Chapter 3: The Twelfth Birthday Banquet (1)

It was night, it was getting late, the half-moon crescent moon hung in the air, there was no life in the room of the little prince next door, and the dim candle flame in Li Shan's room was swaying in the wind, reflecting on the rice paper in a circle like a brand. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 At this time, Li Shan sat at the table with a brush in his hand, with a sad look on his face.

Today is the first day he left home, and it is also the first day that Li Shan has seen the cruelty in the palace, and all kinds of events that happened during the day have made Li Shan feel the hardships of life, and he misses the free life at home. At home, although his father didn't like him to beat and scold him often, and his eldest brother often bullied him, Li Shan still had his favorite place, that is, the mountain behind the village. Once Li Shan has something wrong, he will run to the back mountain, and Li Shan is free in the back mountain, and he doesn't have to look at other people's faces. But in the palace, Li Shan could only hide in the dim room and sobbed secretly, and there was no empty and wonderful place all over the mountains for him to play.

He began to faintly regret that he had come to the palace, he was afraid that he would lose his life at some point, and he wanted to go home.

He didn't understand why it was obviously the fault of the little prince but he had to bear it, the injury on his hand that was beaten by the bamboo stick was still faintly painful now, and the tears that did not fall during the day rolled down like beads, and Li Shan didn't dare to touch the injury on his left hand.

Li Shan cried for a long time, suddenly wiped the tears on his face, carefully looked at the rice paper on the table, and found that the rice paper was not wet, so he put his mind at ease, picked up the pen again and was about to write on it.

Mr. Bai assigned homework for the little prince who was in class for the first time to practice writing the word "one", but the little prince was too playful and didn't want to waste time on completing the homework, so he handed over all the homework to Li Shan, and he went out to play with many partners. Li Shan said one more sentence in line with the idea of thinking about the little prince, and if it was not good for the gentleman to check in class, he was severely reprimanded by the little prince, so he had to carry out the order of the little prince.

He secretly rejoiced that Mr. punished his left hand, not his right hand, otherwise he would never be able to hold a pen now, Li Shan knew that the little prince would never write his homework obediently because he couldn't write, I was afraid that he would throw his homework to himself regardless of it, and he could only be punished if he didn't achieve it. Li Shan wrote a few words and found that he was emotional, and the word "one" under his hand was extremely ugly, so he could only helplessly put down the brush in his hand. Close your eyes and exhale deeply to regulate your emotions, which is a move that Li Shan does not let himself cry after being wronged. Li Shan is used to being wronged, and many times his seriously eccentric father will indiscriminately protect his eldest son.

When his heart began to calm down, Li Shan opened his eyes and continued to write, but the ink written on the rice paper was still twisted and turned, which was too far from the words written by Mr. in his impression. Li Shan began to get anxious, he knew that if he didn't finish it well, he would be beaten by the little prince, just like the servant who bumped into the little prince this afternoon, and his ass was swollen high. But the more anxious Li Shan was, the more ugly the words became, just when Li Shan was crazy, the window of his room suddenly came out of the sound of knocking, Li Shan looked over and found a figure standing outside the window.

Li Shan curiously pushed the window up, and saw a familiar face outside the window, it was Sister Ling'er, who had brought him food in the past two days. Ling'er was slightly surprised when she saw Li Shan's red eyes, and after asking a few words with concern, she said with a smile: "This is the little prince who asked me to send medicine, and the little prince forgot the time, so he remembered that his scholar was still injured." Apply the ointment to the wound and remember to apply it every day. After speaking, he didn't wait for Li Shan to thank him, and turned around and left, leaving only Li Shan with a graceful back.

Li Shan looked at Ling'er's departing figure in a daze, and somehow became a lot more relieved in his heart, and his fear of the palace weakened a lot. Although Li Shan is small, he is actually very smart, he knows that the little prince will never think of himself as a little scholar, let alone come to give him medicine, I am afraid that it is not the little prince who really wants to send him medicine but Ling'er. Li Shan didn't know why Ling'er said this, but Li Shan was still very grateful to Ling'er in his heart, she sent medicine for herself on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also because of Ling'er's care for him. After Ling'er's delivery of medicine, Li Shan was in a much better mood, and began to practice writing hard again, as if he had motivation, Li Shan's writing gradually improved, which also made Li Shan even happier.

Nothing was said all night.

On the second day, just like yesterday, Li Shan went to the private school with the little prince, and the little prince proudly handed in the homework written by Li Shan. The gentleman looked at it, then sighed as if he was depressed, shook his head, and said nothing wrong with his homework. But Li Shan faintly felt that Mr. seemed to have seen through what he had written, but Mr. did not say it explicitly.

So time passed quickly, and every day the little prince's homework would be written by Li Shan, and as the course continued, the little prince's homework became more and more messy, but Li Shan's progress was rapid. Li Shan also kept an eye on it, and every time he wrote his homework, he would write the words ugly, which would not be much different from the words of the little prince. Mr. seems to have given up on the little prince, except for the little prince who must listen carefully in class every day, Mr. doesn't care about things outside of class.

As the little prince grew older, he began to gradually involve the six arts and martial arts that the children of the royal family must learn, and he has been busy since he was ten years old. Since these are the inevitable courses for the disciples of the royal family, even if the little prince has made a lot of thunder, he can only go to class obediently, and even Li Shan, who accompanied him, learned a lot of things.

