Who knows, my family members, the host is forced to love again

Spring goes and autumn comes, times change and the world changes.

Although Lu Hao has great ambitions in his heart, he is getting older and has to compromise with reality.

At the beginning, his biological mother was not of high status and passed away shortly after giving birth to him.

At that time, Lu Hao was still young and had no one to protect him, so his life in the palace was very difficult.

They don’t have enough to eat, they don’t have warm clothes, and they are often bullied.

Because of this reason, Lu Hao's health has never been very good.

But now as I get older, many of the "illnesses" that were buried back then have gradually manifested themselves.

The "decline" of his body only exacerbated the distortion in his heart.

Lu Hao gradually became suspicious and his temper became more and more violent. He was ready to chop off people's heads at any time.

Whenever there were voices questioning him in the court, he would be dismissed from office at best, or his family would be destroyed at worst.

It seems that he does have the airs of a tyrant.

As a result, the court was in a state of chaos and the ministers were miserable.

But to be honest, the one Lu Hao most wanted to target was actually the Lou family.

It was only with Lu Huaiyuan's reminder that Lou Zhan was very foresighted and withdrew from the center of power before Lu Hao made any move.

He took his family and prepared to temporarily retire to the countryside.

But Lu Hao still felt uneasy about this, and even sent people to kill the Lou family on the way.

However, with Lou Shuyang and his men secretly protecting them, and Chu Linyan's mediation, they managed to successfully cover up the matter.

Seeing that his goal had been 'achieved', Lu Hao naturally felt relieved.

But after this series of events, he began to become closer and more dependent on the eunuchs around him.

Lu Hao also made an exception and allowed eunuchs to participate in court affairs.

The scope of its jurisdiction covers everyone from imperial officials to ordinary people.

There were many voices of opposition in the court.

But in the end, all of them were killed by Lu Hao.

However, the more people who dislike impeaching them, the more at ease Lu Hao feels in using them.

As one of His Majesty's confidants, Chu Linyan, the eunuch in charge of the seal, had to treat even the important officials of the court, princes and princesses with courtesy when he met them.

It does look like he is 'second to none'.

But over the years, the connection between him and Lu Huaiyuan has never been broken.

Or to be more precise, he is actually Lu Huaiyuan's man, the sharpest knife in the other party's hand.

It's just that they hid this relationship so deeply that no one has noticed it until now.

What's worse, some people secretly cursed Chu Linyan for being heartless and betraying his former master.

This also made Lu Hao trust Chu Linyan a little more.

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Late at night, in the palace.

A figure crossed the deserted path and hurried towards the East Palace.

When he sneaked in, he didn't meet any guards.

He walked around the main hall with ease and then slipped to the vicinity of the bedroom.

The man landed outside the window and wanted to climb in, but when he looked up, he saw someone standing on the inside of the window.

Chu Linyan was so frightened that he staggered.

But after he realized it, he frowned slightly, his tone a little dissatisfied.

"Why is Your Highness standing here?" Chu Linyan said, without stopping, but directly flipped into the room.

After he steadied himself, he looked at Lu Huaiyuan and continued, "The wind is strong near the window, and Your Highness is wearing thin clothes. What if he catches a cold?"

Chu Linyan shook his head somewhat disapprovingly, then took off his cloak and put it on Lu Huaiyuan.

Lu Huaiyuan did not blame him for his somewhat presumptuous behavior, but instead defended himself, "You worry too much. I'm not that weak."

As he said this, he reached out and tightened his cloak.

The remaining warmth enveloped him completely.

It feels warm.

Chu Linyan did not refute his obvious inconsistency between words and deeds, but instead raised his eyebrows.

He said, "In that case, why don't you let me personally serve your Highness the medicine from now on?"

Lu Huaiyuan: “.........”

Wasn’t it that time when he was caught red-handed while secretly pouring out the medicine?

Is it necessary to always bring up that matter?

This person is so annoying.

Thinking of this, Lu Huaiyuan couldn't help but glare at the person in front of him.

"Chu Linyan, you are really becoming more and more bold now."

Hearing this, Chu Linyan tilted his head and smiled, his tone quite proud.

"Yes, it's His Highness's favorite."

