The Gilded Shadows of Orion Ke Chapter 7

Before Sterling Mu entered Linyuan Academy, he had the intention of taking advantage of Orion Ke.

The president once wrote a letter asking him if he really wanted to take this step. He was silent for a long time and had not written a reply yet.

There are many types of applications, and there are reasons for calculations. Sterling Mu thought that enrolling in Linyuan Academy was the most cost-effective choice for him in terms of body and status at the moment.

If he must return to that turbulent court, there are no more than two choices, be a staff member, or stand in the Golden Palace in person.

He chose the second option.

It has nothing to do with the gentlemanly moral education that His Highness the Third Prince has received since childhood, but in fact Sterling Mu also knows that he has probably never been a gentleman. Those appearances deceived the world, but they did not deceive themselves.

So I entered the academy, and since I still had time, I entered Zhu Duan.

The Ke family is a special existence in the entire capital, not to mention Orion Ke's status in the school. Sterling Mu needs to use him to take the first step into the imperial palace.

This reason sounds reasonable, but if you look into it carefully, it actually doesn't hold water at all.

With so much overt and covert help, why would he take advantage of a student who has not yet entered officialdom?

It's said to be a use, but have you ever really thought about how to use it and why?

Why should Orion Ke help him? What's so special about him?

It's just that because he is Sterling Mu, he was once Phoenix Sheng, and everyone in the world knows it clearly, and no one except himself dares to question him face to face.

Even the headmaster only asked in a vague way: "Has your highness thought it through clearly?"

Sterling Mu thought that he had probably thought it through.

It rarely snows in Lingnan, but there was one last winter. He sat indoors, looking out the window at the snow falling like catkins, and suddenly he wanted to see his snowman.

...

The third prince of Dayu was once the most ridiculous and romantic man in the world. He was talented and beautiful. If it were not for his extraordinary noble status, he might have been teased by the dandies who played in the romantic place. He was lively and beautiful.

She is extremely beautiful, with fair skin, a pair of loving eyes, and her whole body is shiny and smooth. She is like a fragile and delicate porcelain figure. It is fitting that she should sit on a high platform made of colored glaze for people to look up and worship her.

Noble, arrogant, romantic and wanton, he is the most beautiful peony flower in Yujing City, and the most vivid embodiment of all the wealth and prosperity in the world under the prosperous dynasty.

And such an incomparable nobleman from Tianhuang also has a snowman that is afraid of melting in his hands.

When he first met Orion Ke, he was only thirteen years old. He was at the age when a young man was very playful and wanted to see anything with cats and dogs.

His father gave him a garden, and Phoenix Sheng spent three years building and repairing it, turning it into an elegant, noble and interesting royal garden.

On the day of completion, the sense of accomplishment reached its peak. Phoenix Sheng was so excited that he didn't sleep all night, but the next day he didn't feel sleepy at all. He pretended to be calm and mature at the gate of Songyuan, waiting for his father to lead people to inspect.

He was probably overly excited, and his sobriety revealed a bit of madness that was rarely seen in normal times.

That was perhaps the day that the Third Highness came closest to the pure nature of a young man after getting rid of the skin of high expectations in the many years of his growth.

The palace servants swept the snow in front of the steps, and there was rime hanging on the trees. He was wearing a large cloak that had just been made this winter, and he could see the strange faces in the crowd at a glance.

Wearing a pink winter coat, a red hair rope, and two little chirps, she timidly tugged on her mother's sleeves. Her eyes were full of panic and unfamiliarity, as well as a little bit of well-hidden curiosity. She was so cute.

Phoenix Sheng believed that he grew up among beauties, and he had to admit that she was the most beautiful "little sister" he had ever seen.

Her lips are red and her teeth are white, and her cheeks are slightly red due to the heavy snow. His father had given him nephrite from the south, which was warm, cool, and had a good feel. Phoenix Sheng felt that he might really be a little dizzy, and he thought offensively that the Ke family's sister's cheeks would feel the same as jade when pinched.

But this little boy's fondness is just a fleeting thought, not worth studying deeply, and it won't be remembered for long.

The "sister" became a younger brother, and his cheeks were pinched by him more than once. Even his earlobes, waist and abdomen, fingers... when he held her in his arms and slept, the touch was actually many times better than jade.

But Phoenix Sheng believed they were innocent.

He was so innocent that he could scold Orion Ke as a superior, so innocent that when he broke his own bones inch by inch in Lingnan, he never once thought of telling A Xue that he was actually alive.

But it snowed that day, and the last piece of the ulna was restored by his own hands. The night was cold and the first snow was strange and gentle. Phoenix Sheng suddenly thought of his snowman.

So I went north from the south and came to Linyuan Academy.

Now that he has changed his identity, and Ashue protects him, what's wrong with it?

Even if it is actually a bubble that cannot withstand the slightest prying eyes.

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The cough in the west wing was no longer as violent as that day, but it never stopped.

Twenty-five years after Yuanxing, Orion Ke fell into an unsolvable sleep disorder. He could only fall asleep deeply after drinking. Once he was awakened, it would be difficult to fall asleep again.

Therefore, Sterling Mu's uncontrollable coughs in the dead of night were so annoying that they disturbed Young Master Ke day and night.

In fact, this matter is not difficult to solve. Should Wu Lun take action himself or ask some gentleman? Even if he casually reveals a rumor to Caspian Li and the others, some people will immediately find a way to remove Sterling Mu from his yard. Please leave.

