There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 1034 Family
"Brother Su!"

Chen Keyao trotted over, holding the hem of her skirt that was trailing the floor in one hand and waving with the other. She was smiling and cheering like a bird just out of the cage.

"Princess, be careful where you step..." The accompanying maids, female masters, etc. followed behind with fear.

"Meet Your Highness the Princess." Su Xian and others bowed and saluted.

"Brother Su, please wake up quickly. Why are you so polite?" Chen Keyao ran to Su Xian, helped Su Xian up with her little hands, then flattened her mouth and said with a pout:

"When did Brother Su come? He didn't come to play with Yaoyao!"

"Uh……"

Su Xian held her forehead, feeling a slight headache. There were so many outsiders here, how could she say such words?

Perhaps Chen Keyao was really very innocent and didn't think much at all.

He shook his head and asked: "I heard from your imperial sister, aren't you taking care of His Majesty in the palace? How come you have time to come here? Your imperial sister brought you here, right? Where is your imperial sister?"

When Chen Keyao heard the word "Sister Huang", her legs and feet were inexplicably sore. She smiled awkwardly and said, "I came here on my own. Sister Huang... doesn't know!"

Su Xian twitched the corner of his mouth. How dare this little girl sneak out of the palace?The key is to come to him. If Chen Keyan misunderstands Su Xian and intends to abduct her sister...

"Brother Su, is this the legendary... hot air balloon? It's such a big one!"

Chen Keyao quickly changed the topic and circled around the basket of the hot air balloon. When she returned to the starting point, her little hand suddenly pulled Su Xian's sleeve: "Brother Su, I want to play too!"

She has a round face, a small stature, her head is slightly raised, her eyes are big and round, clear and pure, and she keeps shaking Su Xian's sleeves.

It looks so cute!
Teach people can't bear to refuse her little request.

Su Xian's heart softened: "It's not impossible to take you with me, but the inside of the hanging basket is not as flat as the ground. Just don't be so scared that you cry."

"Brother Su, don't look down on others!"

Chen Keyao immediately put her hands on her hips and tried to raise her toes, causing her body to sway, but she didn't care: "No matter how shaky it is inside, I can walk on flat ground, and even dance on it without any problem!"

"Is it so powerful?" Su Xian looked surprised, then smiled and said: "In that case, there is no problem."

At the moment, Su Xian, Yang Zhilan, and Chen Keyao boarded the gondola one after another.

Su Xian held a torch in his hand and stood in the middle of the hanging basket. He only had to light the torch on the hanging basket and the hot air balloon would slowly rise into the sky.

Suddenly, Su Xian keenly sensed that someone was approaching slowly from the left, and a weak air flow pressed against him, stroking the fine cold hairs on his face.

Turning around, he saw it was Chen Keyao.

Her little body actually tensed up, her neck shrank, and she moved closer to Su Xian step by step.

After sensing Su Xian's strange and scrutinizing gaze, she stopped in place, turned her head and smiled: "Brother Su, I'm not afraid, I just... want to see how Brother Su lights a fire!"

"There is still a chance to go down now. Otherwise, when the hot air balloon takes off, I won't let you down even if you are scared to tears." Su Xian persuaded her for the last time.

"Brother Su, please don't look down on others. Yaoyao will never be afraid, let alone cry!" Chen Keyao clenched her silver teeth, her face and tone were very firm.

Su Xian smiled.

The hand holding the torch resolutely moved forward.

puff!
Huge flames rose into the sky.

The hot air balloon's bladder slowly inflated.

Because of its huge size, Chen Keyao, who looked up and looked up, couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow" and asked curiously: "Brother Su, will this allow us to fly like birds?"

"Yes……"

Su Xian just said one word.

The hanging basket suddenly shook violently.

Starting to take off.

Su Xian was prepared in advance and stood firmly, with only a slight sway of his body.

Yang Zhilan is worthy of being a super master. She is not affected at all while standing there, truly walking on flat ground.

As for Chen Keyao... the moment the hanging basket started to shake, she screamed, unsteady, tilted her body, and sat down on the ground.

Some embarrassment.

Su Xian and Yang Zhilan both looked down.

"Look at you, you couldn't stand upright from the beginning. Let me help you up first." Su Xian shook his head.

"No!" Chen Keyao looked stubborn. He waved his little hand to stop Su Xian and tried to stand up. "Isn't it just a hanging basket? I can do it. I can stand up."

She first turned over and landed on all fours, then slowly left her hands on the ground of the hanging basket and straightened up slowly.

However, at this moment, the hanging basket suddenly shook again.

The shaking this time was not too big. Even Su Xian, who was boarding a hot air balloon for the first time, could handle it easily. His body only shook a little.

