After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

The next day, Qi Zizhen was gently woken up by Song Yaoxu.

He yawned and sat up in a daze, and saw Song Yaoxu wearing a plain red dress, with the usual soft smile on his brows and eyes.

The morning sunlight scattered in the room through the open window, and fell on Song Yaoxu's body in fine pieces. With his gentle temperament, it actually suppressed the redness of the red a lot, and it looked more like a reserved and unbloomed red. Plum bud.

It was the first time Qi Zizhen saw Song Yaoxu wearing such bright clothes.

He who hadn't fully woken up was more courageous than usual. After getting up, he couldn't hold back and walked forward, wrapped his hands around Song Yaoxu's neck, took a breath and said stickily: "Today's Highness It’s so pretty and smells great.”

Song Yaoxu's cheeks were a little flushed by his trouble, and he reached out his hand helplessly and tapped him on the head lightly: "Okay, stop the trouble, didn't you say you're going out for a stroll today? Go wash up."

Although he said urging words, his tone was full of helpless connivance, as if Qi Zizhen would not be angry no matter what he did.

It has to be said that Qi Zizhen still likes him very much.

He reluctantly let go of his hand and went to wash up obediently. After washing, he specially picked out a light green dress and changed into it, and then went out with Song Yaoxu.

Both of them were pretty good at recognizing the way, and out of convenience, they didn't call the guards, but went out after a short notice.

Jiuyou County is located in the border area, and there are many merchants from other countries coming and going, and the streets and alleys are already very lively in Chenshi.

The two followed the direction of the crowd and groped all the way to the market in Jiuyou County. Looking around, there were shops of all sizes and people coming and going in different costumes. It was a peaceful and prosperous scene.

It's time for breakfast, and there are many stalls selling breakfast in the market. The styles seem to be very complete, and the two newcomers don't know how to choose.

When they passed by one of the breakfast shops, Qi Zizhen inadvertently noticed that there was an uncle in his forties setting up a table at the door of the shop, rolling the dough skillfully.

In the hands of the uncle, a swollen dough can be flattened into a beautifully round pancake in just a few breaths.

Qi Zizhen couldn't help being a little surprised, his eyes widened slightly.

Just at this time, another woman came out from the shop. Seeing his expression, she smiled and said, "The two young masters look a little unfamiliar, but which young master is the first to visit here? If you haven't had breakfast yet, why not?" Come and try our pancakes, this is the specialty of our Jiuyou County."

The woman also looks to be in her thirties, so she should be the proprietress of this shop.

Qi Zizhen was a little moved, and looked up at Song Yaoxu.

Song Yaoxu chuckled: "If Zizhen wants to try it, let's have breakfast here."

Hearing this, Qi Zizhen nodded, although his expression was still the same as usual, but there was a bit of agility and novelty hidden in his eyes, like a child.

Seeing him becoming more lively now, Song Yaoxu felt even more relieved, raised his hand and gently rubbed the ends of his hair, and then walked into the stall together with him.

The business of this stall is also good, the shop is almost full of people, each holding a piece of cake, eating deliciously.

Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu followed the proprietress to find an empty seat and sat down. On the way, they heard the proprietress mention that the uncle at the door is actually the owner of the shop. He has been doing noodle rolling for two years, so he is very skilled. Figure out the name.

So when the proprietress saw Qi Zizhen's surprised expression, she could deduce that he was new here and hadn't heard of it yet.

In addition, the proprietress also enthusiastically introduced to them the fun places in Jiuyou County, other delicious things, and some beautiful scenery.

Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu listened carefully, and did not forget to thank the proprietress at the end.

The proprietress smiled and waved her hands: "Our Jiuyou County welcomes foreign visitors very much. If you change to another one, you may have to talk to you for half a day, as long as you don't find me annoying."

"Of course not." Song Yaoxu smiled gently, "The store's introduction has helped us a lot. We are worried about where we should go shopping today."

He speaks well, with a gentle tone, which is very comfortable to listen to.

Qi Zizhen on the side also nodded, and said softly again: "Thank you."

The proprietress is straightforward, and she laughed when she heard the words: "It's hard for me to see children who are as eye-catching as you. How about this, today's breakfast is my host, and I will welcome you to Jiuyou County Come and play."

The two were flattered, and when they were about to refuse, the waiter had already come over with their share of pancakes. The proprietress also told the waiter that the order was free, and then left straight away after saying "Have a good time" and continued. Go busy and entertain the rest of the guests.

Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu were at a loss as they held the still hot oiled paper package in their hands.

Xiao Er grinned at them and smiled at them: "The two guests are new to Jiuyou County, right? Guest officer, don't worry, it's not the first time that the store has given free tickets to newcomers, just treat it as a welcome gone."

