there is a king in the palace

In Zhao Xianao's place, the king is already a veritable eloquence, he can't say it, and don't argue with him, the king can do whatever he says.

In the evening, it is the most beautiful moment in the palace all day long. The afterglow falls obliquely, falling on the vermilion palace wall, on the shade of flowers and greenery, and on the water surface of the wave phosphorus in the South China Sea. The sunset glow blends with the singing of birds. Zhao Xianao enjoys the warmness of this scene very much.

He sat in the garden, showing off his painting skills.

The king stood in front of the rockery, with an impatient expression on his face, "Is it all right?"

"What are you urging?" Zhao Xianao meticulously outlined the outline of the king's body on the paper. In fact, even if the king was not allowed to stand there, he could still draw it, but today he suffered too much from the king's body. , It's rare to find a good opportunity, and I have to secretly revenge and come back.

"You are too slow, my legs are sore."

"Don't worry, just go boating in the South China Sea after painting."

After a while, Zhao Xianao finally put down his pen, "Come and have a look."

For his finished product, the king was not interested in looking at it, and urged him repeatedly, "Don't look at it, let's go quickly."

Zhao Xianao glared at him, "It must be seen."

The king had no choice but to walk over. He glanced at the drawing paper on the case table, which showed his own appearance. He bent slightly, raised one foot, and squinted at the blooming peonies beside him.

This painting style king is too familiar, he chuckled, "It's not like me at all."

Hearing what the king said, Zhao Xianao snorted, "Who told you that you look mediocre."

Then, he picked up the pen and added a pair of little tiger ears on the top of the king's head, pulled up the corner of his mouth, and added a tiger tooth. The people in the painting immediately came alive, and the eyes looking at the peony became playful and lovely.

"Wow……"

What Zhao Xianao wanted was his reaction.

It can be said that I am very satisfied.

"Let's go to the lake."

Although the South China Sea is not as big as the North Sea, the scenery is extremely beautiful and unique. Zhao Xianao likes swimming in the lake here.

The painting boat for swimming in the lake was parked on the shore. It was the first time His Majesty saw such a beautiful boat, and he stared straight at it. The painting boat was not big, about ten meters long and three or four meters wide. But it is very complicated. The exquisite and exquisite four-corner pavilion stands on the bow of the ship, while the stern of the ship has a beautiful arc and is raised high. The carved railings on the top echo the carvings on the cabin and the bow. , exceptionally luxurious and extravagant.

His Majesty followed Zhao Xianao into the boat, knelt and sat next to the beauty in the four-corner pavilion at the head of the bed, and looked at the colorful paintings and the coiled dragon pillars on the boat, especially the coiled dragon pillars, the embossed dragons and auspicious clouds on the dragon pillars. One layer after another, the layers are patchwork, and the carvings are so fine that every scale on Panlong's body is countable, which makes people marvel.

"How about it?"

Only now did the king realize that he still hadn't seen the big world, "It's so beautiful, but I have a question that I'm very curious about."

"You said."

"This boat should be worth a lot of money if you sell it, why don't you sell it?"

Zhao Xian laughed proudly, "Look at what you said, what kind of person am I?"

The king thought for a while, and nodded very positively.

"... Great Song is a huge country, and there are countless envoys from foreign countries who come to see each year. I can't look too poor." Zhao Xianao is telling the truth. If it weren't for Song's face, he would not Save it for today.

Seeing that the king still looked ignorant, Zhao Xianao sat beside him and explained the truth to him in simple and easy-to-understand vernacular, "Do you know that outside of Chang'an, outside of the Great Song Dynasty, there are still There is a vast world, many small foreign cities, and many magnificent mountains and seas. Compared with those seas, the South China Sea is like a small ditch, and the monarchs of those foreign countries all looked up at the Song Dynasty, In a foreign country, it is not the nobles who have high status, but the foreigners who have been to the Song Dynasty. Whenever a foreigner comes to the Song Dynasty to learn advanced crafts, such as boat making, pottery making, and cloth making, it is easy to return to their home country. They will be regarded as elders by officials and common people, because those barbarians in small countries regard the people of Song Dynasty as gods and Buddhas."

"Is it really that powerful?"

"That's natural." After Zhao Xianao finished speaking, he cleared his throat, "So, my sacrifice is also very great."

The king suddenly stood up, "I knew it! You are waiting for me here!"

"Sit down, sit down, don't fall."

In the time it takes to speak, the painting boat has already rowed to the center of the South China Sea.

Even though the king knew that Zhao Xianao was tricking him, he was still very shocked by his words, "So, in front of those real seas, is the South China Sea just a small ditch?"

"I... haven't read it, but there is a travelogue. The person who wrote the book has been to many places in his life. He wrote it like this, and those foreigners who traveled across the ocean and came to Song Dynasty also said the same way."

