Raising a prince who eats all the world

Ever since he came back, Yuan Chi was summoned into the palace by the emperor every now and then, maybe he hadn't seen him for many years, the emperor felt that Yuan Chi was different from what he remembered, or that he had never had any memory about Yuan Chi, and now he just wanted to revisit it. Meet the child he had forgotten for so many years.

In the bedroom, the emperor was leaning on the couch, and a small and exquisite incense burner was placed on a low table beside the couch, Yuan Chi was sitting on the side, and the eunuchs and maids had been dismissed.

The two chatted without saying a word, and most of the time it was the emperor who was talking, as if they had finally found someone they could confide in.

"Maybe I'm really old. In the past two years, my body seems to be getting worse day by day..."

Yuan Chi lowered his eyes, "Father should have a good rest."

The emperor sighed softly, "I feel that my life may not be long..." After a pause, he said, "Last night, I dreamed about your mother and concubine."

Yuan Chi frowned slightly, but said nothing.

"She's been gone for years...do you remember what flower she loved the most?"

He lowered his head as if thinking, and after a while, he raised his head and replied, "She doesn't seem to like flowers."

The emperor laughed and nodded, "Yes, she doesn't like flowers. She likes jewellery, and she likes bracelets the most."

Yuan Chi didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned that woman, but he didn't say much.

The emperor suddenly asked: "Do you hate her?"

Yuan Chi looked up at him, and after a while, said, "I can't help you hate me."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and after laughing, he said: "The day before yesterday, your elder brother asked me if you intend to be the crown prince, what do you say?"

"My son knows that his qualifications are dull, and it is difficult for him to be the crown prince."

"Hehe... No matter how stupid you are, can you be as stupid as your elder brother?"

Yuan Chi didn't speak, but smiled in his heart.

The emperor sighed, stretched out his hands and rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "However, although he is a little simple-minded, he can be regarded as a filial child." Then, he pointed to the incense burner next to him, "The incense burned here is his I found it for me, the imperial doctor has seen it, it is indeed a good thing that can clear eyes and clear heart."

Seeing his tired face, Yuan Chi stood up and said, "Father, it's time for you to rest."

The emperor glanced at him, nodded, turned over and lay down, closed his eyes, and waved his hands slowly.

Yuan Chi took a few steps back with his head bowed, turned and left the bedroom.

He didn't stay long and went straight out of the palace.

The carriage drove away slowly, and the sound of horseshoes gradually receded from the huge gate of the palace. At some point, thin rain fell from the sky...

Yuan Chi got off the carriage, and a servant came up to meet him. A few days ago, Yuan Chi sent away a few maids whom Yuan Jing had found, including the steward, and then brought a few more.

After entering the door, he handed over the rain-soaked cloak to the boy, and asked, "Is Li Yuan asleep?"

"No, Mr. Li is reading in His Highness's study."

Yuan Chi raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled. He originally planned to look for Li Yuan in the yard where he lived, but now he went directly to the study.

When I came to the study and pushed the door open, Li Yuan was sitting at the desk writing and drawing, saw him come back and greeted him, but he didn't stop writing.

Yuan Chi walked over and asked, "What are you writing?"

"Recipe. I'm going to make new dishes in the past two days, so I'll organize them and write them down first."

Yuan Chi picked up the writing on the side and looked at it. The words were average, and they were barely neat. There were a few of them with the same ingredients, but the seasonings and herbs were changed. He guessed that this was to find the most suitable and best tasting ones. combination.

He chuckled and put it down.Ask: "Did you eat?"

Li Yuan nodded, "What about you? There is still soup in the kitchen. Let it be heated on the stove for you. If you don't drink it, I will ask someone to turn off the fire."

"Drink." Yuan Chi said, "Let them bring it over now, let's drink together?"

"Okay, wait for me, I'll finish writing right away."

Li Yuan lowered his head and shook his pen to write quickly, Yuan Chi chuckled, and ordered the servants outside to bring soup, he went to the window and pushed it open, a burst of rain with the fragrance of green grass came over his face, the night was dark concentrated……

Soon, the servant brought over the soup and several plates of delicate pastries. Li Yuan and Yuan Chi sat opposite each other, drinking a bowl of soup and talking while drinking.

