Five years later, in early spring.

Tai Chi Temple.

The peach tree transplanted in the past is now scorching, Gu Nan sat under the tree and made tea leisurely, occasionally glancing at the two people facing the sword behind him, his eyebrows and eyes were warm and smiling.

After the tea was boiled, Gu Nan lifted the clay pot and filled the teacup, and called the two over: "Let's rest first." ”

The little prince, who had grown into a young man, walked over first, picked up the teacup and took a sip gently: "It tastes very good." ”

Yin Chengan smiled softly behind him.

After resting for a while, Yin Chengxiu picked up his sword again and walked over. Yin Chengan didn't sit down opposite Gu Nan with him, stretched out his hand to brush the falling flowers on the chessboard on the table, and said: "Qingshan is not tired of three glasses of wine, only one game of chess in a long day, Taifu, let's have a game." ”

These words sounded inexplicably familiar, Gu Nan thought about it, and then remembered that he had said this sentence for the first time when he played against him five years ago.

So he laughed too, agreed, and reached out to pick up the chess pieces.

The boy's chess is still sharp, but it is more subtle than it was five years ago.

Gu Nan's deacons fell, and after several times, the chessboard was gradually covered with chess pieces, and the peach blossoms were decorated during the period, which was quite elegant.

About half an hour later, Yin Chengan put down the chess pieces and smiled softly: "Taifu, I lost." ”

"It's good to be subtle and changeable, and to know the big picture." Gu Nan looked at him: "And compared to before, Cheng'an, you have more perseverance and determination in your chess." ”

Yin Chengan was stunned.

The person on the other side smiled to himself: "This is excellent, Cheng'an, you are very good." ”

The breeze blew, and the peach blossom petals fell against his cheeks, and with the warm smile, the spring light was lost.

Yin Cheng looked at him steadily, as if he saw Gu Nan for the first time, the young man walked into the Tai Chi Hall in the spring light, the hem of Su Baiyun's shirt was stained with plum blossoms, and he was noble and handsome, with an outstanding demeanor.

When I thought about laughing and leaning on the spring breeze, I didn't know it.

Now it seems that it is not false at all.

Yin Chengan also laughed, reached out and drank the tea in the cup: "It's cold." ”

Gu Nan put on new tea for him, turned his head to look at the Taiji Hall that was now barren and colorless, and said softly: "It's been five years." ”

“…… Well. ”

"The days ahead are likely to be a little harder." Gu Nan stood up and shook off the peach blossoms on his clothes: "But it's okay, having someone to accompany you is always like being alone and suffering...... Cheng'an, it's time. ”

The person behind him was silent for a long time, and finally hummed softly.

The voice was very faint and soft, hidden in the wind, as if it had never been there.

Later in the evening, the great eunuch Pei Lengqiu sent an edict and summoned Gu Nan to meet him in the imperial study.

The imperial study is still incense and black ink, and the red table scrolls.

When Gu Nan walked in, Emperor Jing Zhao was bowing his head in front of the case to review the folds, when he heard the footsteps and looked up, he saw that it was Gu Nan, and his expression was a little relieved for a while.

"Sit down." Yin Xu stopped his pen and put the fold aside: "It's good recently." ”

"Shang An." Gu Nan sat down according to his words: "It's just that I look at His Majesty, it seems that I am too tired." ”

"Where is the fatigue." Emperor Jing Zhao chuckled and shook his head: "It's clear that you're old." ”

Gu Nan looked at the emperor in front of him quietly and didn't speak.

He is indeed old.

The sideburns are gorgeous, the forehead has fine lines, and the imperial nobility still exists, but the ruthless meaning at first sight has now dissipated too much.

"Last night, I dreamed of honoring him." Yin Xu leaned on the back of the chair and whispered: "He is still a young man, standing under the tree and smiling, his cloud shirt moving slightly...... He stood in the most beautiful years and smiled at me, but I was already old. ”

"Think about it carefully, in my life, I have suffered hardships and joys, I have once galloped on the battlefield on the iron horse of Jinge, and I have also stood in the court to guide the country." Yin Xu lowered his eyes, and his expression was full of the warmth of memory: "If you talk about dignity, it should be the thirty-two years after ascending the throne, but if you say joy, there are thousands of ways, and it is not comparable to the eight years that have been up and down in the deep palace." ”

"Now that I'm dying, I occasionally take a trance, and I feel like I'm about to lose sight of Jingzhi."

Yin Xu lowered his hand dejectedly, and his fingers lightly swiped over the title page of the "Book of History" on the table: "I think, if there is no one to talk to me about him, I will really forget about it." ”

Gu Nan looked at Yin Xu, and for a while he actually felt that the most noble person in front of him was a little pitiful.

He raised his eyebrows: "Your Majesty, it's been thirty-two years, why bother with it." ”

"You haven't been tormented by lovesickness, so you don't understand." Yin Xu smiled and shook his head, and after a while, he leaned over and took out a delicately made wooden box from under the table, held it in his arms and gently brushed off the dust on it, with a gentle expression: "This wooden box was given to me when Jingzhi left, saying that if I can't hold on one day, I will open it and take a look." ”

"I've wanted to open it many times over the years, but I've held back, do you know why?"

Gu Nan shook his head blankly.

"Because, I can't bear it." Yin Xu smiled: "I'm afraid that if I open it once, it will be even more difficult to hold on in the future." ”

Thirty-two years of obsessiveness, except for Yin Xu, no one knows what it is equivalent to.

