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With this demeanor, Xue Yuan was clearly not afraid of being discovered.

This was exactly the case, and it was Gu Yuanbai's face that was being slapped when this kind of hazing of court officials occurred at the foot of the Son of Heaven. He had the Capital Prefects conduct strict inspections and was bound to arrest all of these people who were disturbing the peace.

But scratch and scratch, in addition to catching a few things that steal chickens and dogs, about that day to teach Chu Wei a lesson, one did not find.

Chu Wei is a scholar, even if usually also practiced some physical fitness martial arts, ultimately is not compared to professionals. He can obviously feel that day will he blocked in the alley within the people are very human, shot fast and ruthless, everywhere pick is not going to hurt bones but definitely pain unbearable place.

His face was intact, and from the outside it appeared that he hadn't suffered the slightest injury; the other party had done it on purpose.

Other than Xue Yuan, Chu Wei didn't know who else could be there, favoring the fact that he couldn't catch Xue Yuan's foot.

The Scholar's handsome face was sullen, in contrast, Xue Yuan's mood these days was quite good.

Gu Yuanbai woke up several times to see Xue Yuan waiting at the side, the future regent's thick skin, the guards are waiting outside the palace, he remembered the duties of the temple before the Marquis of Yu, brightly and squarely in front of Gu Yuanbai.

He was there to change his clothes, and he was there to tie up his hair. Sometimes when Gu Yuanbai needed a glass of water, he would come up before Tian Fusheng.

Xue Yuan didn't know what was wrong with him, but he was just incomparably sick of other people with ghosts in their hearts staying by Gu Yuanbai's side. According to reason, Xue Yuan and Chu Wei's wells did not interfere with each other, but when he thought of Chu Wei's thoughts about the little emperor, he couldn't suppress the killing intent in the bottom of his heart. Gu Yuanbai should not know how much strength he used to restrain himself from wanting to directly take a knife and cut Chu Wei's thoughts.

Soon it was the day of the spring hunt.

Before dawn on this day, one thousand cavalry and infantry had already rushed to the paddock. The cavalry would scout the vast plains, the infantry would penetrate the steep and deep forests, and when the two groups had completely enclosed the paddock, they would send someone to inform His Majesty.

Emperor hunting, naturally not only because of entertainment, which has a lot of political considerations and strategic purposes, not one or two sentences can be clear.

Gu Yuanbai was in a rare clean riding outfit today, with accessories set in his body and jingling. Carrying a bow and arrows on his body, as well as a compact crossbow that was easy to hide, his long hair was bound high, and he looked heroic.

After a few days of rest and recuperation, he looked great today. The vast brigade was already waiting outside, and Gu Yuanbai waved away the palace attendant who had come forward to try to organize his clothes for him again, and said aloud, "Let's go!"

Red flags flew and the sound of horses' hooves continued unceasingly, Gu Yuanbai lifted up his robe and rolled over onto the meek and tall steed.

The red and gold embroidered dragon head riding suit on him flew together with the flags.

Considering Gu Yuanbai's body, the horse was fully harnessed and covered with soft cushions, and the steed took a step, not slowing down towards the paddock.

The princes and ministers served at the side of the Emperor, and the closer they were, the more they showed themselves to be favored by the Holy Spirit.

The horse walked very slowly, and there was a harness soft padding to add a bottom, Gu Yuanbai's look was very relaxed. When they reached the paddock, someone released the beasts, the hasty beasts fled in all directions, at this time, it is necessary for the emperor to shoot the first arrow.

Gu Yuanbai was so good-looking that he had practiced constantly for this arrow a few days before, and he didn't need to bring up a heavy arrow or draw a full bow. He didn't even need to shoot the prey to death, Gu Yuanbai just needed to hit it, and he couldn't stand the fact that he couldn't hit it.

Bring the bow to your hand, draw the feathered arrow from behind you, strike the bow and shoot, aim, and release the bow.

The sound of "whoosh" broke through the air, and the feathered arrow flew forward rapidly, hitting the hind leg of a stag in the midst of the chaotic beasts.

"Yes!!!"

"Your Holiness is good at archery!"

The surrounding princes and ministers who had long ago made a good rainbow fart in their bellies fought to applaud, their faces red with excitement, their voices one higher than the other, fearing that others would suppress their own rainbow farts.

Gu Yuanbai revealed a pleasant smile, listening to the rainbow farts around him with a smile on his face, and waited until they were almost done talking before he said, "Alright, all go hunting individually. Gather here in two hours, I'll see which minister hunts the most, and there will be a heavy reward then!"

