Chapter 003
Chapter 003
After crying for a long time in the first half of the night, Liu Ju slept very soundly in the second half of the night, sleeping comfortably until the sun was high before opening his eyes.
When he woke up, the emperor had already gone to court, the empress was dealing with palace affairs, and neither of them was in the bedroom.The first thing Liu Ju saw were his three elder sisters, Princess Wei Liu Yan, Princess Yangshi Liu Shu and Princess Zhuyi Liu Zhuang.
The three princesses had obviously been waiting for a long time, and seeing their younger brother woke up, Liu Zhuang, who was the liveliest among them, jokingly said, "My little slacker, you are so lazy, the sun will burn your butt..."
Liu Ju raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, looking blankly at the young and immature sisters in front of him.
Last night, he had a terrible nightmare.In the dream, his father didn't want him anymore, and he didn't want his mother and sisters anymore. His cousin and uncle went somewhere, and he was left alone in the end.
The dream was so long that Liu Ju had forgotten most of the dream when he woke up, only the strong and indelible sadness and some strong and unforgettable obsessions remained, deeply imprinted on the in his head.
"Sister Ah Zhuang, I'm not a slob." Liu Ju blinked, as if he had come to his senses, he glanced at Princess Zhuyi, crawled towards her, and held her hand tightly.
Empress Wei's four children have a very interesting age difference. Princess Wei is three years older than Princess Yangshi, Princess Yangshi and Princess Zhuyi, and Princess Zhuyi and Liu Shi are also three years apart.
When it comes to how much they love their younger brother, the three princesses are evenly matched, but the one who plays the best with Liu Ju must be Princess Zhuyi.It's just that no matter how good the two siblings were in the past, they didn't roll together like today, before they even got dressed.
Liu Zhuang held Liu Ju's hand instead, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong with Ju'er today? You're so clingy to Third Sister..."
Liu Ju pursed his lips and smiled, but did not speak, but stretched out his other hand, and held Princess Yangshi back.
Princess Wei didn't understand why her younger brother was like this, so she tried to guess: "Did I get scared last night? I just held my sister today..." Last night, it was windy and rainy, with lightning and thunder, not to mention the youngest Liu According to reports, even Liu Shu and Liu Zhuang went to her room in fright after being awakened by the thunder, and the three sisters slept in the same bed until dawn.
Liu Ju still smiled and didn't say anything. It's great that the sisters are still by my side.
After a while, he let go of the hands holding Princess Yangshi and Princess Zhuyi, climbed up to Princess Wei, lay on her lap and asked, "Sister Ayan, when will Brother Qubing come to play with me?"
Princess Wei smiled, hugged her younger brother into her arms and said softly: "I want to go to sick brother, he is serving as a servant by A Weng's side, and I have to ask A Weng to let him take his leave before he can come to play with you."
"Oh." Liu Ju nodded half-understanding, "Then I'll ask Ah Weng."
Princess Yangshi, who had been silent all this time, raised her eyebrows when she heard the words. Her younger brother has always been calm. Although she loves to cling to her uncle and cousin, she would only hug them when they came to Jiaofang Palace. He would not deliberately find someone, let alone find someone important to the emperor.
Princess Zhuyi thought of the same question, she was not as calm as the two elder sisters, so she asked directly: "Ji'er, what's the matter with you looking for Brother Qubing in such a hurry?"
Liu Ju nodded, and said seriously: "Uncle cut a wooden sword for me, brother Qubing promised to teach me how to practice it." As soon as he said this, the expressions of the princesses changed, they looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say.
Uncle did sharpen a wooden sword for his younger brother, but that was all last year. At that time, he said that he would teach him. Later, his cousin Huo Qubing also said similar things. Unfortunately, Liu Ju has no interest in dancing swords. This matter is left there.
Today was a good day, no one mentioned it, he himself said that he was going to practice swords.Although Liu Zheng is the prince, surrounded by a cloud of guards, he doesn't need to be very skilled, but he will be very pleased in his father's eyes if he can do such a thing.
It's just that for such a long time before, he had no interest in this matter, but now he suddenly changed his temper, no wonder the princesses were deeply surprised.
Princess Wei thought for a while, stroked her younger brother's hair and asked, "Why does Ju'er want to practice swords all of a sudden?"
Liu Ju was stunned, hesitated for a moment and then said, "I just want to learn." His tone was very firm.
In fact, he couldn't tell the reason why he insisted on practicing swords, but in that sad dream, he thought so.
