Back To Zero - Vol 2 Chapter 2

This summer, Daye is hotter than in previous years. Emperor Yanxi has taken his concubines to a garden on the outskirts of Beijing to escape the summer heat. Jun Liyuan took Mo Qingge out to play. It is estimated that he will not return to Beijing until the heat is over. Jun Lixuan and Ling Qiyang took their two children, together with Daddy Ling and Gu Yao, and went to Gu Yao’s medicine furnace in the mountain. The mountain will be relatively cooler and the children will be more comfortable.

Jun Liche and Xiaoying hadn’t figured out a place to escape the summer heat, and it was not convenient to follow Emperor Yanxi, so they still stayed in the house. The two have been married for a few months. Although Xiaoying has become Princess Chong, life is still very peaceful. Ling Qiyang and Mo Qingge are still the only friends. He also didn’t want to attend the banquets of other princes. Sometimes he couldn’t push it, and at best he gave a gift. He rarely showed up.

Regarding his low-key, Emperor Yanxi was very satisfied. Because of his precious status, the royal family was more likely to attract the attention of the people. Xiaoying is not arrogant or impetuous, even if he participates in the palace banquet, he is dressed appropriately and will not be overly luxurious. Being so introverted, Emperor Yanxi also felt that being elected this son was a very correct decision.

There was a large porcelain jar of ice in the study. Xiaoying sat at the desk, looking at a history book. Perhaps it was because of the relationship between learning martial arts since childhood and receiving rigorous training. Xiaoying likes to sit very straight when reading and doing things, which seems to make him more concentrated. If you let him lie down on a soft couch, or on a bed ~www.mtlnovel.com~, it will become a little difficult. If you read two or three pages at most, he will find a chair, sit back and read again. Or just stop reading it and talk about it tomorrow.

One-third of the ice in the porcelain jar has melted. With the doors and windows closed, the study room is relatively cool, but it is still far from being cool. The thin clothes that Jun Liche had specially driven out also came in handy, so that Xiaoying would not be too difficult this summer.

Xiaoying was looking into her mind, Jun Liche holding the folding fan in his hand, pushed the door and walked in. Xiaoying raised her eyes to look at him, then put down her book, and smiled lightly, “Is it hot? Wen Mo just sent me the iced plum soup. Come and drink some.”

Although it is said that plum soup is mostly something that women love to eat, in such a hot day, it is good to be able to reduce the heat.

“Yeah.” Jun Liche closed the door to isolate the heat outside. Under the influence of ice, he would feel extra cool when he entered from outside the house.

Xiaoying walked to the small table, poured Jun Liche a cup of plum soup that was still cold, handed it to his hand, and asked, “Is the emperor not caught in the heat? Is it cool in the garden?”

Jun Liche took the cold plum soup, drank it in a few mouthfuls, and then let out a sigh of relief. There is nothing more comfortable than drinking a bowl of iced things at this time.

Putting down the bowl, Jun Liche took Xiao Ying to sit down, and then replied: “There is a prescription for going to Shu, the emperor is good. It is not suitable for women to put too much ice, so it is not counted. It’s too cool. But it’s definitely better than in the palace. There are many trees in the garden, and it can hide some shade.” After the emperor and the queen went to live in the garden, even if they were farther away from the palace, Jun Li Che did not settle down to ask for peace. . Especially now that both Jun Liyuan and Jun Lixuan are not in Beijing, he can only take care of his filial piety.

“That’s good.” Xiaoying nodded. Gu Yao also has a tea recipe for going to summer heat, but this tea contains a few heat-clearing Chinese medicines. Although it tastes good, if it is iced, it will have a strong medicinal taste. It is only suitable for cooling and using. So Xiaoying would also change some plum soup or lotus leaf tea, which tastes particularly good when iced.

He poured another bowl of plum soup. This time Jun Liche was not in a hurry. He drank and said, “Now they are all out to escape the heat. Do you have a good place? Let’s go too.”

