Chapter 9: Friends

When the carriage drove to the palace gate, the princess opened the curtain and took out a token, which was immediately let by the guards at the door.

Ah Shu looked out of the curtain, it was a big palace, the golden glazed tiles were shining dazzlingly in the sun, and many red pillars were supported, and each pillar was engraved with a lifelike golden dragon.

There are many gorgeous small palaces next to the main hall, surrounded by the pond water, it should be the emperor's harem, many strange flowers and plants grow on the edge of the pool, which is pleasing to the eye, there are dozens of flowers and trees, the wind moves and the flowers fall, and the ground is paved with several layers.

Under the clear blue sky, these buildings resemble a huge golden island, which is spectacular.

The vermilion lacquer door, the heavy eaves roof, I don't know how many kings have been tied.

"Go to my palace in a while, and ask the best imperial doctor to treat you for poison, he is amazing, it can be described as a wonderful hand rejuvenation!" Tu Ying smiled, giving people a playful taste between her eyebrows.

"Ashu thanked the princess. Although Xu Wan has learned from the past, Ah Shu is still willing to believe in the lively princess in front of her.

Lanyue Palace, an imperial doctor hurriedly came, Tu Ying waited at the door for a long time, saw him, and hurriedly ran over happily, "Qingchen! you are here!" She reached out to take the medicine box in his hand.

The man retracted his hand slightly, the white cloth covered his face, and a pair of clear eyes seemed to dodge.

"Princess, there is a difference between master and servant, please also ask the princess to respect herself. ”

Tu Ying stopped her movements and seemed to smile bitterly, "I saved a girl today, she seems to have been poisoned, you should hurry up and take a look." ”

Qingchen nodded, came to Ashu's bed, took out the pulse pillow and put it under Ashu's hand, and checked her pulse.

Ah Shu had fallen asleep at this time, and cold sweat continued to break out on her forehead.

Qingchen seemed to see something, "Offended." With that, he reached out and pulled her collar slightly, and the red mark on Ashu's neck appeared in front of him, he was slightly stunned, and quickly regained his look.

He took out a porcelain vase from the box and respectfully handed it to the princess, "She has not hurt her muscles and bones, and she will be fully recovered in less than a month by taking two drops a day." With that, he got up to leave.

"Dust...... Can you leave ......?"

Qingchen interrupted her, "The minister still has important things to do, so he won't stay long." ”

He saluted and turned to leave. Tu Ying looked at his back, and couldn't say anything to keep him for a while, and there was a trace of sorrow between his eyebrows.

Twilight is gradually coming, and in the tall and majestic palace walls, the palace ladies are lighting lamps.

"Get me out, get out!" said Tai Gong, who was half-leaning on the table, and shouted impatiently at the next person, slamming a few books on the ground.

His father arranged for a bunch of people to supervise his reading, and he had been reading for an afternoon, and at this time he was already very irritable, and those subordinates picked up the books in a panic, and hurriedly bent down and retreated.

He stood up and stretched his waist, he is the youngest son of the emperor of Nanchao, although he is fifteen years old, when he should share his father's worries, the three elder brothers are working hard to win the hearts of the people and consolidate their status in the court, but Tu Zhan has no idea about state affairs and power, and he never calls himself lonely, shouting all day long that he wants to run away and go to the rivers and lakes to be a free knight.

"It's so boring!" he suddenly remembered something, and jumped out of the window.

He quietly came to the Fuguang Palace, where the princess was by the pool, looking at the begonias in the pond, which were gilded with a layer of gold in the twilight of the twilight.

"Sister!" Tu Zhan ran over, no matter how luxurious the clothes on his body were, and sat on the ground.

Tu Ying came back to her senses and looked at her younger brother with a smile, "Father won't let you endorse it today?"

"I don't want to be a nerd, by the way, how did you save that girl today? I want to see her. ”

Tu Zhan followed her sister to a room, Ah Shu was sitting on the bed, looking at Zhu Xianjian, her body had recovered a little, but she couldn't get out of bed and walk.

"It seems that he has recovered a little, and the imperial doctor's medical skills are really good. ”

Tu Zhan noticed the cyan sword, "You carried this sword on your back when you passed out today, could it be that you are an immortal?"

"An immortal is not counted, he is a person who practices martial arts, and he knows a little about some spells. ”

Ah Shu didn't mean to hide her identity, she was just a monster, and no matter what her character was, everyone would be punished.

"Martial arts, can you also spell?" Tu Zhan hurriedly ran to Ah Shu, very excited,

"Can you be my master? I have always wanted to be a chivalrous man, as long as you are willing to teach me, I can give you whatever you want!"

"Ashu's poison is a little better, why do you ask someone to be your master?" Tu Ying couldn't help but reproach him.

Ah Shu looked at the childish young man in front of her, her more handsome face was full of expectation, thinking that they had saved herself, and she didn't shirk it.

"The prince is slightly younger than me, just call me Ashu, the master doesn't dare to be it, but I am willing to teach the prince some spells, which can be regarded as a life-saving grace. ”

"Great! Master is about to be bowed down by the apprentice!" the prince knelt in front of Ah Shu and kowtowed.

Ah Shu couldn't help it, burst out laughing, the spirit overflowed from her face, like the moon at night, the whole person exuded a faint brilliance, not only Tu Zhan, but even Tu Ying, also lost her mind for a while.

