When those noble disciples who were causing trouble outside all day long knew that the one they saved through their heroic actions was actually the Crown Prince of Jiangxia, they all looked shocked.
"My dear, are you that fool from Prince Jiang Xia's palace?" A dandy-looking nobleman pointed at Xiao Yu and asked.
"Exactly." Xiao Yu bowed his hands humbly.
"No, I visited your house several times with my father when I was a child. You were not like this at that time. I even saw you digging holes in the snow, like a dog..."
An older nobleman interrupted: "Hey, Bochen, what are you talking about!"
"Brother Cui, when did I talk nonsense? It was originally..."
The elder young man glared hard at the dandy young man, who stuck out his tongue and stopped talking.
Xiao Yu was not angry. Hearing these people comment on his past, as if they were telling stories, he found it particularly interesting.
"Young prince, I was frightened just now. I am Cui Hong, whose name is Mingyuan. My father is Cui Jue, a regular servant of Sanqi and Jianwu general. My grandfather is Cui Huijing, the Duke of Dongwu County and the Prime Minister of the country." The older son raised his hand.
"Long time admiration! Long time admiration!" Xiao Yu quickly returned the favor.
"My young prince, this dumb guy's name is Zheng Yuanyi, whose courtesy name is Bochen. He is the son of Uncle Zheng Shaoshu, Marquis of Yingdao County and Weiweiqing. If you have any lawsuits, just go to him."
Zheng Yuanyi also hurriedly raised her hand: "My Zheng Yuanyi, hey, I was given the bandit name Zheng Demon King. I am at the bottom in a fight, but when it comes to injustice on the road, I am ranked first."
"This is Lu Bin, the Marquis of Pinggu County, the second son of Huben Zhonglang General Lu Sengzhen's family."
"My dear prince, nice to meet you!"
"This is Deng Zuming, the eldest son of Dangyang County Marquis and Zuo General Deng Yuanqi."
"Young prince, nice to meet you, my Excellency Deng Zuming!"
Cui Hong introduced several other noble children to Xiao Yu one by one. Although Xiao Yu couldn't remember the names at once, their fathers were all famous, and most of them were generals who commanded troops inside and outside the imperial court.
Thinking that they were in the same circle, Xiao Yu felt that tonight was not a loss if he could get to know them.
Chatting with them, Xiao Yu learned that these generals and tigers had grown up in the military camp with their fathers since they were young, and they all thought about making achievements and becoming famous in the future.
However, there have been no major wars in recent years, so these noble disciples who are skilled in bow and horse have had a lot of free time. Apart from eating, drinking and having fun, they also run wildly on the streets at night to release their energy that has nowhere to vent.
Tonight, I heard screams from afar, and met the palace servants who were going to move reinforcements.
These honorable men, like chicken blood, took the opportunity to provoke a group of Right Guard soldiers who were patrolling at night, and they all rushed to rescue people.
These noble disciples were eager to kill, and they only hated that there were too few thieves, not enough to kill, and some of them escaped.
These young men, who claimed to be maintaining the peace and justice of Jiankang City, were in the middle of chatting when some people started to express their dissatisfaction.
"Hey, you've all introduced me, why didn't you introduce me?"
Everyone laughed, and Xiao Yu also looked at "Mr. Wei" who was losing his temper with great interest.
Cui Hong patted his head: "By the way, why did you forget this follower?"
"Who is a follower! I am a tigress!" The girl from the Wei family corrected dissatisfiedly, puffing her cheeks.
Several noble gentlemen laughed.
Someone joked: "Yes, yes, yes, a tigress, a tigress without all its teeth."
Cui Hong hurriedly introduced: "This is Wei Yanrong, she is extraordinary, the daughter of Wei Hu, her father is Wei Rui, the general of chariots and cavalry, the minister in charge, and the third division of Kaifu Yitong."
