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Chapter 97
In the 20th year of Xuanzheng, Emperor Daqi used Zhou Xian, the commander of the Northeast Camp, repeatedly. The empress and all the civil servants repeatedly advised the emperor not to give Zhou Xian too much military power, but Zhou Xian was very good at pleasing the emperor. An iron army was trained and named the Imperial Army.The imperial army is well-equipped and has super combat effectiveness, which is deeply loved by the emperor.As soon as the emperor was happy, he named Zhou Xian the protector of the country, and rewarded the mansion with supreme honor.
Zhou Xian was ambitious, and kept wooing courtiers and local defenders to expand his power.In order to prevent Zhou Xian from being too powerful to cause dissent, the queen and the prince Taifu decided to use the royal family's favor to Zhou Xian to educate the son on behalf of Zhou Xian, and to share Zhou Xian's son and live with the prince. a hostage.
Emperor Daqi's heirs were thin, and he had only one son who was over fifty years old. He was only six years old and named Jiang Ce.Jiang Ce was born as the empress's heir, and the long-awaited emperor established him as the prince when he was born at full month, and had high hopes for him. Since he was three years old, he worshiped Li Jingze, a university scholar, as the prince and tutor, and raised him strictly.
It was hot in July, although the weather was hot, but Li Taifu did not slack off in his education of the little prince.After school, the little prince was led to Wenwu Hall by the palace servants.
"Li Shangyi, what's the name of the new companion?" The little prince asked in a childish voice while being led by Li Shangyi.
"I don't know, I only know that I am the heir of the Huguo Duke's family." Li Shangyi replied lovingly.
The little prince stopped talking, and was led by Li Shangyi to walk quickly through the shade of the mottled trees. There were beads of sweat on his chubby face, but Jiang Ce didn't wipe it off. He wanted to see if the new companion was right. Meet his expectations.
He had several companions, but they were all dismissed by him in the end.Although the little prince was brought up strictly, he was loved by thousands of people, and was doted on by the empress infinitely, so he developed an arrogant and indulgent temper.
He has high requirements for companions. The few people before him either think they are too boring, or they think they are too stupid, or they think they are too rigid.In short, from the age of three to the present, seven or eight companions have changed in just three years.
Amidst the humming of cicadas, Jiang Ce was led by Li Shangyi into the Wenwu Hall, and greeted the queen.
"It's such a hot day, why don't you change into thinner clothes?" The queen dotingly wiped the sweat off Jiang Ce's forehead with an embroidered handkerchief, and said angrily.
"It's my fault that the servants didn't think carefully..." After Li Shangyi finished speaking, she wanted to take the prince to the side hall to change clothes.
"Queen, my son is not hot." The little prince broke free from Li Shangyi's hand, raised his head and said to the queen, "My son wants to see the new companion."
The queen waved to the palace servants beside her, and a handsome and thin boy was led in by the palace servants.
The boy's facial features were delicate and pleasant, his big eyes were clear and bright, but his expression was nervous and frightened, his hands were tightly clutching the corners of his clothes, and he didn't know how to salute.
Although he was wearing gorgeous clothes, they obviously didn't fit well, and the baggy clothes looked even bigger on his thin body.
He stood behind the palace servants, he didn't dare to look up at those adults, he buried his head down, but his eyes met the little prince who was looking up at him.
The little prince looked up at the young boy obsessively, and walked up to the boy without knowing it.
Seeing the boy, the palace people didn't know how to salute, and were urging him in a low voice, but the queen waved her hand to stop the palace people, stood up and walked to the boy, looked at him kindly, and said, "Don't be afraid, you won't be in any danger here. "
Then she turned her head and said to the prince who was still staring at the young boy: "This is the prince of the Duke's family, called..." She turned her head to the young boy and said, "By the way, what's your name? How old are you? "
The young boy blushed, lowered his head even lower, and said in a voice like a mosquito, "I... I didn't choose a name, and I'm 11 years old."
"I haven't given a name at such a big age!" The queen sighed, then turned to the palace man next to her and said, "Are you sure this is the child of Duke Hu?"
The palace man lowered his head and said: "Yes! When the maidservant went to pick him up, the Duke's family had just dressed him up. I heard that the child's mother disobeyed the Duke Protector, and he was arrested with his mother when he was born. He was imprisoned. He was released only after his mother died, and he was often beaten, and has been doing rough work with his servants."
"What a protector of the country!" The queen's voice was a little angry, she turned her head to see the young man standing there pitifully cramped and nervous, and said the rest of the sentence "make it so that the father doesn't love the mother or the mother doesn't love it." Fool Bengong!" Swallowed down.
This child is already in such a miserable state, if he is sent back, he will definitely die.
The empress is soft-hearted, she already liked children, especially when she saw such a beautiful child without the love of her parents, she felt even more reluctant, and immediately decided to keep this child.
