Liu En opened the small hand he was holding, and there was a withered ginkgo biloba leaf on the palm of his hand, and the petiole was already brown. She smiled at Dongfang and said, "Uncle, look at my weapon!" ”

Dongfang shook his head: "I thought you were going to compete with His Highness in martial arts, but I didn't expect it to be a weapon." ”

Lin Ying took a fallen leaf that she had just picked up from the ground, squatted in front of Liu En, raised her head and said to Dongfang Xuan: "The widow has no power to restrain the chicken, and the son is not known today." Compete with others, and the widow can only compete with weapons! ”

Dongfang shook his head again: "Your Highness has always been surrounded by masters, but His Highness himself has never been willing to practice martial arts, which is really worrying the ministers." Otherwise, the minister will send Brother Wangyan to teach His Royal Highness martial arts on the same day, okay? He was seriously wounded outside the pass, and he could no longer lead his troops to fight, and he had nothing to do left and right in the Anyi army. ”

Lin Ying sighed: "Your kindness is appreciated by the widow, but the widow has long passed the age of practicing martial arts, and he has only started to practice martial arts now, but it is just a waste of time to practice a flower fist and embroider legs." Widows don't have that much to spare. Wangyan and Qingyu, Yifeng, and Qiongyun are brothers in life and death, so let them stay in your Anyi army together and take care of each other. ”

Dongfang was worried and wanted to persuade him, but he only listened to Shu'er: "I have persuaded His Highness for many years about practicing martial arts, but he is always reluctant, and it is useless for us to talk more." In the past, His Royal Highness was reluctant to practice martial arts when he had spare time, but now His Royal Highness has every opportunity, not to mention practicing martial arts, even playing the piano and painting, and he has no time to spare. ”

Liu En patted Lin Ying's shoulder with his little hand and comforted, "It's okay, Xiaoying." It's good for Xiao En to practice martial arts! When I grow up, I will protect you. ”

Lin Ying raised her right hand and said to Liu En with a smile: "Okay, before you grow up, I will protect you, and when you grow up, you will protect me." Let's high-five! ”

Liu En deliberately exerted all his strength, and a small hand slapped heavily on Lin Ying's hand, Lin Ying did not squat steadily, and almost sat on the ground, and was helped up by Dongfang Xuan.

Dongfang was displeased: "Xiao En, how can you be so rude? If you mess around like this again, be careful that your uncle will take you to Anyi, and won't let you be pampered in this Zhaohuang Palace. ”

Liu En's mouth pursed: "I high-fived hard to show that I am sincere!" ”

Dongfang said: "You are young, do you know what 'sincerity' is?" ”

Liu En snorted, hid behind Lin Ying, and said, "Xiao Ying taught me, he said that 'sincerity' is not to deceive people." ”

Dongfang glanced at Lin Ying, who was smiling kindly, and then at Shu'er, who was indifferent, and stopped talking.

Liu En said to Lin Ying: "Xiao Ying, Xiao Ying, come and compete with me!" Let me tell you, the petiole I found today is amazing! The ginkgo biloba petioles in the whole yard are not as good as mine! ”

Lin Ying smiled: "Then we still win two out of three games, if you win me, the two gifts will be yours." ”

Liu En held one end of the petiole in one hand, full of confidence: "If you can still win me, then I will give you the birthday gift given to me by Grandpa Zhao and Daddy Song!" ”

The two ginkgo leafioles were staggered, Liu En and Lin Ying used their forces at the same time, and the one in Lin Ying's hand was broken very simply.

Liu En crossed his hands on his hips, full of confidence: "Give you a cup of tea time, and find another weapon to compete with me!" ”

Lin Ying pretended to be unconvinced, got up and said, "You wait!" Let me look for it! So he leaned over and picked up a dozen fallen leaves in the courtyard.

When Lin Ying picked the petioles, Liu En kept following him, sometimes sighing, sometimes smiling.

Dongfang saw that Liu En and Lin Ying had gone far, so he came to Shu'er's side and said in a low voice: "Sister, Your Highness is really impeccable to Xiao En, to you and me, and to Chu State. In the past few years, I have been thinking about the ...... between our father and his father So many intricate grievances...... Whether it's worth it or not?

If I wanted to kill him, it was easy back then, but now I can do it without much effort. However, he gave me all the best troops of the Chu State, and also gave me the remnants of the old army of Qi Wei Chen Shu, who defected to the Chu State with Qing Yu and Yi Feng, and did not take the talisman from me at all......

