Chapter 33 Promise "Just say you can't get used to it?" Xiu Yu raised his head...
"Just because you can't get used to it?" Xiu Yu raised his head slightly, with a hint of provocation in his eyes.
Xuanye knew that Xiuyu's "provocation" was coming again. Would he be "provoked" successfully? Of course he had to be provoked successfully, otherwise what would he do tonight!
"Hmm..." Xuanye picked up another piece of spinach with his chopsticks and dipped it into the sauce. After eating, he praised it, "It's authentic and delicious."
Xiu Yu knew very well how painful it was before she was completely accustomed to this kind of "light food". It was really not easy for Xuanye to say this.
"I'm glad you're so accommodating." Xiu Yu also picked up a piece of spinach with chopsticks and dipped it into the sauce as she said, "But don't worry, Yu'er won't treat you like this every day! I'll make you something delicious later as compensation."
Xuanye had originally felt that eating like this every day would be a bit bland, but upon hearing Xiuyu's words, his eyes lit up immediately: "If this is possible, it would be perfect!"
Xiu Yu lowered his eyelids, and then said: "I'm just afraid that if the ancestors find out about this, they will cause trouble for me." She liked to see the smile frozen on his face. After Xiu Yu said this, she couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled.
Xuanye knew Xiuyu's 'routine', but the smile on his face still froze. Then he said, "I finally understand. God sent you to me, firstly to reward me as a ruler, and secondly, to punish me a little. But..."
Seeing Xuanye hesitate to speak, Xiu Yu couldn't help but ask, "But what?"
"After all, you are still the 'treasure' that God has sent to me, the Emperor! Even if there are occasional 'punishments', they are sweet."
Liang Jiugong and Xiao Tao, who were standing by and serving, were dumbfounded. Liang Jiugong had been serving Xuanye since childhood, and Xiao Tao had actually been serving Xuanye for some time as well. Their emperor was used to being served and hearing nice things. Once you get used to being treated well by others, your ability to treat others well will decline somewhat.
Liang Jiugong and Xiao Tao looked at each other.
Xiao Tao raised his eyebrows, as if to say: You see, our master is different from other masters in the emperor's heart! Even the way they get along with each other is completely different!
Liang Jiugong shrugged his shoulders, as if responding to Xiao Tao: I rarely see the emperor like this. Your princess Yu has extraordinary abilities!
Although the two servants communicated only by making expressions, they still could not escape Xuanye's eagle-like eyes.
"Liang Jiugong!" Xuanye suddenly spoke.
Liang Jiugong immediately bowed and said, "Your servant is here."
"You and Xiao Tao, if you have something to say, just say it. You're exchanging glances and flirting with each other, but can you really understand each other?"
Hearing Xuanye teasing Liang Jiugong and Xiao Tao, Xiu Yu couldn't help laughing out loud, but she had to maintain the dignity of a master, which was quite difficult.
Liang Jiugong and Xiao Tao replied almost at the same time: "We know we were wrong, and we won't do it again." In the end, you looked at me, and I looked at you again.
After a late-night snack, Xuanye began his usual routine: reading before bed. Xiuyu finished washing up and combing her hair as she walked over to Xuanye. She casually glanced at the book in his hand and said in surprise, "I thought you were reading some Confucian classics."
"That's the morning homework." Xuanye extended his hand to Xiuyu, asking her to sit next to him. Looking at her dressed as a woman, he smiled and said, "To be honest, you are still a beautiful girl after all."
Xiu Yu asked, "Why, Your Majesty, are you saying that I don't look good in your clothes?"
"It does look good." Xuanye shifted his left hand to hold his colorful weapon manual, and extended his right arm to embrace Xiu Yu. He said, "It's just that you're not like the grown men like us who can look heroic just by wearing a general's uniform."
Xiu Yu joked, "If it doesn't have the appearance of a 'parrot', then what appearance could it have? The appearance of a wild goose? Or the appearance of a magpie?"
Xuanye laughed out loud: "You! You look like a 'young master', the kind of young master who needs a girl's care."
Xiu Yu suppressed a laugh and said, "Well, let me teach you another popular word from 'outside the Great Wall'. 'Little milk dog', is this what you mean?"
Xuanye thought about the little puppy and nodded repeatedly, saying, "That's what I mean! That's really what I mean!"
"I said so, and you really responded like that!" Xiu Yu was unhappy. She turned sideways, her back facing Xuanye, with an angry expression on her face.
Xuanye had no choice but to put down the book in his hand this time, leaned over to Xiuyu, and asked, "Are you angry?"
"You can be angry, but others can't be angry?" Xiu Yu glanced at Xuanye, "My father said that I look very handsome in men's clothes!"
"I didn't say you weren't pretty." Now that Xuanye and Xiuyu were alone, Xuanye naturally put aside his imperial dignity for the moment, hugged Xiuyu from behind, and said, "I just said that based on your opinion. If you're angry about that, then I'm really wronged."