"Then why haven't I seen a foreigner?"

Zhao Xianao said, "It takes a year for them to come. The last time was a few years ago. Do you know that they are blond and blue-eyed, and they look very strange."

When the king heard the word blue eyes, his eyes turned dark green, "Is that so?"

Zhao Xianao looked into his eyes, fascinated for a moment, "Hmm... almost..."

"If there is a chance, I will go and have a look."

"I don't want it anymore. It's very dangerous. You know, maybe some of them have come here these years and died on the way. At sea, if they encounter a violent storm, they will definitely die."

Your Majesty is not afraid, he raised his head and pointed to the South China Sea, "I am good at water!"

Seeing him like this, Zhao Xianao no longer punctured his dream, "Okay, when the time comes, just say that you are from the Song Dynasty, and they will definitely treat you graciously."

"Ok!"

The summer dusk lasted for a long time, and the king lay on the railing looking at the fish underwater, "I'm a little hungry."

Zhao Xianao changed to Xiao Shunzi who was guarding inside, "Huang Dejin, prepare meals."

As long as the king heard Zhao Xianao call Xiao Shunzi Huang Dejin, he wanted to laugh very much.

If Xiao Shunzi's surname was not Huang, Dejin would be just an ordinary name.

Eating dinner on the boat has a special flavor, the cabin is brightly lit and accompanied by music, Zhao Xianao sits beside the king, carefully removes the fishbone, and puts it into the king's bowl.

The king was very polite, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhao Xianao couldn't be fooled by his politeness, "What are you doing?"

"I thank you from the bottom of my heart, really."

The king is very grateful to him, if it weren't for the kindness he caught in Hongfeng paddock at that time, how could he live a good life without worrying about food and clothing like now.

"Don't, don't look at me with such eyes."

The king silently withdrew his gaze.

The king felt that he couldn't always block Zhao Xianao's words in the future, and now he was scared.

After enduring and enduring, the king still turned his head and said to him, word by word, "Thank you."

In Zhao Xianao's ears, these three words sounded like curse words, "You're welcome..."

In this way, the king felt much more comfortable, "This fish is better than the fish in the palace."

"They are all freshly caught from the South China Sea. They are fresh and taste good."

There was not much meat in this meal, and most of it was fish. The fish in the South China Sea was plump, but it had many spines. It took a long time for the king to fill his stomach. He stood up and patted Zhao Xianao's shoulder, "Eat it, I'm going to play on the boat by myself."

"You don't want to eat?"

The king shook his head, "I won't eat."

Zhao Xianao knew that he was good at swimming, so he didn't stop him, "Huang Dejin, follow along."

"Yes."

Xiao Shunzi followed the king to the bow of the boat. It was dark now, but in the eyes of the king, there was still a different kind of scenery, "It's so beautiful."

Xiao Shunzi looked at the darkness, lowered his head and said nothing.

The king was bored by himself, so he talked to him, "Dejin, you are very different now from when you were in Dongsan Institute."

Xiao Shunzi said, "Be more cautious around the emperor."

In fact, the king wanted to say that he was getting fat, but when Xiao Shunzi said this, he couldn't continue, "The boat doesn't seem to be moving?"

"Because the emperor is eating."

Yes, the king laughed, "Go and get a fishing rod, I want to fish."

Xiao Shunzi took the order and took the rod and bait after a while.

Looking at those little earthworms, the king was still a little disgusted, "You help me wear them."

Xiao Shunzi put the bait on him, and the king put the bait into the water.

"Queen..."

"Ok?"

"This one should be thrown out...there aren't many fish under the boat."

The king smiled awkwardly, pulled the line to catch the fish, and threw it out forcefully, "What about this?"

Xiao Shunzi nodded.

"How do you know so clearly?"

"The servant's hometown is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. There is water everywhere. The house is built by the river. You have to take a boat to travel."

This kind of place is very magical in Da Wang's eyes. While waiting for the fish to be hooked, he asked Xiao Shunzi to talk about the water town with him.

Xiao Shunzi said, "The slave's hometown is in Yangzhou, where rivers and lakes are dotted, it often rains, but it is very warm, there are many courtyards connecting the houses, there are very few colored paintings, it is not as gorgeous as Chang'an, and the white The walls are blue and tiled, very elegant, the houses often have flowing water, and the waterways are wide, but the streets and alleys are narrow, and the slaves often shuttled through these alleys with their companions when they were young..."

When the king heard this, he had imagined the scenery of the Jiangnan water town in his mind.

He yearns for it.

But he will not leave Chang'an, nor will he leave the palace.

"It's moved..." The king looked at the slightly shaking pole in his hand, and asked nervously, "How do I do it?"

"Use this to shake it up and pull it hard." Knowing that fishing is only the pleasure of the masters, Xiao Shunzi guided, but did not help.

