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How did Gu Yuanbai smile so nicely at him.

That's what it means.

When he left Zhang's Book Shop, Xue Yuan was still so mesmerized that he almost couldn't tell east from west and south from north. But when he saw the jade-like Chu Wei in front of Zhang's Book Shop, he instantly came to his senses.

Chu Wei followed by a book boy, should be over to buy books. When he saw this line of people, he looked a little surprised, and when Gu Yuanbai walked out of the bookstore, Chu Wei quickly stepped forward and was about to salute, but his arms were held by Gu Yuanbai in time.

"There's no need for that," Gu Yuanbai said with a smile, "With the addition of the regular clothes today, these etiquettes will be dispensed with."

Chu Wei then straightened up and said, "All is well with the saint."

Gu Yuanbai smiled faintly and walked with him toward the middle of the street, "Chu Qing is here to buy books today?"

"It was wanting to buy a copy of the Daheng Guo Newspaper," Chu Wei laughed bitterly, "I didn't expect it to sell so hot, I heard that when the bookstore opens every day, it will all be sold out in less than a quarter of an hour."

Since the emergence of "Da Heng State Newspaper", the various government offices of the government every day, some people take the initiative to send the newspaper to the door, a copy of the small, but a day down enough colleagues to circulate with each other. Therefore, on weekdays when on duty, Chu Wei never know want to buy a copy of "Da Heng State Newspaper" will be so difficult.

Today off, Chu family father and son have been accustomed to read once a day "Da Heng State Newspaper", today a do not read, always feel that the lack of what general, hard to be very strong. But did not think that "Da Heng State Newspaper" is so difficult to buy, the entire capital of the bookstore, only Zhang's bookstore here there are less than a hundred copies.

Gu Yuanbai raised an eyebrow and called out, "Tian Fusheng."

Tian Fusheng stepped forward and took out a copy of the Daheng Guo Newspaper and handed it to Chu Wei, smiling, "Lord Chu, take it."

Chu Wei looked stunned, then the corners of his lips hooked up and he smiled in the spring breeze. He thanked His Holiness and Tian Fusheng, handing the newspaper to his family's stiff bookkeeper while accompanying His Holiness on his stroll.

On the other side, Xue Yuan hooked up a cordial smile and said with the head of the guards, "Lord Zhang, what do you think of Lord Chu?"

The head guard said in a serious manner, "Lord Chu has talent and looks, and is a pillar of the country."

Xue Yuan's smile deepened and he also nodded his head in agreement, "Lord Chu is so talented, no wonder the saint favors him so much."

The head guard said, "His Holiness has always loved talent."

"That also depends on whether or not Talent is worthy of being loved by His Majesty," Xue Yuan's eyes narrowed as he raised his chin in a gesture, "Look."

The head of the guards followed the direction and fixed his eyes to see Lord Chu looking at the Holy Lord with a smile in his eyes, and ripples seemed to have risen on his icy face. The appearance of the capital's most beautiful man was certainly handsome, and when his dark eyes looked at people with a smile, it was as if he was looking at a lover.

The head guard was baffled.

Xue Yuan's voice rang out in a salty manner, "I don't happen to have heard that Lord Chu seems to seem to like men."

The head guard's face completely changed, there was a strong push from behind him, Xue Yuan directly pushed the head guard in front of Gu Yuanbai, who stopped talking to Chu Wei and said with a sideways glance, "What?"

The head guard held back for half a day before saying, "There are still a dozen or so days left in the capital before the Lantern Festival, and recently there have been quite a few people making lanterns. Would Your Majesty like to go and have a look?"

Gu Yuanbai didn't sense anything wrong, but was instead brought up by the words.

After crossing over, Gu Yuanbai did not go out of the palace when he was not in power, and he had not seen the lively festival scenes in ancient times because he was busy after taking power, so he was quite eager: "But the day of the small fullness?"

The head guard breathed a secret sigh of relief, "Exactly."

