Do not kiss the king

"Where's the boy in white last night! Where is he!"

Ruan Yuan regained his energy, grabbed the shoulder of the young man in front of him with both hands, frowned, and was extremely anxious.

"Ah, you said, it can't be that monster, right?"

Chi Yinxu put one hand on top of his head and grabbed it twice awkwardly,

"Yesterday you fainted, which scared me a lot."

"I dragged you in at first, but then there was no sound outside for some reason, so I went out to have a look..."

"Only the white-clothed monster you mentioned is left."

Ruan Yuan took a deep breath, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, stumbling around in the unfamiliar courtyard.

"Master Gu...Master Gu!"

"Hey, hey, listen to me..."

Chi Yinxu grabbed his arm, and after chasing him for a few steps, he panted heavily. He was quite tall, as if he was weaker than him.

"I didn't know if he was a bad guy, so I put him under the steps."

Ruan Yuan didn't even look at him, he raised his legs and ran, heading for the top of the steps.

The sky was already white, and the young master just fell down at the bottom of the steps, with his back to the long steps, isolated from the Buddhist gate, covered in glaring blood.

"Gu Cong!"

Ruan Yuan yelled loudly, and his crying voice resounded through the sky.

Before he finished speaking, he almost fell down the steps, staggered and knelt in front of Gu Cong, hugging the silent man with both hands.

"Wake up, come, come, come—"

"Help, save him..."

Ruan Yuan raised his head and rested it on his lap, weeping uncontrollably, and couldn't speak the rest of the sentence.

Chi Yinxu, who had just run behind the pillar, took a look, yelled "Aiya", then hurried down, grabbed Gu Cong's arm,

"He's a good guy, tell me earlier!"

"Come on, let's carry him in, and I'll go find the doctor."

Ruan Yuan stopped crying, put one of Gu Cong's arms on his shoulder, and carried him to the temple with Chi Yinxu.

"Let this go, let me go, I'll get you some water, let him drink first."

"Are you still alive?"

Chi Yinxu was so tired that he was out of breath, but he didn't stop talking.

Ruan Yuan carefully placed Gu Cong's head on the pillow,

"He must be alive, Mr. Lao Wang is going to get water."

But in fact, he never sniffed Gu Cong.

This face was full of bloodstains and dust, but he concluded that he was alive.

Because he believed that God would not be so cruel that even Gu Cong would be taken away from him.

Chi Yinxu was sweating profusely, but hurried out to get water.

After taking the water back and putting it in Ruan Yuan's hands, he ran out to find the doctor without stopping.

Ruan Yuan poured some water into the palm of his hand, then dipped his fingertips in the other hand, and stroked Gu Cong's lips bit by bit.

Tears welled up in his eyes, and he didn't bother to wipe them away.

After falling, it was clear.

"Young Master Gu, you are very thirsty."

"Every time you go out, you are the one who takes care of me and the prince."

"Buy us a carriage, buy food and wine, drive our horses for us... I'll let you do all the dirty work."

"The flowers you brought me that day are so beautiful."

"After I came to Youtong, it was the first time I saw such a beautiful color."

"Mr. Gu, when you wake up, let's eat and drink."

"When you meet a little flower seller, buy another mountain laurel, okay..."

My heart was like a knife, and the unspeakable pain hit my heart over and over again.

Ruan Yuan grabbed his cold hand, crying heartbreakingly.

He lowered his head and didn't notice that a tear leaked from the corner of Gu Cong's closed eyes, washing the dust on his cheeks, leaving a trace of sadness.

The missed fate, in the right time and space, is connected by another kind of fate.

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It went smoothly all the way, and it was less than ten cities away from Huajing.

In the celebration banquet, there are tables of big plates of meat and bowls of wine.

But the figure of the prince was far away from the laughing soldiers, hiding in the woods behind, drunk alone.

He held the flagon by the spout, rolling another empty bottle on his side.

The mountain wind was blowing on his face, and he looked at the stars through the gaps in the leaves. He remembered that at that time, he also sat in front of Liu Siye's monument for two nights.

