The Neon Tower

Outside the palace——

Today, the Nihong Building is closed for a day of rest, and the Queen Mother's birthday should be celebrated together.But the most important reason is that the customers in the shop are mainly important officials from the imperial court. Tonight, all of them will enter the palace to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday. I'm afraid no one will come, so I might as well take a rest.The people in the building were very happy when they heard it, they all changed their clothes and went out, the building was suddenly empty.

After Xiaoxiangyu took care of some trivial matters, she walked to Haoyang's room, opened the door and entered, saw Haoyang making tea, watched the elegant gesture holding the teapot dancing in mid-air, the tea fragrance wafted in every corner of the room, Reassuring.

"Haoyang, let's go out for a walk."

Seeing Xiaoxiangyu coming, Haoyang smiled and said, "Okay."

A grand banquet is being held in the city, it is very lively, and the crowd is constantly flowing.Xiaoxiangyu and Haoyang walked side by side, attracting a lot of attention. Even the hyena, who was pulling Haoyang's sleeve and arguing to eat this or that, was always praised as cute. The three of them looked special in the crowd. conspicuous.Haoyang likes to guess lantern riddles, and easily won the biggest lantern for the coyote. His talent and ingenuity immediately won the hearts of many girls. Looking at the dazed girl at him, there was a burst of screams.

"Hey, are you looking for seeds?" Xiaoxiangyu became upset, and whispered into Haoyang's ear.

"Yeah, I can't let my family have no children, you can't have children." Haoyang said disapprovingly.

"Hiss... you blame me for not being up to date? Why don't you give birth to me, so that my Xiao family can have a descendant? Or, I'll find someone to do seeding for me too?" Said while staring at the neighbors A young girl, the young girl saw this man's fierce eyes, and immediately wandered elsewhere.

"Do you dare?" Haoyang paused: "If you can do it, compare with me, have you won?"

Haoyang asked himself that he was good-looking and had an extraordinary literary talent. The girl must like him more than the rough old Xiangyu in front of him.

"Does it matter if they choose me or not? You are mine, and I have already won." Xiaoxiangyu smiled slyly.

"Who is yours?" Haoyang said angrily.

"You, you are my wife."

"Who is your wife? Did I say I want to marry you?"

"It's fine if you don't marry." Xiaoxiang Yu took Hao Yang's hand and held it: "Marry me, I will be your wife, just don't leave me behind."

Haoyang snickered, glanced at Xiaoxiangyu who looked a little pitiful, and then looked away triumphantly.As far as this man is concerned, there is nothing he can do.

"Brother Haoyang, I want to eat meat." The coyote said vaguely, with his mouth full of pastries, tugging at Haoyang's sleeve.

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat. Can you see the atmosphere, brat." Xiaoxiangyu said loudly to the hyena.

"Big color embryo! Have you held enough? Don't occupy Brother Haoyang all day, Brother Haoyang, let's go eat meat." The coyote grinned his teeth and made a face at Xiaoxiangyu.

"Okay, anyway, I'm a little hungry." Haoyang led one and ran to the restaurant.

In the eyes of outsiders, it looks like three brothers with a good relationship, going to eat happily.

In the tavern—

"Hey, coyote, why did you run out that day? How did you get the injury? After you came back, you didn't say anything. The accountant said Mr. Fan took you to see the doctor." Xiaoxiangyu picked up a piece of meat and put it in mouth.

"It's Big Gray. I haven't seen it for a few months and it has become so fierce. Next time I see it, I will definitely not let it go." The hyena said, biting a leg of lamb.

"Who is Big Hui?" Haoyang asked.

"A brown bear. It was the one that attacked me on the mountain that night when I wasn't expecting it, and took my prey."

"Are you going out to find raw meat again? Be careful of dysentery." Xiaoxiang Yu put a piece in Haoyang's bowl.

"Brother Haoyang will help me cure my illness, so what are you afraid of? I'm not used to eating cooked food every day."

"Don't count on me every time." Haoyang ate the food.

"...Boss, that Mr. Fan...why hasn't he come recently?" The coyote asked with a lowered head after spitting out a mouthful of meat.

"Huh? Coyote, what did you say?" Xiaoxiangyu said.

"No...it's okay. Boss, I want to eat one more roast chicken."

"Okay. Just call, I'll invite you to eat as much as you want today. Xiaoer, here's a roast chicken."

Xiao Er readily responded to the next sentence and went downstairs.Haoyang looked at the happy scene downstairs and smiled.