Emperor Jing Zhao hugged the box, looked at Gu Nan's blank appearance and smiled, and closed his eyes gently: "Forget it...... Let me stay alone for a while, Gu Nan, you go back first. ”

Gu Nan's jaw bowed, turned around and walked out of the door, and when he walked to the door, Emperor Jing Zhao's slightly hoarse voice sounded again.

"And, from tomorrow...... You go to court. ”

Gu Nan was shocked, and looked back suddenly, Yin Xu was still in the same posture of closing his eyes and pretending to sleep as before, as if he had never said anything.

Although he was calm on his face, only Gu Nan knew what kind of turbulent waves he was in his heart at this time.

There was silence in the imperial study, and after a long time, Gu Nan heard his voice with a trill.

“…… Be. ”

When he left the imperial study, it was already dark outside, and Qionglou Yuyu was hidden in the dark, solemn and lonely.

Walking all the way to the Taiji Palace, before approaching, I saw two lamps in the distance, which were extremely small in the dark, but extremely warm.

Gu Nan smiled, quickened his pace and stepped forward, Yin Chengxiu saw him, bent his eyes and called: "Taifu." ”

"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Gu Nan reached out and touched his cold cheek: "It's cold at night, don't wait next time." ”

Hearing this, Yin Cheng'an, who was standing on the side, opened his mouth: "It's not cold, but you, prepare your cloak before going out next time, the original itself is weak, so don't pay attention to it." ”

Yin Chengxiu nodded in agreement.

Gu Nan smiled and reached out to hold their hands: "I know, okay...... Let's go inside. ”

Later, Gu Nan leaned on the couch to read a book after bathing, and soon, the wooden door was pushed open, and a young man in a dark robe walked in slowly, his facial features were very sharp in the dim light.

Seeing him come in, Gu Nan put down the book and smiled: "Cheng Xiu is asleep?" ”

Yin Chengan nodded and sat down beside Gu Nan: "Over the years, he has become more and more diligent in practicing martial arts, and he is indeed tired." ”

"Pain hurts and shapes people." Gu Nan lowered his eyes, Yin Chengyi's heart-wrenching words five years ago left traces on the little prince's heart.

Hearing this, Yin Chengan lowered his eyes and said softly: "I will protect him." ”

Gu Nan didn't need to doubt these words now, he reached out and took the teapot to add tea to Yin Cheng'an, and after the latter picked up the tea, he opened his mouth lightly: "Emperor Jingzhao allowed me to go to court tomorrow." ”

The teacup in his hand trembled suddenly, Yin Chengan raised his head, and the reflection of the light in his dark eyes was scorching bright.

For a while, I couldn't tell what it tasted like in my heart, some sour and some astringent, but there was also a small flame rising from the bottom of my heart, which was lifted by the wind when the ground was broken, and finally burned the plain.

After all these years, all these years, it has finally arrived.

Yin Chengan gritted his teeth, and his hands couldn't help but tremble.

In a moment, a pair of slender white hands slid along the mahogany tabletop, and finally covered his hands.

As soon as the warm and soft touch entered the bottom of his heart, he heard the sound of clothes rubbing in front of him, and Su Baiyun's shirt was reflected in his eyes, Yin Chengan was stunned, and in the next second, a pair of light and peaceful eyes met his eyes.

"Cheng'an, what awaits us after that is a more dangerous road." Gu Nan spoke, his voice was light: "The countless days and nights that have been in the past will be completely turned into the past from now on, Cheng'an, do you remember what I said five years ago." ”

Yin Chengan looked at him deeply.

Gu Nan raised his eyebrows and took a step back and spoke.

- "Yin Cheng'an, within seven years, you will ascend to that supreme position, and you will have unparalleled power and prestige, reigning over the world, and your dignity is incomparable. ”

- "And the minister, I am willing to do my best to assist His Highness, and I will never give up." ”

Five years ago, Gu Nan raised his head under the plum blossoms and spoke, proud and dazzling.

Five years later, Gu Nan frowned in the lights and said, solemn and calm.

The figure of the young man is left in the years, that is, five years have passed, and his demeanor has not diminished.

Looking at Gu Nan like this, Yin Chengan only felt that his heart was hot, and the bits and pieces of these years flashed in front of his eyes, and finally fell into a pair of indifferent and enlightened eyes in front of him.

Gu Nan, Gu Zhihuan, Gu Taifu.

A name tosses and turns in my heart, gradually leaving a mark that is difficult to erase for a lifetime.

Yin Chengan stepped forward and looked at Gu Nan's eyes, and opened his mouth word by word: "Taifu, I have written down these words." ”

I made a note of that.

So for decades to come, Taifu, you must stay up with me.

No other way.

The night wind outside was cold, and the red and gold palace lamps kept shaking.

The light in the hall is like a bean, the young man in the plain white shirt is frowning, and the young man in the dark clothes is standing in front of him and looking down at him, the dark light in his eyes is difficult to contain.

The obsession has become a reality.

……

The thirty-second year of the Great Apocalypse, April.

Emperor Zhao Taiji Palace, the fifth son of the emperor Taifu Gu Nan, erudite and talented, discerning and thoughtful, his ambition is far-reaching. He was crowned a scholar of Wenyuan University, given an official uniform of pearl and jade, and allowed to be allowed to the court.