Chu Wei naturally picked up: "I mother at home recently prepared to do lanterns with materials, if the saint has the interest, with the minister back to the house to personally try on some."

The head of the guards gave Chu Wei an odd look, vigilance rising in his eyes.

When Gu Yuanbai was really interested, he nodded and said, "In that case, then I will follow Chu Qing to take a look."

Chu Wei unconsciously raised the tension dispersed, he smiled and answered yes, then accompanied in the side of the saint on behalf of the guide.

Xue Yuan sneered and stepped forward, suddenly interjecting, "Your Holiness, wasn't Lord Chu injured some days ago, now I don't know if he's healed."

Chu Wei drooped his eyes, the haze in his eyes passed in an instant, is wording, but did not expect the saint suddenly raised his lips and smiled, meaningfully looked at him and Xue Yuan, joked: "I am not aware that the original two Secretary has been so familiar with."

A sentence that directly made both men's faces harden.

Gu Yuanbai, however, didn't know what came to mind as he raised his eyebrows slightly and turned his head with a smile without saying anything.

Seeing him this color, Xue Yuan heart a sudden: "Your Majesty, I am not familiar with Lord Chu."

Gu Yuanbai smiled and said, "I know, there's no need to say more."

What do you know?

Xue Yuan's head hurt.

In this kind of difficult to say in the atmosphere, a group of people came to the Chu House door. Chu Wei's scribe finally recovered some wit, shivering, ran up to knock on the door, and so on the concierge opened the door, he anxiously whispered: "His Holiness is driving, quickly notify the master and madam!"

The concierge froze, "Huh?"

The book boy pushed him sharply, "Go on!"

The door to the mansion was wide open, and Gu Yuanbai had just stepped into the mansion with one foot, when he saw Lord Chu Xun in his regular clothes, his hair and crown slightly disheveled, coming in a hurry, and when he saw that Gu Yuanbai had really come, his eyes widened, and he then gave Gu Yuanbai a salute.

"No need to be polite," Gu Yuanbai laughed, "I heard that your wife has been making lanterns recently, I was curious in my heart, so I came uninvited."

Chu search adults busy said not dare, and then sent people will be invited to the lady, the screen up, the lady in the room, the voice of the tight for Gu Yuanbai one by one to explain.

Gu Yuanbai sat at the table, but was calm and relaxed. He moved his hand slowly according to what Mrs. Chu said, so a few moments past, Mrs. Chu also calmed down a lot.

These lantern-making utensils had all been checked by the people around him, so Gu Yuanbai didn't pay too much attention to them when he used them. But when he picked up a slender bamboo piece and rubbed it across his palm, he couldn't help but feel a pain, and when he frowned, it turned out that there was a tiny spike on the bamboo piece, and this spike had already dug into his palm.

The guards' hands were calloused, and the palace guards' hands were used to doing the work even if they were fine and soft, and they examined them carefully, but this spike, so small that it was almost invisible, could have been a newly sharpened spike under the scrutiny of this pair of hands.

Xue Yuan was the first to notice that something was wrong with him, and he approached with large strides, his robe and feet flying, and he lowered his head to hold Gu Yuanbai's hand, and after getting close enough to see it clearly, his voice sank, "Bring the needle."

Someone brought the needle over, no one dared to pick the tiny spikes with the needle, they all cast their expectant and encouraging gazes on Xue Yuan's body.

Xue Yuan thought to himself, "I have killed many people and seen a lot of blood, and I'm still afraid of picking a thorn?

But the hand just froze and wouldn't go down, Xue Yuan finally looked up at the Saint, "Saint, afraid of pain?"

Gu Yuanbai was about to say that it didn't hurt when his hand stabbed, and the tiny spike had been picked out by Xue Yuan.

Xue Yuan looked at the spikes and laughed coldly twice, crushing the spikes on his fingertips, then smiled towards Gu Yuanbai and said with a heavy baleful aura, "Your Holiness, I have avenged you."

