Chapter 2: The Royal Palace

No wall, no matter how tall it is, is not the edge of the world!

Five years later! Seventeen years later.

The white clouds are drifting slowly, and the unique summer cloud scenery of Longyun shades the sun from time to time, making the earth like waves rushing in, bringing a sense of coolness and relieving the heat.

In the palace of the concubine, Qiaoxi was lying on the stone table under a laurel tree, the shadow of the tree was cloudy, enjoying a comfortable nap.

Xiao Yunfan hid under the stone table, holding a book of ancient sages in his hand, and turned the pages absentmindedly.

The crystal and immature glasses looked left and right, as if searching for prey, obviously Xiao Yunfan was very impatient with reading.

"Alas!"

Xiao Yunfan lamented in his heart: "Why do I have to read more than others? I am reading when others are reading, I am still reading when others are playing, I also want to play, I don't want to read." ”

"Humph!" he played a childish temper, for he was a five-year-old child.

Xiao Yunfan snapped and threw the book in his hand on the ground. Sitting on the ground with an aggrieved face, as if waiting for someone to come and soothe his wounded heart.

Qiaoxi twisted her waist and changed her position, not disturbed by this movement in the slightest.

Seeing that his mother didn't pay attention to him, Yun Fan stood up under the table, and Yun Fan, who was not as high as the stone table, walked out with the stone table.

"Mother is asleep, can I play?

"I didn't finish the homework left by Taifu, but I don't want to read it, yes, I don't want to. ”

Xiao Yunfan is five years old, not only naughty and mischievous, but also has a small personality, but in general he is not squirming, sensible and polite, smart and studious.

After a fierce ideological struggle, Xiao Yunfan decided to complete the homework left by Taifu and go to play freely.

Settle into three seconds and learn, this is Taifu's evaluation of Xiao Yunfan, although it is fun, it does not lose the power of learning and interpretation, and the ambition to work hard. This evaluation is not a sloppy horse, Xiao Yunfan is not only smart and studious, but also has an extraordinary understanding ability.

After doing his homework, Xiao Yunfan played unscrupulously, or chased butterflies all over the courtyard, or danced with sticks, or talked to the void, but his movements were deliberately slow, because his mother was still sleeping and couldn't bear to disturb.

"Wang" A dog barked, and Xiao Yunfan was surprised.

"Big Yellow Hair, Big Yellow Hair must have come to see me. Hee-hee" Yun Fan whispered to himself, picked up a small wooden stick next to the palace wall and walked towards the gate.

The gate of the palace of the concubine is several zhang high, and the width is nearly one and a half zhang, which is the standard of the six gardens of the concubine. Xiao Yunfan is only more than three feet tall, and he is like a mouse in front of him.

The door is opened and closed by the harem under the management of the housekeeper, which is open and closed, and although it is noon at this time, the gate of the palace is slightly closed, leaving a gap. Qiaoxi knew that Xiao Yunfan was naughty, and deliberately closed the door with her personal maid Wei Weier, but she had limited strength and could not close it tightly, let alone lock it.

"Huh... "Yun Fan pinned the small wooden stick into the crack in the door, and used the lever principle he had tried countless times to pry open the door with all his might.

The door slipped and slipped open, after all, he was only five years old and his strength was limited.

"Whew..."

"Sister Wei,..."

Xiao Yunfan just opened the door and took a deep breath, relaxing his nervous nerves, but unexpectedly he was bumped into by Wei Weier, the waitress who came back from going out.

"Xiaofan, you went out to play again, didn't you tell you not to go out secretly? You ran around, and your mother was very worried about you. ”

Wei Weier, as the personal maid of the concubine, is not much older than the concubine, the concubine is skillful and kind-hearted, from the bottom, there is no arrogance of the nobles, and the interaction with people is still as sincere as before, so Xiao Yunfan did not follow the etiquette of respect and humility and regarded Wei Weier as a subordinate. Wei Weier gradually got used to it.

"My mother is sleeping, and my homework is done, so... Well... I'm going to the world of palm painting. Right... Eh, big yellow hair!" Yun Fan spoke a little hesitantly, as for why, he himself didn't know.

"I'm done with my homework? Wei Weier is also accustomed to Xiao Yunfan's "palm painting world".

The big yellow hair is the pet of the old grandmother of the Empress Dowager of the Longyun Empire, and it can be said that he can enter and exit freely in this palace, and no one dares to stop him. This big yellow hair is a giant dog, and Xiao Yunfan who is standing can only be as tall as it, and if he is standing half a year in the back seat of big yellow hair, he can be more than a head taller than Xiao Yunfan.

"Big Yellow Hair, you are so smart, you know that I have to explore this big world every day, come to me. ”

"Wangwang"

"Xiao Fan, the big yellow hair knows the way, and if you get lost, follow it home. And don't go too far, you can't walk back with your little leg! And remember to say to Xiao Shunzi and let him take care of you. Wei Weier carefully admonished Xiao Yunfan.

Xiao Yunfan replied and ran into the distance with the big yellow hair.

The palace wall was tall and sheltered from the noon sun, and Rhubarb and Xiao Yunfan walked in the alleyway one after the other.

The Imperial Palace covers a vast area, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is generally divided into the front palace court area and the harem family area, and the back palace is divided into the middle palace, the east palace, the west palace and the imperial garden.

