Chapter 80
Chapter 80
A table of simple food was served, and Shao Guan lowered his head and swallowed the food tacitly, while listening to Murong Xing with his ears closed.
However, when the young man next to him opened his mouth, what he said was: "Actually, I said that last night... because I saw His Highness when he was a child. He is very smart and sensible. I like it very much."
Shao Guan almost choked on a mouthful of food: "When I was a child? How come, we never met before you became my reading companion..."
Murong Xing handed over a cup of warm water, and slowly told Shao Guan about the injury in the back of his head, which made him sometimes unconscious.
In the end, he didn't know whether it was right for him to tell Shao Guan about this matter, fearing that he would be worried, so he gently rubbed his black hair with his hand.
"His Royal Highness is very smart at the age of eight, so don't worry..."
Shao Guan's expression was stunned for a moment, and then became a little subtle.
"So... so, I actually didn't sleep all afternoon yesterday, and you didn't take me to that cave because of the rain."
"It was my sanity when I was only eight years old, and I ran there by myself, right?"
He lowered his eyes seriously again, recalling that night when he woke up in the middle of the night, he saw those dark and lustful phoenix eyes, and his complexion suddenly flushed with embarrassment.
"You just said that you liked my appearance when I was a child, how could you have such thoughts?!"
Murong Xing laughed and said: "The eight-year-old little Highness has a stunning face, he speaks very well, and is very good at acting like a baby... Besides, isn't Your Highness usually acting like a baby with me, isn't that the same?"
For a moment, Shao Guan couldn't tell whether the words were complimenting him or teasing him.
What does it mean to act like a baby? How could he be as naive as when he was eight years old?
The young man's handsome face was dyed with a thin layer of red, which was extraordinarily clear and beautiful.
Just as he was about to raise his face to refute, he suddenly found himself unconsciously rubbing the palm of Murong Xing's stroking the back of his head.
The words froze all of a sudden.
What would he say?
"How can I be as naive as when I was eight years old?!"
This seems to be unconvincing, and there are some guilty consciences that are exasperated.
"You bullshit!"
This seems more like coquettish.
The corners of Murong Xing's lips curled into a smile, seeing the constantly changing expression on his Highness's face, he slightly hooked his fingers, and tapped the young man's forehead lightly.
"Okay, Your Highness, don't rush to refute me. Your Highness just needs to know... I will say what I said last night, and it was His Highness who seduced me."
Shao Guan was stunned for a moment, he didn't bother to think about how to refute to show that he wasn't guilty.
Righteously said: "You said it all, I was only eight years old at the time, how could I seduce you, don't just make up lies to fool me on the basis that I can't remember!"
"Well...then let me tell His Highness, maybe His Highness will remember it."
Murong Xing raised his hand to compare.
"His Royal Highness is such a big one, he is afraid of the dark, and his eyes are red like a rabbit from crying."
"When I saw me passing by, they would crawl into my arms and rub against each other. If I baked clothes, they would stick to me. I couldn't sleep, so they pestered me and asked me to tell stories..."
Shao Guan listened to what he said rigidly, but he didn't quite remember what he looked like when he was a child.
He stopped guilty and shouted: "...I'm so bad, how can you still boast of being smart and sensible?"
The more he thought about it, the more wrong he felt.
"What story did you tell me?"
Murong Xing didn't answer him, and said to himself: "I praise Your Highness for being good, because although His Highness is very scared, he never thought of punishing me."
"I'm afraid I'll be cold, so I want to sit closer to the stove."
"After listening to the story, she will tell me that the Empress has taught His Highness that if there is someone you like in your life, it is enough to treat him well, and don't flirt with him."
The long and narrow phoenix pupils had a thin layer of gentle light color.
The tone became a little teasing: "You said, His Highness knew this truth when he was eight years old, and he can still use words like hook three and four. Isn't he very smart and sensible?"
The very smart and sensible His Royal Highness lowered his voice: "So..."
"So I was thinking, if Guan Er could give me a child, he would be so obedient...just thinking about it."
Murong Xing put away the dishes, got up and walked in front of Shao Guan, squatted down halfway, and looked at his young boy.
"Even if this matter is indeed whimsical, I have really thought about it. How I treat other people and how I treat Your Highness, do you really not know?"
"Why would I want to be with someone else just because of my child...?"
He lowered his eyes like a child who made a mistake, and the red-eyed boy opened his hands.
"The angry words I just said can't be taken seriously."
Shao Guan's eyelashes are thick and thick, as beautiful as a cattail fan.
With a waxy voice, she spoke in a tone that would definitely soften Murong Xing's heart.
"You won't argue with the smart and sensible Highness, will you?"
The person in front of him reached out and grabbed him.
It's just that she not only hugged him, but also hugged his waist tightly and hugged him horizontally.
"Yes, I will not argue with His Highness."
