there is a king in the palace

The king followed Aunt Huixin to her house, and kept talking about his time in the palace all the way, "Furong is more and more like you now, and she always said that she would write to you to sue me. .”

Aunt Hui Xin kept laughing. In the past, she felt that the palace was boring, but now that she came out, she was still thinking, "What about you, when will you return to the palace?"

The king thought for a while, "Don't worry, let's do it after dark."

"Then stay at my house later, aunt...it's weird to call me aunt now, you can call me sister."

"Okay~"

"Well, my sister will cook something delicious for you."

Aunt Huixin's home is in the Wanshui alley inside the north gate of Chang'an City. There is a river in the middle of the Wanshui alley, which stretches to the south gate of Chang'an City. Aunt Huixin's home is on the other side of the river.

The king followed her and turned several turns before reaching the entrance of a small courtyard. The courtyard was not big, with three simple mud-brick houses. There was a jujube tree in the courtyard and a chicken coop under the tree.

"That's it, come in." Hui Xin pushed open the somewhat dilapidated wooden door, and greeted the king to enter the house, after all it was still cold outside.

The king followed him into the main room. There was an earthen kang in the room. An old lady was sitting on the kang, who was embroidering a quilt. Seeing that the king was stunned for a moment, she asked Hui Xin, "This is it?"

"Mother, this is..." Hui Xin glanced at the king.

The king gave her a look.

Hui Xin smiled, "This is from the little shopkeeper of the Beastmaster Pavilion."

Although the Beast King Pavilion has only been open for a day, the scene of being a beast parading through the streets is too big. Hui Xinniang also knew it, and immediately laughed, "Sit down quickly, the kang is hot."

It was cold in the room, the king was not polite, took off his shoes and sat on the kang.

"Mother, don't do this for now, don't be in a hurry, go fry some melon seeds."

"Hey." Hui Xinniang agreed, pinned the needle on the blessing paper pasted on the cabinet, and got off the ground with her shoes on.

The king glanced at the quilt she embroidered, it was red and covered with mandarin ducks, the king raised his face and asked Hui Xin, "Are you getting married?"

Aunt Huixin, who has always been generous, smiled shyly, "Well, on the fifteenth day of next month, you should come then."

The king nodded sharply, "I will definitely come! But... who do you want to marry?"

"You kid, what are you asking about this kind of thing?"

"Curiosity~" The king smiled sweetly at her, "Just tell me~"

Aunt Huixin said that she was going to marry a butcher who sold pork. The butcher was three years older than her, and the conditions were very good, except that he was taller and taller and fiercer. There was a famous shrew at home. This mother is really not a virtuous woman. The butcher's clothes and house are very messy, so she has never married a wife.

The king was puzzled, "Then why did you marry him?"

"Although he looks fierce, he is quite honest. Let me tell you quietly, I went to buy pork once before meeting him, and gave him an extra [-] Wen. He bowed his head and counted. , good quality."

The king instantly thought of Zhao Xianao, if he charged an extra [-] coins for selling pork, he would be able to pick it up without saying a word.

"But his mother is not good, he is still dirty." The king is now a typical natal family, and there are problems everywhere in the butcher.

"Hey, I've been in the palace for so many years. If you can't figure out how to live with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, besides, it's not his fault that it's dirty. After I get married, I'll clean it up slowly. At my age , it’s great to find something like this.”

While the two were talking, a man's voice came from outside the door, "Mom, I'm back."

"Why so early?"

"There are not many goods today, so I will leave work early, where is my sister?"

"Put it in the house, take the melon seeds in."

After a few words, a sturdy young man walked in from the door, wearing a gray padded jacket, filled with flour, holding a basket of melon seeds in his hand, his eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Hui Xin's.

"This is my younger brother, Hui Chao."

Aunt Hui Xin has five brothers and sisters in total. Apart from her and Hui Chaoshang, there are two older brothers and one older sister. Hui Xin had a good life when she was a child, otherwise Hui Xinniang would not have given birth to these five children. Hui Xin's father had an accident when he was building a bridge, and fell into the fast-moving current. No one was alive or dead. Since then, the life of the family has become bitter. Hui Xin also entered the bridge to find a daughter-in-law for her two older brothers. Now that the older brothers and sisters are married, only Huixin and Huichao are left.