The skin was thick, and it was still childish. Gu Yuanbai was happy, "This little thorn can't help Servant Xue's hand."

Xue Yuan's heart stirred as he lifted the hand of the Saint that he was still holding and blew on his palm as he lowered his head, saying, "The Saint's hand is also beneficial in many ways."

Gu Yuanbai asked, "How so?"

"Good ......" Good to touch, good to look at, whatever.

Xue Yuan remembered the earlier kick to the roots of his children and grandchildren, his expression slightly twisted for a moment, but then he felt that if His Holiness kicked him again, the kick would be kicking him, and it would be hard for him to hold it in.

So honestly, he said, "It's as soft and nice to touch as jade."

"Your Majesty!" Chu Wei suddenly opened his mouth, his voice raised, overriding what Xue Yuan had said, and with a smile on his brow, he said mildly, "Would it be alright for me to check the remaining bamboo and wood again?"

Chu Wei side said, has stretched out his hand, this pair of scholar's hand is actually not delicate, Chu Wei is never a handless person. Gu Yuanbai took a look at this jade-like beautiful hands, shook his head and said, "This is not necessary, I have done half the journey, and then be more careful is."

Up and down two lifetimes for the first time to do lanterns, Gu Yuanbai this moment has the excitement of young people, he also pressed. Trying to be calm and collected, he followed Mrs. Chu's teachings to tie up the outline and then glued on the lantern paper.

The saint was majestic and intimidating when he was in the courtroom, but now with this serious and incomparable look, he looked approachable. Fingers flying on the lanterns, how to look how beautiful like a painting.

Chu Wei a time to look into the God, such as lanterns made, took the initiative to go forward: "Your Holiness, may I want to minister in the lamp surface painting a few red plums?"

"Good." Gu Yuanbai was pleased.

The two of them were in harmony with each other and smiled at each other from time to time. Xue Yuan watched and became expressionless. After an unknown period of time, he suddenly laughed and gave a silent "ha" towards the sky.

The hand that clutched the greatsword shook with rage.

After the scatter value.

Xue Yuan returned to the Xue Mansion with an expressionless face. He was covered in a dark and fierce aura, and the people in the mansion didn't dare to approach him.

General Xue was urged over by Mrs. Xue, his hands behind his back, his face serious, "Who are you putting on a face in the mansion for?"

Xue Yuan chopped a wooden frame in half with a single slash of his sword. He didn't stop moving at all, continuing to juggle his greatsword with an expressionless face.

Finally throwing the greatsword away, he kicked the nearby rack that held his weapon so violently that it clattered with a loud thud and fell heavily to the ground.

The boy who had heard the sound probed and saw Xue Yuan's dark face, his head instantly shrunk and he hurriedly fled.

General Xue shouted angrily, "Xue Yuan!"

"You said last time that I was loyal to the Sage," Xue Yuan suddenly opened his mouth, but he did not look at General Xue, as if he was lost in thought, his face hard to see, "Are you sure that this is loyal to the Sage?"

General Xue said, "What else would it be?"

Xue Yuan's spine tensed as he breathed more and more raggedly, the answer was in his mouth, but how could he not say it? Finally tugging at his collar, he said in a hushed tone, "His Holiness is going to attack the Nomads."

General Xue froze.

Xue Yuan turned to him, his collar in disarray, his eyes already filled with blood, "I will join the war."

Dane.

Gu Yuanbai was looking at the secret report sent up by the Inspection Division.

This is a letter sent back by an official named Sun Shan of the Supervision Department. It describes the situation in Lizhou, this Lizhou governor's embezzlement has also embezzlement, but the number is not large, the method is hidden. Originally, Gu Yuanbai only thought that he was involved in the matter of party disputes, but the Supervision Department investigated for many days, but found out some clues buried deep under it.

Following the trail, what eventually turned up was just disgusting.

In layman's terms, the governor of Lizhou has a circle of friends.

Those who could join this circle of friends were the leaders of the bandit's den of men.