Li Yuan talked about the growth of herbs in his yard, and said that Zhang Zhao had been running around with Yuanchi for the past few days, and he didn't have time to teach him kung fu.

Yuan Chi smiled and said, "Then I will find a master to teach you another day?"

"That's not necessary," Li Yuan shook his head, "Zhang Zhao can do it, he will teach me when he is free, but he said that my muscles and bones are not good enough to practice martial arts, but I don't want to be the leader of martial arts, Can you defend yourself?"

Yuan Chi laughed and put down the bowl, "If you want to learn, I can teach you."

"You?" Li Yuan asked, looking him up and down a few times, "Just your body?" He has only become stronger in the past two years.Although Yuan Chi has practiced martial arts with Zhang Zhao, this can't change the fact that he was weak before, maybe his practice is worse than him.

"What's wrong with my bones?" Yuan Chi leaned forward and asked pointedly: "Do you want to check carefully?"

Li Yuan didn't know whether he was trying to seduce him or it was unintentional, but his heart still couldn't help beating a few times, and he forgot to swallow half of the ribs in his mouth.

As for the examination, there is no need for it. It's not that he has never seen Yuan Chi's appearance after taking off his clothes. There is absolutely no problem with his body... It is also his credit.

Alas, I can't eat the man I have worked so hard to raise to have a perfect figure... Thinking of this, he chewed the meat in his mouth hard, and the cartilage in the meat made a crackling sound.

"What is your father looking for you today? Or listen to him?"

Yuan Chi nodded, "I also asked if I intend to be the prince."

Li Yuan was taken aback, "What did you say?"

Yuan Chi shook his head, "Actually, it doesn't matter to him whether I want to be the crown prince or not, but the emperor brothers are wary of me. They think I'm here to fight for the throne, so they are making things difficult for me now. Wait until they know that I am a prince." After you have no intention of arguing with them, you will be fine." He sighed and said in a low voice, "If people don't attack me, I won't offend others."

Li Yuan looked at him for a long time, finally couldn't hold back, and asked: "You... really don't want to be the emperor?"

Yuan Chi looked at it and asked with a smile, "You don't believe me either?"

"No... just think, who doesn't want to be the emperor?"

When the emperor controls the world, who wouldn't want such great power?In those TVs, movies, and novels before the time travel, many people fought for that chair, and there were many blood-thirsty fights for the throne in history.

He didn't have the chance to participate, but he didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to watch the play of Seizing the Inheritance up close.

"Indeed, the position of emperor is very attractive." Yuan Chi looked at Li Yuan fixedly, "But, that doesn't belong to me. It should be said that everything here doesn't belong to me..." Except you.

After finishing the soup, the servant girl came in and removed the dishes, and the two of them prepared to go back to their room to rest.

Li Yuan stood up, and suddenly smelled a scent, which was overwhelmed by the smell of food just now, and he didn't pay attention, it seemed to be emanating from Yuan Chi's body.

"What's the smell on you? It smells so good..." He subconsciously moved to Yuanchi's chest and sniffed.

Yuan Chi naturally put his hand on his shoulder, "It should be the smell of spices from the time in the palace."

"Oh." Li Yuan rubbed his nose, although it smells good, but it's a bit strange after smelling too much.

But Li Yuan didn't take it to heart, and went back to his room to sleep.

+ + + + +

A few days later in the morning, the people around Yuan Cheng came to invite Yuan Chi over, and said they would invite him to go hunting on the mountain together, and they had an attitude that could not be refused. Yuan Chi didn't want to tear himself apart, so he agreed.

"Can you do it?" Li Yuan asked a little worried.Ever since he found out that the eldest prince harbored ill intentions towards Yuan Chi, he had been worried, especially when he heard that they were going hunting together... Could it be a hunter?

"It's okay." Yuan Chi said while changing clothes, "Don't worry, I'm not powerless, besides, Zhang Zhao will go with me."

