Chapter 68 - Retreat: The Letters of the Southwestern Province

It wasn't until dinner time that Hua Tang came back.

Yao'er was still asking. Aunt Jin said, "I just went to the backyard now, and it should be in the prince's room." ”

"How is the eldest brother?" Hua Tang asked.

"Seeing that he was still in good spirits, Master Nan said that he couldn't delay it, and he wanted to go to the ice room for retreat." Aunt Jin said, "In the future, the affairs of this southwest mansion will be divided into several adults, and when Xiao Yu comes back, I am afraid that I will have to take on more things." After all, the prince has been in retreat for three years, and Yao'er is young, although the southwest border has been stable in the past two years, there must always be someone to guard this southwest mansion, otherwise the prince is afraid that he will not be able to heal his injuries with peace of mind. ”

"Xiao Wu is originally from the Southwest Mansion, and these are his duties." Hua Tang said, "Besides, there is a palace master and a son in the Shadow Chasing Palace, and the southwest Shuzhong is not far away, if there is really something, we will go back quickly, and the aunt doesn't have to worry." ”

"I've wronged you." Aunt Kim patted her hand and asked, "Where did you go during the day, and you didn't come back all day." ”

"I was going to buy some medicine, but I saw Ying Niang on the street." Huatang Road.

Ying Niang is the woman who Zhao Wu rescued from the tiger's mouth that day, this time she returned to the southwest mansion, she was ready to live for a long time, Aunt Jin arranged for her to work in the dyeing workshop in the house, surrounded by cardamom girls who were laughing and laughing, Ying Niang gradually had more smiles on her face, and she had a good relationship with everyone.

"What's the matter?" Aunt Kim asked.

"It's like she's hiding from someone." Hua Tang said, "Even the basket was thrown on the stall, and I hurriedly hid in the alley, and it took half an hour before I came out, and I hurriedly returned to the southwest mansion." ”

Aunt Jin frowned: "Who are you hiding?" ”

Hua Tang said: "A fat monk should not be a local. I just inquired on the way, and the people said that he was a charlatan, who had just entered the city a few days ago, and relied on a mouth to sell fake medicine and eat rice. ”

"Seeing Ying Niang wandering alone, I also know that she is a person with a story." Aunt Jin said, "Maybe it's the enemy of the past, but you want to ask?" ”

Hua Tang said: "If it is indeed a sad past, if it is mentioned and it is sprinkled with salt on the wound, I am just a little worried about her." ”

"Then I won't ask." Aunt Jin said, "Even if it's just for the sake of her young son, if she really gets into trouble in the future, Ying Niang should take the initiative to ask for help, and now that he didn't say it, you and I shouldn't know anything." ”

"I'll go see the prince and Yao'er." Huatang Road.

Aunt Kim nodded, turned around and went to the kitchen to boil medicine.

In the bedroom, Duan Yao said, "What kind of kung fu is the Bodhicitta Sutra?" ”

Duan Baiyue said: "Master's self-created kung fu. ”

Duan Yao said: "If you say it, you don't say it." ”

Duan Baiyue stretched out her hand and patted his head: "I have only practiced three moves, how can I explain it clearly." If you want to know so much, why don't you ask Master? ”

Duan Yao said: "I asked, but the master refused to say." ”

Duan Baiyue said: "After practicing, you can stand alone in the world." ”

"Liar." Duan Yao said, "If it was really so good, Master should have blown the genius happily a long time ago, how could it be so miserable as today?" ”

Duan Baiyue said: "Three years later, at the age of nineteen, if you count it further, it is not an exaggeration to say that twenty, it is time to marry a daughter-in-law." ”

Duan Yao covered his mouth: "Don't speak." ”

"What's wrong?" Duan Baiyue smiled.

Duan Yao hesitated: "Unlucky." "It always feels like you're ...... Explain the aftermath.

Duan Baiyue shook her head: "I won't die." ”

Duan Yao said, "Hmm." ”

"It's just a matter of changing identities to live." Duan Baiyue continued.

Duan Yao frowned: "What do you mean by changing your identity?" ”

Duan Baiyue said: "I'm afraid that the King of the Southwest won't be able to do it, and if you want to come here, Xiao Yu won't be willing to stay here for the rest of his life, as for you, you are also spoiled." However, according to the current situation, the border can be stable for at least 10 years, so there is no need to worry. ”

"Why can't you be the king of the southwest anymore?" Duan Yao was anxious.

