Chapter 1: A Man's First Sight

The end of the winter of the sixth year of the northward dip.

The palace is tilted to the north, and the palace is smoked in the south

I saw a girl dressed as a palace maid running and shouted to the palace, "Princess, princess, great news, great news, great ... ”

Jiang Guantong was sleeping soundly on the bed, and suddenly he was frightened by this shout and sat up from the bed, and when he reacted that the call came from his own little maid, he angrily threw the pillow on the ground

"Xiaoxiao, believe it or not, I poisoned you so that you couldn't make a sound anymore, what are you doing in the morning, didn't you see me sleeping soundly?"

As soon as the little maid called Xiaoxiao entered the inner hall, she saw that her princess was angry, and quickly picked up the pillow that Jiang Guantong threw on the ground

"Princess, the slave still thinks you're up, I don't hear the good news, hurry up and tell you."

Jiang Guantong was still annoyed when he got up, scratching his head uninterestedly, so he fell on the bed again and said tirelessly, "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go"

Xiaoxiao stepped forward and put the pillow on the bed, holding Jiang Guantong's hand, and said excitedly, "Princess, Xiaoxiao heard that this Xiuyuan Academy is about to recruit a new batch of students, and after the beginning of spring, you can go to the academy and pass the layers of assessments, and you can officially enter Xiuyuan Academy."

Jiang Guantong, who was lying on the bed and was about to turn over and continue to make up for the cage, immediately sat up straight when he heard this, "What are you talking about, Xiuyuan Academy, that Xiuyuan Academy in the south, smile, are you serious?" ”

"It's true, princess, I met the accompanying eunuch and other little eunuchs next to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the morning, and I heard that the prince wanted you to go, but the emperor refused"

"What did you say, I was rejected by my father, why did he refuse, no, I have to find him, quick, smile, help me change my clothes and make up, let's go to my father"...

Qiankun Palace, the north-leaning emperor's sleeping palace

Jiang Guantong came to the outside of the Qiankun Palace with a smile, and the eunuch guarding the door of the palace saw Jiang Guantong coming to this side from a distance, so he went to greet him, and after Jiang Guantong came forward to salute, he also got up and supported Jiang Guantong's side, and said cautiously, "Princess, if you have something to find the emperor, let Xiaoxiao tell the slave, the emperor will look for you in your palace again, you come to the emperor to let her see him and be sad for you."

"Alas, how can it be so serious, don't you see that I'm not good, you see that this is not a small father-in-law, you and Xiaoxiao are supporting me, I came to find my father because of urgency, how can I wait" Jiang Guantong said ha.

"Even if that's the case, it's not a coincidence that you're here, the princess, the emperor has gone to the court, and he hasn't gone down to the court yet," Xiao Zhou's father-in-law said

"What, my father hasn't gone down to the court yet, so why don't you smile and let's go back first, and come back later" After speaking, he turned around and wanted to leave, and then thought of "what if she just left on the front foot and went down on the back foot" You turned around and said, "Forget it, let's go in first, this princess and wait first"

Xiao Zhou said fairly, "Princess, it's cold outside, the slave will help you go in quickly, don't catch a cold when the time comes"

Entering the inner hall, Xiao Zhou's father-in-law ordered someone to burn the fire a little hotter, and then asked, "Princess, do you want to eat some snacks, and the slave will order someone to prepare"

"No need, I'm not hungry, but it's boring to wait for my father here, and I can't see it, Xiao Zhou's father-in-law, find a book for me to read."

As soon as Gonggong Zhou found a book to open it, the emperor returned.

"Guan Tong, why are you here, didn't you say that there was something for my father to find you?"

"Oh, father, I have hands and feet, don't I just can't see, I walk with so many people supported by them, it means that I have more than one pair of eyes, and I don't let me move around this day because I want to suffocate me."

"Then you can move around, I'm sending a few more guards to you, so..."

"Alas, that's not necessary, I'm just a few good now, Father, I know you're worried about me, but I just can't see it, it's not that serious, you don't have to worry"

After listening to this, Emperor Beitian took her hand and sat down with her, and said, "Then what are you doing when you came to find your father today?"

