Chapter 9 frontispiece

In summer, flying catkins floated in Chengdu, scattered among the streets and alleys.The lacquered gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion was opened, and before Si Yan could see who the visitor was, there were only white catkins flying up and down like butterflies in front of him, and suddenly he felt a figure swaying in, and rushed in without saying hello. "Hey!" Si Yan shouted after the man, complaining in his heart that the guards at the door didn't stop him. The man turned his head, his handsome young face was smeared with red clouds, and he blinked mischievously. "His Royal Highness!" Si Yan took a deep breath, his calf twitched, and hurriedly bowed down.

Liu Chan pointed at him and smiled joyfully, and ran into the inner courtyard in three steps at a time without paying attention.Although he tried his best to avoid people, but his face was too eye-catching, as long as one person recognized him, the news of the prince's arrival would spread throughout the mansion, causing all the servants in the mansion to kneel and worship. The mansion was full of voices of worship one after another. Liu Chan stamped his feet in frustration. Although his real body was seen through too quickly, he didn't want to give up. He quickly turned into the inner courtyard with his hands shaken, and ran across an arch bridge.

Zhuge Guo is sitting by the stream, fighting grass with herself, sometimes her left hand wins, sometimes her right hand wins, and sometimes both lose. Fluffy hair.She didn't wear shoes, and she shook the stream with bare feet like white jade, swinging water flowers that suddenly opened and disappeared. Liu Chan stared blankly, the fourteen-year-old girl was like the white stalks blooming in the water, spotless.He was reluctant to look away, and wanted to drown in this wonderful picture for the rest of his life, oh, if he died at this time, he would be happy enough. Zhuge Guo knew that Liu Chan was coming, so she pretended not to see him at first, but seeing that Liu Chan was just acting stupid, she couldn't wait any longer, so she angrily grabbed a bouquet of flower buds and threw them on Liu Chan's face.

"Stupid Dude!" She scolded unhappily. The soft flowers fell against Liu Chan's face, and he only felt the fragrance was pleasant, and he was very happy to hear that Zhuge Guo still scolded him as before, instead of prostrating him as a prince like others, kowtowing to him and proclaiming him a vassal . Zhuge Guo raised two grasses: "Come and fight!" Liu Chan trotted over and sat down next to Zhuge Guo. The two of them took a piece of grass and intertwined each other. With a light pull, the grass in Zhuge Guo's hand broke, and she said dejectedly, "Ah!"

Liu Chan hurriedly said: "This time it doesn't count!" He picked up two grasses, gave Zhuge Guo the firm and resilient one, and kept the slender and soft one for himself, and fought again, naturally he lost. Zhuge Guo patted his head happily: "I'm happy this time!" Being rubbed by Zhuge Guo's gentle hands, Liu Chan felt very good, each pat again and again was like scooping a spoonful of alcohol into his heart, he thought he was going to die of drunkenness. "I thought you wouldn't come to me after you became the crown prince." Zhuge Guo pursed his lips.

Liu Chan's mind was in a trance, and his words were not filtered: "Even if I die, I will come to find you." Zhuge Guo spat at him: "Unlucky!" She sighed, "Daddy said, Adou is now the crown prince, you are not allowed to look for him anymore, and you are not allowed to drag him to mess with you anymore. If he finds out that I am If he bullies you again, he will lock me up, daddy is a real murderer." She tilted her head and stared at Liu Chan seriously, "Did I bully you?" Liu Chan shook his head: "No, no..." He actually wanted to say that he was happy to be bullied.

Zhuge Guo patted his head again: "Adou, Adou, why do you want to be the prince?" Liu Chan was confused by this question, and repeated with his mouth open: "Yes...why should I be the prince?" Seeing his stupidity, Zhuge Guo couldn't help laughing, and angrily said: "Stupid Dude!" She leaned closer, "Daddy also said that you are not allowed to call you Dumb in the future, will you let me call you?" "You don't need to call me that, I am happy to be called that by you, and I will be willing for the rest of my life..." Liu Chan's voice gradually weakened, and the last sentence was as low as a breeze blowing through the gaps between his teeth.

"Sister Guo." He summoned up his courage and shouted. "Yeah." Zhuge Guo responded casually, with his feet rippling in the water, watching the fish swim past his ankles, the cold feeling was like a lotus root rubbing against his skin. Liu Chan has a belly full of things to say, some words have been hidden in his heart for many years, every night he confides to the moon over and over again, some words are tumors that he has only grown these days, tormenting him all night.He tried his best to make himself have the courage to look for Zhuge Guo, he just wanted to ask her if she knew, or if she was willing...

Willing or not... Liu Chan rehearsed in his heart, the words flowed on his lips, he could hear the beating heart uttering shy words, and before he said the words, his face was already red. A group of people hurriedly ran over the arch bridge, the leader was Huang Yueying, she ran to the stream, knelt down respectfully, and bowed a group of heads behind her. "I didn't know the prince came to visit, please forgive him!" Huang Yueying's solemn voice was very similar to that of Zhuge Liang. Liu Chan had a sad face, he didn't like the feeling of being surrounded: "Aunt Huang, get up and stop praying."

Huang Yueying couldn't get up, but shouted to Zhuge Guo: "Guoer, how can you be rude, the prince is here, how can he sit quietly and not salute!" Zhuge Guo was unwilling, and couldn't resist her mother's strictness. She threw away the grass in her hand, pulled out her two legs from the water, and knelt down facing Liu Chan. Liu Chan was helpless. He looked at the crawling heads, like tortoise shells that could not be pried apart, hard, cold and ruthless. The hard shells surrounded him and built a deep wall.He guarded the emptiness and nobility alone inside the wall, yearning enviously for the unscrupulous bustle outside the wall.

How much he wanted to pick up Zhuge Guo, hold hands to have fun as usual, recite books and practice calligraphy, fight grass and kick Juju, and snuggle up together to take a nap when he was sleepy, but the past is like a wisp of haze that has dissipated over the mountain, and can never be found again up. Ah Dou, why do you want to be the prince? The answer is actually very clear, but he thought he was too stupid to understand the truth in an instant, but he always had to go a long detour to find the answer. He saw that Zhuge Guo was curved into the back of a white gourd, and there were two white catkins perched on the arc. He wanted to let Zhuge Guo take it away, but he couldn't stretch out his hand, so he had to hide behind his back dejectedly.