Gu Yuanbai is congenitally weak, brought from his mother's womb.
This weak after several years of conditioning, but also slowly have some color. Just after all, in the political rights struggle in the middle of a number of dark injuries, light Lu Feng fear that his body will be healthy, in order to let him die earlier, he gave him a number of years of chronic poisons.
Little by little, eventually bad by bad, that's what's hard to cure.
Before Gu Yuanbai fell asleep, he was extraordinarily relieved because the statutes of various things had been laid out. This peaceful sleep lasted until the evening, and when Gu Yuanbai opened his eyes, he was still a bit sleepy and confused, not knowing what year it was.
He braced himself, but the touch under his hands was not right, and when he looked down, it turned out that he was braced on Xue Yuan's body.
Xue Yuan didn't know when he fell asleep, his eyes closed tightly, his sharp brows still furrowed. Gu Yuanbai withdrew his hand, then got up, but his waist was tight, and when he looked down, Xue Yuan's hand was circling his body. And this movement of his caused Xue Yuan to instantly wake up from his sleep as well.
"Who?!" A hostile, low voice questioned.
After a few breaths Xue Yuan came back to his senses, he looked at Gu Yuanbai who had woken up, the corners of his lips couldn't help but hook up, "His Holiness is awake?"
The voice was low and husky with the soothing aftermath of a ripe night's sleep.
The comforter was still warm, and Gu Yuanbai's entire body was lazy as he said, "Go bring me a cup of warm tea."
Xue Yuan obediently got out of bed, his collar was scattered, his waist robe was loose, and when Gu Yuanbai raised his head, he all but saw his tall and powerful back, and he couldn't help but look down, and underneath his sturdy buttocks were two strong and straight long legs.
After taking off those outer robes, a body that was young and had experienced all kinds of battlefield baptisms made it hard to take one's attention away from looking at it.
Mad Dog is a bit of a dog, but he doesn't lose the charm of a man of steel.
Gu Yuanbai sat up straight and lethargically leaned against the bed frame. Xue Yuan poured a cup of water, because Gu Yuanbai said he wanted warm water, he also specially touched the wall of the cup with his finger to try, and then poured it in his hand to try, and felt that it was not hot. So he carried the cup of tea steadily towards Gu Yuanbai, fearing that a cup of water was not enough, even the kettle was carried in his hand.
The saint took the cup of water, touched his lips and drank a mouthful, and was immediately scalded, a mouthful of hot water in the mouth swallowed and couldn't be swallowed, scalded his lips red, and his expression was painful.
Xue Yuan was dumbfounded as he pinched Gu Yuanbai's face to make him spit it out, furious: "You're still not letting go when you've burned your mouth?"
As a result, Gu Yuanbai directly swallowed the mouthful of water.
Xue Yuan's face darkened, threw the teapot and quilt to the side, and went up to pluck the lips of the saint, coming closer to see if there were any hot blisters.
Gu Yuanbai sucked in cold air and said, "It's hot master!"
Too delicate too tender, Xue Yuan put on the hand did not feel out of the temperature, put the mouth of the little emperor are given hot.
When Xue Yuan thought of this, it was so hard that it hurt more than if he had been stabbed himself, and when he was in a hurry and his hands were rough, he rubbed the inside of Gu Yuanbai's lips, and he didn't hold back and kicked him.
Xue Yuan freed a hand to press down on his foot as he continued to inspect the lip, "Stop it, let my minister take a look."
Gu Yuanbai had already slowed down, he inclined his head and let out a "hiss", "Servant Xue, can you be gentle?"
"Fine, fine, I'll write it down, I'll be gentle," Xue Yuan wondered, "Your Holiness, how can you be so tender?"
Gu Yuanbai: "......"
He kicked up again, directly kicking Xue Yuan off the dragon bed with the quilt. Xue Yuan fell solidly and couldn't bother with the rest, standing up he bent his knees and pressed himself against the side of the bed, this time sinking his face, "Let me take a look."
What's the big deal? Can't you make a scene when your mouth is fine?
Xue Yuan used a lot of strength this time, but he was also very careful. Gu Yuanbai said that his hands were rough, so he didn't dare to grind them, and could only hold the lightest strength. This is more laborious than going into battle to cut down the enemy, Xue Yuan tossed out a head of sweat, and when he finally determined that Gu Yuanbai was fine, he realized that his back was already wet with sweat.
Gu Yuanbai had already recovered a long time ago, he was drained of energy, he had a headache and was still thirsty, "Servant Xue, I want warm water."
