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"Imperial Brother?" Zhao Qingyan took the wet handkerchief from the maid and handed it to Zhao Shu, "It's so hot, it's okay for Imperial Brother to rest for a while and then continue, right?"

Zhao Shu threw the sword in his hand aside and said with a smile: "I'm not the same as you, I don't need to practice martial arts to be scolded." He took the handkerchief from Zhao Qingyan's hand and wiped his face.

Zhao Qingyan said: "I don't believe this, who dares to scold you?"

Zhao Shu asked, "Hmm, then I'm always worried, right?"

Zhao Qingyan rolled his eyes and asked, "Then the pastries and dried fruits I brought can be shared with Ying'er and them, right?

Zhao Shu was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "Are you angry with me?"

Zhao Qingyan looked at him innocently: "There is absolutely nothing, I just feel sorry for the imperial brother." Those are the ones I asked Hao Xuan to wait for a long time in advance before they were sold out, and I took them all in one go, but the imperial brother couldn't eat them, how worthy of sighing!"

Zhao Shu said: "Okay, then I'll be here today, I'll accompany you to eat." Let's go?"

Zhao Qingyan bent his eyes and smiled, turned the wheel and followed: "I know that the imperial brother is the best." ”

Zhao Shu took a step back and put his hand on the back of the wheelchair: "Let go, I'll push it." ”

Zhao Qingyan looked up at Zhao Shu's forehead, where the beads of sweat were still there, and did not refuse: "Then it will trouble the imperial brother." ”

Zhao Shu pushed him to walk slowly and asked, "Is your leg better?"

Zhao Qingyan pinched his leg: "I don't feel anything now, I may only feel a little pain after being slashed." Why did the imperial brother suddenly remember to ask this?"

Zhao Shu said: "It's nothing, just ask." ”

Zhao Qingyan touched the handrail and asked, "I'm going to sit on it for the rest of my life, is the imperial brother distressed?"

Zhao Shu said decisively: "Don't feel distressed, don't feel distressed at all." ”

Zhao Qingyan smiled and said: "It's not like it at all, the duplicitous imperial brother, next time I want to say something that is easy to believe." ”

Zhao Shu also smiled slightly: "What is easy to believe?"

Zhao Qingyan thought for a while: "For example, the imperial brother will always take care of me, so that I don't have to worry about not being able to stand up, like this?"

Zhao Shu scolded with a smile: "I want to be beautiful, I'm almost fifteen years old, and I'm still so clingy." Xiao Ji is not as big as you, and he is not as clingy as you. Are you too embarrassed for me to take care of you?"

Zhao Qingyan was straightforward: "Brother Huang's words are not right, I am about the same age as Xiao Xu, is there a conflict with you taking care of me? No, is it? Xiao Xuan is so sensible, can I compare? What should I do if I am bullied? Isn't Brother Huang distressed?"

Zhao Shu knocked on his head: "You are so smart, can you still wronged yourself?" If you have time for me to take care of you, it is better for you to solve it yourself." ”

Zhao Qingyan snorted: "That's different, I'm smart and a little smart, and I still have to rely on you at the critical moment." I'm such a timid person, let me solve everything myself, is it possible?"

Zhao Shu said angrily: "If you don't solve it yourself, who are you going to let solve it?"

Zhao Qing said: "Family is used to solve difficulties. I didn't feel that I didn't say anything right: "After all, my relatives are the ones who will not harm me." ”

Zhao Shu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled helplessly: "You, you're really ......"

Zhao Qingyan suddenly turned his head to look at him: "Brother Huang?"

Zhao Shu was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Qingyan asked, "What is delicious do you have there?"

Zhao Shu asked, "You said it's in my house?"

Zhao Qingyan gave him a "you stupid" look: "Of course I mean the palace." I asked, Xiao Wei stayed with Niangniang, plus Ying'er, what about the four of us, I didn't bring enough things to eat. ”

Zhao Shu said indifferently: "It's okay, I'll just eat less." ”

Zhao Qingyan tilted his head: "Although the pastries I have been waiting for a long time are a little unwilling, I can't invite you to eat and don't let you eat more." I can't help it, I won't eat it, let it be for you. ”

Zhao Shu looked at him with a pain on his face and was amused, but he didn't say anything, deliberately watching him hesitate there, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his lips.

......

"Brother Mo, why do you want to ask for the title of king?" Zhao Shu hurriedly walked in from the outside, still a little out of breath.

Zhao Qingyan raised his head and glanced at him in surprise, and asked, "Why is the imperial brother here?" Jin'er, pour water quickly. ”

Zhao Shu rushed to him, pressed his hands on the table and looked directly at Zhao Qingyan, repeating his question word by word: "Why did you ask for the title of king?"

Zhao Qingyan pretended to be puzzled: "What why, why won't the imperial brother also think I'm messing around?"

Zhao Shu said: "Of course I think you are messing around!"

Zhao Qingyan sighed lightly: "I'm really not for status, it's okay for the imperial uncle to make me the king of the county." If you can't do it, forget it, why do you want to lose your temper at me......"

Zhao Shu took a deep breath and asked, "You're pretending to be stupid, aren't you?"

Zhao Qingyan asked rhetorically: "What did the imperial brother say?"

Zhao Shu looked at him for a long time, but Zhao Qingyan did not avoid his gaze, and his bottomless eyes did not see any flaws as always. Finally, Zhao Shu sighed, took a few steps back, pulled over a chair and sat down: "Did you hear someone gossip?"

