I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

Chu Yuzhao untied Luo Bai and hugged him in his arms. While walking into the courtyard, he said to Cheng Gong who followed him: "Cheng Shou, try to inform those dark chess pieces in the capital and send them to protect Chu Yulu."

Eunuch Cheng has always been smart, and he only realized it in a short moment, his face turned pale in an instant: "Your Majesty, but Jingzhong..."

He didn't dare to say the rest of the words, Chu Yuzhao just nodded, and replied in two short words: "Chu Yu."

Eunuch Cheng stood there in a daze, the expression on his face changed, and he followed into the house after a while.

Chu Yuzhao put Luo Bai on the soft bed, and took off the armor on his body by himself. Luo Bai just sat obediently, touching the straw on his stomach from time to time.

"Chu Yu didn't know what promise he made to those vassal kings. After all, it was rights or property. When I came to the border, they joined hands to take down the capital."

After Chu Yuzhao finished speaking calmly, with no expression of joy or anger, he picked up the teapot on the table and poured two cups, handed one of the cups to Luo Bai, picked up the other cup and drank it down, and then refilled the cup.

Luo Bai also held the teacup with his paws, and fed it into his mouth with big gulps.

Eunuch Cheng is not in the mood now, how could he notice that the emperor himself is pouring tea, and after staying for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, those dark chess pieces are of great use, and if they are activated now, they will be abolished. Old slave I think Concubine Leng is very wise, she will definitely be able to protect herself, and with her around, King Lu will definitely not make any mistakes."

Some of these dark chess pieces were left by Empress Chen, who had been incognito in the capital for decades. Once activated and their identities were exposed, they would no longer be able to stay in the capital.It is not easy to bury dark chess, and it is still used to protect Chu Yulu when it is activated.Eunuch Cheng didn't want it in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak out against it, so he could only make a few sidelines.

Chu Yuzhao drank the tea in his hand again, stared silently at the empty cup in his hand, and said softly after a while: "Before the emperor died, when he passed me from the side hall to the bed, he had already drawn up the edict for my succession. .”

"He told me that the queen mother was originally bedridden because Chu Yuce injured her body during childbirth, and the medicine given by the concubine Wang did not affect the fundamentals of her body. The concubine's family was killed, and the aftermath could not be dealt with. The matter was very troublesome, and it went to the court. He thought that I did not have enough means to plan, so he deliberately made trouble and threw me to the side hall. He wanted me to think about it, what should I do? Be a hidden emperor."

"Then something about Chu Yuce happened later. He believed that Chu Yuce's death was indeed because of Chu Yuchi, but I shouldn't be so cruel and ruthless. In order to avenge Chu Yuce, I killed Chu Yuchi. It caused him to lose two sons. So he hated me, didn't want to see me, abolished my crown prince, and left me in the side hall for many years."

When Eunuch Cheng heard the words, he held his breath and concentrated, even Luo Bai stopped drinking water and just looked at him with his teacup in his hand.

"Father said, but Chu Yulu does not have the ability to be an emperor. The emperor must be me, so that he can keep Dayin's country and his ancestors' foundation. The only condition is that I have to treat Chu Yulu kindly, as long as he does not rebel. , so he must protect his life without any worries. Now that Chu Yu is rebelling against him, he wants to get the throne justifiably, and besides getting rid of me, he also needs to get rid of Chu Yulu."

Chu Yuzhao lowered his eyes, his thick black eyelashes blocked the candlelight and cast a shadow on his lower eyelids, he murmured tiredly: "Chengshou, in fact, I have been thinking all these years, brothers of the royal family, we must do Is it like this? Empress Mother, Emperor Father, Chu Yuchi, Chu Yuce, Sister Yun... are all gone."

Chu Yuzhao once asked Cheng Shou this question, and Cheng Shou's answer at that time was necessary, but now he saw Chu Yuzhao's rare and vulnerable side face, but he couldn't answer.

