Chapter 22 - Exploring Spring
The willow shoots on the moon, and the years are quietly handed over. Childhood has passed, Hou Ye looked at Xia Chu lovingly.
“Yun Yi, you are fourteen.”
Xia Chu sat down next to Lord Hou, looked at the bright moon outside the window, and replied, “Yes, it’s fourteen.”
“You will be ready next year.”
“Father, it’s just the New Year, so you’re in a hurry to say it.” Xia Chu smiled.
“Yunyi, do you want to restore your daughter’s body?” A girl in such a cardamom age should also want red makeup.
“No! I don’t want to enter the palace.” Xia Chu refused with a full face.
“Aside from entering the palace, doesn’t Yun Yi want to wear a light gauze skirt and put on a delicate makeup?”
“I don’t want to. That’s fine. It’s very convenient.”
Hou Ye saw the seriousness on his face, and he didn’t know whether to be happy or worried for a while.
“Dad also wants to see Yun Yi’s astonished appearance when she dresses up as a woman. It must be extremely beautiful.” Hou Ye looked expectant.
“Dad, don’t toss me…” Xia Chu put his head on the shoulder of Lord Hou coquettishly, and rubbed it.
This night, the sound of firecrackers in the capital was endless, and the sound of advocacy was also played from time to time, and the noise was loud all night. Hou Ye and Xia Chu sat beside the fireplace and chatted casually, full of affection…
It wasn’t until the light of dawn that Xia Chu yawned and got up to leave, but Lord Hou grabbed him.
“Go back and change your clothes and wash up, and follow me to the palace to explore spring.”
Xia Chu let out a whimper, and tried to escape with a small mouth.
Hou Ye didn’t look at him and sighed.
“It doesn’t matter if you weren’t in the mansion in the past, now you want to go alone for your father?”
When Xia Chu heard the words, he immediately hesitated, raising his hand to bow: “Yun Yi will go back to wash and change clothes…”
Hou Ye was very satisfied when he saw Xia Chu’s leaving back.
In fact, he didn’t visit the spring in previous years, and only sent flying messages to the palace to express his feelings. The emperor is also sympathetic to him, never dissatisfied, but the reward has never been interrupted.
Summer is back now. First, he also wants to take him out to have a long face. Second, since Xia Chu chose Xiao Zimu, the Hou residence is no longer neutral, and the palace will start to move around…
Marquis pinched the time, staggering the time of the princes. It was not until Si Shi that he brought Xia Chu into the palace.
The emperor met Hou Ye and Xia Chu Longxin with great joy, and rewarded them with a lot of things.
Xia Chu thanked the emperor, said goodbye to the emperor, and reported that after the Lantern Festival, he would go back to the mountain to recuperate.
The emperor is right. Seeing him with a tired look on his face, his expression was sluggish. Pity his frail body, and decreed to exempt him from salute in the future.
Xia Chu looked happy and sincerely thanked him. He really hated this bowing ceremony.
The emperor and Hou Ye talked privately, and allowed Xia Chu to go to the side hall to rest.
Xia Chu was relieved and walked all the way, wishing to lie on the bed immediately. But when he just got into bed, Xiao Muhong came over and happily dragged him out to set off firecrackers. He begged for mercy in every possible way, but was still no match for Xiao Muhong’s coquetry and cuteness, with tears in his eyes.
She was dragged by Xiao Muhong to the open space outside the hall with her eyes half-squinted all the way. Seeing her instructing the eunuchs to set off firecrackers, she covered her ears and jumped to Xia Chu’s side with a nervous and hopeful face. Xia Chu was helpless and could only let her lean on her body and listen to the sound of firecrackers, which continued.
Xiao Muhong never tires of this, leaning against Xia Chu for a while, holding Xia Chu for a while, and holding Xia Chu for a while. Xia Chu wanted to find something to plug his ears, so he felt the whole body and found nothing but needles. I can’t help holding my forehead, my head hurts.
Finally, Xiao Muhong got tired of the firecrackers, but started to ignite fireworks again. After burning enough fireworks, he had to take him to the imperial garden…
Xia Chusheng was helplessly dragged forward by Xiao Muhong…
On the way, I happened to meet the Seventh Highness.
Across a long corridor, Xiao Zimu looked at him from a distance at the other end. Under the sun, he was wearing a black robe with red borders, elegant and festive.
Xia Chu guessed that Xiao Zimu had also heard the news that he had entered the palace, so he walked towards him.
Seeing him coming, Xiao Zimu also stepped up to meet him, and the two stopped in the middle of the corridor.
Xiao Zimu smiled warmly, still making people feel like a spring breeze.
He called out, “Early Xia.”
Xia Chu smiled and replied, “Zi Mu, Happy New Year.”
Xiao Zimu nodded and looked at Xiao Muhong again.
“Only Jiumei has a big face and can invite you to move you.”