She raised her head and saw a big nan tree outside the window, so she walked over and said to the young boy, "In this way, your name is Nan, okay? Nanmu's nan. From now on, you will study and practice martial arts with the prince, but good?"
Seeing the empress's kindness, the young boy's eyes lit up, and his previous fear and timidity were all gone. He looked at the empress and nodded shyly, "Yeah!"
The little prince looked at the eldest son of the Duke's family obsessively, his eyes were full of the figure of the young boy: the young man was so beautiful, he was prettier than anyone he had ever seen, he had two dimples when he smiled, his eyes seemed to have sunshine, Seeing Jiang Ce couldn't help feeling close to him.
He immediately stepped forward to hold the boy's hand, looked up at the extremely beautiful face, and said in a childlike voice, "Brother Nan, my name is Jiang Ce, and you will be my good friend from now on."
The queen and Li Shangyi were a little surprised when they saw that the little prince liked the young man so much: they had never seen the little prince like someone so much, and they wanted to make friends with him as soon as they met.
The queen smiled, nodded to Li Shangyi and said, "It seems that there is no need to change the accompanying reading this time."
Zhou Nan was held by Jiang Ce's hand. Although he didn't speak, he looked down at Jiang Ce's round smiling face and smiled shyly.
At lunch time, the empress left the Wenwu Hall to accompany the emperor to eat, leaving the little prince to eat alone.He sat on the chair and looked at the dishes on the table. Instead of eating the dishes brought to him by the palace servants, he got up from the table and walked to Zhou Nan who was standing aside, holding his hand: "Brother Nan, come here!" Eat with me."
After finishing speaking, Zhou Nan couldn't help but refuse, so he dragged him to the dining table, and asked the palace servants to give Zhou Nan cloth bowls and chopsticks.
The palace servants looked at Li Shangyi with some embarrassment, Li Shangyi shook his head and smiled, "Let him go... Just follow the crown prince's order, and clothe the crown prince with bowls and chopsticks."
Zhou Nan was holding his rice bowl, a little cautious, just eating with a dull head, not daring to eat the food that the palace servants gave him.
"You all go down, I want to eat alone with Brother Nan. I don't need you to wait on me." Although Jiang Ce is small, he has a delicate mind. He saw Brother Nan's restraint and uneasiness, so he drove all the palace people away.
"Okay, then His Royal Highness and the prince will come back after eating the slaves." Li Shangyi smiled and led the palace servants to leave.
The little prince watched the palace guards close the door, then got down from the high chair, walked up to Zhou Nan, looked up at him and said, "Brother Nan, you can eat whatever you want, I will drive them all away." No one will see it."
Zhou Nan had been eating leftovers in the Duke Huguo's mansion and was abused for a long time growing up. Ever since his six-year-old mother passed away, no one had ever treated him as well as Jiang Ce.With rice wrapped in his mouth and tears in his eyes, he stood up and took a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.
It's been a long time since I tasted meat. Zhou Nan couldn't remember the last time he ate meat. He cried while eating, and instantly wet his chest.
Jiang Ce stared at him in a daze as he wept and devoured. In his little heart, he still didn't understand why Brother Nan was crying like this.
But seeing Brother Nan crying, Jiang Ce was about to cry too. He gently pulled Brother Nan's clothes with a little fear, crying so loudly: "Brother Nan, don't cry... I will give you all the meat from now on." Eat well? Don't cry..."
What happened at this meal was deeply engraved in the heart of the little prince Jiang Ce, and grew up with him.He never forgot how much brother Nan suffered when he was a child.Thinking of these things, he couldn't help feeling pity for the person in front of him.
After lunch, it was time for a lunch break. Li Shangyi wanted to take Zhou Nan away, but the little prince quit.He quarreled and insisted on keeping Zhou Nan to take a lunch break with him in the side hall. Li Shangyi was so quarreled that he had no choice but to send someone to call the queen.
The queen came, and seeing Jiang Ce, who was crying, and Zhou Nan, who lowered his head and said nothing, made a decision: let Zhou Nan sleep in the ear room of the side hall.
From then on, Zhou Nan lived in the small side room of the prince's dormitory, but he didn't feel wronged at all: Compared with the firewood room in the Duke Huguo's mansion, this place is much better!
In the afternoon, Jiang Ce will learn riding and archery with his master, and Zhou Nan also needs to follow him as a companion.After lunch and lunch break, Zhou Nan was full of gratitude to Jiang Ce, a chubby kid, and liked him sticking to her.
Jiang Ce didn't want the palace servants to carry him to the coaching field today. He held Zhou Nan's hand, raised his head and said, "Brother Nan will lead me, okay?"
"Okay!" Zhou Nan looked down at him and smiled.
It was the first time Zhou Nan saw the iron-blooded army soul and masculinity on the battlefield. He was envious, and his eyes were shining when he saw Jiang Ce riding on a horse and learning how to ride and shoot with his master.He trotted behind Jiang Ce's horse, watching his riding and archery master teach him how to ride a horse.