Xue Yuan then dragged his body full of cold sweat and went to pour warm water for the delicate little emperor again. He specifically put it in his mouth to taste the temperature this time, and only after making sure again and again that it wasn't scalding did he hand the water to Gu Yuanbai.
Gu Yuanbai finished half a jug of water, the dryness and hoarseness of his mouth only got a little better, the inner hall was dim, just a few candles were lit around, Gu Yuanbai closed his eyes to let his brain continue to rest and asked, "What time is it?"
Xue Yuan proceeded to drink the remaining half of the pot, "I don't know."
Gu Yuanbai couldn't speak.
Xue Yuan quenched his thirst and took a long breath as he got up and headed out, "I'll go check the hour."
Not a moment later, the palace guards entered the inner hall with light feet and hands, Tian Fusheng came over and whispered, "Your Holiness, it's already time for supper, the small one serves you a meal?"
Gu Yuanbai felt his vaguely aching brain and reluctantly got up, "Then go eat."
When His Majesty finished his dinner, it was time for the duty to be dispersed. But Xue Yuan just stood aside and didn't move, watching the Imperial Hospital's people come to take the Emperor's pulse.
Tian Fusheng kindly reminded, "Lord Xue, it's time for you to break duty."
Xue Yuan said in a deep voice, "I know."
But he couldn't spare a step.
When Gu Yuanbai heard these words, he looked up towards Xue Yuan and happened to meet his eyes.
The one warm and cozy sleep of the day came back to me in an instant.
Xue Yuan is too good for bed warming.
Gu Yuanbai said in a lazy tone and hoarse voice, "Before I get well, Servant Xue will stay by my side. Servant Xue has a big fire, so he can also make me suffer less."
Xue Yuan couldn't help but hook the corner of his mouth, hearing the words "suffer less", he couldn't help but think out loud, how could he let Gu Yuanbai suffer?
Since there is no need to go out of the palace today, when His Holiness finished his meal, the guards in front of the palace changed to a different set of people, and Xue Yuan followed his colleagues forward to eat. Since the palace people will go to pass Xue's house and get Xue Yuan some clothes and supplies, when Xue Yuan comes back after the meal, these things will be handed over to him by someone.
Gu Yuanbai was already lying on the bed, his legs covered with a bright yellow dragon pattern quilt, and in his hands was a zhengbiao, which he was slowly reading.
Gu Yuanbai watched carefully and attentively. Kong Yilin and Qin Sheng's group had already transported silver money and food to rush to Lizhou, and the supplies this group transported were the bait, the bait that was going to catch the biggest big fish in the fight against corruption so far.
This big fish, the governor of Lizhou, he in the local open corruption is not much, the people under the rule of the people but live without its suffering. Supervision Department of the deeper the investigation is more and more scared, and finally even found out that the bandit nests around the Lizhou, which even more than half of the real reason for people to fall into the bandits is because of the Lizhou governor's hand in the dark to force each other.
The officials forced the people to become bandits and colluded with the bandits.
This is a horrible thing and should never be publicized.
Once word gets out, it will only cause the people to distrust the court and there will be riots and cause a major revolt of bandits everywhere.
Gu Yuanbai exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, this fish, he had to be made to bite the bait to death.
I don't care about anything. The Governor of Lizhou must die.
Gu Yuanbai's palm exerted force, and the zheng fold was pinched out a trace.
Seeing that he was dealing with political affairs, Xue Yuan stood aside and suddenly struck up a conversation with a nearby eunuch.
"Is the brown hand still healing?"
The eunuch was startled and said with trepidation, "Back to your lordship, just use more hand protectors on weekdays."
Xue Yuan had a headache, "Speak clearly."
The eunuch said, "Essential oils, pearl powder, or fish oil, these over the hands and feet will make them silky smooth."
Xue Yuan was silent for a moment and said in a single word, "Go get me some of these."
Gu Yuanbai had just put down his zheng folds when his afterglow caught a glimpse of a dark shadow approaching.
He glanced sideways and it was none other than Xue Yuan. Gu Yuanbai looked at him for a moment and suddenly asked in a light tone, "Servant Xue, if one day the people under your hand also start to covet money that doesn't belong to them, what would you do?"
Xue Yuan said, "If you should kill, kill."
Gu Yuanbai smiled, "But corrupt officials can't be killed."
