Chapter 11
Chapter 11
After Xue Yi came out of the Zhengde Hall, she dismissed all the attendants and went back to the East Palace alone.
It's already autumn. It was still midsummer when Chang'an left, but now it's already the beginning of autumn.The leaves of the Mudu trees on both sides of the road have also turned yellow, hanging on the branches precariously.
When passing by the Royal Garden, I saw Concubine Lian and Princess Showa of Xianbei sitting on the pavilion by the pool.In the pavilion, Su Erya, the maid of honor next to Concubine Lian, waited on her. After thinking about it, she turned and walked towards Concubine Lian.
Concubine Lian saw Xue Yi coming over and got up with Princess Zhaohe:
"Why did the prince come out alone? What about the people around him?"
Xue Yi respectfully saluted Concubine Lian and replied with a smile:
"I think they are troublesome to follow behind, which makes them stay away."
Princess Zhaohe performed the Xianbei salute to Xueyi, but Xueyi smiled and avoided it.
Concubine Lian was thoughtful, so she invited Xue Yi to sit down, and ordered someone to serve fresh pastries and tea:
"What's bothering you, Prince?"
Xue Yi gently took the tea from Surya:
"It's nothing. It's just that I suddenly remembered that Chang'an had been away for some time. He's not alone. I feel a little empty in my ears."
Concubine Lian and the previous court both knew that Chang'an had won a small battle in Xianbei to gain the limelight, so they were not sure what Xue Yi meant:
"Chang'an likes His Royal Highness the most. Now that he has gone to Xianbei, he probably still misses His Highness very much."
Xue Yi nodded:
"Gu was very happy to receive his letter to Gu."
Concubine Lian was startled, and smiled wryly at random:
"To be honest with the crown prince, I have never received any letter from him. It seems that he has already forgotten my biological mother."
Xue Yi was a little surprised and then raised the corners of her lips. The mask that seemed to be on her face became vivid, and she shook her head: "This child."
Coming out of Concubine Lian, Xueyi ran into a small stone and scissors in Chang'an Palace on the way.
Xiao Shitou smiled and asked Xue Yi after saluting:
"Is His Highness the Crown Prince better? My Highness went to see you before leaving, but you happened to be asleep, so I left regretfully without seeing you."
After Xue Yi woke up, he heard people around him tell him about it, saying that His Royal Highness Eighteenth came to see him, but Li Qingzhang stopped him because he was sleeping.At that time, I heard that Li Qingzhang was angry at Li Qingzhang's good opinion, but now I hear that he feels sorry for Chang'an.That kid really cared about him.
Although General Mo Bai complained to Emperor Wei that he was dissatisfied with Chang'an's good ideas, but after Chang'an made such a fuss, General Mo Bai would hand over some tasks to Chang'an.
In a blink of an eye, Xianbei has entered winter, and the snow on the grassland is more than a foot thick. The Rouran people are retreating steadily under the offensive of Xianbei and the Northern Wei Dynasty. General Mo Bai said to Chang'an:
"In the spring of next year, we can return to Beijing."
When it snowed heavily, the people in Rouran stopped, and the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty could celebrate the new year with peace of mind. Early in the morning, Chang'an was dressed like a doll with New Year pictures, and was receiving auspicious words in the camp tent.
Wu Shi walked into the tent and saw Chang'an, and walked up to Chang'an with a smile:
"Congratulations, Your Highness, for being a year older!"
Chang'an accepted it happily, and raised his chin to signal to the soldiers around him to reward him. The handsome young man opened the box in his hand and grabbed a handful of golden melon seeds for Wu Shi.
Wu Shi quickly picked it up.
Officers and soldiers of the guards walked into the tent one after another, and when they saw Chang An knelt down to ask An to salute and say auspicious words:
Chang'an asked them to bring out a plate of rare items for them to choose.
Wu Shi pouted:
"I've known for a long time that His Highness the Eighteenth is magnificent, but I didn't expect His Highness to be so grand. If the censor in the palace sees this, you must be extravagant."
Chang'an raised his eyebrows:
"They dare!"
"Hey, you are getting more and more domineering!" Wu Shi made fun of Chang'an.
At the banquet in the Chinese military tent at night, all the officials from the fifth rank and above drank in the Chinese military tent. Changan also drank a lot to join in the fun.
After walking dizzily for a long time, I couldn't find a latrine, so I was a little annoyed and found a secluded place to solve my personal hygiene problem.
After urinating, Changan's befuddled mind cleared up a lot when the cold wind blew. Just as he was about to leave, he heard some strange sounds.