With Zhang Zhao around, it was indeed a lot safer.Li Yuan nodded, "Then you should be careful and go back early."

Yuan Chi looked at him and smiled, then suddenly reached out and patted his head.

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, Yuan Chi withdrew his hand and turned away before saying anything.

And Li Yuan was still standing there reminiscing about the touch just now, Yuan Chi had never touched him, and even hugged him to see if he had muscles, but the feeling was different from just now.

He stretched out his hand to touch his face. In all fairness, this face is better-looking than his original one, but good-looking may not be liked by others. Besides, we have been together day and night for more than two years, and I haven't seen that Yuan Chi likes men... After all Is he thinking too much?

Li Yuan spent the whole morning thinking wildly by himself, and if Zhang Zhaozai could have a chat with him, even though the latter is also a boring gourd and likes to steal his herbs the most.

At noon, Li Yuan casually ate some food cooked by the cook in the mansion. In fact, the cook is good at cooking, and the home-cooked dishes are very authentic.

Not long after the meal, Li Yuan was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea when the servant came to announce that the Second Prince had arrived.

He quickly stood up and wanted to greet him, but someone had already entered within a few steps.

Yuan Qing was dressed in a white gown, his body was thin and his skin was slightly pale, giving him an air of immortality.

"Second prince."

"Young Master Li." Yuan Qing greeted Li Yuan with a smile.

Compared with Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jing, Li Yuan has a good impression of Yuan Qing, and he doesn't feel like a prince is superior at all, and he doesn't seem to be hypocritical towards Yuan Chi.

"I'm here to look for the Fourth Emperor, but..." Yuan Qing looked around, shook his head with a smile, "It seems to be one step too late."

"Yuanchi went hunting." Li Yuan said, "Just now the eldest prince's people came to him and said they wanted to go hunting together...you didn't go?"

Yuan Qing smiled, "I don't know how to hunt, and I'm not good at riding horses. It's useless to go, so they always skip me in this kind of thing."

Li Yuan snorted, "Actually, hunting is not very interesting. There are a lot of people chasing animals all over the mountain, and we don't know if we can catch them. Let's sit down and drink tea."

Yuan Qing nodded, "Okay."

The two sat down, Li Yuan asked someone to bring an empty cup and poured him the herbal tea he had just brewed. The faint herbal aroma was refreshing.

Yuan Qing took a sip and was full of praise.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, what is the second prince busy with?"

Yuan Qing put down the teacup and sighed, "A few days ago, my old problem recurred again. The imperial doctor asked me to take care of myself at home and not to go out."

"Is it better now?" Li Yuan asked.

Yuan Qing nodded, "It's much better, so I wanted to talk to the fourth brother. I was afraid that he would be too hard on the road that night, so I left without saying a few words."

"Actually, these Tianyuanchi also run to the palace almost every day. If you want to see him, you might as well go to the palace. You should be able to meet him."

"No," Yuan Qing shook his head, "I don't want to meet the Fourth Emperor in the palace."

Li Yuan didn't quite understand.

"There are too many rules in the palace, and there are too many eyes and ears. I can't speak well. I just want to chat with Yuanchi like ordinary brothers and younger brothers." Yuan Qing sighed, "We haven't seen each other for four years, he left When I was only 14 years old, I felt sorry for him when I thought about it.”

At the age of 14, children from ordinary families love to play and laugh, but Yuan Chi was sent to another country as a hostage alone, and he was almost given up.

"Back then he was skinny and small, he didn't look like a 14-year-old kid at all, but now he's really grown up."

Hearing Yuan Qing mention the old Yuan Chi, Li Yuan thought for a while and asked, "I've always wanted to ask, when did Yuan Chi's mother leave? How could he be sent to Dongye Kingdom?"

Yuan Qing frowned slightly, "Why, didn't the Fourth Emperor tell you?"

Li Yuan shook his head.Yuan Chi seems to have been reluctant to mention these things, especially about his mother.

