Chapter Twenty-Three: A Leisurely Morning
When the time came to the end of November, a light snow finally fell in the sky, and the capital of Yanfeng officially ushered in winter.
The first snow of the year in Beijing came later than usual......
It snowed lightly overnight, and the entire capital was plated with a layer of silver, which looked beautiful and cold.
In His Majesty the Emperor's imperial study, the warmth did not feel the shivering cold temperature outside. Unlike the brazier used by ordinary people to heat their homes, the heating facilities used by the Yanbong royal family are somewhat similar to heating.
Next to the imperial study, there is a room dedicated to charcoal, the vigorous charcoal fire burns the three metal rods red, and these three metal rods pass through the wall, and in the part that enters the imperial study, it becomes a large radiator with interlaced fins, and the hot temperature of the metal just bakes the whole room warm.
This kind of rough and direct heating method is estimated to be the only one of Emperor Yanfeng's family. Zhao Hongxing has studied that this metal may be a special thermal conductive alloy, and the melting point should not be low, otherwise it will be burned for a few months, and it may have melted long ago.
Moreover, there was such a thing in the house that was hundreds of degrees—although it was surrounded by a metal railing—but when the thing was touched, it was roasted human meat, which was really a way of heating that only the Yanfeng royal family who were not afraid of the heat dared to use.
However, the Yanfeng royal family with the blood of Yan was still afraid of the cold, and Zhao Hongxing felt quite strange at first. In the winter of the year when he awakened his ability, Zhao Hongxing planned to use the power of his bloodline a little to warm himself. As a result, he only lasted less than half an hour and gave up, his body temperature was too high to be afraid of the cold, but again, he couldn't do anything, so he could only stand in the open space of the room as a personal meat stove.
Now, just after breakfast, the study was already very warm by the "radiator".
As soon as Le Aya finished breakfast with her mother, she was pulled out by the five princesses and taken to the imperial study. Today is the day of Humu, the eldest prince, the third prince and the fourth prince are all in the imperial study, plus the five princesses who pulled Le Aya out, just Zhao Hongxing.
In fact, Le Aya has always had a question, why she has never seen the second prince in the palace, but this is not something she should be concerned about, and she is not so curious to ask.
Don't talk about her, Zhao Hongxing has never seen his second brother.
What Le Aya is more curious about now is the white snowflakes scattered outside. The capital city with constant temperature in all seasons has never had winter, and it has never snowed, and she has never seen snow.
Snowflakes falling from the sky are much more interesting than rain, no matter where they fall, they are wet, but the falling snowflakes not only do not melt, but can even stay on the body for a long time. Running in the snowflakes, the snowflakes that fall on the face are cold and very comfortable.
On the way to the imperial study, Le Aya opened her mouth and secretly tasted the taste of snowflakes. Because of looking at the small snow spots like white sugar, Le Aya thought that this thing was sweet.
Zhao Zhongling's laughter was caused by his act of stealing snowflakes, and Le Aya had to laugh embarrassedly. It's true that the snowflakes are not sweet, but she thinks the cold taste is really good.
Le Aya lay in front of the window of the imperial study, pushed the window open a crack slightly, and the cold air hit her face, but she didn't care at all, she looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky, and she didn't know why she was so comfortable.
In the distance, two black dots are getting bigger and bigger, one is tall and the other is much shorter.
Le Aya knew that it was the Sixth Prince and his personal attendant Hongyi who came.
For Le Aya, this sixth prince is a good person, although his kung fu is really not good, but he is kind-hearted, and he can easily win himself in the knowledge class with his smart brain, but he is still willing to deliberately lose to her, so that she can keep her mother for a few more days.
"Alas-" As soon as she thought of her mother, Le Aya sighed, and a wisp of white haze appeared in front of her eyes, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Although with the help of the six princes, Le Aya kept her mother here for a few more days, she also knew in her heart that her mother could not stay here forever, and she might leave one day.
When my mother really wants to leave, what kind of mood will I feel?
Le Aya didn't dare to think about it, she chose to ignore this result and tried not to think about it.
The sixth prince seemed to be very cold and walked to the bottom of the steps of the imperial study, and just saw her lying on the window, exhaling white air, smiling and raising her hand to say hello.
Le Aya also waved her hand hurriedly, but it should be blocked by the window, and the six princes couldn't see it. She left the window and came to the door, waiting for the Six Princes to come in.
The door curtain was raised, and the six princes and Hongyi walked in together.
"Sixth brother morning!" Le Aya saluted to the six princes.
"Morning, Sister Aya'er. The sixth prince rubbed his hands and greeted her while shaking.
"Yo~" The fifth princess suddenly came up from behind Le Aya and hugged her, "Aya'er was lying by the window just waiting for my sixth brother? ”
"Don't talk nonsense," the sixth prince rolled his eyes with the fifth princess, "Sister Aya'er must have never seen snow before, so she leaned on the window to see the snow." ”
Le Aya nodded, and then said, "Well, it really doesn't snow in the capital, Fifth Sister." ”
In fact, Le Aya felt that she didn't need to follow the explanation, but she didn't know why, after listening to the words of the five princesses, she was a little embarrassed.
