Chapter 204 (What should be on top...)
After Shen Mu deeply realized what he had done, he curled up his fingers unnaturally: "It's getting late, go to sleep."
"...Mmmm." Gu Chaochao's cheeks were a little hot, and he hurried to wash up after hearing the words He crawled to the innermost side of the bed.
Shen Mushen was going to get the bedding from the closet, but when he turned around, he saw a large vacant seat beside her. Meeting her clear eyes, his Adam's apple moved, but he couldn't resist his inner desire, and lay down beside her.
Gu Chaochao couldn't help but glance at him secretly, but he caught his gaze unexpectedly.
"Go to sleep." He held back a smile.
Gu Chaochao silently buried his face in the quilt, fortunately in the middle of the night, he could not see his expression at the moment.
During this period of time, Shen Mushen not only had to deal with the backlog of memorials, but also had to be vigilant against open guns and dark arrows. Only when he returned to this room would he relax every day. Lying beside Gu Chaochao at the moment, listening to the various slight noises she made, he quickly fell asleep.
Gu Chaochao didn't feel sleepy, and the scenes after the rebirth flashed in his mind. In the end, he had to admit that even without her, as long as Shen Mushen stayed in the palace, his final destination was destined to be a bad one. Pushing him to accelerate toward this ending.
Perhaps only rebirth can break this dead end. Gu Chaochao thought about this, and the picture of him almost dying under the knife appeared in his mind again, and he rejected this idea in an instant.
The current situation is not that bad, she thinks about it carefully, maybe she can find a way to break the game.
Gu Chaochao took a light breath, looked sideways at Shen Mushen who was sleeping beside him, suddenly remembered the warm touch of his fingertips resting on his eyebrows, and the corners of his lips curled up a little unconsciously.
"I'm only in my twenties, how can I be so bitter all day long." She chuckled lightly, raised her hand and pressed his eyebrows to help him smooth the wrinkles.
Shen Mu seemed to be aware of it in a deep dream, but he did not wake up.
He had a good night's sleep, and when he woke up, seeing that Gu Chaochao was still asleep, he lightly picked up his clothes and went out, standing outside the door before starting to change.
Seeing that the twelfth month was approaching, the morning in the palace was terribly cold, and Shen Mushen came out wearing only his underwear and pants. The moment he went out, all the heat disappeared from his body. The palace servants serving in the courtyard were startled and hurried away. Come forward: "Sir, you are..."
"Shh." Shen Mu gave him a warning look.
The palace servants didn't dare to make a sound.
Shen Mu lowered his eyes, stood at the door and slowly changed his clothes. The palace servant stood shyly for a long time, and suddenly understood what it meant. The
co-author was because Master Zhangyin was afraid of disturbing the master's rest, so he took his clothes and went out to change.
"Sir, you are so kind to the master." The palace servant couldn't help but say something, and when he remembered that this master is not someone who can chat, his face changed with fright.
However, Shen Mushen not only did not get angry, but also glanced at him and said, "She is better to me." The
palace servants were so surprised that their mouths opened, and they didn't respond for a long time, until Shen Mushen's clothes were about to change. , he hurried to make hot water to wait for the wash.
When Shen Mushen packed up, the sky was already bright, and the palace servant bowed his waist and sent him out. When he was about to reach the gate of the courtyard, he remembered: "By the way, my lord, Eunuch Sun, who is next to the emperor, has been wandering around these days."
Shen Mushen stopped in his footsteps, with a confused expression on his face: "Do you know what he's doing?"
"The servant saw that he looked ghostly, so he paid more attention. After observing for a few days, he didn't see what he did. I never get close to the yard, so I don't pay attention...sir, what's wrong?" Shen
Mu lowered his eyes deeply: "It's alright, protect your master."
"Yes."
, Shen Mushen has disappeared.
Shen Mushen walked very fast all the way, and every step was full of vigorous anger, but when he stepped into the door of the imperial study, all his emotions disappeared, and he became the indifferent palm print again.
The two little eunuchs assigned by the emperor were already waiting in the room, and when they saw him hurriedly saluting: "See the palm print."
"See the palm print."
