long friend

Su Yan was forcibly dragged back to the Pingyuanhou Mansion by Xiao Qichen—to be exact, Xiao Qichen called Tianhui.

Although there were often unsatisfactory exceptions in the first ten years of his life, compared with those poor people who struggled to eat and wear, it was already smooth sailing.Su Yan didn't say anything, but he had extremely high demands on himself. He had heard countless people say since he was a child, "In the future, you will inherit the mantle of Marquis Pingyuan."

The Su family's mantle is not only a title, but more importantly, it is in the army.To be more specific, it is the half of the Tiger Talisman that is the elite Xiaoqiwei.

Now he thinks that he can become famous at a young age like Su Zhi did back then, and then lead the battle.Who would have thought that after all these years of experience in the army, he finally realized that Su Zhi had no intention of sending him to the battlefield at all!

Su Yan was furious, and he was not used to having an outburst in front of Xiao Qichen, so he could only sit on the stool, and then drank a mouthful of tea through gritted teeth, trying to calm down.The maid next to me was very good at reading people's eyes, and said softly, "Master, the tea is Mingqian tea that Madam just harvested this year, picked from the Lin'an Tea Mountain."

As soon as the words were finished, Mrs. Su turned into the house from the corridor, and sat down next to Su Yan as if nothing had happened.

Madam's maiden name is Cao, not a famous big family.Married to her husband, no one remembers her previous name after 20 years.She seldom appeared in places other than bedrooms and Buddhist halls, so Xiao Qichen was the most surprised - he had been to Pingyuanhou's mansion so many times, and he had never seen her before.

As soon as she sat down, Su Yan stood up and said respectfully, "Mother."

Xiao Qichen also called out: "Ma'am."

Mrs. Cao glanced at him indifferently, and said politely: "It turns out that His Highness the Sixth Highness has also come."

After saying that, she stopped looking at Xiao Qichen, leaving him stunned with doubts, turned to Su Yan and said, "I heard from Shen Canjun that you made a big fuss in the Nanyuan camp today, as if you were disrespectful to the general. Do you have any opinions on letting you go to the battlefield? You are really old, have you forgotten what your parents taught you? In the past, how would your father punish you?"

She spoke softly, but Xiao Qichen shuddered from the soles of his feet, looked at Su Yan again, and after hearing this lesson, he lifted his clothes neatly and knelt down.

Mrs. Cao glanced at Su Yan lukewarmly, leaned back on the back of the chair, and picked up the teacup: "Why can't you figure it out?"

"Why didn't Dad let me go to the battlefield!"

"Do you still remember your uncle?" She said softly, and seeing Su Yan's blank face, she suddenly realized, "Yes, he was no longer alive when you were born, and your father never mentioned it later. During the battle of recovering Jeju, the old general Commander, your father stayed in Xuzhou at a young age. When the two armies met, my elder brother fought in the front line and was shot by the Turkic arrows. He was already dead when he was escorted back to the camp by our soldiers."

Su Yan didn't understand why she said this, and frowned suspiciously.Xiao Qichen who was next to him felt cold hands and feet.

"The arrow shot into his throat and came out from behind. The elder brother was not yet married at the time, and naturally he had no heirs. Later, when the old master came back to the court, the first thing he did was to quickly arrange my marriage with your father. The old man The general went out for the second time, and when he was the most seriously injured, he allowed your father to lead people to support him, and then your father burned the Turkic luggage." After Madam Cao finished speaking, she looked at Su Yan with calm eyes, " This is the mother's talk, do you understand?"

Su Yan bowed his head and remained silent, but Xiao Qichen said, "Madam, you mean that you don't want the Su family to end here?"

Madam Cao didn't show surprise or any other emotion on her face. She took a sip of tea gracefully, nodded, and said to Su Yan: "You don't understand things that others can understand at a glance!"

These words seemed to be a bit reproachful, Su Yan's lips moved, but he didn't speak in the end.

Mrs. Cao said: "Could it be that you really think that my Su family has weak descendants? Every generation... every generation, countless people died on the battlefield. Your father's brothers are all gone, but you are still staring blankly now." Are you going to rush to the front line? If something happens to you this time, do you really want the Su family to have no successors?"

Su Yan and Xiao Qichen felt struck by lightning at the same time, and immediately lost their five senses.

Since the founding of the Xiaoliang Dynasty, there have been almost ten generations of emperors, and each generation has few children.As far as Xiao Yan was concerned, Xiao Qichen ranked sixth, and four of the princes before him died young.The folks have different opinions on this, and the final conclusion is that it is not easy for a prince to grow up with all his beards and tails.

Xiao Qichen didn't understand it when he was a child, but later he came to know why Zhou Ronghua had the courage to tell Xiao Yan that he was pregnant and couldn't hide it anymore - because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to keep it.At this moment, when Madam Cao mentioned the words "no successor", Xiao Qichen immediately thought of his imperial brothers who died young, and felt very uncomfortable.