If he had been as jealous of me as the rumors had been, instead of secretly helping me to strengthen my army and give me a place to live, I would not have stood still for three years.

Whether he's atoning for his sins, or sympathizing with you and me...... The more he gave me, the more I felt that none of this belonged to me in the first place, so why should I fight for it?

But thinking of my father's cultivation of me, thinking that my father had also sat on the dragon chair of the Qianqiu Palace, and thinking of my father's dedication to the Chu State, I was still unwilling. ”

Shu'er looked at Lin Ying's back and whispered, "I always feel that His Highness doesn't care about everything he has now. Whether these things belong to him or not, and no matter how painstakingly he manages them, since he can share them with you, he does not value those things outside of him more than you. If he can do this to you, how can you be worthy of your conscience if you will take revenge?

As far as I am concerned, both of you are my relatives, and the last thing I want to see is that you kill each other because of misunderstandings and past grievances, so that the state of Chu falls apart again.

If you really can't understand His Highness's intentions, why don't you ask him personally? You can not believe what he says to others, but you should know whether he has told you a lie or not.

One day, if it really comes to the point where it is out of control, Xiao Dongfang, my sister just wants to ask you to promise me one thing, that is, to keep Lin Ying's life and secretly let him leave the Chu State. He doesn't know martial arts, and if he doesn't give him a single soldier, he can't pose a threat to anyone at all. ”

Dongfang said solemnly: "Sister, I promise you." In the past few years, what he has done for the state of Chu is enough to exchange his life. What's more, I can't bear to hurt him. ”

Speaking of this, Dongfang couldn't help but wake up: "Maybe he hasn't practiced martial arts all the time, just to win this trace of sympathy, and then use this trace of sympathy to exchange for a glimmer of life." Such a dangerous move, only he can ...... Gambling with your life. ”

Liu En pulled Lin Ying and ran back, and the two "competed" for another game, only to hear Lin Ying scream: "Ouch! The widowed monarch of the Chu Kingdom actually lost to you, a little girl! No, no, you have to change the rules, three wins in five games! ”

Liu En chuckled, pointed at Lin Ying and said, "Xiao Ying, you are the dignified King of Chu, but you are not allowed to speak!" Two wins in three games, you lose two games, that's what you lose! ”

Lin Ying brought the congratulatory gifts of King Zhao and King Song to Liu En, and said with a smile: "Okay, then the widow will talk about it!" Xiao En, congratulations, you have grown up a year older! ”

Liu En saw that the congratulatory gifts of King Zhao and King Song were different in size, and he didn't know which one to dismantle first, so he asked: "Xiaoying, do you say that I should dismantle the congratulatory gift of King Song's father first, or the congratulatory gift of King Zhao's grandfather?" ”

Lin Ying said: "According to the respect of the elders and the young, you should first dismantle King Zhao's congratulatory gift." ”

Liu En's eyes rolled: "You said that you are younger than Father Song, then I will open their congratulatory gifts first, and then ask you for congratulatory gifts at the end." ”

Lin Ying spread her hands: "My congratulatory gift has always been the things in my room, you can pick and choose." This has been the case in previous years, this year, and every year after. ”

Liu En nodded with satisfaction, and opened King Zhao's gift box with great care, which contained a delicate small wooden blunt sword. The blunt sword is wrapped in an embroidered silk satin, on which is the handwriting of King Zhao himself, and the wooden sword is engraved with two plum blossoms.

Liu En was not interested in King Zhao's words, and handed the silk to Lin Ying.

Lin Ying read: "Xiao En, the lonely engraved blunt sword Yuer, Wang'er does not need sharp weapons in his life, he can use flowers at his fingertips, and he is at ease." ”

Liu En played with the little wooden sword: "Grandpa Zhao's hands are really clever!" ”

Shu'er took the small wooden sword from Liu En's hand, and saw that the plum blossom pattern was very familiar, it was the plum blossom pattern engraved on the plum jade hairpin in his bun, and he couldn't help but feel sour.

Liu En opened the congratulatory gift of King Song again, and it was a small lyre. The distance between the seven strings is much narrower than that of ordinary strings, and each string is half as short, making it ideal for the little hands of three-year-olds.

There is a thin piece of paper sandwiched between the strings, and there are only a few words on the paper

Xiao En,

One day, we will see each other and tune the seven strings for your warm hands.

If I am old in this life, the autumn breeze warms the wine back then.