Shen Mu took a deep look at the memorials on the table, the top ones seemed to be passive pass. The two followed Shen Mushen's line of sight and immediately panicked.
"Emperor Fang, Fangcai and Lord Qian came here and said that the servants should learn to read the memorial first, and then the servants moved the top few copies, Lord Palmyra, forgive your life, without your order, the servants would never dare to play the memorial. Ideas! If you don't believe it, you can go and ask the emperor, he and Mr. Qian are walking in the garden together, and he will be back soon after thinking about it." After
speaking, the two hurriedly knelt down.
Shen Mushen's expression was light: "Our family didn't say anything, so why are you so nervous." The
two were shivering.
"Get up, since the emperor asked you to learn to read the memorials, then learn it." Shen Mushen said, bypassing them and sitting down at the table, directly giving them a stack of them, "The emperor can tell you to personally Have you reviewed it?"
"No, no, it's just that you should learn from the palm print."
"Then let's see how our family reviews it first." Shen Mushen said, and ignored them.
The two looked at each other, boldly got up and came behind him, carefully watching how he marked the memorial, Shen Mushen was also generous, not only let them see, but also gave some pointers.
When the emperor and Qian You came back from the outside, they saw the scene of him focusing on teaching people. They looked at each other and withdrew from the room. Shen Mushen's eyes moved slightly, as if he didn't see them.
For half a month, Shen Mushen did his best to teach the two of them, and gradually the two of them were able to handle the memorial independently. The emperor checked the memorials that the two had dealt with, and was quite satisfied, but Qian You in the audience felt uneasy when he saw this.
"He is obedient," the emperor slightly reduced his resentment towards Shen Mushen, and once again thought of his goodness, "I have followed me for so many years, and I have never done anything against me.
" Behaving in front of you, the emperor must not be careless." Qian You hurriedly reminded.
The emperor glanced at him: "Why do you think that you don't like him?"
"... He knew that the emperor's affection for the first queen was not diminished, but he still asked the person with the same name and surname to make a pair of meals. Wei Chen naturally looked at him. It's not pleasing to the eye." Qian You was apprehensive, so he brought this up again.
The matter of Gu Chaochao was like a thorn in the emperor's heart, and after hearing what Qian You said, his affection for Shen Mushen vanished.
Qian You's head turned rapidly, and finally lowered his voice to instigate: "Your Majesty, now you have two more right-hand men, and if time will be able to replace Shen Mushen, you don't have to be afraid of Shen Mushen's manipulation, it's time to get everything back on track. "The
emperor's eyes moved slightly.
Supervisor of Li, Gu Chaochao glanced at the sneaky eunuch outside the hospital, pursed his lips and walked into the room, when he was about to reach the door, he turned his head to look at the palace servant on the side: "Tonight, I will ask the kitchen to cook two bowls of glutinous rice balls. Yesterday I said I wanted to eat."
"Yes." The palace servant hurriedly agreed.
In the evening, Shen Mushen came back at the meal time, and as soon as he entered the door, he smelled the sweet fragrance.
A smile flashed in his eyes, and he sat down directly opposite Gu Chaochao: "Did you cook dumplings for me?"
"It was cooked in the kitchen." Gu Chaochao glanced at him.
Shen Mu took a deep taste: "It's delicious."
Gu Chaochao pulled the corner of his lips, but did not respond to his words.
Shen Mushen was keenly aware that her mood was not right, and immediately frowned: "What's wrong?"
Gu Chaochao stared at him for a long time, and finally sighed: "There have been people sneaking around outside the hospital during this time, don't say you don't know."
Shen Mu was silent for a moment, and looked at her with a much gentler gaze: "Afraid? "
Mushen, have you really thought about what to do?" Gu Chaochao frowned and asked, "The emperor sent those two people to follow you, obviously wanting to divide your power, and when they grow up, he will kick you. Kai, how can you still do your best to help them? Do you know that those two are respectful to you on the surface, but now they despise you behind your back?"
Even a person like her who stayed at home knew how arrogant those two were. If you don't believe it, Shen Mushen doesn't know it at all.
