The happy life of the devil and the devil

As soon as the new year is over, the yamen is sealed, the palace city is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and everywhere enters a vigorous rhythm of the new year.Yuan Shao usually invites people to the palace to have a banquet, or to go out of the palace to visit the mansion of the courtiers. Because it was a feast years ago, not only relatives and noble ministers, but also young children in the courtiers' families who are not in official positions are often lucky enough to visit the palace. .

This year, because of King Kang's confinement, there was one less prince accompanying him, and Xiao Shi was often brought out to meet people—the courtiers who went in and out of the palace saw that he was hugged by the emperor, and they would praise him for nothing. What's more, Little Eleven was born handsome, well-behaved and clever, and for a while there was a flood of compliments, praising Yuan Shao for bringing the little guy out every day to show off. Within a few days, almost the entire capital knew that Eleventh Prince was extremely To be favored by His Majesty.

Fortunately, it only takes six or seven days to reach Zhengdan in the new year. As soon as Zhengdan is over, Dajia will go northward to break the ice and fish on the banks of the Heishui River.This time Yuan Shao still brought Ling Yucheng with him, and left the crown prince in Beijing to supervise the country. As for Xiao Shiyi, who couldn't stand the bitter cold in the extreme north at a young age, he was also kept in the palace. After the Lantern Festival, he officially started studying and practicing martial arts.

This time Yuan Shao's northward route was different from last year's. He did not leave the customs in the northeast direction, but went northward, crossed the border of Tian Cewei, entered the territory of the Xi clan, and then traveled eastward on the grassland.Once out of the customs, all the expenses along the way are enshrined by various ethnic groups. Yuan Shao naturally reciprocates, such as shiny silk brocades, dazzling gold and silver jewelry, hair-blown swords and swords, and gold-embellished steel armor. , all rewarded without hesitation——

"So this is eating the poor, drinking the poor, and then fooling people with expensive things that you can't eat or wear when you're hungry?" Ling Yucheng and Yuan Shao checked the reward list for today, and commented quietly in a low voice. .

Yuan Shao raised his finger and pointed at him, with a smile in his eyes, but he didn't speak.Ling Yucheng shrank his neck in response to his movements, and buried his chin deeply in his chest. When he raised his head again, his eyes were shining brightly, and his smile was almost overflowing:

"Isn't this a pity for those cattle and sheep... If they are eaten here, they will be eaten for nothing. The large farmland in Qingzhou is still waiting for the cattle..."

"You..." Even though he knew that Ling Yucheng was here to play, Yuan Shao couldn't help but want to hit him twice.He did it as soon as he thought of it, the list in his hand was curled up, and he drew it down according to his head:

"You can restrain me a little bit at today's banquet. If you put on a smiling face and provoke a beautiful woman to sing a love song to you, I won't care about you. It's up to you to clean up the situation!"

"Don't—if such a woman really exists, His Majesty has to deal with it? Or... His Majesty really allows the minister... eh?"

Before the words were finished, Yuan Shao had already approached him, only half a foot away from him, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, with a half-smile: "What did you just say?"

"Chen——" Before Ling Yucheng could react, he already took a step back involuntarily, and with another step, his back touched the edge of the square table.He let out a small exclamation, leaned back desperately to dodge, unknowingly, his upper body was almost parallel to the table, and his whole body was covered by Yuan Shao's bent body.

"What did you want to say just now, huh?" Yuan Shao propped one arm on Ling Yucheng's face, and the other across his chest, and when he fell lightly, he couldn't move. , forcing him to look at himself, "Say it again?"

"I'm talking nonsense—" The shadow of the candle swayed slightly behind, Ling Yucheng looked up, Yuan Shao's face was hidden in the shadow, only a pair of shining eyes were getting closer.Instinctively wanting to struggle to get up, when he tried hard, his waist and hips were already attached to a body that was getting closer and closer, and his knees were lightly touched and numb at the same time, and he couldn't exert any more strength.At this time, I can only grab Yuan Shao's lapel and beg for mercy, "Your Majesty calm down, I don't dare to—"

"What do you want to do again?" The hand holding his chin exerted a little force, pressed down with the thumb, and the calloused index finger knuckles leisurely brushed the skin, making a circle underneath.Every time he turned around, Ling Yucheng couldn't help trembling, his heart was beating so hard that it almost burst out of his chest:

"I didn't do anything, I never dared to do anything - Your Majesty -"

At this time, most of their bodies were almost overlapped, their breaths connected, and their breaths smelled each other.Originally, Yuan Shao was just planning to make fun of it, so as to save Ling Yucheng from showing his teeth and claws, but at this moment, listening to his more and more chaotic breathing, comparing his rapid heartbeat, he felt a slight tingle coming from the close limbs. Trembling, I don't know why I suddenly became irritable.