Pain is not pain, comfort is not comfort, it sounds weird.
Chang'an thought to himself who was the one who punished the soldiers physically during the Chinese New Year, and let me grab you and ask you to look good.Angrily, he walked towards the location of the voice, and when he lifted the curtain, his eyeballs almost fell to the ground before he could swear.
The two soldiers were naked and hugging each other, one soldier pressed the other soldier on the bed, their buttocks moved together.These two people were so forgetful that they didn't notice Chang'an who opened the curtain and looked at it for a long time.
Chang An silently lowered the curtain and retreated, resting his hand on his forehead for a long time, unable to recover. What he saw just now was a bit complicated, and he needed to think about it.
Wu Shi took Chang'an's soldiers to look around for Chang'an, and finally found Chang'an with the soldiers standing guard on the watchtower.
The soldier saw Wu Shi coming up and quietly motioned to Chang An who was sitting aside with a dull expression.
Wu Shi took Chang'an next, and found that Chang'an was in a trance, and asked worriedly:
"Your Highness, what's the matter with you?"
Chang'an seemed to have just recovered, he opened his eyes wide and asked Wu Shi:
"Wu Guandai, can this man marry a man?"
Wu Shi was startled, then he raised his hand to touch the bridge of his nose in embarrassment, hesitating and thinking again and again:
"Actually, it's all up to the person who wants to be a husband and wife. If the person he likes is a man, he can marry a man. If he doesn't like to be a man, then he can't... "..." Wu Shi patted Chang An on the shoulder with a blank smile on his face:
"When you return to the capital, let the emperor find you two concubines and you will understand."
Chang'an gave Wu Shi a blank look:
"Who wants to marry a concubine?"
Wu Shi changed his words with a smile:
"Okay, you don't marry, you marry the man you like."
Chang An's face turned dark.
After Changan went back, he saw Xueyi in the warm pavilion where he used to read with Xueyi. Xueyi was still the same as before, but grew taller. Xueyi was very happy to see him back, and touched his cheek and murmured :
"Why have you lost so much weight, and your face has turned dark?"
Chang An smiled and tilted his head to look at Xue Yi:
"Am I just thin? Didn't you realize I've grown up?"
Xue Yi looked at him tenderly, and responded to his words:
"grown up."
Chang An anxiously asked:
"Then I've grown up, can you marry me?"
Xue Yi pinched his face, approached him with a light smile, kissed his lips, kissed his face, and finally untied his clothes...
When he woke up the next day, Chang An woke up with a smile, but the smile on his face turned into panic as soon as he woke up. He stretched out his hand to cover the quilt over his head, and got out immediately after he got in.
He looked at the sticky things under his body, his face was full of horror, and then he thought of what the sixteenth prince told him about what he had learned in the Palace of Huanxi, his face was as dark as a pot bottom.
He took off the bed sheet and the obscene clothes on his body and threw them into the charcoal brazier.
When the guard brought water to wash his face in the morning, he was almost smothered by the smell of smoke in the tent:
"Your Highness, where does the smell of smoke come from?"
Chang'an has no expression on his face:
"The clothes were vomited last night and I burned them."
The soldier shook his head:
"Where did you do it, I will wash it for you today."
Thinking of the things on the bed sheet, Chang An couldn't help but put on a face of embarrassment and strode out of the tent to explain to the soldiers:
"Prepare me another set of obscene clothes and bed sheets. The previous one will be burned." After speaking, the stunned guard quickly disappeared.
Wu Shi found that since the end of the new year, His Royal Highness has a particularly bad temper, especially when he hears words such as man, husband and wife, and brother, his face turns black like the bottom of a pot.Wu Shi had inquired about the situation in Chang'an with the soldiers in private, but the soldiers didn't know anything but said that His Highness Eighteen had burned a lot of bed sheets recently, and the one who knew was worse than him.
Life in Chang'an has been very difficult recently. He hasn't had a good night's sleep for half a month. Either he dreamed of having sex with Xue Yi, or he dreamed that Xue Yi broke up with him. He dreamed that Xue Yi pointed at his nose and scolded him:
"Chang'an, I regard you as a brother, but I never thought you would be so dirty." His eyes were full of dark circles.
I couldn't sleep and didn't dare to sleep, so I had to spend all my time on training.
Kung fu has advanced by leaps and bounds, and his stature has also grown rapidly.
At the age of 11, he already looks like a boy of thirteen or fourteen.
