On the outskirts of the imperial city, in addition to the peach forests in the western suburbs, there is also a deep and clear river. Large stones are sparsely piled up on both sides of the river bank, and there are a few old willow trees whose branches hang down on the river. The breeze blows and the river water ripples slightly.
There is a stone bridge and a wooden bridge on the Kuan River. The boards of the wooden bridge are old and look very weak. People passing by both sides of the river will not choose it.
On both sides of the river, there are only flat grasslands, and looking farther away, you can see a forest and a few paths. At the end of the path, you can faintly see the gate of the imperial city.
Open space, flat grass, just right here to fly a kite.
Lin Mo called An Jinyuan and Ling Yi to come out. Considering their identities, Lin Xiu only invited Yu Yange and three friends. Except for Yu Yange who has seen his younger brother and Cheng Yan, no one else has, and Lin Xiu is not worried.
However, to Lin Mo's surprise, An Chenglin would come out with Ling Yi. But considering how much he cares about Zero One, it's not impossible.
He said he was going to fly a kite, but what he really wanted to play was Lin Mo, Ling Yi and An Jinyuan. Lin Xiu and the few people he brought over went to the grass pavilion to chat. Not far from there are hidden guards disguised as ordinary guards, and there are many shadow guards hidden in the forest.
Lin Mo sat cross-legged next to Cheng Yan, watching him fix the string of the kite. Ling Yi trotted over with the koi kite that An Chenglin had prepared a long time ago, and An Chenglin who followed him looked helpless in his eyes.
"Amo Amo, let's compete to see whose kite can fly the highest!" Zero One ran over and squatted next to Lin Mo, his eyes sparkling.
When Lin Mo heard this, he turned his head to look at the unknowingly closeness in his eyes, paused in his heart, and finally reached out to touch his head.
"good."
"Then I'll join too." An Jinyuan looked at the two of them and smiled.
I always feel that there is something wrong between Amo and Zero One.
After everything was ready, the kites placed on the grass were released into the air one after another. The servants and some hidden guards stood aside and carefully controlled the strings in their hands. Lin Mo took it from Cheng Yan's hand, then sat on the grass and looked up at the sky.
Cheng Yan sat behind him, letting Lin Mo lean his back against his chest. Looking down at the smile on his face, Cheng Yan finally heaved a sigh of relief, wrapping his arms around his waist.
It's good to laugh, although he doesn't know the reason why Lin Mo is in a bad mood, but Cheng Yan still doesn't want to see the sad expression between his brows. In Cheng Yan's heart, Lin Mo should always smile.
"It's so beautiful..." Lin Mo pressed the back of his head against Cheng Yan's chest, looked up at the colorful kites in the sky, his eyes were full of amazement.
Lin Mo remembered that when he was a child, his elder brother took him to fly kites. At that time, there were also many people and many kites in the sky, but it was not as shocking as the scene at this moment.
"You prepared it specially?" Lin Mo asked, looking at Cheng Yan behind him. But the look in his eyes clearly confirmed that it was Cheng Yan's order.
"En." Cheng Yan took the kite string in his hand and fiddled with it a few times, the eagle that was suppressed by Ling Yi and An Chenglin's koi kite flew higher again.
"I guess you are the only one who will let Ying Yi and the others show up to fly the kite. You are overqualified." Lin Mo glanced at a few ordinary-faced men in black who were flying the kite seriously not far away, one in each hand. , inexplicably a little happy.
"It's nothing, they are very happy." Besides, the imperial brother's hidden guards were also among them.
"Yingyi and the others look so ordinary?" Lin Mo's thoughts jumped to another place, and he poked Cheng Yan's hand and asked.
Although the shadow guards that Lin Mo saw before were all wearing masks, but based on their figures, Lin Mo felt that they should also look good. At least it won't be unrecognizable in the crowd like this now, which is somewhat beyond Lin Mo's expectations.
If it wasn't for their black clothes and their unique cold aura, Lin Mo would have mistaken them for ordinary guards.