The poor young man didn't know that his father was the general in the iron-blooded battlefield, but his father never looked at him directly, let alone took him to the coaching field to see him.
Jiang Ce was a small man, and his feet could not reach the special stirrups when he was riding on horseback. The master of riding and archery supported him by his side and taught him how to master the skills of riding a horse.
Jiang Ce studied very seriously, and quickly remembered the main points, so he proudly ordered the riding and archery master to get out of the way, and he wanted to ride the horse for a while.
The master of riding and archery couldn't hold him back, so he took two steps back and told him not to run too fast, just let the horse trot.Jiang Ce rode the horse obediently and trotted around. Although his calf was not enough to reach the stirrups, he was already riding well.
He rode on the horseback, held the rein in his hand and smiled at Zhou Nan, "Brother Nan, look at me! Look at me, I can ride a horse!"
Zhou Nan saw his smile turned into a flower, and while chasing him, he praised sincerely: "Your Highness the Prince is really amazing!"
Having received the praise from Brother Nan, Jiang Ce was even more proud, so he put his master's advice behind him, clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and shook the reins.After receiving the urging signal, the horses quickly galloped around the training ground.
"Your Highness, stop!" The riding and archery master turned pale with fright, shouting loudly while ordering someone to stop the horse.
Jiang Ce was terrified. The horse was running at a high speed, and he couldn't push the stirrups firmly. He was so frightened that he cried.
Zhou Nan was also terrified, but he didn't panic. He didn't chase after the horse like the master of riding and archery. He looked at the circular training ground and ran straight to the opposite direction to reject the horse.
The war horse ran up to the rejecting horse, and then stopped, his upper body stood up and neighed, and Jiang Ce, who was sitting on the horse's back, rolled down from the horse's back.
Everyone turned pale with fright, and hurriedly screamed and ran over, only to see Zhou Nan fell to the ground in a cloud of smoke and dust raised by the horse's hooves, with the crown prince on top of him.
The master of riding and archery hurriedly hugged Jiang Ce, and asked in horror: "Is Your Highness alright?"
"It's okay..." Jiang Ce's face turned pale with fright, but he said bravely, "Brother Nan caught me."
Seeing that the crown prince was fine, the frightened master of riding and shooting turned his gaze to Zhou Nan who slowly stood up and patted the sand on his body, and said, "Thanks to the prince. The prince is not hurt, right?"
Zhou Nan shook his head and said, "No!"
Jiang Ce was frightened, and he didn't want to walk when he went back, but he didn't let the palace people carry it, and he didn't want the sedan chair, so he squatted on the ground to vent his anger.
No matter how much Li Shangyi can coax him, the prince is usually considered a sensible and obedient child, but once something makes him unhappy, he will be arrogant, arrogant and unreasonable, and it doesn't make sense at all.
"Your Highness, don't cry, I'll carry you back, okay?" Zhou Nan stood by and watched for a long time, then mustered up the courage to go to the prince and asked in a low voice.
Jiang Ce looked up at Zhou Nan with teary eyes, nodded aggrievedly and said, "Okay, I want Brother Nan to carry it!"
Zhou Nan squatted down, carried Jiang Ce on his back, and walked towards Wenwu Hall step by step.
Li Shangyi looked at the thin prince carrying the fat prince on his back, sighed, and followed along with the palace servants.
"Is Your Highness really not in pain?" Zhou Nan asked in a low voice, panting as he carried Jiang Ce on his back.
"It hurts! Brother Nan's bones are hurting me..." Jiang Ce whispered aggrievedly on Zhou Nan's back.
"Then why did you tell the imperial doctor that it didn't hurt?"
"I'm afraid that if I say so, they will punish Brother Nan..."
"Then I'll rub it for you when I go back, okay?"
"it is good!"
The prince still ate dinner alone, and neither the father nor the queen came to accompany him, but he didn't care, and took Zhou Nan to the table.
Zhou Nan didn't gobble up as much as he did at noon, he calmly imitated Jiang Ce to pick up his chopsticks and eat, waited for the palace man to bring food for him, and then imitated Jiang Ce's appearance to serve the bowl.
He was imprisoned since he was a child, and after he was released, he was also raised by his servants. He ate leftovers coldly and roasted without food, so no one would teach him these etiquettes.
Zhou Nan was born with a seven-aperture exquisite heart, and he was extremely intelligent, and he quickly learned to look good. Li Shangyi liked this child from the bottom of his heart.
In the evening, the queen came over and talked with Jiang Ce for a while, then got up and left.After the palace servants helped Jiang Ce wash up, it was time for him to go to bed.
Zhou Nan naturally slept in the ear room. The wooden bed in the ear room was small, but the quilts were very comfortable.He washed and went to bed.
