There was a sudden crunch of porcelain outside the window, and Gu Yuanbai's lazy demeanor withdrew as he snapped, "Who?!"
The head of the guards flew to the window, sharp eyes staring straight at the boy who froze in place, this person he recognized, it is the Prince of Peace's side of the personal boy. Serious face of the chief of guards a little slower, look down, celadon bowl has been split in pieces, crimson blood spilled on the ground, the wall, the red parapet, blood was outside the corridor diagonally flying rain water to break up the dissolution of the slow flow down the steps to the green grass in the rainstorm.
It was as red as if it hid sins.
Gu Yuanbai then walked out, his face changed slightly as he looked at the wretched blood on the ground and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
A flash of thunder boomed in the sky, and the dim weather brightened suddenly.
The face of the boy who froze here alone swished white, he flopped down on his knees, his body shaking as if he had committed a disease, "Your Holiness, this is the deer's blood that the Prince of Harmony instructed the little one to send."
One second the Prince of Peace was standing at the window looking up into the bedroom, the next second the Prince of Peace dropped the deer's blood in a violent rage, striding away with veins on the back of his hands.
The boy followed the Prince of Peace for several years, even when the Prince of Peace was discharged from his post, he had never seen the King's ghastly appearance, hideous and horrible, as if he was going, going mad ......
The boy was shaking so badly that the head guard squatted down on one knee, dabbed some blood onto the tip of his nose and smelled it, and nodded, "Your Holiness, it is indeed deer blood."
The black and red blood was made bright red by the rain, Gu Yuanbai smelled a fishy odor, he frowned and looked at the boy's eyes full of scrutiny and probing, "Where is the Prince of Harmony?"
The boy's body trembled even more, and he couldn't stammer a word.
Gu Yuanbai face gradually cold, he looked up at the wind and rain outside the corridor, slowly voice: "Prince of peace so miss me, I also worry about Prince of peace's body. Zhang Xu, you go with him to see how Prince He is doing now, do not take it lightly."
Squire Zhang said in a deep voice, "Yes!"
The head of the guards immediately lifted the boy up and brought many guards forward to the residence of the Prince of Peace, but when they arrived at the residence, they realized that the Prince of Peace had braved the pouring rain and ran back to the Prince of Peace's residence alone.
Gu Yuanbai couldn't help but feel speechless after hearing this news, even if he could no longer keep his face calm.
You're going home in the rain? Is Prince Kazu still not weaned?
But the person was fine, and Gu Yuanbai was too lazy to ask more questions. He returned to his room, his body still retaining warmth from the hot water he had just soaked in, and Tian Fusheng asked, "Your Holiness, still bathing?"
"No," Gu Yuanbai exhaled, "I feel that my body has lightened up a lot, and I'm still sweating thinly."
Room piled up many fire pots, the window left a gap ventilation, the whole room as warm as the spring sun, the cold-expelling tonics drank one bowl after another, two-pronged, glass made people should also sweat.
Gu Yuanbai was self-conscious that he was a bit better than the people made of glass.
Those strong guards are already sweating profusely, Gu Yuanbai saw them in such a sorry state and couldn't help but lose his smile, "You stay here and I think it's too hot to look at you, go out and cool off."
Each of the muscular guards reddened and bowed their heads in shame.
The head of the guards wanted to speak, "Your Holiness, I can stand the heat."
"Then there's no need to guard here," Gu Yuanbai said, "I've come to the Xue Mansion, and the people in the Xue Mansion will naturally come to pay their respects to me. Zhang Xu, you send someone to inform General Xue, just say that I am well enough to let them come over."
Zhang Xu obeyed the order and went. Gu Yuanbai stood up and stretched out his hands, and Tian Fusheng came forward to change his clothes.
The regular clothes before had already penetrated the cold, but there was no Gu Yuanbai's regular clothes in the Xue mansion. General Xue let someone send the clothes soft and smooth, gold silk cloud pattern embroidered on it, the material is good, but I do not know to whom the new clothes, and now brought to let Gu Yuanbai put on.
Tian Fusheng said heartbreakingly, "Your Holiness is still holding on for a while, the palace has already sent people to send a load of things."
The palace maid who tied the hair for the saint could not help but redden her eyes, when did their saint wear other people's clothes? This outfit on the body of the saint, a full circle, the saint in the clothes inside the more slender and thin.
Gu Yuanbai laughed and scolded with a smile, "Alright, hurry up."
