so long

As the heat gradually dissipated, a blue sedan chair was hurriedly parked in Prince Ning's Mansion not far from the palace. Four people carried it. The cloth and structure were exquisite, bearing the logo of the palace.

A white-faced eunuch hurriedly got down from the sedan chair. He looked like he was in his sixties, he was kind-hearted, he walked fast, but he still had an aura of superiority. Before the guards at the door went back to report, he walked away with ease. out of the lobby and wait.

After a while, Ning Chongyun came from the back hall. Seeing that it was Eunuch Fang, he was not in a hurry. do not like.

Seeing Ning Chongyun, Eunuch Fang stood up respectfully, gently put down the teacup he was holding in his hand, and bowed to Ning Chongyun: "See your son."

Ning Chongyun listened to the slightly higher-pitched voice, which seemed to be a woman's voice, and didn't respond at all. He was extremely respectful to Eunuch Fang, and no one could fault him at all: "Eunuch Fang, get up quickly, it's really hot in such a hot weather. Thanks for your hard work."

"Where is it, the emperor just asked our family to come over and invite the prince and the prince to the palace to have dinner together. How hard..." Eunuch Fang often comes here, and he is somewhat familiar with Ning Chongyun. He is the old emperor who loves the prince the most. Son, you are very polite. If you meet someone else, Eunuch Fang will just leave after giving the oral order. Who would wait here for an hour?

Fang Jiu was the most popular eunuch around the old emperor, and he was also the eunuch who followed the old emperor for most of his life. It was the old emperor's favorite prince who didn't have such treatment, but he would rather Yao is different.

Sure enough, Eunuch Fang and Ning Chongyun exchanged a few pleasantries, and then they became a little anxious. Why didn't the prince he wanted to see come so late?Shaking his head, he wondered if he was still taking a nap?

Of course Ning Chongyun saw Eunuch Fang's expression, the gorgeous brocade robe let him fall to the ground mercilessly, and his peach blossom eyes were dazzled by the mist from the tea cup in his hand, making people not see Ning Chongyun. A gleam of light flashed under Chong Yun's dark eyes.

"Father is most reluctant to get up at this time, and has been waiting for Eunuch Fang for a long time..." Ning Chongyun looked helpless, "Otherwise, Eunuch Fang can leave first, and Chongyun is waiting for Father to come out before going to the palace stop."

Eunuch Fang is unwilling to do this. He has spent three quarters of his life serving the old emperor. He knows who the old emperor values ​​the most, who he cares about the most, and who must be coaxed carefully. , even if that person is a fool, he still has to take care of himself.

"It's not necessary." Eunuch Fang stood up, and the two young eunuchs who followed him followed him a few steps, then turned around and said, "Our family is just going to see the lord, don't be afraid of me waiting, just afraid that the emperor will miss the lord , the fresh frozen watermelon that has just been brought up from other places as a tribute, I am afraid that if the prince does not come, no one will be able to move it."

This sentence is half true, the old emperor dotes on the prince, either for a day or two, or if he is stupid, he dotes on him all the time, and it is even worse.

This time, the local supply of seasonal fruits from all over the palace, of course, most of the royal family can share these easy-to-preserve ones, but few people can eat the ones that are not easy to preserve, especially those that Prince Ning likes.

Because it takes ten days to travel from the place where watermelons are rich in watermelon to Dongming City, even if you go fast, keep them fresh in ice, and when they arrive, it's better to eat them early.

When Eunuch Fang left the palace, several princes and grandchildren had already arrived at the family banquet arranged by the emperor. What's going on, he didn't want the emperor to wait for Prince Ning in the end, so he asked the servant girl of the palace to lead the way, and passed through the place where there is no The blossoming cherry tree went to the outside of Lord Ning's dormitory.

Ning Chongyun didn't talk much along the way, playing with two jade stones as big as eggs in his hands, inadvertently exuding careless laziness...

The closer to the bedroom, a coquettish voice and a deep coaxing voice became clearer.

And that's exactly what happened inside the house.

The man who had only slept for half an hour closed his eyes and didn't want to open them anyway. When the young man touched him, he hummed aggrievedly, saying something like, "Ah Tian is so annoying..." What are you talking about? Go to sleep again... for a while ...'.

Zou Jitian seemed to have no way to deal with such a man, he could only forcefully coax him, while putting those complicated and luxurious clothes on the man one by one.

"Woo... Ah Tian, ​​go and tell Uncle Huang that I don't want to go... I'm so sleepy... I'm really sleepy..." The stupid man was forcibly pulled up, sitting on the edge of the bed, rubbing his sleepy eyes and muttering with.

Ah Tian didn't answer, but still held up the man's tightly wrapped feet as usual, and put the shoes inlaid with gold silk on the man.

No matter how unwilling or sad men are, they will only tell others that they are unwilling or wronged. They never toss and turn or throw things. Among a group of fools, they are probably considered to be in a relatively good condition.

