Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 170 The Water of Huayang Palace (please ask for monthly tickets and recommended votes)
The spring spirit was dissipated in the earth, and the willow green was even worse, half submerged in the clear canal.

The sun was scorching the earth, and large and small blisters were popping up in the clear canals, as well as medium-sized blisters.

In the early years of Huayang Palace, the palace people scattered lotus seeds and fish in the clear pond. In summer, the effect has been seen, and the pond is full of red and green.

There is a circle of willow trees surrounding the east palace wall, providing shade and becoming a good place for fish to gather.

On the lake surface, there are large tracts of green floating on it.

Under the green lotus, there are either red carp gathering or long-legged frogs stretching their legs.

The sounds of cicadas, frogs, insects, and birds all penetrate into people's ears.

The guards in Xianyang Palace are facing the scorching sun. Even if they are wearing armor, their earth-colored faces will still be scorched by the sun. Now, all their faces have been sunburned. Dark.

Even if the biological parents saw him, they might not be able to recognize him at first sight as their son.

Big beads of sweat dripped down his cheeks, but the guards didn't notice it.

Because they had been half fainted by the scorching heat, now they just felt that their whole bodies were wet and sticky.

Now, the greatest relief for them is a cool breeze.

The wind blows often, but in such weather, even if a gust of wind blows, it will really feel like a heat wave hitting your face, without feeling cool at all.

The cicadas couldn't stop chirping, making the soldiers who were already suffering from the scorching heat even more noisy.

In summer like this, almost everyone is yearning for one thing - water.

Hu Hai is no exception.

Hu Hai wanted to jump into the water.

As far as Hu Hai could see, a quarter of the way to Huayang Palace was a large lake.

The catkins have stopped floating for a long time, and now the green elm leaves and green aphids are floating.

Occasionally, a cocoon flutters and lands gently on the tip of the lotus leaf, and then suddenly flies up and sinks deeper into the willows.

The dragonfly flew out from the willow tree, climbed over the wall, and then landed on the wooden table of another palace room.

When Hu Hai saw it, he thought it was very funny and pinched it.

Hu Hai opened his palm and saw the green thing in his hand. It had a pair of light, emerald green, thin and transparent wings, occupying a huge proportion of the body.

But just for that moment, when Hu Hai could clearly see the structure of Gai's body, Gai suddenly flapped his wings and flew out of Hu Hai's hand.

Hu Hai's eyelashes fluttered twice, and a sense of disappointment filled his heart.

The bird flapped its wings and returned to the pond behind the palace wall.

Hu Hai grabbed the railing with both hands and watched with his own eyes as the dragonfly flew to the other side of the palace wall with its two big wings flashing.

Hu Hai slumped like a Ju who had been crushed by a horse's hoof, his expression frozen, and he sat slumped on the floor of the corridor.

Hu Hai hung his hands on the ground, looking around the palace wall with some powerlessness.

Beyond the palace wall is the eldest brother's palace, Huayang Palace.

The eldest brother is the prince.

The prince's palace cannot be broken into casually.

This is what Zhao Gao told Hu Hai when he saw that Hu Hai was going over the wall.

The prince's wife would be frightened if she climbed over the palace wall.

The blazing sunshine was blocked by the eaves of the corridor, but Hu Hai still felt hot, so he took off his coat and sat in the corridor.

Hu Hai was like a worm, covered in wet worms. He slumped on the ground and licked his dry lips.

Sweat seeped out of his pores, like spring water rising from the ground and refusing to stop.

Seeing that the prince's face was very red, the eunuch was worried that he would suffer from heat stroke, so he reminded:
"Your Majesty, it's too hot here. Your Majesty, please go back to the palace. Madam has ice cubes there to cool you down."

Hu Hai ignored them and naturally refused to go back.

It was very quiet here. When the eunuchs saw the young master sitting quietly, since he was not messing around, it was a good thing, so they all bowed and waited.

