At the same time, two pairs of eyes and four lines of sight fell on Sui Heng.
Xu Qiao was surprised. “Your Highness is injured?”
Xu Qiao had other military affairs this time and did not follow Sui Heng to transport cranes in Shahu. He only listened to Fan Qi and Yang Shuo talk about how the legendary Tonghe was fierce and unruly, and many accompanying soldiers were pecked. In the end, His Highness personally took action to subdue the sacred cranes. Xu Qiao did not expect that Sui Heng would also be injured.
After all, Sui Heng was invincible in the Jiuda Battalions when he was in his teens. Later, he founded the Qinglang Battalion and conquered the northern countries, which can be said to be magnificent in appearance and unparalleled in bravery, and he has never lost.
Even the Shahu cavalry, who had roamed the northern grasslands for decades, were brave and skilled in battle, and there’s no one who dared to provoke them. They were known for their bravery and were also ultimately defeated under Sui Heng’s hands.
Tonghe mainly relies on their hard bird beak and a pair of sharp claws to attack humans. The soldiers have armor to protect themselves, and the chance of being injured by the sharp claws is very low. Moreover, Tonghe loves cleanliness and cherishes their own claws, unlike Gyrfalcon, who likes to use their sharp claws to open the stomach of prey. However, his sharp, long, and hard red crane beak is very powerful and can be said to penetrate everywhere without any rules. Yang Shuo almost got his eyes pecked.
Xu Qiao’s first reaction was to look at Sui Heng’s face and neck, as these two areas were not easily covered and had the highest probability of being injured.
The other two lines of sight come from Jiang Yun.
Jiang Yun’s feathery eyelashes rose lightly, his eyes unblinking as he gazed at the person beside him, with a greater emphasis on exploration.
These boys have been in the military for a long time and are all as tough as nails. It’s not uncommon for them to fall and get hurt. If it’s just a little flesh and skin injury on his arms, is it really worth Fan Qi, this old man, coming over to deliver a bottle of ointment that invigorates blood circulation and dispels blood stasis?
Sui Heng’s scalp was numb from being stared at by them. He had to maintain his calm face and casually say, “It’s just a minor flesh wound.”
“That was no flesh wound at all!”
Fan Qi once again spoke loudly.
“Your Highness rides horse and carriage all day, my mother said…”
“Shut up!”
Sui Heng gritted his teeth and looked at this fool, took a deep breath, smiled, and asked, “You’ve had a lot of time on your hands lately, haven’t you?”
Fan Qi scratched his head, uncertainly saying, “Still-still alright.”
Now that the north and south are interconnected, the Qi Kingdom has also been destroyed, so there are no major wars to fight. He is busy with daily exercises, going to battalion at Maoshi15-7am and returning home at Youshi25-7pm, occasionally on duty at night, and his life is very regular. Compared to before, it is indeed quite leisurely.
Sui Heng turned to Xu Qiao and asked, “Who is in charge of cultivating that piece of wasteland land in Qifeng Mountain now?”
After the great war, both the south and the north of the Yangtze River entered a comprehensive recuperation phase. Although the battle between the North and the South, which the world expected to be extremely brutal, ultimately did not break out; however, over the years, no matter whether the Sui Empire conquered the countries in the north of the Yangtze River, the Yan family’s defeat, or after that, Sui Heng led the army to attack the Qi Kingdom, the whole Sui Empire also suffered from serious internal depletion and was in dire need of restoring production. After the wedding, Jiang Yun purposely brought the land reclamation policy that was implemented in Muyun Pass to Jiangbei and combined it with some valuable provisions in the equity order formulated by Marquis Duan of Dongzhou, specially formulated a series of land reclamation policies applicable to Jiangbei. The Sui capital and several border towns were important pilot sites, and Qifeng Mountain, due to its unique soil quality, had a large amount of uncultivated wasteland, making it one of the most important strongholds for the Sui capital to implement the reclamation order.
This is hard work that involves the vital interests of some people at the foot of the mountain. Sui Heng directly sent a full-fledged unit of the Qinglang Battalion over to take the lead in reclaiming the land and maintaining order, lest there be chaos.