Sitting on the wooden bed, Zhou Nan slowly loosened his underwear and gently rubbed the bruises on his waist: When Jiang Ce fell off his horse in the afternoon, he rushed over to catch him, but was also knocked down by the little fat man. When he was hit by a stone, he felt severe pain at that time, but he endured it and didn't make a sound.
He gently rubbed his waist, recalling the experience of the day: he was carried out from the woodshed, washed him, put on gorgeous clothes, and took him to the front hall.
His father, who had never looked at him directly, finally looked at him at this time, and then said to the servant indifferently: "Okay, take it away!"
Zhou Nan was terrified. He didn't know where they were going to take him. He was dragged to the side of the carriage, and he held on to the pillar of the carriage so that he could not get into the carriage.
"My lord, don't be afraid. Today, the master will seal you as the eldest son and send you to the palace to be educated by the royal family and be a companion to the prince." The old servant who has been taking care of Zhou Nan for the past few years walked over tremblingly, wiping away his tears. Persuade.
"My lord, you can go, instead of living and suffering in the Duke's mansion, why don't you go to the palace and have a look... Maybe you can find a way to survive..." the old servant advised.
Zhou Nan really obediently got into the carriage and was sent to the palace... Only then did Zhou Nan realize that he was really saved from a dead end, and from now on, he would never have to live the life of being inferior to pigs and dogs. .
He was also often beaten when he was in the Lord Protector's Mansion, or injured while doing heavy work, but never in such pain.Zhou Nan was a little scared. He looked at the blackened wound on the side of his waist, with some broken skin in the middle, and put down his clothes at once.
He can't let people find his injuries. What if people here think that he is too thin and weak to protect Jiang Ce, so what if they send him back to Duke Huguo's mansion?
Enduring the severe pain in his waist, Zhou Nan lay on the bed with difficulty. He was too tired during the day and fell asleep soon.
In the middle of the night, he felt that someone climbed onto his bed, and a pair of small fleshy hands were still hugging his waist, just touching the wound on his waist.
The severe pain woke up Zhou Nan's still confused mind. He sat up, taking advantage of the dim light outside, and saw Jiang Ce sitting on his bed, rubbing his eyes and crying with tears all over his face.
"Too...His Royal Highness, what's the matter with you?" Zhou Nan endured the pain and asked hastily.
"Brother Nan...I...I'm afraid..." Jiang Ce cried aggrievedly, and soon his chubby face was weeping.
"Are you having a nightmare?" Zhou Nan reached out to wipe the tears off Jiang Ce's face, and coaxed, "Don't cry, don't be afraid...Brother Nan is here."
"Brother Nan, can I sleep with you? I'm afraid..." Jiang Ce was crying and looked at Zhou Nan pitifully.
"But... my bed is too small." Zhou Nan said awkwardly, "Don't be afraid, brother Nan will accompany you to sleep there, and I will leave when you fall asleep, okay?"
"Hmm!" Jiang Ce stopped crying, but he didn't intend to get out of bed at all.
He stretched out his arms to Zhou Nan who had stood up and stood by the bed: the meaning was obvious, but this little chubby wanted Zhou Nan to carry him to sleep.
Zhou Nan was provoked by his appearance and smiled, temporarily forgetting the pain on his body, stretched out his hand to hug the little chubby man with difficulty, then walked to the side hall bed, and put him on the bed.
"Go to sleep, brother Nan is here with you, don't be afraid of anything." Zhou Nan tucked the quilt into Jiang Ce, sat on the bedside and coaxed him softly with the unique voice of a teenager.
Seeing Jiang Ce's tear-stained face sleeping soundly, and a chubby hand still tightly clutching the corner of his clothes, Zhou Nan felt a strange feeling in his heart: it turns out that being relied on by others is such a blessing.
After the little chubby man fell asleep completely, Zhou Nan gently pulled the corner of his clothes out of his hands, and quietly went back to his bed to sleep.
When Wei Nan grew up, he forgot how long it would take for the injury from the stone to heal when he picked up Xie Ce.He only remembered that for a long time afterwards, it was very difficult and painful for him to carry or hold Jiang Ce every time, but he foolishly endured it without telling anyone, for fear that if someone found out, the good life now would be gone.
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Wei Nan was carried back from the boat by Xie Ce and slept all day. He had a long dream, and the dream was about the first time he and Xie Ce met when they were young.
He sighed and leaned into Xie Ce's arms, and sighed: "Xie Ce, do you know how stupid I was at that time? I actually thought that you would drive me away if I was injured, and dragged you until you healed."
"Brother, why did you remember the past again? It's all over..." Xie Ce kissed Wei Nan's forehead lightly, and asked softly, "Recently, brother is too worried. I will arrange the things in hand tomorrow. Let's go out with my brother to play and relax, okay?"
"Where are you going?" Wei Nan regained his energy.
