I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country - Chap 152
“Master Bai,” Xue Yuan lowered his voice, his voice weak, “Want to play with something?”
The she-wolf in the house is about to give birth to cubs.
I want to bring the Holy One back to Xue Mansion.
The mist on the tea cup condensed into water, and drops fell between the tea bowls. After the water dropped three times, a thin layer of clear red appeared on Gu Yuanbai’s side face.
He glanced sideways at Xue Yuan, “What did you just say?”
The Holy Master pretended not to hear, but a smile appeared on his lips.
This smile is like a ripe fruit behind the green leaves in spring. It is well hidden and then reveals a corner. The affection and spring scenery are vague. This smile is light, but it makes Xue Yuan more stunned than a charming smile.
This look seemed like Gu Yuanbai also liked Xue Yuan.
Xue Yuan stood up suddenly, reached across the table and grabbed Gu Yuanbai’s hand.
His movements were so dramatic that the people at the tea table around him looked at him in surprise. Gu Yuanbai also looked up at him, his lips slightly opened in surprise.
“I,” Xue Yuan’s mouth was dry. He rubbed the soft hands in his palms. Thousands of words were stuck in his throat. He was so anxious that the heat in the winter was visible to the naked eye, “I…”
Gu Yuanbai thought that he was really going to do something ridiculous in public, and beads of sweat began to form on the tip of his nose.
Xue Yuan let go of his hand, turned around and ran down the teahouse like the wind, his back looking embarrassed. The heavy footsteps gradually disappeared. Gu Yuanbai was stunned for a long time. When he lowered his head, he saw that Xue Yuan had run downstairs, standing out among the crowd with a red face.
Gu Yuanbai put his fist to his lips and burst into laughter.
The scholars in the teahouse whispered, “Is there something wrong with that man?”
“There is still such a big commotion in the teahouse.”
Gu Yuanbai smiled deeper, his shoulders and back shook slightly, and then he realized why the blue sky and white clouds outside the window were so beautiful. The sky was really clear today.
It was such a bad weather for him to bring Xue Yuan here for tea to inquire about the students’ attitudes towards punctuation marks.
Someone walked over to the table gently and asked with concern: “Master, what’s wrong with you?”
Heavy footsteps came quickly again. Gu Yuanbai raised his head and saw Xue Yuan pushing away the approaching scholar with a sullen face and dragging Gu Yuanbai out of the teahouse.
People were coming and going in the market, and the guards guarding the teahouse followed secretly. Gu Yuanbai said in a leisurely tone, “General Xue, what were you running for just now?”
Xue Yuan didn’t speak, and Gu Yuanbai pulled his lips silently, “What do you want to play with me?”
Xue Yuan stumbled and almost fell.
He tightened his hands and pretended to be calm, “Don’t talk nonsense.”
Gu Yuanbai: “You squeeze me so hard.”
Xue Yuan’s whole body froze, and he quickly turned around to see that there was nothing on the wrist he was holding. He had not hurt Gu Yuanbai.
Looking up, Gu Yuanbai was still smiling.
Xue Yuan swallowed and hugged him fiercely.
Gu Yuanbai was startled and patted his arm hard. Xue Yuan reluctantly let go of his hand. Passers-by walked by from time to time. He couldn’t hug him, so he could only force himself to walk around Gu Yuanbai and follow closely.
He murmured: “Yuan Bai, you are so beautiful.”
Gu Yuanbai moved his mouth, but the previous anger was extinguished before it arose. He suppressed his smile and said, “Get out.”
The two people walked towards the bridge. The river was gurgling. There was no grass under the dead trees, and there were very few people. The snow turned into water, soaking the uppers of their shoes in the cracks in the grass.
Xue Yuan said slowly: “I want to kiss you.”
Gu Yuanbai subconsciously said no.
Xue Yuan frowned, and his white collar was stained with sweat. Gu Yuanbai felt a little distressed. He raised his arm and pulled up his sleeves, exposing his slender wrist bones. “How about I give you a smell?”
Xue Yuan held his wrist and sniffed it cherishedly.
Gu Yuanbai seemed to say casually: “Why didn’t you kiss me the day before yesterday?”
“Impossible,” Xue Yuan said forcefully without even thinking, “I kiss you every day.”
Gu Yuanbai half-smiled, “When I was busy, you kissed me too?”
Xue Yuan paused for a moment, then nodded and said vaguely: “…Kiss after you fall asleep.”
Gu Yuanbai was stunned for a moment, then asked: “What else did you do?”
Xue Yuan did not dare to speak.
Gu Yuanbai’s voice became lower and lower, as if he was forcing someone, “Say it.”
His appearance was completely different from the angry appearance in the court. There was no anger, but frivolity was strong.
Xue Yuan couldn’t bear the questioning anymore, so he scratched his neck and said, “I just touched it.”
Gu Yuanbai said coolly: “Where did you touch it?”
Xue Yuan just picked up the momentum of leading troops to fight, and tapped Gu Yuanbai again and again with great pride.
“It’s a good thing that I still feel sorry for you,” Gu Yuanbai crossed his arms and sneered, feeling itchy in his heart, “It turns out that when I was busy with government affairs, my General Xue was living so well.”
Xue Yuan’s eyes lit up, “The Holy One cares about me?!”
Gu Yuanbai chuckled, “Bai is heartbroken.”
Xue Yuan didn’t hear what he said. He couldn’t help but keep mumbling “You love me” with a smile that reached his ears. He was so stupid that people couldn’t bear to look at him.
Gu Yuanbai’s pretended anger was completely shattered by this silly smile, and he said to himself, “What a stupid guy.”
