Vol 2 Chapter 68

In the winter months, it snowed heavily in the capital all night long, and it kept rustling all night, so cold that people couldn’t help curling up all over. Under such cold, even the clamorous officials couldn’t help but stop for two days. .

Immediately, an imperial decree ignited the emotions of everyone.

The Holy Master understands that Taifu Lu is not in good health, and it is reluctant to work **** the two bureaus every day, so Taifu Lu is relieved of the post of sacrificial wine, and he will give some rewards.

The imperial decree is very euphemistic, and it is completely caring. The rewards are all good treasures, the pearls that the vassal states paid tribute, the priceless jade pendants, the collection of famous paintings and calligraphy, and several large boxes full of them.

But the fact that cannot be ignored is that Lu Qing was dismissed by His Majesty.

Although it is not the post of Minister of Officials who is dismissed, the dismissal of the post is the dismissal of the post.

This is almost a signal that the relationship between His Majesty and Lu Qingze seems to be completely broken, and those who hate the new law reform promoted by Lu Qingze, and who hate it to the point of gnashing their teeth, can’t help but want to move.

No matter what others thought, Lu Qing calmly accepted the order.

The one who came to deliver the decree was still Changshun. After the imperial decree was announced, he hurriedly helped Lu Qingze up, sighed, and comforted dryly: “Lord Lu, don’t think too much, your majesty is worried that you are overworked, and the doctor also said Now, your body and bones are not good, it’s better to think less and worry less.”

Lu Qing was noncommittal, turned around and went to the study, took out the sacrificial wine seal of Guozijian, and handed it to Changshun.

Seeing that Changshun’s little veil was about to be torn apart, and he was still sweating in the cold winter and twelfth lunar month, he smiled, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over: “Well, I know.”

Chang Shun took the hot tea and took a sip. The hot tea warmed his stomach down his throat, but he didn’t feel any relief.

He has been in the palace since he was a child, and trying to figure out the tone of others is his survival skill, but at this moment he rarely understands Lu Qingze’s smile.

The relationship between Lord Lu and His Majesty has been so tense recently. It is probably because Lord Lu knows what His Majesty is thinking.

Chang Shun hesitated for a while, knowing that it would be difficult for him to intervene, but he still couldn’t hold back, and said in a low voice, “Lord Lu, our family knows that you are unhappy, but this is not unacceptable, your majesty is the king, you are Sir… not to mention that Your Majesty treats you with sincerity, as long as you relax and soften your attitude, why would Your Majesty not give it to you?”

Lu Qing smiled with a smile on the corner of his mouth: “Eunuch Changshun has finished his tea, so he will return to the palace to return to his life. I will not give it away.”

Chang Shun hissed and closed his mouth immediately.

Lu Qing is not so good-tempered, but rather emotional. After all these years of acquaintance, he has almost never seen Lu Qing’s angry look.

But when Lu Qing is really angry, he won’t be as cold as others or shout, but he is still smiling, but his eyes are cold, and touching those eyes makes people cold to the scalp. , dare not say more.

But for His Majesty, as well as his big mansion and small golden bowl, Chang Shun swallowed his saliva, but he mustered up his courage and continued to whisper: “Lord Lu should feel awkward, but throwing out your teacher-student relationship with His Majesty, Your Majesty is no longer the little doll in Lord Lu’s eyes, why don’t you take a look at it?”

Lu Qing put down the tea cup and calmly ordered the guard: “See off the guest.”

Changshun was kicked out of the Lu Mansion for the first time. He felt that he had done his best. When he got into the sedan chair, he couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

Lord Lu was not happy, and neither was His Majesty. Recently, the Qianqing Palace was dead silent, and no one dared to breathe loudly.

When will this day be over? I am afraid that only when Lord Lu is willing to accept His Majesty.

But looking at His Majesty’s appearance, he seems to have run out of patience.

Changshun returned to the palace with a sad face, while Lu Qing sat in the armchair gracefully and calmly took a sip of tea.

As he expected, the little wolf cub was no longer going to hide his fangs and claws.

