Chapter 1814: 891 Recognition (Chapter 1)
Half an hour ago.
A carriage covered in snow stopped at the city gate.
Shangguan Qing lifted the curtain and peeked out.
He looked at the majestic city tower and asked in surprise, “Ahead… is that the Capital City?”
“Yes.” Xiao Hen nodded, pulled the curtain slightly aside, and observed the bustling crowd, saying, “During the twelfth lunar month, many people enter and leave the Capital City. Usually, it’s not this crowded.”
“It’s not bad.” Shangguan Qing said.
Zhan Country is a lower state, not as rich as Yan Country, but the governnt is stable, and people live in peace, often praising the court and the emperor.
You should know that the king of Yan Country is a tyrant, and the public’s opinion of him is mostly negative.
However, he is quite capable, and under his tyranny, no one dares to resist.
Xiao Hen smiled, Zhan Country is not strong enough yet, but he believes that one day it will beco a top-tier state.
That requires the efforts of many people, possibly several generations, but as long as they don’t give up, there is always hope.
“Do you want to rest for a while?” Xiao Hen asked Shangguan Qing.
When Xiao Hen and Gu Jiao traveled from Zhan Country to Yan Country, they took the land route. There were many checkpoints, detours, and without royal privileges, they couldn’t use many official roads, severely delaying their journey, taking nearly two months to reach Shengdu.
This ti, they used the identity of the Crown Prince and took the grain transport official road reserved for the court, switching to waterway in the latter half.
They were lucky, as the water only began to freeze once they reached the shore.
From early November to early December, they traveled for an entire month.
“No need, I’m not tired.” Shangguan Qing said.
Claiming not to be tired was a lie, as even Xiao Hen was exhausted, not to ntion that he was ill.
But the brothers were well aware that Shangguan Qing’s days were numbered, and it was a miracle he had lasted this long. Every step he took was on the rooftops of the King Yama Hall, uncertain when he might fall.
The carriage entered the city.
Despite his fatigue, Shangguan Qing did not miss the chance to carefully take in the Capital City.
“So many hawthorn candy vendors.” He exclaid.
You rarely see them in Yan Country.
Even on an entire street, it was hard to find a hawthorn candy vendor, but here there were many shops specifically selling them.
Xiao Hen asked the driver to stop the carriage in front of a hawthorn candy shop and bought one of each flavor.
“Here.”
He handed a large bunch of hawthorn candy to Shangguan Qing.
“Hawthorn candy ca from Zhan Country.” Shangguan Qing picked a big red one, “Yan Country didn’t have it before.”
So, do you love hawthorn candy because you miss your hotown?
Xiao Hen silently watched him eat.
In fact, Shangguan Qing didn’t have much appetite, and played with it for a while.
“Why don’t we…” He paused and said, “go later?”
“What’s wrong?” Xiao Hen asked.
Shangguan Qing stamred while looking at the hawthorn candy in his hand: “I…well…”
Xiao Hen amusingly asked, “Are you nervous?”
“Of course not!” Shangguan Qing denied vehently.
Xiao Hen laughed and said, “Don’t worry, mother will be very happy to see you.”
Shangguan Qing murmured, “I’m not.. umm, I can’t umm.”
In every of his sentences, the last two words were vague. Xiao Hen only caught the tone, but through the brotherly intuition, he deciphered those four words.
——I’m not a scholar; I can’t read.
Such an arrogant brother having a mont of insecurity truly proved the saying that when you care deeply about soone’s opinion, you beco anxious and uncertain.
Xiao Hen smiled slightly and said, “Mother will like you.”
Shangguan Qing pouted, “With how you are, it’s obvious what kind of son she likes.”
Xiao Hen raised an eyebrow, “Is that why you secretly morize poems?”
Shangguan Qing trembled, his hair seemingly standing on end, “I did not morize poems!”
Xiao Hen burst into laughter.
They are indeed brothers, one secretly exercising to strengthen for his wife, the other morizing poems and famous sentences in private.
The son must et his mother, and as evening approached, the carriage finally arrived at Vermilion Bird Avenue.
Shangguan Qing hesitated and refused to get out of the carriage.
After much effort, he got out of the carriage but still stood against the wall in the alley, unwilling to move forward.
Xiao Hen found it both amusing and frustrating.
Isn’t he quite thick-skinned? Why is he even shyer than about eting mother?
The brothers stood in a diagonal alley for a long ti, and it wasn’t until Xiao Jingkong left that Shangguan Qing reluctantly followed Xiao Hen over.
That’s how the snow on their shoulders ca to be.
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