Crown Prince

Prisoner Niu laughed, and Tuanzi in Diandian's arms helped him put the sword back into the sachet.

"This stingy appearance is similar to Pixiu." He carried Li Ying around Zhongjing to a wing in the middle of the opposite side, opened the curtain with one hand and walked in.There is a boy in the wing room who is guarding the small stove, the fragrance of tea is wafting in the room, and the warmth is harmonious.

"Master Prisoner Niu." Seeing the two of them coming in, the boy hurriedly threw down his cattail fan and came over to salute: "It seems that the break time has not yet come...?"

The eldest son of the Dragon King waved his hand, picked a low couch with the little things in his arms and sat down: "It's not just a rest, the prince feels a little uncomfortable, I'll take him to rest." He paused, and told the boy: "Take the preparation I want some dim sum, and I want hot wood milk."

"Don't drink wood milk!" Li Ying hurriedly moved his butt.

Prisoner Niu looked calm: "Snacks, wooden milk. Get these two ready soon."

How could this person be as conceited as his father and wouldn't listen to others - Li Ying was indignant.Helplessly, he was small and weak, with a strong arm across his stomach, so he could only lean on the prisoner cow's arms and watch the boy go out to get food.

"How can a young dragon grow up without drinking wooden milk?" Prisoner Niu pinched Li Ying's little paw and said in a deep voice, "Do you know how many low-status dragon king's children can't ask for it? Those dragons have lacked it since childhood." The aura of spirit stones and wood milk is nourishing, and the aura in the blood is not as strong as ours, and it will often die of exhaustion when the thunder calamity comes."

Li Ying didn't dare to say anything.

He also noticed that he had been more or less arrogant over the years.His status is naturally superior to others, and he can't enjoy all the precious spiritual things, and his father can't wait to collect more for him.He... all thought it was his father's ability, and he didn't want to ponder such esoteric issues as the difference between rich and poor classes.However, this problem doesn't mean that he doesn't think it doesn't exist—it really doesn't exist.

In Li Ying's eyes, the Dragon City and the sea people are all prosperous and safe. Even if they are not noble dragons, they are all actively exploring and practicing.In the long street of the lower city, there are all kinds of low-grade spirit stones, and the daily transaction volume is comparable to the currency circulation in the world... But it turns out that there are dragon palaces with lakes and waterways. Although they are also dragons, they are too poor to keep their children.He remembered that his transformation was quite difficult and dangerous, but he always believed that he did not make any effort in the transformation process, and he was all protected by his father... But thinking about it, from the beginning to the end, that kind of heart-piercing He even endured the lung-cracking pain of transformation.

Is it really the credit of those countless spiritual stones and wooden milk?

"Brother, why did that boy call you my lord?" He asked the prisoner sullenly.

The corner of the prisoner's mouth couldn't help but twitch when he heard a cub call him affectionately.Alas, it would be fine if I called Daddy.

"I've already grown up, and I've taken a position from the emperor. I have an official position, so they will naturally call me an adult." He explained slowly.

Li Ying frowned, and asked hesitantly: "I've wanted to ask for a long time...Since the human race is not the object of our protection, why does the Dragon King of the Four Seas regularly inspect and spread the rain? And those little dragon kings, why should they Protect the water and soil where it is located?"

Prisoner Niu was a little surprised, but felt relieved.Uncle really knows how to teach his son, seeing how spoiled Li Ying is, he is actually more mature than Long Zi of the same age, and even thinks deeper.

Just as he was about to answer, the boy just came back, so he stopped talking for a while.The boy put the snacks in the tray on the low table in front of them one by one, brought out the steaming wooden milk from the food box, and finally returned to the small stove, cooked a cup of tea and handed it to the prisoner cow. , retreated.

Prisoner Niu glanced at the dessert plate, and when he saw a pile of preserved meat, his eyes flashed with astonishment, and he quickly recovered.It's almost time to calculate.

Under his supervision, Li Ying drank the wooden milk obediently, and then still leaned in his arms to feed the snacks.The prisoner cow hesitated, reached out to pick up a piece of dried meat and handed it to his little cousin's petal-like mouth.Li Ying shrank back and sniffed with the tip of his nose.