Xiu Yu had no intention of letting Xuan Ye off so easily, and continued, "You said it was you who said it, and you were the one who cried out for injustice. So I have to ask, where is justice?"
"This..." Xuanye hesitated for a moment, then simply picked Xiuyu up and said, "If you say so, then I will tell you where justice lies."
Flirting is ultimately a hobby between a couple, and Xiu Yu understands the principle of knowing when to quit while you're ahead. When they got to the bed, the soft curtains were lowered, revealing a scene of springtime beauty.
After a good time making love, Xuanye stroked Xiuyu's cheek and said, "Are you feeling better after this 'exercise'?"
"Hmm..." Xiu Yu pursed her lips and smiled faintly: "Not bad at all."
"If you say so..." Xuanye was already gaining momentum.
Xiu Yu immediately begged for mercy: "I'm fine, I'm really fine. Your Majesty, you still have to go hunting tomorrow, so it's time to rest."
"I can't sleep." Xuanye rubbed Xiuyu's cheek. In the dead of night, his heart was filled with tenderness. "I want to ask you a question. Don't get angry when I ask you."
"What's the question? Will you get angry if you ask me?" Xiu Yu was a little curious: "Go ahead and ask."
"As for me, when I'm with other people, I get bored." He kept watching Xiu Yu's expression and continued carefully, "But you're different! To be honest, I want to be with you every day, even if it's just to stay together."
Is this even a problem for you, old man? Xiu Yu secretly complained. "If you like it, then stay together. I can't chase you away."
"It's a pity that our ancestors still had rules, and the previous dynasty still had ministers." Xuanye lay on his back, his left arm around Xiu Yu, his right arm resting behind his head. "Now I finally understand why Khan Ama wanted to become a monk. He would rather get smallpox and die than be the emperor of the Qing Dynasty."
Xiu Yu had, of course, heard rumors that the late emperor wanted to become a monk. Some later generations even speculated that Emperor Shunzhi had become a monk! She couldn't help but ask, "Did the late emperor really think about becoming a monk?"
Xuanye thought back to when he was still the Emperor and his father was around. It was a bit bitter, but he also missed him. "He wanted to go, but he never did. After all, with the Emperor's mother around, how could she allow the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to ascend Mount Wutai to rule? So, my mother was actually very afraid that I, her grandson, would follow in my father's footsteps."
"You wouldn't!" Xiu Yu was very sure: "You were born in the Qing Dynasty. How could you possibly do that for a word of love..."
"You mean, I'm not as infatuated as my Khan Ama?" Xuanye smiled and said, "That's because my Khan Ama is pitiful. If not..." He wanted to say 'the Fourth Prince died early', but his younger brother was the one who took away his Khan Ama's love for him. Even though they were close relatives, he had some different feelings for his younger brother in his heart.
Xiu Yu could guess what Xuanye was thinking. She smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Time will tell whether he's crazy or not. Why don't we just wait and see?"
"Let's wait and see!" Xuanye was not afraid: "Then let's make a deal. After a few decades, we will still be in this place, on this bed, and it will still be you and me..."
"Okay." Xiu Yu was willing to make such a vow with Xuanye. Even if it could not be fulfilled in the future, it was good enough to have had it before.
"I haven't finished yet." Xuanye sat up and said solemnly: "If I keep this promise, you will be with me in this life, the next life, and all the lives to come."
Xiu Yu also sat up with Xuan Ye. After hearing what Xuan Ye said, she didn't know how to react for a moment: "This... the main thing is that I don't have the final say in this matter. In the next life, I don't know whether you and I will meet again."
"What about reincarnation after reincarnation? Are you willing?" It was a cold night, and Xuanye had no idea where these words came from, but he was eagerly awaiting Xiu Yu's answer. "I know the Forbidden City is majestic and austere, and sometimes it feels like a cage. Birds always want to fly, not be caged. But if I were in this cage, would you be willing to stay with me for eternity?"
Xiu Yu avoided Xuanye's gaze and said after a while, "Isn't there a premise? Decades later, still in this place, still in this bed, I will answer your question."
"Okay!" Xuanye responded loudly: "I promise you a promise that will last for decades. If you can promise me one for all eternity, then no matter how you look at it, I'll win."
Xiu Yu remained silent. Life after life—that was too far off. Even if life after life did exist, who could remember what had happened? Could it be that there really was a river called the River of Forgetfulness after death? Could one avoid drinking its waters after crossing it? This emperor must have read too many idle books, and his mind was a little clouded.
Although Xiu Yu thought so rationally, emotionally, after this conversation, her heart, which was not hard enough to begin with, softened even more. The most obvious manifestation was that she got up early the next morning and made snacks specially for Xuanye. The snacks were in the shape of horses.
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