The king bit his lip, focused on reeling up the fishing line, and then pulled it hard, a big fish was pulled out of the water by him, struggling in the air shaking its head and tail.

"Hahahahaha!" The king smiled and retracted the pole, knelt on the beauty's back and bent down to pull the fishing line, but at this moment, his body suddenly tilted forward, and the whole person fell down, Xiao Shunzi He kept staring at him, but the king was very heavy, and he had little strength, even if he quickly grabbed the clothes of the king, he couldn't stop him from falling.

The king, who was extremely happy and sad, had just fallen, when Xiao Shunzi yelled, "The queen has fallen into the water!" and then jumped down too.

The king knows how to swim, but he fell so suddenly that he knocked his head on the side of the boat, and was stunned all of a sudden, choked up several sips of water, and sank.

When Zhao Xianao ran out in a hurry, there was no one on the water, and the servants on the boat jumped down like dumplings. Put the lamp down to light the water."

The king was really stupid when he sank to the bottom of the water. He was very flustered and his mind was in a daze, but soon he calmed down and struggled to swim upstream with his legs.

He couldn't die, no matter what he couldn't die in front of Zhao Xianao, Zhao Xianao would be so lonely alone.

With this idea circling in the king's head, he mustered all his strength and swam upstream.

Xiao Shunzi was on the top, originally he couldn't see the king's figure because of the darkness, but fortunately there was a lamp on it, the king stared up from the deep water again, he rushed over and grabbed the king's hand, pulling him out of the water , not far from the painting boat, "Your Majesty! I found it!"

The king was dragged onto the boat and kept coughing water, "Ahem...cough...it's...death..."

Zhao Xianao helped him to sit up, and slapped him on the back a few times, the king finally coughed up the water, but what made him uncomfortable was not being submerged, "Headache..."

Zhao Xianao looked at the wet, pale and red-eyed king, he hugged him up, "You wait for me."

Are you going to get hit again?

The king pursed his lips and retracted into his arms aggrieved.

He didn't fall on purpose, it's just that he didn't sit still for a while.

Zhao Xianao put him on Huafang's bed and wrapped him up with a quilt, "Where does it hurt?"

The king touched his forehead, "I hit it when I fell...I didn't jump down by myself..."

Zhao Xianao looked at his forehead that had started to turn red with distress, "When you went out just now, I felt that something like this would happen."

"why?"

"intuition."

In order to adjust the atmosphere, the king said with a playful smile on purpose, "Then you don't come with me, or I won't fall. Is the fish so delicious?"

"Keep your mouth shut, is it because you haven't drunk enough water?" Zhao Xianao turned around to fetch medicine for him, "Why can't you wait peacefully for a while?"

"I'm not safe anymore. I'm just fishing and I didn't sit down for a while!" The king was not happy, he was almost drowned just now, if it wasn't for Xiao Shunzi's good water skills to save him, he would be dead, come up now Zhao Xianao still treats him like this.

Zhao Xianao opened the medicine jar and wiped some on his head, "Have you knelt on the beauty's back to fish? If you didn't kneel like that, you wouldn't have fallen. It's not a big deal if you're submerged, but your head hurts too. It hurts." No……"

Halfway through Zhao Xianao's words, the king opened his hand, pouted and turned his head to the side, "I will be angry if you do this again!"

"...You are angry and I have to say, this time is fate, what about next time? What will you do next time this kind of thing happens again?" Thinking that the king will drown in the deep South Sea, the body can't be found Seeing no trace, a person is slowly rotting at the bottom of the water alone...

Zhao Xian's heart stopped for half a beat, and he couldn't stop being afraid.

The king was really angry, he worked hard to survive for Zhao Xianao, but in the end he was not comforted, and was even reprimanded.

He didn't plan to talk to Zhao Xianao anymore.

"Go back to Deoksugung Palace in a while, take a good hot bath, the heat and cold are more tormenting."

The king didn't answer or look at him.

Zhao Xianao stared at him for a while, put down the medicine jar, turned and walked out.

Thus began the first cold war between the two.

After such a big incident, it was obviously impossible to swim in the South China Sea. The boat docked at the shore soon, and the king returned to Deoksugung Palace wrapped in a quilt. When he fell just now, a small boat rushed back to the palace. When we arrived, hot water was already ready.

The king was soaking in hot water, but he didn't see Zhao Xianao, and his heart became more and more depressed.

Xiaodouzi, who stayed in the palace because of seasickness, walked into the bathroom with a dry suit.

"Little Douzi, where's the emperor?"

Xiaodouzi said first, "The emperor is going to take a bath in the side hall, and is changing clothes now." Then he said, "The slave is now called Qin Zhengzhong."

The king sighed, "I've finished washing..."

When the king came out of the bathroom, Zhao Xianao had already slept in the hall.

