Chapter 143 The frail and sickly powerful minister

"Cuckoo..."

Lin Xiaodong was standing on the steps in front of the palace wrapped in a snow-white fox fur. It was mid-March, and the spring flowers were blooming. Even the peach blossoms outside the palace walls were blooming. On the bricks, this is a peaceful and peaceful scene.

- but was broken by a fat pigeon.

The pigeon was so fat that it made one wonder if it could fly, and in fact it had to be very difficult. Its peers can fly over thousands of mountains and rivers to deliver news, but this short two or three kilometers from the Lin Mansion to the Imperial Palace almost killed the fat pigeon.

Lin Xiaodong rubbed his nose and looked at the pigeon that fell on the branch and almost bent the branch. He always felt that he was probably responsible for most of it.

He was not in good health, so Xie Chen didn't let him go out all the time, so he could only wander around the house. Lin Xiaodong likes to walk to the backyard when he has nothing to do, grab a handful of beans to feed the pigeons, and within a few months, he feeds the carrier pigeons that Xie Chen carefully raised to convey information into fat pigeons that are too tired of cooking soup.

Although in some ways there is an additional layer of concealment, after all, no one believes that such a fat pigeon can still be used to transmit messages, but the flight distance is also greatly limited. Like this one, I'm afraid it's still a "skinny man" carefully selected by Xie Chen.

Lin Xiaodong thought about it, stretched out his hand and untied the bamboo tube from its leg, and in front of You Shu next to him, he unfolded it naturally and looked at it.

Yushu: "..."

Mr. Lin, you are too blatant.

For more than a month, Jing Ji has not appeared in front of Lin Xiaodong again, but Lin Xiaodong was not angry, nor had any seizures, and even calmly accepted the fact that his identity was replaced by someone else.

Jingji didn't ban his feet, but Lin Xiaodong still just stayed in the palace every day to eat, drink, sleep, and occasionally go to the garden when the sun was shining in the afternoon. He looks like a concubine who is more like a concubine than a concubine in the harem.

You Shu felt very incomprehensible. He had been sent to the palace as a eunuch since he was a child, and was bullied/bullied by others, so he cherished his current status and the power granted by Jing Ji very much. He doesn't have any ambitions, but if someone wants to take away everything he has worked so hard for, You Shu will definitely give his life to fight that person to the end.

Therefore, Yu Shu's first reaction to Lin Xiaodong's reconciled attitude was: he was forbearing.

He told Jing Ji what he thought, and the young emperor was silent for a long time after listening to these words. He didn't say anything, but ordered him to keep an eye on Lin Xiaodong's movements. Therefore, You Shu will come here to serve Lin Xiaodong whenever he has free time. The purpose is to observe what kind of thoughts this lord has towards His Majesty. Is it resentment? Still disappointed?

But after seeing Lin Xiaodong lying lazily on the reclining chair, turning himself over in the sun like a salted fish, You Shu silently felt that both his and His Majesty's thoughts seemed to be wrong.

This... I'm afraid he's not enjoying it, is he?

"The weather is so nice," Lin Xiaodong sighed contentedly, it's really cool not to have to work, "In a while, it will be Qingming, right?"

You Shu immediately cheered up and replied, "Yes, sir."

"So how many days are left? I'm almost confused." Lin Xiaodong asked.

This time, You Shu didn't say anything. He moved his lips and said in fear, "Sir, forgive me, but the slaves dare not answer."

"Oh, yes," Lin Xiaodong raised his eyelids, "I almost forgot that Your Majesty didn't let you tell me the date."

"..."

"Why is he doing this?" The young man shook his head, closed his eyes, and said nothing.

"... Did he really say that?"

That night, Jing Ji's expression tightened when he heard You Shu's report in the study.

"Yes," You Shu said, "Your Majesty, I don't think Lord Lin is actually mad at you, maybe," he pursed his lips, looked at the unpredictable face of the king, and finally opened his mouth boldly, "Perhaps, you should have a good talk with Lord Lin."

Jing Ji was silent for a moment, didn't say anything, just waved his hand to let him back off.

It's not that he doesn't believe Yu Shu's words.

He was just afraid.

I am afraid that my husband will become strangers to him from now on, I am afraid that the quiet life during this period will be broken, I am afraid that the relationship between the two will be overwhelmed.

"coward."

A sneer came from the ear, it was a low male voice.

"Shut up!" Jing Ji covered his ears and clenched the brush in his hand grimly, "If it wasn't for you, how could I have done such a bastard thing!?"

This voice appeared on the third day after Lin Xiaodong woke up. Jing Ji didn't know whether the other party was a human or a ghost, but he finally understood why he had no memory of what happened that night-the one who really attacked Mr. Obviously this bastard!

Thinking of this, Jing Ji felt aggrieved and resentful. If he had known this earlier, he might as well do it in person...