"Father, you don't have to be annoyed when Guan Tong said it."

As soon as Emperor Beitian heard this, he knew that it would never be good for his daughter to come to her, so he snorted coldly, "That's not necessarily, it depends on what you say, I'm so annoyed, and my health will not be good."

"Oh, father, don't be like this, I just heard that Xiuyuan Academy will recruit new disciples, and the imperial brother wants me to go through the experience, but you rejected it, why, you obviously know that I have always wanted to go to Xiuyuan Academy"

I know that you came to me because of the matter of Xiuyuan Academy, but Guan Tong, you, you can't see it, how can you rest assured that your father is gone?"

"I know my father is worried about me, but I can protect myself, don't worry, father, you see that I am so smart, I can protect myself"

Emperor Beitian stood with his hands behind his back and did not listen to Jiang Guantong's words

"Father, my daughter has grown up, I also want to go to Xiuyuan to learn my favorite medical skills, I don't want to spend this life safely under the protection of my father, because this is not what I want, I also want to grow rich wings, because I also want to protect my father and brother, besides, I am trapped in this palace all day long, does my father really think I am happy" After speaking, Jiang Guantong's eyes that could not focus were already red.

When Emperor Beitian heard this, his face was quite moved, and he turned forward and held Jiang Guantong's hand and said, "My daughter has grown up, if your mother sees you like this, she will be very happy."

When Jiang Guantong heard this, his father agreed, so he tried to ask, "Father, you agree."

"You let me think about it, this is not a trivial matter, even if you have to go at that time, you must listen to my arrangement" Emperor Beitian's expression was serious

"Okay, father, I rely on my father's arrangement, I know that my father is the best for me, then my father, you see that it's spring, that Xiuyuan will start school soon, don't think about it for too long, my daughter will go back and pack up first, we must rush before Xiuyuan starts school" Jiang Guantong saluted beside him and added, "Then father, I will go back first, Guan Tong will retire"...

After Jiang Guantong left, Emperor Beitian shook his head helplessly and said, "Look at this one who has no conscience, and I don't know who he followed."

Xiao Zhou's father-in-law on the side replied, "Your Majesty, the princess is like this when she is young, but her heart is not bad, we are all used to it"...

Because the Emperor of the North was not at ease, he decided to personally send her to the south to hand over to His Majesty the Emperor of the West, the Emperor of the North and the Emperor of the West met in Tianxuan when they were young, and they were old friends, but later because of the great responsibility of the family and the country, they had to return to China to inherit the unification, speaking of which, the two countries in the north and the west are also in harmony and do not offend each other, and they will send Jiang Guantong, in addition to giving her a place to stay, it is also to meet the old friend Emperor Nanjing, who has not seen her for many years.

On the day of departure, because the prince Jiang Sinian wanted to supervise the country, he couldn't go with them, and when he left, he sent Jiang Guantong a lot of fine soft gold and silver, and ordered the attendants to be loaded in the accompanying convoy, although Jiang Guantong has always wanted to go to Xiuyuan Academy, but since ancient times, parting is the most hurtful, and at this time, he still cried and hugged his brother to wipe his tears, "Brother, you have to be good, I will often write to you when I go there, you should remember to come to the south to see me"

"Okay, okay, I know, after my father sends you back, I will go to the south to see you, my father and I must take turns to see you, don't worry, but you have to study hard when you get there, don't even be sent back if you can't pass the primary test of the academy, then I and my father can't afford to lose this person" Jiang Sinian said while wiping tears from her tears

"Jiang Sinian, can you hope that I will be better, are you my brother to the emperor" As soon as Jiang Guantong heard him say this, he immediately exploded

Sitting in the car, Emperor Beitian couldn't wait, and lifted the curtain and said to the two brothers and sisters who were fighting, "Don't you go, don't you want to go?"

Frightened, Jiang Guantong hurriedly let Xiaoxiao help him get into the car, and after getting into the car, he lifted the curtain and waved in the direction of Jiang Sinian, "Brother, brother, where are you, you come to us"

Jiang Sinian stepped forward and held her fluttering hand and said to the Emperor of the North Tilt, "Father, you can be careful on the road, be careful of being angry with this girl again"

Before Emperor Beitian could speak, he was snatched back by Jiang Guantong on the side and said, "What do you say, I am my father's little padded jacket, so I won't make my father angry" and turned his head to Emperor Beitian and asked, "Yes, father"

Emperor Beitian tapped her head and said, "This depends on your performance on the road."

