Sansheng

"Hey! Chu Ao, no, Sir Zuo Shilang, how did you escape after being ambushed in the forest that day?" Lin Zhong asked in a low voice in the corridor.

"My, I run fast! I saw you left, so I ran as fast as I could. Those people couldn't run as fast as me, and they were quickly left without a trace." Chu Ao danced and gestured, While talking happily.

"If I remember correctly, your feet didn't seem to be sharp at that time." Lin Zhong raised his eyebrows and asked sharply, "Then why did the people who fell on the ground have their throats sealed with a sword, and their movements were neat? Simply put, it was definitely done by a master, so...was it you who did it?" He always felt that this prince Xianma was not as simple as he appeared, at least, he never knew that he had such a good writing style, Mr. Taifu was amazed by it.

"Oh, at that time, I was rescued by a masked hero. The hero happened to pass by. Seeing the rough road, he helped me out of the predicament."

"Is there such a hero who acts chivalrously and righteously? Killing a stranger for the sake of a stranger?" Lin Zhong squinted his eyes, expressing his doubts about Chu Ao's words.

"Well, it's fine if you don't believe it. Anyway, I'm lucky. This is called auspicious people have their own destiny! Hey, hey, Guo'er, by the way, did you go back to find me at that time?" Chu Ao smiled slyly, determined He stared fixedly at Lin Zhong's eyes.

The conversation was turned around again, and it was Lin Zhong's turn to be embarrassed.

"Are you worried about me?"

"Who is worried about you, I just don't want you to die in the wild."

"Hey, you're still worried about me! Guo'er, you care a lot about me! Don't you? Right?" Chu Ao was like a hound with a keen sense of smell. Lin Zhong turned his face away, and he followed closely In the past, I locked those drooping shy eyes tightly, so that there was nowhere to hide those eyes.

While they were entangled here, Lin Lin and Lin Cong came over.

"Congratulations, Mr. Right Minister!" Lin Lin raised his eyebrows. Although he said congratulatory words, his attitude was very arrogant.

"Do you know Master Chu and my third brother?" Lin Cong, who was sharp-eyed and careful, saw the intimacy between them and asked pretending not to care.

"Oh...we..." Lin Zhong hesitated, it was really difficult to explain the past between him and Chu Ao.

"We don't know each other." Chu Ao took over the conversation at once, bent his body slightly, and showed a submissive attitude to the three princes, "Just now I was discussing with the three princes about the diversion of the Qingyuan River. Your Highness."

"Oh? Then since it's a matter of business, you should discuss with us more in the future, you say, right, Master Chu?" Lin Cong smiled and winked at Lin Lin. Lin Lin understood and nodded quickly, "That's right, we need to ask Mr. Chu for more advice in the future!"

"What kind of virtue and ability do you have for a lowly job? I won the trust of the three princes. I dare not ask for advice. Just treat it as a lowly job. Please don't take it to heart. In the future, I will be called by the lowly job for any political affairs. I will listen to the three of you." Dispatch." Chu Ao uttered the words properly, without leaking any water, so that Lin Lin and Lin Cong couldn't find any reason for a while, so they left angrily.

"Guo'er, don't worry, in this palace, I only listen to you." After the two princes walked away, Chu Ao leaned in front of his face again, his eyes twinkled like stars, and he promised with a smile.

"Chu Ao, you're really capable. With a shake of your body, you became Bei Li's left servant." Lin Zhong pursed his lips on purpose in a joking tone.

"Hey, why am I so talented, so knowledgeable, so well written, so good at speaking? Oh, I'm so good!" Chu Ao clenched his fists in front of his chest, adoring him, but the object was himself. That's all.

"Since you want to be an official, why don't you come to find me? Why sell calligraphy and paintings in the busy market, and go through all this trouble?"

"Hehe, it's hard to guarantee that your elder brothers won't investigate the person recommended by your third prince. After all, I'm from South China. If I find out one or two people, I won't implicate you. But it could be replaced by a big The Head Tutor discovered it and was introduced by him, but based on his intelligence and the emperor's respect for him, others will naturally have nothing to say, right?"

Careful and cautious, this is not suitable for living in the palace, he is simply playing with this way of survival in the palm of his hand!After all, he is Prince Nanhua's virtuous horse, and he is influenced by his ears and eyes every day. How can he not be familiar with this way of dealing with people in the palace?It's just ridiculous, I was worried about him back then, afraid that he would really come to this palace, be heartless all day long, cause trouble without knowing the reason, now it seems that I really worried too much.This person is careless on the surface, but he is exquisite and considerate on the inside. Lin Zhong secretly admires Chu Ao's free flow, and he is so flexible and smooth.

"Guo'er, what are you thinking about?" Chu Ao tapped lightly on the forehead of Lin Zhong who was thinking.

