Chapter 163
When he saw clearly, Zhou Xian Yang immediately loosened the grip on his hand, “I’m sorry. I’ll go find the Imperial Doctor.” This was the second time he had hurt her by mistake, and Zhou Xian Yang was a bit ashamed of himself.
Rong Xiangmian shook off her numb palms, tears pooling in her eyes: “No, it’s the middle of the night, I fell asleep looking for the doctor.”
Zhou Xian Yang still went out and brought a jar of soju and a bowl over. He poured a shallow half bowl of wine, and then lit it with a fire, the ghostly flame jumping in the mouth of the bowl.
“Alas!” Xiangmian watched as his palm passed through the flame and took out some wine from the flame, rubbing it warmly on Xiangmian’s hand.
She frowned in pain, and Zhou Xian Yang comforted her, “Bear with it, it will heal soon. This is very effective. If you’re injured in battle and don’t have time to nurse a bruise like this, use this method and you’ll be fine the next day.”
I think this is the method he used in the army to treat injuries.
Zhou Xian Yang rubbed the warm wine on the back of her hand and asked in a low voice, “Why are you touching my neck?”
Sagami said honestly, “I want to touch the knot of your throat.”
“What’s there to touch the knot of your throat?” Zhou Xian Yang looked skeptical.
“I don’t have a knot in my throat, so I just want to touch your ……” Sagami muttered, awkwardly shifting her eyes elsewhere, her face already red.
After a while, Zhou Xian Yang turned her face around and put her hand on the nape of his neck and said, “When I’m awake, I can touch you casually, but when I’m asleep, I’m afraid of hurting you.”
Rong Xiangmian let out a cry and retracted her hand, no longer interested.
“I’m sorry.” Zhou Xian Yang apologized again, “In the past, I was very vigilant, and would wake up immediately when someone approached me. Now, my alertness is getting lower and lower, and the ease of Jinling City has made me comfortable. Next time if an assassin comes, I might wake up only after my throat is cut.”
“This is not Yangzhou. With the Nine Gates Patrol Battalion outside, assassins don’t get into Jinling that easily! The royal palace still has the feather guards and the royal guards, there’s Xiao Nan and Xiao Bei, and …… there’s me!”
There is still me, she didn’t know why she popped up these three words.
Zhou Xian Yang’s gaze became deep, gently looking into her eyes, and his breath came closer and closer, brushing against Xiangmian’s face.
He held her jaw with his other and lowered his head, a kiss falling.
Sagami skimmed her face, her hands against his chest, her hands still hurting, and her person still angry.
Zhou Xian Yang understood, like a cat gently rubbing her cheeks, then let go of her and put away the list on that table carefully.
Xiangyang rubbed her wrist and casually said, “Thank you for remembering my second uncle and missing him at times.”
“I can’t bring them back, the only thing I can do is remember.”
“Don’t blame yourself, it’s not your fault, and it’s not something you could have avoided.”
Zhou Xian Yang leaned against the desk, collapsing like a deflated man, “I returned to the capital in splendor, sealed the king and married his wife, and spent the New Year’s Eve with his wife, but them, nothing.”
“So what if you seal a king and marry a wife? We will all die, and one day, we will also have nothing. Why bother dwelling on it.”
“You seem to be very unafraid of death,” Zhou Xian Yang knew about her rebirth, but this was the first time he had talked to her about the topic of life and death.
Rong Xiangxian leaned against the back of her chair, angling her head to look at the dark rooftop, “I was forced to come into this world, I haven’t tasted half of my mother’s love since I was a child, and my father was too busy with his official duties to take care of me, and for the sake of my future, he sent me to the palace at less than ten years old. I have never felt that the British House is my home, only feel that I am a floating duckling without any dependence, one day to die also has nothing to do. But that I have almost forgotten my own mother, with her life to protect me, I must live well can not live up to her. In fact, I really want to tell her, there is no need to save me. If I could, I would trade everything for my mother’s life, so that she could come back to life, and it would be fine for me to turn into scorched earth, ignorant and painless.”
