mousepad-d2 Chapter 38] Chu Palace
Chapter 38] Chu Palace
"Father, what kind of person is the King of Chu, and what does he look like?" The carriage was driving on the mountain road, and the road ahead was still long.Long Yuan smiled kindly: "Xiao Ye, haven't you asked me many times? King Chu is about the same age as your second brother, and he is a handsome young man. King Chu has a quiet temperament and doesn't like to talk much, but... ...He is very responsible for Chu's political affairs..."
"Compared to the second brother, is he more handsome than the second brother?" Chang Sheng asked endlessly.Last time I missed the chance to meet the King of Chu, Changsheng was really regretful when he found out.If I had known that I would not have gone to see the fireflies that day, I would have liked to see the King of Chu.King Chu rarely comes to Wuling, but Yinghuo can see it every year...
Long Yuan glanced at his second son, and said: "They are rare in the world..."
Chi Lu stared at Chang Sheng and rubbed his hair: "Why do you care so much about the King of Chu? You don't know him. Also... Can a man be good-looking to eat?" Chang Sheng stuck out his tongue and looked at Chi Lu made a grimace: "I think King Chu's temper must be better than yours."
The carriage drove slowly and arrived at Jingzhou City a few days later.Afraid of delaying the date, Long Yuan set off from home ahead of time, and arrived in Jingzhou City on the twelfth day of the eighth lunar month, three days before the Mid-Autumn Festival.Jingzhou City is a bustling big city, compared to Chenyang in Wuling, it is really magnificent.Changsheng had never seen so many shops and hawkers, nor had he seen so many pedestrians.In Wuling, except for festivals, there are not many people on the streets, and it is especially cold at night.The street was full of Han people he was familiar with, seeing this scene, Chang Sheng felt faintly familiar.
"Wow, there are so many people outside! There is no holiday today..." Chang Sheng sighed.
"Xiaoye, you don't know that. Jingzhou City is always crowded with people, and there are even more people during festivals. This time we arrived early, and we will go to the Palace of Chu for a banquet in a few days. I can take you to play in the past few days." .”
"Okay!" Chang Sheng cheered, "Is Daddy going too?"
Long Yuan smiled: "Father won't go, you young people can play by yourself, I still have to go to the king of Chu to submit the documents."
Hearing Long Yuan's words, Chang Sheng immediately dropped his burden and dragged Chi Lu out of the inn.There were people coming and going on the street, hawkers selling candied haws shuttled among the crowd, Changsheng took two bunches of candied haws, one for himself, and one for Chilu.
"I'm not a child anymore. Candied haws are what children eat. Isn't it strange for a grown man to eat candied haws?" Chi Lu said.
"What's the matter? Don't give it to me."
"I won't give it to you."
The two were fighting and running from the main street to the alley.Changsheng collected a bunch of interesting gadgets and filled his pockets to the brim.Jingzhou City is really lively. I heard from my father that the King of Chu is a person who cares about political affairs. He must be diligent in government and love the people, so that Jingzhou can be so prosperous.Chang Sheng was full of curiosity about this young and handsome King of Chu, and only wanted to go to the palace to meet him.
The Palace of the King of Chu is located a little farther away from the main street of Jingzhou City. There are not many people around. There are a large number of plum trees dotted around a magnificent palace. Changsheng can imagine the scene of these plum blossoms blooming in the cold winter. It must be extremely spectacular.Several servants in Tsing Yi led the father and son into the Chu Palace, Long Yuan was invited into the main hall, while Chang Sheng and Chi Lu took their luggage to the place where the guests lived in the West Palace.The palace of King Chu is very big, but there are not many attendants, and many plum trees are planted in the courtyard.It seems that the king of Chu loves Mei.
A fiery red fox sprang out from the grass, the bell around its neck was jingling, and two little girls chased after it.The fox howled twice, ran to Changsheng, saw the two little girls chasing after him, then ran away wagging its tail.
"This kind of fiery red fox is rare, is it King Chu's pet?" Chi Lu asked.
"That's right, the King of Chu doesn't seem to be keen on keeping pets, but Xiaohong is an exception." The servant in Tsing Yi who led them said. "But the slave is new here. I don't know if I have had other pets before."
Chang Sheng glanced at the little beast, feeling vaguely familiar.
"It's been fed for so long and I still don't let me hold it. This little beast is really not familiar with it." A soft sigh came, and Chang Sheng looked behind the plum tree, and a woman in red slowly walked out from behind the plum tree. The lotus steps are moved lightly, a pair of beautiful eyes are as affectionate as autumn water, and the soft waist is too thin to be grasped.There are not many headdresses on her head, but they are all embellished properly. The red dress embroidered with lotus makes her look like a beautiful phoenix.
"Miss Lian, Xiaohong has always been like this. Except for His Royal Highness and sisters Xiaoshuangyanzi, no one is allowed to hug you. You have not been here for a long time, maybe it will be better if you live longer." A pretty little girl in yellow The girl said next to the woman.Seeing Chang Sheng and Chi Lu, the woman in red nodded slightly as a gesture, and Chang Sheng smiled back at her.Then the woman went in the direction of the little fox.
