【Father-in-law】

I finally saw him again, the prince I remembered. To be honest, I didn't expect him to go so far, and to be honest, I couldn't believe that the man in front of me, dressed neatly but shabby, with a smile of satisfaction on his lips, could be the prince who caused an uproar in the entire palace for him. And what I couldn't believe the most was that he was smiling.

It was the most handsome smile of any prince I have ever seen. Even if he is as chic as the Seventh Prince, compared with his younger brother, his smile is a little more jerky, but a little less smart. In all fairness, the fifteenth prince is the most beautiful of the many princes. It may be a bit of an overstatement to describe a man who aspires to be a man, but he is indeed good-looking, at least, in my eyes, he tends to be perfect.

Perfect appearance, impeccable etiquette, always wearing a white coat of Shengxue, always holding a cold incense fan in his hand, his eyes reflect a wisp of melancholy and sadness that seems to be hidden in people's hearts at any time, and a face that will never have any expression. The tassel of the purse is always exposed to the outside. Every time he saw him, he always frowned as if he was thinking about something, and his young and immature face was tense as if he was worried about something.

He's special, I mean, he's the last person he's going to want to be walked into his heart. He is always looking for someone who will make him leave the past behind, and he needs someone who will bring him joy and make him forget all his troubles. It wasn't his father who always smiled lovingly at him, not a concubine who walked into his study under the guise of caring and gave him a plate of pastries, not a little eunuch who stood at his door and would follow him everywhere every time, or the little palace maid who accidentally knocked over the teacup and wet his words and caught his attention. What he needs is someone who doesn't care about his noble status and is willing to be friends with him, someone who can make him feel the warmth of a family outside of these relatives in the palace who can't find relatives, someone who will not only attract his attention, but also make him obsessed. Even though he knew that he would not find such a person in the palace, he was trying to find it in his own way.

He probably finally found such a qualified person, I think, he should have found it, leaving the daunting, dreary and seemingly suffocating palace, leaving the colorful vermilion gate that seemed to place the hopes and dreams on countless people, and finally leaving the world in loneliness and despair, leaving the huge shade of the great tree represented by his father, the most powerful father in the whole world, leaving the admiration, respect, and envy of countless people. But there won't be a place where anyone will love him. I don't know if he felt a sense of relief when he left, I can't guess what kind of mood he felt when he left, I can't even think of him looking back at the majestic imperial city one last time, but I know that he must have left without even the most basic expenses to support him all the way.

He's just a prince who doesn't know anything about the world, a prince who has only had a few relationships with silver and can't even be described as ordinary dignity, he's still a child who doesn't know anything but poetry and painting, he's only fourteen years old, I can't help but worry about him, just as parents worry about a child who travels far away, and I'm always looking for any clues he left behind, finally, A sweaty messenger brought back the purse, which had been stained and greasy by a bun vendor.

He would probably never have guessed who the boy who would stay in front of his booth for so long was, would he? The gorgeously dressed young man handed him his purse without a single golden melon seed on his body and asked him to change ten buns. The middle-aged man, who was a little white and chubby, probably thought that I was the one who came to ask the government, and his face was full of grievances as if he wanted to pile it up: "Isn't it just a purse with gold threads?" I didn't see it clearly when it was dark, who knows if what he said is true or not, it would be good to give him ten buns"

After finishing speaking, it seemed that he saw my face becoming more and more gloomy, and he fell to the ground with a spirit, "This official spares his life, I really didn't mean to, if I knew that it was really sewn with gold thread, I would definitely give him all my stalls!" ”

A large ingot of silver was thrown to the ground in front of him, and his voice stopped, and he looked up dumbfoundedly.

"Do you know where that boy went?" I suppressed my anxiety and tried to make a calm appearance.

"I don't know," as if he had only reacted at this time, he stared at the ingot of silver in a daze, as if he was looking at a fire, and he didn't dare to touch it.

"Don't know?" The thick-eyed guard beside him glared, "You don't know?!" ”

The honest boss trembled all over, and suddenly rushed over and hugged my leg and cried: "Official, official! I really don't know, I really don't know anything, don't kill me! ”

The head of the guard glared fiercely at the reckless subordinate, and picked up the boss, "Uncle, we don't mean to harm you, we just want to ask you about the whereabouts of that young man, it's really not a secret, that's the nephew of the county commander's family, we were ordered to get him back, do you know where he went?" As he spoke, he shoved the ingot into the boss's hand.

It took a long time for the boss to come back to his senses and stared at the ingot of silver in his hand as if he couldn't turn a corner, he just figured out the whole thing, feeling that these officials are here to inquire about the news with themselves, this is much better than overcharging other people's money, just now I thought that these officials were going to take themselves to prison, the short and fat uncle immediately took the ingot of silver and bit it in his mouth uneasily, and as if he had some treasure, he wiped it on his sleeve before carefully putting it into his clothes: "You were looking for someone, but I really don't know, I just sell steamed buns, who cares where the guests go?"

A guard raised his eyebrows and was about to lose his temper, when the owner of the steamed bun shop continued: "What did you just say? Is it the nephew of the county magistrate? Hey, that's really not like it, how can there be a big uncle who ordered his nephew to ask for food on the street? It's not like that. Then he really counts, I'll give you a wake-up call, although I don't know where he went, but he definitely can't get out of this radius of dozens of miles, when I saw him, he was already hungry for a few days without eating, just exchanged the purse for the bun and stuffed it into his mouth, and finally I gave him a bowl of water so he didn't choke to death, that look really can't say that you want to find someone, just go to the village people who sell mountain goods to ask, maybe it's really where they are"

"What you just said is true?" I was about to rush to him and ask him again, but I hurriedly grabbed him: "What have you seen him look like?" Say it! Although this chic and beautiful purse was more than enough to prove his words, I kept asking.

seemed to be very embarrassed, and the boss was a little stuck: "He is just a teenager, white and clean Svenwen, although he is dressed well, but he doesn't have a penny, oh yes, on the day he came to me to change buns to eat, there was a street called Hanako who followed him and wanted to ask him for a reward, and he was frightened by that situation, so he crashed into my stall." Alas, you said that you don't have any money, but of the ten buns he exchanged, only one was kept for himself, and the rest were all distributed to those called Hanako, I really don't know if he has a brain disease."

I almost cried out: "Nonsense! If you dare to be sorry, I'm quite wrong, you continue. ”

The boss seemed to be startled by my suddenly raised high-pitched voice, "He has been walking around this street for two days, and I don't know how these two days have passed, you think about it, even his purse has been changed for food and drink, can he go far?" So, I'm sure he's just hanging around here! That is to say, those people in the village have good hearts and eyes, and they will give him food, but it is not certain that others will give them or not."

I reined in my thoughts, waved my hand and signaled to let the boss go, although my face was calm, there was an indescribable bitterness in my heart: "Fifteenth prince, you have suffered, why didn't you say a word to the old slave when you left, didn't you hold hands with me before and say, you must take the old slave out with you in the future?"

Under the wide hat that covered half of his face, a cloudy tear quietly dripped into the dirt under his feet, as if it had never appeared, silently. (To be continued.) )