The happy life of the devil and the devil

Hearing his father's sigh, the crown prince's heart hanging in his throat suddenly fell back into his stomach, and his whole body went limp.Seeing his lingering fear, Yuan Shao wanted to scold him for not being able to restrain his wife well, making a mess in the back house and hurting his younger brother. Without much affection, he swallowed the words back.

"You are the crown prince of the country. From the day I made you the prince, I value you the most. I teach you how to use soldiers, teach you how to govern the country, and take you to the court to listen to the government and receive courtiers. Some of the memorials that are approved every day must be selected. Let me show you, you have written the method of dealing with it, and I will read it again from the beginning, and then I will explain to you the key points in it. Which of your brothers has ever had this kind of treatment?... I have always treated you as an adult Look at it, you are such an old man, do you want to pester me and act like a baby like Little Eleven?"

The Crown Prince lowered his head without saying a word.Seeing the tightness of his shoulders, Yuan Shao knew that he was still dissatisfied, so he raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and continued to sigh: "Xiao 11 is young, so I will inevitably spoil him a little bit, but his clothes, food and utensils are used. When will I pass you? Among the children, I spend the most time teaching you and treat you the best. You don't have to watch Xiao Shi making out with me to feel that I won't let you go It's on my mind."

However, Xiao Shiyi's relaxed appearance in front of you is something I have never dreamed of...

The crown prince retorted silently in his heart, but his face showed an expression of being moved, he knelt straight and rushed over, burying his face in Yuan Shao's robe:

"My son is stubborn... actually because of the restlessness in the inner house, I have dragged my eleventh brother down, and made my father even more angry... My father, my father is still willing to say these things to my son, even if my son is dead..." Only Hate not having the talent for acting, twisted his thigh desperately, but couldn't force even a drop of tears.

Yuan Shao also sighed, and helped him up with his own hands.Looking at the eldest son standing in front of him, who was already on the same height as himself, and remembering that he had treated this child badly when he was young and frivolous, when he spoke again, his tone became softer:

"You also have more than one child. You should know that as a father, you always hope that every child is safe and sound. As a prince, you can't be kind and filial. After a hundred years, how can you rest assured to entrust your brothers and sisters to you?" you?"

"Father!"

"That's all. Fortunately, Xiaoshi's blessings are profound, and the letter from the capital sent by the previous son shows that his condition is no longer serious. You go back, take a bath and fast, copy the "Book of Filial Piety" a hundred times and send it up. It's a gift for the Longevity Festival." gone."

The prince lowered his head, secretly crying out.It's only a dozen days until the Longevity Day, and every word of the gift given to the emperor must be written in regular script, and now it's really going to be a day to copy... However, he also knows that it is already possible to fool this matter in this way. When it was so cheap, I immediately agreed without a word:

"My son complies with the order! My son is fasting quietly these days. It's just right, and I can also pray for my eleventh brother."

"It's good if you have this thought. As for the princess..."

"Father, after all, Min'er gave birth to the eldest son for my minister..." Just kidding, if this is dealt with seriously, it would be fine for the Crown Princess to tell the truth!

"Why, can't bear it? If you don't want to, you should discipline her well, lest she become lawless and dare to plot against the heirs of the royal family. For the sake of my eldest grandson, go back and tell her that she is always the princess you are marrying. As long as she Follow the rules, it should be hers, it is hers, and no one can take it away. If she does something she shouldn't do again, she will know what will happen!"

"My son obeys the order!"

From this day on, the prince did not leave his house, fasting and copying scriptures in a regular manner.On the day of Longevity Day, one hundred hand-copied "Book of Filial Piety" was sent to him. Yuan Shao was grateful for his filial piety and rewarded him generously.Three days later, the crown prince was given the youngest daughter of King Beichen who came to pay tribute. Once she entered the door, she was the crown prince's side concubine.

