Funing Hall

After Zhao Zongning left, Zhao Cong remained still for a while.

He's thinking about things.

Zhao Zongning is a very high-spirited little lady, but I don't blame her, the little princess of gold and jade, he, the emperor's brother, is doting on in every possible way.The most rare thing is that although Zhao Zongning is high-minded and arrogant, he is extraordinarily sensible and never uses his status to oppress others.

But because of her status, there are actually very few young ladies who are willing to play with her, most of the young ladies are a little afraid of her.

Strictly speaking, her only two best friends are her nieces. There is no way, they are older siblings.

One of them is Zhao Shiqing from the Prince Wei's Mansion, who is the eldest sister of Zhao Shishi.

The other is Zhao Shu'an, the youngest daughter of Zhao Kelu, king of Hui County.

The old King Hui passed away three years ago, Zhao Kelu inherited the title, and the title of son was passed on to his eldest son Zhao Shuhua.Because his imperial treasure has always been with the Empress Dowager Sun, the memorial that was requested to be sealed was approved by the Empress Dowager Sun at that time.

Zhao Kelu is actually somewhat similar to King Wei, and he doesn't care about things.

The difference is that Duke Wei is pretending to be stupid, while Zhao Kelu doesn't bother to wade into muddy water.To say that this Zhao Kelu is really a great talent in the Zhao family's royal family, he is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the same is true for the children he gave birth to.

Zhao Cong wanted to win over such a person.

It's really easy to win over, Zhao Zongning and Zhao Shu'an have a very good relationship, they are good at urinating, the two of them are very quiet, they can play together.It must be very easy for Zhao Shu'an to start.

But Zhao Shu'an is Zhao Zongning's only friend at the moment, and Zhao Shiqing is married, and despite her high status, her in-law's family doesn't dare to take care of them too much, after all they have to take care of family affairs, so they can't often come out to play with them.

He didn't want to embarrass his sister, or take advantage of her good friend.

Then there is no other way to win Zhao Kelu over, Zhao Cong looked down at his fingers, and when he looked at them, he thought of the scene where Zhao Shixi was writing in his hands.

He thought of how to win over Zhao Kelu.

Xie Wenrui left Funing Hall and left the palace through the Donghua Gate. His servant Sanjiu led his horse and was about to come up to meet him. The eunuch who guarded the gate smiled and saluted him: "Have you gone to Mr. Liulang's house?"

Xie Wenrui responded, and took off the purse from his waist and handed it to the two of them to share. The two immediately saluted him happily, wishing him a smooth trip to the Liao Kingdom.

These eunuchs have the most poisonous eyes, knowing that His Majesty has gradually been able to compete with Empress Dowager Sun recently, and he needs to be used by His Majesty, so they come to curry favor with him.Usually, when he was not used by His Majesty, he never saw them raise their eyes.

But Xie Wenrui didn't feel sorry for the money, so he walked towards Sanjiu after giving it to him.

"Liulang, do you want to go home?" Sanjiu helped him onto the horse.

Xie Wenrui held the horsewhip in his hand, pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "I'm going to visit friends." After he finished speaking, he looked down at Sanjiu, "You go home first."

"Can I have dinner at home?" Sanjiu asked again.

"Perhaps you won't be going home, you should tell your mother."

"Yes, the little one knows."

After Xie Wenrui finished speaking, he whipped his horsewhip and got farther and farther away from the palace gate.

Zhao Zongning was walking around the shop hand in hand with Zhao Shu'an, only Che Xia and Zhao Shu'an's maids were by his side, and the guards were all in plain clothes, following them carefully.In this way, it did not attract the attention of others.But the two of them are dressed in extraordinary clothes, and people still look at them from time to time.

Zhao Shu'an was a little embarrassed and wanted to bow his head.

Without knowing it, Zhao Zongning pointed to the shop in front of him: "That's the one! I've been back last time, and his products are exquisite."

"Then go quickly." Zhao Shu'an took her hand and walked in together.

When the waiter saw these two young ladies, he immediately invited them to the private room, and even invited the shopkeeper over.The shopkeeper took two assistants with him, holding a wooden tray for them to choose, which was covered with various rouge powders, and balm made of flower petals and fragrant medicines, which were placed in small delicate ceramic jars.