"It's changed, why? Momo seems to be very interested in them... especially their looks, huh?" Cheng Yan rested his chin on his shoulder, tilted his head and narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a dangerous tone.
"Why? It's just curiosity, and besides, I'm only interested in you." Lin Mo heard the meaning in Cheng Yan's tone, and responded quickly. In his previous life, when he was reading novels, he was cute towards loyal dogs like shadow guards and dark guards, so he paid more attention to them.
Lao Gong is a big jealousy, what a sweet burden.
"Yeah. Momo just needs to look at me, I look better than them." Cheng Yan held him in his arms, and put some strings from time to time to make the kite fly higher.
"... thick-skinned." Lin Mo burst out laughing.
Lin Xiu and the others who were chatting at the thatched pavilion were naturally attracted by the scenery in the sky, although the kites were different in size and color and shape. But it was quite shocking to stop neatly in the air together.
Lin Xiu came back to his senses, turned his head to look at his younger brother and brother-in-law sitting on the grass across the river, and his worries dissipated a little. When Lin Mo came to look for him yesterday, Lin Xiu knew that his younger brother's mood was very wrong, and he thought it was something happened between Lin Mo and Cheng Yan.
Fortunately, Lin Mo's situation has improved now.
Lin Xiu saw his younger brother's unclear smiling face in the distance, and smiled slightly with the corners of his lips, then turned his head and continued chatting with them.
"... Speaking of which, I really admire the prime minister's concubine's daughter, a girl in a boudoir who has such a good literary talent." A man in Tsing Yi said, shaking his fan.
"Even so, her poems have different styles. Can a woman write about the tragedy of a battle on the battlefield? I don't believe it. It might be better to say that it was written by His Royal Highness Cheng Wang."
The rest of the people couldn't help chuckling when they heard this. Who doesn't know, His Royal Highness King Cheng has fought on the battlefield for many years, and killing the enemy is easy, but writing poems is not necessarily the case. This is also a disguised statement, they have doubts about the literary talent of the prime minister's daughter.
When Lin Xiu heard this, the smile in his eyes faded a bit. The prime minister's daughter... Su Qingran... What kind of person is that woman? She has made many men obsessed with her, or is it really a monster who deceives the public as the eldest brother guessed
He would still write those exquisite poems, if it wasn't for the reminder from his elder brother in his previous life, perhaps Lin Xiu would have really become interested in that woman as he did in his previous life.
Since Lin Xiu came to the imperial city, he has been staying in Cheng Wangfu, and occasionally went to the teahouse to relax. Fortunately, he has never met the legendary prime minister's daughter, and Lin Mo's handwriting was among them.
"Second brother! Come here!"
Lin Xiu heard his younger brother's call and came back to his senses. He turned his head and saw Lin Mo waving towards them.
"Let's talk, I'll go to the other side to have a look." Lin Xiu got up and left after talking to them, and promised his younger brother to accompany him out to play, so it's better to go there.
Except for Yu Yange, the other three looked at each other. The three of them are all from the capital, with prominent family backgrounds, and some of them are officials in the court.
The relationship between the three is good, they are all in the same college, they have been classmates for many years, and they also know each other's family background. In the beginning, their friendship with Yu Yange was explained by the elders in the family, and the Yu family's status in the imperial city was no lower than that of the prime minister.
But later they were impressed by Yu Yange's talent and learning, even if they didn't have family members to explain, they would be happy to make friends with Yu Yange, after all, it is not easy to find a like-minded friend.
Compared with the family background of the four people, they don't know much about Lin Xiu's situation. All I know is that he and his younger brother came to Beijing to take the exam from a remote place, and now they are temporarily staying at his brother-in-law's house. Now it seems that his brother-in-law's family is not ordinary, but unfortunately they don't go out often, and they don't know who that person is.
"Let's go there too, I just prepared a few kites." Yu Yange laughed.
As for His Royal Highness Cheng Wang, they still don't want to go there. Fortunately, the grasslands on both sides of the river are equally spacious, so they are fine here.
