The quiet and gorgeous bedroom was disrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Overjoyed, overjoyed..."

Before the little eunuch could finish shouting, he was interrupted by Hongdou, the palace maid at the door.

"What are you shouting about! Your Highness is still asleep, so we'll talk about it later."

"..."

The sound of small conversations came from outside, and the people on the bed couldn't help pulling up the quilt, trying to huddle up and cover their ears.

After a while, the young man's resentful voice could not help but come out from inside.

"red beans--"

The maid guarding the door gave the little eunuch a hard look, turned around and walked in. In the spacious and beautiful bedroom, there were several pots of silver charcoal growing on the ground, and the whole room was extremely warm, as if in spring.

Zhou Huaiyan was lying on the bed, with black hair scattered everywhere.The early morning sun slanted in, outlining the young man's beautiful side face.Zhou Huaiyan is exactly like his mother, and there is a bit of Jiang's heroic spirit in his brows, he really has a very good appearance.

Hong Dou shook his head, trying to look away from his master's face.

He seemed to be still awake, just sitting on the bed motionless, subconsciously playing with the emerald beads on the curtain with his fingers,

Ding ding dong dong, the sound of the collision is particularly crisp and pleasant.

Soon, the palace people carrying the toiletries poured in with their eyes lowered in order.

Zhou Huaiyan was dressed and washed by the waiter, with a lazy expression,

"It's so early, if it's not for great joy, His Highness will punish you without sleeping for three days."

The little eunuch knelt on the ground, seemingly scared but more excited,

"Return to Your Highness Ninth Prince, Duke Wei arrived in Beijing last night, and entered the palace early this morning!"

"Uncle is back?!"

Zhou Huaiyan woke up instantly.

His biological mother was the youngest sister of Wei Guogong Jiang Yi, but it was a pity that she died early in childbirth.In order to appease the emperor, he sent the newborn Zhou Huaiyan to the Duke of Wei to raise him for a few years, and also used this to recall the Duke of Wei who was stationed in the north back to the capital.

But five years ago, foreign races began to harass the border continuously. Duke Wei was ordered to patrol the north, and now he has finally returned.

"It's really a great joy, reward!"

The boy's eyes lit up.Hongdou couldn't help reminding,

"Your Highness, you still need medicinal food."

"Don't eat, don't eat!"

"This can..."

"--no!"

The last two words were overwhelmed by Wei Guogong's majestic and deep voice.Before Zhou Huaiyan could react, the palace servants in the palace fell to their knees.

Ning Guogong was born in the general family, joined the army at fifteen, and guarded the border for decades. Looking at him with a pair of tiger eyes, he is very frightening.

"uncle!"

Zhou Huaiyan was not afraid, and smiled and pulled the person to sit down, trying to get away with it.

"I'm in a hurry to see you. I haven't seen my uncle for so long. Huaiyan really misses my uncle very much."

Duke Wei snorted softly, and sat down along with him, his tone slightly softer.

"Hmph, it's getting more glib."

Zhou Huaiyan has a thick skin,

"Uncle praises you."

Wei Guogong took a sip of tea, carefully looking at the only bone and blood left by the younger sister.I haven't seen him for five years. The child back then has grown a lot, and he looks a bit like a handsome young man.

Duke Wei comforted his beard.

[Well, you can be considered an adult.But the bones of this body are still a bit thin. 】

The uncle squeezed the young man's thin shoulders.

Hongdou took the opportunity to wave his hand, and at this moment the kneeling palace people retreated as if they had been pardoned.

The grand maid quickly served Ning Guogong her favorite hot tea, and at the same time brought up the Ninth Prince's medicinal food.

Zhou Huaiyan: "..."

Hello you red bean!

Duke Wei looked at the boy's unwilling face, his expression darkened.

The younger sister's child was born prematurely in less than a month, and suffered a serious illness ten years ago.The other princes are all good at martial arts, riding and shooting, but Zhou Huaiyan is constantly drinking soup and medicine.

But Zhou Huaiyan himself is not worried at all, because he doesn't have to get up and go to school every day and practice riding and archery like other princes.As long as he eats, drinks and plays every day, no matter what troubles he causes, the emperor will be very tolerant to him.

——It would be even better if you don’t need to take medicated diet every day.

Zhou Huaiyan kept messing with it, but refused to drink.He asked with a smile,

"Uncle, did you bring a lot of curious treasures with you when you came back from the northern border this time? Did you bring some exotic beauties for Huaiyan to see."

The front is fine, when he heard about some beauties, Duke Wei immediately slapped the table, hating that iron cannot be made into steel,

"If you can't write, you can't do martial arts. I think about these every day!"

Zhou Huaiyan immediately lowered his eyebrows, looking as if he had been wronged.