Xiao Yu immediately thought of the famous Battle of Zhongli in history. Wei Rui relied on his superb command skills and extraordinary courage to reverse the battle that determined the trend of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and extended the life of the Southern Dynasty for eighty years.
But this girl from the Wei family didn't seem to care much about her father, and she was very close to these young men chasing and fighting with him.
After a while, Wei Yanrong came over and beat Xiao Yu's chest. Although she had a female voice, she sounded manly.
"Hey, have we met somewhere?"
"I've seen it before. Just now, you gave me this." Xiao Yu said and took out the golden pill.
The girl from the Wei family was surprised at first, but soon she remembered what happened before, snatched the golden pill back, held it in her hand, and smiled casually: "I will take this back!"
"You clearly said you would send it to me then."
"It's useless for you to hold it. Give it to me and maybe I can use it to save your life next time."
"Okay, I'll wait for you to save me next time."
Wei Yanrong put the golden pill away with a smile.
At this time, several noble disciples felt that it was boring to stand on the road chatting. Zheng Yuanyi clasped her fists and said: "Little prince, we are not chatting here anymore. Let's go to Yuexia downstairs to drink and listen to music. I will be the host!"
Several other noble disciples applauded and waited for Xiao Yu to agree.
Xiao Yu was still frightened after being attacked by thieves just now, and he really had no intention of following these young men to Goulan's mischief.
He wanted to go back home early to talk to Liu Boxuan about what happened tonight, but it didn't seem good to risk someone's kindness just after they met him.
Just as he was hesitating, Wei Yanrong stood up and said, "Drink, drink, drink. I've been drinking all day long. I haven't drunk enough yet. Didn't I see what the young prince has experienced tonight? If you ask someone out at this time, he can eat." Does it taste good? Do you think a human being is as heartless as you, Demon King Zheng?"
Zheng Yuanyi smiled, his dandy look the same: "What are you afraid of, little prince? Today I met Demon King Zheng. No one in this Jiankang world will dare to mess with you in the future. My father is Wei Weiqing!"
The other generals sneered at him. They didn't like talking about me.
When no one was paying attention, Wei Yanrong twisted Xiao Yu's thigh hard.
Xiao Yu immediately grinned in pain and looked at Wei Yanrong in confusion.
Before he could speak, Wei Yanrong leaned her face towards her.
"You want to go home, don't you?"
Xiao Yu nodded.
"Is it for her?"
Wei Yanrong glanced at the waiting Hong Hao who was standing not far away.
Xiao Yu blinked and expressed his acquiescence.
"Is she from the Jianghu?"
Xiao Yu shook his head and nodded again.
Wei Yanrong's eyes were complicated: "It's hard to answer? She is willing to fight for you. Is she a bodyguard you paid to hire or a confidante?"
Xiao Yu's eyes were also complicated.
"That woman is waiting for you. I can see that she likes you very much. Don't let her down on her good intentions. Well... If you don't despise her background, you should have told people earlier and don't let her life go by. "
"What are you talking about?" Xiao Yu protested.
"I'm not worried about you being the overlord, because you can't beat her at all. I'm just afraid that you'll play tricks and deceive other girls' hearts. If your heart is deceived, that girl will be ruined by you for the rest of her life. It’s in hand.”
"I never lie!"
"Can you let her come into the house and be your concubine?"
Xiao Yu blinked, he hadn't thought that far yet.
The two of them were whispering here, and now they attracted everyone's attention.
"What are you two doing?" Cui Hong asked.
Wei Yanrong turned around and smiled: "Brother, the young prince said he is not feeling well and wants to go back and rest?"
Zheng Yuanyi shouted: "You were fine just now, how can you feel uncomfortable?"
Taking advantage of the situation, Wei Yanrong suddenly punched Xiao Yu in the stomach.
His stomach was already churning, but this punch directly caused him to vomit everything in his stomach.
Except for Wei Yanrong, several other distinguished disciples quickly moved out of the way, fearing that their clothes would be splashed with dirt.