Murong Xing gently rubbed the boy's waist, looked at the blush on his face, and gave a low laugh.
"However, Your Highness always finds a way to coax me, doesn't he?"
When Shao Guan got up the next day, he vowed secretly that he would never coax anyone on the bed in the future.
You can talk and coax, why do you want to...
He looked down at the red marks on his body that would not disappear for a while, and slowly took the fox fur and put it on resignedly.
Today Murong Xing got up very early and didn't sleep with him all the time. Looking at the porridge and steamed buns left on the table for him, they were already a bit cold, so he knew that Murong Xing must have been out for more than half an hour.
"Xia Tong, where did Prince Murong go?"
Xia Tong was ordered by his eldest son to stay outside the camp. Seeing that Shao Guan woke up, he immediately followed what Murong Xing taught him, and answered in a low voice.
"It was the spies arranged by the crown prince near Chang'an to get the news that His Majesty has already issued an edict to abolish the crown prince... It is estimated that the news will reach Jiayuguan within half a month at most."
Xia Tong looked at Shao Guan's expression, and was relieved to see that the young man's expression was not unusual.
"The son went to the various gates in the frontier to get the seal of passage, and he will be back around tomorrow."
The winter wind howls through the continuous tents.
The iron-black city walls of Jiayuguan seem to surround the whole city into a huge cage.
Shao Guan didn't think the news was so surprising.
After all, ever since the day he set fire to escape from Chang'an, he knew that the father-son relationship between himself and his father was completely hopeless.
Regardless of whether it was Chang'an or this place, at some point, it had become a trap that seemed to be covered with cobwebs, and he was just a dying insect.
"Murong Xing has told you, what is he going to do?"
Xia Tong replied quickly: "The son didn't discuss it with His Highness, how could he talk to his subordinates!"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he regretted it, and added in a hurry.
"What this subordinate means is that the crown prince also just got the news this morning, so he only asked His Highness to inform His Highness of his whereabouts, and the others did not say anything more."
On the night of the second day, Murong Xing reined in the reins and stopped his horse while walking on the mountain road paved with fine snow dust. Seeing the dim fire still burning in the tent, he knew that Shao Guan was still waiting for him.
Shao Guan watched the young man come in with a cold air, and handed over a cup of hot tea with corners of his lips curled up.
Before Murong Xing could speak, he said: "I already know about the abolition of the crown prince...I don't feel sad about the expected things, so don't comfort me."
He met Murong Xing's deep phoenix eyes without dodging, the black pupils were clear and calm.
"You went overnight to get the pass seals of the border passes... Have you already made plans?"
The boiling hot tea dispelled the slight chill, but could not cover those cold eyes.
Murong Xing put down the teacup, and walked to Shao Guan's side when his robes were almost warm, and said in a deep voice.
"Going to get the seal is just in case... How to plan in the future depends on His Highness."
Shao Guan was silent for a moment, his eyes fell on those stamped letters with red lacquer, and he suddenly smiled with some relief.
"What I mean... aren't you always guessing correctly? When you went to get the seal, you already knew that I couldn't possibly think of raising troops to seize the throne."
"We... just keep our names incognito. The sky is big and the earth is big. Wherever we go, there is always a place to stay."
"The disaster relief in the middle of Shu, the rectification of the officials and administration... Let's regard it as the crown prince of Daliang, the last thing I do for the common people."
After a day and a night, many emotions have been restrained into his heart, it seems that apart from a touch of desolation, there is not much sentimentality.
Seeing that Murong Xing was silent, Shao Guan lowered his tone.
"What's the matter? Could it be that we two big men are afraid that if we lose our status, we won't be able to support ourselves?"
Murong Xing pursed his lips, glanced over Shao Guan's eyebrows inch by inch, and said in a low voice: "I have nothing... just to make His Highness suffer."
Originally, His Royal Highness should have sat on the position of Ninety-five Supreme Being justifiably.
There should be a glorious and prosperous age waiting for him to leave his name in history.
It's not because a piece of imperial edict was abolished, and followed him to hide in Tibet for the rest of his life.
While he was in a daze, the young man with low eyebrows and a slight smile walked up to him, and stretched out his arms to hug him.
"I didn't suffer... In the palace, it's suffering to see those who fight each other every day and take care of this and that."
Shao Guan rubbed his chin against Murong Xing's shoulder, feeling that the person he was hugging also reached out to embrace him, the slight sadness between his brows disappeared in a flash, leaving only relief in his eyes.
"In the future, we will go to the south. The climate there is warm and suitable for recuperation."
"The two of us found a barren hill, cultivated some fields, cut wood to build a small house, and raised some chickens and ducks."
"When we grow more food, we sell it in the market and buy clothes. If we want to eat meat, we go hunting in the mountains."
"We can do whatever we want, do you like this day?"
Thin lips touched the center of his brow, a pious kiss.
"As long as Guan'er is by my side, I like it."
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