Xu Qiao replied, “It’s the Qingcang Battalion, Yang Yanzhi and Zhang Mao are in charge.”
Sui Heng nodded and said, “Tomorrow, let the Qingcang Battalion come back and switch with Jiuda Battalions.”
Fan Qi: “……”
Fan Qi was dumbstruck: “Your Highness!”
Sui Heng said indifferently, “Aren’t you got nothing to do? So Gu will give you something to do. Tomorrow, you take the Eighth and Ninth Battalions to Qifeng Mountain to cultivate land. You can’t come back until it finishes cultivating.”
This season is neither the time for sowing nor the season for harvesting. To put it bluntly, it is called land reclamation. To put it bluntly, it means going to the mountains to uproot grass, turn over soil, and clean up debris.
Thinking about the sun and temperature, he became sour.
Xu Qiao chuckled and said, “Yang Yanzhi and Zhang Mao have been getting sunburned lately, so they must be happy till crazy tomorrow.”
Fan Qi had a depressed look on his face.
He doesn’t understand why he suddenly got such a difficult task after a good trip. Yang Yanzhi and Zhang Mao were sent to Qifeng Mountain because they had made mistakes before, but he had not committed any mistakes recently!
Gifeng Mountain is far away from the western suburbs. He’s afraid he won’t be able to return in less than three months. After three months, it’s almost autumn planting season, and there is plenty of work to be done again.
Fan Qi still pinched the porcelain bottle and said, “Then this medicinal oil…”
Sui Heng replied directly, “Get lost.”
Fan Qi: “……”
On the other hand, Jiang Yun suddenly spoke up and said, “Since General Fan has good intentions, Gu will take it for your Highness first. Can’t say we’ll be able to use it later.”
Sui Heng turned his head and glanced at Jiang Yun with a guilty conscience, saying, “What do you need this for?”
Jiang Yun retorted, “I can’t have it?”
Sui Heng was stumped by the question and was speechless for a moment, and he said, “Did Gu say that? If you want it, naturally you can.”
“Thanks Auntie Fan on Gu’s behalf.”
Jiang Yun’s eyes curved as he took the porcelain bottle from Fan Qi’s hand and put it into his sleeve.
Sui Heng’s tooth ache.
Afterwards, Jiang Yun bought some small items suitable for a little girl and asked Fan Qi to bring them back as little sister Fan’s birthday gift.
Fan Qi was pleasantly surprised this time, as Jiang Yun was generous in his actions. Although they were small objects, but they were all valuable small jade ornaments. Fan Qi was not very good at speaking and said, “This is too valuable. If my mother knows, she will definitely scold me.”
Sui Heng asked him to accept it and not talk nonsense.
Fan Qi dared not say anything more, he scratched his head and took those boxes away.
When they returned to the palace, it’s Haishi39-11pm, Ji An welcomed the two of them into the palace, and Gao Gong immediately ordered the palace attendants to prepare for bath water. Ji An reported as he walked, “After dinner, the Empress personally escorted Xiao Huangsun back and kept coaxing him to sleep before returning to the palace.”
Sui Heng regretted: “How come Empress Mother didn’t leave this little thing to sleep in the palace?”
Then he was kicked by Jiang Yun.
Sui Heng let out a hiss.
“Jiang Rongyu, you want to murder your husband again.”
Ji An lowered his head and didn’t dare to watch his two Highnesses flirt. He smiled and replied, “It was said that it was Xiao Huangsun who was in a hurry to come back to see Tonghe.”
When they arrived in the room, the little dumpling was already lying on his own bed, soundly asleep. There were also two folk notebooks by the pillow, with beautiful patterns of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea painted on the cover of the notebooks. It was the bedtime story that the little boy liked to listen to most recently.
Empress Yan also thoughtfully changed the little boy into a brand new nightgown. Since the little dumpling came to the Sui capital, Empress Yan’s greatest pleasure is no longer managing the harem but getting various small clothes for her obedient grandson. Her second pleasure is taking her obedient grandson to the bureau to try on clothes and reward them, listening to the palace attendants praise the little dumpling for his beauty and cuteness.
Gao Gong walked over lightly and whispered in the corridor, “The bath water is ready. Your Highnesses may go over and bathe at any time.”
