Born short-lived

After that day, the two of them didn't speak any more. Even if they met in the morning, they just greeted each other politely and didn't have much to say.As soon as the queen announced her retirement, Dong Sheng disappeared without a trace, not giving Zhou Zirong a chance.

Even Yuan Li, who had been helping out in the East Palace, was forcibly given a "long vacation" by Dong Sheng.

Zhou Zirong knew that Dong Sheng was avoiding him on purpose, even though he was feeling uncomfortable, there was still a trace of secret rejoicing.After all, although Dong Sheng ignored him, at least he didn't cut the mess straight away after he confessed, nor did he pretend that nothing happened.

Dong Sheng started to hide from people, which means he panicked, and if he panicked, it at least shows that he still cares.

Zhou Zirong is not sure how much Dong Sheng remembers from his previous life, maybe he has been poured clean by a bowl of Meng Po soup by the Naihe Bridge, but he is still him, and since they met in this life, Zhou Zirong Never let go easily.

It's not that he didn't think that if Dong Sheng didn't have that kind of thought, he would be a "good brother" for him for the rest of his life, overcoming obstacles for him, and as long as he looked good at him, he would be content.

But he found that he was not as great as he imagined. Every time he saw that person, the evil thoughts that he tried to restrain overflowed in his mind, until the day he knew that the princess was established, the greedy thoughts became out of control.

Who can be a saint in front of a sweetheart?

Once the empress called him into the palace, and when passing by the lotus pond, he happened to bump into the sedan chair of the east palace.There was a gauze curtain hanging under the eaves, and the figure inside froze for a moment when Zhou Zirong came into view, and then the whole sedan chair was diverted.

Zhou Zirong didn't say anything, just smiled at the sedan chair, regardless of whether others could see it or not.

This stalemate lasted until the second rest after Lichun, which was Zhou Zirong's birthday.

Zhou Zirong never liked crowds at home, if it wasn't for Dong Sheng, he wouldn't have celebrated his birthday at all.That kid always thinks about it every year, and insists on coming to his house with a shy face to help him congratulate him, and then eat and drink in a legitimate way.

Even if Zhou Zirong was in the East China Sea, he and Pan Shuning would eat at most at home, and a meal would be no more than three courses, so when Dong Sheng came, he would set up a big table generously.

But this time it exceeded his expectations, the first person to visit was not Dong Sheng, but Master Li Chongwen.

This year was a coincidence, Zhou Zirong's birthday coincided with Xiu Mu's. Li Chongwen thought about it, and he should take more care of this young man.

It was almost noon, Zhou Zirong almost thought that Dong Sheng would not come, but the man arrived slowly.

It's as if they came here to catch a meal.

He carried a cage covered with black cloth in his hand, and Xiangsheng followed behind him.When the two touched each other, they didn't know what to say. Zhou Zirong looked at him directly, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, which made Dong Sheng look away unconsciously.

"My lord, I pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince." Zhou Zirong saluted lightly, the smile on his face never fading, and he quietly waited for Dong Sheng's response.

Dong Sheng didn't speak for a long time, and his past life was unknown, but he could probably feel the bad atmosphere, so he couldn't speak rashly, and secretly poked Dong Sheng's back while others were not paying attention.

He glanced back at the past life, and then casually said in a deep voice, "Why bother to be polite."

Li Chongwen in the hall heard the voice from outside, and hurriedly got up to greet him. Just as he saw Dong Sheng going in, he quickly bowed and said: "The old minister pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Dong Sheng managed to pull a smile on his indifferent face: "Gu is here to congratulate his friend today, so there is no need for red tape."

Zhou Zirong heard that he deliberately emphasized the word "friend", so he couldn't help but glance at him sideways.

Dong Sheng didn't have that tacit understanding at all, and pointed the back of his head directly at him, as if trying to out of sight and out of mind.However, Zhou Zirong looked like he didn't mind sticking his hot face to someone's cold ass, and followed behind with a smile without saying a word.

"When I woke up in the morning, I had a premonition that His Highness must come to the minister's mansion today, so the sweet red bean soup that His Highness used to like has been prepared in the kitchen. Do you want to try it?" Zhou Zirong saw Dong Still ignoring him, Sheng took his palace as his own and sat down on a chair that looked pleasing to the eye, playing with the small porcelain cups on the tea table without notice.

