The prince is not doing his job [traveling]

Chapter 81

In the early morning, Xiao Yanzhi was awakened by the sound of birdsong outside the window, opened his eyes and stared blankly for a while, then took away Pei Ze's arm from his waist, lifted the quilt and turned to get out of bed.

Putting on plain clothes, Xiao Yanzhi climbed onto the bed and kissed Pei Ze's lips, and then walked out of the room to the yard.

This is a simple farmhouse built not far to the west of the imperial mausoleum. There are two wooden houses and a well that was drilled three years ago. The larger wooden house is used as a bedroom and study, while the smaller one That one is the kitchen, in addition to the stove and chopping board, there is also a small square table and two wooden chairs facing each other.

Xiao Yanzhi originally thought about raising some livestock in this yard, or planting something in the surrounding open space, but after thinking about it, he found it too troublesome. They will only stay here for three years, and there are only two of them. Personally, it is a bit hard to be self-sufficient, so I gave up this opportunity to experience the hard work of farmers. The daily necessities of the two are regularly delivered by Li An and the others from Chang'an.

He fetched water from the well to wash, after drying his face, he saw a sparrow standing on the fence, Xiao Yanzhi smiled, ignored the sparrow, turned and went to the kitchen.

In the past three years, the two of them have reduced from three meals a day to two meals a day, and Xiao Yanzhi personally cooks each meal.Xiao Yanzhi also thought about teaching Pei Ze, it was always easier for the two of them to take turns, but after trying to stop the nausea a few times, Xiao Yanzhi no longer allowed Pei Ze to enter the kitchen.Pei Ze really didn't have the talent in this area, and in the end he only learned the two skills of picking and washing vegetables.

Xiao Yanzhi handled rice washing and vegetable picking very smoothly. The breakfast for the two of them was always simple, and the aroma wafted from the kitchen after a while.

Pei Ze, who woke up later than Xiao Yanzhi, opened his eyes and smelled the smell of breakfast. Sitting on the bed and looking in the direction of the kitchen, Pei Ze unconsciously smiled.

Turning around and getting out of bed, he also changed into plain clothes and made the bed, before Pei Ze went to the yard to wash up.

The sparrows on the fence turned into two at some point, they chattered for a long time, and when Pei Ze turned to go to the kitchen, they suddenly flapped their wings and flew away together.

Pei Ze turned his head to look at the two sparrows, then stepped into the kitchen.

Leaning against the door and watching Xiao Yanzhi's busy back, Pei Ze felt that such a day was called happiness.

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head and glanced at Pei Ze, smiling like a spring breeze: "Are you awake?"

"En." Pei Ze walked up behind Xiao Yanzhi and hugged him, and even tilted his head to kiss Xiao Yanzhi's cheek.

Xiao Yanzhi tilted his head to look at Pei Ze, then took a spoonful of porridge, blew it cold, and brought it to Pei Ze's mouth: "Try it?"

Pei Ze took a sip, smacked his lips and said, "It's salty."

"Very salty?" Xiao Yanzhi took another sip and thought it was okay.

"Alright."

"Oh." Xiao Yanzhi nodded, and then patted Pei Ze's thigh with his backhand, "Get out of the way."

Pei Ze let go and took two steps back.

Xiao Yanzhi put the porridge into a bowl, and then handed both bowls to Pei Ze.Pei Ze took it as usual, then turned around and walked to the table, put two bowls of porridge on both sides, and waited for Xiao Yanzhi to come over with the dishes, then sat down with Xiao Yanzhi one behind the other.

During the meal, Pei Ze suddenly said, "Li An and Sister Chunyue will come today."

"Today? Why?" Xiao Yan was puzzled.

The three-year deadline has come, and today is the last day they stay here, what are Li An and Sister Chunyue doing here?

Pei Ze raised his eyes to look at Xiao Yanzhi, and then said, "Here, I'll give you something."

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, looked at Pei Ze suspiciously and asked, "What are you planning behind my back?"

"It's not a big deal," Pei Ze put a chopstick of vegetables into Xiao Yanzhi's bowl, "Eat it quickly, it's getting cold."