Su Yan was taught a lesson by Mrs. Cao. Although he was still not angry, he didn't talk back, and said obediently, "What does that father mean, do I have to get married and have a family before I can go to the battlefield?"

Mrs. Cao's long eyelashes trembled slightly, as if she was calming down, and when she spoke again, her tone was as calm as at the beginning: "Ayan, your father told you that you have no choice for the sacrifice of this family. Wait for your father When I come back this time, I will propose marriage to Mr. Li."

Su Yanyin couldn't help raising her level of flirting: "What?!"

"My lord, Li Bin, the first daughter in his family is one year younger than you, so he is a good match. Or if you have a favorite candidate, you can also bring it up, so that the young couple won't get along later and blame their parents in the end."

Su Yan was nailed to the spot by these words, he only breathed a sigh of relief to make his mind turn around, he only uttered two words "What do you think of me", and was caught off guard by Xiao Qichen who held his shoulder , so the following words turned a corner, and I was forced to go back by myself.

Xiao Qichen stood next to Su Yan, squeezed his hands on his shoulders, but said to Mrs. Cao: "Where is Ah Yan's favorite person? He just told me a few days ago whether or not. Marriage matters are all decided by parents, Madam. It's true..."

Su Yan heard that he was speaking tactfully for her, and reluctantly shut up.

"I once heard Ayan say that Madam has often worshiped Buddha recently, and he doesn't come home all day, so there must be some estrangement between mother and child?" Xiao Qichen saw that Madam Cao's expression softened, and took the opportunity to say, "But Ayan is different from us, he never Going in and out of the place of fireworks, drinking the wind and eating the earth in the Nanyuan camp every day, Madam can rest assured of him."

These words touched Mrs. Cao's heart. After hearing Xiao Qichen's words, she smiled slightly and said, "What's the matter? If you don't have it, then you don't have it. I want His Highness the Sixth Highness to speak for you."

Su Yan bit the bullet and said, "Yes."

Seeing that Su Yan was still kneeling, Mrs. Cao felt a little distressed: "Okay, okay, get up quickly. I won't accompany you either, and you will go wherever you want tomorrow. When your father comes back, you can decide this matter sooner." I will let you go to the front as you wish."

She walked briskly, Xiao Qichen said in shock: "Has Lingtang always spoken so sharply?"

Su Yan nodded heavily.

Xiao Qichen didn't go back to the palace that night, and directly lived in Pingyuanhou's mansion.It's not that Su Yan refused to let him go, but that he insisted on hanging on, and even joked about Su Yan: "When you marry Master Li's daughter, I won't even be able to call you out at night."

"Don't talk nonsense, there is no such thing as a horoscope." Su Yan knocked on his head and poured a bucket of hot water for him.

Xiao Qichen shrunk down until his whole body was submerged below the water level, and he spit out a bunch of bubbles as soon as he exhaled.He said he wanted to take a bath, so Su Yan would let him go and fetch water for the maid and housekeeper himself.He easily remembered that when Xiao Qichen was covered in muddy water, he took a shower after coming here, and then exposed the welt marks on his back.

Thinking of this, Su Yan's thoughts moved slightly, and he reached out to brush Xiao Qichen's long hair that was wet and sticking to his back.

When cool fingers touched the damp skin, Xiao Qichen turned half of his face: "What are you doing? Coveting my beauty? Then why don't you tell Lingtang that you have a sweetheart?"

Ignoring this man's unscrupulous provocation, Su Yan said softly, "Let me see if your wound has a scar."

Xiao Qichen said "Oh", obediently showed him his entire back, and even reached out to brush his long hair.The previous scars had healed up long ago, the imperial doctor in the palace prescribed medicine, Xiao Qichen was not ignorant, and wanted to make fun of himself, Su Yan's memory of being beaten to pieces recovered as before.

There is only one place where there is still a faint scar.

Su Yan touched it with his fingers, and stroked the long scar along that inch, as if he was personally understanding its past and present lives.His strength was light, making Xiao Qichen laugh all the time, and there were layers of ripples in the bathtub.

"What's wrong here? It's still not good?" Su Yan asked, and pressed the button again, so that Xiao Qichen would know what he was talking about.

"Huh? Hmm... I don't remember." Xiao Qichen turned his head and thought for a while, his hand came from the bottom of the water, covered Su Yan's finger accurately, and then pressed the scar along that finger.

His skin was warm, and there was a strange tingling sensation when he touched it, like sparks from his fingertips when he occasionally rubbed rough clothes in winter, making Su Yan flinch involuntarily.

Xiao Qichen bit his lower lip and said: "It seems that the barb on the cane was scratched that time, and it should be all healed in a few days. It doesn't matter if it's not good, no one can see it in this place."

Su Yanxin said that I could see it, but after thinking about it, it was a bit ambiguous, so she didn't say it anymore.Xiao Qichen has a fair neck and long black hair. At this moment, they are all covered with water. This scene can be said to be spread out in front of him vividly, which is too weird. It's not that Su Yan has never seen Xiao Qichen topless, so why did he feel like it today? It was as if his throat was on fire.

