Born of Worry

Li Xian went back to his bedroom, laying all over the dragon bed and didn't want to move any more. While rubbing his arms, Mo Wen fed the peeled oranges into his mouth and said, "Look at your small body. An hour, so tired?"

"How can I have your rough skin and thick flesh..."

Mo Wen smiled helplessly, "Continue tomorrow?"

"continue……"

"What is 'right'? This kind of thing must be persistent, and you must not give up halfway. Besides, didn't you have a good time today?"

"I know, I know, I'll just keep practicing."

Mo Wen took his hand and put it in his palm, gently rubbing the red marks on his fingers rubbed by the bowstring, feeling a little distressed, and asked, "Does it hurt?"

"Fortunately."

Li Xian's hands are actually very pretty, with some calluses on the knuckles and fingertips from holding the pen.Mo Wen interlocked and separated his ten fingers from him, saying, "You are indeed... not suitable for martial arts."

Li Xian rolled his eyes at him, "I know, my elder brother has already told me about me. He said that my bones are not strong enough, my meridians are not smooth enough, and my body is not strong enough. Anyway, it's just that I am useless."

"Not necessarily." Mo Wen pressed his wrist, "These things can be practiced, and there are not many people who are born with the material for martial arts. But you are different. Even if you practice, I'm afraid there is no such thing. Very effective."

"……why?"

Mo Wen thought for a while, "How should I put it...Your physique should be protected and raised. If you insist on trying to do such drudgery as martial arts, I'm afraid it will be half the effort."

"Oh, according to what you mean, is it right for me to be the emperor?"

"wrong."

"Why is it wrong? Isn't the emperor being protected and raised?"

"The emperor also worked very hard. He did his best to serve the people of the world, and there were many emperors who died of illness from overwork."

"...Then what should I do?"

"You...you are suitable to be an idle prince, just eat, drink and have fun, and leave the hard work to others."

"Why don't you say that I am suitable to be a pig? After eating and sleeping, I don't have any troubles."

Mo Wen was speechless, as if he felt that this topic could not be continued, so he simply stopped answering the conversation.After a while, I found that the person in my arms was silent, and there was no response to calling him twice, only to realize that the person had fallen asleep.

In the next few days, Li Xian really followed the agreement to practice archery every day, or in the morning or afternoon, after practice, he would go to a few brothers' houses for a meal.In this regard, Li Kuang expressed his surprise, surprised that his younger brother who had no martial arts talent at all actually tried it.

On the fifth day, Li Xian and his third brother went to set off firecrackers, ate dumplings, and then dragged into the street by Li Ye, saying that he was going to get something.

Because Lin Ruxuan went to discuss with Li Kuang again, and no one was with him, Li Xian reluctantly and reluctantly went with his third brother.It was rare for Mo Wen not to follow, saying that he wanted to go out for a while, but he didn't know why.

It turned out that Li Ye was going to pick up the long-lived lock made for Nian Qing. He thought that his eldest brother had only one son, so he only ordered one, but he had another daughter, so he had to order another one. During the Chinese New Year, the store will not open the door during the rest, and it has been delayed until now.

Li Ye took the longevity lock and dragged his younger brother around the street, buying him some snacks along the way.Li Xian only cared about eating, and he didn't know where he was dragged by the third brother.Seeing that he was not in the mood at all, Li Ye started to play tricks on others, and simply dragged him to Ruyuexuan.

"Ruyuexuan" is famous in the capital for its beauties "Ruyue" and fine wine "Watching the Moon".

Li Ye just wanted to tease Li Xian, not to mention that Ruyue Xuan seldom received guests during the day, so he boldly brought Li Xian in with confidence.Li Xian had never been to this kind of place, and he didn't know what it was for, and the girls inside naturally didn't know this Emperor Dayin who rarely showed his face.

The decoration of Ru Yue Xuan can be said to be extremely luxurious, apart from the imperial palace and official residences, this Ru Yue Xuan is probably the most luxurious place in the capital.Not to mention the gilded plaque outside, the lobby on this floor alone has an extraordinary atmosphere. All the tables and chairs are made of solid wood.

On the second floor, it is even more exquisite and gorgeous. The doors and windows of each box are intricately carved.The so-called daughter of spring night, I am afraid that it can be most manifested here.

Li Xian felt something was wrong when he saw it. This place was neither like a tavern nor like a tea house, and it was full of girls.He couldn't help but paused, frowned and said: "Third brother, didn't you bring me to the brothel?"

Not stupid.

Li Ye was in a happy mood, and tightened his arms to prevent him from running away. He pretended to say, "Xiao Xian, what you said is wrong. Ruyuexuan is not a brothel, this is a 'place of elegance', do you understand?"

Li Xian was indifferent, only said: "Really?"