Not long after he finished speaking, another guest greeted Xiao Er on the other side. After Xiao Er answered, he didn't stay any longer, and said goodbye to them with a smile.

Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu looked at each other, and in the end they just smiled lightly amidst the goodwill.

The pancakes given by the store were very generous, and the two of them were almost [-]% full after eating. Before leaving, they went to thank the proprietress again.

Walking out of the bustling stall, the two, who were full of food and drink, planned to go for a walk by the only river in Jiuyou County according to the position that the proprietress had told them before.

I don't know if the people before were too lazy to think of the name. The river in Jiuyou County is called Jiuyou River. It is located in a relatively remote place in Jiuyou County, and it is also a place where many children like to play.

Following the route described by the proprietress in their memory, the two detoured from the increasingly lively market to a quieter path, and walked along the path to the vicinity of the Jiuyou River.

Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu walked forward side by side, and when they were about to turn another corner, a girl who was about seven or eight years old suddenly ran out of nowhere.

The girl didn't notice that there was someone in front of her, and she bumped into Qi Zizhen without stopping.

Fortunately, the girl was not running fast, and the force of the collision was not strong.

Qi Zizhen stood still with Song Yaoxu's support, and the girl quickly realized that she quickly stood up again and apologized softly: "I'm sorry, sir, I accidentally bumped into you."

The girl stood obediently, her voice was a little clear, and she looked like a child who was usually very sensible.

At the same time, a woman who was following the girl also rushed over. Seeing this, she knew that her child must have recklessly bumped into someone's house again.

Reluctantly, the woman raised her hand and squeezed her child's head, then looked at Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu, and apologized with a smile: "Is it because my Xiaoyi bumped into you? I'm really sorry, this child likes to mess around all day long." Run, don’t know how to look at the road.”

Hearing the words, the girl next to the woman stuck out her tongue lightly. It was obvious that such things had happened before.

Qi Zizhen didn't want to argue with a child, so he shook his head and said, "It's okay."

It was inevitable that his indifferent attitude would misunderstand them, Song Yaoxu added with a smile on the side: "Where did Ling Qianjin hit? Children like to run around, it would be bad if they accidentally get hurt."

Hearing this question, the girl who raised her head was the first to answer. She said with a smile: "Mother often said that Xiaoyi is very skinny, so Xiaoyi is fine, as long as big brother is fine!"

The girl spoke clearly, and her eyes were full of innocence.

The woman seemed a little helpless to her words, patted her on the head and continued to say to the two: "Looking at the clothes, the two gentlemen should be the children of everyone? Xiaoyi, she is used to being unruly since she was a child. I also hope that the two sons will not blame you."

Although the woman said some words to blame the child, her tone was more gentle, and it could be seen that the relationship between mother and daughter was very good.

Naturally, Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu would not mind, and after a few words with the woman, they bid farewell and left.

But before leaving, Qi Zizhen glanced back at the backs of the girl and the woman, and took a panoramic view of the plain and pure smiles on their faces.

"What's the matter?" Song Yaoxu noticed Qi Zizhen's pause and asked softly.

Qi Zizhen retracted his original sight and thoughts, and shook his head: "It's nothing, let's go on."

Seeing that Song Yaoxu would not continue to press him if he didn't say anything, he nodded with a smile, and continued to go to Jiuyou River side by side with him.

As the proprietress of the bakery said, there are not many people around Jiuyou River, most of them are children chasing and playing, and the children are not very old, they should be only five or six years old.

Before coming here, Qi Zizhen had already learned a little about Jiuyou County. He knew that Jiuyou County paid attention to the education of children, and children from the age of seven would be sent to school to study.

Today is not a holiday or a holiday, and the older children are probably still studying in school.

The two walked out along the path, and just a few steps away, several children suddenly came up and surrounded them. One of the taller boys put on a serious expression and pretended to say: " If you catch the enemy, come and escort them back to the camp."

Immediately afterwards, two children, one on the left and one on the right, took their hands and wanted to lead them in one direction.

Neither Qi Zizhen nor Song Yaoxu knew what they were going to do. They instinctively sensed that the children were not malicious, so they looked at each other and followed the children's wishes.

Later, they saw children dragging them to a big tree. Under the tree was a small area surrounded by leaves. There was a small bench on which a child sat.

It seems that this is what they call the "big camp".

When the child sitting on the stool saw Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu, he gave a soft "huh" and said, "These two young masters are very unfamiliar, aren't they the ones we want to arrest? There is only one reinforcement we want to arrest?"