Lizhou governor greedy local money greedy not much, his favorite thing to do, is to use the official position of the convenience of the conditions, inquiring about the court to all parts of the rates of silver grain route, or local to the court to transport the silver and a carload of food route, and then these teams through the surrounding Lizhou, when to pass through, walk that way, how many people and so on the specific information, all reported in the circle of friends. Afterwards, the bandit nests in the circle of friends would look at the battle of the transportation team and choose a few alliances of bandit nests to go together to intercept these things.

What was intercepted, in addition to the share of each bandit leader, only the governor of Lizhou alone could share 30% of it.

Thirty percent, ah, a hundred taels of silver he can covet thirty taels, a million taels he can covet three hundred thousand taels!

Not only that, the governor of Li Zhou had also sent the route of the procession of Li Zhou transporting tax and silver to the imperial court to his circle of friends, directing these bandits to rob the silver and grain collected locally in Li Zhou. When there was too much grain, then it was resold and sold locally and everywhere, which was even more abominable than simply embezzling state monies!

Lizhou governor also knows that this circle of friends should be set to outsiders can not be searched and can not be found, set to the circle of friends can not be added to each other friends, know to maintain the group records prohibit outsiders, completely and utterly will be this circle of friends to maintain a piece of iron barrel.

Supervision can know the existence of this "circle of friends", or because the leader of a bandit nest robbed a woman on the mountain as a concubine, the woman hated, and has been looking for an opportunity to want to solve the case with the government, the result of a division of the booty at night, she looked at the silver transported back to the cottage in the money is not right, and the heart of the heart to keep a lookout from the mouth of the bandit leader to find out the matter of the governor of the state. The woman has been looking for an opportunity to solve the case with the government.

The woman's life was shattered and she had no hope of surviving. When she was sent down to the mountain by the minions in the mountain to be cured, she met the people from the Supervision Office.

The people of the Office of Supervision have now settled the woman, only that the woman realized that her family had been killed by the evil bandits and completely lost their vitality, so she was afraid that she would have to kill herself when they left.

Gu Yuanbai, who had been expressionlessly looking at the secret letter, only then frowned and sighed quietly.

Women, in either world, always have it harder than men.

Covetous officials, as long as they want to be greedy there is always a way, Gu Yuanbai did not have any desire to critique what the governor of Lizhou did, but felt pity for this woman.

Even if the captive on the mountain also did not sink, did not give up the hope of going back, still trying to find ways to inform the government, just such courage, can be called a woman. And she is by no means the only courage, can notice the uneven distribution of the spoils of war, from the bandit chiefs to learn about the collusion between the government and the bandits, is also a kind of excellent cleverness.

It would be too bad for such a woman to be driven to her death by evil men.

Gu Yuanbai wrote back, bringing him back to the Inspection Division if he could.

After returning the letter, someone has since mailed it.

Gu Yuanbai stood up and walked towards the inner hall. The palace attendants stripped off his clothes and prepared fresh water for him, Gu Yuanbai looked up at the carvings on the pillars in the hall and silently said in his heart, Governor of Lizhou, it's too cheap to arrest him alone. It is necessary to make good use of this circle of friends of his to wipe out this group of officials and bandits in one fell swoop.

He let out a long breath, waved off the crowd, and stood by the window.

The lantern that had been made in the daytime was on the table, and when Gu Yuanbai caught a glimpse of it in his afterglow, he walked over to light it up.

As soon as the warm yellow light was on, the shadows of a few simple and divine plum blossoms outside the lamp were cast on the table. Gu Yuanbai lit the lantern, the bright fire on his face was bright and dark, but his mood was a little better.

It's a peaceful time.

Everyone has enough to eat and wear warm, to the time when the barn endowed with real know manners, food and clothing enough to know honor and disgrace, that is the real peace and prosperity.

Xue Yuan sat on the edge of his bed all night.

The big horse sat, his leg muscles tensed.

Eyes heavy with wind and rain.

