webnovelvip Chapter 20
Chapter 20
?? "Your Highness, why should you be angry with a rabbit?"
??Shi He put some vegetable leaves in the cage, turned around and said to the helpless Shang Xi, "Let's have breakfast."
"Here."
??When Shi He came back, Shang Xi was really relieved. His Majesty has been with this rabbit for several hours, and he doesn't want to eat, but he doesn't want to let the rabbit feel happy. , and put the vegetable leaves and radishes outside the cage, a position that is very close but just out of reach.
??Mu Xiang didn't look at Shi He, his face was expressionless, but he didn't refute when Shi He ordered lunch.
??He just said with a little bit of yin and yang: "Master Guo Shi still needs to eat? Didn't you have a meal in the mansion?"
??Mu Xiang has a lot of eyeliners in the capital. He knows when the prime minister entered the National Teacher's Mansion, how long he stayed, and when he left.
??Including when Shihe returned to the mansion, all the servants in the mansion were pleasantly surprised. The housekeeper also carefully asked if the national teacher would stay for a few more days, and then immediately the kitchen started to light a fire to prepare lunch for the national teacher who had not returned for a long time.
?? Shi He paused slightly: "I have never used it."
??Mu Xiang was taken aback, a little disbelieving.
??Shi He sat down beside Mu Xiang, the corners of his lips slightly raised: "It seems that the eyeliner His Highness arranged in this mansion is not good enough."
?? "..." Mu Xiang looked away uncomfortably, trying to change the subject, "Since the national teacher hasn't eaten yet, let's go together."
??The lunch atmosphere was generally quite harmonious, but Jinchen Rabbit at the side seemed to be very hungry, and he ate nothing left of the radish leaves, as if he had come out of a starvation prison.
??Mu Xiang glanced at it: "This one is too tasty, go to the shop for another one."
??Xiangxiang: "..."
?? Everyone is called Xiangxiang, why can't they let each other go, they are from the same root, so it's too urgent...
?? Shi Hedan said: "It is as long as His Highness is happy."
??Mu Xiang was taken aback, and his heart felt strangely numb for a moment, as if the tip of a feather had been scratched, causing ripples on the calm water.
?? When Mu Xiang was in a good mood, he lost interest in changing rabbits: "Forget it, Gu worms can still use it."
??Shi He: "It's no longer needed."
?? He took a sip of tea and said, "The Gu in Chen Ke's body cannot be forced out."
"Oh." Mu Xiang looked at Xiangxiang indifferently, "Then let's change to another one, this one is too edible to keep."
??Xiangxiang: "..."
?? No, he felt he could struggle a little more.
?? After lunch, Shi He and Mu Xiang went to the side hall of the East Palace together.
??The East Palace is the residence of the prince, and it is naturally splendid. Mu Xiang has never been here before.
?? The strangeness of every flower and grass here reminds Mu Xiang all the time that his throne has never been justified.
??Chen Ke was still lying on the couch, the flush on his face had receded a little, but he was still not awake.
??The serving maids only come to change clothes and wash a few times at night, and they have to wear masks every time they come, and they must never have direct skin-to-skin contact with Chen Ke.
"The real Gu worm is still here." Shi He pulled Chen Ke's shirt off, his heart seemed to be polluted by something, it was strangely black, and there were countless spider web-like stretches. The arms are densely packed.
??Mu Xiang asked: "Those bugs before..."
??Shi He watched calmly: "It's the nourishment of this Gu worm."
??These spider silks stopped elongating after stretching for a few inches, probably due to the lack of nutrients.
?? From the beginning to the end, Mu Xiang didn't stare at these black textures for too long. For some reason, every time he got close, his heart would twitch like a tingling pain, and mixed emotions would pour out from his heart. It hurts him to breathe.
??Shi He said: "Your Highness, don't come here alone in the future."
"Hmm..." Mu Xiang was silent for a while, then asked, "If this Gu is not taken out, what will be the consequences?"
"There will be no consequences." Shi He looked sideways at Mu Xiang, his eyes were indifferent and ruthless, "If the Gu worm cannot be taken out, I will kill him."
