Birds on the edge of the abyss 36
Shen Luli slept for a whole day before he slowly sat up with his aching waist. He felt hungry and painful in his stomach, and his whole body was sore and weak. He was so hungry that he was seeing stars.
Suddenly, a broad arm came around his waist, and Chu Xin hugged him in his arms, saying softly, "You are finally up. I will bring you some porridge."
Shen Luli blushed, and after the others left, he hurriedly smoothed his hair, which was extremely messy from sleeping, to make it as straight as possible, but it still had little effect.
Chu Xin came over and saw his flustered look, and said with a smile
"I've seen everything I should and shouldn't have seen. What else is there to hide?"
Shen Luli's body stiffened, and a small coffee table appeared in front of him. Chu Xin put the coffee table down with one hand, and brought him the porridge, chicken soup and side dishes on the tray with the other hand. He first took a spoonful to test the temperature, and then said
"The temperature is just right, please eat quickly. I bet you must be extremely hungry."
Seeing Chu Xin taking the spoon and trying to feed him with his own hands, Shen Luli hurriedly stopped him. What a joke, how could he let His Highness feed him personally?
"Your Highness, I can eat it myself." Shen Luli's face was covered with cold sweat, and he said in fear.
"Well, this unfamiliarity is not good." Chu Xin looked at his empty hands, and then raised his head to look at Shen Luli who was eating, and suddenly said
"When I was young, my mother also gave me a courtesy name, but as I grew older and was named the crown prince, everyone forgot it."
"Your Highness's courtesy name?" Shen Luli was choked and coughed softly, wondering
Chu Xin took out a handkerchief and handed it to him, watching him wipe his lips awkwardly, his eyes dark.
"Yes, my name is Hua Xi, 'The clothes are beautiful, and their leaves are luxuriant. When I meet my son, my heart is moved. My heart is moved, and therefore I am praised.' [Note 1] What do you think? Back then, my mother didn't understand the elegance of literature and only skimmed through a few collections of prose poems by unknown poets. Later, when she first met my father, she was struck by his beauty, and this line of poetry was the only thing that remained in her mind. After giving birth to me, she secretly gave me a courtesy name, which was taken from this poem."
Shen Luli listened to Chu Xin's description with only envy in his heart. Originally, his parents also knew each other when they were young and were young couples. Unfortunately, they became strangers in middle age. In the end, his mother died in childbirth and his father was indifferent. Now that he died a worthy death, he felt nothing in his heart.
"Your Highness's courtesy name is very pleasant to the ear," Shen Luli responded.
"Then how should you call me?" Chu Xin looked at his empty bowl and filled it for him again, saying in a low voice.
Shen Luli's eyes began to dart around, his face flushed again, but he didn't dare to look Chu Xin in the eye. He murmured, "Your Highness, this is unreasonable..."
"Can't I shout in private?"
"this…"
"Azi? Do you like me calling you that?"
"...Your Highness, some of your words were a little too sticky, and I felt... a little uncomfortable."
"Then you come and call me, ok?"
“…Hua Xi”
Chu Xin patted the smoking Shen Luli on his head and chuckled, "Well, it sounds really pleasant when it comes from A Zi's mouth."
He tilted his head and kissed the side of Shen Luli's face, then sat beside the bed and said, "Eat." After that, he glanced at the slightly floating bead curtain from the corner of his eye.
At this time, Bu Nan, who was hiding in the outer room, hugged Lan Huan in his arms, covered Lan Huan's mouth with his other hand, and whispered, "Shh, Your Highness does not like to be disturbed by others."
"Mmmm!" Lan Huan's eyes were about to burst into anger. Bu Nan persuaded him to leave the room with kind words. He pointed inside and said tremblingly, "That's the person I saved with great difficulty. If Your Highness loses control and knocks him unconscious, I will be the one to blame in the end!"
He felt more and more aggrieved as he spoke, and in the end he burst into tears and squatted on the ground, saying, "Do you know how I have been spending the past few months? Wuuwuwu"
Seeing him crying louder and louder, Bu Nan squatted beside him at a loss, whispering, "His Highness knows his limits. Don't cry. If others see you, they will think His Highness treats you coldly."
"What do you know, you dull bastard!" Lan Huan wiped his eyes, stood up with his hands on his hips, cursed him, turned around and ran away, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Bu Nan touched the spit on his face, lifted up his clothes and wiped it casually, lowered his eyes and said slowly
“I know everything”
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After recuperating for two days, they set out on their journey again. During the break, the killer appeared more and more frequently, and in the end he even wanted to kill Shen Luli as well. When the poisoned blade was about to touch the snow-white neck that he had been thinking about day and night, Chu Xin suddenly slammed the table and stood up, holding the teacup and using his internal energy to throw it at him.
The teacup shattered in mid-air and shot straight into the killer's chest. One of the pieces grazed the killer's neck, and blood instantly spurted onto the ceiling. The blade that should have grazed Shen Luli was also thrust back into the chest of the accomplice killer by the sprinting Chu Xin. He stretched out his foot and kicked the killer aside. Chu Xin hugged Shen Luli's waist and spun around, avoiding the blood rain pouring down from the sky.
Standing in the corridor on the second floor, Chu Xin covered Shen Luli's eyes and whispered, "Don't look."
Shen Luli pulled at Chu Xin's clothes, smelled the faint smell of blood around him, nodded slowly, and his heart beat very fast.
After a robbery and murder, two officials accompanying the Ministry of Works died, and three guards died. Looking at the interior of the post station that was shattered by swords and knives, Chu Xin looked at the faces of the dead officials of the Ministry of Works, then sent Shen Luli back to the house and flew down to the first floor.
Bu Nan glanced at Lan Huan, who had been hiding in the corner without revealing a single piece of clothing. He made up his mind and walked to Chu Xin and whispered,
"Your Highness, those who died were all spies."
Chu Xin smiled slightly with his hands behind his back, then turned around to appease the other frightened entourage.
After a few days of peace and tranquility, they finally arrived at the capital of Meizhou. Chu Xin, with a smile on his face, looked at the imperial officials who had come to greet them. He looked at the Meizhou governor, Lord Liu, who was leading the group, and said, "Governor Liu, how are you?"
"Your humble servant Liu Zhaowei and over twenty officials respectfully welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
This man is young, with ordinary looks and abilities, but he has a pair of eyes that are as clear as a mirror and can judge the situation very well. That's why he won the post of governor by relying on his family background. However, the military power of Meizhou is in the hands of Prince Jing, so it's useless for him to be an empty shell. Chu Xin looked at him and thought
After Liu Zhaowei finished his greeting, he walked over to Chu Xin and said with a smile
"I haven't seen Your Highness the Crown Prince for many years. You have grown into such a heroic and extraordinary person. You are truly a man of heaven!"
Chu Xin listened to his praise with a smile, and deliberately avoided the topic and said directly
"When I entered the country, I saw many refugees, dragging their families with them, leaving their homes and migrating to other states. Not only did you, the governor, fail to provide food and clothing for the people, but you, with a rosy complexion and dressed in new clothes, came to greet me at the gate. Are you blatantly disobeying the emperor's orders?"
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