“Back then, you had so many good words for me, but are you so hopeless yourself?” Zhou Xian Yang couldn’t stand the way she looked as if her heart was dead.
“That’s because we don’t have a choice, having already been burdened with expectations and thrown into the mire, we have to look on the bright side.”
Zhou Xian Yang was silent for a moment and admitted, “I’m also willing to trade everything I have to get my mother back.”
“You still have a chance, just let it go. If there’s anything you need from me just let me know.” Sagami said.
“You’re not afraid of implicating the Rong family?”
“I’m already a member of the Yu Wang family, and it’s His Majesty’s gift of marriage, if something happens in the future, is he going to blame the Rong family for marrying their daughter off? Rather, the …… Rong family has a danshu iron coupon that the □□□ Emperor has bestowed.”
The “Dan Shu Iron Coupon” is a gold medal for exemption from death.
Zhou Xian Yang was helpless, “You really remember the word death all the time.”
“In this way, there is nothing to fear.” Rong Xiangmian revealed an indifferent smile, a smile that made Xian Yang’s heart feel bad.
He squatted down and leaned in front of Xiangmian’s knees, holding her hand, “Xiangmian, I won’t let anything happen to you.”
Xiangmian lowered her head, her expression moving. She put her hands around Xian Yang’s shoulders and smiled against his forehead.
After the beginning of spring, the reorganization of the Ministry of War that lasted for a year was completed, and all the armies were armed with better weapons.
For the new year, the emperor ordered a drill at the drill ground outside Dongsheng Gate.
All the imperial princes and military generals above the third rank in the capital accompanied them.
General Qi had already left for Yangzhou, and old General Qi had stayed in the capital to recuperate. He does not love the luxury of life in the capital, his heart yearns for the military camp, but he is old and has to serve his old age.
Now, the martial arts event is just right for him. Originally also want to ask for an order to accompany, Yu Wang has been in advance with the emperor face to face, the emperor immediately agreed, people to go to the general’s residence to pass the order.
The weather has just warmed up, spring cold.
Before leaving, Rong Xiangshi saw Zhou Xianyang outside only wearing a military uniform, no armor, do not believe as if: “Today do not need to wear armor?”
Zhou Xian Yang said, “It’s just a drill, we’re not going to the field, what’s the point of wearing those bulky things? If we really wear armor like that, it’s unlikely that we’ll really be coaxed off the field at that time.”
He had a point when he said that, but when Rong Xiang See saw that he was wearing thin clothes, she was not happy, “If you have a cold, you can’t come into my house.”
Seeing her anger, Zhou Xian Yang honestly took off his coat and added a jacket to it.
As if that wasn’t enough, Rong Xiangyang held a golden garment in his hand.
“Gold silk soft armor?”
“Well, my father accompanied the dowry. You don’t wear armor, so wear this inside.”
Zhou Xian Yang took it and was quite embarrassed, “I remember when I was a child, my mother always had to force me to add more clothes.”
Rong Xiangshi frowned, “Besides your mother and wife, who else worries about you being underdressed at all times?”
This was something that Zhou Xian Yang loved to hear and immediately put on his gold silk soft armor as well. Xiang Xiang also went the extra mile to have his attendants bring him another thick garment to change into at any time.
Only then did she let go of her furrowed brow.
She still couldn’t forget the dream of him being shot by the □□□, and was always uneasy, an uneasiness that didn’t subside until she sent Zhou Xian Yang out the door.
Outside Dongsheng Gate, flags were flying.
Zhou Xian Yang saw his seventh brother shivering in the wind on his horse: “Why are you wearing so little?”
“I don’t feel cold in the mansion, why is it so windy outside!” Qi Wang regretted it.
However, at this moment, the martial arts performance was about to start, and it was really inappropriate for him to go back to add more clothes because it was cold, so he had to endure it.
“Mother Consort has been chanting every day for me to wear more and more clothes, I didn’t feel it before, but I really have to serve today.”
Zhou Xian Yang laughed: “Xianfei in the palace, how can you manage to wear clothes every day? I think it would be good to give you a proper princess. I’ve brought more clothes here, you put them on.”
After saying that, he brought his seventh brother down from his horse and went to add more clothes.
