After talking about Xu Liuqing, Lin Qiyun suddenly thought of the young general who had fought with him in the courtyard that night, and his mind changed.
His tone was slow: "Why didn't you see the Major General today? Did you let him go?"
The young prince took a bite of the candied haws and said vaguely: "Never."
"Alas." The man sighed in a pretentious manner, "I know people, faces, but not hearts. Do you know that Zhou Hongyan is just..."
"The third prince thinks so."
Lin Qiyun's words were suddenly interrupted. Someone pushed open the door and strode into the inner room, bringing with him some slightly melted snow and a coldness that lingered in his words.
"What am I?"
Lin Qiyun suddenly had a lump in his throat and was speechless.
Zhou Hongyan is really good at picking his time this time. It's rare for him to be caught red-handed saying bad things about others in front of others when his head is hot.
It was the first time that the third prince was so embarrassed.
The young prince had not seen Zhou Hongyan for almost a day, so he was quite surprised to hear his voice, "Zhou Hongyan! Why did you come back just now!"
"Sorry, my father is looking for me today and I have to go."
He walked to Li Yingchi's side in a few steps and expertly arranged the young prince's clothes. While sorting it out, he glared at Lin Qiyun: "How come the Third Prince has the leisure to come here today?"
He also pretended to look at the table, and when he saw that there were no dishes on it, he added: "When you come to Manxianglou, the third prince doesn't order any of the dishes. It's really novel."
"The young general is joking." Lin Qiyun gave him a fake smile and choked him: "I passed by here and just said hello to the prince. What the young general said is a bit of a fuss."
"It's so, Your Highness is interested." Zhou Hongyan pretended to be surprised in his tone, without any smile in his eyes, "But the weather is cold, Your Highness should go back and rest early."
It was so peaceful on the surface that Li Yingchi almost sighed at the rapid progress of the two protagonists.
But where he couldn't see it, Zhou Hongyan was secretly threatening with code words: If you don't leave, I will tell the young prince all the good things you did that night.
...
Zhou Hongyan had just rushed back to Prince Shun's Mansion from the General's Mansion when he heard the young prince being taken out by Xu Liuqing.
When he rushed to the restaurant at full speed, he still didn't take off his cloak, and hurried to the door, only to hear another man speaking ill of him in front of the young prince.
His face turned cold immediately. He was a notoriously cold-faced man in the army. No one dared to stop him, so he pushed the door open directly, leaving a group of shocked guards looking at each other.
After a while, the third prince walked out of the house first. His expression was ugly, but he did not get angry on the spot and led the people away without saying a word.
Inside the house, the young prince was held in Zhou Hongyan's arms again.
"What did you eat today?"
The man's embrace was warm and generous, a temperature that the young prince had long been accustomed to. He leaned against it lazily and answered obediently: "Well... a lot of dishes, tea, and candied haws of sugared haws."
Speaking of this, the young prince was a little happy, and he obviously liked it very much: "The candied haws on ice is delicious."
Zhou Hongyan lowered his head to look at him, his dark eyes slightly darkened, and since the young prince couldn't see him, he looked at him directly, "How delicious is it?"
"Hmm, it's sweet, a little sour?" The young prince hadn't seen Zhou Hongyan for a long time today. Now he was very tolerant of him. He described it patiently for a long time, and finally decided to let him have a taste.
"My prince is reluctant to do so, let you have a taste."
The young prince had just stood up and was about to take his leftover candied haws from the table and give it to Zhou Hongyan to taste, but the man pressed his shoulder down.
A slightly hoarse voice sounded in the ears of the young prince: "Do you really want to taste it for me?"
The young prince's ears felt inexplicably itchy when he heard it, and he was a little surprised as to why he asked like this, but since it was just a candied haws, he didn't think much and answered patiently: "Well, I really give it to you. Am I going to lie to you about a candied haws?"
Zhou Hongyan stared at his trembling eyelashes and laughed inexplicably, "Your Majesty is so generous."
But he didn't mention the candied haws again.
Li Yingchi couldn't tell whether his words were complimentary or derogatory, so he stopped paying attention and turned his head to himself, "Forget it if you don't want to eat."
Chapter 9 The Blind Prince (9)
The young prince lost his temper.
Even if a small table and a charcoal fire are placed in the spacious carriage, it can fully accommodate seven or eight adults.
At this time, there were only him and Zhou Hongyan in the car, but he deliberately sat far away from Zhou Hongyan, almost touching the window.
Whenever the young prince noticed that Zhou Hongyan was trying to come closer, he would try his best to use his beautiful and white face to make a fierce and scary expression towards Zhou Hongyan to intimidate him.
He probably looked really fierce. For a long time, Li Yingchi didn't hear the person next to him dare to make any move.
In fact, Zhou Hongyan was sitting one person away from the young prince, looking at Li Yingchi quietly, with a hint of helplessness on his expression.
He was called to the General's Mansion by his father early in the morning. Because he had important matters to discuss, he went in a hurry and failed to say goodbye to the young prince properly. When I returned home, I heard that the young prince was called out by Xu Liuqing.
He hurried to the restaurant at full speed, and when he opened the door, he found another man - the third prince, who was behaving closely with the young prince and was talking bad things about him.
However, after being out for half a day, the young prince provoked two people with evil intentions. Who could bear this?
On impulse, he couldn't help but snatch the candied haws from the young prince... He indeed went too far.
