Chapter 17 Kissing each other, how shameful!
Xiao Mingxuan was dressed in black, standing with his hands behind his back. His cold eyes suddenly narrowed when they passed by Xihe.
"How did it become like this?"
Xiao Mingxuan pulled Xihe in front of him, picked off the straw and leaves from her hair, and there was an indelible ink color in his eyes.
Zhao Siyuan was so frightened by Xiao Mingxuan's abyssal coldness that she took a step back, but she still forced herself to stay strong. "This princess can go wherever she wants. How dare you, a Beili hostage, speak to me like this? Sooner or later, this princess will let my father kill you!"
Xihe angrily stepped forward and punched Zhao Siyuan on the forehead again, "Are you being reasonable? My brother just said one sentence, why are you so fierce?"
The little girl looked fierce and aggressive, but she had no strength at all. However, she could not help but shift her position slightly and hit a certain acupuncture point directly, forcing Zhao Siyuan to take two steps back.
Zhao Siyuan pressed his forehead in disbelief, his eyes suddenly widening, "Zhao Xihe, you actually helped him beat me?"
It looked as if Xihe was a heartless man.
"Lululu~Royal sister is bad! Xihe doesn't want to pay attention to such a stupid royal sister."
After saying that, she turned around and floated away, running into Xiao Mingxuan's arms, "Little brother, why are you here? Did you miss me?"
Xihe's chuckle was right next to his ears, carrying with it the hot air from her breath, which made Xiao Mingxuan inexplicably uncomfortable.
"Ahem." Xiao Mingxuan looked at Xihe's bright eyes, and moved away unnaturally, with a sudden blush behind his ears.
But in an instant, his expression suddenly changed, and he threatened fiercely: "Only ghosts miss you, I will throw you to ghosts to eat in a moment!"
The little girl immediately shrank back like a quail, but her hand was tightly holding Xiao Mingxuan's hand, "You are definitely lying!"
Xihe has a little secret that is unknown to others, which is... she is really afraid of ghosts.
Seeing Xihe's cowering look, Xiao Mingxuan became interested. "So you're afraid of something too, huh?"
His tone rose slightly, with a subtle smile at the corner of his lips.
"Shut up!" The little girl blushed immediately and kept shrinking, as if she wanted to find a hole to crawl into, but she was merciless in her words and bared her teeth and claws ferociously.
He is both bad at cooking and loves to play.
Seeing the two of them chatting and laughing as if no one was around, Zhao Siyuan suddenly wanted to curse.
She is still alive!
"Zhao Xihe, what are you doing? Kissing each other, how...how disrespectful!" Zhao Siyuan was halfway through his words when he met Xiao Mingxuan's murderous eyes and immediately stuttered.
"What do you care about me! You idiot, you have been deceived yourself, and you still have the nerve to talk about me! Shame on you!" Xihe's momentum, which had been suppressed by Xiao Mingxuan, suddenly soared, and she put her hands on her hips and started to confront Zhao Siyuan.
"This isn't called kissing." As she spoke, the little girl grabbed Xiao Mingxuan's collar and pulled it down. The moment their eyes met, Xihe kissed Xiao Mingxuan on the cheek. "See? This is called kissing."
After saying that, regardless of everyone's surprised looks, she hummed and nestled into Xiao Mingxuan's arms.
Xiao Mingxuan felt the warmth in his arms seemed to increase a little, mixed with the summer irritability, rushing towards him. The soft touch on his cheek lasted for a long time, as if it was branded on the tip of his heart.
"You...you two, are shameless!" Zhao Siyuan's mouth drooped and his eyes suddenly turned red.
No matter how fierce she looks, she is still an eight-year-old kid at heart.
I can’t beat him, I can’t scold him, I don’t want to live anymore!
Xihe wanted to continue, but found that Xiao Mingxuan was holding her back.
"I'm hungry." Xiao Mingxuan didn't want to waste time here. After thinking about it, he came up with the most unreasonable reason.
Xihe's attention was immediately drawn away, and she quickly picked up the food box beside her and handed it forward, "Little brother, eat~"
Xihe followed Xiao Mingxuan back to Mingyue Palace. When Shijian saw the young master coming back, he hurried forward to greet him, "Young master."
He saluted Xihe again and said, "Princess Zhaoyuan, you are here. Our young master is waiting..."
"Shut up!" Xiao Mingxuan shouted sternly, and Shi Jian retreated without saying a word.
Xihe's bright eyes were filled with surprise. She leaned in his arms and looked up and said, "Little brother, are you waiting for me?"
Xiao Mingxuan coughed uncomfortably, "You think too much."
"It's obvious, why don't you admit it?"
The little girl became more and more excited as she spoke, and Xiao Mingxuan gave her a look and immediately shut up.
"Are you still going to eat?"
The little girl nodded like a chick pecking at rice and sat down on the chair obediently.
