The Little King

54 | -Weight In My Heart

Translator: PastTimer

Editor: PastTimer

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Xia Xi sent Xia Hui to the gate of the Palace and watched the carriage carrying her go far away. Even though he couldn't see it anymore, he still stood where he was. It was winter now, the weather was cold, Xia Xi's cloak was thick and he didn't feel cold. Lan Duo'er worried that he'd be sick and urged him to go back. Xia Xi was about to leave when he saw Chu Lan coming from a distance.

Horses weren't allowed in the Palace, the only person who could've been riding the horse was Chu Lan. He was tall, sitting on a tall horse made his whole person look even more majestic. The bright light from the Palace lanterns in the dark night shone on his face, dying him with a cold demeanour, his eyes also looked indifferent and cold but when those eyes met Xia Xi's face, the indifference was instantly broken. Like snow suddenly melting, even the expressionless face showed a bright smile. He even reached out and waved to Xia Xi.

Xia Xi's heart suddenly became warm when he saw him.

Chu Lan got off his horse, he ran to Xia Xi's side in two steps¹, he put his hat and cloak on him and asked: "Why stand in this weather? Have you finished meeting the envoy?"

Xia Xi nodded lightly, he came to realize and said: "My King knew the person I saw today." Chu Lan held his hand and walked slowly with him, the others followed them after a certain distance. Chu Lan said: "Of course, I need to check people who want to see before you can meet." He was so domineering, but Xia Xi wasn't annoyed. Instead, he thought it was indeed a matter of course, he just complained a little: "Chu Lan, you deliberately didn't tell me that the envoy was princess Hui and made me struggle so much. If I knew that was her, I wouldn't have been so nervous. After all, I told you this once, we talked a lot back in the Xia Palace and have somewhat of a friendship."

Chu Lan held his hand tighter and said, "I did it on purpose, what can you do to me?"

Xia Xi felt a little helpless, his voice softened, "Why is this?" He quickly thought of the reason and his face became a little red, he whispered: "S-She's my sister, and I can't possibly have that relationship with her." Chu Lan pursed his mouth and said, "She took off your pants and saw your body before me. For such a person, if I hadn't endured it, I would've driven her out of the city." He would sometimes ask things about Xia Xi while doing him. Xia Xi was in a daze of pleasure and would confess everything without knowing, even the things that happened when he was a teenager.

Xia Xi's face turned red, and he gently scraped his palm with his fingers before saying shyly: "Princess Hui wasn't sensible at that time." He sighed slightly and said: "It's only been a few years, I didn't expect that she'd become like this. If it weren't for her reluctance to come, she'd be the one with my King now." Chu Lan was dissatisfied when he heard this sentence, "There's no 'if it weren't', there'll always be the red thread of marriage between us². It's you, it'll always be you. How could I like them if it was changed to another person?"

Speaking love words in this tone made people have racing hearts and hot faces, Xia Xi deliberately said: "How does my King know that he won't like her?" Chu Lan said: "I just know."

The two slowly walked into the Palace. Seeing that he was in a good mood, Chu Lan deliberately probed him to say more, so he asked: "What's this princess Hui like now? She's not very popular with the Xia Emperor?"

Xia Xi briefly recounted what Xia Hui had experienced over the past few years, and Chu Lan said indifferently: "I thought it would be a tragedy, it doesn't seem so, doesn't it look like that she had a very happy life? You're sad for her, yes, because she didn't give birth to a son?" Xia Xi was stunned for a moment and quickly said: "I don't think so." Chu Lan smiled and said, "You were obsessed with giving birth to a Prince, I thought you cared about this."