Li Ye took him up to the second floor to find a private room, and invited a few familiar girls to play the piano and tunes.Of course, even though he is a broken sleeve, he would still come to this kind of place occasionally to have fun, but he never touched other girls, and left after flirting with them.After getting to know Lin Ruxuan, he didn't come to this kind of place very much.

Li Xian looked at his third brother molesting the girl, without expression, he knew very well the temper of the third brother.He poured himself a cup of tea and didn't speak.

He sat for a while, and suddenly said: "Third brother, let them all go out, I have something to ask you."

"..."

Li Yebai glanced at him, sent everyone away, and said, "I'm talking about you, why are you so confused? Do you really mean nothing to them?"

"What do you mean? Isn't it just a girl? No one has seen it."

"...Can this be the same, don't you think they are beautiful?"

"boring."

Li Ye showed a very headache expression, "What do you want to ask me?"

"I want to ask you... when did you tell Mo Wen that I practiced martial arts?"

"Mo Wen, Mo Wen, I know Mo Wen every day, have you been bewitched by that stupid dragon?" Li Ye looked at him contemptuously, and poured a cup of tea, "When did I tell him? With the skill of a three-legged cat, I can't even strangle a chicken, and I still say it? You can afford to lose that person, but I can't afford to lose him."

"...So you didn't tell him at all?"

"No."

Li Xian's expression suddenly became very strange. After pondering for a moment, he stood up, "I'll go and relieve my hand."

"Oh..." Li Ye didn't understand why, "Why are you going crazy?"

Li Xian was absent-minded, left the private room, walked through the corridor, but because he was thinking about something and didn't look at the road, he bumped into someone, and said "sorry" hastily.

Of course the one he bumped into was a woman, dressed in crescent white clothes, with a pretty face, it would not be an exaggeration to say that she was as beautiful as a fairy.She smiled lightly, and was about to start a conversation with him, but saw that the man walked away like this.

She couldn't help being slightly taken aback.She had seen a lot of men who bumped into her on purpose to strike up a conversation with her, but it was the first time she saw him leave without saying anything after bumping into her, so she couldn't help but look at the man's back a few more times.As soon as he lowered his head, he saw a piece of jade pendant dropped on the ground, which should have been dropped by him just now, so he picked it up and held it in the palm of his hand.

A few girls passed by and greeted her: "Sister Ruyue!"

She answered all of them, nodded and smiled, stood there and waited for a while, and sure enough, she saw Li Xian coming back the same way, and called him: "Wait a minute!"

"...Huh?" Li Xian looked over in a daze, and said, "Miss, what's the matter?"

Ru Yue originally wanted to return the jade pendant to him, but because he turned his head and saw his face clearly, he felt a little familiar, he seemed like someone, then suddenly changed his mind, pondered for a while, and said: "It's nothing."

"Oh..." Li Xian was puzzled, turned around and opened the door to enter the private room.

Ruyue was stunned on the spot, and she even took the initiative to talk to him, who is this person... How could he remain indifferent?

She stopped a girl passing by, "Xiaoying, who is in this private room?"

"Huh? Sister Ruyue?" Xiaoying looked at the private room, "His Royal Highness Prince Yu is inside."

"Yu Wang?" That's right, it is indeed like Yu Wang, "Is there someone else?"

"Yes. He did bring someone here, but the sisters didn't recognize him. Hmm... that person seems to be somewhat similar to Yu Wang, maybe a brother or something?"

"Brother?" King Yu's brother...it's impossible for King Jian, and even less so for King Jing to come to such a beautiful occasion. Could it be...is it really him?

She was shocked in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, she just said: "It's okay, you can go."

"Yes."

Ruyue looked at the jade pendant in her hand, there was indeed a word "Li" engraved on the back, she put the jade pendant in her sleeve and put it away, then gently knocked on the door of the private room.

Li Ye opened the door, saw her, and asked in surprise, "Miss Ruyue? Why are you here?"

"Why, don't you welcome me?"

"No, no, of course not, please come in quickly."

Li Xian was playing with a purple sand teapot there, he didn't know what he was thinking, when he saw Ruyue coming in, he just glanced up and continued to play.

Ruyue also saw him, her eyes fell on the teapot in his hand, she thought for a while, then said with a light smile: "My lord, your tea is cold, let me make a new one for you."

"..."

Ruyue picked up the teapot and was making tea. Seeing Li Ye winking at her, she lowered her eyes slightly, poured a cup of brewed tea for Li Xian, put down the teapot, and said, "My lord, is something bothering you? You were outside just now. I feel that you are absent-minded, would you like to tell me? Maybe it can relieve your worries."

Li Xian didn't care much about her, and directly refused: "No need. My worries are not something you can resolve for me."