"In person?" The "ghost" snorted lightly, with a playful tone, "What are you going to do in person?"

Immediately he said solemnly: "Boy, let me remind you that Xiaodong is my person, you'd better stay away from him, understand?"

"dream!"

Jing Ji answered without blinking, but the doubts in his heart were not reduced by half - why does this guy keep calling Mr. by this name? Could this be Mr.'s nickname?

"Oh?" the voice asked calmly, "Aren't you afraid that I will destroy your soul?"

Jing Ji sneered: "If I showed weakness, wouldn't you do it? Don't worry, even if I die, I won't let you get close to Mr.

Gu Xi thought to himself that it was no wonder that you had tied yourself up tightly even when you were sleeping, which made him wonder if he really had any special hobbies. But to be honest, Gu Xi was still very satisfied with the tough remarks of "self".

Sure enough, no matter what he became, Lin Xiaodong's safety would be the most important position.

For the sake of this, Gu Xi decided not to stimulate Jingji anymore.

Although he was not used to "self" taking over a soft and peaceful lover with all the thorns and thorns in vain, Gu Xi is not a schizophrenic. .

If he really annoyed Lin Xiaodong, he would be unlucky in the end.

Seeing that the ghost stopped making a sound, Jing Ji also breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't think that he was a demon, but no matter whether it was an alchemist in the palace, an eminent monk and a Taoist priest, or even a well-known magician, there was no way to make this voice disappear.

Jing Ji even intuited that the other party didn't have any ill will towards him, and he was used to talking with himself for only half a day, and it was as natural as thinking. Like, is he a part of himself?

Jing Ji selectively forgot that what Gu Xi said at the beginning was "you are part of me". As the unique emperor of Jing Dynasty, he naturally did not feel that he would be subservient to others.

But on Lin Xiaodong's side, it was indeed a big problem.

Jing Ji let out a long sigh, longing and sorrow entangled in his heart like weeds, he picked up the pen, and slowly sketched the figure of a handsome young man on the rice paper, in order to kill this long and difficult night.

Sir...I miss you.

Lin Xiaodong didn't know that Gu Xi had turned into a second personality and started to fight with Jing Ji. He thought that Jing Ji was obsessed with the previous things, so he didn't want to come to see him.

Does this child have such a thin skin?

He was a little funny, and at the same time felt a little weird. Because in Lin Xiaodong's impression, Gu Xi has always been an old driver who is calm and invulnerable. If you make him shy, it will be rarer than the sun rising from the west.

"Sir, this is today's document."

Lin Xiaodong came back to his senses, saw the documents piled on the desk, and sighed weakly: "I see, let it go."

Jingji was probably afraid that he would feel bored and lonely, so he didn't let the stand-in handle the affairs of the government completely on his behalf, especially some important matters related to the country's society, and he would still use it to ask him.

On the one hand, Lin Xiaodong feels that Jing Ji is really thinking too much, and he is not the kind of person who will die after retirement, but on the other hand, he is worried that he will not be able to support two films in a short period of time without Xie Chen and Jing Ji. Therefore, he could only take over these tasks silently, just like in the Lin Mansion before, after reviewing it every day and then sending it to Jing Ji.

Alas, he sighed in his heart, this world is really hard work.

"My lord, the water is ready."

The young man bowed his head and hummed, put down the pen after writing the last word, pinched his stiff wrist, and prepared to take a bath and rest.

The best thing about this palace is that it has a natural hot spring. Lin Xiaodong's body is too weak now, and his hands and feet are cold all the year round. Even in the heat, he rarely sweats, not to mention other seasons.

For him, soaking in hot springs is the only time to get rid of this scabby body temporarily.

Submerging his body into the hot water, Lin Xiaodong let out a sigh of relief, and the coldness that had been lingering in his body was dispelled by the heat. Even though he knew it was only temporary, he was still attached to this feeling of complete freedom.

He hasn't coughed for a long time.

If it weren't for the bowls of soup and medicine that he had to take every day, I'm afraid everyone would think that Lin Xiaodong was in good health, and even Jing Ji was deceived by him, and he even tentatively asked You Shu to ask if he should stop taking the medicine.

Of course Lin Xiaodong refused.

If he stopped taking the medicine, it would probably take three or four days before Jing Ji received the news that he was vomiting blood and fell into a coma.

Doctor Nian had always hoped that he would not use this method to continue his life, but at that time Lin Xiaodong was in a dilemma and had to forcefully handle all matters up and down the scene. But now he doesn't have to insist anymore, but this medicine penetrates into his internal organs like maggots on the tarsus, and it is impossible to quit/break.

The young man loosened his hair and let a black silk drape over his shoulders, winding down along the raised butterfly bone behind him.

Just looking at his figure, he was a little too thin.

He quietly lowered his head and looked at the turbulent water surface. After a while, he suddenly said, "Since you're here, why don't you come out to see me?"