She looked at me in a slightly stunned way, as if weighing something; And the period of time she was thinking about it made me feel more nervous than when I participated in the on-site interview.

- Am I being too abrupt?

Or does she hate me and doesn't want to be my bodyguard?

Isn't it difficult for me to do this?

…… Her silence reminded me of my thoughts.

"Subordinates obey." At last, she bowed and bowed, her expression was flat, there was no joy, but there was no reluctance.

I can't control the corners of my mouth from rising.

Wait, this is the first time she's called herself a "subordinate" in front of me - has she finally recognized her status as my bodyguard, or has she deliberately emphasized this in order to draw a line with me?

"Well, that's good," stopped the marginal thoughts in my mind, I racked my brains to think about the topic, but sadly found that I didn't know her past, I didn't know her preferences, and even talking to her made me confused, and it was difficult for me to keep a normal mind, "That's nothing, this king will leave first......"

"Greetings to Your Highness." She bowed her head, but she had no intention of retaining.

I sighed silently, and had to urge my feet to leave, which seemed to be stuck in place.

Sometimes, even I don't understand myself: why do I care so much about this woman who is as cold as an abyss? Could it be that he was influenced by this body, so he always felt close to the beauty?

But I didn't want to get close to those beautiful gentlemen, including the thirty beauties that Kwong Xiqing had rewarded.

- Maybe I'm just too lonely, longing for someone to talk to, a friend to share my secrets with.

Jiang Zhuo is the person I want to get close to, but obviously, she doesn't think so.

The following days passed without panic and lackluster - nothing more than wandering around the mansion, appreciating the power and wealth of Kuang Xihan, the prince, and then taking a lot of decoction and supplements to regulate the body: occasionally listen to Yan Ke's nagging, go to the Moon Palace to take a look, if you ignore the emptiness and thoughts in your heart, it is not too bad life.

The only thing worth being happy about is probably that since Jiang Zhuo moved to the Dawn Palace, I can appreciate her practicing swords with her heart every day; And she ignored me from the beginning, and gradually chatted with me, although she was still mostly silent, but she already made me very content—isn't that how friends get along?

It was another morning, and I was still asleep, but I felt someone in my ear talking softly, babbling, and my consciousness woke up little by little.

"Your Highness, Your Highness......" When she opened her eyes, it was Yan Ke's face that was as bright as a peach and plum but was always as cold as frost - and only when she was facing Kuang Xihan would she smile so warmly and warmly.

"Aunt Ke? What's wrong? Rubbing my eyes, I glanced at the sky, and it was not yet the hour I would get up on a normal day—then, what had happened?

According to Yan Ke's personality and her doting on Kuang Xihan, she will never cut my rest time unless necessary.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be stern.

"Your Highness, haven't you forgotten that today is the fifth day of the new year, and you should go to the court meeting," she saw me sitting up, so she waved her hand and beckoned the little cicada to serve me to wash and dress, "Although the emperor used your infirmity as an excuse to exempt you from half of the court meeting, but she can't really deprive you of the right to discuss politics; You had a seizure and your energy was low, but now is the time to return to court. ”

――According to her, wouldn't it be the day when I got well and I would start clocking in and out every day to report from work?

Although half of the court meetings were omitted, there were still five days left in the middle of the decade to go to the palace to order the court, which was even more of a headache than listening to the long, boring speeches of the white-haired headmaster at the regular meeting every Friday -- the work in the school was nothing more than dealing with paperwork reports, but the court meeting was to participate in the political decision-making of a country, and it was a matter of people's livelihood, and I was not at all sure that I was competent in the slightest.

What makes me want to cry without tears is that with Kuang Xihan's disregard for law and discipline,

Kwong Xihan's crown of court clothes is more flamboyant and gorgeous than ordinary casual clothes, but the high-necked waist design makes me uncomfortable and almost breathless; Listening to Yan Ke's cliché of "cherish life and stay away from Kuang Xiqing" without saying a word, I nodded absentmindedly, but I regretted in my heart - I am afraid that I will miss Jiang Zhuo's sword practice today.

I don't know if she won't be used to seeing the person who has been looking at her when she looks back?

…… Even, a little bit of loss?

After a hurried breakfast, I got into the carriage and hurried all the way—and although the attendants tried to keep the frame steady, the slight jolt still made me feel sick to my stomach.

I finally arrived at the palace at the end of the day, if it weren't for Kuang Xihan's body that couldn't bear to toss, I would have wanted to run into the Mingde Hall where the court meeting was held regardless of my image.

The moment I stepped into the main hall, I heard a counselor loudly impeaching a certain lawless clan that defied the emperor's grace, and from the subtle look on the faces of those who noticed me, I was almost certain that most of the people who were impeached were the notorious His Royal Highness King Ling, that is, me.

Sure enough, when the counselor finished speaking freely, and when he retreated to the team and inadvertently caught a glimpse of me stopping at the door of the main hall, a fleeting unnaturalness flashed on his righteous and awe-inspiring face, probably at that moment, he suddenly thought of what a powerful clan His Royal Highness King Ling whom she impeached, and what a villain who would be avenged.

