Born of Worry

Ru Yue left the palace, only to remember that she forgot to return the jade pendant to Li Xian.

She sighed, but never had the courage to go back.

That Mo Wen... is really not a human being. It seems that the rumors about the Emperor having sex with a dragon are true...

She went back to Ruyuexuan absent-mindedly all the way, and went upstairs without paying attention to anyone, locked herself in the room and didn't want to go out again.

Xiao Ruyue...why are you doing this?

Knowing that it is out of reach, why do you need to touch it?

How stupid.

Why is he not even willing to look at himself more, because in his eyes, apart from Mo Wen, he can no longer pretend to be anyone else.

Obviously the best at writing is lower case, but the word "ink" is written so majesticly.

It was written in one stroke without any stagnation, and I don't know that I wrote it thousands of times on weekdays.

"Since you are Yu Wang's friend, then you are also my Li Xian's friend."

Just friends, and only friends.Let's stop here, whatever.

He obviously knew everything, but he didn't expose anything, he just scattered all her thoughts invisibly, rejected her piano music, and made her owe him a favor.

Maybe... this favor is the last intersection between them, right?

Li Xian...

You really... are no longer the you you used to be...or, you have always been the you you used to be...

Since you don't accept the sound of my piano, then let it...

If I can't do this to you, how can I do this to the world?

Mo Wen, I will treat you like this, and I will treat everyone in the world like this.

Li Xian finished today's archery practice, turned to Mo and asked, "Mo Wen, am I shooting well?"

"Okay." Mo Wen took the bow for him and put the sable fur on him, "Be careful of catching a cold."

"It's very hot..."

"It's because of the heat that you have to be more careful about catching a cold."

Li Xian looked up at him, and suddenly reached out to touch the center of his brow, Mo Wen stopped his hand and said, "Don't touch it, it won't hurt."

Ever since he learned from Mo Wen that day that the scale between the eyebrows was the most important and hardest part of the dragon's body, he felt that he owed him even more, and always wanted to touch it, but he stopped him now.

Under the dragon scale... is the dragon's deathbed.

In order not to let him continue to think about this issue, Mo Wen changed the topic in time and said: "Tomorrow we will practice riding and archery."

"……what?!"

"The horse that your third brother gave you can just be pulled out for a walk."

"what?!"

"What's the matter? Now the fixed shot is no longer a problem for you. If you don't come with some difficult ones, how can you improve?"

"But, but... I've only practiced for ten days! And, and...tomorrow is fifteen, and the annual leave will end the day after tomorrow. I, I don't have time..."

"Then you don't care about the March Spring Hunt?"

Li Xian scratched his hair irritably, "I don't want to go to bed early...I can't get up..."

"Don't you want to be a diligent and good emperor?"

"That's what I said, but...but..."

"I can't even come out by myself," Mo Wen smiled, "If you feel tired, you can change to a three-day rest, or set the morning time later?"

"No, the morning time has been stipulated for so many years, how can I change it? Lin Lao Gudong will say that I am lazy. Three days and one rest...It is possible, but I guess there will be a lot of things in these few months...Let's forget it Bar."

"The more you sleep, the more lazy you are, don't you?"

"Well……"

On the last day of the annual vacation, Li Xian was forced by Mo Wen to practice riding and archery, but he still rode very well. However, the half-sized colt was very disobedient and threw him off the horse several times. Fortunately, Mo Wen Protect him on the side, otherwise he will have a black nose and a swollen face.

After being thrown off a few times, Li Xian also got angry, let go of the rein and sat down on the ground, refusing to get up.Feichen ran away happily at first, but came back jolting after a while, rubbing against Li Xian as if to curry favor with him.

Li Xian ignored it, and it began to bite his sleeve and try to pull him up, with an inexplicable snort from its nose.Li Xian was annoyed by him, he stood up and said, "Then will you still dump me?"

The horse lowered its head and rubbed against his arm, Li Xian's heart softened, "Let me just trust you once."

