cold... so cold...
That kind of bone-chilling chill, as if every drop of blood in the blood vessels had been frozen into ice slag, and there was no trace of fresh heat from the inside to the outside of the internal organs.
Qiu Yutong curled up tightly, shaking involuntarily.
"What happened to him?! You are talking! Talk!!"
"Wow!!"
In the vagueness, it seemed that someone was talking, and there was the sound of something breaking.
It seems to be... Xiaoer.
It seems not.
As a young apprentice, he has been very calm since he was in trouble, and he has never had such an extremely flustered tone, let alone throwing things around.
After a while, Qiu Yutong vaguely felt something warm appeared on his back, and in the bone-chilling cold that almost made his blood freeze, he leaned towards the heat source in a daze, trying to cling to the living thing. temperature.
The heat source behind him trembled slightly, and pressed against him even more tightly.
He feels very comfortable.
After a long time, something warm and soft pressed against his lips... There was a strong bitter taste in his mouth...
No, it's so bitter...
…
After an unknown amount of time, Qiu Yutong finally opened her eyes slowly.
There was a snow-white bed curtain in front of him, and his body was covered with a thick and soft brocade quilt. Behind him... He was taken aback, someone hugged him tightly, and the hot body temperature came through the thin underwear, which was comfortable and ironed.
How is this going
Qiu Yutong subconsciously struggled a little, but the strong arms like iron hoops around his waist firmly fixed him, and he couldn't move at all.
Then, the person behind him was startled suddenly, turned over abruptly, and said in a trembling voice, "You, are you awake?"
Qiu Yutong looked up at the other party, still a little dazed.
Lu Xiao propped his hands on his left and right sides, staring at him with a pair of narrow, pitch-black phoenix eyes. The whites of the originally clear eyes were now full of thick bloodshot eyes, looking extremely haggard.
"You finally woke up..." Lu Xiao's voice was extremely hoarse.
The two looked at each other for a long time before Qiu Yutong slowly came back to his senses. That's right, he found Lu Xiao who was frozen on the platform for praying for snow, and then he himself had a cold poison attack and passed out.
"I fainted?"
"Yeah." Lu Xiao stared at him intently, his gaze was like a hungry wolf, almost blatantly greedy, as if he was looking at some lost lifeblood, or some kind of reason that could finally allow him to continue living.
Qiu Yutong felt a little uncomfortable, and moved back a little involuntarily.
He tried his best to recall the previous situation. Did Lu Xiao recognize him on the Qixue Platform
Although he blurted out "Xiao'er", at that time, Lu Xiao's consciousness seemed to be unclear...
Did Lu Xiao recognize himself
Qiu Yutong was a little uncertain.
To be honest, if Lu Xiao had already recognized him, he would have recognized him too. If he was ashamed, he would be ashamed, anyway, it was already like this. But if Lu Xiao didn't recognize him, he felt a little... unable to speak if he took the initiative to confess at this time.
If Lu Xiao didn't recognize him, he still wanted to go back to Shuo Xuecheng first, and after recovering his cultivation, he would come back to talk to Lu Xiao as Qiu Yutong.
Qiu Yutong hesitated for a moment, and decided to take the initiative to test: "Your Majesty?"
Lu Xiao's breathing stopped suddenly, his pupils constricted extremely slightly, and he stared at Qiu Yutong, as if he was judging something.
Qiu Yutong didn't know if he heard it, and repeated again: "Your Majesty?"
Lu Xiao was silent for a long time, and finally said hoarsely: "What's wrong?"
It seems that he didn't recognize it.
Qiu Yutong felt a little relieved.
Lu Xiao stared at him for a while, then turned over and sat up suddenly, put on a robe casually, and said loudly, "Zhang Defu, Imperial Physician Xuan Li."
Not long after, Doctor Li came.
The best old doctor in the imperial hospital felt Qiu Yutong's pulse carefully, and then stroked his gray beard: "Mr. Xuerong's pulse is very stable at present, but it is still a little vain. It may be that he was injured on the Qixue Terrace. Because of the wind and cold. I can prescribe a prescription to invigorate qi and drive away the cold, and give Master Xuerong a boost."
The corners of Lu Xiao's tight lips relaxed slightly: "That's all? But, why was he in a coma for so long before? Five days and four nights, he didn't wake up even once."
Doctor Li shook his head and said: "Perhaps it's because your body is too weak, and you were hit by a board before, and you still knelt in the snow for so long..."
Lu Xiao trembled slightly, and the blood on his face faded for a while.
Doctor Li sneaked a glance at the emperor, paused, and didn't dare to continue: "In short, Mr. Xuerong is too weak to catch the cold, and he must pay attention to nourishment on weekdays. The situation before, must not be repeated. Happened. Your Majesty?"
Lu Xiao's thin lips trembled slightly: "I see."
Qiu Yutong knew in his heart that he was not suffering from some kind of cold, but a fatal cold poison, which happened to be triggered by the cold. It's just that the imperial doctor can't cure this cold poison, so he doesn't need to say it.