After all, he is the emperor.

Didn’t General Shi say that people in the royal family have been somewhat ill since birth.

Judging from various behaviors, Ning Wanruo may have more possessive and predatory desires than his liking.

It was his fault that he didn’t teach Ning Juan how to like someone correctly, but Lu Qing actually didn’t know what it was like to be right.

He has reflected a lot recently, and even thought that if Ning Juan wasn’t brought up by him, he probably wouldn’t have resisted so much.

After all, the Ning Juan in his eyes was always the little Guoguo who would be awkward and coquettish at him. If Lu Qing wanted to put aside the teacher-student relationship, he regarded Ning Juan as an ordinary and normal man. is not possible.

This child is quite leftist, and since he was a child, he knew that he had to hold on to what he wanted, whether it was power, things, or people.

But Lu Qing is not an object, and he will not be willing to be secretly hidden.

After being “removed”, he would come to Lu Qingze’s house from time to time, and there were fewer officials who wanted to give gifts.

The only people who come to Lu Mansion are some of Lu Qingze’s subordinates and officials who have received his kindness face to face.

Everyone was worried that Lu Qing was in a bad mood, so they came to comfort him from time to time, so that Lu Qing could not laugh or cry.

Some people were worried and asked cautiously: “Master Lu, did Your Majesty listen to the villain’s slander and tell you…”

In response to these words, Lu Qing waved his hands all the time: “Nothing, I have no energy myself, please come down.”

Ordinary people say this, it sounds like they are forcibly saving face for themselves.

But Lu Qing said this…

A group of people silently looked at Lu Qingze’s thick winter robes that could not hide his thinness, his pale skin under the mask, and almost transparent skin. The occasional cough was frightening, and people couldn’t help holding their breath when they saw it startled him.

Well, what Mr. Lu said is really convincing.

So the people who were dissatisfied with His Majesty also stopped their anger, listened to Lu Qingze’s words, went back and did their own things, ignoring the cynicism of the old school.

Seeing that everyone had stabilized, Lu Qing pinched his forehead with a headache.

Those he specially cultivated are naturally not ordinary people, and some of them are rare talents with names and surnames in the original books.

Ning tired of this little brat.

When we entered the twelfth lunar month, the gossip in the capital continued. Occasionally, someone mentioned that His Majesty ordered someone to renovate the old temple, but I don’t know what it was for. Could it be to prepare for the draft next year?

However, not many people paid much attention to these idle moments, because another thing happened.

General Shi is critically ill.

Shi Rongfeng has been guarding Mobei for decades. It was once a nightmare for the Tartars and Oirat. As long as Shi Rongfeng is still alive, it will be a town stone in Mobei, and no one dares to attack.

But if General Shi died, he would not be able to find a suitable candidate to take over Mobei’s defense.

Now the old Tartar Khan woke up and was busy fighting with the third prince, father and son, in the filial piety.

When Lu Qing heard the news, he immediately rode in a carriage and braved the wind and snow to go to the courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing.

Xu Shu has been staying in a different hospital recently, taking care of General Shi Da’s condition. He is known as a genius doctor, but he is not a god. He has tried his best to do this.

After all, General Shi had fought for decades, and his body was covered in injuries. The problems on his body were not the same as those of ordinary patients. When we met before, Xu Shu estimated that he was still too optimistic.

When Lu Qing arrived, he happened to bump into Ning Juan’s car driver outside the gate of the other courtyard. The moment he raised his head, he inadvertently met his gaze.

Ning Juan looked at him with a cold and gloomy gaze, as if there were some kind of icy fireworks, but for a split second, he turned his eyes away, unlike in the past, like a warm puppy, and when he saw him, he would stick his eyes brightly. .

In the plum garden that day, Lu Qing broke the ice lantern he carved by himself, which really hurt his self-esteem.

Lu Qing sighed silently, and bowed to Ning Wan, “I have seen Your Majesty.”

Ning Jian didn’t say a word, passed Lu Qingze and walked towards the gate.

