10. Visit the Imperial Garden

There are three days left for the emperor's birthday banquet, Nan Xu collected the poems about the birthday celebration in her mind, and she felt that it was not amazing enough, on this day, she went to the imperial garden alone to play, wanting to find some inspiration. Walking all the way, the color painting carved column, the pavilion, the water pavilion, the green pine and purple bamboo, the rockery stone carving, the winding path moss, the hibiscus hibiscus, all kinds of precious flowers bloom just right......

Nan Xu came to a rose, reached out and plucked a red rose, stuck it in her hair beautifully, held her little face with both hands, imagined her appearance at this time, and a sweet smile appeared on her face. Poof, he suddenly heard a chuckle, Nan Xu immediately looked around in panic, and reprimanded: What person? She took a few steps back, but she didn't want to trip over a protruding flower stone, and she fell straight back, only to feel a strong wind blowing, and a black shadow jumped down from the tree, and caught her falling body embarrassingly.

Nan Su raised his eyes to look at the boy who caught him, only to see his baby face, a pair of smiling eyes, looking at him inquiringly. She jumped out of his arms and said angrily: Who are you, why are you hiding in a tree to scare me? The young man exaggeratedly said: Little girl, this is your attitude of repaying your life-saving benefactor? It's too fierce. Nan Xu rolled her eyes: Tell me clearly, how did you become my savior? The young man said: Little girl, if it weren't for the palace catching you, you fell down and crushed your father's favorite rose, do you think you still have a life? Nan Xu was shocked when he heard this: I didn't mean it, even if I crushed the rose, would I still need to fight with my life? The young man said, "Destroying the precious plants in the royal garden shall be punished for the crime." Nan Xu said angrily: It's just a matter of careless human life!

The young man looked around at no one, chuckled, and said jokingly: Where are you a little girl, not only did you not salute when you saw this palace, but also scolded your father behind her back for ignoring people's lives, don't you know how to write dead words? When Nan Su heard this, she remembered that this person claimed to be the palace and should be a prince, so she gave a blessing and said: I have seen the four princes. The fourth prince Zhou Yuan said: How do you know that this palace is the fourth prince? Nan Xu said, I heard that there are three princes in Shunkang Kingdom, and I have seen the crown prince, I see that you are much younger than him, so I recognize you as the fourth prince. Zhou Yuan smiled: I can't imagine that you are still a little smart. Are you the crown prince's brother's maid? Nan Xu said: Sort of. Zhou Yuan held her chin with his hand and looked at her face carefully, although there was a childish look on her face, she could see that this girl's eyebrows and eyes were exquisite, and she would grow into a beautiful woman who would captivate the country and the city in the future. The young man couldn't help but sigh: Hey, it's a pity.

Nan Su broke away from his hand and asked, "What do you mean?" The young man said: What a good little girl, but she is going to become the prince's concubine. Nan Xu said angrily: How can the four princes talk nonsense, who will be the prince's concubine? The fourth prince said: With your identity and such beauty, do you think the crown prince and brother will let you go? Nan Su was stunned for a moment, thinking that in this patriarchal era, he was a slave, and he was born so stunningly, and when he grows up in the future, he will really be as the fourth prince said, either become the concubine of the prince, or become the concubine of the prince without a trace, and serve people in Israel, and when the color declines, will he still have a way to go? She must seize the opportunity of the emperor's birthday banquet to make the emperor happy, not to mention being named the county lord by the emperor, at least let the emperor get her out of slavery. You must not let your destiny be in the hands of others.

When the fourth prince saw her stunned, he thought that she was frightened by his own words, so he eased his tone and said: "That's it, I asked my father for you, you will follow this prince in the future, play with me every day, and when you grow up, how about giving you back a free body?" Nan Xu looked at the four princes, and saw that she was about ten years old, with a pair of clear and bright eyes, not like she was teasing her, and thought, although the prince is good to himself, but he is uncertain, and he seems to have ulterior motives for himself. When the fourth prince saw that she looked at herself and didn't speak, he thought that she agreed, so he said happily: That's it, when my father's birthday banquet comes, I will make my father happy, just like my father wants you. Nan Xu said: Thank you, the fourth prince, it's just that I'm just a little girl, why do you help me? The fourth prince said: Because your girl is different from others, this palace likes it.

Nan Xu said: Four princes, will you do light work? The third prince said proudly: My light skills are better than my second imperial brother, and my father praised me. Nan Xu was playful for a while, and said softly to the four princes: Four princes, can you fly with the slaves and maids? The fourth prince said: In front of this prince, don't call yourself a slave, just be as casual as just now. After speaking, he carried Nan Su on his shoulders, lightly totoed, flew to a towering tree, and carefully placed Nan Xu on the fork of the tree. Excited and scared at the same time, Nan Su clung to the branches, her legs trembling incessantly. Seeing this, the fourth prince grabbed her waist and comforted her softly: Don't be afraid, I will protect you. Since Nanxu came to this ancient time, it is the first time that he has been respected and loved like this, and he has been treated as an equal person, and his heart is warm. She asked cautiously: Fourth prince, the prince said, let me make poems during your father's birthday banquet, if the emperor is happy, maybe he will reward me as a county lord, what is your father's favorite thing? When the four princes heard this, their eyes lit up: Can you make poems? That's a great opportunity! My father didn't particularly like anything, but my father always regretted it, and I heard that there was a third emperor brother above me, who was extremely intelligent and liked by my father. It's just that when he was five years old, he got lost on the Shangyuan Festival, although his father sent people to look for it many times, but he couldn't find it, and his biological mother Chen Guifei couldn't afford to fall ill because of this incident, and died soon after. My brother's birthday is the same day as my father's birthday. If you can appease your father when you make poems, he will be happy, and maybe he will really make you a county lord. Nan Xu secretly liked it in her heart.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a voice in the distance, and the face of the fourth prince changed: It's not good, the imperial brother is here, I have to leave quickly. I'll go first, and I'll go play with you when I'm free. After speaking, he flew up and stepped on the branches and flew away, leaving only a faint fragrance of mountains and rivers. Nan Xu sat on the tree, wanting to cry without tears, he ran fast, how could he go down on the tree, why are these four princes so unreliable?

At this time, the prince's voice sounded: Xiao Su'er, Xiao Su'er. Nan Xu hurriedly responded: His Royal Highness the Prince, I'm here! The prince looked up and saw Nan Su sitting on the fork of the big tree, funny and angry: You girl, you are naughty, and you don't dare to tighten down! Nan Su said weakly: The prince save me, I can't go down. The prince flew up with light skills, took Nan Su in his arms and jumped down gently. Nan Xu hurriedly admitted his mistake: His Royal Highness Prince Lao came down to look for it, and the slave knew that he was wrong. The prince said: I don't know how to go back for half a day, and there will be a next time, and the board will wait. Nansu is busy. followed the prince back obediently.