The two looked at each other silently.
The sound of wind, rain, and thunder seemed to be at a standstill at this moment.
Sui Heng’s eyes were heating.
After being drenched in cold rain all the way, he finally felt his blood slowly warming and reviving. He strode past the crowd, over the huge chessboard with the titles “the world” and “the common people,” as if crossing countless rivers and mountains, and walked to the window of the pagoda at the other end, picking up the slender green figure that haunted his soul and stirred his heart.
The two people’s clothes are intertwined, and their bodies are tightly attached. Even in the rainstorm and thunder, they can clearly hear each other’s heartbeat.
“Sorry, Gu came late.”
Sui Heng’s eyes were red. He stared and spoke in a hoarse voice.
His arms involuntarily tightened, as if to confirm that the soft body he was holding in his arms was real, not disappearing or broken.
Jiang Yun lifted his sleeve and gently wiped away the water stains on his face.
The tone is light and lazy, like raindrops jumping on the eaves of a pagoda.
“Not late.”
“Coincidentally, I am also tired. Your Highness personally carries me down ba.”
Sui Heng heard the sound of his restless heart finally falling to the ground inside his chest. Heaven knows, he knew that he had been drenched in the rain outside the Left Prime Minister Mansion for a long time to save him, he even ran to this tall pagoda to set up the chess game or whatever. He was so anxious and uneasy, almost more than when he learned that the Yan family was plotting to kill him.
“Don’t do this again next time.”
His chest trembled slightly as he said.
Jiang Yun wrapped his arms around his neck and looked down at him, his eyes squinting lightly, like a little cat.
“What does Your Highness think of this game I’ve laid out?”
The moment Sui Heng climbed to the top of the pagoda, he naturally saw it. He frowned and asked, “Did that old thing force you to do it?”
He is also proficient in the game of chess and naturally understands how much effort it takes to create such an ingenious and impeccable Linglong chess game overnight.
Jiang Yun corrected him, “What old thing? You’re a bit impolite like this.”
Sui Heng’s gaze was gloomy with a murderous aura: “He tossed you into this state, Gu has already given him enough face by not directly finding him to settle the account, you even speak for him.”
Jiang Yun coughed lightly.
Sui Heng immediately became so nervous that his body’s hairs stood up. “What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well?”
He turned around and ordered everyone to come down from the pagoda, then took Jiang Yun to the shelter and sat down.
“Did you get caught in the rain and freeze last night?”
Jiang Yun shook his head, lazily lying on his shoulders as usual. He looked at his dark armor soaked in rainwater, which had also soaked his robe. He complained, “You’re too cold.”
Sui Heng forgot about this matter and immediately wanted to put the person down.
Jiang Yun said, “Don’t move.”
His arms were still wrapped around his neck, and he continued, “There was also smell.”
Sui Heng was taken aback for a moment, lowered his head to smell it, and hesitated. “Is there? Why didn’t Gu smell it?”
“There is.”
Sui Heng smelled it again.
Jiang Yun: “Have you not taken a shower for many days?”
“……”
Although it was true, Sui Heng would never admit it. He remained calm and said, “Nonsense, Gu just washed last night.”
Jiang Yun was too lazy to poke him.
He was really tired, so he lay on top of him with a peace of mind and comfortably held him.
Sui Heng felt the strong attachment of his little lover, feeling both warm and fearful while also surging with endless love and pity. His body was so weak, but for him, he ran to the Left Prime Minister Mansion alone, writing articles in the rain, negotiating with such a difficult old man, climbing such a high tower, staying up all night, and putting in all his efforts to lay out his plans. He was not only moved but also touched, he simply hates the fact that he’s hurt. However, compared to being moved, there is still more fear for the future.
Sui Heng hugged the person tighter and said again, “Next time, you really can’t do this. Gu has a sense of propriety in his heart, Gu won’t let the Yan family’s conspiracy succeed.”
“Did you hear?”
Seeing that Jiang Yun had remained silent for a long time, Sui Heng asked again with a serious expression.
