I crossed again? !

"Reporting to the Emperor, General Ning has returned from the border, and is now waiting outside the palace."

"Really? Let him in!"

After a while, a general in armor walked in, followed by a child about eight or nine years old.The general walked in front of the emperor, bowed respectfully and said: "Ning Cheng, see the emperor."

"Hey!" Seeing this, Shu Ming immediately stood up, went to Ning Cheng and helped him up, and said with a smile, "Didn't I say that we brothers don't need so many etiquettes."

Hearing this, Ning Cheng took a few steps back, cupped his hands and said, "Now you are the ruler of a country. A king is a king, and a minister is a minister. The courtesy of a king and a minister must be respected."

"...Forget it." Seeing that Ning Cheng was so stubborn, Shu Ming had no choice but to go back and sit down.However, his attention was attracted by the children beside Ning Cheng: "Ning Cheng, this is..."

"Oh." Ning Cheng followed Shu Ming's gaze to look at his side, pulled him in front of him, and said with a smile: "Ze Xi, don't stand there stupidly, quickly salute the emperor!"

"Yes." The latter replied, knelt on the ground and saluted, "I'm Ning Zexi, see the emperor." Ning Cheng who was at the side couldn't help laughing, as expected, he was used to listening by his side, this "I am" It's easier to say than anyone else.

"Okay, okay, get up!" Shu Ming nodded quickly: "I've heard about you in Ning Cheng's letters, but today I really saw a real person. Counting, you're already nine years old this year, right?"

"Yes." Ning Cheng helped Ning Zexi up, patted his head, and said in a gentle voice, "Zexi has been fighting around with my minister since he was born. Although he is nine years old, his thoughts and knowledge are wider than children of the same age. A lot."

"Really?" Shu Ming looked at Ning Zexi, as if thinking of something, suddenly fell into deep thought.After a long time, he said absent-mindedly: "Speaking of which, Yuan Li is also as old as Ze Xi, but that child is too worrying!"

Shu Yuanli, the third prince of Qiming Kingdom, Shu Ming's favorite son.But for some reason, Shu Yuanli didn't like to talk to others since she was a child, and now she's even more withdrawn and loses her temper from time to time.Everyone in the palace could only bear with it, even Shu Ming didn't know what to do with him.

"..." Ning Cheng thought for a while, then looked at Ning Zexi again, and said, "Why don't we just let Zexi go and accompany His Highness. They are also about the same age, maybe they have some common preferences .”

As soon as these words came out, Shu Ming also took a look at Ning Zexi, and said happily, "Okay!"

"His Royal Highness..."

"You all get me out!"

As soon as Ning Zexi walked to the door of Shu Yuanli's bedroom, a jade cup flew out of it, and he instinctively turned sideways to dodge, the jade cup hit the ground directly and shattered.

Ning Zexi stood at the door and glanced inside.I saw a child about my age sitting in front of the table, holding a book in his hand, and several eunuchs and maids stood aside with their heads bowed, not daring to say a word.

He stepped into the hall again, but before he could stand still, he saw a book flying towards him.He didn't hide this time, but stretched out his hand to catch it, only to see the words "Disciple Rules" neatly written on the book.

Ning Zexi couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth, held the book in his hand in front of Shu Yuanli, and said seriously: "This "Disciple Regulations" teaches the principles of human behavior and common sense of politeness in dealing with others. Since His Royal Highness has read " "Disciple Rules", why do you still treat guests like this? Presumably it must be, but I haven't had time to understand the truth."

Hearing this, Shu Yuanli snatched the book and said with a frown, "Who are you? Without His Highness's permission, how dare you come in here?!"

"I'm the son of General Ning Cheng, and it's the emperor's will to come here this time." Ning Zexi said, and couldn't help reaching out to pat Shu Yuanli's head.The latter was furious, pushed his hand away, stood up and said: "Bold! How dare you say that His Highness is rude, obviously you don't understand the rules?!"

Ning Zexi took a few steps forward, approached Shu Yuanli and blinked, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is so young, you really have a big temper!"

"You!" Looking into Ning Zexi's eyes, Shu Yuanli took a step back unconsciously.Although the tone is tough, it is obviously not as confident as before: "You control me!"

