love palace

"Your Highness...?!"

"Don't move." Huang Ye hugged Ke Weiqing tightly, as if afraid that he would escape, and buried his head in Ke Weiqing's shirt.

A sweet and fruity aroma filled the nostrils, mixed with the smell of traditional Chinese medicine... Is this the aroma of figs?Thinking of the stomach invigorating soup made from fig leaves brought up by the imperial physician Yang in the morning, it must be Ke Weiqing who ground it.

Although he was thrown into the imperial hospital, he has been working diligently. Doctor Yang also said that this child is well-behaved and smart, and he takes hardship as a tonic, and he doesn't put on airs like a little prince at all.

I don't know if it's because Yang Yuyi mentioned today that Huang Ye wanted to see Ke Weiqing more and more, not to be summoned by the little eunuch, but to come here and wait for Ke Weiqing to leave school.

After hearing the eunuch's report that Guozixue was over and there was no one there, Huang Ye felt extremely disappointed.

However, they met him in the back garden, seeing him looking lonely and walking with energy, Huang Ye felt an urge to hug him.

It's just a hug, nothing else, nothing will happen.

But when his arms touched that soft and petite body, Huang Ye tightened them forcefully, greedily sniffing the aroma of herbs in his hair, and even put his lips on the soft ears.

"Huh?!" Ke Weiqing, who was still writhing and struggling a moment ago, was now stiff as if shocked by an electric shock. Only his breathing was rapid and heavy, and he dared not move.I can't move, my blood rushes with the intense heartbeat, my head is a hot mess, I can't think about anything!

This trembling and bewildered reaction was obviously not what Huang Ye wanted. Although he felt unwilling, he still let go of his arms.

Ke Weiqing finally had room to breathe, but the whole person was still in a state of shock. He took three steps back without realizing it, until he tripped over a stone, leaned back, and fell into the lake with a "crash" !

"Wei Qing!" Huang Ye's cry attracted the eunuchs and the imperial guards. They were all surprised to see Ke Weiqing flopping about in the lake.

"Woo!" The lake was not too deep, and it wasn't too cold in this season, but Ke Weiqing couldn't swim, and he was afraid of the water, so he couldn't struggle two or three times before sinking to the bottom of the lake!

"Goo...!"

Wanting to breathe, he drank a few sips of water. Ke Weiqing's eyes were darkened, but he waved his arms and kicked his feet wildly, and finally stepped on a higher ground. He raised his head high and took a deep breath. Life-saving air.

"Your Highness, Your Highness...cough, cough, cough!" Ke Weiqing managed to stand still in the water, shaking his hands non-stop.

The eunuch wanted to pull him out of the water, but Huang Ye stopped him and ordered them to step aside.

"You haven't learned how to swim yet?" Huang Ye's tone was doubtful. They were ambushed by assassins at the Autumn Harvest Ceremony last year. After they both fell into the cliff, Ke Weiqing almost drowned. This situation is still vivid in my memory.

Regardless of whether it is inside or outside the palace, swimming is a survival skill, and the princes learned it when they were five or six years old.

"No... I hate... water... quickly pull me up...!" Ke Weiqing replied with difficulty while exhaling as the lake water kept pouring into his mouth.

"Well, let's learn now, the timing is just right." Huang Yeban knelt down and said to Ke Weiqing who was struggling, "I will teach you how to swim."

"But... Goo!" Opening his mouth, another mouthful of water was poured in, and his breathing was difficult. Ke Weiqing was terrified!

"It'll be fine, I'll keep watching you." Huang Ye stared at Ke Weiqing firmly with his dark eyes, "There are so many lakes in the palace, and you are my personal bodyguard. You can't swim if you don't know how to swim."

"But...Your Highness, you can swim by yourself...I really..." Ke Weiqing said shortly and in a panic. If His Royal Highness fell into the lake, wouldn't he be able to climb out by himself?

"There is no need to discuss this, you must learn it today." Huang Ye ordered ruthlessly, "Listen, no one is allowed to fish him out without my order."

