Yezhao Sandbar

Outside the courtyard is a row of stables, and connected to the stables is a row of houses, which house several hounds. The hounds of the palace are also on shifts, and they are on duty together with the sentry. The servant delivered fresh meat every day. No one wanted to do this job, so it naturally fell on Ah Xi.

The dog trainer is an uncle who used to be a wanderer. He entered the mansion with the hounds bought by the palace a year ago. Every time Axi finished delivering the meat, he would stay and sit with the uncle for a while. Those vicious dogs were also like Seemingly human, he stopped barking at him after seeing him coming a few times, and Ah Xi dared to stroke the fur of the hunting dog. The uncle laughed and said that maybe Ah Xi could take over his class, training the dog Anyway, it's a craft job, it's better than being a handyman.

After going back and forth, Ah Xi became familiar with the hounds, and he could learn the moves that the uncle used to train the dogs.

Before you know it, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. This festival is called Yuexi in the Yue family. A heroic boy holding a divine bow in Kunlun Mountains.

The maids in Maojian bought a lot of delicious food and wine, and they set up a table in the courtyard before it was dark, and they followed Duan Qianmo for almost ten years. Every reunion festival, the sisters must have fun together.

After being drugged half a year ago, Ah Xi still has lingering fears when she sees Mao Jian. She eats food and does not drink alcohol.

Mao Jian didn't know what he was thinking, so he poured a full glass of wine and pushed it in front of Ah Xi, angrily said: "Are you really afraid of me, sister, don't worry, just drink hard today, we won't come here."

Ah Xi was still hesitating, Yun Wu said with a smile: "Drink, Mao Jian specially left a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus wine. To put it bluntly, it is to make amends for you."

"You bastard, tear your mouth apart!" Mao Jian tried to pounce, but was pulled away by Longjing.

A few girls pushed and shoved and made a fuss. Axi picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the sweet-scented osmanthus wine. It was sweet, and he liked the taste.

The bright red lanterns in the yard reflected a soft halo, a few girls were chattering and laughing, their smiling faces were brightly contrasted by the light, and the sweet scent of osmanthus wine on the tip of the tongue soaked into the root of the tongue and slid down to the heart, making me feel heartwarming.

After eating and drinking for a while, the cook in the dining room brought a basket of steamed hairy crabs, and each person took one from one end of the table, and began to peel the shell and break the legs.

Ah Xi has never seen this thing before, she just thought it looked like a monster, not like eating food, so Longjing handed him a big one, "This is just a female, five or two, it was sent from Jianghuai the day before yesterday. Money in the Northwest can’t buy it.”

"What is this?" Ah Xi held the crab, unable to do anything.

Yunwu took it with a smile, gently peeled off the crab shell with nimble fingers, added balsamic vinegar to the shell, and handed it to him, "This is the hairy crab referred to in 'Jushi is heavy in gold, and the crab is fat and fragrant.'" , try the crab roe."

Axi took the crab shell, picked up the crab roe with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. He suddenly felt the taste was creamy and rich, and his mouth was fragrant. He had never tasted such delicious food. A lot of literati, Yashin would rather be a hermit in the mountains, drink and sing than make contributions and gain world-renowned fame.

If he committed suicide by biting his tongue that day, wouldn't he not be able to taste the delicacy of this world, there are thousands of real flavors in the world, waiting for him to taste it may not be enough time in a lifetime.

Yunwu lowered her head and peeled the crab shells with eight crabs. Her thin white fingers turned back and forth like a magnolia, golden scissors, orange shells, and tender white crab meat.

He thought of Duan Qianmo sitting side by side on the Populus euphratica tree, his hands were also very white, his fingers were as clean as jade, and he peeled the chestnut shell for him, such beautiful fingers were dyed black by the chestnuts.

The soft and glutinous chestnut meat was the first delicacy he tasted in his life.

"Okay." Yunwu put the peeled crab meat on a small plate and pushed it to Axi, with a gentle smile, "Your lungs are chronically ill. This kind of thing is very cold, so don't eat too much."

Yun Wu's smiling face was like the face he had depicted in countless dreams during those years under the dark bed, the smiling face of his imaginary grandma.

Axi glanced at her blankly, then hurriedly lowered her head to eat, and quietly blinked away the moisture from the corners of her eyes.

Yun Wu's heart was blocked, and the smile on his face was a little sour.

"Sister Yunwu, you might be able to return to the inner courtyard next month." Longjing said.

"what happened?"

Mao Jian was the first to say: "It's not that our lord has finally decided and wants to accept a concubine."

Ah Xi paused with her chopsticks, trying hard to swallow the tasteless crab meat in her mouth.

Yun Wu glanced at A Xi, and asked Mao Jian: "Which lady? Why are you in such a hurry, I haven't heard of it before."

"The eldest lady of the president's family of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce."

"The concubine has to go back to the palace to ask for an edict, and the Ministry of Rites has to organize the concubine ceremony. It will take a month just to get the color and auspiciousness. How can you just accept it?"

Mao Jian took a sip of wine and said disdainfully: "Where is the concubine Nazheng? It's just a side concubine, and there is no need to pay homage. Just send a messenger back to the palace to report and it's over. The Holy One won't care about the prince marrying a concubine." , as long as the concubine follows his will."

"The president of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce is a big businessman here, and more than half of the business along the road from the Moxi Ancient Road to the Western Regions belongs to his family. The wealth is incomparable!" Longjing said in a low voice.

