Make peace with the Lord of the Prairie

The sun was rising on the branches, and the Chonghua Palace was still shrouded in silence.The palace people were already busy, but they were all silent, their hands and feet were tied up and they didn't dare to make a single movement, all because their master hadn't woken up yet.

The little fan stood guard at the door of the sleeping hall, taking a look at the sky from time to time, seeing that it was about to miss the morning parlor, clenched his fists, and pushed open the hall door rebelliously.

There was no sound in the bedroom, the little fan tiptoed into the inner room, quietly raised the corner of the bed curtain, and called softly: "Your Highness, it's time to get up, it's time to go to Xiuchun Palace to say hello."

The person whose back was facing him on the bed was motionless, in a deep sleep.

The little fan bravely stretched out his hand and pushed it gently, and raised the volume: "Your Highness, it's time to wake up."

The person on the bed finally made a movement, hummed unconsciously, and slowly sat up with his arms propped up.

The little fan stretched out his hand to help, and when he raised his head, he suddenly exclaimed, staring at Mingheng's sallow face and asked worriedly: "Your Highness, are you...haven't had a good rest?"

Ming Heng's expression was a little unnatural, he looked down guiltyly, and remained silent.

Last night, He Zexi broke into his bedroom drunk in the middle of the night, said strange words and threw him down forcibly.Before Mingheng even had time to understand the situation in front of him, He Zexi had already stretched the strings and set up the arrow for him without authorization, and warmly invited him to shoot.

Ming Heng was puzzled, but seeing his sweetheart who was full of coquettishness, his body had already responded honestly, so he complied with He Zexi's request with a half-push and a half-hearted head.

20 years old is the age of the dragon and the tiger, and the two of them are new to human affairs, and they are quite familiar with it. It was not until the morning light that Mingheng was tired and fell asleep.

Last night, He Zexi completely took off the cold and indifferent appearance of the past. He acted recklessly and passionately, as if he had changed completely. If it wasn't for the burning wound on his back, Ming Heng would almost suspect that last night was just something he did by himself. sweet dream.

The little fan saw that Ming Heng was silent for a long time, and reminded: "Your Highness?"

Mingheng hurriedly recovered from the charming memories of being turned into a red wave last night, coughed lightly, and said softly: "It's nothing, let's change clothes."

"Yes," the little fan clapped his hands, and immediately four or five palace maids jumped in with basins and toilet utensils, their hands and feet were nimbly waiting for Ming Heng to wash.

At the end of the hour, Ming Heng took the palace servants to Xiuchun Palace to pay his respects.

Xiuchun Palace is the queen's residence.

Ming Heng left later, and the rest of the people had already left, leaving only the prince who was talking with the queen in Xiuchun Palace.

The queen is the daughter of the former king's brother, the king of the Northern Territory, and she and Emperor Qianyuan are cousins. They grew up together and have a very close relationship.The queen was born noble, with a somewhat delicate personality. She is quite different from the virtuous and virtuous mother of a country that she has always known, but fortunately she is not a vicious person. Although she can't treat the other princes equally, at least she won't plot secretly .

Now there are six princes in the royal family of Anling. Although the first prince was born as a prince and is deeply loved by the emperor, the rest of the princes are not idle. The prince was more or less hostile.But maybe it was because Ming Heng was too mediocre, obviously he was not a threat to the prince, but the empress was kind to him.

"Ming Heng pays respects to the empress." Ming Heng walked in front of the empress and kowtowed respectfully.

"Get up." The queen lightly raised her hand, her tone slightly calm.

Mingheng stood up from Shan Ruliu, then nodded slightly to the prince: "His Royal Highness."

The prince smiled faintly, and complained half-truthfully, "Why don't you even call me elder brother? The sixth brother and Gu are getting more and more separated."

Ming Heng pursed the corners of his lips, then called out again: "Brother Prince."

The crown prince nodded in satisfaction, Zhou Zheng's brows and eyes were stretched, his demeanor was dignified and gentle.

The queen looked at the tall and tall Mingheng in front of her, and she lost her mind for a moment, but she quickly came back to her senses as the prince talked and laughed, raised the corner of her mouth, and asked softly: "Why is your face so bad?" It was obviously a matter of concern. , but could not hear the slightest concern in the words.

Ming Heng lowered his head, and replied skillfully: "It's probably because I didn't have a good rest after drinking yesterday, and the Empress is worried."

The queen seemed very satisfied with his answer, her voice became warmer, and she put on an elder attitude to preach: "Although wine is a good thing, it should not be drunk too much. If you want to indulge your appetite for a while and hurt your body, the loss outweighs the gain."

"Mingheng remembered." Mingheng's attitude was submissive.