*
In the evening, Xue Yuan still used the story of the she-wolf giving birth to kidnapped the Holy Emperor to Xue Mansion. After bathing, Gu Yuanbai had side dishes and sake served, dismissed the accompanying palace attendants, and sat alone in the courtyard drinking with Xue Yuanyue.
The stove is warm. It’s around the fifteenth day of the year, and the moon is full and bright. After a few glasses of wine, Xue Yuan finally told what he had been thinking about the past few days.
“You were busy punctuating the marks, and you haven’t said anything to me for a long time,” Xue Yuan laughed at himself, “I have seen my mother shed tears in the past. I thought she was the only one who would be so concerned about gains and losses, but now I know I was wrong. Originally, I just wanted to look at you, but after one month, I started to have random thoughts, and in March, I started to feel sad and troubled. ”
Gu Yuan pursed his lips, suddenly feeling that he was not a very good partner in a relationship, “Are you tired of being with me?”
Xue Yuan was surprised, “Why did you say this?”
Gu Yuanbai took a sip of sake and said, “I haven’t taken care of you for three months.”
“I am willing,” Xue Yuan said calmly, after a pause, “Only occasionally, I feel that I am nothing more than this. I don’t know how to govern the country, so I can’t help you.”
Gu Yuanbai was silent for a long time. The sake was not good to drink and the side dishes were not delicious. “It is a pity that you are by my side after all. You should go on your way. General, civil and military, let everyone in the world know how powerful you are, let I can also call you a hero in the history books, Xue Yuan, there is no need to confine yourself to the palace.”
Xue Yuan froze, “What do you mean?”
Gu Yuanbai said it again.
Xue Yuan finally understood. He couldn’t believe it and growled like a wounded beast, “Are you going to transfer me again?”
Gu Yuanbai held the wine glass heavily, “I just don’t want to hold you back from heading towards a great future.”
Xue Yuan almost went crazy.
He couldn’t stop his protruding veins and wanted to get up and get angry, but the candlelight flickered slightly, revealing the expression on Gu Yuanbai’s face.
The anger in Xue Yuan’s heart suddenly turned into water. He walked around the stone table and squatted in front of Gu Yuanbai. He carefully raised his face and asked, “Are you feeling uncomfortable?”
Gu Yuanbai didn’t admit that he felt uncomfortable. He was just a little frustrated. He looked at Xue Yuan’s worried face and raised his hand to follow his cheek, “I’m sorry.”
No matter how busy he was, Gu Yuanbai shouldn’t have ignored him for so long. In his heart, Xue Yuan wouldn’t care about it. But do you really not care about this?
Now that you have decided to be together, you must pay your own responsibilities. Gu Yuanbai’s actions in the past three months relied on Xue Yuan’s deep love for him. He knew that Xue Yuan would not leave him, and he felt that Xue Yuan should be considerate of him and understand that things have priorities.
Of course, this kind of thinking is really hurtful.
His nasal voice was heavy, “Did I hurt you?”
Xue Yuan smelled the aroma of wine from his lips and teeth. He took the cup and looked at it. He had a headache. “Why is it that Mr. Tian brought you wine?”
Gu Yuanbai hasn’t drank for a long time. For the sake of his health, it has been seven years since he came here, and he can count the number of times he has had alcohol on one hand. At this time, he was already drunk, but he didn’t realize it.
I just feel depressed and chest tight.
Xue Yuan carefully held him on his lap and sat down, “Where do you feel uncomfortable?”
Gu Yuanbai frowned and touched his chest.
Xue Yuan touched it and rubbed it gently, “Your Majesty, please don’t say such things again. Everyone in the world is wrong, and Your Majesty is also right.”
“That’s wrong.” Gu Yuanbai looked at the bright moon, as if he was so calm that he had never drank alcohol before. “Your father once told me that even if you were just a small prince in front of the palace, he wouldn’t think so. I humiliated you. I was still scolding him in my heart for being too ruthless to you. You are extremely talented and should have become famous throughout the world during the campaign in Xixia, but look at what you did in Xixia.”
He tightened his grip, pinching the flesh of his palm deeply with his fingers, “You are protecting me, protecting me all the time! Other generals rushed to the battlefield to seize military honors, but as for you, you wasted time and time again. The timing, you obviously——”
Obviously much stronger than those people.
It’s all because of Gu Yuanbai.
He was so emotional that his spine was shaking. Xue Yuan followed his back and suddenly lowered his head and touched Gu Yuanbai’s black hair.
“Holy Lord,” his voice was low and soft, “Isn’t it important to protect you?”
Gu Yuanbai thought to himself, it is indeed because of me.
His trembling eyebrows were closed.
Xue Yuan continued to speak in a low voice: “My duty is to protect your safety on the battlefield. This is much more important than killing the enemy in battle. I don’t worry if I leave it to others. I can only leave it to myself. Only a heart can be at peace.”
“All the other generals who lead troops in battle, what they do is not as important as I do,” he said. “I don’t have to take military glory if I wish. As long as you are healthy, I think it is enough.”
“A man only pursues meritorious service and career,” Xue Yuan said, and suddenly he had some realization. His expression gradually became calm and mature, and he said softly, “But I have something more important than meritorious service.”
It would be even better if I could help you feel more relaxed and no longer just watch you discussing government affairs with other young talents.
Fish and bear’s paw.
Xue Yuan subconsciously hugged Gu Yuanbai tightly with a flash in his eyes.
In the court, it would be best if Gu Yuanbai could watch him while handling government affairs…
Could it be that after turning his hand to make clouds and turning his hand to make rain, the Holy One was tired of him and could no longer abandon him?