"That's right." She smiled and stepped back, "Then Kisaragi won't be making fun of herself."

Li Ye covered his forehead with a headache, wondering why this little Xian didn't react at all.Although he himself likes men, he has no resistance to a beauty like Ruyue who is beautiful and has a good personality. Why does his younger brother... Could it be that he cut off his sleeves more thoroughly than himself?

"His Royal Highness Yu Wang, don't you want to have an altar of 'Watching the Moon'?"

Li Ye quickly waved his hands, "Don't drink, don't drink, I passed out here, but no one sent me back."

"Risue sent someone to take you back. What fun is there in Ruyuexuan if you don't drink Mochizuki?"

"I don't drink that either. The Mochizuki you usually sell is not pure Mochizuki. What's the point of drinking it?"

"Pure Mochizuki? Yes, there is, but... I'm afraid His Highness won't be able to bear it. After so many years, no one can drink three cups without pouring."

Li Ye thought about it, but he didn't know what kind of twisted brain he used, and said, "What if I could find such a person for you?"

"Naturally, Kisaragi can't ask for it."

"How about this, Kisaragi, you and I make a bet, if I can't find such a person, I will subsidize you 100 taels of gold; and if I find it...you can play a piano piece for me, what do you think? ?”

Ruyue pursed her lips and chuckled, "Your Highness was joking. Ruyue's piano music is not played for others."

"I know, I know, but aren't we betting? If we don't make some decent bets, how can we call it a bet?"

"This is certainly reasonable. Although His Highness is good at writing, he can get a hundred taels of gold every time he makes a move, but... this is not very important to His Highness. If His Highness wants to gamble with the piano music like the moon, will you... How about some honest bets?"

"Uh..." Li Ye was a little embarrassed, and thought that Ruyue had a lot of thoughts, "Then tell me, what do you want me to bet with? Let's talk first, Lin Ruxuan can't do it."

"Naturally, Ruyue doesn't want your wishful gentleman." She tilted her head slightly, stretched out her palm and pointed in Li Xian's direction, and said with a smile, "Ruyue wants His Highness to use this son to gamble, I wonder if His Highness agrees?"

Li Ye was dumbfounded, he never expected that Ruyue would actually have Li Xian's idea, he hurriedly said: "That's not good, that's not good, he... can't afford to bet on it."

"Then forget it, His Highness should not even think about listening to Ruyue's piano music."

Li Xian was mentioned inexplicably, and he didn't know what happened, so he asked in a daze, "What are you going to bet on?"

"Young master, His Royal Highness Prince Yu wants Ruyue to gamble on piano music, and Ruyue wants him to use you to bet, but he refuses."

"Is there anything special about your piano music?"

"The qin music of Ruyue is only played for the person you like."

"Hey, let me tell you," Li Ye leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Xiao Xian, her qin music is once in a hundred years. It is said that it is so loud that it is so loud that listening to it will definitely pay off. How about you... ...Just cooperate a little bit?"

After listening to his whisper, Li Xian looked at Ruyue, "Then Miss Ruyue, what do you want to bet on me?"

"Rusue wants you to stay with me for one night, will you be willing?"

"I'm not going to sleep with you."

Li Xian said it so bluntly that Li Ye couldn't help but rant, Ruyue chuckled softly, "My lord is overthinking, if Ruyue doesn't sell her body, even if you want to, Ruyue still doesn't want to."

"Oh...then what do you want to bet on?"

"Ruyue wants to help you solve the worries in your heart. If you are willing to show your face, you can invite you to listen to the zither music of Ruyue with His Royal Highness Prince Yu."

Li Xian was puzzled, "Why? You and I are not related, why are you obsessed with this?"

"Sometimes..." She suddenly lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Women want to do something, but they don't want others to know the reason."

Li Xian was silent.

"Of course, if His Royal Highness Prince Yu is [-]% sure, there is no need to worry. Ruyue's qin music is willing to be performed for the two of you."

Li Xian thought for a moment and said, "May I ask you a question?"

"Sir, please speak."

"How many years have you not played your music?"

"I came here to Ruyuexuan and learned the art, but I have never played it to outsiders once."

"how long?"

"I came here when I was 12 years old, and it has been ten years since then."

Li Xian looked directly at her: "Since you kept your promise for ten years, why did you break it just because of a bet? Could it be...the person you like is His Royal Highness King Yu?"

"...??"

Li Ye opened his mouth wide in shock.

Ruyue smiled, didn't answer, just walked to the window, "Whatever you think, Young Master, Ruyue won't say anything anyway."

"Well, you can gamble as you want, and I have nothing to lose anyway."

Li Xian took a sip of tea and forcibly ended the topic.

But Li Ye still didn't recover from his astonishment.