78.
Early this morning, there was a lot of lively beating of gongs and drums outside the palace, and Qiao Qiao came in and said that it seemed like someone had come from the capital.
The little prince's heart skipped a beat, and he ran outside with bare feet, only to be grabbed by Lord Yan and carried back.
"No bare feet!" Master Yan took his cotton boots and put them on him with a cold face.
The little prince went out with Lord Yan to greet him. It was indeed someone from the palace, followed by a convoy of wedding gifts from the emperor. The scene was spectacular.
The gifts in the carts include fox fur coats that are extremely cold, there are calligraphy and painting books that the little prince loves, and the special cakes of the capital.
The little prince thanked him calmly, and after the crowd dispersed, he called the people in the palace and said, "Distribute these and donate them to poor families."
Lord Yan saw it in his eyes, and without saying a word, the little prince asked uncertainly, "Am I being too impersonal?"
Master Yan said: "No, Xiaojiu did a good job. I was just thinking that there are sweet-scented osmanthus cakes unique to the capital in those cakes, I'm afraid it will be difficult to buy them here in the future."
The little prince was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly Sa Yazi chased after him to grab the sweet-scented osmanthus cake.
79.
It was a rare sunny day without snow. The little prince sat on Lord Yan and basked in the sun, while eating the osmanthus cakes he grabbed.
The little prince took a bite and felt that the taste was very good, so he hurriedly handed it to Lord Yan to taste.
Lord Yan wiped the debris from the little prince's mouth and asked, "Will Xiao Jiu miss the capital?"
The little prince nodded and said: "I think, I will miss the father, the teacher, and the little cat in the palace who gave birth to six cubs."
Lord Yan asked again, "Do you miss the emperor?"
The little prince shook his head.
After a while, he raised his head and asked Lord Yan: "Brother Yan, do you know why the emperor let me go later?"
Yan adults really do not know.
"He said that you would work hard for me, and he didn't want you to get hurt because of me." The little prince was very unhappy, "It's like I'm hurting you, although I know now that I'm really hurting you..."
Lord Yan held the hand of the little prince tightly: "No involvement, Xiao Jiu always buried everything in her heart and carried it silently by herself, Brother Yan hopes that he can say anything in the future, because he is no longer alone. ."
80.
The little prince put down his pouted mouth, rubbed his head into Lord Yan's arms like a spoiled child, and said to Lord Yan, "Then tell me what happened in the harem after I left."
After the little prince left the capital, Lord Yan also entered the palace once, and what he saw and heard was no more than that of the little prince, so he picked some painless words, such as: "Pearl entered the palace and became the emperor's maid. "
The moment the little prince heard it, there was a flash of consternation in his eyes. It took a long time for him to recover, and he whispered, "I knew this girl was not at ease. I must think that I always say she is nagging."
Master Yan said: "No, she was the first servant of the East Palace when she first entered the palace, and you were just ten years old at that time."
The little prince was silent again, and carefully rubbed Lord Yan's rough palm.
"I'm sorry." The little prince whispered.
Mr. Yan didn't understand why: "I'm sorry for what?"
"I... always thought it was you."
81.
Lord Yan was stunned, but he was relieved quickly. He hugged the little prince and asked, "It turns out that I have been wronged for so long for no reason. Should the prince compensate me well?"
When the little prince heard this, he immediately hooked Lord Yan's neck and offered his lips.
A kiss that should have been tasted lightly, became out of control due to the gradual deepening of Lord Yan.
The little prince pushed him with a blushing face: "Brother Yan, it's daytime now."
"What happened during the day?"
"It will be seen." The little prince whispered.
"No, I have already told them all to withdraw." Master Yan finished his expression without changing his face, and then pressed the back of the little prince's head and kissed him. The lips and teeth were inseparable, and the big hand poked into the little prince's robe without showing any signs of it.
"Well..." The little prince called out like a kitten, his face flushed, and he half-squinted his eyes impatiently: "Brother Yan, I want to..."
The corners of Mr. Yan's mouth evoked a malicious smile: "Didn't you say daytime?"
The little prince pouted angrily.
Lord Yan kissed him on the mouth, stood up and carried him into the house.
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82.
The winter in the Northland is extraordinarily long. In previous years, the cotton-padded clothes have been taken off in the capital, but it is still snowing here.
The little prince has been afraid of the cold since he was a child. Fortunately, now he has a pedestrian heater, and he carries it by his side wherever he goes, so he doesn't think it's too hard to deal with. At most, his butt hurts.
One day after the beginning of spring, Lord Yan came back from outside the palace with a large basket in his hand.
The little prince looked up curiously, and met two pairs of big eyes that were also poking their heads.
"Wow!" The little prince exclaimed, "Where did the kitten come from?"
"From the tailor's house along the street, his female cat gave birth to six cats at once, and it was too late to feed them, so I took two."