"Yes." The eunuchs by the rockery lowered their heads, turning a deaf ear to Ke Weiqing's call.

"Okay, Wei Qing, look at me, do as I say, and adjust your breathing first." Huang Ye personally taught this little guard, and in the eyes of others, it was almost like abusing a subordinate.

"Woooo..." There was no way to escape. Ke Weiqing's only lifeline was the prince in front of him. He had to give up the idea of ​​climbing ashore, restrained his fear of water, and tried his best to inhale.

"That's it, now paddle with your hands, don't move your legs, and do it again. Alright, straighten your arms, and then kick your legs... You can put your legs together, like a frog, straighten it again, and try to float for a while." Huang Ye While teaching, he corrected Ke Weiqing's movements.

At first, it was just a mess of thumping, and Ke Weiqing almost choked to death, and then he gradually assumed a dog crawling posture, the small hairpin cap fell off, and the black hair fluttered slightly in the lake painting with his swimming posture, watching It looks like a black satin, shining in the sun.

Water drops covered Ke Weiqing's thick eyelashes, and his fair cheeks were dotted with crystals. It looked like he was crying, but he didn't really cry, because no matter how scared he was, he would never cry in front of the prince.

"Breathe steadily, deeply, and don't be afraid."

"Huh! Huh!" Ke Weiqing followed the prince's correction and tried to regulate his breathing. His cheeks bulged out like goldfish, looking very funny.

"Your Highness..." Ke Weiqing exclaimed in great surprise after tossing in the water for more than half an hour, "I seem... to be able to swim...ahem!"

After a moment of pride, he suddenly sucked water into his nose, opened his mouth involuntarily, and the lake water poured in suddenly. As soon as his mouth and nose choked, his breathing was messed up, and his strength was exhausted. Ke Weiqing didn't even have time to call for help!

The green lake water instantly covered the eyes, and Ke Weiqing vaguely saw the black protruding stone wall. Ke Weiqing wanted to grab it, but slipped and fell to the deeper lake bottom.

The feeling of not being able to breathe made Ke Weiqing miserable, and his body kept sinking. In front of his panicked eyes, the sun penetrated the lake surface, reflecting light and shadow, and the water plants were floating with the waves.

A bright yellow color quickly merged into this distorted golden-green light and shadow. I couldn't tell if it was a person or sunlight?Ke Weiqing exhaled uncomfortably, and when he felt that he was about to faint, an arm suddenly stretched out and grabbed his waist, and then his lips were covered by a fragrant and soft object. Before he could understand what it was, his body quickly Floating up, after a while, it rushed out of the lake.

"Woo—cough cough cough!" He coughed violently, and the person behind him held him firmly, and held his chin with one hand to make it easier for him to spit out water.

"Is it better?" The deep and pleasant voice made Ke Weiqing's heart tremble. The person holding him turned out to be Huang Ye!

"Just take it as a re-learn how to save people." Huang Ye said, holding Ke Weiqing who was limp, and swam to the shore.

"Quick! Prepare ginger tea!"

"Go get the blanket!"

On the shore, all the eunuchs were very busy. Some passed the brocade stools, and some put up the curtain urgently, because they didn't want the prince to be attacked by the wind and cold.

Huang Ye wrapped the woolen blanket that was presented over Ke Weiqing's body, "Go, drink the ginger tea."

"Yes." Trembling, Ke Weiqing sneezed three times in a row, held the tea bowl sent by the eunuch, took a sip, and warmed his body.

"You have to practice more, what you are learning now is only the most basic swimming method." Huang Ye, who was seated in Jindun, also held a teacup, but did not forget to teach Ke Weiqing.

"Anything else? This one is enough..." Ke Weiqing muttered softly.However, for some reason, the waters of rivers and lakes, which I have been terrified of since I was a child, are not so scary now.

"Wei Qing." Huang Ye asked suddenly after drinking tea, "Why were you left behind?"

"What's left?" Ke Weiqing couldn't understand.

