Chapter 20: Return to the Palace
"Wow!"
At the smart mechanism on the leaky pot, a copper bead fell down the track and landed on the purple copper plate at the bottom of the head, with a crisp sound, it was time to wake up.
The first to be woken up by this sound was Liu Shi, and he slept in the Fengju Pavilion, the outer room that was only separated by a wall from Xuanyuan Qi's bedroom.
I slept fairly peacefully last night, but it was a little late, so when Liu Shi opened his eyes, there was still a layer of fog in front of him, which was foggy, and the position of his temples was also a little swollen.
got up, shook his head habitually, and blinked his eyes continuously, only then did he wake up a little. He shook off the smoke-colored robe on the shelf next to the bed, turned it over to the sky, and put it on his shoulders, and put his two hands into the cuffs on both sides.
After putting on the boots on his feet, Liu Shi, who had not yet raised his head, saw a corner of Qinglian in the corner of his eye.
Could it be that the prince didn't close his eyes all night?
Hurriedly tidying up, Liu Shi bowed down and saluted Xuanyuan who came over according to the etiquette.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"
Before he finished speaking, Liu Shi was signaled by Xuanyuan Jue. Xuanyuan stretched out his index finger in his right hand and placed it on his two somewhat chapped lips, silently, and slid it through.
As cautious as last night, he didn't take off his shoes again, pushed open the door, and the two went straight into the room.
On the soft couch, Xuanyuan Qi was still asleep, with his feet facing the sky, and a splendid thin quilt was kicked down by this little guy at some point, and he was lying innocently on the ground at the moment, crumpled.
He looked at the initiator closer, his head tilted, his hair scattered around like wild grass. Under the head, the right arm, which was temporarily used as a pillow, turned, thinking that it was a little numb from the pillow. At this moment, the embroidered soft pillow that should have been under the head became a foot pad under Xuanyuan Qi's feet.
I don't know if this pillow was kicked to the feet of Xuanyuan Qi at night? Or did Xuanyuan Qi fall off by himself and turn his head and feet upside down?
Based on his understanding of the past, Liu Shi felt that it was more likely to be the latter.
"Ha, Qi'er, Qi'er, wake up! Not only are you drooling, you're wetting the bed! ”
A rare warm smile bloomed on Xuanyuan Xuanyuan's face like honey in water. He bent down, deliberately, and gently blew into the ear of Xuanyuan Qi, who was about to wake up, and then made such a joke.
Still, the joke proved to be useful.
Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, five thunderbolts hit the top, Xuanyuan Qi, who was originally still spread like dough on the board, opened his eyes all of a sudden, a carp stood up, and Xuanyuan Qi stood directly on the couch.
The round and rumbling eyes, before he could see which two people in front of him, first looked at the place where Fang was lying, and his right hand also wiped the corner of his lips, and he frantically wiped his whole face back and forth with the sleeves of his bedclothes.
After confirming that there was nothing abnormal, Xuanyuan Qi knew that she was actually teased by the two people in front of her! She would never have thought that this would be her brother, the dignified prince Xuanyuan Xuanyuan, and Liu Shi, who usually kept saying "monarch and ministers"!
Xuanyuan Qi crossed his hands on his chest, his small mouth pursed again, and a pair of slanted eyes were aimed at Liu Shi first.
As if it was done on purpose, Liu Shi looked at it unhurriedly and said: "Please wash up, Mrs. Yan and Jia Yan have already prepared breakfast, after using it, you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will enter the palace with Gonggong Dan." ”
Saying that, Xuanyuan Jue and Liu Shi went out first and went outside to wait for her.
"Alas...... When will she come back? If I knew it earlier, I would have troubled the aunt to let the nurse's family move to Yecheng...... Alas......"
Because within a few years of being born, he successively "killed" his parents, and was deliberately said to be the life of the Tiansha Lone Star, because in addition to the personal nurse who took care of her since childhood, there was no personal servant.
At present, the housekeeper Liu was on vacation and allowed to go home to visit relatives, in fact, the family moved to Yecheng with the family, and it will be some days before they can come back.
While combing his messy hair, he muttered, his subordinates didn't stop, tossing and turning, and in the end he fiddled with his hair. In a hurry, a pair of short legs ran back and forth several times, and finally put on another dress, and when the door was opened, the two were gone.
"Huh? Didn't I wait for me to leave? Hum! Ignore you today! ”
Xuanyuan Qi touched her head, looked at the empty outside, and the two little feet stepped on the ground angrily, and then, she simply ran directly into the courtyard by herself.
