That bare foot was being held by a man, and it was still being held solidly, this strange feeling made Gu Yuanbai instantly sink his face, he wanted to pull out his foot, but he couldn't resist Xue Yuan's strength.
This was completely intentional on Xue Yuan's part.
Gu Yuanbai raised his other foot, which was still wearing the dragon boots, and kicked Xue Yuan violently, but Xue Yuan was already prepared, and he took the kick honestly, and even raised his eyelids and smiled easily towards Gu Yuanbai.
"Give me ......" The mist went down his breath into his throat, choking Gu Yuanbai with a cough. The foot held in Xue Yuan's hand was also shaking along with his coughing, the saint coughed terribly, but Xue Yuan had the good sense to remove the other dragon boot, throwing down the brocade stocking, and the saint's other delicate ankle went into the palm of his hand.
Tian Fusheng was long gone and there was no one else here. Xue Yuan looked at the little emperor who coughed so much that his eyes were red, looked at himself holding the little emperor's feet to the point that he couldn't move, and had a strange feeling of satisfaction rise up. There was no one else here, and the little emperor alone was clearly unable to resist the strong Xue Yuan. Xue Yuan grinned, almost feeling like he was bullying this emperor.
The coughing gradually stopped, his chest rose and fell, Gu Yuanbai's eyes grew calmer and calmer, and when he calmed his breathing, the first thing he said was, "Very well, Xue Yuan."
It was the words that were said that day when Xue Yuan was punished.
Xue Yuan's smile did not stop as he deliberately crossed the emperor's feet and said in a slow voice, "I am afraid that Your Majesty has suffered from a cold, it is a matter of loyalty."
"Loyalty," Gu Yuanbai nodded, a cold smile at the corner of his lips, and in the next moment he said in a loud voice, "Someone come."
Dozens of guards suddenly burst into the hall, and the one leading the way was none other than the chief of guards. He walked quickly to Gu Yuanbai and said in a deep voice, "I am here."
Gu Yuanbai wanted to pull his foot out of Xue Yuan's hand, but at this point in time Xue Yuan still dared not to let go of his hand, Gu Yuanbai was about to laugh in anger, "Let go of your hand for me."
Xue Yuan then smiled and let go of his hand.
The saint walked barefoot to the edge of the pool and turned to look coldly at Xue Yuan with a smile on his face, "Throw him into the water."
The guards did not pause for a moment, and in the next instant they moved, they threw Xue Yuan into the water, and four of them jumped down into the pool, holding Xue Yuan down to prevent him from escaping.
Xue Yuan didn't struggle for a minute, and even looked straight at Gu Yuanbai, as if he was expecting Gu Yuanbai to do something.
Gu Yuanbai can do a lot more.
The future regent was pressed and sunk in the water with his head, until he couldn't breathe in and out of breath before he was violently yanked up. Back and forth several times, the only sound that could be heard in the hall was the sound of the water swaying violently, the hair strands on Xue Yuan's head spreading out, his breathing ragged until Gu Yuanbai felt that it was enough and made it stop.
Gu Yuanbai walked to the edge of the pool and sat down, slowly saying, "Xue Yuan, are you comfortable?"
"Comfortable," Xue Yuan huffed and puffed, his eyes were red and bloodshot, the corners of his mouth tugged, "I naturally feel comfortable in the bath soup that His Holiness has soaked in."
Gu Yuanbai's face sank, Xue Yuan was here to deliberately disgust him.
Of course Xue Yuan deliberately disgusted him, touched his feet and got so angry, what's wrong with touching a man? He doesn't like men either, okay?
The little emperor didn't like being touched, and on the contrary, he, Xue Yuan, couldn't hold back his anger.
The guards' faces were heavy with anger, the force of their pressure on Xue Yuan increased, Xue Yuan did not say a word, only occasionally looking at the four guards around him with gloomy and frightening eyes.
Gu Yuanbai's face didn't look good as he said, "Let go of him."
The four guards reluctantly let go of Xue Yuan, who stood up straight in the water, and the water in the bath only came up to his crotch as he rubbed his wrists, revealing a fanged, sinister smile.
"Your Holiness," he said in a good-natured voice, "I serve you to soak in the spring?"
"Get lost," Gu Yuanbai said, "go kneel outside and make amends for my pool of spring water."
He was buried in the pool and couldn't catch his breath several times and ended up having to make amends with this pool.
Xue Yuan lifted his steps out of the pool and followed the guards to the outside. This hall is used by the emperor to soak in the springs, so naturally there is more than one spring pool, when he was about to leave this door, Xue Yuan took advantage of the gap in the corner to glance at the afterglow, and saw the image of the little emperor getting up and walking towards another place.