"Actually, the mother and concubine of the Fourth Emperor is a taboo topic in the palace. When she was young, she was very favored by her father, but there are three thousand beauties in the harem. How many people can be favored for a lifetime? The mother and concubine of the Fourth Emperor fell out of favor." Afterwards, she was not reconciled, and wanted to confuse father and emperor with sorcery, but after the incident was revealed, she was imprisoned in the cold palace, and finally died of madness, leaving behind the fourth emperor who was only ten years old at the time."

Li Yuan frowned when he heard this, "Is this... true?"

Yuan Qing was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Who knows." In the palace, there were so many things that turned out to be false, and what was false turned out to be true...

"As for the fourth brother being sent to Dongye Kingdom..." Yuan Qing paused, seemingly hesitant.

Li Yuan quickly said: "It is inconvenient to say nothing."

He shook his head, "Actually, I should be the one who was sent to Dongye country back then."

What?Li Yuan was stunned, and looked at Yuan Qing in surprise.

"Back then, Dongye Kingdom sent people to ask me to go to Dongye Kingdom by name, but because my mother and concubine's family held military power, my grandfather would definitely not agree to send me to be a hostage, so my father let the fourth emperor go."

Yuan Chi was left unnoticed in the palace because of his mother's troubles, almost fending for himself, sending him to be a proton is perfect for some people.

Therefore, he has always felt guilty towards Yuan Chi all these years.He has never looked down on this younger brother. Even when Yuan Chi was still in the cold palace, he wanted to go in and play with him several times, but he never had the courage to step into that door until Yuan Chi left. He didn't know when he would come back. He finally left Through that door, it was too late.

"Over the years, I've always wanted to say sorry to Yuan Chi. Obviously, I, as an older brother, should bear it, but let him..." Yuan Qing didn't say any more.

"Second Prince..." Li Yuan felt that this topic was a bit heavy, so he didn't want to continue, so he changed the subject and said, "Second Prince, I suddenly noticed that your complexion has improved a lot."

Yuan Qing smiled and said, "Don't call me the Second Prince, just call me Yuan Qing."

"Eh?" Li Yuan hesitated, "Is it okay?"

Yuan Qing nodded, "Speaking of which, I would like to thank you for the prescription. After going back, I drank the soup for several days, and I really feel much more comfortable, and my chest is no longer tight."

"As long as it works, you have to persevere. It takes time to recuperate." Li Yuan said with a smile on his face, "Yuan Chi's health was not good before, and it took me more than two years to help him recuperate. .”

Yuan Qing frowned slightly, "He was not in good health before? But what happened to him?"

Li Yuan didn't know if he said something wrong. Although Yuan Qing didn't look like a bad person, few people knew about Yuan Chi being poisoned. If he said it now, he didn't know if something would happen.

After thinking quickly, he smiled and said: "It's not a disease, you know, he didn't live well in the cold palace, probably the root cause of the disease was left behind, when I first saw him he was as thin as a monkey, yes I managed to fatten him up."

"So that's how it is." Yuan Qing said with a smile, "No wonder he has changed so much, presumably it should be your credit."

"Don't dare to take it." Having said that, Li Yuan still felt a little complacent in his heart.

"May I ask, is Mr. Li a native of Dongye?"

This time Li Yuan nodded without hesitation, "Yes." Then he told Yuan Qing what he said to Xiao Rui last time with embellishments, and he seemed to believe it.

Li Yuan chatted with Yuan Qing for a long time and drank a whole pot of tea.Yuan Qing looked at the sun, stood up and said, "It's getting late, I should go back."

"I'll take you back." Li Yuan also stood up.

"No need, the attendant and the carriage are waiting for me outside." Yuan Qing smiled, "Stop, after the fourth brother comes back, tell him that I have been here to see when he is free, and I will come to him again. "

Li Yuan nodded, "Go slowly."

Yuan Qing turned and walked out, but at this time someone came in from outside, Li Yuan saw that it was Princess Pear Blossom - Li Yuan had ordered that if Pear Blossom came, don't tell me.

