The emperor is hard to chase

Chapter 14

The catkins are flying and people are graying.

In the 39th year of Shunhong, the third day of April.

The 11-year-old Zhao Jinqing left the palace for the first time and went to Pingzhou.

Lu Ying, the prefect of Pingzhou, was his uncle. He still remembered the first time he opened the door and saw a handsome young boy standing in the room, followed by a tall man in snow-white armor.

"Don't be nervous, this is General Dingnan's young son Rong Xiao, who is about the same age as you." Lu Ying smiled and took little Zhao Jinqing's hand.

Zhao Jinqing glanced at the young man cautiously, and met the eyes of the young man in brocade clothes. He saw those peach blossom eyes were full of self-confidence and publicity, and he suddenly felt that his identity with the young man was different.

"So it's His Royal Highness the Third Prince." The general in white gave him a curious look, "As the rumors say, the Third Prince is very shy!"

In that month, Zhao Jinqing got to know Rong Xiao and often stayed with the boy.The man's expression is always bold and confident. He likes to ride a horse, but also knows how to use a gun and wields a sword.It didn't take long for Rong Xiao to become the king of kids in this area.

As for Zhao Jinqing's performance, I feel a little sorry...

Although Zhao Jinqing was the third child, his mother was not favored. He was sensitive since he was a child, and he always acted indifferently, even when he was happy or sad.Zhao Jinqing's non-dispute made him even more neglected. Emperor Chongxi always felt that this child was very strange and didn't like him very much.

Staying with Rong Xiao was also ordered by his uncle Lu Ying, who often said earnestly, "Third Highness, you must know how to think for yourself."

"Ah?" Zhao Jinqing asked suspiciously, "What are you going to do?"

Lu Ying looked at him with resentment, "Your mother is not favored by the empress, but the emperor loves the crown prince and His Highness the Seventh Highness. Why do you have a foothold in the palace in the future?"

Zhao Jinqing glanced at Lu Ying indifferently, "I can go to the fief outside."

"But what about your concubine?"

Zhao Jinqing was puzzled, "What happened to my mother and concubine?"

Lu Ying stared at him for a while, as if looking at an idiot.It took a long time before he sighed silently, "Third Highness, you should always be with Rong Xiao."

"Why?" Zhao Jinqing blinked, with some doubts in his eyes.

Lu Ying didn't answer him, and just walked away.

No matter what, Zhao Jinqing still carried out his uncle's decision.He has seen all kinds of children in the palace, some are domineering, some are clever, some are weak, but he has never seen such a person.Proud but not domineering, smart but not conceited, treats everyone neither humble nor overbearing.He can always think of all kinds of ideas, and treat him, the unloved prince, kindly and gently.Even that heroic face seemed to be carefully carved by God, full of youthful edges and corners.

All he knew was that he liked staying with this boy.

I remember a time of hide-and-seek, he searched for a long time at a loss, but Rong Xiao seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Jinqing couldn't explain how he felt, he just walked down the path step by step, calling out the man's name loudly.

"Rong Xiao! Rong Xiao!"

"Rong Xiao...Rong Xiao..."

Rong Xiao jumped out from the bushes and covered his eyes.Through the black gap, Zhao Jinqing couldn't help but said, "Rong Xiao, Rong Xiao! Where did you hide?"

Rong Xiao let go of his hand, looking like a proud peacock.

"Rong Xiao, others say that you are a courtier and you have to listen to the prince. But why have you never listened to me?" Zhao Jinqing couldn't help complaining.

The young man in brocade clothes smiled, looking into his eyes willfully and gently: "I will always remember what your Highness said!"

"You are my only friend." Zhao Jinqing thought for a while and said seriously.

Rong Xiao nodded, "You too."

Zhao Jinqing looked at his face, feeling elated.

A month passed quickly, however, it was not Zhao Jinqing who left first, but Rong Xiao.Lan Yu provoked the border, and General Dingnan went out to fight.Even brought the young Rong Xiao onto the battlefield.

Not long after, Zhao Jinqing returned to the palace.He and Rong Xiao are like an untouchable parallel line, each growing along its own track.

His mother and concubine gradually received favor again, and his father would occasionally intervene in his homework.

As for Rong Xiao...

Zhao Jinqing had no way of knowing the news about that person, there were good news coming intermittently, he didn't understand why he wanted to inquire about Lan Yu's news, that place was too far away, and in the day-to-day worries and worries, his life Turned around a corner.

That night, he saw with his own eyes that Nanny Li, who was always by his mother's side, pushed the new beautiful girl into the lake.

"Killed!"

At that time, Zhao Jinqing was 12 years old.

The burning sense of justice in his heart moved Zhao Jinqing. For the first time, he showed a different calmness and rushed forward angrily!

The hand that wanted to save people was blocked...

"Third Highness, you will harm the empress by doing this!" Nanny Li looked at him calmly, as if she didn't kill someone alone.

He looked at the nanny who had protected him since he was a child, as if he was looking at a stranger. "No, Nanny Li, how could my concubine be like this..."

