there is a king in the palace

Your Majesty is exceptionally talented in certain aspects, even if Zhao Xianao is envious and jealous, he must admit it.

After shooting arrows all afternoon, Your Majesty was able to easily hit the bull's-eye, but he still shook his head dissatisfied and looked at Zhao Xianao, "When will I be able to shoot through the bull's-eye like you?"

"You have little strength."

The king accepted this statement.

In February, the remaining snow in Chang'an had melted away, the spring was in full bloom in the imperial garden, and the king's sable hat was finally removed.

Sleepy in spring, tired in autumn and dozing in summer, except for winter, the king is always unable to lift his spirits on sunny and warm days.

"It's dawn." Zhao Xianao took his hand and tried to pull him up from the bed.

The king felt as if his eyelids were stuck, "Squint for a while, um~ just for a while."

"No, it's been two minutes."

The king sat up abruptly, frowned and squinted at Zhao Xianao, his small appearance was fierce.

Just when Zhao Xianao thought he was about to get angry, the king rubbed his eyes and got out of bed silently.

Zhao Xianao smiled, rubbed his messy hair, "Good boy."

After the king finished washing and changing his clothes, the door of the Qianqing Palace was opened, and Director Li walked in with Xiao Shunzi and Xiaodouzi, each of whom held a tray with court clothes and accessories on it.

Zhao Xianao is a man who is at the forefront of the fashion of the Song Dynasty. Even court clothes have many colors, such as sapphire blue, such as bright yellow, such as black and red. Today's body is sapphire blue embroidered gold dragon pattern court clothes. The king thinks he wears this color very well. The spirit makes him look good.

He sat on the side and stared at Zhao Xianao obsessively, and noticed the look in his eyes, every movement of Zhao Xianao was extremely contrived, in order to make himself more handsome.

Director Li secretly rolled his eyes, fastened the jade belt on Zhao Xianao, "Your Majesty, it's done."

"Ah."

Manager Li followed Zhao Xian'ao to court, before leaving the door, Zhao Xian'ao habitually turned his head to look at the king, meeting his gaze, he was lazily leaning against the wall, with his legs slack together, The sun shone in from the window, and the fleshy face became whiter and brighter, making people want to pinch it.

Zhao Xianao hid his clenched hands in his sleeves and smiled at the king.

The king winked at him.

Without him having to speak, Zhao Xianao understood what he meant.

The little fat tiger said long ago that when he went to court, it was like going to the execution ground, and every step was very difficult.

When you didn't show up, it wasn't so difficult for me.

Zhao Xianao went out, followed by Manager Li who also turned his head back, he glanced at the king, a trace of strange emotion flashed in his eyes, and finally followed Zhao Xianao and left without looking back.

The king caught his strange eyes, and he was a little bit guilty, why did that old man, Mr. Li, look at him with that almost pity look?

Weird.

Your Majesty never thought that Mr. Li would cause any troubles in the palace at his age, after Zhao Xianao left for a while, he left the palace in a hurry after breakfast.

The Beast King Hall is already busy, and the people inside are all familiar to the King. The prisoners in the Tiger Pavilion, together with the beasts, are locked in a big iron cage, which is equivalent to being put from a dangerous place to a more dangerous place. .

Of course, no matter where it is, it is better than exile.

There are also Zhang Su and Pan Qi. Now they are as close as one person. Wherever Pan Qi goes, Zhang Su will follow.

The king is very envious.

For these people who used to serve him personally, the king didn't get too close. Firstly, it was to show his own feet, and secondly, compared to them, the king was more willing to play with Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei stopped hibernating after he moved to the Beast King's Pavilion, and spent all day lying on the warm kang eating honey, he was more obedient than those guys, but it was not very good at all, and the kang was crushed by him once in two or three days.

"The restaurant will open in a while. You should eat quickly and go out after eating. They spent money, so you can't let the yard be empty?"

Xiao Hei took a sip of honey, and glanced at the king quietly, "You are becoming more and more like a human being now."

"Are you praising me? What's wrong with being human? If possible, I really wish I could be a human, preferably a woman, so that I can have children." The king still couldn't forget the matter of having children.

