Prince Consort

Xie Dalang finally had dinner with Li's mother and son at the same table.

Xie Jiyu didn't feel uncomfortable at all, he just thought it was a gratifying development.

After the meal, Xie Jiyu took Li's hand and went back to the main house.

As soon as Li Shi was welcomed into the door, he went to live in Dongying for half a month. Xie Jiyu saved a lot of things to say to Li Shi.

Xie Ze'an looked at Miss Xie, and then at Xie Dalang who was staring at Xie Jiyu's back. He was a little glad that he was not a child, otherwise he would definitely feel abandoned by his "parents".

Xie Ze'an said, "Little sister, your swing is ready, do you want to go and have a look?"

Xie Xiaomei nodded of course.

Xie Ze'an turned to Xie Dalang, and asked casually, "Do you want to go with Dalang?"

Xie Dalang turned to stare at him.

Xie Dalang's eyes are always icy cold, Xie Ze'an always has a hairy feeling.But Xie Ze'an is an adult after all, he will not back away because of this rejection, he found a step for Xie Dalang: "If you are busy, don't force it." After speaking, he took Xie Xiaomei's hand and turned to leave the front hall.

After a while, Xie Zean heard very light footsteps behind him.

Xie Ze'an smiled and didn't say much.

Judging from Xie Dalang's various behaviors in the past half month, Xie Dalang should often observe him in the dark, not even letting go of his house.Instead of letting Xie Dalang secretly spy on him, it is better to put everything in front of Xie Dalang openly.

Xie Ze'an said: "Although I moved to that yard, I didn't occupy it. Dalang, you can often play there."

Xie Dalang was as quiet as if he didn't exist at all.

Xie Ze'an didn't mind either, and introduced a lot of things to Xie Dalang.His small body is a bit weak, so the renovation of the small courtyard is basically related to fitness, including swimming pools, sandbags, running tracks, archery targets, etc., basically turning it into a small "gymnasium" with all internal organs.

The few vacant rooms in the yard were opened up by Xie Zean and turned into a library and study.

Xie Ze'an led Xie Xiaomei and Xie Dalang into the small courtyard, and took them to recognise what they just said.Xie Dalang had no expression on his face, except that he would glance at Xie Ze'an occasionally, his eyes still cold and without any warmth.

Xie Xiaomei always went to bed early, and after walking around, she fell asleep in Xie Zean's arms.Xie Ze'an carefully put her on the soft couch in the study, and went outside to look for Xie Dalang.

Unexpectedly, Xie Dalang was punching and kicking the sandbags hanging from the tree, his fists and feet were hard to hide, and Xie Ze felt his body hurt inexplicably.

Fortunately, although this guy hated him, he had no intention of doing anything to him.

Xie Ze'an was rejoicing when he heard a "Kara", and the thick tree trunk broke!

Now Xie Ze'an felt that his bones ached.

He carefully lowered his sense of presence.

It's a pity that it was too late, Xie Dalang had excellent hearing, and when he heard Xie Ze'an's footsteps, he suddenly turned his head and stared at him.

Obviously that face was similar to that of Xie Jiyu, after looking at it several times, Xie Ze'an felt that Xie Dalang and Xie Jiyu had nothing in common.Similar eyebrows, similar eyes, similar lips, and the coldness that Xie Jiyu would never have.

Under the reflection of the moonlight and snow, the chill on Xie Dalang's eyebrows was more vivid than usual.

Xie Ze'an said: "It seems that this tree is not very strong. I will ask someone to get it to other trees tomorrow."

Xie Dalang turned around and walked out.

Xie Ze'an called to stop him: "Hey, don't rush away, do you dare to have some excitement?"

Xie Dalang turned to look at Xie Ze'an.

Xie Ze'an closed the gate of the courtyard, stretched his limbs and did preparatory exercises, and said to Xie Dalang with a smile: "Do you know how to swim? This pool has just been built. If you know how to swim, we can go for a swim. But it's winter. , the water must be very cold, ordinary people can’t stand it, you dare not let it go.”

Xie Dalang stood where he was, neither nodded nor left.

The renovation of the swimming pool was just completed today, Xie Zean felt very itchy, so he didn't say much, stripped off his clothes and left only a pair of underwear - this is what he specially asked someone to do for him, if he only wore underwear, the wind would blow It's cold, and I feel very insecure.

Xie Ze'an moved his muscles and bones again, and jumped into the water with a pretty posture.