The water stains on the ground followed the little emperor all the way, the little emperor is still barefoot, jade-like feet are cleaner than the white jade material on the ground. Xue Yuan also dragged all over the water, he thought, the little emperor's body is so sick and weak, and thin clothes and bare feet, will not be sick?
Xue Yuan didn't hold back his laughter.
How can people be so weak?
*
By the time Gu Yuanbai came out of the hall, he had already changed into a clean and tidy piece of lingerie.
The other clothes were held in the hands of all the palace attendants, waiting for him to put them on one by one when he was out of the hall, the palace maid wiped the water droplets from his hair and said, "Your Holiness, the new scribes have finished boasting about their officials, and the streets are bustling with activity."
"Today is a good day for the new scribes," Gu Yuanbai smiled faintly, "It's only right to be happy when you win the gold medal."
The court will spend a lot of money after each examination, just to give the new scholar a dream day of the golden list, the more the court makes a big scene and reputation, the world of readers will be more and more yearning for the imperial examinations.
Gu Yuanbai was happy to see this kind of scene, "When the martial arts exams come in a couple years, it will be even more lively then."
In Daheng Dynasty, the military examination is held once every five years, and the selected students have the same treatment as the new students. Scholars who come out of the military examination do not only test their personal military skills and physical strength, but also need to familiarize themselves with military books, familiarize themselves with different geographic situations, and also need to test the sand table and attack, set up camp, stacks of food, surprise attack and attack and so on various issues.
The court now wants to have any big action, still will be limited by the treasury, but the best grain and silver money are tightly Daheng's soldiers, infantry coarse grain with dry cake, all the time can be satiated, heavy infantry and cavalry can also occasionally eat meat and fish. But this is not enough, in order to make the soldiers of Daheng each powerful, tall and strong, must have meat and fruit should also be supplemented.
This winter, Gu Yuanbai originally intended to take advantage of the border nomads lack of food and oil to open the border market, to go through the circulation channels of cattle and horses raised in the minority, with a low price of silver to buy a good animal, and then part of the high price of trafficking to the affluent land of Daheng, part of the retained for the military pay for soldiers and horses, to give them a gas meat.
But one of his wind chills has put off this winter day for good, and he will have to wait for the next opportunity.
Gu Yuanbai valued his soldiers and was willing to spend money to raise them, and Daheng's soldiers certainly knew that. This winter has not yet arrived, and in the middle of the fall there were winter coats issued by the Holy Spirit. The pay was never in arrears, it was distributed monthly, and the soldiers took the initiative to collect it, and it was always distributed to everyone. The army has a supervisory office to prevent people from swallowing private money or oppressing soldiers, and when distributing pay, the top generals will personally sit in on the scene no matter what the weather is like.
The people from the Supervision Office planted in the army were also very up to speed, they had long since deepened Gu Yuanbai's brainwashing education into their minds, and were relentlessly amenable with their surrounding army mates to a piece of the Sacred Emperor's heart of treating his soldiers generously.
Although Gu Yuanbai could not be present at the payroll, the soldiers remembered the "benevolence and virtue of His Majesty" in their hearts, and felt that they were fighting for His Majesty, not for the generals. Regardless of what the generals think, the people of the Office of Supervision are proud and full of fighting spirit.
Just because His Majesty treated them favorably, they were more motivated. The forbidden army in the palace was also diligent and did not dare to slacken off. Last time, when they disposed of a few forbidden soldiers who had been fooled by Li Huan, the soldiers in the palace were even more angry than Gu Yuanbai.
It was not the first time that Xue Yuan had entered the palace, but it was still the first time that he had come into close contact with the palace guards. As soon as they walked outside the palace, those guards glared at him with sullen gazes, as if they couldn't wait to kill Xue Yuan right there and then.
It's more exaggerated than a dog that protects its owner.
Squire Zhang Xu said in a cold voice, "Since Mr. Xue has entered the palace and become His Majesty's guard, he must take His Majesty as his main focus. His Majesty's thoughts are our goals, and His Majesty's orders are the meaning of our existence."
Xue Yuan was all wet, soaking wet guards clothes close to his strong and powerful body, the power built up in his muscles is not inferior to these guards, the whole person seems to be ready to go wild wolf, looking for the opportunity to rise up.
"What Lord Zhang said is true," Xue Yuan put on a gentle smile and said slowly, "I am also concerned about His Majesty's health."
Squire Zhang Xu wasn't in the know of what had happened before they entered the hall, but clearly didn't believe Xue Yuan's remarks at the moment as he let out a cold snort and said in a deep voice, "It had better be."
The guards beside Zhang Xu looked at Xue Yuan with unfavorable gazes, but no one took the lead in speaking out. Xue Yuan found a place to kneel down, restraining his disorganized hair and waiting for the clothes on his body to be almost dried by the sun, there was finally a loud noise coming from the hall.