Looking at his self-righteous look, he seems to be a bit arrogant due to being favored.

Lu Huaiyuan gritted his teeth, reached out and patted him lightly on the face: "Really? You're really awesome."

"So after this, are you still planning to commit insubordination?"

His tone was casual, as if it was a joke.

However, when Chu Linyan heard this, his expression froze for a moment.

However, he was always used to disguising himself, so he put on that well-behaved look again the next moment.

Chu Linyan: "Your Highness, please stop joking. How could a servant do such a thing?"

"Even if you give me ten times the courage, I still wouldn't dare to do that."

Although he said this, he grabbed Lu Huaiyuan's wrist when he withdrew his hand.

Lu Huaiyuan raised his eyebrows, but he had no intention of stopping the other party's "treasonous" behavior.

In fact, he had been staring at Chu Linyan just now and did not miss the tension in the other's eyes.

However, in the past two years, the two have often met late at night, and their relationship has become much closer.

But compared to him, Chu Linyan seemed more reserved, so the two of them had not yet broken the window paper.

Therefore, he did not find it strange that Chu Linyan had such emotions.

But what Lu Huaiyuan didn't know at this time was that what he and Chu Linyan were thinking were completely different things.

So much so that later, whenever Lu Huaiyuan recalled these things, he was so angry that he wanted to curse.

However, that’s all in the past.

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Chu Linyan came to the Eastern Palace when he was fourteen years old.

Now four years have passed, and he seems to have undergone a drastic change.

Especially his height, which has grown very fast. He is no longer the little kid he used to be.

Now, wearing this black robe, he seemed even more cold and ruthless when he was silent.

However, in front of Lu Huaiyuan, Chu Linyan always looked so well-behaved and obedient.

He lowered his head slightly and kept stroking Lu Huaiyuan's fingers. He seemed to be in a good mood.

Lu Huaiyuan looked up at him, but instead of continuing the previous topic, he asked, "You haven't been in the palace these few days?"

"Yeah." Chu Linyan responded softly, and then said, "I went to do a small thing for His Majesty."

"A small matter?" Lu Huaiyuan narrowed his eyes, his tone making it impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.

"How small a thing could it be that could cause you to hurt yourself?"

If he had not smelled the faint smell of blood on the other person, he would have believed it.

Chu Linyan didn't expect that Lu Huaiyuan would notice that he was injured, and his movements couldn't help but pause for a moment.

But actually, he didn't lie.

After all, Lu Hao's instructions this time were not a difficult task for him.

It was just that he was in a hurry to return to Beijing, so he was careless and got injured.

However, it was obviously inconvenient for him to tell Lu Huaiyuanming the specific reason why he was in a hurry to come back.

So Chu Linyan pursed his lips, not knowing how to start speaking for a moment.

But seeing that he didn't say anything, Lu Huaiyuan couldn't help but sigh softly.

He gently withdrew his hand, turned his head to look out the window, and said nothing more.

Chu Linyan's hands felt empty, and his heart also felt empty.

He looked up at Lu Huaiyuan, pinched his palm involuntarily, and his eyes became sinister for a moment.

The next moment, he took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, he returned to his well-behaved and innocent look.

Chu Linyan took a step forward, put his arm around Lu Huaiyuan's waist, and rested his chin on his shoulder.

He whispered, "Your Highness, are you angry?"

Before Lu Huaiyuan could speak, he added, "I didn't mean to hide this from you. I just didn't want you to worry about me."

"I am your Highness's servant, and I want to do what I can for you."

Chu Linyan: "So, Your Highness, please don't be angry with me this time, okay?"

Lu Huaiyuan lowered his eyes and then turned around.

"I'm sorry, Ah Yan, I shouldn't have been angry with you."

He reached out and rubbed Chu Linyan's head, then asked, "Does the injury still hurt?"

Chu Linyan's head rested on his shoulder, and his voice sounded a little muffled.

"It hurts," he said, "Your Highness, it hurts."

Lu Huaiyuan tightened his fingers and said quickly, "Where are you injured? I'll ask Doctor Xue to take a look at you."

As he spoke, he tried to push the person away, but Chu Linyan took the opportunity to hug the person in his arms.

"Your Highness, please let me hold you for a while."