They all knew that the Crown Prince was interested in the lake in Huayang Palace.

This is a suspended wooden corridor.

Sitting on it, you can see a lot of things.

Hu Hai's eyesight is very good, and his eyes are very narrow and long, which makes Hu Hai's eyeballs a bit small, but his eyesight is excellent.

Everyone can see the huge lake.

But Hu Hai could still clearly see the little yellow ducks suddenly popping their heads out of the green water.

Then a group of ducks swam around on the lake as if flying, and disappeared again.

Seeing this scene, Hu Hai was very excited.

Hu Hai is now like a hunting dog seeing white sheep, his eyes fixed on the group of ducklings.

There are obviously such interesting ducks, but the eldest brother doesn't play with the ducks but reads a book. It's so unhappy.

If I become the prince, then I will demolish all the palaces in the palace and turn them into lakes.

Then he would have to sit on the boat all day.

Hu Hai was thinking when he saw that all the ducks had disappeared again and got into the water.

"When I enter Huayang Palace, I must catch all the ducks."

"Yo—my lord, ducks are living creatures. If you try to catch them, you might hurt yourself instead. And the water is deep, so you should be careful."

Hu Hai listened.

"It's useless. Isn't there a boat in deep water? And what I want to catch must be a duckling. I can crush a small duck to death with just one hand."

Killing living animals is one of Hu Hai's pleasures.

"Duck duck——"

"I want to catch ducks."

Hu Hai shouted in the corridor.

Zhao Gao smiled at Ying Zheng when he heard the voice.

"My lord, it seems to be the eighteenth son in front of me."

Ying Zheng put his hands behind his back, overlooking all the palace rooms from the corridor three steps higher.

Huayang Palace was looking down upon him.

Recently, Ying Zheng felt very empty.

The Chu Kingdom was gone, not so quickly, which made Ying Zheng a little unhappy.

Hearing his youngest son's cheerful voice, Ying Zheng's heart suddenly brightened.

"I haven't seen Hu Hai for quite some time."

"Yes, the Eighteenth Prince was still clamoring to see His Majesty a few days ago."

After hearing this, Ying Zheng quickened his pace and walked down.

The suspended wooden corridor would easily make noise if someone walked around, let alone Ying Zheng, who was followed by a group of attendants.

"Your Majesty, you are here."

When Hu Hai heard this, he turned over and sat up suddenly. When he saw the person coming, it was indeed Ying Zheng.

Hu Hai immediately smiled:

"You bunch of cheap slaves finally didn't lie to me this time."

The eunuch's expression remained unchanged after hearing this, they were used to it.

When Hu Hai saw Ying Zheng, he immediately perked up, with a clear light in his eyes.

"My son has met your father."

Hu Hai bowed to Ying Zheng and performed a perfect greeting ceremony.

Hu Hai was already eight years old at this time.

Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction.

After Hu Hai paid his respects, he leaned against Ying Zheng's thigh, held Ying Zheng's hand, and looked at the lake with envy.

"What are you doing here?"

“Duck watching.”

Ying Zheng was puzzled and seemed to repeat it again.

“Duck watching?”

Ying Zheng followed Hu Hai's gaze and saw a group of ducks.

The Qingtan in Huayang Palace is very large and can be said to be the largest pond Hu Hai has ever seen.

In the summer, Hu Hai wanted to play in the water so much that he almost went crazy. However, there was no lake in his mother's palace.

Now, Hu Hai looked at the pond with longing eyes.

Only then did Ying Zheng look at Huayang Palace.

Huayang Palace is indeed very large.

Ying Zheng once lived in Huayang Palace. There was a lake in Huayang Palace, but it was not as big as what you see now.

A young man in dark black clothes was sitting in a pavilion by the lake reading a book.

From a distance, it looks like a painting.

Ying Zheng knew that his youngest son was playful and did not study well, so he took the opportunity to ask:
"Hu Hai, who is that under the pavilion?"

(End of this chapter)