supported the emperor. How could he not be loyal enough
The emperor nodded: "You were loyal to the emperor before, so you are afraid that you will change your mind in the future."
Thinking of the emperor's thoughts on Gu She, Tao Mo couldn't help but change his face, thinking that if the emperor wanted to snatch Gu She from him, then it would be wrong, he had no choice but to be disloyal to the emperor.
Then he whispered: "The emperor must also be sympathetic to his courtiers, so that the courtiers will not change their minds."
The emperor's expression changed: "Are you a threat?"
Tao Mo said nothing.
The emperor flicked his sleeves and went out. Eunuch Huang glanced at Tao Mo, sighed, and followed him out.
After a while, seeing Tao Mo coming out, Eunuch Huang reprimanded in a low voice, "Why did you come out now?"
Tao Mo said innocently, "The money from the red cloth must be settled!"
Eunuch Huang hated that iron could not be made into steel: "How much is that worth?"
"Even if it's a penny, I have to give it!"
"..." Eunuch Huang was choked, and asked again: "It won't take so long!"
"I gave a big coin, and Miao Zhu spent a long time looking for the change."
"I've given you a lot of money and still want to look for it?" Eunuch Huang couldn't imagine it.
"My salary wasn't much in the first place."
Eunuch Huang closed his eyes and waved his hand, signaling Tao Mo to get in the car.
Tao Mo got into the car and saw that the emperor was sitting there with his eyes closed, his face was ashen, and he didn't even look at him.
Tao Mo looked at his thick and soft "special seat" again, and decided to sit at the car door. There was no upholstery there, just bare wood.
The emperor slowly opened his eyes, glanced at him, but did not speak.
When he returned to the county seat, Tao Mo was already beaten so badly that his lower lip was bleeding from biting.
The car stopped, and Tao Mo endured the pain and got out of the car, trying to keep his movements normal.
As the emperor got out of the car, he asked calmly: "Is the emperor still sympathetic to his courtiers?"
Tao Mo saluted respectfully: "If the emperor thinks it counts, then it counts."
The emperor snorted coldly: "You are so eloquent!"
The emperor took a few steps, and when he looked back, Tao Mo was still standing there.
The emperor said to Huang Gonggong: "Tell him to get out!"
Eunuch Huang waved to Tao Mo behind the emperor.
Just as Tao Mo was about to leave, Eunuch Huang ran over again: "Don't look at the emperor getting angry, I won't come this afternoon. If you don't come, the emperor will be even more angry!"
Tao Mo said "Oh", "Understood."
Although every step was painful, Tao Mo still straightened his body and walked out the door step by step.
Behind him, the emperor stood on the steps and looked at his back with a gloomy expression.
Eunuch Huang said cautiously: "Master Tao has a lot of backbone."
The emperor said nothing.
The head of the guards also said: "This kind of person, I heard that they are soft and not hard."
The emperor said coldly: "I think it's soft and hard!"
Gu She saw Tao Mo come in with a pale face, his face sank, and he hurriedly asked someone to pack up the food and go to the bedroom.
Tao Mo said: "Let's eat in the living room."
Gu She hugged him horizontally: "What did you do?"
Tao Mo didn't tell Gu She what happened in the morning until he entered the bedroom.
Gu She's face was gloomy: "It's a pity that I was busy picking up the car in the morning, but he treats you like this!"
Tao Mo said in a low voice, "Perhaps it is impossible to have a good relationship with the emperor."
Gu She stopped by the bed, Gu Xiaojia placed Tao Mo's usual cushion beside Gu She, and Gu She gently put Tao Mo down.
Hao Guozi stood aside with tears in his eyes, carefully wiping Tao Mo's sweat with a towel.
Gu She sat down next to Tao Mo and let him lean on her: "It's all my fault, last night shouldn't..."
He couldn't go on, and there was a cold light in his eyes. Last night was the second time with Tao Mo. After the first time, Tao Mo didn't even have a lunch break, and went directly to drive in the afternoon, and it was fine. This second time should be easier to get used to than the first time, not to mention that Tao Mo had a good rest last night.
He had always cherished Tao Mo, and was always gentle and gentle every time. Tao Mo's pain was not because his sex was too rough.
Turning around: "Gu Xiaojia!"
Gu Xiaojia said "Hey", "It's called Li Yuan, right?"
Tao Mo hurriedly said, "Don't let him watch..."
Before, he never felt any embarrassment for letting a doctor see his body, but after getting married, he hoped that only Gu She could see his body.
Gu Xiaojia thoughtfully: "Tell him to only prescribe medicine."