"Don't you understand people?" Li Yingchi pouted and complained in an aggrieved tone, "You didn't want it when I asked you to taste it. Now I want to eat it, and you want to snatch it away?"
As he talked, Li Yingchi felt that he was really pitiful.
It was not enough for the dignified heir apparent of Prince Shun's residence to fall and hurt his eye. He even wanted to eat a candied haws, but was snatched away by the culprit.
The two of them are really incompatible!
Thinking about it, tears welled up in his eyes again, and he choked unconsciously, "Does this prince lack your food, clothing, housing and transportation? In the palace, except for having a hard life, I have never made any trouble to you in terms of money. ah."
"Are you just deliberately trying to steal this candied haws of sugar to make trouble with me?"
Zhou Hongyan's eyes moved, his eyes wandered, and he replied in a strange way: "Yes."
One word was clear and powerful, and Li Yingchi's expression went blank for a moment.
He was so shocked by Zhou Hongyan's shameless attitude that his eyes widened a little, and then the tears in his eyes flowed down the ends of his eyes uncontrollably.
"no."
Seeing that the young prince's expression was wrong, Zhou Hongyan finally realized what strange words he had just said and hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean to make trouble with you on purpose."
This explanation was pale and weak. The young prince obviously didn't believe it, and his slender body leaned hard to the side.
The attitude of rejecting people from thousands of miles away is obvious.
"I really didn't mean it. How dare I make trouble with you? I just..." Zhou Hongyan emphasized, trying to hold the young prince's hand.
"What's not intentional?" Li Yingchi frowned slightly and withdrew his hand mercilessly, not wanting to listen to his nonsense anymore. "Don't be so quibbling here. You dared to snatch my candied haws. Are you going to snatch things from my Chunchi Courtyard in the future? From now on, just stay in the servant's room!"
This punishment was really serious for Zhou Hongyan.
It's not that it was painful for him to live in other people's houses. He had laid down in any shabby place, but it just meant that he could no longer live in the same yard with Li Yingchi at night.
How could this be done? But as a general, how could he easily surrender? Li Yingchi's words were so ruthless that he became a little angry.
"Don't be unreasonable."
He put his arms around Li Yingchi, his eyes were deep, and he whispered: "Have you never done this with others?"
"What have you done...?" Li Yingchi was forced to turn around and asked unclearly.
Zhou Hongyan said: "Eat a bowl of rice with others and drink a glass of water with others. In a restaurant, you can even eat the food others feed you."
The young prince was confused and didn't quite understand what this had to do with others.
The original owner and his friends only went to the restaurant to drink and have fun. As for the things Zhou Hongyan said about his mother feeding the cubs, he could not find any trace in his memory.
So he understood it himself and curled his lips disdainfully: "Zhou Hongyan, do you think everyone is like you and likes to steal other people's food?"
Zhou Hongyan was startled: "You used to go to restaurants with your friends and do nothing? Just eat your own food?"
"Let's do it. I have already spent money, so of course I want to drink, dance and listen to music." Li Yingchi pushed the hand on his waist with force, "Stay away from me!"
"Okay, okay, I'll stay away from you."
Zhou Hongyan's expression softened a lot, and he retracted his hand in compromise, calming down the atmosphere, "What did the young prince do when he went out today? I didn't come out with him today, and I really missed a lot. Can the young prince tell me something?"
Zhou Hongyan's posture was very low, which successfully pleased the young prince. He raised his little head slightly and said reservedly: "Okay, since you want to know so much."
He spoke in great detail, from the benefits Xu Liuqing had promised him to the delicious dishes at Manxianglou, but he did not mention the small things the third prince said behind his back.
It was not good to say bad things about people behind their backs, so Li Yingchi didn't want to mention it again.
"Are you so happy that Xu Liuqing gave you something?"
A little bit of broken stuff made him beam with joy. Although he looked cute, Zhou Hongyan felt inexplicably stuck in his heart.
Xu Liuqing loved vanity and followed the young prince all day long to show his courtesy. No one knew what he was doing, it was just money and status, but the young prince really regarded him as a friend.
He has been serving the young prince all day long and can't get any good looks from him. Xu Liuqing gives some small things to the young prince to make him happy. He really doesn't know the good heart.
How could the young prince understand the twists and turns in a man's heart? He just thought what nonsense Zhou Hongyan was talking about this time?
The young prince was a little annoyed and replied in a bad tone: "At least I have a heart! It's not like someone who is so stingy that he won't even give me a jade pendant!"
"You really want it?"
Thinking of the meaning of the jade pendant, Zhou Hongyan's tone was joking, as if imagining the appearance of the young prince in a wedding dress, his throat tightened slightly.
He was just about to say, "If you take my jade pendant, you will become my wife." He explained the meaning of this jade pendant to the young prince, so that the young prince, who did not know the heights of heaven and earth, understood the pros and cons, but he was suddenly slapped by the young prince. Break.
"My prince is not interested in your jade pendant now." The young prince turned his face and twisted his head, leaving only Zhou Hongyan with a round back of his head.
One moment and another, now that it made him anxious, he really didn't care about it anymore.
Moreover, in the original world line, Li Yingchi once asked the system, and by the end of the scene with the young prince, he did not get the jade pendant.
Therefore, in order to maintain his character, he could only pretend to want it, but he couldn't really get it.
Fortunately, Zhou Hongyan didn't really intend to give it to him.
