Xiao Yu always likes to ponder.
In the dead of night, he likes to be alone for a while, carefully recounting everything that has happened recently.
It was like this when I was studying before going to bed. Every night before going to bed, I would go over the lessons I learned that day in my mind. If I found something I didn't remember clearly, I would turn on the light and look for a book to read again until I figured it out.
It's the same after work, but it's mainly for the sake of human sophistication, which is much more complicated, but he is always used to summarizing, so as not to stumble twice on the same mistake.
After the soul piercing, I left the world of information explosion. Everything around me seemed a lot simpler, but it was not simple. There were still quite a lot of times when I was on tenterhooks every day.
Just like last night, and today...
Xiao Yu came to the bathroom. He dismissed all the servants, took off his clothes and sat in the huge bathtub.
The mist in front of his eyes made him drowsy after a tiring day.
Not knowing how long he had been back, he suddenly opened his eyes and his heart was pounding.
He raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist. He did this several times. The joints made a "click" sound and there was a faint pain.
It was this fist that almost beat Manager Cui to death today. His face was smashed to pieces, and only his breath was still hanging.
But he didn't deal with this matter at all.
Manager Cui is really hateful, but didn’t those people die because of him?
Isn't it true that the fists he used to vent his anger were just to give himself a high-sounding comfort?
If he had been hiding in the study and chose to block the outside world, or if he and Qingxue had just sneaked out for a short while and returned to the palace before Mu Gu closed the city gate, would those people still be alive today?
One of his willful actions cost the lives of many people. It would be fine if this prince did not do it.
Thinking of this, he submerged himself completely into the water and began to hold his breath.
The bubbles kept rolling up from the bottom of the water, gradually getting smaller and smaller, and even about to disappear.
The sudden lack of oxygen in the brain triggered a surge of adrenaline in Xiao Yu's body. His brain was extremely awake, and some things he had experienced in the past kept flashing in his mind like a slideshow.
A gathering of sages at Fan Yun Thatched Cottage, a narrow escape in Jilong Mountain, Xiao Tong, Liu Boxuan, Zhu Yi...
Facial makeup faces flashed before his eyes.
He saw Qingxue again, and the girl was smiling at him again.
Xiao Yu suddenly sat up from the bottom of the water. He coughed violently several times, coughing up all the water that had entered his trachea.
At this moment, the wolf-headed iron plate belonging to the Northern Wei marquis Cao appeared in his mind.
His intuition told him that the iron card involved far more than what he saw, and that there might be a greater crisis behind it.
Xiao Yuwan had always been kind to his father and son, and he had to tell her the whole thing.
Just as I was thinking of this, there was a sudden noise outside, and the bathroom door was suddenly pushed open.
Xiao Yu alertly used a towel to protect his key parts.
"who?"
"Who else could it be? It's me, Xiao Dalang!"
Before Xiao Yu could react, he saw a white object outside the thin curtain jump into his bathtub, causing thousands of water splashes.
Xiao Yu wiped his face and saw a beautiful person with waterfall-like hair sitting opposite him.
Xiao Yu pulled the towel down, making it look like a chest protector, and said nervously: "You...who let you in...Hey! Who let him in!"
The maid's shy gasp came from outside the door: "Little prince, I know I'm wrong, but I can't resist the temptation of the Prince Consort. When he took off his coat, I found that I couldn't move, and my whole body was numb... This slave...this slave really has nothing to do."
Xiao Yu scratched his hair and went crazy.
"Xiao Dalang, what's wrong with you?"
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm going to take a bath!"
"You don't know that your foot is sprained. You need to apply ice to it within twelve hours, and don't touch it with hot water, otherwise it will become more and more swollen in two days."
Pan Duo stretched his feet in front of Xiao Yu and moved them up and down, left and right.
"It seems that everything is fine. My medicinal wine is better."
There were three black lines on the back of Xiao Yu's head.
"Then you can't wait until I finish washing before coming in. Don't you know there is something called privacy?"
"What privacy?"
Pan Duo brushed his long hair beside his ears, and suddenly a girl's scream came from outside the door.
Xiao Yu didn't know it at first, but now he found out that there were so many people watching them take a shower.
"Go out quickly. When I finish washing, you can wash again."
"You and I are both men. It's such a big tub. Is there any problem with taking a bath together?"
Xiao Yu's neck turned red: "But I'm not used to taking a bath with others."
Pan Duo's beautiful peach blossom eyes blinked.
"It's okay, you have to get used to it!"
…
In the haze of water vapor, Xiao Yu always felt a little restrained.
There were shadows outside the window, and I didn’t know how many holes the window paper had been punctured.
