The cold moonlight slanted on Lu Xiao's face through the window lattice.
He closed his eyes quietly, as if he had fallen asleep.
It's just that there was a deep mark between the handsome and gloomy eyebrows, as if there was something extremely heavy on his mind, which made the young emperor unconsciously frown in his sleep.
Qiu Yutong felt uncomfortable for a while, and almost wanted to reach out and gently smooth the mark.
Over the years, Lu Xiao has carried the riddled Chen Dynasty by himself... The burden on his shoulders is too heavy, and there are too many worries, and he can't even relax his brows in his sleep.
Everyone has to rely on him, but who can he rely on
Qiu Yutong was suddenly in a daze.
He once thought that helping Lu Xiao ascend to the position of Ninth Five Supreme would be the best ending. Actually, really... is that so
Is he right
Is Lu Xiao happy
Qiu Yutong closed her eyes, trying to dispel the sudden weakness.
As he is now, he is mortal and frail, and nothing can help Lu Xiao.
The best way right now is to get Ye Yu and fly back to Shuo Xuecheng to reshape his body. After recovering his cultivation, he returned to Daning Palace.
He wanted to... talk to Lu Xiao.
Talk about the things of these years, talk about the people's livelihood of the Great Chen Dynasty, talk about whether he is going to be happy, talk about...why he hates himself.
After Qiu Yutong made up her mind, she boldly stretched out her hand and quietly reached out to Ye Yu.
Lu Xiao suddenly turned over and put Ye Yu under his body.
"..." Qiu Yutong really wanted to curse, but she didn't dare to make a sound, so she could only hold back forcefully.
He withdrew his hand and waited for a while, but Lu Xiao still pressed Ye Yu firmly.
Can't wait like this forever... Qiu Yutong really had no choice, he pondered for a moment, then lightly grabbed the handle of Ye Yu's sword, and with a little force, tried to quietly pull Ye Yu out of the scabbard.
The blade slashed across the scabbard, making an extremely slight "squeak—"
Lu Xiao's dark eyelashes trembled slightly.
Qiu Yutong secretly groaned in her heart, it's over, this kid is about to wake up! He was so familiar with this demeanor, Lu Xiao had been like this since he was a child, when his eyelashes fluttered, he would definitely wake up.
He quickly let go, and it was too late to get on the beam at this time, so he stooped and tiptoed out through the side door.
He had just slipped out of the side door when Lu Xiao turned over abruptly, pulled out Ye Yu with a "swipe", and said sharply, "Who?"
Outside the side door was a corridor, Qiu Yutong didn't look carefully at the road in a hurry, pushed open a door next to it, and hid in sideways.
In front of him is a dark enclosed room, except for a screen, there is a huge fragrant wood bathtub, which is full of water. Qiu Yutong froze for a moment, then remembered that this was where Lu Xiao took a bath, but the eunuch hadn't poured the water yet.
With a loud "bang", Lu Xiao kicked open the side door of the bedroom, and the footsteps stopped on the corridor outside the bathroom door.
Qiu Yutong groaned secretly in her heart, looked back and forth, left and right, but there was really nowhere to hide. He gritted his teeth, turned into the tub silently, then took a deep breath, and sank down.
The water in the tub was still slightly warm, and the surface of the water was covered with a layer of snow-white and finely crushed osmanthus petals, making it impossible to see the bottom clearly.
"Squeak—" The door of the bathroom was pushed open.
Lu Xiao walked in.
Qiu Yutong was holding her breath under the water, not daring to move.
At this moment, he regretted it a little... Perhaps, he shouldn't be so desperate for face, and he should have directly revealed his identity to Lu Xiao when they met for the first time. In this kind of thing, once the first lie is told, you have to bite the bullet and continue to circle.
To be frank now, it is even more embarrassing than before... The majesty of the master is gone.
With the sound of Lu Xiao's steady footsteps, he walked around the bathroom slowly, and finally stopped beside the tub.
"Wow——" With a slight sound of water, a slender hand reached into the water.
Qiu Yutong stared at that hand tightly, her heart hanging in her throat.
The hand moved slowly across the water, and the fingertips almost brushed Qiu Yutong's strands of hair floating in the water.
After an unknown amount of time, the hand was finally withdrawn.
Qiu Yutong breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Xiao withdrew his hand, and suddenly sneered inexplicably, as if he was trying to understand something, but also seemed to be mocking something.
Then, there were footsteps leaving.
"Wow——" Qiu Yutong suddenly floated to the surface of the water, took a deep breath of cold air, and felt that he had finally come back to life.
Lu Xiao's voice came faintly from outside: "Pick up the tub and pour it out."
After a while, two young eunuchs walked into the bathroom, unsteadily lifted the tub one after the other, left the Jingxin Hall through the back door, and headed towards Huanxisi.
Qiu Yutong secretly floated up a little bit, and took a light breath.
The two young eunuchs hunched over and tried their best to lift the heavy tub, without noticing that half of their heads protruded from the tub.
