After Hua Yan was slapped by Lu Zhiling and fell asleep, she didn't sleep for long before she was woken up by pain again.

She opened her eyes, at this time, it was getting late, the room was dark, and there was a figure sitting in front of her bed, vaguely like Xia Yuan, she called out weakly, "Sister-in-law? ”

Xia Yuan got up suddenly, "Awake?" ”

Hua Yan said "um", "Why don't you hold the lamp?" ”

Xia Yuan immediately said, "I forgot, this is the palm lamp." As the words fell, she walked over to the table, took out the flint, and took the lamp, the oil of the Orion's house was the inferior oil, and when the wick was lit, it made a crackling sound.

After Xia Yuan took the lamp, he asked Hua Yan, "Do you want to drink water?" Although she was asking, she had already poured a glass of water automatically.

Hua Yan nodded, "Yes." ”

Xia Yuan came to the bed with water, carefully picked up Huayan, and fed the water to her lips.

Hua Yan's inner abdomen was like being dried up by fire, and her lips had a layer of dry skin, and she slowly drank a glass of water from Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan asked, "But do you still want it?" ”

Hua Yan shook her head.

Xia Yuan put her down and lay down, and said to her, "I borrowed the pot stove from the Orion family and boiled gruel for you, so I'll serve it now, okay?" From yesterday to today, you haven't eaten a drop of rice, and you should be hungry. ”

"Okay." Hua Yan nodded.

Xia Yuan immediately turned around and walked out of the house.

As soon as she walked to the door, Cai Qing had already walked in with the porridge and said to Xia Yuan, "Young lady, I just heard that the crown princess woke up and brought the porridge." ”

Xia Yuan stopped, "You came just right, I was dizzy for a while, but I forgot about you." With that, she took the tray and turned back into her room.

Cai Qing followed into the house, came to the edge of the kang, helped Hua Yan up, and took a pillow for her to lean behind her.

Xia Yuan stirred the gruel to make it warm, and fed Hua Yan to drink the porridge.

Cai Qing said helplessly on the side, "When the young lady came, the slave maid was like an ornament, and the young lady robbed the slave and maid of all the work they were waiting for." ”

Xia Yuan glanced at her and said with a smile, "In the future, you will wait for her for a long time, see that your eyes are crying red, hurry up and rest on the kang, it is inconvenient for men to accompany at night, you and I come in shifts, I will accompany her tonight, you go to sleep quickly, and you will accompany you tomorrow." ”

Hua Yan looked at Cai Qing funny, "Listen to my sister-in-law, come up and rest!" ”

Cai Qing heard Xia Yuan say that he came in shifts, so he was right to think about it, nodded, took off his shoes, and climbed onto the kang.

Orion's house is simple, this big kang can be very large, can lie down three or four people, after picking green on the kang, leaning on the side to lie down.

Xia Yuan fed Hua Yan a bowl of porridge and asked her, "But do you want another bowl?" ”

Hua Yan shook her head without appetite.

Xia Yuan sighed, "I just hope that after Hua Zhuo receives the news, he will hurry up with the ginseng from five hundred years ago." I remember that there seemed to be a 500-year-old ginseng strain in his arsenal. ”

Hua Yan said, "Don't worry, if my brother knows that something happened to me, he will definitely come in person." ”

Xia Yuan took out a handkerchief, helped Hua Yan wipe the sweat on her forehead, and asked, "Does it still hurt badly?" ”

Hua Yan actually hurt very much, every part of her body hurt very much, the pain seemed to penetrate into the bones, and it hurt to tear, but she didn't want Xia Yuan to feel distressed, so she shook her head, "It doesn't hurt so much." ”

Xia Yuan removed the pillow, gently put her on the bed, and asked, "Do you want to continue sleeping, or do you want to talk for a while?" ”

Hua Yan couldn't sleep in pain, and said, "Let's talk for a while!" What's going on out there? ”

Xia Yuan grew up with Hua Yan since she was a child, and naturally knew that she was in a lot of pain, so she couldn't sleep, and she didn't break it, so she said to her, "Lu Shizi has set up camp with 500,000 soldiers and horses, and arranged those people in the camp tent, and the sixteenth and seventeenth princes went to Bei'an City to thoroughly investigate the commander, and they haven't come back yet." ”

Hua Yan nodded and asked, "Big brother can send a letter to His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

"Lu Shizi sent a letter to His Royal Highness the Prince, and the fifth prince was afraid that if he didn't tell His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be furious if he knew it in the future, but Lu Shizi said that he was not afraid, so he stopped him, and ordered no one to tell His Royal Highness the Prince. Xia Yuan said.

Hua Yan bowed his head and pulled the corners of his mouth slightly, "He knows that I don't want His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to worry, so he is in line with my wishes." ”

Xia Yuan nodded, "Lu Shizi is really good to you, didn't you say it." ”

Hua Yan let out an "um".