Time passed quickly, all of a sudden, the jade pendant he snatched from someone else was replaced by Ruan Yuan's name.

He has always been stubborn and not good at words.

Stubborn, just like Liu Siye has always been someone else in his heart, but he refuses to admit defeat.

Not good at words, just like Liu Siye didn't have time to say even a word of liking to him until Liu Siye passed away.

He didn't expect that his feelings that he was always desperate would find a response in the valley of that little boy.

Having lived for more than twenty years, Ruan Yuan is the only gift from heaven to him.

Chi Jinnian closed his eyes, the wind blowing in his ears was suddenly warm, like Ruan Yuan's breath.

He remembered that when he took him to the roof for the first time, he was reluctant in every possible way, but his arms were tightly wrapped around his waist.

After teasing her casually, that head stuck to her chest, bringing out an ambiguous itch all over her body.

He remembered that when he saw the little man kneeling in the snow holding poisoned wine, his heart was alive after a long time.

Killing people, seeing people being killed, has never caused such a big wave in his heart for so many years.

Only then did he realize that other people can die, only Ruan Yuan can't.

After going through so many things, the position of this little boy in his heart has long been pushed to the first place.

"Jin Lang, he will definitely come to see me dancing sword again."

"The person I trust most in the world is Jin Lang."

He raised the corners of his mouth, and tightened his fingers a little, as if like this, he touched the young man's delicate face from thousands of miles away.

He just sat like this, just missing the desert, drunk alone.

"My lord."

Someone called softly, and Chi Jinnian opened his eyes slightly, but he couldn't see who it was.

"My lord is drunk."

"Late at night, I will help the prince go back to rest."

Chi Jinnian sat up and let his slender body pull up his arm.

He remembered that day when he was drunk and went into Young Master Xiaoqiao's room alone.

Sitting at the table, I heard the first "Jin Lang" in the little man's mouth.

Chi Jinnian closed his eyes again, and subconsciously leaned a little towards the slender man.

After returning to the tent in a daze, I heard a sentence,

"I will change the clothes for the prince."

Then a hand reached out to his waist and touched the white jade pendant.

"Jin Lang, we can talk about it."

"This jade pendant, you are not allowed to take it off again."

Ruan Yuan's voice rang beside his ears, and his nerves shook.

Chi Jinnian opened his eyes suddenly and grabbed the hand.

Li Wuyue raised his eyes, but he lowered his eyebrows.

Without the mountain wind, he was much more awake.

"Don't touch the jade pendant."

"go out."

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After Gu Cong woke up, he lay there unable to move, and finally managed to utter a word.

"Who is he."

Ruan Yuan put the medicine bowl on the table, turned around and pulled Chi Yinxu over,

"He is a doorman who lived in my house for a period of time before. He is from the Northland. His name is Wang Xu."

Gu Cong's eyes fell sharply on Chi Yinxu's face, he turned his face away in fright, and muttered hello,

"Gu... Young Master Gu."

"Happy to meet."

Gu Cong looked away, didn't respond to him, and turned to look at Ruan Yuan's haggard face, and it took him a long time to gather up his strength to say again,

"Are you hurt?"

Ruan Yuan shook his head, picked up Gu Cong's quilt and tucked it up,

"Thanks to Mr. Gu, I'm fine."

"When Mr. Gu gets better, I will be even better."

Gu Cong showed a relieved smile, raised his pale lips, and paused for a while,

"Princess, where do you sleep?"

Ruan Yuan picked up the medicine bowl again, scooped up a spoonful of medicine, handed it to Gu Cong's mouth, and fed it into his mouth.

"I sleep in a room with the prince."

After hearing this, Gu Cong choked and coughed frantically before he could swallow the medicine he had just fed into his mouth.

"Cough cough cough cough... cough cough cough..."

Ruan Yuan was quite frightened, helped him to sit up, put his hands on his back to comfort him,

"Mr. Gu, what's wrong with you, Mr. Gu!"

While Gu Cong was coughing, his knife-like gaze went out to Chi Yinxu's face.