"Kill them all, but when the attitude is set out, they will be afraid," Xue Yuan grinned, "It's the same reason as leading soldiers, there are always a few people who dare to do things that violate military discipline, why do they dare to do it, it's not because the general-in-chief isn't afraid of them anymore, once the majesty of the top isn't enough, the people below will begin to be confused."
Gu Yuanbai said, "Continue."
Xue Yuan was slow and methodical, "I've finished."
Gu Yuanbai: "......"
Xue Yuan said, "Your Majesty, I'm a rough man, and I can't manage the administration."
Gu Yuanbai thought to himself, Then how did you come to be the Regent?
But Xue Yuan was right about this.
The farther away the place was from the center, the rarer the emperor's majesty became, so they weren't afraid anymore. Perhaps it was also because Gu Yuanbai's majesty wasn't so high that it could deter them from moving around even at the local level, so they were emboldened.
After this anti-corruption campaign, I believe Gu Yuanbai's authority in the hearts of local officials will rise to a new height.
But that's not enough.
The Daheng Dynasty had been weak for more than ten years, the nomads dared to encroach, the magistrates dared to embezzle, and the magnates and officials from all over the country colluded and became bigger local snakes than the emperor.
Gu Yuanbai wants to win a battle, a battle that he has never fought in the last fifteen years, a battle, this one, with the Nomads.
It will also be Gu Yuanbai's first nationwide battle for prestige after taking power.
Gotta take the army out for a walk so these people realize how small they are.
After relieving himself, Gu Yuanbai saw that Xue Yuan's face looked much better, and spoke very warmly to the bed-warming toolman: "Servant Xue, it's getting late, come to bed."
Xue Yuan's scalp tingled at Gu Yuanbai's warm voice, and with his hands on his belt, he rolled his eyes and stripped his body's clothes down to his lingerie.
The palace maids received the clothes and arranged them neatly, the incense to help sleep was lit, and one by one they retreated quietly and silently.
Xue Yuan was really like a big furnace, and after he entered the quilt, Gu Yuanbai sighed tersely, too comfortable.
Flushed with this ability, Xue Yuan's status in Gu Yuanbai's mind had risen many points steeply, and Gu Yuanbai was even more pleasant to him.
But in a moment, Gu Yuanbai smelled a herbal scent, and as he sniffed, the herbal scent was still coming from Xue Yuan.
"What did you use?" He asked directly.
Xue Yuan's entire body stiffened.
The grand old man, who for the first time had secretly used a hand protector and was still caught, muffled, "Didn't use anything."
The smell wasn't too bad, and seeing that he wasn't willing to talk, Gu Yuanbai didn't bother asking.
The little emperor was soft and fragrant, and the dragon bed was also soft and fragrant. But Xue Yuan was sweating profusely from the heat before a while, and he said, "Is His Holiness hot?"
Gu Yuanbai comfortably flipped open a travel book for nourishing his spirit, "I'm not hot, Squire Xue is hot?"
Xue Yuan stared at the book in Gu Yuanbai's hand, his tone sullen, "Your Holiness, take a look at the minister."
Gu Yuanbai finally removed his eyes from the book and frowned when he took a sideways glance, "Why is Servant Xue sweating so much."
Xue Yuan's forehead was covered in sweat, his black hair was also wet with sweat, his entire face was angular between the water and mist, "Your Holiness, the quilt is too thick, the bed is hot."
Now that it's the end of May, people like Xue Yuan really can't stand the heat, Gu Yuanbai frowned, "What should we do then?"
"Your Holiness is still cold, your hands are cold and your feet are cold," like a piece of cold jade, Xue Yuan's voice lowered, "Your Holiness give me a cool down, can I warm your hands and feet for you?"
Gu Yuanbai pondered for a moment, slowly bowed his head, and said, "May."
As if he was a vicious wolf that was allowed to eat meat, Xue Yuan abruptly rolled up, took an icy cold hand that Gu Yuanbai casually handed over, and squinted his eyes in a cozy manner.
The Saint's hand was not as big as Xue Yuan's, and it was still exceptionally delicate, Xue Yuan hooked the white palm of his hand, and Gu Yuanbai felt an itch, and he subconsciously retracted back, but instead, Xue Yuan pulled him over even harder.
"What's the saint reading?"
Xue Yuan faked a smile and fixed his eyes on the book.
Gu Yuanbai casually said, "A travelogue is just a book to pass the time."
Xue Yuan looked at the book with a mischievous gaze and thought with a leathery smile, "Can't I pass the time too?
