People who think I'm ugly are so sweet

Even when he was young and ignorant, Song Yanqing never fought with his brother.As Song Yanche said, when he was young, his father and mother always told him that his brother was not in good health, and they should let him and protect him in everything.During festivals, the royal family gathers together, and the two brothers from other clans always get together to fight and fight together. The little Song Yanqing walks ahead of her elder brother, for fear that those brats will get hurt by accident. elder brother.He always felt that his elder brother was an unusually gentle person with a smile on his face all the time. Every time he saw him, he would put a handful of candy in his hand and pat his head with his hand.

Later, as they got older, Song Yanche's health went from good to bad. When his father went to the south of the Yangtze River, he even brought several princesses with him, but he was the only one left in the palace.It was at that time that Song Yanqing began to study painting hard, and drew all the scenery along the south of the Yangtze River into paintings, so that he could show them to his brother.He still remembered that Song Yanche had a sad smile on his face when he was lying on the hospital bed, flipping through the pages of the scroll with his pale fingers.

He remembered, and Song Yanche remembered too.

Song Yanche's face turned pale visibly, Xu Xilu had an ominous premonition, and rushed forward to grab Song Yanqing's arm, "Song Yanqing, you're crazy! Let him go!"

Liu Jinzhong, who heard the movement, also ran in. Seeing this scene, his soul was half scared, "Your majesty, lord, you are..."

"Eunuch Liu, pass on to the Imperial Physician, quickly pass on to the Imperial Physician!" Xu Xilu shouted.

Hearing Xu Xilu's voice, Song Yanqing's rationality reluctantly came back, and a trace of bewilderment appeared in his eyes, as if he didn't know what he was doing.He slowly let go of his hand, Song Yanche staggered back a few steps, Xu Xilu helped him sit down on the chair, at this moment Song Yanche's face was pale, his breathing became rapid, and there were bursts of heart-piercing pain in his chest, " Cough-cough-cough-"

Liu Jinzhong turned his head and shouted at a young eunuch: "Why are you still standing there! Pass the message to the imperial physician, hurry up!"

"Get out of the way!" Song Yanqing pushed Liu Jinzhong away and walked to Song Yanche's side, looking at his pale lips, the guilt in his heart almost overwhelmed him.He clearly knew that Brother Huang was made of jade, and would break if he was not careful. He had protected Brother Huang for so many years, and he didn't even dare to speak loudly to him. How could he do anything to him at this time! "Brother Huang, Brother Huang...don't scare me," he said at a loss, "I didn't mean to..."

Song Yanche raised his eyes to look at him, and chuckled softly, "It's this kind of look again, all of you look at me with this kind of look..."

"Your Majesty, please stop talking, Your Majesty," Xu Xilu said anxiously, "The imperial doctor will be here soon, Your Majesty..."

Song Yanche held Xu Xilu's hand with all his strength, "Stay by my side." After Song Yanche finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes.

"Brother Emperor!"

"emperor!"

In the dead of night, the meditation hall is brightly lit.Wang Yuanjuan rushed over in a hurry, and after taking Song Yanche's pulse, his expression was very solemn. "My lord, I want to ask the emperor to give acupuncture. Too many people are not conducive to ventilation. Please wait outside."

Song Yanqing nodded, her lips pursed into a line, and she looked towards Xu Xilu, who was also looking at him.The two walked out of the dormitory one after the other, and the Empress Dowager Shen just happened to come in with the support of Shen Manan, "What's going on, isn't the emperor cured of his illness? Why—" Although she had feelings for her sons in her heart, Hate, but after all, it was the flesh that fell from his body. Hearing that the emperor had fallen ill, he rushed over in a hurry.

"The king's court judged that the emperor blew the wind during the banquet," Liu Jinzhong said in a low voice, "then he was furious for a while, and this is the relapse of the old disease."

"Anxious and angry?" Empress Dowager Shen sternly said, "Who has the guts to provoke the emperor to be angry at such a time?"

Song Yanqing, who had been silent all this time, was about to speak when Xu Xilu, who was behind him, knelt down with a plop, "It's me."

