His Royal Highness the First Prince of Daliang

"What did you say? Ah Gui returned to the capital? Really?"

The little prince was leaning on the recliner like a boneless one, lazily playing with a bird in a cage carved from whole jade. Hearing this, he suddenly stood up, and he casually threw the precious jade carving on the small table.He didn't even bother to put on his shoes, and ran outside with bare feet on the carpet.

"Is it really Ah Gui?" While rushing out, he turned his head to confirm, tripping himself inadvertently.

"Be careful." Zhao Yunxia, ​​who happened to walk into the hall, didn't let him fall.He just stretched out both hands to catch the little nephew.

"Uncle is back too!" Kang Ning became even happier, his eyes brightened, and he smiled slyly like a little fox: "Mother and Concubine said that Uncle went to Xizhou to propose to Miss Dao! How about it? Aunt brought it back?"

"I just listen to your mother's nonsense!" Zhao Yunxia raised his little nephew angrily, as if Kang Ning was still a child—he carried the little prince all the way into the inner hall, and put the barefoot man on the shoe Above, "What about the sword girl and the sword girl, you should put on your shoes first!"

Kang Ning squeezed her mouth obediently, as if she was very obedient.But the joy of seeing his relatives still rushed out quietly, filling the corners of his eyes and brows:

"But little uncle," he said while holding his mouth like this, and his voice became whimpering, "You didn't bring little aunt back, so why did you bring Agui back? Did you guys meet?"

"Yes, I met it." Zhao Yunxia was so thirsty, he turned around and picked up the teapot on the table in the hall and shook it.

"I'll pour water for uncle!" Kang Ning was extremely attentive, and immediately clung to him like a fart, "Why did Ah Gui come back? Didn't he want to go to the Xizhou Desert and go west? How did he change?" Idea!"

Because of you, Zhao Yunxia looked at his little nephew lovingly.

"How do I know what that kid thinks!" Mr. Yunxia enjoyed the little prince's hospitality, and he still said in a tone, "Why do you just ask him! Little uncle hasn't seen you for more than a month, I don't know Just ask!"

Corning immediately covered his mouth.

"Oh! Uncle, sit down!" He put his hands on Zhao Yunxia's shoulders, and arranged him to the seat in front of the table.This was supposed to be a very polite gesture, but because the little prince is not tall enough, he has to stand on tiptoe, which always seems a bit funny.

"Are you tired, little uncle? I'll squeeze my shoulders!" He clenched his two small hands on Zhao Yunxia's shoulders. He didn't know what he was scratching, but it was a little itchy anyway. Are you home? Did you go to Yongchun Palace to meet my mother and concubine? The last time I met my grandmother, she told me that she misses you very much!"

Zhao Yunxia was still enjoying this inexplicable shoulder pinching just now, but his face immediately changed when he heard this, and he couldn't jump up from the chair.

—— His mother still misses him?Is it because I want to give him a big stick!

"Haha, no! Uncle misses you so much, so I came to see you when I came back from His Majesty. Now that you are well, Uncle is relieved! Ningning..." He patted his nephew's hand, " Play by yourself first, I'll come in to see you later! Uncle has other things to do..."

"No!" Zhao Yunxia raised his legs and was about to slip away, but his obedient nephew grabbed the collar of his coat from behind, "How can uncle leave right after he arrives? At least come with me to see the concubine mother!"

"Ning Ning, little boy, please let Uncle go, Uncle will come back and bring you the sugar monkey from Old Yun's family at Ximen Gate!" How dare Zhao Yunxia enjoy the unruly service of his little ancestor.

He should have understood earlier - among the elders, except Concubine Zhao, if anyone else gets too good treatment from Kang Ning, it is best to tighten their tails and start self-criticism immediately!

Treat me like a child!Corning pouted.

"Uncle just needs to tell me why Ah Gui came back and why he didn't come with you right now." The little prince finally let go of his hand.

"Why did he come back? This little uncle really doesn't know! You also know that this kid has always been secretive, and no one can ask what he doesn't say!"

——Let Yan Gui worry about how to explain it later.As the little nephew got older, his heart became more careful, and Zhao Yunxia was afraid that he would not be able to coax him now.

"As for him now, His Majesty is staying in the Qinghe Hall to be scolded! You also know that he ran away with those monks all of a sudden. He secretly planned for such a long time without anyone telling him. Crazy! Yan Lai sent three letters in a row, asking His Majesty to help find someone, but he couldn't get this kid back. Sigh, it's really sinful for anyone to raise such a son! "He didn't know that Yan Gui was not Yan Lai's biological son, but he just felt something about Yan Gui's character.

It's just that Zhao Yunxia just finished sighing when he saw his nephew looking at him with a very strange look.The meaning in it is simply the most naked and clear-"You are the only one who still has the nerve to criticize others?"

Zhao Yunxia immediately reacted and laughed angrily, "Little thing, you still teased your little uncle! I'm leaving first, Ningning, don't tell your mother and concubine that uncle has come!"

"That can't be done, how can I hide it from my concubine and the others?" Kang Ning laughed, obviously in a good mood, "Grandpa and the others want my uncle to marry for your own good. Since my uncle didn't coax Miss Dao Come back, why don't you go!"

"Little guy, don't pretend to be with me here! You can't hide from your mother and concubine, as if you are a good baby... I think you are the worst! How dare you say that Yan Gui left Beijing alone to go to Xizhou , you really don't know?"