This time it really didn't have any problems, it ran and stopped when it wanted to run.Although Li Xian's performance in archery was not satisfactory, he seemed to have found a tacit understanding, and his riding skills seemed to have improved a little bit compared to before.

Although he didn't understand why Mo Wen had to let him ride this horse, but out of trust, he didn't ask. He believed that Mo Wen must have his reasons for doing so.

When Li Xian returned to his bedroom, he was so tired that he didn't even want to move, but his third elder brother came to him again, pulling him out at night to listen to... Ruyue's performance?

It's like the moon again...

He was really welcoming or avoiding this person, didn't it mean that she hadn't come out to play for a long time, why did she come out suddenly at this moment?What exactly do you mean...

No match for Li Ye's coercion and lure, Li Xian reluctantly responded, took advantage of the time to catch up on sleep, took a rest, and then told Mo Wen about it, but Mo Wen didn't have much reaction, saying: "Go It's good to have a look, the government will resume tomorrow, and you don't have much time to play."

"..."

Li Xian was very depressed.

In the evening, after eating a bowl of glutinous rice balls, he went out with Li Ye to digest his food. Mo Wen didn't plan to follow him. When he asked him, he said, "If I go, your third brother will definitely call Lin Ruxuan. There are so many people. Instead, it's embarrassing, why don't you two go and play."

It seemed to make some sense... Li Xian didn't insist anymore, and was dragged by the third brother straight to Ruyuexuan.

Today's Ru Yuexuan is slightly different from usual, a protruding open-air small pavilion on the second floor is open, and gauze curtains are hung around it, where Ru Yue will perform performances.

In addition, today is the Shangyuan Festival, and there are many people who come out to enjoy the lanterns and have fun. There are about two quarters of an hour before the performance starts, and the gate of Ruyuexuan has already been crowded with bets.Li Ye held Li Xian's hand tightly for fear of losing him, and finally squeezed to the gate, but was stopped by two sharp-eyed guards: "His Royal Highness, you are here. Our Miss Ruyue said, Your Highness will take you with you tonight." No matter how many people come, the tickets will only be charged at half price."

Li Ye twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that you still wouldn't give me free, and said, "How much is the half price?"

"Twelve taels of gold."

"...Twelve taels?" What the hell is this?A ticket costs 20 taels of gold?

"The original price is 20 taels of gold? A ticket?" Li Xian frowned, his face was a little ugly, and he tugged at his third brother, "Let's go."

"Where?"

"go back."

"...Why go back?"

"It depends on you. Ten taels of gold, 100 taels of silver, how many candied haws can I eat? I can buy all the candied haws stalls in the capital."

Li Ye rolled his eyes at him fiercely, and said: "Can you be a little bit promising, kid? You are so fucking awesome... Can't you get ten taels of gold? You didn't bring any money, so I'll get it for you."

"It's not a question of whether you can afford it or not. The key point is that I'm not interested. Why should I spend so much money?"

"you……"

Seeing the two of them chattering, the two guards couldn't help but said, "Your Highness, are you going to come in? If you don't go in, we'll go to receive other guests."

"Come in, come in, of course." He took out two ten taels of gold tickets and handed them to the guards, dragged Li Xian into the door, and was greeted by several maids, "His Royal Highness please, our lady specially The best position is reserved for His Highness."

There is a corridor on the left and right of the small pavilion on the second floor, divided into half-open private rooms by partitions, and Li Ye and the others were arranged in the nearest one.Li Xian walked all the way, saw that many private rooms were already occupied, and thought silently: Those who can spend 20 taels of gold to watch a show are either businessmen or high officials, or sons of aristocratic families. , There are so many people like this?

After he took his seat, he whispered something in Li Ye's ear. Li Ye gave him a surprised look, then called the maid next to him, and said, "Go and tell your bustards, get the list of all the guests in these private rooms. Bring it to me."

"This...Your Highness Prince Yu, this is not very good..."