It was only then that Empress Dowager Shen noticed that there was an unfamiliar face in the Jingxin Hall. The red-clothed woman in front of her had an extraordinary appearance and was quite pretty, and she was not a new maid from the palace. "Eunuch Liu, who is this?!"

Liu Jinzhong showed distress, "Back to the queen mother, he, he is..." Even if he is as old as him, he really doesn't know how to explain Xu Xilu's identity to the queen mother.When he was hesitating, he heard Xu Xilu tell the truth: "The Queen Mother, the minister is the servant of the Ministry of War, Xu Xilu."

Empress Dowager Shen was shocked when she heard the words, "You are the second son of the Xu family? What are you doing in the emperor's bedroom dressed like this? Don't you want to compete for favor?" Duanxiu was inexplicably disgusted, and was about to order someone to take him down when he heard Song Yanqing say: "Mother, this matter is the fault of my son and minister alone, and has nothing to do with Master Xiao Xu."

Seeing that the youngest son was also protecting the broken sleeve, the Empress Dowager Shen became more and more angry, and said coldly: "What the Ai family said is becoming more and more useless now." She laughed at herself, "That's right, if it wasn't for the emperor's kindness, the Ai family would be more and more useless." The family can’t even come out of the Fenghua Palace now, how can they have any qualifications to issue orders in the Jingxin Palace.”

Song Yanqing closed her eyes wearily, "Queen Mother, stop talking."

Empress Dowager Shen gave Xu Xilu a hard look, then turned her head and said nothing.

However, except for the half-blind and half-crazy Concubine Xu Yuan and the empress who was lingering on the sick bed, several concubines in the harem rushed over after hearing the news and waited for the news outside the palace.News came from the Empress's Changxing Palace, saying that the Empress was overwhelmed with grief when she learned that the Emperor had fallen ill, and she also passed out. Today's imperial hospital is so busy that it can't stop for a moment.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Shen complained to the first emperor.At the beginning, because of Song Yanche's weak body, the late emperor also thought about establishing a young son, but the youngest son was too stubborn, had no interest in studying and governing, and was very repulsed by the position of crown prince. Became the prince, and regardless of her objection, chose the current queen as the princess, which did not help his son at all, and became a sick child due to a miscarriage.The poor health of the emperor and the empress is a great hidden danger to the country and the people. If the emperor does not survive this time, and there is no empress, the only one who will inherit the throne is...

It was not until the fourth watch that the court judge came out of the bedroom, "Queen Dowager, lord, your majesty has great blessings and is out of danger."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially Song Yanqing, whose face finally had some color. "The Holy Majesty has not yet awakened, I will go grab the medicine first, and use it when the Holy Majesty wakes up."

Empress Dowager Shen stood up, "Aijia went to see the emperor."

Song Yanqing said: "Let the people outside disperse, and I will stay here to serve you." He looked at Xu Xilu, seemingly hesitating to speak, and finally only said: "You should go back to the manor first. " After finishing speaking, he followed Queen Mother Shen into the bedroom.

The maids and eunuchs in the Jingxin Palace went away to do their own work. Xu Xilu was left at the same place, still wearing a red dress, walked out of the Jingxin Palace at a loss, and found that no one was paying attention to him. Self: "Master Xu."

Xu Xilu took advantage of the dim lights in the hall to see the face of the person, "Xuan Mo?"

"My lord ordered me to send Master Xiao Xu out of the palace."

Xu Xilu felt a bit of bitterness in his heart, and said lightly, "Then it's time to work."

With Xuan Mo's company, Xu Xilu felt much more at ease.At the gate of Xu Mansion, Xu Xilu got off the carriage and said suddenly, "Today... seems to be the prince's birthday?"

Xuan Mo nodded.Xu Xilu said softly: "I haven't given him anything yet." He remained silent, and took a jade pendant from his neck, "This is a relic left by my mother. I wear it all the time. Please replace it for me." Pass it on to the prince."

Xuan Mo took the jade pendant solemnly, "Okay."