Seeing that the little girl didn't move her chopsticks for a long time, Xiao Mingxuan swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
The food in Mingyue Palace is not as good as that in Fuhua Palace. The little girl is spoiled and I am afraid that these meals will not be to her liking.
"I'll ask Shi Jian to make some more. Have some pastries first."
After saying that, Xiao Mingxuan was about to get up and go out to give orders, but unexpectedly a white and tender hand grabbed his sleeve.
There was no trace of disgust in the little girl's eyes. Her innocent eyes were full of tenderness. "Little brother, do you usually eat these?"
Xiao Mingxuan didn't speak for a long time.
The reason why we can have this table of food is because of the special favor shown by Emperor Jingyuan in recent days. If it were the past, we could have just had a hot meal.
"Yeah." Xiao Mingxuan nodded calmly, "If you can't get used to it, don't be stubborn. If you get sick from it, I won't be able to bear the blame."
Princess Zhaoyuan is the apple of the eyes of Emperor Jingyuan and Concubine Chen. The eldest prince loves her like a treasure. If she makes any mistake, he will be the first one who will not be spared.
"It's edible!" Afraid that Xiao Mingxuan wouldn't believe it, Xihe picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the side dish. "Don't worry, little brother, Xihe is not that weak. I have eaten very cold meals before. It's okay."
Seeing that Xiao Mingxuan still had doubts on his face, Xihe revealed all the things that happened in the past.
Xiao Mingxuan also picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and chewed it slowly without saying a word.
After a long time, he suddenly asked, "What kind of food do you like?"
"I like so many things." The little girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and she began to count them on her fingers, "Honey pickled tofu, steamed chicken with wine, braised carp, candied water chestnuts, lotus cakes, pineapple cakes..."
Xiao Mingxuan nodded and said, "Eat."
Xihe didn't eat much breakfast in the morning, and she had a fight with Zhao Siyuan, so she was already very hungry. But her messy hair kept swinging forward, and she got annoyed after fiddling with it a few times.
Xihe stared at Xiao Mingxuan aggrievedly, "Little brother, my hair is messy."
Xiao Mingxuan looked at the little girl's messy hair, resigned himself to putting down his chopsticks, and stood up to get a comb.
When Xihe saw this, she immediately smiled, jumped off the stool and crawled into Xiao Mingxuan's arms.
Although Xiao Mingxuan is a man, he is not unfamiliar with the technique, but he doesn't know how to do a very complicated hairstyle, so he just tied two small buns.
The little girl was quiet for a while and then started to act up again, moving her little body around restlessly.
"If you move again, I'll throw you down!"
Xiao Mingxuan spoke in a bad tone, but there was no bone-chilling chill in his voice; it sounded more like a joke.
Xihe's courage suddenly grew. The little ball kept moving closer to Xiao Mingxuan's arms, with its two legs hanging down and swaying back and forth. From time to time, it would deliberately kick Xiao Mingxuan's calves and giggle.
The little girl was making a fuss in his arms. Xiao Mingxuan had a sour look on his face, but he kept tying her hair with his hands.
This scene reminded Xihe of a book he had read before.
"Little brother, do you think we look like that painting?"
"What painting?" Xiao Mingxuan asked casually.
Xihe's hair was very smooth, like a loach, slippery, and it took Xiao Mingxuan a long time to tie it up. Xiao Mingxuan was so angry that he wanted to drink a few sips of tea to calm down.
"That painting also shows a man and a woman, with the man tying the woman's hair, just like we are doing now. The book calls this..." Xihe lowered his head in thought, unable to think of a name for a long time. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he turned his head abruptly, looking up at Xiao Mingxuan, "I remember now, the book calls this marital interest!"
"Puff~" Xiao Mingxuan spit out the tea he had just drunk, his face instantly darkening, "Who let you read those books?"
Xiao Mingxuan asked this question almost with gritted teeth.
"I...I saw it myself."
Seeing that Xiao Mingxuan was angry, Xihe shrank back quietly, trying to reduce his presence.
The little brother is so handsome, why is he so fierce!
Xiao Mingxuan sneered, "Yourself? How old are you? How can you understand this?"
Zhao Xihe was only five years old and probably couldn't even recognize all the characters, so how could he possibly understand that kind of thing? It was most likely some ignorant servant was reading it, and the little girl happened to see it and wrote it down.
"Then little brother, do you think I'm right?" the little girl asked relentlessly, as if she would not give up until she got the answer.
Holding the soft body in his arms, Xihe leaned close to Xiao Mingxuan's ear, and the warm breath lingered in his ear. The moment he breathed in and out, he felt an unusual itchiness in his ear, as if his whole body was on fire.
"Bullshit!" Xiao Mingxuan was so angry that he cursed inadvertently, and then he realized it and had a headache again.
Is Zhao Xihe born to be his nemesis?
"Little brother, you're talking dirty!"
Xiao Mingxuan's head hurt even more, and he asked coldly, "Are you still going to eat?"