Hui Chao was very shy, seeing the king smiled, put the melon seeds on the kang and went out again.

"Eating melon seeds." Hui Xin pushed the bamboo basket towards his legs, "It's fragrant."

The king was not very good at cracking melon seeds, so he threw a melon seed into his mouth, bit it open with his teeth, and spat out the skin of the melon seed with great effort, so that he could eat a small melon seed kernel.

"How stupid." Aunt Huixin grabbed a handful of melon seeds and put them on the kang, helping him peel them with her hands.

The sound of cooking came from the kitchen outside, Aunt Hui Xin got up and asked him to sit for a while before going out to help her mother cook.

The king nodded, and slowly ate the melon seeds.

After a while, Hui Chao came in. He changed into clean clothes and smiled at the king, "My sister asked me to come in and talk with you."

The king naturally pushed the bamboo basket to him, "Can you pick melon seeds?"

Hui Chao was taken aback, "Yes... yes."

"Pick it up for me." The king was dressed luxuriously, sitting cross-legged on the kang, and ordered his son to pick up melon seeds, without any sense of disobedience.

Hui Chao glanced at him, and started to work.

His speed was much slower than Aunt Hui Xin's. The king waited with his chin pressed, and talked to him, "Where do you work?"

Huichao replied honestly, "The grain and oil store, move the flour."

In order to prevent merchants from driving up prices, Zhao Xianao monopolized Chang'an's grain and oil. To put it bluntly, it is a state-owned enterprise. This is a very decent job among ordinary people, and the income is high and stable.

The king couldn't find anything to say for a while, so he ate the melon seeds silently.

After a long time, Hui Chao suddenly asked, "Do you have a good relationship with my sister?"

"Of course."

"Then can you persuade her not to marry Zhang Zhurou?"

King Pork?

The king moved, it was Aunt Huixin's fiancé.

"Why, isn't sister Huixin very satisfied with him?"

Hui Chao sighed, "That piece of pork is big and thick, stupid and filial to his mother, and whatever his mother says, my sister will definitely be bullied by their mothers and daughters after passing through the door."

The king frowned, "Why don't you lead me to have a look?"

Hui Chao nodded, and when the king put on his shoes, the two went out together.

Hui Xin came out with a vegetable spoon and asked, "Where are you two going? The meal is almost ready."

Da Dynasty smiled, "It's boring in the house, go out for a walk, and I'll be back soon."

Zhang Pork's meat stand is just outside the alley of Crooked Water, Hui Chao stood behind the wall and pointed it out to him, "That's the one."

The king looked at it, and he was really fierce, with a beard and greasy hair, and he was holding two big knives in his hand, chopping ribs on the wooden table.

"This..." The king swallowed, not knowing what to say.

His unsatisfactory appearance doesn't mean he's a bad person. As the old saying goes, it's better to demolish ten temples than one marriage. His Majesty decided to give him a try, and came here to study whether to persuade Huixin or not.

"You wait for me here, I'll go and have a look."

"it is good."

Zhang Zhurou knew Huichao, but he didn't know the king. When the king walked over, he asked in a rough voice, "What do you want?"

The king casually glanced at the pork stall, "The buttocks, ribs, and pork knuckles, I want all of yours."

This is a big deal, Wang Zhurou smiled a little, "Okay."

When he was picking up the pork, the king leaned on the pillar to deliberately find fault, "Have you washed your hands before, is the pork clean?"

Zhang Pork has been selling pork for several years, and this is the first time I heard someone say, "Why is it not clean?"

The king glanced at him, "Look at you, you haven't washed your hair for a long time, and you're not afraid of the oil dripping on the meat, hey... the more I look at it, the less I want this meat, forget it, I don't want it anymore .”

Holding the kitchen knife, Zhang Rou didn't speak for a long time, and put the meat back in silence.

The king was still rambling, "You say you are a pork seller, why don't you clean up, I think you are like this, no woman is willing to marry you."

