there is a king in the palace

After all, the king is a man, and it is always bad to rush to the new house rashly. After delivering the congratulatory gifts and reminding Aunt Huixin to reciprocate the gifts, he ran out.

Aunt Huixin lowered her head, looked at the brocade box, and opened it, her eyes instantly turned red.

But... Xiao Yuanzi said just now that he was going to get married?

marriage……

It seems that something is weird.

The king, Zhao Xianao, Shen and the others quietly left the Wang family's courtyard without paying attention. Zhao Xianao still had government affairs to attend to, so he couldn't stay outside the palace for too long. After leaving, the two returned directly to the palace.

As usual, His Majesty would definitely take Zhao Xianao outside to play for a while, after all it is not easy for him to leave the palace now, but he just finished doing something wrong, so he dare not make any demands.

As soon as Zhao Xianao returned to the palace, Xiao Shunzi rushed over, "Your Majesty, a letter from the eldest princess of Suzhou."

The eldest princess is the first daughter of the first emperor, two years older than Zhao Xianao. A few years ago, she was listed as a son-in-law, and she fell in love with the number one scholar. Later, the number one scholar was named the governor of Kuaiji County. The eldest princess also went with her. Far away, she never came back.

Zhao Xianao has an ordinary relationship with this elder sister and has little contact with her. I don't know why she suddenly wrote to me.

After reading the contents of the letter, Zhao Xianao let out a long sigh.

It turned out that the eldest princess heard from nowhere that the queen was about to give birth, and she wanted to come back to see what she said. When the letter arrived, she was also on the way.

When Zhao Xianao was approving the memorial, the king was sitting on a small stool beside him, eating snacks and drinking tea. Seeing him sigh, he leaned his head over and asked in concern, "What's the matter, I'm sighing."

The arrival of the eldest princess affected Zhao Xianao's deployment and plans. Looking at the king's shining black eyes, he thought about how to solve the problem of the eldest princess.

Seeing that he didn't answer, the king knew that there was nothing he could do, so he stopped asking, picked up a piece of lotus paste pastry from the delicate dish and handed it to Zhao Xianao, "You eat this."

Zhao Xianao is not a glutton, but whatever the king feeds him, he always feels that it is better than what he has eaten before. After eating this piece, he still thinks about that piece.

"Ah."

Zhao Xian'ao's thoughts were too confused, he put down the pen in his hand after eating the lotus paste cake, and said to the king, "Come with me to the imperial garden."

"Okay!" The king was sitting a little bored, and it would be best to go out for a breath of air.

There are many kinds of flowers in the imperial garden, even in February when the spring breeze is like scissors, those winter jasmine and wintersweet.Er Yuelan also decorated the imperial garden very movingly.

"Your majesty, have you noticed that there is something missing in the imperial garden?"

"What's missing?"

The king stood on his tiptoes and glanced at the imperial garden. Usually at this time, those concubines would come to the imperial garden in pairs to take a walk. These two days have become less and less. He has not seen a single one since today, "You What about those concubines?"

Zhao Xian laughed proudly at the king's hindsight. Since half a month ago, some concubines had left the palace with their own maidservants and mothers. Now there are only one or two concubines left in the harem, "all in their palace. Waiting."

The king looked at the smile in his eyes and realized, "No wonder it's so quiet."

When Zhao Xianao thought of those concubines leaving the palace, his mood immediately improved.

He didn't dare to calculate how much money he had saved, fearing that he would wake up laughing if he couldn't sleep well.

"Your Majesty, can you stop laughing like this?" The King looked at Zhao Xianao's handsome and elegant face and laughed like a fool, feeling sorry in his heart.

"I, are you laughing?"

The king shook his head, "You must not be smiling."

The two walked around the imperial garden, and both Zhao Xianao and the king began to feel bored, "Your Majesty, let's sit in the pavilion over there."

"you are tired?"

"That's not true, it's just meaningless."

With a deep palace and high walls, it seems that she holds monstrous power in her hands, and she is indeed living the most boring life.

Zhao Xianao used to think about finding some fun for himself, but these days he was tied up by messy things, and he didn't have that kind of free time, "You have been in the palace for half a year."

The king can't remember.