Corning immediately fell silent.He stared at Zhao Yunxia quietly with his two black mercury-like eyes—and it seemed that even if he stared at people without saying a word, he naturally carried a taste of being close and coquettish.

Zhao Yunxia patted the little prince's head, "Uncle won't say anything, and neither will you. Deal?"

The little prince nodded in agreement: "The little uncle will bring me the sugar monkey from the west gate when he comes back!"

Zhao Yunxia waved his hand with a smile, in a state of shock.

Before it was evening, Yan Gui really came with the emperor.I haven't seen him for more than half a year, and Yan Gui has grown a lot taller, and I don't know what kind of days he spent when he was wandering outside—he came back this time with a weathered face, and he looked a few years older than Kang Ning.

The emperor seemed to be mainly here to escort Yan back, and then to see his precious son. In short, he didn't stay in Wangshu Palace for a long time.Before leaving, Emperor Hui, apart from emphasizing once again that the palace servants should take good care of His Highness, gave Yan Gui a hard look: "Yan Gui will live in the place I arranged for you, you are not allowed to run around anymore!"

When his father's figure had completely disappeared at the entrance of the hall, Kang Ning secretly asked his friend: "Why have you stayed in Qinghe Hall for so long, have you been beaten?"

"For a long time? Then why don't you just look for me?" Yan Gui asked coldly.

"I'm afraid it will delay you from being beaten!" The little prince smiled happily.

In fact, Yan Gui stayed in Qinghe Hall for such a long time mainly to communicate with Meng Baifan about the progress of Xianzixiao's research, and the rest of the time was condemned by Emperor Hui.

"How is it possible?" Yan Gui's expression was light, "Your Majesty is not an unreasonable person."

"Agui," the little prince stretched out his finger and pressed it against his friend's cheekbone, "You are turning blue here."

"..."

"Don't you feel sorry for me?!" The little prince pressed his face harder and harder, and Yan Gui turned his face and cried out.

"I think Father played well!" Kang Ning said bitterly.

Over the past few months, he has been worried about Yan Gui's safety, and sometimes the little prince would guess whether his friend has encountered danger or disaster in a place he didn't know.But since Yan Gui left Ningzhou Mansion, he never heard from him again.

"Why do you know you're back now? Don't you want to go?" Kang Ning asked with a little expectation.

"Because when I came to the Tianshan Mountain Range and the border crossing, I suddenly wanted to come back to see you again." Yan Gui said half-truthfully, "Maybe once I leave, I really won't come back to you again." Big Liang. Thinking about not being able to see His Highness again in this life, I feel pain in my heart, so I have to come back and see His Highness again."

Corning heard what he meant.But he still didn't want to give up hope, and asked one more question:

"Then can't you stay for me anymore? I didn't ask you to stay in the capital, you just need to stay in the land of Daliang, or even go to see Goguryeo in the east, and take a walk around the Nanyi ten thousand that Qi Changfeng took back. Erzhou Mansion, can’t these things work? You want to see me again, so do I. Or even if we can’t see each other, there must be some micro news to let me know that you are still alive!”

Even if we can't see each other, let me know that you are still alive...

Yan Gui felt a pain in his heart, and at the moment he only felt that what his friend said was unclear.He didn't dare to think about it, he just smiled and hurriedly changed the subject:

"Let's not talk about this, it's boring. By the way, where is Qi Changfeng? Didn't he come back in spring? Why didn't he stay by your side day and night?"

This trick is really easy to use.Almost immediately, Corning was attracted by the name that hovered in his heart all the time, but not all of them——

"Why did you mention this all of a sudden? Why does he stay with me day and night..." The little prince pursed his lips, "You...what are you messing with? Didn't we just discuss whether you want to go west to the desert? What's wrong!"

"Because you like him."

Yan Gui was not in a hurry, followed by a heavy hammer, the stone was shocked, and all the messy thoughts in Kang Ning's mind were mixed up for a while, except for the echo of this sentence.

"What are you talking about?" The little prince suddenly stood up, almost at a loss, looking around nervously.Fortunately, Yan Gui never liked the presence of other people when the two of them were together, so he dismissed the palace people early on.At this moment, only the two of them were sitting at the table in the inner hall.

"Why do you say that...how do you think so?" Kang Ning's expression was clearly flustered, but a trace of shyness and joy could not be concealed covering his cheeks, making his face glow with a bright and warm pink. Light.

"What's wrong? Am I wrong?" Yan Gui looked at him with a smile.

Kang Ning let out a long breath.

That's right.

All right.He doesn't want to lie.Only when it comes to liking Qi Changfeng, the little prince doesn't want to lie at all:

"How did you find out?" Kang Ning sat down with a plop, and buried his entire face on the table without warning, but he quickly raised his head while supporting the table, and the hair on his forehead was all messed up. ——He suddenly became so energetic, as if his whole body became happier and happier in an instant.It made him look so normal and healthy.

He looked at Yan Gui with shining eyes, like a few bright stars in the night sky, falling into the clear spring water deep in the desert, he was shy, proud, happy, and proud——

Love was rolling right under his skin, consuming what was left of his energy and enthusiasm.

"How did you find out? Except for myself, no one else knows..."

Yan Gui sighed, noncommittal to his words.

In fact, according to him, the people around the little prince probably already noticed it, only Kang Ning thought they didn't know.

"You idiot." Yan Gui slapped him on the forehead, "Do you still need to ask such a simple question? I'm so smart, of course I guessed it right away."