"The old slave will do it immediately, send a letter to activate the dark chess in the capital, let them protect King Lu and Concubine Leng, and send them out of the capital safely."

Cheng Shou sighed, turned around and left the room, Chu Yuzhao was still staring at the empty teacup until the corner of his robe was pulled, looked down, Xiaobao was hugging his calf, looking up at him, eyes It's full of worries.

Chu Yuzhao picked up Luo Bai, looked at him, Luo Bai stretched out his paw, and gently pressed on his eyelids, Chu Yuzhao closed his eyes, held his paw to his mouth and kissed him, said in a hoarse voice : "I'm fine."

Then he strode to the bathroom next to him: "Come on, I'll rub it for you, you can't even call him Xiaobai, you have to call him Xiaohei."

"Aww." Luo Bai swung his paw and patted him on the shoulder.

"Still not convinced? I have to find a bronze mirror for you to see for yourself, just like a little black dog, looking at this straw stalk."

Chu Yuzhao's voice became clear again, and accompanied by Luo Bai's angry howling, he walked all the way into the bathroom.

There was hot air in the big wooden barrel, and Chu Yuzhao was standing in the barrel, with his strong upper body naked and only a pair of trousers, scrubbing the little leopard that was struggling to escape.

"Don't move, your hair is matted and must be washed well."

The little leopard lay dying on the edge of the barrel, covered in foam, looking sideways at a straw held in its right paw, watching it sway as it was being rubbed.

"Ow!"

Take it easy.

Chu Yuzhao's subordinates continued to relax, took another comb, and with the lubrication of the bath bean foam, began to comb the messy fur on the little leopard's back.

"Ow!"

"It will be fine soon, there is only a small ball left on the back, hold on a little longer."

After Chu Yuzhao took a bath for him, he wrapped it in a dry cloth and handed it to Eunuch Cheng who had already returned, and then went to wash it himself.

Eunuch Cheng took Luo Bai and carefully placed it on the soft bed, while coaxing him to wipe the wet hair on his body.Luo Bai let him rub it, but when Eunuch Cheng wanted to remove the straw from his claws, he immediately tightened his grip vigilantly.

This is no good, this cannot be taken away.

"Xiaobai, look, this straw is rotten, shall we throw it away?" Eunuch Cheng imitated Chu Yuzhao and called him Xiaobai.

Luo Bai couldn't tell him that he couldn't live without this, so he could only hold on to the bunch of limp straws.

"What fun do you want? I'll find it for you, and I don't want this straw."

While Eunuch Cheng was still persuading Luo Bai, the door of the bathroom opened, and Chu Yuzhao, who was wearing a black robe, came out.He wiped his hair with a veil, and the collar of his black robe was not fastened, revealing a piece of honey brown skin, which was steaming after coming into contact with the cold air outside the house.

"Chengshou, just find some clean straw." Chu Yuzhao ordered.

Eunuch Cheng went out to look for clean straw, while Chu Yuzhao was wiping his hair, he walked towards the limp, looking at the wet little leopard sitting in the cloth sheet, seeing his hair sticking to his body, he suddenly laughed.

"Like a monkey."

He took another dry handkerchief, put Luo Bai on his head, rubbed him and held him in his arms, took the medicine bottle and applied medicine to his paws.

There were only a few small wounds on that paw, Chu Yuzhao applied the ointment, and said in his mouth: "It's quite capable, it seems that it was picked up for a while?"

Luo Bai leaned into his arms and nodded.

Yes, I took a long carriage ride.

Chu Yuzhao saw that his eyes were filled with pride, so he squeezed that paw: "Yuanfu will definitely not let you come to the northern border, he let you go out of the palace, he must have arranged other ways for you, you are the one who came to the northern border Your own idea?"

Luo Bai rolled his eyes, wanting to say that he was lost, but the liar couldn't speak now, so he had to nod again.But when he thought of Aunt Yuan Fu who was still in the palace, he felt worried, and pressed the back of Chu Yuzhao's hand and let out a soft cry.

