fight for day

This is an ancient au that can't stand the slightest research, so read it completely overhead.

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July, hot summer.

The sun was setting and the heat was fading.The servants of Xiangguo's mansion walked in a hurry, and the servants outside the dining room gathered their heads and muttered together while choosing dishes.

"I heard that King Pei is going back to Beijing."

"Which King Pei?"

"Oh, you are really, of course, the younger brother of the current Long Live Lord, Prince Pei of Dalan! The new Prince's Mansion on Xiping Street last year was dedicated to this Lord!"

The woman spoke enthusiastically, but the girl seemed to understand: "Is it the nineteenth prince who sent Princess Yanlun to the Western Regions for a marriage, but ended up with the Persian princess?"

The woman slapped her thigh: "That's right. Emperor Lanwu was furious back then. This is not the new emperor's ascension to the throne. The emperor is the brother of Lord Nineteen. The queen mother missed her youngest son, so she was named king and recalled to our capital."

The girl counted with her fingers: "It must be more than ten years?"

"It's been 12 years. I heard that the child born to Prince Pei and Princess Persia is the same age as our young master. This time, we will follow back to Dongyou!"

Before the girl spoke up, she was caught off guard by a crisp voice.

"Who called me?!"

Under the arched door, a well-dressed young man suddenly poked his head out. The suet jade on the silver crown was shining brightly, making his lips red, teeth white, and his eyebrows picturesque.

"Ouch, my lord!" Before the woman could say anything, Yizhu, the personal servant, hurriedly grabbed his hand, knelt on the ground and wiped the dust with silk.

"Why are you running so fast? This is the brocade that was presented as a tribute by the land of Sichuan this year. The emperor gave it to our lord, and the old lady made new clothes for my lord. It must not be dirty before the old lady and the lord have seen it!"

Lu Zhou was not annoyed by her nagging, he just smiled, and after wiping his hands and cuffs, he was led by Yizhu to the Liankun hall.

"Is sister already here?" Lu Zhou asked.

"Yes, my lord came to see you first when I came back. Seeing that you were sleeping soundly, I went to find the old lady—Master, slow down!"

Lu Zhou trotted through the pavilions and corridors, and saw Lu Yangye who hadn't seen him for a few days from outside the hall.

"Sister!" He rushed in excitedly, hugging a tiger into his familiar arms.

His elder sister had just come out of the palace, and she still carried the fragrance of the imperial court on her body. She was sitting on the right seat at the moment, her face was calm, and she reached out and patted Lu Zhou's shoulder lightly.

"Hey, I'm talking to my mother."

Lu Tan spoke from the main seat: "Yizhu, first bring the young master—"

"Oh, you're talking about yourself, I'll just listen, don't make noise." Lu Zhou put his arms around Lu Qianye's waist, kicked his feet and sat directly on her lap.

Lu Tan's brows were raised upside down: "You—"

Lu Qianye raised his hand to screen Yizhu away, and put his hand on Lu Zhou's shoulder: "That's all."

Lu Tan stared at her disapprovingly: "You just get used to him!"

Lu Qianye smiled very lightly, and continued the unfinished topic just now.

"Prince Pei returns to Beijing, and the Lu family will go to see him now. But I am the prime minister, so it is inconvenient to go. This matter needs to be troubled by my mother. Prepare the congratulatory gift in advance. After King Pei and his wife return to Dongyou next month, I will go there in person." The palace has seen it."

Mrs. Lu Tan nodded: "When I heard you mention it at the beginning of the year, I asked the Tan family to look carefully in the East China Sea and found a blood coral. After a while, I asked the housekeeper to send it from the warehouse to the Yibao Pavilion to decorate it with night pearls and make it into an ornament."

Lu Qianye wanted to say that it was enough to say what she wanted, and there was no need to be too extravagant, but her mother came from a family of merchants, and she spent money freely, so she hummed: "Mother arranges it."

Lu Tan took a sip of tea, and suddenly thought of something: "The Persian princess, does she look scary?"

Lu Yangye was slightly startled: "How do you say that?"

