Chapter 23: Undisguised
Xiao Yuexi keenly caught this abnormality, and hurriedly asked: "What else, let's talk about it together!" β
Mu Lan swallowed: "The emperor takes care of his wife too carefully, and even Cardamom can't compare to the method of changing the dressing." β
Xiao Yuexi looked at Mu Lan for a while.
ββ¦β¦ Change, medicine? β
The tone turned several corners, but it didn't ease Xiao Yuexi's mood as if he had been thundered at this time, especially after seeing Mu Lan's red face and staggered appearance, under the mixture of anger, Xiao Yuexi couldn't even breathe.
How much did she take advantage of His Majesty the Emperor when she was unconscious?! When he brazenly pretended to be a decent gentleman in front of her, didn't he feel guilty in his heart?
Not only did he prove guiltless, but he was also extremely skilful and swift in the middle of the night.
Although she didn't sleep well last night because she discovered an amazing secret, Xiao Yuexi was pretending to be angry at this time, and she was stunned and held on for half a night. Until there was an inaudible sound from the window...... His Majesty the Emperor, you still climb the window?!
But turning over the window is indeed a good route, there is almost no sound, and he deliberately restrains it, so he almost doesn't feel any breath, so that Xiao Yuexi who has not been noisy in his sleep for so many days.
When His Majesty the Emperor quietly touched the front of the couch and saw Xiao Yuexi, who was supporting his upper body on the couch and looking at him with a smile, he was very stunned for a while.
Xiao Yuexi slowly sat up and said, "Flip through the window? Your Majesty, can you make a little more interest? β
seemed to have accepted his fate, but Mu Yun became calm. He sat on the other side of the bed, looked at Xiao Yuexi, and said slowly, "Otherwise? I thought you'd need some time to calm down after you knew what was going on, probably because you didn't want to see me...... Isn't it? β
Xiao Yuexi was speechless for a while.
She did think about it calmly, but after thinking about it, she just felt funny in the end, she never had any superfluous thoughts about Mu Yunqing, she didn't rely on her young acquaintance to be a little complacent, and she didn't think that this love would make her any different from others. In the years since returning to the General's Mansion from the palace, the two have little intersection, and when Xiao Yuexi entered the Department of Supervision and obeyed the orders of Emperor Qianfeng, looking at Mu Yunqing was already like looking at a stranger.
Calculate it, that is, in the few months when Mu Yunqing first succeeded to the throne, the intersection between the two gradually increased, but it was all official business, Mu Yunqing came down with a holy decree, Xiao Yuexi or ran all over the country, or sat in the Ministry of Supervision and State, it has always been a stranger, to put it mildly, it can be regarded as a gentleman's friend, Mu Yunqing, how did he think about her? Xiao Yuexi couldn't figure it out even if she wanted to break her head.
If you can't figure out a problem after thinking about it, Xiao Yuexi will habitually throw it aside and ignore it. There is a question she has always wanted to ask, but Mu Yunqing has been hiding too far away for a while, Xiao Yuexi has never been able to find a suitable opportunity to ask, and now that it is easy to catch someone, she will naturally not let it go.
Xiao Yuexi groaned and said: "There are a few questions that I suddenly thought of when I was lying in bed and standing up for a corpse, you have been hiding from me during the day, and I don't have time to ask, so I just want to ask you at this time." Was it an excuse to let me look into your mother's old case in the first place? β
"Hmm...... Yes and no. As soon as the words fell, Xiao Yuexi threw over a roll of the eyes, Mu Yunqing knew that she was too lazy to listen to her betrayal, so she cleared her throat and confessed: "I actually know the truth of the incident back then, but there is no evidence, let you investigate, if you can find something else, it is not impossible to pull that person off the horse together." β
There is no need to ask, Xiao Yuexi can vaguely guess who the person behind it is, this topic was thrown aside first, Xiao Yuexi asked again: "Since I first entered the palace, you didn't plan to let me out of the palace, right?" β
"It's not ......"
Xiao Yuexi raised her eyebrows, only to hear him add slowly: "Since I planned to let you enter the palace, I didn't plan to let you go out again." β
"...... "What if she wants to hit someone?" What should I do if I suddenly feel like I'm on a thief ship?
Xu is heart has no secrets, His Majesty the Emperor has become a lot more relaxed, a shallow arc rippled on his lips, he looks in a good mood, his eyes are focused and eager, he stared at it like this for a while, Xiao Yuexi opened his eyes uncomfortably, and he didn't dare to look at him anymore.
Mu Yun said lightly: "In order to keep you by my side, I even resorted to this method, if I force you again, it will be too useless." You said you wanted to get out of the palace...... Well, okay, I can promise you, but not now, I still want you to do a few things for me in the palace. After the deed is completed, if you want to leave the palace, I will never stop you. β
He said it so solemnly that it didn't look like he was lying. Xiao Yuexi was stunned for a long time before asking, "Really?" β
Mu Yun chuckled and nodded, and said helplessly: "If your heart is not with me, what's the point of forcibly keeping you?" β
Inexplicably, the heart seemed to be squeezed fiercely by a pair of invisible hands, Xiao Yuexi quietly took the slightest abnormality, and asked instead: "Say, apart from investigating the old case of the year, what else is there?" β
Mu Yun said lightly: "Don't worry, come one by one." If it doesn't drag on a little longer, how can I wait until you say you won't leave? β
Xiao Yuexi: "......"
