【Photography ABO】White Rose

On the second night, Joseph, as he said yesterday, went to the queen's room and gave Aesop a large bouquet of red roses.Aesop was very pleasantly surprised, you know, this was the first time Joseph personally gave him a gift.

He touched the bouquet of roses from Joseph and carefully inserted them into the vase on the table.Then the two of them naturally rolled onto the bed, like a young couple in love with no restraint on this kind of thing.They seem to have been married for a long time to officially start this relationship, but there is no doubt that the two have no regrets because of this strange relationship path, on the contrary, they seem to enjoy it.

They did it twice that night, and Aesop was naturally so tired that when he thought about the intercourse the next morning, he thought about whether it would be worthwhile to exchange a bouquet of roses for one time.Speaking of which, Joseph is already at this age, shouldn't he be unable to wake up all night after finishing one job, how can he be so energetic...

After the end, the two lay face to face on the bed tenderly. Although Aesop was tired, he was not sleepy.His eyes fell on the loose white hair on Joseph's left cheek, which was still curled up obediently. He remembered that Joseph liked to curl that lock of hair with his fingers, every time Joseph thought about a problem. .So he couldn't help stretching out his hand, curling his fingers around the lock of hair: "Is it fun to curl your hair like this?"

The lock of hair was entwined between his fingers, soft and slippery, Aesop couldn't help curling it twice more.Joseph seemed to see what he was thinking, so he smiled: "Are you envious? You don't."

"..." Aesop turned his head silently, not wanting to speak.But the next moment, he was coaxed back by Joseph's arms.

"It's boring to live for a long time, so I do these boring things." The man whispered in his ear, "It looks young on the outside, but long-term loneliness will really kill a person's passion for life. Eternal life Naturally, but occasionally, I think of those who have lived and died vigorously, and I think that is not bad."

"You..." For some reason, Aesop felt that Joseph who said these words seemed a little fragile.He was not good at talking, and could not speak words of persuasion, so he could only hug Joseph silently.After being silent for a while, he finally thought of the topic: "By the way, when I first got married, I asked you about your youthful appearance. At that time, you said that you became like this after studying a certain knowledge. How is that? A science? Can you explain it to me now?"

Joseph thought for a moment, then shook his head slowly: "No. One day I will tell you, but not now."

"Oh." Aesop nodded half understanding.He also remembered that Neb had said that the mystery of Joseph's age might be the key to opening the situation.Now it seems that this may be true. There is something very important in the mystery of Joseph's age, and even...his trump card.

So, why did Joseph refuse to show him his hole cards?Is it because he is afraid that he can't keep his secret well, or... Thinking of this, Aesop's heart suddenly felt palpitations for no reason.He told himself that he must have thought too much, it was impossible, impossible——Joseph obviously loved himself so much.

For a long time after the Brown affair was over, there was peace in the palace.After listening to Joseph's words, the parliament went to conduct an urgent investigation. For a while, finally, no large or small parliamentary documents were sent to harass Joseph every day.But Joseph was still very busy, and he returned to the king's office to deal with government affairs. Aesop, who had previously occupied the magpie's nest here to deal with the kingdom's affairs, was simply squeezed into the guest seat.

During this period of time, many people came to Joseph. Judging from Joseph's attitude, it seemed that most of these people were his confidants.They often discussed something in a low voice on the other side of the room. Aesop couldn't hear clearly, and he didn't think it was polite to eavesdrop on other people's conversations, so he didn't listen.He didn't disclose these things to other people until the next time he met with Naibu, and Naibu asked him if the king had any abnormal phenomena recently, and he hesitated for a moment before bringing it up.

He didn't intend to reveal the secret, but on the one hand, he felt that Naibu was sometimes more accurate than his vision, and perhaps Naibu could realize the extraordinary things in this matter; Blame him, but he still feels guilty towards Neb for Earl Brown's arrest.From the contact these days, he felt that Nabu was kind in nature, and he couldn't bear to deceive such a person, let Nabu be kept in the dark or even go to death.

He didn't expect that after hearing this, Naib's expression changed immediately.Aesop saw Nebu clenched his fists: "No, I'm afraid this is a big trouble. If I'm not wrong...the king will continue to attack."

"What did you say?"

Neb raised his eyelids and glanced at him, with a serious and firm expression in his gray-blue pupils: "By the way, you don't know yet. The eyeliner in the parliament is not only Harley Brown, but also other people, that person I heard bad news in the days when Brown was arrested, and I don't think I need to explain what it is... Sure enough. I want him to leave quickly, thank you for the reminder."

Aesop was startled, and secretly thanked himself for reminding Nebu in time.He can probably guess what the "bad rumors" are. Joseph is a thoughtful person. Since he is determined to do something, he may have more than one handle.

But before he had time to rejoice for a long time, he heard Naibu continue to say: "So, we have to act quickly. Because I will soon lose my last backing, and your situation is also dangerous. The one who watched you I don’t know where they were sent. Although they haven’t appeared recently, you are not in a safe situation. If I retreat directly, I’m afraid that something will happen to you.” As he spoke, he had already begun to tighten the black straps on his arms. I will act today, and I will trouble you to create a relatively safe environment for me when the time comes. Alas, it is a pity that I have not been able to find out the hole cards of De La Thornes II in the past few days, let alone the hole cards, even his appearance. I haven't figured it out yet—I'm afraid this person is really difficult to deal with. But, there is no time..." He slowly stopped the movements in his hands, and repeated with a solemn expression, "There is no time."

Aesop took the initiative to tell Naibu about the monitoring incident, but the person who monitored him did not appear again after the Brown incident, so the matter had to end without a problem.

After listening to Nabu's words, Aesop's face turned pale.He was just happy to protect the people in his own country, but he didn't realize the chain reaction behind this incident.Now that Neb is going to attack Joseph, then...

Naib gave him a strange look: "Why do you have such an expression? Could it be that you really like it..."

"I didn't." Aesop quickly interrupted him.Then he realized that he had to keep calm. He raised his eyes and tried his best to keep his voice as calm and inorganic as usual: "Just tell me your specific time and route. I will arrange the guards and let them Do not block your way."

At the same time, he thought quickly in his brain, and quickly made an astonishing decision:

At this time, it is not feasible to win over Naibu.Nab Sabeda was a good man, but he wasn't too kind.He focuses on the big picture, has clear goals, and is not easily shaken by his will.If there is a hasty showdown, Naibu may break with him, and then insist on planning an assassination plan by himself.Therefore, what he can do now is——

Thinking that the other party cleared the way, he pulled out his next overall assassination plan from Nabu.Then, when the assassination plan was carried out, he would be by Joseph's side to ensure Joseph's safety. If Nebu insisted on doing it, then he would block the knife for Joseph himself.After that, the guards not far away should come, and Naibu will definitely retreat in order to get his whole body back, and the assassination plan will fail.

Only in this way can the safety of Joseph and Naib be guaranteed as much as possible at the same time.

Even Aesop himself was surprised when he made this desperate decision.A few months ago, he never thought that the once quiet and weak self would one day make such a madman-like decision to risk his life.But there is no way, between his own country and his lover, he can only choose this way.

I hope all goes well, he said silently to himself.He wasn't ready to sacrifice himself yet, he hated Joseph's gentleness, Joseph's willfulness, and Joseph's exaggerated but cute jokes.

He was a greedy man, he wanted to live well, to spend the next many, many years of his life with Joseph.

TBC

Surprised, the survivors actually want to block the knife for the regulators. Is this the annihilation of morality or the loss of human nature?