His Majesty came to visit in person, and Lin Xi brought Tang Qing and Chen Xiaodao out to greet him. Seeing this scene, they looked at each other in dismay.

After moving to the outskirts of Beijing, what happened in Beijing became a little farther away. In addition, General Shi Da became more and more seriously ill. They were worried every day, and they didn’t inquire about the news in Beijing for a while.

There was no one chatting here. Chen Xiaodao vaguely heard that the relationship between His Majesty and Lu Qingze seemed to be not very good. He didn’t care too much, and even sneered coldly.

What a joke, His Majesty has been clinging to the son since he was a child. When he was in Jiangyou, he was able to sacrifice himself for the son. Where can I find teachers and students who have such a good relationship with the monarch and ministers?

But seeing this scene, I was a little apprehensive.

Could the rumor be true? Does His Majesty really want to cook the son of a rabbit to death?

He had something to say, but Ning Juan was still here, and after finally seeing His Majesty’s tall and straight figure disappearing behind the shadow wall, he quickly ran over, helped Lu Qing to walk in, and asked in a low voice, “Young Master, are you and Your Majesty this is…”

Lu Qing stretched his fingers to his lips, and made a soft “shh” sound.

Wolf cubs have smart ears.

Chen Xiaodao had to swallow the words.

Ning Juan really heard it.

In fact, he had already seen Lu Qingze’s car driving, so he deliberately slowed down a step, waiting for Lu Qingze to come over and meet at the gate.

The moment Lu Qingze stepped down from the carriage, his heart was hot and stuffy, and he greedily glanced at Lu Qingze’s exposed skin, wishing he would carry the person into his arms, bring him directly back to the palace, and lock him in his locker. In bed, punish Yitong for this heartless person.

One more glance will not be able to restrain the emotions, only a quick glance and then move away.

The distance between the two was different from the intimate distance they used to be, and they were far apart, and they walked into Shi Rongfeng’s cultivation room one after the other.

There was a strong smell of medicine in the room. Xu Shu was taking care of General Shi Da’s hospital bed with a solemn expression on his face. Shi Rongfeng was lying on the bed, his face was visibly thin, and he was weak and pale.

The road to the other courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing is not easy to walk. The last time Lu Qing came was half a month ago. At that time, Shi Rongfeng could still sit up. Although he was not particularly energetic, he could walk around. He brings wine.

At this moment, the person has passed out of a coma, and his breathing seems to have become weak.

Lu Qing’s heart tightened.

Even if he was already prepared to send Shi Rongfeng away, and even if his acceptance of death was higher than ordinary people, he would inevitably feel sad to see the healthy general become like this.

Ning Juan turned his head and asked Xu Shu, “How’s it going?”

Xu Shu was full of complexities: “I’m afraid the general… won’t make it to the New Year.”

The room was quiet, Tang Qing’s eyes were red in an instant, and his cheeks were tight and he turned his head.

Lin Xi lowered his head, took the handkerchief from Xu Shu’s hand, and wiped the sweat lightly for Shi Rongfeng.

Chen Xiaodao murmured, “How could…”

Before he was picked up by Lu Qingze, he was a little beggar living on the street, and he couldn’t get enough to eat, but he liked to find people everywhere to inquire about new things. He grew up listening to the name of General Shi.

In his heart, General Shi is an invincible wall that will never fall.

But now, the wall that has guarded Daqi for many years is about to fall.

Ning Juan glanced at the silent Lu Qingze with a cold expression: “Changshun, let the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital cooperate with Doctor Xu to fully diagnose and treat the general.”

Chang complied.

The voices of several people seemed to disturb the half-drowsy General Shi, Shi Rongfeng opened his eyes in confusion, first saw Lin Xi’s red bunny eyes, and stretched out his hand to pat his hand: “I’m not dead yet. Well, why are you crying?”

Tang Qing’s tears slowly flowed down his cheeks. Hearing this, he couldn’t help but refute: “General, taboo!”