"If I go to the palace, I think it will be the princess who receives me. Persia is farther than the Western Regions, and I have never seen what the people there look like. If we meet suddenly, what should I do if I am frightened and lose my composure?"

Lu Qianye: "...Mother is worrying too much, Persians are human beings, no different from Han people."

Then he paused again: "The portrait of his wife was attached to Prince Pei's letter before. The emperor once showed me that although the princess has golden hair and blue eyes, she is really beautiful."

Lu Tan said: "If it weren't for the appearance of a celestial being, it would be rare for Prince Pei to linger... Speaking of which, Prince Pei was only eighteen when he sent off his relatives. I also saw him at a palace banquet, and he was also handsome and handsome. His husband and wife lived together Is your child a boy or a girl?"

"Son." Lu Yang said at night.

Lu Zhouwo listened for a long time in Lu Qianye's arms, matched the content with what he had heard before, and raised his head: "Are you as old as me?"

Lu Yangye straightened his crown and nodded gently.

He was a little excited: "sister, can I go with my mother then?"

"Of course you are going." Lu Tan said.

She was in poor health, married into the Lu family for more than thirty years, and only gave birth to these two children. Lu Guang had no concubines before his death. Among the many aristocratic families, the Lu family is considered to be very few.

Fortunately, the eldest daughter is extremely intelligent. She was the number one scholar at the age of 17 and lived in the temple. She had acquainted with the current emperor when she was young, and helped her in the battle for succession; She became Dalan's first female face since the founding of the country.

One person is less than ten thousand people, and even the Lu family, which was in decline after Lu Guang's death, also regained the glory of the No. 1 family in Dongyou, the capital.

It seems that Lu Yangye is in power in the Lu family now, and she is now thirty-four, almost two rounds older than Lu Zhou.Although Lu Zhou was young, he was the only male in the Lu family, and he couldn't be left alone when he visited other places.

"What's the name of the princess?" Lu Tan asked.

Lu Qingye; "Elise."

Lu Tan's; "A grain of silk?"

Lu Yang kept his face unchanged at night, and sent someone to fetch a pen and paper, and the pen took the dragon and snake to write down the name of the princess.

Lu Zhou leaned on the edge of the table and stood on tiptoe to look, curiously asked: "What's the name of the boy who is the same age as me?"

Lu Qianye picked up the pen and wrote three words.

Lu Zhou repeated every word; "Ye-by-ming?"

Lu Qianye patted his head: "If you get along with him, it would be a good thing."

The first emperor had many heirs. When she helped the sixth prince win the heir, it was a bloody storm. All the kings were killed. Now there is only Ye Feng, Prince Pei, in this world.Ye Feng has not lived in Dalan for a long time and has no foundation. If he keeps his own place and is an idle prince, the emperor will be happy to use this younger brother to maintain the family relationship of the heavenly family and protect its prosperity and wealth from generation to generation.

It's just that she heard some rumors that this Ye Zhuming was born in a foreign land, and he was quite domineering and unruly at a young age.Lu Zhou has always been gentle, and he wondered if he could get along with such a person.

Lu Cheye's thoughts Lu Zhou had no idea, he was very excitedly waiting for the arrival of next month.

On the twelfth day of the eighth lunar month, a procession drove in at the north gate of Dongyou.The attendants were all tall and tall, with curly hair, high nose and deep eyes, and they would not look sideways when they were being watched and discussed. They escorted two gorgeous carriages into Peiwang's mansion with horseshoes clattering.

In previous years, on August [-]th, the emperor would hold a grand banquet in the palace. Lu Zhou thought that he would be able to see the new guest from a foreign land in advance of the banquet, but when the queen mother saw the youngest son who had been separated for many years, she fainted from the depths of joy and stayed in bed for days. Therefore, the emperor canceled the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

King Pei and his wife stayed on the sickbed to take care of them, and had no time to meet outsiders. It wasn't until the second round of sweet-scented osmanthus blossoms that the good news came from the palace that the queen mother's phoenix was in good health.

