Mao Tuan always wants to attack me

Seeing that Bai Shuyu was just standing there, looking at him with guarded eyes, Xiao Yuntian stopped in his tracks.

"Haha." The young man stretched out his hand and scratched his hair, "Your Majesty, I have accumulated spiritual power for a long time, and it is rare for me to condense into a human form once, so it won't scare you, right?"

Bai Shuyu frowned slightly, coughed lightly, "Xiao Yuntian, the one I want to sleep with is Mao Tuan."

Xiao Yuntian shrugged, "I am Mao Tuan, and Mao Tuan is also me." He pointed to the bedside table, on which was placed the body of Mao Tuan, whose consciousness had been separated from the body.

"It's hard to change back to human form. I have to make good use of this precious and short time." The young man said with a smile.

Bai Shuyu looked at him seriously.He had seen the young man in front of him before, once in the space of the beast seal, and the other time on the back of a flying dragon rushing into the battlefield.His clothes look out of place with this place at any time, and he himself is even more so—in the Bai Kingdom, Xiao Yuntian is probably the only one who can talk to the king as he pleases, right?

He moved to his couch.

Xiao Yuntian stood on the spot for a while, then followed.Bai Shuyu immediately turned around and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Hey, Your Majesty, I'm not a villain with any extravagant thoughts." Xiao Yuntian rolled his eyes, "Hey, it's just your previous promise..."

Bai Shuyu didn't answer, walked to the bedside table with his head down, and picked up the fluffy hair ball from it.

Xiao Yuntian watched his actions.Before that, he had imagined all kinds of good things he would do to the emperor after returning to human form, but at the moment when he really faced Bai Shuyu, he suddenly became a little powerless.Perhaps the changed appearance will give people completely different feelings. As a hairball, he can roll and play in Bai Shuyu's arms, but after transforming back into a human form, it seems that he is not so suitable for making troubles without reason.

"Humph."

Bai Shuyu hugged the hairball and got under the bed, ignoring Xiao Yuntian.

"What are you doing so close to me?"

Xiao Yuntian looked at him innocently: "Your Majesty, I have come to you to fulfill the promise I made last night."

"Isn't it Mao Tuan who asked me for a kiss? I never promised to kiss a man."

Said, Bai Shuyu lifted the body of Maotuan from his arms, and kissed Maotuan's cheek twice in front of Xiao Yuntian.

"Okay, it's over."

Bai Shuyu raised his light eyes and looked at Xiao Yuntian with a smile, "The promise has been fulfilled. Whether it is Xiao Yuntian or Mao Tuan, I will not owe anyone anything from now on."

"Ha." Xiao Yuntian helplessly spread his hands and shook his head, "Your Majesty, you are really cunning."

"Get off my bed quickly."

The young man smiled and said: "But didn't the emperor say that I was here to warm your bed? Now that the hairball's spiritual consciousness is not in the body, its body has also become cold."

Bai Shuyu snorted softly and said, "Then change back quickly. Except for Mao Tuan, I won't let anyone else approach my couch."

Seeing that although Bai Shuyu turned his eyes to the other side, there was a faint blush on the fair skin of his side face, and his eyes dodged uneasily, Xiao Yuntian knew that he did not reject him sincerely.Thinking of this, he slowly approached, and whispered in Bai Shuyu's ear, "It doesn't matter if the hair ball is cold, my body is still warm..."

Xiao Yuntian's fingers ran through Bai Shuyu's silver-white long hair.His hair is smooth and soft, and Xiao Yuntian can't help being nostalgic for that silky touch.

"This hairpin... is it new?"

Bai Shuyu was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Well... the previous one is missing. Maybe I can't find it either."

Bai Shuyu had rushed into the enemy's formation as bait before, and the hairpin on his head fell to the ground while avoiding Feng Wuyang's attack, and fell into the chaos and disappeared.Now he has also changed into a new hairpin, but Xiao Yuntian always feels that the previous gemstone hairpin matches his hair color better.The snow-white long hair paired with blood-red gemstones looks like a little red in pure white, which has a miraculous finishing touch.