"Can you change the subject more cleverly?" Rolling a blank look at Pei Ze, Xiao Yanzhi ate the vegetables with chopsticks, rolled his eyes and thought about it, Xiao Yanzhi said again, "Aren't you going back to Chang'an tomorrow? "

This is probably the only thing that Pei Ze would hide from him, because he was worried that Pei Ze still bears the title of King Wu Cheng, and it would be bad if he never went back, so he thought about going back to Chang'an for a while , but Pei Ze didn't know why he didn't want to go back to Chang'an.

Pei Ze looked at Xiao Yanzhi and smiled without saying a word, but this smile made Xiao Yanzhi understand that he guessed right.

Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips and said, "Forget it, anyway, I'm just a commoner now, you're a big official, you can decide what you say."

Hearing this, Pei Ze chuckled lightly.

Being able to say this means that Xiao Yanzhi feels that no matter what, otherwise, if Xiao Yanzhi really has an idea, it will be difficult to be persuaded to make a concession.

After breakfast, Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi took a few tools and went to the imperial mausoleum.

Although the late emperor was buried in the underground palace, there was also a tombstone on the ground. For three years, Xiao Yanzhi and Pei Ze went there every morning.

When he came to the tombstone, Xiao Yanzhi took out a cloth towel and dusted off the dust on the tombstone, while Pei Ze cleaned up the weeds around the tombstone.

Leaning against the tombstone, Xiao Yanzhi said with a smile: "Father, I won't come to see you every day after today. If you miss us, go to the palace by yourself."

Pei Ze turned his head to stare at Xiao Yanzhi and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Is Xiao Yanzhi hoping that the palace will be haunted?Although they don't have to live in the palace anymore, if something happens in the palace, it's better for the two of them to be busy?

Xiao Yanzhi shrugged, and then said to Pei Ze, "I want to eat fish tonight."

Pei Ze said without hesitation, "Go and have a look in the river later."

The river is a small river in the west, and there is a forest between the two people's residences. Although it is not far away, it is not close. The two people occasionally go back to catch fish to eat. It's time to go back there to see the scenery.

So the two people who finished sweeping the tomb went back to the small courtyard, changed their equipment and went to the small river to the west.

Carrying a harpoon made of wood, Pei Ze took Xiao Yanzhi's hand and walked towards the river without haste.The road in the forest is not very easy to walk, but for the two of them, they already know where there are pits with their eyes closed, so there is nothing to worry about.

When they reached the river, Pei Ze left Xiao Yanzhi in the shade by the river, and went into the water to catch fish by himself.

In the hot midsummer, Xiao Yanzhi couldn't stay still, especially looking at Pei Ze's wet appearance, Xiao Yanzhi felt that it was extremely hot, so he just sat under the shade for a while and took advantage of it. When Pei Ze didn't pay attention, he came to the river, sat on a big dry rock, took off his shoes and socks, and soaked his feet in the cool river water comfortably. The coolness rushed from the soles of the feet to the forehead, refreshing Refreshing.

However, it didn't take long before Pei Ze found out.

He habitually turned his head to check whether Xiao Yanzhi was okay, but found that there was no figure of Xiao Yanzhi under the shade of the tree, and when he turned his head again, he saw Xiao Yanzhi sitting on a big rock by the river, his feet soaked. In the water, still looking extremely comfortable, the veins on Pei Ze's forehead twitched, and he shouted: "Xiao Yanzhi, put your feet up!"

Xiao Yan was startled, and the contentment on his face instantly turned into a flattering smile, saying: "It's okay, it's hot today, and the water isn't cold at all."

Although the injury on his leg was completely healed, it was probably because of a toss in the middle, so when autumn entered that year, Xiao Yanzhi realized that the part where he was injured could not catch cold, otherwise the bone would have been broken There will be a dull pain in the place, and the pain is not unbearable, but it is indeed uncomfortable to be in pain all the time.

The doctor from Yansheng's family came to see it specially, but he also said that he had no choice but to pay attention to it.Since then, Pei Ze has been paying attention all the time, and he is simply overprotective of his leg.