"Hey, it smells so good..." he exclaimed in surprise and intoxication, and couldn't help sticking out the tip of his pink tongue to lick it.Well, it's a little sweet, but it's well baked, not dry and immortal, and the oily and crispy skin remains on the outside.

"Taste a bite." The prison cow coaxed him in a low voice, and passed the jerky to his mouth again.

Li Ying took a look at him, then lowered his head and took a big bite, immediately overjoyed.It tastes like beef, with a special fragrance, but it is more tender than beef. Although it is grilled, it is also chewy in the mouth, but after a few bites, it turns into a thick and fresh juice, which makes people have an endless aftertaste .

He couldn't help licking his mouth, and stared at the jerky on the plate.

Prisoner Niu secretly heaved a sigh of relief, seeing that he still wanted to eat, he picked another smaller piece and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Brother, what kind of meat is this roasted?" Li Ying took a sip of tea with his hand and asked.

"Hmm... It's a very common seabird meat in the North Sea." Prisoner Niu said vaguely, "You don't know it if you haven't been to the North Sea, but it's more troublesome to transport it here."

Li Ying let out a casual oh.In fact, he just asked casually to make sure he could eat it from time to time.Although he has grown up quite a bit, the elderly aunts in the upper city say that he is still young and cannot stand meaty food, so what he eats is mostly half meat, half vegetarian or completely vegetarian.According to his father, in fact, he should still mainly eat wood milk, and those omnivores are just used to appease the gluttons in his stomach.

"Brother, let them take some back for me when I leave?" Li Ying suddenly thought, can I take this back for my father to taste.Let dad prepare it for him in the future!

Prisoner Niu was even more vague: "Are there any good things in the upper city? These things are also considered as tributes. You can ask uncle, won't he give you something to eat?"

Li Ying agreed, and the two of them ate some food before stopping.

"You haven't finished talking just now." Li Ying yawned, nestled in his cousin's arms and stared in a daze.

Prison Bull looked at the little guy in his arms tenderly.He whispered: "...we used to eat human races in the early years. Just like human races eat rice, why do they plant seeds according to the season and work hard? Isn't it just to harvest more rice for food?"

Li Ying's hair stood on end, and he regained consciousness in a jerk.This topic really leads to a chilling direction... It turns out that he has become a cannibal... ==

"In the early years, we made an agreement with the Nuwa clan, not to harm the human race easily, and to ensure that the weather will be as good as possible... It's just that they don't know the bad nature of human beings. Even if we promise to let them live, they don't believe it, so they go to the rivers, seas and lakes every year. , sacrifice a few children in exchange for peace of mind."

Prison Niu casually stroked his little cousin's forehead hair, and said: "Today the emperor governs the human race in all heavens, but Thunder God and Lightning Mother have limited abilities and cannot meet the needs of the lower realm at all, so we have to turn to our Dragon Clan for help. We distribute the clansmen to all parts of the world , Dividing fiefdoms, some are under permanent jurisdiction, such as Dongting Lord, and some are changed every few hundred years, such as the Nanman where I was before. We travel clouds and rain, not all for the sake of mere human races, even if we spread grace and dew, that mountain Aren’t every water, plant and tree a beneficiary?”

Li Ying suddenly realized.

Prisoner Niu looked at the prince's tender face and thought to himself, in fact, he didn't say the most important thing.If they weren't like this, wouldn't the Upper Realm be dominated by one person?If the power of the Emperor Xi spread all over the upper and lower realms, how could their dragon clan gain a foothold?Do you want to huddle in the shrinking waters?

It's just that it's too early to tell Li Ying these words.

A child must act like a child.

He watched Li Ying's fat and short little fingers pick up a piece of jerky again, and he ate it deliciously, and he thought to himself, if he asked his cousin to eat this food in the ethnology school today, he wondered if his uncle would be angry?If it is him or other younger brothers, even if he eats earlier, it won't matter... It's just that this little guy grew up in the world and was raised by mortals... If you know...