- Perhaps now that I have taken Kuang Xihan's body, it is not a good thing for her past enemies, at least I will not remember the holidays with them, and I will not be able to learn her cruel methods.

"Emperor Qi, King Ling was openly late at this court meeting, it is clear that he does not take the court and the emperor in his eyes, and the ministers ask him to play, and he will reduce the crime of disrespect to King Ling!" No sooner had the counsellor withdrawn from the group than a younger colleague beside her stepped forward, glancing at me with disdain and disgust.

Sighing helplessly, I slowly walked to the front of the civil service, but when I saw that everyone was looking at me with strange eyes, I immediately reacted, and with a turn of footsteps, I walked to the ranks of the generals opposite.

However, to my surprise, the generals on the other side also looked at me with a frightened and disdainful gaze, and I had to stop my steps.

――What's going on?

Neither a civilian official nor a military general, is he standing in the middle aisle?

I stayed where I was, feeling in a dilemma.

"King Ling, you can't be angry at the court! Don't hurry up and get back to your seat. Kwong Xiqing's voice managed to save me from my embarrassing situation, and although her tone was a little stern, it really helped me - I finally knew where Kwong Xihan should be.

Under the guidance of Wu Yao, I walked to the imperial staircase and got my hands on the carved mahogany Taishi chair - I didn't expect Kuang Xihan's treatment to be good, and even the court meeting could sit and listen like the emperor, no wonder those officials looked at them with ten indignations--the privileged class and differential treatment are the easiest to arouse the people's feelings of resistance!

"Alright, the pilgrimage will continue. Do you still have a plan to play? Kuang Xiqing, who was serious on the throne, was a little less gentle and a little more cold than usual, without the slightest smile on the corner of his mouth, and even his eyes seemed to be condensed with a layer of thin ice, teaching people to unconsciously show the strictest side.

"Your Majesty, Xu Chengpei, the young secretary of the Taichang Temple, has a plan to play." I rubbed my eyes, and felt that the Taishi chair was so comfortable, as if it had summoned back the sleepiness that I had managed to drive away—it also made me miss the tirade of the Taichang Temple Shaoqing in a trance, and the only thing I understood was her final statement," ...... The crown princess is still young, His Royal Highness King Duan is far away in Nanfeng, for today's plan, only His Royal Highness King Ling can take on this important responsibility and go to Xining to worship the sky on behalf of the saint. ”

- Worship the heavens?

Me?

What's going on?

My drowsiness was frightened, and when I opened my eyes wide, I saw the civil and military officials looking at me with complicated eyes; But Kuang Xiqing on the throne was a little far away, I couldn't see her expression clearly, I only felt that the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

What to do? Should I take the initiative to say something?

But this is not like the school's regular meeting speech, and if it is not good, it will be criticized by the leader at most - how to say something in line with the status of the prince in front of the civil and military officials, or put forward a constructive decree...... I had no clue at all.

"This ...... King Ling is weak, and the bitter cold land of Xining is probably not conducive to traveling. The middle-aged woman standing in the forefront of the civil officials said leisurely - I know her, Lu Heng, the mother of Lu Yingxuan and Lu Xiuzhu.

"Lord Lu's words are wrong...... The last general thought that His Royal Highness King Ling, as my Dawu clan and the daughter of the former emperor, was the most suitable candidate," the middle-aged woman with a scar on her face at the top of the military generals also stood up, but she raised objections and strongly agreed with me to worship the heavens, "Besides, jade is not a weapon, and more experience will help His Highness's body." ”

- The only people who dare to sing against Lu Heng are the people of the Mu family.

This middle-aged woman with a scar should be Mu Jing, the general of the auxiliary state.

"General Mu is right......"

"Ministers seconded the ......"

I only know that the people of the Mu family have a lot of weight in Dawu, but I didn't expect that as soon as she said this, more than half of the officials agreed - the rest remained in a wait-and-see state, and it seemed that they were eager to drive Kuang Xihan out of the imperial capital Guanlan.

In this kind of form, even if Kuang Xiqing has the heart to protect me, he is just powerless.

Sure enough, I saw that she hesitated for a while, then nodded tiredly, and said coldly: "Quasi-play." ”

I looked at her with some hurt, and met her clear and soft eyes, which seemed to have a thousand words, but finally turned into firmness: "King Ling takes the order." ”

Holding on to the handrail, I slowly got up from my seat, and then slowly knelt down, I always stared at her eyes, but she looked away lightly: "Grant King Ling the post of special envoy, and go to Xining to worship the heavens on my behalf, in the hope that the wind and rain will be smooth and the country will be prosperous." ”

“…… Minister, take the order. I bowed my head silently, and my heart sank with it—my intuition told me that this unavoidable errand was bound to be accompanied by many difficulties.

- And what saddened me the most was Kuang Xiqing's eyes at the moment, as if I was a chess piece that had to be used for the sake of her throne, a ...... that I had to throw out with an uncertain future but made up my mind to throw it Abandon pawns.