"Hmm~ How about going to Muling Mountain in Southwest Shuzhong?" Xie Ce asked, "Your master has written a travelogue, and I know you want to read it too."
"it is good!"
The author has something to say:
Added some things about the childhood of the two, and there will be more childhood things in the new extra chapter.
Zhou Xian was ambitious, and kept wooing courtiers and local defenders to expand his power.In order to prevent Zhou Xian from being too powerful to cause dissent, the queen and the prince Taifu decided to use the royal family's favor to Zhou Xian to educate the son on behalf of Zhou Xian, and to share Zhou Xian's son and live with the prince. a hostage.
Emperor Daqi's heirs were thin, and he had only one son who was over fifty years old. He was only six years old and named Jiang Ce.Jiang Ce was born as the empress's heir, and the long-awaited emperor established him as the prince when he was born at full month, and had high hopes for him. Since he was three years old, he worshiped Li Jingze, a university scholar, as the prince and tutor, and raised him strictly.
It was hot in July, although the weather was hot, but Li Taifu did not slack off in his education of the little prince.After school, the little prince was led to Wenwu Hall by the palace servants.
"Li Shangyi, what's the name of the new companion?" The little prince asked in a childish voice while being led by Li Shangyi.
"I don't know, I only know that I am the heir of the Huguo Duke's family." Li Shangyi replied lovingly.
The little prince stopped talking, and was led by Li Shangyi to walk quickly through the shade of the mottled trees. There were beads of sweat on his chubby face, but Jiang Ce didn't wipe it off. He wanted to see if the new companion was right. Meet his expectations.
He had several companions, but they were all dismissed by him in the end.Although the little prince was brought up strictly, he was loved by thousands of people, and was doted on by the empress infinitely, so he developed an arrogant and indulgent temper.
He has high requirements for companions. The few people before him either think they are too boring, or they think they are too stupid, or they think they are too rigid.In short, from the age of three to the present, seven or eight companions have changed in just three years.
Amidst the humming of cicadas, Jiang Ce was led by Li Shangyi into the Wenwu Hall, and greeted the queen.
"It's such a hot day, why don't you change into thinner clothes?" The queen dotingly wiped the sweat off Jiang Ce's forehead with an embroidered handkerchief, and said angrily.
"It's my fault that the servants didn't think carefully..." After Li Shangyi finished speaking, she wanted to take the prince to the side hall to change clothes.
"Queen, my son is not hot." The little prince broke free from Li Shangyi's hand, raised his head and said to the queen, "My son wants to see the new companion."
The queen waved to the palace servants beside her, and a handsome and thin boy was led in by the palace servants.
The boy's facial features were delicate and pleasant, his big eyes were clear and bright, but his expression was nervous and frightened, his hands were tightly clutching the corners of his clothes, and he didn't know how to salute.
Although he was wearing gorgeous clothes, they obviously didn't fit well, and the baggy clothes looked even bigger on his thin body.
He stood behind the palace servants, he didn't dare to look up at those adults, he buried his head down, but his eyes met the little prince who was looking up at him.
The little prince looked up at the young boy obsessively, and walked up to the boy without knowing it.
Seeing the boy, the palace people didn't know how to salute, and were urging him in a low voice, but the queen waved her hand to stop the palace people, stood up and walked to the boy, looked at him kindly, and said, "Don't be afraid, you won't be in any danger here. "
Then she turned her head and said to the prince who was still staring at the young boy: "This is the prince of the Duke's family, called..." She turned her head to the young boy and said, "By the way, what's your name? How old are you? "
The young boy blushed, lowered his head even lower, and said in a voice like a mosquito, "I... I didn't choose a name, and I'm 11 years old."
"I haven't given a name at such a big age!" The queen sighed, then turned to the palace man next to her and said, "Are you sure this is the child of Duke Hu?"
The palace man lowered his head and said: "Yes! When the maidservant went to pick him up, the Duke's family had just dressed him up. I heard that the child's mother disobeyed the Duke Protector, and he was arrested with his mother when he was born. He was imprisoned. He was released only after his mother died, and he was often beaten, and has been doing rough work with his servants."
"What a protector of the country!" The queen's voice was a little angry, she turned her head to see the young man standing there pitifully cramped and nervous, and said the rest of the sentence "make it so that the father doesn't love the mother or the mother doesn't love it." Fool Bengong!" Swallowed down.
This child is already in such a miserable state, if he is sent back, he will definitely die.
The empress is soft-hearted, she already liked children, especially when she saw such a beautiful child without the love of her parents, she felt even more reluctant, and immediately decided to keep this child.
She raised her head and saw a big nan tree outside the window, so she walked over and said to the young boy, "In this way, your name is Nan, okay? Nanmu's nan. From now on, you will study and practice martial arts with the prince, but good?"
Seeing the empress's kindness, the young boy's eyes lit up, and his previous fear and timidity were all gone. He looked at the empress and nodded shyly, "Yeah!"