"Your Highness, perhaps you are the only one who is clean in this deep palace." Nanny Li paused, her voice full of fatigue and indifference: "But, you can't go on like this forever. There used to be an empress protecting you, For you wholeheartedly. She can kill for you, can't you understand her?"

"Why?" Zhao Jinqing's heart sank into a glacier, "Isn't she doing this for the favor of her father?"

Nanny Li smiled, "Your Highness is still so naive? The emperor can spoil anyone, only you are the solid backing of the empress!"

"Your Highness, everything the Empress does is for you."

After that day, he suddenly understood that perhaps what the concubine mother wanted was the same as that of his elder brothers.In order for him to embark on a smooth journey on this road, his mother and concubine may have done more terrible things.But all of this, even if he didn't want it, he couldn't blame it.

That's what he owed his mother and concubine.

Zhao Jinqing is no longer the Zhao Jinqing of the past, he is becoming more and more silent. In the past, he may have been shy in the eyes of others, but since then, his shyness has also become weird.

Among the several princes who struggled more and more fiercely, he was like a strange existence.

After moving out of the palace, his mansion was deserted.

When Rong Xiao returned to Beijing, General Dingnan had already died in battle.The Holy Majesty valued this child who escaped from the battlefield very much, and allowed him to inherit the title of General Dingnan, becoming the youngest prince in the capital.That person was no longer Rong Xiao, they were like two people they had never met before, passing each other in the busy city of the capital.

Zhao Jinqing sometimes sees him, sees that man going out with the princes in high spirits, and sees him always becoming the focus of the streets and alleys.Perhaps some people are born with the ability to attract all eyes.And he is just one of them.

Zhao Jinqing gradually fell in love with him.Perhaps, what he likes is only the young man in fresh clothes and angry horse, not the real Rong Xiao.

Or maybe, without that assassination, Zhao Jinqing would never have had the courage to meet him in this life.

Zhao Jinqing thought he was going to die when the iron knife shining with dazzling white light stabbed at him.

Of course, a gun blocked the sword!

Zhao Jinqing looked at him silently, compared to back then, Rong Xiao's marksmanship is more refined, and his martial arts are also more powerful.

"It's you, Your Highness Jinhou." Rong Xiao smiled at him, his handsome face was still the same, why was there a coldness rushing towards his face.

Zhao Jinqing couldn't figure it out, and couldn't understand it.He could only stare at Rong Xiao, burying all the words in his throat.

Maybe, it's not that I don't want to talk, it's just a deep-seated inferiority complex.

This incident quickly reached the ears of Concubine Mu. His mother was different from him, and had always had a sensitive sense of fighting.He was forced to go to Dingnan Palace, and was forced to find Rong Xiao. He was not good at words and only said: "Can you help me?"

Rong Xiao smiled, but his voice was indifferent: "Why?"

In a word, he has nothing to say.For the first time, he failed!

No, he had failed too many times in his life, but none was more desperate than this time.

Zhao Jinqing began to avoid Rong Xiao, perhaps, this was the only escape he could do.

He no longer remembers the subsequent process, but he only remembers that one night after that, when he just came back from the gambling house, he was stopped by a man in brocade clothes.

"Give up like that?" Rong Xiao laughed wildly, "Without me, you can't be the emperor."

"I don't want to be the emperor." He looked at the man silently, trying to remember his expression.

Rong Xiao laughed again, "Then why did you come to me? Are you trying to tell me that the one who really wants to be emperor is your concubine mother?"

"..."

Zhao Jinqing looked at him in astonishment, and the corners of Rong Xiao's mouth gradually curved.

"I don't know what you want to do. But if you want me to help you, then be mine first."

Zhao Jinqing refused, and the moment the man said it, he almost understood Rong Xiao's meaning.

It is said that Prince Dingnan likes men and has dozens of male pets around him.

However, this is not an acknowledgment, nor a favor, just a transaction...

That arrogant young man, that young man who always smiled kindly, why did he become like this?

Even if he really likes him, even if he can't help but stare at him, why would he be trampled on with such pure and pure feelings...

However, many things are beyond Zhao Jinqing's control...

In one day, Zhao Jinqing became the target of all the princes.Some people say that he colluded with Lan Yu, and even found Prince Lan Yu's letters in his home.Some people say that His Highness the Third Prince likes luxury and doesn't know how to respect brothers and sisters.First, his mother and concubine suffered from cough and lost his favor.Later, even more terrible things happened. His mother and concubine were found out to be murderers, one after another, and all of them were capital crimes.

It was a rainy night.

Zhao Jinqing has been imprisoned in his palace.He didn't know where Rong Xiao came from, but when he raised his drooping head slightly, he saw the man push open the wooden door, holding a wet umbrella in his hand.

"I just came to see you." Rong Xiao smiled. "See how you plan to beg me."

That night, he completely became Rong Xiao's pillow.He satisfied that person in different ways, his movements were green and clumsy.

It was also from that day that his self-righteous cleanliness was completely broken...

If there really was any love, perhaps, that night was a black funeral.

The mother and concubine were released, and he became the emperor.Everything is going off track.

This is just a transaction, whoever takes it seriously is the biggest fool in the world.

Rong Xiao...