Peach Blossom Land On Longyin Island Chapter 61

The indestructible prince

The capital is really prosperous, with six streets and three cities, and many shops.Restaurants and karaoke houses are full of silk and bamboo.Hooks on railings and tiles sheds, and the shouts don’t stop.The streets are crowded with people, and the aroma of various snacks on both sides of the street fills your nose.

An Ran and An Xiaoyu shopped together, bought together, and ate together.When I feel tired from walking, I go to the teahouse to drink tea and listen to books. When I’ve heard enough, I go to Goulanwashe to watch the dance.After the lanterns were first lit, we took a boat cruise on the lake, drank sugar water, ate snacks, looked up at the stars in the sky, and felt the lights of thousands of houses on the shore.

The sound of silk and bamboo orchestral music in the restaurant and karaoke house came from far away through the wind and across the water, which had a unique flavor.

On the bow of the boat, An Ran was leaning on a soft seat paved with hibiscus brocade, and beside him was An Xiaoyu, who was sitting upright.Ling Feng and Jing Yu stood at the stern of the boat, looking at the two people through the cabin.

“An Xiaoyu, why are they impeaching you?” An Ran asked, remembering what happened during the day.

“It’s against the law to say that I left Beijing without permission.”

“It goes against filial piety to say that I don’t want to marry a princess.”

“Said that I indulged my subordinates and was not strict with them.”

“To say that I resisted and disobeyed the decree is treason and unethical.”

“Huh? Are you resisting the decree?” An Ran was relatively calm when she heard this a few days ago.But when he heard the anti-edict, he was suddenly startled. He stood up and looked at An Xiaoyu with wide eyes, “What edict are you resisting? Isn’t it serious to resist edicts in ancient times? The kind that requires beheading?”

An Xiaoyu smiled and said, “My father ordered me to choose a concubine, but I refused. My father was very angry.”

“Then you…”

“I was punished to stay at home for three months.”

“That… is quite light.” An Ran was very surprised. He had watched too much TV and thought that he would be beheaded if he resisted the decree.

An Xiaoyu said lightly “Hmm”.

After a while, An Ran asked again: “Is that all?”

An Xiaoyu nodded.

An Ran was surprised: “Then they played you thirty-two times?”

An Xiaoyu shook his head.

“Let me just say, this is worth playing thirty-two times…”

“Including this year, there should be more than fifty times.”

“Ah?” An Ran was surprised.

An Xiaoyu smiled and said, “I have to come here every month.”

“…They are really free.”

An Xiaoyu said: “Unless I marry a concubine, they will not stop.”

“How dare you!” An Ran still threatened, knowing that An Xiaoyu wouldn’t do it.But An Xiaoyu suddenly came closer and said with a smile: “Of course, I want to comply with their wishes.”

“What did you say?” An Ran suddenly turned his head and glared at An Xiaoyu.

An Xiaoyu curved the corners of his mouth and said softly: “Of course, let’s get married.”

An Ran rolled her eyes: “We have been married a long time ago.”

“Once again,” An Xiaoyu looked at An Ran sincerely, “Of course, I want to marry you. Here, in the Kingdom of Jin, under the witness of the emperor’s grandmother, I want to marry you as Lu Qian.”

An Ran’s eyes moved slightly, but she didn’t speak or nod.

An Xiaoyu still looked at An Ran tenderly: “We’ll leave after we get married. Leave here and go back to Longyin Village.”

An Ran’s lips moved: “Are you willing to leave?”

“I’m willing,” An Xiaoyu replied without hesitation, “However, I don’t like it here. I want to go back to Longyin Village with you and live with my father, mother, and Su Su.”

An Ran raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but complained: “Then you left without saying goodbye. You would have stayed with me in Longyin Village.”

An Xiaoyu chuckled and explained: “I was wrong. It’s just that I had to come back then. Whether I was alive or dead, I had to let the Queen Mother know. Life or death is uncertain, and the Queen Mother has to worry all the time.”

An Ran was a little confused: “Why do you always talk about your grandmother, but rarely mention your father? Isn’t your father worried?”