Xu Xilu was trapped in the palace for many days, and finally returned home intact. The whole family was both relieved and afraid.Xu Taihe personally came to ask him what happened in the palace, but Xu Xilu prevaricated by saying that there were too many affairs in the Ministry of War.As shrewd as Xu Taihe naturally knew that he was lying, Xu Xilu only said after repeated questioning: "Father, there are some things, it's better not to know."

Xu Taihe recalled the weird expression of the eunuch who came to the mansion that day, and heard that Xu Xilu was wearing women's clothes when he came back, and Xu Qingyang's lessons learned from the past, he had a vague guess in his heart, and couldn't help sighing; "You know it yourself. That's fine, I can't control that much as a father."

Jiudong told Xu Xilu that during the time he was not in the mansion, Prince Duan came to the mansion every three days and told himself a lot of things.Jiudong cried and said with a sad face: "Master, you said that in the future when Prince Duan finds out that I pretended to be you, will you want my head?"

Xu Xilu comforted him, "No way—what did Prince Duan say to you?"

Jiudong tried his best to recall with his not-so-bright mind, "He said, he told you not to talk to Mr. Xie, and you are not allowed to look at other men."

Xu Xilu was in a complicated mood and wanted to laugh, but he couldn't.

Seeing Xu Xilu's safe return, Mrs. Xie immediately sent someone to Xie's Mansion to inform Xie Qingsu of the matter, but what she said was that Xu Xilu was recovering from illness and was able to see others.Xie Qingsu got the news, told the Yamen for leave, and rushed to Xu's mansion immediately.

Stepping into the Tidal Pavilion again, Xie Qingsu felt a little hopeful and a little nervous when he thought that he was about to meet the person he was longing for.Xu Xilu was standing in the yard, with long hair like ink and clothes like snow, when he heard his footsteps, he looked back, "Qingsu."

Xie Qingsu stared at him, thousands of words merged into one sentence, "Xi Lu, I'm back."

Xu Xilu smiled, "I know."

In the yard, the grape vines that had been thriving last year turned yellow and lifeless for some reason.Xu Xilu asked Xie Qingsu to sit down on the stone bench in front of the vines, and ordered Xing Nong to serve them a cup of tea.He is now the son of the Xu family, and also the future hope of the Xu family. The tea in his yard is the best in the Xu family, but Xie Qingsu feels that it is far less refreshing and sweet than the crude tea that Xu Xilu invited him to drink back then.

"Now that my uncle's vengeance has been avenged, you have also returned to Shangjing. The suffering of the past year has finally paid off." Xu Xilu's tone was calm, as if he was just gossip.Seeing him like this, Xie Qingsu felt chest tightness, as if a large dark cloud was hoarding.Xu Xilu was clearly within his reach, and he could only be touched with one hand, but the distance of this arm seemed to be separated by thousands of rivers and mountains.

Xie Qingsu resisted the urge to take him into his arms, and asked, "Why didn't you reply to the letter I sent you?"

Xu Xilu was quiet for a while, and called out, "Fifth brother."

Xie Qingsu gave a sudden pause and asked in disbelief, "What did you call me?"

Xu Xilu raised his mouth slightly, "You are the fifth son of the Xie family, and your aunt is my mother, so what's wrong with me calling you fifth brother?"

Xie Qingsu is so clever, he thinks he knows what Xu Xilu said.With just one address, he blocked everything he wanted to say.The dark cloud in Xie Qingsu's chest rained knives, stabbing his heart one by one, "You...are you in such a hurry to get rid of me?"

"Fifth brother," Xu Xilu said with a gloomy gaze, "I will treat you like a brother in the future, I hope you are well."

"I don't believe it." Xie Qingsu's voice changed slightly, and his statue-like face was slightly moved, "If feelings can be put down so easily, they can't be called feelings. Xilu, you are lying to me. You're also lying to yourself. If it weren't for those mistakes, you and I would have..."

Xu Xilu chuckled dumbly, "Fifth brother, is there any point in saying this now?"