But Orion Ke did nothing because of the indescribable emotions in her heart.

I feel irritable and can't find the reason.

He wanted people to move out, but he never gave clear instructions. Young Master Li was left to see that his face was getting worse day by day, and he was worried all day long.

Orion Ke has walked to the door of the west wing many times, but the moment he raised his hand, he remembered the way he was waiting at the door with the cool breeze blowing that night. An almost self-deprecating boredom came to his heart, and he no longer had any desire to knock on the door. .

Young Master Ke endured it for a long time, and finally got so annoyed that he often went down the mountain to drink, hoping to sleep better at night.

But this senior Mu seemed to be sincere and deliberately prevented him from sleeping easily.

Normally the voice is lower, but when Orion Ke went down the mountain and came back to sleep, the voice he heard was much louder than usual. It was unclear whether he was doing it on purpose or because of his emotions. He coughed as if he wanted to remove all his heart from his throat. It's like vomiting it out.

Orion Ke was so annoyed that he began to think of bullying.

He wanted to drive people away.

Everyone in the academy knows that the person who should not be messed with in the academy is Ke Hanying, but if we really want to say who he has targeted, except for the student who tried to send someone to his bed a few years ago, there seems to be no one else.

Now he wanted to use some power to drive the sick man out of his yard as a matter of course, but he couldn't think of a suitable reason for a long time.

It might not be so difficult to replace someone else. When it fell to Sterling Mu, Orion Ke didn't say anything, but there was always some hesitation in his heart.

He put it down to fear that he had done something and got him killed.

Not to mention whether he should come to do the autopsy at that time, even if an innocent soul came to seek revenge on him in the middle of the night, he would probably not be able to sleep well.

"Tsk..." Master Ke threw the brush, feeling extremely irritated: "Trouble."

Caspian Li was chatting with him about interesting things at the foot of the mountain. When he saw this, he immediately fell silent and remained silent for a long time.

Orion Ke came back to her senses, paused for a moment, regained her composure, and looked at Caspian Li with a smile: "Sorry, I got lost in my thoughts, please continue."

Caspian Li: ...

After a long silence, he choked out: "Stop laughing."

Orion Ke: "?"

Caspian Li: "I'm so scared."

Orion Ke: ... Is he already so obviously annoyed?

After being woken up by Sterling Mu in the middle of the night one day, Orion Ke sat on the bed and thought about it all night.

After school the next day, his classmates invited him to have a drink at the foot of the mountain. Orion Ke did not accept the offer, but turned around and went to Mr. Zhang's yard.

Ke Wenrui is a great scholar of the time, and the Ke family has a scholarly family passed down for generations. Linyuan Academy has a deep connection with it. Orion Ke has known Mr. Master of the Academy since he was a child. He also named him the name for the Coming of Age Ceremony. There is no formality and restraint that ordinary scholars in the academy have when meeting him.

It’s already the thick of summer, and cicadas are chirping in the courtyard. The gentleman has gray hair and is wearing a simple gown. He is sitting under the camphor tree enjoying the cool air. On the stone table in front of him are damaged ancient books from an unknown dynasty, which he is carefully repairing.

Orion Ke pushed open the courtyard door. Under the scorching sun, she was wearing a light purple dress. She was frivolous and unruly, completely different from the elegant blue and white clothes of everyone in the academy.

The husband's eyes hurt and his teeth were sore. He was too lazy to look at him and lowered his head to continue his repair work.

Books are expensive and ancient books are hard to find. A restored ancient book may not be of much use for the imperial examination, but it is a treasure for scholars like Mr. Zhang Yuan.

Orion Ke didn't get straight to the point and tell him to drive Sterling Mu away. Instead, she stood beside her husband with her hands down for a long time, looking down at the paper that was as thin as cicada wings and almost transparent when the sunlight hit it, and said casually: "The Lotus Sutra? I remember that there is a fu in my house that was written by my predecessors. If you are interested, sir, I will send someone home to get it. It may be of some use in restoring the ancient book."

The commander was overjoyed and looked up at him: "Seriously?"

Orion Ke smiled slightly and said, "When did Han Ying trick Mr. Han Ying?"

The headmaster: ... His teeth became even more sore. If he hadn't just gotten a degree, he would have been counting down how much trouble this kid has caused him since he entered school, and how many lies he has told.

But after all, he didn't expose the problem immediately. Instead, he asked Orion Ke angrily what was wrong with him here.

Orion Ke's smile deepened and he said casually: "Didn't you say that you wanted to expand enrollment at the beginning of the year?" I thought that if the enrollment were to expand, the current campus of the school would probably not be enough to live in, so I planned to spend money to build another campus complex in the south. , and a dining hall and several bathhouses, what do you think?"

The headmaster frowned, feeling a bad premonition well up in his heart. He looked at him suspiciously for a long time and asked, "What do you want?"

This kind of behavior seemed to be charity at first glance. If Orion Ke said that he had no intention, he would never believe it.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Orion Ke was still smiling, but the curve of his lips was slightly flat, and there seemed to be a bit of coldness in his eyes: "Let Sterling Mu move over."

The director was stunned for a moment, and the book in his hand slipped a little. He reacted before the book fell, adjusted his expression slightly, and asked seriously: "Seriously?"

Orion Ke: "Seriously."