Jiaochu

Chapter 41: A serial plan to remove the thorn in the side ([-])
During the practice, Ye Lingxi was a little inattentive, and the look Ye Qingran gave him when he left always appeared in his mind. There seemed to be a deep loneliness hidden in his indifferent eyes, like a wisp of cold mist that could not be dispelled on a winter night.

"You have to concentrate." As if he noticed Ye Lingxi's inattention, Ye Lingjue reminded him.

A quarter of an hour later, Ye Lingjue took the bamboo bow from Ye Lingxi's hand and let her rest for a while.

Practicing archery was easier than practicing the horse stance. Except for some soreness and numbness in her wrists, Ye Lingxi didn't feel tired, but she couldn't concentrate because she was thinking about her eldest brother.

Seeing that Ye Lingxi had only eaten a steamed bun in the morning, Ye Lingjue had snacks and a cup of milk tea prepared in the tent.

"Have you practiced the copybook I gave you last time?" Ye Lingjue sat on a chair nearby, holding a cup of tea in his hand and gently scratching it a few times, lowering his head slightly and sniffing the fragrance of the tea, his movements calm and elegant.

Ye Lingxi ate the cake and made a vague hum. She had never opened the copybook and didn't know where it was stored. She found another copybook to practice on.

Ye Lingjue took a sip of tea, put down the cup and said, "If you like something else, you don't need to practice according to that copybook."

Ye Lingxi wanted to say something, but swallowed the words when they reached her lips, hummed again, and fell silent.

It felt a little awkward to eat without talking. After eating two more pastries, she picked up the bamboo bow on the table and said she would practice some more.

After another quarter of an hour, Ye Lingxi's forehead was covered with a layer of sweat. Ye Lingjue took away the bamboo bow in her hand and gave it to the guards to put away, and took her out of the martial arts field.

When he was approaching the gate, Ye Lingjue suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky outside the city wall. Ye Lingxi followed his line of sight and saw a clear sky without even a single white cloud.

The sky showed a clear blue, as if evenly covered with a thin layer of lake water, quiet and distant, with clear light.

After a long while, Ye Lingjue slowly said: "Didn't you ask me before if I wanted to be the emperor? I don't want to."

Ye Lingxi was stunned for a moment. After confirming that he heard correctly, an uncontrollable excitement surged in his heart, and he finally figured it out.

However, the next moment, she frowned again.

"But if you don't stand at the highest position, you can't protect the people you want to protect."

Ye Lingxi clenched his fists, walked up to Ye Lingjue and looked up at him with a serious face. Just as he was about to speak, Ye Lingjue raised his hand to make a silent gesture, with a specious smile covering his face. The eyes are slightly curved and narrow, unpredictable.

"Are you full? Are you still hungry?"

"., not hungry."

Half an hour later, the tip of Ye Lingxi's head appeared on the wall of Changle Palace.

"A little higher."

Hehe and Lingdang lifted Ye Lingxi higher again, and this time a pair of big black and clear eyes appeared on the wall.

Ye Qingran sat alone under the old pine tree in the courtyard and read a book, indifferent and peaceful.

There are clouds in the sky, and the pages of Panasonic books are rustling.

Such a peaceful scene was broken by a scream.

When the door of Changle Palace opened and Ye Qingran walked out of it, the three masters and servants had already climbed up from the ground. Ye Lingxi smiled and greeted them nonchalantly, while Hehe and Lingdang lowered their heads in embarrassment.

Ye Qingran came out to take a look, then turned around and walked in. Ye Lingxi immediately ran over and followed him in. Hehe and Lingdang also went in.

As soon as you enter the door, you can feel a cold and quiet atmosphere, separated only by a wall, as if you have entered a completely different world, without feeling the heat brought by summer.After Ye Qingran sat back on the chair, she continued to read without even a simple greeting. Ye Lingxi found something to do by herself. She looked at the pine trees for a while, went to the wall to watch the ants move, and came back to see the ants surrounding the pine trees. Pebbles, go to the water tank later to see the lotus blooming inside... running around like a lively snow dumpling.

When Ye Lingxi ran back to look at the pebbles again, Ye Qingran closed the book and stood up and left.When he was about to reach the entrance of the palace, he stopped and glanced back, his lips moved but he said nothing.

After entering the palace, he put down the books and let Ye Lingxi wander around inside. Soon she discovered something interesting.

When Ye Qingran came over, he saw Ye Lingxi looking at the wood carvings on the shelf. After taking a look, he walked to the window and picked up the water ladle in the wooden basin. He scooped up half a ladle of water and poured it along the gray-brown The branches are watered in the soil in the pot.

There are no leaves or buds on the branches. I don’t know if it’s because of the lack of season or something else.

"Brother, what kind of flower is this?" Ye Lingxi came over and asked curiously, holding a wooden sculpture of a puppy in his hand.

Ye Qingran turned her face slightly, and her eyes paused on the wooden sculpture of a puppy. After retracting her eyes, she said, "This is wintersweet, it blooms in winter."

Ye Lingxi counted on his fingers, there were still five or six months left.

"When the flowers bloom, I will come and see them with my big brother."

Ye Qingran's expression moved slightly, but she didn't say anything.

"Brother, can you give me this puppy?" Ye Lingxi raised his head and asked, holding up the wooden sculpture of the puppy.

Ye Qingran said: "If you like it, take it away." After a pause, he said in a somewhat indifferent tone, "It's not worth anything anyway." After that, he walked away.

Ye Lingxi followed and asked, "Did the big brother carve this puppy himself?"

Ye Qingran hummed.

"Big brother is amazing."

"I just know how to carve some wood."

"Big brother is very powerful, very powerful, very powerful, just amazing."

"..."

When the people in the imperial dining room brought lunch, Ye Lingxi stayed to eat together before she left.

The meals delivered by the imperial kitchen included both meat and vegetables, and they were not missing a few pounds because Ye Qingran was not favored. She was doing something secretly, and everything was done according to the rules.As long as the identity is there, there will be no shortage of examples.

During the meal, Ye Lingxi noticed that Ye Qingran only ate light vegetarian dishes, and the fish and meat were not touched at all. He thought to himself, no wonder the eldest brother is so thin because he is eating fast~
Looking at the plates of delicious meat dishes in front of him, Ye Lingxi couldn't help but ask his doubts, "Brother, don't you like eating meat?"

Ye Qingran stopped picking up vegetables for a moment, her eyes darkened slightly, and she hummed lightly. She picked up some vegetarian vegetables and put them in the bowl. She ate slowly and chewed carefully.

Ye Lingxi also ate vegetarian dishes, fearing that she would violate a taboo by eating meat.For example, some people love to be clean and cannot see any dirt in their eyes. Some people do not like to eat meat and may feel disgusted when they see others eating meat.

An idea flashed in his mind, and Ye Lingxi suddenly understood why the eldest brother always ate alone when he was in the study room. He probably didn't want to see others eating meat.
Thinking of this, Ye Lingxi could only quietly take a look at the meat dishes. This small gesture fell into Ye Qingran's eyes, and he said: "You can eat it if you want. I am used to eating bland food. I don't mind eating meaty dishes." Ke Hua.”

Ye Lingxi thought about it and thought it made sense. After taking another bite of vegetarian food, she stretched out her chopsticks to pick up a piece of golden roast chicken. While eating, she secretly glanced at her eldest brother. Seeing that her eldest brother looked as normal, she ate with confidence. Meat.

(End of this chapter)