There are very beautiful patterns drawn on the ceramic cover, Zhao Zongning smiled: "The small pot in your shop is a bit interesting, but I'm afraid it can't touch the water, and the flowers will disappear if you touch it."

"Thanks to the little lady's love." The shopkeeper smiled so that there were two creases in his eyes, "How can a noble lady like this little lady worry about this, buy ten or eight and go back, with how much water he has, he is not afraid of touching it, right?"

Zhao Zongning smiled: "You are really good at talking. Although you stole my money, I am happy, so I will buy ten of each kind of ointment from your shop."

"Yes yes yes!!" The shopkeeper bent down with joy.

Zhao Zongning turned back and asked, "Anniang, which one do you like? I'll see you off today."

Zhao Shu'an was born delicate, even when she smiled, she pursed her lips and said with a smile, "You are so generous today."

"Hmph, I've always been generous, and today my brother gave me golden flowers."

"Then I can buy more."

"Choose it vigorously!" Zhao Zongning looked at the shopkeeper again, "What else is interesting? Just bring it!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly asked the staff to get other things. Zhao Shu'an carefully looked at several small ceramic pots, and asked the shopkeeper, "Who painted these flowers? They must not be people from your shop?"

"To tell you the truth, my lady, it was indeed not drawn by the people in our shop. How do we know this? It was drawn by a scholar."

Zhao Shu'an nodded, no longer asked, just continued to pick up other things to look at.

Zhao Zongning was curious: "Jizi? What's your name?"

The shopkeeper didn't hide it: "It's a gentleman named Gu Ci."

Gu Ci, Zhao Zongning read the name in his mind, it was someone she didn't recognize.But since this flower is well painted, it must have some skills.Zhao Zongning never let go of any good material, she said to the shopkeeper: "Is he here today?"

"Yo, it's a coincidence. It's still there. I'm drawing a new one in the back room."

Zhao Zongning immediately became interested: "Call him here!"

"..." The shopkeeper hesitated.

"What's wrong? No way?" Zhao Zongning was a little dissatisfied.

The shopkeeper smiled apologetically: "This gentleman has a weird temperament, I'm afraid he will make the lady unhappy..." He was speaking cautiously, when suddenly a stumbling boy rushed in from the outside, and shouted in panic, "Shopkeeper! No! Alright! Gu Langjun is fighting with someone!"

Zhao Shu'an was timid and trembled from fright.Zhao Zongning frowned, reached out to pat her hand, and said angrily, "What kind of rule is this!"

Zhao Zongning became angry and frowned, very bluffing.

The shopkeeper hurriedly apologized and wanted to drive the boy away.

"Don't go!" Zhao Zongning called to stop him, "Who did that Gu Langjun fight with? Where did he fight?"

"Uh, yes, it's in the backyard, I don't even know who I'm talking to..."

Zhao Zongning patted the table, and said to Zhao Shu'an's maid: "Take care of An Niang, let me have a look!" As she said, she took out a small soft whip from her sleeve, weighed it in her hand, looked at the shopkeeper, "Lead the way."

"..."

The shopkeeper trembled and took her to the backyard.

As soon as Zhao Zongning arrived in the backyard, he did see two men wrestling together, but one of them looked familiar, the man's face was flushed, he locked the other's hands with his backhand, and said stubbornly: "Today I I must not let you go! I will tie you up like this!"

"Xie Wenrui, you stupid ass!!! I'm going to smack you!!!" The imprisoned person kicked his legs straight and twisted his body to break free, but he was no match for the strength of the other person, and he never gave up.

And the familiar person, yes, is Xie Wenrui.

Zhao Zongning couldn't help but weighed the whip in the palm of his hand again, the shopkeeper was frightened, and he didn't know how sacred this little lady was, so he suddenly took out a whip from his cuff!

The shopkeeper said anxiously: "Stop beating! This gentleman, let Gu Langjun go!"

Xie Wenrui held back and refused to let go.

Gu Ci scolded more heartily.

Zhao Zongning was born in the palace, anyway, he had never seen this kind of swearing, so she couldn't help but whipped the whip to the ground, with a "slap", the two wrestling finally regained their senses.

Xie Wenrui looked back, and Princess Baoning looked at him with a smile.

As soon as his hand softened, Gu Ci broke free, raised his foot and kicked Xie Wenrui: "I told you to tie me up!" After kicking, he really wanted to slap Xie Wenrui's ears, but he didn't.

