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Chapter 104 Finale

"I'm selling candied haws, sweet and sour candied haws..."

The old man selling candied haws yelled as he walked, followed by a bunch of greedy children.The bustling atmosphere of the street wiped away the stale smell of the past, and the smoke rising from the chimneys of every family tells the life of ordinary people.

"Emperor..." Eunuch Liu was about to speak, but was stopped by Emperor Changqing with a wink. He understood, and changed his title to ask, "Master, where do you want to sit?"

Emperor Changqing looked at the strings of crystal-clear candied haws on the old man's back, and said, "Just...just walk around." He is the king of a country, but he has not traveled many territories under his rule.The experience of going out and wandering is really scarce.

"Is there anything interesting in this capital city? It looks very lively." Emperor Changqing took two steps, and he was able to be attracted by novelty things.

"It's fun. There are so many." Eunuch Liu is a native of the capital, and he can go out of the palace with a token from time to time. He knows the capital well, and he counted the interesting things in the capital with Emperor Changqing. .Emperor Changqing smiled slightly and listened to Eunuch Liu, remembering the few times he went out of the palace when he was young.

"Woooooooo..."

Eunuch Liu was talking while walking, when suddenly a burst of crying interrupted his words.Lu Xuanyi raised his head, and it turned out that someone in the group of children following the candied haws master had fallen down.

"Go, go and have a look."

When I got closer, I realized that these children pushed and shoved, and pushed the younger children to the ground by mistake.The child fell to the ground with his head on the ground, and his crying was earth-shattering. The older children were dumbfounded, and no one dared to move. Naturally, no one went to help the child up.

Eunuch Liu has sharp eyesight, and he can tell at a glance that the child must be the son of a wealthy family, and the clothes are made of the best materials.It’s just that how could a child from a rich family follow the candied haws seller all the way down the street, and there is no servant around? Liu Gongzheng thought about it, and saw Lu Xuanyi walking over, lying on the ground without getting up. child hugged.The child's face was stained with mud, and he looked a little ashamed, but he was a beautiful young man from his eyes.Then, Eunuch Liu saw a scene that surprised him even more. Their untouchable emperor took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped the child's face.

The child raised his head and looked at Lu Xuanyi with tears in his eyes, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Ah, it's a bad uncle!" The child looked no better than Eunuch Liu, surprised and delighted, but the name he called made Eunuch Liu confused.

"Bad uncle?" Lu Xuanyi directly took back the handkerchief.

Xiao Bao quickly changed his words: "Beautiful uncle!"

"That's about the same." Lu Xuanyi looked around to make sure that there were no servants around Xiaobao, "Why are you alone?"

Xiaobao blinked, embarrassed to say.It's all because of his greedy mouth, he only has candied haws in his eyes, and then he lost his way with the servants, and now those people don't know how to find him.Xiaobao really had no face to say such a shameful thing, but if Xiaobao didn't say it, Lu Xuanyi could see what was going on.

"Let's go, I'll take you back."

"Thank you, handsome uncle!" Xiaobao was kind, showing no signs of timidity.Xiaobao has always been courageous. When he was in Qingzhou, he often slipped out to play alone, otherwise he would not find himself lost, and he could continue to run all over the street with candied haws in a calm manner.

"Want candy?"

Xiao Bao raised his eyelids, took a quick glance at the bright red candied haws, then turned his head quickly, shaking his head vigorously.

"In no mood?"

Lu Xuanyi smiled, and followed all the way. I don't know how greedy he is, and he said he didn't want to, you little liar.

"I want to..." Xiaobao replied honestly, "But I can't eat it."

"why?"

Xiao Bao blushed shyly, then looked left and right, no one was staring at him, and then opened his small mouth, revealing his white teeth like rice grains... But why is there a gap?

Xiaobao closed his mouth, frowning tightly, "Before Daddy left, he said that you can't eat it until the teeth are replaced!" If he ate it secretly, when Daddy came back, he would have to practice horse stance for an extra hour every day.Little Treasure was extremely wronged, he was only a six-year-old baby, how could he squat for so long every day, his father said he would be bow-legged!But no matter how wronged Xiaobao is, it's useless. Lu Chen said, he doesn't know if he will be bow-legged, but if Xiaobao steals food, buck teeth will not be able to escape.

After Xiaobao finished speaking, Lu Xuanyi burst out laughing, and he said, why does this child speak strangely today? It turned out that his teeth were leaking.After Lu Xuanyi finished laughing, he pinched Xiaobao's face and asked Eunuch Liu to go and buy all the candied haws in the old man's hand, and give one to each of the following children.After distribution, there were still more than 20 strings left, Lu Xuanyi gave a smirk, and asked someone to hold the candied haws in front of Xiaobao's eyes.

