There is a dragon in the backyard of the palace

The little prince couldn't tell when he fell asleep at night, but when he woke up the next morning, he found that his face was pale, two spots of black and blue appeared under his eyes, and his head seemed to be aching.

I'm afraid I caught a cold last night and slept too little.

When the little prince recalled what happened last night, he just felt like a dream.But just look at his dark circles, and you will know that those things really happened.

The memories of last night can be called pleasant, but the dark circles under his eyes made him frown.Seeing his appearance, the maid serving at the side hurriedly took a hot towel and applied it to his eyes. He applied it carefully for a while, and then looked in the mirror, feeling better.However, after changing clothes, one can see that it is completely different from the energetic state when picking out clothes yesterday.

If the little prince was still in the state of mind a few days ago, he might be very upset at this time.But now he didn't care.The hat, crown and hairpin had already been selected in advance, and the clothes had already been smoked with the elegant incense he selected, which was enough to show his elegant taste.Even if his description is a little weak at this moment, he is still the most handsome prince in Beijing.

The situation at the flower viewing party was not far from what the little prince had expected. The queen invited were probably unmarried men and women of roughly the same age.Some of them have been engaged to each other before but have never met, peeking at each other at the flower viewing party.In addition, there are some men and women who have never been engaged before. The queen deliberately arranged them in a position where they can see each other's appearance clearly, which is obviously an intention to match.

Sitting with the young prince was Dong'an Hou Shizi Li Muchao, this Dong'an Hou Shizi was the most familiar with the young prince, and they were always together.This time we sat together and chatted.Just listen to that Li Muchao said:

"Old King Jin is here, you don't go out, and the brothers are bored. This time the empress is the host, so I finally let me see you."

The little prince took a sip of tea, with a somewhat casual attitude:

"You can't play without me?"

"That's not true. It's just that we have been together for so many years. Without you, we really can't cheer up—I don't think you have much energy. What's going on recently?"

The little prince ran to kiss Qinglong last night, so naturally he couldn't tell him about such things.The little prince glanced at him, and gave the reason for Baiyong Bailing and said it again:

"My father passed away, and I feel sad."

Li Muchao couldn't be fooled by this excuse, he grinned, and clenching his fists to slap the little prince:

"Why are you pretending to be in front of your brothers? Who doesn't know that you are so happy that your old man is dead and you want to set off firecrackers."

The little prince also laughed.This is the truth. Before the old man died, he had indeed imagined so.At that time, it was probably out of anger, but now...he couldn't tell whether he wanted the old man to die or not.In short, things have already happened, so there is no joy or displeasure.

Seeing the little prince smiled, Li Muchao himself laughed happily, and said:

"Speaking of which, the reason why the empress held the flower viewing party this time is for those of you who are not engaged. The unmarried ladies are all sitting there talking now. Take a look, do you like anyone?"

The little prince was not interested in this matter, and he didn't even raise his eyes to look at the people over there. Hearing his question, he just said lightly:

"It's just the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. It doesn't make any difference who you marry."

Li Muchao laughed:

"That's true. It's the fate of us people. No matter who we marry, we will always be drunk and dreamy for the rest of our lives, and we can't change it. But your father can't control you anymore, and you are a dignified prince. You can always choose someone. pick."

The little prince raised his eyes and glanced at the women who were playing together not far away.They were all beautiful, and all looked cheerful.The little prince looked at them, thinking that maybe one day in the future, one of them would become his princess, and his heart suddenly became heavy.

If he really married such a princess, would he be like his father, leaving her alone in the empty room and dying of depression?

The little prince felt that this was inappropriate. Since he was a child, he had sympathized with his mother and hated his father.He made up his mind a long time ago that if he gets married, he must love and respect his princess.

However, at this moment, he looked at these girls and realized that he actually had no confidence in this matter.

They are indeed beautiful and have received proper education, no matter which one's status and cultivation are enough to become a princess.They are indeed worthy of love and should be loved.But the young prince realizes that he will never love them, never be attracted to any of them.If he had never seen a dragon, maybe he would be satisfied with such a life, with such a demure and elegant princess.But after seeing the dragon, he only has the dragon in his heart.