It's just that it would be a loss of momentum to let go and retreat now.Yuan Shao secretly adjusted his breath, but his hands became stronger, and his voice became deeper and deeper:

"I'm getting more and more courageous, huh? You started talking nonsense in front of me?"

There was a faint smile in the voice, Ling Yucheng's heartbeat became more and more violent for some reason, and a thin layer of sweat had already appeared on his forehead:

"Your Majesty, forgive me," he loosened and tightened the fingers holding Yuan Shao's skirt, tightened and relaxed again, trying to dodge, but there was no way to retreat, and he could only watch Yuan Shao's face shrouded in shadows getting more and more serious. As he got closer, he lowered his voice and continued to beg for mercy: "I really don't dare—"

He said it back and forth several times, and finally he was a bit at a loss for words, so Yuan Shao let go of his hand in satisfaction, sat back in his original position, poured himself a cup of tea and drank slowly as if nothing had happened.The tea is already cold, but it is moist in the mouth, and it falls into the internal organs one by one, it is as smooth and refreshing as drinking rain.

Halfway through drinking, Ling Yucheng carefully moved over and stood aside with his hands down.Yuan Shao looked at him carefully for a moment, making sure that there was no haze or depression between his brows, then he raised his face and frowned at his crumpled front:

"Go and tidy yourself up. It's almost a party, don't be a crumpled black pillar!"

"..."

Ling Yucheng pursed his lips, turned behind the screen after all, and honestly began to change clothes.On the pretext that he wanted to show off in front of the chiefs on the grassland, Yuan Shao forced him to make countless fancy clothes, such as gold and gold satin, fur of sable and white fox, and whatever was expensive to put on him.Obviously when he came last year, except for a few court uniforms, he only wore Xuanjiawei's standard military uniform, but so many things happened this year!

He unbuttoned the buttons one by one from the neckline, and when his palms touched his chest, he couldn't help but pause slightly.Just now... knowing that Yuan Shao was only slightly annoyed and not angry, and would never seriously do anything to him, when he suppressed him below and forced him to ask questions half-jokingly, he couldn't stop being flustered.

It's not fear, it's not embarrassment, and it's not like when he just came to Yuan Shao's side, he felt a thorn in his back and a heart-breaking pain when he approached him.just...just...

While thinking about it, he quickly took off his military uniform and changed into a set of narrow-sleeved robes woven with sapphire blue and gold.Wrapping jade belts, hanging long swords and short knives, and tying jade pendants, fingers unconsciously combed the tassels under the jade pendants neatly, but there was no sign of sorting out the messy mood.

His mind was distracted, but his movements were extremely fast.After changing his clothes and stepping out from behind the screen, he really received Yuan Shao's approving gaze: "Sure enough, people want clothes. You see, people are energetic after dressing like this? The previous pair was buried in the Xuanjia guards and you can find it immediately." If you don't dress up, if I don't take you in, you probably won't even be able to get in!"

The point is, it's pleasing to the eye.

"Your Majesty..." Ling Yucheng was full of wild thoughts and flew away to the sky, grinding his teeth, wishing he could just take a look at Bai Yuanshao on the spot.This means that with his demeanor and demeanor, he looks like a soldier. If he leaves the big tent, he should not be able to get in?

He can break in with martial arts, okay?

Before he could retort, there was a faint sound of music outside, and the noise of high-pitched or low-pitched laughter began to approach from far away.When the guards of Jinwu knelt down on one knee at the door of the tent and reported that everyone had arrived, please move your majesty, even if Ling Yucheng wanted to quarrel with Yuan Shao in every possible way, he could only

Before he could retort, there was a faint sound of music outside, and the noise of high-pitched or low-pitched laughter began to approach from far away.When the guards of Jinwu knelt down on one knee at the door of the tent and reported that everyone had arrived, please move your majesty, even though Ling Yucheng wanted to quarrel with Yuan Shao in every possible way, he could only straighten his expression and let him prostrate on the ground with his arm in his arms. The courtiers and soldiers walked slowly through the middle, and stepped into the golden-roofed imperial tent inlaid with pearls and gems.