The servant in Tsing Yi brought the two of them to the place where the guest lived, and Chi Lu asked, "Who was that woman just now? The concubine of the King of Chu?" The servant in Tsing Yi smiled: "It's a concubine, but it's not too different. This girl Lian She is a dancer who came to the Palace of Chu to perform during the Lantern Festival on the 15th of this year. She has superb dancing skills and a beautiful face. Her highness, who has never been close to women, fell in love with her. After that, Miss Lian lived in the palace. The king of Chu has not accepted his concubine yet. Well, there's only Miss Lian in the palace, so she's a concubine, so it's pretty much the same."
After the servant in Tsing Yi left, Chang Sheng gave Chi Lu a white look, and said, "Second brother, don't keep staring at other people's women, have you never seen a beautiful woman? This woman is indeed beautiful, but in my opinion, she is still not as good as Aunt Ling..." Changsheng thought of the woman who lived in the Miaoren Valley all the year round, her beauty was fleeting, but she still couldn't let go of the past feelings in her heart.Every time he leaves, Chang Sheng always feels that her back is full of loneliness. "However... King Chu's taste is not bad." Chang Sheng murmured. "Although it's not as good as Linggu, but it's about the same as sister-in-law."
Chi Lu knocked Changsheng on the head, and joked: "It's normal to look at a beautiful woman twice more. You don't like to look at beautiful women, aren't you a good Longyang?" Changsheng retorted with a blushing face: "Nonsense Ba Dao, my style is decent!"
"Oh..." Chi Lu deliberately dragged out the ending sound very long.
"Oh what?!" Changsheng was angry, "You are too old and you don't want to marry a wife. I think you have a problem."
Chi Lu smiled, his eyes curled up, and he clung to Changsheng with a numbness and said, "Yeah, I just have a problem. Xiaoye...do you know that the second brother has always liked you very much...the second brother doesn't marry a wife , just waiting for you to grow up..." Changsheng shook, goosebumps fell all over the ground: "Get away! I'm your brother, it's against ethics for you to do this."
Chi Lu turned Chang Sheng's face, and said affectionately: "Xiao Ye, actually... we are not real brothers, you were picked up by your mother when she was washing clothes by the river." Chang Sheng pushed Chi Lu away: "Okay, I'm too lazy to tell you, you are the best in the whole family when it comes to nonsense, and I don't know how many times I have been cheated by you."
Chi Lu blinked innocently: "No way, I've always been honest."
"Aunt Ling told me everything, and she also said a lot about you bullying Brother Xiaozhi."
"Oh, him." Chi Lu put his hands behind his back, "I haven't seen him for a long time, and I forgot about it."
Changsheng Fu forehead: "Do you consider him a friend?"
"He's the king of Shu. If we don't have different ways, we don't want to conspire with each other. It's better not to get too close."
The king of Chu was busy discussing political affairs with officials of all sizes in the main hall, and it was not until the Mid-Autumn Festival, so these idlers and family members wandered around the palace of the king of Chu.The Chu Palace is really big, much bigger than the Dragon Mansion.There are countless various halls and gardens in the palace, as well as a large lotus pond.Now is the season of red lotus blooming, the lotus in the pond bloomed coquettishly, Chang Sheng felt itchy to see that there was no one around, so he reached out and picked two of them and hid them behind his back, and went back to the wing in a hurry.
"Xiao Ye, where did you go just now?" Chi Lu asked.Just after eating, the child said he wanted to go to the toilet and ran away without a trace, and he didn't know where he went.Changsheng took out two red lotus flowers from behind and waved them in front of Chi Lu's eyes.
"So I went to steal flowers, so I won't allow it next time. This is not my home, it's King Chu's territory. It's not good to offend him."
"What's the matter? The King of Chu won't be so stingy, it's just two flowers, how could he offend him?"
"Just play it safe. Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. There are many fun activities. It's never too late to go crazy."
Changsheng curled his lips, put two bright lotus flowers on the table, and took out a strange novel from the bag.They bought this in a study the day they first came to Jingzhou City.Changsheng read the book boredly, thinking why his father hadn't come over so late.
"Xiao Ye, if one day you remembered the past, would it still be the same as now?"
Chang Sheng put the book down, and Chi Lu was flicking the wick of the oil lamp to make the lamp brighter.
"Why do you ask so suddenly? If I think of the past, will I be different from me now?"
Chi Lu was silent for a while, and said: "I probably think too much. I discussed with Aunt Ling that there is a medicine that can restore your memory, but it takes a lot of time to prepare, and it will take about a year to prepare it."
Changsheng's eyes lit up: "So you have a way to restore my memory, why didn't you say it earlier!"
"We haven't seen anyone use that prescription, so we can't be sure whether it will work. I'm afraid you will be disappointed."
Changsheng thought for a while, and said: "Actually... the past is not that important. It would be great if you can restore your memory, but forget it if you can't." After a while, Changsheng thought of something, and said: "Oh...Second Brother, I Got it, I know why you're worried..."
"why?"
"Because you bullied me, you used to bully me, right? You are afraid of my revenge." Changsheng waved his hand, "Actually... my lord has a lot, so I won't care about you."
Chi Lu laughed, but didn't answer, picked up a medical book casually, and flipped through it carefully.
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