Seeing him, Xiao Yu's mind was a little confused.
On the night when he sent Hu Xianzhen away from Princess Yongning's mansion, he spent the entire journey nervously dodging his pursuers. He didn't have much communication with Da Xiwu, but he did have a good impression of this young general from the Northern Dynasties.
He is not as sinister and reckless as Li Shengui, nor is he as smooth and sophisticated as Xi Kangsheng.
In the new era, no matter where he goes, he will always be that sunny and good young man, capable and cheerful.
Since Da Xiwu is here, will it be...
Thinking of this, Xiao Yu couldn't help but look behind him.
Da Xiwu seemed to see through Xiao Yu's thoughts at a glance. He smiled and said:
"What are you looking for, young prince? If you are looking for the queen mother, she is not here and has gone back to Luoyang."
After hearing this, Xiao Yu felt a little inexplicably disappointed. He had questions that he wanted to ask Hu Xinzhen in person.
Furthermore, Yan Niang couldn't do the Lord's work, so he could directly ask the Queen Mother of the Northern Dynasty, after all, she wanted to save her subjects.
Seeing that Xiao Yu seemed to have something on his mind, Da Xiwu frowned.
"Young prince, do you have something to say?"
"Nothing... Just why is General Daxi here instead of returning north with the Queen Mother?"
"Oh." Da Xiwu pretended to be carefree and lazy and said, "I am just a small general in the feather forest. I don't have more, and I don't have much. After I go back, I don't have anything serious to do. I just spend time with you every day. Those noble men under me were just messing around. So I took the initiative to ask for leave from the Queen Mother and continue to stay in the Southern Dynasty to visit the mountains and rivers of the Southern Dynasty. "
Xiao Yu didn't believe Da Xiwu's words.
"You haven't left yet. Are you still in Jiankang?"
"How is this possible? I accompanied the Queen Mother to Guangling a few days ago. After I said goodbye to the Queen Mother in Guangling, I diverted to Jingxiang. There was nothing interesting there. There were troops everywhere. Then I thought about it, it was still the land of Jiangzuo. The landscape is beautiful and worth seeing, so I came back.”
"Awu just arrived this morning." Yuqin interjected.
"Actually, I arrived outside the city last night. Due to the closed curfew, I could only stay in a hotel outside the city gate for one night. I didn't come in until the city gate opened this morning."
A girl answered: "Awu also brought us a lot of fun things!"
I saw several young girls surrounding a package, talking and laughing as they rummaged through the contents.
The older women were not interested in gadgets such as clay figurines and puppets, so they leaned in front of their respective doors and watched the fun.
Xiao Yu chatted with Da Xiwu for a few more words. Seeing that his face was tired after a long journey, he wanted him to have a good rest.
At this moment, Bi Luo came over.
She saluted Xiao Yu and Da Xiwu at the same time, her face no longer showing the shyness last night, and her gestures were generous.
"Awu, if I want to see you, come with me first!"
"oh oh."
Da Xiwu hesitated twice, glanced at Xiao Yu, and left with Bi Luo.
The crowd gradually dispersed, but there were still people standing in front of the door and peeking at Xiao Yu, while others covered their mouths and snickered.
Xiao Yu didn't know why at first, but he soon realized that he slept in his clothes last night and was still wearing night clothes.
The gash on the chest that Hong Hao had torn open with a thin sword was still there, but the bleeding around it was less obvious. The skin was exposed under the clothes, and the shallow scar seemed to have scabbed by this time. .
Coupled with the loose hair accessories on his head, the whole person actually looked extremely embarrassed.
Qin Qin saw the embarrassment of the young prince. She was originally standing here preparing to serve Xiao Yu.
She waved her hand gently and drove away a few sisters who were watching the fun. Yingying walked up to Xiao Yu and bowed.
"My young prince, please take a bath and change your clothes."
Xiao Yu quickly agreed: "Okay, okay..."
Yuqin chuckled, her eyes burning.
The red silk behind her had already changed into the red dress. She leaned against the wall and snorted, but her eyes glanced elsewhere.
Xiao Yu suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, where are Dongfang Lao and Dendrobium?"
Qinqin smiled tenderly, but didn't wait to say anything.
Hearing the floor "bang bang bang", two men without clothes ran out of a room with towels covering their crotches.
They looked left and right and saw women on both sides of the aisle. They couldn't help but feel ashamed and annoyed on their faces, and they didn't know where to run.
Soon two more young women wearing only small clothes came out of the room.
When two grown men saw two women, they ran away like mice seeing cats.
Xiao Yu was stunned and shouted: "Mr. Dongfang, what are you doing!"
Dongfang Lao turned his head and saw the young prince, his face even more embarrassed.
