Lang Yi

When the wine was half drunk, Xiao Tongxuan didn't take his thoughts seriously, patted him on the shoulder and said, "His Royal Highness, any battlefield is not a joke, just go if you can—"

Xiao Tongxuan spoke vigorously, with the attitude of reprimanding Fang Qiu, pointing to the two guards behind him, and said with a smile: "Not to mention anything else, look at these people under your command, besides being handsome and looking good when you take them out, What else can you do? The battlefield is a place where you have to fight to the death to see the truth."

Tian Zong was ashamed by what he said, so he could only laugh.Coincidentally, Prince Yi's son and today's nephew, Ji Tianshe, were also at the banquet, so he stood up with a wine glass and laughed, "Second Xiao, I think your mind was blown by the strong wind in the northern border. You dare to talk casually about the affairs of His Highness's house. Come, I will punish you with a cup."

Prince Yi was in the fief, so he sent his second son to live in Qingdu as usual.Ji Tianshe is usually not restrained by his elders, and always loves to talk endlessly; at this time, he rolled up his bright sleeves, couldn't help but force Xiao Tongxuan to drink a glass of wine, and smiled ambiguously: "We have heard that, we are about to His Royal Highness has always been a man of high character and kindness. With such a wonderful person, many handsome young men in Qingdu City admire Lin Wang’s reputation as a romantic man, and refuse to let the imperial guards go. They ran to Lin Wang’s mansion crying and wanting to be guards. .”

It's common for young children from aristocratic families who have a good relationship to tease each other in private. Besides, Tian She is Tian Zong's cousin and has no taboos in speaking. Tian Zong is not angry at all. But he was a little unconvinced, and just leaned on his seat and laughed and cursed: "Second cousin, you know everything about my house clearly. Could it be that you are greedy? The guards in my house don't have that kind of embroidered pillows. If you If you don’t believe me, pick one at random and challenge your subordinates. If my guard loses, you will take it away, how about it?”

During the banquet, everyone clapped their hands and laughed loudly.

Ji Tianshe was also too drunk, so he nodded and smiled and said: "My subordinates know that they are no match, but today the young general of the Xiao family is here, so I will ask him for a bargain." Then, he grabbed Xiao Tongxuan: " Xiao Er Er, lend me one of your subordinates to fight against the guards of Linwangfu; to express my gratitude, I will serve wine in the mansion for three days starting from tomorrow, and there are quite a few of you here, all of you will go!"

The crowd was even more emotional and applauded.

Under such circumstances, it was not easy for Xiao Tongxuan to refuse, which disturbed everyone's interest.Glancing at Tian Zong, seeing that he didn't care, he patted his chest and said, "Okay, for you today, I offended His Royal Highness Lin Wang! When a guard goes back, you have to invite all the leading girls from Ruyi Garden to accompany you!"

Everyone slapped the table and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, the second child of the Xiao family is the most affectionate/interesting!"

Tian Zong didn't succeed in thinking that Tian Amnesty asked Xiao Tongxuan to borrow someone, but he couldn't take it back after boasting, so he casually pointed his finger behind him, and boldly replied: "Success! Just choose!"

Tian She blinked, but still smiled ambiguously: "I don't dare to pick randomly, if I pick someone His Highness cares about, how good would that be?"

Tian Zong threw away his wine glass, and spat with a smile: "Stop talking nonsense."

Tian She then casually nodded at the person behind Tian Zong, and said with a smile, "I see that this one doesn't look like a tough guy, so I started with him." Without turning his head, Tian Zong waved his hand and said, "Okay, you Come forward."

The man walked up to Tian Zong, saluted and said: "Whatever your Highness orders, this subordinate will never lose your position to His Highness."

Tian Zong took a look, it turned out to be Ning Xinghe.Ning Xinghe raised his eyes after paying his respects, and when his eyes met, there seemed to be a trace of loneliness and helplessness in his eyes, which was fleeting.

Tian Zong could see it clearly, for some reason, as if cold water had been sprinkled on his face, he was half awake from alcohol, and suddenly regretted: What am I doing?The guards of the palace are all loyal to me and fulfill their duties, but I want to use their futures to gamble with others, isn't it absurd?

But over there, a person came out from behind Xiao Tongxuan, he also bowed to Tian Zong, then walked to the open space on the side, waiting for the fight.Tian Zong looked at the confident look of that man, and his heart pounded: Xiao Tongxuan's subordinates had experienced real swords and guns with Quan Rong in the northern border, how could the guards in his own mansion compare with it?

Seeing that he was silent for a while, Tian She teased, "Why? Your Highness is really reluctant to part with this? How about we change it? But, I want to remind you, no matter what other people's customs are, our Ji family has ancestral precepts, we must Maintain our Ji family's hundreds of years of clean and honorable rules, don't..." Tian She giggled, folded his hands into his ear and lowered his voice: "...Don't be promiscuous/indulgent, indulge in love/things, haha."

Tian Zong didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and pushed him away with a bah.However, the matter has come to this, Tian Zong had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Stop rambling, you are only preparing to serve wine!"

Ning Xinghe glanced at him, then walked to the open space, and after exchanging salutes with that person, the two started fisting and kicking.

All the people sitting at the banquet were young children of aristocratic families, and most of them were not the eldest sons in the family. They were just waiting for an empty title in the future, and the family did not place too much hope on it.At this time, the feeling of drinking came up, so he couldn't think of much; excited, they all cheered, thinking of being accompanied by Hualou's top card, they only hoped that Xiao Tongxuan's subordinates could win the king's battle for Prince Yi's son.