He could hardly speak, and he was hoarse when he spoke: "Shall I go get you a basin of water again?"

"No, I've finished washing." Xiao Qichen said, and was about to stand up with his hands on the side of the bucket. For some reason, Su Yan didn't dare to look at him. He quickly grabbed a towel next to him and put it on Xiao Qichen's head, and then said "I'll find you something to eat" and ran away quickly, looking a little embarrassed from the back.

Xiao Qichen wiped his hair blankly, and thought belatedly: "In his eyes, am I so idle? I knew I shouldn't have wet my hair, and I have to wait until it dries before I can go to sleep."

He finally remembered Su Yan's expression and tone, and suddenly smiled.

They slept together that night, Jinling hadn't fully warmed up in March, but the quilt in Su Yan's bedroom was very thin.He even lived in the Datong bunk in the army, and he slept with thick skin and thick skin. He endured the cold and heat, so he didn't care much about it. Xiao Qichen was only suffering from this somewhat harsh bed.

He turned over countless times, approached Su Yan carefully, poked someone who was asleep in a daze, and said before he got impatient, "I feel cold."

Su Yan rubbed his eyes, maybe his mind was still not clear, he didn't think about anything, he got up and threw the quilt he made to Xiao Qichen's side to set it up, then rolled around, and he also shrank into Xiao Qichen's bed .As if he was very satisfied, he put his arm over Xiao Qichen to tuck the corner of the quilt, and then he was too lazy to take it back as if he was out of energy.

"It won't be cold if you sleep like this." Su Yan murmured, and quickly closed his eyelids again.

But Xiao Qichen couldn't sleep, he was tossed by Su Yan, at this moment the two were facing each other, chest to chest, Su Yan's hand was still on his body.He was about to speak again, but Su Yan moved down as if he thought it was uncomfortable to put his shoulders like this, until he was satisfied with wrapping his arms around Xiao Qichen's waist, he sighed half asleep and half awake.

Xiao Qichen was held in his arms in such a posture, and he looked around with his eyes open. It was as if the moon was in the middle of the sky outside the window, and a few faint insects could be faintly heard, making him appear quiet and at ease.

Su Yan took a long breath, and the hot air sprayed slightly on Xiao Qichen's forehead.At first he felt uncomfortable and wanted to break free, but after a while he seemed to get used to it, and tentatively reached out and grabbed Su Yan's shirt.Su Yan didn't respond, and tightened his arms around him, Xiao Qichen rubbed against his neck in satisfaction, exhaustion finally welled up.

There was no dream all night until I heard the cock crowing the next day.

Xiao Qichen slept well and woke up quickly, the bed was warm, he didn't want to move after opening his eyes, so he just stared at Su Yan.Their posture was extremely intimate, as if they were closer than when they were in the same bed before.

This feeling made him safe, but at the same time he was filled with unknown joy, his whole heart was heavy, and his eyes were a little sore in the morning.Xiao Qichen stared at Su Yan for a long time, feeling that this person was much prettier than when he was a child, but suddenly he was reluctant to let him take care of his family and not be with him everywhere.

But this reluctance came quickly and briefly, and Xiao Qichen soon found other pleasures.He stretched out his hand and scratched Su Yan's earlobe, seeing him frowning and dodging, he couldn't help being even more interested.

He hooked Su Yan's feet under the quilt, and pinched Su Yan's face with his fingers, which made Su Yan's eyes narrowed, and he slapped off those troubled hands in a daze, and then muttered: "... Don't make trouble, Ah Chen, I'm still sleepy."

Xiao Qichen laughed so hard that he couldn't roll in his arms, his unknown joy had nowhere to vent.He didn't dare to squeeze anymore, so he held Su Yan's face in his hands, watching his sleepy eyes gradually brighten up, his thin lips curled up in a tolerant arc, watching him look at him, and then let out a low laugh.

With the dawn light outside the window, he was so fascinated that he leaned up to kiss the corner of Su Yan's lips lightly.

The next moment Su Yan pushed Xiao Qichen away violently, and sat up from the bed.And Xiao Qichen was completely awake, he sat down next to Su Yan, and both quilts were thrown aside.Xiao Qichen suddenly realized what he had done, quickly pressed Su Yan and said, "I'm just kidding, I...I..."

He wanted to say "I don't have a habit of breaking sleeves", but the words got stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them for a while.

Su Yan blinked quickly, and calmed down, firmly thinking that it was an accident, and cooperated: "I know, I understand, there is no need to explain - don't do this next time."

Xiao Qichen wished he could nod his head to his chest to express his sincerity. It just so happened that the maid came to knock on the door at this moment, and Su Yan quickly tidied himself up.The two dressed up with their own ghosts, and then they ate breakfast without paying attention to the other, and parted ways embarrassingly.Su Yan went to Nanyuan camp, Xiao Qichen returned to Taicheng to attend court.

On the branch of the apricot tree in the courtyard, a blue bird sang a cheerful song, then soared into the sky and spread its wings into the distance.

On the tree of the same age as Su Yan, the first apricot blossom of this year is blooming.