Xiao Shunzi quietly put the white scarf in his hand on the platform not far from Zuo Chen, staring at his cheeks silently for a long time, with a pair of deep brown eyes with imperceptible envy, slightly brown little hands tightly stirring the close-fitting clothes.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and looked at the man who stood in the water like a clear lotus, and said in a dissatisfied cold voice: "Xiangye, don't blame the slave family for saying that you don't know what to do, I don't know how many people are in the harem at the end of the year, waiting for Your Majesty to be able to pity them for a moment, even if this and the night's warmth is how many people have wasted their lives and not got." ”

"Since Xiangye has received the blessings of the three thousand beauties of the harem and looked forward to it for a lifetime, you should learn to be content, don't be so ignorant, otherwise you will suffer when the time comes, Xiangye, you and your family."

After speaking, Xiao Shunzi didn't bother to look at his depressed face here, and snorted coldly, regardless of whether the face of the person soaking in the water below was good-looking, he picked up the white whisk that did not leave his hand and shook it, turned around, and left.

Hearing the loud sound of the door closing, Zuo Chen took his blank gaze away from the water, hugged his hands tightly and curled up his legs into a ball, just like a baby when it was still in its mother's womb, which was a posture that came from instinctive self-preservation.

The beautiful black eyes were full of blood, and the tears that fell from the eye sockets fell into the water, and the calm mirror-like water surface was disturbed by the tears that kept falling one by one.

After a tear fell, one after another crackled down, the unstoppable sadness continued to surging outward, Zuo Chen helplessly covered his face with both hands, silently choked, and the crystal water droplets flowed down his fingers little by little.

What the hell is he? He's a man, not the kind of public toilet that makes people come and go whenever they want, why doesn't anyone want to ask him about his wishes. On what basis should he assume that the kind of work without self-respect is what he is willing to want, and this is true of Jeruzi, and the same is true of the master to whom he is to be allegiated?

It shouldn't have been like this in the first place, didn't you say that he was given a chance to display his ambitions? He is the emperor who is praised as a generation of virtue, and he is the virtuous minister who can be compared with him, when the work of a courtier has to take care of the emperor and take care of the chuang.

Hate? He asked himself, how could he hate him, that man was the king, the heaven of all peoples, what right did he have to hate, if he wanted to hate, he could only hate his own life.

Gently moving the place that was once loved by the emperor will bring a burst of pain, tears gradually soaked the charming eyes red and swollen like walnuts, and the originally cold pool water is now with a deep cold ice and some crazy madness.

Zuo Chen just looked at his body that was half-hidden in the water and was already blue, and then he picked up the face towel that was put aside like crazy, rubbed and rubbed his body fiercely, as if he wanted to wash away those memories and those memories of last night.

“...... You should learn to be content if you have received the blessings of the three thousand beauties of the harem for a lifetime, don't be so ignorant, otherwise you will suffer when the time comes, and you and your family will ....... ”

This sentence kept echoing in Zuo Chen's ears like a magic spell, repeating it over and over again, until Zuo Chen passed out due to his previous fatigue and weak body.

That night, Rui Yan sat in the imperial study with a little loneliness, looking around a little restlessly with star-like eyes, and looking at the door from time to time.

After waiting for a long time and no one came in, he got up from the bright yellow seat and circled on the ground with some anxiety.

Even he didn't know what he was thinking, even when the Praetorian Guard commander came to him during the day when he said that Ling Yun had not been found, he was not so anxious.

But when Xiao Shunzi sent someone to send news that Zuo Chen had a high fever and fainted, he was really impatient, and at this time even he had to admit that he had a special affection for the man who seemed cold and arrogant.

Whether it's just a nostalgia for the special sense of security he brought when he sat with him at this time and discussed all kinds of secret letters.

Still always unconsciously observing that the man always frowned with a faint sadness, at this moment he missed the feeling of his company very much, afraid that he would leave without a sound.

This is the first and perhaps the last time since Rui Yan was born, regretting that he should not have used that kind of indiscriminate means for the sake of pleasure for a while, and as a result, he didn't get the person he wanted, but gave his most heartfelt courtiers to .......

"Dangdang Dang"

"Your Majesty." Outside the door, Xiao Shunzi's somewhat unique and beautiful voice came out, with a low dullness.

Rui Yan was startled, reluctantly suppressed his heart that was about to jump out, sat back in his chair and said coldly as usual: "Come in." ”

"Slag."

"Prime Minister...... How's it going? ”

"It's getting better, and although I'm still in a high fever, the temperature has been controlled."

"Yes." Rui Yan nodded a little perfunctorily, but didn't say anything.

"Your Majesty......." Xiao Shunzi waited for a while and saw that Rui Yan was a little sickly and wilted, so she couldn't help but open her mouth and call out, pulling Rui Yan's thoughts back from the fugue.

"What's wrong?" Rui Yan glared at Xiao Shunzi angrily, and said impatiently.

"I'm afraid there is a hidden story in yesterday's incident, and it is not as simple as the confession of those two guards today." Xiao Shunzi lowered his head and said respectfully.

"Huh?" When Rui Yan heard this, his eyes suddenly became fierce, and his eyes looked at Xiao Shunzi's body coldly, and it seemed that he didn't notice anything for a while before continuing: "How do you say it? ”

"One of the secret guards that the minions arranged for last night's banquet came to report...... said that they were on the plate of osmanthus cake on Xiangye's table, and they also ...... Also detected and ...... A powder similar to the pack you gave me. It's just that at that time, it seemed that Xiangye went to the general because of something, so the things on the table didn't move at all, and then he ate it by mistake. ”

Xiao Shunzi wanted to wipe the cold sweat on his head a little unnaturally, but because of Ruiyan's somewhat overly sharp gaze, he stood there in a daze and didn't dare to move.

"Someone has done it?" Rui Yan looked at Xiao Shunzi with a smile, and her glamorous and beautiful eyes flashed with a dangerous light like a beast.

"Yes."

"Someone dared to put their claws on my head, and well, things are getting more and more interesting. Xiao Shunzi, how can you say that such a high-ranking person, a dignified general of a country, can be mistaken? Rui Yan said with a smile on his chin in one hand.

"Your Majesty......."

Xiao Shunzi's face was a little pale with fright, although he also secretly gloated in his heart that Ling Yun was not possessed by the emperor in the end, but he really didn't have the courage to go behind Rui Yan's back to make a ghost in private.

"I know you don't dare to do anything if you lend you the guts again, you go and tell those people in the dark room that the lives of those two guards will be kept for me for the time being. Tell them to give me a good job of housekeeping, and ask for something valuable, otherwise...... Go to the dark department to receive the punishment yourself. ”

Rui Yan put away his sharp gaze, and half-leaned back on the chair behind him with a lazy face, his eyelids slightly closed, staring at the tea leaves in the cup with an expressionless face.

"Yes." After saying that, Xiao Shunzi was about to retreat, arching his body and slowly retreating towards the door behind him.

"Xiao Shunzi, you'd better not make some small moves behind my back, even if you really do it, don't let me find out, otherwise you know, the last thing I can tolerate is betrayal, and the end of betrayal is not something you can bear." Just as Xiao Shunzi was about to close the door, Rui Yan's cold voice came from behind him.

Xiao Shunzi paused for a moment, and left with a pale face.