The middle palace has the queen's supervisor and the residence of the members of the imperial family, the east palace has the prince's supervisor, the prince and the prince's staff live and work, and the west palace is the place where the regent handles the affairs of the court.

Xiao Yunfan's mother concubine's palace is located in the southeast corner of the middle palace, the location is remote, the west is adjacent to the peach blossom forest of the imperial garden, the southwest is the west palace over the national cloud wall, and the southeast is the palace forbidden area, not far away is the towering Fengyun Mountain, which also causes the palace garden to be very quiet and leisurely.

Da Huang Mao and Xiao Yun Fan turned left and right, and came to the forbidden area with a familiar car, except for the emperor and empress and those who received the decree, only Yun Fan and Concubine Lian and their servants could enter.

The forbidden area lives with the imperial empress dowager who is over 100 years old and ignores secular foreign affairs, Yun Fan and other descendants are called grandmothers.

"Chubby!

Xiao Yunfan and Da Huang Mao turned a few corners and alleys, and came to a palace courtyard, the chimney of the emerald eaves was steaming white smoke, and there were all kinds of vegetables and fruits planted inside and outside the palace courtyard.

"Your Highness, Your Highness Xiao Fan!" As he spoke, a slightly obese man six feet tall walked out of the room, wearing a white high hat and surrounding a group, obviously an imperial chef.

"Little fatty, why do you call me Your Highness again! You and my brother, we don't need to be polite. ”

These two brothers are seven years apart, and Xiaopang, who was born outside the palace, likes the easy-going Xiao Yunfan very much, and the two secretly make friends with the gift of the rivers and lakes.

"Your Highness, don't you know, the old grandmother knows that I don't care about the etiquette and your level, so she taught me a special lesson. ”

"Ahh

"I don't know, we have to listen to what my grandmother said. ”

Xiao Fat rolled his glasses as he spoke, leaned into Xiao Yunfan's ear and said, "Come to Your Highness, I'll tell you something, don't tell others." ”

"What?"

"My dad said that grandmother meant like raising you... When the emperor!" Chubby was nervous when he spoke, for fear that others would hear him. The current prince is ruthless, and his mother, the current queen, is behind the Qian family, who has been behind three generations.

"Hmm, what do you mean?" Xiao Yunfan looked at Xiao Fat with a cloudy expression.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this, Your Highness is here tonight, and I will make you something to eat. ”

"Okay, Chubby, you can get me some bones for Big Yellow Hair. "Rhubarb hair is good, this mouth was discovered by Xiao Yunfan, and since then, Rhubarb has followed Xiao Yunfan.

"Your Highness, don't forget my brother in the future. Xiao Pang smiled at Xiao Yunfan, and realized in an instant that he had said something wrong, and slapped himself in the face.

Xiao Yunfan was only five years old, how could he understand such things as the emperor's accession to the throne, and looked at Xiao Fat's figure with a confused face.

After leaving Xiao Pang, Xiao Yunfan continued to walk towards the tall imperial wall, and after a while, he came to the residence of Xiao Shunzi, the head of the Forbidden Palace.

Xiao Shunzi was lying on the rocking chair and was sleeping, so leisurely.

"Shhhhh The naughty little Yunfan picked up a small pebble on the ground and threw it at Xiao Dezi.

"Oh yes, that immoral thing, I really treat the master as a soft persimmon. Xiao Shunzi was sleeping with a blow in the face, and he thought it was the little eunuch from another palace who was looking for fault.

"These deflated calves, bullying my master and reluctant to be a director, ten years ago, when I served Concubine Qing, you were all grandsons, and you all called me my mother. ”

Xiao Shunzi looked left and right, but no one thought that the fault finder had run away, so he lay on the rocking chair and pretended to sleep.

The probe peeked, Xiao Shunzi lay on the rocking chair and fell asleep leisurely, Xiao Yunfan was overjoyed, and wanted to play tricks on him again, so Xiao Yunfan picked up the second stone and leaned over to prepare.

"Huh?" Xiao Yunfan just leaned out but found that Xiao Shunzi was gone.

"Hehe, Your Highness, let me catch it this time!" It turned out that Xiao Shunzi pretended to sleep, but in fact, he caught someone by surprise and caught Xiao Yunfan.

"Xiao Shunzi, aren't you asleep?" Xiao Shunzi really jumped Xiao Yunfan, and Xiao Yunfan asked innocently.

"Your Highness, the minion was indeed taking a nap for a while, and was woken up by His Highness. I thought to myself, it must be you again, so peek-a-boo scared you. ”

Xiao Yunfan then asked: Then do you hurt?

Xiao Shunzi thought that the moment he was lost by your little ancestor, although it was not heavy, it was also swollen and bruised, but he was humble and didn't dare to say it.

"Hey, Your Highness, my little Shunzi doesn't look as thin as a monkey, but her body is as strong as a cow. A small pebble is nothing, and a big one is fine. ”

Xiao Yunfan listened carefully, and became interested in hearing the word monkey, a few times ago, Xiao Shunzi also mentioned monkeys, Xiao Yunfan had never seen monkeys, so he wrote it down, and asked Mr. Taifu, Taifu explained simply, but it was difficult to understand if he didn't see a living thing.