The Little King

Extra | The Crybaby Prince and His Princess

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The weather in the capital was humid in winter, the continuous rain spread a hazy mist that lingered on people's faces, the cold wind could remove a layer of skin off a person.

It was a chill to the bones and made people feel that it was colder than the winters in Yudu.

This coldness has been experienced by Prince Zang Xu for four years.

After Chu Lan sent troops to the east, four years passed before the entirety of Xia was conquered and became unified as the largest territory in history. The Xia regime was destroyed and Chu Lan created a new dynasty and changed its name to the Lan.

As "Lan" moved the capital, he cleaned up the previous corruption and set up a new official system. After a year of organization, he reopened the imperial examinations. Both Xia and Barbarians could participate. The taxes on the people were reduced and the barbarians were severely punished for the act of plundering, so the whole country gradually calmed down and the people have been living in peace.

After all, for ordinary people, it didn't matter who was the Emperor as long as their lives were better, there was no difference.

The population of the capital was large, ten times more than the original Yudu. Even at night, there were still many people coming and going on the streets. Some businessmen set up stalls on the roadside, and the fonts written on the flags were varied. Among them, the flags of one shop weren't clean and there were many stains on it, it could be seen that it had been on business for a long time.

The boss was working under the unclean flags. There was a big pot on the stove and there were steaming dumplings rolling in the pot, the soup bubbled and boiled.

The dumplings exuded a unique fragrance, eating a bowl this winter night wouldn't only warm the stomach, but also warm the heart. Zang Xu had been staring at this stall for a long time. Of course, he wasn't looking at the delicious food.

The teenager didn't come to eat dumplings, his attention was focused on one of the tables. On that table sat three men, and in front of them, there was a bowl of steaming dumplings.

The three men looked different, and one was even completely Barbarian-looking, but the one thing they had in common was that they all sat upright. They were obviously just chatting and eating in private but their movements were very clean and didn't look sloppy. If a person with sharp eyes sees them, they would be bound to guess their identity. This could only be men who had lived in the barracks.

Zang Xu's gaze kept sticking at the man sitting on the left. The man really didn't look like a soldier, he was too handsome and not tall enough, he was thinner than most men and his skin was fair.

His pair of lips probably passed through spicy food, they soon became very red and moist. Zang Xu couldn't help but swallow.

The little guard next to him had already noticed that there was something wrong with him, he couldn't help but whisper: "His Royal Highness, if you're hungry, the young one can buy you a bowl of dumplings? Or are you going to eat with the Princess?" Zang Xu blinked his eyes and stared at the picture of those ruddy lips biting a dumpling in half and chewing slowly, he then swallowed fiercely and said: "I'm not hungry."

The little guard couldn't understand him. Seeing his anxious fingers picking at the sawdust on the wall of the carriage, he couldn't help but say: "The Princess has been eating for almost half an hour?"

Zang Xu finally retracted his gaze this time, he looked a little lost and replied, "No, he finally got together with his former subordinates, don't disturb him."