Li Ye smiled, took out a jasper hairpin from his sleeve, pinned it on her lightly, and touched her face, "This hairpin looks really good on you, so I gave it to you, look..."

"It's really disgusting..." The maid smiled shyly with a blushing face, "Your Highness, you are too polite, I will tell Mammy right now."

"Hey, wait a minute," Li Ye conjured up another exquisite box and stuffed it in for her, "I'll give this to your mothers. Don't open it secretly, and don't let others see it."

"I understand." The maid took the box and turned to leave.

Li Xian watched from the side, rubbed his arms, got goosebumps all over the ground, and said, "It's really disgusting..."

"Disgusting? You have to learn from me, kid. This is called a strategy, do you understand?"

"Pull it down." Li Xian snorted.

Soon the maid came back with a list, Li Xian quickly copied a copy and returned it, but Li Ye suddenly patted him and shouted: "It's started, it's started!"

Li Xian ignored him, and looked at the list. He hardly knew the people on it, so he couldn't help but shook his head, and put the paper into his sleeve.

There were people all around outside, and it was very noisy.He poured himself a cup of tea, smelled it, it was like Biluochun, tasted it again, felt like he had tasted it somewhere, but couldn't remember where... Forget it, who cares, he still likes it better anyway West Lake Longjing.

The music from the small pavilion gradually made people quiet. Li Xian didn't know much about music, and couldn't tell what instrument Ruyue was playing, so he asked Li Ye, "Third brother, is she playing the piano?"

Li Ye turned his head and stared at him, "Idiot, this is a zither, you can't tell the sound of the zither?"

"Oh...the kite is just the kite, why are you scolding me..."

Li Ye shook his head, as if he felt that there was no cure for him, so he simply ignored him.

Li Xian looked outside, the small pavilion was covered by light veils on all sides, he couldn't see the people inside clearly, he couldn't help feeling very bored, and didn't know what they were admiring with their intoxicated faces.After eating a few pieces of snacks, he suddenly thought of something, rolled his eyes, then quietly grabbed a handful of hazelnuts, wrapped them in a handkerchief and put them in his arms, poked Li Ye, and said, "Third Brother, I'll go relieve myself. "

Li Ye was so impatient that he didn't even bother to turn his head, "Go, go, really, there's a lot of shit on the lazy donkey."

"..."

Li Xian rolled his eyes at him and left the private room, but instead of going to the latrine, he sneaked out of Ruyuexuan through the back door and walked quickly for a while, making sure no one found him, so he stretched himself and said to himself Yu said: "It's still comfortable outside..."

Of course, he definitely didn't know that when he entered Ruyuexuan, something quietly flew up to the roof of Ruyuexuan, but after watching him for a while, he was attracted by the music and turned his eyes away without noticing him. come out……

While knocking on the hazelnuts, Li Xian strolled forward, he didn't feel cold even with that dragon scale on his body.Admiring the lanterns hanging from various houses along the road, he finished eating a small handful of hazelnuts in a short time. He frowned and thought about it, remembering that the shop selling nuts last time was not too far from here, so he took a shortcut and went there up.

He walked through a deserted alley, it was dark and he was a little scared, but thinking about how he was an emperor, there was no reason why he would not dare to walk at night in his own capital, so he bravely continued walking.

But...it turns out...it's better not to walk alone at night in the future...especially when passing by no one's place...

——He was thinking so when he was blocked by a few punks.

The leader was tall and strong, and approached him with a wooden stick. Li Xian took two steps back, and heard one say: "Boss, is it really okay for us to snatch him? Look at his appearance... he is also a rich man." , don't be a son of a family..."

The other said: "What are you afraid of! The son of the family is also robbing his mother! This kid is so weak, boss, fuck him!"

Li Xian twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that he really looks so easy to bully?

The "boss" continued to approach him, and rubbed his fingers at him: "Money?"

"Uh...well, sorry...I didn't bring any money today..."

Alas, if I had known, he wouldn't have come out wearing such an expensive sable fur... But the sable fur is warm, is it his fault!