When the tub turned the corner of the palace wall, Qiu Yutong pulled out the hairpin and threw it lightly!
The little eunuch in front felt his back go numb, and knelt down with an "ouch".
With a muffled sound, the bathtub also fell to the ground, splashing a lot of water.
The little eunuch behind hurried forward to check: "Xiao Ningzi, what's wrong?"
"My back is numb... Oh, why is this bucket heavier than before."
"Is it sprained? Let me see."
Taking advantage of their conversation, Qiu Yutong climbed out of the bathtub lightly and scrambled into the nearby bushes.
When he returned to the Emerald Court, it was already mid-moon.
Xiao Xizi was holding a lantern and was looking anxiously at the gate of the yard. Qiu Yutong walked lightly behind him and patted his shoulder: "I'm back!"
"Young Master, Young Master!" Xiao Xizi suddenly turned around, his face turned pale, "Young Master, you, why are you..."
Qiu Yutong blinked: "What's wrong with me?"
Xiao Xizi looked like she was about to cry: "Master, you, you were captured by the female ghost in the well of Bailu Courtyard? She, even if she wanted to kill her, she shouldn't be looking for you!"
Qiu Yutong was simply baffled, and then he suddenly realized something, and looked down at himself.
His whole body was dripping with water, his black hair was disheveled, his hands were soaked white, and his face was probably the same...
"Uh, Xiao Xizi, listen to my explanation..."
After finally comforting Xiao Xizi and making the little eunuch believe that he was not killed by the water ghost, Qiu Yutong tidied up a little bit, and finally lay down on the bed, feeling that he was about to fall apart from exhaustion.
Not long after, he fell into a deep sleep.
…
In his sleep, it seemed that someone was knocking on the window lightly: "Knock, knock! Knock, knock!"
"Xiao'er, don't make noise." Qiu Yutong muttered in a daze, turned over and went back to sleep.
The person outside the window shouted in a low voice: "Xuerong! Xuerong!"
Qiu Yutong was shocked and woke up suddenly.
"Xue Rong! Open the window!" The person outside the window hurriedly said.
Not dreaming
Qiu Yutong sat up and looked out of the bedroom window. The window is closed, and a long black shadow is reflected on the window lattice paper by the bright moonlight.
Qiu Yutong rubbed her eyes to make sure she read it correctly, there was indeed a dark shadow on the paper on the window lattice.
He couldn't help but think of Xiao Xizi's words, water ghosts taking their lives and so on... Could there really be ghosts in this hundreds of years deep palace compound
He is not afraid of ghosts, but catching ghosts is not his forte. The messy work of drawing talismans, catching ghosts and dancing masters was originally the third senior brother's forte.
The black figure knocked on the window lattice again, his tone already impatient: "Xue Rong, open the window! It's my king!"
My king
Qiu Yutong was stunned, and suddenly realized, this voice... This is the fucking King Jin!
After King Jin left the Jingxin Palace, why didn't he leave the palace and go back to the mansion, but instead sneaked into the harem? Why did he come to see Xuerong
That's right, Xuerong was presented by King Jin. Could it be that they... uh, have an affair
What is this... Qiu Yutong's head is getting bigger.
King Jin outside the window seemed to be in a hurry, and his lowered voice slightly raised his voice: "Xue Rong!"
It was late at night, and Qiu Yutong didn't want to attract crowds, so she had to get up and open the window.
The middle-aged man outside the window has a gloomy face, a huge aquiline nose, and a strong and burly figure. He really is Jin Wang Lu Yande.
"Why so long?" King Jin snorted coldly, turned over and entered the bedroom.
Qiu Yutong stared at him: "Lu Yan... my lord, it's so late, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to come here."
King Jin sneered and said, "You entered the palace, your wings grew hard, and you thought you could get Lu Xiao's favor, so you forgot about this king?"
"… What's up?"
"Xiaoxuerong, are you pretending to be stupid with this king, or are you pretending to be stupid?" King Jin looked at him closely, "You have been in the palace for so long, why hasn't any news been delivered?!"
Oh, Xue Rong is still an undercover agent.
Seeing that Qiu Yutong was silent, King Jin suddenly reached out and pinched his chin: "Where is the thing? Have you heard anything?"
"Something?" Qiu Yutong blinked blankly.
"Don't pretend to be stupid." King Jin said impatiently, "I heard that you stayed in the Jingxin Hall for an entire hour the day you entered the palace. With your ability, and this terrible face, after you finish the work, get some news from Lu Xiao, and find something in this harem, it must not be difficult, right?"
The big red lady... damn face... uh, okay.
"The thing you're talking about..." Qiu Yutong thought for a while, trying to come up with something.
King Jin interrupted him anxiously: "Master Tuxian has been waiting for this thing for a long time. If there is no more news, I will certainly not be able to please you, so don't even think about it!"
Qiu Yutong frowned, and said hesitantly, "Master Tu Xian?"