Pei Ze said nothing, just stared at Xiao Yanzhi with a sullen face.

Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips, took his injured leg up from the water, and stepped on the edge of the stone to bask in the sun.

Only then did Pei Ze continue to fish with satisfaction.

After harpooning a fish, Pei Ze turned around and walked towards Xiao Yanzhi, stopped in front of Xiao Yanzhi, then pulled the fish off the harpoon and threw it into the bamboo basket in Xiao Yanzhi's arms .

"Thank you." Xiao Yanzhi chuckled and kissed Pei Ze on the forehead.

Pei Ze raised his head and kissed back the corner of Xiao Yanzhi's mouth.

Staring at Pei Ze's naked upper body, Xiao Yanzhi suddenly reached out to caress Pei Ze's chest.

"Your body is much stronger than when you were in Chang'an."

Hearing this, Pei Ze laughed: "You like this?"

Did you think that Xiao Yan's serious face was about to say something, but in the end he just wanted to comment on his body?

When he was in Chang'an, even if he was in charge of the guards of the capital, he no longer trained with soldiers. After three years of slack, his figure would naturally change.I have lived here with Xiao Yanzhi for three years, either in the water for fishing or in the mountains to hunt, and I have to cut firewood every day, without the help of a waiter, all the heavy physical work is done by him, which is no worse than the training back then How many.

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and said, "I don't like this, I just like you like this."

If you change someone else, no matter how good your figure is, it won't work.

Pei Ze raised his eyebrows and teased, "What? You don't like me like I used to?"

"I like it," Xiao Yanzhi said with a smile while touching it, "but now I like it even more."

Pei Ze's body froze suddenly, then he pulled Xiao Yanzhi's hand away, and said helplessly, "A gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands."

"Move your mouth?"

Seeing Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, Pei Ze knew something was going to happen. Sure enough, Xiao Yanzhi immediately reached out to hug Pei Ze, lowered his head, and bit Pei Ze's shoulder, and licked it after the bite.

Pei Ze rolled his eyes helplessly.

What he said is not good but he has to say such a sentence, he really asks for it!

After leaving a circle of tooth marks, Xiao Yan raised his head with dissatisfaction, and complained to Pei Ze: "The taste is not as good as the hand."

Pei Ze couldn't help but kissed the corner of Xiao Yanzhi's mouth comfortingly, and said, "I'll let you have a good time tomorrow, will it work?"

Don't torture him this last day.

"Success!" Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze with a smile on his face.

Pei Ze smiled and said, "It's you, who is as thin as before."

"You want me to become stronger? Then I can start practicing tomorrow." Xiao Yanzhi squeezed his arm.

"...Forget it."

He said he wanted to practice, but God knows what Xiao Yanzhi would do, so it's better to avoid it, don't let his body not become stronger, but instead break something.

After returning to the river to spear a fish, Pei Ze went ashore and lay down on Xiao Yanzhi's lap to dry himself.

When Li An and Xiao Chunyue arrived, Xiao Yanzhi was cooking fish soup in the kitchen, while Pei Ze was sitting in the yard picking vegetables.

Although this scene has been seen many times, Li An is dumbfounded every time.

How could their prince pick vegetables so naturally?

"My lord." Li An saluted Pei Ze.

Xiao Chunyue followed suit, then said, "Is Yanzhi in the kitchen? I'll help him."

After the words fell, Xiao Chunyue ran into the kitchen.

"Sit down." Pei Ze looked up at Li An, then continued to pick vegetables.

Hearing this, Li An looked around, but couldn't find anything to sit on. There were no stools or chairs. Then he turned his head to look under Pei Ze's butt, only to find that Pei Ze was sitting on the ground, so Li An An also sat on the floor opposite Pei Ze.

"The horses and packages are all ready, and Miss Xiao specially made some dry food, and even a change of clothes."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Li An looked at Pei Ze, hesitated and said, "Is the lord really not going back to Chang'an?"

Pei Ze asked without answering, "Did Your Majesty say anything?"

Li An shook his head: "That's not true."

But didn't the prince and His Majesty agree to only have a three-year vacation?Now that the holidays are over, the prince will not return to Beijing, is that okay?