Chu Yuzhao said: "I understand, I will send someone to fetch Yuan Fu. But don't worry, Yuan Fu knows how to survive in the palace, and he will be fine these days."

The ointment was ready, and Eunuch Cheng came in with a pile of dry straw. Luo Bai's eyes lit up when he saw the pile of straw, and he sat up straight from Chu Yuzhao's arms.

Eunuch Cheng put the straw on the small table in front of the collapse, and Luo Bai stretched out his claws to take a bundle, making a gesture of tying it to his belly.

Chu Yuzhao watched him spread the straw on his belly, and said: "It's not convenient for you, and it doesn't look good. Anyway, as long as you have straw on your body, you'll be fine. Let me find a way for you."

After a while, the door of a room in the west courtyard opened, and a fluffy, chubby little white leopard ran out.

Under the moonlight, the snow in the yard reflected soft light, and also made the leopard's fur look like satin.He ran happily around the yard, then rushed to the big tree in the middle, stretched his body, and scratched the trunk with his claws.

There is a brown-yellow ring around the leopard's neck. If you look closely, you will find that it is made of straw.But it looks unique from a distance, like a necklace or something.

Luo Bai scratched the tree trunk for a while, then turned his head to look at the door of the room, and saw Chu Yuzhao standing there with his arms folded, his black hair loose and his sleeves fluttering, and the candlelight behind him cast a layer of light on his tall and straight figure Dizzy, reduced the aggression and majesty of his body, and there was only softness in the condensed eyebrows and eyes.

Xiaobao ran over immediately, and Chu Yuzhao leaned over to hold him in his arms.The surroundings are very quiet, only the rustling sound of snow falling can be heard.Luo Bai rested his head on the hollow of his shoulder, feeling the warmth of the skin there, feeling happy and peaceful in his heart.

After dinner, Chu Yuzhao discussed matters with several generals in the main hall. The charcoal fire in the room was very lively, and Luo Bai lay on the tiger skin beside him, half-closed his eyes and dozed off, listening to his ears from time to time.Although their topics are boring, it's good to be able to stick to my brother like this.

A general stood up and said to Chu Yuzhao who was behind the desk: "My minister thinks that now we have to stand still and recuperate. We would rather let Dagel hold it first. We will enter the coldest days on the border immediately. Dagel People will definitely not send troops, our focus must be on Chu Yu's side, and take back the capital as soon as possible. When the spring turns warm, it will not be too late to deal with Dager."

"That won't work." Hong Tao also got up and said, "As long as we leave, Jindu will be lost, and the other cities on the border will also become Dagel's pocket."

"Shouldn't it be enough to take down Chu Yu's rebels and fight them back to the border?"

"What about the people on the border? Have you forgotten that Ning Zuo was massacred?" Hong Tao said angrily.

As soon as the words were spoken, the general suddenly froze, and no one in the room spoke again.

Chu Yuzhao didn't speak for a long time, he just stroked Luo Bai's head with his hands, and scratched his neck from time to time, then he said flatly: "I have made a decision, not only to attack Dagel, but also Don't wait, let's make a quick decision, before they come back to their senses, attack tomorrow and take Ning Zuo back."

"Tomorrow?" Even Hong Tao was a little surprised this time, "Don't the soldiers rest for a few days?"

Chu Yuzhao looked at them, swept away the laziness with slightly closed eyes just now, his eyes were sharp, and his expression was cold and solemn: "We are repairing, and the Dager people are also repairing at the same time. They grew up in a cold environment, and Many of our soldiers are from the south, and it will take some time until they get used to the weather. The Dager tribes have joined forces this time, with a total of more than [-] people. They have taken advantage of the right time and place, and let them Repairing, then this battle is even more difficult to fight, and it will take a long time and cause a lot of damage. They must think that if we have to repair for a while, then we must catch them by surprise, and attack Ningzuo tomorrow with the whole army."

"Leaving aside the matter in the capital, what we have to do now is to completely drive the Dager people out of the border and return the border to ten years of peace."

