Jiang Suizhou had long heard that Huo Wujiu was back.
After Huo Wujiu returned to the palace, he hurriedly bid farewell to Lou Yue, left the military camp, and went straight to the palace. As soon as he returned to the palace where he had lived, he bumped into Huo Wujiu, who was busy dusting himself at the entrance.
Huo Wujiu spotted Jiang Suizhou, who was rushing in from a distance, and Jiang Suizhou also saw his injured arm from afar.
The way that arm was bandaged looked badly injured. Jiang Suizhou’s footsteps were happier, he hurried forward, and asked, “What happened? Is your arm injured? General Lou didn’t tell me at all…”
Having said that, he hurriedly moved to check Huo Wujiu’s injury.
Huo Wujiu quickly raised his hand and embraced him, and while he was taking into the palace, he said, “It’s nothing. Let’s talk inside.”
As soon as they entered the room, Huo Wujiu took off the bandage hanging on his chest and raised his hand to wipe the fine sweat on Jiang Suizhou’s forehead.
“Why were you rushing? It’s not like we can’t see each other anymore.” Huo Wujiu said, “It’s nothing but a scratch. I especially bandaged it like this to scare people.”
Only after hearing him say this did Jiang Suizhou breathe a sigh of relief.
“It’s finally done,” he said.
Huo Wujiu, however, raised an eyebrow in discontent.
“Why are you only thinking about this?” he asked.
Jiang Suizhou was thinking about Huo Yuyan and was about to ask Huo Wujiu in detail, when he heard this. He was a bit confused: “Then what else should be on my mind?”
Huo Wujiu clicked his tongue.
Then, he leaned forward and approached Jiang Suizhou.
“Think of me, ah” he whispered. “Have you missed me these days?”
His warm breath fell on Jiang Suizhou’s ear. All he felt was his neck heating up in the wake of it.
“…Why should I miss you?” He hurriedly lowered his head and said while hiding, “Let’s not talk about this improper thing. I was about to ask you. Huo Yuyan…”
“Huo Yuyan what Huo Yuyan,” Huo Wujiu interrupted him. “You’re not thinking about me, so were you thinking about Huo Yuyan?”
Jiang Suizhou said, “You’re just being unreasonable…”
“Who wants to reason with you?” Huo Wujiu raised an eyebrow. In the next moment, he picked him up and went straight into the inner room.
“I haven’t seen you for several days, but you don’t even know how to miss me. It shows that my efforts are usually negligible,” he said.
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By the time Jiang Suizhou finally took a breather, the sky outside was already dark.
Jiang Suizhou only felt that his waist and legs were sore, but Huo Wujiu next to him looked satiated. He wrapped his arms around him and rubbed his waist lazily.
“When I came back just now, I went to see Huo Yuyan,” Huo Wujiu said in a low voice.
Jiang Suizhou’s eyes were partly closed, feeling too lazy to move. When he heard this, he gave a soft muffled hum, signaling him to continue.
Huo Wujiu stopped speaking for a moment and gave a tsk.
“There is nothing much to say.” He said, “He is sick, not only physically, but also mentally.”
Hearing this, Jiang Suizhou looked up at him: “What did he say?”
Huo Wujiu frowned, as if he didn’t want to say anything.
Jiang Suizhou waited, then smiled and said, “Even if you don’t say it, I can guess a little bit. He must have blamed you for your outstanding merits and blamed you for all his illnesses, right?”
Huo Wujiu asked, “How did you know?”
Jiang Suizhou smiled and said, “What other reason could there be?”
After all, after combining what Huo Yuyan had done to Huo Wujiu and the historical ending of Huo Wujiu, Jiang Suizhou had already guessed seven or eight percent of his thoughts.
Huo Wujiu was speechless when he heard him ask such a question. After a while, he let out a deep sigh and said, “…I don’t even know what he is thinking. Just for this, is it worth his efforts trying to kill me?”
After a pause, he added with some dissatisfaction, “In his eyes, am I that easy to kill?”
Jiang Suizhou couldn’t help but laugh.
“Why? He made so many moves just to deal with you. Isn’t it enough to show he looks up to you?” he asked.
Hearing his counter, Huo Wujiu also laughed. After a moment he smilingly tsked. “That’s true, so should I thank him?”
Jiang Suizhou laughed, “Such a great favor must be appreciated.”
The two of them bantered for a moment, and Jiang Suizhou couldn’t help but ask again, “What about the next steps? What are you going to do?”
Huo Wujiu pondered for a while.
“Now that Lin’an has been properly arranged, be it the officials from various places or the army guarding Jiangnan, they are all my people,” he said. “So, in a few days, I plan to return to Ye City.”
After saying that, he lowered his head and seriously looked at Jiang Suizhou.
“I’m going to take you back with me,” he added.
Jiang Suizhou raised his head and looked at him.
He found that Huo Wujiu was looking at him with burning eyes.
“Huo Yuyan can’t be the Emperor, and after my uncle, the throne should not be left unoccupied. Although it is said that I am the rightful one, I still want to ask you. Do you want to be the Emperor?”
With that question, he moved closer to Jiang Suizhou, his eyes serious and determined, but the corners of his mouth held a smile.
“If you are on the throne; if you get rid of someone after they served their purpose; if you burn the bridge after crossing it, I will recognize it, too,” he said. “Don’t worry. If you’re afraid that my great achievements will jeopardize your position, then you can behead me or slash me. It’s up to you.”
When he reached this point, he stopped for a moment and chuckled.
“However, it is best if you let me be your empress instead. How about locking me up in the harem, once and for all? I can also serve you day in and day out.”
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