As a monk who practiced in Shuo Xuecheng since he was a child, Qiu Yutong really doesn't know much about the world, but at least he has experienced in the human world for a full ten years, and he still knows something.
For example, "male favorite", he has heard of it.
At this moment, he finally understood that what the two little eunuchs said just now, the "excellent beauty" presented to Lu Xiao by King Jin was none other than himself!
He's a... male favourite.
Qiu Yutong's mind went blank.
He became a male favorite, a male favorite dedicated to Lu Xiao.
Qiu Yutong's whole body is going to be bad.
A dense layer of goosebumps, like mushrooms after a rain, rushed out from his back.
So ridiculous, so embarrassing, so... humiliating.
Qiu Yutong froze for a while, then suddenly remembered something, and quickly lowered her head to look at her body.
All over his body, except for a small piece of embarrassing dark green embroidered brocade around his waist, there are only gorgeous and complicated gold chains around his wrists and ankles. The whole attire is simply terrible.
"..." Qiu Yutong twitched the corner of her mouth silently.
So, he should have understood.
Just now he was still guessing randomly, what is the identity of his body, is it a foreign slave, or a prisoner of the battlefield... In fact, there is no need to guess, this body is completely dressed as an Israeli servant, but he didn't think about it at all !
What kind of shit is this!
Even if Tiandao wants to play with him and prevent him from ascending, there is no need to torment him like this!
Qiu Yutong almost wanted to cry but had no tears.
He is not an obsessive person. The so-called Dao follows nature, and he does not force himself if he fails to ascend. apprentice...
This was simply too absurd, and he really couldn't accept it.
However, although he is unwilling to accept it, the fact is already like this. The biggest question now is, what should he do
Otherwise, when I meet Lu Xiao later, I simply recognize him directly and ask this kid to bring him some decent clothes
… no.
After only thinking about it for a short moment, Qiu Yutong firmly rejected this idea without hesitation.
No, absolutely not.
With his extremely bad appearance now, he absolutely cannot recognize Lu Xiao! absolute! !
He can't afford to lose this man.
However, if they don't recognize each other, how should he deal with his former apprentice in the current terrible situation
Well, Lu Xiao has always been a reasonable and good boy. If he pretends to be pitiful, he might be able to get away with it... Moreover, Lu Xiao is a man of few desires and doesn't like masculinity. Maybe he will scoff at this "gift" from King Jin and directly It would be better to kick yourself out.
He was racking his brains desperately to think of a solution, two young eunuchs had already carried the cage and came to the courtyard gate of the Jingxin Hall.
Qiu Yutong was very familiar with the Jingxin Hall.
This small palace is not a formal emperor's bedroom, but a side hall, and there are only three courtyards in total. After the death of the old emperor, before Lu Xiao ascended the throne, the two of them, master and apprentice, lived here briefly for three months.
Unexpectedly, it has been five full years since Lu Xiao ascended the throne, and he still hasn't moved away.
The short eunuch greeted the guards at the gate of the yard, and the two carried the cage into the front yard, and stopped slowly in front of the vermilion gate of the front hall.
With a soft "squeak", the front door opened, and a short, fat old eunuch came out.
"My little ones, pay respects to Eunuch Zhang." The two young eunuchs said.
There were several bright lanterns hanging on both sides of the gate, through the thin white gauze, Qiu Yutong recognized at a glance that the chunky old eunuch in front of him was Lu Xiao's personal eunuch, Zhang Defu.
It's just that at this moment, Zhang Defu is no longer the downcast appearance of the past. He is dressed in a red eunuch uniform with a round collar and palm prints, holding a snow-white whisk, as if he is a high-ranking eunuch.
Zhang Defu narrowed his eyes, and looked up and down the cage: "The one in this cage is the beauty presented by King Jin, Mr. Xuerong?"
"It's exactly what Eunuch Zhang said." The short eunuch said respectfully.
"Well, let us take a look." Zhang Defu nodded, bent over to uncover a corner of the white gauze, and looked inside.
Qiu Yutong quickly lowered her eyes.
