Xiao Jiu

34.

The little prince held two bunches of huge candied haws in his hand, and walked down the street majestically.

But the hawthorn was probably not ripe yet, the little prince just took the first bite, his little face was so sore that he shrank into a ball, and even his body trembled twice.

Lord Yan asked: "Isn't it delicious?"

The little prince held the candied haws in front of him and said, "Try it."

Lord Yan took a bite of the little prince's hand, and then frowned tightly.The little prince smirked at him with a "giggle" when he saw it, and Lord Yan didn't think it was particularly difficult to swallow.

When the sun was about to set, Lord Yan sent the little prince outside the palace gate, then turned and left.After walking two steps, he suddenly thought of something and turned around, only to find that the little prince was still standing there and staring at him eagerly.

Master Yan walked back to the little prince, and reminded: "It seems that someone has been following us outside the palace today. The prince should be more careful recently."

The little prince shook his head and said, "It's fine."

Lord Yan lowered his voice: "If the prince trusts the subordinate, you don't need to hide anything from me, just tell me."

The little prince hesitated for a moment and said, "Next time."

Master Yan couldn't say anything more, but looked at the little prince helplessly, thinking how he had grown so big and still didn't have any scheming at all.

However, in fact, the young prince is not without scheming, but all the scheming in his life has been spent on Master Pao Yan.

35.

The next day the weather was fine, the emperor asked the little prince to play chess in the gazebo in the garden, the little prince was superb at chess, even if he gave up by three points, he still forced the emperor enough.

The emperor felt ashamed and said, "Xiao Jiu has grown a lot."

The little prince accepted the compliment with restraint, secretly thinking in his heart, it is the emperor brother who has regressed.But this is also understandable, the emperor has too many things to worry about now, how can he have the leisure to think about these things like him.

At this time, a group of palace guards walked past the pavilion, and the leader was Mrs. Yan.Master Yan was just on a routine inspection, but now that he sees the emperor, he naturally wants to come in to see him.

The emperor glanced at Lord Yan, his eyes fixed on his waist.

"Why did you take off the jade pendant?" the emperor asked.

Lord Yan's face changed slightly, he lowered his head and said, "Go back to the emperor, the original piece has been with me for nearly 20 years, and it's time to let it go slowly."

The emperor smiled and said nothing more.

The emperor turned to the little prince again, and asked, "Xiao Jiu will be an adult next month, what plans do you have?"

The little prince secretly glanced at Lord Yan and said, "I still want to stay in the capital."

The emperor rubbed his head lovingly: "Okay, then keep it."

The little prince's selfishness was satisfied, and he was grateful in his heart. Later, when he played chess, he was obviously much lighter.

In fact, the young prince also wanted to go to a place farther away, but there was Lord Yan here, so he was reluctant to leave.

36.

Before Lord Yan took office, the guards of the palace used to patrol the palace every five days, but after Lord Yan took office, it became a daily visit.

For this reason, the guards in the palace did not dare to slack off, saying that the newly appointed Lord Yan was a good and responsible official who was dedicated to his duties.

His Royal Highness King Rui was also in charge. Although he didn't know why, he would appear in every corner of the palace with Lord Yan on time every day.

This day, the young prince was still waiting for Mr. Yan on the only way to enter the palace, but today he hid in a corner of the wall on a whim.

As a result, Master Yan had exposed him before he got close: "Come out, I saw the corner of the clothes."

The little prince had no choice but to show up very imposingly.

Lord Yan walked up to him, expressionlessly conjured a bunch of candied haws from behind, and the little prince covered his mouth in surprise.

In order to make up for the string of sour gourds last time, Lord Yan said, "Don't worry, this time it's very sweet, I've tasted it."

The little prince was even more pleasantly surprised, his heart was pounding, and he took small bites of candied haws while walking.

The two walked side by side and got very close, and they could touch each other when they swung their arms. The little prince suddenly wanted to hold hands with Master Yan.

Master Yan was obviously taken aback when he felt the cold touch in his palm, and he looked down at the little prince.

The little prince didn't dare to respond to his gaze, he lowered his head and licked the candied haws, and whispered, "My hands are cold."

Lord Yan nodded, it was indeed quite cold, so he did not let go of the hand that he wanted to pull away, but clenched it a little bit, and seriously told him: "The weather has turned cold recently, the prince needs to add more clothes."

The little prince said obediently: "I see, Brother Yan."