"Daughter-in-law? What are you looking at?" Xiao Xiangyu asked, looking in the direction he was looking.

"It's really lively." Haoyang said.

"Today is the Empress Dowager's birthday, so of course it's lively."

"I remember when I was young, I used to go with my father to check the empress dowager's pulse. The empress dowager was very kind and quiet, and ordered someone to bring me snacks every time."

"Heh...then did the queen mother point out a princess for you?" Xiao Xiangyu seemed to disagree, and said while eating.

"It's true. When Concubine Dan gave birth to a little princess, the Queen Mother was the first to think of me as her grandson-in-law."

"Oh? Then what happened next?"

"The little princess died not long after she was born."

"Oh? Such a fateful little princess?"

"Isn't that right? Concubine Dan has no backer, and she has offended people who dare not offend. She can't even give birth to a princess, let alone give birth to a prince."

"Don't talk about that family, okay?" Xiao Xiangyu became a little impatient.

"That's right...the roast chicken is here." Haoyang watched the delicious roast chicken come to the stage, and happily picked up a piece.

The coyote first tore off a chicken leg and took a big bite, but he didn't show any expression of enjoyment, and frowned slightly.

"What's the matter, hyena." Xiaoxiangyu asked.

"Fengshengchang's tastes better..." said the coyote, curling his lips.

"Hey, have you learned to be picky eaters?" Xiao Xiangyu frowned and said.

"Coyotes are the kings of the forest and it's normal to be picky eaters."

"...Okay! Fengshengchang, right? I'll take you there another day, and eat the most expensive ones!" Xiaoxiangyu said in a raised voice.

"Heh~ Coyote happy? It's the first time the boss is so forthright." Haoyang said to Coyote with a smile.

Inside the palace——

The dancer presented the last dance, and the courtiers burst into warm applause.After the Queen Mother offered a toast to everyone, she was escorted back to the bedroom by her maidservants. The Emperor said a word to step down, and the party was over, and all the officials followed the order and left one after another.

"Son, are you going home tonight?" Duan Wang asked.

"I want to go to a place first, and I will go back later." Yuhan thought for a while and answered Duan Wang.

Duan Wang knew that this child was always eccentric, but he had a strong opinion on this aspect. Now that he is so big, it is hard to say anything, but he just said: "Well, my father asked the steward to wait for you, don't worry about it. It's too late." Then go ahead.

I wanted to find Zhen Rong together, but Zhen Rong was so drunk that he couldn't wake up from the beating, and finally watched him being carried away by two guards.In desperation, he had no choice but to go alone.

Yuhan came to the door of the neon building, and found that the door was closed and the lights were dim.He went forward and knocked lightly a few times, and heard footsteps coming from inside the house, and it was the boss Xiaoxiangyu who opened the door.

"Young Master Xiao." Yu Han bowed slightly.

"Mr. Fan? It's so late? Is the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet over?" Xiao Xiangyu was a little stunned.

"Yes, the table is over."

"Ah...Sorry, it's cold outside, please come in." Xiaoxiangyu turned sideways to let Yuhan into the room: "It's so late, why don't you come to drink with Haoyang?"

"Ern... Haoyang should be asleep." Yuhan observed the dark inner hall.

"Oh, no, that night owl catches me playing chess with him every night, and won't let me go until three o'clock." Saying that, Xiao Xiangyu smiled and shook his head.

"That's right, it's really not easy for Mr. Xiao to be the boss. I'm here next time... I want to see the coyote." Yu Han said.

"Coyote? Oh!! Mr. Fan is really caring, is he worried about the coyote's injury?"

"Um... Mr. Xiao... From today, I... change my surname to Zhao." Yu Han hesitated.

"Oh?" Xiaoxiang Yu snorted, "I heard that Young Master is the adopted son of Prince Duan, but now it seems that he was included in the genealogy and given a proper surname. Congratulations."

"Heh...there is no royal blood on your body, even if you are given a surname, it is not a proper name."

"Don't say that, it may or may not happen, there are rumors in the market that the young master is actually the illegitimate child of Prince Duan and a woman named Fan, but that woman came from a humble background and cannot marry into the palace, so the young master is raised by the prince as an adopted son. "Xiaoxiangyu waved her fan and leaned into Yuhan's ear and said.

"How can you believe the rumors in the world, I am indeed not the biological son of Prince Duan, and I have never heard of any woman that my father has ever been infatuated with. Apart from talking about his lifelong best friend, he rarely mentions other people and things."

"Best friend for life?"

