Chapter 20: Return to Beijing
As she spoke, she turned her fingers, and the snow bird began to spin in circles with her movements. Finger to the eaves, and the snow spiritbird flew to the eaves. Reaching out and patting the stone table, the snow spirit bird flew back again.
Xia Yunzhi was stunned, but it seemed that the performance had not yet been completed. She smiled at the bird, held out two fingers, and the snow bird chirped twice. After comparing three fingers, the snow spirit bird called three times. At last Forget Worry reached out and poked its little head, and the snow spiritbird fell to the stone table with a thud and did not move, as if it were dead.
"Poof!"
Xia Yunzhi couldn't hold back her laughter, she felt that this move was rude, and quickly covered her mouth. But when I looked at the snow spirit bird lying on the stone table and pretending to be dead, I couldn't help but laugh after enduring it.
"Sister, this little bird is so cute! it actually listens to you, and you are too powerful!"
Forget worry smiled slightly, "It's not just it, the little snow rabbit I gave you on your birthday is just as well-behaved." ”
"Really?"
Xia Yunzhi blinked her bright big eyes, and instantly ignited her admiration for forgetting her worries. Outside, what is said that the girl who forgets worries is a person who has no heart and lungs, and she speaks coldly and has a cold temperament, but in her opinion, it is obviously not like this! She has already begun to regret that she did not come to visit as soon as possible, otherwise she has been in the snow country for many days, except for waiting for Chu Han, the rest of the time is really boring.
"Sister, are you free on weekdays? If I'm fine, can I come and play with you from time to time? Next time I bring the little snow rabbit over, and you let him praise me for his acrobatics, okay? And the little fox that was lying on top of you and slept, I actually heard him talking? Was it auditory hallucinations? Or could it really talk? And those two big cats, what kind of animals were they? Why have I never seen them?"
After all, Xia Yunzhi is young, and he has lived in the palace for a long time, so he is naturally very curious about new things. Forget her worries and don't bother her, seeing the sun setting, she said: "Come and play if you want to come in the future, I'm afraid I'm the most idle person in the whole palace." As for the other questions...... You can stay and dine with me in the evening, and I'll talk to you slowly, okay?"
"Good, good!"
Xia Yunzhi nodded in a panic, her crystal eyes shining with dazzling light. Forget your worries and turn your face away, and deliberately don't look at it. Memory is a headache, and if you want to learn to forget, you must no longer be able to access it.
People's hearts are separated by their bellies, and no one can believe it except themselves. Since she woke up, she decided that she would not have anything to do with anyone again. But the appearance of Xia Yunzhi made her look better. She thought that such a pure person should not be harmed. I don't know if another pure boy who is far away in Mingguo, after hearing the news of her death, will still be able to smile as bright and bright as this round face in the future.
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Shen Yan said goodbye to Shen Li, and the horse whipped all the way from the border city to the stable. When they came to the gate of the main city, the guards guarding the gate saw it from a distance and immediately greeted them.
"The Seventh Prince is back!"
One person shouted, all of them looking at each other in surprise. The people of the imperial capital, who came and went, did not know that the war was coming. In the neighborhood rumors, it is said that the old general of the Feng family will die because he is old and bad for the enemy. The poor old general had a heroic life, and in the end he didn't even have a successor. Except for the second brother who guarded the imperial city, the rest of the sons were idle sons.
And the Feng family said that she was stupid and married into the little daughter of the Three Princes' Mansion, but on the day when the old general entered the earth, she took out a letter of resignation and burned it in front of his grave, ignoring the surprised appearance and pointing of everyone, and swore in front of her old father's grave that the Feng family would be taken care of by her from now on, and as long as she lived for a day, she would never let the Feng family decline.
After the death of the old general, His Majesty was worried, and no one in the court dared to go to quell the chaos. Several princes left Beijing for trials before, and most of them did not come back, only the seventh prince, Shen Yan, stood up and took the initiative to ask for help.
When the news leaked, the people didn't believe it when they first heard it. After all, everyone knows that the seventh prince of the Ming Kingdom is the most unlikely one, how can the young man who almost ignores the government and rarely even returns to Beijing fight in chaos?
But the truth was just beyond their expectations, on the day the Seventh Prince left Beijing with his soldiers and horses, the city gate was wide open, and he was wearing silver armor and sitting on a horse with a spear in his hand, which really fascinated the eyes of many people. After that, it was even more successful, which made the people of Mingguo completely impressed by this little seventh master.
"Ah, it's the Seventh Lord who is back!"
Shen Yan led the horse and walked down the street, and many people passing by nodded and smiled at him. There were also girls who were shy, glanced at him a few times and lowered their heads embarrassedly. The image of the cynical little prince has changed at this time and has become a big hero in the eyes of the people.
Shen Yan himself was also aware of it, leading the horse with one hand and touching the back of his head with the other. smiled shyly and nodded his head at the roadside to say hello. He came to the imperial city in such an embarrassment, handed over the horse to the guards guarding the door, and went straight to his mother's bedchamber.
"Queen Mother, my son is back!"
Before the man entered the temple, the voice spread far away. Poor Xia Hou's legs were immobile, and when she heard this call, she hurriedly asked the maid to help her get out of bed to take a look. Shen Yan took a few steps into the house, and seeing that the summer queen was about to get up, he hurriedly stepped forward to help her sit down. Before she could salute her, she was slapped in the face.
He was a little stunned by this beating, but seeing Xia Hou shed tears like this, his heart was sour, and he couldn't help kneeling beside her and bowed his head.
"Queen Mother, my son has worried you, and my son is wrong. ”
"Why didn't you listen to me in the first place, why did you go if you knew it was wrong?"
Xia Hou touched her tears, she has always been a strong woman, but for the son in front of her, who was pregnant in October and loved to the bones, she was really reluctant and couldn't let go.
Her memory is still stuck in the child who has been away all the year round, and occasionally comes back to tell her the scenery and stories of various places. Although they don't meet often, they know that he may encounter some accidents and dangers outside. But these are not the same as fighting!
It's like if you let a bird fly around, it may go through a storm, it may hurt its wings and it won't move, but these setbacks will make it grow, and it's dangerous but not fatal for the most part. But now that the bird suddenly stopped flying, and he jumped into the wolves like a rabbit, how could she be a mother without worrying and being afraid?
Shen Yan pursed his lips, sighed lightly, and raised his bright eyes to look at Xia Hou.
"Queen Mother, the son is the seventh prince of this Daming. When the country is in trouble, how can the son sit idly by? The son has been favored and protected by you and his father all the year round, and he has lived a chic and comfortable life, and he has never known the sufferings of the world. The third brother is calm and introverted, and he has always been the pride of you and your father. Why is it that the queen mother is relieved that he is going, and not me?"
Xia Hou was stunned for a moment, and she didn't understand why this topic turned to Shen Li's side. And Shen Yanwu smiled sadly, and continued: "When I was young and ignorant, I thought that the queen mother liked the third brother more. Occasionally, I don't understand why the queen mother treats others better than her own son? When I became more sensible, I suddenly understood, in fact, as long as I thought about it a little, anyone could understand. The queen mother does have a preference, but it has always been me, not the third brother. ”