Yuan Qing didn't know Lihua well. There was a banquet in the womb to receive Princess Dongye, but he was always sick, and he didn't intend to compete with his brother for a woman, so he didn't attend. Besides, she was dressed in casual clothes now, and she just thought it was a mansion. The maid in the house did not stop.

Lihua saw Yuan Qing at a glance, slipped her foot inadvertently, and was about to fall to the ground, at this moment, Yuan Qing, who happened to pass by her, stretched out her arm, caught her firmly, and then helped her up up.

Lihua was still in shock, staring at Yuan Qing in a daze.

"Are you okay?" Yuan Qing let go of her hand and looked at her.

Lihua shook her head subconsciously, Yuan Qing nodded slightly and left.

Lihua froze in place, then turned around quickly and stared at Yuan Qing's back.

"Are you okay?" Li Yuan came over and asked.

"Who is he?"

Li Yuan had nothing to hide, and replied: "Yuanchi's elder brother, the second prince. You didn't bump into each other, did you?" He couldn't afford to damage this golden branch and jade leaf.

Lihua didn't answer, she kept looking at the direction Yuan Qing was leaving, her cheeks blushed slowly, and murmured: "Second Prince...is his name Yuan Qing..."

Li Yuan felt that something was wrong with her, this state seemed to be...

"I like him!"

"what?"

"I want to marry him!" Lihua turned her head and said excitedly.

Li Yuan was stunned, "This..." This is too fast. "It's the first time you've seen him!"

"It's not important, I just know that I liked him the first time I saw him." Lihua covered Xiao Lu's bumping chest with one hand, and looked at the direction Yuan Qing left, "Yuan Qing... must be a clear 'Qing'. "

Li Yuan was speechless, this eldest princess was too uninhibited.

Well, even if it's love at first sight, others can, but she can't. The eldest princess is here to make a kiss. She is going to marry the prince of the South Deer Kingdom, the prince.

"But... the second prince may not be the prince in the future." Although it was a bit cold water, Li Yuan hesitated and said.

Yuan Qing's health is not good. Although an emperor doesn't have to be strong, it's always good to be healthy, right?The other princes were not missing arms or legs, so he always felt that the second prince had little chance of becoming the prince, and it seemed that he himself was not interested in the position of the prince.

"I know." Lihua smiled and looked up at him, "But I want to give it a try, I want to marry someone I like."

She had never had anyone she liked before she came to South Deer Country, so she could let the arrangements be indifferent, but just now, she finally met someone she liked, no matter if he was the second prince or the crown prince, she wanted to fight for herself.

Her eyes are clear, and she doesn't hide her girlish attitude, even the corners of her eyes and brows are shy.

Li Yuan looked at her and couldn't say anything for a while.

He suddenly envied and admired the young foreign princess in front of him. At least, she can speak out her thoughts frankly and fight for her own happiness. No matter whether she succeeds or not, she will never regret...

"Let's go, let's go find him!" Li Hua suddenly took Li Yuan's hand and walked out.

"Huh?" Li Yuan was startled, "Princess! Calm down!"

"I'm very calm. Also, didn't I tell you not to call me the eldest princess?"

Although Lihua is a young girl, she is quite strong. Li Yuan did not withdraw his hand after pumping for a long time. Of course, he did not dare to pull hard for fear of causing her to fall, so he had no choice but to be surprised by the servants and maids in the mansion. His eyes were drawn all the way to the gate.

"Aren't you afraid of frightening the second prince?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Lihua turned her head and stared at him, "I'm not trying to snatch him back to get married, I just want to tell him my name."

"Then there's no rush for this moment... Hey, don't talk, don't talk!"

The two pulled out of the mansion, Xiao Rui was standing beside the carriage outside the door, seeing them coming out like this, he was surprised.

"Lord Xiao, did you see where the person who came out just now went?" Lihua asked anxiously.

Xiao Rui frowned, but still replied, "The one in white? He took a carriage to the south."

"Go, catch up!" Li Hua pulled Li Yuan into the carriage.

"Mr. Li, what's going on?" Xiao Rui still didn't understand the situation.

Li Yuan wants to cry but has no tears, what does it matter to him if he fell in love at first sight!