Zhang Defu was taken aback for a moment, his whole body froze, his hands shook violently involuntarily, and the veil was covered back again.
"What's the matter, Eunuch Zhang?" the short eunuch asked earnestly.
Zhang Defu ignored him at all, just stared blankly at the cage, as if he had seen a ghost.
After a long while, the usually steady and tactful old eunuch slowly came back to his senses, and murmured as if talking to himself: "Like, so much like. King Jin..."
He didn't continue talking, and remained silent for a while with an extremely complicated expression, then suddenly sighed softly: "Forget it, no matter what his intentions are... that's fine, that's fine."
Qiu Yutong murmured in her heart, what do you mean by "this is fine"
King Jin gave Lu Xiao a male pet, what's so good about it
Zhang Defu hesitated for a moment, then bent down and said: "Young Master Xuerong, this palace is no different than outside the palace, and you can't tolerate any mistakes. Since you have come here, you have naturally learned the rules, and you can go in later. But don't be smart, if you offend His Majesty, no one can save you."
Qiu Yutong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and reluctantly responded: "Got it."
Zhang Defu paused, and couldn't help sighing again: "Oh, your looks, your looks... I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. That's all, in a word, if you serve well, His Majesty is satisfied, so naturally you the benefits of."
"Uh, this..." Qiu Yutong only felt her scalp go numb.
Serve well? Waiting on Lu Xiao
... how to serve
He refused to think about it.
He coughed lightly, trying to save his own fate: "Eunuch Zhang, that, ahem... Actually, I'm not feeling well today..."
"There's no need to say more." Zhang Defu waved his whisk in an uncompromising manner, "Carry it in."
Qiu Yutong: "..."
Following Zhang Defu's order, the cage was lifted again and staggered into the front hall.
As soon as you enter the door, the warmth of the earth dragon rushes over your face, mixed with the rich ambergris, which almost makes you drowsy.
The front hall is not too big. In the southeast and southwest corners, there is an exquisite white jade water lily incense burner. The incense burner is lit with precious ambergris, and the room is filled with smoke and a dark fragrance.
Ten or so steps further inside, just to the north of the room is a huge red sandalwood desk.
Behind the desk, sat a man who was reading the memorial with his head bowed.
Qiu Yutong looked at him, her heart trembled slightly.
Lu Xiao.
The handsome young man who bowed his head to review the memorial, who was extremely unfamiliar yet extremely familiar, was Qiu Yutong's only apprentice, the young emperor of the Great Chen Dynasty, Lu Xiao.
Looking through the tulle on the cage, Lu Xiao's face is not very clear, but there is a huge bronze bird candlestick in front of the desk, on which dozens of whale oil candles are lit, and the light can be seen from the dark through the tulle , I can barely get a rough idea.
Qiu Yutong looked at the man behind the desk, feeling a little confused after feeling emotional.
When did Lu Xiao become so mature
When he thought about it, he couldn't help laughing—although to him, the separation between the two was just a blink of an eye, but in fact, five full years have passed in the human world. Counting with fingers, Lu Xiao is already twenty-three years old at this time, and of course it is different from when he first ascended the throne.
Qiu Yutong was thinking wildly, the cage shook slightly and was placed on the thick carpet.
"Your Majesty, this is the stunning beauty presented by King Jin, Mr. Xuerong." Zhang Defu's obese body prostrated on the carpet, respectfully.
Lu Xiao was grading papers on his own, without even bothering to lift his eyelids, his voice was low and indifferent: "I understand. Leave it here, you all go down."
"Yes." Zhang Defu kowtowed deeply again, then got up, and retreated with the two little eunuchs carrying the cage.
So, there were only two people left in the study.
The young emperor of the Great Chen Dynasty, and the unlucky emperor teacher who had unspeakable suffering in the cage.
Qiu Yutong has lived for two hundred years, and has never seen anything in the world, but she has never encountered such a strange situation. She was so nervous that her throat was a little dry, and she couldn't help swallowing silently, and then began to curse at herself again.
