my lord is sick

"Song Yichun?!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Xie Yan tightened his grip on Xiao Chengzhou's arm, and let out a small exclamation.Thinking about King Cheng and the Fourth Prince mentioned in the words, Xie Yan raised his head to look at Xiao Chengzhou, and saw that Xiao Chengzhou's expression had not changed, but the corners of his eyes were drooping and he couldn't see the expression clearly.

Kong Qing stopped, Xie Yan also held his breath and dared not move.

In the corner, the conversation continued.

The faint female voice stopped crying, and said sadly: "The fourth prince doesn't want to see me, so I can only come to you."

Song Yichun was a little impatient: "Prince Cheng has returned to the capital, it is inconvenient for the Fourth Prince to see you at this time..."

"I'm already seventeen!" The woman suddenly broke down emotionally, interrupted Song Yichun's words sharply, and asked, "I can't wait for King Cheng's age, next year at the latest, the emperor may let me marry King Cheng... I didn't do him any favors, does he think I'm worthless, so he doesn't plan to marry me?"

"Keep your voice down!" Song Yichun was startled by her voice, and ran out to look around, only to be relieved when he saw that there was no one around, he put away the impatience on his face, turned around and coaxed the woman in a good voice, "four Don't you know the prince's intentions for you? He has long wanted to express his intentions to the emperor, and hoped that the emperor would take back his will, ask for a marriage, and marry you as his concubine. But in the past two years, King Cheng's actions have become more and more secretive. The fourth prince can't catch him, so what can he use to ask for an order?"

The woman seemed to believe Song Yichun's words. After a while of silence, her emotions calmed down, and there was nervous expectation in her voice: "Really? He is still willing to marry me?"

Song Yichun said: "Of course. The fourth prince also thought of it tonight, but tonight's fireworks show, there are so many people, if someone with a heart tracks him down, wouldn't it be a bad thing?"

"I, I understand. You tell him, I will continue to wait for him."

After a while, Song Yichun came out from the corner, followed by the speaking woman.The two looked around carefully, and after seeing no one there, they left separately, taking another road that intersected with this alley, which was different from the road that Xiao Chengzhou and the others came from.

When they were gone, Xie Yancai and Xiao Chengzhou came out from the shadow of hiding.

Xiao Chengzhou said: "Kong Qing, follow."

"Yes." Kong Qing replied, following the woman lightly.

"Who is that girl?" Xie Yan couldn't help being curious.

Xiao Chengzhou sighed, "It's Miss Duan."

Duan, Miss Duan?Xie Yan almost bit his own tongue, this name is no stranger to him, isn't this his unmarried concubine whom Xiao Chengzhou mentioned only during the day?But listening to the conversation just now, she actually had an ulterior intimacy with the Fourth Prince behind Xiao Chengzhou's back!

Xie Yan recollected it, and was immediately embarrassed. This kind of thing was known by outsiders, and Xiao Chengzhou was so embarrassing as the prince of a dynasty.But he didn't look angry at all, and his eyes were sad, Xie Yan thought in his heart that he liked Miss Duan so much, and felt sympathy for Xiao Chengzhou for a while.At the same time, he looked down on the fourth prince even more, and cast aside in his heart: a friend's wife, don't bully her, let alone her brother's!Where did the fourth prince put Xiao Chengzhou by doing this, and he still wanted to threaten him with an excuse!

Xiao Chengzhou reluctantly pulled the corner of his mouth, looking extremely sad, he said to Xie Yan: "Let's go, I will continue to send you back to the Hou's Mansion."

Xie Yan watched Xiao Chengzhou's expression carefully, "My lord, why don't you stop, I'll just go back by myself."

"Let's go." Xiao Chengzhou smiled and insisted.

Xie Yan didn't dare to say anything.

It is very close to the Hou's Mansion, and the group arrived after a short walk.There were a few carriages parked at the gate of the Hou Mansion, and they were the Xie family who just came back.

Xie Yan saw his parents and sister get off the carriage, and walked up happily.

Xie Feng turned his head and glanced at his son, his eyes fell on Xiao Chengzhou who was walking slowly behind him, he hurriedly brought his family to meet him, and bowed his hands to Xiao Chengzhou with a smile, "I have seen the prince."

Xiao Chengzhou nodded, exchanged a few words of greetings with Xie's family, his warm eyes with a smile fell on Xie Yan, "When you arrive, I will go back."

"My lord, go to the mansion and have a cup of tea before leaving." Xie Feng enthusiastically persuaded him to stay.

Xiao Chengzhou declined, and said with a smile: "It's getting late today, I'll formally visit another day."

Xie Feng is not surprised that Xiao Chengzhou is so easy-going. Everyone in the capital knows that King Cheng is easy-going and has no princely airs, but many people know that this is just an appearance that the other party is willing to show

Xie Yan said anxiously beside him: "My lord, when you have time in the future, I will invite you to drink... eat!" Originally, Xie Yan wanted to invite Xiao Chengzhou to drink, but thinking that he was a vegetarian during this period, he changed his mouth to eat.

"I'm free until the Queen Mother's birthday." Xiao Chengzhou smiled slightly

That's not a lot of opportunities to build relationships!Xie Yan said happily: "Then I will go find you tomorrow?"

Xiao Chengzhou nodded, expressing that he would wait for him in the palace.

"Then, please go slowly, my lord. I will let the guards escort you back." Xie Yan said, and gestured to the guards hiding in the dark.

Xiao Chengzhou didn't refuse, and after nodding with Xie Feng and the others, he led them away.