"Uncle is very stingy now, but he doesn't give me a few small things, thanks to Huaiyan thinking about uncle's safety every day, he can't sleep at night.

If uncle likes those princes who are civil and military, he should quickly find them as nephews. Huaiyan is inferior to them in everything, and can't afford to be uncle's nephew. "

Duke Wei: "..."

Another blow.

Even though he knew it was a child's rhetoric, Duke Wei still lost his temper after all.

He spent half his life as a soldier, both of his sons died on the battlefield, and his youngest sister died for the sake of the emperor's heir. In terms of loyalty, the Jiang family can be regarded as devastated.As for Huaiyan, he didn't ask the child to go to the battlefield either.It is best to be rich and smooth in life.

"That's all, come back with me later, choose what you like."

With that said, he stood up and straightened his clothes

Zhou Huaiyan also stood up,

"Uncle is taking me away now?"

"No, this time I entered the palace to see His Majesty."

I should have gone directly to the Xuanzheng Hall, but after all, I was still reluctant to bear the child, so I took a detour to take a look first.

Zhou Huaiyan understood his uncle's implication, his heart sank, and he leaned over to be good,

"I knew that my uncle really loved Huaiyan the most, but next time my uncle comes, I have to go to see my father first, otherwise Huaiyan will not want my uncle to be punished if he is sued by some villain."

"Hmph, Your Majesty doesn't care about these trivial matters."

Duke Wei was coaxed into joy.

Zhou Huaiyan sighed, his uncle was said to be invincible on the battlefield, why couldn't he understand what he said.

The courtiers went to the palace to face the saint, instead of going to see the emperor directly, they ran to see a prince instead.

——The emperor should be more careful.

"Hurry up, hurry up, I'll send my uncle to meet the emperor quickly, so I can take me out of the palace to play in the afternoon."

Duke Wei waved his hand.

"You don't need to send it, it's snowing outside."

Zhou Huaiyan didn't insist either, and just watched at the door.

After the tall figure disappeared from sight, Zhou Huaiyan heard Hongdou's voice

"Your Highness, the Duke has just ordered his servants to reheat the medicinal food."

Zhou Huaiyan: "..."

After all, he is still uncle.

The little prince's face suddenly collapsed.

However, in the afternoon, Wei Guogong sent a message that he had something to do temporarily, and there was a motorcade waiting outside, so that Zhou Huaiyan didn't have to wait for him.But the young man still went to ask the emperor for peace before leaving the palace.

After all, this emperor father, on the surface, is the most kind and loving to him among the princes, but only Zhou Huaiyan knows that the prince his father dislikes the most is himself.

——Because the blood of the Jiang family is flowing on his body.

As soon as he left the palace gate, Zhou Huaiyan saw the motorcade guarded by the Duke's Mansion from a distance.He said that he came with the Duke in the morning and waited until now.

"Ah, as expected, uncle treats me best."

Zhou Huaiyan smiled.

The luxurious carriage has been specially rebuilt, it is windproof and waterproof, and it is covered with velvet cushions, hiding a lot of Tang Pozi.Warm and cozy.

The convoy of the Duke's Mansion traveled all the way, but unfortunately, after leaving the city gate, they ran into a group of traders transporting cattle, horses and slaves.

In this era, slave trading is legal, and even most of them are government-run.

Those people were all disheveled and dirty, but their faces and bones were three-dimensional, not like people from the Zhou Dynasty.There were only a few channels for slaves. Thinking of his uncle who had just returned to Beijing, Zhou Huaiyan guessed that these slaves probably came from alien races in the north.

"Your Highness, be careful of the cold air entering your body. Those are dirty animals, don't stain your Highness's eyes."

Hongdou helped him cover the car curtain, frowning

"The people in the Municipal Department are really getting more and more unruly. I don't know who can walk this way?!"

Zhou Huaiyan didn't answer, he knew this was the normal state of feudal dynasties.

One side is the convoy of the Duke of Wei's mansion, and the other side is the team transporting hundreds of slaves and livestock. Although the road is wide, it is still blocked in the end.The louder noise outside made Zhou Huaiyan's eyelids twitch.

Suddenly something flashed in his mind, he grabbed the big palace lady beside him.

"Red bean, what did you just say?!"

"Don't...have you dirty His Highness's eyes?"

"No, that last sentence!"

"The people in the Municipal Office have no rules, how can they transport slaves to this road..."

Before he finished speaking, Hongdou immediately realized something was wrong.

call out!

shhhhh--

In the next second, the sound of several arrows piercing through the air was shocking and ear-piercing——

"Jiang Yi, take your life!!!"

The author has something to say:

The aliens in the text are private

It is equivalent to the Huns, barbarians, Hu people, etc. in the ancient north

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