Xie Ze'an has always been a serious person, and he will work hard to learn skills that can improve the quality of life. Swimming is one of the ways for him to relax, so he practices very well.

He swam freely in the "pool", like a fish returning to the sea.

Xie Dalang pursed his lips while observing Xie Zean's movements.

Xie Zean swam twice and got out of the water, supported the stone bank and asked Xie Dalang, "Dalang, are you afraid to come down?"

This age is the most unbearable, even Xie Dalang is no exception.

Xie Dalang stretched out his hand and took off only a pair of obscene pants.

In fact, Xie Ze'an felt that obscene pants were a bit of a nuisance, but Xie Dalang was definitely not the kind of person willing to take off naked in front of others, so he could only let him go.

Xie Ze'an suggested: "Next time, I'll have someone measure it for you, and I'll also make some underwear for you to wear."

Xie Dalang didn't respond.

He jumped into the water like Xie Zean.

After entering the water, Xie Dalang's limbs were so stiff that Xie Ze'an almost thought he couldn't swim at all!

But when Xie Zean was about to swim over and teach Xie Dalang hand in hand, Xie Dalang was already swimming in the water with ease, and his movements looked more standard than him!

Seeing the paddling style very similar to his own, Xie Ze'an had a strange idea in his head: This guy didn't just learn it, right?

Xie Ze'an looked at Xie Dalang's good figure, and then at his own body, feeling envious and jealous.He really competed with Xie Dalang, speeding up to swim forward with all his strength, and overtook Xie Dalang all at once.

Xie Dalang immediately understood the meaning of Xie Zean's move, and chased after him without hesitation.

The two of you chased me like this for half an hour. Xie Zean was so tired that he lay down on the stone bank and wiped his face, and said, "Stop playing! You weirdo, you have endless energy."

Hearing the comment of "weird", Xie Dalang's eyes sank slightly.

He looked at Xie Zean, but found that there was no contempt on Xie Zean's face.

"Weird" plus the following sentence "inexhaustible strength", should it not be a scolding but a compliment?

Xie Dalang looked at Xie Zean's thin body, and felt that Xie Zean was the "weird person"——Xie Zean was obviously younger than him, so how could he have so many strange ideas, know so many things, and be busy with so many things?

He climbed ashore to dress.

Xie Ze'an also went ashore, hugged his clothes and told him: "Be sure to change your wet pants when you go back, don't just lie on the bed and sleep, or you will catch a cold."

Xie Dalang didn't respond.

Xie Ze'an asked, "Are you still going to swim tomorrow night?"

After Xie Dalang got dressed, he looked at Xie Ze'an fixedly.

Xie Ze'an said shamelessly, "Let's exercise together."

Xie Dalang nodded almost invisible, turned and left.

Xie Ze'an went back to his room and changed his clothes, picked up Xiaomei Xie and sent her back to the main house.After Xie Xiaomei was put down, Xie Ze'an couldn't help but smiled and rubbed Xie Xiaomei's hair.

The people he met after he came here were all lovely, including Xie Xiaomei and Xie Dalang.

When Xie Ze'an woke up early the next morning, his legs and feet were a little numb, and he was about to get up to exercise his muscles and bones, when he suddenly heard someone report: "Little official, someone has sent you a letter."

Not many people could enter Xie's mansion to deliver letters, Xie Ze'an was startled, put on his clothes and let the servants welcome them in.

Xie Ze'an saw that he was an old acquaintance: Princess Yan Ning's servant.

Xie Ze'an frowned, opened the letter and read it.During this period of time, there was no news from the palace, and Zhao Chongzhao did not show up, Xie Ze'an thought that Zhao Chongzhao had forgotten himself again.After reading the letter, he realized that this was not the case. It turned out that Beidi offered a ferocious beast, and Zhao Chongzhao liked it so much that he ran into the zoo to fight it with his own strength.

As a result, the ferocious beast was so powerful that Zhao Chongzhao was seriously injured and almost left his arm in the animal garden.

After hearing the news, Princess Yan Ning's condition relapsed and she fell into a coma for several days.

A pair of children, one injured and one seriously ill, Zhao Ying was furious, and directly locked Zhao Chongzhao into confinement, fined him not to take half a step out of the East Palace for a month, all the servants of the East Palace were withdrawn, and the animal garden was also sealed by Zhao Ying. .