Although she had heard about the beauty of this Princess Elise before, when she saw the real person, Lu Tan still had a moment of loss of speech.

That princess—or Princess Pei—is only twenty-seven this year. She is tall and slim, with creamy skin.

Perhaps there are frequent visits these days, Princess Pei is used to being watched, and she raises her hands with dignity, so she invites Mrs. Lu Tan to stand up and take a seat.

When Lu Tan was young, she was also a well-known beauty in the south of the Yangtze River, but her beauty was so old that she could only sigh in front of the mirror.Now seeing such a beautiful woman with unique charm, I can't help feeling fond of him. Originally it was just a visit, but we sat down and chatted for hours.

Lu Zhou couldn't sit still, and used the excuse to go to the toilet, so Princess Pei took the initiative to ask someone to take him there.

"Young master is so cute." Princess Pei touched his ruddy face, "It's not like my son who never sees anyone."

When they came to visit, Ye Zhuming was not in the palace.

"My concubine is absurd. Your son is smart and intelligent, so naturally he is more active." Lu Tan said with a smile.

"I think the young master is also tired from sitting with us. Let Zach take you around the palace later, Xiyuan and the sweaty horses we brought. The young master will see if you like it. Shall I give you one?"

"Where is this appropriate?" Lu Tanshi wanted to refuse, but Princess Pei waved her hands and said it was okay, and let the man with curly brown hair lead Lu Zhou away.

After Lu Zhou thanked him excitedly, he went straight to the stable.

The palace is very big, and the stables alone are comparable to a small horse farm. The tall and strong horses shake their manes wantonly, neigh endlessly, and look majestic.

Generally, children from aristocratic families as old as Lu Zhou have long been proficient in equestrianism, but Lu Yangye is worried and must teach it himself.She was busy with affairs, and she didn't have much time to accompany Lu Zhou, so Lu Zhou's equestrian skills remained at the level where she could only mount a horse.

But this does not prevent him from admiring and loving horses.

The blood-sweaty horses that the concubine spoke of occupied more than a dozen mangers, all of them were naive, with slender and strong hooves, and their ponytails flicked back and forth restlessly.

Seeing that his eyes were shining, Zach was about to bring out a well-behaved horse for him to try riding, but Lu Zhou kept his eyes on the snow-white pony on the far left and asked me if I could try this ?

Zach was a little embarrassed: "Zhaoye... has a bad temper—"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Lu Zhou trying to reach out to touch it, and was about to step forward to stop it, but saw that always fiery Zhao Ye shook his head slightly, took the initiative to take a few steps forward, and let Lu Zhou touch his neck docilely.

This horse not only looks beautiful, but also is smooth and smooth, and the fur on the hands is also extremely comfortable to the touch. Lu Zhou's eyes glistened with excitement, and he couldn't put it down.

... Besides the little master, there is actually someone who can get close to Zhao Ye.

Zach was wondering, when he suddenly heard the rattling of horseshoes in the corridor, from far to near, there was a faint sound of bells in the wind.

Zhao Ye suddenly raised his front hooves, raised his head and let out a cry, Lu Zhou was caught off guard, and was so frightened that he backed away again and again!

"Don't move!" An angry shout came from behind, and Lu Zhou was so shocked that he fell to the ground, with a shadow cast over his head, he heard a long cry of "Woo--", he raised his neck and looked, the tall white horse was strangled The ground raised its front hooves high, and when it passed over Lu Zhou's head, the dirt on the horseshoe's palms rustled a few grains on his cheeks.

The girl on horseback was wearing a dark green dress, with blond hair flying wildly, her slender black eyebrows were slightly frowned, and her pair of beautiful dark eyes were slightly narrowed, condescendingly looking at him on the ground.

"Who are you?" She raised her chin and asked.

Lu Zhou stared blankly at her without speaking.

Zach took the rein from the girl's hand, and after the girl stepped on the stirrup and fell to the ground, he tied the horse and replied: "Little master, this is the young master Lu Zhou from the Prime Minister Lu's mansion. The master asked me to bring the young master to pick a horse." send him."