As he said that, Bai Shuyu also turned his eyes and looked at Xiao Yuntian's attire: "Actually, I have quite a few hairpins, which can be changed almost every day." His eyes fell on the top of Xiao Yuntian's head, "However, Your hair is too short, and you don't need a hairpin. If there is a chance, I would like to see what you would look like with long hair."

The vast majority of people in Baiguo have long hair, regardless of gender.Therefore, Xiao Yuntian with short hair and modern attire looks very different.

"Long hair is beautiful, but it's always troublesome when you go to the battlefield and work." Xiao Yuntian brushed Bai Shuyu's long hair casually, "However," he smiled secretly, "It's better for the emperor to wear long hair." Beautiful, 'Bai Changzhi', just like a fairy..."

"Fairy?" Bai Shuyu was a little confused, he frowned, "I'm not a woman."

"Well, the focus of this word is on the first word, 'immortal'. If the emperor doesn't like it, you can call it 'immortal'."

It was rare for Bai Shuyu to laugh out loud when he said it: "Okay, it's so easy to condense into a human shape, so I just keep talking." He hugged the hairball in his arms tightly, "I still like little hairballs—even though they snore. The snoring is incomprehensible, but it's still a little quieter than now."

Xiao Yuntian also laughed and said: "The emperor thinks I'm noisy, so I just don't talk." He leaned forward, like Bai Shuyu hugging a hair ball, and gently hugged the emperor in his arms.

Bai Shuyu was startled and said: "Xiao Yuntian, you..." Seeing that person's face gently press against his own, for a while, he could only hear each other's slightly rapid breathing.He felt his skin heat up.Probably blushed again.

He heard Xiao Yuntian calling softly in his ear: "The emperor..."

Bai Shuyu said nervously, "Yes." He had been called "Emperor" countless times by countless people, but hearing this word today caused a strange throbbing in his heart.

"Do you still remember, Your Majesty, you wanted to hear what I said before..."

Bai Shuyu immediately understood what he was referring to, and he, who was always calm, became a little flustered.His slender fingers tightly gripped Xiao Yuntian's clothes, he deliberately maintained a distance from the other party, but he was reluctant to let him leave.

What am I thinking? ——Do you want to push him away, or do you want to keep him?

do not know.

Xiao Yuntian noticed Bai Shuyu's slight trembling, smiled, and said: "Your Majesty, don't be so nervous, it makes me very nervous too."

Bai Shuyu bit Zhu Se's moist lips, and said: "You are the one who wants to talk to me, why are you so nervous?"

Xiao Yuntian gently stroked his cheek with one hand, causing Bai Shuyu to lift his face.He looked at the pair of pale eyes, and looked at him.

"Does the emperor know what I want to say?"

Bai Shuyu snorted, "You slipped your mouth when you were a hairball last time, why don't I know what you're thinking about." The last time he asked questions one after another, Xiao Yuntian accidentally revealed his thoughts, but because of The occasion at that time was very irregular, plus Xiao Yuntian was in the form of a stupid and cute hairball, so Bai Shuyu naturally didn't take his half-joking "confession" seriously.

But this time, Xiao Yuntian's face was so close at hand, he could even hear every breath of the boy beside him, and feel the warm body temperature coming through the thin clothes.

From childhood to adulthood, whether he was the crown prince or the emperor, he has heard the most submission and obedience, but he has never heard words that express his heart beyond the relationship between monarch and minister.

Indifference may not be the nature of every emperor, but it is the duty that the emperor should fulfill.When the young son was about to inherit his important responsibilities, Bai Shuyu's father had told him so.

"Emperors can want many things, but this kind of greed must be average, and they must maintain the same greed for all things - and must not only have a strong will for one thing. Because the desire for fraternity can create ambition , and a single desire only produces weakness."

The young Bai Shuyu didn't quite understand the meaning of his father's words at that time, but he made up his mind from then on to treat everything around him—whether it's beautiful, ugly, friendly, alienated, Keep a fair distance.He creates an invisible "boundary".Only he can exist within his "boundary", and any intruder will reduce his sense of security and arouse his instinctive vigilance.

As a result, he was gradually regarded by people as an iceberg that cannot be surpassed. No one around him dared to oppose him, and naturally no one could really get close to him and understand him.

No one ever said they loved him.Whether it is "wanting to say" or "dare to say", there is no such thing.

