34.
The little prince held two giant candied haws in his hands and walked majestically down the street.
However, the hawthorn was probably not ripe yet. As soon as the little prince took the first bite, his little face was shrunk into a ball with sourness, and even his body shook twice.
Lord Yan asked, "Isn't it delicious?"
The little prince held the candied gourd in front of him and said, "Try it."
Lord Yan took a bite from the little prince's hand, and immediately frowned. The little prince giggled at him when he saw it, but Lord Yan didn't think it was particularly difficult to swallow.
When the sun was about to set, Lord Yan sent the little prince to the gate of the palace, then turned and left. After walking two steps, he suddenly thought of something and turned around, only to find that the little prince was still standing there and looking at him eagerly.
Lord Yan walked back to the little prince and reminded: "Today outside the palace, it seems that someone has been following us. The prince has to be more careful recently."
The little prince shook his head and said, "It's alright."
Lord Yan lowered his voice: "If the lord trusts the lower officials, you don't have to hide anything from me, just tell me."
The little prince hesitated for a moment and said, "Next time."
Mr. Yan didn't want to say anything more, but looked at the little prince helplessly, wondering why he has grown so big or not at all.
However, in fact, the little prince is not without scheming, but all his scheming in this life has been spent on Lord Paoyan.
35.
The next day the weather was just right, and the emperor invited the little prince to play chess in the pavilion in the garden. The little prince was very skilled at chess, and even though he had given up three points, the emperor was still too much.
The emperor was ashamed and said, "Xiao Jiu has grown a lot."
The little prince accepted the compliment reservedly, secretly thinking in his heart that it was you, the emperor's brother, who stepped back. But this is also excusable, the emperor has too many things to worry about now, and he doesn't have the leisure to ponder these things.
At this time, a group of palace guards passed by outside the pavilion, and the leader was Lord Yan. Lord Yan was only on a routine inspection tour, so when he saw the emperor, he naturally wanted to come in to see him.
The emperor glanced at Lord Yan, his eyes fixed on his waist.
"Why did you pick the jade pendant?" the emperor asked.
Lord Yan's expression changed slightly, he lowered his head and said, "Go back to the emperor, the original piece has been with the minister for nearly 20 years, and it's time to let it go slowly."
The emperor smiled and said nothing more.
The emperor turned to the little prince again and asked, "Xiao Jiu will be an adult next month, what are your plans?"
The little prince secretly glanced at Lord Yan and said, "I still want to stay in the capital."
The emperor rubbed his head lovingly: "Okay, then keep it."
The little prince's selfishness was satisfied, and he was grateful. Later, when he played chess, his moves were obviously much lighter.
In fact, the little prince also wanted to go to a farther place, but there was Lord Yan here, and he was reluctant to leave.
36.
Before Mr. Yan took office, the guard commander of the palace, as usual, visited the palace every five days, but after Mr. Yan took office, it became a daily visit.
For this reason, the guards in the palace did not dare to slack off, saying that the newly-appointed Lord Yan fulfilled his duties and was a responsible and good official.
Also in charge is His Royal Highness Prince Rui. Although he doesn't know the reason, he always appears in every corner of the palace with Lord Yan on time every day.
This day, the little prince was still waiting for Lord Yan on the only way to enter the palace, but today he hid in the corner on a whim.
As a result, Lord Yan dismantled him before he approached: "Come out, I can see the corner of the clothes."
The little prince had no choice but to show up.
Lord Yan walked up to him, and with a blank face, he made a string of candied haws from behind him, and the little prince covered his mouth in surprise.
In order to make up for the string of sour gourds last time, Mr. Yan said, "Don't worry, this time it's very sweet, I've tasted it."
The little prince was even more surprised, his heart was pounding, and he took small bites of candied haws while walking.
The two walked very close side by side, and they could touch their hands when swinging their arms. The little prince suddenly wanted to hold hands with Lord Yan.
Lord Yan was obviously stunned when he felt the cold touch in the palm of his hand, and he looked down at the little prince.
The little prince didn't dare to respond to his gaze, he lowered his head and licked the candied haws, and whispered, "My hands are cold."
Lord Yan nodded, it was really cold, so he didn't let go of the hand he wanted to pull away, but clenched it a little bit, and warned seriously: "The weather has turned cold recently, the lord needs to put on more clothes."
The little prince said obediently, "I see, Brother Yan."