Ordinary people used to call monks "Master Qiu". In the past, Lu Xiao's subordinates called Qiu Yutong "Master Qiu".
So, King Jin really found a monk as a backer
And from King Jin's point of view, it seems that this immortal master wanted to find something, and this thing was in the harem of Daning Palace, so King Jin sent Xuerong into the palace, hoping that he could find this thing
Really twists and turns.
"Why, it's fun being played by Lu Xiao, and you even forgot about this king and Master Tuxian?" Jin Wang said coldly, "It doesn't matter if you forget other things, but don't forget the poison on your body."
Qiu Yutong murmured: "Gu poison?"
He immediately remembered the bitter chill that day.
King Jin seemed to think that he was afraid, so he softened his voice: "I know that this ice silkworm and green blood Gu has made you suffer a lot. Master Tu Xianshi also said that as long as you find that thing, it will relieve your pain." Gu poison."
"Ice Silkworm Jade Blood Gu?!" Qiu Yutong suddenly raised her eyes, and her dark eyes looked straight at King Jin.
His heart was clear, it turned out that this body suddenly had a cold attack, it was not sick, but a Gu!
"Ice Silkworm Jade Blood Gu"...
As a sword cultivator, Qiu Yutong is not proficient in the way of pills and poisons, but he has also heard the name of "Ice Silkworm and Green Blood Gu"-this is the head of the North Sea Sword Sect and the master of Lingxu Temple on Shengxian Island in Yunerhai , Gui Wuya's proud work.
Gui Wuya, the master of Lingxu Temple, although his name is immortal, he is a powerful man who cultivates both poisonous swords and swords. He is extremely cruel and often uses living people to make medicines.
"Ice Silkworm Jade Blood Gu" is to put hundreds of transparent ice silkworms into a small cold iron bowl to raise, but not give any food. The ice silkworms will devour each other when they are extremely hungry, and finally only the ice silkworms are left. A huge and fat ice silkworm is the mother Gu.
Using the eggs laid by the mother Gu, together with ninety-nine flavors of extremely cold herbs, refined with the blood of living people, it can be made into "Ice Silkworm Jade Blood Gu".
After being infected by this Gu, if you don't take the antidote regularly, the attack will be like thousands of ice silkworms squirming and biting in the blood, which makes people feel extremely painful. What's even more frightening is that the Gu master holding the mother Gu can also drive the Gu worms, increasing the pain hundreds to thousands of times.
This body was actually poisoned by the Ice Silkworm Jade Blood Gu... Could it be that the backer behind King Jin was the Beihai Sword Sect
That's right, Gui Wuya has three juniors, and the youngest one is called Tu Wuwei... Presumably he is the "Tu Immortal Master" in King Jin's mouth.
King Jin was a little impatient seeing Qiu Yutong keeping his eyes down and saying nothing.
He barely suppressed his irritability, showed a little pity, stretched out his hand to wrap Qiu Yutong's shoulder, and coaxed softly: "Xuerong, ever since I saw you in Fuliulou that day, I have you in my heart. Otherwise, , how could you spend a whole five thousand taels of silver to redeem your body?"
Qiu Yutong had goosebumps, took two steps back, and shook off King Jin's hand.
Brother, just talk when you speak, don't touch your hands.
King Jin seemed to have misunderstood something, and immediately took a step forward, putting one hand on the wall next to Qiu Yutong's head: "Xue Rong, I know, you are wronged... I am naturally clear about your feelings for me. Right now, this king must put the overall situation first, and I have to send you to Lu Xiao as a last resort."
"..." Qiu Yutong was speechless.
Who can tell him what to say at this time
It seems that the real Mr. Xuerong is some kind of top-notch nobleman. After being bought by King Jin with a lot of money, he was coaxed into the palace to steal something. King Jin and the "Immortal Butcher" were not at ease, and put Gu on Xuerong's body, but unfortunately, this body was too weak to withstand the torment of the Gu poison, and died unexpectedly.
"You just need to make Lu Xiao happy and find that thing..." King Jin lowered his voice, "At that time, with the help of Master Tuxian, as long as Lu Xiao is killed, the world of the Great Chen Dynasty will be my king's. .”
"Oh? Is that so?" Qiu Yutong said indifferently, "With the help of that immortal master, this world is yours?"
Tu Wuwei
Heh, even if Tu Wuwei's senior brother, head of the Beihai Sword Sect, Gui Wuya, master of Lingxu Temple, came in person, he would not be afraid at all.
Want to touch Lu Xiao? Pass him first.
"As long as Lu Xiao is dead and he has no heirs, the world will naturally belong to this king." King Jin stared deeply at Qiu Yutong, his eyes filled with tenderness, "When this king ascends to the great treasure, although I can't make you his queen, But you must be a part of the four concubines. Even if Lu Xiao has already touched you... this king will not dislike you."
"..." Qiu Yutong looked at King Jin's face blankly.
What to do, he feels like vomiting.