Sure enough, Shen Mushen was not too surprised, just said: "Now that they have sent their family out of the capital, they have no worries, and with the support of the emperor, they naturally don't take my palm print in their eyes.
" Do you want to teach them?" Gu Chaochao had a headache.
Shen Mushen was accustomed to not discussing or reporting things, but seeing her frowning brows, she pursed her lips and said: "The emperor ordered, I will no longer need to review the memorials from tomorrow."
After a brief pause, "In ten days, they will make a big mistake, and the emperor will not be able to protect them at that time, so he can only beg me for mercy."
Gu Chaochao was stunned, and seeing his determined expression, he understood that he was indeed ready.
"So don't worry, I will take care of you." Shen Mu comforted in a deep voice.
Gu Chaochao looked at him fixedly and wanted to ask the emperor what happened after begging for mercy? Even if the emperor learns a lesson and dares not touch you again, he will always die. If the world is not over after his death, how can you bear the anger that the courtiers and the new king have accumulated for many years.
But when it came to her lips, she didn't say anything.
Shen Mu looked at her deeply, and suddenly felt a little uneasy. He originally planned to wait a few days to talk about it, but at this moment he couldn't bear it any longer: "I bought a mansion."
Gu Chaochao gave a slight pause.
Shen Mushen's eyes were full of tenderness: "Just in the suburbs of Beijing, as you said, I planted a lot of flowers and trees, and built a beautiful small kitchen, right next to your bedroom, you can always..."
"Shen Mushen, this kind of When are you going to send me out of the palace?" Gu Chaochao asked coldly.
Shen Mushen's unspoken words stopped abruptly.
After a moment of silence, he coaxed in a low voice, "After this period of time, I will pick you up."
"Do you think I'm holding you back?" Gu Chaochao frowned.
"Of course not," Shen Mu denied without thinking deeply, and pursed her lips after meeting her displeased eyes, "Recently, the emperor thought he was holding on to me, and the next step will definitely be bad for you, I just want you to Go out for a while, and then I will pick you up after I have dealt with the two of you."
After speaking, he paused for a moment, his eyes filled with helplessness: "Chaochao, I can't protect you all the time, only in this way can I feel at ease."
"But like this. I'm not at ease when I come here." Gu Chaochao glanced at him, "I don't need to think about leaving the palace anymore, I won't agree." After
that, without giving him a chance to persuade him, he just lowered his head and started eating glutinous rice balls. Seeing this, Shen Mushen could only give up, and then arranged for more people to protect her in the courtyard.
Early the next morning, Gu Chaochao found that there were significantly more people in the yard.
"What's the matter?" She called someone over.
The man hurriedly said: "Lord Palmyra ordered me to come and protect the master."
Gu Chaochao looked up at everyone, thought for a while and asked, "Did he say that no one can take me away?
" Exactly." The man thought she knew all about it, so he nodded and admitted.
"What if the emperor came?" Gu Chaochao raised his eyebrows.
The man heard the words, but his expression did not change much, and the answer was obvious.
Gu Chaochao fell into deep thought, and it took a long time to return to his room. After standing still for a long time, he pulled out the powders that Shen Mushen had kept privately, and began to wipe them one by one.
When Shen Mushen came back, she saw that she had wiped the bottles and jars extremely clean and placed them neatly on the table.
"Why did you suddenly think of taking care of this?" Shen Mu was deeply curious.
Gu Chaochao smiled: "I just thought it was interesting, I haven't asked you yet, what is this purple bottle?"
Shen Mu took a deep look: "Ganweizi, I used it many years ago, do you remember it?"
Gu Chaochao blinked Blinking his eyes: "Then it needs to be tightened, don't let the powder escape, otherwise you and I will only be embarrassed."
Shen Mu recalled the past, couldn't help but smiled, pulled the chair and sat beside her Next, start teaching her the role of these bottles. Gu Chaochao listened absently, and occasionally asked a few more questions if he was interested, and Shen Mushen answered it very patiently.
The two chatted for a long time, no one mentioned the matter of the guards in the courtyard, and the atmosphere was still harmonious.
It was like this for two or three days. When he woke up in the middle of the morning, he glanced at Gu Chaochao who was fast asleep on the bed, and suddenly felt that it was okay for her to stay. As long as he was careful enough, he could protect her well.