He turned his head to Jiang Sinian and said, "Si Nian, the government affairs will be handed over to you, and we should also go."

"Father, don't worry, the son will live up to his mission," Jiang Sinian said with his fists clenched.

He turned and waved his hand at the convoy, so that they could go.

As the convoy moved slowly, Jiang Guantong stretched his head out of the curtain and shouted in the direction of Jiang Sinian, "Brother, you have to remember to miss me."

"Don't worry, Guan Tong, you have to remember to write a letter to the palace," Jiang Sinian replied loudly...

After a few days of long journey, Emperor Jiang Guantong and his party finally arrived in Pucheng, the imperial capital in the south, bumpy along the way, Jiang Guantong who arrived in Pucheng was not as happy as he imagined, and entered the Pucheng Palace, the emperor of the south actually came out to greet him in person, Jiang Guantong asked secretly to Emperor Beitian

"Father, it seems that you had a good relationship when you were young, and it is true, and he also came out to greet us in person."

Emperor Beitian scoffed at his question, and snorted coldly, "When did I become a smuggler in your eyes?"

Jiang Guantong" "

As soon as the Emperor of the Southern Realm saw the Emperor of the North, the two of them couldn't stop chatting, Jiang Guantong, who was sitting on the side, had a tired journey, and had been sitting next to him to play haha, and the Emperor of the Southern Realm saw this, and ordered the palace people to take them to the Jinqing Palace to rest, saying that they would have a good rest for a while today, and then hold a reception banquet for them every day.

Jiang Guantong was really tired, and as soon as he entered the Jinqing Palace, he fell asleep, and he slept until the next day's reception banquet.

Emperor Beiting and Emperor Nanjing seem to have not seen each other for many years, and there are always endless topics to talk about, so he came early in the morning and ordered Xiaoxiao to say that when the time comes, he will take Jiang Guantong to the reception banquet and then let go to chat with the Emperor of Nanjing.

Jiang Guantong woke up, smiled and dressed her up and helped her to the banquet, along the way Jiang Guantong was thinking, she was still a month and a half away from the opening of this Xiuyuan Academy, nearly two months, so where did she live in these two months, her father would definitely not stay for a few days before returning to the north, so wouldn't she be a blind person to be alone, thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel sad

"Hey"

Listening to the sigh of his princess with a smile next to him, his brows furrowed, "What's the princess worried about, don't you want to participate in this reception banquet?"

Jiang Guantong just wanted to explain to her, and smiled, "Princess, let's get here, the slave will help you in."

With the support of Xiaoxiao, Jiang Guantong entered the banquet hall, Emperor Beitian saw her coming, got up and went to help her, walked to the Emperor of the South, and made a salute, just wanted to kneel, the Emperor of the South got up and helped her up and said, "Alas, you don't have to, I am like a brother and sister with your father, I treat you like my own child, you can't see it, you don't have to do this ceremony in the future" Jiang Guantong smiled and said, "Thank you, Uncle Emperor, but this etiquette still can't be messed up, Guan Tong, as a junior, even if he can't see it, he must salute, this is also a respect for the emperor's uncle, Please don't exempt Guan Tong from the courtesy."

The whole sentence flowed smoothly, neither humble nor arrogant, and after speaking, he knelt down with a smile and kowtowed, "The northern slope of the river Guan Tong sees His Majesty the Emperor of the Southern Territory,"

After speaking, he turned to the direction of the Emperor of the North and kowtowed, "Son, see the emperor."

The Emperor of the Southern Realm turned to the Emperor of the North and said, "You kid is really sensible," and after speaking, he turned to Jiang Guantong and said, "Okay, take a seat, child"

After taking a seat, Jiang Guantong still sat down with a smile on his face, raising his head and being generous and decent, and the ministers saw that this was a well-bred foreign princess.

