Chapter 197 (Reunion)
When he followed Shen Mushen back to his residence, Gu Chaochao thought of the women who were fleeing everywhere, and quickly pulled Shen Mushen's sleeve: "Mushen."
Shen Mushen looked back at her and understood: "Slaves tell people to stay. Take their lives and expel them from the palace."
"Then hurry up, they will die sooner than later." Gu Chaochao frowned. It's not really a big mistake to imitate her and try to take a shortcut.
Seeing that she was in a hurry, Shen Mu whispered to comfort her: "If it's too late, there are so many things to kill in the palace, it will take at least half an hour before the execution time, you go back with the servant first, and then the servant will call someone to rescue them. "
When Gu Chaochao heard the words, he hurriedly followed him.
Shen Mu raised her lips, lowered her eyes and led her back to her residence. As soon as she stepped into the yard, she called a little eunuch.
"Go on, save the lives of those who are fake and shoddy, and expel them from the palace." He spoke slowly.
The little eunuch was stunned for a moment, and as soon as he raised his head to meet Shen Mushen's quiet eyes, he thought about it: "Yes."
After the little eunuch agreed, he left in a hurry, and then Shen Mushen looked at Gu Chaochao: "It has been resolved. ."
Gu Chaochao stopped worrying when he heard the words, but looked around his room.
Shen Mushen is the only eunuch in the huge palace who does not have a clean body. His dormitory is a secret place, carrying his biggest secrets day and night, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. When someone broke into the house by mistake, even though there was no flaw in the house, he was executed in front of everyone.
However, now, Gu Chaochao can walk around and touch it curiously, but he is like a beast being groomed, only his eyes follow him, but he is not at all alert.
"Your room is really big," Gu Chaochao smiled and turned his head to meet his gaze, "It looks bigger than the master bedroom of the Fengxi Palace."
Shen Mu raised his lips: "The people below will flatter and put the two The houses side by side are grouped into one, which makes it look bigger."
"It's good for decoration, anywhere." Gu Chaochao said, picking up a jade ornament to play with.
Shen Mushen stepped forward and glanced at her slender fingers: "If Niangniang likes it, just stay here for the time being."
"Me? Live here?" Gu Chaochao opened his eyes wide, "Then how can I do it, I'm a beautiful girl, Living here will get you in trouble."
"No, the slave can handle it." Shen Mu looked at her deeply.
Gu Chaochao laughed: "Is Mushen's power so powerful now?"
Shen Mushen couldn't laugh: "At least I can protect the empress."
Knowing that he still minds being assassinated, Gu Chaochao sighed and reached out and patted it. His arm: "I will be careful in the future, and I won't let this happen again."
Shen Mu lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Gu Chaochao smiled and enlivened the atmosphere: "Also, don't call me Empress, let alone call yourself a slave before me, I'm just a little girl now, it's not good for others to hear."
"My Empress will always be a slave . Master." Shen Mushen said seriously.
Gu Chaochao was helpless: "Mushen."
"...Okay." As soon as she called his name, he just wanted to follow her.
The two were speechless, and Gu Chaochao looked at him more.
At the age of 27, he looked much more mature, with more distinct brows and eyes, and more steady eyes. His face was as delicate as porcelain. He was obviously a normal man, but he didn't even have stubble, and his face was as clean as peeling. Skinned eggs.
Her heart moved, and she couldn't help but reach out and touch his chin.
Shen Mu's Adam's apple moved instantly, but the upper part didn't reveal it: "Is there any problem?"
"I just think your skin is very good, but what medicines are you using?" Gu Chaochao withdrew his hand.
Shen Mu raised the corner of his lips: "Well, I took some medicine, it's not harmful to the body."
"Bring the medicine to me and see." Gu Chaochao was still worried.
Shen Mushen finally smiled this time: "Give the medicine to the mother... to you, do you understand?"
"If you don't understand, you have to read it." Gu Chaochao gave him an angry look.
Shen Mushen had no choice but to turn around and walk to the wall, opened a secret compartment in front of her, and took out a small porcelain bottle.
"Hid it so tightly." Gu Chaochao joked.
"Be careful." After Shen Mushen finished speaking, he handed the porcelain bottle to her.
Gu Chaochao opened it and took a sniff, and followed his example and poured out a little observation, as if she really understood this. Shen Mushen always looked at her with a smile, until she suddenly poured the medicine from the palm of her hand into her mouth, and then frowned instantly: "Niangniang!
" .
Shen Mushen quickly poured a cup of tea and handed it to her. Because no one dared to enter his room, the tea on the table was always cold, which was convenient for Gu Chaochao to rinse his mouth.
Seeing that she stopped after rinsing several times, Shen Mushen was very helpless: "Why do you eat everything."
"If you don't taste it, how will you know if this medicine is harmful to your body?" Gu Chaochao was also righteous. She really didn't understand herbal medicine, but she knew that if the medicine was harmful, Shen Mushen would never let her take it.
"You know I can't do anything about you." Shen Mushen naturally knew why she wanted to taste it.
