How to Be a Male Queen

【Born to be a rival】

With the palace city as the axis and the loess as the foundation, Yong'an City has [-] horizontal streets and [-] vertical streets, interspersed with the characters "well" and countless other alleys.

Among them, the north-south Zhuque Street is in the middle, connecting the palace city, the imperial city and the outer city. The whole street is paved with bluestone from north to south, and it is several feet wide, allowing eight horses to pass side by side.

At this time, Jian Hao was leisurely walking on Suzaku Street - he was going to buy some gifts for Princess Anya.

Under normal circumstances, Jian Hao would live in the General's Mansion for the first half of the month and the Princess' Mansion for the second half of the month.However, today will be the twelfth day of the first lunar month, so the lady in charge of the Princess's Mansion went to the General's Mansion to pay her respects, and wanted to invite Jian Hao to come over tomorrow.

Mrs. Jane was a little unhappy.

Jian Hao acted coquettishly and coaxed the old lady for a whole morning, before the old lady smiled again.

Jian Hao wanted to take advantage of today to walk around the streets and buy some gifts for his beautiful mother.

Fortunately, he was not in a hurry, and he didn't ask anyone to follow him. He changed into neat clothes, wrapped a snake-shaped soft whip made of cowhide around his waist, and went out happily.

Zhuque Avenue is the only avenue that enters the inner city of Yong'an. There are restaurants and post stations on both sides of the road, which is convenient for businessmen to rest and stay.

At noon, it was the busiest time on Zhuque Street. People riding horses, sitting in sedan chairs, driving ox carts, and people from all walks of life came and went.

Jian Hao's eyes seem to be insufficient, and everything he sees feels fresh.

There was a little doll with braids on the side of the street, sucking his fingers and standing not far away, looking at Jian Hao with his big black eyes without blinking.

Jian Hao made a face at him, and the little doll was not only not afraid, but giggled, showing a cute appearance with red lips and white teeth.

Jian Hao suddenly became proud - look, this is how the master kills all ages!

Suddenly, there was a rush of hooves behind him, followed by a rough voice, shouting: "Get out of the way—get out of the way—"

Pedestrians on the street gave way one after another, for fear of being kicked by the horse.

The little baby had short legs, fell down, and there was no adult to help him, so he was so frightened that he burst into tears.

At this moment, a fair-looking young man in brocade clothes hurried over, and clumsily picked up the little baby.

The little baby Dang even stopped crying, with only tears on his eyes, and looked at the person who was holding him, sobbing slightly.

Jian Hao heaved a sigh of relief, then frowned and looked in the direction behind him.

I saw a burly man dressed in armor, with a silver helmet on his head, straddling his horse - presumably he was a general of high rank.

While raising his horsewhip, the big man kept yelling: "Get out of the way, get out of the way—don't get in my way!"

When he ran to Jian Hao's side, Jian Hao, who was originally quiet, jumped up suddenly, pulled out the soft whip around his waist and wrapped it around the man's arm at lightning speed, and tore him off the horse .

The rein on the horse was still held by the general, so the strong horse was also affected, and fell to the ground with a "bang", neighing unwillingly.

There was a sigh in the crowd, all panicked because of the pain of the horse.

The general fell to the ground in a daze, and his helmet rolled down to Jian Hao's feet, but he himself didn't seem to realize what happened at all.

Jian Hao took the soft whip back unhurriedly and held it in his hand.

The man swished over, his big copper bell-like eyes looked at Jian Hao angrily.

Jian Hao raised his eyebrows, showing no sign of fear.

The man became angry immediately, jumped up from the ground, and shouted at Jian Hao: "You plotted against your ninth master just now?"

Jian Hao sat down on the side of the road, and replied cheerfully: "It's not a secret calculation, it should be a 'clear calculation' no matter what."

As soon as these words came out, there was a chuckle of "Pfft—" from the crowd.

The general who called himself "Nine Masters" turned his head abruptly and looked at the crowd fiercely.

He was tall and burly, with a black and red face, he looked extremely fierce, and the people watching subconsciously took a step back.

Young Master Jin Yi took the initiative to step forward and said righteously: "Racing horses is strictly prohibited on Zhuque Street, do you know that?"

Qin Laojiu's face turned red, and he retorted stiffly: "I have a military plan, if it is delayed, can you bear it?"