"Yes." Zhang Rou was annoyed, and nailed the kitchen knife to the wooden board with a bang.

"Yes? That's weird, did I really marry you?"

"almost……"

The king himself felt that his words were too poisonous, afraid that Zhang Zhurou would nail the kitchen knife on him, so he stepped back a little, "I said, I must take a look from a distance? When you really get close, look at your appearance." You must regret it, maybe you will feel sick, if you don’t believe me, let’s bet five taels of silver."

Zhang Zhuzhu looked at the king who was clean, white and tender, put down the knife in his hand, and asked solemnly, "Then, what should I do."

It seems that she cares about Aunt Huixin...

"Shave your beard clean, take a shower and change your clothes frequently, that's it."

Zhang Rou nodded, chopped off a piece of pork ribs with a knife, tied it with a rope, and handed it to the king, "Thank you little brother for reminding me, you can eat this meat."

The king suddenly realized that he had probably guessed that he was here for Aunt Huixin.

The king turned around and left with the pork in his hand.

"Hui Chao..."

"How about it."

"Not bad, really." The king said objectively.

Back at Hui Xin's house, the food was ready, Hui Xin saw that he was holding a piece of pork in his hand, took it and hung it on the beam outside, "You, I thought why did I go there?"

The king smiled sheepishly, "Hui Chao insisted that I go."

"……I do not have."

The king stayed at Hui Xin's house until the evening, when the sky was getting dark, he reluctantly offered to leave.

"Come to play another day, anyway, you are free now."

"Good~"

Huixin asks Huichao to take him to Taiping Street which is the closest to the palace, fearing that he will not be able to find his way in the dark.

It wasn't until Huixin's house that the king realized that he was anxious, so he said to Huichao, "Let's go quickly, my family will be anxious."

"Ah."

Without saying a word, the two walked quickly to Taiping Street, and the king, who was far away, saw Zhao Xianao standing on the side of the street. He was wearing ordinary clothes, his face was flushed by the wind, and his thin lips were pursed into a line of sight. , full of anger hidden under the drooping eyelashes.

His Majesty watched his kung fu, Zhao Xianao also saw him, and walked straight towards him, every step carried an aura that made His Majesty fearful.

The king turned to Hui Chao and said, "Go back first, I'm going home."

Hui Chao grabbed his sleeve and took out a pack of melon seeds from his bosom, "Sister asked me to give this to you."

The king hurriedly took it over, thanked him, and ran away.

Hui Chao stood there in a daze, only to see a slender man with a crown-like face running past him, and gave him a cold look.

"I was wrong, I was wrong!" The king kept shouting, not forgetting to admit his mistake.

Zhao Xianao had given up on this for a long time, he ran faster than the king, and was about to grab his collar, the king felt a gust of wind behind him, he squatted down cleverly, turned around and ran back, the two of them Passing by Hui Chao again, the king took the time to say hello to Hui Chao, "Hurry up and go home."

Zhao Xianao was even more dissatisfied with him like this. The two started a fierce chase on Taiping Street. The king did not run as fast as Zhao Xianao, but his reaction was faster than him. Whenever Zhao Xianao wanted to catch him, the king Can always dodge quickly.

The king escaped from Zhao Xian'ao's grasp several times, completely angering Zhao Xian'ao, he flew up into the air, and landed lightly beside the king, "Still running!"

"I... no, I won't run anymore, I can't run anymore..." The king hugged Zhao Xianao out of breath, "Didn't I want to wait for you to calm down and talk..."

"You still know I'm angry?" Zhao Xianao pinched his face, "Go back!"

The king followed him back to the palace in a dazed manner.

As night fell, the palace was cleaned up.

Zhao Xianao sat on the warm bed, sipping tea, while the king knelt on the wool blanket and pulled his ears with his hands, looking at him eagerly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty~ I know what I did wrong, I It will be corrected."

"Correction?" Zhao Xianao sneered, "Do you know how I came here for a long time? Didn't I tell you that I would be back before lunch?"

"you said before……"

"Then how did you do it?"

"Didn't you say that knowing your mistakes can make a big difference?"