Xiaoying looked at him and asked incomprehensibly: “What should I do in the early morning?” Although Emperor Yanxi went to escape the summer heat, the early morning was not immune, but changed it to once every three days.

“Do you want to go?” Jun Liche asked with a smile.

Xiaoying thought for a while, and finally nodded. He didn’t want to lie to Jun Liche, even if it was just such a small matter.

Jun Liche smiled and squeezed his earlobe, and said: “Because it has been too hot recently, my father ordered that it is not a particularly urgent matter. It can be done later. In order to avoid speeding up the whip, heatstroke, and loss of manpower. The early morning also pushed to five. Once a day, if you want to come here for nothing important, my father won’t look for me. If there are really important things, the third brother and Lixuan don’t want to get away. At that time, I’m taking a vacation. Let’s play outside for ten days. If I want to come here, the heat will get better.”

“If you ask for leave, the emperor knows that he will be angry.” Xiaoying was a little worried.

Jun Liche shook his head and said in preparation, “No. Now Guotai Minan, my father would have a headache when he sees me always shaking in front of him. Besides, my third brother wrote this morning saying that he had found several jars of ice wine. This wine is very interesting, as long as you put the glass on ice for half an hour, and then pour the wine into the glass, the wine will immediately turn into ice slag. Even if it is not, just drink that wine, the wine will be cold. Not affected by the hot summer at all.”

Xiaoying is still a little puzzled, what does this wine have to do with his leave?

“The third brother also wants to take Qingge to the Erge Territory to see, so let me send someone to bring the wine back.” Jun Liche said confidently: “I’ll say I’m going to get the wine at that time, and I won’t be able to come back in a few days. After all, it is something dedicated to the emperor father. I said to go in person, but it’s not too much. The third brother left a credible guard over there, and he will be escorted back when the time comes. We will take advantage of this time, Go to escape the heat.”

Xiaoying thought for a while, still a little worried.

Jun Liche soothed: “The third brother didn’t let me go personally, it means that he has arranged well, definitely there will be no problem. Plus, the guards in the mansion are all personal guards, so they can naturally trust them. There will be no problems, wait for them. When I came back, I quietly went to round with them. The place is not over, ten days is enough.”

Thinking that it was Jun Liyuan’s arrangement, Xiaoying was relieved.

Seeing Xiaoying’s consent, Jun Liche immediately asked: “Do you have a favorite summer resort? I have a house in the suburbs. It’s okay to go to play, I’m afraid it won’t be so cool for summer vacation.”

Xiaoying has been with Jun Liche since he was a child, and knows very little. After thinking for a while, he suddenly had an inspiration, and said, “There is a place that I have been to twice when I used to help you. It’s not far away, it’s just a bit simpler.”

“Where?” Jun Liche asked. In fact, it doesn’t matter where you go, mainly Xiaoying is with him.

“Outside the city, behind the barracks of King Lin’s garrison. It’s a mountainous area. It’s a garrison place. It’s very safe. The garrison basically won’t go up, but just stay there. I know a small road can go around, and it won’t. Heart to the garrison.” After all, they are quietly going to escape the heat, so the fewer people who know, the better.

Jun Liche didn’t hesitate much, and immediately agreed, “Should we go now?”

Xiaoying looked at him in a hurry, and laughed: “There is nothing over there, I have to prepare to take it there. Let’s leave tomorrow.”

“Okay, listen to you.” Jun Liche replied simply.

The next day, the two woke up, had breakfast, and set off.

After riding to the bottom of the mountain, the path was narrow and there were tree branches on both sides, making it unsuitable for horses to walk, so the two of them handed the horses to the guards who came with them and asked them to take them back and pick them up ten days later. After that, the two took the prepared things and walked towards the mountain on foot.

This hill is not high, it is sheltered by dense vegetation, and it is not easy to be seen by people below it. The mountain road is fairly smooth, even if you carry things on the road, it doesn’t take much effort, plus the shade of the trees, it is really cooler than the mountain.