Zhao Xianao said to himself, "It's only been half a year, and the novelty is over..."

He has been raised in this world since he was born.

"Who said that I will never get tired of eating those delicious foods for the rest of my life." The king held his hand and looked into his eyes seriously, "Don't worry, I will definitely be with you."

His worries were seen through by him at a glance, Zhao Xianao bent his lips, "I just said casually, come and play chess with me."

There are chess pieces in the pavilion, Zhao Xianao asked the king to sit down opposite him, "Will you?"

The king grabbed a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and put them on the table, shaking his head like a rattle, "How can I do this."

"I teach you."

In fact, Zhao Xianao seldom played chess with others, and he was also a stinky chess player, but he was able to teach the king with patience, and the king was smart, and he was very good at learning in a short time.

Seeing his hesitation, Zhao Xianao pointed out, "You should make a move like this."

The king threw a melon seed into his mouth, and the skin of the melon seed was spat out on the ground. The hand holding a few melon seeds protruded out of the index finger and thumb, and he picked up the sunspot and moved it to another position, "No, my lord, why don't I just keep it there?" good?"

Zhao Xianao looked at it, it seems that it is really like this...

"I did it on purpose. It seems that you have learned well, so let's have a serious game."

The king was full of confidence, "Place some bets!"

"Bet again... Don't you know that gambling is banned?"

The king immediately glanced nervously at the surrounding area, "No one heard you."

Zhao Xianao also cooperated, his voice lowered a lot, "No."

"Then will you report me?"

"of course not……"

"This is the end, my family, a little gambling."

Zhao Xianao was pleased by his words about his own family, "Well, what are you talking about betting on?"

The king knocked a melon seed and pretended to think for a long time, "I remember you seem to have a blood jade bracelet. If I win, give me that."

It turned out that it was stolen.

Zhao Xianao felt a pain in the flesh, this is called a little gambling.

"Then I won... If I win..." Zhao Xianao thought and thought, and couldn't help complaining, "Why don't you have anything?"

The king is really poor, "Yes, yes, I have nothing, yesterday a mouse came into my room to steal something to eat, and when I went out, it cried miserably, and threw me half a catty of corn kernels. "

Compared with him, Zhao Xianao realized for the first time that he was actually quite rich.

It's a pity that the savings he has worked so hard to save will be spent on this little fat tiger in the end.

accurate.

"I thought about it, if you lose, I'll bet you to wash my shorts for three months!"

Zhao Xianao loves cleanliness, he is regarded as the king of a country, he always washes his personal clothes by himself, he thinks other people's hands are dirty, and he thinks that others can't wash them clean.

"Yes." What's the matter with washing shorts, the king agreed immediately, he lifted his legs to the stone chair, and sat there without any image, "Come on, let me kill you to death."

"Heh, I don't even know how to play chess, so I speak harshly."

The king's gaze collided with Zhao Xian'ao's gaze, sparks splashed out, and the air became heavy.

It's a big deal, but the posture of the two of them seems to be fighting to the death.

It was the first time for Zhao Xianao to play chess so seriously, every move was reserved for himself, and the king was not afraid of tigers, he was pressing every step of the way, aggressive, Zhao Xianao almost couldn't stand it, he retreated again and again, dodging At the same time, a trap was planted beside the king.

"Hurry up." Seeing the King staring at the plate with a puzzled expression, Zhao Xian'ao felt apprehensive and urged him.

"Wait...what's the rush." ​​The king pushed back his robe and took out another handful of melon seeds from his pocket, "Let me think about it."

Zhao Xianao looked at the melon seeds on the ground, pursed his lips, and stopped talking.

When the king finished cracking the melon seeds, he chuckled, "So you're waiting for me here."

When his chess pieces fell, Zhao Xianao's seamless trap was broken.

The game became more and more stalemate because of the king's chess piece, the two played chess in the pavilion for three hours, Zhao Xianao regretted the chess seven times, and the king knocked a catty of melon seeds.

Finally, when the king's stomach growled, the winner was decided.

"Hahahaha! I won!" The king raised his hand and ran around the stone table three times. The victor's cheers stung Zhao Xianao's ears.