Although Xiao Tongxuan was worried about his face, he didn't want to say it in public; and the man he sent was strong and rough, he was obviously a member of the army, straightforward and rough, how could he understand his thoughts, he only wanted to help his general and the north The Jing army fought for face, so they fought without giving up.

But that person saw that Ning Xinghe and Ning Xinghe had fought dozens of moves, and thought that Lin Wang's guards were easy to deal with, but at this moment he couldn't help but secretly worried.Originally, the competition at the banquet was a fun competition, and each other knew that they should be reserved, but the man was in a hurry and used the desperate moves when facing the enemy on the battlefield.

Ning Xinghe was caught off guard, and was suddenly hit in the ribs by a punch, his face changed slightly, he staggered, as if he was about to fall, but he took advantage of the situation to sweep his legs, and finally tripped his opponent to the ground.

The man was stunned, his face turned from surprise to admiration, he stood up and cupped his hands and said: "I lost, the guards in His Royal Highness Lin's residence are indeed very capable, I bow to you!"

Ning Xinghe's breath was steady, and he cupped his hands and said: "Accept, accept."

Seeing that Xiao Tongxuan's subordinates lost, and thinking that there would be no girl from Hualou at the banquet tomorrow, they couldn't help sighing loudly, complaining to Xiao Tongxuan, "Brother Xiao, why are you a soldier in the north not as good as a little guard in Linwang's mansion?!"

Xiao Tongxuan was sweating in the palm of his hand.He grew up watching Tian Zong, and he was very familiar with the prince's words and deeds; just now seeing Tian Zong's expression, he clearly didn't want to take the risk of letting this guard end in the competition, probably because he was worried that Prince Yi's son would really win that man back.

Now Xiao Tongxuan finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this, smoothed things over and said with a smile: "It seems that the people under His Royal Highness Lin Wang are tough and have real skills! It was I who said something wrong earlier, and I will punish myself three times! If that is the case, I might as well change it to another day." Then please invite His Royal Highness to go to Ruyi Garden for a drink, and you all go to accompany me!"

Only then did everyone rejoice, and Xiao Tongxuan and Tianshe drank and fought over wine.Ning Xinghe bowed again, then quietly retreated; Tian Zong also heaved a sigh of relief, although he felt slightly ashamed of him, he quickly put the matter behind him.

Unexpectedly, after the banquet, I fell asleep and woke up at night, and saw Luo Bei, the imperial doctor in the mansion, passing by the backyard in a hurry with a lamp. It is necessary to know that the royal family has always been free from disasters and illnesses, and the people under them are also carefully selected and strong. Therefore, most of the imperial physicians in the imperial palace and the palace are useless, and they are rarely seen in sight.Only then did Li Qiu quietly tell him that Ning Xinghe had broken a rib during the competition during the day, and he didn't make a sound at the time, and he couldn't help but collapsed after he came back, and the imperial doctor just finished the diagnosis and treatment.

The sky was shocked, Ning Xinghe remained the same from beginning to end during the day, he didn't seem to be suffering from the pain of a broken bone at all; it turned out that he was just holding on in order to protect his face.The guilt from the day came back to my heart, and when I thought about drinking and having fun during the banquet, the solid-eyed guard endured the pain, Tian Zong patted himself on the head, and hurried to Ning Xinghe's room to visit.

In the clean and simple guard's bedroom, Ning Xinghe was resting on the couch, his face as pale as a piece of rice paper.Hearing the movement, he opened his eyes and saw that it was Tian Zong, so he wanted to get up.Tian Zong hurriedly walked over to hold him down, feeling so guilty that he didn't know what to say.

It was Ning Xinghe who took the initiative and said: "Your Highness, don't worry about it. It's just a small injury, and it doesn't hurt too much. This subordinate can bear it; if this subordinate really loses today, he has to leave His Highness, that's..." He suddenly moved Swallowing the words back, his pale face suddenly turned red because of the pain from the wound.

God felt even more sorry to see him like this.Thinking that back then Xinghe didn't even want to go to the imperial guards, and devoted himself to Linwang's mansion; but today he allows others to make fun of his innocence, he really feels ashamed of his devotion and loyalty.

Thinking of this, he lightly patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "You can rest assured and take care of your wounds, my king is ridiculous after drinking today, I can't stop treating you, and even hurt you; this king promises not to do such things in the future. However," Tian Zong told him what he thought during today's banquet: "Today is also forced by the situation. In front of all of them, it is not good for me to directly reject Prince Yi's son. But if the same situation happens next time, You should stop working so hard—in fact, this king has already thought about it. If you really lose, this king will not let Prince Yi's son take you there. At worst, this king will apologize and beg him That's right."

Hearing this, Ning Xinghe stared straight at him: "...Really? Your Highness has always been aloof and proud, are you really willing to beg others for your subordinates?"

Tian Zong said with a sneer: "That's natural, it's my fault, if I had explained this to you earlier, you wouldn't have to break this rib today."

Although Tian Zong is used to being proud in his bones, he is friendly, and he can clearly distinguish between the future and destiny of his subordinates and the few words he opened his mouth; Well, having a smile on your face isn't such a big deal.

Ning Xinghe's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help raising an arc: "Subordinate... to hear His Highness say this, it's worth breaking this bone."

He was ignorant at that time, but now recalling the past, Tian Zong only felt pain in his heart as if he had broken a rib—Xing He, you desperately wanted to stay by my side, but I just pushed you away.