It's true that the more you live, the more you go back. What's so nervous about it
He brought Lu Xiao from the age of eight to eighteen. Which one of this kid's swordsmanship and strategy was not taught by him? It's just, it's just that this kid has grown up and matured a little now, but in his bones, isn't he still his little apprentice
Qiu Yutong calmed down a little, and began to worry again.
In this situation, how should he deal with Lu Xiao so that he can get away with it
In short, he didn't want to shamefully reveal his identity, and he absolutely didn't want to "serve" Lu Xiao, it was such a mess of bad luck.
Qiu Yutong couldn't help raising her eyelids again, and glanced at Lu Xiao.
After the huge red sandalwood book case, the young and handsome emperor seemed not interested in the "beautiful beauty" in the cage, and had been concentrating on approving the tall stack of papers, not even bothering to lift his head.
Seeing that the other party kept bowing his head to critique papers, not paying attention to himself, and not acting strangely, Qiu Yutong secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
It seems that this kid is still the same as before, pure-hearted and ascetic.
Qiu Yutong felt relieved, it would be much easier this way, as long as he had to bite the bullet and confuse the situation in front of him, and then find a way to return to Shuo Xuecheng, he would be able to reshape his physical body and prove the way again.
Now that he had made up his mind, he was not in a hurry, and simply narrowed his eyes slightly, and under the cover of the veil, he carefully looked at his favorite student.
After writing the book, Lu Xiao lowered his eyes and concentrated on marking the notebook. The bright yellow candlelight reflected his young face.
He has completely shed the youthful appearance he had when he was a teenager. His once soft and immature outline has become sharp. With phoenix eyes, thin lips, and straight nose bridge, he is simply impeccably handsome.
He looked grim, determined and mature, with an utter regal look on his brow.
The study is very quiet, only the slight "rustling" sound of the Langhao brush falling on the rice paper, like the drizzle in autumn, and like a breeze blowing through the treetops.
Qiu Yutong looked at his only apprentice from afar, feeling deeply moved.
Lu Xiao has really grown up and matured.
No, more than that...
Qiu Yutong frowned slightly.
For some reason, he faintly felt that Lu Xiao was not the same as before. This kind of difference is not just the difference between maturity or childishness, but the temperament of the young people as a whole, which is different.
What is the difference
He doesn't look very happy...
Is it because the state affairs are too busy
Qiu Yutong looked at Lu Xiao, thinking in ecstasy, but the other party seemed to have noticed something, suddenly raised his eyelids, and his two cold eyes turned around on the white veil of the cage.
In fact, from the back of the bright desk, looking at the veil of the cage in the shade, I can't see clearly at all. But those two sharp eyes that were as real as they were, still made Qiu Yutong stiff for a moment.
Completely different from the eyes that the young Rumu relied on in the past, the eyes of the young man at this moment are as cold as the thousand-year-old ice that cannot be melted beyond the extreme northern wall, without the slightest hint of warmth.
Lu Xiao put down the brush slowly, and said coldly, "Have you seen enough?"
Qiu Yutong came back to her senses and blinked, not quite getting used to Lu Xiao's tone.
Qiu Yutong had never heard such a cold tone.
He was a little dazed. What happened to Lu Xiao
Seeing that he was silent, Lu Xiao sneered and stood up from behind the desk. The young emperor walked around the huge desk, walked down slowly, and stood still in front of the cage.
The tall shadow almost covered Qiu Yutong's whole body.
Qiu Yutong moved back involuntarily.
Lu Xiao narrowed his eyes slowly, looking thoughtfully at the hazy figure behind the veil.
In the room, only the light was on in front of the desk, and the cage was shrouded in shadows. Through the white gauze, only a thin figure could be vaguely seen, curled up in the corner of the cage, looking weak and helpless.
"Stupid!"
Lu Xiao sneered, and then with a soft "swipe", he pulled out his waist-hanging sword, and the dark, water-like edge of the sword swept out——
With a crisp "click", the wooden cage was easily split in half!
The white gauze on the cage was also divided into two pieces, which slowly fell down.