*
Elder Lady Xue was dressed in the attire of an ennobled lady and solemnly brought her daughter-in-law to salute Gu Yuanbai, "All is well with the Holy Spirit, my wife pays her respects to the Holy Spirit."
General Xue followed closely behind with his son, and Gu Yuanbai sat in the main seat and said gently, "Rise."
Old Lady Xue's hands trembled slightly with excitement, and with a flourish, she complied with the etiquette and rose, Gu Yuanbai made them sit down and asked cordially, "Is the old lady in good health now?"
"My wife is in good health," Old Lady Xue smiled back, "The winds and rains are good under the rule of His Holiness, and my wife is well fed and clothed."
"That's good," Gu Yuanbai nodded in relief, "If the old madam is in good health, Xue Qing will also feel at ease."
Xue Yuan, who was sitting at the bottom of the table, looked up at the words, and saw that the little emperor was smiling and talking to his grandmother. When Xue Yuan first saw the clothes he was wearing, he suddenly raised his eyebrows.
The clothes that fit just right on Xue Yuan's body were everywhere bigger when they fell on the little emperor. Xue Yuan picked up his tea cup and thought idly, The Emperor is so thin and weak, and his body is not healthy, can he still leave an heir?
Xue Yuan grinned as soon as this idea came to him, it was a good question.
A sick and weak emperor who can't fuck a woman and leave an heir is really unlucky to be an emperor.
The world was ceded to others, and there was no consort in the harem, and the young emperor could not even make a political marriage, all alone, with only this dragging body.
Xue Yuan, who has been in the army since childhood, has been on the battlefield more than ten times, and knows that in order to make the soldiers and horses submit, you have to be afraid of death and take the lead in the front. The strong soldiers will be strong, the weak soldiers will be weak, Xue Yuan in the capital crazy, in the battlefield is even more crazy, he fought bravely to kill the enemy, the blood in the blood are screaming with excitement.
He enjoys the battlefield, he enjoys the blood, he's the one who can conquer the soldiers and horses, and having conquered the soldiers and horses, he can plot for something bigger.
Gu Yuanbai put down his white jade chopsticks and glanced down, right into Xue Yuan's ambitious line of sight.
Xue Yuan's face remained unchanged as he stood up respectfully, covering his fangs and green glowing eyes, and offered a glass of wine and water to His Holiness.
Gu Yuanbai's eyes cleared, and he looked steadily at Xue Yuan for a long time, then suddenly pursed his lips and smiled meaningfully.
Brother, even if I die, even if you become Regent, you won't be able to ascend to the throne.
You can't imagine, can you? You will later engage in socialist brotherhood with Chu Wei, the regent without heir, like a tiger with its teeth pulled out, the future emperor will be able to consume you sooner or later as long as he can afford to wait.
*
After finishing his meal, Gu Yuanbai returned to his residence to rest.
Palace has been sent to the clothing supplies, heavy rain even under two hours has not become smaller trend, fearing that His Holiness suffered from the cold, the palace also brought two younger imperial doctors.
After letting the imperial physician take his pulse, Gu Yuanbai soaked in a hot bath and fell asleep when he got to the bed next to the pillow. This sleep went on until late at night, he slept early and woke up early, when he woke up the sky was dark and the bed guard was already in a daze.
Gu Yuanbai opened his eyes and fumed for a while, quietly got up and put on his cloak and quietly left the room.
The guards outside the door were whispering, and when they saw Gu Yuanbai come out they were stunned, and were busy welcoming him, "How did His Holiness get up?"
"I've woken up from my nap," Gu Yuanbai said in a low voice, "I'm going to walk around for a while without leaving this compound. You guys just keep watch here."
The ancient sky is densely populated with stars, and the heavy rain in the daytime has now stopped, Gu Yuanbai walked slowly for a few steps, and suddenly heard a sparse shivering sound at the bushes.
Gu Yuanbai's brows furrowed, instantly alert, and he slowly backed up, retreating to another angle before he could see what was in the grass.
With black fur, vertical green pupils, and hideous fangs exposed, they were actually two adult wolves.
Gu Yuanbai's heart sank.
These two wolves were head to head burying their heads in the grass and licking something, and it was only then that Gu Yuanbai remembered that this seemed to be the place where the bowl of deer blood had been shattered during the day. The blood in the corridor was swept clean, but the blood that flowed into the grass left a fishy odor because it was covered up.
The Xue family actually raised wolves!