The girl pouted.

Seeing that Lu Zhou was still sitting on the ground, she knelt down on the ground and said, "Still getting up?"

She was very close, and the fragrance of green grass came to his face, and Lu Zhou could even see her delicate and fair skin, which was more radiant than his hair crown suet jade, like glazed porcelain, covered with a layer of soft light, The delicate and straight bridge of the nose, the thin lips seem to be painted with rouge...

The girl blinked, and reached out to brush the fine dirt off his face.

Lu Zhou's face was almost steaming, and he hurriedly stepped back a few steps with his feet, opened the distance from the girl, got up and bowed again and again: "I'm rude, I'm rude! Offend the girl!"

He didn't know where he stabbed the girl, and he heard the other party laughing out loud, showing off wantonly, even laughing so that his already rough voice looked more like a boy.

Lu Zhou didn't dare to stand up until the girl had laughed enough, cleared her throat and said softly to him that it was all right.Quietly raised her eyelids to look at the girl, and found that she was actually a little taller than him by an inch or two.

"Your name is Lu Zhou?" The girl stared at him with a half-smile.

Although the Lu family is a rich family, but Lu Zhou has only brothers of the same age, but no sisters of the same age. When the girl looks at him with such straightforward eyes, his heart feels like a beating drum, and his ears are so red that they are about to bleed.

He didn't dare to look at each other, he lowered his head slightly, and hummed softly.

The girl elongated her voice, her beautiful eyes lingered on Lu Zhou's body, she slowly understood the hairband wrapped around her white wrist, and wrapped her blonde hair.

"It's so hot. Fetch water. I want to take a bath." She fanned the wind with her palm and turned around. Before leaving, she turned back and raised her eyebrows and said to Lu Zhou, "It's time, stay and have dinner with me. I'll help you choose horse."

There is a difference between men and women. Lu Zhou has never seen a few girls of the same age. The girl in front of him is completely different from those ladies of the family. Her words and deeds are all free and easy, just like the sun shining brightly.

At that time, the palace sent someone to call him to eat, and Lu Zhou followed the dining room in a daze.In less than two hours, Lu Tan and the concubine were like a pair of close friends, holding hands and talking, not noticing their son who was charmed.

"Sit down first," Wang Fei held Lu Tan's hand, "My son just came back, I don't know how long it will take, I won't wait for him."

Lu Zhou didn't listen to what they said at all, and was led to a seat by the maid in a daze, and inadvertently noticed that there was a pair of bowls and chopsticks opposite him.

He suddenly remembered that the girl had asked him to accompany her for dinner before she left, and his heart skipped a beat. Before he could ask any questions, he heard a clear and clear voice.

"I'm late, sorry for your honor."

Lu Zhou raised his head, and a young man dressed in brocade entered the door with a graceful walk, tall and slender like a pine.

He was holding a white jade fan in his hand, and when he came in, his eyes fell on Lu Zhou first, he raised the corner of his mouth, and greeted Lu Tan after meeting the princess.

"My nephew, Ye Zhuming, has met Mrs. Lu."

Mrs. Lu Tan groaned: "Don't dare to be, please, Your Royal Highness—Princess, the appearance of your eldest son is really similar to yours, tsk tsk, I have never seen such a beautiful young master, he is really magnificent."

The concubine smiled: "Don't praise him, he can't help but... Lu Zhou, come on, this is your brother Zhuming—is it brother?"

Lu Tan nodded with a smile: "My son is two months younger than His Royal Highness."

Ye Zhuming stared straight at Lu Zhou, with an obvious smile on his lips, and shook his slender palms to shake off the fan bones, and shook them gently.

"Brother Lu Zhou?" He deliberately prolonged the sound.

Lu Zhou stared at his face, a little confused: "I just saw a girl who looks exactly like you."

Ye Zhuming paused his hand shaking the fan, met Lu Zhou's eyes for a moment, and burst out laughing suddenly.