The relationship between father and son has dropped to a freezing point.

After Princess Yanning woke up, she was very worried. After thinking about it for several days, she finally made up her mind to write to Xie Ze'an.

Xie Zean was stunned.

One is because of Zhao Chongzhao's nonsense, and the other is because of Princess Yan Ning's trust in her—if word of Donggong and the emperor's quarrel spreads, I don't know what kind of trouble will arise!

Xie Ze'an had seen early on that Zhao Chongzhao was unreliable, so it was not hard to accept Zhao Chongzhao's ridiculous things.After thinking about it, he found a piece of paper and wrote a reply to Princess Yan Ning.

He asked Princess Yan Ning to ask why.

Zhao Ying was in a fit of anger, and Princess Yan Ning was ill again. No one must have asked Zhao Chongzhao why he ran into the zoo.

Zhao Chongzhao is actually quite sensible, but he is only ten years old, and he is at an age that needs people to care about. However, the queen died early, Zhao Ying was extremely strict, Princess Yanning was weak, and the Taifu and the like were just doing their best as ministers. There is no real caring person around him.

This is the second, and what is even more miserable is that Zhao Chongzhao has to shoulder the responsibility of being the prince!

How could a ten-year-old child bear so much?

Zhao Chongzhao must have a lot of depression and bitterness in his heart, and as time goes by, he can only find a way to vent them out.

One of the ways he found was the zoo.

Xie Ze'an gave Princess Yan Ning a brief analysis of Zhao Chongzhao's psychology, and asked Princess Yan Ning to find a way to find out what happened to Zhao Chongzhao that day. The closer people are, the more they should care about the "reason" instead of criticizing the "result".After all, the result cannot be changed. Only by knowing the reason can we avoid similar things from happening again.

After Xie Ze'an finished writing the letter, he suddenly remembered the scene of Xie Dalang punching the sandbag. For people like them who have something hidden in their hearts, getting a sandbag may be a good choice-at least there is someone to vent their anger on!

Xie Ze'an took out a few sheets of paper again and drew a few blueprints, and helped Princess Yan Ning design a few new gadgets to relieve Zhao Chongzhao's boredom.

In the end, he proposed another solution to Princess Yan Ning: Choose a few more companions for Zhao Chongzhao, who are bolder and dare to be true friends with Zhao Chongzhao, instead of only listening to Zhao Chongzhao or only being friends with Zhao Chongzhao. The guy who took the blame for Chongzhao after he got into trouble.

Xie Ze'an thought for a while, and copied the first poem for Princess Yanning.

This little girl is younger than Zhao Chongzhao, but she thinks much more than Zhao Chongzhao. If she is not extremely worried, she will definitely not write to him.

She probably needs reassurance, too.

This time the envelope was stuffed to the brim.

The servant did not urge him from the beginning to the end, and he rushed back to the palace non-stop to report after Xie Zean finished writing.

Princess Yan Ning was a little surprised when she saw the reply letter brought back by the servant. After she read the letter slowly, her heart inexplicably settled down.

Princess Yan Ning paused, turned away the people around her and looked for the last piece of paper at the bottom of the envelope.

When she saw the snow-white corner, Princess Yan Ning's heart skipped a beat.

She took out the sign paper, looked at it more carefully than before, and read it silently over and over several times.

Princess Yan Ning leaned against the bed and closed her eyes, only one sentence remained in her mind.

"If you want to find spring but don't want fragrance, there is no place to find fragrance."

Xie Ze'an is an outsider, but he can see it more clearly than her.

She and Zhao Ying are actually demanding Zhao Chongzhao, Zhao Ying demands Zhao Chongzhao to be an outstanding prince, she demands Zhao Chongzhao to have Zhao Ying's heroism and wisdom.They all hope that Zhao Chongzhao can become what they want, so they always deny him because Zhao Chongzhao can't meet their expectations.

In fact, another person in Zhao Chongzhao's position may not be able to do better than him.

They force Zhao Chongzhao to do what they want, can they really make Zhao Chongzhao the person they want?

Princess Yan Ning lowered her eyelashes halfway, and said in a low voice: "I want to look for spring but not to be fragrant..."

What crossed her mind was another voice: Xie Sanlang.

After realizing what she was thinking, Princess Yan Ning suddenly came back to her senses.

For a moment, her heart was filled with an incomparably complex taste, oozing sourness and astringency, which was indescribable.