“I’m not taboo, what are you taboos about?” Shi Rongfeng choked back impatiently, turned his head to look at Ning Juan, then looked at Lu Qingze who was standing on the other side, and said slowly, “Old minister just now seems to have heard His Majesty. Speak.”

Ning Juan nodded slightly: “The general is recuperating in peace, and he doesn’t need to worry about anything else.”

Shi Rongfeng smiled: “The old ministers are all here, and I don’t have much to worry about. There are only two things I want to ask Your Majesty.”

Ning Juan: “General, please speak.”

“The minister has been stationed in Mobei for many years, and his wife and many brothers are also buried in Mobei. Please allow your majesty to leave a tomb in the capital after a hundred years of the old minister, and this remnant will be brought back to Mobei for burial.”

This is an account of the aftermath.

Ning Juan naturally agreed.

“There’s one more thing,” Shi Rongfeng said with a little effort, his chest heaving up and down, like some kind of broken bellows, “The old minister and Mrs. Lu met at first sight, and it was a rare friendship between Mr. Lu and the dog. The minister is bold, and I hope that he will be able to make friends by then. Master Lu will send you a ride.”

Ning Juan’s expression changed slightly.

Lu Qing was also stunned for a moment. He didn’t expect that the old general was still trying to help him by this time.

The surroundings fell into silence, and Ning Wan looked at Lu Qingze with elusive eyes.

Lu Qing is avoiding him now, will he take this opportunity to escape?

No, no, the teacher has always been kind and compassionate. If he escapes, the rest will inevitably be blamed, and he will not bear it.

After thinking about it for a while, Ning Juan finally nodded: “I agree.”

Seeing that Ning Juan was relieved, Shi Rongfeng nodded in satisfaction.

Just saying these few words consumed all his energy, and almost in the next instant, he fell into a deep slumber again.

Xu Shu waved his hand, not caring about the identity of the people in the room, and his tone was impatient: “Except for the little prince, go out, don’t disturb the general’s rest.”

Lu Qing had no choice but to follow the others out of the house.

When he was in the room just now, everyone’s attention was on Shi Rongfeng, while Lu Qing could stand aside and ignore Ning Juan. Now that he came out, as a courtier, he inevitably had to say hello and say two words. sentence.

The two looked at each other, Lu Qing was a little awkward, and coughed lightly: “Thank you, Your Majesty, for your permission.”

Ning Juan didn’t answer, Yu Guang fell on Lu Qing’s thin shoulders wrapped in snow-white fox fur, and thought in his heart that it was more solid than last year.

After all, at this time in previous years, Lu Qing spent almost all his time in the hospital bed.

In a few days, the palace will be completed.

He couldn’t hold back his desire to hide Lu Qingze.

Seeing whether Ning Juan remained silent, Lu Qing guessed that he was still sulking about the ice lantern, he hesitated for a while, the words “that ice lantern” were still swallowed back in his stomach, and he silently stood beside the fence with Ning Juan. , holding the hand stove in his arms, staring at the fluttering Xiaoxue in a daze.

It is better for him not to leave, and it is not good for him to do other actions.

Fortunately, Ning Juan was a tall and straight young man, and he didn’t know how to block the wind, not so cold.

After the whistling wind and snow stopped for a while, Ning Juan strode out, and without turning his head left a sentence: “Pay attention to your body.”

Don’t make his body that he took care of so easily to get sick again.

That’s his.

Changshun turned around with a bitter face, bowed his hands to Lu Qingze, and followed in small steps.

When Ning Juan’s figure disappeared from his eyes, Chen Xiaodao dared to lean over tremblingly, his eyes full of confusion: “Master, what is going on between you and Your Majesty?”

Seeing that he couldn’t hide it, Lu Qing had to confess half: “I have some minor conflicts with Your Majesty, don’t worry about it.”

“It doesn’t matter what!”

No matter how dull Chen Xiaodao was, at this time he also reacted with hindsight, and Lu Qing arranged him to be with General Shi, not only for him to accompany General and Lin Xi.