Wu Shi was worried about Chang'an, and asked General Mo Bai what to do. Mo Bai just smiled and shook his head:
"Little young man has nowhere to use his energy, just let him practice, and he will be fine in a few days."
After some days, they waited until the day before the army drove the Rouran people out of the Qilian Grassland.
That night, Chang An appeared in front of Wu Shi with two wine jars, and the two of them took them up without saying a word. After drinking, Wu Shi became unconscious, and in a daze, he felt that Chang An was about to leave and heard that Chang An was like Asking him is like asking yourself:
"What exactly is liking?"
Wu Shi himself knew what he liked, but he didn't understand, when did His Highness Eighteen become so good at drinking?
General Mo Bai led troops to meet Xianbei Khan at the foot of Qilian Mountains, and the enemy was driven away. The herdsmen followed Wang Khan back to the place where they lived for generations, and the smoke from horse dung and sheep dung rose on the grassland. , life is quiet and beautiful.
Chang An rode a horse with a whip and strolled on the grassland. It was almost evening, and the herdsmen were busy driving the sheep and horses back to the pen.Outside the tent, a young Xianbei girl was busy making milk tea, and a herdsman saw Chang'an riding a horse and saluted Chang'an with a smile.
Chang'an could understand Xianbei dialect, and he heard the old man say to him:
"Young general, come in for a cup of hot tea."
Chang An nodded and got off his horse to pay his bills.
The girl making milk tea also bent down and walked into the tent to serve Chang'an milk tea and mutton.
The old man sat beside Chang An:
"The general is from the Southern Dynasty?"
Chang An nodded:
"My mother is Princess Lianran from Xianbei."
The old man understands:
"Princess Lianran is the most beautiful girl on the grassland."
Chang An smiled and nodded:
"Our Xianbei women are all beautiful." The Xianbei girl beside her blushed.
In the distance, there was the sound of hooves of a group of horses galloping, and finally stopped outside the old man's tent.
Wu Shi respectfully reported to Chang'an outside the tent:
"Your Highness, Xianbei Khan is here to invite you."
Chang An said goodbye to the old man with a smile, and led everyone away on horseback.
In the king's tent, King Xianbei shook his head and said to Chang'an who refused to stay in Xianbei:
"A child like you is not suitable to stay in the Southern Dynasties. There are so many small houses and there is no vast grassland."
Chang An personally refilled the wine for King Xianbei:
"Uncle, my father and mother and my brothers are all in Nanchao, and Nanchao is my home."
The king of Xianbei held up the wine and was disappointed:
"Yes, home is where there are Abba and Erji."
Coming out of the Wang tent, Chang An looked at the moon rising in the distance, and he would be able to go home soon.
When Emperor Wei heard that the army was returning to the court, he specially ordered the prince to bring wine and gold and silver gifts to the outskirts of the city to reward the army.
Xue Yi rewarded the army in the suburbs of Beijing but didn't see Chang'an. Later, I heard that Chang'an picked up the trail and took people back to the palace early. When he returned to the palace, no one saw him, so he locked himself in his own palace and slept for three days. No one wakes up when they call, and no one pays attention to anyone who comes.It frightened Concubine Lian and Emperor Wei, and made Xue Yi anxious.
On the second day when Chang An fell asleep, Xue Yi stayed by Chang An's side, even if he couldn't wake him up, he was afraid that he would damage his health if he didn't eat. He ordered someone to boil ginseng soup and feed Chang An slowly.
In Chang'an's dreams, there is always Xue Yi, angry and happy, he can smell the familiar scent of incense on Xue Yi's body, a smell that warms his heart.
On the third day, Changan opened his eyes, and when he saw Xueyi in front of him, Changan subconsciously turned his head aside, Xueyi felt a pain in his heart but still smiled and said:
"Eighteen Brother doesn't like me coming, so I'll leave." After finishing speaking, he put down the ginseng soup bowl and was about to get up, but was held down by Chang An and pulled into his arms.
It wasn't until he pulled Xueyi, a real person, into his arms that Chang'an felt that his heart that had been frozen for a long time began to be alive, with heat pouring in, as if his face that had been numb for so long finally had a reason to laugh.
Xue Yi is a person with a heavy heart, even if someone really offends him, he will not show it, but the moment Chang An turned his head just now, Xue Yi felt his anger pouring out of his head, and he was so angry that he talked about the prince's etiquette Forgot it all, and it almost exploded.
Xue Yi was hugged by Chang An, the unknown fire in her heart was slowly extinguished, and the corners of her lips were bent:
"Why do you still cling to Gu when you're such an adult?"
