Brother, this showman

After waking up again, Xu Qingyue looked at the gorgeous decoration in the house with a look of panic, then lowered his head to look at the soft brocade quilt covering his body, quickly lifted the quilt and stood up, wanting to leave awkwardly.

"Why don't you lie down more when you wake up?" The voice came along with the sound of footsteps.

Xu Qingyue raised his head to look at the person who came, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed. Unexpectedly, the wound was involved, and he grinned his teeth in pain, but still tremblingly said: "I have seen His Royal Highness."

"That girl Qingyan is used to lawlessness, do you really take her words seriously?" Xu Qingyun had no choice but to bend over to help Xu Qingyue up, "When I saw Ben Gong when I was young, I still called my brother, but now I see you like this?"

"I don't dare." Xu Qingyue withdrew his hand and took a step back timidly.

"This is your bedroom." Xu Qingyun didn't care, and changed the subject with a smile, "I beg my father to give me this."

Every princess and prince in Liyang Kingdom can have a bedroom of their own as long as they are ten years old.

Xu Qingyue was only fourteen years old when he received this favor, and it was really ironic when he was about to be beaten to death by Xu Qingyan.

"I'm a slave, I can't bear the kindness of His Highness the Crown Prince." Xu Qingyue knelt down again.

Xu Qingyun held her arm in time, with a trace of displeasure in his eyes, and his tone was a bit stiff: "You are the seventh princess of my Liyang Kingdom, with golden branches and jade leaves, what do you look like with one mouthful and one slave! Are you disgracing yourself or your father?" The face of the emperor? Qingyan, I have already taught her a lesson. I don’t care how you came here before, but in the future, you will hold your head high and be your princess well. If anyone bullies you, you can tell me yourself. I decide for you!"

"You don't have any backbone at all. How do you look like my Xu family?"

"Am I... still a human being?" Xu Qingyue choked with tears and said, "His Royal Highness, do you think I'm still human?"

"I have never slept on such a soft bed, never seen such a big room, and I don't even know what a mirror is. My clothes are washed and discarded by the maids of the laundry bureau, and the food is only in the slop bucket When I'm lucky, I can sneak into the imperial dining room and grab the leftovers they didn't have time to throw away."

"I even pick up the kennels and cat litters that the nobles don't want to sleep in." Xu Qingyue broke down in tears, "Do you think I'm still a human being? The tenth princess is right, I'm just a dog that has been standing for a long time."

"You are a human being, a living person, the Seventh Princess of Liyang, and my sister." Xu Qingyun supported Xu Qingyue's shoulders and pulled her into his arms, "But I'm sorry, I don't know what happened to you. If I had known earlier, I would have brought you by my side to take good care of you, and the girl's family should be cared for and brought up tenderly."

"Don't talk about your poor fortune. This is what you deserve. The girls of our Xu family were born to be envied by others, and you are no exception. Brother can't give you much, but he can ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing. Brother will take care of you when you are in trouble, brother will vent your anger on you when you feel bad, if someone makes you unhappy, brother will beat him for you, okay?"

"Maybe it's a bit abrupt to say, and you probably won't believe it." Xu Qingyun stroked her somewhat rough hair, "But it's okay, you just need to look at it."

Xu Qingyue has been subjected to all kinds of sarcastic remarks since he was born. Even his own mother hates him. No one has ever spoken to her in such a gentle tone, and it is the first time anyone has treated her as a human being.

"Is there anything you need me to do?" Xu Qingyue suppressed the soreness in his heart, clenched his fists, and asked cautiously.

"Really." Xu Qingyun paused for a moment, then smiled, "It's up to you."

Xu Qingyue's eyes dimmed with disappointment: "You tell me."

"Call me brother." Xu Qingyun stretched out his hand and tapped her eyebrows lightly, "Don't refuse."

Xu Qingyue's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Did you hear that?" Xu Qingyun bent down slightly, his eyes level with hers.

"Are you serious?" Xu Qingyue shook his head, fiddling with the hem of his clothes uneasily, feeling as if he had been knocked unconscious by a pie falling from the world.

"Of course." Xu Qingyun raised his eyebrows, "I am His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how can I deceive you? It's just that your Royal Highness, the princess, has a hard mouth to open."

Xu Qingyue blushed, babbled for a long time, and finally shouted: "Brother...Brother...Brother."

Xu Qingyun responded with a smile, and rubbed her head with satisfaction: "I'm not very proficient yet, so I need to shout more in the future."

Xu Qingyue's face was quickly dyed red, and he buried his face shyly in front of his chest.

For those who have been in the dark for a long time, even a beam of light from a small hole is enough to make people throw away their armor and think about it like crazy.

It was the first time that Xu Qingyue talked so much with someone, and he was both happy and scared, but more of it was anticipation, looking forward to talking to Xu Qingyun in the future.

Therefore, Xu Qingyue practiced the word "brother" day and night, thinking of satisfying Xu Qingyun.

In the days that followed, Xu Qingyun really did what he said. He came to accompany Xu Qingyue every day, taught her how to read and paint in his spare time, and even hired a nun to teach her manners.

Those who bullied her never appeared again, even Xu Qingyan was grounded.

Xu Qingyue realized in a daze that he really seemed to be a human being.