After so many years of living and being a rough man, this is probably the first time that a woman has chased him and watched him take a shower.
The culprit was the neither-male nor female goblin sitting opposite him.
He tried not to look at him, but his eyes kept glancing in that direction.
At this moment, Xiao Yu finally believed that true beauty has nothing to do with gender.
I saw Pan Duo flipping his long hair again, his flawless handsome face looking full of enjoyment, his slender fingers stirring the bath water, and the elegance and enchantment in his gestures were enough to make a straight man commit a crime.
Xiao Yu gritted his teeth and deliberately refused to look at him.
In my mind, I forced myself to think about Qingxue, her voice and smile, and her appearance when she was taking a bath.
Xiao Yu seemed to have some physiological reaction.
No, he shouldn't think about that. He shook his head vigorously, but saw the towel protecting the key parts suddenly floating up.
Pan Duo glanced at him with her beautiful peach blossom eyes: "All men are the same."
"I don't have any feelings for you..."
Xiao Yu was busy making excuses and suddenly stood up.
There was another nympho-like scream outside the door.
"Sit down, sit down!" Pan Duo calmly pointed to the bath water.
Xiao Yu's face turned red and he hurriedly sat down, covering his key parts.
He found that Pan Duo was looking at him with a serious look on his face. This expression seemed to have never appeared on the face of the handsome young man who had laughed and cursed with him all the way. He was calm and focused.
"What do you want to do?" Xiao Yu asked angrily.
"I can't see at night, you know?"
"Of course I know, you are blind and have night blindness."
"Night blindness?" Pan Duo chewed on the word with a puzzled expression. He smiled lightly, "Thank you anyway. Without you, I'm afraid I wouldn't be bathing with you tonight."
This was wrong, Xiao Yu quickly protected his crotch.
"I don't dare to say thank you. If the Prince Consort has that kind of plan and would rather find someone else, I'll ask...ask Manager Huang to find some young men with red lips and white teeth for you, and I'll..."
Pan Duo blinked: "What are you talking about?"
"I'm not good at masculinity, but I know your era is open and tolerant, and if you like masculinity, you won't be looked down upon. But I...but I really don't have that kind of hobby!"
Pan Duo chewed it carefully and realized it. It took him a long time to realize it, and he immediately became furious.
"You...you..." Pan Duo's tone was stern. He was trembling all over, but he looked even more beautiful in the mist. Suddenly he patted the water and laughed loudly, "Xiao Dalang, there is a saying in the Buddha's verse: There is a Buddha in my heart. Everything you see is Bodhi; your heart is dirty, everything you see is dirty, hahahaha..."
Xiao Yu's face turned red and white. He slapped the towel in his hand into the water, causing splashes of water to hit Pan Duo's face.
Pan Duo immediately responded, and the two grown men started playing in the water.
This makes the peepers outside the door full of spring beauty...
The two of them were tired and sat across from each other chatting.
"You know everything about last night. Do I think you are just a fool and blind?"
"I would rather be a fool and be blind."
"Do you know what really happened last night?"
"Haha, their target is definitely not me, someone wants to kill the princess!"
"and you……"
Pan Duo smiled: "Like you, stupid people can easily protect themselves."
"I never said I was stupid, but others said I had been crazy for several years."
Pan Duo tilted his head, put one arm on the wall of the barrel, and looked at Xiao Yu thoughtfully.
That winter, although the prince of Jiangxia was withdrawn from military power, he was still at the height of his power in the court.
When he was young, Pan Duo once went with his father to the Prince of Jiangxia to visit Prince Xiao Ziqian of Jiangxia.
At that time, he met Xiao Yu once.
It was snowing like goose feathers that day, and in the back garden, a barefoot boy covered in frostbite stood stupidly under a tree, tilting his head and looking at the sky.
This was his only impression of Xiao Yu before.
Now, he has never been able to imagine that the young man with wise eyes in front of him and Xiao Yu could be the same person.
He watched Xiao Yu's mouth open and close, but for a moment he didn't hear a word.
"Consort Pan, hey, you must be half-full of incense just staring at me! Hey!"
Only then did Pan Duo recover his thoughts.
"Hey, what did you just say?"
"I said, you are pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. I always thought I was smarter than you, but I found that you are better at pretending than me."
Pan Duo sighed and looked out the window, thoughtfully.
"It's not easy to live, Xiao Dalang. The court is so turbulent now. If you don't pay attention, you will be doomed..." Pan Duo said, turning to look at Xiao Yu, "Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, this is a novel idea, I like it."
Xiao Yu stirred up the water and said with a smile: "You are really dishonest. You are the emperor's brother-in-law and the husband-in-law of Princess Yongning. That kind of favor is very rare. You are so hypocritical to talk about being irreversible. .”