The king of beasts lived to this extent, Xiao Hei couldn't help but say to him, "I'm really useless."

"You don't understand, people's life is really good, it's comfortable..." The king said, blushing, and slapped Xiao Hei's belly, "Walk, come with me to pick up the guests."

In the past few days, the business of the Beast King Pavilion has not been so good. Most of the people who have spare money to try something new have come here. It is boring to come for the second time. In the bear house where we were staying, there was an endless stream of guests, many of whom were young girls who came here for three or four days in a row.

While making the girls happy, Xiao Hei did not forget to tease him, "Don't you want to have a baby? Find a woman to give birth to you."

The king pursed his lips and smiled, but did not speak.

He wanted to give birth to a good-looking child like Zhao Xianao, if he had to find someone else to give birth to, his taste would change.

So the worthless person is Zhao Xianao, he is so useless, why can't he even have a child, far worse than the queen.

"Little shopkeeper, what are you thinking, I don't even care about talking to you." The little girl from Chang'an spoke a little savagely, always as if she was about to lose her temper.

The king quickly shook his head, "No, I heard you, didn't you ask me where I go every day after the museum is closed?"

"That's right, I wanted to find you to play with, but I couldn't find you."

The king put on airs and said, "I am also a person who works for the emperor, so of course I have to send the accounts to the palace as soon as the museum is closed."

The pretty girl in pink clothes asked him with a smile, "Do you have to give it to me personally? Come and play with us. There is a flower festival over there in Baihuayuan, so it's very lively."

The little girl in blue clothes next to her immediately added, "I heard that this year there will be a pair contest in Baiyuan Garden. The first prize is 100 taels of silver, and the second prize is a lifelike golden flower with a golden flower embedded in it." What about rubies?"

"Well, I've heard about it too. It seems that if someone wins the golden flower and gives it to his sweetheart, it will last forever."

When the king heard this, his heart was moved.

He lowered his head and pondered for a while, then smiled, "Then take me one, I'll go with you."

Seeing his little tiger teeth showing, the little girls smiled sweetly, and all of them laughed coquettishly, they were all flower buds that had just emerged from the green branches, this scene was not inferior to the flowers in Baihuayuan.

The king knew that since he ran away with Aunt Huixin, Zhao Xian'ao had always been in the Beast King's House, and he also knew that Zhao Xian'ao was there to monitor him, but he was not angry at all, an unaccompanied animal like him A tiger spirit without a reason, some people think about it day and night, what is he not satisfied with.

Take the girls to the Fox Pavilion, the king closed the iron cage and walked around in front of the Beastmaster Pavilion, and found a tall man with strange behavior in the corner, "Well, you go back and tell the master, I will go to the Hundred Gardens after the museum is closed. Play, um... go back to the palace before dark, let him take it easy."

The man nodded, and ran to the palace without saying a word.

The king sat on the stone steps and waited for him. When he saw someone buying roasted sweet potatoes with candied haws on the side of the road, his mouth was drooling greedily, and he had nothing in his pocket.

The king sighed, and planned to ask Zhao Xianao for a tael of silver as pocket money tomorrow.

Dawang, who was attracted by the street food, didn't notice a group of people hiding in the alley, and kept staring at him secretly.

After about half an hour, the man ran back panting heavily, "Master agrees."

so happy?

The king scratched the bridge of his nose and couldn't believe it, so he asked sideways, "You said I went to Baihuayuan?"

"The master also said, see you in Baihuayuan, I will give you the golden flowers, and I will give you the silver."

The king kicked him on the calf, "Can you finish the sentence in one breath!"

The man felt aggrieved and touched his leg, then retreated into the corner again.

The flower viewing period of the Hundred Gardens occurs once a year in each season. There are many kinds of flowers in the garden, and the land required is also large. Therefore, the Hundred Gardens are located in the outskirts of Chang'an. It may take several hours to walk alone. Your Majesty does not want to waste time. With so much effort, at noon, after he ordered people to fasten the gate of the Beast King's Pavilion, he cheekily rubbed the girls' carriage to the Hundred Gardens.