Before Li Yuan came, Ji Wudi came, and found a new box of the ointment he used frequently for Tao Mo.
After Tao Mo used it, he felt cold and the pain disappeared instantly.
After Li Yuan came, Gu She asked Li Yuan to look at the used ointment, Li Yuan said it was very good, there was no need to prescribe another medicine, just continue to use it.
Gu She let Tao Mo lie down for a while.
When Tao Mo woke up, he saw Gu She holding a fan, fanning himself repeatedly.
"Xianzhi, you... why are you so nice."
Tao Mo's heart was full of gratitude, and at the same time he secretly vowed: No matter what the emperor does, Xianzhi's affairs will never be compromised!
Gu She said softly: "You sleep a little longer, I will go for you."
"No!" Tao Mo sat up anxiously.
Gu She frowned at him, and pressed him on the pillow again: "You have to trust me, I'll be fine. But you, every time I accompany you, I don't feel at ease."
Tao Mo flattened his mouth: "The emperor is here for you, how can you accompany him?"
Gu She tapped his forehead helplessly: "Little fool, when will you understand..." After looking at him for a long while, he suddenly smiled and said, "I have known him for seven years, if he has a way against me, how come he still only knows me now?" Can you stare? Go to sleep!"
Tao Mo was still not at ease: "The emperor has practiced martial arts, after all you haven't..."
Gu She interrupted him: "Huang Guangde and Shi Guangyao both respect their status, why is it that the emperor is inferior to both of them?"
Tao Mo thought about it, so he said, "Tell Lao Tao to follow you."
Gu She nodded: "Go to sleep!"
Seeing that it was Gu She who came to accompany him in the afternoon, the emperor's face twitched again.
"Wu Wen said that he took the emperor to the Dragon King Temple in the morning, which angered the emperor. He blamed himself in his heart and was ashamed to face the emperor. As Wu Wen's husband, it is Gu She's bounden duty to share Wu Wen's worries. In the afternoon, Gu She came to accompany Your majesty, I hope your majesty can be a little more happy!"
"How can you accompany me in white clothes? Where's Tao Mo?"
"Bai Yi!" Gu She smiled, "Since Bai Yi can't accompany the driver, then Bai Yi Gu She will go back. Wu Wen has a high fever, does the emperor want to see it?"
A trace of remorse flashed across the emperor's face, but it was fleeting.
"I want to see the beautiful scenery of Danyang in the morning, and Tao Mo took me to see the Dragon King Temple that has nothing! I haven't punished him yet."
"Every plant and tree in Danyang is devoted to Wu Wen's painstaking efforts. In his eyes, nature is everywhere beautiful."
"That's what you want?"
"If your majesty wants to see beautiful scenery, from this point to the east, there is the sea; from this point to the west, there is Jinling; from this point to the south, there is Taihu Lake; from this point to the north, there are Yangzhou and the capital city."
"I left Danyang, are you beautiful in your heart?"
"The emperor's lesson."
The emperor stared at him angrily, unable to speak for a while.
After a long time, the emperor said quietly: "Xianzhi, I don't dare to expect extravagance from you."
"Your Majesty also shouldn't expect extravagant dance writing."
"Could it be that you two are happy with each other, leaving me alone?"
"How many beautiful young men are there in the emperor's palace? How can they be alone?"
The emperor said quietly: "It's all just a good-looking face."
Gu She smiled sarcastically: "Then how does the emperor see us two? Isn't it just good-looking?"
"It's different." The emperor sighed softly, "You are too smart and powerful. When I'm with you, I feel like I'm on par with you. Tao Mo is too simple and clean. When I see him, I will forget all my troubles."
Gu She was silent.
After a long time, he finally said: "I will accompany the emperor to Guanyin Temple! It is the best place to seek marriage."
The emperor was surprised: "You - don't you believe it?"
"I don't believe it, but since I got acquainted with Wuwen, I have become like Wuwen. I don't believe it—and hope to have it."
Guanyin Temple, the emperor took the incense and was about to bow down.
Gu She said quietly: "A Bodhisattva will not respond to spoiling other people's marriage."
The emperor froze, and took a while to bow down.
After praying, he didn't look at Gu She, but said in a low voice: "I beg for my own marriage."
Gu She remained calm: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Back at Yang Mansion, it was almost dusk.
"If the emperor is fine, Gu She in white will leave."
The emperor waved.
Gu She walked a few steps, but heard the emperor say again: "Wait!"
Gu She stopped.
"For the family dinner tonight, ask Tao Mo to pick me up."
Gu She smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, whoever picks you up will have the same ending."
Said and drifted away.