Jiang Yun moved and changed to a more comfortable position. He closed his eyes and replied, “I know you can win.”
“But I don’t want you to suffer this hard, this tired.”
Sui Heng was taken aback, and suddenly a hot and warm current surged up in his chest.
His heart trembled fiercely for a while before saying, “From now on, you’re not allowed to say such sweet words to Gu anymore.”
“Why?”
“Because Gu… might lose face in front of you.”
Jiang Yun opened his eyes.
Sure enough, he saw Sui Heng’s eyes turn red.
His eyes curved and he smiled, “Actually Your Highness is so easy to coax.”
“You still smile.”
Sui Heng gritted his teeth and deliberately lowered his face, saying, “You are so ungrateful to yourself that it makes Gu worried. See how Gu will punish you when we go back.”
Jiang Yun casually kissed his cheek and whispered, “Then Your Highness, please show mercy. I’m very scared.”
“In your dream.”
Although he said so, Sui Heng’s movements were very careful, almost as carefully picking up the person and saying, “Gu will take you back to the mansion.”
“En.”
Jiang Yun lazily responded and closed his eyes again.
The host and the shaman still stood respectfully outside. They looked up and saw the young Crown Prince holding the young man in his arms, step by step climbing down the stairs, passing through the eleven-story tower, and walking towards the outside.
Shi Fang and Ji An were waiting in front of the carriage.
Sui Heng ordered his soldiers to go to the palace to report safety to Emperor Sui and Empress Yan first, then directly carry Jiang Yun into the carriage.
Ji An was meticulous and had already placed a charcoal pot, a stove, and other heating items, as well as an extra bedding, in the carriage in advance.
Sui Heng was wet, and he was also wearing heavy armor. He was about to put Jiang Yun down on the bed to rest, but unexpectedly, Jiang Yun still held onto his waist like a kitten, very clingy, and said, “I just want it like this.”
The little lover has dark hair and bright eyes, snow-white skin, a slender waist and limbs, and his body is exquisitely beautiful in every aspect. He also has a great deal of wisdom and intelligence, which have impressed him from time to time. Sui Heng was already reluctant to let go of the person. Upon hearing this, he was even more surprised—pleasantly surprised. He couldn’t help but ask, “You’ve missed Gu this much?”
Jiang Yun nodded and let out an “En.”
Sui Heng was so happy that his heart once again softened into a ball of cotton.
But he was ultimately afraid that the heavy armor on his body would be too cold, so he stuffed Jiang Yun into the blanket, exposing only his head and a snowy neck, and made him rest on his lap.
“Is it warmer now?”
He asked.
There was no sound below.
Sui Heng saw that Jiang Yun had already fallen asleep.
His sleeping face is quiet and beautiful.
He knew that he must be really tired, so he lowered his head and lightly kissed the snow-white forehead, then no longer spoke to disturb him. He only propped up his chin and quietly admired the beauty’s sleeping face.
Jiang Yun slept straight until the afternoon.
The rain outside the window has not stopped and is still pattering down. The room is as warm as spring because of the burning earthworm.
Perhaps because his mood finally relaxed, Jiang Yun slept exceptionally soundly and sweetly during this sleep.
Opening his eyes, he lazily stretched out, and his wrist was grabbed.
Jiang Yun glanced sideways and realized that there was someone lying next to him. Sui Heng was no longer wearing armor, he was wearing a black brocade robe that he often wore. He lay on the outside with his head propped up and his eyes bright, and he stared at him intently.
Jiang Yun let him hold his wrist, stretched out his nose, came closer, and sniffed toward him.
Sui Heng raised his eyebrows, “Don’t worry, Gu has washed up long ago, you really think that Gu is that kind of uncritical person?”
Jiang Yun then arched into his arms with relief.
After sleeping for a while, he opened his eyes and raised his eyelashes lightly. He looked at his chin and asked, “Doesn’t Your Highness needs to deal with the follow-up matters?”
Sui Heng said there was no need.