From the red plums and the frost to the spring breeze, a year has passed by in a hurry.

Xu Qingyue, dressed in taupe-colored palace attire, squatted in the small kitchen in the yard with a smile on his face, staring intently at the pear soup stewed on the stove, holding a round fan and gently shaking the wind from time to time.

"Seventh Princess." Gong'e's voice came from far and near.

When Xu Qingyue heard this, she quickly stood up and straightened her clothes, wiped her hands with a silk handkerchief, took a deep breath, and moved lightly with lotus steps.

After walking three steps, he turned his head to look at the stove, hesitated again and again, but chose to retreat, closed the kitchen door, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"The princess is not in the palace?" Gong'e communicated with her companion in doubt.

"Could it be that you have gone to pay your respects to the empress?"

"But I have something urgent to say to the princess."

"What's the urgency?"

"His Royal Highness is going on an expedition."

"What?!" Xu Qingyue pushed open the door, walked out in surprise, and looked at Gong'e, "Is this true?"

Gong'e didn't expect that Her Royal Highness Princess with golden branches and jade leaves would be in the kitchen. On the one hand, she was thankful that she didn't talk nonsense just now, but on the other hand she was taken aback, and tremblingly said: "My servant has seen the princess."

"I'm asking you a question, and answer it truthfully." Xu Qingyue was a little impatient, and there was a trace of irritability in his brows.

The usual Xu Qingyue is always gentle and gentle, even his voice has never been louder. Gong'e was a little surprised for a while, but she replied truthfully: "I heard from Xiao Yuzi who is next to your majesty. Sending troops to raid the border, the guarding generals of Yangxia County surrendered without a fight. Now Yangxia County has been occupied by the Baima Kingdom, killing the people in the city. His Majesty was furious and planned to send troops to fight, and His Royal Highness asked to fight. His Royal Highness is already in the city The door is closed, and His Majesty will personally send you off with all the civil and military officials."

"His Royal Highness?" Before Gong'e could finish her sentence, she saw Xu Qingyue running away in a hurry, turned back halfway, and rushed to the kitchen to pick up the casserole on the stove, and ran again before even putting a cloth on it out.

"Princess!" The two maids looked at each other in dismay, and hurriedly followed after recovering.

At the gate of the city, the three armies were ready to go, all of them had awe-inspiring faces and armored armor, and the long swords held in their hands reflected a palpitating cold light under the sunlight.

The emperor had already left with all the officials, Xu Qingyun got on his horse, grabbed the reins and was about to turn the horse's head, when he caught a glimpse of a pitiful figure in the corner from the corner of his eye.

Xu Qingyun whispered to the lieutenant beside him, the lieutenant nodded and left first.

"Princess." Gong'e tugged at Xu Qingyue's sleeve and said worriedly, "If the princess leaves the palace privately and the empress finds out, she will not be able to escape punishment. Now that the princess has seen His Royal Highness, let's go back quickly."

Xu Qingyue lowered his head and said nothing, staring at the casserole in his hand in a daze, his fingers as white as jade were already scalded with pink blisters, and he didn't care about it.

"Hongxiu, my soup." Xu Qingyue murmured.

"Huh?" Hong Xiu didn't hear it very clearly, so he boldly moved closer, "What did the princess just say?"

"My brother has a bad throat recently and he keeps coughing. I made pear soup for him." Xu Qingyue said to himself, "He said he likes to drink sweet soup. I picked the two best ones from a basket of pears that came. I stewed them for an hour."

"Then give it to me." A deep voice sounded from the ear.

"No, this is for my brother." Xu Qingyue frowned subconsciously and refused.

Hongxiu exclaimed, and hurriedly leaned over to salute: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Xu Qingyue came back to his senses, looked up at the person who came, his eyes lit up, and he smiled sweetly: "Brother!"

Xu Qingyun's gaze stayed on her hand for a moment, and the smile froze at the corner of his mouth: "What a nonsense!"

"Me." Xu Qingyue lowered his head guiltily, "I won't sneak out of the palace next time."

"I didn't tell you this." Xu Qingyun said, "Look at your hands, don't you feel so many blisters?"

"I heard that my brother is going to go to war." Xu Qingyue choked up, "I'm afraid that my brother won't be able to drink this pear soup, so I'm anxious."

"I am a majestic prince, do you want anything? Do you still need the Seventh Princess to bring the casserole in person?" Xu Qingyun sneered.

Xu Qingyue's thin lips moved, but he didn't say a word for a long while.

"Don't do this next time." Xu Qingyun sighed, and took the casserole from her arms, "You are deliberately making my heart hurt."

The casserole was not very hot anymore, Xu Qingyun held the casserole with one hand, took Xu Qingyue's hand with the other and blew it gently for a while, then touched her head: "Don't worry, I will be back in a short time. You stay in the palace obediently, Take good care of your hands, the hands of our Seventh Princess are for playing the piano, not for raising water bubbles."

"When my brother returns in triumph, he must listen to the piano of our seventh princess."

Xu Qingyun looked at her jokingly.

Xu Qingyue's cheeks were flushed, a little embarrassed, he met Xu Qingyun's eyes, and nodded firmly: "Okay! I'll wait for my brother to come back!"