Jiang Yun asked Sui Heng: “Do you want to go there together?”
Sui Heng nearly suspected that he had heard wrong.
“What did you say?”
“Take a bath.”
Jiang Yun looked at him with serious and radiant eyes and said lightly.
Sui Heng: “.”
“What’s with you today?”
“What?”
“How could you be so proactive?”
Jiang Yun retorted, “Your Highness doesn’t like it?”
It’s rare for the beauty to take the initiative to throw himself into his arms, so Sui Heng’s mind exploded, and he said with the only remaining sense left in the crevice, “Not today.”
“Why?”
“Cough, today, those two rascal cranes dumped all the bath water on Gu. Gu’s body is really dirty. What if it gets on you?”
Jiang Yun blinked, “I don’t despise Your Highness.”
Sui Heng was almost about to be moved, but he held his tongue, “That won’t work either. Even if you don’t despise Gu, but Gu still despise himself. You’re so delicate, what if you get a rash or something?”
Jiang Yun seemed to be smiling.
“Is that really true?”
“Of course!”
Jiang Yun stared at him for a while longer, until Sui Heng’s scalp spun. He then withdrew his gaze and said, “Then I’ll go wash up first?”
“You go, Gu will never compete with you.”
Sui Heng carried his hands behind his back and calmly returned.
Jiang Yun really turned around and went to the bathroom.
Sui Heng took a deep breath, hooked his finger, and called Ji An, who was standing in the corridor. He quietly asked, “How is it?”
Ji An took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, covered it with the sleeve, and handed it to Sui Heng. He whispered, “The Imperial Physician said, ‘Twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening’. If it’s inconvenient for Your Highness, the old servant can…”
“There’s no need, you retreat.”
His Royal Highness stood strong and maintained his last dignity.
“Yes.”
Ji An dared not say much and respectfully stepped down.
Sui Heng closed the door and began frantically searching for the place where Jiang Yun had just placed the medicinal oil. Although the medicine in the Imperial Medical was good, but the medicinal oil made by Fan Qi’s mother was also unique. Many soldiers in the army had used it, and the effect was remarkable. He planned to use them together, and when Jiang Yun found out that there was less medicinal oil, he would just pretend that he didn’t know.
Sui Heng was rummaging around in front of the Treasure Pavilion, where items were stored. Suddenly he felt that something wasn’t quite right. When he turned around, he saw the little dumpling who had been sleeping soundly waking up at some point. He was wearing a nightgown and standing on his small bed, with his big black eyes open, looking at him curiously and confused.
Sui Heng: “……”
Sui Heng immediately withdrew his hands, cleared his throat, and pretended to be calm, saying, “Father was finding something, you continue sleeping.”
The little dumpling said, “Stupid Father.”
Then he really lay back in bed, closed his eyes, and fell asleep soundly.
Sui Heng: “……”
This little thing!
Fortunately, there were also medicines from the Imperial Medical, and the little boy was full of mischievous thoughts. If he keeps looking, he’ll probably tell on him. Sui Heng decided to give up searching for the medicinal oil, pretended to flip it over twice, then touched his nose and calmly walked away.
When Sui Heng came back from bathing, Jiang Yun was already sitting by the bedside reading a book, with the little dumpling lying beside him.
Sui Heng took off his boots and socks, reached out, and placed the little dumpling in the innermost part. Just as he was about to lie down, Jiang Yun suddenly put down his book and said, “Wait a minute.”
Sui Heng: “What?”
Jiang Yun slowly took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve and looked down at his waist, saying, “Take your pants off.”
Sui Heng: “……”
Sui Heng’s whole body was in bad shape, and he coughed heavily. “What for?”
“What do you think?”
A moment later, the Crown Prince was stripped off of his pants and lying on the pillow.
Jiang Yun lowered his head to examine the wound and exclaimed in surprise, “Why is it so big?”
The little dumpling sat cross-legged on the side, rubbing his eyes. His eyes were red from crying, and tears kept falling out, making him gasp for breath.
“Father, buttocks, wuwu.”
Sui Heng looked at the little troublemaker with a toothache.
He just got pecked on one side of his butt, and this little troublemaker acted like he was about to die. What’s going on?