Zhou Zirong paused for a moment, then rubbed his face up again shyly: "It's all made according to His Highness's taste, His Highness should at least give you some face."

Dong Sheng glanced at him coldly, and said expressionlessly: "Today is your birthday, why are you so polite?"

Zhou Zirong didn't care about 21, he just took it as his acquiescence, and cheekily told the servant waiting beside him, "Bring the sweet red bean soup from the kitchen hot."

Dong Sheng glanced at him, but from the corner of his eye he saw that Li Chongwen was still sitting across from him. It would be better not to make too much noise, so he didn't say anything more.

And Zhou Zirong seemed to be invulnerable, still smiling brightly, and staring at him in front of Wangsheng and Li Chongwen.

Since he opened his mouth that day, Zhou Zirong has nothing to worry about anymore.

The so-called people don't want that, then the world is invincible.

Li Chongwen always felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird, but he couldn't tell where it was. He turned his head and glanced at Wang Sheng who was sitting next to him, and saw that his face was also full of indescribable words.

The servant brought up four servings of sweet soup that had just been warmed up on a lacquered wooden tray, and held the rim of the bowl carefully on the table.The sweet and sweet air came in, Dong Sheng glanced lightly, but didn't move, and said to himself: "I haven't given you the congratulatory gift yet. After rebirth, show it to the general."

Zhou Zirong was taken aback for a moment, and said in his heart, good guy, isn't this just a complete posture that he doesn't want to accept any affection from him anymore.

If you can't get rid of that bowl of sweet soup, then double the repayment, draw a clear line, and would rather lose money than pay on credit.

Zhisheng handed the bird cage covered with black cloth to the boy who had just placed the bowl beside him, and told him to take the cage to the opposite seat along the way.

"My lord." The servant carried the cage to Zhou Zirong, and the beast in the cage seemed to sense that the hairless monster carrying it had changed, and kept thumping, screaming and screaming as it bumped. The cage swayed back and forth, almost causing the boy to let go of his hand.

The voice hadn't grown out yet, it was squeaky and twisted, it sounded weird and funny.

"Slap the top of the cage a few times." Wang Sheng said, looking as if he had learned his experience a long time ago, "Don't pat too hard, lest you be scared to death."

Hearing this, the little servant frowned in embarrassment, but at this moment Zhou Zirong took the initiative to reach out and patted twice, and the animal in the cage was really scared instantly.

He pushed the black cloth away, and saw a small black-gray velvet ball inside, with a black cloth belt tied on its head, shaking like chaff, if its mother was present, it would probably want to stuff itself back In the womb.

It seems that he is still a bully.

Zhou Zirong raised his eyebrows, and said miraculously, "What is this?"

"The blood-eyed eagle in Southern Border," Dong Sheng said, "Have you heard of it?"

Even if the blood pupil eagle is in the southern border, it can be regarded as a rare beast, and its value in the Huaxu Central Plains is even more immeasurable.Not only because this kind of eagle is born with blood-colored pupils, which is rare and abnormal, but also because it is extremely psychic, and it only recognizes the first person it sees when it opens its eyes all its life, so it also has a nickname, "One Eye Master".

And this thing has always been talked about as a myth in the market. Even though Zhou Zirong has never seen it, he has heard a lot about it.

A lifetime at a glance.

Zhou Zirong's hand covering the cage paused, and the bright smile in his eyes gradually sank, and he, the birthday star, didn't speak, and the banquet was even more silent.

He couldn't help a burst of ecstasy in his heart, a kind of excited agitation almost ignited the state of mind he had finally calmed down. Li's thoughts of worrying about gains and losses were suppressed by Shengsheng.

He couldn't help thinking in his heart: Is it because Dong Sheng gave him this thing because he also cared so much...

It wasn't until the stalemate was too long that Li Chongwen coughed symbolically and pulled Zhou Zirong's spirit back.

Zhou Zirong smiled: "The minister thanked His Royal Highness the Prince."

Then he looked at Dong Sheng with something in his words and added: "This gift is really perfect."

Dong Sheng: "..."

Seeing that the two of them were about to say nothing again, Li Chongwen hurriedly warmed up the scene, "Young Master Zhou, why don't you give me a name."

Dong Sheng didn't make a sound, and didn't look at Zhou Zirong, he picked up the sweet soup by himself and was about to drink it.Zhou Zirong looked at him, and said lightly, "Let's call him Ah Qing."