Anyway, the board was also hit, and the snow ground also knelt down, so there was no need to make Lu Xiao feel guilty.
He forced a smile to Doctor Li, his voice was still a little hoarse: "Thank you Doctor Li, I'm much better now."
After Doctor Li withdrew, Lu Xiao was silent for a moment, and suddenly said in a trembling voice: "Why, even at that time, you refused to... say?"
"What can I say?" Qiu Yutong was a little puzzled.
What can he do, kneel down and beg for mercy? At that time, Lu Xiaopo was kneeling in the rain with his head disheveled, holding a broken sword with bloody hands, looking like he was going crazy at any moment, begging for mercy was useless.
Lu Xiao stared at him blankly, the blood on his handsome face was almost gone.
After a long time, he finally closed his eyes and said softly: "It's nothing, it's me...it's my fault."
"Your Majesty, you don't need to do this." Qiu Yutong's scalp was a little numb, and she was really not used to Lu Xiao's appearance.
Lu Xiao was silent for a moment, then whispered: "You are me... my savior, without you, I would have froze to death on the snow praying platform. I am not an ungrateful person, and I will treat you well. "
Qiu Yutong faintly felt that something was weird, but she didn't know where the weirdness was. An awkward silence pervaded the bedroom.
At this moment, Zhang Defu walked in cautiously carrying a bowl of medicinal soup.
"Your Majesty, Doctor Li's medicine is ready."
"Give it to me." Lu Xiao nodded, and took the medicine bowl with his hand.
Qiu Yutong stared at the dark medicinal soup, feeling 10,000 unhappy.
He didn't suffer from the wind and cold at all, but was poisoned by the ice silkworm green blood Gu, drinking this bitter medicine was useless, why did he suffer this pain for nothing
Holding the medicine bowl, Lu Xiao scooped up a small spoonful of medicine soup, breathed lightly, and brought it to his mouth: "Drink the medicine."
Qiu Yutong stared at him, refusing to open his mouth.
Lu Xiao's hands paused, and he persuaded softly: "This medicinal soup contains high-quality thousand-year-old wild ginseng, as well as many tonic medicines, which are good for your body."
Qiu Yutong kept her mouth tightly shut and said nothing, for fear that if she was not careful, the other party would stuff the spoon in.
At the same time, he couldn't help being a little puzzled. When did Lu Xiao become so patient? Just because I saved him on the Qixue Platform
Lu Xiao persuaded him a few more words, but Qiu Yutong was still unmoved.
Heh, he knelt on the ground after being beaten, and wanted him to drink bitter medicine, there was no way.
Lu Xiao frowned slightly, looked at him for a while, his attitude became a little tougher, and he brought the spoon to his mouth: "Open your mouth."
Qiu Yutong smelled the unpleasant smell of burnt medicine, and couldn't help becoming irritable, and pushed it casually: "Don't drink."
Lu Xiao's hand shook slightly, and a spoonful of medicinal soup spilled all over his body.
Zhang Defu couldn't help but said: "Master Xuerong, you are..."
Lu Xiao whispered: "Zhang Defu, you go out."
Zhang Defu closed his mouth, glanced at Lu Xiao with some doubts, and backed out rustlingly.
There were only two people left in the house.
Lu Xiao looked at Qiu Yutong and sighed: "You don't want to drink, do you? Then how do you want me to feed you? Was it like that when you were unconscious?"
Qiu Yutong looked at him inexplicably, and suddenly remembered the soft touch on her lips when she was unconscious.
He suddenly understood something, his whole body seemed to be struck by lightning, and his mind went blank.
"You, how can you do this?! This... how disgusting."
The scoundrel! She even let herself eat his saliva!
Lu Xiao's breathing stagnated slightly, and after a while, he said harshly, "Yes, it's exactly what you think. If you refuse to drink the medicine, I don't mind feeding you like this all the time, no matter if you're nasty... nauseous or not. "
Qiu Yutong stared at him, then without saying a word, grabbed the medicine bowl, raised her neck suddenly, and drank it all in one gulp.
He drinks, can he drink it
"That's right." Lu Xiao forced a smile, and stuffed another thing into his mouth.
A sweet candied date.
"..." Qiu Yutong chewed the candied dates angrily, and didn't even want to say anything.
This kid is too much! Unexpectedly, actually threatened himself with that method! But... this candied date is delicious.
Lu Xiao lowered his eyes and quietly watched him eat candied dates.
After drinking the medicine, he ate the candied dates again, maybe because he had been tossing and tossing for too long, Qiu Yutong felt cold again, and the upper and lower rows of teeth chattered involuntarily.
"Cold?" Lu Xiao came back to his senses, quickly took off his outer robe, and hugged him from behind, the hot body temperature penetrated through the thin inner shirt, making it comfortable to iron.
"Your Majesty, you, you don't need to do this..." Qiu Yutong murmured, her voice trembling with cold, "And, just, even if I don't go to Qixuetai, other people will find Your Majesty... No, there is no difference, it's the same."
Lu Xiao closed his eyes patiently, but did not say a word, but hugged him tightly from behind.