Chu Yuzhao's words were clear, and there was a sound when he landed. All the soldiers in the room stood up, including the commander who wanted to fight back to the capital, and responded loudly: "I respect your Majesty's order."

When everyone left the room, Chu Yuzhao also lay on his back on the tiger skin, with his head resting on Luo Bai's belly, closed his eyes and said, "Tomorrow I will lead soldiers to fight Ning Zuo, and I will probably be back in the afternoon. Listen Said that there are many interesting things in the city, let Chengshou take you to have a good time."

When Luo Bai heard this, he didn't agree, turned up and sat down beside Chu Yuzhao, Chu Yuzhao's head slid on the tiger's skin, and he opened his eyes to look at him.

Ow...

I will definitely follow you, otherwise I don't feel at ease.

"I just came back after a war, at most one day, it's inconvenient to take you with me, not to mention you don't know how to ride a horse, how can I get there?"

Luo Bai pointed to his chest, indicating that he could tie himself up like today.

"That's too much of a hindrance, not only to kill the enemy, but also to take care of you, no way." Chu Yuzhao shook his head.

Ow...

Good brother let me go, please.

Luo Bai clasped his paws together in front of his chest, his eyes were full of pleading.

"No, no, there is no room for negotiation on this matter."

Chu Yuzhao put his hands behind his head, and when he saw Luo Bai tilting his head angrily, he touched him with his knee.Luo Bai was already sitting unsteadily, but now he was bumped and rolled over on the tiger skin, got up and sat down, and continued to look at the side angrily.

"What's the matter? Are you playing your temper?" Chu Yuzhao touched him with his knee again, and was slapped by Luo Bai's paw.

Chu Yuzhao usually followed him in everything, but this time he didn't let go when he was angry. He just closed his eyes and lay down quietly without speaking.

Luo Bai turned back slowly again, looked at Chu Yuzhao, saw that his face under the lamplight was still so pretty, but obviously tired, and there was a deep furrow between his brows, suddenly he was not so angry.

Yes, why did my brother take him there?If he was Xiaobai, he couldn't ride a horse, and being tied to his brother's chest would interfere with his killing the enemy, but if he became Luo Bai, he would be able to ride a horse, and he couldn't help him fight.

What's more, my brother doesn't know that he is Luo Bai now...

Luo Bai's heart moved, and an idea suddenly popped up.He leaned close to Chu Yuzhao and stared at him for a while, seeing that he was breathing steadily and long, and he didn't open his eyes, as if he was asleep, so he tiptoed out of the room.

The backyard was quiet at this time, only a few horses in the stable were slowly chewing hay, a small leopard appeared sneakily beside the stable, after looking around and seeing no one, it jumped onto the railing, with both hands Claw flexibly untied a rein and dragged it out of the stable with his teeth.

But the horse obviously didn't want to talk to him, nor was it willing to leave the stable, so it just struggled to stay still, with its hooves planted firmly on the ground.

Luo Bai wrestled with it, biting the rein and backing away, but after a stalemate for a long time, he didn't drag the horse.

"Hey, look over there."

"how?"

"Shenbao. What do you think the Shenbao wants?"

On a tree branch outside the courtyard wall, a night guard touched the person beside him.

The man heard the words and looked, and after observing for a while, hissed: "It looks like it wants to ride a horse."

"But it can't be taken away, please help."

After a slight sound of breaking through the air, a stone fell on the horse's buttocks. The horse was in pain, and his feet loosened, and he was dragged out of the stable by Xiaobao.

Luo Bai bit the rein, and led the horse out of the courtyard and onto the street. When Chu Yuzhao took him into the city today, he saw an open space in front of him, so he took the horse there.

When he arrived at the clearing, he saw that there was no one left or right, so he swayed around to the horse, rubbed his two front paws eagerly, bit the rein, jumped up, and jumped onto the horse's back.

Don't move the good horse, let me ride. After I learn how to ride a horse, I can help my brother fight the war.