Xie Qingsu interrupted him abruptly, "Don't call me that."

"Yes, I was attracted to you." Xu Xilu admitted generously, "I also gave you my heart, but you still missed it after all."

"I didn't." Xie Qingsu argued eagerly for himself, "At that time, you and I couldn't help ourselves. Xilu, if I was just alone, I could stay in the capital with you, and I don't care about anything. But I am not, I bear the expectations of the entire Xie clan, you..."

Xu Xilu nodded, "I know, I've never blamed you. But since you and I don't have the courage to die, then we can only go here." He paused and continued: "And, I'm in love with someone else."

There was a thunder in Xie Qingsu's ear, and his chest seemed to explode.Before Xu Xilu said this, he had countless reasons to support him to continue to believe that he and Xu Xilu could go on.It wasn't until now that he realized how naive and ridiculous he was.A miss is a miss, and no one will stay where you are.He really wanted to rush forward, grab Xu Xilu's shoulder, and ask him hoarsely why he didn't walk with him, why he fell in love with others, and why he left him alone.But just as he couldn't take Xu Xilu away desperately at that time, now he can only ask calmly as much as possible: "Is... how is he?"

"Huh?" Xu Xili narrowed his eyes slightly, it was his appearance that provoked countless people inadvertently. "The person I like. Although he is good-looking, he has a bad temper. Sometimes he is naive, and his mouth is a bit bad. But as long as I am with him, I feel very at ease. As long as he is around, it seems Nothing is a problem anymore." He lowered his head, and there was a tenderness Xie Qingsu had never seen in his eyes, "I like him very much."

Xie Qingsu didn't know how he got out of Xu's mansion, he seemed to have lost his heart somewhere, and he couldn't find it no matter how hard he looked.He didn't go back to Xie's mansion, but went to Xunjiang, rented a painting boat, stood on the deck, looked at the bottomless river and the cold moonlight on the lake, and thought of Xu Xilu's departure to northern Xinjiang The winter night before.

He said he shouldn't have seduced Xianjun.But Xianjun has already descended to the mortal world for him, and after having tasted the taste of love/desire, he will never go back.

"My lord?" Guan Yan said tentatively, "It's getting late, there are still many things to do in the mansion, let's go back quickly."

In fact, after Xie Ji left, he became the master of the Xie family, but he was too young, and the servants were used to calling him "Young Master", and they couldn't change it for a while.After a long time, Xie Qingsu responded with an "um", turned around and walked into the night.

Royal Brother... Royal Brother...

In his sleep, Song Yanche vaguely heard someone calling him.He forced himself to sit up, and saw nine-year-old Song Yanqing sitting beside his bed, holding his hand, with red and swollen eye circles, "Brother Huang, you finally woke up!"

Song Yanche raised his head slightly, and rubbed his brother's little head.Suddenly, the child's expression changed, and his delicate face turned hideous, "Brother Huang, I will give you the throne, and you can give me back Xilu, okay?!"

"Qing'er...Qing'er!"

In the palace, Song Yanche, who had been in a coma for two days, finally woke up. He opened his eyes in a daze, and the people in his vision gradually became clear. It was... the court judge.Then he heard Liu Jinzhong's voice again: "The emperor is awake, quickly, quickly bring the medicine!"

When Song Yanqing got the news and rushed to the Jingxin Hall, the maid was feeding Song Yanche medicine.He walked to the bed and said, "Let me do it."

The maid handed him the medicine bowl, and stood aside respectfully.Song Yanqing picked up the spoon and blew it, and brought it to Song Yanche's mouth, "Brother Emperor, come."

Song Yanche looked at him for a moment with misty eyes before opening his mouth.He drank the medicine one mouthful at a time, and there was only the sound of the spoon colliding with the medicine bowl for a while.After the bowl of medicine was finished, Song Yanqing picked up the handkerchief handed over by the maid and wiped off the remaining medicine juice from the corner of his mouth.Next, Song Yanqing had nothing to do, and really didn't know what to say, so he could only say: "Brother Huang, let's continue to rest, and I will take my leave first."