The carriage fell into silence again. Zhou Hongyan sat next to the young prince, looking at him from time to time with a thoughtful expression.
He didn't take what he just said too seriously and was still thinking about what he said before.
If what the young prince said, that he had never done anything intimate, was true, then all his simple reactions before would have answers.
It's hard to believe that the dandy prince who is rumored to have been in love for many years is actually just a squeamish young master who doesn't understand anything in private.
I really don't know who took advantage of this young prince going to a place like that.
As expected, you shouldn't just believe the rumors, but it's true that the young prince has a bad temper.
Zhou Hongyan lowered his head, his hands were covered with red marks from the young prince's struggle.
It's getting late and the wind is biting.
The carriage gradually slowed down, and the young prince leaned against the window with his eyes slightly closed, listening to the rustling of leaves in the wind.
Suddenly, he was covered with a dark cloak with gold patterns, which was Zhou Hongyan's masterpiece.
Zhou Hongyan was worried that Young Master Jiao would catch a cold, and was afraid that Young Master Jiao would blame him again, so he gave up the idea of holding the person in his arms and wore a cloak instead.
After all, he had just been deprived of his sexual qualifications, and he did not dare to offend the young prince at this time.
Suddenly, the young prince opened his eyes as if aware of it. As he stood up, the cloak slowly slid down. Zhou Hongyan, with quick eyes and quick hands, hurriedly pulled it back.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"I seem to hear someone crying outside." Li Yingchi hesitated, wondering if this was an illusion.
The wind noise was so loud that the surrounding sounds were muffled, making it difficult for the ears to easily judge.
Finally he decided to ask the coachman to go down and take a look.
The carriage stopped on the side of the road. Not long after, the driver came back and said, "Your Majesty, there is indeed someone crying in the alley next to me."
"what happened?"
"An old man fainted in the alley, and the cry we heard was that of his grandson.
It seemed that he took advantage of the winter to sell charcoal fires, but he was stunned by the heavy snow.
Prince, what should we do now? Do you need help? "
After saying this, Zhou Hongyan and the coachman turned their attention to the young prince, waiting for his reaction.
If the rumor is true, the young prince will not come to the rescue. If it is false...
The car curtain was opened, and the wind blew in the face with a chill, turning the tip of the young prince's nose red.
The black hair was thick and smooth, falling on the cheeks with the airflow, making the young prince's delicate face softer and softer, but his clear eyes could not clearly see the emotions in it.
It was only a few seconds that passed, but it seemed like a long time had passed. Zhou Hongyan's eyes narrowed slightly, and his heart was hanging for some reason.
The emotion was so inexplicable that he couldn't distinguish it.
How could he be affected by the little prince's every move? Is this feeling of fear?
What was he afraid of? Was he afraid that this exquisite white jade figure would be just like the hopeless arrogant playboy he had been when he first met her?
Zhou Hongyan had no idea that his eyes were begging for the last glimmer of hope.
Chapter 10 The Blind Prince (10)
The winter wind was as sharp as a knife on his face. Li Yingchi tilted his head in discomfort. He lowered his eyes, and his long eyelashes drooped, casting a shadow on his face.
The weather was harsh and cold. Even if he was wearing a thick layer of clothes, he would still feel the biting cold. Moreover, there was a stove burning in the carriage, so one could imagine the environment outside the carriage.
The old man and his young grandson were so pitiful that they had no thick clothes in the cold winter, and they were hungry without warm food. They were wandering away for a living just to make a living.
Li Yingchi was extremely worried, how could they survive outside in such weather.
"System, can I save him?"
The voice of the system was calm and cold: "Rescuing him does not fit the character of the young prince and is not allowed."
Before binding a host, the system will scan all his data, and Li Yingchi is the person he specially selected.
A fragile, simple, and extremely soft-hearted person is the type that is most easily manipulated.
Being able to follow its instructions very well and complete the task makes the world line complete, and all things that are stagnant and imprisoned in place can be freed.
Not only does it look beautiful, but it can also unexpectedly attract the attention of the Lord God's soul fragments. This is an unexpected gain for the system, because it can obviously speed up its collection of the Lord God's soul.
But there is one thing that it seems to have overlooked.
Although his host is fragile, soft, and easily manipulated by others, sometimes his soft-hearted characteristics can make him become particularly stubborn.
"So what, is it allowed?"
The young man was still analyzing, trying to find out the flaws in the character: "A little money is nothing to the young prince, so it's okay for me to give them some."
"System, I think..."
Weak and stubborn.
It seems that if the system does not agree to what he says, it will keep looking for excuses until it compromises.
The beautifully shaped lips were pursed tightly, the powder was a little pale, and the ends of the eyes were droopy.
The young prince, who seems cold and bad to outsiders, is fighting for strangers with the system that controls his life and death.
The system was silent for a while, and finally, it seemed to sigh: "You can save them, but you have to do what I say."
Next to the carriage, the coachman secretly raised his head and glanced inside the carriage, then quickly lowered his head, fearful and uneasy in his heart.
Because he had been standing here for a while, but the two noble people in his car never responded.
After struggling for a while, just when he was hesitating whether to speak, the person inside suddenly spoke.
"Let's go."
The young prince raised his hand and waved lightly, signaling the coachman to lower the curtain, as if he didn't care about the two people in the alley.
"Are you going to help everyone you see? I don't have that much time to waste."
The tone is contemptuous and extremely bad.