The little girl finally felt scared. After tying her hair, she obediently returned to her seat and concentrated on eating.
After all this commotion, Xiao Mingxuan became a little irritated and drank several glasses of water before he calmed down.
Xihe secretly glanced at Xiao Mingxuan several times but didn't say anything.
"Just say it if you have something to say!" Xiao Mingxuan picked up a piece of braised fish with chopsticks and put it into the little girl's bowl.
Xihe opened his mouth, but no words came out for a long time. He just glanced at the face of the person opposite him.
"If you don't want to talk, then you don't need to keep your tongue."
Xiao Mingxuan glanced at him seemingly unintentionally, and Xihe immediately shook his head.
"Don't cut the tongue of the nest, I say!"
The little girl pouted angrily. Why was her little brother just like her tyrant father, always wanting to cut off her tongue? He was so cruel!
"That's right, I want to ask, isn't my brother going to the National Academy? It seems that today is not a holiday."
The eldest prince was willing to go to the National Academy for the sake of his sister. He told everyone everything about the National Academy and it turned out that Xiao Mingxuan could also study there.
But today he is in Mingyue Palace.
Xiao Mingxuan's hand paused, and a trace of ferocity flashed across his eyes, which was fleeting and impossible to capture.
"I don't want to go." He spat out these three words coldly, making people clearly feel his resistance to the National Academy.
The National Academy was a gathering place for the children of Tianshuo nobles. Although Emperor Jingyuan had issued an order allowing him to attend, he, a Beili hostage, was like a lamb walking into a tiger's mouth. Most of the students took pleasure in teasing and bullying him. Xiao Mingxuan was not qualified to compete, and he did not want to be a punching bag, so he rarely went to the National Academy.
The gloom on Xiao Mingxuan's body gradually dissipated, forcing Xihe to swallow a breath. Seeing that the chopsticks were about to be broken in Xiao Mingxuan's hand, Xihe's hand slowly moved closer, taking deep breaths continuously, and mentally consoling herself.
Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, the little brother is a good man, Xihe, you can’t hide from him.
Finally, a small, white, tender hand grasped Xiao Mingxuan's slightly rough hand. Xihe squeezed the hand, which had turned red from excessive force, and rescued the chopsticks.
"Little brother, don't be angry, don't be unhappy, Xihe was wrong, Xihe won't say anything more."
There was an inexplicable smile in Xiao Mingxuan's deep eyes. It was more like shock than a joke.
He took a handkerchief and wiped the vegetable leaves on Xihe's face.
After a while, he suddenly asked, "Are you going to the National Academy?"
Xihe shook his head, then nodded as if he remembered something.
"Are you going or not?" He guessed that the little girl had almost finished eating, so he asked someone to clean up.
"I'm going to the martial arts arena to find big brother this afternoon, but I don't want to go to the National Academy." The little girl was listless, but the moment she saw Xiao Mingxuan, her eyes lit up instantly, "Little brother, if you go, then I can go too."
Xihe hates going to school simply because it is too boring, but if Xiao Mingxuan were there, it would probably be very interesting too.
"If I go, will you go too?" Xiao Mingxuan looked at him with amusement.
"Yes!" Xihe never forgot her ability to climb up the ladder. Seeing Xiao Mingxuan's expression soften, she slowly moved into his arms, her eyes full of anticipation, "Little brother, are you going?"
Xiao Mingxuan stared at Xihe's eyes, trying to see the familiar look in her eyes, but no matter how he tossed and turned, he still did not see the calculation and ridicule that he was familiar with in everyday life.
Xihe's eyes were very clear, like a clear spring, and one could see the bottom at a glance.
Is he too good at disguising himself, or is he just like that?
Xiao Mingxuan couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, thinking: "The little girl is only five years old, how could she be so scheming. She really has a dirty heart and suspects that everything has ulterior motives."
This clear spring water makes people want to hold it in their arms.
"If you want me to go, you have to give me some benefits, right?" Xiao Mingxuan crossed his arms, leaned back lazily, and waited.
"If you go, I'll bring you cakes every day?"
Xiao Mingxuan said: "I'm tired of it."
Do you really think he is a pig? He eats the same thing every day.
"Then I'll accompany you to study and attend class?"
Xiao Mingxuan shook his head, obviously dissatisfied, "Isn't this basic?"
The National Academy has opened a school, and everyone who goes there will attend classes together. There is no question of whether to accompany someone or not.
Xihe listed seven or eight items in total and was not satisfied with any of them.
The little girl scratched her head and cheeks, and the pastries in her hands were about to fall apart.
"I know! As long as brother is there, I will kiss him every day, what's that?"
The little girl thought her suggestion was great, and she jumped up happily. However, she lost her balance and swayed, and was about to fall.
The next second, I fell into a warm embrace.
Xiao Mingxuan caught her, but his expression was not normal. He kept avoiding Xihe's gaze, as if he had done something wrong.
"Okay, I'll go."
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