Song Yanche asked: "What happened in the previous dynasty..."

"Your brother is here, don't worry, Brother Huang."

Song Yanche bent his lips, smiling like a candle in the wind, "That's right, with you here, I have nothing to worry about."

Hearing these words made people feel extremely uneasy, Song Yanqing frowned involuntarily, "Brother Huang, you can rest at ease and recuperate, don't think too much about others."

"Hehe, every time I fall down, you always say this to me." Song Yanche looked a little discouraged, "I can't fight for anything with this body. Otherwise, I really want to be with you and that Xie Qingsu Fight for it." After finishing speaking, he coughed lightly again, Song Yanqing patted his back to comfort him, and said in a low voice: "Brother Huang, stop talking."

Song Yanche slowed down, grabbed Song Yanqing's arm, and said, "Qing'er, let me ask you, do you really don't want Jiangshan? You, you talk to the emperor."

Song Yanqing hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

"Why?"

"The younger brother sees the emperor walking all the way, there are too many involuntary things, too many organs have been exhausted, and even the people next to the pillow have to check and balance." Song Yanqing said, "The younger brother can only live a free and simple life. Some."

"Freedom, simplicity..." Song Yanche whispered these two words, and his thoughts drifted far, far away.If he hadn't sat in this position, but was just an ordinary young man like the faked Lu Xiangrong, what would his life be like.Song Yanche withdrew his mind and said, "Are there any children you like in the houses of the old princes?"

Song Yanqing was stunned, "Brother Huang, you... what do you mean?"

Song Yanche said calmly: "It's time to think about my funeral. If you don't want to be emperor, then I can only find someone else to be."

"Brother Emperor," Song Yanqing felt terribly sad, "The court judge said that you were just out of danger this time..."

"There is no danger this time, so what about next time?" Song Yanche laughed at himself, "How dare the imperial doctor tell you the truth, I know my body well. Now, I will adopt a child from the clan as the crown prince and send him to The palace will be taught by you, wait...after I go, the crown prince ascends the throne, and you assist the regent, this is the last solution."

Song Yanqing's eyes were red, "Brother Huang, you will live a long life. In the future, you will have your own children, and you will have many, many children, and you still have to watch them grow up..."

"Silly brother." Song Yanche called him tenderly, "You love me so much, why don't you just let me go and give Xilu to me?"

Song Yanqing was taken aback, "Brother Huang..."

Song Yanche said almost bewitchingly: "Anyway, I won't live for a few years, so you just let him stay by my side. After I die, he will be completely yours, okay?"

A tear fell on the back of Song Yanqing's hand, "Brother Huang, don't force me, please..."

Since Xuan Mo sent him out of the palace that night, Xu Xilu could only see Song Yanqing in the early court.Sitting high beside the dragon chair, he listened to the performances of the ministers, his expression was solemn and silent, and he was not surprised. He occasionally said a few words in a concise and concise manner.Xu Xilu stood behind the group of officials, watching him from a distance, a few times to catch his gaze, Song Yanqing would immediately turn his head away.Xu Xilu didn't force him, never took the initiative to find him, but just quietly did his duty as a courtier.

Xie Qingsu re-entered the imperial court. As soon as he took office, he handled several major cases. First, he eradicated the secret work buried in Shangjing by Beiliang, and then brought out several remnants of the party who were hiding in the Huai River.He acted vigorously and decisively, and his methods were bold and sharp, and he became more and more like his father. Xu Xilu knew that the fairy who made his heart flutter in the past would never come back again.

This is the hottest summer in decades, whether it is dignitaries or ordinary people, they are all miserable by the scorching sun.Until August, the genius began to gradually cool down.Song Yanche's health was good and bad, and most of the time was bad. Song Yanqing was in charge of the government and was very busy all day long. She hadn't been out of the palace for several months.

One day at the end of August, two major events occurred in the palace.First, the King of Beiliang led [-] cavalry to the south, while Gu Chengguang, the king of Bei’an, was outnumbered and retreated to Cangzhou. .