"Just because I am His Majesty's brother-in-law, I feel like I am falling into an abyss." Pan Duo said and raised his chin.
Time goes back to the eighteenth year of Chengyou. Pan Duo, the son of Yongxi County Marquis, Sanqi Changshi, and Jianwu General Pan Yang, married the late Emperor's beloved Princess Yongning Xiao Yuwan.
Faced with such a huge favor, every family member of the Pan family decorated the house with lights and decorations, invited distinguished guests from all over the world, and wore red makeup to welcome the bride.
In the procession of sending off the bride, Pan Duo also met Xiao Yuheng for the first time, who had been established as the prince at that time.
The child is not old, but there is always a kind of indifference and alienation in his eyes that is different from his peers. He is a person with a cold temperament.
That's what Pan Duo thought at that time.
The music started playing, and during the ceremony, Pan Duo smiled while facing the bride who was as beautiful as a fairy, but the girl had tears in her eyes.
Looking back, Pan Duo really can't describe the feeling at that time.
Suddenly, the young prince pushed aside the guests and stepped forward to push Pan Duo away. All the guests watching the ceremony were shocked.
There was a flash of cold light, and the young prince drew his sword out of its sheath and was about to stab Pan Duo. Pan Duo was able to dodge the sword due to his quick eyes and quick hands.
The young prince picked up his Azi and was about to walk out. No one from the Pan family or the guests who were watching the ceremony dared to step forward to stop him.
But in the end, Princess Yongning persuaded her hard, and the young prince walked away alone.
Since then, Pan Duo has been afraid of the young prince in every possible way.
Until he ascended the throne, Pan Duo was even more cautious. He even pretended to be stupid and indulged in the mountains and rivers, fearing that a small mistake on his part would bring death to the family.
"Consort Pan, are you distracted again?" Xiao Yu reminded, "If this place makes you drowsy, you can leave first."
Pan Duo shook his head and had no intention of leaving.
The two were silent for a moment, each expressing their own thoughts.
Xiao Yu suddenly opened his mouth:
"Xiao Yuwan...uh, does Princess Yongning know?"
"what do you know?"
"It's about the assassination!"
Pan Duo looked confused. He looked at Xiao Yu as if he was looking at a fool.
"There are so many people who want to kill her. Who knows which wave of people were sent to assassinate her? This kind of thing has become commonplace in my eyes."
Xiao Yu was dumbfounded when he heard that there were still people who could get used to assassination.
Pan Duo continued: "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the princess has been demonized by the world. It seems that all the harsh policies of the court are at the hands of that weak woman. It is really a joke.
"In the past three years, the princess has suppressed countless assassinations without telling me. I know more than twenty of them. His Majesty Long Yan was furious. He pursued the investigation, including the ministers of the court and the country. Some assassinations The reason is ridiculous, haha... The goddess said that the menstrual period is not coming, and it is also the eldest princess who is causing trouble, and she wants to use witchcraft to frame the princess."
Xiao Yu sighed: "How can you take the art of witchcraft seriously? I think you and your wife are really tired!"
"She had a very tiring life, but I lived a carefree life."
Xiao Yu glanced at Pan Duo with disdain.
"Consort Pan, how many enemies did the eldest princess make in the court? Did she make any friends?"
"Crony? What is that?"
Xiao Yu remembered that in this era, there seemed to be no concept of "clique" after the Tang and Song Dynasties. The noble families themselves were so intertwined that they had long been twisted into a towering tree.
"Forget it, forget it, I didn't say anything." Xiao Yu hugged his knees in the water and looked away, "Do you have any guests in the eldest princess's mansion?"
"There are three hundred customers."
"Are you all just showing off and showing off like you are?"
Pan Duo poured water again: "Xiao Dalang, what are you talking about? The eldest princess treats virtuous people like corporals, from eighty-year-old men to ten-year-old children, no matter they are nobles or poor families, if they have real talent and learning, the princess will accept them one by one."
"Then what role do you play in the house?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.
"I am the Prince Consort, the princess's husband?"
"How many children do you have?"
"Not yet."
"How often do you have sex?"
"This..." Pan Duo suddenly trembled all over, and he was on the verge of having an attack.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiao Yu quickly covered his key parts with a towel and jumped out of the bathtub.
"I've finished washing. Go back to bed first. I'll take you back tomorrow!"
There was another nympho-like scream outside the door, and Xiao Yu was clearly seen.
The sound of objects falling to the ground came from behind the curtain, followed by the roar of the Prince Consort:
"Xiao Dalang, just wait for me. What if I don't leave? I'm staying here with you!"
