Chapter 275 Flying a Kite
Chapter 275 Flying a Kite
He hurried to the courtyard and asked the soldier on duty, "Has the princess arrived?"
The soldier replied, "Not yet."
Lu Xunhuan asked again, "Where's the kite?"
The soldier replied, "In the yard."
When the soldier opened the door, he walked in and saw the beautiful kite placed on a bench in the yard.
He ignored the kite and quickly walked to the door of the room where the dragon bones were stored and pushed it open.
There were more than twenty baskets in the room.
He closed the door with his backhand, picked up a basket of dragon bones, turned the basket over, and poured out all the dragon bones.
Then, he spread out the dragon bones to look for possible divine bones.
It was just the first basket, and there were only dragon bones, no divine bones.
He quickly packed up the first basket of dragon bones, moved it aside, and went to pour the second basket.
Whether or not one has divine bones can be seen at a glance, so it doesn’t take too much time.
He searched quickly, searching through ten baskets in a row, but failed to find the divine bones.
But when he poured the eleventh basket onto the ground, he unexpectedly found a piece of stick.
He took the stick, which was only about five inches long, in his hand, looked at it, and quickly put it in his arms.
After another round of searching, the divine bone was still not found.
Just as he was putting away the eleventh basket of bones, Princess Yunyun's voice came from the courtyard: "Wow, what a beautiful kite!"
He quickly put the last few pieces of dragon bones into the basket, dusted off his hands, touched the stick in his arms, opened the door and walked out.
He asked the princess, "Princess, are you satisfied?"
Princess Yunyun looked very happy: "Of course I am satisfied, it's so beautiful."
She asked Lu Xunhuan, "Great writer, can you fly a kite? Take me with you to fly a kite, okay?"
Lu Xunhuan nodded: "Okay, you lead the way."
Princess Yunyun took him all the way to the gate of His Majesty's Imperial Garden.
Lu Xun Huan quickly stopped and said, "Princess, this may not be appropriate. It will disturb His Majesty."
Princess Yunyun said, "Your Majesty has seldom come to the Imperial Garden lately. The space here is spacious and perfect for flying kites."
She gestured to Lu Xunhuan, "Don't be afraid, go in."
Lu Xun Huan followed him and asked, "Your Majesty, why do you rarely come to the Imperial Garden?"
Princess Yunyun lowered her voice and said, "I heard that His Majesty invited several immortals to refine the elixir of immortality in the palace. He often stays in the place where the immortals refine the elixir."
Lu Xunhuan touched his chin and said, "How come I, the commander of the Imperial Guard, didn't know there was a place to refine medicine in the palace?"
Princess Yunyun said, "It is said that immortals are refining the elixir of immortality and are not allowed to be disturbed, lest their immortal energy be cut off. The cauldron is in the small courtyard behind His Majesty's bedroom."
Lu Xun Huan nodded: "Oh, I see. I've never been to that place."
He asked Princess Yunyun, "Your Majesty, if you want to refine the elixir of immortality, why don't you ask the Taiqing Sect? The Taiqing Sect is the most famous sect in Dongyan for cultivating immortals."
Princess Yunyun replied, "Your Majesty's guard is from the Taiqing Sect. Perhaps he asked the guard, and they told him that the Taiqing Sect doesn't know how to make the elixir of immortality."
Lu Xunhuan nodded: "Okay."
The two walked to a flat and wide lawn, and Princess Yunyun said, "Let's do this."
Lu Xun Huan stopped and said, "Okay, run with the kite. As you run, let out the string. By loosening and tightening it, the kite will fly higher and higher."
Princess Yunyun did as he said and tried several times, but she ran until she was out of breath and the kite still couldn't fly.
She handed the kite to Lu Xunhuan: "Great writer, give it to me after you fly it."
Lu Xunhuan took the kite, tested the wind direction, and felt the kite's balance from front to back and left to right.
Then he ran on the lawn with the kite.
After he got started, the kite flew higher and higher.
Princess Yunyun ran over happily and said, "Wow, you are so amazing! Give it to me, give it to me."
At this time, the kite has flown very high.