Jiang Guantong's mouth stiffened, and he began to complain that the banquet was about to end when he scolded in his heart, and the banquet, which was only a little noisy, suddenly quieted down, and then from the main entrance of the banquet, he walked in front of the guests without hurrying, and when he passed by Jiang Guantong's table, he brought up a gust of wind, Jiang Guantong couldn't see it, but smelled the faint fragrance left on this person's body when he passed by, closed his eyes, and opened his mouth to say, "It's ambergris" next to the smile, I saw Jiang Guantong close his eyes and sniff deeply, and added, "And Su Hexiang", the smile on the side was blinded, and he sighed again.

Jiang Guantong opened his eyes and explained, "I said that the person who walked by just now has the smell of ambergris and Su Hexiang on his body."

"Oh, by the way, smile, just walked by?"

"The slave doesn't know, but he's so good-looking, and he has the same good temperament as the princess."

Jiang Guantong glanced at him silently and was not ready to speak, but he heard a voice in the hall, "The son of the emperor has seen his father, and he has seen His Majesty the Emperor of the North" Jiang Guantong heard that it was a boy's voice, don't you say it's very good, it sounds like the age is not much different from Jiang Guantong.

Jiang Guantong sat for a while, feeling uncomfortable, so he quietly let Xiaoxiao help her out for a walk, and when she arrived outside the hall, Jiang Guantong exhaled a long breath of turbidity, stretched out his hand and moved his muscles, "Ah, it's still comfortable outside, you don't need to hold the princess's shelf."

Suddenly, as if he smelled something, Jiang Guantong stretched his neck and sniffed

"Xiaoxiao, is there an apricot blossom over there, I smell the smell of apricot blossoms" Xiaoxiao looked in the direction of her finger, and sure enough, there was an apricot blossom.

The south is warmer than the north, but I didn't expect even this apricot blossom to bloom so early than the north.

Jiang Guantong asked Xiaoxiao to help her under the apricot blossom tree, "Xiaoxiao, you go back and listen to what they say at the banquet, the main thing is to listen to the question of where I live after my father leaves, and then come and tell me that I will rest here."

After smiling and leaving, Jiang Guantong sniffed the fragrance of apricot blossoms under the tree alone, with a pleasant expression on his face。。。。。。。

In the inner hall, Xiaoxiao just slipped to the seat quietly, and then heard the Emperor of the North say to the person who had just arrived, "This is Ji Fan, he has grown so big, he is really a stranger like jade."

The person known as Ji Fan bowed slightly in the direction of the Emperor of the North.

"Hey, Brother Jiang's words are wrong, that Princess Guan Tong is now also slim, besides, Ji Fan is one year older than Guan Tong."

"By the way, Guan Tong will arrange for him to live with Ji Fan, they will all go to Xiuyuan, and there will be a response when the time comes," Emperor Nanjing continued to add.

"Yes, father," Ji Fan finished speaking, and turned to face Emperor Beitian, raised his sleeves and said, "Uncle Jiang, don't worry, Princess Guan Tong called to hand it over to the imperial nephew" Emperor Beitian pinched Ji Fan's shoulder and said, "I'll give it to you, I can naturally rest assured" and then attached himself and said in a voice that only two people could hear, "Imperial nephew, what about you, I am really relieved, I can't rest assured that Jiang Guantong's girl, although she can't see it now, but her temperament is still very stubborn, I'm afraid that you won't be able to resist it when the time comes."

The corners of Ji Fan's lips hooked slightly, "Uncle Huang, don't worry, Ji Fan is fine". . . .

Xiaoxiao hurriedly ran to the apricot blossom tree and repeated to Jiang Guantong what the Emperor of the North and the Emperor of the Southern Realm were going to arrange for her to Ji Fan just now.

"Ji Fan?"

Jiang Guantong frowned, "Who is it?" ”

"It's what you just said that he is very fragrant, I said that he is very good-looking, it is His Royal Highness King Nanjing Chen Ji Fan, I heard that he is going to Xiuyuan Academy with you."

"Oh, it seems that I am as old as me," Jiang Guantong said

"yes, yes, a year older than you."