An Xiaoyu laughed softly, but with a mocking smile, and said, “He hopes I won’t come back.”

An Ran was startled and blurted out: “What did you say?”

An Xiaoyu laughed a few more times, as if coming from his throat, with a sarcastic tone: “If I die, his most beloved third son can become the prince.”

An Ran was stunned and speechless, and just stared at An Xiaoyu blankly.

An Xiaoyu kissed the corner of An Ran’s mouth, and said warmly to An Ran’s mouth: “He wants to abolish the crown prince’s order, but he can’t do it. He can’t do it even if the emperor’s grandmother is alive and I’m alive. However, do you know why?”

An Ran opened her mouth, but her throat seemed to be blocked, and she was so sore that she couldn’t make a sound.

An Xiaoyu didn’t want to hear An Ran’s answer, and continued with a sarcastic smile: “Because before the queen was diagnosed as pregnant, the imperial grandmother dreamed that a golden dragon flew into the mother’s belly. Because when the queen was pregnant, the weather was good in the Kingdom of Jin, and the two capitals and thirteen states of the Kingdom were also prosperous.There was no natural disaster.Because that year there was constant auspiciousness.Because on the night when I was born, the emperor dreamed that the people from all over the world came to the court, and he saw a baby sitting on the dragon throne.Because in the early morning of my birth, the auspiciousness fell from the sky, and Si Tianjian said that I was destined by heaven.

“Because my position as prince was conferred by the emperor’s grandfather.Because Grandpa Huang wanted me to be the emperor, so he became the emperor.Because my edict on establishing the crown prince was written before him.Because Grandpa Huang’s last edict was for him to step aside from me during my ceremony.

“So he hates me, because my existence is to remind him that sitting on the Dragon Throne is just to guard the Dragon Throne for me. He wants to abolish me, but he can’t abolish me, because he can’t be accused of being unfilial, and he can’t be accused of violating God’s will.”

“Of course, there were no Japanese pirates at all. What was waiting for me there was a group of Jin people who knew when I would appear. Their muskets were aimed at me, and the gunpowder they fired was denser than the storm.

“Of course, he wants me to die in the sea, and he wants Lu Qian to evaporate.”

These words were spoken softly, without hatred but full of desolation.An Ran felt that her chest was full and her heart was hurting all the time.

“Lu… Qian…” After a long time, An Ran made a difficult voice.

“Don’t cry, Ran Ran,” An Xiaoyu kissed An Ran’s eyes gently, “I don’t want to be angry with him anymore. When we get married, we’ll leave, okay?””

“good.”After a long time, An Ran heard his hoarse voice.

An Ran couldn’t see An Linmian, An Mai, and An Tu for several days in a row. An Ran almost suspected that the three of them had an accident, but Butler Kong said that the three of them came back to sleep every night, but they were very busy when they left early and came back late.

An Ran was curious about what the three of them were doing, but couldn’t catch anyone.After moving out of the East Palace, An Xiaoyu stopped going to the morning court and slept with An Ran until three o’clock in the morning every day. He also ordered Butler Kong to refuse all visitors.

But Butler Kong could keep ordinary visitors out of the house, but Butler Kong who was sent by the palace did not dare to block them. He had to invite the people into the main hall and then ask An Xiaoyu for instructions.

Butler Kong said: “Your Highness, someone is coming from the palace.”

“Say I’m not here.”An Xiaoyu was teaching An Ran archery at the school ground and said something without looking back.

There was no movement behind him, and Butler Kong didn’t move.An Ran stopped and turned to look at Butler Kong.Butler Kong looked embarrassed. Seeing An Ran looking at him, he quickly said: “It’s someone from the Queen Mother’s Palace, Eunuch Changde Haichang, who came in person.”

An Xiaoyu’s hand that pulled the bow paused, then returned to his natural state, and said, “You also said I’m not here.”

Behind him, Butler Kong said again: “What if he keeps waiting?”

“Just eat and drink well and serve him well.”Accompanied by the sound of a sharp arrow leaving the string, An Xiaoyu said in a cold voice.

