Cypress Boat Floating

Lu Ci Qiu's release order came very quickly. As soon as the two months were up, he received the news that his confinement had been lifted. From tomorrow on, he would resume his official position and continue to attend court.

Lu Ci Qiu didn't think anything of it, but he just couldn't resist the speculation of those people in the court.

You know, Da'an has more than a dozen princes, and there are about seven or eight adult emperors now. Although the emperor has already appointed a crown prince, no one knows who will sit on that position in the end. After all, every adult prince has the ability to compete for that position.

So a prince who had only been in the court for half a year was suspended from his duties and confined to reflect on his mistakes for two months because of a trivial matter. This news was a sign for those sensitive people. Everyone was wondering whether the emperor didn't like the eighth prince anymore, or what the eighth prince had done to make the emperor so angry.

You know, after the emperor became the emperor, he has never punished any prince in this way. Lu Ci Qiu is the first prince to be punished to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors.

Although Lu Ci Qiu is good friends with the second prince Lu Zhixing, who among those in power really believes that there is brotherhood in the royal family? Naturally, they regard them as opponents and will silently regard Lu Ci Qiu as a member of the fight for the throne.

Now that he has gotten into trouble, those who originally wanted to find another way and support someone other than the Crown Prince and the King of Qin to take office have now quietly retracted their tentacles. They want to continue observing other princes to see if there are any who can shoulder the responsibility of taking that position that they desire.

Lu Ci Qiu was completely unaware of their dirty thoughts, to him, his second brother was the one he would always follow, he liked freedom, he enjoyed freedom, he didn't like being trapped in that position, he didn't like being confined to memorials and the palace every day.

If possible, he wanted to help his second brother fulfill his wish, and then enjoy his freedom. He hoped that he could take Qing'er with him to gallop on horseback under the blue sky and white clouds. He wanted to travel the world with Qing'er, and the two of them could walk aimlessly, going wherever they wanted.

Before exercising freedom, he needs to lay the foundation for freedom.

It was inevitable to meet Lu Zhixing in the court, or rather, Lu Ci Qiu had been looking forward to it as early as last night.

He didn't know what he was expecting. In the past, his second brother often went out and he often didn't see him for a long time, but it seemed different this time.

When the ban was first issued, his mind and eyes were filled with Ye Jianqing. He wanted to take good care of Ye Jianqing and was grateful to his father for giving him enough time to take care of Ye Jianqing. At that time, he did not think of Lu Zhixing at all.

Before Ye Jianqing woke up, he refused to see anyone except Du Rou and Jiang Wanyin who came to see him. He was in a very bad condition and looked very haggard.

But after Ye Jianqing woke up, he began to resume his original schedule under Ye Jianqing's urging, and started to sleep well and eat well. At this time, he began to think of his second brother.

It was a kind of longing with guilt. He began to be angry with himself, angry at how he could shut his second brother out, without thinking at all whether he was also missing his younger brother, and without thinking at all whether his brother was also worried about his younger brother when he was worried about Ye Jianqing.

He self-righteously pushed aside his brother's love temporarily. At that moment, he thought Ye Jianqing was more important than anyone else.

However, he completely forgot that the purpose of his rebirth was to save his brother from death?

He wanted to apologize to his brother and explain everything to him.

But a brother is still a brother after all. When he sees his younger brother, he will just touch his head and say, "Why are you so thin?" This simple greeting almost made Lu Ci Qiu cry.

He secretly reached out his hand to wipe away his tears, and continued to try to play the role of a mature adult, and said to his brother in a mature manner: "I haven't lost much weight." The person who was trying hard to play the role of an adult had no idea that when he said this, in his brother's eyes he was just a child, a child who would secretly wipe away tears.

Lu Ci Qiu believes that he is not a little brat who likes to stick to his brother. He feels that he has grown up and should take care of his brother. He is just a younger brother who is trying hard to pick up a weapon to stand in front of his brother and eliminate anything that may hurt him.

"Your second sister-in-law has stewed chicken soup at home. Come home with me later to drink some." His dear brother didn't complain to him at all and even stewed a bowl of chicken soup for him.

"Thank you, second brother." Lu Ci Qiu felt even more ashamed.

Lu Zhixing just touched his head and said nothing. The time had come and it was time to enter the hall.

All the discussions in the court were about trivial matters. Lu Ci Qiu lowered his head looking at the ground, listening to the quarrels among the civil servants below.