Except for Mao Tuan—perhaps because of his identity as an "extraterrestrial visitor", Xiao Yuntian never regarded himself as a strange beast from the Beast World Continent from the beginning to the end, so he seldom really recognized the monarchs, ministers, classes, and Status... a chasm like that.

He never had these messy scruples, and what remained in his heart was pure heart.

He was probably the first person to profess his love to me.

The thoughts in Bai Shuyu's mind continued one after another, and his mood was very complicated.If he really heard Xiao Yuntian say those words, he couldn't even predict how he would respond.

How would he answer him?

——Only after Xiao Yuntian opened his mouth can he know.

Bai Shuyu stayed quietly in Xiao Yuntian's arms, he felt the young man's heartbeat, and he became nervous for no reason.

"emperor……"

"Ok?"

Xiao Yuntian gently held his hand.

"Your Majesty... your complexion is not very good, very pale."

Bai Shuyu sighed and said, "I don't know why, I'm a little scared and feel flustered."

Xiao Yuntian was silent for a moment, looked into his eyes and said, "Does the emperor feel pressured by what I'm about to say?"

Bai Shuyu hesitated for a moment, "Maybe you say so."

Xiao Yuntian stared at his eyes seriously.Suddenly, he said: "Your Majesty, you don't need to panic, and you don't need to feel pressure. Because what I want to tell the Emperor next will not add any more burden to the Emperor."

Bai Shuyu raised his eyes and looked at him too.Hearing Xiao Yuntian's hearty smile, he slowly bent down in front of Bai Shuyu, knelt on the ground on one knee, held his hand, and said, "Let's say it officially to the emperor today. Please believe me, I, Xiao Yuntian, or rather, Maotuan... will do everything in my power to protect the King of Bai Kingdom forever."

Bai Shuyu pursed her lips, her voice trembling: "Are you swearing in the identity of the contracted beast soul of the Royal Beast Seal, or in your personal name, Xiao Yuntian?"

Xiao Yuntian solemnly said: "I swear to the emperor, not only as the contracted beast soul of the Royal Beast Seal, but also in my personal name, Xiao Yuntian."

There was a silence.Bai Shuyu suddenly asked: "Xiao Yuntian, if... If you don't have the contract of the beast seal, will you leave me one day?" His voice was a little choked, and he didn't know the reason. "If it wasn't for the beast seal to keep you here, you would find a way to leave here and return to your hometown, right?"

Bai Shuyu looked directly at Xiao Yuntian's pupils with piercing eyes.He finally knew what he had been hesitating and anxious all the time—in the final analysis, it was because he was not confident in the bond between himself and Xiao Yuntian.

Emperors have always been sensitive and suspicious creatures.

Xiao Yuntian naturally saw this in the many days of getting along.In front of outsiders, Bai Shuyu always looks flat, even a little indifferent.Therefore, for Mao Tuan's daily "hooking up" and flattery, his response has always been both true and false, without seriousness.He only wants to tell Mao Tuan some things that are inconvenient to say to others, because Mao Tuan can't speak and won't tell others his secrets.

The reason for the close and distant special relationship between the two is probably because of Bai Shuyu's innermost fear—fear that Xiao Yuntian is just a temporary fellow traveler, and that one day he will be the only one who can be with him. The person who was close to him also left suddenly.It can be said that because Xiao Yuntian is not from this world, Bai Shuyu is close to him but also alienated from him.

Having figured this out, Xiao Yuntian showed a comforting smile.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much... In fact, even if I am not the so-called contracted beast soul, and I am not bound by the Imperial Beast Seal, I will not leave the Emperor easily."

"...Why?"

"Because... ha. If I say that I am sincere to the emperor, will the emperor believe this reason?"

Bai Shuyu stared at him blankly.

"I am sincere to the emperor"...

This sentence hovered in his mind for a long time.For a while, everyone was in a trance.

"I said this, not to ask the emperor for anything. I neither make any promises to the emperor at will, nor force the answer from the emperor." Xiao Yuntian smiled patiently, "The emperor only needs to know at ease, whether it is a hair ball or a Xiao Yuntian will never leave the emperor."