In his sleep, Gu Chaochao opened his eyes as if he was aware of it, and when he saw it was him, he snorted softly: "Is it going to be worth it again?"
"Well."
"Are you coming back for dinner at night?"
Shen Mu raised his lips: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. I'm so busy lately, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back." Yesterday, the two little eunuchs suddenly had a bad stomach. Today, he is the only one to handle affairs, and it will not be the same as the previous days. Can sneak out early to accompany her.
Thinking about it this way, the existence of those two people is not without benefits.
He briefly chatted with Gu Chaochao and left, entered the imperial study and began to read the memorial. Although he told Gu Chaochao that he might not be able to go back at night, he still accelerated his work, and hurriedly settled all matters in the evening.
However, before he could leave the imperial study, the emperor came in person and placed a Buddhist scripture on his desk.
"You read the memorial today, and copy this Buddhist scripture ten times. I will go to the Buddhist hall tomorrow to pray for blessings." After he finished speaking, he turned and left.
Seeing this, the palace servant who was waiting on the side hurriedly said carefully: "Palmprint, the servant will copy it."
"No need." Shen Mushen returned to the table and sat down. Now that the net is closed, there is no need to offend him for this trivial matter.
The palace servant did not dare to persuade him any further.
Shen Mu lowered his eyes to copy the scriptures, but the scriptures that were beneficial to self-cultivation made him more and more irritable, and he still felt a little uneasy in his heart, always feeling that something was going to happen.
When he copied it for the fourth time, it was already dark outside. He finally stood up, got up and walked out.
However, as soon as he reached the door, he was stopped.
"The emperor ordered that you must not leave the palm print until you have finished copying it." The door guard said.
Shen Mushen's face suddenly turned cold, and he rushed out. The guard was shocked when he saw this, but he didn't dare to stop him, so he could only hurriedly chase, but after a few steps, Shen Mushen disappeared.
Shen Mushen hurried all the way back to Sili Supervisor, the guards in the courtyard saw him and hurriedly knelt down in fright. His sharp eyes pierced through the void like knives, and looked straight at the wide-open door.
"Didn't I say, protect each other with your life?" He said every word, like a blade mixed with ice, slashing everyone's body.
Everyone was chattering, only the palace servant who had been serving in the courtyard replied tremblingly: "Master, she... she left voluntarily, and the servants couldn't stop her."
Shen Mu was stunned for a moment, his face suddenly ugly.
Outside the bedroom, the guard knelt down and replied.
Gu Chaochao was already sitting on the dragon bed, and after listening to the words outside, he looked at the emperor with a smile: "Palmprint only cares about slaves and servants, but the emperor will not blame him, right?"
"Like, it's too similar..." The emperor looked obsessed, panting and holding her hand, "Don't call yourself a slave, from today onwards, you are my woman, and you must call yourself a minister and concubine."
"Chen, concubine . ." Gu Chaochao lightly opened his red lips and said these two words slowly.
When Shen Mushen broke into the dormitory, the palace people at the door were startled, and after reacting, they blocked and persuaded, and it was a mess.
"What's the noise?" A woman's voice came from the room, and everyone fell silent. Shen Mu raised her head suddenly, staring at the closed door.
After a while, a palace servant replied timidly, "Go back to... Empress's words, the palm print is here."
Hearing her address to Gu Chaochao, Shen Mushen's eyes almost bleed.
The room was silent for a moment, followed by Gu Chaochao's voice: "The emperor said to let him in, you just stand by the door, you don't have to follow."
"Yes."
Shen Mushen rushed in immediately, quickly crossing the outside and rushing into the room In the next instant, he saw Gu Chaochao sitting on the bed with his clothes disheveled, and the emperor was already asleep.
The string called rationality in Shen Mu's mind was completely broken. He didn't even want to take off the sword on the wall, and when he pulled it out, he wanted to stab the emperor. Gu Chaochao was taken aback, and quickly protected him in front of the sleeping emperor: "Mushen!"
"Get out of the way, I'm going to kill him, I'm going to kill him..." Even Shen Mushen's voice began to tremble.