The king's appearance is very popular among the girls. The guards with knives who pretend to be passers-by at the gate of the beast king's hall all day long watched the king being surrounded by a group of girls and got into the carriage. Gritting his teeth, he followed the carriage behind.

"Hey hey! Stop! Say you stop!"

The guard was stunned, turned around, and saw a small vendor on the street, "What's the matter with you, you are tall and big, and you still steal things!"

The guard was not good at words, he just said coldly, "I don't."

"You didn't? When you passed by me just now, a handful of taels were missing from my money box!"

The guard frowned, disdain to argue with him, and when he turned around, the king's carriage had disappeared.

The king didn't know that he was going to be in bad luck, so he laughed and joked with the girls, "I know everyone in the palace well."

The little girl of fifteen or sixteen was very curious about the affairs in the palace, "Then have you seen the emperor? Is he as handsome as the rumors?"

"Beautiful? It can't be said, it's just that the facial features are correct." After the king finished speaking, he smiled.

"But I've seen King Duan from a distance, he is very handsome, the emperor must be prettier than him."

The king hurriedly waved his hands, "Where is it? You look at it from a distance, but at a close look Wang Duan is ugly. Let me tell you, don't tell others. He has pimples all over his face, and we all call him Duanmazi behind his back."

"Really!" "My God!"

Talking and laughing, the carriage drove out from the prosperous city center, and there was a sudden shout from outside, "The story book, the story book, one hundred coins each! The story book, one hundred coins each!"

Director Li already knew the king well, and it couldn't be easier to lure him into the bait.

When the king heard that there was someone selling scriptures outside, his mind became active, "You go first, I will make it easier for you."

It was almost here anyway, the girls blushed and asked the coachman to stop the carriage.

The king jumped out of the car and ran over to the storybook seller, "What are you like?"

"Whatever you want, little brother, you can have everything."

"It's... two men's..." The king racked his brains to describe, "It's like a picture."

"...Where did you read it, little brother?"

The king couldn't say that he saw it from the emperor, he asked the peddler, "Just tell me if you have it, where did you get that nonsense."

The bearded peddler laughed twice, "Yes, but at home, there are few people who want this kind of script, and I haven't brought it out, or you and I can get it at home, it's over there. Just a few steps away."

The king was very happy, "Good!"

After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and looked at the peddler thoughtfully.

The peddler broke out in a cold sweat, and asked tremblingly, "Why didn't the little brother leave?"

"Well, it's like this. I went out in a hurry today, and I didn't bring any money."

It turned out to be like this... Scared to death.

"It's okay, I see that the little brother is dressed in rich and noble clothes, so you can use the jade pendant around your waist as collateral."

Jade?

The king lowered his head, looked at the transparent jadeite pendant, and shook his head, "No, my family said this is very precious, and if I lose it, my leg will be broken."

"Then pull your fingers, or pull your fingers."

The king still shook his head, "Why don't I buy it another day..."

Did you see it?It shouldn't be... He didn't show any flaws.

"Don't, as the saying goes, so what, it's rare to meet someone who is destined. I think the little brother really likes those books. No one around buys them and puts them in my house, so I will give the little brother two copies."

The king faintly felt that he was not a good person, but the picture book was too tempting for him, and since the king had never met a real bad guy, he followed the peddler to his home without any vigilance.

The peddler pushed the cart full of scriptures and struggled towards the arch bridge, "My house is just opposite the arch bridge, isn't it not far away?"

It's really not far, and I didn't walk a few steps in total.

The king thought maybe Zhao Xianao was on his way to Baihua Garden now, he had to hurry up, so he reached out to help the peddler push the cart, and the small cart climbed up the slope, the king couldn't help but look at the peddler, "Your little strength is not as good as that of a five-year-old child."

your uncle.

The peddler laughed awkwardly, "I grew up in a poor family and couldn't get enough to eat, so I could only make a living with these effortless jobs."

"Then it's not easy for you. In this way, don't give me the book for nothing. You go to the Beastmaster Hall tomorrow morning, and I will give you money."

"okay!"

