emperor cold concubine

486 Psychological Tactics
"There's a saying that goes like this - I'm not broken sleeves, it's just that I just fell in love with someone of the same gender as me." Su Mo raised her eyebrows and asked, "Can't you accept it?"

Cang Hao didn't answer, but raised his eyebrows lightly, "You are considerate."

As soon as the words were finished, Mei Yun's soft and respectful voice sounded outside the door again.

"Miss, have the servants brought in the dinner?"

"Come in."

The summer wind was blowing slowly, and the hot air flow for more than ten consecutive days was almost overwhelming for ordinary people. Due to the terrain, the villa was slightly cooler, but it was not as good as the manor outside the city, which was cool and pleasant all year round.

"The climate there is cool, the scenery is beautiful and quiet, and it is the most suitable for the last master to take care of his life." Yue Xiao smiled shallowly, "There are always people cleaning the manor. I have ordered Feng Wu to take the snow curtain and Feng Xue to clean it up. You can live there in two days."

Hearing this, Shu Tong frowned almost imperceptibly, "The country cannot be without a master for a day, the master has been away from the imperial capital for a long time, it is time to go back."

Even though he said this, Shu Tong also knew in his heart that he could not interfere with his master's affairs at will, and he was not qualified to make decisions for his master.

Yue Xiao naturally knew this too, so he didn't say anything, he turned around and walked to the pavilion beside him, gently fiddled with the hibiscus flowers blooming outside the railing, wondering what was going on in his mind.

Shu Tong was silent for a moment, then followed slowly, stood at the tea table and poured a cup of tea for each of them.

After taking a sip of the already half-cold tea, the bitter taste instantly filled the whole mouth, just like the half-bitter, half-astringent mood that is slightly confused at the moment...

Shu Tong slightly frowned, looked up at Yue Xiao Wenrun's back under the bright light, thought for a while, and finally said lightly: "You know, once a lot of things are said, there is no room for redemption."

Yue Xiao chuckled: "Of course I know."

Shu Tong frowned slightly, "If the master gets angry, you should think about the consequences."

"I have also thought about the consequences." Yue Xiao turned her head, with a smile on her mouth, her eyes were as gentle as ever, but there was a strong emotion hidden in the bottom of her eyes that no one else had seen before, "Tong, whether it is good or not The result is still a bad result, I have thought about it more than once, it is good for the master to agree, even if he disagrees, or Lei Ting kills Xiao directly in a rage, I will never regret it."

Shu Tong frowned and lowered her eyes, "Xiao, you are forcing me."

"Yes." Yue Xiao didn't deny it, "If I don't force you, the two of us will only be far away from each other in the rest of our lives, and maybe it will be difficult to have a chance to meet again in this life."

When she had to, the gentle and jade-like Yue Xiao never minded using some special methods.For example, psychological tactics.

Shu Tong was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, "How could it be?"

"The master has long wanted you to take care of the government affairs of Hengguo and Nanyue." Yue Xiao smiled lightly, "Tong, you should know what the master means."

What do you mean?
Shu Tong is not a three-year-old child, he naturally knows that if he wants to take over the southern two countries, he must have a reasonable identity, such as being a king.

For any man, this is a matter of supreme honor. Although he does not have the name of the emperor, but sitting on such a big side, he is exercising the supreme power and enjoying the blessing of the emperor.Be looked up to by all people, and worshiped by all people.

There is hardly any man in the world who can refuse such a temptation—but Shu Tong is not any other man.

It is too hypocritical to say that fame and fortune are indifferent, but supreme power means great responsibility, and a burden of equal weight needs to be carried on the shoulders.What's more, even if he never thought about getting married and inheriting from his descendants, he didn't have to worry about his clan taking over the power, and he didn't have to worry about his descendants fighting for power.However, in the future, there will be more and more people who can be used by his subordinates. Even if he keeps himself safe and loyal, after a long time, he will not be able to stop the growing ambitions and growing desires of others.

Too much power usually means uncontrollable struggles and strife, and the days of intrigue may be staged around him again in the near future.

This is not paranoia or restlessness, or fear of the Lord's suspicion. This is typical of powerful officials in all dynasties. Almost no one with a lot of power in their hands can avoid such things from happening. It is only a matter of time.

As for Shu Tong, now that his sharpness has faded and he has been silent for so many years, he has long since lost any ambitions. He doesn't want to participate and doesn't want to care about what power, fame and fortune will bring to himself or the people around him.From his youth to the present, his experience and time have emptied not only his body and pride, but also his energy and ambition.

He just wants to be safe and secure, and silently guard everything he wants to protect...

"Tong, what are you thinking?"

Yue Xiao's shallow and gentle voice rang in his ears, Shu Tong came back to his senses, and said lightly: "If this is the master's intention, I can't resist."

In 11 years, he never once tried to disobey Cang Hao's order.

He dared not, nor was he qualified.

He is the only person in the world who has the least qualifications to resist his master.

"But I won't." Yue Xiao smiled, "Tong, I will stop before the master orders to export, no matter what the result is, Xiao will always try."

Shu Tong didn't speak, he drank the cold tea in the cup in one gulp, put down the cup, there seemed to be a flash of struggle between his half-closed eyebrows and eyes, and finally he said in a low voice: "I hope you think about it carefully, don't act impulsively." thing."

Yue Xiao smiled, although the smile was still gentle, but the corners of his mouth inadvertently showed a little indifference, "Tong, if you really have no intentions with Xiao, it is Xiao who is passionate and does anything, and Xiao alone bears the consequences. It is life." It is death, and no one else."

Shu Tong was silent, Yue Xiao glanced at him indifferently, then turned his head to stare outside the gazebo, dazzling golden threads spread all over the yard, all the flowers, plants and trees were bathed in the golden sunlight, including some special bushes The ants and insects unique to the village are also invisible and clearly visible.

"If you have a little bit of affection for me—even if it has nothing to do with emotion at all, even if it's just distressed or reluctance, please keep silent, and everything is up to Xiao himself."

Speaking of this, the smile on Yue Xiao's mouth suddenly added a little bit of vicissitudes and desolation, and his tone became lonely, "Of course, if you don't have the slightest affection for Xiao, and you don't have the slightest feeling of distress, you just don't want to feel sorry for me." Ashamed, you can stop me—by denying everything in front of the master."

Then, everything will have no room for change.

And he is destined to be alone in this life and die alone forever.

When Shu Tong heard this, his heart was shocked, he pursed his lips, and was speechless for a long time.

"Master."

A steady male voice sounded under the gazebo, interrupting the deep thoughts of the two of them——

"The two purple-clothed cavalry captains sent an urgent military report for eight hundred miles."

(End of this chapter)