Xiao Yu held his knees with both hands, his eyes full of tears, and shook his head at the nobles: "Another day... I'll go another day..."
Zheng Yuanyi nodded blankly, feeling that this person was too cruel.
At this moment, Hong Xiao on the side saw Xiao Yu suddenly vomiting, and hurried over to check. She felt Xiao Yu's pulse and seemed to feel nothing unusual about him.
Then she saw the lady-like young man on the other side raised his eyebrows and smiled at her. Hongxiao felt that the "young man" was very annoying and refused to look at her with a cold face.
At this time, Zheng Yuanyi was still talking carelessly: "Since the young prince is ill, let's send him and this girl back to the palace first, and then go to Yuexiastairs. This meal tonight is mine."
Xiao Yu had a disgusting look on his face, and the red silk hand held one of his arms. He cupped his hands and said, "I'm really sorry for today. You can just go on your own. Don't worry about me. I'll have a banquet at my house another day and I'll invite you all over." Get together."
The noble disciples insisted on sending Xiao Yu back to the palace, and both sides were humble to each other.
But the group of right-guard soldiers who arrived did not go away. They listened on the side, knowing that these people's backgrounds were not simple, and they didn't know how to curry favor with them.
Several people straightened the overturned carriage, and a few others were busy picking up the erotic pictures scattered on the ground.
The leading officer sent two more soldiers to Jiangxia Palace to report the news.
Seeing that these nobles were deadlocked, the officer plucked up the courage to take a few steps forward and said carefully and respectfully: "My lords, the young general has sent someone to Jiangxia Palace to report the news. I'll wait for someone to come from the palace later." , please let the young general escort the young prince back to his mansion."
Someone glared at the officer contemptuously, as if to say that you are nothing, and you are of no use to us princes and nobles.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, the officer took a few steps back knowingly. His soldiers still stood nearby and did not dare to leave.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from a distance, and a carriage and a team of forty or fifty people were seen rushing this way. The person leading the way was one of the officer's men.
The leader of this team was Zhang Yong, the head of the nursing home. When he saw Xiao Yu, he ran a few steps quickly and knelt down in front of his young prince, with tears streaming down his face.
"Little prince! Little prince! My slave is late, you are not hurt!"
A grown man was crying in front of him. Xiao Yu felt a little embarrassed and sighed: "Don't kneel down. I'm fine, thanks to these new strong friends."
Along the way, Zhang Huyuan listened to the soldier who led the way talk about the whole process. Naturally, he knew the identities of those noble disciples and kowtowed again.
Xiao Yu didn't care about him. Since his family was already here, he didn't need to pretend anymore and handed over to Cui Hong and others.
"Brother Cui, everyone, our green mountains will not change and our green waters will always flow. We will see you again in the future."
Xiao Yu thought that what he said was very arrogant, but the general disciples in front of him seemed to have never heard anyone express it like this before, and they all looked at each other in confusion.
In the end, it was Cui Hong who led everyone and said: "Young prince, we will meet again later."
At this time, some soldiers had collected all the erotic pictures scattered on the ground and were holding them there, not knowing who to give them to.
Zheng Yuanyi swallowed and said: "Little prince, don't forget...don't forget your painting..."
Looking at Zheng Yuanyi's expression, it was obvious that he liked those erotic paintings.
Xiao Yu smiled: "Brother Zheng, do you like this?"
Zheng Yuanyi nodded without thinking, and the other noble disciples all laughed secretly.
Zheng Yuanyi shouted: "Why are you laughing, what are you laughing at? It's not like you haven't seen me just now, and I haven't seen you being so lazy. I, Demon King Zheng, am full of blood. If I like it, I can just say I like it. I don't have those crooked intestines like yours."
Xiao Yu praised: "Brother Zheng is straightforward and straightforward. He is really a refreshing person."
"Young prince, how dare you!" Zheng Yuanyi cupped her hands and said.