Because Xie Wenrui blushed and saluted in a low voice: "I have seen the princess."

Gu Ci looked back, Zhao Zongning also looked at him with a smile on his face.

The shopkeeper and the staff all knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and none of them dared to speak.

Zhao Zongning looked at Gu Ci, then at Xie Wenrui, and said with a smile, "It's interesting." Still holding her precious whip in her hand.

The shopkeeper found a room for the three of them, and they sat in it.

Zhao Zongning took the first seat and asked Xie Wenrui: "Mr. Liulang, why don't you tell me what's going on? Tomorrow you will go to Liao Kingdom on behalf of Song Dynasty, and you are still fighting here? What if you have a good face? How do Liao officials think of us? How much do we need the face of Song Dynasty?"

Xie Wenrui faltered and couldn't speak, but Gu Ci laughed heartily.

Zhao Zongning asked him again: "Mr. Gu, tell me, why did you fight?"

Gu Ci felt that the rumored Princess Baoning really liked his temperament, and he didn't show any timidity: "Student, I work so hard to draw flowers here to make money! This mule rushed in without saying a word They were going to tie me up, and said that I was going to buy rouge and send it to Chunfenglou—”

"Gu Ci!" Xie Wenrui immediately interrupted him.

Zhao Zongning had already asked: "Where is Chunfeng Building?"

Xie Wenrui's forehead was covered with sweat, but he never said where it was.

Gu Ci sneered: "Students see that the princess is the one who has seen a lot of big scenes, so why be afraid? Chunfenglou is a brothel! The lady inside is the most beautiful in Tokyo!"

"……really?"

"Naturally! When the princess went to see it once, I knew I didn't coax you, especially the Chunniang inside, with that hand, that voice, that figure—"

The more Gu Ci said, the more something went wrong, Xie Wenrui reached out to cover his mouth, then turned around and said, "Princess! He didn't mean it!"

Zhao Zongning was dissatisfied: "Let him continue to talk, the princess has not listened to it enough."

"..."

Gu Ci stretched out his hand to push him away, laughed loudly, and actually chatted with Zhao Zongning together.

Xie Wenrui was helpless at the side, he had come to find Gu Ci to ask for a poem, so that he could give Xiao Langjun a job.Unexpectedly, he saw Gu Ci painting flowers. When he captured Gu Ci back in Chunfenglou last time, he saw Gu Ci giving the small pot to the lady of Chunfenglou. He just thought that Gu Ci was going to Chunfenglou again. .

It is true that he was impulsive, but what kind of fate is it that the princess saw it right!

Does Gu Ci still want to be a Jinshi? !After leaving such an impression in front of the Princess, what will His Majesty think of him in the future? !

But Gu Ci and Zhao Zongning talked more and more speculatively, until Zhao Shu'an's maid came to ask her, and she came back to her senses.

She got up to leave, and asked: "How long will Mr. Gu stay in Beijing? Should he go home first, or come back in Chunwei three years later?"

Gu Ci laughed: "It's enough for me to be a Juren, and I have no intention of taking the Jinshi exam again. I came to the capital this time to see the world and make more money."

"Why?" Zhao Congning was surprised.

"Isn't the purpose of being an official in the Jinshi exam? I don't want to be an official, and now I feel at ease!"

These words appealed to Zhao Zongning's appetite, Zhao Zongning also laughed after hearing this, she ordered Che Xia to send him a post, and said: "Gu Langjun comes to the princess mansion to look for me when you have time, continue to talk about that interesting story!"

"must!"

Zhao Zongning turned to leave, Gu Ci and Xie Wenrui gave her a gift together.

But she turned around again and said to Xie Wenrui: "Mr. Liu, you take Mr. Gu to the Liao Kingdom and pretend to be your guard. I will tell my brother."

"... Oh." Although Xie Wenrui didn't understand why the Princess made such a move, he still nodded in response.

Gu Ci was dissatisfied: "I still have to earn money in Beijing! I won't go to the disgraceful Liao Kingdom!"

Zhao Zongning sneered: "I'm the princess, so what I say is what I say, just follow Xie Liulang honestly! The guards of the princess' mansion will stare at you, don't even think about slipping, be honest!"