"That's okay." After picking the vegetables, Pei Ze fetched a bucket of water from the well, poured some into the vegetable bowl, and began to wash the vegetables seriously.

After a moment of silence, Li An said again: "Then where is the prince going? How about I ask Xu Ren and the others to come and accompany the prince tomorrow morning?"

Pei Ze looked up at Li An, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, it's more convenient for two people to travel."

"My lord, do you remember that you are still King Wucheng of the Tang Kingdom, and your life and death are of great importance to the Tang Kingdom."

"Don't worry," Pei Ze looked at the worried Li An with a funny face, "I will protect this life and let myself live as long as possible."

If he lived one more year, he would be able to stay with Xiao Yanzhi for one more year. How could he be willing to die?

After washing the dishes, Pei Ze went to the kitchen with the dish basin.

In the kitchen, Xiao Chunyue saw Xiao Yanzhi's virtuous back as soon as she entered the door.

"In a word."

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head and smiled brightly: "Sister Chunyue, did you come so early?"

Xiao Chunyue walked to Xiao Yanzhi's side, and said with a smile: "It's getting late, if it's later, I won't be able to catch up with your soup. Is there anything I can do for you?"

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and said, "No, it's all over. By the way, does Miss Chunyue know where Pei Ze is going?"

Xiao Chunyue shook her head and said, "How would I know? I just heard from Li An that you don't plan to return to Chang'an, so I came to see you. Who knows when you will come back after leaving? Didn't he tell you?"

In the past three years, they were still near Chang'an, and it took less than half a day to go back and forth, but it was really difficult to see each other this way.

Xiao Yanzhi shrugged and said, "I always persuade him to go back to Chang'an, so he doesn't talk to me about it anymore."

"But if you insist on going back, Pei Ze will definitely obey you, right?" Xiao Chunyue turned her head to look at Xiao Yanzhi.

"That's true," Xiao Yanzhi nodded with a smile, "but I can go anywhere, so why don't I go with him?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chunyue immediately rolled her eyes: "As long as you are with him, you can go anywhere! It really is the water thrown by the married brother."

Xiao Yanzhi twitched the corner of his mouth.

Is that what you said?

"How is sister doing? Have you found a good family?"

"Hmm..." Xiao Chunyue looked away, her expression became a little unnatural, "No."

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, and then said with a smile: "There are so many ignorant young people in Chang'an City, sister, please don't be polite, if you really like someone, you can bring them back under the name of Sister Wucheng Wangyi, sister thinks You can have as many as you want."

Xiao Chunyue kicked Xiao Yan's foot, pretending to be angry and said: "Your sister, am I a human trafficker? Why do you have to pick on ignorant young people?"

Xiao Yanzhi rubbed his legs, and said: "Because of ignorance, if such a person treats my sister well, he must treat her sincerely."

Feeling that what Xiao Yanzhi said made some sense, Xiao Chunyue asked: "Then what if it's not an ignorant young man?"

"That's hard to say," Xiao Yanzhi said while looking at Xiao Chunyue's expression, "If it's like Xu Ren, then it's probably a bully; if it's like Kong Qing, it's probably just doing it and not talking about it." , but it will be troublesome if Li An is like that."

Xiao Chunyue has been staying in Prince Wucheng's mansion for the past three years, if she really has her eyes on someone, it is most likely a few people in Prince Wucheng's mansion.But who could it be?

After waiting for a while but not waiting for Xiao Yanzhi's next sentence, Xiao Chunyue carefully asked, "Why is it so troublesome?"

"Li An, as the long history of Prince Wucheng's mansion, has been handling internal and external affairs for Pei Ze. What he has honed over the years is not only ability. That person is the best at hiding himself. If there is something about him, he doesn't want others to find out. , it must be impossible to find even the slightest clue. Being with such a person, if you are not a person who is extremely observant and shrewd, I am afraid it will be very tiring."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Yanzhi noticed that Xiao Chunyue was thinking about something worriedly.

Xiao Yanzhi asked with a teasing smile: "What? Could it be that my sister likes Li An... like that?"