Chang An's eyes were red:
"I miss the prince."
"Xianggu turned his head to the side just now."
"I thought it was a dream again."
"Often dream of loneliness?"
"Ah."
Hearing Chang'an's affirmative answer Xue Yi's gentle eyebrows and eyes, he gently stroked Chang'an's back with his hands. It's been a long time since I saw him, and Chang'an was so strong that he couldn't recognize him:
"What a fool."
Chang An turned his head and kissed Xue Yi's ear lightly. Xue Yi was a little surprised and then relieved, thinking it was an inappropriate move that Chang An missed him too much.
After waking up, Chang'an went to the Zhengde Hall to kowtow to Emperor Wei, and Emperor Wei saw Chang'an coming in and slapped the memorial on the table, cursing with a black face:
"Now that you know you're here to see me? Once you return to the palace, you'll sleep for three days. What does it look like!"
Chang An knelt on the ground and obediently admitted his mistake:
"My son knew he was wrong."
Emperor Wei was surprised that it was not Chang'an's usual style to admit mistakes so readily:
"What's wrong with you?"
Chang'an frowned and looked at Emperor Wei's kind eyes, not knowing what to say for a moment:
"My son doesn't know what's going on, but he just feels that he won't be able to cheer up when he comes back this time."
Emperor Wei stood up and stepped down from the throne to come to Chang'an. He felt that Chang'an was much calmer than before when he came back this time:
"Scared?"
Chang An shook his head.
Emperor Wei asked Chang An to stand up, and patted Chang An on the shoulder:
"Maybe it's because you're tired. You can take a good rest for a few days and spend a few days with your mother and concubine looking at flowers and chatting."
Chang An nodded.
In Chang'an Palace, Chang Jin ate melon seeds and Chang Xi drank tea and sat beside Chang'an. Chang Jin commanded the little stone in Chang'an Palace:
"Stone, go and light the charcoal basin, I'm freezing to death." After speaking, he looked at Chang'an and complained:
"Although you were reprimanded by the father, you don't have to be so disheartened, you don't even add a charcoal basin." After speaking, he suddenly laughed badly:
"It can't be because of the hot blood that was hooked by the Xianbei girl!"
Chang An gave Chang Jin a blank look and snatched away the flesh of the claws that the maid in front of Chang Jin had peeled for him:
"It's you, the hungry ghost in color."
Chang Xi shook his head and divided the melon seeds on his plate into two parts for Chang An and Chang Jin. Chang Jin thanked Chang Xi with a smile and gave Chang An a kick.
Changxi comforted Changan:
"You don't have to mind father scolding you. This is for the officials to see. After all, if you act alone without the permission of the Chinese army and lead troops, if you are an ordinary person, you will be subject to military law. You won the battle, father. The emperor is still very happy, and he is full of praise for you."
"I understand, I don't care about my father scolding me." Chang An said.
Chang Jin looked at most of the eunuchs serving in Chang'an Palace, and said in a thief-like way:
"I heard that a few days ago, my father ordered the disciplining mother to take you to the Hall of Huanxi. It seems that your palace is finally going to add people. It's a pity that you don't have a younger brother, otherwise I will let a younger brother hold you Your legs won’t let you enter the Hall of Joy.” Chang Jin laughed at the fact that Xue Yi was stopped by Chang’an when she entered the Hall of Joy
Changxi nodded seriously and said, "At your age, there should be someone waiting by your side. The news has spread from the people around the prince that you have been away for a year, even the child has not been kept."
Chang An was startled when he heard Xue Yi's name, then closed his eyes.
That night, the guarding mother brought two beautiful little court ladies who were not yet in bloom to welcome Chang'an into the Hall of Joy.
Chang'an didn't want to go, but he couldn't hold back his curiosity about the affairs of men and women.
After entering the Hall of Huanxi, you need to walk through a long corridor. This corridor is full of human-sized Huanxi Buddhas doing some sexual things. The guarding mother is a 40-year-old old woman who guides Changan to reach out and touch the Huanxi Buddha to have sex. place.
Chang An blushed and was about to get angry, when he heard the correctional nun teach him sternly:
"His Royal Highness, it is a great plan in human relations to have sex between a man and a woman, so why bother to be as cowardly as an ordinary person."
Chang An reluctantly suppressed the anger in his heart, and studied according to the guidance of the nun in charge.
The incense in the Hall of Huanxi was sweet and greasy, and the floor was covered with soft carpets. Changan began to let go of his concern and looked around in the hall.