"Hmph, think you're smart." Lin Zhong was still relentless, turned his head, and went to the harem.

"Guo'er, where are you going?" Chu Ao followed closely.

"I'm going to visit my mother."

"Oh, take me!" Chu Ao tugged at Lin Zhongkuan's sleeves.

"What are you going to do with me? How can you enter and leave the concubine's bedroom casually, as a servant? Didn't the palaces of Nanhua teach you these rules? Here in Beili, only the imperial doctor is summoned to enter and exit the harem."

"Oh! Then I'll beg the emperor to reward me as an imperial physician!" Chu Ao turned around sharply and ran back.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Come back! Are you crazy? You can be an imperial doctor! You are taking this too seriously!" Lin Zhong was anxious and angry, and grabbed Chu Ao's sleeve.

"I don't care, I just want to see the imperial concubine! If you don't take me there, I'll go to the emperor to beg for an official!" Chu Ao was determined to see Concubine Ning An with all his evil spirits. Pulling his sleeves hard, he pretended to leave.

One tugged fiercely, the other tugged desperately, with a sound of "呵——", the sleeve was torn.

"This..." Lin Zhong was dumbfounded.

"The new servant has just taken office, and the third prince gave such a generous gift. It seems that I have something to say when I see the emperor!" Chu Ao's eyes were shining with excitement, and he wanted to raise his feet again.

"Okay, okay, I'll take you there, okay! Hurry up to the concubine mother, I'll find someone to sew this sleeve for you quickly..." Lin Zhong just wanted to calm things down quickly, so he could only agree to him.

"It's okay to say yes earlier, so I still put on a sleeve." Chu Ao complained, walked away in front of Lin Zhong, and turned around, "What are you doing in a daze, lead the way ahead!"

Lin Zhong hurried to the front, and suddenly came to his senses, a violent thump hit Chu Ao's head, "You are the prince, I am the prince?"

"Ouch! You are! You are!" While grinning and rubbing his head, he nodded his head.

"Mother Concubine! I'm here!" Before entering the hall, Lin Zhong shouted loudly. Chu Ao poked his head into the hall and was stopped by him, "You stand outside first, and I will pass the message to Mother Concubine One sound."

"Is Guo'er here?" Concubine Ning An fumbled with her hands and stood up from the chair with a smile on her face.

"Mother and concubine don't need to get up, I just come to see you and then leave. Mr. Taifu confessed that I haven't finished reading the classics that I read today, and I have to light up the lights to read at night."

"Guo'er, don't be too tired, there are so many books, how can I finish reading?" Concubine Ning An touched Lin Zhong's face, and said distressedly, "Why do I feel that you are thinner than usual again. "When touching the corner of his smiling mouth, Ning Anfei asked: "Is there anything happy about Guoer today, so happy?"

"Mother and concubine, today my father has recruited a new Mr. Zuo Shilang, named Chu Ao. Guo'er hits off with that man immediately, and is just happy to have a new friend."

"Hehe, this is indeed a good thing. I have a friend. Guo'er is no longer alone in this deep palace."

"Concubine Mu, this person wants to see you, and he is waiting outside the palace right now, do you see him?"

"You child, why didn't you say earlier, let Mr. Jin stand outside for so long, let him come in quickly."

After a while, Chu Ao was led to Concubine Ning An, "My minister kowtowed to Concubine Ning An, and she is a thousand years old!" Chu Ao was very obedient, and did not lose any of the etiquette that should be had.

"Come on, Mr. Jin, I just heard from Guoer that you are very knowledgeable, but you are a rare talent." Concubine Ning An said kindly.

"I don't dare to be a humble minister. Thanks to the holy grace and love, I will devote myself to sharing worries and solving problems for the emperor."

"It goes without saying to share worries and solve problems for the emperor. In your free time, you can spend more time with me, Guo'er, studying and discussing affairs together, so as to teach him. The ancients said that those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black. Guo'er is much better with the adults." Get educated with more understanding."

"I obey!" Chu Ao stuck out his tongue at Lin Zhong, the expression on his face had already revealed his elation at the moment.

Lin Zhong just gave him a blank look, and then turned to Concubine Ning An, "Concubine Mu, are your eyes better today? Are they still so painful?"

"Hey, is it good or not? That's it. I have seen all the famous doctors in the world. I don't know how many times I have taken the medicine. It is useless. It is only said that it is rushing to attack the heart, Qi stagnation and blood stasis. It is hard to express the reason for the depression in my heart. It’s okay, it’s enough for the concubine mother to have you, Guo’er is the eyes of the mother. From now on, you will come to me every day and tell me something new in the palace. The concubine mother doesn’t know How happy!" Concubine Ning An stroked Lin Zhong's hair, comforting him.