Zhao Qingyan decisively denied: "No." ”

Zhao Shu said: "With your character, it is impossible to do such a reckless and stupid thing. ”

Zhao Qingyan said: "That's because the imperial brother thinks highly of me. The answer was swift and affirmative, without giving Zhao Shu the slightest chance to refute.

Seeing that he didn't want to admit it, Zhao Shu didn't force him to tell the truth again, but said: "I don't understand why you are doing this, there is no value at all." ”

Zhao Qingyan said: "I don't want to. ”

"Don't want to do anything?" Zhao Shu blurted out and asked, and it was too late for him to react.

Zhao Qingyan glanced at him deeply, and replied very seriously: "I don't want to stand on the cusp, I don't want to get involved in the sludge swamp, I don't want to get involved in the open and secret battles of the imperial court, and I don't want to let me hover between gains and losses all the time." ”

Zhao Shu asked, "Do you think I'm willing?"

Zhao Qingyan said lightly: "I don't know, but I know that you can at least accept it, but I don't want to accept it at all." It doesn't matter if you are helpless, or if you are happy to obey, the imperial brother should also know that you are far stronger than me in this regard. ”

"Helpless?" Zhao Shu smiled bitterly, "I've lived for so long, and how many times have I made my own choice?"

Zhao Qingyan's face was rarely indifferent: "Everyone has their own fate, and the imperial brother doesn't have to feel that he is much worse than anyone else." A puppet that is caught in someone's hand is a hundred times stronger than a puppet that can't stand up without being caught in someone's hand. You feel like you're at the mercy of others, and how can I ever be free?"

Zhao Shu was speechless for a while.

Zhao Qingyan lowered his eyes: "Maybe the imperial brother will need this kind of thing in the future." ”

Zhao Shu was silent for a long time: "I'm not an emperor's talent. ”

Zhao Qingyan said: "I only be a courtier. smiled, with a bit of self-deprecation in his eyes, and seemed to laugh at the person opposite at the same time: "Time, luck, and life." Go with the flow and wait for the results. ”

Zhao Shu looked at this young man who was only sixteen years old but seemed to be able to see through everything, and a strange feeling made him shudder suddenly.

Zhao Qingyan didn't notice his change, and reached out to fiddle with the paperweight on the table: "It's not early, I won't keep the imperial brother." At this time, the royal brother should not be too close to me, it will cause gossip. ”

Zhao Shu's throat was a little dry, but there was no water at hand. Jin'er, who deliberately avoided it, naturally couldn't send water over. Zhao Shu cleared his throat and said a little hoarsely: "Then I'll go back first." It was a very common sentence, but he understood that from now on, there would be a gap between him and Zhao Qingyan, who was only three steps away at this time, that could no longer be crossed.

Zhao Qingyan raised his eyes, his eyes were as black as the night that could not be dissolved: "Brother Huang go slowly, Shu Yunmo will not be far away." ”

Yunmo. It has the same "cloud" character as Zhao Baiyi's character, showing his authentic identity as a son. Ink, but it was the "word" given to him by himself, and he has used it for ten years so far.

Yunmo ...... What is the detached tone trying to indicate? You are still you, but aren't you the "Mo'er" with a clear smile in my arms?

Zhao Shu was a little distracted, and finally squeezed out a smile: "Okay, I'm leaving." "It's gone, it's really gone.

Zhao Qingyan didn't hold back, his face was indifferent, and his drooping eyes covered his bottomless eyes more tightly.

No one can get into those eyes anymore, right?

The corners of his lips are like ice, and he can no longer reveal that innocent smile that makes people lose his mind, right?

......

Zhao Qingyan opened his eyes and raised his hand to touch his face. Sure enough, I felt the tears in my hand.

Jiang Wuyan had already gone back, and a few rays of light were faintly revealed on the edge of the curtain that did not completely cover the window, and it was probably a night over.

There was no fear of waking up, no recollection of joy or sorrow, only a very light sigh scattered in the empty room.

Zhao Qingyan was surprisingly calm, his eyes were open and he was stunned for a long time at the beam diagonally above, and then sat up slowly, one hand propped up on the jade pillow, and the other hand held the jade pendant on his chest, and his body did not move.

"It's a rare dream. Zhao Qingyan let go of the jade pendant, pressed his forehead with his hand, and smiled softly. I don't know if Jiang Wuyan's previous words of persuasion had an effect, or if this dream drove away the anger in his heart, and his mood was surprisingly good.

Maybe it's really overthinking.

Zhao Qingyan opened his arms and fell back, smiling happily, a few tears oozing from his eyes, and sliding silently down the corners of his eyes.

It was his decision to break off his friendship for many years, and it was only in exchange for a few temptations from Zhao Shu, so what else is there to complain about?

After twenty years, it was my fault to have doubts.

It's because I'm afraid of being hurt, so I don't hesitate to hurt people who care about me, again and again......

He hates the ruthlessness of others, but never thinks about his own ruthlessness.

I was afraid of all things, but I never knew that others were afraid of me.

I hate everything as it is, and I resist everything with indifference and silence.

As everyone knows, those who are hurt by my indifference always hate me who has been driven out by indifference and all tenderness and smiles.

Unintentional actions are the most heartfelt.

If I put away all my minions and speculation at this point, can I still change my original sincerity?

Hopefully, it can really end there.

Really, so tired......