While talking, the two got off the bridge. Before the king could understand what was going on on the bridge, he was suddenly hugged from behind and covered his mouth tightly with a veil.

The king was stunned for a moment, knowing that something was wrong, he struggled fiercely, but the people behind him couldn't restrain him, and he was quickly thrown to the ground by him.

The king turned around and was about to say something, but his eyes blurred and he passed out in a daze.

The peddler beside him caught him and heaved a sigh of relief, "Pockmarked face, what is this man's background? We won't cause trouble, right?"

The pockmarked face stood up, patted the dirt on his body, "Xiao Wu, you don't have to worry about this, after finishing this job, let's go back to our hometown, brother will give you money to marry a wife."

Xiao Wu looked at Da Wang and nodded.

"Just load it into the car, and the stone is still waiting outside the city."

There was a mezzanine under the cart, and the two of them stuffed the king into it together, and pushed him all the way to the east gate.

The four gates of the city, east, west, north, and south, were patrolled by people from the Chang'an government. Whether they entered or left the city, they had to be inspected. Pockmarked and Xiao Wu lined up at the gate of the city, and it was their turn.

Both of them were old fritters, smiling wretchedly at the officers and soldiers, "It's really hard work in the cold weather."

"Don't talk nonsense, what are you doing out of the city." This kind of small cart is not common to go out of the city.

"Hey, don't mention it. These scripts of mine are not easy to sell in Chang'an, and life is hard. I plan to go for a walk in the countryside. Brother, why don't you pick two? Take it back and read it with your sister-in-law?"

The officers and soldiers laughed all of a sudden, "Let me see..."

After passing through the city gate, the pock-marked Xiaowu was relieved, found the stone to meet them, and loaded the king into the carriage, "Shitou, Xiaowu and I are driving the carriage, you go in and tie him up, watch carefully, you have a lot of strength." , don't be careless."

Shi Shi is the coolie in this gang. He is tall and strong, with natural supernatural powers. Although he is a bit stubborn, he will definitely be able to do well in whatever he is asked to do.

Shi Shi got into the carriage, tied the king into rice dumplings with three or two strokes, and then sat on the couch solemnly, staring blankly out of the window.

After an unknown amount of time, the king woke up in a daze. He opened his eyes in a daze, looked at the crude carriage in front of him, and the people sitting there, "You... who are you?"

Shi Shi didn't say a word to him, and didn't even look at him.

The king considered whether he should change back into a tiger and kill them.

This is an idea, but the king really can't say it now.

He was lying on the ground, tied tightly, unable to move, like a chrysalis, he slowly arched upwards, seeing his head was about to hit the car door, he was grabbed by the rope and pulled back far away by the stone.

The king knew in his heart that he had met a bad person, and seeing that Shi Shi was carrying him like a chicken, his heart was ashamed, and he lay there listlessly on his side.

How to do it.

correct!Maybe Zhao Xianao is waiting for him in Baihua Garden right now!He must be pissed off before he can wait!

No!The emperor is so pitiful!He didn't live long in the first place, and now that he's getting mad at him, he can't get over the test of his own conscience!

The king thought he had to save himself.

The most urgent thing is to figure out where you are going.

The king showed his signature smiling face at the stone, "Brother, where are you taking me, my family should be in a hurry."

Shi Shi stared at him blankly, and then the king saw his face clearly, his appearance was quite upright, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but it was too dark, so dark that it turned red.

The king hadn't seen a person with this skin color for a long time. It reminded him of the old peasants at the foot of Hutou Mountain. He was very kind, "Brother, it hurts me so much that you tied me up like this."

Shi Shi just didn't speak, the king regarded him as dumb, gave up communicating with him, and shouted outside, "Is there anyone! Squeak!"

The car door was opened, and the pockmarked face frowned and looked inside, "Stone, gag him."

"I know." Shitou agreed in a low voice, and pulled out a ball from his sleeve, which looked like an old lady's foot wrap at first glance.

The king kept hiding in fear, "Don't, don't, don't! Brother, Brother Shitou, I was wrong, I can't make a sound, can I?"