Jiang Guantong pouted, "I don't know if it's good to get along or not, will I quarrel with him or something?"

Grunt, at this moment, Jiang Guantong's stomach screamed, she looked up and looked in the direction of Xiaoxiao awkwardly, "Well, Xiaoxiao, I'm hungry, I haven't eaten since I got up this morning, you go back and steal some snacks for me."

After Xiaoxiao left, Jiang Guantong groped and sat down with the apricot blossom tree, holding his stomach and complaining, "I'm so hungry" There was a burst of footsteps behind him, thinking it was a smile, Jiang Guantong just wanted to stand up, but suddenly found that the sound of the feet was not a smile, the familiar ambergris mixed with the smell of Su Hexiang wafted into his nose, is he? Frightened, Jiang Guantong subconsciously wanted to stand up, but because his stomach was too hungry, his feet were weak, and he was about to fall to the ground, "Ma Dan, don't you want to be so embarrassed" Jiang Guantong thought to himself. In the next moment, a hand held her who was about to fall, and the tip of her nose was the fragrance of ambergris mixed with Su Hexiang. "You, it's okay" That's right, this is the voice I heard just now in the inner hall, what is his name, Ji Fan.

Jiang Guantong withdrew his hand and took a step back, was silent for a moment, raised his head and said with a smile

"You are Ji Fan, the king of Chen, I am Guan Tong of the Beitian River, from now on, I will trouble you to take care of me"

"The princess is quite familiar"

Jiang Guantong was still smiling, his eyes looked in the direction where the voice came from, and he spoke.

"That's for sure, I'm a blind man, I can't see it, in this foreign country, and I still send people under the fence, saying these words should be called flattery."

"If you can't see it, how can you know it's this king?" Ji Fan asked

Jiang Guantong smiled and sniffed the air with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and said in the direction of Ji Fan, "It's the smell, you are ambergris with the smell of Su Hexiang, I just smelled it in the inner hall."

Ji Fan flicked his sleeves and put one hand behind his back, raised his eyebrows and hooked his lips, but did not speak.

"Oh, by the way, Xiaoxiao just said to me, my father and the emperor whispered to you, I want to ask Your Highness, what did my father and emperor whisper to you in the inner hall just now"

"Smiling?" Ji Fan was puzzled

"She's my little follower, these are all I asked her to eavesdrop," Jiang Guantong explained with an embarrassed smile.

Ji Fan chuckled when he heard this

"Uncle Jiang Huang said, you are very well-behaved, so that this king does not have to worry" Ji Fan replied

"Oh, my father really said that about me" Jiang Guantong lowered his head and thought for a while, after all, he would have to live under one roof in the future, and it was not good to lie. He raised his head again and said, "Well, in fact, what my father said may not all be true" and then tangled for a while, and continued to speak, "Because in the future, after all, I will live with you, and I will be taken care of by you, and I don't want to lie to you, they all say that I am compared, well, naughty, but in fact, I am very easy to get along with, we are about the same age, I think we can be good friends, so I don't want to lie to you" After speaking, he smiled in the direction of Ji Fan.

"Princess Guan Tong is straightforward," Ji Fan said.

"Oh, you don't have to call me so troublesome, my nickname is Du Yi, well, the only one of my mother, because she believes that I am the only Jiang Guantong in this world, so, if you want, you can call me Du Yi, except for my father, the queen mother and the royal brother, they don't know it."

Ji Fan didn't twist either, "Du Yi" called lightly, and then said, "You haven't told anyone else, why are you willing to tell someone you just knew?"

"Because," Jiang Guantong thought for a while and said, "You, your voice is good, better than my imperial brother, and I also like Su Hexiang, I don't feel like you're a bad person."

Nonsense, I'm not allowed to say good things and hug my thighs, otherwise what if I have a bad life in the future, but the saying that you are not a bad person is true, I feel that the person in front of me is inexplicably kind, otherwise even if Jiang Guantong sends someone under the fence, not everyone is willing to say so much, after all, it is a princess of a country, but this person gives her the feeling that she wants to talk to him a lot. Jiang Guantong secretly slandered in his heart。。。。。。。。

Ji Fan just smiled and didn't speak.