The dining room was silent, Ye Zhuming laughed wantonly, Princess Pei couldn't stand it anymore, and slapped him on the back.

She said something in Persian, and Ye Zhuming coughed and stopped.

Princess Pei smiled apologetically.

She has always wanted a daughter, but Ye Zhuming is the only son under her knees, but this child was born beautiful, when she was in Persia, she liked to dress up Ye Zhuming as a daughter, watching his son disguised as a woman for comfort.

To lie to his son, he had to do it early. Ye Zhuming didn't reject women's clothing when he was young, and even got used to wearing skirts when he was a little older.

——In his words, traveling in men's clothing is always misunderstood as a woman disguised as a man, and she simply dresses up as a woman. When others see her, they will at most praise a few words and save trouble.

Thinking about it, he was also wearing women's clothing today, and when he came back, he bumped into Lu Zhou in the stable, and there was a misunderstanding.

Princess Pei was about to explain, but her troublesome son spoke first.

"Oh, maybe you're talking about my sister."

Princess Pei: "..."

Princess Pei: "?"

Lu Tan was surprised: "Didn't the concubine say that there is only one son under her knees?"

Princess Pei: "Indeed, there is only—"

Ye Zhuming didn't change his face: "It's my cousin, her name is Elijah, my uncle asked her to come to Dalan to see the world, and now she lives in the palace."

Lu Zhou secretly repeated the girl's name, Qiqi Ai said: "She just said that she wants to have dinner with me..."

"I know." Ye Zhuming did not change his expression, "But men and women are different, and it is inconvenient for her to sit at the same table, so she specially asked me to accompany her. Can't you?"

Princess Pei opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything, she poured herself a glass of wine sadly.

Seeing her sudden change of mood, Lu Tan hurriedly went to chat with her.

Lu Zhou snorted and shook his head: "Yes."

He couldn't hide his disappointment at all, Ye Zhuming had the illusion of being compared, and his face suddenly became a little ugly.

Just as he was about to make love, Lu Zhou smiled at him.

"Brother Zhuming."

Ye Zhuming was stunned for a moment, and immediately forgot what he wanted to say, coughed in disguise, and nodded reservedly.

"Then what, eat." He held the ivory chopsticks, "I'll take you to pick a horse after eating."

Lu Zhou asked in a low voice, "Are you going as a younger sister?"

Ye Zhuming smiled slightly: "It depends on your performance."

Lu Zhou didn't know what this "performance" meant, so he ate a bit indiscriminately, and followed Ye Zhuming back to the stables rather apprehensively.

Ye Zhuming crossed his arms and nodded the little white horse with his chin: "Have you taken a fancy to Zhao Ye?"

Zhaoyeyuemo is the name of this colt, and he can name the horse... It seems that this horse is Ye Zhuming's favorite pet, and his sister told him about it.

A gentleman doesn't take what others like, so Lu Zhou shook his head: "I just think it looks good."

"It's not that I can't give it to you...but it has a bad temper and I haven't tamed it yet." Ye Zhuming patted the neck of the camera and waved to Zach, "Bring Xiyu here."

Lu Zhou looked at the tall white horse and felt vaguely familiar: "It looks like the horse my sister was riding just now."

"..." Ye Zhuming avoided talking, "Xiyu is Zhao Ye's father, he is very good, come up and try."

Lu Zhouren was not as tall as a horse, and waved his hands repeatedly: "Actually, I'm not very good at riding."

Ye Zhuming raised his eyebrows: "Don't be afraid, I'll take you—put on the protective gear."

Both were in their early teens, and they looked no stronger than him, but when Lu Zhou was held down by Ye Zhuming and put on the protective gear, he found that he couldn't break free at all. Soon, he was caught by Zach's armpit and put on the horse's back.

Xu felt the weight, and Xiyu ground her front hooves uneasily.

"Hush—" Ye Zhuming skillfully caged the horse's head, comforted Xiyu, took the reins, stepped on Zach's hand and rolled onto the horse's back lightly.

Lu Zhou was held in his arms, felt the horse shaking, and was so frightened that he clenched Ye Zhuming's wrist tightly.