Gu Chaochao smiled and wandered around the room again. Shen Mushen followed behind her, and after being silent for a long time, she still said, "Niangniang, do you want to leave the palace?"
Gu Chaochao was taken aback.
Shen Mushen's throat tightened, and he was almost speechless, but he still spoke with difficulty: "I will ask someone to cross out your name, you stay here, and I will take you out of the palace in a few days."
Gu Chaochao stepped A stop: "Why do you want to leave the palace?"
"You don't like it here." Shen Mushen replied firmly, which was a fact he had seen many years ago.
Gu Chaochao paused: "But you are here."
Shen Mushen was slightly startled.
"Where can I go when you are here?" Gu Chaochao looked at him helplessly.
Shen Mu stared at her for a long time, and her heart suddenly fell: "Then stay, I will protect you."
Gu Chaochao smiled, thought for a while, and said, "I don't want to be a concubine or a concubine anymore. Something like that, can you let me be a palace maid, it’s better not to worry about anything, just stay by your side.” After all,
she has also been the head of the harem, taking care of the older children herself, and now she has power , she felt that she could still mention this requirement.
Sure enough, Shen Mu nodded deeply: "Of course it is, but it will hurt you."
"Going to deal with that bad old man will be called grievance," Gu Chaochao clicked his tongue, "I don't have the protection of years now, so I can't guarantee him. Will you be interested in me?"
Shen Mushen heard the words and looked at her smooth cheeks, then nodded quietly, "Got it."
Shen Mushen was very efficient in his work, and after he finished speaking, he let Gu Chaochao wait in the room first. Then, he went to the mother who was in charge of the show girl's file.
After half an hour, everything was settled properly, he took the new clothes from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and hurried to his residence. Since Gu Chaochao's death, it was the first time that he showed his urgency outside, but he didn't care, and only wanted to go to the palace.
"I'm back." As soon as one foot entered the door, he couldn't help but speak.
But no one answered.
Shen Mu's complexion changed, and she rushed into the room. The next moment she saw her lying on her bed, frowning and sleeping soundly.
Shen Mushen heaved a sigh of relief, his whole body seemed to have been taken away. He stood silently alone for a long time before he walked forward silently and carefully covered her with a quilt.
The room was quiet, and expensive spices were lit with an inch of ten gold.
He stood by the bed and painted her brows with his eyes in a peaceful atmosphere. Before I knew it, it had been nine years, they hadn't seen each other for nine years, and he was walking alone on the cusp of the storm these years, and he didn't seem to miss her so much, but every time he closed his eyes, he always remembered how she fell in a pool of blood. , I remembered the pair of cold eyes that I had inadvertently met before stepping out of the Phoenix Palace.
Shen Mu stared deeply at Gu Chaochao's face, and finally leaned forward, raising her fingers to lightly touch her slightly wrinkled brow.
Gu Chaochao, who was sleeping, noticed the coolness of his fingertips, and couldn't help but snorted, Shen Mushen withdrew his hand like an electric shock, and twisted his fingers unnaturally.
Gu Chaochao didn't wake up until the time of Kuaizi. When he opened his eyes, he saw Shen Mushen sitting on his feet, lying on the edge of the bed and sleeping soundly.
Gu Chaochao stared at him for a while, helpless: "Why are you frowning even when you are sleeping?"
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to smooth his brows, the sleeping Shen Mu moved deeply, and opened her eyes slowly in the next moment. .
"Did I wake you?" she asked with a wink.
Shen Mu stared at her for a moment, determined that it wasn't a dream and sat up: "No, I wasn't sound asleep, why are you awake at this time?"
"I'm hungry." Gu Chaochao looked at him eagerly.
Shen Mu laughed deeply, and asked someone to go to the small kitchen to make some food and bring it back.
Gu Chaochao has not eaten a single bite of food since he passed through and came to the present. When he saw the freshly cooked food, he couldn't care about anything. Shen Mushen watched her bury her head in the meal, and stood aside to serve her with chopsticks.
"You didn't eat dinner at night, don't just focus on me." Gu Chaochao glanced at him.
Shen Mu raised her lips: "I'm not hungry."
She ignored it, and took a meatball and handed it to his mouth: "Ah—"
Shen Mu smiled deeply, opened his mouth to bite the meatballs, Gu Chaochao was satisfied, and forcibly pulled him into a chair and sat down: "I said, I'm not a queen now, you don't need to guard the master's servant's side. One set."
"I should serve you." Shen Mushen's voice was gentle.
Gu Chaochao squinted at him: "There's nothing that should or shouldn't. If you do this again, I won't live here."
She has no power and power now, and she can't go anywhere except here, so this threat is like nothing, Shen Mushen But he nodded earnestly: "I will change it."
Gu Chaochao was satisfied with this, and took the initiative to help him set the table and chopsticks.
After the two of them finished their meal, Gu Chaochao turned his head and fell onto the bed, lying still.
"Go out to digest food." Shen Mu deeply persuaded.
Gu Chaochao glanced at him lazily: "Tomorrow, I'm too tired today."
Thinking that she was arrested and escaped again today, Shen Mushen didn't say anything more, just stood still.