"..." Mu Xiang was a little taken aback.
?? A human life is really nothing to an emperor who seeks to rebel against his superiors, but these words were spoken by Shi He.
??Actually, he had vaguely guessed that the people who died in Nightless City should be caused by Gu worms. It should be contagious, and accidents may happen to anyone who comes into contact with it.
??In this case, if it is impossible to preserve the Gu worm's mother, then killing the nutrient donor becomes the best choice. When that day comes, Mu Xiang will also make the same choice.
??He thought that if one day he wanted to kill Chen Ke, Shi He would be the one to stop him, but he didn't expect Shi He to make a decision one step earlier than him.
?? "The national teacher is really dedicated to Da Xiang." Mu Xiang lowered his eyes and smiled self-deprecatingly.
??Shi He neither refuted nor responded: "Your Highness, go back."
??Mu Xiang refused: "I just want to see it."
??Shi He obviously didn't want Mu Xiang to be here, the two looked at each other for a while, Mu Xiang pursed his lower lip, and lowered his voice: "I can help you."
??Shi He didn't say anything, but took out the accompanying needle box, as if acquiescing to Mu Xiang's stay.
??He put on a layer of extremely thin gloves and spread Chen Ke's clothes a little.
??"Needle."
?? Mu Xiang looked at the box and was taken aback for a moment. There are many kinds here: "Which one?"
??Shi He said: "The thinnest."
?? Mu Xiang found it quickly, and touched Shi He's fingertips through thin gloves.
?? He watched Shi He calmly and slowly pierce the needles in Chen Ke's heart, one after another...
??The room was very quiet, Shi He lowered his eyes and focused on exorcising the Gu, while Mu Xiang felt jealous while slapping his hands.
?? Yes, jealousy.
??It was the first time that he realized so clearly that he wished that the only person who could touch Shi He's skin was himself.
??When applying the needle, Shi He's fingertips would inevitably touch the skin of Chen Ke's heart. Even though he was wearing gloves, it still made Mu Xiang feel uncomfortable.
??When Shi He gave him the needle before, did he also wear gloves?
??As time went by bit by bit, Mu Xiang inexplicably felt that Shi He had become a little weak, although his demeanor and behavior were still as calm as before.
?? He was a little uneasy and said, "How is it?"
??Shi He took off his gloves: "After seven days, we need to do it again, and we will know the result then."
"I'm just asking you." Mu Xiang grabbed Shi He's wrist and made him face her, "Are you okay?"
"...Nothing." Shi He said suddenly, "Your Highness hasn't practiced calligraphy today."
??Mu Xiang: "...go now?"
??Shi He agreed, and the two stepped out of the threshold side by side. Mu Xiang remembered that the needle on Chen Ke's body had not been pulled out: "Do you want to keep it?"
??Shi He: "It can be removed after three days."
??Shang Xi has been waiting outside the palace, and all the court ladies and eunuchs bowed their knees and saluted: "Your Majesty, Mr. Guoshi, get on the sedan chair."
??Mu Xiang wanted to refuse at first, but when he thought of Shi He's obviously pale face just now, he nodded, and the two returned to Weiyang Palace in a sedan chair.
?? "The national teacher rests first, and studies ink alone." Mu Xiang kept everyone outside the palace as usual, but still insisted that Shi He stay on the couch to rest.
?? "Okay." Shi He did look a little tired right now, and closed his eyes after getting down from Pingtang.
?? When Mu Xiang was practicing calligraphy, he was also absent-minded. While thinking about Shi He who was resting, he was also thinking about the matter in the Southern Region.
??He has sent a large number of manpower and doctors who know Gu skills to the city that never sleeps. I don't know how long it will take to overcome this man-made disaster.
?? And Shi He, it turns out that this omnipotent person who is like a fairy in the eyes of others will also appear tired...
?? Jinchen Rabbit ran out of the cage at some point, and let out a cooing sound at the side. Mu Xiang came back to his senses and found that the name of Shi He was written all over the rice paper, and each stroke was deeper. , seems to be an incomprehensible obsession.