"Xiao Yuntian..." Bai Shuyu stabilized his mind, and finally couldn't help but said slowly, "I can ask you... why did you treat me...? Is it because I am a king? Or is it because My appearance? Or something else..."

Bai Shuyu's hands unconsciously clenched a corner of his shirt.Oddly enough, he was afraid of hearing a "yes" answer, and he was also afraid of hearing a "no."

Xiao Yuntian said: "Why does the emperor want to know this?"

"Um……?"

"Why does the emperor want to know the reason..." Xiao Yuntian smiled wryly and shook his head, "I am the one who expressed my heart, so this matter actually...has nothing to do with the emperor, does it?"

"I want to know." Bai Shuyu asked stubbornly.

Xiao Yuntian thought about it seriously for a while.

"Let's put it this way... Your Majesty, you are the ruler of the Bai Kingdom, possessing supreme power, and you are also very outstanding in appearance and extraordinary in temperament. In my heart, you are the most perfect person I have ever seen." Xiao Yuntian looked at him, not knowing how to explain to him, "However... the existence of these factors is not the reason why I have such feelings for the emperor."

Bai Shuyu looked even more confused.

Xiao Yuntian patted the back of his hand, "Your Majesty already has a lot to think about...don't let my affairs become your burden."

"But...you haven't told me the answer yet."

"The answer... I don't know either."

"What? But..."

Xiao Yuntian sighed faintly, and he stood up. "Maybe... this is the most wonderful, the most tormenting, the most difficult to define, and the most unpredictable feeling. If one day, the emperor also wants to tell 'him' to a certain person, But I don't know where to start; I want to get closer, but I feel hesitant because of the distance, then, at that time...the emperor will probably understand why this kind of question cannot be answered."

Because of such a strange thing as love, how could there be any so-called reason.Xiao Yuntian smiled wryly in his heart.This kind of thing... didn't it just happen when it happened?It often appears unexpectedly and silently, and even the person who is in love will often be aware of it later.

"Your Majesty, not all questions can be answered immediately." Xiao Yuntian looked at the sky and exhaled slowly, his mood became heavy for some reason. "Perhaps, some questions need days, months, years, or even a lifetime to answer..."

Bai Shuyu gave a soft "um", he was seriously thinking about what Xiao Yuntian said.The deep eyes shimmered, and I felt something after thinking about it.

However, no matter what he thinks about him, Xiao Yuntian will not forcefully ask him for an answer.I only hope that one day, he can slowly, slowly figure this out on his own, and then he can express his heart to him with practical actions.

"It's getting late..." Xiao Yuntian felt that his spiritual power began to fluctuate, thinking that his savings this time had been exhausted, and his human form would gradually disappear.Bai Shuyu also sensed that the spiritual power on his body was gradually weakening, and knowing that the young man in front of him was about to disappear again, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Xiao Yuntian's arm.

"emperor?"

Bai Shuyu raised his face.Xiao Yuntian's heart was shocked suddenly, he looked directly into Bai Shuyu's eyes.The shape of the emperor's eyes is narrow and beautiful. When they are still, there is a cool breath, with a touch of charm, but when they are vivid, they will show a completely different look.At this time, Bai Shuyu's eyes suddenly added a bit of a smart smile, making him look like he finally had a sense of liveliness that fit his age.

"You're not leaving me, are you?"

Xiao Yuntian nodded: "En."

Bai Shuyu suddenly pursed his lips, with a slight blush on his face, and whispered: "Zhen... I will not leave Maotuan either. So Maotuan must always be with me."

Xiao Yuntian was stunned.It took him a long time to realize that the emperor, he... the vague coquettishness in his words and actions, even the emperor himself did not notice it...

Xiao Yuntian gently brushed Bai Shuyu's hair with his fingertips, and said: "Okay, Your Majesty, let's meet again next time."

The young man brushed the ends of Bai Shuyu's hair lightly with one hand, put the other hand in the trouser pocket of his casual clothes, and smiled brightly at Bai Shuyu, showing two rows of white teeth.In Bai Shuyu's blurred vision, his figure gradually disappeared.

On the other side, Mao Tuan's body trembled slightly.After a while, it opened its eyes and ran towards Bai Shuyu who was sitting by the bed.