Madness, only converged in front of Gu Yuanbai. Why converge? Afraid that he couldn't handle his madness, afraid that he would hurt him.

But this state of being stifled and suppressed to the point of being on the verge of a violent outburst wasn't suitable for staying by Gu Yuanbai's side either.

But just the thought of leaving Gu Yuanbai ......

Xue Yuan's hand tightened and blood covered it.

He stood up violently and took big steps towards the wolf pen. Loyalty to the king's heart, loyalty to the king's heart, his mother's loyalty to the king's heart is such a heart?

That's the heart that rages at the thought of the little emperor smiling at another man who lusts after him?

The little emperor's smile, the little emperor's hand.

The young emperor wants wolf pups.

The next day when Xue Yuan carried the two wolf cubs on duty, he heard that Gu Yuanbai was sick.

This is the first time he has been sick since that day when he vomited blood, and it came with such force that Gu Yuanbai didn't even know what was going on, and it was just so sudden all at once.

Unexpectedly, the whole palace was busy, the people from the Imperial Hospital were in a hurry, and when Xue Yuan arrived at the bedchamber, the smell of medicine was strong, and Gu Yuanbai had already drunk the medicine and was resting.

Xue Yuan handed over the two wolf cubs in his arms to the eunuchs in the palace who specialized in caring for animals, and went into the inner palace door. Gu Yuanbai was nestled on the bed, coughing continuously in a low voice.

Headache and cough with chills.

Tian Fusheng is on the side, Xue Yuan walked in only to realize that Gu Yuanbai is still mute and low speaking: "...... Nowadays the anti-corruption does not need me to keep an eye on it all the time, you let the Hall of Government and the Privy Council in the people pay more attention to the matter of the Lizhou Zhizou, according to what I just said to do. "

Tian Fusheng continuously answered yes, "Your Holiness, rest in peace."

The medication has something to help with sleep, and Gu Yuanbai's eyes don't know whether they are closed or open, he is a little dizzy, these two months of not suffering from the disease have made Gu Yuanbai forget a little bit about how frail he is.

The comforter was icy cold, and it was clear that every method had been used, but the heat would always be dispersed by Gu Yuanbai's cold hands and feet.

He was so tired that he didn't even want to say anything about being cold under the covers anymore, thinking that it would always warm up slowly.

There was no more movement on the dragon bed, the saint did not like to be disturbed while he slept. Tian Fusheng retreated with his men, Xue Yuan followed like a door god pestled beside the dragon bed, Tian Fusheng softly called out to him for half a day before he mumbled, "I'll watch here."

Tian Fusheng s voice was as small as a mosquito, "Servant Xue, the saint is not pleased ......."

"Chief Tian," Xue Yuan interrupted softly, "I'm hot all over, like a furnace, so it's fine if I can cover His Majesty's hands."

Tian Fusheng stopped talking and glanced at the saint on the bed, seeing that the saint did not object, he took the others and retired.

But really, Gu Yuanbai was just having a hard time not hearing their conversation.

The door to the inner hall was closed, and the smoky incense sank in. Xue Yuan took a deep breath, looked at the beam above his head, and thought to himself how did he get sick so easily?

He stabilized his shaking hands and suppressed his heart that was burning with anger. Kneeling down on one knee beside the bed, he probed one hand into the comforter, only to feel a handful of coldness.

Gu Yuanbai coughed lowly, and the next moment the covers were raised, and a hot body was attached behind him.

Xue Yuan took off his outerwear and boots and hugged Gu Yuanbai from behind when he got onto the dragon bed, and before Gu Yuanbai could furrow his brows, he heard Xue Yuan whisper in his ear in a low, pressed voice, "Just warming you up."

He was like a large furnace, close to the ice-cold Gu Yuanbai, his words low and his nostrils sizzling, "Your Holiness, just this once, after you beat the minister and scold him, make me take a plank, punish me for kneeling on a porcelain tile, or drown me in the water, anything."