It's normal for a child's face to be fickle, no matter how well-behaved it is.Besides, practicing sword is not a bad thing. It can strengthen your body and please your father, so the princesses simply don’t ask any more questions, so as not to say something wrong and the little guy changes his mind again.
At noon, the emperor came to Jiaofang Hall again, obviously he was not here to see the queen.
Since the birth of the prince three years ago, the emperor has become much colder towards Wei Zifu, and since he became the empress, he seldom visits Xingjiaofangdian.However, he went to the Jiaofang Hall quite a lot. Even if he was busy with government affairs, he would have people take the prince to the proclamation room to coax him for a while.
Most of the time, the person responsible for taking care of the prince at this time is Huo Qubing.Huo Qubing is silent by nature, and has always been indifferent to crying children. Whether it is the three princess cousins, or the mother's siblings, or the uncle's cousins, he rarely shows what a brother should have. Be patient, the only exception is Liu Shi.Regarding this, Princess Yangshi and Princess Zhuyi had discussed behind their backs, and they came to the same conclusion that according to his son's temperament, Zijing would not bother Qubing Gege, so he would not bother him.
The emperor came to see his son, and when he was dealing with government affairs today, the image of the little prince holding him and crying out of breath last night kept appearing in his mind.He sent someone to check, and found out that something unusual happened around Liu Ju recently, but the answer was no.
Thus, the emperor fell into deep confusion.Liu Ju is the only prince in the palace. Not only does he love him like a treasure, but the queen looks like an eyeball. The three princesses also love their younger brother very much. Who can make him feel wronged like that.
"My sons and ministers see the father! The father is always happy!" Princess Wei led her sisters to welcome her, with impeccable etiquette.
But Liu Ju yelled "A Weng" and threw himself into the emperor's arms happily, saying coquettishly: "A Weng, can you lend me Brother Qubing for a while? I will pay you back soon. "
The emperor was immediately amused, and chuckled and said, "What's the use of Ju'er wanting to borrow your 'Brother Qubing'? I can't borrow it without a serious reason."
Last year, Huo Qubing was thrown into the Yulin Camp by him to train those orphans, but he didn't have time to stay in Jiaofang Hall to play with Liu Ju all day like before.The emperor placed extremely high expectations on the proud pupils he personally taught.
Liu Ju was stunned when he heard the words, he pursed his lips and thought for a while, then said for a while: "I want to learn swords from Brother Qu Bing, he said he would teach me."
The emperor was noncommittal to his son's request, but instead asked, "Why does Ju'er suddenly want to practice swords?" His question was exactly the same as Princess Wei asked before.
Liu Ju didn't hesitate this time, and said without thinking, "Because I want to learn."
"Oh." The emperor responded meaningfully, and said seriously: "Since I want to learn, I will grant your request. I will lend you your 'Brother Qubing', but if you give up halfway..."
Before the emperor finished speaking, Liu Ju said first: "My son will not give up halfway." That nightmare was too frightening for him, even if he couldn't understand it, he couldn't remember the content clearly, but he couldn't remember the things he regretted in the dream. Let yourself regret it all over again.
The emperor smiled slightly. It didn't matter to him whether his son practiced sword or not, but if he could do what he wanted to do with perseverance and perseverance, he was very satisfied with this attitude. Liu Che's son.
Later, Huo Qubing came to Jiaofang Palace, he greeted the queen and took Liu Shi to the back garden.It wasn't that Huo Qubing didn't want to see the princess cousins, but that he and them had never had a common topic, and they were relatively silent when they met.
Of course, due to the age gap of 12 years, he and Liu Shi don't have much to say, but when two people who don't like to talk come together, they have their own way of getting along, and they have always been very harmonious.
Huo Qubing has always been straightforward in his work, he said he wanted to teach Liu Ju how to learn how to use the sword, and he started teaching the basic movements without asking him why he suddenly changed his mind.
It's just that he himself is a genius in martial arts. When teaching people, he inevitably judges others by himself, so that Liu Ju can't understand his concise and clear narration. He doesn't think it's too difficult. less than.
Princess Yangshi and Princess Zhuyi were peeping at their younger brother practicing sword practice by the garden. They were a little worried when they saw Liu Ju's frantic movements, thinking that his cousin might get impatient.
Unexpectedly, this was not the case for Huo Qubing. After he had a general understanding of Liu Ju's skills, he broke down the basic movements for him again, and then stipulated the number of exercises and the specified time for completion, and clapped his hands and sat on the stone next to him to rest. .
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