Lin Zhong only looked at those eyes that were cloudy like stagnant water, and blamed himself for her impatience, which was not caused by himself. Thinking of this, he sighed deeply.

"Cough...cough...cough..." Chu Ao intentionally broke the dull atmosphere, coughed a few times, and raised his tattered sleeve at Lin Zhong.

"Oh! Concubine Mu, send the palace servants to sew Taehyung's sleeves, he accidentally tore them on the way here."

After a while, two court ladies came to the hall, and wanted to take off Chu Ao's clothes and take them back to sew, but he stopped him, "Just sew it here, and I can wear it right away."

While the maids were threading needles and threads carefully, Lin Zhong and Concubine Ning An were chatting in the inner room, Chu Ao was alone, wandering out from the inner room, came to the maid, and took a bag from the five-thread basket. Each red jade thread was playing with interest on the fingertips.

Coming out of Concubine Ning An's bedroom, Lin Zhong was in a low mood, and did not go back to his palace directly, but stopped at a small pavilion by the lake on the way, sat on the table, looked at the blue waves in the water, lost in a daze.

Knowing that he was worried about Concubine Ning An's eyes, Chu Ao did not step forward to persuade him, but sat far away on the other side, twisting and weaving the jade thread in his hand.

The slender fingers deftly shuttled back and forth between the jade threads, flying up and down, and after a while, two strings of red knots were woven.

"Guo'er, are you still worried about your empress' eyes?" Chu Ao took the red string, stepped forward and asked gently.

"En." Lin Zhong looked down, looking down at a pair of mandarin ducks swimming in the heart of the lake with a heavy face.

"Don't worry, your eyes will be fine."

"Why are you so sure? No matter how many famous doctors you have seen, they dare not say this." Lin Zhong looked up at him, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes. The last time he said such a thing, he was full of life. Finally, he found Ziying Grass was rescued later.

"Because I believe, believe in your filial piety, you will definitely move God." Chu Ao looked relaxed, "You just believe in me, my premonition is always accurate!"

"Come on, Guo'er, I'll tie this red rope for you, let's pray for your mother together." Chu Ao stretched out his hand and took out the red rope that he had just braided.

Lin Zhong saw that a red rope had been tied around Chu Ao's wrist, he was a little hesitant, but because of the word "blessing", he still stretched out his hand.

The slight touch of the fingertips felt a little itchy on the delicate skin between the wrists. After a while, Lin Zhong's red rope was tied up.

"You still have this ability, what is this made up?" Chong Chuao raised his wrist and asked curiously.

"One Heart Knot." Chu Ao slightly pursed his lips and smiled.

"What! Isn't this the folklore knot between a man and a woman?" Lin Zhong was about to fade away in a hurry.

Seeing his action, Chu Ao's heart sank.

"Guo'er, do you know that this knot of one heart is about brotherhood at the beginning? Brothers have one heart, and their strength can break gold, haven't you heard of it?" Chu Ao pressed his hand with his hand.

Lin Zhong's big eyes were wide open, and it was the first time since he was born that he heard that this concentric knot was about brotherhood.

"Just like the mandarin ducks in the middle of the lake, they also talked about the alliance of brothers at the beginning, called "Yuanmeng League". Mr. Taifu is so knowledgeable, why didn't he teach you?" Sparse. Happy mandarin ducks are in the same pool, and envy those who love each other in the forest', that is to say, this pair of mandarin ducks." While talking, Chu Ao tightened the red rope around Lin Zhong's wrist.

"As I said, Guo'er, I will definitely give you what you want. This red string is my promise to you." Chu Ao said seriously to Shang Lin Zhong's slightly confused eyes.

"That's what you said, don't lie to me." It seems that Lin Zhong soon believed it again. He always believed Chu Ao's words easily, even though he thought he was smart.

"Once a gentleman says a word, it's hard to follow a horse." Holding Lin Zhong's cold hand, conveying the warmest and firmest strength, "From today onwards, you and I, brothers, will rely on each other in this palace." gone."

"Yes." Lin Zhong nodded.

"Once this sympathetic knot is tied, don't untie it easily. You have to make a covenant of three lives. Have you thought about it? Three lives, one more life, one less life, can't be counted as three lives."

Lin Zhong only thought that this was cruel words spoken by the world to make a firm oath, and nodded innocently, "Yes".

Chu Ao smiled, a smile from the bottom of his heart, intoxicated by the great happiness of this moment, his wandering heart, which has been floating for so many years, finally at this moment, hung on a certain soul. The long-awaited buds sprouted from the branches held by the dream.

The two of them stopped talking, just held hands tightly, and looked at the pair of colorful mandarin ducks in the distance together, gently swaying the ripples, both in the center of the lake and in the bottom of their hearts.