So, after Zou Jitian wiped the man's face and woke up, he heard that Eunuch Fang who came to look for him said that he had his favorite fruit, so he happily followed Eunuch Fang into the sedan chair.

Before getting on the sedan chair, Ning Jingyao looked back and found Zou Jitian who was standing not far away watching her leave, pointed at Zou Jitian and said to Eunuch Fang beside him: "Fang Fang, I want Ah Tian Follow me, watermelon is very sweet, I want Ah Tian to eat it too."

Eunuch Fang didn't mean to be perfunctory at all with the man's childish words, instead he smiled wryly as if he was talking to a child, and said, "Oh my lord, the emperor has been waiting for you for a long time... Look, there are only three people here. Get on the sedan chair, who do you want to give to when the time comes... Oh, Ah Tian eats watermelon, just ask someone to bring one back, what do you agree?"

"Hmm..." The man looked at Zou Jitian, who was standing at the gate of the palace and looked at him quietly, and then counted with his fingers that there were indeed only three sedan chairs parked in front of him, then turned his head and said to Ah Tian, "Ah Tian, ​​Jing Yao will bring it back for you, you have to wait for me." After finishing speaking, she smiled.

The men in the past would never laugh like this. As Lord Ning, Ning Jingyao, he would chuckle, smile lightly, sneer, and wantonly laugh, but there was no smile that made people feel piercing and warm.

Ning Chongyun, who sat in his sedan chair early, fixed his eyes on the silly man through the small window he opened with a folding fan. Finally, the long eyelashes drooped slightly, and he lowered the curtain on the small window, letting him The sunlight that could shine on him disappeared little by little, and finally disappeared.

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At the time of You, the setting sun was slanting to the west. After passing the huge palace gate, there were three side gates, and then a large open space suddenly opened up. A giant dragon is carved in the center, which is lifelike, and there are mighty lions on both sides. Looking at the hall from a distance, it is even more magnificent and solemn.

The entire imperial palace covers an extremely large area, and there are countless garden buildings. Looking around, it is the overwhelming splendor.

Turning around three times and turning nine times, I went to the place where the emperor had his meals, which was the Qinghuan Palace not far from where the old emperor slept.

Because Eunuch Fang's identity was different from Ning Jingyao's, he got off the sedan chair consciously when he entered the palace gate, and walked on the right side of Ning Jingyao's sedan chair.And every time a man enters the palace, he feels novelty, seeing those stone lions that are not much different from those in his own house can play all afternoon, so he lifts the curtain of the small window and opens those clear black eyes. looking around.

When they arrived at the gate of Qinghuan Palace, Ning Jingyao was helped out of the sedan chair by Eunuch Fang, and obediently waited for Ning Chongyun who had just got off the sedan chair after him.

As soon as Ning Chongyun slowly stepped out of the exquisitely embroidered sedan chair, he saw the man obediently standing there waiting for him. He glanced at Eunuch Fang holding the man's hand with deep eyes, and somehow remembered What, strode over and said: "Daddy, what are you looking at? The emperor is going to wait..."

The foolish man kept thinking that he had offended the other party in the afternoon. Now that Yun Yun talked to him, did he mean to forgive him?

So he let go of Eunuch Fang's hand holding his hand, carefully tugged at Ning Chongyun's sleeve, and said in a low voice, "I'm looking at Yunyun... Yun Yunsheng is so beautiful..." After finishing speaking, he blushed .

And the handsome young man seemed to smile lightly, with an inaudible voice, and said, "Okay, Daddy, it's time to go in."

"Ok!"

Eunuch Fang, who had been neglected, hurriedly followed the footsteps of the two, and looked at the prince who was being dragged by Prince Ning again, seemingly inadvertently.

Seeing that the young man also seemed to glance over, he immediately lowered his head, quickened his pace, walked in front of the two, and went back to the old emperor to report his orders.

Entering the dining hall of Qinghuan Palace, you can see children in brocade clothes playing together in a small open-air garden. On the top of the hall are two favorite concubines, one next to the middle one who is not angry Self-respecting man in yellow robe, the man in yellow robe has white temples, but there are still not many wrinkles on his face. He looks only about 50 to [-] years old, with handsome eyebrows and straight nose, sitting upright, with his hands caressing the golden armchair. On the armrest, his eyes were sharp and domineering.

The two concubines were well dressed, with eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes like star pools, red lips lightly smiling, talking to the man in yellow robe from time to time, but the man in yellow robe only answered lightly, as if Don't care much about anything.

But it was such a man, when he saw Ning Jingyao who had been late for a long time, the sharpness in his eyes dissipated immediately, even the father-in-law Fang who was at the side bowed to him without paying any attention to him, just nodded slightly, and then Stretched out a hand, palm up, before Ning Chongyun and Prince Ning saluted him according to the etiquette, he said softly:

"Come here, Yaoyao, come to me..."