The Elegant Dancing Years By Huo Li (火狸) | BL

Chapter 11 | Accidents

"MingEr, come sit." Seeing him coming, Qi Xutian showed a cheerful demeanour, pointing to an emerald-coloured object on his table, he said, "Ming Xun is famous in the world from An Yang and is rumoured to be more like wine than wine itself. It has always been hard to find, even harder than finding gold. It has only been known by its name for many years, not many people have seen it. The messenger brought it before, MingEr must take advantage of it this time."

Under everyone's attention, Qi Mingyue took his seat and nodded towards the An Yang messenger thankfully. He saw that the thing on the table was very peculiar in shape, neither round nor square. Its colour was as bright as green willow and heavier than amber, the texture was both vertical and horizontal, its shape was like the roots of an old tree. Its craggy undulation didn't look like a vessel at all, instead, it was more like a stone. Qi Mingyue couldn't help but look at Father Emperor unexpectedly. Seeing that he had a meaningful expression, he understood his intention.

Seeing this scene, the An Yang envoy stood up and said, "Your Second Highness, this is Ming Xun. Our An Yang Emperor has been enjoying it for many years. It has an elegant colour and shape, he likes it very much but, after all, it isn't easy to get. It's a pity that it’s only treated as a stone. It is Your Highness' birthday today, our Majesty ordered for us to come here. Now I can see that Your Royal Highness is elegant with a rare disposition, much like the colour and shape of this tea stone. This gift for Your Royal Highness is a perfect match."

After talking for such a long time at a stretch, he didn't mention exactly Ming Xun was. Since it was supposed to more like wine than wine itself, then it should be liquid. Why was it a rare stone? The ministers were puzzled and discussed one after another.

Although they had known of Ming Xun for a long time, they had never seen it, and of course, they didn't know the reason. Therefore, they looked up at His Highness one by one, only to see that he had picked up the stone and was playing with it in his hand. They couldn't see any embarrassment or worry on his face.

His Highness said to the An Yang messenger, "This kind of tea is very rare. It is produced in the deep sea in the polar regions or in the mountain regions with heavy boulders. No matter where it is found, it is a dangerous place. It is neither formed underground nor on a tree, but only found under a rock. I guessed correctly, right?"

Everyone heard him say this with a soft and clear childlike voice, they were amazed by his calm, polite, and elegant manner of speech. Whether it was his posture or words, they were smooth and graceful, it was incredible. Some people even exclaimed.

"Oh, did you steal my Father-- uh, dad’s book? Otherwise, how do you know? MuEr didn’t know before."

The tender voice turned out to be from a child. They saw a boy with wide eyes behind the An Yang messenger. His dark, shiny eyes looked like a cute puppy as they looked at Qi Mingyue, puzzled.

The An Yang messenger suddenly became nervous, pulling down what he didn’t know, and then he looked surprised. He said to Qi Mingyue, "Your Royal Highness is correct. Everyone knows Ming Xun around the world, but few people have seen it. Even if they are lucky enough to see it, most of them don't know its origin or why its shape is like this. Besides, Ming Xun's shapes are all different. It is even more difficult to know the common characteristics of one piece. How did Your Highness know what's written in An Yang's secret records?"

The ministers were surprised again, it seemed that His Royal Highness was actually right. It was just that didn't know who the little boy behind the An Yang messenger was, the messengers seemed to attach great importance to him.

Seeing that the boy still had his small head out and looked at him curiously, Qi Mingyie smiled at him, then picked up the stone, brought it up to his eye level and looked at it carefully. He said unhurriedly, "What's the difficulty? Ming Xun is not just a stone." Then he turned to say something to Ying Ran and she left the scene. Then, he continued, "The world only knows Ming Xun's name but doesn't know where it comes from. This stone is mistaken for Ming Xun but it's actually not Ming Xun."