He never talked much in front of the queen, and he only answered the queen's questions, and after a few pleasantries, he quietly waited for the queen's order to expel the guests.It was the same today, the queen let him go after chatting with him for a few words.However, Ming Heng turned around and was about to leave when the prince behind him spoke slowly: "By the way, queen mother, the sixth younger brother has also reached the age to marry a concubine."

As soon as these words came out, Mingheng paused, and even the queen was taken aback for a moment before answering: "I didn't notice unless you said it, and Heng'er is indeed old. I will tell His Majesty some other day that I should give it to Heng." I'm going to arrange the marriage. Among the six princes, you are the only one who doesn't have a family." The last sentence was addressed to Ming Heng.

Ming Heng opened his mouth blankly, not knowing what to say for a moment.And the Queen has already continued talking on her own: "Does Heng'er have a girl he likes?"

Ming Heng shook his head subconsciously, and answered in his heart, there is no girl he likes, but there is a son he likes.

In fact, the south wind is not absent in Anling. Anling's folk customs are open, and there are many families who marry male wives among the people, but most of them are commoners. Even if the son of a rich family has a man he likes, he only dares to keep him outside quietly as a concubine, without daring to say anything.Needless to say in the royal family, even raising a male favorite is a serious crime that insults the dignity of the royal family, not to mention that Ming Heng still has his eyes on the eldest son of a great general.Mingheng knew that he and He Zexi would never have any results in this life, so he had buried this feeling in his heart for so many years, not daring to let anyone know, thinking that one day he would see He Zexi get married and get married with his own eyes. Bianneng completely gave up and cut off this wrong thought.However, all of this changed due to various events last night.

Before last night, he could force himself to give up his obsession with He Zexi, but after the skin-to-skin kiss last night, he knew that it would be impossible to let him go in this life.Last night, He Zexi's enthusiastic response gave Mingheng a little hope—maybe Zexi didn't have feelings for him.

How cold and noble He Zexi is, if he doesn't like him, how can he give up his dignity as a man and commit himself to him, and how can he hold himself and sob softly.

Because he was pretending to be a man in his heart, Ming Heng had always resisted the matter of marrying a concubine, even finding a variety of excuses to get him a side concubine and arranging a housemate.This was the case in the past, but now that He Zexi and He Zexi have a skin-to-skin relationship, it is even more impossible to agree, so he became more and more impatient with the empress counting the ministers' daughters in his ear, and finally couldn't help it after listening patiently for a while Interrupted loudly: "Madam Lao is worried, but Mingheng has no plans to marry a wife for the time being."

The queen's face was a little displeased when Huatou was blocked.

The prince hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over: "Mother, the ministers and ladies you mentioned and the sixth younger brother don't know each other, so he can't choose him just by hearing his name."

The prince coaxed the queen with a few words.The queen's face softened slightly, she nodded, and said lightly: "You are right, I am too impatient. You go down first, and I will discuss this matter with His Majesty later."

The crown prince winked at him, and Mingheng hurriedly apologized and left.The prince stayed in Xiuchun Palace for a while, and he simply left with Mingheng.

Leaving Xiuchun Palace, Mingheng thanked the prince: "Thank you just now, Brother Prince."

The prince smiled faintly, and patted him on the shoulder again: "The sixth younger brother doesn't want to marry a wife, but does he have someone in his heart?"

The relationship between Ming Heng and the prince is not friendly.The prince had a bad personality when he was young, and he often took several older brothers to tease him. At that time, Mingheng's mother and concubine passed away because of dystocia for giving birth to a second child, and his mother's family was punished because of their status as former court officials. His position became more and more embarrassing, and he became the target of his elder brother's tricks because he was isolated and helpless.Afterwards, the older brothers grew older, and their temperament became more stable, so Mingheng's life became easier, but the suffering he suffered in his childhood made him unable to love these five older brothers at all, and he kept a distance from them all the time, with more than respect , close enough.

His elder brothers are all very deep-rooted people in the city, Ming Heng never communicated with them, and naturally he would not tell the truth, so he shook his head and said: "Ming Heng has no one in his heart."

"Then why don't you marry a wife?" The prince seemed to want to get to the bottom of it.

Ming Heng showed embarrassment and remained silent.

The prince didn't force it either, and said with a light smile, "Forget it, since you don't want to start a family, let's think about starting a business first."

"Liye?" Ming Heng asked in confusion.

The prince walked slowly with him on the palace road with his hands behind his back, and said softly: "Among the six princes, only the sixth younger brother is left who has not yet been crowned king. Father intended to make you a king and build a mansion for you, but you are new to the court. You haven't made any achievements yet, and your four elder brothers have made great achievements in becoming kings. If you rashly become king and father, you are worried that the officials will criticize you, and you are afraid that your elder brothers will also feel unhappy, so you have not made an order for a long time. Father has been troubled by this matter for many things, and since you and I are princes, we should solve father's problems." After speaking, he changed the subject and said with deep meaning, "The bandits in the northwest have been rampant for a long time, and father has decided to send people to To suppress the bandits, but he is still hesitating as to who to send.”