All of this, Ling Yucheng passed by like a spring breeze, and he didn't care about it at all.For more than a month, the Xuanjiawei Army Mansion has been closed. Except for showing up on the day of the Longevity Day, Ling Yucheng devoted all his time to taking care of the little apprentice, and countless foreign envoys who tried their best to ask for an interview were denied the door. enter.

It took almost half a month from the onset of smallpox to scab formation, and another half month for the scab to fall off. During this time, he wished he could not leave Xiao Shishiinchun, without blinking his eyes.Although Ping An has passed this level if the scab formed, but if a doll like a jade carving couldn't help scratching it a few times, and ended up with a pockmarked face, wouldn't it be a pity?

This guard lasted for more than a month, until Xiao Shiyi's scab faded, and even the purple scar on the side disappeared. Out of the water, Ling Yucheng took him back to the palace.After entering Zhaoxin Hall, it was already sunset, and lanterns were hung on the corridors on all sides. Ling Yucheng looked at the little guy looking around, eager to look like his father, and casually asked the deputy head of Zhaoxin Hall who rushed out to serve: "Your Majesty? ?”

"Returning to my lord, His Majesty should be in the inner palace at this time—"

Generally speaking, as an eunuch, observing words and demeanor is a housekeeping skill.From a young eunuch in his early ten years in the inner palace, he climbed all the way to the position of deputy chief of the emperor's bedroom, and his master's face became more refined-but even so, the deputy chief who bowed to serve Ling Yucheng, Still can't see more expressions than indifference from that jade-like face.

"It seems that I can't have dinner with your father." Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Ling Yucheng lowered his head and rubbed Xiao Shishi's head lovingly, "Go back to Jinshen Hall for dinner with Master, okay? "

"Okay..." Excitedly came back but failed to see his father's face, the little guy lowered his head, and responded with a bit of a limp.Instinctively wanting to snuggle into Ling Yucheng's arms, he tilted his body, and immediately stood up straight again, but quietly stretched out his hand, and stuffed his delicate fingers into Ling Yucheng's palm.

After all, the child is a child, coaxed by the master, accompanied by a circle of guards below, everyone chatting and laughing, a few favorite dishes are brought to the front, and after a while, they are smiling again.After the meal, Ling Yucheng watched him write a few big characters, and stayed with him for a while, and settled him down in the Jinshen hall. Seeing that the bedroom was still quiet, Yuan Shao still didn't come back, and he didn't stop, and went Went to the martial arts hall, and started the evening class of the day as usual.

Warm up, practice boxing, practice archery, dance sword.Everything is homework that I am used to doing in normal times. No matter how many things bother me in normal times, I will naturally forget about them when I practice until my mind is fully focused.But today... Ling Yucheng slowly opened the long bow, and just before letting go of the bowstring, his rock-steady fingers trembled inexplicably, and the cold star that came out of the string immediately deviated from the direction.

At that time, when I heard "Your Majesty should be in the inner palace"...

It was not the first time I heard such a report, but it was the first time that my heart felt like a needle prick, and in an instant, I stopped breathing.

It turns out, it turns out——

It turned out that there was no way to not care about it, no way to just smile away lightly, as if it had nothing to do with me.

that person……

He personally taught him martial arts and practiced with him, day in and day out;

He pulled off the short knife and pressed himself under the pillow indifferently, just to let himself have a good sleep;

He warmed himself who was almost frozen with his body, and took care of him personally for several days and nights, without blinking eyes;

He healed his old injuries with his own hands, and used his internal energy to pass through the meridians every day for several months, tirelessly;

He vowed that "the same quilt for life and the same acupuncture point for death", he said "you are the one I like"...

The gratitude that there is no way to repay, the day-to-day intimacy, since when did they quietly accumulate and ferment, and they have deteriorated before he noticed it.

That's why I didn't resist his approach, that's why I found myself next to him when I woke up, and that's why when I heard that he was in danger, I made a decision without even thinking about it. from the ground.