"kindness..."

"Oh... Brother, it's inconvenient to speak out, and I won't force it. The coyote is really asleep. That kid has no energy to wander around recently. Please come with me." Xiaoxiangyu guided Yuhan through the hall and walked He stopped in a rough room next to the kitchen.

"When you go in, try to walk as lightly as possible. The coyote is wild and very alert." After finishing speaking, he left.

Yu Han nodded, and gently pushed open the wooden door, which opened silently. There was nothing in the room except a straw nest, a bulging cotton quilt, arched in the middle of the straw nest.Yuhan walked over lightly, and saw that there was no movement in the bed.He looked left and right, and gently pulled the quilt away, a smell of alcohol came to his nostrils, Xiao Xiangyu was so weak, he actually poured wine on him, the injury was just right. . .He opened the quilt a little more, and saw the coyote snoring curled up with its legs crossed. When his hand was shaking near his nose, the nose moved, trying to smell something, and then he stretched out his hand and grabbed the fabric of the sleeve. Press your face and continue to sleep.

"... Coyotes? Are you awake?" Seeing that her sleeves were being pressed down, Yu Han didn't dare to move.

The coyote slept soundly, and occasionally let out a few low moans of wild beasts. Seeing that the sleeves were pressed down, it would be impossible to pull it out without force, but pulling it out would definitely wake the coyote.On the balance, Yu Han simply sat beside the coyote, and when he changed his position, he pulled out his sleeves.Unexpectedly, the coyote's nose started sniffing again, and after sniffing, it moved its head to Yu Han's lap, and then fell asleep contentedly.

"Heh...you will enjoy it like this..."

Yuhan helped the coyote cover the quilt again, and the moonlight poured into the house from the window, shining on the coyote's face.Yuhan stared at the moonlight in a daze, unconsciously staring at that delicate face, with slender eyelashes connected under those distinct eyelids, breathing carefully like a nose that has been carefully carved, and her marriage red lips occasionally moving Look, it looks very cute.Looking at it, Yu Han leaned his head against the wall behind: "Ridiculous, what the hell am I thinking?"

"If he was a girl, I would definitely fall in love with him."

Not long after the fourth watch started, the coyote changed his position. It turned out that he likes to turn around when he sleeps. One moment before, his head was resting on Yuhan's lap, and the next moment, he turned 180 degrees and turned his head to the other side.Seeing that she was completely relieved, Yu Han stood up, cleaned the straw off her clothes, and left quietly.

After leaving the Nihong Building, he looked up at the location of Haoyang's room. The two were really playing chess by the window. Judging by their pensive expressions, the situation should be in a stalemate.

Back in the palace, Yuhan washed his face and went straight to bed, and slept until the next afternoon.The steward knocked over a teacup when he came into the room to place the fruit and woke him up.

"Ah...Master, I woke you up."

"Oh... no, it's almost time for me to get up too."

"It's time to get up, it's late now, and the prince is about to wake up from his nap."

"What? Weishi? That's bad."

Yu Han got up in a hurry, ordered the steward to order someone to boil water to wash him up, changed into clean clothes, and came to wait by Duan Wang's bedside.King Duan was sleeping peacefully, it seemed that it was not time to wake up yet.

"Ying Chen..." Duan Wang moved his mouth and called softly.

"Father? Are you awake?" Yu Han stretched his neck to look, and it seemed that Duan Wang was not awake, but talking in his sleep.

Ying Chen was my father's best friend when he was young. He said that he was the only one he knew in his life.It is a pity that this person whom he regards as a life-and-death friend was sentenced to death by the entire army more than ten years ago for the crime of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country. All 300 members of the assault army - Iron Face Jingqi were pushed to the Meridian Gate and beheaded for public display. .Dad often said that he didn't believe that Ying Chen would cooperate with the enemy, and there was no one in this world who was more loyal and patriotic than him.

"I want to come down to accompany you..." Duan Wang uttered another sentence softly, a crystal tear slipped from the corner of his eye.

"..." Yu Han thought to himself, father is a person who values ​​love and righteousness, and he has never let go of his close friends in the past few years.

"Son?" Duan Wang looked at Yu Han sleepily: "How long have you been standing here?"

"Just came in, saw that my father was still asleep, so I didn't dare to disturb him."

"Did I say something in my sleep?"

"...No."

"Oh..." Duan Wang pointed to the clothes on the wooden rack, and Yu Han immediately took it off and handed it to him.

"Let's go back after dinner."

"Yes."