The courtiers were humble in their voices, and the Prince of Harmony drove his horse past, glancing at Gu Yuanbai, whose face was well reflected by the red power suit, and pressing his brows together, he then took the lead and drove his horse out like the wind.

The Prince of Harmony went, the clansmen followed, followed by the ministers, and the young marquis sons and the sons of the ministers' families were the last to gallop up.

Smoke and dust flew up, and Gu Yuanbai ordered people to prepare paraphernalia to burn the prey here, then also led the guards to drive their horses slowly into the depths.

He did not want to steal the limelight of his subjects, hunting is not so much about the emperor's enjoyment activities, but rather an opportunity for his subjects to perform. Just as he said to Qin Sheng earlier, "strict" and "lenient", the higher-ups can't rob the subordinates of their credit.

The paddock is green as far as the eye can see, and it is refreshing to look at. From time to time, a few prey animals scurry across the vast plains. Gu Yuanbai told the guards to feel free to use their arrows, again, whoever hunts the most will be rewarded. Once this was said, most of the people started to get excited, and the head of the guards asked calmly, "Your Holiness, is the prey counted as a win according to how big it is, or is it counted as a win according to how much it is?"

Gu Yuanbai pondered for a moment and smiled, "It depends on which one is more difficult to capture."

Then if they wanted to win, the hares and pheasants and these were destined to not win. The guards glanced at each other, and many of them looked towards Xue Yuan.

Marquis Du Yu's fight against the bandits had spread all over the capital, so naturally they wouldn't be unaware of it. The forbidden army brothers who killed the enemy with Xue Yuan said that Xue Yuan was really crazy and capable of killing people. Last time with the brothers cuju lost to the head of the guards, Lord Zhang, they already suffocated enough, which if lost to Xue Yuan, then everyone of the imperial guards will lose adults.

Xue Yuan noticed their line of sight and was provoked to hook up his lips, looking courteous, but actually secretly hiding excitement.

This arrogant appearance simply made his guards, who had long since looked at him with disdain, sneer and laugh.

One person can't compare to Xue Yuan, I don't believe that three or four people together can't compare to Xue Yuan.

The guards were burning with impulse, and Gu Yuanbai was happy to see it happen as he rode slowly and leisurely. Even if it was a riding competition, these guards couldn't leave Gu Yuanbai, they could only seize the moment and shoot arrows in time when an animal swept by around them.

The sound of feathered arrows breaking through the air around him came from time to time, as well as the repressed sounds of joy from the guards, Gu Yuanbai couldn't help but smile, and with a thousand grandeur rising in his heart, he also drew a feathered arrow from his quiver, drew the bow full, and aimed it at a red fox whose body was like fire.

"Whoosh" sound, that red fox was startled by the sound and fled from the end of Gu Yuanbai's arrow in a panicked leap.

Gu Yuanbai raised an eyebrow and was about to then draw an arrow to shoot. Just then, he saw another feathered arrow pass by in a hurry, grazing the fur on the red fox's neck and fixing it firmly on the ground!

Gu Yuanbai glanced sideways, Xue Yuan had already collected his bow and arrows and rolled off his horse, stepped forward to pull up the feathered arrow and carried the Red Fox's neck and deliberately said, "This wild fox really doesn't know what to do, the Holy Spirit personally shoots an arrow, how dare you hide?"

Gu Yuanbai was happy and deliberately aimed the arrow towards Xue Yuan, "Why don't you hold it in Squire Xue's hand and I'll come back to shoot on it?"

"This wild fox's fur is supple and shiny, and its body is fiery red," Xue Yuan stepped forward, casually shaking the wild fox with his hand, and said with a smile, "Your Holiness, it would be a pity to shoot it dead, and spoil the fur."

Xue Yuan sent the wild fox to Gu Yuanbai's side, and the wild fox's pair of fox eyes looked pitifully at Gu Yuanbai, who couldn't help but reach over and stroke the wild fox's head.

The fur is fine and soft, a good fox.

He stroked the fox, and the fox's red fur reflected his hand, and Xue Yuan looked at his clean and powdery fingernails, and again his scalp tingled, as if he had a strange disease.

No, I have to peel my pants off and take a look, and play nice too.

If he didn't take another look, Xue Yuan felt that he wouldn't be able to live in peace.

Xue Yuan, a big old man who grew up in the military camp, became skeptical.