The sky was gloomy, and there was only a dim light in the car. When the car curtain was lowered, Zhou Hongyan could no longer see the appearance of the people next to him.
The carriage started to move again, making some noise as it rolled over the snow. It was not disturbing, but Zhou Hongyan was very agitated in his heart.
He looked at the person leaning against the window, his emotions unclear, "Are you serious that you don't want to save people?"
"Well?" The young prince uttered a question from his throat, still maintaining his original state of closing his eyes and concentrating, and chuckled: "What's the problem?"
"It doesn't matter whether you can save me or not. People will die sooner or later. General, you have been on so many battlefields and have killed so many lives. Why do you ask me now whether you can save me or not?"
In a daze, Zhou Hongyan seemed to have returned to the day he first met Li Yingchi. He also used such a nonchalant attitude, riding his horse on the street and making fun of pedestrians running away in panic.
It turns out that Li Yingchi has not changed from beginning to end, he is still the same disgusting playboy.
Zhou Hongyan chuckled to himself, feeling embarrassed for how he had been deceived during this period, and also felt unworthy of his loose heart.
He closed his eyes and said in a low, deep voice filled with disappointment, "I misjudged you."
This sentence came out of nowhere, Li Yingchi didn't hear the emotion in it, and he looked slightly startled.
After a long time, he sneered: "Has the young general forgotten his current identity? Why is he still thinking about disciplining this prince? It's better to worry about yourself first."
Zhou Hongyan didn't say anything anymore. Li Yingchi just thought he didn't dare to talk back and didn't care.
The dying grandfather always reminded him of his parents, and they were always worried about their relatives the most.
After he left his parents, he wondered whether his parents were crying all day long and whether they took good care of themselves.
Helping someone this time made him feel much better, and he was rarely in such a happy mood.
I hope that the old grandfather can live a safe and happy life with his grandson in the future.
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Halfway through the journey, Zhou Hongyan suddenly got out of the car, shocking the driver and hurriedly reining in his horse.
"Major General, where are you going?"
Zhou Hong didn't even look back, but kept walking back. The driver didn't know what to do because he was in trouble.
Li Yingchi frowned slightly. He didn't know what this man was making. He thought to himself, could it be that today he finally couldn't stand himself anymore and wanted to express his dissatisfaction? Does that mean he's been doing pretty well lately?
"Don't worry about him, just go back home."
After hearing the young prince's impatient instructions, the coachman hurriedly responded.
The sound of horse hooves tapping sounded again, and in the wind and snow, a tall man in thin black clothes walked opposite to the ornately decorated carriage.
While driving, it was vaguely visible that the nobleman in the carriage was unexpectedly covered with a dark cloak.
That night, the guards who kept watch discovered that the major general had returned to the palace just before midnight, smelling of alcohol.
But instead of going to Chunchiyuan, he went back to his previous guest room.
No one raised any suspicion, they just thought that the young prince finally had a conscience and released him from Chunchiyuan.
As one of the parties involved, the young prince didn't notice anything strange. He sighed in his heart that Zhou Hongyan finally listened to him once and told him to get out of Chunchi Courtyard. It was a pity that he didn't actually live in the servant's room.
Anyway, he is a general after all, and it is normal to want to save face. There is no need for him to push so hard.
The young prince shook his head and thought to himself, although the mission is important, his life must be protected.
Only Zhou Hongyan knew how much he was suffering tonight.
After he jumped out of the car, he first went to the alley to look for the old man, but unfortunately he found no trace.
As the night progressed, the wind and snow became increasingly severe, and his field of vision became extremely limited, so he had no choice but to give up.
While sitting alone in the restaurant, he thought of all the things he had spent with the young prince these past few days.
There seemed to be ice and fire in his heart, and the two refused to give way, burning his whole body and causing him unspeakable depression.
I remembered how cute and cute the young prince was when he was sleeping, how proud he looked when he lost his temper, and when he teased him until his eyes turned red.
Then I thought of the young prince's indifferent words in the carriage just now.
It was as if a slap woke him up from a dream, and then he fell into the abyss, making all his previous actions look like a joke.
One glass of wine after another, the glasses collided, and the sound was crisp and fragmented.
The shadow of the moon reflected in the wine was swaying drunkenly.
Zhou Hongyan thought of someone whose eyes were so clear and intoxicating, always containing some unconscious innocence and allure, just like his name, reflecting a pool of spring.
The waves were sparkling, yet distant, like a mirage dream prepared for him.
Chapter 11 The Blind Prince (11)
After that day, Li Yingchi rarely communicated with Zhou Hongyan.
Although Zhou Hongyan would still follow and serve him during the day, Zhou Hongyan did not respond to his reprimands and scolds, and the two of them seemed to be in a cold war-like situation.
This is a bit ridiculous. Every time he thinks of the word "Cold War", Li Yingchi can't help but shudder, feeling unreal.
He and Zhou Hongyan had never gotten along harmoniously, so there was no reason to talk about a cold war.
It's just that Zhou Hongyan has been a little abnormal recently. When facing him, Zhou Hongyan no longer has the same impatient attitude as before, and rarely makes him unhappy with wild words.
On the contrary, Zhou Hongyan completed all the tasks he had arranged in the past few days, but rarely spoke again.
If Jinye hadn't told him that Zhou Hongyan always worked with a cold face, it seemed that he would have beaten him immediately if he felt unhappy the next moment.