He was really like a furnace, in less than a moment, Gu Yuanbai's hand was actually covered in a slight sweat by him, Gu Yuanbai was surprised, Xue Yuan put down His Holiness's hand, "Your Holiness, I'll warm your feet?"
Gu Yuanbai subconsciously said, "Go ahead."
Xue Yuan turned his eyes to the opposite side of the room, and he grabbed Gu Yuanbai's ankle in the middle of the comforter, then lifted it up and stuffed it into his own clothes, tucking it into his belly to warm it up.
The small abdomen was hard, and the cold feet were like meeting a warm fire, so comfortable that Gu Yuanbai's brows stretched, and he couldn't help but say, "Servant Xue, hard work."
The feet of the little emperor are as comfortable as jade and also as comfortable as ice, Xue Yuan thought, what is this called hard work.
A smile pulled at his face, "This is what I should do."
Last time when he warmed Gu Yuanbai's feet, Xue Yuan was scolded for his licentiousness, but this time, when he covered Gu Yuanbai's feet, it was in name only.
Xue Yuan could not help but taste a few points of satisfaction, and after a while of warming up Gu Yuanbai's feet as well, Xue Yuan loosely opened his hand and took the initiative to say, "Your Holiness, how about I hold you and read a book?"
Gu Yuanbai politely refused, "I'm not used to it."
Gu Yuanbai, who said she was not used to it, but after falling asleep, she followed the heat and lay in Xue Yuan's arms.
Xue Yuan hugged Gu Yuanbai, a long sigh of relief, did not hold Gu Yuanbai before not feel that they are missing something, until the hold up Gu Yuanbai, only to know that the embrace is very empty.
He closed his eyes, tucked into a thumping heart of loyalty, sighed tersely, and fell asleep as well.
When he got up the next morning, Gu Yuanbai was still bored out of his mind.
But after a good day's rest, he at least had the strength to leave his bed. Today's morning court was delayed, and those who had something to report in the court came to the side hall of the Xuanzheng Hall.
The court could not possibly devote all of its attention to fighting corruption, and the only people responsible for the anti-corruption process were those in the Royal Historical Office, the Supervision Office, and the Donglingwei, as well as the two divisions of the Da Lisi and the Ministry of the Ministry of Revenue that were also responsible for the governor of Lizhou, while the rest of the people had to be busy with their own political affairs.
The six ministries and the two governments gathered in the middle of the Xuanzheng Hall's side hall and were discussing three things. The first was to build roads, the second was to send troops to the border, and the third was to do business.
Gu Yuanbai said a moment to slow down for a while, looking a bit dazed. In the end, the ministers could not stand it, so they said that they would wait for them to negotiate a constitution before handing it over to His Majesty for approval.
Gu Yuanbai nodded slowly and told them to back off.
When the courtier left, Gu Yuanbai closed his eyes in a fit of weakness.
He thought to himself that he finally knew why the ancient emperors wanted to live forever.
It's not necessarily because of a lust for power and a desire to be young, but it could also be the powerlessness of an emperor who has the will to do something but can't.
Wanting to live just a little bit longer, just a little bit longer, so he could do a little bit more, so he could fulfill a little bit more of his ambitions.
It turned out that after becoming emperor he really wanted to live for another 500 years, Gu Yuanbai joked with himself, but who could live for 500 years?
How many ambitious and brilliant rulers of the ages in the world, they couldn't live for 500 years.
It's pretty feeble.
It's also sad.
But there's no way around it.
Gu Yuanbai mourned for a while, but still opened his eyes. He beckoned Tian Fusheng and said, "Have the people over at Jinghu South speed up."
In the whole world, other things Gu Yuanbai can leave to his descendants, only this can't.
Aside from Gu Yuanbai, anyone who touches the rebel this is likely to roll over.
That's why Gu Yuanbai has to speed up, he always feels that this illness is like another reminder from God that he won't live long.
This tragic thought persisted until it was time to take a medicinal bath at lunchtime.
The medicinal bath to drive away the cold, the imperial physician first had to take Gu Yuanbai's pulse, but after doing so, he sighed in relief and said, "His Holiness's condition has already had a tendency to improve again."
Gu Yuanbai froze as he frowned, feeling that the imperial physician had taken the wrong pulse, "My brain still hurts."
The imperial physician smiled and said, ''After soaking in a medicinal bath for two days, you should be fine. The saint last night but set up a warm stove? I see that the saint should have rested well yesterday, as long as the rest is good, the disease will be able to remove three points."