"Don't dare." Ning Zexi straightened up, took a few steps back, and said seriously: "You are His Royal Highness, how dare I take care of you. Well, I have something to do and I will leave first, and we will meet tomorrow."

"You..." Shu Yuanli looked at Ning Zexi's back and shouted loudly: "Don't think you are the son of General Ning, I dare not do anything to you! Anyway, you are not allowed to come again tomorrow!"

"Hmph!" Who is this guy who popped up out of nowhere?How dare you be so rude to His Highness!What did you say that we will see you tomorrow, my highness will be a ghost with you!

Outside the palace gate.Ning Zexi opened the sedan chair curtain and looked towards the palace wall. The corners of her mouth raised slightly, and she murmured, "What do you mean by withdrawn personality? It's clearly a child's temper!"

the next day.Shu Yuanli sat at the table reading a book as usual, but looked out the door from time to time.No, it's been an hour, it shouldn't be.Hmph, sure enough, children's words are not believable!

Shu Yuanli closes the book.Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the door, he saw Ning Zexi hurried in.He was about to turn around and go in, but Ning Zexi behind him said: "His Royal Highness is standing at the door, are you waiting for me?"

Hearing this, Shu Yuanli immediately turned around, gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Didn't my Highness tell you yesterday that you are not allowed to come again?"

"Hey!" Ning Zexi walked in front of him and sighed: "I said it, it was the emperor's will. If I don't come, the emperor will blame me! If your highness hates me, you can tell the emperor."

"..." Shu Yuan didn't answer, but turned around and walked into the hall, sat at the table and continued to read the book just now.Ning Zexi also followed in, sitting opposite Shu Yuanli and looking at him seriously.Seemingly uncomfortable being stared at, Shu Yuanli slapped the book in his hand on the table, raised his head to meet Ning Zexi's eyes.

"Hey, it's interesting to watch His Highness read a book?"

"Ning Zexi, just call me Zexi."

"No, I didn't mean to ask your name, okay!" Helplessly, Shu Yuanli pursed his lips, then lowered his head and continued to look at the book in his hand: "Forget it, I won't care about you!"

Ning Zexi suppressed her smile, but her expression suddenly became serious.He snatched the book from Shu Yuanli's hand, and before he lost his temper, he said seriously: "Your Highness, you are so young, why do you always lose your temper?"

"Don't worry about it."

"Then, Your Highness, are you losing your temper because life in the palace is too boring?"

"Don't worry about it."

"How about it." Ning Zexi put down the book in his hand, and said with a smile: "Since His Highness loses his temper because he thinks life in the palace is boring, then I will tell His Highness about life outside the palace."

"...You, tell me."

Hearing this, Ning Zexi secretly rejoiced that her guess was really good.Although Shu Yuanli is His Royal Highness the Third Prince, he is just an ordinary nine-year-old child, trapped in this square palace, and has no siblings of the same age to play with, so he naturally becomes quiet and noisy small temper.

"Okay." Ning Zexi nodded, and began to say: "I have been fighting with my father since I was a child. It can be said that more than half of this huge Qiming country has gone through. According to what I have seen and understood, it can be summed up in 24 words. As the saying goes, the imperial city is prosperous, the borders are vast, the mountains are majestic, the grasslands are vast, the small bridges are flowing, and the farmhouses are happy."

As he said that, Ning Zexi pretended to glance at Shu Yuanli casually, only to see that he had completely lost the arrogance just now, and was looking at this side intently.The four eyes met, Shu Yuanli immediately looked away again, and said impatiently: "I won't talk about half of it, it's really boring!"

Ning Zexi smiled helplessly, and continued: "Who said I won't talk anymore? Today, I will first talk to His Highness about the scenery here..."

"Father, the baby is back." Ning Zexi walked straight into the backyard after returning to the General's Mansion.At this time, Ning Cheng was practicing martial arts in the backyard. After seeing Ning Zexi, he put down the long sword in his hand and said, "How about it, can your highness handle it?"

"Yes." Ning Zexi nodded, and thoughtfully said: "Actually, His Royal Highness is just tired of being restrained by the palace. Today I told him about our border crossing, and he listened seriously."