"School, didn't you leave early?"

"This..." Ke Weiqing lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Have you been bullied?" Huang Ye asked again.

"No……"

"Nor should there be. Remember, you are the young prince of Ke Wangfu, and they are only officials. Although they are both courtiers, there is a distinction between superiors and inferiors, and the rules cannot be violated."

"Yes." Ke Weiqing nodded.

"It's good that you understand." Huang Ye's words were not only for Ke Weiqing, but the eunuchs who stood sideways silently wrote down the words so that they could pass on to the officials and officials to know that the prince is not happy at the moment.

Huang Ye sat for a while, and the eunuch reminded the prince that the wind was strong and asked the prince to go back and change his clothes to avoid catching cold.

"Understood, you all retreat for now." Huang Ye asked the eunuchs to retreat behind the rockery, and Fang whispered to Ke Weiqing, "Tonight at Haishi, come to Jingxin Hall to find me."

"Ah? What are you doing there?" Ke Weiqing was surprised and delighted, but at the same time puzzled.The Jingxin Hall is a temple in the palace, and there is usually only one old monk chanting scriptures and praying in it.

"You will know when you come, remember, only you are allowed to come." Huang Ye reminded.

"Then, Your Highness, shall we pull the hook?" Ke Weiqing asked expectantly, "Is this an agreement?"

Huang Ye stared at Ke Weiqing's outstretched little finger with burning black eyes, frowned and said, "Don't play with such boring things."

Then, surrounded by eunuchs, he walked out of the garden.

"I obey..." Ke Weiqing who was being scolded was sad, but he pulled himself together, picked up the book bags and pencil cases scattered on the grass, and went back to the hospital.

Huang Ye was walking on the path made of cobblestones. It was not that he didn't understand Lagou's nursery rhymes, but Ke Weiqing was his person from head to toe, so there was no need to do such unnecessary things.

Huang Ye was just a little curious, where did Wei Qing learn this kind of play trick?The imperial doctors of the imperial hospital would not teach him this. Who did he know in the palace?

...Maybe it was just a playful little eunuch who taught him, thinking this way, Huang Yefu shook off the unhappiness in his heart and went to the East Palace.

The news that the prince was playing and swimming with the little guard in the garden soon spread.All the officials had different opinions, some flattered the prince, saying that the prince was a man of temperament, and some criticized the prince for being too playful and not serious enough.

Standing in the hall, the Great General of the National Defense Zhao Guowei was calm on the surface, but very happy in his heart.A prince who can't grow up and can only tease the guards, why can't he be teased by applause in the future?

Little did he know that he had already fallen into Huang Ye's trap, and the battle for military power with Zhao Guowei, no matter how many years it would take in the future, had already laid the groundwork for this day.

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Before Haishi arrived, Ke Weiqing waited in the small courtyard of the Jingxin Hall.The moonlight was shining brightly, and a thick bodhi tree occupied the center of the courtyard, its branches and leaves swaying gently in the wind like the emperor's parasol.

The temples in the palace are not as prosperous as the temples in the common people. Ke Weiqing walked around behind the tree and saw a release pool made of blue bricks, with several turtles lying motionless in the shallow water.

The sandy ground beside the pool is soft and creaking when stepped on, leaving clear shoe prints.Ke Weiqing was playing vigorously, when a silver light flashed from the corner of his eye, he shrank suddenly, only heard a ding sound, a silver coin fell into the release pool, and landed firmly in the open mouth of a turtle.

Only then did Ke Weiqing see that there was a stone turtle at the bottom of the pool, but it was almost the same size as the real one, so it was difficult to tell the real one from the fake, as there were a lot of money piled on the stone turtle.

"Your Highness." Ke Weiqing turned his head, and the person standing there throwing money was the crown prince.

He was wearing a green velvet cloak that covered him from head to toe, but Ke Weiqing was unmistakable with his figure. The prince pulled down his hat, revealing that handsome and extraordinary face.