His Majesty the Emperor didn't seem to notice anything wrong with what he said just now, and said to himself: "Okay, you have been waiting for me for half a night, it's time to sleep." β
Where else can you sleep here?!
Mu Yun stretched his waist lightly without paying attention to the image, and the joints immediately sounded "clattering" - imagine that since Xiao Yuexi entered the palace, His Majesty the Emperor has first slept diligently on the floor, and recently he has maintained that posture to sleep every day, so it's no wonder that there is nothing wrong with the joints!
Xiao Yuexi said helplessly: "I said, the Qingliang Hall is so big, isn't it good for you to find a bed in the side hall at random?" β
"Not good! I can't sleep without looking at you. Mu Yun replied lightly naΓ―ve and stubborn.
After a stalemate for a while, Xiao Yuexi was probably cramped by this atmosphere, so she moved in with the quilt and said lightly: "Lie down." β
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Deathly silence. Xiao Yuexi reacted to what she had done and said in hindsight, and she wanted to whip herself to death.
However, Mu Yunqing didn't intend to give her a chance to regret it, and lay down beside her in the blink of an eye. Xiao Yuexi regretted wanting to bite off her tongue, but she quietly moved in again, turned her back to him, and tried to ignore the hot gaze behind her.
This night, I'm afraid that both of them can't sleep well......
The next day, above the court, His Majesty the Emperor who did not sleep well was in a particularly good mood, even King Kang's rebellion pulled out the radish and brought out the mud to involve a group of courtiers who were in power, the emperor was still extremely approachable, except for King Kang, the rest of the officials who should have been Zhulian Nine Clans were only changed to exile, and they were so merciful that they seemed to have become the weak emperor who was useless again.
King Kang committed a rebellion that ended in failure, at the cost of his own life.
The emperor was very merciful, and if King Kang wanted to live, let him spend the rest of his life in a prison cell with good food and drink; If he asks for death, give him a cup of wine.
Life and death are all up to King Kang's autonomy, but there is no freedom to live, what is the difference between death and death? King Kang happily chose the road to death, and he didn't have to bear the charge of killing his brother lightly.
When he learned the news, Mu Yunqing had already gone down to the court to go back to the dormitory to deal with official business. After completely confessing, Mu Yunqing could no longer avoid Xiao Yuexi, and even used words like "Anyway, your injuries haven't healed yet, and you can't check the old things, so it's better to help me grind ink here to pass the time" to enjoy the time alone with Xiao Yuexi in a grand manner.
Xiao Yuexi has nothing to do, she can't play with His Royal Highness Six all day long, and people also have to study and practice martial arts. So, she accepted the work assigned to her by the emperor with peace of mind, and she was dutiful.
A wisp of breeze blew in outside the window, and brought up three taels of paper on the case, and a trace of ambergris got into Xiao Yuexi's nostrils.
"Huh?" Xiao Yuexi subconsciously sighed softly.
Mu Yun paused lightly to write a book, raised his eyes to look at her, and asked silently.
Xiao Yuexi touched her nose embarrassedly for her unintentional disturbance, and then smiled: "It's nothing, I just think it's strange, I don't see you burning incense on weekdays, how can there still be the smell of ambergris on your body." β
Mu Yun raised his eyebrows lightly, and teased with a smile: "Are you a simple nose spirit, or are you a ......?"
Or what? Be clear! Don't be so eager to talk and stop with a whimsical expression! Xiao Yuexi felt that her brain had twitched and let His Majesty lie on her bed, and she would no longer listen to her.
Mu Yunqing was very measured, and after seeing that Xiao Yuexi was dumb and didn't dare to say anything more, he explained happily: "You don't like burning incense, so you never use those things in the palace, but after washing my clothes, the Shangyi Bureau will smoke it with ambergris, can't you smell it?" β
Just looking at his eyes, Xiao Yuexi seemed to understand what he didn't say: "If you can't get used to it, you won't let them bother about it in the future." β
Xiao Yuexi didn't answer, and continued to grind the ink block in his hand.
Mu Yun lightly grabbed her hand that refused to stop, took the ink block and said softly: "Okay! Enough, not so much, beware of being tired. β
Xiao Yuexi quietly got goosebumps, and subconsciously whispered: "You are normal......"
How did Mu Yun listen lightly, and looked at her very innocently, and the strong affection was about to overflow from his eyes: "Huh? Am I not normal enough? β
"......" Xiao Yuexi withdrew his hand back, but he couldn't pull it back.
His palms were broad and knuckle-defined, and they were beautiful hands, holding her wrists warmly and powerfully.