This meant that he had disappeared. Butler Kong said “hey” and retreated.

An Xiaoyu covered An Ran’s hand and was about to draw the bow again, but An Ran let go and looked sideways at An Xiaoyu: “Isn’t the Imperial Grandmother very good to you? Why don’t you see her?”

An Xiaoyu said nothing with a sullen expression.

An Ran thought for a while and guessed: “Did the Imperial Grandmother ask Liu Ci to say those words to me?”

An Xiaoyu made a muffled “hmm” sound.

“Oh.”An Ran turned his head, grabbed the arrow again, and pulled hard, but he only pulled it half full and couldn’t pull it anymore. An Xiaoyu’s hand covering An Ran’s hand didn’t use any force.

An Ran turned to look at An Xiaoyu again, who looked down at him with a gloomy expression.

“The royal grandmother doesn’t agree to our marriage?”Although he knew, An Ran still asked in a nonchalant tone.

After a while, An Xiaoyu spoke in a low voice: “There will be an auspicious day next month, and we will get married next month.”

An Ran nodded.

The bow string is stretched to its maximum, like a full moon.There was another whistling sound, and the bow and arrow left the string, like splitting bamboo, and stabbed into the red heart steadily.

“By the way, have you delivered the gifts that your parents brought to the imperial grandmother?”While An Xiaoyu was taking the arrows from the quiver, An Ran asked.

“Not yet.”An Xiaoyu said.

“Send it away now,” An Ran smiled slightly, “Since someone is here, I just want to take him there.”

An Xiaoyu paused and then whispered: “Okay.”

Father An and Mother An didn’t know what outsiders liked, so the gifts they prepared were all things from Longyin Island: ginseng grown in the mountains for thousands of years, various health-preserving herbs, luminous pearls from the sea, pearls, red coral… They weren’t necessarily precious, but they were large in quantity, filling eighteen boxes.

Before the two set off, An Ran was shocked when he saw eight large boxes filled with luminous pearls, pearls, and red corals, and asked: “Father, mother, where did you get so many luminous pearls, pearls, and red corals?”

“Oh,” Mother An’s smile was a little shy, “Some of them are gifts from your grandparents when your father and I got married, some are dowries given to me by your grandparents, and some are things your uncles, aunts, and uncles heard that you were going to visit Xiaoyu’s parents and asked you to take them with you.He said that we should be more prepared and not let people think that we have treated Xiaoyu badly.Oh, by the way, the boxes over there are filled with fox and mink furs. I heard from Mianmian that wealthy people outside wear these, so the village chief sent two boxes for you to bring.Oh, and there are those boxes of medicinal materials, ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, deer antlers, and dendrobium, all the best.Some are for Xiaoyu, and some are for Xiaoyu’s grandma.I heard from Xiaoyu that my family members were not in good health after being frightened, so I prescribed a prescription for keeping healthy.But if there is a chance, I’d better let Mai Mai read it before using it…”

At that time, An Ran stared at the boxes everywhere with wide eyes and could no longer react.

Seeing that An Ran was silent and An Xiaoyu wanted to refuse, An’s father explained thoughtfully: “Don’t worry, everyone in the village agrees.When you got married, it was too hasty, and Xiaoyu didn’t have any family, because many links were not completed, including three letters and six appointments. Now that Xiaoyu has found his family, we naturally have to make up for it.The villagers said that our village cannot disgrace the village by marrying someone else’s son as a son-in-law. We were supposed to give more, but dad knew you were embarrassed, so he only took half…”

What An Ran was thinking was: “What kind of salt are you selling!Sell ​​these!”

Although An Ran’s father and mother had repeatedly warned An Ran to visit her parents-in-law as soon as possible after arriving, so as not to lose etiquette.But An Ran knew better that with An Xiaoyu’s status, he was determined not to visit as his daughter-in-law, so An’s father and An’s mother prepared these gifts and followed them from Longyin Village to the capital. They first moved to the East Palace warehouse, and then moved to the Su Wang Mansion warehouse, but they have never sent them there until today.Many servants dressed in the uniform uniforms of Prince Su’s servants carried eighteen boxes in pairs out of the warehouse and sent them to the front hall. Then they followed the father-in-law from the palace in a carriage and sent them into the palace.