"It is said that if you cast a money turtle, you will have good luck." Huang Ye stared at Ke Weiqing and said slowly, "However, the real luck is in your own hands."

"Yes..." Ke Weiqing's heart was pounding immediately.He doesn't know what's going on with him?If you don't see the prince, you will feel very depressed, but when you see the prince, you will be unspeakably nervous and want to run away.

"Take it." Huang Ye stopped when he was two steps away from Ke Weiqing.

"This is...?" Huang Ye held a sword in his hand, about four feet long, with a scabbard made of ivory, carved with sharp tiger claws and majestic mountains and rivers.

"This is the sword of bravery—the tiger's roar, and my emperor's sword, the dragon's cry, from the same swordsmith, Wushuang's hands." Huang Ye handed the sword to Ke Weiqing, and said in a deep voice, "It is also the sword of Qinglu. Treasure."

"Qinglu?" Ke Weiqing had never heard of this place, and this sword was so exquisite that he had never seen it before.It looks heavy, but it is unexpectedly light in the hand.

"Qinglu is a subsidiary country of Dayan. It was annexed into the territory of Dayan 16 years ago." Huang Ye said, without mentioning his origin with Qinglu Kingdom.

"It's like this..." Ke Weiqing knows that there are eleven countries in the world, and there are several neighboring countries that are subordinate to the big countries, but they don't know much about the specific location, national strength and customs.

Guozixue teaches poetry, music and fu, historical records and humanities, as well as mental arithmetic and abacus, which are all Ke Weiqing's favorite things.

"Your Highness wants me to take this?" Ke Weiqing raised his head and asked.

"I want to teach you how to practice the sword."

"Ah? You, you come to teach me?" Ke Weiqing was surprised and happy, blushing, "You still use such an expensive sword?"

"A good swordsman must be equipped with a famous sword, and only a famous teacher can make a good apprentice." Huang Ye looked at Ke Weiqing, and said naturally, "Sword and art, since ancient times, have been on the battlefield and the foundation of a country. I will give them both You and what you have to do is to study martial arts well, don't embarrass me!"

"Yes!" Ke Weiqing hugged the sword and knelt down with a plop, "I will definitely study hard, and I will not waste His Highness's teachings."

"Still called Prince?" Huang Ye asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, master." Ke Weiqing suddenly felt that the distance between him and the prince had taken a big step. From slave to apprentice, it was like a dream!

"Tonight I will first teach you how to hold a sword and adjust your breath. Just like swimming, if your breath is chaotic, your position will be chaotic. If you want to achieve the unity of human and sword, you must not be frightened or chaotic in the face of danger."

"Yes."

"What I want to teach you is the peerless swordsmanship that is as superb as the cold moon and cold star."

"Wushuang...sword skills?"

"This "Wushuang" is a metaphor for "No. [-] in the world". The sword master Wushuang is obsessed with this sword technique, so he deliberately wants to create a weapon that can match this martial art. "

"This Master Wushuang is really a martial idiot." Ke Weiqing said with emotion.

"Only crazy people can forge the ultimate sword. It's a pity that protecting the country can't rely on one's own strength. Only the "Wu Shuang" sword can't stop the Yan cavalry and crush the green deer..."

Huang Ye couldn't help but think of the tragedy of the destruction of the country that his mother and concubine told him, but unlike his mother and concubine, he didn't have any hatred for Dayan, and the law of the jungle is the basic principle from ancient times to the present.

He is the prince of Yan, determined to level the ten kingdoms and rule the world.Today, Qinglu is Dayan's roadblock, and he will also send troops to meet his grandparents, uncles and aunts on the battlefield.

Ke Weiqing looked at the prince curiously, and gently drew out the sword.God!The cold light of the sword body was actually brighter than the moonlight, and the sharp blade made people immediately think of the sharp teeth and claws of a tiger.

"Kuang."

Ke Weiqing couldn't help pulling it out all of a sudden, and half-raised it high into the air, that radiant edge was like a god descending into the world.

