Huo Wujiu actually felt a little guilty.
He didn't know why he felt guilty, but Jiang Suzhou was sitting there. He lowered his head to look at Jiang Suzhou's side profile and felt a little uncertain.
… … After all, he had let him see him lose his temper. Moreover, if one looked at him from the outside, he was the one throwing a tantrum.
He didn't expect that he would be afraid of this one day.
Normally, unless he had no other choice, he would do as he wished. People who fought wars were born from the mud. Face was the least important thing to them. Not to mention, it was normal for him to throw tantrums.
However … … when Jiang Suzhou saw him like this, he actually felt a little scared.
He didn't realize that he had unconsciously developed the mentality of a male peacock. When courting a mate, he had to spread out his tail feathers and put them in front of his sweetheart in a magnificent manner. He absolutely refused to reveal the gray tail behind his tail feathers and didn't look the slightest bit ugly.
Huo Wujiu just stood there uneasily.
He saw Jiang Suzhou slowly pick up a few memorials from the table. After skimming through them, he put them back.
He raised his head to look at Huo Wujiu.
"Is this the 'nothing' you tell me every day?" Jiang Suzhou asked.
Huo Wujiu paused. He immediately recovered from his previous annoyance.
He opened his mouth, but for a moment, he was speechless.
After a moment, he retorted in a low voice, "It's not a big deal to begin with."
Jiang Suzhou tapped his finger on the table.
"If you hide it for a few more days, there will be a murder case in the capital," he said. "When that time comes, the whole world will only say that you, Huo Wujiu, mistreated the old officials of the previous dynasty and killed the loyal. When that time comes, who will you reason with?"
Huo Wujiu didn't take it to heart, "Let them say whatever they want. Just write it down in the history books."
Jiang Suzhou blurted out, "How can that be? How can you let the Shi family criticize you like this and leave it for future generations to see?"
His tone was shockingly serious.
When Huo Wujiu heard this, he looked straight at him. He saw Jiang Suzhou raise his head and look a little flustered.
"I'm saying that you can't not cherish your feathers … …"
He explained.
Huo Wujiu laughed out loud.
Imperial Prince Jing really didn't know how to lie. How was he asking him to cherish his feathers? It was obvious that this notorious prince was cherishing Huo Wujiu's feathers.
Huo Wujiu's courage was boosted as if he had received favoritism. He walked forward and sat down next to Jiang Suizhou on the dragon throne.
Luckily, the throne was, the throne was big enough to fit both of them. Even so, the two of them were still close together. Huo Wujiu stretched out his arm and pulled Jiang Suzhou into his embrace.
Huo Wujiu slowly exhaled and rested his chin on Jiang Suzhou's shoulder. When he spoke again, there was a hint of compromise in his tone.
"I didn't want you to worry about this," he said. "It's just that … … I really can't handle this kind of thing well."
"Even if you hide it from me, I can still tell," Jiang Suzhou said gently.
"But your injuries haven't healed yet," Huo Wujiu said.
Jiang Suzhou retorted, "Then didn't I go out today?"
Huo Wujiu bared his teeth and said fiercely, "That's why Meng Qianshan should be taught a lesson."
"You're the one who should be taught a lesson," Jiang Suzhou mercilessly raised his hand and pinched Huo Wujiu's forearm.
The arm muscles were tight and hard like stone. Jiang Suzhou's hand hurt when he pinched it.
He withdrew his hand in embarrassment and heard Huo Wujiu's muffled laughter.
Jiang Suzhou's ears turned red, but he didn't pay attention to him. He tidied up the memorials that Huo Wujiu had thrown on the table and flipped through them one by one.
"Since I've recovered a lot, I can help you with these things," Jiang Suzhou said.
These words were true. Compared to Huo Wujiu, who only knew how to brandish his sword and spear and shout about killing, he was a history teacher who had transmigrated a thousand years later. At the very least, he knew the officials of the current Nanjing Imperial Court like the back of his hand.
He had a general idea of each person's temperament. Naturally, he also knew who was useful and who was restless.
However, Huo Wujiu didn't agree.
"You haven't fully recovered yet. Don't mess around," he said.
Jiang Suzhou turned his head and glanced at him indifferently.