"You kid is looking for a fight!"

"I, I really don't have any money..."

"beat him!"

When Li Xian saw that they were copying the guy, he turned around and ran away, but he was stopped by someone after he ran a few steps: "You still want to run?! Beat him!"

Li Xian was forced to the corner by them, he knelt down and hugged his head, seeing that the wooden stick was about to hit him, but a figure flashed out from nowhere, stood in front of him, caught the wooden stick with his hands, and gave a loud shout "Go!", slapping the opponent's chest with a palm, knocking him flying two feet away, and falling hard to the ground.

The little gangster who was hit by him vomited blood and fell to the ground. The others were also shocked and dumbfounded. They were trembling and were about to run away, but they were also knocked down by the man with three punches and two feet.The man stepped on the chest of "Boss", looked down at him, and said, "Do you still dare to do it in the future?"

"No, don't dare, don't dare! My lord, spare my life! My lord, spare my life! Your lord, don't remember the fault of a villain, so please forgive the little one..."

Li Xian was rescued by him, subconsciously wanted to say the word "Mo", but found that it was not Mo Wen, stood up, looked at the man's back, and said, "Okay, don't beat him to death."

"Yes." The man in black withdrew his feet and shouted, "Go away now?!"

The gangsters hurriedly got up and hurriedly dragged the seriously injured person away. The man in black turned around and said to Li Xian, "Your Majesty, are you alright?"

Li Xian said unhappily: "I'm fine. Qin Shang, why is it you? Where's Qin Gong?"

Qin Shang scratched his head and said awkwardly: "Brother, he... has something..."

"Is something wrong? What's the matter?"

"This one……"

"Okay, okay, don't explain, it's none of your business, you go, don't be found out."

"Yes."

"Hey, wait a minute," Li Xian handed him the list he had obtained earlier, "give this to Qin Yu, and ask him to check if there is anyone suspicious here."

"clear."

The man in black dodged into the dark again, but couldn't find his shadow anymore. Li Xian frowned, not in the mood to buy food anymore, so he went back the same way and walked to an open place. with a person.

"Mo, Mo asked?"

Let's say that just now Li Xian slipped away from Ruyuexuan, and the dragon lying on the roof squinted his eyes to enjoy the music. It took a long time to realize that he was gone, and he couldn't help feeling nervous, so he hurried to chase him, and saw him being cornered by a group of people, Just as he was about to make a move, he saw the man in black appearing, so he hid behind the tree and took his breath away.

The man in black was wearing half a silver mask, so he couldn't see his face clearly, but Mo Wen could vaguely see the word "Xuan" on the skin exposed by his neckline.He frowned, what does the word "Xuan"... mean?Could it be that this person is a member of the so-called "Xuanjia Army"?

Since he was able to come out to protect Li Xian at a critical moment, it meant that he had been following Li Xian secretly, but he hadn't noticed it all these years?

After the man left, Mo Wen appeared, met Li Xian at the intersection ahead, grabbed his wrist, and said, "Where have you been?"

Li Xian panicked for a while, wondering if he saw it, but he didn't dare to ask, and stammered, "Mo Wen, you, why are you here?"

"I've been at Kisaragi."

"……what?"

Mo Wen sighed, "I was on the top of the building, and I followed you when I realized you were missing. Go back quickly. You've been out for a long time, and your third brother is going to be worried."

"Oh……"

Li Xian was dragged by him, and his heart kept beating. He didn't know whether to confess or conceal it. He walked back to the back door of Ruyuexuan in the midst of entanglement. Where are you going!"

"Uh...I..." Li Xian went to look at Mo Wen as soon as he was nervous, but when he turned his head, there was no sign of Mo Wen, and this fellow had unknowingly run away.

"Hurry up and go back with me, if you don't go back, she will finish playing!"

"..."

In this way, Li Xian caught up with the last piece played by Ruyue, which was also the finishing touch.

The musical instrument used in this piece is the piano.