The little prince looked at the eldest son of the Duke's family obsessively, his eyes were full of the figure of the young boy: the young man was so beautiful, he was prettier than anyone he had ever seen, he had two dimples when he smiled, his eyes seemed to have sunshine, Seeing Jiang Ce couldn't help feeling close to him.
He immediately stepped forward to hold the boy's hand, looked up at the extremely beautiful face, and said in a childlike voice, "Brother Nan, my name is Jiang Ce, and you will be my good friend from now on."
The queen and Li Shangyi were a little surprised when they saw that the little prince liked the young man so much: they had never seen the little prince like someone so much, and they wanted to make friends with him as soon as they met.
The queen smiled, nodded to Li Shangyi and said, "It seems that there is no need to change the accompanying reading this time."
Zhou Nan was held by Jiang Ce's hand. Although he didn't speak, he looked down at Jiang Ce's round smiling face and smiled shyly.
At lunch time, the empress left the Wenwu Hall to accompany the emperor to eat, leaving the little prince to eat alone.He sat on the chair and looked at the dishes on the table. Instead of eating the dishes brought to him by the palace servants, he got up from the table and walked to Zhou Nan who was standing aside, holding his hand: "Brother Nan, come here!" Eat with me."
After finishing speaking, Zhou Nan couldn't help but refuse, so he dragged him to the dining table, and asked the palace servants to give Zhou Nan cloth bowls and chopsticks.
The palace servants looked at Li Shangyi with some embarrassment, Li Shangyi shook his head and smiled, "Let him go... Just follow the crown prince's order, and clothe the crown prince with bowls and chopsticks."
Zhou Nan was holding his rice bowl, a little cautious, just eating with a dull head, not daring to eat the food that the palace servants gave him.
"You all go down, I want to eat alone with Brother Nan. I don't need you to wait on me." Although Jiang Ce is small, he has a delicate mind. He saw Brother Nan's restraint and uneasiness, so he drove all the palace people away.
"Okay, then His Royal Highness and the prince will come back after eating the slaves." Li Shangyi smiled and led the palace servants to leave.
The little prince watched the palace guards close the door, then got down from the high chair, walked up to Zhou Nan, looked up at him and said, "Brother Nan, you can eat whatever you want, I will drive them all away." No one will see it."
Zhou Nan had been eating leftovers in the Duke Huguo's mansion and was abused for a long time growing up. Ever since his six-year-old mother passed away, no one had ever treated him as well as Jiang Ce.With rice wrapped in his mouth and tears in his eyes, he stood up and took a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.
It's been a long time since I tasted meat. Zhou Nan couldn't remember the last time he ate meat. He cried while eating, and instantly wet his chest.
Jiang Ce stared at him in a daze as he wept and devoured. In his little heart, he still didn't understand why Brother Nan was crying like this.
But seeing Brother Nan crying, Jiang Ce was about to cry too. He gently pulled Brother Nan's clothes with a little fear, crying so loudly: "Brother Nan, don't cry... I will give you all the meat from now on." Eat well? Don't cry..."
What happened at this meal was deeply engraved in the heart of the little prince Jiang Ce, and grew up with him.He never forgot how much brother Nan suffered when he was a child.Thinking of these things, he couldn't help feeling pity for the person in front of him.
After lunch, it was time for a lunch break. Li Shangyi wanted to take Zhou Nan away, but the little prince quit.He quarreled and insisted on keeping Zhou Nan to take a lunch break with him in the side hall. Li Shangyi was so quarreled that he had no choice but to send someone to call the queen.
The queen came, and seeing Jiang Ce, who was crying, and Zhou Nan, who lowered his head and said nothing, made a decision: let Zhou Nan sleep in the ear room of the side hall.
From then on, Zhou Nan lived in the small side room of the prince's dormitory, but he didn't feel wronged at all: Compared with the firewood room in the Duke Huguo's mansion, this place is much better!
In the afternoon, Jiang Ce will learn riding and archery with his master, and Zhou Nan also needs to follow him as a companion.After lunch and lunch break, Zhou Nan was full of gratitude to Jiang Ce, a chubby kid, and liked him sticking to her.
Jiang Ce didn't want the palace servants to carry him to the coaching field today. He held Zhou Nan's hand, raised his head and said, "Brother Nan will lead me, okay?"
"Okay!" Zhou Nan looked down at him and smiled.
It was the first time Zhou Nan saw the iron-blooded army soul and masculinity on the battlefield. He was envious, and his eyes were shining when he saw Jiang Ce riding on a horse and learning how to ride and shoot with his master.He trotted behind Jiang Ce's horse, watching his riding and archery master teach him how to ride a horse.
The poor young man didn't know that his father was the general in the iron-blooded battlefield, but his father never looked at him directly, let alone took him to the coaching field to see him.
