In March, Fangfei, peach blossoms, and countless fallen flowers are colorful. On such a beautiful day, the daughter of Marshal Ye Huaili of Pingxi turned three years old.
Seven years ago, the Yi people launched an attack on Chu after Qiuci. For a while, the war broke out in the northwest. After Ye Huaili was ordered to repel the enemy army, he stayed in the frontier for several years in order to cooperate with Chu Jinglan's recuperation policy. The establishment of garrison, the consolidation of border defense, so that the Yi people dare not act rashly.
During this time, he met a foreign woman, Duo Mi. After two years of marriage, he had this little baby, Ye Sitian. Unfortunately, her body was always weak because of the premature birth. When she got up, a physicist said that she should gather hundreds of rituals to eliminate disasters at the age of three and thirteen, so that she could be safe in her whole life. Ye Huaili, who never believed these things, did it for her precious daughter, so there is today's banquet. .
Ye Huaiyang loves Ye Sitian very much. She naturally wants to cheer on these days, but because of her bad identity, she appears at a crowded table, so she sits for a while in the pavilion in the backyard.
Duo Mi is a hearty person, and every move shows the free and easy spirit unique to foreign women. She is in perfect harmony with Ye Huaiyang. The two have a deep chat without knowing it, but the children can't sit still. Ye Sitian rubs against Duo. Mi's arm acted coquettishly and said that she was going to flutter the butterfly. Ye Huaiyang's heart was about to melt when she saw her cute little appearance, and she immediately called Chu Xiang over.
"Xiang'er, mother talk to aunt for a while, can you take your sister to the garden to catch butterflies?"
Chu Xiang nodded, walked up to hold Ye Sitian's hand, Ye Sitian seemed to like him very much, took small steps and followed him, the golden bell tied around his waist rang softly, accompanied by two The footsteps of a child drifted away.
The eight-year-old Chu Xiang is no longer short, with handsome eyebrows and star eyes, handsome in appearance, just like another Chu Jinglan, no matter where he goes, he attracts people's attention. The little girl, she was steady all the way, and she would be picked up when she met the steps, very much like a brother.
The spring breeze swept across the top of the head, and the peach petals fell like rain, and they fell to the end of the courtyard wall. Chu Xiang led Ye Sitian to walk in it, and his breath was full of fragrant aromas. The little guy seemed to be quite excited, jumping and jumping non-stop.
"Brother Xiang, where are the little butterflies?"
Chu Xiang looked up and observed for a while, and saw a few colorful butterflies in the depths of the woods, so he asked the servant for a net, and then said to Ye Sitian: "There are little butterflies in it, will my brother take you in? "
Ye Sitian nodded hurriedly, and the two bun-like buns also swayed a few times, lining her small face, I don't know how cute, seeing this, Chu Xiang carried the net in one hand and held the other hand She went in.
Although Chu Xiang's usual activities are mostly horse riding and archery, and he has never done anything like catching butterflies, but fortunately, he has practiced agile skills, and he has caught several after moving between the tree trunks, and then carefully stuffed it into the crystal. Inside the hood, put it on the ground for Ye Sitian to play with.
Ye Sitian happily clapped her hands and said, "Brother Xiang is amazing!"
Of course, the maid of the Ye family is not as fast as him, and often it takes a long time to catch one, so Ye Sitian saw so many butterflies flapping their wings and rushed over at once, her big grape-like eyes sparkling, As if she had received a gift from heaven, Chu Xiang suddenly understood something when she looked at her cheering, and couldn't help but smile.
My uncle takes great care of my mother, and everything goes according to plan. Is it because my mother is so cute in my uncle's eyes
After thinking about it, he was still firmly by Ye Sitian's side. She put her hand into the hood mischievously, she quickly retracted when she touched the butterfly, and then hid in Chu Xiang's arms, giggling and giggling. Many times, had a lot of fun.
"Brother Xiang, it bites Tianer..."
Chu Xiang teased her deliberately: "So, let's stop playing, shall we go back?"
"No!" Ye Sitian hurriedly hugged his arm, smiling like a silver bell, with sly eyes, "Tian'er lied to you..."
"Little bastard." Chu Xiang pinched her tender cheeks and couldn't help but smile.
Just as the two of them were having fun, the golden bell hanging on Ye Sitian's waist accidentally fell off. She rolled out along the smooth bluestone slab for a long distance, and stopped when it crashed into the pile of peach blossoms. Chu Xiang turned around to pick it up. , Unexpectedly, a magnolia-like soft catfish grabbed the first place. He straightened his waist and saw that the person who came was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, with almond eyes and peach cheeks.
"I have seen His Royal Highness."
The girl was full of happiness, and immediately put the bell in her hands. The bell was already stained with some dust. She carefully wrapped it with a handkerchief. Chu Xiang looked at the delicately embroidered peach calyx and took it indifferently.
"Thank you."
He didn't say much, turned around and returned to Ye Sitian's side. Seeing her looking up with hope, he rubbed her head in a funny way, and said, "Why, are you afraid of losing it?"
Ye Sitian pouted and said, "I'm afraid, my mother will beat Tian'er's butt."
Chu Xiang laughed for a while, but asked curiously, "Why?"