Gu Chaochao was helpless: "What to kill, he didn't touch me."
Shen Mu was stunned for a moment.
"As soon as he touched my hand, I fainted his medicine." After Gu Chaochao finished speaking, he threw a small porcelain bottle to him.
It was one of the powders he had previously stored.
Shen Mu looked at her in a daze, and after seeing no traces on her body, she took a deep breath: "I'll take you away now." After that,
he extended his hand to her.
Gu Chaochao saw that his hand did not move.
Shen Mu's heart sank for a while, and suddenly remembered the palace servant's sentence 'The master is willing to leave', and the fingers that were frozen in the air began to tremble.
Gu Chaochao felt uneasy, sighed and said, "I'm sorry Mushen, I can't go."
"...Why?" He asked in a hoarse voice.
Gu Chaochao looked at him: "For your and my future, I must return to the back."
Shen Mu stared at her.
Gu Chaochao had to explain himself: "I know your plan is perfect, and I know that once it is successful, the emperor will never dare to hit you and me again, but what about the future? How do you deal with yourself?"
"...I will protect you," Shen Mushen said, only to realize that he had repeated this sentence too many times, so he added eagerly, "I have already searched for a candidate, Prince An's family. His youngest son, who is only five years old now, is very easy to handle, Prince An is too weak to be a problem, as long as I assist him to ascend the throne, I can control the world for at least another ten years."
"What about ten years later?" Gu Chaochao was helpless.
"Kill the new king and establish a crown prince." Shen Mu's eyes were dark, as if he was already crazy.
Gu Chaochao shook his head: "You should know that the situation in the court changes in an instant, and it is impossible for everything to go as you wish. Once something goes wrong, it will be dead without a place to be buried."
"So what? You think I can't protect you, so I restarted. Clinging to the emperor, hoping to give birth to a prince in person?" Shen Mushen's words were sharp and sharp, and he felt too much after speaking, and apologized with red eyes.
Gu Chaochao felt that if he didn't explain it clearly, the child was afraid that he was going to go crazy. After a moment of silence, he said, "I'm sick, so I can't have a child."
Shen Mu was taken aback for a moment.
"But I can get a fake pregnancy and come back with an orphan from outside the palace ten months later," Gu Chaochao looked at him, "Since everyone in the royal family may be our enemy, then don't want them to be the emperor, you and I will raise one together. What do you think of the child's succession to the throne and the safety of the whole life?"
Shen Mu stared at her, refusing to say a word.
Gu Chaochao softened his voice: "It's only a year, not even a year. After I'm sure I'm 'pregnant', the emperor can be bedridden, right? I believe you always have a way.
" Decision." Shen Mushen used a declarative sentence.
Gu Chaochao looked at him silently.
After a long time, Shen Mushen agreed in a hoarse voice: "...Okay."
After speaking, she turned and left. Gu Chaochao watched him gradually walk away, and suddenly had the urge to call him back. However, she opened her mouth several times, but finally she endured it. Living.
The world is so hard. She sighed and lowered her head, indescribably lost in her heart.
Just when she was feeling uncomfortable, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of her. If she raised her head, she saw Shen Mushen returning to her.
"Twilight?" Her eyes were full of surprises.
Shen Mu expressionlessly pulled out one of her hairpins and pinned it directly on his arm. Gu Chaochao was stunned for a moment and saw that he dripped blood on the bed.
"Since you want to be a queen, you can't have the slightest blemish." A trace of pain flashed in his eyes, but it wasn't because of the pain, "When he wakes up, you say that it's not because of me, you just expect me to send you out of the palace, so you Stay in Sili Jian."
Gu Chaochao stared blankly at the blood on the bed, and laughed helplessly for a long time.
Shen Mushen had already turned to leave when he heard the laughter behind him and stopped abruptly.
"Mushen ah..." Gu Chaochao sighed softly, "On the bedding that goes through the room, there won't be only a few drops of blood so clean."
Shen Mushen frowned, just about to ask her what she meant, a pair of slender His arms went from his back to his front. Feeling the softness of his back, he took a breath.
"Why don't I teach you, what should be on top?"