Gu Chaochao closed his eyes for a while, then opened them again to find that he was still standing there. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Is there anything else?
" Go ."
Gu Chaochao was stunned for a while, then sat up: "Then I'll go to the side room." Anyway, the palace has the most houses.
Shen Mushen pursed her thin lips, neither nodded nor shook her head, just looked at her quietly.
Gu Chaochao understood, but helplessly: "There is only one bed in this room."
"I can sleep on the ground." Shen Mushen replied.
Gu Chaochao had a headache: "Why are you..."
"Niangniang," Shen Mu called her deeply, then remembered her advice, so she calmed down and said again, "Chaochao."
He called her name for the first time . , The simple two words, but he said it very differently.
Not only did he say it awkwardly, but Gu Chaochao also heard it awkwardly, but both of them did a good job of concealing this unnaturalness.
"Chaochao," he called her again, "I'm afraid you will leave."
"I've already come back, how can I leave?" Gu Chaochao smiled helplessly.
Shen Mushen stubbornly stood there.
In the end, it was Gu Chaochao who was defeated: "Put two more quilts, the ground will be cold."
With her permission, Shen Mushen was finally happy, and immediately went to the closet to take out all the quilts, then carried them all the way to the door go.
Seeing his plan, Gu Chaochao hurriedly stopped him: "No!"
Shen Mu frowned deeply and turned back: "You regret it?"
"...It's not that you regret it, it's because of the wind at the door, you will be cold at night," the man said. Afraid of her leaving, Gu Chaochao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Come here, don't stay there."
Shen Mushen was silent for a long time, and finally walked towards her and put down the quilt beside the bed.
Gu Chaochao breathed a sigh of relief, and lay down again, Shen Mu laid the quilt and turned off the lights, and the room suddenly fell into darkness.
One of them was lying on the bed and the other was lying on the ground, but neither of them felt sleepy, they just listened to each other's breathing quietly.
After a long time, Gu Chaochao asked, "Mushen, how have you been in the past few years?"
Shen Mushen looked sideways, his eyes fell on the bed sheet through the darkness, and after a while he said, "Not good."
Although Gu Chaochao had seen The original text, but he was still lucky, hoping that the five years he appeared in the original text would change his misery in the original text, but at this moment, hearing his answer, his heart trembled.
"I'm not having a good time when you're not here." Shen Mushen continued to stare at the bed. He shouldn't tell the truth, he shouldn't make her sad, but after a long time to meet again, he doesn't want to pretend that everything is business as usual.
Gu Chaochao was really sad: "It's all my fault, I don't deserve to die."
Shen Mushen heard the words, and the corners of his lips curled up a little: "Stupid or not, who wants to die?"
"Fortunately, it's over, I'll accompany you in the future." Gu Chaochao comforted in a low voice.
Shen Mushen replied softly: "Yes, it's all over."
Gu Chaochao turned over and looked at him on the ground, remembering the assassination in the original text, she thought for a moment and then said: "Mushen, you know that I can predict the future. Well, I dreamed again this time..."
"Don't say it!" Shen Mushen sat up abruptly and scolded her before she finished speaking.
Gu Chaochao was taken aback by his tone and did not dare to speak for a long time.
Shen Mu took a deep breath and calmed down after a while.
"Chaochao, don't talk about this," he heard himself say in a very calm voice, "Leaving the secrets of the sky can easily lead to disasters."
Gu Chaochao didn't expect this to be the reason, and he couldn't help laughing and crying: "When did you become so superstitious...
" Before he could finish speaking, he met his dark eyes in the darkness.
Today's Shen Mushen is not what it used to be, and her aura is enough to make her confess: "Then I won't say it, and I won't say it again."
After hearing her promise, Shen Mushen realized that she was It was too fierce. After being quiet, he said in a hoarse voice, "Chaochao, I can't lose you again."
"I know." .
Shen Mu touched his forehead deeply and couldn't help but laugh.
The room fell silent again. Gu Chaochao rolled on the bed for two laps and soon fell asleep, but Shen Mushen didn't feel sleepy for a long time. From time to time, he had to get up to take a look at her who was sleeping, and barely fell asleep until dawn.
Although he fell asleep, he didn't sleep soundly. He had a dozen dreams intermittently before he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the bed subconsciously.
It was empty above, as if no one had ever slept.
Shen Mushen stood up abruptly and ran out barefoot, but just as he was about to run out the door, he bumped into Gu Chaochao.
Gu Chaochao snorted and hurriedly hugged him, so that he didn't knock him flying.
"What are you running for?" She covered her head depressedly.
Shen Mu looked at her deeply, raised the corner of his lips for a while, and turned into a calm palm print again: "Nothing, go out for a walk."
"Go out...don't wear shoes?" Gu Chaochao raised his eyebrows.
Shen Mu's throat moved: "Well, I don't wear it very much."
After saying that, she turned around and went back. Gu Chaochao looked at him and finally couldn't help laughing.
Listening to the laughter behind him, Shen Mushen rarely felt a bit of embarrassment, but the corners of his lips were raised because of this.