The emperor and the eunuch

Ruan Shao'er was tickled by his rubbing, and twisted his body to break away, Li Qian let out a muffled laugh and let go of his arm.

After getting away, Ruan Shao'er turned and sat cross-legged facing him, "Brother, Xiao Hei is eating less and less now, I just dreamed that he died, and he kept licking my hand before he died, We both cried." He lowered his eyes and whispered, the grievance and sadness could not be hidden in his voice.

"Brother, how long can Xiao Hei live?"

After speaking, he took a deep breath, as if mustering up his courage and waiting for Li Qian's answer.

Xiao Hei seldom moved a year ago. He often lay down on the steps to bask in the sun for a whole day. Every meal was brought to him by Ruan Shao'er. One person and one dog often sat for half a day.

Li Qian couldn't bear to see him sad, so he comforted him softly, "Xiao Hei can live until Ruan'er reaches the crown, he is old now, his bones are too weak to move, other places are fine, you talk to him more I can't bear to leave you."

Ruan Shao'er naturally didn't believe his words, but he also knew that life, old age, sickness and death are inevitable, and no one can control them.

Li Qian looked at Ruan Shao'er in a daze, thinking that he was still sad about Xiao Hei's matter, so he reached out and pinched Ruan Shao'er's face, thinking of saying something happy to him, "I'm going to the royal hunting party soon. up,"

Before he finished speaking, Ruan Shao'er raised his head with some joy and interrupted him, "Hunting?" The child's eyes twinkled with stars, and the gloom just now was washed away by a touch of joy.

Li Qian took his hand and squeezed it lightly, his eyes were dark, as if he was plotting something, "Yes, I can finally go to the hunting ground this year." The prince was only allowed to enter the hunting ground when he was [-] years old, which is one of the few More opportunities to perform in front of the emperor.

As he spoke, he dragged Ruan Shao'er up from the ground and walked towards the study, tilted his head and smiled, his eyes were tender again, "Brother will hunt you a rabbit back then, okay?"

Although Ruan Shao'er didn't speak, the joy in his eyes overflowed.

He grew up in the palace until he was 14 years old. Ruan Yuan and Li Qian cared about his safety and never took him to other places except Xiaoxuan Pavilion and Chonghua Palace.

But no matter how well-behaved and introverted Ruan Shao'er is, she still yearns for things outside.

Ruan Shao'er followed behind him and asked cautiously, "Then, can I go?" After speaking, he blinked his eyelashes and asked him expectantly.

Li Qian pretended to think for a while, looked at Ruan Shao'er's gradually collapsed face, and said "reluctantly", "Then I will take you there."

After speaking, he bent down and nodded his side face, intending to ask for a sweet kiss.

Ruan Shao'er smiled so sweetly that two dimples were exposed, and raised his arms around Li Qian's neck and kissed him lightly.

After returning to the study, Li Qian took out a wooden box from the bookshelf, which contained a silver machete with a handle only one palm long, "Ruan Er try it," he said, putting the machete in Ruan Shao'er's palm.

An obsidian was embedded in the dark blue scabbard, and the scimitar shone mysteriously and dangerously in Ruan Shao'er's hand.

The blade was neither long nor short, just enough for him to hide in his palm.

"When you go to the paddock, brother can't help himself. You may be called somewhere. Then you put this machete on your cuff. If someone provokes you, slide it out to defend yourself. The blade is poisoned. A little Those who cut some skin and flesh will be hard to escape, but their lives will not be killed in a moment, remember to take the opportunity to escape, remember?"

Ruan Shao'er held the new baby in both hands, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help picking it up, and the joy in his eyes couldn't be hidden, "Well, I won't run around."

The weather is getting cooler, and the annual royal hunting meeting is about to begin.

Thousands of riders broke through the boundless hunting grounds, the goshawks swept across the wild and rushed straight to the sky, the flags whistled in the wind, and the drums and horns blared along the way, which aroused people's spirits.

"Is Ruan'er looking forward to it?"

Li Qian should have accompanied him on horseback, but if so, Ruan Shao'er could only follow behind, he felt sorry for Ruan Shao'er, so he lied and asked for a carriage, and the two of them were sitting leisurely in the carriage facing the boundless pasture look out.

Since entering the paddock, Ruan Shao'er's eyes haven't moved away from the outside. When Li Qian asked him something, she turned her head and licked two pear dimples and whispered back, "Well, looking forward to it!"

Li Qian rubbed his head with a smile.

These years, Ruan'er was still timid, and he didn't even dare to raise his head in front of outsiders, but fortunately, he would occasionally smile at him and whisper soft words.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but want to poke the two small dents on Ruan Shao'er's face. Ruan Shao'er was so annoyed by his poking, he held his hand and put it on his lap to keep him from moving. up.

Easter eggs:

When Ruan Shao'er was five or six years old, he passed by the imperial garden and saw the little maid playing on the swing. He thought it was fun and wanted it, but he didn't dare to say it. Made a simple swing (the kind with just one rope).

After he was done, he hurriedly climbed up.How could a little child have the strength to tie the rope tightly? As soon as the rope was loosened when he lifted his foot, pia fell to the ground.

Such a fall made his eyes blurred with tears, and he was so groaning that he didn't dare to make a sound, and hurriedly went to collect the fallen rope with his short legs.

Hearing the noise, Li Qian hurried out to have a look, but he didn't know whether to be annoyed or laugh when he saw this scene.

"Is this going to hang yourself? Brother treats you so badly?" Ruan Shao'er cast his eyes wherever he looked, and he could remember what he looked at twice. The swing set is built.

Ruan Shao clutched the hemp rope and lowered his head, not daring to look at him, he hesitated and couldn't speak.

The next day Li Qian asked the palace servants to process and fasten a big swing.

Ruan Shao'er's eyes were shining and he climbed up quietly, stepping lightly on Xiao Hei's back and swinging until night.