Jiang Ce was a small man, and his feet could not reach the special stirrups when he was riding on horseback. The master of riding and archery supported him by his side and taught him how to master the skills of riding a horse.
Jiang Ce studied very seriously, and quickly remembered the main points, so he proudly ordered the riding and archery master to get out of the way, and he wanted to ride the horse for a while.
The master of riding and archery couldn't hold him back, so he took two steps back and told him not to run too fast, just let the horse trot.Jiang Ce rode the horse obediently and trotted around. Although his calf was not enough to reach the stirrups, he was already riding well.
He rode on the horseback, held the rein in his hand and smiled at Zhou Nan, "Brother Nan, look at me! Look at me, I can ride a horse!"
Zhou Nan saw his smile turned into a flower, and while chasing him, he praised sincerely: "Your Highness the Prince is really amazing!"
Having received the praise from Brother Nan, Jiang Ce was even more proud, so he put his master's advice behind him, clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and shook the reins.After receiving the urging signal, the horses quickly galloped around the training ground.
"Your Highness, stop!" The riding and archery master turned pale with fright, shouting loudly while ordering someone to stop the horse.
Jiang Ce was terrified. The horse was running at a high speed, and he couldn't push the stirrups firmly. He was so frightened that he cried.
Zhou Nan was also terrified, but he didn't panic. He didn't chase after the horse like the master of riding and archery. He looked at the circular training ground and ran straight to the opposite direction to reject the horse.
The war horse ran up to the rejecting horse, and then stopped, his upper body stood up and neighed, and Jiang Ce, who was sitting on the horse's back, rolled down from the horse's back.
Everyone turned pale with fright, and hurriedly screamed and ran over, only to see Zhou Nan fell to the ground in a cloud of smoke and dust raised by the horse's hooves, with the crown prince on top of him.
The master of riding and archery hurriedly hugged Jiang Ce, and asked in horror: "Is Your Highness alright?"
"It's okay..." Jiang Ce's face turned pale with fright, but he said bravely, "Brother Nan caught me."
Seeing that the crown prince was fine, the frightened master of riding and shooting turned his gaze to Zhou Nan who slowly stood up and patted the sand on his body, and said, "Thanks to the prince. The prince is not hurt, right?"
Zhou Nan shook his head and said, "No!"
Jiang Ce was frightened, and he didn't want to walk when he went back, but he didn't let the palace people carry it, and he didn't want the sedan chair, so he squatted on the ground to vent his anger.
No matter how much Li Shangyi can coax him, the prince is usually considered a sensible and obedient child, but once something makes him unhappy, he will be arrogant, arrogant and unreasonable, and it doesn't make sense at all.
"Your Highness, don't cry, I'll carry you back, okay?" Zhou Nan stood by and watched for a long time, then mustered up the courage to go to the prince and asked in a low voice.
Jiang Ce looked up at Zhou Nan with teary eyes, nodded aggrievedly and said, "Okay, I want Brother Nan to carry it!"
Zhou Nan squatted down, carried Jiang Ce on his back, and walked towards Wenwu Hall step by step.
Li Shangyi looked at the thin prince carrying the fat prince on his back, sighed, and followed along with the palace servants.
"Is Your Highness really not in pain?" Zhou Nan asked in a low voice, panting as he carried Jiang Ce on his back.
"It hurts! Brother Nan's bones are hurting me..." Jiang Ce whispered aggrievedly on Zhou Nan's back.
"Then why did you tell the imperial doctor that it didn't hurt?"
"I'm afraid that if I say so, they will punish Brother Nan..."
"Then I'll rub it for you when I go back, okay?"
"it is good!"
The prince still ate dinner alone, and neither the father nor the queen came to accompany him, but he didn't care, and took Zhou Nan to the table.
Zhou Nan didn't gobble up as much as he did at noon, he calmly imitated Jiang Ce to pick up his chopsticks and eat, waited for the palace man to bring food for him, and then imitated Jiang Ce's appearance to serve the bowl.
He was imprisoned since he was a child, and after he was released, he was also raised by his servants. He ate leftovers coldly and roasted without food, so no one would teach him these etiquettes.
Zhou Nan was born with a seven-aperture exquisite heart, and he was extremely intelligent, and he quickly learned to look good. Li Shangyi liked this child from the bottom of his heart.
In the evening, the queen came over and talked with Jiang Ce for a while, then got up and left.After the palace servants helped Jiang Ce wash up, it was time for him to go to bed.
Zhou Nan naturally slept in the ear room. The wooden bed in the ear room was small, but the quilts were very comfortable.He washed and went to bed.
Sitting on the wooden bed, Zhou Nan slowly loosened his underwear and gently rubbed the bruises on his waist: When Jiang Ce fell off his horse in the afternoon, he rushed over to catch him, but was also knocked down by the little fat man. When he was hit by a stone, he felt severe pain at that time, but he endured it and didn't make a sound.
