How to Be a Male Queen

【Children in the barren hills】

His Highness King Ping looked at Mao Tuanzi not far away, and said slowly: "Under normal circumstances, medicinal cats have been tempered by medicinal juice since birth, and their lifespan is shorter than that of ordinary cats. The Second Highness can survive until now... I want to come It's all thanks to my aunt."

Jian Hao didn't think about the deep meaning in the words, and said as a matter of course: "Mother is very powerful!"

His Highness Prince Ping looked at the simple and pure Xiao Shizi, and couldn't help but feel relaxed.

Not far away, Qin Laojiu was flirting with Qu Shui.

Qu Shui tried to bypass him several times, but was stopped.I only heard Qin Laojiu say: "There are so many, why don't you give me some? I don't want too much!"

Qu Shui said angrily: "No matter how much it is, it is not for you. Before going out, the master specially ordered to take it with you. The second master likes to eat!"

Jian Xiaoshi's ears are sharp, and when he heard Qu Shui mentioning himself, he couldn't help asking: "What are you two talking about?"

Qu Shui quickly silenced, and quietly looked at Qin Yuan's expression.

His Highness Prince Ping held a face, unable to distinguish between happiness and anger.

Qin Laojiu's heart was broken, and he said in a rough voice: "I just set up a stove and wanted to roast some peanuts to eat, but Qushui is so stingy that he won't give half of them!"

Qu Shui stared angrily, "Do you really want half of it? If you really want half of it, I can give it to you right now!"

Jian Hao watched the two of them quarreling, and happily read the joke, "It's just peanuts, you can give him Qushui!"

When Qin Laojiu heard Jian Hao speaking for himself, his eyes widened in surprise, almost as big as a copper bell, "You, what the hell are you thinking?"

Qu Shui quickly knocked off his hand, and scolded in a low voice: "What are you pointing at?! Where are your rules?"

Xiao Shizi chuckled and blinked, "Old~Jiu~, I have decided very generously that I will live in harmony with you in the future!"

Qin Laojiu's goosebumps all over his body when he called "Old Jiu" over and over again. He opened his mouth and was about to say something, but was covered by Qu Shui.

"Thank you Second Master, this subordinate will take him to fetch peanuts!"

Xiaoshi Jian grinned, lay back on the blanket again, and played with the strings on Qin Yuan's body.

Not far away, Gu Feibai was leading people to clean up the arrows and heads all over the floor.

Jian Hao relaxed his body, closed his eyes, and instinctively caught the sounds around him.

There is wind passing through the poplar leaves, rustling; larks land on the branches, trembling slightly; small stones roll down from the high slope and end in the grass; children's footsteps are gradually approaching, with a little hesitation...

children?

Jian Hao opened his eyes suddenly, and reminded: "Someone is coming!"

Qin Yuan immediately ordered: "Be alert!"

Everyone cheered up one after another, even Lao Wei threw away his rice spoon.

"No, there's no need to do this." Xiao Shizi quickly explained, "It's children, yes, only two children came over..."

This feeling is very magical, as if the five senses are interlinked, even if you listen with your ears, you can judge the type of trees, the appearance of birds, and the source of footsteps... Jian Hao tugged at his ears, and even he himself was surprised.

The guards looked at Qin Yuan in admiration or doubt.

His Royal Highness King Ping did not ask the reason, but ordered decisively, "Put away your weapons."

Everyone followed suit without any hesitation.

Xiao Shizi looked at the dense forest without blinking, and the others couldn't help but breathe lightly.

After a long while, a thin figure appeared in front of everyone through the bushes.

Sure enough, he was a half-grown child, only seven or eight years old, carrying a bamboo basket, wearing a washed-out blouse with patches on his shoulders and elbows, and the shoes on his feet showed his fingers.

Behind him, a little doll also wearing patched clothes timidly grabbed the basket on his back. He looked no more than four or five years old, with braids of horns and scabs on his red face, although he was wearing boy clothes , looks like a little girl.

