Autumn goes and winter comes year after year. In the blink of an eye, it is winter again, and letters from the border are like snowflakes floating into the palace one after another.

Housekeeper Fu looked at the thick stack of private letters on the table and asked Lu Changning, "Your Majesty, do you want to put these away too?"

Lu Changning coughed twice to stop the itch. Ever since Qiu Yue went to guard the border, his health has been getting worse. It has been even worse in recent days. He may be at the end of his strength and can't hold on for a few more days.

Lu Changning reached out and patted the stack of letters sent by Qiu Yue: "Put them all away."

Butler Fu sighed: "The letters sent by General Qiu Yue are almost filling up a palace."

Lu Changning was surprised: "Are there so many?"

"Yes, the general writes to your majesty almost every day, and he even writes the date thoughtfully. He has never stopped writing in the past four years. Your majesty, would you like to open it and take a look?"

Lu Changning followed Butler Fu to the room where the letters were stored. There were four large cabinets neatly arranged, filled with Qiu Yue's nagging words.

When the letter first arrived, Lu Changning would take a look, but the whole page of the letter was filled with descriptions of the scenery along the way, or his daily life.

Sometimes Lu Changning really wanted to tell Qiu Yue that he didn't need to tell me when he bought a piece of clothing. But he was afraid of disappointing him, so he could only accept the letters one by one and let Cheng Fei read them. Qiu Yue and Cheng Fei had a close relationship anyway, so it wouldn't hurt to take a look. If there was anything important, he would report it to him, otherwise he would just accept it here.

Seeing these letters written to him, Lu Changning actually felt a little guilty. In order to survive, he had sent Qiu Yue out for four years. But he didn't have the patience to read the letters written word by word.

These four years were stolen by Lu Changning, so he dared not slack off at all.

In these four years, he took back the military power without bloodshed and controlled the local areas. In these four years, he eliminated the powerful and completely destroyed the soil that nurtured them. In these four years, he cleaned up the court, rectified the royal family, and completely nipped the hidden dangers in the bud. In these four years, he survived with difficulty.

Looking at the increasingly powerful Daliang, Lu Changning knew that he was getting further and further away from the infamous king who lost his country. Looking at the room full of letters, he smiled with relief: "Maybe it's time to let Qiu Yue come back."

Steward Fu at the side echoed: "It's time to come back. General Qiu has petitioned to return to the capital every year, but His Majesty has rejected it every time. He hasn't been back to the capital for four years now. If he doesn't come back, he will probably be angry."

Thinking of Qiu Yue's face four years ago, Lu Changning smiled: "I'll take a look at the letter here, you go and do your work first. Otherwise, he will come back and blame me for not replying to his message."

Butler Fu brought in a cushioned fox fur chair, made the place warm, and then left.

Lu Changning walked to the first cabinet, which contained letters from four years ago. He opened a few of them and found that they were indeed some daily interesting things.

"You have brought the grasslands of the border to my eyes. Qiu Jingming is really a talented writer."

Walking inside and opening the second cabinet, there were letters written by Qiu Yue after one year in the frontier. It was obvious from the letters that Qiu Yue's writing style had become much rougher, and even one or two swear words appeared at the end.

Qiu Yue: Your Majesty, why don't you reply to my message? I sent you so many letters, but you didn't reply to any of them. Could it be that the bastards who delivered the letters were perfunctory and lost the letters? When I find the culprit, I will kill him.

Lu Changning shook his head and walked to the third cabinet. Inside was a letter from last year. It was really a strong feeling of homesickness. The whole letter could be summed up as "I want to go home."

What is this last cabinet? "Isn't it cursing me?"

I casually pulled out a letter from the middle and saw that it was wet with water stains. Was it soaked in water when it was transported here?

When I opened the letter, the water stains on the paper were even more severe, drop by drop, like rain, or more like tears.

Qiu Yue: Master, when will you let me go back? I know I was wrong, I shouldn't have said those nonsense, I don't want to be a great general, I just want to be your guard like I was in Changle Palace, and be by your side every day.

Lu Changning was confused. What did he say? Why didn't Cheng Fei tell him?

The letter turned forward: Lu Changning, you have fallen in love with Cheng Fei and don't want me to go back. You want to transfer me far away and live with Cheng Fei, right? I tell you, it's impossible. As long as I am alive, you can't think of being with Cheng Fei.

Lu Changning was so angry that he almost laughed. He didn't expect Qiu Yue to be talking about this. He was actually worried that he would steal his girlfriend. Then Qiu Yue could rest assured that no matter who he, Lu Changning, liked, would steal her from him.