The little prince was overjoyed, picked one of them up in his arms, and told Lord Yan, "I used to take care of all the kittens in the palace."
Lord Yan picked up the other one and said, "I know."
The little prince just thought that he didn't think much about it before, but he didn't know that after he left the capital, Lord Yan had brought back several small cats in the palace to Yan's mansion, and now the old housekeeper is taking care of them.
The little prince looked at the kitten, and then at Lord Yan, stood on tiptoe with great pleasure, and received a sweet kiss from Lord Yan in front of the two cats who had never seen the world.
83.
In the summer, the little prince finally realized that the north is good. In the past, it was the time to eat ice and cool in the capital, but here it is still breezy, the temperature is pleasant, and there are even fewer mosquitoes, and the little prince's white arms are no longer there. Small red envelope.
Of course there are others who think so.
One day in midsummer, the little prince was teaching Lord Yan how to practice calligraphy in the study. Seeing that Lord Yan's hand was about to go to certain places irregularly, the servants of the mansion came to report that there was a distinguished guest coming.
The little prince blushed and fastened his belt, then went out to greet him.
The honored guest who came to the door was the Fourth Prince. The fief where the Fourth Prince was located was located in the southeast, and in June it was like a stove, so Porti and five wives came to Prince Rui's site to escape the summer heat.
The little prince had not seen the Fourth Emperor for a long time, and was very excited. He not only arranged the best courtyard, but also hosted banquets every day.
The Fourth Prince also did not regard himself as an outsider. He lived for a month, and he spent the whole day seeking pleasure and pleasure.
The little prince had no idea at first, but after having outsiders, some of his private activities were restricted, which annoyed him a lot.
One night, the fourth prince drank too much wine, and said to the young prince earnestly and earnestly with alcoholism: "Xiao Jiu, don't blame your brother for being so talkative, you are an adult, you have to marry a few more wives while you are young to pass on the lineage."
After finishing speaking, he smiled and said to Lord Yan: "And Lord Yan, who is so talented and beautiful, both civil and military, why don't you understand the matter of Fengyue? It's not that there is a problem in some places if you haven't married yet. Ha ha… "
The little prince and Lord Yan both kept their faces straight and said nothing.
That night, an ambiguous and high-pitched shout came from the little prince's courtyard.
Early the next morning, the Fourth Prince got up to leave and returned to his fief.
84.
Lord Yan has the habit of getting up in the morning to practice swordsmanship on weekdays. Even now, he doesn't have to go to the battlefield or command thousands of troops. This habit is still maintained.
Holding a cup of barley tea, the little prince sat leisurely in the porch, watching Lord Yan wielding a sword in the courtyard, trimming the branches of fallen leaves neatly, and was quite proud.
Other people's princesses can embroider, and my "princess" can garden, and the little prince is very satisfied.
The little prince's appetite has increased greatly recently, and Lord Yan also discovered this. He rubbed the little prince's bulging belly to tease him: "Is our little nine pregnant with a little nine?"
The little prince was ticklish, and slapped Lord Yan's hand with a smile: "It's because the rice in the north is so delicious."
He had heard about this when he was in the capital, and now that it is the autumn harvest season, when he eats authentic northern rice, he realizes that it really lives up to its reputation.
A few days later, the housekeeper of the palace took a leave of absence, saying that the family's farmland was too busy to harvest and had to go back to help.
After the little prince heard it, he immediately discussed with Lord Yan, and the next day, Lord Yan followed the housekeeper to the countryside.
The busy villagers on the Tianan Bank saw that this strange man was dressed in luxurious clothes and had an extraordinary appearance.
Unexpectedly, the man went straight down to the ground, pulled out the saber behind him and headed straight for the paddy field. His action was so fast that people couldn't see his movements at all, and he harvested half an acre of field in three or two strokes.
The rice that was originally harvested in three days was now completed in half a day. The villagers were so grateful that they gave Mr. Yan five stones of rice to express their gratitude before leaving.
In the evening, the little prince ate the fruits of Lord Yan's labor and added an extra bowl of rice.
85.
It was just October, and the sky began to snow again. The little prince wrapped himself in a newly made little padded jacket and rushed into the snow with all his might.
Lord Yan followed behind him with a cloak on his back, and said, "After a year here, I still think you are tired of snow."
"How could that be? There are four seasons in a year, and each season has its own unique scenery. Watching snow is just one of them. And with Brother Yan accompanied, I don't get tired of watching anything."
The little prince turned his head and smiled at him, his brows and eyes curled with a smile, just like the night of the winter solstice that year, but now there is more calm and certainty in his words: "Brother Yan will always accompany me."
Lord Yan smiled, hugged the little prince from behind, and whispered in his ear:
"I will."
I will accompany you through spring, through summer, through autumn and through winter.
Then accompany you through one season after another.
(Finish)
The author says:
It feels like writing the end of the show