"Zexi." Ning Cheng patted Ning Zexi on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Although the emperor and I have been friends for many years, but now we are even more monarchs and ministers. If you have a good relationship with His Highness in the future, remember to What father often said to you before, the so-called courtesy of the monarch and his ministers must be respected. Do you know?"

"...Your Highness, will he become the emperor in the future?"

"maybe."

A few days later, Ning Zexi told Shu Yuanli almost all the places she had been to, but for a while she didn't know what else to tell him.He sat in the small pavilion in the imperial garden and waited for a stick of incense, but he still didn't see Shu Yuan coming over.

"The Prince's Palace is not far from the Royal Garden. Did this guy do it on purpose?"

Just as Ning Zexi was thinking, Shu Yuanli finally walked over slowly.He walked up to Ning Zexi and stood still, coughed lightly and said, "Hey, my highness is down!"

Hearing the sound, Ning Zexi raised his head and snorted coldly: "Oh, my dear His Royal Highness, you are finally here! However, it took so long to come, could it be that Your Highness overslept?"

"You just overslept!" Shu Yuanli sat opposite Ning Zexi, and said leisurely, "Didn't you say that the scenery is over, so what are we going to do today?"

"Hmm..." Ning Zexi rubbed his chin, thought for a while, and then asked uncertainly, "Your Highness, do you want to release paper kites?"

"... paper kite?" Shu Yuanli blinked.As for Zhiyuan, he saw the other people in the palace let him go, but just standing there foolishly holding a thread, is it really fun?

"Let's go." Seeing Shu Yuanli's reluctance, Ning Zexi simply pulled him away.If he didn't play with the kite, he really couldn't think of what to do today.

In order not to be discovered by others, Ning Zexi went out of the palace gate by herself again, and went to the market to buy a paper kite.He looked at Shu Yuanli who was waiting impatiently in the imperial garden, and said with a smile: "I bought the kite, let's go."

Shu Yuanli stood up and snorted coldly: "Ning Zexi, do you know that you are the first person who dares to make His Highness wait so patiently for so long!"

"Well, I am honored to be His Highness's number one."

"Humph!"

To avoid being spotted playing with kites, Shu Yuanli purposely found such a remote and empty place.Ning Zexi handed the kite in his hand to Shu Yuanli, and said leisurely: "Placing the kite also requires skill. But His Highness is so good, he should be able to put it up in one go, and it will be high, right?"

"Of course!" Shu Yuanli took the paper kite with great interest, but ended up being slapped in the face.Every time the paper kite is released, it falls down gorgeously.After doing this several times, Shu Yuanli only felt that Ning Zexi was playing tricks on him, that he deliberately wanted to see him embarrassing.

But when he was about to drop the kite, Ning Zexi suddenly came over, took the kite in his hand, and said, "Let me teach you. First, you have to let go of the kite in the direction against the wind. Then loosen the thread..."

What Ning Zexi said in detail later, Shu Yuanli didn't listen to a word, only knew that his voice was very close to her, soft and waxy in my ears, very pleasant to hear.

"Do you understand?" Ning Zexi's sudden words brought Shu Yuanli back to his senses.But he just nodded and said a flustered "Yeah."

"Okay." Ning Zexi took a few steps back with the kite, and said seriously, "I'll help you release the kite, and then you pull the string to make it fly in the sky, okay?"

"Ah."

But because of the distraction just now, except for the first sentence, Ning Zexi's next words were almost true, and she didn't hear a bit at all.Shu Yuanli stood at the same place holding the string, completely unsure of what to do next.

At this moment, Ning Zexi came up from behind him, grasped his hand holding the thread, and said softly: "You are really stupid." She said "My Highness is the most powerful" all day long, and the result was, Can't even put a paper kite away!

Hearing this, Shu Yuanli frowned slightly, and said angrily, "How dare you say that your highness is stupid? Your highness can learn something as simple as putting a paper kite!" As he spoke, he pushed Ning Zexi's hand away , snorted: "My Highness wants to come by myself!"

"...Up to you." Ning Zexi had no choice but to go back to the side and continue to watch Shu Yuanli release the kite.Unexpectedly, he really put the paper kite away, Shu Yuanli immediately looked at Ning Zexi as if asking for credit, and said with a smile: "How about it, Your Highness said, this thing is so simple, you can definitely learn it."