Duan Baiyue said: "After practicing the Bodhicitta Sutra, even the blood will be poisonous, and your appearance will be ruined, half human and half ghost. ”

Duan Yao's five thunders thundered: "I don't believe it!" ”

"If you don't believe it, believe it." Duan Baiyue patted him on the shoulder, "Don't always have a child's temper, it's time to grow up." ”

"Do you have to practice?" Duan Yao was anxious, "What did Master say, is there any other way, the second brother has gone to find Tianchensha, so you can't wait for him to come back?" ”

Duan Baiyue shook her head: "It's too late." ”

"What about my sister-in-law?" Duan Yao continued to ask.

Duan Baiyue's eyes froze.

"When I went back to the southwest, my sister-in-law also said that she would write a letter every month to inform him of your current situation, and said that when the affairs of the court and the central government were more leisurely, I would come to the southwest to see you." Duan Yao said, "What should I do then?" ”

Duan Baiyue said: "It's just hiding and not seeing." ”

Duan Yao's eyes widened.

"He is the emperor and the king of a country, so he naturally knows how to choose." Duan Baiyue closed her eyes slightly, "Three years and five years may be angry, ten or twenty years, thirty years and forty years, who can be angry for a lifetime, isn't it?" ”

Duan Yao wanted to hug him and cry,

"Thinking about the good, there is always a breath in it, which is better than death." Duan Baiyue said, "Wear a mask, at least you can walk on the street." ”

Duan Yao stood up with a "Teng": "I'll go find Master!" ”

"No need to look for it." Nan Mo Xie pushed the door in, "Don't say it's looking for your master, even if it's looking for Tianwang Laozi, it's useless, unless there is Tianchensha, there is only this way to go." ”

"But ......" Duan Yao didn't know what to say.

"Alright, let's get out." Nanmo patted him on the head and sighed, "If your second brother can find Tianchensha, things may have a turnaround, but for now, it can only be like this." ”

Later, when Huatang came over, Duan Yao was still squatting under the old banyan tree, looking at the roots in a daze.

"Big brother is resting?" Hua Tang asked.

"Not yet, Master is prick my brother's needle." Duan Yao stood up and forcibly held back her tears.

Hua Tang said: "It's cold and cold squatting here, and I'm not afraid of catching a cold." ”

"In a few days, my brother will go to practice the Bodhicitta Sutra." Duan Yao said, "The ice room is colder. ”

Hua Tang pulled him to sit under the corridor: "You know?" ”

"Hmm." Duan Yao wiped her nose and choked desperately, "Master knows how to teach some broken kung fu to my brother!" ”

"Xiao Wu is still floating on the sea, maybe he can really bring back Tianchensha." Hua Tang wiped his tears for him, "The prince is only in temporary retreat, and things always have to be on the good side, right?" ”

"Hmm." Duan Yao agreed.

"Alright, go back and rest." Hua Tang said, "The prince has an injury that has not healed, don't catch a cold anymore." ”

"The second sister-in-law should also go back to the room, my brother will be here for a while, and it is estimated that he will go until midnight." Duan Yao said, "Otherwise, Dabao and Xiaobao should have a trouble." ”

Hua Tang nodded, looked back at the bedroom, and saw that the lights inside were dim and quiet, as if he needed help, so he walked out of the small courtyard with him.

Three days later, Duan Baiyue made arrangements for all the affairs in the southwest mansion, wrote a letter, and sent someone to secretly send it to the royal city, and then went to the ice room with Nan Moxie.

The stone door slammed shut, and even if you stood outside, you could feel the biting cold.

Thinking that his brother was going to stay in this ghost place for three years, and he didn't know what would become of him after he came out, Duan Yao finally couldn't hold it back anymore, and hugged Aunt Jin and cried.

Why are you so unlucky, you can't do it if you're lucky.

The subordinates in the Southwest Mansion are also saying that the prince will be in retreat for three years this time, and after he comes out, he will be able to walk alone in the rivers and lakes, and maybe even the leader of the martial arts alliance is not an opponent.