Qiu Yutong talked for a long time to no avail, so she shut up embarrassingly.
After a long, long time, Lu Xiao turned his head slightly, buried his face in the thick black hair on the side of the neck of the man in his arms, and took a deep breath very slowly and relaxed, like a head that had been wandering in the wind and rain for many years. The lone wolf has finally found the only destination in this life. He feels at ease to the extreme and cherishes it to the extreme.
Qiu Yutong felt a little itchy, but had no choice but to let Lu Xiao hug her like this. His original body was considered slender and tall, only a couple of inches shorter than Lu Xiao, but this body was a whole head shorter than Lu Xiao, and was almost completely hugged by Lu Xiao, which made him feel...extremely uncomfortable.
…
The bedroom was quiet, and no one spoke. After an unknown amount of time, there was a soft "squeak" and the door was pushed open.
"Your Majesty, Lord Chen of the Cabinet is asking to see you." Zhang Defu said softly.
"not see."
Qiu Yutong couldn't help frowning slightly. Lu Xiao has always been very diligent in politics, and Chen Siru is the chief assistant of the cabinet. How could he refuse such an important minister's request for an interview
He hesitated: "Your Majesty..."
"..." Lu Xiao sighed helplessly, "Show him in."
Lu Xiao sat up, pulled a robe and put it on, and carefully tucked Qiu Yutong in the quilt. He thought for a while, then pulled down half of the bed curtain to cover Qiu Yutong.
Not long after, Chen Siru walked into the bedroom, bowed his head and bowed down, neither humble nor overbearing said: "My humble minister Chen Siru, see Your Majesty."
Lu Xiao sat on the bed and waved his hand: "Give me a seat."
Chen Siru didn't refuse, sat down directly, then raised his head and looked straight over.
Qiu Yutong only felt that the sharp eyes of the chief minister of the cabinet almost pierced through the thin bed curtain, leaving two holes in his face.
Uh, it is estimated that in this Mr. Chen's mind, he is a evil evildoer who will bring disaster to the country.
Chen Siru was silent for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty has not gone to court for several days."
"Did the Beiyi invade again, or did the Changqing River burst its embankment again?" Lu Xiao said lightly.
"... not at all."
"Since there is nothing wrong with it, the cabinet will handle some trivial matters on its own, that's all. This is also your responsibility as ministers."
Chen Siru suddenly raised his head: "Your Majesty, it is now the fifth year of Yuande, and it has been almost six years since the funeral of the late emperor."
Lu Xiao said coldly: "So what? What do you want to say?"
"Three years have passed since the period of filial piety, and it's time for His Majesty to select a beautiful girl and spread the leaves."
Lu Xiao slowly raised his eyelids, and looked at the pillar of the country expressionlessly: "Cao Zirong said this last year. You also know how I answered."
Chen Siru said in a deep voice: "I also understand in my heart that His Majesty doesn't like to hear such words. But there are some things that must be said. Even if His Majesty immediately escorts me outside the Meridian Gate and flogs me to death, I still have to say it. "
He got up suddenly, bowed down respectfully, and said in a clear voice: "Your Majesty, I dare to invite you to select a wide range of talented women to spread the branches and leaves for my Great Chen Dynasty."
Lu Xiao didn't answer, his eyes were cold.
The air in the bedroom was almost frozen.
After a long time, Lu Xiao suddenly turned his head slightly and said softly, "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty... Are you asking me?" Qiu Yutong hesitated.
Could it be that he saved Lu Xiao once on the Qixue Terrace, so he is also qualified to be an admonition on such a major marriage matter of the Tian family
He hesitated, not knowing how to answer for a while. He really hopes that Lu Xiao can marry a woman he likes, but the world of human beings is different from the world of cultivation. After all, this is an important matter of the heavenly family, and it is related to the foundation of the country...
Qiu Yutong hesitated for a moment before saying: "This matter can only be decided by His Majesty."
Lu Xiao stared at him for a moment, then slowly said: "Since that's the case, there's no need to mention this matter again."
Chen Siru held back for a while, and suddenly seemed desperate, suddenly raised his voice: "Your Majesty! Have you been dazed by him? Have you forgotten what Qiu Xianshi said?"
Lu Xiao frowned fiercely, and said sharply, "Chen Siru, you are presumptuous!"
"I don't dare, I just want to remind Your Majesty that Qiu Xianshi said back then that His Majesty should put state affairs first!" Chen Siru raised his head and looked straight at Lu Xiao.
Qiu Yutong felt Lu Xiao's body tremble very slightly.
Then, the young emperor said shyly: "... Master also said that this matter should not be forced."
For some reason, Qiu Yutong felt that this calm and capable little apprentice seemed so helpless at this moment.
Chen Siru stared at Lu Xiao without backing down, and suddenly pointed his hand straight at Qiu Yutong's nose: "You don't have to force it?! So His Majesty raised such a thing?! Why did you not go to court for several days because of this thing?! Needless to say his appearance...does Master Qiu Xian know that His Majesty is acting so absurdly?"
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