kvmb Chapter 354 Yue'er! Taozi bullied me!
Chapter 354 Yue'er! Taozi bullied me!
The morning breeze in April is still chilly, but the peach forest is already bustling with activity.
Shangguan Haochen insisted on climbing a tree with her belly bulging, but Shangguan Haomu grabbed her collar and pulled her down: "You're so noisy even though you're pregnant!"
"Brother, look!" Shangguan Haochen pointed at the pink peach on the treetop, "That one must be sweet!"
Gu Qingyan somersaulted onto a branch, startling a flock of sparrows.
He had just picked the peach when he heard Mu Feng yelling from under the tree: "Ayan, be careful!"
With a "crack", the branch broke.
Gu Qingyan landed steadily holding the peach, but the hem of his clothes was torn.
Yaoyao immediately clapped her hands and cheered: "Daddy Feifei!"
Liang Junze was picking peaches at a low place. He shook his head when he heard it: "Yaoyao, don't learn from me. Your father is..." Before he could finish his words, a peach fell from his head with a "bang" and hit him right on the crown of his hair.
"Brother Aze's hat is blooming!" Shen Yunyan rarely joked, holding the freshly picked peach gum in his hand.
Su Yue was directing under the tree when she suddenly felt something was missing: "Where's Xuan?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a shrill scream was heard from afar.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Lin Yuxuan running out of the peach forest, scratching his arms as he ran: "It itches so bad! Help!"
His exposed skin was covered with large red rashes, like a boiled shrimp.
Su Yue quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe him, but he threw himself into her arms: "Yuer! Taozi bullied me!"
In the carriage, Zhou Ziqian sat upright, holding Xinxin, who was babbling, in his arms.
Lin Yuxuan slumped on the cushion opposite, with ointment on his face, as if he was wearing a mask.
"Don't be afraid, Seventh Prince." He said in a muffled voice, "Pregnancy is actually very easy. When I was pregnant with Xinxin, I ate everything with relish every day..."
Zhou Ziqian was skeptical: "But the imperial physician said..."
"What does the imperial physician know!" Lin Yuxuan sat up suddenly. "Do you know why men can have children? Because our..." He lowered his voice mysteriously, "our Dantian has one more Qi Hai than women!"
Just as he was getting into the mood, the car curtain was suddenly lifted.
Gu Qingyan carried a plate of washed peaches and said with a half-smile: "Who was it that had morning sickness and cried in my arms? Who had a leg cramp in the middle of the night and had to rub it for three hours?"
Lin Yuxuan was immediately furious and wanted to rush over to cover Gu Qingyan's mouth, but he was worried about Ningning in his arms, so he could only snort angrily: "Gu Qingyan! Don't I have any dignity?"
Zhou Ziqian looked at this funny couple and couldn't help laughing out loud.
Gu Qingyan peeled the peach skillfully, the knife gleaming like a silver thread, and the peel formed a long strip. "Seventh Prince, don't listen to his nonsense. When Ah Xuan gave birth, the pain was so severe that I pinched my hand purple."
"You!" Lin Yuxuan grabbed a soft pillow and threw it at him, "I'm angry!"
Gu Qingyan caught the pillow and placed it behind Zhou Ziqian's waist: "Try the peach, the one without hair."
As the sun rose higher, everyone set up mats in the open space in the peach forest.
After Mu Feng coaxed Ningning to sleep, he began to make a sweet soup with fresh peach flesh.
Shangguan Haochen was caught eating secretly and said confidently: "Baby wants to eat!"
“You have a glutton in your stomach, right?” Shangguan Haomu wiped his mouth helplessly.
Su Yue was dividing peaches when Liang Junze suddenly pulled her aside. "Look, Yue'er." He pointed to two peach trees leaning against each other not far away. "Do they look like..."
"Aze and Ayan?" Su Yue winked mischievously. One of the trees was as tall and straight as a pine tree, while the other leaned sideways, their branches tangled together.
Shen Yunyan silently arranged a formation with peach pits, and Yaoyao and Hanhan immediately pounced on it to make trouble.