He gently rubbed his waist, recalling the experience of the day: he was carried out from the woodshed, washed him, put on gorgeous clothes, and took him to the front hall.
His father, who had never looked at him directly, finally looked at him at this time, and then said to the servant indifferently: "Okay, take it away!"
Zhou Nan was terrified. He didn't know where they were going to take him. He was dragged to the side of the carriage, and he held on to the pillar of the carriage so that he could not get into the carriage.
"My lord, don't be afraid. Today, the master will seal you as the eldest son and send you to the palace to be educated by the royal family and be a companion to the prince." The old servant who has been taking care of Zhou Nan for the past few years walked over tremblingly, wiping away his tears. Persuade.
"My lord, you can go, instead of living and suffering in the Duke's mansion, why don't you go to the palace and have a look... Maybe you can find a way to survive..." the old servant advised.
Zhou Nan really obediently got into the carriage and was sent to the palace... Only then did Zhou Nan realize that he was really saved from a dead end, and from now on, he would never have to live the life of being inferior to pigs and dogs. .
He was also often beaten when he was in the Lord Protector's Mansion, or injured while doing heavy work, but never in such pain.Zhou Nan was a little scared. He looked at the blackened wound on the side of his waist, with some broken skin in the middle, and put down his clothes at once.
He can't let people find his injuries. What if people here think that he is too thin and weak to protect Jiang Ce, so what if they send him back to Duke Huguo's mansion?
Enduring the severe pain in his waist, Zhou Nan lay on the bed with difficulty. He was too tired during the day and fell asleep soon.
In the middle of the night, he felt that someone climbed onto his bed, and a pair of small fleshy hands were still hugging his waist, just touching the wound on his waist.
The severe pain woke up Zhou Nan's still confused mind. He sat up, taking advantage of the dim light outside, and saw Jiang Ce sitting on his bed, rubbing his eyes and crying with tears all over his face.
"Too...His Royal Highness, what's the matter with you?" Zhou Nan endured the pain and asked hastily.
"Brother Nan...I...I'm afraid..." Jiang Ce cried aggrievedly, and soon his chubby face was weeping.
"Are you having a nightmare?" Zhou Nan reached out to wipe the tears off Jiang Ce's face, and coaxed, "Don't cry, don't be afraid...Brother Nan is here."
"Brother Nan, can I sleep with you? I'm afraid..." Jiang Ce was crying and looked at Zhou Nan pitifully.
"But... my bed is too small." Zhou Nan said awkwardly, "Don't be afraid, brother Nan will accompany you to sleep there, and I will leave when you fall asleep, okay?"
"Hmm!" Jiang Ce stopped crying, but he didn't intend to get out of bed at all.
He stretched out his arms to Zhou Nan who had stood up and stood by the bed: the meaning was obvious, but this little chubby wanted Zhou Nan to carry him to sleep.
Zhou Nan was provoked by his appearance and smiled, temporarily forgetting the pain on his body, stretched out his hand to hug the little chubby man with difficulty, then walked to the side hall bed, and put him on the bed.
"Go to sleep, brother Nan is here with you, don't be afraid of anything." Zhou Nan tucked the quilt into Jiang Ce, sat on the bedside and coaxed him softly with the unique voice of a teenager.
Seeing Jiang Ce's tear-stained face sleeping soundly, and a chubby hand still tightly clutching the corner of his clothes, Zhou Nan felt a strange feeling in his heart: it turns out that being relied on by others is such a blessing.
After the little chubby man fell asleep completely, Zhou Nan gently pulled the corner of his clothes out of his hands, and quietly went back to his bed to sleep.
When Wei Nan grew up, he forgot how long it would take for the injury from the stone to heal when he picked up Xie Ce.He only remembered that for a long time afterwards, it was very difficult and painful for him to carry or hold Jiang Ce every time, but he foolishly endured it without telling anyone, for fear that if someone found out, the good life now would be gone.
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Wei Nan was carried back from the boat by Xie Ce and slept all day. He had a long dream, and the dream was about the first time he and Xie Ce met when they were young.
He sighed and leaned into Xie Ce's arms, and sighed: "Xie Ce, do you know how stupid I was at that time? I actually thought that you would drive me away if I was injured, and dragged you until you healed."
"Brother, why did you remember the past again? It's all over..." Xie Ce kissed Wei Nan's forehead lightly, and asked softly, "Recently, brother is too worried. I will arrange the things in hand tomorrow. Let's go out with my brother to play and relax, okay?"
"Where are you going?" Wei Nan regained his energy.
"Hmm~ How about going to Muling Mountain in Southwest Shuzhong?" Xie Ce asked, "Your master has written a travelogue, and I know you want to read it too."
"it is good!"
The author has something to say:
Added some things about the childhood of the two, and there will be more childhood things in the new extra chapter.
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