When the leaders of the tribes in the border areas asked about this, they were also dumbfounded. Originally, there was such a cloudy and uncertain prince, and the days were already fearful, and now he actually has to retreat and practice divine skills, don't say that he really wants to do what he wants to do the first in the world, we have lived a stable life for a few years, and I still want to build a house and be a landlord, and I don't want to follow the north to usurp the throne.

In the ice room, Duan Baiyue sat on the snow stone with her eyes slightly closed, letting her body temperature leave little by little, and almost even her blood was frozen and coagulated.

Thousands of miles away in the royal city, this day Chu Yuan finished dealing with the government affairs of the DPRK and China, and as soon as he returned to the imperial study, the Sixi father-in-law happily stepped forward and whispered that the south sent a letter again, looking at the color of the fire paint, this time it was not Duan Xiaowangye, it should be written by the southwest king himself.

Chu Yuan said: "Counting the days, it's about the same. ”

"yes, yes." Sixi's father-in-law smiled.

Chu Yuan patted his big belly and couldn't laugh or cry: "What are you happy about?" Hurry up and get it. ”

"Yes." Sixi's father-in-law presented the letter with both hands, and retreated to cover the door.

Chu Yuan sat on the dragon chair, gently picked up the fire paint, and pulled out a thin piece of stationery.

It is indeed a familiar handwriting, but there are only a few words, saying that he is going to the ice room to retreat and practice, and the affairs of the southwest mansion have been properly explained, everything is fine, don't read it.

Chu Yuan frowned, picked up the envelope again, and shook it upside down.

There really is only this one piece of paper.

……

A moment later.

Hum!

"Your Majesty." Seeing him go out, Sixi's father-in-law smiled all over his face, "Do you want to eat?" ”

Chu Yuan's face was expressionless: "Go, dig up that tree." ”

Sixi's father-in-law froze with a smile: "Dig again?" ”

Chu Yuan asked, "Got a problem?" ”

Sixi's father-in-law looked embarrassed: "But that tree is still in the cold palace." "After the last planing out, I haven't been invited back, I went to see it once, it looks very good, and I have a yard of flowers.

Chu Yuan: "......"

Sixi's father-in-law hurriedly changed the topic: "Lord Xu has something to ask the emperor, this day is freezing, so the old slave invited the lord to go to the side hall to drink tea first." ”

"Xuan." Chu Yuan turned around and went back to his room, "If you pass it on, I will be in the imperial study all day today, even if I have something to do, I will come to listen to the excitement if I have nothing to do." ”

Sixi's father-in-law asked, "What about breakfast?" ”

Chu Yuan said: "Don't eat." ”

Sixi's father-in-law said again: "Then let the imperial dining room prepare lunch for the emperor earlier." ”

Chu Yuan was furious: "Don't eat it either!" ”

Sixi's father-in-law smiled and coaxed: "At night, it should be-"

Chu Yuan slapped the table: "Xuan Xuran!" ”

Sixi father-in-law: "......"

"Father-in-law." Lord Xu asked as he walked, "How is the emperor feeling today?" I'm going to play this thing, it's a little tricky. ”

"If it's tricky, and you don't have to rush to play today, don't talk about it." Sixi's father-in-law lowered his voice, "I'm afraid today is the worst day for the emperor since the beginning of spring." ”

Master Xu stumbled.

Half an hour later, the rest of the adults were also ordered to enter the palace, there was something to say, nothing to make fun, the imperial study was full of people, and the noise was not dispersed until late at night. After returning to the dormitory, Chu Caohaly washed up, went to bed and slept without saying a word, and even covered his head with a quilt.

Sixi's father-in-law couldn't cry or laugh, the last time he saw the emperor lose his temper like this, it was more than ten years ago, and he was only six years old - think about it carefully, the reason is the same, it's all because of the king of the southwest.

The sky is full of snow, falling on the branches of plum trees, although the sky is cold, the flowers are blooming more and more densely, in the cold air, quiet and fragrant.

After that, the letter from the Southwest Mansion was still delivered on time, but it returned to Duan Yao's handwriting, saying that his brother was practicing in retreat and was fine.

Chu Yuan folded the letters and put them all in the secret compartment.

Once you are well, it is better than anything.