Bai Shuyu heard the sound behind him, and when he came back to his senses, the hairball had nimbly rolled into his arms, belly up, and his limp body was gently rubbing against his clothes.

"Ha..." Bai Shuyu kneaded Mao Tuanyuan's chubby body.Seeing the big purple round eyes staring at him with piercing eyes, and his fluffy body laying on his lap, and recalling Xiao Yuntian's bright and cheerful youth, such a sharp contrast made him burst into tears. smile.

"Xiao Yuntian, you are such an interesting...hair ball."

He got up and got into the bed, and fished the hairball in.The fluffy fur made him feel his own skin itching through the thin pajamas.Bai Shuyu hugged the warm fur ball with peace of mind, just like when he was a child holding a soft plush toy alone under the quilt, he fell asleep contentedly.

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snow palace.

Amid the voices of the palace people, Bai Qiming slowly walked into the room.He waved away the maids and servants serving inside, walked to the side of the bed, and lifted the bed curtain.

"His Majesty……"

The person on the couch saw Bai Qiming, who was wearing a royal robe, come into the room, struggled a few times on it, trying to stand up and salute.But Bai Qiming held him down: "Don't move around. You are injured now, just rest at ease."

The one who was held down by Bai Qiming and lay down again was none other than Feng Wuyang, the general of the Demon Kingdom who supported his army outside Mo City a few days ago.At this time, he took off his battle armor and was lying under the sheets in only dark single clothes. There was no blood on his exposed face, and his breath was weak and unstable.The long black hair was unrestrained and scattered on the bed in random bends, and the whole person looked weak and weak.

Bai Qiming sat down beside him, picked up the hot tea that the palace servant had just brewed, and handed it to Feng Wuyang.The other party took the tea, but did not drink it immediately.

"Your Majesty...have all the troops from Mo City withdrawn?"

Bai Qiming's face darkened, "I withdrew to thirty miles outside the city. However, even though I temporarily lost the support of the Demon Kingdom, I will continue this war."

Feng Wuyang closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembling.

"That's natural... As far as the Demon Kingdom is concerned, I will explain the situation to the monarch in detail and seek his support. But..."

Bai Qiming saw his worry, and continued: "However, the Devil's army lost too much in the battle in Mocheng. It's unrealistic to pin your hopes on your king's increase in troops."

"Then, Your Majesty, what about the other forces in the north? In addition to your direct troops, there are many generals and warlords in the north, and they all hold their own soldiers and horses."

"You mean those powerful families? Ha, they're nothing more than swaying grass. What's more, I can't guarantee that there is no inner support of Bai Shuyu among them..." Bai Qiming said in a low voice, "Original Mo If the battle of Mocheng can be won in one go, the warlords in the north will come out one after another, and join hands with me to take advantage of the victory and pursue Bai Shuyu. However...the battle to attack Mocheng has failed, and this will be the key to turning around Bai Shuyu. The biggest failure of the Civil War."

"Nowadays, the aristocratic families in the north are also secretly observing the situation. These people always look at which side is more powerful, and they tend to stand on that side, follow the bluff, and take advantage of the chaos. But in fact, every When they are required to exert key strength, or touch the distribution of core interests, their enthusiasm is not so high..."

When mentioning the existing aristocratic forces in the north, Bai Qiming's expression implied guard, obviously he did not regard them as his truly trusted allies.

Listening to Bai Qiming's tone, Feng Wuyang also had a general understanding of the internal situation of the high-level officials in the Bai country.After going through the mutiny of the capital and the change of the throne, the current powerful class of the Bai Kingdom seems to be powerful and intertwined, but in fact they are scattered. On the surface, they are gathered together, but they are actually considering their own interests, and there is no cohesion of cohesion. The consciousness of advancing and retreating together.

——Because of this, Bai Qiming acted so anxious when Mocheng was unable to attack for a long time and the Moguo chose to withdraw its troops again, right?After all, the group of "allies" in his hands are actually paper tigers who will run away in battle.

Thinking of this, Feng Wuyang didn't change his face, only an imperceptible light flashed in his deep eyes.He took a sip of hot tea slowly, hiding his secretive scheming under the shadow of raising the teacup.