"Cut. The fifth princess also gave the sixth prince a roll of the eyes, "Are you smart? I tell you, don't learn from your eldest brother, that elm head doesn't know what to think about for a day!"
"My fifth sister ......" The eldest prince didn't know what he was discussing with the third prince, but he was suddenly named by the fifth princess, and immediately said helplessly: "Don't you just count us down when you listen to your mother's words, okay?"
"Is this my count for you?" Le Aya watched the fifth princess walk up to the eldest prince and poked him in the chest, "The sister of the Prime Minister Gu family can't accompany you with something?" Look at your virtue when you ate with others yesterday, sitting like pins and needles, what's the matter, Sister Gu can still eat you!?"
The three princes who were sitting next to the eldest prince between Le Aya tilted their heads and glanced at the four princes who pretended to be reading a book, and then the two began to hold back their laughter, and their faces turned red.
"Sister...... "The eldest prince said helplessly, "These mothers really told me yesterday. ”
"What did you say, can't I say it?" the fifth princess pinched her waist and said confidently, and then came behind Le Aya, and put her two hands on his shoulders.
"I'm not just telling you this. Le Aya felt the five princesses behind her gently pat her shoulder, and said, "Who did I say to listen, did anyone understand?"
"I ......" The six princes in front of Le Aya looked at her, their eyes were a little embarrassed, and then they turned their eyes to the five princesses behind her, with an expression of "I want you to take care of it".
However, he was just gaggling and not making a sound.
Maybe playing majestic in front of her brother and brother is a fixed part of the five princesses every day, and the five princesses who said these words clapped their hands and said happily: "Come on, everyone is here, let's put up the table!"
The eldest prince and the third prince got up suddenly, set up a table in the middle of the study, spread a blanket, and then poured a lot of very delicate small wooden pieces from a bag onto the table.
Just when Le Aya wondered what this was for, she heard the six princes muttering on the side.
"How can you get up early in the morning and play mahjong......"
Rakuya doesn't know what mahjong is, but it seems to be a kind of indoor game. The eldest prince, the fourth prince, the fifth princess and the sixth prince sat around the square table and stacked the delicate small wooden blocks on the table into a long line, and then began to grab one by one according to a specific rule and began to catch them in front of him, and then kept grabbing one and throwing one at a time, until one person shouted "Harmony!" as if he was happy, and then mixed the small wooden blocks on the table again, and began to repeat the process of stacking, grabbing and then pushing away.
Le Aya definitely didn't know what was fun about it, so she just obediently did it beside the five princesses, eating the fruits and snacks on the small table on the side, and drinking the hot tea made by Hongyi.
However, under the enthusiastic explanation of the five princesses, Le Aya also quickly mastered the rules of the game. She also recognized the tenleys, cakes, and strips engraved on the small wooden blocks, and she also understood the way to touch, eat, and play, and after knowing how to win, she could even be a staff officer for the five princesses.
Le Aya and the five princesses talked and laughed together, played a lot of cards, and sat down a lot of villages. And the eldest prince, who has been "igniting" her and the five princesses, has to do push-ups with a bitter face.
Le Aya found that the six princes didn't know why they looked at herself and the five princesses with very complicated expressions. Later, after the five princesses took the initiative to give up their seats to play cards, the six princes spoke.
"That, Fifth Sister. The sixth prince said cautiously, "Sister Aya'er is still young, isn't it good to let her play this?"
The Fifth Empress raised her eyebrows and said, "What's so bad? Besides, you're two years older than Aya'er, right? ”
After that, the fifth princess glanced at the eldest prince and said, "Are you still afraid that your card skills will stink and lose to a little girl?"
"I'm going to make peace!" said the eldest prince angrily.
The third prince, who was sitting next to the eldest prince and watching him play cards, said: "I believe in the eldest brother!"
"Those who can only make peace will not speak up. The fourth prince said to the third prince.
How...... Isn't it a shame not to be able to draw?
"It's okay, just have fun. The Fifth Empress patted her on the shoulder and cheered up, "As long as you can make a handful, I will reward you at noon today." ”
Although Le Aya didn't know what the reward was, she was very willing to do it if she only had a reward. Although Le Aya, who became serious, played mahjong for the first time, she really fought several times.
In contrast, the eldest prince did not make peace, but instead gave Le Aya two shots.
The fifth princess laughed at the eldest prince, and the third prince said that he must be better than the eldest prince on the field, and the fourth prince pulled the third prince speechlessly, begging him to stop talking.
Seeing everyone's noisy appearance, Le Aya was also very happy. What she didn't know was that looking at her smiling face, the six princes showed a very relieved expression.
Before I knew it, it was noon, and I felt a little hungry after playing mahjong for a long time. It just so happened that Hongyi, who didn't know where to go just now, opened the curtain and came back.
"Ladies and gentlemen, lunch is ready, can you eat it now?" Hongyi asked.