After the prince said this, he went back to the East Palace, and Tuliu Mingheng was meditating on the spot.

The little fan came over and asked in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince wants you to ask the Holy Majesty for orders to suppress the bandits? But you don't know martial arts. This... What does the Crown Prince mean?"

Ming Heng shook his head and remained silent.The bandits in the Northwest are brutal and fierce, they are all desperadoes who kill without batting an eyelid. One can imagine the danger of this trip.But Mingheng didn't need to go to the front line himself, he just needed to sit in the army tent, so personally speaking, the danger was not too dangerous, and he just waited for the completion of the incident to get the merits, which was indeed a good thing.It would be justifiable for him to be crowned king after he has military merits, so it seems that the prince is really giving advice to him sincerely.But although Ming Heng is not favored, he is still a prince and still has the right to inherit. Will the prince really bother and trouble him to be promoted to a noble?If he really asked for orders to suppress the bandits, would he really be able to go and return?Mingheng was not sure.

"Your Highness, do you really want to lead troops to suppress the bandits?" Little Fan asked.

Ming Heng put away his thoughts, bent his four fingers and tapped the little fan's head, and taught him: "Father should decide the court affairs, how can you, a slave, have the right to speak."

The little fan hurriedly lowered his head: "The slave made a slip of the tongue."

"Okay, okay," Ming Heng waved his hands, turned his toes and walked towards the palace gate, and ordered, "Go get the car ready."

The little fan frowned: "Your Highness is leaving the palace again?"

Ming Heng nodded, solemnly: "Go and do some private matters."

The little fan asked the little servant to prepare the carriage, and asked, "What is your highness going to do privately? If it's not important, the little fan will do it for you."

"That's fine," Ming Heng flatly refused.

When Ming Heng walked to the gate of the palace, the carriage was already ready.Without saying a word, Qing Feng took the whip and sat on the shaft of the chariot.Mingheng was helped by the little fan into the carriage, patted Qingfeng on the shoulder and said something like "Go to the Duke's Mansion" and stooped in.The little fan hurriedly followed, and asked curiously, "Your Highness, what are we going to do at the Duke's Mansion?"

Ming Heng forcibly suppressed his eager excitement, turned his face away and said guiltily: "It's nothing."

Now he desperately wants to see He Zexi.Last night he was so tired that he fell asleep and didn't even know when He Zexi left.He went too far last night, and he was a little worried about He Zexi's body.Although he has no experience, he has also read some books on this subject, and he knows that men are no better than women, and if they don't clean up, it may cause physical discomfort. Last night, he exhausted all his energy to deal with He Zexi's enthusiasm, and he didn't dare to scream. The palace man prepared hot water, so he held on to the last bit of energy and only had time to clean him up before falling asleep. He was not sure if he had been cleaned up, so he wanted to go and see.

The carriage crossed half of the capital and stopped in front of the Duke's Mansion, Qing Feng jumped off the carriage, raised the curtain to help Mingheng get off the carriage.

On the way Mingheng came, he couldn't wait, but when he stood in front of the Duke's mansion, he was timid again, he dared not take that step.The little fan didn't know the anxiety in his heart, so he ran over to report to the guard at the gate: "Please inform me that the sixth prince is here."

When the guard heard that the sixth prince didn't dare to delay, he hurried in to report.Not long after, the steward went out to greet him in person, followed by dozens of servants who were about to kneel down, Ming Heng hurriedly stopped him, saying: "You don't need to be polite, I just want to see Zexi today."

The housekeeper welcomed him into the mansion, and after ordering tea and snacks, he went to the backyard to invite He Zexi.

Ming Heng sat in the front hall, waiting absent-mindedly, feeling more and more uneasy, thinking about what to say when we meet later, how to word it so as not to make this topic too embarrassing.For a while, he was imagining what He Zexi would look like when he came out.After last night, Zexi should no longer be cold to herself, maybe she will no longer call herself the sixth prince, but directly call herself Mingheng.Last night, the sight of He Zexi hugging his neck and calling him Ming Heng in a soft voice really touched his heart, and he still couldn't forget it when he woke up.

Just when Mingheng was dreaming, He Zexi finally appeared.He was only dressed in plain white clothes, his hair was tied up casually behind his head, and his face was a little morbidly pale.

"Zexi!" Ming Heng got up in surprise, and was about to go over to help him.

Unexpectedly, He Zexi took a step back and knelt down to greet her with all manners: "See Your Highness." Her tone was as distant and indifferent as before.

Mingheng's footsteps stopped abruptly, and the smile froze on his face.