Xiaoying walked in front, and from time to time he pushed away the branches of the trees that were blocking the way to facilitate Jun Liche’s walk. Although Xiaoying is now the princess and no longer a shadow guard, he is still used to protecting Jun Liche. Jun Liche didn’t stop either, not because he didn’t worry about Xiaoying, but if Xiaoying didn’t let Xiaoying do it, Xiaoying would question his own existence, which Jun Liche didn’t want to see.

“How did you know this road?” Jun Liche asked while admiring the emerald green along the way.

Xiaoying looked back at him, her mouth closed and did not speak, as if she didn’t want to say it, and as if she didn’t know where to start.

“Huh?” Jun Liche asked. He guessed that this answer might not make him so happy, but he still wanted to know about Xiaoying.

Xiaoying walked for a while with her head dull, and then whispered: “One time I went to Mao’an City to help you. The sun was about to set when I returned to Beijing. Suddenly I didn’t want to go back to the house so quickly…” At this point, Xiaoying was silent. Then, he continued: “At that time, you let me come into your room every night. Even if I didn’t want to, I couldn’t violate your orders. So I couldn’t sleep soundly and I was afraid. Although I never thought of running away, But at that time, I couldn’t help thinking, if I could stay outside Beijing for one more night.”

Speaking of what happened at that time, Jun Liche was also a little guilty. He likes Xiaoying, but the way he uses it is not good. Therefore, Xiaoying was not even willing to return.

Xiaoying took a peek at him, and found that Jun Liche was not angry, and then continued confidently: “At that time, I was passing by a hill, and the sun hadn’t set yet, so I could still see the mountain road. I wondered whether to leave one at the foot of the mountain. In the evening, Lord Lin’s shadow guard found me. Because we were trained in the same group and knew each other, he showed up directly. After knowing that he wanted to stay for the night, he showed me the way. , And told me that there was a place to shelter from the wind. Just like that, I went up the mountain and remembered this way.”

This is Jun Lixuan’s territory, and his shadow guard is also normal here. But thinking that the other party had helped Xiaoying to hide him for a whole night, Jun Liche was still a little unhappy, but he couldn’t say anything, after all, he was wrong.

The two walked for about a quarter of an hour, and their eyes suddenly became clear, and the two finally reached the place Xiaoying said. This is a flat ground. A two-story bamboo house stands here. There is a bamboo couch and a stone table on the open space in front of the house.

This mountain forest is not rich in bamboo. It is not easy to build such a place. I don’t know who built it, maybe it was someone who wanted to live in seclusion, but he didn’t live there later.

Put the things he brought on the stone table, and Xiaoying walked into the house to find a wooden basin. To Jun Liche: “I’ll fetch water first, and you will wait here for a while. It should have been a long time since no one has been here. There has been a layer of dust, so I need to clean up.”

Jun Liche took the tub and said, “I’m going, you take a break first.” Then, he spread an unused white rag from the baggage on the bamboo couch and let Xiao Ying sit on it.

Xiaoying looked at Jun Liche who couldn’t refuse, and didn’t fight with him. Sitting on the bamboo couch, pointing to a small road to the south, Xiaoying said, “Walk along here for about a hundred meters, and you can see a stream.”

“Good.” Jun Liche took the wooden basin and walked deep into the forest. This is a hill with a lot of game, but there are no beasts and snakes. So Jun Liche doesn’t have to worry about going to Xiaoying by himself.

After the water came back, the two of them cleaned the table, bed, and floor of the house together, put the bedding they had brought, and put on tea sets to eat. The simple environment was also neatly cleaned.

At noon, the two made tea with stream water, simply ate some snacks they brought, and then fell into bed to rest. After a busy morning, both of them were tired. The coolness and quietness in the woods made their nap especially sweet.

In the evening, Xiaoying went to eat some wild pheasants and picked some edible wild fruits. There was a fire in front of the bamboo house. After Xiaoying plucked and washed the pheasants, put a little salt on it and roasted on the fire. It was the most natural delicacy. The mountains are rich in food, even if you live for a long time, you don’t have to worry about not having food.