Seeing that it was almost time, the nuns of discipline led Chang'an to the elegant apse of the light gauze. A pool was built in the apse to draw hot spring water into it. When they saw Chang An coming in, they all blushed.
The guard nurse smiled and asked Chang'an:
"Your Highness, these two children will stay by His Highness's side to serve you."
Chang An was also a little embarrassed, pointing to a little court lady wearing a lotus bellyband and said:
"Keep this one, and take the other one with you."
The nanny in charge was a little surprised, but she still left the apse with another maid.The eunuchs quietly closed the palace door for Chang'an.
After everyone left, the little palace lady walked up to Chang'an on her knees, blushed and said shyly to Chang'an:
"The servant girl waits for His Highness to take a bath."
Chang An nodded, looked at the little girl in front of him with a pair of eyes, and opened his mouth to ask:
"what is it call?"
"Slave Lu He." Lu He stroked Chang An's body with her frail and boneless hands, and slowly took off all Chang An's clothes. Chang An's slender, muscular body was presented generously in front of Lu He.
Lu He pressed onto Chang An's chest, kissed Chang An's chin with her pink lips, and said tenderly:
"Your Highness is indeed handsome."
Chang'an chuckled lightly and couldn't tell what it meant, picked up Lvhe and put it on the couch by the pool, and tore off Lvhe's bellyband in Lvhe's frightened lake.
The scenery inside is unobstructed.But Chang An still frowned, this person was not what he wanted, not even the feeling of hugging him, but he still covered his body and pressed Lu He under him.
When in love, Lu He climbed onto Chang An's shoulders, blurring her eyes and gasping:
"Your Highness!"
Chang An's sober eyes became even darker, and he pushed Lu He away from his body and covered Lu He's face with his hands. He told himself that this was Xue Yi, the person he wanted but didn't dare to have.
The movement of the crotch is getting bigger and bigger, and at the moment when he is about to be released, Chang An can't help but blur his eyes. In his mind is the picture of Xue Yi holding him, and he can't help calling out a person's name from his lips:
"Xue Yi!" The moment he called out his name, he felt that his lower body was clamped instantly, he suddenly woke up and looked at the person under him, only to see Lu He staring at Chang An with wide eyes, with an expression of disbelief.
Chang An raised his lips to look at Lu He, the cold light in his eyes made Lu He tremble, Chang An's fingers slowly touched Lu He's neck, and cut off Lu He's neck before Lu He could cry out.
Withdrawing his body from Lu He's body, Chang An walked into the side pool naked. His cold body was soaked in hot water, and the body temperature of Lu He's neck remained on his fingers. He closed his eyes and smiled wryly.
Ever since the night when he dreamed of Xue Yi when he was 11 years old, everything has changed.
And he can't go back.
The next day, Changan went to Emperor Wei to plead guilty. After concealing everything about Xueyi last night, he confessed that he strangled to death the servant girl in the Hall of Huanxi because of a momentary emotion.
Emperor Wei was unexpectedly speechless:
"You really have the guts, you are the first one in my life who can... strangle a palace maid to death because of serving the bed!"
Chang An fell on the ground without saying a word.
Emperor Wei couldn't help but waved his hand to signal him to back down:
"Go and think behind closed doors for three days."
Chang'an ordered to resign.
After Chang'an left, Chang Mitou brought tea for Emperor Wei, and Emperor Wei asked Chang Mitou thoughtfully:
"Tell me, is there something different about Shiba coming back this time?"
Chang Mitou said with a smile:
"If there is a difference, there must be some. If the slave was sent to the battlefield at such a young age, he would have gone crazy. His Highness Eighteen is much better than the slave, and even won the battle for the emperor."
Emperor Wei laughed:
"You slave."
On the way back to the palace in Chang'an, he encountered the prince's guard of honor, and wanted to hide but did not dodge.Xueyi on the sedan chair smiled and asked Changan:
"Chang'an, where are you going?"
Chang An said with a wry smile:
"I was just punished by my father to contemplate my mistakes behind closed doors, and now I am going back to the palace to contemplate the past."
Xueyi is worried about Chang'an:
"Why did you anger Father? Now that you are an adult, you must manage your temper well and stop being childish."
Chang An softened his eyes and nodded:
"Don't worry, Prince."
After Xue Yi left, Changan looked at Xue Yi's back for a long time without leaving, his eyes struggling and painful.
There are not many things he wants in this world, but the person he wants most cannot get it.
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