"My young prince, this tigress is so powerful that she wants to eat people."
A woman behind him angrily cursed: "Nonsense, he's covered in stench, he's been suffocated to death, and he's still refusing to take a good bath. There's nothing we can do, so let's wash him and tell him clearly who the tigress is." "
"You are...help!"
Dongfang Lao ran away with his hands on his crotch, Shi Hu followed suit with a smile, and the corridor was in chaos for a while.
Xiao Yu shook his head helplessly.
"What's wrong with taking a shower and having someone help you rub your back?"
As soon as Xiao Yu said this, he saw a hint of surprise, charm, and shyness blooming in the peach blossom eyes of Guangqin.
"If the young prince... the young prince doesn't dislike it, I... the slave is willing to rub his back for the young prince."
Yangqin's tone was soft and waxy, which made people's hearts shudder.
The corner of Xiao Yu's mouth twitched, and when he raised his eyes, he met the hot eyes of Qin Qin.
It was hard for him to refuse. This was not what he asked for. It was the beauty who took the initiative to throw himself into his arms. How could he say that he shouldn’t hit the beauty’s subjective initiative too much?
Xiao Yuzheng didn't know how to agree tactfully, so he heard Hong Xiao on the side curse angrily: "Humph, you vixen!"
The woman in red closed the door and went back to her room.
...
There is mist in front of your eyes, and the elegant fragrance of flowers is refreshing.
Xiao Yu sat comfortably in the tub, enjoying the pleasure that the hot bath brought to him, feeling extremely comfortable.
While enjoying the happiness, suddenly a basin of hot water fell from above my head, like a downpour.
Xiao Yu screamed when he was burned, and quickly stood up from the barrel, exposed from head to toe.
He felt something was wrong and quickly sat down again.
When she turned around, she saw the "fierce" Hong Xiao standing behind her. She was wearing a thin red gauze dress, and her breast protector was looming under the gauze.
She poured the bucket of hot water just now.
"What are you doing!" Xiao Yu shouted dissatisfied.
"Wait for the young prince to take a bath!"
Hong Xiao said and wiped a small amount of sweat from her temples.
"You...you are...oh, you don't serve the master in the bath like this."
Hong Xiao seemed a little angry, but even more jealous: "I don't know how to wait for people to take a bath. How can I not be as charming and charming as Qin Qin?"
Xiao Yu was lying on the barrel with his arms forward, seeming to be sulking too.
Previously, Yao Qin said that she would wait for Xiao Yu to take a bath, but for some reason, Xiao Yu sat in the barrel, but Hong Xiao walked in reluctantly. She only said that this was A Niang's arrangement.
Xiao Yu didn't care at first. He had been the young prince for a long time and he was already used to being served by others.
Sometimes in his own house, beautiful maids would take care of him to bathe and change clothes. Sometimes he wouldn't feel much when he was naked. In short, he was used to it.
Hongxiao seemed to be emotional, and Xiao Yu didn't want her to really serve him.
After so many years of bathing in bathhouses, scratching your back, and rubbing the ashes, you still can't do it?
He muttered softly: "I didn't ask you to follow me, you came on your own."
"you……"
Hong Xiao's eyes were a little sullen, but suddenly her sullenness disappeared, and her eyes turned into confusion and confusion.
In the mist, she suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a long scar on Xiao Yu's strong left shoulder.
A closer look revealed that there was more than just one scar on his body, there were many, many densely packed scars.
I saw that she felt a little soft-hearted, and then she felt distressed.
She couldn't understand why this young prince, who looked like he had an excellent personality and had tender skin and tender flesh, was so scarred.
Hong Xiao was a little absent-minded, and she subconsciously wanted to touch the scars on Xiao Yu's back.
Xiao Yu suddenly turned around and looked at her strange behavior in confusion.
She suddenly realized her gaffe and quickly retracted her hand as if she was electrocuted.
She said nothing, just lowered her head and let the embarrassment continue.
Xiao Yu didn't seem to care, and smiled gently at her: "You can touch it if you want, it's okay."
Xiao Yu said it casually. He didn't have much thought. He thought Hong Xiao was just curious about his scars.
Hung Hom was indeed like this at first, but the man's broad back couldn't help but make her think again.
What is the young prince trying to do? What kind of hint is this giving me?
Hongxiao couldn't help but become nervous. In her eyes, the young prince was free and easy and informal.
No matter how casual you are, what was the young prince thinking when he fell to the ground?
At this time, Hong Xiao's mind was a little confused, and the psychological defense line she had erected in her heart to keep others away from thousands of miles away seemed to be slowly melting in the warm water vapor.
Her tone of voice became soft and natural.
"Little Prince...Why is the Little Prince so scarred?"