"Military, aircraft, major, matter?" Mr. Jin Yi read it again shaking his head, his eyes became sharp for a moment, "Which military aircraft? What's the big deal? Is there any approval from the Ministry of War?"

"You, you—" Qin Laojiu was taken aback by the question, and finally had no choice but to say, "You don't care!"

"Come on." Jian Hao kicked the helmet back to the man, beat the soft whip, and said domineeringly, "If you walk on the road in a proper manner, you won't have such a thing. If you don't learn the lesson, see you!" Block it once."

Qin Laojiu was so angry and ashamed by the brat, he picked up his helmet, and said in a rough voice: "Boy, I have something important to do today, so I don't have time to argue with you, please give me your name, change your name." We will see the outcome in the martial arts competition today!"

Jian Hao felt guilty, and he would just throw a whip. If it was a real competition, he would definitely not be able to win against a serious general.

However, Jian Xiaoshi has always been invincible, so he snorted pretending to be disdainful, and said simply: "My name, why did I tell you?"

"You—" Qin Laojiu was about to explode, but when he heard a faint whistle, his expression changed, so he had to stop talking, gave Jian Hao a vicious look, turned and left.

As Qin Laojiu rampaged all the way, the crowd around him dispersed with a bang, leaving only Jian Hao, the young man in brocade clothes, and the little baby sucking his finger in the young man's arms.

Jian Hao blinked, and muttered childishly: "Why are you walking so fast? I haven't had enough fun yet!"

The little baby's family hurried over at this time, bowing to Jian Hao and the two, "The little old man is the shopkeeper of Yipinxiang next to him, his surname is Fang, just now he called his grandson to run out just now - thank you two sons Your grace to save me!"

Jian Hao waved his hand, and said honestly: "If the little guy stands aside, nothing will happen to him."

That person was still very grateful and insisted on dragging them to his own restaurant for a dinner.

Young Master Jin Yi was eloquent and declined politely. Jian Hao was the worst at handling this kind of situation. He originally wanted to turn around and leave, but was grabbed by that Young Master.

The two sides debated for a long time, until Jian Hao showed an impatient look, the shopkeeper Fang left the address of his restaurant, and left with regret.

Young Master Jinyi looked at Jian Hao with burning eyes, "Your Highness!"

Jian Hao glanced at him, "Come on, what's upright or not."

The other party was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled, "Young Master, you really have a real temperament!"

Jian Hao raised his eyebrows, this person is quite interesting, so he became interested in chatting, "Why did you drag me just now?"

The other party clasped their fists together and said very sincerely: "Young master, I have always admired chivalrous men since I was a child. When I saw you draw your sword to help me, I couldn't help admiring you. Therefore, I want to keep you and make friends—"

"I didn't draw the knife." Jian Hao waved the soft whip in his hand, interrupting him.

The man was not annoyed, and still said with a good temper: "It's the same for pulling the 'whip' - the young master is really chic just now!"

"Really? Haha, so-so." Jian Hao suddenly became smug, and his impression of this person improved a lot.

When the other party saw him smiling, he couldn't help being dazed, and said quickly: "My little brother's surname is Li, and his single name has the word '书'. If you don't give up, you might as well make friends."

"Li Shu, right? I remember. My name is Jian Hao. Let's have a drink together when I have time." Jian Hao patted him on the shoulder pretending to be bold, and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, if we are friends, you can talk You can't be so polite, I don't understand."

Li Shu was taken aback, nodded flattered, and sighed: "It turns out that chivalrous men are as informal as the scriptures say!"

"Really? I was like this before, but I didn't care." Jian Hao cleared his throat pretending to be emphatic.

"May I ask where you are from, Young Master? It's so interesting to talk." Li Shu asked curiously.

"Is it interesting? I'm from the capital, and I don't usually go out much." Jian Hao didn't know that he was full of modern Chinese without paying attention, no wonder the other party would ask this question.

"My little brother just arrived in the capital, please take care of him from now on." Li Shu laughed cheerfully, two small dimples appeared on his white and tender face.

"It's easy to talk, easy to talk." Jian Hao was very happy and very proud.

The two of Jian Hao are here to cultivate friendship, and someone in the restaurant not far away saw this scene.

Gu Feibai closed the window with a "slap", and scolded angrily: "Qin Laojiu, you idiot! You know how to embarrass yourself all day long!"