He bet on himself with what he said, which made Zhao Xianao very upset, "Then have you heard of it? Those who don't know are not guilty."

The king learned the pair, so he could understand the meaning of this sentence. He moved to Zhao Xianao's feet, hugged his leg, raised his face and stared at him, "Then can you punish me?"

His attitude of admitting his mistake was so good that Zhao Xianao couldn't get angry, he glared at the king, "How can I let you... let you go out of the palace by yourself again."

Zhao Xianao had such a tormenting afternoon. On the one hand, he was thinking that the king might have gone out to play, on the other hand, he was also worried that he would meet someone with malicious intentions because of his innocence, and whether he would never meet again. Can't see him either.

As soon as this idea came up, Zhao Xian'ao felt like a knife was twisting his heart, fidgeting restlessly, put down everything in his hands and went out to the palace to look for him.

When he saw him standing with another man, Zhao Xianao's uneasiness had reached an extreme.

He has always been uneasy about the king.

The king is ignorant about feelings. Although he promised himself that he only likes himself, but the matter of feelings is out of control. Zhao Xianao is not sure whether he will meet someone like himself one day. Suddenly realized that this is what is called love, even more than liking, and then left him without looking back.

Zhao Xianao swears that if that day really comes, even if he kills that person day and night, locks the king in an iron cage and raises him meticulously, he will never allow him to leave him.

Sensitively aware of his emotions, the king stood up and wrapped his arms around his neck, whispering in his ear, "Forgive me."

Zhao Xianao sighed, patted the king on the shoulder, and asked in a low voice, "Where did you go today?"

The king sat down beside him, and told him in detail what happened at Aunt Huixin's house today, "Aunt Huixin asked me to drink during the meal, but I didn't even drink it."

"why?"

"You said you wouldn't let me drink in front of others." The king's face clearly said that I am very good and I listen to you very much.

It was only then that Zhao Xianao remembered that he had indeed said that he laughed, and he couldn't be angry with the king any more.

"You said Huixin will get married on the fifteenth day of next month?"

The king nodded, "I promised her to go, um... I will go if you let me go, and I won't go if you don't."

really obedient.

Now Zhao Xianao completely forgot about the king's crimes, touched his head and said, "Go, I'll be with you, okay?"

"Okay!" The king held his face and kissed him, making Zhao Xianao's face drooling, "Let's get married soon too!"

Zhao Xianao didn't dislike his saliva at all, he just asked him, "Did you get angry just now?"

"Don't be angry, you are so tired, I still provoke you, it's just my fault." The king said, and slapped him on the shoulder courteously, "Are you comfortable?"

To be honest, it's not comfortable at all, and it hurts.

"Comfortable."

The king hammered harder.

Zhao Xianao couldn't help it, "It hurts, it hurts a little... Take it easy."

"Does it hurt? Then I'll take it easy and call out when it hurts."

Zhao Xianao changed his posture and lay down on Nuantao, letting the king ride on his waist, "This posture is comfortable."

"Okay." The king slowly found the strength, and he really relieved Zhao Xianao's fatigue, he hummed comfortably.

Outside the Qianqing Palace, Mr. Li squatted under the wall and listened to the movement inside. His mouth was so big that he was full of wind.

I am a mother!

so!This is not acceptable!

Before again, Manager Li didn't intend to take care of this matter. After all, the emperor took the initiative. He thought that the emperor was trying to make something new. .

But he never expected, Your Majesty!True Dragon Emperor!King of a country!It's the one below!

Director Li gritted his teeth, and he swore that even if the emperor hated him, even if it meant his life, he would get rid of this little Yuanzi!

Otherwise, under the Nine Springs, how could he confess to the late emperor!

Manager Li was cruel, but he had no strength outside the palace, so he had to ask others for help, so the next day, Manager Li went to the concubines to find allies. Of course, he would not be so stupid as to tell all those things. He found a perfect excuse.

It was said that Xiao Yuanzi was arrogant because of being favored, squeezed away his godson, and even robbed him of the position of chief internal officer, as long as anyone was willing to help him, he would definitely open the back door to her in front of the emperor in the future.