Tu Ying assigned a maid to Ah Shu, named Cuilian, because Ah Shu did not support others to do things, and did not have a harsh attitude towards subordinates, so soon the two became good sisters.

There is a bamboo forest behind the Lanyue Palace, Chen is standing next to him, the young man is practicing, and Tu Zhan has been practicing swords here for half a month.

Cuilian helped Ah Shu over, and Ah Shu greeted him. The boy quickly stopped, put away his sword and ran over happily,

"Master!"

"Ah Zhan, how many times have you said don't call me Master, you call me old. ”

"I'll teach you a little spell today," Ah Shu looked at Tu Zhan, who was half a head shorter than her,

"It's not as tall as me. Ah Shu touched his head, and he lowered his head shyly.

Give me your hand. Tu Zhan slowly stretched it over, and he felt the tips of Ah Shu's cold fingers slip across his palm, and she wrote the word 'water' on his hand.

The light blue mist entered the palm of his hand, although Tu Zhan was a mortal, but with the guidance of this water-based essence, he also practiced water arts.

Ah Shu let go of his hand, "Break that bamboo, don't use a sword." She pointed to a bamboo behind Tu Zhan,

Tu Zhan walked to the bamboo, covered it with one hand, and as soon as he exerted his strength, the bamboo was broken from the palm of his hand, and there was a layer of ice at the section of the break.

"Master, this is too powerful!" Tu Zhan looked at his hand in disbelief, and then looked at Ah Shu with admiration.

"Water has no form and seems to have no offensive power, but if you can solidify it, hard ice can cut a lot of things. ”

Ah Shu felt that Tu Zhan was very talented, maybe he was really wronged by being the emperor.

"The prince is really powerful, but the girl has been stuffy in the palace for half a month, and she hasn't left the palace to see, now is the time to be lively, why don't you go out for a walk?"

Cuilian said and looked at Ashu, who nodded.

"Of course, Master, wait for me here, I'll go and ask my father for my life!" Thinking that he could go to the market town with Master, Tu Zhan hurriedly left with Chen.

The man who prescribed medicine for Ah Shu before looked at Ah Shu from a distance, he took off his mask, and his face showed a red mark that was exactly the same as Ah Shu.

The market town is very lively, there are taverns, workshops, teahouses, pawnshops, etc. on both sides of the road, there are many hawkers on the road, selling sugar gourds, selling steaming buns, and selling jewelry, as well as fortune-telling Taoists, crowded, chaotic.

"Girl, look at this jewelry. An old man called Ashu, in front of him full of colorful jewelry, Ashu looked, there is a round pendant of the necklace, crystal clear, very good-looking, the old man saw this, picked up the necklace, gently broken, the round pendant was divided into two, half of it was in the shape of a star, and half of it was in the shape of a crescent moon.

"This is the star-moon chain, which can be separated or closed, and it is said that the two people who bring it can feel each other's existence. With that, he buckled again, and the pendant became round again.

Tu Zhan looked at the necklace and then at Ashu.

"Really? How much is this, girl, let's buy one. Cuilian took out her money bag.

"Forget it, it's mostly a lie, let's go. There seemed to be a hint of sadness in Ashu's eyes.

"Okay, girl, slow down. Cuilian helped Ah Shu to walk forward again, Tu Zhan looked at the clear necklace, and took out a silver ingot,

"Old man, don't look for it. ”

When night falls, the sky is dotted, and as far as the eye can see, the lights of the entire Nanchao country are hazy.

When the three of them came to the river, many people were putting lotus lanterns, and the lanterns were floating in the river, and each lamp was burning a note written to an important person, and people hoped to use this way to express their thoughts.

"Master, let's put one too. Tu Zhan bought a lantern, didn't know what was written on the paper, put the lamp on the water, pushed it hard, and the lantern floated out a long way

Ah Shu didn't speak, looking at the lights on the water in a daze, Cuilian put a cloak on her thin body.

"Master, I'll show you something. Tu Zhan took out the necklace, and in the hazy night, the necklace seemed to have a faint glow.

"What, you want to give it to me?" Ah Shu touched his head, and he lowered his head shyly again, not looking at Ah Shu.

He broke the pendant open, took the half of the star in his hand, and handed the other half to Ah Shu along with the necklace.

"Master, I hope that you and I can be like this necklace, even if we are separated in the future, we can feel each other. ”

He seemed to have mustered up a lot of courage and looked up at Ashu.

A gust of evening wind blew, and the young man's clear eyes reflected Ashu's face.

After a long time, Ah Shu took the half, put it around her neck, and smiled, "Then I will thank Ah Zhan." ”

The boy laughed happily and put away his half.

Ah Shu suddenly laughed evilly, kicked over, plopped, and Tu Zhan fell defenselessly, and disappeared all of a sudden.

Ah Shu was a little panicked, could it be that he couldn't swim? Hurriedly squatted down and looked into the river, suddenly Tu Zhan poked his head out, hugged her, and pulled her into the water, Ah Shu got up from the water, and kicked Tu Zhan into the water, until the two of them were soaked, then sat on the shore, looked at each other and laughed.

Many years later, when he recalled this scene, Tu Zhan would always smile faintly.