"Hmph." Hearing this, Ning Zexi just smiled and said nothing.

Shu Yuanli curled his lips, seeing that the kite was flying a little lower, he let go of the string and took a few steps back.Unexpectedly, he just stepped on the cobblestone behind him, and the whole person leaned back directly.

"A Li!" Seeing this, Ning Zexi was startled, and immediately ran over in fright.Unexpectedly, Shu Yuanli just fell his ass, nothing happened at all.He stood up, rubbed his butt, and said angrily: "Hey, what did you call Your Highness just now?"

Ning Zexi was stunned for a moment, but still smiled innocently, without trying to hide it: "Ah Li..."

"What A Li?!" Shu Yuanli didn't care about the pain, walked towards Ning Zexi angrily, and said through gritted teeth, "I don't like this name! Besides, my Highness has nothing to do with you, so I'm not allowed to call you that." So close." Shu Yuanli's voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end it was as if he was talking to himself.

"Do you think it's unpleasant? But I just want to call you by that name." Shu Yuanli thought that Ning Zexi was deliberately trying to antagonize him, and was about to get angry, but he continued, "Because no one in the palace calls you that." Name, so I want to call it."

"you……"

Anyway, Ning Zexi is used to Shu Yuanli's petty temper.He directly ignored Shu Yuanli's small eyes, pointed to that side and said, "But Ah Li, the kite has been flying away for a long time."

"Ah?" Shu Yuanli immediately turned his head, glanced at the flying kite, and said angrily, "Ning Zexi, it's all your fault!"

"Okay, okay, blame me."

Without the kite, the two had no choice but to go back to the Prince's Hall to read, but when they passed the Imperial Garden, they overheard the conversation between the queen and the prince.

"I heard that the Second Prince had a fight with you today?"

"Actually, it's nothing. The emperor is still young and ignorant."

"I'm already 12 years old and still not sensible? When you were the crown prince, he dared to beat you up, so when you ascended the throne as emperor, he would dare to rebel and take your throne!"

"Emperor, you are the prince, the second prince and the third prince, all of them have the ambition to take this seat. So, you must

Can't take into account any brotherhood. "

"Yes, mother."

Ning Zexi glanced at Shu Yuanli, who was listening fascinatedly, grabbed him and said, "A Li, let's go back." Hearing this, Shu Yuanli turned his face a little dullly, nodded and said, "Well, let's go ... let's go."

In order not to arouse suspicion, the two went out of the imperial garden again, and found a place far away to go back.Along the way, Shu Yuanli didn't say a word, just walked with his head down.Ning Zexi turned her head to look at him, but didn't know what to say to him.

The crown prince was born of the empress, and the second and third princes were both born of side concubines.Although he is the son of a side concubine, the second prince is well-behaved and sensible, eager to learn, and the third prince, although withdrawn, died because of the dystocia of his mother and concubine, so they are all loved by the emperor.

As the eldest prince, although his biological mother is the queen, he is submissive and has no opinion, so it is inevitable that he will not be taken seriously.So it is normal for the queen to worry that her son will be robbed of the throne in the future.

"...Your Highness, will he become the emperor in the future?"

"maybe."

no!Absolutely can't let Ah Li get hurt in this palace!Ning Zexi stopped suddenly, took Shu Yuanli's hand, and said seriously: "A Li, are you willing to leave the palace with me?"

"...What?" Shu Yuanli still hadn't reacted.

"Let's go to the emperor and ask him to let me leave the palace, okay?" I really don't want to see you being treated as a stepping stone to the upper ranks in the palace, I don't want you to be hurt.

"...Okay." Shu Yuanli nodded: "If you and I leave the palace, can we see the beautiful mountains and rivers you mentioned?"

Ning Zexi was stunned.

This was the first time that Shu Yuanli had left him. He didn't call himself "His Royal Highness", and he didn't lose his temper at him. Instead, he showed a kind of firmness.

"can."

Before I came to the palace, I went to a place that was far away from the intrigues in the palace, the battle for the throne, where the mountains and rivers are behind, and no one would know their identities.Only there, Ah Li would not be harmed.

——Taihe Martial Academy.