As Xue Yuan said this, he reached out his hand without refusal, circling Gu Yuanbai from behind and shaking his equally cold and frightening hand.

This temperature was too comfortable, and Gu Yuanbai's brain was dazed, but he suddenly remembered that Xue Yuan was the male lead of a delayed article, so sooner or later, such a man would like men.

So in a mute voice, he said, "Get off."

Xue Yuan, however, almost circled Gu Yuanbai in his arms.

There was no other word to describe Xue Yuan other than the word audacious.

But it was because of this that Xue Yuan was able to have this opportunity to take the little emperor into his arms.

He hugged Gu Yuanbai tightly, "Your Holiness, I said. When you're warmed up, you can punish me any way you want."

"That is, I hope that you will look at my loyal heart and spare my life," Xue Yuan laughed lowly and sighed tersely, "Break my legs all you want."

The hot temperature came from behind him, Xue Yuan warmed the entire dragon bed as soon as he came up, Gu Yuanbai's mind became more and more dizzy, before he fell into a deep sleep, he said, "Allow you to climb the dragon bed once."

Nothing can stand up to your own comfort.

Pampered, and strong character, Gu Yuanbai only thought for three seconds, tube he likes men like women, nothing is more important than their own comfort.

It's a reward for warming his bed.

Xue Yuan was stunned.

Half the time, his chest tightened, "Fuck."

His grip on Gu Yuanbai's hand was unbearably agitated by these words. His whole body was tense, and for fear of choking the little emperor, he secretly moved back.

Gu Yuanbai noticed the warmth slightly moving away and frowned as he leaned back himself and pressed forward.

The little emperor threw himself into the arms of this, let Xue Yuan a loyal heart of the king thumping up. The entire inner hall is silent, the sound is noisy, Xue Yuan looked at the top of Gu Yuanbai's head, and then looked at his own chest, and took his hand to cushion the bottom of Gu Yuanbai's head, for fear that this annoying sound will rattle him.

Gradually, Gu Yuanbai's body also warmed up, and the fingers that were placed in Xue Yuan's hands began to warm up as well. Gu Yuanbai was resting on Xue Yuan's body, and Xue Yuan could not move greatly, so he could only slightly raise his body to see how Gu Yuanbai was now.

This time, he saw Gu Yuanbai's sleeping face as he slept deeply.

The light of a sleeping face again charmed Xue Yuan to the point of confusion. Xue Yuan looked at it for half a day, and only came back to his senses when his whole body was numb. His eyes were always looking towards the little emperor's lips, which were very light in color, but warmed to red by Xue Yuan's body heat, and so soft that it was cute and cuddly.

Strange, why is it that other men who look pretty are just pussies in Xue Yuan's eyes, but Gu Yuanbai is not like that?

Oh no, when he first saw Gu Yuanbai Xue Yuan also thought that he was prettier than a pussy and not manly.

I'm not sure if you're going to be able to get a good deal on this, but I'm sure you're going to be able to get a good deal on this," he said. The punishment is also happy and willing, Xue Yuan felt that he was seriously ill.

His heart was beating harder and harder, and Xue Yuan thought to himself, can't it be that he's also weak enough for Gu Yuanbai to catch the disease Qi?

In the end, his mouth was so dry and uncomfortable that he still unwillingly let go of Gu Yuanbai and got out of bed to look for water to drink.

As soon as the warmth left, Gu Yuanbai struggled uncomfortably to wake up from his sleep, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Xue Yuan slowly approaching the bedside with a cup of water, his brain was buzzing, it was hard to bear, Gu Yuanbai half propped himself up, snatched the cup from Xue Yuan's hands, gulped a big gulp of it, and after finishing it, he slumped down on his head and fell asleep.

Xue Yuan looked at the already empty cup, then at the water stains sliding down his chin at the corners of Gu Yuanbai's lips.

The knot in his throat rolled, and he tugged at his collar with difficulty.

He actually wanted to lick the water on Gu Yuanbai's chin?