Some can see, but can't eat.

"Bad Susu... um..." Xiaobao covered his mouth, a bad uncle is just bad, not as good-looking as Daddy at all!

Xiaobao doesn't live in Huanguo Mansion these days, Lu Xuanyi dragged him for a few streets, and saw Zheng Junrui, the heir of Zheng Guogong, came looking for him in a panic.

"See..."

"Uncle!" Little Treasure ran wildly into Zheng Junrui's arms, and Zheng Junrui was interrupted before he could finish half a sentence that was still stuck in his throat.He was so excited, when did Xiaobao kiss him like this.Look at the impatient look!

Lu Xuanyi's hands were empty all of a sudden, and his heart felt somewhat inexplicably empty.He raised his eyes and looked over, Xiao Bao had already become intimate with the son of Zheng Guogong.

Lu Xuanyi smiled, what was he thinking about, but the emptiness didn't dissipate until he returned to the palace.

"Your majesty...the candied haws?" Eunuch Liu looked at the dozens of candied haws in a dilemma. It was difficult to deal with such folk things when they were brought back to the palace.

Lu Xuanyi glanced at the hawthorn wrapped in red syrup like grains of agate, a sour taste rose in his mouth.He paused and asked Eunuch Liu to keep the candied haws.

"Let it go."

Eunuch Liu put down the candied haws and went out. Today is the winter solstice, and there are many rules in the imperial palace. The emperor would not think of the rituals that should be prepared in each palace. He is required to arrange them. He is very busy.

After Eunuch Liu left, Lu Xuanyi sat alone on the chair.On the day of the winter solstice, all the officials would also be on vacation, which left him free.He sat for a while, then accidentally took a candied haw and bit a hawthorn.

The sour hawthorn, Lu Xuanyi frowned sourly, but the sugar coating on the outside slightly relieved the sourness.He bit off the hawthorn one bite at a time, and ate the whole bunch of hawthorn without knowing it.

"It's really sour, it doesn't taste good at all." Lu Xuanyi commented after eating a bunch, but involuntarily picked up another bunch in his hand.

"Are you eating... candied haws?"

Lu Xuanyi spat out the hawthorn he bit into half, and put the candied haws back on the plate.

"National teacher." Lu Xuanyi avoided talking about the candied haws.

The national teacher glanced at the table and smiled.This is not a palace thing.

"Your Majesty has left the palace?"

"Yes." Lu Xuanyi replied slightly.

"It's really rare." The national teacher sat down and took a bite of the candied haws that Lu Xuanyi had eaten. A sour taste invaded his mouth instantly. He put down the candied haws, frowned, and said, "It's so sour, how do you eat it?" down?"

Lu Xuanyi moved his hand under the table, and suddenly felt a little cold on his body.

"Doesn't the national teacher know? A long time ago, I liked to eat this kind of sweet and sour food." At that time, because it was not easy to bring in things from outside the palace, he and Lu Chen shared a bunch of them together.But later, he deliberately wanted to be different from Lu Chen, and gradually stopped eating these things.

Thinking about it now, I feel very sorry.

The national teacher suppressed his expression, didn't answer his question, and turned to talk about other things: "The winter solstice is so lively everywhere, and only in the palace is it so deserted." No matter how lively the decoration is, it can't hide the desertedness inside.

"Yes, there is only the imperial palace." Lu Xuanyi seemed to agree, but also seemed to be talking to himself.I don't know what the winter solstice in Xiaobao's mouth looks like.Lu Xuanyi thought for a while, and suddenly said to the national teacher, "National teacher, can you make dumplings?"

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"Ah Chi..." Lu sneezed heavily, hugging a small heater, and wrapped the blanket tighter. "Are you ready?"

"Okay, okay." Shen Qing came out with a plate of dumplings, the sauce and vinegar were all ready, "Eat it, eat it." He was really exhausted.

"Have you caught a cold?" Shen Qing heard Lu Chen sneezed several times outside.

"No." He rubbed his nose, "Maybe someone is talking about me."

Having said that, the dumpling that Lu Chen took a bite of fell back on the plate.He put down his chopsticks and couldn't eat anymore.

Shen Qing sighed, picked up the dumplings and fed them to his mouth, said: "I want to finish them all, my stomach has a lot of appetite."

Lu Chen swallowed the dumplings and lowered his head sullenly.Shen Qing knew what he was thinking, it was nothing more than missing his son, "I will see our son in a few days."

"Bear it any longer, just for the last few days."