Xia Yuan said again, "Lu Shizi ordered, said that you wake up and let me call him, if you can't sleep anymore, he said to come and tell you a book, when he was in the capital, he took a group of children to the teahouse every three or five days to listen to books, and he will talk a lot of books." ”

Hua Yan smiled, "Let him rest!" Coming here with a hasty march of 500,000 soldiers and horses must have been day and night, and I have heard no less books than he has heard. ”

"Yes." Xia Yuan said, "Why don't I tell you a book?" ”

"Well, okay, you come to the book." Hua Yan nodded.

Xia Yuan thought about it, and found the book that a storyteller he had heard with Hua Yan said that made Hua Yan laugh. Since she was a child, she has followed Huayan and immersed herself in many places where she has been taught and ninth, and when she talks about books, she is also vivid.

Hua Yan couldn't help but want to laugh when she heard the amusement, but the slightest smile hurt so much that she could only endure it, but the corners of her bent mouth and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes full of smiles could still reveal her happy mood.

Cai Qing didn't fall asleep, but secretly opened her eyes, saw Hua Yan's happy expression, and secretly thought that the young lady would coax the princess, she had to learn something.

Before Xia Yuan finished telling a story, there were footsteps outside, and after a while, Lu Zhiling's low voice sounded in the courtyard, "Young lady, is my sister awake?" ”

Xia Yuan's voice paused, and he hurriedly looked at Hua Yan.

Hua Yan nodded to Xia Yuan, "It's cold outside, let him in." ”

Xia Yuan bowed his head, immediately stood up, walked out, opened the door, and said, "Lu Shizi, come in!" She's been awake for a while. ”

"Are you alright?" Lu Zhiling felt that it was not in line with the etiquette rules for him to come late at night, but he was really not at ease, relying on the two of them to make friends for eight worships, he took Huayan as his sister, so he didn't pay attention to that, and stepped into the house.

After he came in, he first stood at the door and brushed the cool air off his body, and then waited for the cool air to dissipate before entering the house.

Cai Qing had already climbed down to the ground and took the teapot to make tea.

At a glance, he saw Hua Yan lying on the kang, the corners of his mouth were bent, the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were dyed with a smile, although his face was still pale and bloodless, but he was two points more popular than when he saw her during the day.

He breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the edge of the bed, and said with a smile, "What do you say?" So happy? ”

Hua Yan smiled and said, "Listen to my sister-in-law." ”

"Oh?" Lu Zhiling was surprised and looked at Xia Yuan, "Is the young lady very good at storytelling?" I'll listen to it too? ”

Xia Yuan's face flushed, "I'm making her happy, but I don't dare to get an axe in front of Lu Shizi." ”

Lu Zhiling said with a smile, "It must be very interesting to make my sister happy like this, so you can just tell me about it." ”

Xia Yuan looked at Hua Yan.

Hua Yan said with a smile, "Since the eldest brother wants to hear it, you can tell him again, we still listened to this book when we were in the south, and he hasn't been to the south, so he may not have heard of it." ”

Xia Yuan saw that Hua Yan said this, and Lu Zhiling looked very curious and wanted to listen, so he no longer shirked, nodded, and flipped over the half-said book and said it again.

Hua Yan traveled the world with Xia Yuan in those years, one was to find medicine for Hua Zhuo, and the other was to have fun.

Speaking of this book, Lu Zhiling was impressed by her, and after a while, he laughed out loud.

Lu Zhiling is indeed tired, since he saw Hua Yan, his heart has been tense, and now he was relaxed when he heard Xia Yuan's book, and after she finished reading the book, he also felt comfortable listening to it.

After hearing this, he laughed and said, "This book is really excellent, I really haven't heard of it, this storyteller is in the south?" ”

Hua Yan smiled and nodded, "In the south, he is a very famous storyteller in the south of ten miles and eight towns. ”

"What's it called?" Lu Zhiling asked, "This kind of talent should be famous in the world." ”

Hua Yan smiled, "It's really famous in the world, you should have heard of his name, called centenarian." ”

Lu Zhiling suddenly, "It turned out to be him, he also has an alias, called Bu Shan Weng, it is said that he was the youngest champion in Southern Chu in 310 years, and was known as a genius student, but after he took the top prize, he refused to be an official, the game was dusty, and the girls in the Qinglou wrote lyrics, and they were in a good mood, so they went to the teahouse to tell the story, listened to him and wrote a hundred taels of silver." ”

Hua Yan bowed, "That's right! I spent a thousand taels of silver, and I heard him say ten times, and I wanted to spend more on him, but then he didn't tell me whether he was alive or dead. ”

Lu Zhiling laughed, "It's also a strange person." ”

"It is indeed a strange person, although he is 100 years old, he is still physically tough and angry." Hua Yan smiled, "His life is also a legend, after meeting him, I thought that if I want to live a long life, I should really ignore all the worries of the world." ”