His Royal Highness choked on a mouthful of hot soup.

The sound of Sheng and Qing is the same.

Li Chongwen's face froze, he didn't know where he was singing, so he could only smooth things over with a dry smile: "The prince and His Highness are really brothers and sisters, and they are very close."

Zhou Zirong smiled: "I don't dare to think about it."

You don't know where your thoughts have gone, what else do you dare not dream about? !

Thinking of this, Dong Sheng secretly rolled his eyes.

There was no joy or anger on the face of the past life, and a pair of dark eyes were quietly watching from the side, with a very complicated mood.

Dong Sheng was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help but patted Zhou Zirong on the shoulder and said, "Come out, I have something to tell you."

Then he nodded at Li Chongwen and smiled apologetically: "Excuse me."

Zhou Zirong was naturally happy to hear and see, and followed up with kindness.

Dong Sheng took him to the backyard, and when he was sure that Li Chongwen and the others could not hear him, he finally stopped, looked up at Zhou Zirong, and sighed: "I came to you today to talk to you. Say something."

Zhou Zirong: "Say it."

Dong Sheng's face was calm, and he couldn't tell what was going on in his heart, but he said solemnly: "The military pay and rewards that His Majesty granted to Donghai before have all been escorted, and the weather has been warm these two days. It’s almost time to start rebuilding.”

Zhou Zirong was taken aback for a moment, and the smile on his face suddenly froze.

"Your Majesty's oral order has already been issued, and the imperial edict should be in the past two days. You should tidy it up."

This is undoubtedly to drive him away.

Zhou Zirong twitched the corners of his mouth, opened his mouth and said nothing, cleared his throat a little, then hoarse again and tentatively said unwillingly: "Is it... the brochure you handed me?"

"Yes." Dong Sheng nodded unabashedly, "You need to find something serious to do."

So, you think what I said to you, and what you did, is just not doing business properly?

Zhou Zirong actually felt his eye sockets heat up, and the fist-sized flesh in his chest seemed to be tightly held by someone. Just a little more force would be enough to make his liver and gallbladder burst with pain.

Dong Sheng saw that his eye sockets were faintly red, and the whites of his eyes were even bleeding. He was about to continue talking, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he felt a suffocating pain in his heart that forced him to swallow the words.

He had never seen Zhou Zirong like this, an imposing man of eight feet, so wronged and embarrassed.

——And this appearance is all because of him.

He had to admit that when he saw Zhou Zirong's expression, he panicked from the bottom of his heart.

But Zhou Zirong can't just let Zhou Zirong waste his energy and time on himself, a short-lived ghost who can only live for half his life. Zhou Zirong should be like other wealthy princes to find a wife he likes, even if he is not a good match. , at least in good health, the two of them can live together for a lifetime, and when they get old, they will see their children and grandchildren in the house and enjoy the family happiness that Dong Sheng will never be able to enjoy.

Ever since I went to see Jianghuaibi in the Jiang family compound, when Dongsheng was sleeping alone, when he closed his eyes, he could see Jianghuaibi's bloodless white face from time to time, and he knew it when he heard it. It is the breath of time.He had been getting used to the fact of his short life since he was born, and he didn't care much about it, but after that time, the idea that he would one day be like the high priest kept amplifying in his mind, and he often didn't realize it. I took that haggard look into my imagination, and the fear and unwillingness that I no longer had after I became sensible made a comeback and intensified.

And every time this happens, as long as I think of Zhou Zirong, at least I won't panic, at least I can sleep.

It's not going to stop right now, let Zhou Zirong just think about it, it's just suffering in vain, I don't know whether it is to make him feel at ease, or to make himself feel at ease.The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain. The two people bear the big grievances together, and calm down after separation, and this unreasonable thought will be blown away by the wind.

But no matter how hard I tried to convince myself not to be indecisive, those ruthless words still couldn't come out of my mouth.

Does it mean that if you say one more word, this person will really leave and never come back?

Dong Sheng didn't look into his eyes anymore, and didn't say anything more, just casually said: "I'm tired today, so I'll come here first and say goodbye."

Then he turned and left.

Zhou Zirong's eyes were red, and he stared blankly at the back of him leaving. After a long time, he forced a breath and closed his eyes heavily.

[The author has something to say: Do you feel a little abused at the beginning?This is just the beginning [sharpening the sword]. 】