Zhao Xianao looked at the chessboard speechlessly, he couldn't figure out that he would lose to a novice, and even lost three pieces!

"What are you laughing at? Haven't you ever heard that victory is not arrogant and defeat is not discouraged?"

The king shook his arms triumphantly, "I haven't heard of it~ besides, you are very discouraged now."

"You—" Zhao Xianao got up to grab his collar, but the king swiftly avoided, "La la la la, the jade bracelet is mine now!"

Zhao Xianao swears to the sky, he really likes the king, but now, he has to beat him, from head to buttocks, and press the ground hard to clean him up.

It was Xiaodouzi who saved the king, "I report to the emperor that the king is asking to see you, and I am waiting in the council hall."

Hearing the name of King Duan, Zhao Xianao remembered that he didn't need to worry about the eldest princess at all, the one who should be worried was King Duan.

That being the case, I will leave it to him to entertain the eldest princess.

Zhao Xianao was relieved immediately, he felt a little pity, if he had known this day, his father should have given him a few more younger brothers.

Obviously the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Inside the council hall.

As soon as Zhao Xianao entered, King Duan who was standing in the center of the hall greeted him, "Brother Emperor, I have received a letter, the eldest sister is going back to Chang'an."

"You have received it, so naturally I have received it." Zhao Xian asked with a smile on his face, "How do you plan to arrange her?"

Duan Wang was very compelled, "Brother Huang, please sympathize with my elder sister and let her live in my prince's mansion."

"You can often enter the palace to be with the empress, but... don't come here to make trouble when you give birth."

What he said is what King Duan said, "Your brother knows."

Three days later, the eldest princess's carriage entered Chang'an in a splendid manner, and King Duan went to pick it up in person, and then the eldest princess and King Duan went to the palace together to face the saint.

The eldest princess and Zhao Xianao were not close at all, and the two of them could not even speak a few words since they were young. However, the relationship between the eldest princess and Jiang Yanyu was extremely good, and this time they returned to Chang'an for Jiang Yanyu.

Zhao Xianao casually exchanged some polite words with her, and then let her go to Jiang Yanyu to catch up with her.

Duan Wang looked at the back of the eldest princess and was very envious.

"Why, Prince Duan also wants to catch up on the past?"

King Duan shook his head and said expressionlessly, "I still have something to ask Brother Pope."

Zhao Xianao sat on the chair, glanced sideways at the king who was dozing off behind the screen, "That's right."

"The day before yesterday, my brother saw a woman who was very similar to Concubine De on the street... It can be said to be exactly the same."

"Oh? Maybe it's Concubine De's sister," Zhao Xianao said calmly on his face, but in his heart he was already scolding Concubine De for being dishonest. He agreed to go out less and less during this time, but he actually came out to the street in a bright light on a stroll.

Really... Really suffocated in the palace...

"More than that, on the same day, my brother also saw a woman similar to Concubine Min."

Zhao Xianao smiled awkwardly, "Which family doesn't have any older sisters."

Judging by his attitude, Zhao Xianyong is even more convinced that there is something wrong with it, otherwise Zhao Xianao would have ridiculed him how he knows the harem so well.

……

The king didn't know when he fell asleep, and when he woke up, Zhao Xianao was talking about county control with King Duan, he couldn't understand, so he quietly slipped out through the back door.

After the Qianqing Palace is the Kunning Palace, for the past two days Zhao Xianao clings to the King so tightly that he didn't go to see the Queen's two babies, taking advantage of Zhao Xianao's busy affairs, the King went straight to the Kunning Palace.

He knew that the eldest princess would enter the palace today, but he didn't know that she was in Kunning Palace now.

As soon as the king entered, he didn't see the queen, but only saw the eldest princess sitting on the roof. She looked very similar to King Duan, with narrow, long and sharp phoenix eyes. As soon as the king entered, he was taken aback by her probing eyes. .

someone here?

Then he's gone.

In the eyes of anyone in the palace, it is extremely normal for the king to come and go in and out of Kunning Palace at will, but from the eyes of the eldest princess, it is extremely weird. She is the daughter of the empress dowager, and she is as strict with the rules as King Duan. Coming in, and going out without a word, his face turned cold instantly, "Stop!"

The king stopped.