Gu Yuanbai sunk his Qi into his dantian and was slowly backing away from the two wolves, the guards were still some distance away from Gu Yuanbai, and the fur color of the two wolves blended with the darkness, so they couldn't spot the two wolves.
Gu Yuanbai could only hope that there was enough deer blood in that grass for them to lick it for a while longer.
But his prayers failed.
The two wolves with their heads buried in the ground heard his voice, and their heads instantly turned around, their glowing green eyes staring fiercely at Gu Yuanbai's body.
Their saliva flowed from their sharp teeth, and one of the wolves was tentatively approaching Gu Yuanbai.
Wolves have an absolutely keen sense of observation, and if fear is shown in their presence, they will attack immediately.
Gu Yuanbai was calm and collected, and since he had been discovered, he no longer stepped back. Instead, he looked straight into the eyes of the two wolves and made a show of crouching down to pick up something in preparation for attacking them.
The two vicious wolves visibly flinched, but instead of retreating, they took another step forward.
Damn.
Is it possible that the sickness and weakness of this body can be detected even by animals at a glance?
The guards behind them also realized that something was wrong, they let out a cry of alarm and were about to run this way, "Your Holiness!"
Gu Yuanbai's face changed instantly.
Sure enough, the two wolves were startled by the cries, and they bared their teeth and pounced directly towards Gu Yuanbai. Gu Yuanbai rolled on the ground and dodged the wolf's pounce, just as another wolf was about to pounce towards him, two dull stick sounds suddenly came from behind him, and Gu Yuanbai turned his head with a pale face to see that it turned out to be Xue Yuan holding a heavy wooden stick in his hand, directly smashing the two wolves to death in the past.
Xue Yuan's expression was also ugly, he sank his face and looked at the two wolves with hostility in his eyes. A moment later, Xue Yuan threw away the blood-stained stick and knelt on one knee beside His Holiness, "Is His Holiness injured?"
"Your Holiness!"
The guards rushed to Gu Yuanbai's side, and when they saw the two dead wolves lying horizontally on the ground, their faces darkened.
Gu Yuanbai's face was pale as he calmed his wheezing breath and said faintly, "I broke my foot."
The guards' faces changed, those who looked for the imperial physician went to look for one, those who dealt with the wolf went to deal with the wolf, and Gu Yuanbai waved his hand to reject the head guard's outstretched hand, looked coldly sideways at Xue Yuan, and commanded, "Xue Yuan, carry me up."
This body is very delicate, Gu Yuanbai guessed that this break, his ankle should be swollen up, can not touch the ground, can not force, can only be picked up by someone.
Deer blood, evil wolf, Xue Yuan. Gu Yuanbai's face was cloudy, and his face became even more condensed under his anger.
Xue Yuan stretched out his hand with a sullen face, passing it behind the saint's waist and through the bend of his knee, and with his arms fiercely strong, he stood up straight with Gu Yuanbai in his arms.
The palms of his hands gripped the emperor's waist, but neither man's expression looked good. Xue Yuan said in a deep voice, "Although the Xue Mansion raises wolves, the wolves were locked up by the family mother as soon as Your Holiness entered, so please be clear about this, Your Holiness."
Gu Yuanbai said, "I will find out."
The skepticism in His Holiness' words was not even bothering to cover it up, and Xue Yuan's palms could not help but clench forcefully.
"Loosen your hands for me," Gu Yuanbai ordered, "Be lighter and steadier. Give me a slow walk, break one step into ten, and if you don't know how to walk, get down on your knees and hold me and move over."
Xue Yuan's gaze sank, he is afraid that at this moment in the eyes of the Emperor, he is the same beast as the horse and mule, and maybe he is not doing as well as these beasts.
He released the palm of his hand as he had said, only to realize that the weight of the holy man was so light, the skin so soft at the palm, that even with the silk covering, his five fingers would be deep in the flesh.
Holding requires distraction to control the force and is extraordinarily cumbersome.
Gu Yuanbai's tone was icy, "I said, slow down."
Xue Yuan stopped his steps violently, and after a few breaths, he walked slowly again.
He looked down at the saint in his arms, and in the depths of his dark, baleful eyes was hidden a mad dog, which pressed its nature and revealed a submissive, false, fake smile towards Gu Yuanbai: "Your Majesty, is this slow enough?"
"That's enough," Gu Yuanbai sneered twice, "but now, I want you to go faster."
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Xue Yuan: The Emperor has no children, so I have a chance.
Gu Yuanbai: Xue Yuan doesn't have any children, so the future emperor has a chance.