Only then did King Diao feel warmth all over his body, “Thank you Fourth Brother, thank you Fourth Sister-in-Law, it’s so nice to have a life with a Wangfei.”
Zhou Xian Yang smiled and did not deny it.
Today’s drill, which was under the overall responsibility of the Minister of War, Wang Zhi, was divided into several parts, including the new weapons display, the Divine Arrow Battalion’s assessment, infantry sparring, cavalry drills, and the Marine Division’s maneuvers.
Crossbow battalion opening double crossbow test firing, let the emperor’s heart is very happy.
This was followed by a demonstration of the West Qin curved hook. This thing, close combat or ambush assassination than ordinary swords more easily, the state dynasty immediately used.
The princes were just watching at first.
To the end of the divine arrow battalion examination, the emperor was in a good mood, ordered all the princes to get off the field, than a ratio of mounted archery. And the silver bow seized from the West Qin Palace as a prize.
King Yun immediately refused: “Father, you might as well directly give this bow to the fourth brother, we are still dreaming about it.”
The emperor thought the same thing, so he said, “You guys compete and take it away if you win, but Xian Yang won’t go, let him have a go at the best divine archer in the Divine Archery Battalion later.”
With this, several of the Highnesses immediately went down to compete against each other.
The competition was divided into two types: static targets and moving targets.
The so-called static targets were ten targets lined up, each one ten feet apart. Participants riding from 10 targets in front of a gas galloped through not allowed to stop, at the same time to ten targets out of the arrow.
The princes came today, this is ready to move the hands of the preparations, each have the intention to show their faces in front of the dynasty generals, some also temporary surprise strengthened a few days.
Actually each archery results are good, the emperor is quite satisfied.
A round of competition down, the smallest Qi-wang riding and shooting won the first prize, the emperor was immediately pleased with the dragon heart, rewarded him with a silver bow.
The emperor was delighted and rewarded him with a silver bow. After receiving the reward, Qi Wang thanked Xian Yang, “Thank you for letting me win.”
After sending Xian Yang to the martial arts field, Rong Xiangmian went to the palace to accompany Empress Hui.
According to the usual practice, they first went to the Empress Dowager and Empress’s palace.
The Empress was very impatient with the arrival of Princess Yu. Rong Xiangmian had just called for the gifts to be put down, when the Empress said, “You can leave after you finish your Xianliang’s play.”
The courtesan who served the tea, handing the tea hung in mid-air, hesitated for a moment, put the tea cup back on the tray and stood aside.
Rong Xiang see this is not willing to stay long, the empress is so straightforward, not with her false and snake, but it is in line with her mind, low voice Fu Fu: “Do not disturb the empress rest.”
Saying so, she turned around and went to Noble Consort Hui’s palace.
Empress Hui told her, “Since King Li was demoted and grounded, the Empress’ palace has become much colder. On the contrary, it is King Kai and his wife who often go to ask for peace. The court of the wife to enter the palace are first to go to the Royal Consort’s palace, the Royal Consort only claimed to be sick, are not seen.”
Rong Xiang see thought, now the Royal Concubine is also very uneasy. She doesn’t have the support of her mother’s family, and now that she’s been elevated to a high position, she needs to be careful.
On the school grounds, Zhou Xian Yang’s match with the Divine Arrow Battalion was without suspense. In the beginning, even Kun Lun, the number one divine archer of the Dan Kingdom, was willing to be defeated, and this time, once again, the Emperor earned face in front of the crowd, and the Emperor laughed, “Your divine archery battalion, you still need to be refined.”
Divine archery battalion captain good behavior: “Yu Wang divine courage, archery is superb, but also please more guidance.”
After the mounted archery skills of the several princes were compared, there was the final infantry maneuvers of each battalion, using the built battalions to practice the process of attacking a city.
The scene was bustling with smoke and dust.
As the generals stood on a high platform watching, Zhou Xian Yang suddenly heard the sound of breaking air in the midst of the noise.
Almost by instinct, he immediately drew his sword and turned around, at the same time, he shouted: “There are cold arrows, get down!”