The night became dark little by little, the stalls on the street were scattered, and so were the tourists. The old couple at the wonton stall slowly packed up the scooters, pushed and pulled one by one, and walked in the direction of home, talking and laughing. There is a bell hanging, the sound is small and crisp, all the way.
Zhengyang Street was quiet and cold, their fingers intertwined, Ren Yueguang stretched the figure very long.
Sixi was sent back to the bedroom first. She was still worried at first, and she felt that there must be no accident. Should she go to find Commander Xiang? Later, she saw that the King of Southwest and the King entered the door together, and she immediately reacted, in her heart He slapped his forehead hard - not to say.
There was a faint scent of medicine in the room, and Duan Baiyue frowned when she entered the room: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"It's a medicinal incense burner." Chu Yuan sat at the table, "Xiaojin just sent someone to send it some time ago. They are all soothing medicines, but I think it smells better than ordinary incense."
"I still haven't slept well recently?" Duan Baiyue stroked his forehead with her palm.
"I'm used to it." Chu Yuan ducked slightly, "You don't allow me to take medicine."
"I want you to put your mind down." Duan Baiyue couldn't help laughing, squatting down and holding his hands, "It's not good to take too much medicine, and it's not good to refuse to sleep. A five-year-old baby knows the truth, so I have to tell me. Seventy or eighty times before you are willing to listen?"
Chu Yuan said: "Well."
Duan Baiyue was helpless: "Huh?"
Chu Yuan helped him straighten his hair and said, "Don't talk about this, are you tired from the journey and go to the hot spring?"
"Sleep well after soaking in the hot spring, and you won't be allowed to go to court tomorrow morning." Duan Baiyue led him to stand up and told Sixi to prepare.
Chu Yuan was dissatisfied: "Why don't you let me go to court when you come back?"
Duan Baiyue replied: "Because you will be tired at night when you come back."
Chu Yuan: "..."
Looking at his apparently red ears, Duan Baiyue changed the subject in time: "Is there any hot tea?"
Chu Yuan kicked him and turned around and left the palace.
No.
The King of Southwest touched his knees and followed.
Si Xi had already dismissed the palace servants in the Hot Spring Palace, and she kept her hands outside, happily, looking extremely festive.
The milky white bath soup had some natural medicinal fragrance. Chu Yuan was lying on the edge of the hot spring, and his whole body was shrouded in mist.
Duan Baiyue hugged him from behind.
The corners of Chu Yuan's mouth rose, and he leaned into his arms and found the most comfortable position.
Duan Baiyue helped him massage his shoulders, very gently.
"Well." Chu Yuan exclaimed in pain.
"What's wrong?" Duan Baiyue stopped.
"It's nothing, I accidentally bumped it a few days ago when I was practicing, and it was a little bruised." Chu Yuan said, "After applying the medicine for three days, it's much better."
Duan Baiyue turned his body around and took off his soaked undershirt. Sure enough, he saw a large blue-purple bruise on his left shoulder. Although it had been three days, it was still a little swollen.
"Who did you practice with, and how did you hurt yourself like this?" Duan Baiyue was displeased.
"Qianfeng." Chu Yuan pulled the placket of his clothes.
Duan Baiyue said: "Shen Alliance Lord is also in the royal city?"
"Let's go, I went back to Sun Moon Villa three days ago." Chu Yuan smiled and put his hands on his shoulders, "I know you are afraid of Xiao Jin, he should go to visit Senior Ghost Hand when he is out of the sea these days."
Duan Baiyue: "Cough."
Chu Yuan raised his chin with one hand and leaned in for a kiss.
Duan Baiyue held his waist to bring the two closer together, and slipped his hands over his back, feeling a little thinner than before, so he said, "Want to go out to relax? Don't go far, just here Take a look at the landscape near the King City."
"Don't go." Chu Yuan left a tooth mark on his neck, "The chief of the White Elephant Kingdom will come in a few days."
"White Elephant Country?" Duan Baiyue was surprised, "I haven't heard anyone say it before, and there is no rumors along the way."
"He sent someone a letter before." Chu Yuan said, "I want to join forces with Da Chu to open up a new trade channel."
"He can do business." Duan Baiyue shook his head. "Not to mention that the situation in the South China Sea is turbulent, even if the four seas are leveled up, and opening up a new waterway is something that can be achieved by just talking about it."
"That's why I let him secretly come to the king's city." Chu Yuan said, "If you really want to cooperate with Da Chu, this matter is still up for discussion. If you have bad intentions, then you can decide the next step."
"Do you suspect that he will be bought by Chu Xiang?" Duan Baiyue asked.
Chu Yuan nodded: "Also, it's not just him this time, Jin Shu and her husband's family will also come together. So this is not just a matter of the southern border. If there is a problem with Baixiangguo, Gaoliguo will also be involved."
The person Jin Shu married was named Kun Da. Although he was one of the wealthiest households in the Far Kingdom of Siam, he lived in the White Elephant Kingdom for most of the time, and his business spanned several islands in the South China Sea. With such wealth and power, and the status of Jin Shu's princess, it is not unusual for the Lord Baixiang to take him north.
"Although Jin Tai looks stupid when he smiles, he is also the king of a country." Duan Baiyue said, "Baixiangguo and Dachu, even a fool knows how to choose."
"So I'm not too worried." Chu Yuan said, "Just as you are here, we can see together, what is the purpose of the White Elephant Kingdom this time."
Duan Baiyue nodded: "Okay."
Sixi Gonggong brought in a tray, placed it lightly outside the curtain, and quietly withdrew.