Xie Feng brought his wife and children into the Marquis Mansion after Xiao Chengzhou's back was no longer in sight. The group went to the Songhe Courtyard first, greeted the eldest princess who had not yet rested, and then sent them back around.

Wu Ling said: "Will it be bad for Yan'er to get so close to King Cheng?"

"There's nothing wrong with it." Xie Feng said indifferently, "Yan'er is just making friends. What our family used to be outside is what it will be like in the future. Whatever we do, we do it openly."

The eldest princess nodded: "Master Hou is right. King Cheng is by no means an easy person to reach this level. We don't have to worry too much about his life, we just need to save his life when he is in danger. .”

Xie Feng also said: "Except for the fourth prince who is at odds with King Cheng, the First Prince and the Second Prince want to win him over, but King Cheng is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, as long as he does not get close to any of the two, even the new Emperor If he succeeds to the throne, he doesn't have any worries about his life."

Hearing the fourth prince, Xie Yan snorted: "Then what if the fourth prince ascends the throne in the future?"

Xie Feng shook his head, his disdainful expression was exactly the same as Xie Yan's, and he said firmly: "Unless the first three princes are all dead, otherwise the fourth prince will not be able to sit in that position."

Xie Yan was too lazy to think about the twists and turns of the court, "Why?"

"Because you're stupid." Xie Feng mocked his son unceremoniously.

Xie Yan muttered softly, "Like a father, like a son, I didn't inherit it from you."

Xie Feng stared, looking for sticks everywhere, but there was no stick here, so he had no choice but to stop, "I tell you now that you don't understand, but you will understand when you become a father."

"How can I understand if you don't tell me." Xie Yan was full of disbelief.

The Eldest Princess smiled and said: "In the eyes of Your Majesty, the Eldest Prince is the eldest son, as long as he does not commit any heinous crimes, he must be the Crown Prince in terms of love and law; although the Second Prince is not inferior to the Eldest Prince, he is From the concubine, it is impossible for His Majesty to surpass the eldest prince and give him the position of crown prince. He is the sharpening stone of the eldest prince, who puts pressure on the eldest prince and encourages him to make progress; Looking at the glory, but he is a sharp knife controlled by His Majesty. Now he is carrying a huge danger, and everything he does is to prepare for the new emperor's enthronement in the future; Chaotianzi is also a father, and the fourth prince seems to be the most loved by His Majesty, but what His Majesty bet on the Fourth Prince has no hope of his son becoming a dragon, only love for the younger generation."

Xie Feng is an idle Marquis, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand anything. Although he is neutral, he is also concerned about the affairs of the court, and he is even more sensitive than many people.Similarly, as a father, standing outside the court, he can better see today's attitude towards the four princes.

Although the eldest princess lives in the back house, she often communicates with Xie Feng. After all, she is the woman who helped Jin ascend the throne back then. Even if everything is ignored now, she should not be underestimated.

Xie Yan's eyes were dazed by his grandmother's words, but he also understood the point, as long as Xiao Chengzhou didn't stand in line, his life would be basically saved.

Afterwards, Wu Ling asked Xie Yan how he got along with King Cheng today, Xie Yan said it was fine, Xiao Chengzhou seemed to be easy to get along with as long as he didn't make him angry.As for Shunning Manor being Xiao Chengzhou's matter and the scene where he bumped into Song Yichun and Miss Duan when he came back, Xie Yan thought about it, these were irrelevant, so he didn't say anything.After all, it is Xiao Chengzhou's privacy anyway, especially the second matter, if it were him, he must be afraid of being known by others.

Put yourself in another place, Xie Yan thought, and Xie Feng and the others left Songhe Courtyard and went back to their respective courtyards.

The next day, Nan Xing used his old nose to tear Xie Yan and the pillow apart. He twisted the towel and wiped Xie Yan's face, who was still clamoring to continue sleeping, "Master, you made an appointment with King Cheng last night. , Said that he is going to invite him to dinner today, get up quickly!"

Xie Yan was not yet sixteen, and when he was still growing, the young man was short of sleep. Xie Yan felt that his eyelids were sewn up with needles and thread, and he couldn't open them anyway. , Nan Xing tormented him for a long time before telling him to open his eyes and wake up to doze off.

"Wake up so early!" Xie Yan was full of resentment.

"It was you who told me last night that I wanted to call you earlier."

"It's not even daylight yet!"

Nan Xing carefully smiled and said, "You forgot, it was you who said that you were going to buy soup dumplings from Li's Steamed Bun Restaurant for King Cheng."

As the capital of a dynasty, Kyoto is a gathering place for nobles, with everything to eat, drink, and play.This Li's steamed stuffed bun restaurant may not look like an unremarkable seller of steamed stuffed buns, but his steamed stuffed buns are a delicacy that countless old people in Kyoto flock to, and they sell them in limited quantities every morning.In order to eat the soup dumplings, the elders and ladies in the vicinity sent their servants to line up there early, and they had to wait until the next day.

Xie Yan thought for a while, it seemed like this, he thought of it before going to bed last night, "Get up, get up, and wait for me to get dressed."

Looking at Xiao Chengzhou's behavior last night, it seemed that he was very sad because of Miss Duan's matter. In Xie Yan's heart, if there is anything unhappy, then go and eat a delicious meal; if not, then have two meals.In short, in Xie Yan's heart, there is nothing in this world that food can't soothe.

Xie Yan thought that he would buy some delicious food to coax Xiao Chengzhou, and made him happy. Isn't the relationship between the two closer!

Hi!My sister always said he was stupid, but he was obviously very smart!

The author has something to say:

Xie Yan [knock on the door]: Jiangjiang!Delicious hot soup dumplings!

Xiao Chengzhou: I understand, love breakfast.