Huo Wujiu was dissatisfied. He clicked his tongue with a fierce expression, but didn't say anything.
After a while, as if venting his anger, he leaned over and kissed Jiang Suzhou on the lips. "If you want to do something, that's fine. I have to follow you."
Jiang Suzhou didn't refuse.
Huo Wujiu finally compromised. He pushed all the memorials on the table in front of Jiang Suzhou.
However, in a place where Jiang Suzhou couldn't see, he turned his hand and hid Emperor Zhaoyuan's handwritten letter.
The candlelight burned quietly, occasionally letting out one or two crackling sounds. Jiang Suzhou flipped through the memorials on the table wholeheartedly. Huo Wujiu quietly stood to one side, not saying a word. He only looked at him quietly.
These days, Huo Wujiu had always hated the imperial study. However, he had no choice but to come here. He could only suppress his disgust.
However, at this moment, he felt that the candlelight in the imperial study was bright and peaceful. It had become the best place in the world.
The only difference was that there was one more person here.
This person was the biggest miracle in the world.
His gaze was deep and quiet as he stared fixedly at Jiang Suzhou. Jiang Suzhou, on the other hand, was completely focused. His eyes were fixed on the memorials in his hands.
After a long time, he slowly put the last memorials back.
"Apart from these, did anything else happen?" He raised his head and asked Huo Wujiu.
Huo Wujiu didn't come back to his senses for a moment. After a while, he replied, "What?"
Jiang Suzhou patiently repeated.
Huo Wujiu's eyebrows twitched. However, he didn't change his expression and asked, "Why do you ask?"
Jiang Suzhou sighed.
"How could these things alone make you so angry?" he asked.
Huo Wujiu didn't know how Jiang Suzhou understood him so well. This kind of understanding naturally made him quite happy. However, when he wanted to hide something, it was a bit annoying.
— — It was just a tiny bit.
Huo Wujiu didn't say anything for a while. In Jiang Suzhou's eyes, this was taken as a tacit agreement.
However, even if it was a tacit agreement, he still stubbornly refused to say anything.
Jiang Suzhou's expression was a bit gloomy.
He had been enduring for several days. At this moment, he couldn't hold it in any longer.
There was a big mess in the palace. Now, the world was also in chaos. However, Huo Wujiu was hiding everything from him. He didn't want him to know. It was as if he wanted to protect him tightly under his wings.
He knew Huo Wujiu's intentions, but he didn't want to do this.
He had read so many history books that he knew what kind of storm a change of dynasty was. This wasn't something he could shoulder alone. He also didn't want Huo Wujiu to shoulder it alone.
He could clearly be with Huo Wujiu, but Huo Wujiu wouldn't let him.
He had endured for several days, waiting until his body was better and he could finally walk. Only then did he manage to catch Huo Wujiu red-handed, and now he wanted other witnesses and material evidence, so he couldn't deny it.
However, even now, Huo Wujiu was still hiding things from him.
Jiang Suzhou pursed his lips. He quietly looked at Huo Wujiu, but didn't say anything.
Huo Wujiu immediately sensed that something was wrong.
"What's wrong?" He hurriedly asked. He reached out to touch Jiang Suzhou.
However, Jiang Suzhou hit his hand to the side.
He didn't use much strength, but Huo Wujiu couldn't take it.
"Huo Wujiu." Jiang Suzhou's voice was a little sluggish. "Since you like me, you should be honest with me."
Huo Wujiu immediately panicked.
"No, I didn't mean to lie to you. It's just that these things …" He couldn't continue.
It was just that these things were too terrible. He couldn't figure it out himself. He didn't have any ideas, and he couldn't bear to let Jiang Suzhou worry about it.
He just … couldn't bear to. He couldn't bear to.
However, Jiang Suzhou asked, "What's the matter?"
His voice was so cold that Huo Wujiu couldn't stand it.
He clenched his teeth and grabbed the letter hidden in the crack of the table, stuffing it into Jiang Suizhou's hands as if he was going to die.
"It's not a big deal." He was still stubborn.
Jiang Suzhou lowered his eyes and opened the letter.
The letter was written with a red brush, and it was sealed with Emperor Zhaoyuan's imperial seal.