In this grand banquet, as usual, King Xi served the food and wine as the host.I haven't seen him for almost a year, and the wrinkles on King Xi's face have deepened, and the gray hair on the top has also thinned a lot.Ling Yucheng could not help but maliciously speculate, when he is bald and has no hair, how will he wear the hair crown so as not to lose his dignity in front of the imperial court—or stick it with glue?I still have to deal with that roasted whole lamb, tsk tsk, don't let this hair fall on the mutton, otherwise I won't be able to eat it...

Same as last year, King Xi personally held the knife, cut off a half-grilled mutton tenderloin and presented it to Yuan Shao.While Ling Yucheng was gloating, he had already begun to secretly hate that piece of sheep tail fat that he swallowed without chewing, but unexpectedly, with a slight movement of the short knife in Yuan Shao's hand, he cut the strip of meat in two from head to tail, Half of it was put into his mouth calmly, leaving Ling Yucheng in a daze at the half that flew into his plate.

This...Your Majesty, do you want to share the half of the fat? Hey!That's not good!

Full of wild thoughts, he could only follow Yuan Shao's example and put the mutton tenderloin into his mouth as calmly and solemnly as possible.He was still trying his best to be mentally prepared for the next fat, but unexpectedly, King Xi cut off a lamb spine from the other side of the spine with a knife, put it in a silver plate and brought it to him in front of him.

"..." Then what happened to the fat last year!

"Still thinking about that sheep's tail? It's for the most distinguished female guest at the table...you don't know?"

...I'd rather never know!

With a shake of his hand, the tip of the meat-cutting knife pierced the plate, making a "squeak--" sound that made teeth ache.

As usual, after the first round of wine and food, the next step is for the distinguished guests to enjoy themselves, silk and bamboo moves leisurely, jade rings and luan, singing and dancing one after another.Ling Yucheng poured himself a drink before sitting in the case, and after a while, he looked at Yuan Shao and signaled his followers to prepare a dish for Yuan Shao.

Singers and dancers performed in turn. After several rounds of drinking, the atmosphere in the big tent gradually became lively, and it was still the ladies who came forward to sing.Maybe it was because they were afraid of the chaos that happened last year, or maybe it was because some beauties had already been brought into the palace, but no one stepped forward to toast Yuan Shao this year. After several glances, he could hardly maintain a calm and composed expression.

What do you mean by looking at me that way, huh?Is it what I want to be prettier than you!

That being said, thinking of the oolong incident at this time and place last year, and Yuan Shao's subsequent disposal, there is still a touch of gratitude and joy in my heart, and even the slightly sour grape wine is not easy to drink in my mouth. It became a little bit sweeter.

At that time... the fear and panic in front of Yuan Shao, and the tight restraint that did not dare to go beyond the thunder, now think of it, it is like a nightmare.

If this kind of big banquet was held in Yu Xia, it would definitely not be enough to eat. However, looking down from a high place, everyone cheered and drank, gambled and punched, and in a place far away from the emperor, they could hold down the wine on the spot. .Seeing that everyone's attention was gradually shifting from wine and food to beauties, and their stomachs were almost full, Ling Yucheng and Yuan Shao looked at each other, and followed him to get up and go out.

After stepping out of the tent door, Ling Yucheng couldn't wait to take a deep breath—he had escaped!The smell of mutton oil and wax in the big tent, the smell of various wines and coriander, and the smell of rouge, pollen and hair oil on women are simply poisonous to the sense of smell.Wanting to let him breathe more fresh air, Yuan Shao didn't call to prepare the horse, and walked slowly side by side with Ling Yucheng.Just after turning a corner, a man suddenly kneeled down in front of him.

"Who!" Without waiting for Yuan Shao to speak, the Jinwu Guard on duty went over to ask, and came back in a moment to report that King Xi's brother, the deputy general of the Baotao Guard, Ba Tahan, asked to see him.

Yuan Shao nodded his head.Although this Batahan is the younger brother of King Xi, but he is different from his mother, and secondly, he is cowardly by nature. Up to now, he is only among the three guards of the Xi clan, and the Baotao Guard, who ranks the lowest, has won a lieutenant general.However, the more this kind of person is, the more he will find another way out. Who knows why he asked to see him in private——

"I want to ask for His Majesty's grace... My daughter has been blessed to serve His Majesty since more than half a year ago. Her mother is thinking about it day and night at home, and her tears are almost crying. I don't know if I can ask Your Majesty for mercy. Time to bring her out so that the family members can meet each other?"

While speaking, he couldn't stop glancing at Ling Yucheng out of the corner of his eye.

The author has something to say: By the way, who told you that this is the rhythm of overthrowing...

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