Desire for shadows

章节字数：3476更新时间：10-06-0223:39

"Shang!"

After Duan Muze returned to the dormitory, he remembered that Shang had agreed to visit him, so he went out of the dormitory to the Youying Pavilion.As soon as he entered the Youying Pavilion, Duan Muze was dumbfounded, how could the Youying Pavilion become like this?It doesn't look like a place in a palace at all, but rather like a residence for a stranger.Like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world, Duan Muze opened his eyes wide and looked around.Suddenly saw a man in white clothes in the gazebo, his expression swept away the dullness in Qiankun Palace, and he walked briskly over.

"Your Highness Fourth!" Little Mozi was very surprised to see Duanmu Ze appearing in this place.Why did the Fourth Prince come to the Shadow Pavilion?And so happy.

"Let me come and see Shang!" Here, Duan Muze didn't need to show any princely dignity, and he directly called "I" to Little Mozi.

"Master is carving, please keep your voice down, Fourth Highness." Little Mozi said to Duanmuze in a low voice, seeing that Duanmuze didn't look like he was here to find fault.

"Okay." Seeing that Duanmu Ze had made a promise, Little Mo Zi stepped out of the way.Duanmuze walked lightly to the stone bench next to Shang and sat down, propped his head on his hands, and watched Shang's carving intently.

"Shang, what are you doing carving a woman?" Duan Muze asked after Shang put down the tools in his hand, looking at the already formed white jade beauty.

"She's not human." Shang explained solemnly.

"Is she a jade carving? Of course she's not human!" Duan Muze thought Shang's words were very interesting.

"She's not a jade carving either." Shang picked up the little figure and brushed it carefully with a brush.

"It's not a jade carving? What is that? Could it be a stone carving? It doesn't look like it?" Duan Muze's eyes were glued to the statue.It's not jade, but it doesn't look like stone, let alone wood. What kind of material is the statue?

"Bing!" Shang directly revealed the final answer.And he didn't think Duanmuze talked too much at all.

"Ice? How can there be ice now? And the ice sculpture will melt? There is no sign of melting." Duanmuze began to ask the bottom line, a big curious baby.

"This is ten thousand years of ice, it melts with light, and it doesn't melt so easily." Facing Duanmuze, Shang didn't know why he answered him so patiently. Doubt him, not to mention a lot of blah blah blah here.

"Ten Thousand Years Ice!" Duanmu Ze opened his mouth wide enough to swallow an egg, "Then why did Shang make this ice sculpture of Ten Thousand Years Ice?" Forcibly shutting his mouth, Duan Muze continued to ask.

"She will be April, one of the Twelve Flower Envoys." Shang held the ice sculpture parallel to himself, and carefully examined it one last time.

"Twelve Flower Envoys? April?" Duan Muze felt that he was becoming more and more like a country bumpkin. Why was it that he couldn't understand Shang's words more and more?

"You don't need to understand too much!" Shang's words blocked Duan Muze's next series of whys.If Duanmuze was allowed to continue asking like this, Shang would probably be too unbearable to throw him outside the Shadow Pavilion.

"By the way, Shang! I may not have time to see you for a while. I will come again after this period of time has passed!" Duan Muze remembered Duan Mu's words today. This hunting will last for half a month, and there will be many The officials have already gone to the forest farm to prepare, and His Majesty the Emperor just needs to set off with his ministers in five days.This was Duanmuze's first time participating in hunting, and there were a lot of things to prepare, and the emperor's intentions were unclear, so Duanmuze had to be more vigilant.During these five days, Duanmuze will be very busy.

"En." Shang didn't seem to care much about Duanmuze not being able to come, so he just hummed, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the ice sculpture in his hand, he carefully put it away in the box.

"Shang! Can you carve a small doll for me?" Duan Muze saw that Shang had already started packing, so he took the opportunity to make a request.

"Why?" Why would someone ask for a gift by themselves?Shang didn't quite understand, wasn't the gift offered by someone else?

"I want to hang the villain that Shang made on my body, so that I will feel that Shang is with me all the time." Hearing Duan Muze's words, Shang's eyes seemed to be blurred. "Ying'er give these two dolls to Father, and when Father sees these two dolls, it's like seeing Ying'er, okay!" Shang recalled the situation when Qian Muying gave the dolls to Duanmu.

"A doll is just a doll." Shang's words were erratic, and his eyes were empty.

"Shang!" Seeing that Shang didn't respond, Duanmuze waved his hand in front of Shang's eyes. Seeing that Shang hadn't recovered, Duanmuze yelled, and Shang was pulled out of his memory in an instant.

"You really want it?" Shang looked at Duanmuze firmly.

"En!" Duanmu Ze also looked straight into Shang's eyes seriously.

"Okay!" Looking at Duanmuze's seriousness, Shang agreed.A puppet is just a puppet, affection only exists in people's hearts, since Duan Muze wants it so much, give it to him, as for whether he can do what he said, we will know later.

five days later

Today is the day to go to the forest farm, and Duanmuze got up early to prepare to go.