These hypocritical court officials always like to argue and quarrel in the morning. Sometimes it is about what a person in a certain place should do, sometimes it is about a small thing that happened in the capital, and sometimes it is about a small thing done by someone around them. They treat this place as a vegetable market, arguing for a few pounds of vegetables for a whole morning, and then crying and asking the emperor to make a decision for them.

If the idea proposed by the emperor was not what they wanted, they would think of hitting their heads and trying to bleed on the spot, or just pretend to faint to make the emperor feel distressed.

But the emperor has been the emperor for so many years and he knows all their tricks. There are always people guarding nearby. Once he finds someone trying to hurt him, he will step forward to stop them. If someone faints, there is an imperial physician in the side hall, and the imperial physician will step forward to treat him.

A noisy and chaotic morning ended just like that. After the court session, everyone went about their business. The two people who were arguing fiercely in the court one second ago were holding hands and going to a restaurant to have a good meal the next second. Everyone's relationship was based on interests and there was very little emotion.

Every time after court, when going to the Prince of Qin's Palace, Lu Ci Qiu would ride in a carriage with Lu Zhixing and have his own carriage follow behind them, and this time was no exception.

There is a twelve-year gap between the two brothers, which is actually quite awkward.

When his brother was expelling the invading enemies at Beiguan, Lu Ci Qiu had just been born; when his brother became a famous young general, Lu Ci Qiu had just been picked up from the deserted palace by Concubine Shu; when his brother was shining brightly at Beiguan, Lu Ci Qiu had just been sent to school. At that time, he knew nothing, and his innocent face made anyone feel soft-hearted; when Lu Zhixing received the imperial edict and returned from Beiguan and married the princess, Lu Ci Qiu was only six years old at that time, and that was the first time he saw his so-called brother.

He knew from childhood that he had a brother, who was the biological son of Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu was very kind to him, just like her own mother. But the better she was to him, the more worried he was that his brother, known as the young general, would feel that he had taken his mother away and would dislike him very much.

So he has been trying hard to learn how to be a good brother until his brother comes back.

My brother is back.

He thought his brother would show him a warning the first time he came back, but that didn't happen. His brother was very majestic, tall and strong. He didn't have the fair complexion of the other brothers in the palace, but a tan from the sun. The armor on him was really majestic.

The scene of seeing his brother leading the army back to Beijing at the city gate left a small seed in the heart of little Lu Ci Qiu. He wanted to become a person like his brother, an equally outstanding person.

He was extremely nervous during the time he was waiting for his brother in the palace. This was the first time he met his brother. He was not afraid that his brother would show off his power, nor was he afraid that his brother would think that he had stolen his mother, because in his heart, his brother's image had changed. But he was afraid that his brother would dislike him and think that he was a useless brother.

But the first thing his brother did when he came back was to give him a hug. He picked him up with his giant stature and held him on his neck. That was a height that little Lu Ci Qiu had never felt before. He was so scared that he couldn't speak and could only hug his brother's head tightly.

He heard his brother's laughter and saw his mother's gentle smile. His mother comforted him and told him not to be afraid, but how could he not be afraid? He was so scared that he wanted to cry, but he didn't dare to cry because he wanted to be a good brother that his brother liked.

But his brother really protected him steadily, and he was no longer afraid. He was no longer afraid of riding on his brother's neck, and he even liked this activity.

His brother took him to see his new mansion and to meet his sister-in-law. That was the first time he saw red clouds on his serious brother's face. The red was mixed with his wheat-colored skin and was easily obscured, but he could see it.

In his brother's arms, he secretly glanced at his so-called sister-in-law. She was very beautiful and a good match for his brother. He had heard his mother tell the story of this sister-in-law and his brother many times. Now that he knew they were really going to get married, he was really happy for his brother. But at the same time, he was worried that his brother would no longer like him now that he had a sister-in-law.

That night, he told this to his mother. His mother laughed at him for a long time and said that every time his brother wrote to him, he was concerned about his younger brother. Now that he finally met his younger brother, his brother loved him very much. How could he stop loving his younger brother just because he had a sister-in-law?

After getting his mother's promise, he finally felt relieved and fell asleep peacefully.

Just as the mother said that day, the elder brother tried hard to love his younger brother every day after he returned to Beijing. He would take care of his younger brother when it came to anything delicious, drinkable and fun.

He received the love of a unique brother in the whole world.

But his brother became more and more unhappy. He didn't know how to help himself, so he could only devote everything he had to his brother.