He almost thought that Zhou Hongyan was such a broad-minded person that he could put aside his grudges and take care of him with all his heart when facing someone who forced him to be a slave.
It's a pity that this is in the palace, Zhou Hongyan doesn't dare to make a move, so he has to endure and serve him.
Thinking of this, Li Yingchi leaned on the imperial concubine chair and yawned lazily. He suddenly felt sorry for Zhou Hongyan. It was really not easy to be the protagonist.
When I get along with people I hate every day, I can't just turn my back and leave, I can only stay here feeling aggrieved.
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The little prince tends to get sleepy in the afternoon, so he usually takes a nap on the chaise longue in the house.
Jinlu and Jinye lit incense to aid sleep, covered the young prince with a thin blanket and prepared to exit the room.
Before leaving, I caught a glimpse of the major general standing aside. After waiting for a moment, I saw that his expression was cold and he had no intention of coming out.
The two looked at each other, then quietly closed the door and walked away quietly.
As time passed, the air gradually became filled with the light scent of incense, mixed with the unique sweet scent of the young prince, and it smelled indescribably good.
Slow footsteps sounded, and a cold gaze fell on the person sleeping on the chaise longue.
The young prince was covered tightly with a fluffy thin blanket, leaving only a cute little pink face exposed.
He was sleeping soundly and didn't even notice anyone approaching him.
Zhou Hongyan lowered his body and carefully described the appearance of the person in front of him, feeling that his heart had never been so complicated.
The appearance of the person in front of him is one of the best in the entire Yandu Imperial City, even though he looks as pure and pure as the first snow.
But he knew that such a beautiful person had an extremely dark heart.
But so what if he knew?
Zhou Hongyan deliberately distanced himself from Li Yingchi these days. His original intention was not to have too much entanglement with Li Yingchi.
But every time I heard him calling "Zhou Hongyan" lazily in his soft voice, I felt numb in my heart and walked over without my legs.
When he woke up and wanted to stay away again, his eyes always fell on the young prince unconsciously.
Compared with the thought of alienation, what was stronger in my heart was the desire to hug him.
I want to know whether Li Yingchi slept well when he was away and whether he missed him.
For a moment, his whole body seemed to be split into two. Half of him desperately wanted to stay away, but the other half of him was willing to sink here.
Why can't he say no to someone he hates?
Why is Li Yingchi so attracted to him?
Zhou Hongyan's eyes were deep and obscure.
I want him to open his eyes and see himself, I want him to only see himself.
His eyes were extremely restrained, yet full of aggression.
It wasn't until the young prince suddenly turned over that he stopped moving as if waking up from a dream. His hands seemed to be burned by fire, and he was so shocked that he quickly retracted his hands.
Zhou Hongyan stood up suddenly and strode out the door, as if there was a savage beast in the room that was about to devour him.
How could such a despicable person be attracted to him!
Zhou Hongyan became angry from shame and walked in a hurry. The door was slammed shut by him, startling the young prince who had not slept peacefully to wake up from his sleep.
"What's going on...it's so noisy."
The young prince mumbled drowsily. He was still sleepy. After speaking, he hid under the thin blanket again, with only half of his head exposed.
Zhou Hongyan walked back silently and gently closed the door that had just been violently treated.
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The days passed so quickly amid Zhou Hongyan's inner struggle and the young prince's ignorance. Zhou Hongyan was still in a unilateral stalemate and was rarely willing to talk to the young prince.
Li Yingchi still manipulated Zhou Hongyan as before, but thinking about Zhou Hongyan's increasingly unstable temper recently, he didn't dare to go too far. Jin Lu and Jin Ye did all the work that was too personal.
Therefore, Zhou Hongyan could only see the young prince during the day, and most of the time he could only wait for the young prince's orders. When Jin Lu and Jin Ye arrived, he could only do some menial jobs.
For example, serving tea and water to the young prince, standing guarding the door, etc., without even touching a hair of the young prince.
The young prince couldn't see anything, and he didn't know that Zhou Hongyan's face looked scary after that.
As soon as Jinlu and Jinye approached the young prince, Zhou Hongyan would stare at them.
Jinlu and Jinye were so frightened that they were walking on thin ice when serving the young prince during the day. They were too scared to relax and didn't understand how they had offended the young general.
It was almost time for the banquet at the third prince's house. Princess Shun knew that her precious prince was going to attend the banquet, so she specially picked out many new clothes for him.
All the most gorgeous and precious fabrics were selected from the palace's warehouse and sent to the shop.
Then a dedicated tailor will tailor them according to the size of the young prince. Finally, after the princess looks at them, she will select the most pleasing pieces for the young prince to choose.
Although the princess had already selected them, there was still a lot left for Li Yingchi to choose from. Fortunately, he did not need to go out to try on clothes, he only needed to try on a few pieces in the mansion.
Anyway, he can't see. He can't tell whether the clothes are beautiful or ugly. He can just choose one at will.
As soon as Li Yingchi finished thinking this, Jinye saw his intention and covered his mouth and snickered: "Your Majesty, the princess has told us that we must watch you try on all the clothes."
"...I never said I wouldn't try."
Li Yingchi raised his eyelids and looked confident and serious.
When it came time to try them on, Kon Midori and Kon Ye were in trouble.
Although the young prince has a small frame, he is not short in stature. He looks to be more than a head shorter than Zhou Hongyan, but he is still 1.75 meters tall, well, nearly 1.80 meters tall.