Xiao Yu seemed a little surprised. He lowered his head and counted the various scars on his body, including the one injured by the red gauze sword. It was now a narrow line with a slight redness around it.
Hong Xiao looked away in other directions. It was always inappropriate for a woman to look directly at a man taking a bath, but this did not affect the conversation between the two.
"Some of them should have been injured by themselves, I don't know the details."
"Injured yourself? How could the young prince..."
"Haha, you haven't heard anyone say that Prince Jiang Xia has a stupid prince who is crazy all day long."
"I have heard of it, but after meeting the young prince, I realized that it was all rumors."
"That's a fact. The Prince of Jiangxia had a gap period of eight years. During this period, he went crazy. I don't know what he went through, including the scars all over his body. Sometimes I feel that he is quite pitiful."
Xiao Yu was talking eloquently, as if he was lost in thought when he spoke. He seemed to be talking about others, not himself.
Hong Xiao stood behind him and listened silently. The young prince spoke straightforwardly, but she could hear a bit of desolation and sadness in this straightforwardness.
"This child is actually quite miserable, well... He lost his mother-in-law when he was eight years old. His father has been busy with political affairs and often has no time to take care of him. He just gave him to a concubine named Chen in the family. , the concubine had a slightly cold temperament and had a son of her own. She ignored the child who was not her own and was indifferent to everything. Fortunately, she did not intentionally feel sorry for him.
"I remember the winter when I was nine years old. It was extremely cold. The heavy snow broke the branches of the big trees. The child was sick and had a high fever. However, his father was busy with state affairs and had been participating in military aircraft in Taicheng and had no time. Take care of that kid.
"The child has no relatives around him, only an old servant named Zhao, who is old and confused. He thought of his mother-in-law in the middle of the night and cried for her. The old servant had no choice but to beg the concubine. The concubine She did come, and she brought her child with her. She just gave him a cold look at the door, then turned and left.
"The child cried even harder. That's not my grandma. I want to find my grandma! After that..."
Xiao Yu fell silent when he said this, and he shook his head gently.
No, no, there seems to be a lack of memory in his mind about what happened next. It's about a person's memory.
This sense of frustration made him look very painful.
Hong Xiao's eyes softened a lot. She didn't know what Xiao Yu was thinking. She just thought that he was falling into a kind of silence because of the unfortunate memories of the past.
She sighed softly and remembered her past.
She must have had a good time in Suiyang City, with a prosperous family and her parents and sisters, but the war changed the trajectory of her life.
He hated the war and hated Nan Qi who started the war, so she voluntarily followed A Niang to Luoyang and trained herself to become the Hung Hom she is today during her narrow escape.
But she didn't hate the young prince. She had rejected him from the bottom of her heart, but she found that she simply couldn't do it.
They only really got along last night, but she felt like they had known each other for a long time.
Xiao Yu said a lot more, and Hong Xiao didn't seem to hear it, but she unconsciously smiled or hummed according to each pause of the other party.
"Some of the injuries were not all left at that time. Here on the shoulder, my left arm was almost useless. It was blocked by the eldest princess on the day of the fire in Tongxiali. Sometimes when the weather changes, even It will hurt.”
"This cut on my hand was given by your Queen Mother..."
"And this one." Xiao Yu pointed to his chest, "This is what you left on me last night. The gash is not deep, and maybe it won't leave any traces after it grows up over time."
When Xiao Yu said this, he saw Hong Xiao's slender fingers sliding across his chest.
Xiao Yu suddenly felt nervous.
"Red silk..."
The woman's eyes were hazy, her smooth cheeks and neck were slightly rosy, and her fingers moved up to Xiao Yu's chin and earlobes.
"Little prince, close your eyes..."
Xiao Yu's chest heaved violently, but his body did not move. A warmth with a faint fragrance slipped into his mouth with his slightly opened lips.
"Red...red silk..."
"Do not move……"
The woman's voice was cold, without any trace of lewdness or provocation.
Xiao Yu's eyes were kept closed.
Hong Xiao looked at the man in front of her, with tears in her eyes. She took off her clothes and stepped into the barrel with her white lotus-like feet.
Her warm and delicate body gently leaned on the young prince's strong chest.
Xiao Yu still closed his eyes and called softly: "Hongxiao..."
He couldn't tell whether it was tears or water drops falling on his chest, but Hong Hao's soft voice came to his ears.
"Hongxiao is not a frivolous person. Once he is the young prince's person, he will always be the young prince's person..."
In the dark, Xiao Yu had a feeling of déjà vu, as if all this was a continuation of the Chunxiang Painted Boat that night.
In another room not far from here, Da Xiwu and Yan Niang were talking about what happened last night.
