【Photography ABO】White Rose

Aesop finally fell asleep in a daze with anxiety.

The next day he was woken up early, and the maid knocked on his door, saying that His Majesty the King had asked him to do his homework.Aesop speculated on the three words "doing homework" in his heart, and after confirming that there should be no hidden meaning in the word, he tidied up his appearance and went out, walking towards Joseph's bedroom with the smiling maid.

The maid was older than him, and looked at him lovingly and meaningfully. Karl could roughly guess what she was thinking, and felt somewhat embarrassed.The two walked all the way to the door of the bedroom in this awkward atmosphere. The maid left first, but Aesop stepped forward and pushed the door open with anxiety.

Fortunately, everything looks normal.Joseph sat at the desk the same as yesterday, the difference was that today he changed into his usual dark blue dress, and the book in his hand became a thick volume of decrees.Hearing the sound of the door opening, he didn't even lift his eyelids from the document, but just said, "Here you are? Just sit next to me. I have a few things to deal with in the palace today. Come and try." Try it, just do your homework."

"Oh, okay." Aesop nodded, and came to sit next to Joseph.There was a stack of documents on his place in front of the desk, apparently Joseph had prepared them for him.Carl flipped to the top and began to read.

When he walked over, he paid special attention to it. The curtain on the bed in the middle of the room was still hanging, and it didn't look like it had been tidied carefully.Everything was quiet, the dagger thing should have gone unnoticed... he thought.When Joseph goes to the bathroom, sneak that thing out and take it away.

He calmed down and began to look at the documents in his hand.The first document was an application form from a guard in the palace. The wording was lengthy and twisted. After reading it for a minute or two, Aesop realized what he meant: he wanted to take his annual leave and go home to rest.

Aesop: "..." Does the royal palace also pay attention to the democratic rights of the working class?

He thought for a while, and felt that this kind of thing was harmless, anyway, there were plenty of guards in the palace.After making up his mind, he turned his head and asked Joseph softly: "A guard wants to ask for leave. I'll just approve it?"

"Well, you can handle matters involving less than 20 people as you like." Joseph was still reading the decree, and he probably encountered some headache. Are you annoying? There is no way. When I took the power back from the parliament, the people in the parliament felt very uncomfortable, so they were unwilling to take over the affairs of the palace for me. Originally, I hired a secretary to handle these matters. Now you come Now, you can try to deal with it by yourself first, get familiar with it, and after understanding the situation, I will assign you a secretary."

"Okay." Aesop felt as if he was listening to the work assigned by his boss, "Then what am I going to do during this time?"

"Follow me. Also, get a full understanding of the palace." Joseph finally raised his head from the decree, looking serious, "I will give you leave after processing these documents, and you can walk around the palace more. Understand the operating mechanism here. If you control the palace, the lives of everyone in the palace are in your hands. Be careful."

"Well, I see." Aesop nodded, looking at Joseph's face, he suddenly felt that the other party seemed to be in a bad mood today.So he asked softly: "What's the matter today, the law is a headache?"

Joseph paused: "It's okay. The council sent this thing up this morning, saying that it has revised the laws and regulations related to workers' rights and obligations, and let me have a look. I'm not familiar with these things, so I need to review them carefully to avoid any trouble. "

"Oh." Aesop nodded, thought for a while, and added, "If you are really unhappy, tell me, maybe I can make you happier."

After saying this, he suddenly felt that his wording was a bit strange.Sure enough, when he saw the smile in the eyes of Joseph in front of him, he knew that what he said was too ambiguous.Joseph smiled and asked him, "How do you want to make me happy?"

"..." Aesop was so embarrassed that he couldn't speak. He was originally introverted and afraid of not being good at words, so he could only lower his eyes and not speak.Joseph's voice rang in his ears: "Speaking of which, I suddenly want to know, who do you think of me as yours now?"

Aesop was taken aback for a moment, and he raised his gaze to meet Joseph's soft gaze.He paused for a moment, and said falteringly: "I, I regard you as mine..."

He thought about words such as "lover", "husband" and even "teacher", but he didn't think it was appropriate: the first two were too sticky for him to say, and the latter was too distant.Joseph also seemed to see his embarrassment. He stretched out his hand and gently wrapped his arms around Aesop's waist, and hugged him into his arms: "I see. You treat me as your partner and your alpha."

Aesop's heart skipped a beat.He heard Joseph continue to say: "In your heart, I am the person who understands you, the person you trust, and the person you love. Objectively, I am the person who will spend your life with you and the person you will follow. .so I would come to that conclusion. Am I right?"

Very accurate.Aesop was surprised at Joseph's understanding of him, he raised his head.Joseph hooked his lips: "You want to ask me how I know, right? Little Aesop, you are so easy to understand. I can tell how you want to answer by seeing your reaction to the question." He paused, and then Said: "In short, it's good that we like each other. I was surprised to meet someone I really like in a political marriage."

Having said that, he leaned forward and kissed Aesop's lips.Aesop didn't resist, he raised his head to accept the kiss from his lover, their lips were pressed together, the tip of their tongues were entangled with each other, Aesop was still very young about kissing, but he cooperated clumsily and hard, with a willing Give yourself a gesture.The window in front of the desk was open, facing the spring garden in the palace.The vegetation in the garden is lush, and the wind blowing into the window is full of fragrance.