As the maids are about 1.5 meters tall, it is not very convenient for the young prince to change clothes. It is not easy for the young prince to sit down and change clothes now.
Several people looked at each other, not knowing what to do. After a while, the man by the door suddenly spoke.
Zhou Hongyan stiffened his handsome face and said, "Let me do it. I can't even put on my clothes. It's really useless."
Of course, Li Yingchi didn't think this was talking about the maid in his room, he just felt that Zhou Hongyan was mocking him.
He frowned slightly and said dissatisfiedly: "I can't put on my clothes now, so why don't I ask for your help?"
"Zhou Hongyan, you are really smarter with your words than with your hands, but it's a pity that you are neither good at listening nor useful. You have been working in my yard for half a month and you are still not satisfied... ah!"
Li Yingchi was standing there when he was suddenly pulled forward by a force. This time he was so shocked that his words stopped in his mouth, leaving only a exclamation.
"Zhou, Zhou Hongyan, what are you doing!"
"I'm trying on the clothes for the prince." Zhou Hongyan held the new clothes and raised his eyebrows slightly, "It's a pity that my hands are useless, so please bear with me, prince."
It was a cold season, and there was a charcoal fire burning in the house. Li Yingchi changed his clothes over and over again, but he didn't feel cold at all. Instead, he was sweating a little.
Trying on clothes is really tiring, like doing some strenuous work.
After standing for a long time, Li Yingchi leaned half against Zhou Hongyan, dazedly listening to the comments of several maids on the clothes.
The weight on his body suddenly increased a lot, and Zhou Hongyan calmly took the young prince into his arms, half-hugging him.
A few subtle smiles appeared on his usually stern face recently.
But he was still thinking to himself that this was not what he wanted to hold.
It was a pity that the few people in Jinlu quickly selected a moon-white silver thread with dark patterns and flowers. The young prince was finally able to sit down, but as they looked left and right, they always felt that something was missing.
"I always feel like something is missing..."
"what is it then?"
Jinye looked at the young prince up and down, and then at Zhou Hongyan. After a while, she suddenly clapped her hands: "I know! It's because the jewelry is missing!"
Accessories?
Li Yingchi was stunned for a moment. For a moment, as if he remembered something, he suddenly smiled with evil intentions: "What do you think it would be like if I wore a jade pendant around my waist?"
"Jade pendant? What color jade pendant would your prince like to wear?"
"Ah." The young prince's pink lips curved slightly, "It's that kind of emerald."
"If I remember correctly, the Major General has such a jade pendant."
"My lord, I think that jade pendant is a perfect match for me. I wonder if the young general can give up his love?"
As the words rang out, Zhou Hongyan's eyes fell on Li Yingchi.
As for the provocative content, he turned a deaf ear and looked at one place alone. Then, his thoughts stopped and he almost agreed to give the jade pendant away.
But the next moment his eyes raised, he suddenly noticed the frivolous curve on the young prince's lips.
It's like this again, and it's such a nonchalant attitude.
That careless attitude always reminded him over and over again how bad the nature of the young prince was.
The words were stuck in his throat, and Zhou Hongyan's voice was a little hoarse. He said, "Didn't the Crown Prince say that he doesn't care about my jade pendant? Emeralds are too vulgar. The Crown Prince should look for something else."
Although it was not a surprise, such a straightforward rejection still made Li Yingchi's mouth stiffen.
He hummed softly, played with his belt, and stopped talking.
The room suddenly became quiet. Kon Midori and Konba secretly glanced at each other, then slowly lowered their heads.
Why do you feel so uneasy for no reason?
At this time, someone suddenly knocked on the door of Chunchiyuan - "Your Majesty, Mr. Xu asked me to give you something."
Xu Liuqing? What should I give him at this time?
Li Yingchi sat up slightly and called, "Come in."
Chimiro took the items brought by the passers-by and returned to the house. After carefully opening them, she let out a soft cry of surprise.
What Xu Liuqing sent was a letter and a jade pendant made of extremely fine Hetian white jade.
"Young Master, Mr. Xu sent a letter." At this point, Jin Lu swallowed, her voice tight, "There is also a beautiful white jade pendant."
"Oh?" Li Yingchi blinked with interest, "Give me the jade pendant first. Where is the letter? Read it."
Jinlu didn't dare to look at Zhou Hongyan who was standing aside. She carefully put the jade pendant into the prince's hand and quickly started reading the letter.
"The Crown Prince personally initiates..."
"...Liu Qing knows that his qualifications are mediocre and he has never served the prince in Yandu, so he feels guilty."
"This trip is in a hurry, so I won't say goodbye to the Crown Prince again. When I return the next day, Liu Qing will look forward to seeing the Crown Prince, and talk and drink with Liu Qing."
How could Xu Liuqing suddenly leave Yandu?
According to the plot, he will go to the banquet with him this time, and then rely on his relationship to start developing Yandu's business.
Li Yingchi frowned slightly and his eyelashes trembled slightly. Not knowing the cause of this sudden situation, he quickly called out the system.
After learning from the system that this would not affect the main plot, he finally felt relieved and stopped thinking about it. He touched the jade pendant in his hand and asked, "Did he mention this jade pendant?"
"Jade pendant..." Jin Lu paused, feeling that if the sight of the young general next to her could kill people, she would have been wiped out. "This jade is very beautiful. I will give it to the prince. I hope he will be lucky enough to wear it."