After tossing and tossing for a whole day, the king was also tired, and fell asleep after lying on the bed for a while.

It stands to reason that if you are angry, you will be angry, and when you wake up, nothing will happen, but when the king woke up, it was just dawn, and the side was empty.

"Little bean!"

"The slave is here, queen, the slave is called Qin Zhengzhong."

The king agreed perfunctorily, "I understand, where is the emperor?"

"Oh, the emperor went to learn swimming with Mr. Huang."

Swimming has always belonged to the category of fun in Dawang's heart.

He thought that Zhao Xianao slept in the side hall last night and went to play by himself when he got up early in the morning.

"Humph……"

The king lay down, covered his head with a quilt, and suppressed the steam from his eyes.

"Queen, do you want breakfast?"

Sad, but don't miss the point, the king sat up, blinked his eyes, "Eat."

When eating lunch, the king couldn't help asking again, "Will the emperor not eat?"

Xiaodouzi smiled and said, "Swimming takes physical effort, so the emperor must eat enough before learning."

At that time, the king felt like crying.

After eating two mouthfuls listlessly, the king returned to his bedroom. He sat in front of the mirror and looked at the bruise on his forehead, and suddenly he changed from listless to downcast.

"Queen, what's the matter with you?"

The king turned his head and asked Xiaodouzi, "Isn't this place ugly?"

Xiaodouzi has known the king for a while, and this is the first time he has seen him care so much about his appearance, "It's not ugly, it will be fine soon."

The king didn't believe it.

It must be ugly, or how could he have fallen out of favor.

The king, who fell out of favor, was sad and lonely for a while, until the accompanying young lady said that the elk in the paddock was very beautiful, and the king became interested, "Let's go to the paddock!"

Xiaodouzi pointed to himself, "Slave?"

"Yes, it's you, let's go."

Emperor Dog, it’s fine if you don’t play with him, I can play well by myself, I’m so envious of you!You just want to play with me, and I won't take you either...

Of course, if he begged himself to play with him, he could also consider it.

It wasn't very hot in the morning, so the king took Xiaodouzi to the paddock of the palace. This paddock is not as big as the Red Maple paddock. The king can see the elk on the opposite side at a glance, but it is too tiring to go there. , "That...Qin Zhengzhong, ask someone to bring a horse."

"Queen, can you ride a horse?"

The king was quite confident, "Are you kidding me? When I was riding a horse, I didn't even have a saddle and rein. I didn't fall off after riding for a whole night. You can say that it's not that bad."

If you don't show off your skills, this is really powerful.

Xiaodouzi called someone to bring a gentle horse over.

The king looked at the somewhat thin horse and asked the groom, "What's her name?"

"Back to the queen, her name is Xue'er."

Xue'er, hearing this name is not impressive, the king shook his head, "Change to another one."

This kind of horse looks like a woman riding a horse. Even if he is a queen, he is not a woman.

Needless to say, the groom saw his dissatisfaction, so he changed a batch of brown horses named Zhuifeng.

The king was very satisfied with everything from the name to the horse. He got on the horse, took the bow and quiver, and proudly said to Little Douzi, "Did you see that deer?"

Xiaodouzi said, "I see."

The king didn't say a word, but it was obvious that he could catch the deer.

Then the king set off majestically.

Xiaodouzi hastily asked a few guards to follow, and his attitude was not the same as that of the king, "Be smart, if anything happens to the queen, no one will think about it."

"Yes."

The guards hurriedly followed.

The king rode his horse and chased the deer all over the paddock. He wanted to free up his hand to draw the bow, but he didn't dare, so he kept chasing and playing like this.

At this moment, Zhao Xianao learned that he was coming to the paddock, so he rushed over, saw that the king was on the horse, and shouted at him, "Come here!"

The king glanced at Zhao Xianao, subconsciously stuck out his tongue and licked the corner of his mouth, then let go of the rein, picked up the bow, and drew out the arrow.

"Yuan Huan."

The king ignored him, he aimed at the elk, and it took a long time before he released the arrow.

The arrow grazed the elk's head.

The king was very satisfied, and triumphantly pulled the rein and turned back.

What greeted him was Zhao Xianao's gloomy face.

"Hmph." The king raised his chin and looked at Zhao Xianao.

His hair is still half dry.

Zhao Xianao took a deep breath, and his tone was mild, "Why didn't you call me when you came to the paddock."

The king wanted to say, didn't you call me when you went swimming?

But he had already decided not to talk to Zhao Xianao, and swallowed those words abruptly from his throat.

The king jumped off the horse neatly, glanced at Zhao Xianao, turned his head, and left.

Zhao Xianao will now realize that what he said to make him calm down is counterproductive in this fat tiger who eats soft but not tough.

When he said he was angry, he was really angry at all.

Zhao Xianao sighed.

It was agreed that he was going to die and let him...