"You are the eunuch in front of the emperor? Why are you so unruly?"

The king licked his lips, and bowed to the eldest princess in a vain manner, "Your servant sees the eldest princess."

"So I knew who I am, I thought you were blind."

"...I don't." The king was used to walking sideways in the palace, and when the eldest princess said so harshly, he felt very uncomfortable, and subconsciously contradicted him in a low voice.

As long as a person is not pleasing to the eye, then the slightest mistake of this person will be found out and magnified infinitely. The eldest princess sees his faults everywhere now. The eldest princess who taught a slave didn't even think about it, "How dare you not call yourself a slave when you talk to me, and give me a slap in the face."

The maid next to her wanted to tie a rope to the beam and hang herself here. Who is the king? He is a celebrity who shoots arrows and plays chess with the emperor. He will be the future chief executive and the only father-in-law in the harem who is wearing a python robe. How dare she go up and slap her face? Ah, besides, the queen can't let it go.

"You didn't hear what I said!" Originally, the eldest princess was angry when she saw her own brother so thin, coupled with the negligence of the king and the ignorance of the little maid, she couldn't suppress her anger, so she waved her hand and gave it to him. He slapped the little maid.

The maid quickly knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe.

The king was extremely confused by the inexplicable development of the matter. He saw the eldest princess coming towards her, and turned around and ran away in the spirit of being a good man.

This really pissed off the eldest princess.

"What's the matter?" The queen who came out of the clean room looked puzzled at the blushing eldest princess, "Do you think I have been away for a long time?"

The palace maid said shyly, "Just now, Little Eunuch Yuan came and offended the eldest princess..."

The queen was stunned, smiled, and persuaded, "Both mothers of two children, why are you still so tempered? Come, sit down, it's rare for us sisters to meet each other. From now on... I don't know when it will be."

After the princess sat down, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, "I can't swallow this anger, there are such unruly eunuchs in this palace."

"Your Majesty is benevolent. Some court ladies and eunuchs are still young. The Emperor cannot bear them to be bound by those heavy rules. The Emperor loves the people like a son. The princess should be happy. Calm down and have a cup of tea."

"Happy? The emperor loves the people like a son, so the son dares to ride on the father's head. If not, I have to go to the emperor!"

The queen knew the eldest princess's temperament very well, and knew that no matter how much she tried to persuade her, the matter would not end, "Eunuch Xiao Yuan treats the emperor with a heart, and the emperor will feel better about him, so the princess should not say anything bad. , make the emperor angry."

"Because of a eunuch, the emperor will be angry with me?" The eldest princess sneered, not believing this evil at all, and strode out, and the two court ladies hurriedly followed.

After the king ran away, he returned directly to Qianqing Palace. The palace with strangers is really too dangerous. In his heart, Zhao Xianao's place is the safest.

However, when the eldest princess appeared in Qianqing Palace, the king deeply felt the persistence of women.

Seeing the eldest princess come in and the king hiding like a thief, Zhao Xianao sighed a long time and understood what was going on.

Life is so hard.

"The little eunuch next to the emperor is too unruly!" The eldest princess was also used to domineering in the princess mansion in Kuaiji County, and even forgot the most basic beating around the bush in the palace.

Zhao Xianao smiled, "It's rare for the elder sister to return to Chang'an, so there is no need to get angry over some trivial matters."

The eldest princess was stunned, "A small matter? A mere eunuch has repeatedly contradicted me and ignored what I said. The emperor thinks this is a small matter?"

Zhao Xianao's face suddenly darkened, "The eldest princess has lost her composure."

Duan Wang hurriedly persuaded, "Elder Sister, don't spoil your spirits because of these things, it's rare for you to come back."

The eldest princess looked at her younger brother and calmed herself down, "I have never suffered such humiliation before, I am really angry, I implore the emperor to hand over the little eunuch to this palace."

Zhao Xian'ao turned his head slightly, and the king was staring at him, looking aggrieved as if he was the one who was humiliated.

It should be him.

Zhao Xianao imagined that the eldest princess was making things difficult for him, and his heart was filled with anger. He held the king in his palm like a treasure, how could he allow others to despise him so much.