After Princess Yunyun took it, she no longer needed to exert any strength or run. She just had to pull the kite and walk.
Princess Yunyun's kite flying startled many concubines and palace maids in the imperial garden, and everyone came to watch.
Some went to ask Princess Yunyun to play with kites, while others came to get to know the great writer and exchange a few words.
Everyone was having fun, and maybe because there were too many people pulling the kite, the string suddenly broke.
The kite lost its pull and began to sway in the air, falling down as if it was drunk.
Princess Yunyun was so anxious that she shouted, "Oh, great writer, please help me catch up."
Everyone looked at the direction the kite was flying and followed it all the way, running out of the imperial garden and running in the palace for a while.
The kite finally landed on the roof of a tall building.
Lu Xunhuan took a look and saw that this was His Majesty's bedroom.
Princess Yunyun rushed over breathlessly: "Great writer, I heard that you are a cultivator, come up and help me get it."
Lu Xun Huan said, "It's on top of His Majesty's bedroom. Don't be so presumptuous. I'll buy you another one."
Princess Yunyun looked at the kite, eyes full of reluctance: "But it's so beautiful, what a pity! It's okay, I'll go tell my father."
She quickly walked to the main gate and said to a general on duty, "This princess would like to go in and see my father?"
The general on duty looked embarrassed: "Princess, this is not convenient at this time."
Princess Yunyun yelled, "What's the inconvenience? My kite has fallen on the roof. Could you help me get it down?"
Lu Xunhuan came over and said, "Princess, please be patient."
The general saluted quickly: "Commander."
Lu Xunhuan asked, "The princess's kite fell on the roof. Is it convenient to get up there now?"
The general whispered, "Your Majesty has just taken the elixir. If you climb onto the roof, I'm afraid it will be seen as peeping..."
After he said this, Lu Xunhuan understood.
He said to Princess Yunyun, "It's really not convenient right now. Please don't bother with it. Tomorrow, I promise to bring you another beautiful one."
Princess Yunyun pouted and said, "Tomorrow, I won't be in the mood for tomorrow."
Lu Xun Huan then asked the officer on duty, "Can we go into the courtyard at the back? We can even use a long bamboo pole to pick it up."
The general scratched his head.
"Your Majesty's important alchemy site is generally not allowed to be entered casually, but you, the commander, should be able to enter, right?"
Lu Xunhuan asked Princess Yunyun, "Let's go and take a look."
Princess Yunyun nodded immediately: "Okay."
The two men walked around the king's bedroom, went to the back, and knocked on the gate.
After a while, someone opened the door, looked at the two people's clothes, and saluted, "Commander, Princess..."
Lu Xun Huan said, "The princess's kite fell on the roof. Let's go in and see if we can get it down."
The man opened the gate and said, "You can try to bring it down, but don't climb onto the roof."
Lu Xunhuan took Princess Yunyun in and took a look at the pharmacy.
There is an alchemy furnace in the room, emitting a strong smell of medicine.
The man found a bamboo pole, quietly walked to the wall, tried it, and found that the pole was shorter.
He walked back and said to Lu Xunhuan, "Commander, this won't work. This is the longest bamboo pole we have here."
Lu Xun Huan stood in the courtyard, stroking his chin: "What if it's shorter?"
He looked towards the alchemy room and said, "Move the table higher."
After saying that, he went into the room and moved the table out.
After the table was padded, he stood on it himself and carefully picked up the kite.
The princess held the kite and was happy again.
While Lu Xun Huan was moving the table back into the room, he quietly asked the man, "Do you have any extra? Give me two."
The man was stunned and said, "This is all for His Majesty."
Lu Xun Huan said, "I don't seek immortality, I just want to be more vigorous for a while..."
The man turned around, opened a porcelain bottle, and took out two yellow pills for Lu Xunhuan.
"Commander, please keep this a secret, otherwise, we will all be in trouble."
Lu Xun Huan put the pill in his pocket and said, "Thank you very much. If you need anything in the future, just come to me. I will definitely help you if I can."
The man nodded: "Okay, okay, maybe I will really have to rely on the commander in the future."
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