"This is——" Duanmuze just got up, "Boom!" It seemed that something had fallen, and when he looked at the ground, it turned out to be an ice doll.

Duan Muze picked up the doll carefully, and carefully checked the front, back, left, and right, for fear that the doll might be damaged by the drop just now.

After careful inspection and found that everything was intact, Duanmu Ze let out a long sigh of relief, and held the doll tightly in his arms, as if holding Shang in his arms.

But what Duan Muze didn't know was that all his actions had been quietly seen. (Who is that person? Knock you to death! Who else? How stupid!)

"Your Highness! It's time to get ready to go." Those who were able to get so close to Duanmuze were his confidants, and the one who was outside the door at this time was Duanmuze's valet—Mo Lei.In addition, Duanmuze also has Mo Yu, Mo Feng, and Mo Xue.The four of them have followed Duanmuze since they were young, they were trained by Duanmuze, and they are also loyal to Duanmuze.The four of them also knew that Duanmuze had no intention of being on the throne, but they still never gave up on Duanmuze.

"Okay!" Duan Muze quickly put the ice puppet in his arms, put it away carefully, quickly took a red string and put it in his belt, and walked out of the bedroom, followed closely by Mo Lei.

"My ministers see Father!" By the time Duanmu Ze and his party arrived, the emperor had already arrived.At this moment, Shang was sitting on a specially moved dragon chair, drinking tea leisurely.

"Ze'er is here!" Duanmuxi tasted Fenghuang Dancong (a kind of oolong tea) carefully, and said in a casual tone, "Get up!"

"Thank you, father!" Duanmu Ze patted his clothes and stood up when he heard the voice, "I have seen the emperor uncle, I have seen the big emperor brother, the third emperor brother!" Duanmu Jing (Prince Jing) was also sitting on Duanmu's right Playing with the jade pendant in my hand,

"This is the first time for the fourth prince to participate in hunting this year." Duanmujing looked at Duanmuze playfully, as if looking at some toy.

"Yes!" Duanmuze lowered his head, looking very docile and polite.

And Duanmuning and Duanmu Tuo were standing beside him, but Duanmuning was standing beside Duanmu Tuo, and Duanmu Tuo was standing behind Duanmuchen, one could tell that Duanmuning was the most favored among the three princes that's it.

"Fourth brother, you are here!" Duanmu Ning looked very kind and greeted cordially.But Duanmu Tuo just stood behind Duanmu Zhe and showed a crooked smile towards Duanmu Ze.

Duanmu Ze took advantage of the opportunity to walk behind Duanmu Tuo, and when he walked to Duanmu Tuo's side, he nodded to Duanmu Tuo in return for his smile just now.

"Report to the emperor! Everything is ready and we can go." After a while, a man who looked like a guard trotted over to report.

"Let's go!" Duanmuxi put down the tea in his hand, got up and gave the order, and then stepped on the ladder and got on the horse.The royal horse is naturally the best horse comparable to Dawan Zilin, and all the other horses dare not get close to it, and they all keep half a horse's distance behind.

Immediately afterwards, Duanmujing, Duanmuning, Duanmu Tuo and Duanmu Ze also got on their horses, and the three princes kept half a horse's distance from Duanmujing's horse, and the three princes lined up behind Duanmujing.Followed by the palace ministers and their families.

After walking for a long time, everyone finally arrived at the forest farm where they were hunting before dark. The forest farm had not been cleared by the Imperial Forest Army before, and no one knew what kind of animals would be in the forest farm.Because the royal hunting of the Duanmu Dynasty is not just a play, what Duanmu wants is that all members of the royal family and other ministers participating in the hunting should remain vigilant at all times; The feeling of being threatened with death.Therefore, in the royal family, you must reach a certain age and get the emperor's approval to participate. For ministers, generals must participate, and civil servants are voluntary.And those ministers want to show their performance in front of their emperor, so there are still many people who participate in the hunting, but they also bring a lot of bodyguards for protection.

As it was getting dark and after a day's long journey, everyone was very tired, so they had to set up camp first, rest for one night, and then officially start hunting the next day.The most conspicuous thing is the bright yellow tent in the middle, which is more than one size larger than the other tents.

Duan Muze also returned to his prince's tent.As soon as he entered the account, Duanmuze went to the edge of the bed, took out the ice doll in his arms, and rubbed it carefully. Then, Duanmuze took out the red string in his belt, and clumsily began to tie the ice doll into knots, weaving it and hanging it on the waist.The puppet carved by Shang is really small, but Duanmuze can be seen between the eyebrows.After hanging it, Duanmuze tugged to make sure the ice puppet was hung firmly.

"Your Highness! Dinner is ready." Morey walked in and bowed to ask for instructions.This time when he came out to hunt, Duanmuze only brought Mo Lei with him, and the other three were handling affairs in the palace.

Although Duan Muze had no intention of being on the throne, he knew very well that he would die miserably without a certain power to protect him.Therefore, Duanmuze secretly cultivated his own power to ensure that he would be able to retreat in the future in the struggle for the throne.