In the eyes of others, the king is an eunuch, eunuch, and slave. Because of this, Zhao Xianao must give him the identity of standing upright by his side.

Zhao Xianao stared into the eldest princess's eyes, and said coldly, "The eldest princess has forgotten that she is already married, and now she is taking care of my family affairs, her hands are stretched too far."

The eldest princess' fingers trembled angrily, and her lips grew several times, but she just couldn't speak.

"Okay! Okay, this palace is no longer my home, what is this palace still doing here!" Saying this, the Eldest Princess turned and strode away.

"Your brother, leave." Duan Wang hurriedly followed.

"Elder sister, elder sister."

The eldest princess's face was covered with tears, she looked at her own brother, feeling sad, "This throne should belong to you."

Duan Wang's face changed slightly, and he pulled her cuffs to a place where there was no one else, "Sister, don't say such things."

"Is what I said wrong? In terms of superiority, ability, riding and shooting, how can he be like you? If the emperor did not favor him, you should be the one to sit on the throne. How can I be so angry .”

Duan Wang also had the same idea as the eldest princess, thinking about how to sit on the throne all day long, he disdained those dirty tricks, but kept making small moves.

But people's hearts are fleshy, and now he only wants to help Zhao Xianao and stabilize the Zhao family's country.

"Sister, don't say this anymore, and don't come to the palace again."

"Eldest sister loves you..." The eldest princess raised her hand and touched his bloodless cheek, "Eldest sister lived a good life in Suzhou, but she left you in Chang'an to suffer like this..."

When the eldest princess thought that she would not be able to punish an eunuch, what kind of life would her younger brother live. "

"No... elder sister, the emperor treats me very well, really."

"You don't need to comfort me. I have seen through him about what happened today."

What happened today...

Duan Wang sighed, not knowing what to say.

"Dragon has reverse scales... Eldest sister probably touched the reverse scale..."

In the Qianqing palace, the king sat on a chair and stared at his toes, "I didn't mean to..."

He made Zhao Xianao's heart ache to death, "You didn't do anything wrong, look up."

Your Majesty has the nerve to look up, in his eyes, Princess Eldest is Zhao Xianao's older sister, who has rarely seen each other for many years, and because of his situation, he almost died of guilt.

"I, I should salute properly..."

Standing in front of him, reaching out to pinch his face, "Look up for me."

"pain--"

Zhao Xianao looked at him and asked word by word, "Who are you?"

Zhao Xianao's question confused the king.

Who is he?

King of Tiger Head Mountain?Beast King Yuan Huan?Or the imperial eunuch Xiao Yuanzi?

Not knowing how to answer, the king frowned in distress.

Zhao Xianao let go of his hand suddenly, his peach blossom eyes were full of self-blame.

The king is right, and the eldest princess is also right, he is the one who is wrong.

"Yuan Huan."

"Ok?"

"Wait a little longer, soon..."

Sensing that Zhao Xianao was in a low mood, although the king didn't realize what he said, he still laughed, "Yeah!"

Zhao Xian'ao's fingertips brushed his little canine teeth, and the slight itchiness made him laugh too, "You know what you know."

"I know you treat me well."

Although it was not good to think so, the king still felt that Zhao Xianao who supported him was really kind, and it made him a little... couldn't help it.

The king stood up abruptly, and kissed Zhao Xianao's lips. He licked his soft lips with the tip of his tongue and teeth, sucking the body fluid between his lips and teeth. The tingling feeling made the king's heart beat wildly. He didn't want to wait anymore, even if it was soon, he didn't want to wait soon.

The king's palms randomly climbed onto Zhao Xian'ao's shoulders, trying to bring the two closer together.

"Yuan Huan..."

Zhao Xianao clamped his arms tightly, pulled him off his body, and repeated the words he had said many times, "Wait a little longer."

Your Majesty doesn't understand why there is such a thing to wait for.

At that time, he told himself about the Black Snake. The first time the Black Snake and the scholar met was in the ruined temple.

Why can't they!

Zhao Xianao also thought very much, that kind of desire was a hundred times stronger than the king's.

However, no matter the king is a tiger or an ordinary man, he can't despise him because of this, what a wife should have, he wants as much as he wants, and give it all to him.