Since he didn't make a sound and Stone didn't want to bother, he stuck his head out of the window again, motionless like a wooden sculpture.

After a while, the king called out in a low voice, "Brother Shitou..."

Shi Shi turned his head stiffly, "How do you know my name?"

I also know you can be a fool.

Compared with the two shrewd liars outside, the idiot in the carriage seems to be easier to deal with. The king tried his best to make himself look more obedient, and his voice was softer, harmless to humans and animals, "Brother Stone...you tied me up." It hurts so much, I promise not to move, can you untie it for me first?"

Shitou shook his head and answered decisively, "No."

The king was not discouraged, and fought with him, "Please, I am really uncomfortable like this, and it is too cold to lie here."

Stone simply stopped talking.

"Brother Shitou, I'm thirsty..." The king's eyes were filled with tears.

Still no response.

The king lowered his eyes and made no sound.

He understood that only Zhao Xianao would follow his tricks, only Zhao Xianao cared about whether he was cold or thirsty.

The king was pulled all the way by the carriage until it was getting dark and the carriage finally stopped.

"Stone, come down and eat something."

"Ah."

Stone got out of the carriage, leaving the king alone in it.

The king's stomach was also growling. He was very hungry, so he had something to eat in the morning and has been going on until now.

No, he had to find a way to get the rope off.

For now, turning into a tiger might put him in a more dangerous situation. The stone is so strong, maybe someone with a knife or a sword, it would be easy to cut off his head.

However, he can only change his claws~

The king became optimistic in an instant, and turned his own flesh into tiger claws, and the sharp blade hidden in the flesh pad suddenly popped out.

The king awkwardly went to cut the rope. Seeing that the rope was about to be cut, the door of the carriage was pulled open by a stone. He held two buns in his hand, "Eat."

The king quietly changed his claws back, looked at the stone pitifully, "How can I eat like this..."

Shi Shi didn't feel sorry for him at all, he just threw the bun to his mouth, "Eat."

The king couldn't bear it, "I won't eat!!!"

He shuddered at the pockmarked little five outside with his throat, and there hasn't been such a big movement since he was caught.

The pockmarked face leaned over and asked, "What's going on?"

Shi Shi pointed at the steamed stuffed bun, not happy anymore, "He won't eat it."

"If you don't eat, you will be hungry, and you will not die if you eat a meal."

Your Majesty noticed a key piece of information. This group of people seemed to care about their lives very much.

So who on earth would let them catch him without harming his life...

Li Qiushi!Your mother's fourth uncle!I said why do you look at me with that look!It turns out that I am suffocating here!When I go back, I will pull out all your hairs one by one!Braid it into a bow and hang it on the beam!

The king was gasping for breath, but his mind was quite clear.

The only solution for now is to wait. After driving for such a long distance, they always have to sleep. It is not difficult for them to break free from the rope once they sleep.

The king took a deep breath and closed his eyes to preserve his energy.

But when he closed his eyes, his mind was full of Zhao Xianao.

Your Majesty...I miss you so much...I seem to eat your big elbow.

At this moment, Zhao Xianao is sitting in the Peony Pavilion in the Hundred Gardens, holding a cup of tea in his hand, taking a sip after another, but he never sees the cup put down, while there are five young girls kneeling inside the pavilion, their foreheads are stuck to the ground , shivering and dare not look at Zhao Xianao.

If they read it, they would find that Zhao Xianao's hands were shaking too.

"Your majesty, Minnv, Minnv really has nothing to hide. He said he was going to make things easier, so he got off the carriage, and Minnv never saw him again."

"Where to get off?"

"Minnv... only know that there are arch bridges and willow trees there."

Indeed, his men found Yuan Huan's purse with half a bag of almonds in it at the arch bridge.

Zhao Xianao couldn't figure out where the king would go.

They clearly made an appointment to meet in Baihuayuan and win silver and golden flowers.

Why is it so late to see him...

Seeing Zhao Xianao's silence for a long time, the little girls below panicked even more, thinking that the location he said was inaccurate, "Your Majesty... the daughters of the people still remember... still remember..."

"Say."

"There's a peddler yelling and selling scriptures over there."