"Brother Yu, do you know those people?" The man in Tsing Yi who was walking aside asked, and the others also looked curious. It's because Lin Xiu's husband's family is too mysterious, they have never seen it before.
"The person next to Lin Xiu's brother is His Royal Highness Cheng Wang." Yu Yange glanced at them and said. I thought none of them were curious, but I didn't expect to ask after holding back for a long time.
Every time Lin Xiu went to the teahouse, he would be accompanied by a servant and more than a dozen guards, and the carriage he was riding in also had the logo of Prince Cheng's Mansion, but they hadn't noticed it before.
"Cheng...His Royal Highness King Cheng?!" The three gasped and whispered, their faces full of disbelief.
"I heard that His Royal Highness Cheng Wang has returned to Beijing. After so long, I thought I was going to the border again. I didn't expect that he is still in the imperial city."
Although His Royal Highness Cheng Wang is well-known in Yu Country, but the real face of His Highness Cheng Wang is rarely seen in the imperial city. King Cheng rarely returned to Beijing, and every time he returned with honors, he wore a mask on his face, and only a few of them had seen it.
Yu Yange is one of these few people. When he was a child, he served as the attendant of His Highness Cheng Wang for a period of time. Later, when King Cheng went to the border, he was also sent away from the imperial city due to family reasons. He did not expect to meet again, they were already at this age.
Yu Yange raised his eyes and glanced at Cheng Yan, who was looking at Mrs. Cheng with tenderness, a smile flashed across his eyes. When he was a child, he didn't understand why His Royal Highness Cheng Wang, who was the same age as him, always treated others with indifference, until he grew up, he also understood.
Some things have to be gained, and some things must be lost. What Grandpa once said to him came to mind. In the past, Yu Yange thought that His Royal Highness Cheng Wang would not smile at anyone except the two he cared about.
Now it seems that he should have found the person in his heart.
"It is rumored that His Royal Highness Cheng is ruthless, but now it seems that the rumors are not credible." Obviously he also saw the gentle side of His Royal Highness at this time, although it was a bit scary to them.
"I heard that His Royal Highness Cheng brought Mrs. Cheng back when he returned to Beijing, but no one has seen it. If it wasn't for His Majesty's decree that we will be married in two months, I still wouldn't believe it." The man in Tsing Yi said, shaking his fan.
"After all, no one thought His Highness Cheng Wang would get married so early. His Highness is only twenty years old, right?"
Although many men already had several children at the age of 20, with the premise that His Majesty the Emperor has not yet married an imperial husband, they thought that His Highness Cheng Wang would be later than His Majesty, and would not even marry a wife.
They are also considered to be the same age as His Royal Highness Cheng Wang, because they don't want to be distracted by the examination, so they didn't get married. Now it seems that His Royal Highness Cheng Wang, who is the least likely to get married in their hearts, has taken the lead.
Lin Xiu didn't know that his friends were talking about something related to him, and now he was being pushed by his younger brother to His Royal Highness Jin Yuan, saying that His Royal Highness Jin Yuan was alone, and asked him to come and accompany him.
Lin Xiu couldn't help but smiled wryly, this His Royal Highness Jin Yuan is a brother, or the most honored brother of Yu Country, is it appropriate for him to be by his side by a man? Lin Xiu glanced at Cheng Yan at the side, and then at another man with a similar face to Cheng Yan.
Needless to say, Lin Xiu could also guess the identity of that man.
Lin Xiu didn't know what An Jinyuan meant to him, and he didn't dare to express his thoughts, Lin Xiu was worried that he might make a mistake.
"Let's go over there. There are too many kites here. If you are not careful, you will get entangled." An Jinyuan turned her head to look at Lin Xiu, and said with a smile.
"Yes, Your Highness." Lin Xiu came back to his senses and carefully moved the kite in his hand to the other side.
"You..." An Jinyuan hesitated to speak.
"What's wrong?" Lin Xiu wondered.
"Nothing, let's go there." An Jinyuan shook her head and said.
He will try it in a few days, and he still has a month, so he will ask after he tries it.