Looking at the little shadow concentrating on roasting the chicken, Jun Liche looked at him quietly, the cool touch of the wild fruit in his hand passed to the palm of his hand, which was particularly comfortable. It was getting late, and there were only the two of them here, a world, a bamboo house, a fire, and a touch of coolness, which outlined the simple life of him and Xiaoying at this time. Jun Liche couldn’t help thinking that it would be a wonderful thing to live in seclusion here.

After roasting, the unique burnt aroma of game spreads here, and the roasted golden chicken is taken down by Xiaoying, and then cut into several pieces with a knife. The two of them took the steamed buns they brought and ate the fatty, tender and salty chicken. Although compared with the exquisite food of the king, these were much cruder and crude, but it was also another fresh delicacy.

After eating, Jun Liche asked, “Tell me what you were thinking about when you were out on a mission and sleeping outside?” He seemed to have never cared about this question. After experiencing it today, he couldn’t help thinking about it. ask.

“Actually, it’s nothing.” Xiaoying held the chicken legs that Jun Liyuan had to let him eat in one hand, and the twigs next to him in the other, fiddled with the fire. “This is because of the summer heat, so the place can be quieter first. Go out on duty. It’s not always so lucky to find such a place. Most of the time, it’s just a short nap in a ruined temple or under a tree.” Xiaoying has very few missions, and some of them are heard from other shadow guards.

Thinking that Xiaoying might be sleeping in those places, Jun Liche suddenly lost his appetite and was silent for a while before asking, “Do you regret it?”

Xiaoying looked at him puzzledly, “What?”

“Being a shadow guard, or as a shadow guard for me.” Jun Liche looked at him seriously.

Xiaoying put down the food in her hand, picked up the tea cup, thought for a while, and then slowly sighed, “If I hadn’t been selected by Lord Lin at that time, and trained privately, I might have starved to death. So I became a shadow guard. , I don’t regret it. At that time, to me, nothing was more precious than being alive.”

Jun Liche listened to Xiaoying intently, and he hoped to learn more about Xiaoying through this.

“As for being a shadow guard for you, to be honest, I think this is my greatest blessing. Because following you, I didn’t suffer too much. Although it is my mission and responsibility to protect you, you never let me truly I’m in a dangerous situation, so I am lucky compared to those shadow guards who were born and die.” Xiaoying smiled, and then said: “I know this is because you like me, so I don’t want me to do dangerous things. Although. I have been entangled with the future for a long time because of my identity, but I am still very grateful that you have not given up on me. Even though I had been running away then.”

Thinking of all the things at the beginning, Jun Liche also felt that fortunately, he had always insisted on his belief that he wanted to be with Xiaoying, in order to have today’s satisfaction and happiness.

“If I were not for you, I wouldn’t be who I am now. I wouldn’t have thought that my days with you would be so happy and happy. So I don’t regret being your shadow guard at all. I think this is what God has done to me. Take care, let me meet you.” Xiaoying’s clear eyes should be filled with orange fire, especially beautiful.

After listening to his words, Jun Liche pulled Xiaoying over, sat on his lap, and kissed the red lips.

Xiaoying instinctively hugged Jun Liche and responded to his kiss. Until the breath of the two became hot, Jun Liche let go of him, kissed his ear, and whispered: “I love you…” The simple three words contain everything.

What responded to him was Xiaoying’s tight hug and a kiss on the cheek.

Jun Liche knew that Xiaoying was shy, and that Xiaoying also loved him. He had a clear mind, and that was enough.

Regarding eating, Jun Liche picked up Xiaoying and walked towards the stream. When he went to fetch water, he found that under the branch at the bottom left of the stream, there was a pool with clear water. Because of the sunshine, it was warm but not cold, which was a good place to take a bath. There is no shortage of good choices for warmth.

The backs of the two of them slowly walked deep into the woods, and the bright moonlight faintly illuminated the path leading to the stream. Gently, Xiaoying can be heard replying in a low voice: “I love you too…”

The forest is quiet, the two loves are tight, and the spring evening is short, how can you live up to it…

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Chapter Two, I wish you all a happy reading.

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