Xue Yuan looked back and saw that the little emperor's face was slightly flushed, compared to his earlier pallor, he now looked much healthier. Xue Yuan head down, the little emperor's feet on the bright yellow dragon boots is no longer, replaced by a pair of crescent white embroidered with dragon boots, I think the previous pair he touched, will not be able to see.
The emperor used things are all top quality objects, if there is water on the hair, the water beads do not stain the clothes, instantly from the clothes with the beads like the slide.
Gu Yuanbai walked while talking to the little eunuch beside him, Tian Fusheng was driven to rest by him, now the one who attends beside him is Tian Fusheng's little apprentice, "When I go to bed at noon, you go to call the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue together with the Councillor of the Government to order them to meet me in the Hall of Declaring Government after one hour."
"Yes," the little eunuch carefully noted down, wanting to say, "Your Holiness, you have not yet had your meal ......"
"I'm not hungry," Gu Yuanbai frowned and thought about his stomach, but still sighed and compromised, "Pass the meal, let the Imperial Catering Room make a few less, do something light to nourish the stomach, don't need to make much effort."
"Yes."
Said not to bother much, but in recent days the Holy Spirit with less and less meals, the imperial kitchen of the many chefs have been apprehensive, anxious to take out the life of the martial arts, simply do not dare not be attentive.
The saint wants to eat light things, and when it is finally served, Gu Yuanbai sees a white jade tofu with skin like solid fat. White jade tofu is warm and hot, without half a scratch, really as if it is made of jade, sprinkled with rice flour and soup ingredients, a spoon to dig, melt in the mouth.
In addition to the white jade tofu, the imperial kitchen also on the small and delicate dumplings, a bite of fresh juice burst in the mouth, the skin is thin almost like transparent, vinegar dish on the side, the size of this dumpling even a child can bite a, Gu Yuanbai eat and eat, but also ate a lot.
The surrounding palace guards who served him all had delighted smiles on their faces, Xue Yuan was after all the son of General Xue, he accompanied Gu Yuanbai on both sides as did Zhang Xu, and at the moment they stood in the middle of the hall, watching His Holiness taking his meal.
Squire Zhangxu watched silently for a while, and couldn't help but have a little restrained smile on his face.
After finishing his meal, Gu Yuanbai was waited on to clean his hands and rinse his mouth, and entered the inner hall for a nap.
The doors and windows in the hall were closed and forbidden, drowsy, and his body was extremely lazy from soaking in the springs, it didn't take long for Gu Yuanbai to completely sink into sleep.
*
Gu Yuanbai woke up with difficulty.
He half sat up, his throat was dry and hard to bear, and the dizziness in his head, instead of diminishing, became heavier, as if filled with water, and so heavy that he could not lift his head.
"Someone ......" The pain in his throat and the tightness in his chest, Gu Yuanbai grabbed the bed frame and breathed heavily.
He should not have slept enough for an hour, and there was no one in the inner hall at the moment. Gu Yuanbai closed his eyes, and after slowing down his strength, he took the jade pendant next to his bed and slammed it heavily on the ground.
A few moments later a group of people broke into the inner hall, and light suddenly broke into the hall, Gu Yuanbai inclined his head and frowned.
"Your Holiness!"
As soon as the head guard saw Gu Yuanbai's face he was shocked, he turned his head and ran outside to call the imperial physician. Gu Yuanbai coughed a few times, the palace guards were all a bit busy, pouring water, taking towels, the fire pot came, also better clothes for the saint.
Xue Yuan stood to the side, looking at Gu Yuanbai in this state, not realizing that he was really sick.
This is also really ...... too delicate.
Gu Yuanbai was helped up, his feet poking out of the bed, and the little eunuch was about to put on his shoes and socks when he was driven aside.
Xue Yuan knelt down on one knee and quite skillfully and naturally took hold of Gu Yuanbai's foot, and as soon as he did so, he was frowning, really acting like a loyal minister, and said worriedly, "Why is it so icy?"
His palms rolled, comfortable as the heat traveled through them, at least more comfortable than wearing shoes and socks.
Gu Yuanbai put on his fox fur and sat on the bed still to be wrapped up, revealing a burnt and expressionless face from the quilt as he looked at Xue Yuan, his gaze seeming as if he was just looking at an animal whose fur was still useful. In a mute voice, he ordered, "Then you warm it up for me."
Xue Yuan lifted his eyelids and glanced at him as he tucked a pair of the little emperor's jade feet into his arms, the small of his belly at his heels, and then covered his hands with layers of wide sleeves, saying, "I will comply with the decree."