However, such a good condition was also rejected by beating around the bush.

Mr. Li didn't understand, it was because he wasn't blunt enough, or these people saw that he was about to lose power and planned to board Xiao Yuanzi's boat.

In desperation, Manager Li found his godson, Wang Sheng.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has very close contacts with those outside the palace, and the Wang Province has strong business capabilities. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already established itself in the sky. After a year or so, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will retire, and it will be time for him to take office.

Manager Li didn't ask for help so easily. When he said this, Wang Xing hesitated and refused.

He thought he came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs because of a blessing in disguise. He is young and has a bright future. Naturally, he can't risk his life to offend the emperor like Director Li.

"Godfather, here is 100 taels of silver, which is my savings all the time. You go to Bajiao Lane and find a man named Pocky Face. If you give him the money, he can do anything for you. It's very useful."

Manager Li had borrowed money and smiled at him, "Boy, work hard, godfather won't be able to help you with anything in the future."

Of course Wang Xing understood.

Since the day when the king was criticized by Zhao Xianao, he lived his life step by step. He left the palace in the morning to go to the Beast King Pavilion, closed the pavilion and returned to the palace before lunch, had a full lunch with Zhao Xianao, and lived a happy life.

"Your Majesty! It's warm outside today, shall we go out and play?"

The king was obedient, Zhao Xianao wished he could hold him in the palm of his hand, going out to play was nothing, "What do you want to play?"

The king grinned, "You taught me archery."

"Well, change your clothes and let's go."

Zhao Xianao was obsessed with archery for a while, so there was a special place in the palace for him to play with bows and arrows.

Zhao Xianao stood there tall and straight, with a bow and arrow in his hand, with a handsome face, the wind blew his clothes, like a banished fairy who did not eat the fireworks of the world, the king's eyes were straightened when he squatted aside.

I saw Zhao Xian'ao holding the arrow, fully drawing the bow, and aiming at the target in the distance. After a few seconds, he slightly lifted his hand, and the arrow that left the string flew straight forward and was nailed in the middle of the target.

"Wow—" Zhao Xianao's proficiency in both civil and military skills is really not a bragging rights.

Hearing his exclamation, Zhao Xianao was very satisfied, and decided that he would never shoot arrows in front of the king again. It was rare to be so lucky to hit the bull's-eye, and he wanted to let his skills stay here.

The king didn't intend to let him continue to shoot, he couldn't wait to step forward, "I'll try, I'll try!"

Zhao Xianao gave him the bow, "Will you?"

"No." The king never brags, just ask if he doesn't understand, and learn if he doesn't know.

"I teach you."

Zhao Xian'ao hugged the king from behind, his body was soft, and there was a light grass scent, which was very comfortable after smelling it for a long time.

Zhao Xianao couldn't figure out where the smell on his body came from.

"Hurry up." The king turned his head and saw that he was distracted, so he couldn't help urging him.

"En." Zhao Xianao held his hand and corrected his posture.

The king felt that something was wrong, Zhao Xianao was behind him, as if he had brought the little ants to him, the numb feeling made the king's hands tremble.

Zhao Xianao looked at his gradually red earlobes and neck, and chuckled softly, "Are you shy?"

The king is used to sweet talk to him, "You are too close to me, I like you so much, of course I will be shy."

Omg.

Zhao Xianao was fed sugar so much that he was about to pass out, he forgot the bow he was pulling up, and when he let go, the arrow flew out and missed the target.

"Ah..." The king sighed in frustration, "What's going on..."

Zhao Xianao cleared his throat and let go of his hand, "It's inconvenient for two people, try it yourself."

Fearing that the king would feel frustrated, Zhao Xianao stood aside and kept nagging, "You have to practice hard at everything, and after a long time, you will naturally be as good as me. It is common for you to miss the target when you shoot an arrow for the first time. Once, almost..."

Before Zhao Xianao finished speaking, the king had already shot the first arrow in his life, and it landed right next to Zhao Xianao's, less than a finger away.

The king shook his head dissatisfied, and asked him again, "What happened to you?"

"I...ahem...the first time I almost shot through the target."