Is there really a man who can be so exquisitely beautiful?

How is it that we're all men and it's still different?

Gu Yuanbai withdrew his hand and turned around to see that Xue Yuan seemed to be lost in thought, so he flexed his fingers and tapped on Xue Yuan's head and laughed, "Servant Xue, back to your senses."

Xue Yuan came back to his senses and looked at the fox in his hand, "Your Holiness, this fox is placed here with me?"

His Holiness said, "Count your credit."

Xue Yuan carried the fox and rolled onto his horse, and the group walked a little further, and within a few moments, someone came up to inform them that they had spotted a wild bear.

In the midst of the paddocks, if such ferocious beasts as wild bears and tigers were found, the emperor would usually be notified, and the emperor would be so excited that he would bring his men forward to hunt and kill them, and sometimes five or six of his guards, together, would be able to catch the beasts alive.

Gu Yuanbai led the people towards the location of the wild bear, and the guards behind him who were always keeping track of the competition were even more excited, and when they arrived to take a look, they really did see a large, robust wild bear with exposed fangs.

This wild bear was using its food, and the smell of blood was incredibly strong. The guards spread out and surrounded it, and were about to swarm it when a rumble of thunder suddenly resounded in the distant sky.

The rattling agitated the wild bear, which raised its head toward the rattling. With a twist of its neck, the fatal point was exposed right in front of Xue Yuan's eyes.

Xue Yuan is too crazy, he knows clearly what is called the opportunity is not to be lost, when it is time to strike, he did not even hesitate, holding the big knife violently lunged towards the wild bear, quickly and accurately chopped into the neck of the wild bear.

Blood sprayed, the wild bear roared furiously for a few moments, reversing back and struggling violently for a few moments before finally falling heavily to the ground.

Xue Yuan dodged away, and the surrounding guards looked at him in horror, all frozen. Xue Yuan grinned and chopped off the bear's paw, "Your Majesty, this merit is also on my body?"

Gu Yuanbai glanced at the dead, penetrating bear, suppressed his surprise, and laughed aloud, "Count on it!"

Now, everyone knew that they couldn't beat Xue Yuan.

The wild bear was too big to carry, so the guards went up and dragged it, and sent for the thing to be dragged back to camp first.

Xue Yuan wiped the blood from his body and thought about what reward he could get after winning the hunt while he took the bear paw and mounted his horse, he looked up at the distant sky and frowned, "Your Holiness, I'm afraid there will be rain in a while."

Today's spring hunting day Chintian Supervisor counted a number of times, did not count the rain, Gu Yuanbai remembered just that thunder, also can not help but frowned, thought if there is really rain, then this Chintian Supervisor's really lose adults.

The head of the guards worriedly said, "If we have to return here, I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time with a fast horse."

What's more, how can His Holiness be fast-tracked?

Xue Yuan suddenly said, "It's coming."

When the crowd sniffed and looked, they saw a black rain cloud start to manhandle from afar, and under the darkness of the sky, it was simply going to press down on the city.

In here, I'm afraid that only the little emperor can't get a drop of rain.

Gu Yuanbai turned his horse around and said, "Go!"

The black clouds were chasing after them, the sound of the rainstorm hitting down the branches and leaves of the grass was getting louder and louder, and the wind was blowing so furiously that the whole heaven and earth looked like it was steeply cracked into two halves.

Before the heavy rain was blown by the gusty wind onto Gu Yuanbai, Xue Yuan, who was a step behind him, suddenly loosened the reins, moved his feet, and stepped on the horse's back and landed behind Gu Yuanbai in a single leap.

The docile horse suddenly bore the weight of yet another man, and was startled into a momentary disorganization of its steps.

Xue Yuan took the reins from Gu Yuanbai and raised his head to raise the whip, "Hyah!"

Gu Yuanbai wanted to ask him what he was doing, and before he could turn his head sideways, an iron arm circled around his waist, and the arm exerted itself, directly turning Gu Yuanbai in a hard circle on his horse. Xue Yuan pressed the little emperor's head into his arms, and then his cloak was raised, completely isolating Gu Yuanbai from the wind and rain.

"Your Holiness," Gu Yuanbai felt the chest he was leaning against tremble slightly as he spoke, "the storm is coming, so bear with your minister."

The fast horse traveled briskly, and the gusts of wind constantly blew the cloak. Underneath the cloak, as the horse lurched, Gu Yuanbai's expression gradually became strange.