Chi Yinxu felt a killing intent, goosebumps all over his body, and said with a trembling voice,

"Mr. Ruan, what...how about you move into this room, so you can take care of Brother Gu..."

Gu Cong's coughing finally stopped, and his face became a little calmer.

Ruan Yuan heaved a sigh of relief, his hands were still on his back, he didn't realize that there was something wrong with the atmosphere,

"Your Majesty is right."

"I wake up at night, will I disturb Mr. Gu?"

Gu Cong stretched out a hand, trying to touch the back of his hand on the edge of the bed, but it flicked in the air and retracted.

He has always been the most sensible.

"It's okay."

He lay back on his body, and just now had a violent fight, his vitality was hurt a lot, and his face became ugly again.

After Ruan Yuan fed him the medicine, he fell asleep again.

After tucking up the quilt for him, Ruan Yuan picked up the medicine bowl and stood up, walking out of the room.

Chi Yinxu poked his head, carefully glanced at the person on the bed, and followed him out like a rabbit.

"Hey, Mr. Ruan," he called to stop Ruan Yuan, and leaned into his ear, "How do you know this monster...ah no, this person is not right...this ladyboy..."

Ruan Yuan signaled him not to talk nonsense with his eyes,

"Although he is a monster, he is a good monster."

"I consider him my best friend."

"He sacrificed his life for me, and you have seen it."

"So in the future, don't make things difficult for him by holding on to the demon."

Chi Yinxu nodded, "That's natural. He's a good man."

Ruan Yuan thought he had finished speaking and raised his foot to leave, but the man followed him again.

"Mr. Ruan, I still have a question to ask."

"I heard that King Jin married your sister, is it true?"

"Then you and King Jin, are you still in touch now?"

Ruan Yuan was stunned for a moment, and the eyes that fell on Chi Yinxu's face became a little more vigilant.

"My lord, why do you ask this?"

Chi Yinxu dodged his eyes a few times, but found that he was no match for Ruan Yuan's pressing gaze, so he had no choice but to soften,

"I'll listen, Mr. Gu calls you princess..."

"I was just thinking, could it be possible, you and King Jin..."

Ruan Yuan looked at him quietly for a while, saw his ears were reddish, and then calmly said,

"You're right."

"It was I, Ruan Yuan, not Ruan Ying who married into the Jin Palace."

Chi Yinxu looked up at him in surprise.

Ruan Yuan discovered that, today, the prince has long been rooted in his heart and has become his confidence.

The two stood in the small courtyard of this temple and looked at each other for a while, and then Chi Yinxu grabbed his arm suddenly, with a strange joy in his eyes,

"You are the concubine of Jin who my brother Mingmei is marrying. I will call you "sister-in-law" in the future!"

"My name is actually not Wang Xu. My name is Chi Yinxu. I am the Fifth Prince, the brother of King Jin."

"Sister-in-law, how is my brother? Could it be that he was really killed by the Seventh Prince..."

Ruan Yuan let him hold his arm, and listened to him talking like a cannonball in his ear, and his thoughts suddenly returned to the high stone wall outside the barracks.

"I don't know how to let go of my unwillingness to treat my own brother as a younger brother, so I tried for the first time to treat this foreign prince who is as innocent as him as a younger brother."

"Later, he became a monument and stood here forever."

The prince said so that day.

But now, Chi Yinxu was standing in front of him like this.

Ruan Yuan choked up suddenly, threw the medicine bowl aside, stretched out his arms, hugged the chattering person for the prince,

"It's okay, he's okay..."

"You have been outside the palace for so many years, and now you are here."

"My lord, he...has always been thinking about you."

He actually met his family in this desolate desert.

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The author has something to say:

Chi Yinxu [Self-Confidence]: "Mr. Gu is not a human being, but he looks like a human being, so he is a transgressive person!"

Gu Cong: "... who will help me drag him away..." [weak and resentful]

Ruan Yuan [hugging Chi Yinxu]: "He can't leave, he is the precious fifth prince."

Chi Yinxu: "Sister-in-law called me baby~" [Happy]

Gu Cong [stare]

Chi Yinxu: "Sister-in-law, I'm leaving first..."