The two children didn't seem to expect that there would be so many "violent" people here, and they were stunned.

Tears welled up in the little girl's eyes, she pursed her mouth, and wanted to cry, but she didn't dare.

Qu Shui quickly put on a friendly smile, squatted in front of the children, and coaxed gently: "Don't cry, baby, we are not bad people."

The little boy guarded the girl doll behind him and watched him warily.

Qu Shui's expression did not change, and he said more kindly: "Aren't you afraid of snakes, insects, rats and ants when you go to the forest at a young age?"

Qu Shui was fair-skinned, slightly fat, and very friendly when he smiled.

The boy seemed to have finally judged that he was not a bad person, so he plucked up his courage and said, "I, I'm not afraid, I'm used to it here."

There is a local accent in the words, which is slightly different from that of Qin.

Qu Shui continued to ask: "Where are the adults at home? Zensheng asked you to come out alone?"

"My mother is sick, my father is not here." After the boy finished speaking, he quickly realized that he had been tricked, and immediately showed a look of guard.

His Royal Highness Prince Ping remained calm, looking at the boy calmly.

The little guy is smart and vigilant, Jian Hao thought it was fun, so he grabbed a handful of peanuts from the plate and held it up to the little guy, "Do you want to eat beans?"

The salty smell entered his nose, the little boy swallowed quietly, and shook his head slightly.

The little girl poked her head out from behind him, looking eagerly, "Brother, I'm hungry..."

The boy turned around to comfort her, "Don't worry, baby girl, I'll make you a mess when I get home."

The little girl's bright eyes were still on the peanut, but she nodded obediently, "Go home and eat mush."

"Eat it if you want, it's delicious." Like a wolf grandmother, Jian Xiaoshi crushed a peanut and started chewing it.

There was a loud "grunt" sound from the boy's stomach, his dark face flushed, and he took his sister's hand and was about to leave.

Jian Xiaoshi held a large handful of peanuts and stuffed them into his hands without any explanation, "Hey, boy, why are you hungry when you have peanuts to eat?"

But the little boy shook his head and firmly stuffed him back.

Jian Xiaoshi was a little embarrassed holding the poor peanut that turned his hands around twice.

The two brothers and sisters wanted to leave, but under the instruction of His Highness Prince Ping, no one stopped them.

Unexpectedly, when the two children passed the pile of arrows, they stopped suddenly.

At that time, Gu Feibai had just led people to dispose of the poison and medicine on the arrows, and they were piled up to count the number.

The little boy looked at Gu Feibai who was dressed in a strong outfit. Although he was so scared that he shrunk his neck, he still mustered up his courage and asked, "This, is this... iron ore?"

Gu Feibai raised his eyebrows, and laughed loudly: "Such a few arrowheads are not considered iron ore! However, this thing is indeed forged with iron."

The boy suddenly showed eagerness.

Holding the sword in his arms, Gu Feibai asked amusedly, "What? Don't want peanuts, do you want this?"

The boy clenched his fists and asked expectantly, "Is it going to work?"

Gu Feibai asked Qin Yuan for instructions with his eyes, and after getting approval, he said with a smile: "Success, take it if you want it."

Surprise burst into the eyes of the little boy, he handed out his back basket with some embarrassment, and asked in a low voice: "I'll use herbs instead, is there enough in the basket?"

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Gu Feibai patted the little guy's thin shoulders, and said with a smile: "Enough."

The little boy Yuemo sensed the meaning in their smiles. However, the temptation of "iron ore" was too great, and he really didn't have the willpower to refuse.

Gu Feibai put away his laugh, and said in a more friendly tone, "I'll give it to you if I say so, don't need to think about it—keep the herbs and take the arrows away, it's fair."

The little boy bowed his head and said "thank you", then he squatted down on the ground, carefully poured the medicinal herbs aside, and then carefully grabbed a dozen arrowheads and put them into the bamboo basket.

Gu Feibai was weird, "Don't you take them all away?"