Yun Wu nodded thoughtfully and said: "If the prince can control all trades in the northwest, it will also be a great benefit to the Xifan. Besides, the son inherits the father's title, and the prince will also benefit the younger generation."

Everyone fell silent and drank in silence.

I have been with the prince for so many years, and I suddenly want to enter a hostess. I don't know what the future will be like in the mansion. If a young son is added, the mission of the prince's life will be considered complete. It should be a happy thing, but he is happy Can't get up.

The banquet broke up, and the people dispersed. Yun Wu and A Xi cleaned up the place together. A Xi fetched a bucket of water from the well, poured it into a wooden basin and squatted in the corner of the yard to wash the dishes. Ma Zha, who was sitting on the side, regained his senses with his cheeks in his hands, and suddenly asked, "Axi, how did you get married?"

A Xi raised her head, almost dropped the plate in her hand, and said calmly: "I grew up with Master in the depths of the desert, and I have never seen what it's like to be married." After finishing speaking, she buried her head in washing the dishes, and after a while said in a low voice: "It must be It was also very lively, a couple for a lifetime, the excitement of that day is probably a memory for a lifetime."

It's rare for him to be so emotional, he should have made fun of him a few words, but Yun Wu couldn't laugh. Even if the prince has feelings for Ah Xi, this love will never be greater than the reproduction of offspring and the power of the kingdom.

"Life is not as good as a palace. You said that there will be a couple for a lifetime. For the prince and grandson, it is just an extravagant hope."

Ah Xi stopped what she was doing.

Yun Wu sighed, and continued: "The children of the Hou family inherited their father's title and managed the family's prestige from generation to generation. Therefore, it is their mission to carry on the family line. It is not enough to have one child. They must choose the eldest son from among the many sons. The most intelligent and outstanding, so in this kind of family, there is never too many sons. The prince accepts the concubine this time, and there will be concubines, concubines, and Ah Xi in the future. by yourself."

Ah Xi lowered her head and was at a loss, feeling blocked and flustered in her heart. Yun Wu's words were very clear, and she was just reminding him not to be delusional. Could it be that he was acting too obviously?

"I heard that the emperor also has a childhood sweetheart, a boy."

Axi looked at Yunwu in surprise.

"That young man was the empress of the Southern Dynasty. When he was eight years old, he was sent to the former imperial capital Youzhou by the Southern Dynasty as a hostage. The emperor was still the crown prince, and the hostage lived in the prince's mansion. He returned to Jiangning at the age of 13 and succeeded to the throne two years later. Within a month, the emperor led 20 cavalry across the Yangtze River to capture the Yuzhao Palace, and brought the subjugated king back to Daxing and sent him to a male prostitution hall to give him a low status..."

Ah Xi was fascinated by what she heard. Grandma is the princess of the Southern Dynasty. In this way, the subjugated monarch who was sent to the male brothel was his cousin. It turned out that such a thing happened. There is love, why did Duan Zimo, the emperor of the Central Plains, be so cruel in the end and send an innocent young man to a brothel?

"I don't know why, but the emperor took him to the palace three years later. I heard that he has entered the palace a few days ago, but he has no title." It is an involuntary sorrow that he cannot announce his name to the world."

After Yunwu finished speaking, she entered the room, leaving Ah Xi alone to wash the dishes slowly.

He used to think that he was lonely and helpless because he had no one to love and no status. He didn't expect that compared with him, there were many people around. The cousin who was abandoned by his father became a nine-year-old The five supreme emperors, who had not yet sat on the dragon chair, were reduced to a subjugated king overnight, and were sent to a brothel by their lovers for three years. Face to survive?

He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't notice a long and slender shadow reflected in the water of the tub by the moonlight.

When people approached and squatted down, he suddenly came back to his senses.

Duan Qianmo was dressed in a moon-white wide-sleeved robe, and the folding fan in his hand was replaced by a jade flute. He was facing him from the backlight. Ah Xi couldn't see his expression clearly, but felt that his gaze was a little tight, as if it was tied on his face. A layer of silk.

They haven't seen each other for half a month, and the last meeting is the angrily confrontation in the main hall of the Yueshi Royal Court.

Now under the full moon, Duan Qianmo seemed to be a different person, appearing suddenly, catching Ah Xi by surprise.

Duan Qianmo was given some wine by a group of congratulators at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. After returning home, he felt a little drunk. Today, the Mid-Autumn Festival is full and the moon is full. I went to the courtyard.

He was really mad when he was brought back that day, and he was thrown into the dungeon without even thinking about it. He knew in his heart the tricks of the prison bosses, and he wanted to make him suffer a little bit in private, and he would be released after three days and locked up Unexpectedly, he was rescued by Yunwu first, and thanks to Yunwu who rescued him in time, it was still too late.

He didn't dare to look at the traces of insult on Ah Xi's body, and he didn't dare to face the resentful gaze after he woke up, so he did something that even he couldn't believe - hide!

He hid for half a month, like a child who did nothing wrong.

However, in the past half a month, he also confirmed one thing.

He wants Ah Xi, and he wants to keep him by his side, no one can take him away!

Sima Qing, King Yuezhi, are no longer important.

Sima Qing was a full moon in the desert, which easily caught his attention.

King Yueshi is a traceless shadow, an illusory Penglai fairyland, which can only be seen across the sea.

And he is more willing to grab the person around him who is within reach, this young man who soaks his heart bit by bit with the pure sweet spring.