Qin Yuan looked up at him, then turned his head and continued drinking tea.

Gu Feibai said angrily: "Master, it would be nice to let this scourge stay in Lingnan, why did you call him here?"

Qin Yuan poured himself a new cup of tea slowly, but still ignored him.

Beside him, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar said in a gentle voice: "Ms. Jiang is ill, and my lord wants Xiao Jiu to come back and take a look."

Gu Feibai just shut his mouth, a look of apology flashed across his eyes.

However, when he saw Qin Laojiu pushing the door carelessly and entering, he couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Hey, a certain person is so majestic just now! Think about it, the whole Suzaku Street will be left for him to walk sideways in the future, right? "

Qin Laojiu pretended not to hear, grabbed the teacup on the table and took a sip, then saluted Qin Yuan and the middle-aged staff member carelessly, "I have seen the prince, I have seen Mr. Lin. "

Qin Yuan waved his hand, Lin Mingzhi smiled and nodded, "It's been a hard journey."

Qin Laojiu hugged the helmet in his arms, and laughed, "It's not hard work, it's not hard work, I've wanted to come a long time ago!"

Gu Feibai became annoyed when he saw his foolish appearance, "If someone hadn't stopped you today, would you still be able to run all the way to the imperial city?"

Qin Laojiu glared at him, grabbed the snacks on the table, and popped them out with a whoosh, which coincidentally blocked Gu Feibai's mouth.

Gu Feibai chewed the snack and wanted to say something, but Qin Yuan opened his mouth unhurriedly.

"Important military affairs?" Qin Yuan looked at Qin Laojiu with his eyes, "What important military affairs do you have? Let's hear it."

Qin Laojiu wrinkled his face and begged: "Master, I just said that casually... Please let me go, can't I be wrong?"

Gu Feibai curled his lips aside, and muttered in a low voice: "Every time I admit my mistake, I am very quick, but I am determined not to correct it..."

Qin Laojiu glared at him, and continued to look at Qin Yuan pitifully.

Qin Yuan took a sip of tea, glanced out of the window, and said in a deep voice: "When I see that person again, I will hide."

"Ah?" Qin Laojiu stared wide-eyed—looking at the entire Great Xia Kingdom, is there anyone who can make His Royal Highness King Ping say this?You know, even today's sage, his prince never pays much attention to him.

Gu Feibai also showed an expression of disbelief, and he stammered and asked, "Master, who is that person?"

Qin Yuan didn't speak, Lin Mingzhi replied on his behalf: "The one who looks like someone from the Western Regions just now is the youngest son of Princess Anya's mansion, and also the only heir apparent of General Pingxi's mansion."

Qin Laojiu and Gu Feibai stared at each other, but they didn't understand - they were just one son, what's the big deal?

Lin Mingzhi smiled and patiently explained: "The former Sirius King made an oath that the two countries would never go to war during the lifetime of Princess Anya, and even today's Sirius King still dare not break it—that little prince is the princess. The only son, do you think his life is very valuable?"

Gu Feibai nodded hastily, and echoed: "Isn't that right, we can't afford to pay for bumps and bumps!"

Qin Laojiu dismissed it, and said with his lips curled up, "She looks like a woman, and she has curly hair on her head, cut it!"

Lin Mingzhi sighed, because he was afraid that he would take it seriously, so he simply made it clear, "Sirius Kingdom is now fighting fiercely, the old king's legacy and the new king's forces belong to two factions. Once Princess Yonghe marries In the past, our lineage of Prince Ping and Princess Anya stood in different camps.

"Furthermore, General Pingxi's mansion has always been a staunch royalist, and the Jian family is the mother family of the current crown prince—no matter how we look at it, we are at odds with that young prince—now that the prince is in the capital, the situation Nervous, in order to avoid unnecessary disputes, it is better not to provoke such people."

Gu Feibai and Qin Laojiu had the words "incompatible" echoing in their minds, and they each had their own thoughts.

On the other side, Jian Hao had no idea that someone was talking about him.

He and Li Shu were sitting carelessly on the side of the avenue, chatting more and more speculatively, seeing the sun rising, the two of them walked shoulder to shoulder and went to the tavern for a drink without saying a word.

Qin Yuan saw this scene through the window screen, and kept replaying the young boy's radiant face in his mind.

He raised his head and drank a cup of herbal tea, suppressing the inexplicable coldness in his heart.