But Chen Keyao... I wonder if it's because the soles of her feet are too small and she can't hold on to the ground. This small shaking feels like the world is spinning to her!

"what!"

She screamed, and her body that had just stood up flew straight to the guardrail of the hanging basket like a cannonball.

"careful!"

When Su Xian saw this, he couldn't help but sweat for her. She was petite, what if she was thrown out?This is the most favored little princess in Nanchen.

Fortunately, Su Xian's worries were unnecessary.

The hanging basket is made of very solid material, and the guardrails on the edges are also very high, reaching as high as Su Xian's heart.

Chen Keyao is petite. Even if she stands on tiptoes, the top of her head is only flush with the edge of the hanging basket. There is no need to worry about her being thrown out.

Sure enough, Chen Keyao just hit the guardrail.

She waved her hands wildly, but she grabbed the edge of the guardrail, barely able to maintain her standing position.

Seeing this, Su Xian breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the hot air balloon had risen two or three feet, and the wind was howling, so he raised his volume and shouted: "Are you okay?"

"Brother Su, look, I finally stood up, hahahaha..." Chen Keyao was overjoyed, holding on to the edge of the hanging basket with both hands, and making noises.

"Is this... what it feels like to fly in the sky?" She leaned sideways against the edge of the hanging basket, raised her head and looked around, her eyes sweeping over the rising flames and the huge air bag.

"Bird! Little bird! Brother Su, look, we are flying as high as the little bird!"

Chen Keyao was startled and looked like he had never seen the world before. His little face turned red with excitement, and he became more and more obedient and happy.

Seeing that she was gradually getting used to it, Su Xian was happy for her, but he still had to warn her: "Yao Yao, just hold the hanging basket and look up. Don't look down."

"Look down?"

Chen Keyao nodded subconsciously.

But inadvertently, for some unknown reason, she turned around, facing the edge of the hanging basket, holding it with both hands, and then looked down.

"Ah... so high... I feel dizzy... Brother Su, I'm going to fall. Brother Su, help me..."

Su Xian held her forehead, this girl, just told her not to look down, but it seemed like she was reminded.

Su Xian didn't want to pay attention, because he had already agreed in advance that no matter how scared Chen Keyao was, he would not go down, and Chen Keyao also made sure of it several times.

but--

There was an obvious cry in Chen Keyao's voice.

And her legs, even through her skirt, could be seen to be shaking uncontrollably. If she hadn't been holding on to the edge of the hanging basket with her hands, she would have fallen to the ground.

Su Xian couldn't stand her pitiful appearance, so he resolutely walked over, held her shoulders, and slowly pulled her into the middle of the hanging basket...

The interior space of the hanging basket is actually not small, about two meters square. In addition, the edges around the hanging basket are very high, so you can't see the "abyss"-like scene when you stand in the middle of the hanging basket.

Chen Keyao was really frightened. As soon as Su Xian supported her, she hugged Su Xian's leg tightly.

It makes her feel safe.

But that wasn't enough. She used her hands and feet to climb up on Su Xian like a koala...

"What are you doing? Come down!" Su Xian made a serious face, but did not stop her from climbing.

"No!" Chen Keyao pouted, regardless of the difference between men and women. Anyway, she had done this before, so she was familiar with it.

After a while, she finally stopped climbing.

Her head was almost level with Su Xian's.

She was face to face with Su Xian, her hands were around Su Xian's neck, and her legs were holding Su Xian's waist, hanging tightly on Su Xian, refusing to let go.

Su Xian looked calmly, looked at the cute bun face close at hand, and said:

"Aren't you ashamed? I remember that before you boarded the gondola, you said you were not afraid, let alone so scared that you would cry? You come down first. You are Princess Nanchen. How is this appropriate?"

"No." Chen Keyao's face turned red and she said, "Yes, I broke my promise. Brother Su, what do you think I should do? As long as Brother Su is here, I won't be afraid."

"You..." Su Xian's face darkened. He didn't expect this girl to say such things, she has no spine!

"How about..." Chen Keyao's big eyes twitched with bursts of light, and he said with a smile: "Brother Su, please punish Yaoyao. Anyway, I broke my promise, and Brother Su is willing to punish Yaoyao no matter what."

Su Xian rubbed the center of his brows and felt speechless for a while. How about this little girl playing games with him?
Suddenly, Chen Keyao twisted and stared with big, clear eyes: "Brother Su, what are you carrying? Is it a fan or a sword?"

"What?" Su Xian was confused.

"It's a bit annoying..." Chen Keyao complained slightly.