“This time, Gu will bury the entire Yan family with their arrogance and ambition.”
His tone was cold and heavy, he was clearly well prepared.
Jiang Yun does not doubt his ability.
Sui Heng has been fighting against the Yan family, both openly and secretly, for so many years. You come, I go, and no one has crushed anyone to death yet, but he lacks an opportunity to uproot the Yan family.
The moment Sui Heng successfully walked out of Mount Li and stepped through the gates of the Sui capital, the Yan family had already lost.
Both the Crown Prince Sui Heng, who was full of sharpness, and Emperor Sui, who had been keeping a low profile, would not give the Yan family another chance to fight back. They all understand that the Sui capital needed a thorough cleansing and transformation.
Jiang Yun sighed lightly in his heart, feeling a sense of guilt as he helped the wild wolf put on wings.
“What about Your Highness’s own ambition?”
Jiang Yun suddenly spoke up and asked.
Once the Yan family collapses, Sui Heng, the Crown Prince, will become the most influential figure in the court. And the grand ambitions and hegemonic ambitions he has set for himself will be fully utilized.
Sui Heng narrowed his eyes. “Are you referring to the game that the old thing made you set up?”
He chuckled.
“Gu knows his purpose. He wants to use your hand to warn Gu that the world is a world of the common people, not a world of one person. As a ruler, Gu must always prioritize the common people. Only by preserving the common people and Mount Li can Gu preserve the world. He was afraid that Gu will become a ruthless tyrant.”
“Gu naturally understands these principles, so there’s no need for him to teach them to Gu.”
“Gu was just dissatisfied, he used you as a bargaining chip to blackmail Gu.”
Sui Heng understood the profound meaning of Jimo Qingyu more than anyone else.
No matter how difficult it is to solve the Linglong chess game, how could a mere chess game withstand the killing and ambition of the king?
However, in the Linglong chess game, the planner is the person he puts at the heart’s end.
On the chessboard, there were not only cold black and white pieces but also the blood of his beloved.
No matter when or where, he can’t bear to use violent force to destroy that chess game.
He must be patient and carefully consider every move, seeking the true way to break the game. As a king, he had to reject all shortcuts and ponder the relationship between “the world” and “the common people.”
The one who can truly bind his scabbard is not the exquisite chess game, but the person who lays out the plan.
Does he understand this truth?
Sui Heng lowered his eyes and looked at his little lover, who was still clinging in his arms like a lazy cat.
Jiang Yun suddenly said, “Not only that.”
“What else?”
“That game of chess was intended to warn Your Highness not to be too arrogant in life. There are always things that Your Highness cannot do in this world.”
“……”
Sui Heng lowered his face and said, “Is this also what that old thing personally told you?”
Jiang Yun then said, “I added it myself.”
“……”
Sui Heng grunted lightly. “How are you certain that Gu will not be able to break your game?”
Jiang Yun’s eyes raised. “Then I’ll wait for Your Highness to challenge me.”
“Of course, Your Highness may bring your advisors and your helpers along.”
Sui Heng grew more and more dissatisfied. “You look down on Gu.”
Jiang Yun remained silent and withdrew from his arms before suddenly asking, “What is Your Highness’s ambition for the world?”
“The world?”
“En, for example, Jiangbei… and Jiangnan.”
Sui Heng didn’t hesitate and said, “Gu naturally wants to take all the land in Jiangnan into Gu’s pocket. Now only one Jiang Empire is away.”
“How does Your Highness plan to deal with the Jiang Empire? I heard that the Crown Prince of the Jiang Empire, apart from his poor health, is equally talented and skilled.”
Sui Heng’s eyes suddenly turned cold.
“Don’t compare Gu to him. Jiang Rongyu, that hypocrite and ugly guy, is at odds with Gu. It’s impossible to let him go.”
“We can only use a tough battle to fight with the Jiang Empire.”
Jiang Yun pushed him away and laid back inside on his own.
Sui Heng asked strangely, “What’s wrong?”
