After the rebirth, I became the darling of the tyrant

"—Of course his elder brother died on the battlefield against my Baiyi—" He Zhe's voice was frighteningly high for a moment, "—but you were also the one who killed his elder brother, didn't you!? ! Jing! Emperor! Emperor!"

The atmosphere froze in an instant, Gu Chen raised his head in astonishment, and stared at He Zhe, with a smile that could not disappear in time still froze on the corners of his lips.

Afterwards, the temperature in Xiao Tingshen's palm slowly disappeared little by little, leaving behind a piece of icy air.

"Your Highness," Gu Chen said softly, "What... are you talking about?"

Xiao Tingshen looked back quickly, only to see that the smile on Gu Chen's face had completely disappeared, and his expression was so unfamiliar that it was frightening.Xiao Tingshen opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted directly by He Zhe.

"You also think your brother died strangely, don't you?" He Zhe stared at Gu Chen and said softly, "Yes, he was indeed betrayed. You also have doubts about the candidates, don't you?"

Yes... Gu Chen did have doubts about the candidate - that person was the deputy general of the elder brother at the time and the nephew of the queen mother, named Wang Yongke.It was because of his late rescue that led to his brother's tragic death; it was also because of his brother's death that Wang Yongke monopolized all the credit for the Huaihe victory, and became a second-rank general guarding the pass, almost on an equal footing with Gu Chen's father.

He Zhe smiled coldly: "Think about how your Majesty Emperor Dajing came to sit on the throne—"

——Xiao Tingshen's ascension to the throne was all due to the support of the royal family behind Wang Yongke at the critical moment.

...Is it because of this?

His elder brother became a victim of imperial ambitions.

Gu Chen looked at He Zhe blankly, then at Xiao Tingshen blankly, and felt that his brain was in chaos, as if something in his heart was collapsing in an instant.He was dizzy, and unconsciously took a step back very slowly, but it seemed that he was stepping on a cloud, and his feet were limp, and he was about to fall backwards.

"Gu Chen!"

Xiao Ting took a deep step forward, stretched out his hand to hold his hand, and grabbed him.His hand no longer had the fiery temperature just now, but was as cold as a piece of ice, which made Gu Chen's whole body shiver.

This is not right.he thinks.

He remembered that when his elder brother was still alive, he refused to go hunting with him because of his soft heart.The elder brother just smiled at him, rubbed his hair, and said that with the elder brother around, the younger brother would never have to pick up a bow and arrow for the rest of his life.

And he's gone.

Gu Chen searched his whole life in his previous life, but he couldn't find the answer, but he never thought that he would suddenly get an answer at the most unexpected moment in this life.

His gaze fell on Xiao Tingshen's hand holding him in a daze.At this moment, all the tenderness, beauty, and nostalgia of Xiao Tingshen from the past... all sprouted sharp thorns in his heart, turning into sharp knives, piercing his heart full of holes.

So he stretched out his hand slowly but firmly, and pushed Xiao Tingshen's hand away bit by bit, as if a hole had been dug out bit by bit in his heart, no blood flowed, but the wind pierced through.

He didn't look at Xiao Tingshen's expression, turned around in a hurry, and left the corridor that suffocated him as if fleeing, and quickly returned to Zichen Palace.The palace banquet in the Zichen Palace was not over yet, he walked back to his seat in a daze and sat down, Jiang Chongxu came over and said something to him, but he didn't hear a word.

He couldn't remember how the whole palace banquet ended, he just remembered that he was drinking one cup at a time, and then he started to drink pot after pot.Jiang Chong was terribly frightened by his distraught appearance, no matter how much he asked, he couldn't find out why, so he could only stop him from drinking, but he swung him away.

"Don't touch me." Gu Chen murmured.

Jiang Chong's martial arts were not as good as Gu Chen's, and if he was really tough, he would not be able to restrain him at all, so he could only try his best to persuade him from the sidelines, but it was useless at all.After the palace banquet was over, Gu Chen couldn't stand still, so Jiang Chong had no choice but to prop him up, dragging him out of the gate of Zichen Palace.

The two staggered down the palace road, Gu Chen's body was as hot as a fire, and his breath was full of alcohol.Jiang Chong had never seen him like this before, and he was sweating profusely, thinking that he couldn't ride a horse in this state, so he simply took him out of the palace first, and then found a way to send him back to the palace.

But halfway through, Gu Chen vomited.

He lay face down in front of the nearby bushes, throwing up in a daze.While giving him comfort, Jiang Chong called the surrounding palace servants to help him, but just as the palace servants were about to take over Gu Chen's care, they suddenly stretched out their hands beside him, and embraced Gu Chen, who was in such a state of distress.

Jiang Chong looked back, almost frightened out of his wits: "Your Majesty!!"

Xiao Ting took him into his arms deeply, and glanced at him: "You can go back."

Jiang Chong hesitated for a moment - he was really worried about Gu Chen.Although he hasn't known Gu Chen for long, Gu Chen has always been a gentle, polite and self-reliant person in his heart. What kind of things did he do to make him lose his composure like this?

"Your Majesty, Sir Gu..."

"If you don't want to suffer from the imperial staff, get out of here."

Xiao Tingshen's tone became gloomy, and at the same time, he motioned to the court man beside him to bring some tea for rinsing his mouth. He fed Gu Chen a little, and then wiped his mouth indifferently. The tenderness and love in his eyes almost overflowed .Jiang Chong was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized what was happening, and quickly saluted: "The minister will leave."