No matter who he married, he was destined to be sorry for her.

This made it more difficult for him to stay here, he was not interested in looking at the girls in front of him, nor did he want to be sized up by them.He stood up and walked towards the queen, telling her that he was unwell and was going back.

The dark circles under his eyes that bothered him a little in the morning were now an excellent excuse.

The queen heard him say that she had to go back first, so she looked at the little prince and said with a smile:

"I think you really look bad today, and you don't have the energy to stay here. If you want to go, go first. It's just that I have a person here, and I must let you meet first."

The queen said so, and whispered a few words to the maid next to her, and the maid took the order to go, and soon brought a young girl.The queen pointed at her and smiled at the little prince:

"Do you still remember Taifu Yan who taught your brothers to read? This is his lady, Yan Shuangtian."

The little prince raised his head to see that the girl was quite tall, she was dressed in bright red, her skin was whiter than snow, she was particularly conspicuous among the crowd.She seemed to be older than others, and closer to the young prince's age.

The little prince understood that this was the queen's favorite candidate for Princess Jin.She is very beautiful and demure, very suitable to be a princess. Her father has always been very loyal to the Holy One, and it can be said that he is the most trustworthy person.If the little prince hadn't met the dragon, maybe he would have longed for such a girl, hired her as the princess, and lived a beautiful life.Perhaps the Holy Majesty was suspicious of him at first, but after a long time, the suspicion will eventually disappear, and everything will return to normal.

Things might have developed like this, but the little prince himself knew that such a thing would never happen.From the moment he decided to meet the dragon last night, he knew that his life had deviated from the originally set route and turned to another road.No, maybe earlier, when he saw the dragon for the first time, it was destined that his life would change.

This is no luck.

But does he really need the kind of luck that most people want?He has been the son of the royal family since he was born, and he has everything he needs and thinks.He has been a hundred times luckier than ordinary people since he was born, and now, he is going to step into a world that has nothing to do with his innate luck.This world may be full of thorns, but there are dragons here.

Here, the only thing he's afraid of is one thing - he's afraid he'll be like his father.

The moment he saw Yan Shuangtian, he suddenly realized this matter. He was too easy to be like his father, as long as everything went naturally, he locked the dragon in the backyard in an ordinary way, and hired Yan Shuangtian in an ordinary way. Be a princess, and keep going like this, he will become what he hates the most, become exactly like his father, maybe he will have a child in the future, and that child will hate him like he hates his father .

The thought terrified him.How would he get rid of this possibility?He doesn't know yet, but if he thinks about it carefully, there will always be a way.

On the way back home, the little prince kept thinking about these things.In fact, his thinking was very messy, not so organized, but roughly so.His thoughts were like a mess of threads, and no matter how he organized them, he couldn't figure them out.He still needs time, many hours, many days, several months, or even several years, before he can fully figure out everything and satisfy himself.But he thought, these can always be done slowly.

But there are some things that should not be taken slowly.

The little prince walked briskly towards the courtyard where Qinglong lived. Before he entered the palace in the morning, he had already asked someone to order the kitchen to prepare a banquet.He was going to have dinner with Qinglong today, and he wanted to tell him how much he missed him during this time.

Yunxiu is really a clever boy who is rare in the world, no matter what is entrusted to him, he can always handle it properly.When the little prince came to Qinglong's residence, Yunxiu had already brought over a food box that was twice as big as usual.He judged from what happened last night and the tone of the young prince's instructions to him this morning that it was necessary to prepare well this time. The young prince opened the door, took the food box and entered the room, and saw the dragon waiting for him.

Having been in contact with the dragon so many times, the little prince has already been able to tell whether Qinglong has expectations.He knew that dragons usually lie on the ground in dragon form, and only when they are waiting for him will they deliberately change into human form.Anyway, at this moment he was glad to see the dragon sitting on the futon waiting for him.

After being happy, he was shy. He suddenly remembered what happened last night. Last night, Long hugged him with both hands and carried him to the door.

It's really embarrassing for a man who is about to turn 20 to be hugged like a child by Yunxiu.

The little prince's face turned red.