The jade in his hand felt delicate and warm. Although Li Yingchi didn't understand jade, he knew that this jade pendant was probably extremely precious, so he gave it to him for no reason.
He was just about to praise Xu Liuqing for her generosity, but then suddenly remembered that the clothes he had chosen were missing any accessories, and secretly sighed that Xu Liuqing was just in time.
The young prince's eyebrows were curved, and the hand holding the white jade was even whiter than jade, but he didn't realize it, "Does such a fine white jade go well with my prince's clothes?"
Chapter 12 The Blind Prince (12)
All maids should be.
Regardless of the appearance of the jade pendant, the young prince's appearance is there, no matter how he mixes and matches it, it is very beautiful.
What's more, this white jade pendant was carefully selected and made by Xu Liuqing under his own supervision.
Jinye praised: "This white jade matches the young prince's moon-white clothes very well. The carved patterns are also lifelike and luxurious. Mr. Xu is really thoughtful."
"It's true." Li Yingchi waved softly, "Put it on for me and take a look."
The jade pendant was tied around his waist, and the young prince lowered his head thoughtfully.
A few strands of hair brushed across his face with the movement, and the jade pendant swayed. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether it was jade against a person or a person against jade.
The little maids standing next to him were stunned and their faces turned red. It wasn't until Kon Midori glared at them that they lowered their heads.
Konye reached out and took hold of the young prince's scattered hair, gently smoothing the raised strands with a smile on his face.
"The prince has really grown up and is becoming more and more popular with girls."
Konye and Konno are twins. They have been with the young prince since he was a child. Konno has a more lively personality, but as a sister, Konye has a calm temperament and treats the young prince like his own brother.
The young prince knew that Jinye treated him well and was as close to her as an elder. When he heard her say this, his brows furrowed slightly, but he was not unhappy.
"What do I want a girl to do?"
Jin Lu snickered and took over the words: "My dear prince, you look so charming and charming, and the ladies can't help but admire you secretly."
This was said so cleverly that the young prince's eyelashes trembled unnaturally and quickly, and his lips pursed, feeling a little embarrassed.
Although the young prince is usually very naughty, he still behaves like a child when facing people close to him. At this time, after hearing Jin Lu's joke, he was too shy to speak.
"Speaking of which, the young prince is not too young. It's time to think about it." Jinye patted Jinluo lightly without any intention of blaming him. He looked at the young prince again and asked slowly.
"Does the Crown Prince have a woman he likes?"
She suddenly thought that although the young prince likes to have fun, he always avoids love.
This made her a little worried. Other young masters had children at this age, but today, there was not even a room for a concubine in Chunchi Courtyard.
This straightforward question shocked Li Yingchi. His green-white fingertips unconsciously rubbed the fabric of his clothes, revealing some green nervousness.
After a while, the tips of his ears turned red, and he replied: "Not really."
Then he pretended to be angry and tried to change the subject, "Why are you asking, do you have nothing to do? How dare you make fun of me."
Zhou Hongyan stood aside, his eyes following the words of the young prince, falling on the blood-red earlobes, his eyes dark.
With a smile on her lips, Konye hurriedly stepped forward to comfort the young prince, and explained: "My prince, please don't be angry. How dare you make fun of the prince? I just hope that the prince will get married soon, so that I can be happy."
"The princess said before that she was looking forward to having a granddaughter."
The topic suddenly turned to an aspect that Li Yingchi had never been exposed to before. He was dizzy. He caught the word "marriage" in his ears and didn't know how to answer.
The words expressed by the princess and her maid were so sincere that they were hard to refuse.
Which parent doesn't hope that his child will start a family soon? It is indeed reasonable to hope that he will get married now. But he knew in his heart that he was just here for a mission, and he would leave this world after the mission was over.
Li Yingchi answered carefully, "I..."
Someone suddenly interrupted him. Zhou Hongyan frowned and said in an impatient tone, "You haven't even grown your hair, so why are you getting married?"
The room fell silent, and several maids lowered their heads silently. Konye suppressed the smile on her face, feeling unhappy about this offensive behavior, but she did not dare to contradict the young general.
Li Yingchi still remembered how this man rejected him just now, and now he actually scolded him in public.
This protagonist is really over the top.
No one had ever dared to speak to him like this. The young prince became a little angry when he heard it, and scolded him: "Who gave you the courage to speak like this in front of me?"
Zhou Hongyan's delicate eyebrows furrowed again, making Zhou Hongyan almost want to stretch out his hand to smooth it out, but the next moment.
"You really don't have a long memory. Do you think my punishment is too light? How dare you scold me? You! You think you are some kind of good thing!"
The more he spoke, the more anxious he became, almost furious, "Zhou Hongyan, kneel down for me!"
The soft pillow placed next to the young prince was hit hard to the ground, making a muffled sound, which seemed to indicate the young master's displeasure.
Jin Luo and Jin Ye trembled in their hearts and lowered their heads, not daring to touch their troubles again.
Everyone secretly thought that this was the end.
There is gold under the man's knees. If the young prince asks others to kneel down, they will kneel down. No one can bear this humiliation, not to mention that Zhou Hongyan is the leader of the army this time. There's going to be some trouble now, and Prince Shun might have to be beaten.
The scene everyone expected did not happen.
But Zhou Hongyan did not kneel down. He pursed his lips in annoyance and said in a stiff tone: "I didn't scold you, I told the truth."
W-what?