Gu Yuanbai's meat was thoughtful and nodded slightly, "In that case, I know."
It should be that Xue Yuan had warmed his bed for him all night, keeping him warm all night, and he was only a little better today.
Knowing that he is almost cured, Gu Yuanbai asked the imperial physician in detail, this time the condition has not hurt the body bones, the imperial physician replied although very cautious, but obviously also wide Gu Yuanbai's heart.
Gu Yuanbai comforted himself by saying, You can at least live for another two or three years, the current regent and the future ministers of power have no hint of coming out, even if it is a background, it should be a background that still has a living head.
So much for a complete peace of mind.
Some of the Holy Spirit's thoughts were hidden so deeply that the people around him hadn't even noticed anything, and the Holy Spirit had already persuaded himself.
In front of the palace gate, Xue Yuan stood straight, but was a little lost in thought. The colleagues around him asked him to tell more about the border and the battlefield, Xue Yuan was too lazy to do so, and perfunctorily used the tip of his tongue to tip his palate and spit out a few words, "I don't know."
So wild that several of the guards were dumbfounded.
The smell of medicine was coming from the doorway window, and these medicinal smells were very good after getting used to them. Xue Yuan took a few deep breaths of the medicinal odor, his eyebrows pressed down, shaded very much.
There is no miracle doctor anywhere.
Nerves were tense, and the thought of the young emperor being seriously ill made him cranky as hell.
People came out from the palace and invited Xue Yuan to enter. Xue Yuan pursed his lips straight, his official robes raised, and he strided into the palace.
The palace attendant led Xue Yuanyao behind the screen, and after Gu Yuanbai knew that his life wasn't in great danger for the time being, his interest in working was rekindled hotly, his voice containing the vapor from the medicinal bath, hazy and vague, "Xue Jiujioyao, I want to listen to you again about the border crossing."
Xue Yuan paused, looked at the flowers and birds on the screen, and slowly said, "Good."
Most of what happens on the border is gale force winds, danger, shame, and numbness.
The cruelty was passed over in one stroke, but after passing over it in one stroke, Xue Yuan was surprised to realize that he had nothing to tell Gu Yuanbai.
The scenery of the northern frontier, people who have stayed for a long time naturally do not feel that it is scenery. The people of the North Border, the army is just not a person inside and outside.
Xue Yuan then told Gu Yuanbai about the not-so-cruel side of the cruelty.
He spoke unhurriedly, and Gu Yuanbai listened attentively. When Xue Yuan finished speaking, the water Gu Yuanbai was soaking in warmed up.
The people inside were serving His Holiness in dressing and swabbing, and Xue Yuan kept his head lowered, looking from the edge under the screen all the way to the front of his boots.
Look at the screen to know the little emperor's preferences, must be pure and elegant and meticulous, like should also be what poetry and song of the gentleman. But Xue Yuan is not a gentleman.
The young emperor just loved Chu Wei.
Chu Wei saw the little emperor less often, but every time the little emperor would talk to Chu Wei.
Xue Yuan thought faintly, What a fuck-up.
Holding back.
Gu Yuanbai put on his clothes, the midday sun was at its strongest and most prevalent, and with the cold-repelling medicinal bath, he didn't even know if it was sweat or steam on his face.
As he walked out, he saw the expression on Xue Yuan's face and casually asked, "What is Squire Xue thinking about?"
Xue Yuan subconsciously glanced toward Gu Yuanbai, the saint's entire person soaked in water so white and red, Xue Yuan's entire body a crisp: "I'm thinking about this screen."
Gu Yuanbai casually said, "Since Servant Xue likes this screen, it will be rewarded to Servant Xue."
When Xue Yuan froze, Gu Yuanbai had already led the people out of the palace, taking away the aroma along the way.
Taking advantage of this moment of energy, Gu Yuanbai hurriedly took care of his political affairs. After waiting for the evening meal, it was again exhausting and difficult to get into bed.
A person came up behind him, and Gu Yuanbai was about to fall asleep from the heat when he heard someone softly coaxing in his ear, "Your Holiness, do you like Chu Wei?"
Gu Yuanbai turned sideways, his brows furrowed.
Xue Yuan was unforgiving, "Your Holiness, do you like Lord Chu's face or his hands?"
The heart is dark.
If you like the face, cut the face, if you like the hands, cut the hands.
Xue Yuan is a man of culture and doesn't engage in that whole killing and burying corpses thing.