...It turns out that I already like it.

Looking around, even in this Martial Arts Hall, you can see the painstaking efforts he has put in for himself everywhere.Every knife and sword, most of the furnishings are all added for myself.

There is a gun used for striding horses. At that time, he often stood beside him, moving his palms against his spine little by little, teaching himself how to use luck and strength.

There is a stone lock used for strength training. When he was angry, he threw the stone lock on the ground, and then he came over and shook his hand and said, "I am very happy."

There was a small stone house that was built alone, next to the stone house where he practiced his inner strength, and there was only a futon in it...

Yuan Shao treated him very well.

Not to mention that when he first arrived in Beiliang, he dismissed the harem for himself, and he did not summon any concubines for several months after that; needless to say, after his first protest, Yuan Shao never let the matter of the harem come before his eyes; Needless to say, even when he was not in the capital, Yuan Shao never visited the harem in the common bedroom of the two of them...

To be fair, even before he said "I like you", Yuan Shao has consciously or subconsciously tried to give him respect, making him feel that this life called "Queen" is not so embarrassing .

but……

Like it?

Ling Yucheng slowly withdrew his gaze, looked down at the red fingers that had been strangled by the bowstring, and a slight but bitter smile appeared on his lips.

While saying "I like you" frankly, while hugging left and right in the inner palace...

He had no doubts that if he rushed into the inner palace now and cut the beauty Yuan Shao was pampering into two in front of his face, Yuan Shao would raise his eyebrows at most and would never reprimand him.

He also had no doubt that if he asked Yuan Shao to have only one of him now, Yuan Shao would definitely dismiss the harem for him immediately.

But so what.

Can this kind of love last for one year, two years, or three or five years?

How long will it be better for Israel to do things for others?

The confidante broke her grace before she was old, and she leaned on the smoked cage and sat until the dawn.

When the love grows stronger, the love turns weaker. Jun'en is the most unreliable thing in this world. Once this kind of favor fades away, the outrageous actions made by relying on Jun's kindness in the past will immediately become today's death penalty. road.

Besides, even if Yuan Shao's heart is always on him...

To fight for favor, to flatter, to use all kinds of calculations to tie the king's heart, to use all legal and even improper methods to repel or even frame any men and women who may approach Yuan Shao to win his favor...

Such a future, just imagining it, is so strange and ugly that it makes him sick.

He would rather die than let himself become such a person.

So let's do this, take a step back, serve him as a courtier, watch him favor one beauty after another, tell yourself that it has nothing to do with you...

This body, this life, everything is his, and he will not hesitate to smash his body to pieces——

There is only this heart, guarding what belongs only to oneself, a pair of people for a lifetime.

Thinking of this, I felt suddenly enlightened, the pain that was piercing my heart like an iron thorn just now disappeared, and even the Yanwu Hall, where the torches were flickering, became much clearer in my vision.Ling Yucheng took a deep breath, opened his bow and set an arrow, stepped on the ground with his feet, and galloped forward.

While running, he shoots an arrow sideways, jumps high and rolls all over his body, stretches his body when he jumps to the highest point, and shoots another arrow at the bull's-eye with a rustling sound.When it landed on the ground, it fit forward and rolled on the ground, both feet landed, and opened the bow again before standing up straight——

"Duo", "Duo", "Duo", three long arrows were shot from three directions, but they formed a cluster in the center of the red heart, tremblingly nailed to the target, penetrating three points.

"Good archery!"

Suddenly loud applause came from the door, Ling Yucheng bowed his head and turned his head, only to see Yuan Shao applauding unhurriedly and approaching with a smile.Facing the bright smile of that man, Ling Yucheng also smiled sincerely, holding his arched back with both hands, and neatly bowed to salute:

"His Majesty!"

The author has something to say: the grass and trees have their own heart, so why ask for beauty

- On the necessity of communication

Xiao Ling, without even asking, do you think His Majesty will not be with you forever?