But compared to anger, he was more shocked: “Could it be that Your Majesty really believed the words of the officials, what kind of person are you, Your Majesty, don’t you know what kind of person you are! Could it be that Your Majesty really wants to do everything you can, kill, Did he kill you?!”

It is not necessarily the case that the birds are not exhausted, but it is very possible that the bow is hidden.

Lu Qing said helplessly: “Be quiet, be careful to wake up the general.”

Chen Xiaodao closed his mouth angrily and muttered, “I’m just too surprised.”

“Don’t worry, it’s really fine, as long as you stay by Lin Xi’s side,” Lu Qing touched his head, “Trust me, eh?”

Chen Xiaodao opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn’t say anything and answered obediently.

The son has always done things properly, and it must be reasonable for him to stay here. He can’t hold him back.

Seeing that Chen Xiaodao responded, Lu Qing smiled: “I’ll go back first, there is still something to do at the Ministry of Officials.”

Chen Xiaodao hummed reluctantly.

Because General Shi was critically ill, Lu Qing was busy almost every day and would go to another hospital. Occasionally he caught up with the old general when he was awake and could still say a few words.

As promised, he brought a jar of wine to Shi Rongfeng. It was the plum wine that he buried in the yard with Ning Juan the year before, and now he just dug it out and gave it to his friends to drink.

Shi Rongfeng lay ill and crooked for several days. When he saw some wine, his face radiated instantly. Unfortunately, he didn’t even have the strength to pick up the wine jar now, so he happily ordered Tang Qing: “Bring a bowl.”

Xu Shu had already instructed him. In the last days, he was happy to be close to the general. If he wanted to drink, he would drink. Tang Qing choked and answered, and went to get a bowl. Plum wine was poured into the bowl, which was clear and fragrant. Tangy.

Shi Rongfeng held the bowl tremblingly and glanced at Lu Qingze: “At this time, are you still not willing to have a drink with me?”

“How come.”

Lu Qing smiled, also took a bowl, poured a bowl of wine, touched the bowl with Shi Rongfeng, raised his head and drank it.

Shi Rongfeng laughed: “Isn’t this quite drinkable, and tell me… ahem, tell me I can’t drink it.”

After speaking, he also drank the plum blossom wine in the bowl and smacked his lips: “The fragrance is fragrant, but it is not as strong as Mobei. I drank a kind of wine in Liaodong called Burning Knife, and drinking it is really like burning fire. , is still unforgettable.”

Tang Qing was originally dissatisfied with Shi Rongfeng’s drinking, but after listening to these words, he became quiet again.

At that time, General Shi got drunk and muttered that he was going to find his wife. He rode on a horse and ran away. When they hurried to find him, the general was sitting in front of his wife’s tomb, crying like a child who made a mistake. , I guarantee that the little prince will be found.

Fortunately, in the last part of my life, I finally found it.

Shi Rongfeng was much more energetic today, and he dragged Tang Qing and Lin Xi together, each touched a bowl, and then went back to sleep contentedly.

Lu Qing held his forehead and was already drunk.

He has to go to the Ministry of Officials tomorrow to do an errand. He didn’t stay overnight, he got into the carriage and left the courtyard in a dizzy way. When he returned to the Lu Mansion, he fell asleep. In the middle of the night, he was so thirsty that he wanted to drink water. Pour into a bowl of sober soup.

Lu Qing was displeased by Yu Fang’s tough actions. He opened his eyes and saw the tall and straight young man beside the bed. He called out vaguely, “Guo Guo?”

Yu Fang was silent for a long time before he said “um”.

Lu Qing wanted to sit up, but in a top-heavy manner, he grabbed something and sat up, only to realize that he was grabbing a jade belt.

The young man beside the bed was dragged by him without changing his expression, as still as a mountain.

Lu Qing let go of his hand, patted his waist, leaned on the head of the bed, let out a sip of alcohol, and said drunkenly, “You’ve been getting more itchy recently.”

Ning Juan: “Yeah.”

“you…”

Ning Juan listened carefully: “What?”