The tall kid from before frowned: "But we waited there for so long, and only saw these two big brothers, and no other big brothers came over."

Listening to the children's exchange, Qi Zizhen almost understood that they should be drinking at the player's house, and then unintentionally regarded them as "reinforcements" of their "enemy".

He was a little helpless, and when he was thinking about how to explain, a little girl on the other side noticed the movement on their side, and hurried over and said, "Oh, the wrong person was arrested! According to the information I went to investigate before, they found The reinforcements are the big brother from the Fang family next door, not these two!"

After speaking, the girl pulled away the two children who were holding Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu on the left and the right, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, we were just playing a game and accidentally disturbed the two young masters."

Song Yaoxu smiled at them gently, with doubts in his eyes: "It's okay, but may I ask, what game are you playing?"

"Big brother, hasn't he played such a game?" The little girl seemed a little surprised, and looked up at Song Yaoxu with a half-up head, her eyes were very clean and pure curiosity.

Qi Zizhen also turned to look at him at this time, and saw that the expression on his face did not seem to be fake confusion.

Mostly because he grew up in the royal family and is the eldest among the many princes, he probably never had the opportunity to play such small games since he was a child.

For some reason, Qi Zizhen felt stuffy in his heart.

When he was young in this world, he was a lively, cheerful, normal kid with a good popularity, and he could always find a playmate to play with him in various small games.

Although the "he" in this world also lives in the deep house all the year round, there is still Qi Zishan who comes to play with "him" from time to time, and will more or less play small games with Qi Zishan.

While Qi Zizhen was lost in thought, the little girl on the other end had already introduced the game to Song Yaoxu in detail with a smile, and finally asked him with a smile on her face: "Big brother, do you want to come and play with us? This game It was fun!"

When Song Yaoxu heard this question, he smiled slightly and was about to refuse, but Qi Zizhen suddenly interjected: "You have plenty of time today, why don't we play with the children?"

Qi Zizhen looked at him, his eyes were calm, and there was a soft smile in the haze.

Now that Qi Zizhen said so, Song Yaoxu, who was a little curious, didn't refuse anymore, and nodded in response to the little girl.

The rest of the children also said that they had no problem with this, and they discussed enthusiastically what to play this time.

Considering that Song Yaoxu had never played such a game before, the children felt that horse riding and fighting might not be suitable for family wine. After discussing for a long time, their eyes lit up, and they announced with great anticipation: "Then let's play this time to marry a wife!"

"Marrying a daughter-in-law" is the same as "riding a horse to fight" is the most common and favorite house wine for children. On weekdays, children often argue about who is the "husband" and who is the "wife".

This time, because Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu were not the same age as the children, they simply let them be "husband" and "wife".

The girl glanced at the thin and cold Qi Zizhen, then at the tall and gentle Song Yaoxu, clapped her hands after thinking for a moment, and decided: "Brother Qi will be the 'husband', and brother Jin will be the 'wife'!"

Qi Zizhen was slightly confused when he heard the words, blinked his eyes and asked, "Why am I a 'husband'?"

Compared with Song Yaoxu, he is indeed thinner, and his height is also a short distance away. I didn't expect the girl to give him the status of "husband".

The little girl replied with a smile: "Because brother Jin looks very gentle, just like a mother. Brother Qi doesn't seem to like to talk. Gao... Gao, what the hell, is just like dad!"

Children's thoughts are always simple and pure. After listening to the little girl's words, the rest of the children also nodded: "Yes! I think so too!"

The boy who was sitting in the "camp" just now and played the role of "general" kindly added: "Big brothers can change if they want!"

Qi Zizhen, who picked up a cheap one for nothing, has no objection. He turned his head to look at Song Yaoxu, with a somewhat teasing look in his eyes: "I'm fine, what does Ah Jin think?"

Looking at his expression, Song Yaoxu could guess what he was thinking, and said with a helpless smile, "It's okay, as long as my little husband is happy."

The slightly deep voice was gentle and gentle, as if wrapped in honey, it flowed sweetly into the ears.An extremely natural "Little Husband" is like a light and fluffy feather, it has no weight in the bottom of my heart, but it makes people itch.

Before Qi Zizhen could look away, he bumped into the soft smile in Song Yaoxu's dark eyes, as if no matter what he did, he could be gently tolerated.

The same way he behaved in the morning when he was messing around.

Qi Zizhen's ear tips unconsciously turned pink, and turned his head back pretending to be indifferent.

Fortunately, the children present were still young and couldn't understand the interaction between them. They thought they had entered the play so quickly, and happily pulled Song Yaoxu aside to prepare for the process of "marrying a wife".