Under the cloak is not lightless, just slightly dim. Under this dim light, Gu Yuanbai's gaze was directly in front of an extremely awkward place to look at.

With his head shielded by Xue Yuan on his chest, his eyes could only face downward, and in the midst of a sight full of eyes, this eyesore took the main place.

It was so embarrassing that Gu Yuanbai simply closed his eyes.

He thought about work, and when he thought about work he didn't remember the embarrassment. His mind was full of statutes about various places, and the most recent things were anti-corruption and building up the trade routes, and it was several months later.

Gu Yuanbai concentrated, and Xue Yuan galloped his horse.

The speed of the black clouds looked slow, but in fact, it was very fast, and soon there was wind and rain blowing towards the group of people. Xue Yuan subconsciously hugged Gu Yuanbai tightly, Gu Yuanbai was confined by his arm, and his hands propped up on the horse's back, wanting to stand up to see what was going on outside.

Xue Yuan stifled a grunt, his expression twisting in pain.

Gu Yuanbai poked his head out of his cloak, just in time to see Xue Yuan's agonized expression, and when he looked down in wonder, he saw his palm pinching the flesh of Xue Yuan's thigh, which, coincidentally, was about to clash with Xue Yuan's brother.

Gu Yuanbai calmly withdrew his hand, "Is Servant Xue okay?"

After Xue Yuan's pain passed, seeing Gu Yuanbai's expression like this, an itchy feeling surged up in his heart, his throat itched and he was about to raise his head to scratch the knot in his throat, but he felt that there was something wrong underneath him.

He looked down and his brother looked up.

It's a bit of an inexplicable head lift.

With Gu Yuanbai watching with his own eyes, he watched the entire process of raising his head.

Gu Yuanbai's face clouded over as he raised his head, wanting to ask what was going through Xue Yuan's head, "Servant Xue has a really big fire."

As soon as he raised his head, he saw the impatient look on Xue Yuan's face, and he directly and violently suppressed his raised brother, respectfully saying, "Your Holiness, don't worry about it."

Gu Yuanbai: "...... I don't want to care about it either."

His Holiness' red riding suit reflected the color of his lips with a rosy aura, and Xue Yuan glanced over his lips and felt his throat tickle even more.

He frowned and scratched his neck twice, Gu Yuanbai was still facing him head on, and there was something in high spirits sandwiched between the two, even though he had been silenced by his master, he was still erecting his lances and cannons towards Gu Yuanbai.

Xue Yuan himself was impatiently a little annoyed.

Gu Yuanbai said expressionlessly, "Servant Xue, calm down."

As the horse lurched, Gu Yuanbai pushed Xue Yuan's chest away and looked up to see the rain clouds behind him. The gusts of wind swirled towards his face, and Xue Yuan resumed protecting Gu Yuanbai in his arms, the steed being driven faster and faster by him, his eyes constantly roving over the surrounding terrain, finally finding a cave not far away.

"Your Holiness, there's no need to care about this thing," Xue Yuan's tone was light, "it'll lose its spirit after a while."

Fierce man, Xue Yuan turned out to be such a fierce fierce man. Gu Yuanbai has respect for him, as far as Gu Yuanbai's little weak body is concerned, when there is a reaction, it will also be cool when it is time to be cool, this guy looks very familiar with the situation, it is not every time he gets hard, he solves it like this, right?

Guarded, too guarded. Thumbelina probably hasn't even touched it.

Gu Yuanbai sighed and patted Xue Yuan's shoulder. Then he said with a straight face, "Servant Xue, I can't afford to be cold. Now that the anti-corruption is at an important juncture, if I fall ill, the people who are monitoring will not have my backing, and once the time is delayed, this anti-corruption will be meaningless."

Xue Yuan briefly said, "I know."

After saying that, Xue Yuan pressed Gu Yuanbai under his cloak again, his voice low and hoarse with a joke, "Your Holiness, I'll take you into the cave, and if a single drop of rain falls on you, I'll apologize to you to pay for my life."

In the end, it was just as Xue Yuan had said, and the moment before the wind and rain fell on Gu Yuanbai, Xue Yuan ran into the cave with Gu Yuanbai.

Almost as soon as they entered, a torrential downpour fell outside. The guards who followed behind became soupy chickens in the blink of an eye, Xue Yuan rolled over and dismounted, helping Gu Yuanbai down from his horse, and when he turned his head to look at this group of soupy chickens, the corners of his mouth mercilessly hooked up into a sneering mockery.