Lu Qing thought for a while before thinking of what he wanted to say. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Ning Juan’s collar and pulled him down. His eyes were blurred, and he cursed, “You little beast.”

Being scolded like this, Ning Juan laughed instead.

He took Lu Qingze’s hand and put it on his face, rubbed it lightly, and whispered, “Huaixue, it’s too early for you to say, I haven’t shown you a real beast yet.”

Lu Qing’s eyes widened.

“Didn’t the teacher say that if I like something, I will fight for it myself?”

Ning Yan squeezed his chin and said slowly, “I’m just fighting for what I want. Lu Huaixue, you always say that you want to marry a wife and have children. If I watch you marry someone else, I might as well kill me.”

“So I can only circle you first until you want to.”

Lu Qing did not agree with his words, but his mind was muddled and he couldn’t say anything to refute him, so he could only shake his head.

There was already a headache, and the shaking made my mind even more confused.

Ning Juan looked at his drunken and confused appearance, which was not knowing how much softer than the usual annoyed look that only knew how to stab his lung tube. He was angry and sour in his heart, and his fingertips caressed his lips, Squinting: “We buried that jar of plum wine together, you just shared it with others, I haven’t tasted it yet.”

Lu Qing’s thinking was in confusion at the moment, and he didn’t know why the topic turned into talking about the jar of wine, and said dumbly: “Then you go to another courtyard to drink.”

Ning Juan’s eyes darkened: “Why should I seek distance?”

What is near and far?

Before Lu Qing could react, his jaw was lifted, and the hot kiss fell, forcibly prying open his teeth, intruding in, and sharing the faint plum fragrance lingering between his lips and teeth.

Lu Qing is a very standard pourer, not to mention he drank a whole bowl.

When he woke up from a hangover the next day, Lu Qing had a splitting headache, his mind went blank, he didn’t know anything about what happened last night, and he completely forgot.

Two days later, in the middle of the night, the door of the Lu Mansion suddenly banged hurriedly.

Lu Qing hurriedly put on his mask, put on his robe, and got on a carriage to the other courtyard.

General Shi is going to die.

When Lu Qingze stepped over the threshold, Shi Rongfeng, who was too weak to sit up a few days ago, was sitting on the head of the bed and greeted him with vigour, “Huaixue is here too.”

Lu Qing’s heart was sour, and a few words came to his mind.

Back to light.

There were only Lin Xi, Xu Shu, Chen Xiaodao, Lu Qingze and several of the most trusted personal soldiers in the room, Shi Rongfeng’s eyes slowly swept over everyone’s faces, nodded and said, “When I returned to Beijing, I made many bad plans. In the end, it’s not bad to have you all to accompany me on this last journey.”

Lin Xi blinked, and the tears fell like strings.

He only shed tears on the day he learned about Shi Rongfeng’s condition, and the second time is today.

Shi Rongfeng sighed: “Child, you can’t cry in the future. Dad only allows you to cry twice. Our Shi family’s boy never sheds blood or tears.”

Lin Xi choked up and nodded.

Shi Rongfeng’s face became a little bit withered, and his voice became lower: “You were not as tall as my knees when you were young, and you liked to follow me behind my **** to call Dad. At that time, I was busy with military affairs, and I often couldn’t respond… After so many years, I haven’t heard you call me again, but unfortunately I can’t hear you call me again in the end.”

Seeing that he didn’t have the strength to slip, Lin Xi hurriedly supported him, opened his mouth, and tried desperately to shout.

Everyone, including Xu Shu, was stunned when he called out that difficult “father” inaudibly from his mouth.

There was great joy in Shi Rongfeng’s eyes, and he replied with a smile, “Dad heard it.”

General Shi had a smile on his face and closed his eyes with relief.

Tang Qing suddenly turned his head and burst into tears.

Lu Qing closed his eyes and exhaled slowly.

He waited for a long time for the opportunity to leave, but he never thought that it would be given by General Shi Da.

The author has something to say:

Lu Qingze: You little beast!

Ning Juan: Wang.