There was such a pause in the middle of Xiao Yanzhi's words, which made Xiao Chunyue show his flaws: "Who, who likes him, he is like that! That dead fox is full of bad water!"

Seeing Xiao Chunyue's panic at that moment, Xiao Yanzhi knew it, but he didn't point it out.

"Anyway, no matter who my sister likes, I'm always on her side."

After hearing this, Xiao Chunyue showed a smile.

"In other words," the siblings had just finished chatting about this topic, when Pei Ze walked into the kitchen with a vegetable bowl, followed by Li An, "The dishes are ready."

"Oh, it's really time." Xiao Yan took two steps forward, took over the vegetable bowl, and kissed Pei Ze's cheek by the way.

Seeing such a scene, Xiao Chunyue blushed immediately, and sighed with her forehead: "Speaking of which, my sister knows that there are only two of you here, and you are used to doing whatever you want, but when you go outside, you must be cautious. others."

She is used to seeing such scenes in romantic occasions, but acting on occasions feels completely different from this heartfelt behavior.Moreover, ordinary couples are not so sweet after four or five years of marriage. These two men are really unbearable.

Xiao Yanzhi and Pei Ze looked at each other, then Pei Ze turned around and went out, Xiao Yanzhi returned to the stove with the vegetable bowl in his arms, no one responded to Xiao Chunyue's words.

Seeing this, Xiao Chunyue glared at Xiao Yanzhi and said, "You two don't plan to be scruples at all, right? Don't forget that he is still King Wucheng! If there are any rumors about this, his reputation will be ruined." Stop thinking about it!"

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corner of his mouth, and said: "This is where love comes, can't help it, love has to be, love..."

Before Xiao Yanzhi could finish speaking, Xiao Chunyue was so angry that he kicked Xiao Yan's foot again.

After dinner, Li An and Xiao Chunyue went back to Chang'an City. With Li An taking the horse with a whip, the two of them could return before midnight. Li An still had the token given by Xu Lishan on his body, so even if he entered the city late at night, he would not be interrogated .

Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi packed up the dishes and went back to the room.

There is nothing to do in this place, and you can stroll around during the day, but they dare not run around at night, so Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi's entertainment every night is to sit in the courtyard and watch the stars. Reading and writing in the room, but fortunately the two of them are together, it is no different from when they were still in Chang'an.When sleepiness struck, the two hugged each other and fell asleep again.

As usual, he had a good night's sleep, but when Pei Ze opened his eyes again, he saw Xiao Yanzhi straddling him in the morning light.

"Morning, have you had enough sleep?" Xiao Yanzhi sat straddling Pei Ze's waist calmly, and greeted him with a smile when he saw Pei Ze open his eyes.

Looking down at his open skirts, Pei Ze smiled helplessly, "You got up early in the morning to attack me?"

Xiao Yanzhi leaned over, kissed Pei Ze's lips and said, "Looking at you sleeping soundly, I'm not willing to sneak up on you, I'm just addicted to my eyes."

"So cute." Pei Ze put his hands behind his head and looked at Xiao Yanzhi leisurely.

Because it was Xiao Yanzhi who said that he would keep his filial piety for the late emperor for three years, and he also kept his body for three years honestly, so he thought Xiao Yanzhi was really pure-hearted, but now he knew it from Xiao Yanzhi's appearance He is not alone in suffering.

Xiao Yanzhi stretched out a finger and walked along Pei Ze's muscle lines: "Seriously, have you done something secretly behind my back for the past three years? For the last six months, you have to face such a face every day. Body, I endured it very hard."

Pei Ze said proudly, "You were the one who said you would keep it for three years."

"Well, I said it," Xiao Yanzhi stroked Pei Ze's abdomen with his palm, "but I'm so regretful that my intestines are green. You said that I don't look like a filial person, why do I have to do this? Woolen cloth?"

Pei Ze chuckled lightly, put his hand on Xiao Yanzhi's waist, and moved restlessly.

Xiao Yanzhi leaned over and gave Pei Ze a deep kiss after three years of absence.

After all, Pei Ze couldn't lie down, turned over and held Xiao Yanzhi down, turning his back on the guest.