The little boy shook his head, "No, no need, these are enough."

The little boy bowed to him, blushed, and ran away with the little girl.

Haiyan drank the antidote, and most of his complexion recovered. Looking at the little guy's back, he couldn't help but smile and said, "This kid is smart and not greedy. He must be a man when he grows up."

Everyone thinks so.

Only Prince Jian, who had a small grudge because of the peanut incident, curled his lips when he heard this, and threw peanuts into his mouth one by one.

His Highness Prince Ping asked abruptly, "Is there a village near here?"

One sentence stunned everyone.

Haiyan frowned slightly, "This subordinate walked a few times before, but didn't notice."

His Highness King Ping spoke again, "How does a child know about 'iron mine'?"

"Could it be that the adults in the family mentioned it occasionally?" Gu Feibai asked tentatively.

Haiyan figured out what Qin Yuan meant, and shook his head, "Ordinary farmers would at most talk about the iron sheets on their farm tools, but they probably wouldn't talk about 'iron ore'."

The rest agreed.

Then, there was a problem—that little boy was probably not a child of an ordinary farmer.

Jian Xiaoshizi did not participate in the discussion, his pointed ears were pricked up, and he continued to catch distant sounds.

So, he "inadvertently" heard the words of the two children——

"Brother, since you found the iron ore, will daddy come back?" the little girl asked softly.

Then came the voice of the little boy, "It will definitely! Be good, baby, when Dad comes back, he can take Auntie to see a doctor, and Auntie will get better."

"En!" The little girl was convinced.

Jian Hao quietly repeated these words to His Highness King Ping.

Qin Yuan ordered in a deep voice, "He Qing, follow up and see where their home is."

"Yes!" He Qing hurriedly put down the pestle, and flew to catch up.

***

While everyone was waiting, the Beggar Chicken was ready.

The hard sealing mud was knocked open, and the tender and raw chicken immediately exuded an attractive aroma.

Xiao Shizi immediately abandoned Peanut, his eyes were tightly glued to Old Wei's hands, and his saliva was about to flow down.

With a simple smile on his face, Old Wei put the two chickens on banana leaves and held them in front of him, "Second master, there are no lotus leaves here, so the subordinates used banana leaves on their own initiative. Don't dislike it."

"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it!" Jian Hao waved his hands repeatedly, stretching out his claws to grab it.

His Highness Prince Ping grabbed his hand and said in a gentle voice, "Be careful it's hot."

As he spoke, he did it himself, tore off a chicken thigh, wrapped the bone in a clean banana leaf, and handed it to Xiao Shizi.

Jian Hao chuckled, his beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, curved into two small crescents, "You eat first!"

In front of everyone, His Royal Highness Prince Ping kissed the little prince, and said softly: "Haohao, let's eat."

"Have a taste." Xiao Shizi raised his hand and brought the chicken leg to his mouth.

His Royal Highness Prince Ping smiled helplessly, and touched his lips as if coaxing a child.

Jian Hao rolled his big eyes, took back the chicken leg, took a bite hard, and sighed exaggeratedly: "Sweet!"

Old Wei heaved a sigh of relief, folded his fists and retreated.

"Uncle Wei, wait!" Jian Hao chewed on the tough chicken legs, and pushed the rest to Old Wei, "Share the brothers!"

Old Wei quickly shook his head and said "no need". Before Jian Hao could persuade him any more, he confessed to Qin Yuan and hurried away.

Jian Xiaoshi withdrew his hand resentfully, feeling a little unhappy—on the same day, he was rejected for the second time... a bit miserable.

At this moment, the three little ones gathered around in a super face-saving manner, begging for meat with "嗤嗤" and "喵喵".

Jian Xiaoshi's cheeks were bulging, and he finally grinned, "That's right, they don't want to eat such a delicious thing—it's... not honest at all!"

The three little ones yelled in unison and began to enjoy the big meal.

It's still my hairy child who understands ~life~live!Jane Xiaoshi thought happily.