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?? "Gu knows that the national teacher has an extraordinary background and cannot interfere with ordinary affairs, so I don't force the national teacher to keep Gu's life." The emperor lying on the couch looked at the sky, his eyes were flat, and he had already seen through life and death.
?? "Song Jin is just too stubborn, you don't need to pay attention to him, Daxiang can live forever without Gu Gu."
??…
?? "When we first met, you said that life and death are fateful, but Gu said that my fate is up to me, but today I want to obey this fate."
?? "I don't want to live anymore. On the day Zhi Xiao was buried, I don't want to live anymore."
"The only thing I am worried about now is that you and Ah Jin have given him a piece of alchemy. If the court changes in future generations, it can be regarded as a life-saving technique—"
?? "As for the national teacher..." The emperor was born with a good-looking appearance, with handsome eyebrows and deep eyes, but there are silver threads in his hair, and his lips are pale, with a little sickness.
??He paused for a long time: "As for you, the national teacher, I can't do anything. I don't know what you want, what you miss, and why you came to me, but I always feel that you are waiting for something."
"But since we are here, let's take a look at Daxiang for Guduo... If one day in the future, the national teacher meets the person who reminds me of him and decides to stay in Daxiang, it would be a good thing .”
"Gu is gone...Gu is going to see Zhi Xiao who is lonely."
?? "Treasure... Mo Nian."
??The death knell that resounded through the imperial city made Shi He open his eyes. Decades had passed since the dream.
?? He rarely fell asleep, today is an exception.
??He was covered with a layer of quilt, which slid down to his waist as he stood up.
??The new emperor of Daxiang is standing in front of the desk, leaning over and writing something seriously.
??Jinchen Rabbit came to the table at some point, sitting next to the rice paper with a radish in his arms, watching Xindi practice calligraphy seriously.
??Shi He suddenly remembered the question left by the Prime Minister when he left the National Teacher's Mansion in the morning.
?? "The third hexagram is so important, why didn't you say it?" This was a question the Prime Minister threw to Shi He before he left.
??Shi He didn't give an answer, but tore off a page from the ancient book, lit a candle and burned it up by the fire.
??Why don't you say it?
??Because each hexagram has two sides, and the secrets cannot be fully revealed.
??And what he saw was not the demise of Daxiang, but everything in front of him was reduced to chaos, and in the end there was only nothing left, nothing left.
?? This is almost an irreversible hexagram, because people will die sooner or later.
?? If everything will eventually turn into nothingness because of the disappearance of a person, then all this is just sooner or later for him who has a long life, and decades of time are just fleeting, and there is not much meaning.
??He is indifferent by nature, he has nothing to worry about, and life and death are just a matter of a stroke.
?? But today, why do you want to tamper with it and beautify it, and say it out of your mouth...
??In the quiet study room, there was an inaudible sigh.
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"Wake up?" Mu Xiang quickly noticed Shi He's waking up. He waved the Jinchen Rabbit who was pressing his rice paper down from the table, and showed Shi He the results of the afternoon, "How is it?"
??Shi He glanced at it, and it was indeed improved compared to before. He nodded slightly: "Not bad."
??The corner of Mu Xiang's mouth raised slightly: "Is there a reward?"
?? "..."
??As soon as these words came out, both of them fell silent, and Mu Xiang secretly reflected on himself, how could he be as naive as a young child?
?? "What does His Highness want?"
?? "..." Mu Xiang didn't expect that Shi He would really answer his words, and couldn't say what he wanted for a while.
??What's more, he is the emperor of Daxiang, what can't he get?
?? Mu Xiang paused: "Gu wants to stay in Weiyang Palace tonight."
??The author has something to say: It was originally a [-]D chapter, but I had a toothache, and I couldn't read it, so I made it up during the day.
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??感谢在2021-06-0401:01:45~2021-06-0423:01:43期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~
??Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 late arrival;
??感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：EVEN、肖战速灭！10瓶；柒小柒、栎汐、雾霭5瓶；熙念4瓶；叭叭叭2瓶；洛堂、阳光下的星1瓶；
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