Then he turned the pages: Master, I see that you didn't have enough strength to write the memorial you approved today. Are you tired? Is it because Cheng Fei didn't take good care of you? Master, I'm not with you. You have to take good care of yourself. Don't believe Cheng Fei's lies. He always tries to alienate us.

Feng Feng never leaves Cheng Fei's side, Qiu Dalang really likes her very much.

Lu Changning was too lazy to raise his hand, so he pulled out a piece of paper from below: Master, I was injured today. The arrow pierced my shoulder directly. I feel like I am dying. I don’t know if I can still survive. I miss you so much.

There were still blood stains on the letter paper, but this happened more than half a year ago. Lu Changning remembered this incident, Cheng Fei had mentioned it, and he even sent the imperial physician to the scene. Fortunately, Qiu Yue was unharmed.

However, this "I miss you so much" made Lu Changning frown: "Did he write the wrong person?"

Then he pulled out a few more.

Qiu Yue: I have a fever and my head is dizzy, but I seem to see you. I see you smiling at me. God bless me, please don’t let my illness get better, and let me see your face again.

Qiu Yue: Lu Changning, I miss you so much. I really miss you so much. I can't seem to go back. If I die here, let the strong winds on this side of the border take me to you. Let me see you again, even if it's just once.

Qiu Yue: I slept for three days, but I finally woke up. Unfortunately, you were not in my dream.

Qiu Yue: I met the imperial physician you sent. Because you sent him, I felt very close to him. I wanted to ask if you were okay and what you look like now. But the imperial physician's words were too pale, and I couldn't imagine what you look like now. It's been four years, Lu Changning. Are you still the same as before?

Qiu Yue: Today is the Lantern Festival, the moon is as round as a disk, and the fairy in the Moon Palace expresses her pity and sends me love.

Page 2: Missing you is like a tide, and the lover is far away. We are together in dreams, but lonely when we wake up. Love is like a raging fire, and affection is like a deep sea. I wish you peace and happiness, and we can spend this life together.

......

After seeing these things, what else could Lu Changning not know?

The paper was full of nonsense. Qiu Jingming had great ambitions! Being a regent was not enough for him, so he wanted to be the queen.

The letter was slowly crumpled into a ball in his hands. He had been guarding Qiu Yue's hidden love in vain. But it turned out that he was guarding the wrong person, and the one that fell in love with was actually him.

Thinking of this, Lu Changning trembled with anger.

In the first two years, this guy could still convey his emotions in a subtle way, but in the next two years, he didn't hide it at all. General Qiu's intentions were known to everyone. He also kept asking Cheng Fei to handle these letters. I'm afraid he must have been grinning from ear to ear behind his back.

Qiu Yue, Qiu Jingming. You are so brave! I wrote a love letter to my head: "You broke up my couple, I will be struck by lightning, Qiu Jingming, you still want to come back, dreaming."

Before he could calm down, the door of the room was pushed open. The person who came was Cheng Fei who had just dealt with a pile of letters. Cheng Fei looked at the letter in Lu Changning's hand. What else did he not know? He knelt down in front of Lu Changning.

Lu Changning's chest was heaving violently, and his heart was throbbing with pain: "You know everything?"

Cheng Fei nodded.

"When did you know it?"

Cheng Fei: "Long before General Qiu went to the border."

"so early?"

Cheng Fei kowtowed: "Your Majesty, although General Qiu has been unruly in recent years, he has no bad intentions. Please let him go for the sake of his loyalty to duty."

"Humph, he's going to spend the rest of his life with me, and you say he doesn't have bad intentions?"

Cheng Fei felt bitter, but was glad that he had been by his side for the past four years: "Your Majesty, General Qiu probably missed you too much. He once told me that he would never let these emotions bother you. However, the pain of separation and the pain of losing contact for four years eroded his will little by little, so he lost his composure like this. Your Majesty, just pretend that you have never read these letters. When he comes back, he will burn them all as soon as possible, and no one else will know about it."

Hearing Cheng Fei's words, Lu Changning gradually calmed down, slowly loosened his hands, and a ball of paper gently fell to the ground: "What did that bastard write again?"

Cheng Fei held the letter high: "In addition to expressing my longing for you, I want to remind you that his birthday is coming soon."

"Birthday?" Lu Changning stood up from the chair, holding on to the cabinet. "After doing something like this, is he still planning to ask me for a gift?"

Cheng Fei lowered his head even more: "He is not asking for a gift. Lord Qiu is here to ask for leave. He asks His Majesty to give him a few days off so that he can do what he wants to do."

Lu Changning took a deep breath and suppressed his rising anger: "Let him do whatever he wants, but don't let others know about this."

After saying that, he strode away from the place.

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