When he arrived in the courtyard, this little bean Ding seemed to have noticed something, and he wanted to run to find Liu Zhu in anger, but stopped in the middle of the courtyard.
The slightest glutinous fragrance from nowhere attracted Xuanyuan Qi's gluttony, and it tickled her heart. Her nose twitched a few times, and she was looking for the source of the smell.
Although she said that she had had dinner when she returned home yesterday, it was now three or four hours later, and she was hungry.
It can almost be said that following the wafting aroma, Xuanyuan Qi walked all the way, and his whole mind was completely focused on this wisp of fragrance, and he didn't even see Gongyi Fei and Xuanyuan Hui who came over, and he was stunned and hit Gongyi Fei headfirst.
"Ha, I'll just say, Ah Qi will definitely be able to find it, how about it, His Royal Highness the Prince, you lost the bet this time."
Gongyi raised her right hand, covered her lips and smiled, and then turned her head to look at Xuanyuan who had already pulled Xiaodouding's hand on the side. Under the morning light, she saw that the cloth band on Xuanyuan Xuan's left eye had been replaced by a black blindfold.
In this way, even if there are still some bleeding wounds after two days, even if some blood stains accidentally ooze out, they will hardly be noticed, right?
"Haha, in the end, it's my delicate daughter's family, I didn't think about it carefully, I forgot, this is in King Kang's Mansion, how can Qi'er not be able to find it?"
Xuanyuan said, took a deep breath, and hugged Xuanyuan Qi, who was still a little sullen, a little reluctantly, after all, he was not much taller than his little brother.
"Let's go quickly, or the porridge will be cold." Gongyi looked at Xuanyuan Jue trembling a little, knowing that he couldn't hold Xiaodouding for a long time, but he was afraid that the two of them would fall apart in the next moment. He hurriedly pulled Xuanyuan to trot for a while, and he was also supporting Xuanyuan on the side.
But after a dozen steps and a threshold, both of them had to cheer up, for fear of falling off Xuanyuan Qi, who was still pouting.
"Little prince, come down, come down!"
The two of them "carried" Xiaodouding into the front hall of Fengju Pavilion, and the first person to see them was the housekeeper Liu Chu. Although he was not surprised by this scene, he could only take Xuanyuan Qi and put her down because of the respect and humility of the law.
Fortunately, Xiaodouding is not an unreasonable child, although she is still a little awkward about Xuanyuan who teased her in the morning, but the food is on the side, and everything is gone.
"It smells so good! Out of the uncle, out of the uncle, are you too happy to see us come back, and sent more monthly money to the cook in the house in advance, and he is doing much better than usual today! ”
Xuanyuan Qi held the white porcelain spoon in his hand, carefully blew the glutinous rice porridge that was still a little hot, and drank it, the grains were fragrant and smooth, and while his appetite was great, he did not forget to laugh at Liu. His hand also grabbed a plate of dim sum in front of him, picked up a piece of red cake, and took a big bite in his mouth.
Soft and glutinous, fatty, sweet, it is red bean cake.
Seeing this, Liu Chu had to shake his head, smiled helplessly, and even shook the beard on his chin.
Where does this start, as if he were a very stingy housekeeper.
Not an excuse, Liu Chu smiled awkwardly, hid his hands in his sleeves again, and turned his head to look at Mrs. Yan, who was standing and serving with him like him.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Yan was also looking at him.
Inadvertently, the eyes of the two met each other's eyes. Then, both of them deflected in a panic. In an instant, they all felt that these three children should not have seen this little action.
"Aunt Yan hasn't cooked by herself for a long time, I was worried that the craftsmanship was unfamiliar, and I thought that you might not be used to eating, but now it seems that Aunt Yan has thought too much."
Pretending to be indifferent, he didn't see this moment of Gongyifei, stretched out his hand, used a pair of ebony chopsticks to pick out some salted perilla leaves, put them on top of his porridge, and then used a spoon to scoop up the minced perilla leaves and the granular porridge below, and slowly put them into his mouth.
"Ha ......"
forgot to blow the porridge cold, his tongue and mouth were burned by the porridge that was still a little hot, and Gongyi didn't call out, but opened his mouth slightly. Stretched, a trace of heat overflowed.