The guards had been glaring angrily, but just as their eyes rested on Xue Yuan, they snapped weirdly.

Xue Yuan frankly met their line of sight, the wrongness underneath his body more conspicuous than his handsome face. The head guard's face changed, striding forward to block in front of the saint and giving Xue Yuan a warning glance.

Xue Yuan was still smiling, seemingly not reacting to his hostility. In fact, Xue Yuan was also puzzled, it was reasonable to say that it would subside if he didn't care, but after just riding with Gu Yuanbai, he was getting more and more energized.

The more I see of the little emperor, the more energized I become. It's strange.

Xue Yuan was planning to calm down and calm down for a while when he suddenly heard someone say, "Your ...... Majesty, I'll show you if you're injured ......"

Xue Yuan jerked his head around and saw that the head guard was kneeling on one knee in front of Gu Yuanbai. Xue Yuan's face turned ugly as he got up and took big steps towards Gu Yuanbai, also kneeling on one knee next to the head guard.

"I still have the vial of medicine on me from the last time I gave you medicine," Xue Yuan said, "I'll be fine with this kind of thing, so don't let the head guard labor any longer."

He turned his head sideways to the head of the guards and curled his lips affectionately, "With this time, Senior Zhang might as well bring his fellow officers to think of a way to push up the fire, after all, this rain, it feels like it won't stop for a while, and His Holiness can't afford to be cold."

Gu Yuanbai said, "You can still pile up a fire like this now?"

Xue Yuan's expression when he turned to him was more than a tiny bit softer, "There is no dampness in Chai Duo."

Gu Yuanbai nodded, "Then go."

The head guard was silent for a while and got up to leave. Xue Yuan laughed coldly in his heart, his eyes floating.

Although Gu Yuanbai didn't get caught in the rain, his body was weak and he still blew a lot of cold wind from the steeply cooling temperatures. Xue Yuan didn't even dare to move too much when he checked him for any wounds left over from the strenuous ride.

Only when the people in the neighborhood were gone did Xue Yuan probe over to Gu Yuanbai's side and whisper, "Is His Holiness injured anywhere else?"

Gu Yuanbai said, "No more."

Xue Yuan glanced down at Gu Yuanbai's pants.

The mask of pretending to be a good boy was worn for a long time, but the essence was still bratty. Xue Yuan hooked his lips and smiled, his left hand abruptly touched Gu Yuanbai's pants, respectfully saying, "I'm worried that Your Holiness is getting worn out again."

"Just one look," said this faithful courtier in a feigned manner, "I am worried about His Majesty, just one look; if I had taken more than one look, I would have plucked out these eyes and offered them to His Majesty."

We were all men, and he was just curious for a moment, wanting to know if his eyes were wrong or if there was such a big difference in men as well.

Gu Yuanbai couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

When Xue Yuan was asked to do the work of serving people, he hadn't seen him resist the idea. And now, he's still so attentive to Gu Yuanbai's body, and has learned to serve people better and better.

The more I thought about it, the more I suspected that Xue Yuan's purpose was impure, could it be to take a look at Brother Gu Yuanbai so as to determine if he could leave an heir?

Perhaps it was also to undermine his self-esteem, or to use it to demonstrate his own "ability", so as to suggest to Gu Yuanbai that he, Xue Yuan, has such a strong capital that his heir will surely flourish in the future.

These days even if Gu Yuanbai lazy tube, also detected Xue Yuan and Chu Wei seems to have not he imagined that the meaning of the spark of love, until now did not want to go the route of socialist brotherhood, then wait for the future, if Gu Yuanbai really let Xue Yuan and Chu Wei become a loyal subject, this loyalty can be maintained on how long it?

As they look at the next generation of young emperors, will they extend their insubordination?

Gu Yuanbai was thinking more and more deeply, but no matter what Xue Yuan was thinking, Gu Yuanbai knew that the vast majority of the conditions that Mad Dog had put forward could not be agreed to.

So, he calmly asked back, "Why doesn't Servant Xue show me if you're injured?"

Xue Yuan's eyelids snapped and he didn't say anything.

The corners of Gu Yuanbai's mouth curled up playfully, savoring the fun, "What, Servant Xue, you're still really hurt?"

As soon as he spoke, Xue Yuan abruptly stood up and cleanly unzipped the waist of his pants, revealing it.

Gu Yuanbai then saw eyes full of exuberant hair.

My ...... eyes.