“you can also.”
Xiao Zi Mu was stunned. Hearing this, he looked at Xia Chu and saw a smile in his picturesque eyes.
“Before, I also wanted to go to Hou’s Mansion to find you. I heard that apart from Jiumei, all the other people who visited…”
Xia Chu interrupted Xiao Zimu’s words, stared at him sincerely and said, “You are different.”
Xiao Zimu was startled when he heard the words, and froze in place.
“Ninth Princess, you go to the pavilion to rest for a while. It would be good for the ladies to prepare some snacks and tea.” Xia Chu pointed to the pavilion not far away and said to Xiao Muhong.
“Then I’ll go and wait for you.” Xiao Muhong replied obediently.
Although she usually relied on Xia Chu’s love for her, she was quite self-willed, but at this moment, she still carried it clearly. The children in the royal family are all human beings, for example, Xiao Muhong knows that they have something to say at this moment. For example, she replied “waiting for you.” instead of “waiting for you.”
Xia Chu looked at Xiao Muhong’s leaving back and said slowly: “Zi Mu, we have no interests. I have no plans for you. I am willing to stand behind you, but I am willing.”
Xiao Zimu understood what he meant, but could not understand his heart. This sudden luck was so dazzling that he couldn’t look directly.
“I heard that you just resigned like your father.”
“Well, I’m going to tell you too. When I leave, if anything happens, you can send someone to find my father. I have told him my choice, and he will spare no effort to help you.”
“Master Xiahou agreed?” Xiao Zimu was shocked.
He thought that this was Xia Chu’s personal wish, even if the Hou Fu would not block it or interfere too much. Unexpectedly, Lord Xiahou agreed.
“Naturally. Otherwise, he wouldn’t bring me into the palace today. Xu Shi also wants to make some plans for the future.”
Xiao Zimu’s little face that never collapsed all the year round, after meeting Xia Chu, has collapsed several times…
He stabilized his mind and said solemnly: “Actually, I didn’t have that desire before. In the future, no matter who sits in that seat. Whether it is a wise king or an idle king, it is not bad.”
“Since Zi Mu is in the blood of the royal family, he shouldn’t be so innocent and naive. Even if you are innocent and guilty, your existence is an obstacle in the eyes of others. If you don’t fight, the Fourth Highness will not be your brother or friend in the future. Gong. Although the emperor has many heirs, you and King Mo are the only ones who can treat him as an enemy. He is very jealous of King Mo and won’t shoot easily. Personal friendship with the ministers in the DPRK, and abide by your duties. Now, do you have any real power in your hands? Have you ever thought that if one day, the Fourth Highness gives you a fatal blow, you will have the power to resist. If you are destroyed once, you will How should my mother-in-law handle herself in the future?”
Xia Chu’s words are eloquent and directly hit people’s hearts.
Seeing Xiao Zimu’s complexion changing from the initial calm to gradually fading, Xia Chu sighed.
“I’m not forcing you to be a knife, I just hope that you have the ability to choose.”
Xiao Zimu nodded and understood. Although Xia Chu’s words are beaded and pierced, he is also thinking of himself.
Seeing that he looked hurt, Xia Chu patted his shoulder. With a relaxed tone, he said with a smile: “It’s okay, if you really don’t want to participate in this fraternal fight for the emperor. Since King Mo protects the Nine Princesses, I will also be able to protect you.”
Xiao Zimu looked at Xia Churu Ying’s lips, and a ripple slid through his heart. The young man in front of him, his eyes are neither hypocritical nor hypocritical, calm and calm. Xiao Zimu felt that Xia Chu was like a warm wind, blowing away the haze that had just enveloped him. He suddenly brightened up, and also burst into a smile.
“Thanks to your point. In the future, I will never be reduced to fish.”
Xiao Zimu’s eyes were firm, and his worries dissipated.
“It’s so good. The nine princesses are in a hurry, I have to go.”
When Xia Chu saw that Xiao Zimu’s heart was resolved, he said goodbye and left.
“Early Xia.” Xiao Zimu stopped him, hesitated for a while, and said, “Tomorrow, we will go to Tianan Temple to pray for blessings.”
When Xia Chu heard that he was going to the temple to pray for blessings, he had a headache, so in the middle of the night, he had to prepare to go out to grab the first incense. He considered his words and replied, “Zi Mu… I’m not shirking the blame. I stayed with my father last night, and I haven’t slept until now. I’m really in a bad mood, you see…”
Xiao Zimu’s expression darkened, interrupted him and said, “If that’s the case, then… Forget it, you have a good rest. It’s my lack of thought.”
“No, I haven’t finished my words yet. What’s so fun about offering incense, how about enjoying the lanterns together during the Lantern Festival?”
Xiao Zimu’s eyes lit up instantly, and he responded with a smile.
After the two made an appointment, Xiao Zimu said goodbye with a smile on his face.