"Where's the rustiness? I think this snack tastes more refreshing than the one that enjoys fasting, and it is not so sweet. ”
Xuanyuan said, deliberately picked up two slices of red bean cake on the plate at the same time, one was placed on the plate next to his bowl, and the other was also given to Gongyi.
"Then I will thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for Aunt Yan."
Gongyi pursed his lips and smiled, unexpectedly, without raising an eyebrow.
The hour passed quickly, and just after the three of them had finished breakfast, Grandpa Dan had already brought someone to the door, or rather, he had actually been waiting for a long time. Outside the gate of King Kang's mansion, in addition to the carriage when he came, there was another slightly larger carriage that came with him.
"Lao Liu, the emperor asked our family to pick up His Royal Highness the Prince, and the little prince and the scarlet princess entered the palace together, so that they could recuperate for a few days, but you and Mrs. Yan can't follow."
Gonggong Dan watched the three of them get into the carriage and stopped Liu Chu and Mrs. Yan, who were following them. At this time, Mrs. Yan was in a hurry, if Liu Chu hadn't stopped her in time, she almost leaked her voice and revealed her stuffing.
"Then please take care of Grandpa Dan." Liu Chu lowered his throat and spoke to Gonggong Dan in a voice that could only be heard by the people around him. On the other hand, he took out two silver cakes from the inner jacket of the robe sleeve and pushed them into the palm of Dan's father-in-law's hand with one hand.
A mistake was not seen, Dan Gonggong's eyes were quick, as if unintentionally, he put the hand holding the silver cake into his arms, and the next moment, the silver cake had fallen into the sleeve of his fat palace robe.
"Oh, the little prince and the princess, the emperor likes it very much, how dare the palace people in the palace not care? But after three or five days, the people will be sent back, so you can relax, hahaha......"
After lowering the carriage curtain, the wheels of the carriage could not wait to roll in the direction of the palace, leaving only two water-stained wheel prints on the bluestone ground in front of the palace gate.
Today's carriage is not as stable as it is on weekdays, it is faster, and it is inevitable that the road will bump and bump, and from time to time it will bump a few times, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.
"Brother, I think Uncle Huang is too anxious to see you, this carriage is so fast."
I ate too much snacks in the morning, and before the food was digested, Xuanyuan Qi got into the carriage, and at this moment I was a little sad in my stomach, and subconsciously, I leaned my little head on Xuanyuan Xuan's body on the side.
Listening to the ignorant childish words, Xuanyuan Xuan took advantage of the situation to hold Xuanyuan Qi obliquely in his arms, and used his hand as a fan to fan Xuanyuan Qi.
"Yes, he doesn't just want to kill me, I'm afraid he also wants me to die......"
On the face of this young future emperor, a trace of an imperceptible yin owl appeared, and he was the only one who could hear it.
The carriage galloped all the way, and the bumps continued to arrive in front of the north gate of the palace, and the three of them got off the carriage, because of the etiquette, they had to change the sedan chair and go to a side hall in the Weiyang Palace.
Originally, it was a small sedan chair for one person, but Xuanyuan Qi, who was very sad in his stomach, just wanted to lie in Xuanyuan Jue's arms at the moment, and couldn't, Xuanyuan Qi had to hug this little bean together.
The long palace road, and the slow pace specially ordered, the two small sedan chairs that the three of them rode on, marched slowly, and the noble people who were now waiting in the Weiyang side hall were waiting anxiously.
Back and forth, pacing, ignoring the majesty of the Son of Heaven, the emperor ran out in a panic after seeing the two palanquins from afar.
"It's okay...... You...... If only you were safe. ”
Shocked and stunned, the emperor stepped forward, Fang only glanced at it, and hugged Xuanyuan and Xuanyuan Qi who had just gotten off the sedan chair in front of him.
In the eyes of others, this is a happy father.
But for Xuanyuan, this act is really unappetizing.
You were the one who ordered me to be killed, and you were the one who wept with joy when I saw my fate, what were you thinking?
Not far from the emperor's right hand, there is a hanging hand to serve the father-in-law of Lidan. He seemed to be infected by the emperor's painful runny nose, and the smile on his face gradually replaced it with a long-lost sorrow, and he raised his left hand holding the dust, and blocked his face with a fat sleeve of his robe.
Fat like clotted fish lips, at the moment trying to be clenched by the teeth, in order not to let the sarcastic laughter be dragged. The face under the sleeves of the robe became more distorted as a result.
Everything in front of him, just like his mind, without the slightest deviation, is walking according to the track that has been arranged, which is really good......