Chu Yuan said, "Wine?"
"I told you before, Qifeng." Duan Baiyue poured a glass, "It has been in the wine cellar for several months, and the entrance is just right now."
Chu Yuan drank half a cup with his hand.
Duan Baiyue asked: "How?"
"Sweeter than Feixia, but lighter than Feixia." Chu Yuan said.
"Do you like it?" Duan Baiyue asked again.
Chu Yuan nodded: "I like it."
"I knew you would like it." Duan Baiyue brought the other half of the glass to his mouth, "If you add moonshine to the wine, it will be more mellow, but it's a pity that the journey is long, so you can only try again when you return to the southwest. already."
Chu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Back?"
"Well, go back to the southwest." Duan Baiyue kissed the corner of his lips, "Go back to our home."
There was a gust of cold wind outside, and Sixi sat in the room, taking a nap with hot tea. I don't know what dream I had, I woke up from a jolt, looked at the sky, and then looked at the closed door of the Hot Spring Palace, thinking that this time is really a long time.
The water drops fell from his shoulders, Duan Baiyue lowered his head, and the tip of his tongue swept his back gently, causing the person below him to tremble even more intensely. It wasn't enough to hug her tightly, kisses kept falling on the corners of her red eyes, her love words were hoarse and gentle, her groaning and panting, the scalding temperature seemed to melt her whole life.
After rejoicing, Chu Yuan rolled over and pressed down on him, lowered his head and kissed Na Yingting's eyebrows lazily, tired but full of covetousness, just wanted to keep this tenderness for a while longer. Duan Baiyue caressed his back with the palm of his hand, until he coaxed him into a drowsy state, then he pulled the blanket on one side and wrapped him out of the hot spring.
That night, Chu Yuan slept soundly—even if the medicinal incense burner in the bedroom was forcibly replaced by the King of Southwest China, it would still be sound.
It was noon when I woke up.
Liu Dajiong held his hands and sighed with emotion: "Our emperor has not been ill for a long time."
Tao Rende kicked him: "What nonsense!"
"What do you know, minor illnesses and disasters are blessings." Liu Dajiong plausibly said.
Tao Rende really didn't want to talk to this person, so he returned to the house in a sedan chair. The Lord of the White Elephant will arrive in a few days. Even though he is visiting secretly, he is not sloppy, and even more careful and thoughtful.
Autumn is high and crisp, and even the wind blowing is the fragrance of rice.
On this day, the palace made multigrain rice, and invited hundreds of officials to celebrate the harvest. After he came back, Duan Baiyue asked, "Is it delicious?"
Chu Yuan replied, "It's not delicious." After a while, he asked again, "What did you eat tonight?"
Duan Baiyue said: "Braised pig trotters, bird's nest red dates, and braised sea cucumbers."
Chu Yuan said: "Humph!"
Duan Baiyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This is also what you asked the royal chef to make for me."
After thinking about it, the emperor still thinks that brown rice and wotou are not delicious - even if it is the rule set by the ancestors, and the meaning is good, it is still unpalatable.
Duan Baiyue had no choice but to say, "Then I will take you out of the palace to eat at a restaurant?"
Chu Yuan said: "I'm afraid it won't work, the Lord of the White Elephant will enter the palace later."
Duan Baiyue was surprised: "So fast?"
"Hurry up." Chu Yuan poured a cup of tea himself, "It's seven or eight days later than the day I expected."
"That doesn't mean we'll see you tonight." Duan Baiyue said, "What time is it?"
"The other party came in secret, so naturally he can't stay in the inn, so he must be taken into the palace." Chu Yuan said, "Since everyone has entered the palace, even if we don't discuss matters tonight, we always have to see each other."
"Then I'll go out and buy some snacks for you?" Duan Baiyue said, "Your favorite crispy meatloaf."
Chu Yuan shook his head: "Come with me to see the White Elephant King."
"Yi Rong?" Duan Baiyue asked.
Chu Yuan replied, "Behind the screen." Although Jin Shu is married and has a happy life, she is also not allowed to see each other!
The King of Southwest touched his chin, and it took quite a long time for him to feel jealous.
Of course, before setting off for the imperial study, Duan Baiyue asked Sixi to bring a bowl of sweet peanut soup, and after watching him eat it, she let him go.
Outside the palace, Wen Liunian was also sitting in a sedan chair, hurried to the palace, and when he got out of the imperial study, he almost fell when he got off the sedan chair.
"Lord, be careful." Si Xi quickly supported him, "Don't worry, the White Elephant King hasn't arrived yet."
It's because he didn't come! Wen Liunian's face was full of anxiety: "I also ask my father-in-law to quickly report to the emperor that the portrait of Baixiangguo is missing."
"Ah?" Si Xi was shocked.
"Missing?" Chu Yuan was also surprised when he heard the words.
"Yeah." Wen Liunian said, "Wei Chen also just got the news. Several young heroes from Chasing Shadow Palace happened to come to Wangcheng to do business, and they have already gone to help investigate."
There were more than ten people in the group, and there was no trace. Only a hairpin was left on the mountain road, which was the thing of Jinshu.
Duan Baiyue said: "I'll go take a look."
Chu Yuan nodded: "Be careful."
Wen Liunian hurriedly said, "Ayue is also in Mianya Mountain." You can find them together.
As for why the King of Southwest China, who was supposed to be in Dali, suddenly appeared beside the Emperor, Lord Wen did not show any doubts - very calm.
Otherwise, he is the number one talent in Da Chu. Based on this alone, the rest of the adults will not be able to keep up even if they are racing.