The letter was written with great care, and it was even written with great concern and joy. Emperor Zhaoyuan was happy that Huo Wujiu's legs weren't crippled and that he had recovered. He also blamed him for not letting him know earlier and not returning to court earlier. Now that he heard that the fall of Southern Jing Nation was caused by Huo Wujiu, Emperor Zhaoyuan was even happier. He only asked Huo Wujiu how he planned to settle down in the future and how he would reward Huo Wujiu.
Emperor Zhaoyuan's health was very poor, but the letter was written in a very thick way. Towards the end of the letter, one could even vaguely see that he couldn't hold the brush. His handwriting was trembling, but he didn't stop writing.
Jiang Suzhou quietly finished reading the letter and put it away.
"So, you're unhappy because of this letter, right?" Jiang Suzhou asked.
Huo Wujiu answered sullenly and reached out to take the letter.
His evasive manner was clearly deceiving himself.
Jiang Suzhou's hand dodged to the side, causing Huo Wujiu to grab empty air.
"You knew you would have to face this," Jiang Suzhou said. "So, you've been heavily guarding Southern Jing Nation, but you haven't done anything else, right?"
Huo Wujiu didn't say anything.
Jiang Suzhou knew that this was an extremely difficult choice for him.
After a moment of silence, he slowly sighed and raised his hand to place it on the back of Huo Wujiu's hand.
"You can see something in this letter, right?" he asked.
Huo Wujiu didn't say anything and held Jiang Suzhou's hand.
Jiang Suzhou silently held his hand back.
He had already guessed it, and today's letter made his guess true.
If Emperor Zhaoyuan and Huo Yuyan were of one mind, then the throne and the position of Crown Prince would both belong to them. Huo Yuyan wouldn't have to worry about personal gains and losses and take the risk of privately communicating with the enemy's ministers just to kill Huo Wujiu.
If Emperor Zhaoyuan also wanted Huo Wujiu to die, then Huo Yuyan wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.
Now it seemed that Emperor Zhaoyuan was most likely unaware of Huo Yuyan's behavior.
Huo Wujiu gritted his teeth and spoke in a low voice.
"The father and son didn't even discuss it," he said. "Do you want my life or not? Give me a definite answer."
His tone was very fierce, but Jiang Suzhou could hear the sadness in it.
No matter what, Huo Yuyan and Emperor Zhaoyuan were father and son. If they were both heartless and unjust, Huo Wujiu would immediately lead his troops north and turn against them. However, Emperor Zhaoyuan was still a loving uncle to him.
He couldn't do it. Instead, he was forced into a dilemma.
Jiang Suzhou gently held his hand.
"I have an idea," he said. "No matter what, we can solve the current dilemma first."
Huo Wujiu raised his eyes and looked at him. "What idea?"
However, Jiang Suzhou quietly looked at him for a while. When he spoke again, he had already changed the topic.
"I can tell you." He slightly narrowed his eyes and glanced at Huo Wujiu. "But you have to promise that you won't hide anything from me in the future."
Huo Wujiu lowered his head and didn't say anything.
He still didn't know how to love. He only knew that he had to give the best to him and stop the worst for him.
If such an unpleasant thing were to happen again, his choice would definitely not change.
However, Jiang Suzhou continued, "I know what you're thinking, but I also like you. You can't deprive me of the right to bear the wind and rain for you."
Huo Wujiu's heart trembled slightly.
He looked at Jiang Suzhou without blinking.
He never felt that he needed anyone to protect him, let alone rely on anyone. Everyone taught him to be independent and strong. Only Jiang Suzhou quietly told him that he would bear the wind and rain for him.
He couldn't control his wildly beating heart.
Huo Wujiu's heart was so hot that the veins on the back of his hands bulged. He moved his lips and was about to speak, but Jiang Suzhou spoke again.
"What's more, you're my concubine. You have to listen to everything I say, and you're not allowed to lie to me. "
Huo Wujiu's expression changed.
In the next moment, the world spun.
Jiang Suzhou's vision suddenly blurred, followed by a sharp pain at his waist. He was lifted up and pressed down on the imperial table.
At this moment, Huo Wujiu's voice rang out from above his head.
"Who are you calling a concubine?"
Jiang Suzhou looked up and saw a shadow in front of him.
Under the shadow, Huo Wujiu's covetous eyes stared fiercely at him.
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