The little prince likes martial arts better than Xiwen, and even in order to be able to have an opponent who allows him to shoot with all his strength in ordinary practice, he let Li Shan study together despite the dissuasion of the teaching. At the beginning, Li Shan was beaten by the little prince every day, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and after studying defense, he was extremely calm in the face of the little prince's fists and feet, and the angry little prince was angry and tried to beat Li Shan again. What especially amused Li Shan was that such a scene was actually equipped with an opponent for other disciples, but those who didn't like to practice martial arts still didn't like to practice martial arts.

As Li Shan grew by the time he spent with the little prince, Li Shan also knew a lot of things. The country where he is now located is called Yue Guo, which is located on the main transportation route of Qin and Chu, and can only survive because of the hostility between the two countries. The royal family of the Yue Kingdom takes Ma as the surname, and the Jingwang Mansion where Li Shan is now located, and its owner King Jing is the younger brother of the current Yue Kingdom Shengshang. And King Jing has only one son, who is Li Shan's little master Ma Gan.

Gradually, the little prince's twelfth birthday banquet was approaching, and Li Shan could clearly feel that the entire palace was immersed in a busy atmosphere, and the servants who would greet him on weekdays came and went in a hurry, preparing everything for the banquet. Li Shan had heard that the birthday banquet for boys at the age of 12 in the Yue Kingdom was very important, because after the age of 12 boys would enter the youth, and among the nobles, there was one more thing: they could start to pass on the lineage. As a nobleman among the nobles of the Yue Kingdom, it is natural that his twelfth birthday banquet will be very grand.

In the solemn atmosphere of the entire palace, the little prince still took Li Shan to continue to run rampant in the royal city as usual, causing the common people of the royal city to complain.

Finally the time pointed to the day of the little prince's birthday, early in the morning Li Shan was told that he did not have to follow the little prince today, and the banquet was not something that he, a little scholar, could attend, and in addition to that, there was no steward to tell Li Shan what he should do, which made Li Shan, who was used to obeying orders, very uncomfortable.

What he didn't know was that with his identity as being able to follow the little prince, no one would treat him as a servant, and if Li Shan crooked his mouth in front of the little prince, it would be the other party who would be punished. So when he didn't know anything, Li Shan was idle, he walked around the courtyard to think about what he should do to pass the time, and after thinking about it, he found that he followed the little prince on weekdays, and had no interest in his own interests, so he could only review his homework. Li Shan made up his mind to do it, and kept studying in the room, during which it was still Ling'er who brought the food. In the past two years, the relationship between the two has been much closer, Li Shan is sister when Ling'er is sister, and Ling'er is also Li Shan is younger brother and often takes care of one or two.

As night approached, Li Shan finished his boring study and walked out of the room to relax. He sighed a little about today's leisure, but he lamented that he was an idle person.

Putting on a posture of a tiger descending the mountain, Li Shan shouted loudly: "Ha!" The two fists slammed out, and if someone stood in front of him, Li Shan's fists would definitely go towards the opponent's chest.

With another shout, Li Shan turned around, elbowed, and locked his throat again. The fist kept banging in the air, and the whirring sound could be heard.

This set of boxing methods is called "Tiger Shape Boxing", which is a set of lethal boxing methods, and Li Shan does not dare to make this set of boxing methods fight against the little prince on weekdays, for fear of hurting the other party. In fact, as early as half a year ago, Li Shan was able to easily defeat Xiao Wangye, although he never showed it. Li Shan's rapid growth also depends on his continuous efforts.

Just as Li Shan finished beating a set of boxing techniques, a noisy sound suddenly came to mind in his ears. Following the sound, Li Shan saw the light in the sky as bright as day, and knew in his heart that this was the place where the little prince held his banquet.

Seeing this light, Li Shan seemed to remember that today was the little prince's Christmas banquet, and couldn't help laughing at himself for not knowing the day after a day of leisure, and then suddenly had the idea of wanting to see him. As soon as the thought appeared, it lingered in Li Shan's mind, Li Shan thought for a moment, thinking that as long as he was careful not to collide with the big shots, with his identity as a scholar, even if he was in charge, he could not be severely punished, and he would only scold a few words lightly. So I put my mind at ease.

In the end, Li Shan still didn't hold back his curiosity, and secretly went to the banquet along the path with few people. The closer he got to the garden where the banquet was held, Li Shan felt that the more hurried servants there were, and naturally he was inevitably discovered. Li Shan was still worried about whether something would happen, so the other party left first, and there was no superfluous incident.

Li Shan breathed a sigh of relief, came to the edge of the garden without danger, and hid behind a rockery to sneak into the middle.

The venue was extremely noisy, and the colorful night pearls were placed in all corners to illuminate the entire banquet. At the banquet, the guests sat on both sides, and there were three people sitting at the front, who were Ma Wangye, Princess Jing, and Little Wangye. Everyone is dressed in solemn clothes, and the little prince's costume has changed a lot, from the original immaturity to a little mature.

In a wide open space surrounded by everyone, more than a dozen dancers shook their water sleeves and twisted their graceful bodies to dance to the music, laughing and talking.

Li Shan looked at this prosperous scene stupidly, and the glass light was reflected in his eyes, and he really wanted to enjoy such a life like the people sitting in the field at the moment.