wait for another year

Chapter 43

In the 19th year of Jinghe, it rained heavily on the fourth night of May.

Liangzhou Anxi Governor's Mansion.

Xuanyuan Zhuo was flipping through the book of war, and the little tiger named Po Jun was dozing off at his feet. Two servants knelt and sat beside the little tiger, one grooming it, and the other holding the dried meat, waiting for it to wake up." Meal".

"My lord, hurry up for [-] miles!"

Xuanyuan Hao took it and looked at it hastily, and the bamboo tube fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

In the north of Liangzhou City, the former residence of King Xuan is now the residence of the Marquis of Anyang.

Deng Fanyun is admiring the flowers in the pavilion.

This place is slightly norther than Chang'an, so the peonies that have already shed their fragrance can also bloom in the windy and sandy frontier palace, covered by pavilions, even if it is raining cats and dogs, they still bloom brilliantly.

There are alluring flowers, and there are also alluring people—a girl with loose eyebrows and open eyes sitting upright among thousands of flowers, burning incense with her bare hands.

Deng Fanyun waved his hands lazily, Rou Niang got up slowly, and cleaned her hands with the silver basin presented by the maid beside her.

"Unparalleled beauty in the world, the most fragrant in the world, is it worthy of the name?"

Rou Niang glanced at him and said with a clever smile, "Yes and no."

"Oh?"

"Since you are the king of flowers, you must be fragrant." Rou Niang sat down beside Deng Fanyun, adding wine to the jade cup in his hand. Zhifang? My concubine thinks that the style of a scholar and the air of grace can really be called a matchless."

Deng Fanyun smiled and said: "What Rou Niang said is exactly what I want, she is such a flower of interpretation."

A young servant stepped forward quickly, handed over the urgent documents, and then stepped aside.

Deng Fanyun took the document, showed a very faint smile, took Rou Niang into his arms, and nodded her forehead, "It's still a lucky star!"

Rou Niang caught a glimpse of a corner of the document from the corner of her eye, and her complexion turned white instantly. Seeing that Deng Fanyun was happy alone, she buried her head in Deng Fanyun's lapel, suppressing the trembling.

Thousands of miles away in Suzhou, Xuanyuan Hui went to train troops, while Zhao Xu stayed in the mansion to check the account books.

"Bai Zhi did a good job." After flipping through a few books, he nodded lightly, and put those antique jewelry and pawn shop books aside, "I only care about the cloth and rice shops now, and there is no news yet?"

Bai Su wondered: "Nowadays, the imperial court controls rice, salt, grain, and oil very strictly..."

Zhao Xu rubbed the space between her brows, "That's right, it's not easy for Bai Zhi, I'm too impatient."

"By the way, look at the weather, it's going to be heavy rain today and tomorrow, and you'll send people to each of the lords' houses to pass on the message, especially to let Si Nong tell Tian Zheng and others that if something goes wrong with Qiu Liang, ask them to raise their heads." Come and see!" Zhao Xu couldn't breathe, "There is also Yaluke's farmland, which is also worth paying attention to. Also, you submit the residence reports of Chang'an and other states."

Bai Su took the order and was about to step back when he heard Zhao Xu say, "What is your lord doing today?"

"Ah?" Zhao Xu seldom asked directly about Xuanyuan Hui's whereabouts, so Bai Su was taken aback, "My lord met a few adults in Qinggai hall in the morning, and then went to train soldiers. Today, there happened to be some Ya Luke The barbarian general wanted to see the prince, and the prince chatted with them speculatively, so he drank too much during lunch, and he is probably taking a nap now."

Zhao Xu nodded, "In Lilou?"

Without waiting for Bai Su to answer, he got up and went to the backyard.

Pushing open the door, he saw Xuanyuan Hui lying on his back on the couch, his clothes had already been removed, except for a strip of brocade covering his lower abdomen, revealing half of his thin waist.

Zhao Xu's throat tightened, she quickly looked away, and hurried over to tear Jin away, covering him completely.

Xuanyuan Hui curled his lips into a smile, leaned over and put his arms around his shoulders, and dragged him onto the couch as well.

"When did you wake up?" Zhao Xu moved back, but to no avail, she had to resign herself to being hugged by him.

Xuanyuan Hui lay on him like mud, "I woke up when I heard your footsteps."

"Then pretending to be asleep?" Zhao Xu stretched out his hand to pinch his face, but couldn't help stroking it, feeling his fingertips were hot.

Outside the Xuan window, it rained heavily like a waterfall. First there was the roar of thunder, and then a long snake-like lightning flashed across the billowing dark clouds. It was an indescribably terrifying ghost.

Zhao Xu's fiery heart beat faster and faster, and Xuanyuan Hui's chest was thumping evenly against his.

In the violent storm, both of them were silent, but the silence was somewhat charming.

"Why is your lord restless?" Zhao Xu finally opened his mouth to break the idle mood.

Xuanyuan frowned, "I don't know why, after getting up today, I feel flustered, even if I'm drunk, I still feel chills, as if something is about to happen."

Zhao Xu's heart trembled, this theory of the connection between heaven and man was most convinced by the people at that time, but for a while, they were also somewhat panicked.

Xuanyuan Hui got up suddenly, and walked towards Babaoge beside the desk.

There was a light in his arms, but it was inevitable that he would cool down, Zhao Xu felt a little bit lost.

Xuanyuan Hui took out the Buddhist beads bestowed by the emperor from one of the red sandalwood boxes, wrapped them around three times respectfully and put them on his hands.

Seeing Zhao Xu looking at him indistinctly, Xuanyuan Hui said, "Father is the real dragon emperor, so I can only ask him for the protection of the old man's dragon spirit."

Xuanyuan Hui walked back, sat upright beside Zhao Xu, and began to recite the Sutra of Chang Qing Jing that Zhao Xu had taught him earlier.

"Considering the emptiness and emptiness, the emptiness has nothing to be empty; the emptiness has nothing, and the nothingness has nothing; the nothingness has nothingness, and it is always silent; the solitude has nothing to be silent, how can desire be born..."

At this moment, the extremely strong rope snapped instantly, and one hundred and eight rosary beads were scattered all over the ground.

Xuanyuan Hui suddenly changed color, before he could get up in the future, he heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance.

The palace strictly ordered that, except for the two of them, no one could control the palace.

The only two exceptions are - the urgent military situation and the catastrophic event.

The Dada horseshoe was so clear amidst the sound of thunder and rain, and it came to people's ears one after another.

A thunderstorm passed by, and Xuanyuan's pale face was reflected by the electric light, Zhao Xu's heart froze, he bent down and picked up the beads one by one.

The sound of horseshoes approached, Zhao Xu picked up more than fifty of them, put them in a red sandalwood box, and then bowed down again.

When the horse stopped downstairs, Zhao Xu happened to pick up one hundred and six, and was squinting his eyes looking for the hidden gem, as if he could avoid some things, some inevitable things.

Xuanyuan Hui watched Zhao Xu pick up another one and put it in the red sandalwood box. For some reason, he felt that the blood all over his body was as cold as condensation, and his throat tightened, as if someone was strangling his throat, preventing him from getting out. .

"There will be important matters to report at the end!"

Xuanyuan Hui couldn't speak, Zhao Xu stood up slowly, "Come up."

The orderly hurried upstairs and handed over a secret box.

Seeing that Xuanyuan Hui remained silent and only stared fixedly at the secret box, Zhao Xu took it with a sigh.

Xuanyuan Hui quietly watched Zhao Xu close his eyelids, and slowly knelt down to him.

"My condolences, Your Highness!"