Li Yingchi was stunned for a moment. The next moment he seemed to have thought of something, and his fair cheeks turned red instantly, "Shut up!"
Zhou Hongyan didn't listen, so he asked again: "Do you really want to get married?"
"What does it have to do with you?"
Zhou Hongyan was silent and said in a compromising manner: "If you don't get married, I will kneel down."
Li Yingchi couldn't understand the cause and effect relationship at all. He was a little confused by the shameless words, but he was never willing to listen to other people's words.
Whatever Zhou Hongyan said, he just didn't do anything.
"My son is going to get married."
The young prince sneered. His voice was soft and not intimidating. Instead, he seemed to be acting coquettishly. "If you don't deserve it, don't even think about dragging me into trouble."
The image of the young prince in a wedding dress appeared in Zhou Hongyan's mind at an inappropriate time. He took a breath and froze on the spot.
Li Yingchi couldn't see what Zhou Hongyan looked like at this time, and the surroundings were extremely quiet. He guessed that Zhou Hongyan was too angry to speak.
Thinking that he had just asked others to kneel down, Li Yingchi felt a little guilty and did not want to embarrass Zhou Hongyan again.
He rubbed his brows and said, "Step back, don't be an eyesore here."
Zhou Hongyan saw that the young prince was a little tired, and although he was reluctant, he still walked out the door.
As he walked, he didn't forget to look back: "Don't get married."
system:"......"
Is this really the main god I know?
Li Yingchiquan pretended that he didn't hear it and closed his eyes.
Zhou Hongyan had long legs and feet, and he walked outside the door in a moment. Just as he was about to walk out of the yard, a guard suddenly came to report.
"Your Majesty, the third prince is here to visit."
He followed the guards back to the young prince's room.
When Jin Lu saw him, he couldn't help but tremble, and the words came out without passing through his mind: "Why is the young general back again?"
"What?" Li Yingchi opened his eyes slightly and said dissatisfied, "I have told you not to stay here and hinder my eyes."
"Ahem."
Zhou Hongyan was a little embarrassed. He turned his head and cleared his throat to defend himself, "The young prince can't see you. How can I be an eyesore if I stay here?"
"You still have the nerve to say it?"
Isn't it because of Zhou Hongyan that he can't see now?
Li Yingchi was about to have a seizure when the guard on the side reminded him in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the third prince is coming."
The young prince was helped up by Jinye and sat upright slightly, "What is he here to do?"
The third prince had a long-standing grudge with him as he went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. In the days when the banquet was about to be held, the third prince, the host, should be the busiest. How could he still have time to visit him at Prince Shun's Mansion.
Li Yingchi didn't need to think hard to guess that the third prince probably came because of Zhou Hongyan.
Is it because he is afraid that he will not let Zhou Hongyan attend the banquet?
Li Yingchi couldn't understand why the feelings were so deep after just meeting once. He just sighed at the mutual attraction between the protagonists.
In this way, Li Yingchi stopped chasing Zhou Hongyan. He still remembered that he wanted to promote the emotional development of the protagonist.
I guess Zhou Hongyan wanted to stay and meet the third prince because he heard that he was coming.
The system was monitoring data in the background and caught the host's thoughts. He was a little relieved.
It's half right.
The guard said respectfully: "The Third Prince seems to be here to give you something, Your Majesty." After speaking, he bowed to say goodbye, then took three steps back and turned around and walked out the door.
He was afraid of running into the third prince.
Soon, the third prince appeared in front of everyone in casual clothes, followed closely by the eunuch holding a bundle.
Although he is in casual clothes, his splendid clothes are embroidered with auspicious clouds and hidden with dragon patterns, which makes him low-key and noble. As long as others are not blind, they will probably know that this is a prince when they see the dragon patterns.
Entering the house, one could hear the sound of saluting the third prince, but the two of them remained silent.
One is naturally the young prince who has always disliked him, and the other is Zhou Hongyan who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth.
Lin Qiyun met Zhou Hongyan's eyes, he sneered, lifted his clothes, and sat opposite the young prince, "Why do you look like this, don't you welcome me?"
Hearing the third prince's sneer, Li Yingchi naturally took it as a provocation to him.
He was confused. He insisted on coming even if he didn't want to. Did Lin Qiyun and Zhou Hongyan have such a deep friendship?
"I wonder why the Third Prince paid a sudden visit?" Li Yingchi spoke reluctantly.
Lin Qiyun waved, and the eunuch behind him wisely placed the package in his hand on the table between the two of them, then opened it to reveal the contents.
"Come and give some clothes to our young prince." Lin Qiyun narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the young prince, "But it seems that you are ready."
Li Yingchi was startled, his eyebrows that were drooped due to fatigue were slightly raised, his moist eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe this reason.
What kind of clothing is worthy of a prince personally delivering it to me?
He was so shocked that he didn't know how to reply, so he hesitated.
"Who gave you the clothes?" Lin Qiyun leaned on the chair and tapped the table with some rhythm with his long fingers.
Before Li Yingchi could answer, he glanced at Zhou Hongyan casually and said, "Did Zhou Hongyan give it to you?"
"How could it be him! My mother personally chose this for me." Li Yingchi hurriedly retorted, as if he didn't want to have anything to do with Zhou Hongyan.
Seeing Zhou Hongyan's slightly depressed expression, Lin Qiyun's lips curled up with satisfaction, "Oh, that was my misunderstanding."
His eyes dropped and suddenly focused on one spot.