"..." Gu Ci suddenly felt miserable, because he thought that the princess was a good princess, so he chatted with her for so long!

After Zhao Zongning left, he turned around and kicked Xie Wenrui again: "You donkey!"

Xie Wenrui was thinking that Gu Ci would go to Liao Kingdom with him, and it would take a month to go back and forth, so he laughed happily.

Gu Ci was even angrier: "Stupid donkey! Stupid mule! Kicking you and still laughing!" He stomped his feet, turned around and continued to paint flowers, he had to earn money!Without money, how can I go to Chunfeng Building to see beautiful ladies? !

Zhao Shu'an was very happy when he saw her return, and after getting into the carriage together, he asked her why.

Zhao Zongning avoids Chunfenglou, picked something interesting to tell her, Zhao Shu'an really smiled and leaned on her.

"Then Mr. Gu was born white and clean, which is what An Niang likes."

Zhao Shu'an blushed: "You will know which one I like."

"Of course I know. Besides, if I had known earlier, I could have asked my brother to marry you in the future! If you think what I said is wrong, tell me, what kind of gentleman do you like?"

Zhao Shu'an was really shy, lowered his head, stirred the handkerchief in his hand, and said nothing.

Zhao Zongning sighed again: "It's a pity that Gu Langjun is too bad-tempered and playful, so he is only suitable to be a friend. If he is a little self-motivated, even if his family background is not good, it's fine."

"Really that good looking?" Hearing what she said, Zhao Shu'an became curious again.

"It's very handsome, but it's not as good as Xiao Shishi's idiot."

Zhao Shu'an smiled: "The eleventh brother of Shiqing's family is really well-born, and he is also the most handsome I have ever seen."

"It's useless to be handsome, isn't Gu Langjun handsome? He's a lunatic. Xiao Shiyi is so handsome, but he's an idiot."

Zhao Shu'an shook his head and smiled: "Princess Baoning won't worry about these until Jiji."

"Okay! You laugh at me!" Zhao Zongning stepped forward to tickle her, and the two rolled into a ball in the carriage laughing.

Before dinner, Zhao Cong received a letter from the princess's mansion.

Zhao Congzheng was surprised, why did he write a letter again in such a good manner, could it be that he had reached an agreement with Xiao Tang?

He opened the letter, but Zhao Zongning said something else. She sent a scholar named Gu Ci to go to Liao Kingdom with Xie Wenrui.

Zhao Zongning wrote to him with simple and clear words: My sister talked to Gu Ci for a while, this man is a strange man, but he is also a strange man.The most commendable thing is that he has no destiny, and no one knows what he will do.My sister thinks that a steady and steady person like Xie Liulang is complete if he is surrounded by such variables.Maybe, when he arrived at that boundary, he discovered something that was difficult for ordinary people to notice.The younger sister made this decision without authorization, and hoped that the elder brother could understand the younger sister.

Zhao Cong can understand that when going to a strange place, sometimes, variables can play a more important role than fixed numbers, and you may be able to do some wrong things.Besides, with such a stable Xie Wenrui beside this variable, there is no need to worry about major accidents.

The people from the Princess's Mansion were still waiting outside, so he sat down and wrote a reply letter, sealed it, and asked him to take it back to the Princess's Mansion.

At this moment, no one of them expected that because of Zhao Zongning's unintentional act of sudden happiness, such a strange person as Gu Ci would unintentionally solve some troubles for them in the future.

At this time, Zhao Cong finally felt a little tired after doing these things. After Zhao Zongning left, he has been busy until now.

He propped his elbows on the table and rubbed his forehead with his fingers, trying to straighten out the thoughts in his head.

At this moment, Rantao came in and asked, "Your Majesty, shall we have dinner?"

He didn't stop, just responded, and said: "Go and see if Mr. Xiao Lang has used it, if it doesn't work, call me together."

"Yes."

Rantao went to ask for a while, and when he came back, he said that Mr. Xiao Lang had eaten his dinner, Zhao Cong felt a little sorry.

He just wanted to talk to someone to relieve his tense emotions.

How did he know that Zhao Shishi was really afraid of having dinner with him.Especially Zhao Shiyi heard from Rantao that in autumn and winter, Zhao Cong would often drink mutton soup.

It's really terrible, how dare he come to eat? !

He is only 11 years old!