lustful

After the banquet, it was already dusk.

By the river in the outskirts of Beijing, the cool evening breeze blew on his face.

Xiao Luan slowly walked towards Yue Jie.

The princess's heart hurts like a hole has been smashed.

She whispered: "If you have anything to say, say it yourself, I'll go back first."

"Hey..." Yue Jie still wanted to share his feelings with her, but the princess had already run away on a flying horse.

Xiao Luan grabbed Yue Jie's wrist with one hand, tremblingly said: "Why did you do that?"

His voice was hoarse, and his body trembled a little.

Yue Jie rubbed Xiao Luan's wrist lightly with her left hand that was not held, she whispered: "I...I don't have it."

Xiao Luan let go of his hand, not knowing what to say.

He has always been quiet and gentle, and he doesn't know what to say when he is excited.

Yue Jie looked at him and asked softly: "Don't you like me?"

Xiao Luan said slowly: "You know, I like Xiaobai."

Yue Jie interrupted him: "But you like me too."

Xiao Luan excitedly said: "You don't understand, that's different!"

Yue Jie said seriously: "I understand, I understand, I just want to look at you, whether you like me or not. I want to look at you, I will not hinder you from liking your Highness."

Xiao Luan's throat moved, his voice seemed to be roaring from his throat, but his voice was indeed soft, as if he said softly: "Yuejie, you are still young, there are some things you don't understand."

Yue Jie looked at him blankly, not understanding what he was hesitating about.

Xiao Luan coughed, as if he was about to cough up blood, but his illness had already recovered and there was no blood.

He said in a hoarse voice: "You are still young, you don't understand love, you marry me early, in the future, you will meet someone you really like, what will you do at that time?"

Yue Jie blinked and looked at him: "But, the person I like the most is you."

She smiled sweetly: "In the future, I will never fall in love with others."

Xiao Luan: "..."

He turned his head almost collapsed, and walked in the direction he came from.

The little eunuch was waiting by the chariot, and helped him up: "Your Highness."

Xiao Luan waved his hand wearily: "Go back to the palace."

Looking at his figure, Yue Jie shook his head, then rode his horse back home.

The three in the family were gone, Xiaobai and Huo Yunshan took Yin Yuanshan to the palace bouncing around.

Everyone in the capital was focused on the Thousand-year-old Banquet, and King Ling was focused on his hapless eldest son.

Taking advantage of this gap, Xiaobai and Huo Yunshan slipped into the palace.

As soon as the emperor entered the palace, Huo Yunshan popped out from under the bed.

"Xiao Huo?" The emperor was taken aback, and quickly asked someone to close the door, and his cronies stood guard at the door, "Why do you..."

Huo Yunshan helped the emperor sit down, and said earnestly: "Uncle, I have come to ask you one thing."

The emperor frowned: "You go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, Xiao Huo, why didn't you attend the Qianqiu Banquet, Xiao Bai, where did he go?"

Huo Yunshan smiled sweetly: "Uncle, Xiaobai has also come to the capital, he dare not come out for fear of being bumped by King Ling's people."

The emperor sighed, "You two, why are you so useless."

Huo Yunshan rubbed the back of his head: "Uncle, Xiaobai and I just need to follow the prince's brother, so we can do well."

The emperor thought that Yue Jie was going to marry Xiao Luan, and his head hurt even more.He leaned back on the chair worriedly, as if he had aged a lot.

"Xiao Huo, you have to understand that you are an adult now."

Huo Yunshan nodded sharply: "So, uncle, I want to ask you one thing."

"You want Zhen to help you build Shuofang City?" the emperor said slowly.

Huo Yunshan nodded sharply: "Yes, Uncle, I want to build a big city in Shuofang, which will be bigger than Mr. Cui Jiao's Xiandu City back then. I want to make Shuofang a prosperous city-state like the capital, and make Manghuang Northwest completely become a city. The territory of my Great Yan Dynasty."

The emperor looked at him softly: "Xiao Huo, I can't help you anymore."

Huo Yunshan looked at him puzzled.

The emperor said softly: "Little Huo, do you know how Xiandu City was built?"

Huo Yunshan shook his head.

The emperor said indifferently: "Mr. Cui Jiao was the head of the big family back then. The big family back then was incapable of stopping. Several families could change the dynasty by collusion. Mr. Cui Jiao used all his family power to build a grand palace in Xiandu. City, and then... the Cui family's vitality accumulated in Xiandu City, although the Cui family became richer, but it delayed other things, and Mr. Cui Jiao also suffered."

He looked at Huo Yunshan kindly: "Little Huo, building a city is not a palace, it's a big deal, I can only allow you to do your best there and give you some money and food, I can't help you with anything else."

"Uncle, you are a monarch who has seen the past and the present, how could you..."

The emperor shook his head: "Xiao Huo, if you say that you look at the past and the present, how can I compare to my father, who has been in power for more than 20 years, promoted imperial examinations, practiced cavalry, issued orders to extend favor, attacked aristocratic families, and promoted poor families."

He looked at Huo Yunshan slowly: "Do you know that he thought of these things alone, but he failed all of them, the world was in chaos, and his reputation as a hero was ruined. time."

"Why?" Huo Yunshan looked at him puzzled.

The emperor stretched out his hand and gently stroked his head: "Little Huo, it takes time to do all these things slowly. After my father abdicated, my elder brother and I have been in power for more than 50 years before we can finish these things slowly. My whole life, light I don’t pay much money, promote the poor family’s children, and make Dayan a prosperous country today, I can’t worry about other things.”

He looked at Huo Yunshan: "The courtiers who are united with my monarch and ministers have withered away. Xiao Huo, I am not your monarch. You need to find your monarch. He trusts you, protects you, and supports all your ideas. You will To build a rich city-state with that person, I... just your uncle."

Belongs to your era, and the person who stands side by side with you is not me.

Huo Yunshan looked at him blankly: "Uncle wants me to find the prince?"

The emperor almost vomited blood from his heart.

"Xiao Huo, don't mention the prince, the person I want you to find is Xiao Bai." The emperor said slowly.

"Why!" Huo Yunshan exclaimed, he couldn't figure out why everyone thought the prince was not good, even his father thought so.

People all over the world are denying him.

The emperor waved his hand: "Xiao Huo, I'm tired, I want to see Xiaobai, you go out. You can't hear some words."

Huo Yunshan wanted to say something else, but a eunuch had come over long ago and dragged him to the screen behind the dragon bed, there was actually a switch on the screen, he followed the eunuch, and there was a secret room inside.

"Where is this?" Huo Yunshan couldn't help asking.

"Master Hou, don't be nervous. This is a secret passage leading to the outside. It was dug by the first emperor, and it is very safe."