"Uh……"

Su Xian's old face blushed slightly, grinned, and glanced sideways at Yang Zhilan. Fortunately, Yang Zhilan didn't seem to hear their conversation, and her back was facing the direction where they were controlling the hot air balloon.

"You come down first. If you come down, you won't... hurt anyone."

Su Xian almost couldn't look directly into her clear and pure eyes.

In fact, according to ancient customs, a girl as old as Chen Keyao would have already met the conditions for marriage.Just because she was born into the royal family and was so favored by Emperor Chen and Chen Keyan, she looked like a child who had not grown up...

"No! If I go down, I won't be able to stand firmly and I'll fall on my butt!"

Chen Keyao's attitude was resolute and he would not let go even if he lived or died.

Seeing this, Su Xian had no choice but to let her go.

Anyway, there are no outsiders at this high altitude.

In this way, Su Xian took a "large pendant", carefully experimented and adjusted the hot air balloon, and successfully found several directions for improvement.

I believe that after the improvement, even a girl with small feet like Chen Keyao will not fall easily when standing on it. If it is replaced by well-trained soldiers, this will undoubtedly become an "air and space mobile combat platform"!
After finishing these tasks, Su Xian took Chen Keyao to the edge of the hanging basket and looked into the distance.

They admired the clouds in the sky and the refreshing cool breeze blowing high in the sky, and their moods improved accordingly.

"Brother Su, Yaoyao suddenly had a bold idea." Chen Keyao suddenly spoke.

"Oh? What else did you think of?"

"What do you think we... just escape to Daliang in a hot air balloon?"

"You want to elope again?!"

"Brother Su, think about it, we are floating in the sky, just like birds. Even if the imperial sister finds us, she will never be able to separate us again!"

Su Xian twitched the corner of his mouth and thought to himself: "What do you mean by 'separating us again'? It makes me want to elope with you..."

"Brother Su, do you think this method is good?"

"Your idea is indeed very bold, but have you ever thought about it, your father..."

"Of course, we will elope secretly after the father's affairs are settled, without anyone noticing. Even if the imperial sister discovers us, it will be fine."

Su Xian smiled and shook his head: "Do you know how far it is from Nanchen Jiangning to Daliang Shendu?"

Chen Keyao frowned and thought for a moment: "It shouldn't be too far, right? We can take a hot air balloon there and we should be able to get there in half a day."

"Half a day? I'm afraid I won't be able to arrive in half a month!" Su Xian was speechless.

After Chen Keyao understood it clearly, she felt very disappointed. However, she was not someone who gave up easily. Her big eyes were wandering around, and she didn't know what crooked idea she was planning.

……

After half an hour.

The hot air balloon landed.

Su Xian immediately began to improve the hot air balloon and optimize its functions to the maximum extent.

As soon as Chen Keyao's feet touched the ground, her whole body became active, chattering, and bragging in front of the palace maids, female experts, and others, saying how brave she was in the hot air balloon, how she was not afraid of bumps, and how she walked with the birds, etc. wait……

blink of an eye.

Time comes to night.

Night falls.

After dinner, everyone was looking forward to it and gathered in the largest area of ​​the manor, because the fireworks that Su Xianxin had made were about to be tested.

Only Chen Keyao was not in high spirits because her imperial sister, Chen Keyan, was also coming.

She originally wanted to hide, but she also wanted to watch the fireworks show. Just when she was struggling, the imperial sister suddenly arrived, and she saw her turning around and trying to run away.

"As expected, you came here!" Chen Keyan said with a dark face, she caught her playful sister with her own hands and gave her a severe lesson.

……

After some time.

With a loud bang, the fireworks show began.

Colorful and loud, it is indeed not comparable to ordinary fireworks.

In a quiet corner, Su Xian and Chen Keyan stood side by side.

Fireworks set off high in the sky burst into bursts of light, dragging the silhouettes of the two people very, very long.

"It would be great if I could be so happy every day, if I could see such beautiful fireworks every day, if I could be reunited with my family every day."

Chen Keyan raised her head slightly, with a faint, sweet smile on her face.

But the moment the fireworks exploded, under the strong light, Su Xian noticed a trace of confusion and helplessness in her eyes.

Su Xian knew in her heart that when Chen Keyan said "reunion with her family", her family refers to both Emperor Chen who is about to die and Prince Tian who is about to be innocently implicated!
"Yes!"

Su Xian also raised his head slightly, looked at the gorgeous fireworks in the sky, and let out a long sigh.

The reason why he helped Chen Keyan seize the throne of Nanchen was to leave a way out, but fundamentally, it was not only for himself, but also for Tang Shuwan, Liu Huixiang and others.

(End of this chapter)