In the afternoon, Aesop finished his "homework", and Joseph finally read his decree, and after a few approvals on it, he handed it over to his subordinates to take away.Joseph said he would give Aesop a half-day off, so they walked into the garden side by side as if they were taking a walk in the afternoon.

The dagger was already in Aesop's hand and stuffed into his pocket.He put it in a velvet bag, and since the dagger was small, it wasn't obvious that it was lying in the pocket.

Joseph said to let Aesop walk around casually, and he wanted to practice his knife in the garden.Aesop watched him stop in front of the flower bed where they met at the beginning, pulled out the saber from his waist, and finally couldn't help asking: "So the day we met...you were practicing the saber?"

Joseph glanced back at him: "Yes, I used to practice every day."

"Practice every day? There is no war in France right now."

"That's not the problem. You really don't understand, young people don't feel this kind of thing." Joseph shook his head, "You are only in your early 20s now, and you will know when you are 25. Your physical fitness will improve after that." Gradually getting worse. Difficulty concentrating, lethargy, fatigue easily... Don't be surprised, these are all true, even alphas can't avoid aging. Therefore, we must keep exercising to ensure that we have enough energy to deal with political affairs."

Aesop nodded half understanding.He heard Joseph add in a low voice: "That's one of the reasons why I studied the science that doesn't make people grow old."

one of the reasons"?Aesop keenly captured the key words in the sentence.

"Let's stop here today. You can go back tonight. I have something to do today, so I won't accompany you." Joseph raised his lips and smiled at him. "By the way, madam, please help me make a schedule if you are free."

"What timetable?" Aesop was confused by his sudden request, but he subconsciously felt that Joseph suddenly called him "Ma'am", the topic probably wasn't serious.

"Don't be nervous, it's not a big deal, it's just the evening schedule. You know." The next moment, Joseph's understated explanation successfully made Aesop choke himself.Aesop was choked by his words and coughed several times, and his cheeks were also red. I don't know if it was because of the cough or because of shyness: "Then... is there any principle?"

"What do you mean by principle?"

"Several times a week . . . or something."

"No, you can do it as you see it. You can think about it as many times as you want." Joseph is very easy-going.

But his easy-going stumped Aesop.Aesop was in a dilemma. He felt like his head was about to explode: Why would a man ask his wife to help him draw up a schedule for when to have sex?This kind of thing still needs to be scheduled?What kind of old cadre style is this?Too much of this kind of thing is not good, and it is not good to have too few...

Joseph looked at his mixed expression with a smile, and after a long time, he added slowly: "It's okay, this is just a plan for when you will come to my bedroom, not a plan for what you actually do. It's specific to every night, can't you do it?" It depends on the situation.”

"... Oh." Aesop agreed, and his heart suddenly brightened.Then it's better to line up a little longer - he thought to himself.

Is this life after marriage?Aesop was in a trance.He has never been in a relationship, and he has not learned how to get along with a lover, so he jumped directly to the step of getting married.Now it seems that life with one more person in my life is really... a bit chaotic, but also very sweet.

After that, Joseph didn't assign any more tasks to him, and the two chatted briefly before parting ways.Aesop walked around the palace in a big circle and returned to his room. He accepted Joseph's suggestion today and did not wear a mask. Along the way, many guards and maids recognized him and greeted him. Very awkward and cramped.Fortunately, everyone looked at him with friendly eyes.

After entering the room, he immediately adjusted his mental state and began to refine the current assassination plan.The situation was very complicated. He took out his notebook and began to sort it out. He wrote the words "Assassination Plan" at the top of the page. go.

He is actually a very rigorous person, even though he was fascinated by Joseph during the day, it did not damage his clarity of thinking.He drew a simple diagram on the paper, the wedding and the first night were completed, and the emotional intimacy between the two exceeded his expectations.In the next two or three months, he has two goals and tasks.

First, find out the details of the king and the palace, and prepare for the next assassination;

Second, enhance the relationship with the king and consolidate the status of the queen.

The second point, he believed, would not be a problem. The current relationship between him and Joseph was progressing very well. Joseph arranged for him to be in charge of the affairs of the palace, and his mastery of the palace personnel was also of great benefit to consolidating his position.Then, next, he only needs to focus on solving one problem:

Find out the ins and outs of the king and the palace.Especially the details of Joseph.

Aesop thought that there was really a big gap between his city and Joseph.After getting along for two or three days, he felt that Joseph could see through him many times, but he still didn't know Joseph well enough.

Indeed, over the past few days, the image of the "noble" in the garden has grown in his heart.But Aesop still doesn't know much about him, such as his experience, the conflicts between him and the council, the mystery of his age, his brother, and... his former queen who died of illness without having a child .

Strange to say, Aesop felt that the queen was the topic he was most curious about right now, even though he only dared to be secretly curious, and did not dare to ask Joseph himself.He thought that Joseph, who was only in his twenties when he got married, had a high-spirited career, handsome appearance and elegant temperament. I am afraid that half of the aristocratic women in Europe wanted to marry him.His queen must be the most qualified candidate for marriage, but how could it end like this?He couldn't figure it out.

His pen tip stopped on the word "former queen" on the paper, thoughtful.What he didn't expect at this time was——

After only one day, he learned about the character of the "former queen".

TBC

Joseph: Gradually enter into the living state of "Call if you have something to do, and Carl if you have nothing to do" (?