"Since Brother Zheng said he likes it, I will give it all to Brother Zheng!"
"Young prince, I didn't lie when I said I liked you, but I, Demon King Zheng, didn't say I wanted to win someone's love!"
"This is not what I love. It was also a gift from others. If you keep it with me, it will only collect dust at the bottom of the box. It is better to give it to someone who really likes it."
Zheng Yuanyi grinned and raised his eyebrows high. He hugged the scrolls into his arms, his face full of joy.
"Thank you, thank you so much, young prince. We don't have the chance to go downstairs to get together today. Another day...another day, we must not get drunk or come back with young prince!"
Zheng Yuanyi got what he wanted. He didn't want to go to Goulan House at the moment. He just wanted to go home and take a closer look at the scrolls. Others looked at him enviously.
"Everyone, let's meet at my house another day."
"good!"
The noble disciples mounted their horses and galloped away.
The right guards patrolling the city at night saw more than fifty strong men coming to the Jiangxia Palace, so they continued to patrol the city.
We are the only ones here.
Xiao Yu looked at Hong Xiao. She seemed to be hesitant at this moment, wondering whether to leave immediately.
"Hongxiao, get in the car first!" Xiao Yu said.
At this moment, Hong Xiao did not hesitate and got directly into Xiao Yu's carriage.
Zhang Huyuan gave an order, and the group marched toward the Jiangxia Palace in a mighty manner.
The two sat in silence on the carriage for a long time.
Xiao Yu looked sideways at Hongxiao, but the car was dim and he could only make out an outline.
But Hung Hom seemed to have been sitting motionless in the corner of the carriage, motionless and silent.
Xiao Yu had a feeling that the red silk would suddenly and silently turn into air and disappear.
He shouted softly: "Hongxiao..."
Hong Hao's voice came from the corner: "Yes."
"Stay with me in the palace and never leave again!"
There was a moment of silence in the darkness.
"My young prince, Hongxiao is from the Northern Dynasty. I can't stay by your side for too long."
Xiao Yu was silent. He stretched out his hand and groped in the darkness, trying to hold Hong Xiao's hand.
But as soon as his fingers touched, Hong Xiao immediately took his hand back, and the other party remained silent in the carriage.
"You said you are my woman."
"The young prince may not only have a woman named Hongxiao..."
Xiao Yu retracted his hand silently, hugged his knees with his hands, and leaned on the other side of the car.
"My young prince, if it is not an emergency, Hongxiao will definitely not come."
"I know you are here to save me."
"Well..." Hong Xiao was silent for a moment, and then she said again, "Does the young prince know who came to assassinate you?"
Xiao Yu smiled helplessly: "I originally thought it was Xiao Yuheng who figured it out and wanted to get rid of me? But you reminded me before that it was not him."
"It is true that he is not the emperor of your Southern Dynasty. Maybe it has something to do with the emperor of your previous dynasty."
"You mean the late emperor?"
"It's Marquis Donghun."
"Donghunhou? It's Xiao Baojuan. He must have been dead for more than 20 years! What does the assassination have to do with him?" Xiao Yu was confused.
"Although Donghun Hou is dead, a group of remnants loyal to Donghun Hou are still there. They are hostile to the descendants of Emperor Gao and have been trying to subvert the current political power. They want the descendants of Emperor Ming to continue to be emperors. They I think your current emperor won the country unfairly and is treasonous."
"Emperor Ming Xiao Luan is the one who won the country unjustly. He killed the former deposed emperor Xiao Zhaoye and the later deposed emperor Xiao Zhaowen. We are originally from the same lineage as Gao Emperor Xiao Daocheng!"
Hongxiao was silent for another moment and then said: "I don't care which of you is orthodox or rebellious, but you should know that there was a very humane eunuch during the Marquis of Donghun period who was loyal to Xiao Baojuan. "
Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you talking about Mei Chong'er?"