"Because Grandpa Xiangshi wrote on it." Ye Sitian said in a milky voice, waving her two small arms in the air, as if she was learning how to draw talismans, "Mother said to always carry it, Can't leave."
Chu Xiang nodded, indicating that she understood, but instead of hanging the bell back on her waist immediately, she squatted down and explained, "This one is dirty, my brother will have it cleaned and put on for you later, okay?"
"it is good."
Ye Sitian listened to his words very much, turned around and went to play with the butterflies again, Mi Fen-se's figure turned like a spinning top, looking inward against the crystal cover, jumping up to catch other butterflies, Jiao Silly and cute, with infinite vitality, Chu Xiang stood and watched, and a girl's voice came from behind him.
"Young lady is so innocent and lively."
Chu Xiang hummed lightly, but unexpectedly she threw out another sentence.
"It seems that His Royal Highness also likes my sister very much. Why don't you talk to the Empress, maybe there will be a sister soon."
The girl's voice was soft and tactful, like a gentle wind blowing through her heart, with a hint of imperceptible inducement in the warmth. Chu Xiang was busy taking care of Ye Sitian, and inadvertently blurted out: "My mother is not in good health."
"That's a pity..." The girl sighed softly, but her eyes suddenly flashed, and she bent down and touched Chu Xiang's shoulder, "But if Your Highness really feels lonely, there is nothing you can do, as long as Your Majesty accepts the concubines and concubines. , you will have younger siblings soon..."
Chu Xiang hadn't spoken yet, when an angry voice suddenly came from behind.
"Presumptuous! Where is the demon girl who dares to speak eloquently. Induce Your Highness!"
The girl did not expect Ye Huaiyang and Duo Mi, who were chatting in the pavilion, to come over so quickly. She was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she was dragged away before she had time to defend herself. Asking which house she is a noble girl, she actually hit the prince with her idea, it's really hard!
A group of people disappeared from sight like a low tide. There were only two children left in the garden. Duomi looked apologetic. She never expected that someone would do such a thing at her daughter's birthday party, but Ye Huaiyang did. He walked towards the children indifferently as before, as if he had become accustomed to these people.
"Xiang'er, Tian'er, have you caught the butterfly?"
Little Ye Sitian didn't know what was going on at all, she pushed the crystal hood in front of her as if offering a treasure, and said, "Auntie, look, these are all captured by Brother Xiang for Tian'er, he is amazing. Woolen cloth!"
"Really?" Ye Huaiyang's tone was exaggerated, with a smile in his eyes, and he immediately touched Chu Xiang's head and praised, "Xiang'er is amazing, taking good care of my sister."
Chu Xiang, who is much more sensible than his peers, has never been able to stand his mother's coaxing tone of a child. Just as he was about to say a word, he suddenly found Ye Huaiyang's hands extremely cold, his eyes sank slightly, and he swallowed the words back.
On the way back to the palace, the mother and son were sitting in the carriage together, and Ye Huaiyang seemed to casually ask him a question.
"Xiang'er, you are the only child in the palace, do you feel lonely?"
Chu Xiang pretended not to understand the deep meaning of her words, and replied innocently: "No, my son has Pei Zhao as his companion, and Chu Jun and Lu Mingxuan also often come to the palace to play, how can they be alone?"
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Ye Huaiyang's expression, and sighed silently in his heart—it was time for his father to talk to him again.
Sure enough, the two returned to the palace in peace, and before an hour passed, Chu Jinglan called him to the imperial study, straight to the point, with a bad tone.
"I heard you want a sister?"
Chu Xiang grimaced and shouted: "Father, I don't have a son. It's that woman who is talking nonsense."
"It's not the best." Chu Jinglan slammed the memorial on the imperial case, and snorted coldly, "Otherwise, I will throw you to the northwest, so that your mother will not worry about your thoughts all day long."
"My son knows..."
Chu Xiang is really suffering and can't tell. There is only one seedling like him, which is very rare in all dynasties and dynasties. He didn't understand it at first, but under his father's cruel teaching, he figured it out in advance. understand a lot of things.
His mother and queen is a person who does not change his face even under great pressure. He is the most important thing in everything. His father is a wife who loves his wife but doesn't take his son as a person at all. Whenever something goes wrong, he will trouble him. people. However, none of them thought that he had grown up, knowing that his mother had suffered so much when he gave birth to him, how could he have come up with those messy thoughts
He just thought Ye Sitian was cute, and this training was really unfair.
When Chu Xiang was wandering the sky, Chu Jinglan's cold voice sounded again in his ears: "This time I don't want to punish you for copying books or kneeling in the temple, lest your mother feel distressed again, since it was you who stabbed, this The matter is left to you."
"My son's province."
Those people with bad intentions tried to use him as a lever to pry open the door of Chu Jinglan's concubine. Immediately after arriving at his own bedroom, he began to investigate the person behind the plan.
It was Ci Yuan who was following him. Although he knew that the young master was very intelligent, he was still a little surprised to hear that this was an errand given by Chu Jinglan. After being silent for a long time, he asked, "Your Highness, if you find out, what will you do? That person?"
Chu Xiang curled her thin lips and smiled, her expression still immature, but Jia Ciyuan could see the demeanor of Chu Jinglan back then.
"The queen is unhappy, and she even treats His Highness as a swordsman. What do you think should be done?"