Lu Huaiyuan obviously disagreed with him: "This is not a trivial matter, Ah Yan, don't mess around."

"It's not a joke."

Chu Linyan paused, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I am just a little tired."

Lu Huaiyuan: "You........"

He pursed his lips, and in the end did not say the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

After Lu Huaiyuan used his divine power to confirm that there was indeed nothing wrong with Chu Linyan's body, he let him go.

In fact, no matter in the past or present life, it has never been easy for Chu Linyan to stay by Lu Hao's side and coax him around.

Even if he was born with a sharp mind, he still needed to be nervous all the time.

What's more, Chu Linyan had been by his side in this life.

Therefore, the difficulties that the other party has gone through to reach their current position cannot be summarized in just one or two sentences.

Thinking of this, Lu Huaiyuan couldn't help but sigh softly.

He reached out and touched the head of the person in his arms, but did not speak again.

Chu Linyan just held Lu Huaiyuan in his arms, and he felt a rare sense of security.

But he didn't know what he was thinking about, his eyes changed again and again, and finally he couldn't help but asked: "Your Highness, I heard that you are going to marry the Crown Princess, is it true?"

Hearing this, Lu Huaiyuan's expression paused.

He didn't expect that this matter had already reached Chu Linyan's ears, so he simply denied it and said, "It's fake."

"It's just that our Majesty is bored and wants to make things difficult for me."

Lu Huaiyuan smiled coldly and continued, "It's a pity that I am no longer someone he can manipulate at will."

Ever since the Lou family left, Lu Hao's attention has been focused on him.

The other party would never allow him to inherit the throne, and Lu Hao still needed to train a satisfactory heir and find an opportunity to completely eliminate him as a chess piece.

As for the so-called Crown Princess, it was just the other party's attempt to cut off his possibility of getting other help.

However, Lu Hao would never have imagined that in this game of chess, he had long since changed from the player to a chess piece in the hands of others.

And in the near future, he will soon become a useless chess piece.

Chu Linyan didn't know what Lu Huaiyuan was thinking, but from what he just said, he could guess the general reason.

He lowered his eyes slightly, and a fierce look flashed across his eyes.

Chu Linyan: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will help you solve this matter properly."

He just said it was a "solve", but whether it was a solution to the person or the problem was not certain.

[Ding, the target's blackening value detected is +13, and the current blackening value is 77. Please lower the blackening value as soon as possible!]

The system's broadcast sounded suddenly, and Lu Huaiyuan couldn't help but pause.

It must be said that Chu Linyan's blackening value has skyrocketed in recent years.

However, Lu Huaiyuan vaguely guessed the other party's thoughts.

He said: "Ayan, you......"

"Your Highness, don't worry. I know what to do." Chu Linyan straightened up slightly, looked at him, and interrupted.

"There are some things that are inconvenient for Your Highness to do. You can leave them to me."

He smiled, and his tone became more serious: "Your servant will definitely help Your Highness to get what you want."

Hearing this, Lu Huaiyuan curled the corners of his mouth.

In fact, he really wanted to say that he didn't want to be emperor.

But seeing Chu Linyan's serious expression, he couldn't say anything to refuse.

That's it.

Take it one step at a time.

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Lu Huaiyuan was still thinking about taking it step by step, but Chu Linyan just gave him a one-step solution.

Lu Hao suddenly became seriously ill and passed away within a few days.

All this happened so suddenly that it caught everyone off guard.

Although some people suspected that there was something fishy about this matter, after multiple investigations, the final result could only be an accident.

Moreover, Lu Hao has been in poor health over the past few years, suffering from major and minor illnesses.

Now the illness he suffered back then has suddenly broken out and killed him. What can people say about this?

Are you saying he's unlucky?

But obviously, no one dared to say that.

Moreover, under Lu Hao's "tyranny" this year, all the ministers were suffering.

Now that Lu Hao has passed away, they are probably secretly overjoyed, so why would they be so obsessed with the cause of death?

Therefore, the final result of the investigation was that Lu Hao died of natural causes.

But he died too quickly and too suddenly, leaving nothing behind.

However, a country cannot be without a king for a day.

So, surrounded by Chu Linyan and others, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Lu Huaiyuan was forced to take on a task.