"The fingering is wrong." Huang Ye suddenly said in a low voice, and then something hit Ke Weiqing's thumb, causing him to cry out in pain.

"Don't touch the guard with your thumb. This is not a hatchet." Between the blade and the handle, the guard is carved with a fine tiger pattern.

"Yes." Only then did Ke Weiqing see clearly that the crown prince was holding a wooden sword in his hand. Although it was made of wood, the edge was blunt, but it still tingled when struck on his finger.

"Hold it again, straighten your arm, and stab forward." The wooden sword in the prince's hand is the pointer, which guides Ke Weiqing to make a correct posture. If he makes a mistake, he will be hit with a "sword".

"Is that so? Master?" Ke Weiqing swiped his sword, pointing forward.

"Well, the strength penetrates the tip of the sword. Remember, the blade facing up and down is a standing sword. The blade facing left and right is a flat sword. These are all called stabbing swords." The tip of the sword in Huang Ye's hand, Gently raised Ke Weiqing's elbow, "Raise it higher."

"Yes……"

"Keep this posture until midnight." Huang Ye placed the wooden sword horizontally on Ke Weiqing's arm, forming a cross, just balanced, but it would fall if you moved a little, "Don't fall, otherwise... …""ah?"

"The master will whip your ass with a wooden sword." After saying this, Huang Ye sat on a long stone bench beside him, meditating.

"Master, master...?" Ke Weiqing finally realized the seriousness of the problem. It would be better to hit the wall with his head spanked. He clenched his teeth desperately to hold the Tiger Roaring Sword.

It's obviously not heavy, why is there a wooden sword on the wrist, it seems like it can't be lifted, big beads of sweat roll down Ke Weiqing's delicate cheeks, and when the time comes... it has to be boiled slowly!

"What should I do?" Ke Weiqing was sweating profusely, his wrist was vibrating, but his breath was stagnant. "By the way, just don't think about it. Just pretend that the wooden sword doesn't exist. The more you try to keep your balance, the more nervous you become." After slowly taking a breath, Ke Weiqing became calm, and all his thoughts were concentrated on the sword in his hand. On the Tiger Roaring Sword, even though the wrist is sore, those who smash and carry medicine usually do things that require ingenuity and strength. To hold this sword well, it is not that there are no tricks to find...

Although Huang Ye was exercising his internal energy, he was also observing Ke Weiqing. Martial arts cannot be accomplished in a day, but it is not enough if you learn it dead-on. The way to practice martial arts is hard work and tricks.

This is also one of the basic skills of Wushuang Sword Art. It is clever and well-practiced, which enabled him to become proficient in "Breaking Sword, Breaking Knife, Breaking Robbery, Breaking Whip, Breaking Rope, Breaking Palm, Breaking Arrow, and Breaking Qi in just a few years. "Wait for eight formations.

But in Qinglu, it takes thirty or even forty years to master the Wushuang Sword Art, and when you have learned it, you will be old. This is why the "Wushuang" sword technique is known as the best in the world, but there are only a few scholars, and it is almost passed down. not come down.

Boom...!

The faint bell rang, ringing in the night sky, and Huang Ye looked around the surroundings shrouded in moonlight.This Jingxinyuan has always been his martial arts practice place. The high courtyard walls and the surrounding forests are a good barrier. The abbot is old and deaf, and never comes out at night. It was his concubine who brought him here.

Fast forward 13 years, he not only learned martial arts, but also taught his tenth younger brother Yonglin, but he only taught the third formula, which is the smashing style.

So, how many styles should we teach Ke Weiqing?With Huang Ye's dark eyes, staring at the bottom of the Bodhi tree, holding his sword and holding his breath, Ke Weiqing, who was as calm as still water, felt a wave of waves in his heart.In less than a stick of incense, he had already found the way!

"Let me see how strong you can be, Wei Qing..." Huang Ye closed his eyes as he meditated in his heart.

Only time can prove everything, and now, he has seized the future and placed the most important chess piece, the victory or defeat is only waiting for the finale.