During this period, An Xiaoyu and An Ran never showed up. They just asked Kong Yuan to tell the person from the palace that it was the betrothal gift prepared by the princess’s family.

An Ran said it was a gift, but An Xiaoyu forcefully changed it to a betrothal gift.

Kong Yuan naturally listened to Lu Qian, the master of Prince Su’s Mansion.

Lu Qian is An Xiaoyu.

So when the carriages came out of Prince Su’s Mansion one after another, not only did each box contained in the carriages be covered with a big red silk cloth, but each horse also had big red flowers tied around its neck.

In this way, the jubilant line of carriages and horses formed a line along Suzaku Street, which could accommodate twelve horses running abreast, and entered the palace gate in a mighty manner.

An Ran didn’t know how the Queen Mother would react. He didn’t dare to ask, or even think about it.

What if the Queen Mother gets angry and gets sick when she hears that this is the betrothal gift for marrying his grandson?

So An Ran was very nervous and worried, but An Xiaoyu didn’t seem worried at all.

When it was time to go to bed at night, An Ran finally couldn’t hold it in any longer: “Hey, An Xiaoyu, has there been a letter from the palace?Is the Imperial Grandmother going to get sick from anger?Why don’t you go take a look?…….”

Every night before going to bed, An Ran, who had been holding back for a whole day, would ask this question.But An Xiaoyu’s attitude was very firm: “I won’t go.”After that, I went to sleep.

An Ran found out that Lu Qian was angry with his grandma.

Just like how when he was a child, he went on a hunger strike to protest to his grandparents after his spicy strips were confiscated.

But An Ran’s approach is obviously much more filial than An Xiaoyu’s.An Ran was only hungry for herself. Once her grandma stopped eating, An Ran immediately surrendered.

An Ran was afraid of making the emperor’s grandmother angry, so after three days of anxiety, he finally couldn’t stand it anymore, so he quietly called Kong Yuan while An Xiaoyu was making milk tea.

An Ran pulled Butler Kong’s sleeve to the corner and asked quietly: “Uncle Kong, is there any news from the palace?”

Butler Kong shook his head: “Back to Princess, no one has come to the palace in the past few days.”

“Then send someone to the palace to inquire.”

Butler Kong shook his head again: “Without an edict or a palace card, the servants cannot enter the palace.”

An Ran sighed and looked up at the sky, how could he have forgotten this, how could ordinary people enter the palace.

Seeing this, Butler Kong comforted him and said, “Don’t worry, Princess. No news is not necessarily a bad thing.”

An Ran raised an eyebrow: “What do you mean?”

Butler Kong said: “My servant made it very clear to Eunuch Chang that day that these are the betrothal gifts for the Crown Princess.Now that it hasn’t been returned, I guess it’s no big deal.”

“…It seems to make some sense.”An Ran touched his chin, thought for a while, nodded, and felt a little relieved.

Butler Kong smiled and cupped his hands and said: “If you have nothing else to do, Princess, I will leave first. Your Highness and Princess are getting married soon, and there are many things to prepare for.”

“Oh, go ahead, go ahead.” An Ran waved his hand. Just as Butler Kong was about to retreat, An Ran suddenly remembered something: “Hey, by the way, Uncle Kong, have you seen Lin Mian, Maizi, and Tutu these days?”

Butler Kong stopped and said, “Miss Lin Mian came to see the old slave yesterday morning, asked for some silver, and then left. I haven’t seen the three of them in the past two days.”

An Ran frowned slightly.

Butler Kong added: “If the princess wants to see Miss Lin Mian and the other three, I will send someone to look for her immediately.”

An Ran sighed, smiled and waved his hands: “Forget it, it’s nothing important.Next time I meet them, tell them that An Xiaoyu and I are getting married.”