"Don't grab me, grab the rope." Ye Zhuming guided him to pull the rein, wrapping himself on the back of his hand, "Gently pinch the horse's stomach with his legs—"

Lu Zhou followed his instructions, and Xiyu walked forward slowly.

"The rope is also used to control the direction, take a little here..." Lu Zhou was grabbed by him and pulled the rope to one side, Xiyu turned around and continued.

"I think I will." Lu Zhou said to himself.

Ye Zhuming: "Can you make it run?"

Lu Zhou: "It's enough to whip its butt - what about the whip?"

Ye Zhuming smiled, raised his hand and patted his back, Xiyu got the instruction, and immediately started running cheerfully.

Lu Zhou turned pale all of a sudden: "Stop! Phew!"

He was so nervous that he even forgot to pull the rein, Xiyu took Ye Zhuming's palms again, and ran all the way out of Prince Pei's mansion.

Ye Zhuming controlled the direction and drove Xiyu all the way out of the city. Lu Zhou was blinded by the wind and could only smell the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus in the air. Much softer.

"Look." Ye Zhuming said.

Lu Zhou opened his eyes, and in front of him was a vast green field, where the wind was blowing and the grass was low, setting off waves of green waves under the light of the sky.

"Ahead is the Royal Forest Army Horse Farm." Xiyu carried the two of them slowly on the field ridge. Lu Zhou couldn't see Ye Zhuming's expression, but he could hear a bit of loneliness and nostalgia from his voice. You can see it everywhere, I’ve been here in Dongyou for the past few days, and I’ve only found such a place—I’ve been educated not to go in, tsk.”

Lu Zhou listened to him, thought for a moment, and said, "There is a hunting ground in Yanhui. The grassland there is bigger than this one. If you want, I will take you there next month—"

Before he finished speaking, his jaw was suddenly pushed back, Ye Zhuming squinted at him: "Really?"

"I'm tired of Shenma..." Lu Zhou was pinched, and he awkwardly knocked off Ye Zhuming's hand, "My mother's family has been in business for generations, and although the hunting ground is not as big as Tianjia's, it is enough for you to escape. "

Ye Zhuming gave him a thumbs up: "If you help me make it, I will recognize you as a brother!"

Being stared at by those glazed eyes, Lu Zhou couldn't help but think of another person, a little embarrassed: "Okay, can I bring my younger sister with me then?"

Ye Zhuming: "..."

It seems to be a big game.

He began to think about telling Lu Zhou the truth now, whether he could still become a hunting ground.

But staring at those sparkling eyes, Ye Zhuming opened his mouth, pursed his lips, and said vaguely: "Let's talk about it when the time comes...I will try my best to convince her."

It's a big deal to bring a few sets of women's clothing when you go.

It's just that it's a bit uncomfortable to speak in a false voice for a long time.Forget it, it's not unbearable.

Lu Zhou is happy.

Seeing his happy little expression, Ye Zhuming's heart skipped a beat.

"Which gentleman do you study under?" He pinched the horse's belly, and Xiyu slowly hoofed towards the distance.

Lu Zhou said a name.

Ye Zhuming secretly remembered that Ye Feng was already trying to find a husband for him, and he didn't want to go to the palace to be the prince's companion.

It's better to accompany Lu Zhou than to accompany the prince who can't make a fart with three sticks.

In the future, when you are tired from studying, you can still pretend to be a girl to tease him and sing a fake Yingtai.

Ye Zhuming imagined the scene where Lu Zhou would be made to blush by himself in the future, and he was extremely happy.

From this point of view, the long life in the future is not so difficult to accept.

The setting sun casts a long shadow on the boy cuddling on the back of the tall horse. With a few strokes, it seems to outline the appearance of an adult through time.

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In fact, I wanted to write about Ye Zhuming falling off the horse, but now they are 11 years old, and the drama of being a brother and a sister must be at least fifteen or sixteen years old before it can't be sung.

Too long, lazy cancer author decided to give up.