The ointment on Lin Yuxuan's face dried, making a crackling sound like a mask, which made Xinxin giggle.
"Dinner is ready!" Mu Feng announced while knocking on the bowl.
The picnic blanket was filled with peach porridge, candied peach preserves, peach kernel cakes... In the middle was Su Yue's special "mango sago". Unfortunately, Zhou Ziqian and Lin Yuxuan could only watch.
"Here." Shen Yunyan suddenly took out two bowls of almond tea, "with peach gum."
Zhou Ziqian took the tea bowl and suddenly found a small "Su" character engraved on the bottom of the bowl - exactly the same as the one on the key to the side door.
In the lazy afternoon sun, Zhou Ziqian helped Mu Feng clean up the dishes and finally asked the question in his heart: "Brother Mu Feng, aren't you... jealous?"
"What are you jealous of?" Mu Feng put the sleeping Ningning into the cradle.
"It's..." Zhou Ziqian chose his words carefully, "my sister's love."
Mu Feng smiled, his fingers gently stroking Zhou Ziqian's tense shoulders. "Seventh Prince, do you know why I love mending Brother Ayan's clothes the most?" He pointed to the distance where Gu Qingyan was holding Lin Yuxuan high up and picking peaches. "Because he always gives the best peaches to Axuan."
The stream gurgled, and Mu Feng's voice was as gentle as water: "Love is not a cake that can be shared, but a fire that burns brighter and brighter." He suddenly blinked, "Besides, Yue'er is very fair. Last night at Amuna, the day before yesterday at Aze's room...ah!"
A peach hit Mu Feng's back of the head accurately.
Su Yue stood under the tree with a red face: "Mu Feng! What nonsense are you talking about with the Seventh Prince!"
Everyone laughed.
Zhou Ziqian looked at the group of men playing in the sun and suddenly understood - it was not Su Yue who made them beautiful, but this group of beautiful people chose to complete each other.
On the return journey, Zhou Ziqian's carriage was filled with peach branches.
Lin Yuxuan mysteriously handed him a small bundle: "A peach wood sword, to ward off evil spirits."
"Me too?" Zhou Ziqian was flattered.
"We're a family!" Lin Yuxuan, whose rash hadn't disappeared yet, smiled like a cat. "By the way, don't tell Xiaofan when we get home that we went peach picking without him..."
Before he could finish his words, the carriage suddenly braked.
A familiar voice came from outside: "Okay! Eat peaches behind my back!"
As the car curtain was lifted, Zhou Chufan's angry face appeared.
He hadn't even changed out of his court robes, and it was obvious that he had sneaked out of the palace.
Everyone immediately shrank their necks in guilt, but Su Yue remained calm and composed: "I left the biggest basket for Xiaofan."
Zhou Chufan immediately saw the cloudy sky turn sunny, and he jumped into the car and snatched the peach wood sword from Zhou Ziqian's hand: "Where's mine? Where's mine?"
As the sun sets, two carriages drive side by side.
Zhou Ziqian looked at the prince beside him who was chewing a peach with his face covered in juice, and suddenly felt that the road back to the palace didn't seem so difficult.
After all, the key to the side door was already in his arms.
As dusk fell, the lanterns in the courtyards lit up one after another.
Zhou Ziqian stood alone under the corridor, looking at the people playing in the yard - the Shangguan brothers were fighting for a piece of peach cake, Gu Qingyan lifted Yaoyao on his shoulders to pick grapes, Liang Junze and Shen Yunyan were studying the chess game head to head, and Lin Yuxuan applied ointment on his face but did not forget to secretly eat the almond tofu that Mu Feng had just made.
The night wind, carrying the lingering fragrance of the peach forest, blew across his cheeks, and Zhou Ziqian subconsciously touched the peach wood sword in his sleeve.
The rough texture of the sword scratched his fingertips, reminding him that this was not a dream.
The seventh prince who was waiting to die within the palace walls three months ago now has a place he is reluctant to leave.