Well, sooner or later you will know about it.Anyway, when my cousin returns to Shangcheng, that's what my uncle has to worry about. (sour yo ==)

They spent a long time in the wing room, until there was a lot of footsteps outside, and it was time for a break.

"Wow, big brother! You have a great time here with your younger brother!" Suan Ni opened the curtain and was the first to walk in.

The prisoner ox snorted.Suan Ni didn't dare to joke anymore, instead she hugged Li Ying and sat on the couch to tease her.

"Why...don't pinch me—" Li Ying waved his paws angrily, "Soul—egg!!!"

Suan Ni smiled and let go of the hand pinching the opponent's cheek, and kissed him with his buttocks: "Little cousin, you are much cuter than the ninth brother, he only asks me for gems and pearls, and he is also a lover." Cry bag!"

Li Ying looked at him resentfully, wiping his face desperately, Nima met you brothers, who wouldn't become a crybaby! !If he hadn't been there for decades, he would have wailed so loudly that you would have fled in despair!

Prisoner Niu patted his younger brother and asked him to put Li Ying down, and then he asked the young man who was sitting quietly on the side.

"Jiaotu, where's your seventh brother?"

The eighth son, Jiaotu, blinked and replied docilely: "The seventh brother has a case in the lower realm, and he left after you, the elder brother."

Li Ying ran up to Jiaotu, put her little hands on his knees, looked at him and smiled, "Jiaotu beauty, why didn't I see you just now?" Hey, this cousin is really one of his favorites Yes, not to mention being pretty, he has a good temper - he has been sneaking around, and he also has abs! ! !It is suitable for both internal and external cultivation and attacking! ! !

Prisoner Niu and Suan Ni suddenly had black lines on their faces.

Pianjiaotu was not angry when he was molested, he just smiled softly and shyly replied: "Yesterday... I slept late... Well, I got up late."

Sleeping late///Li Ying has infinite reverie.Is it because of God that he went to bed late? ?

"Don't ~ brother, don't be like this—ah, it's so deep..."

"Brother Jiaotu... Relax... Heh, it hurts you so much..."

"I hate... Tomorrow... I still have to go to school..."

"It's okay... Brother Minger has to go to school too... I will ask for leave for you..."

Li Ying's cheeks were flushed, and he quickly covered his nose with his small hands.

So bloody... Woooo so sensational! !

Prisoner Bull looked at him with weird eyes... This kid... why is it so weird?

Jiaotu didn't know that people were making up for him, so he still smiled softly, looking like a weak little shou.However, the fifth son, Suan Ni, was leaning on the couch, smiling meaningfully, and her gorgeous blond hair cascaded down, unexpectedly showing a bit of glamour.

For the next time, Li Yingan followed the crowd to class in an orderly manner.He was surprised at first that everyone's progress could not be the same. The hall brother even became an official, so he couldn't learn similarly to him... It turned out to be similar to the Shangshufang in the Qing Dynasty, each learned his own.The elders will teach those who have learned a lot first, and Li Ying will be on his own, and when the other end is about the same, he will listen to the elders alone.

To be honest, it's no wonder it takes a whole day to go to school like this.

When it was time to eat lunch, it was noon.Qing Lan brought the two maids to deliver the meals on time, while the other princes paid the money, and the servant boy who served the courtyard delivered the lunch.

Everyone gathered around a round table, and the table was full of meals.Li Ying was the shortest, and was forced to eat in the arms of a prisoner cow.Looking at the beautiful men at this table, he felt a weird harem feeling.It's all... all his! !

Forget it... let's eat.

Before Qinglan left, she carefully asked him many questions, such as how well she got used to class, what kind of snacks did she use during lunch break, how much food did she eat at noon... When Li Ying told her that there is a kind of dried meat here that is particularly delicious, Qing Lan's expression was a bit astonished, although she quickly concealed it, Li Ying still saw some clues.

In the morning, the lobby brother also looked uncomfortable, there is a problem... groaning.

This concludes the first day of ethnology.