Folk marriage requires three books and six rituals, and the steps are complicated. Children can't learn such a detailed process, so they only follow the sixth of the six rituals when they play.

The children dragged Song Yaoxu to a tree on the bank of the Jiuyou River, picked up small stones and made a circle around it as the "mother's home", and made another circle at a distance of more than a hundred steps from the tree. As a "husband's family".

The children seemed to be dissatisfied with the location, so after thinking about it, they tore off the red cloth they had used as a "battle flag" and gave it to Song Yaoxu as a "red hijab".

It's just that the little red cloth is too small, and if it is placed on Song Yaoxu's head, the picture will be too funny. After Qi Zizhen negotiated with the children, Song Yaoxu still holds it in his hand, which is regarded as a ceremonial representative of having a red hijab.

Then they brought a bunch of hay from nowhere, made a ball with a string sticking out from both ends, and handed it to Qi Zizhen to hold it first, as if the bride and groom each held one end when they got married. the red silk.

Looking at the children's skillful preparations, Qi Zizhen could probably guess that they played such games a lot on weekdays, and stood quietly within the range of the "husband's house" without disturbing them.

On the way, he couldn't help but glanced at Song Yaoxu, and saw that he was also looking at him with a smile on his face.

The sun in the morning was not too strong, and the light swaying smear of yellow was cut to pieces by the branches and leaves, and sprinkled finely on the dazzling red dress.

Song Yaoxu had a smile on his brows and eyes, and his gentle temperament was smudged with light yellow softness, which suppressed the bright and bright red publicity, and contrasted with the clear lake surface and the gentle breeze blowing behind him.

Qi Zizhen was so dazed for a moment that he almost wanted to quickly walk forward and hide Song Yaoxu like this, so that no one could covet him.

But reason soon regained the upper hand.He could barely look back, and he couldn't detect the emotion at the bottom of his eyes.

He likes Song Yaoxu, and he also knows that Song Yaoxu understands his feelings for him, but none of them will reveal this matter publicly.

It's not just because of the current situation that they can't let their children love each other, but also because of their identities.

Song Yaoxu will eventually become an emperor with three thousand beauties, and he will eventually become a national teacher who stays alone in the desolate national teacher tower.

He believes that Song Yaoxu is sincere to him, but he will not extravagantly ask Song Yaoxu to hang up the harem for him, and he does not want himself to be reduced to a member of the harem battle.

He hates bondage, and hates the high walls that stand in the palace for isolation.

However, Song Yaoxu had to be enthroned as king, he had to be a king whose name would be recorded in the annals of history, and he had to have a prince who would succeed him in the future. That was a responsibility he couldn't shirk arbitrarily.

Now they tacitly keep silent, and tacitly enjoy the brief intimacy and tenderness, just to leave some memories that can be comforted in the future before the final day comes.

Qi Zizhen clenched the grass dumpling in his hand, restraining himself from taking back his emotions.

Just at this time, the children who were ready ran over and said, "Brother Qi! You can start!"

Qi Zizhen came back to his senses, calmed down his emotions with a breath, and followed the children to Song Yaoxu's direction.

In the civil society, the bridegroom can go to the bride's house to pick up the bride himself, or the groom can wait at home. The custom of Jiuyou County has always been the former, and children follow this way when they play games.

Qi Zizhen walked all the way in front of Song Yaoxu, and handed over the other side of the grass dumpling to Song Yaoxu under the instructions of the children.

With a smile on the corner of Song Yaoxu's mouth, he gently held the straw rope that Qi Zizhen handed over, but looked at him with faint worry.

He knew that Song Yaoxu still noticed his slightly changed mood, and shook his head as a response

The children were still performing the ceremony happily, Song Yaoxu suppressed the worries in his heart, raised his hand and gently rubbed his head as a silent and simple comfort.

Qi Zizhen felt the gentle warmth coming from the tip of her hair, and after a while, she finally let go of her original melancholy, and a few relaxed smiles appeared in her eyes again.

At least it's pretty good now, why bother to think about the future in such a hurry?

He breathed a sigh of relief and regained his energy. The gaze he met Song Yaoxu was reflected in the morning sun, shining with some unique brilliance.

It was so dazzling that it made my heart feel hot.

Just at this moment, the two of them also arrived at the "husband's house" under the "escort" of the children, and followed the little girl's instructions to start "worship".

With the river as the sky and the tree as the high hall, they finally looked at each other face to face to complete their worship. The playful marriage ceremony ended with a crisp "Licheng", but the simple grass ball was always tightly held by them. hands.

The river is the evidence, and the vegetation is the evidence.

At least they once had an unjustifiable relationship between husband and wife under such an outrageous marriage ceremony.