He didn't know why he was also attracted by the sound of the piano, and his flustered mood gradually calmed down. He poked his head out and looked at the moon in the sky.

At the end of the song, all the tulle around the small pavilion fell, Ruyue's qin lay across her knees, and her fingers lightly pressed the strings.

Li Xian looked over, but found that she was also looking at him.

The moonlight shone on her, and the veil on her body seemed to be illuminated by the brilliance,

It was quiet for a long time, and people seemed to be still immersed in the sound of the piano for a long time and couldn't get back to their senses.

After a while, the crowd downstairs began to make some noises, and someone suddenly shouted: "Miss Ruyue! It is said that your piano music is only dedicated to the one you love, so who is the one here?" Your beloved?!"

As soon as these words were uttered, there was a commotion among the crowd. Ruyue stood up slowly, took two steps forward, and said: "You are right, my piano music is indeed only dedicated to my beloved. And all of you, They are all my Xiao Ruyue's beloved."

She paused for a few seconds, then continued: "Everyone in the world is my lover."

In the whole world, all are my people, all are my best friends, and all are my love.

The crowd was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly burst into warm applause. Li Xian just looked at her quietly without saying anything.

Even if she didn't say it, he already knew what she wanted to express——

Love the people of the world, love even more, love the people of the world.

Everyone knows it well, but no one wants to expose it. This is beneficial to both.

Li Ye looked back at him, saw that his expression was calm, so he didn't speak.

He knew it, how could he not know it?But no one said anything.

Ru Yue walked out of the small pavilion slowly, when passing the two of them, she bent down slightly and saluted; Li Xian nodded slightly and returned the salute.

She smiled lightly, then moved forward again, never looking back.

Li Xian drank the tea in the cup, the tea was cold and a bit bitter, he only took a sip before putting it down, saying: "Third brother, let's go."

"Oh... just wait until they're all gone."

"it is good."

Mo Wen sent Li Xian back to Ruyuexuan, and when he saw Li Ye coming out, he hid himself and went back to the top of the building. Instead of transforming into a dragon, he lay down and looked at the moon in the sky.

The music sounded again, only this time it became the sound of the piano.Mo Wen didn't know what kind of tune it was. It wasn't exciting, sad, or joyful. It was obviously a very calm tune, without too many twists and turns.

It wasn't until the crowd started making noise that Mo Wen recovered from the lingering sounds.After about two minutes, the crowd had almost dispersed. He saw Li Xian coming out from the back door again, raised his head and shouted: "Mo—ask—"

"Hey, what are you doing!" Li Ye grabbed his arm, "What are you calling Mo Wen, and he's not here."

Li Xian ignored him and continued to shout: "Mo Wen! Come out!"

Mo Wen frowned, jumped off the roof, and landed in front of him, "Why?"

Li Ye was dumbfounded, pointed at his nose, and said, "You... didn't you say you wouldn't come?!"

Mo Wen glanced at him, didn't answer his words, and said to Li Xian, "What's the matter?"

"That... I'm tired, you carry me back."

"……it is good."

Mo Wen carried Li Xian on his back, and Li Ye could only follow behind, and he ignored his questions, so he simply stopped talking in anger, thinking that this old dragon's skin is getting thicker and thicker, and it is pity that his brother is being bullied all day long. He eats to death.

Li Xian fell asleep lying on his back, Mo Wen carried him all the way back to the palace, said goodbye to Li Ye at the gate of Yulong Palace, and then woke him up: "Little Xian?"

"……Um?"

"Are you just... frightened?"

Li Xian was confused and didn't think there was anything wrong with his question, so he replied casually, "No..."

"That Qin Shang...is a member of the Xuanjia Army?"

"Um……"

Mo Wen installed soundproofing to prevent these conversations from being heard by others.Although it is not very kind to bully Li Xian who is unconscious, but... since they both agreed not to hide anything from each other, there is nothing wrong with him asking these things, right?

The Xuanjia Army... What kind of existence is it...