"get out."

After bringing the delirious Gu Chen back to Ganquan Palace, Xiao Tingshen placed him in his bedroom and changed his clothes himself.

Gu Chen's appearance was always groggy, and it seemed that he couldn't even tell who the person in front of him was.When Xiao Tingshen fed him water, he drank water, and when he fed him tea, he drank tea... Just after drinking half a cup of hangover tea, his head tilted and his breathing sank.

Fell asleep.

Xiao Tingshen gently let him lie down, and covered him with a quilt.Then he sat beside Gu Chen's bed, staring at his sleeping profile.Gu Chen seemed to be sleeping restlessly, his brows were slightly frowned, and his breathing was a little short of breath.

Xiao Ting deeply tucked the quilt for him, and heaved a long sigh.After a moment of hesitation, he slowly stretched out his hand, intertwined with Gu Chen's fingers, and pressed their palms together.

He thought about it and smiled wryly.

"I didn't harm your brother." He murmured to himself in a low voice, "You trust me."

Gu Chen naturally wouldn't respond to him, Xiao Tingshen sat quietly beside him for a while.After a long time, he stood up and walked out the door.

That night Xiao Tingshen did not go back to his bedroom, but stayed up all night in the study alone.The next day was the day when Baiyi and his party left Dajing and Princess Chun'an was married. On such an occasion, Xiao Tingshen had to show up.

In the early morning, he came to the outside of the bedroom, hesitated for a while, but finally did not open the door to go in, but asked the little eunuch guarding the door: "How is Gu Qing?"

"Still asleep." The little eunuch replied with a bow.

Xiao Ting paused for a moment: "...take care of him."

Then he went to send Princess Chun'an to get married, and saw Hezhe and his party off.After experiencing the dispute the day before yesterday, both Xiao Tingshen and He Zhe hated each other so naturally they had nothing to say.Xiao Tingshen kept a cold face the whole time, and He Zhe didn't have a good face the whole time. After the ceremony, the two of them parted ways without even exchanging superficial greetings.

Although the two didn't say anything at all, the whole process lasted for two hours.Xiao Ting was deeply concerned about Gu Chen who was still in Ganquan Palace, so he hurriedly walked towards Ganquan Palace without even changing the fancy clothes on his body, and the servants had to trot all the way to keep up with him.

However, when he rushed to the door of the dormitory at a fast pace, he suddenly had some feeling of being close to home and feeling timid again.He hesitated and stopped outside the bedroom door, raised his hand and put it down again, and asked the little eunuch at the door: "Are you awake?"

"Master Gu is already awake." The little eunuch bowed and said.

"……What is he doing?"

"Master Gu didn't do anything."

Xiao Tingshen did not expect this answer, and his heart sank.He waved his hand to signal the little eunuch to get out of the way, stood at the door and gently opened the door a crack.

Gu Chen was indeed inside.

He was still wearing the snow-white jacket he put on for him last night, his long hair fell down to his waist like a waterfall, his thin silhouette was like a colorless ink painting, the background was gray, and he was all white, projected on the drawing paper .

"Lord Gu has been in that position since he woke up..." the little eunuch said awkwardly, "This servant tried to talk to him, but he didn't say a word."

Xiao Tingshen looked at Gu Chen again.That silhouette was very quiet, motionless, as if the outside world had nothing to do with him.His eyelashes were drooping, and his face didn't fluctuate at all, as if the whole person had fallen into another world.

Xiao Ting deeply remembered that the last time he saw Gu Chen in this state was seven years ago when the news of Gu Chen's elder brother's death just came. In those few days, Gu Chen and his husband took leave and never came to Hongwen Pavilion for class.

Xiao Ting was deeply worried about him, so he simply asked for leave, and ran out of the palace to look for him in Gu's residence.When he was standing on the street opposite Gu Mansion, he immediately saw Gu Chen standing at the gate of Gu Mansion.

He was a lot haggard, wearing a blue robe, standing quietly under the apricot tree at the entrance of the mansion - this tree was planted by him and his elder brother when he was a child.The breeze blew down the apricot blossoms like light rain, and they fell on his hair and shoulders one after another, while Gu Chen was like a silent sculpture, his expression didn't change from the beginning to the end.

The young Xiao Tingshen ran towards him, and when he came to him, he didn't know what to say for a moment, he held back for a long time before uttering a sentence: "Want to drink?"

Gu Chen didn't move.

"Yunting." Xiao Tingshen leaned down slightly and looked into his eyes carefully, "Yunting, look at me."

Gu Chen's long eyelashes trembled slightly.He raised his eyes slowly and looked deeply at Xiao Ting.

The young Xiao Ting thought deeply, then suddenly stood beside him, and motioned to him: "If you are sad, just cry out, and I will lend you my shoulder."

The young Gu Chen just stared at him for a long time, his eyes turned red, but not a single tear fell.After a long time, he said: "You will laugh at me."

Xiao Tingshen turned his head to the side silently: "I just pretend I didn't see anything."

Gu Chen was silent for a while without speaking.Suddenly Xiao Ting felt a heavy weight on his shoulders, and Gu Chen leaned his head on his shoulders, and there was a burst of warm air when he spoke.

"Thank you," he said.

Xiao Tingshen came back from the memories, sorted out his thoughts, and then pushed the door completely open, and stepped into the bedroom.

"The cloud stops."