Roselle Peony

Liang Wang was very displeased because Lu Shilang refused to sit down.

This is something that has never happened between the two of them.On weekdays, King Liang's left seat was reserved for Lu Shilang, and Lu Shangqiu was used to sitting there, but today he hid far away in the room, no matter what King Liang said, he would not go with the prince.

The guests outside are all prominent figures in the court.Liang Wang originally wanted to use his birthday to announce his ownership of Lu Shilang, so he thought of sending an invitation to the seventh-rank guard inspector with the lowest rank, telling the little lover to stop thinking about it.This is good, the little lover is unwilling to go in and out with him.

After toasting and refusing to eat fine wine, Liang Wang became jealous, his face darkened, he grabbed his lover by the collar, dragged him, and sat down on his seat.

At this time, everyone was waiting for the protagonist of today's banquet. Seeing Liang Wang coming out with Lu Shilang, they all got up and looked here.Those who understand naturally understand, and the couple is at odds again; those who don't understand lament how brave Lu Shilang is, he dared to stroke the tiger's beard on the prince's birthday.

Lu Shangqiu was pressed on the seat by King Liang, and he tightly clenched his hands.He buried his head low, and when he thought of Brother Yuan sitting on the lower seat looking at him, he felt like sitting on pins and needles.

Opposite him were King Ding and Princess Taiping. The princess saw Chunguan's servant bowed his head, as if she didn't want to see her, she couldn't help showing anger on her face, and ordered him to look up.

"It must be that the princess is so beautiful. Minister Lu felt shy, hehe." Prime Minister Zhang, who was sitting at the bottom, came out to smooth things over.

The main corner seat, and soon the banquet will begin.King Liang got up and gave a speech of thanks, and everyone returned their respects to the prince, drinking and drinking.

During the banquet, people kept toasting to the prince, and Lu Shangqiu also held back a lot of glasses for the prince.

He raised his eyes and searched for Brother Yuan in the crowd.I saw Yang Shu and several military officers sitting at the lower table, talking and laughing, chatting happily. He never came to toast with Liang Wang, and his hanging heart temporarily let go.

But Shangguan Wan'er deliberately left the table to toast to King Liang frequently, causing him to drink several cups for King Liang.Fortunately, he has a lot of alcohol, known as "a thousand drinks without getting drunk".However, King Liang was not so lucky. He was constantly being fed by King Ding next to him, and soon became a bit tongue-in-cheek.

While the banquet was in full swing, Princess Taiping suddenly suggested: "I have heard that Minister Lu is good at playing the guqin. This princess has a heartfelt request. Can Minister Lu show his extraordinary piano skills to the audience?"

Lu Shangqiu was silent, he didn't want to show his face in public, and he didn't want to take the princess's meaning away, so he didn't shake his head or nod.

King Ding helped his wife and said: "Yue'er, you are drunk and talking nonsense again."

"It's all right," Liang Wang waved his big hand and said with a big tongue: "Lu Lang, you can show the princess what you are good at." Then he ordered his subordinates to bring the guqin.

With so many royal families and high-ranking officials staring at Lu Shangqiu, he couldn't keep the prince and princess happy, so he sat down in front of the guqin, flicked his two fingers, and a piece of "High Mountain and Flowing Water" poured out.

At the end of the song, everyone clapped their hands, but the princess said: "This one is too simple, I can play it too. Change it!"

King Ding comforted his wife slowly and said: "Yue'er, that man is an official of the court, not a musician in the palace, enough is enough."

The princess broke free from King Ding's hand: "No, this princess wants to tell him to play. Who told him not to look at me just now." Feelings like Princess Taiping have the same virtue as her mother, so people must love her.

Ding Wang's wife was strict, knowing that his wife was still angry with Lu Shilang, so she shut her mouth and didn't make a sound.

Lu Shangqiu then changed to "Spring River Flowers and Moonlight Night", which is a very suitable piece with a beautiful melody.

The princess said again: "Is there one with a faster melody? I'm going to fall asleep."

Liang Wang also followed happily, applauding and saying: "Okay, okay, come again!"

After so many repetitions, Lu Shangqiu realized that the princess was deliberately teasing him, treating him as a musician for entertainment.

He was already in a very depressed mood today, and because he drank too much and too much just now, he was already a little bit drunk. At this moment, he was out of breath, and said in his heart, if you want it quickly, I will give it to you quickly .Then he took out his housekeeping skills, and with a flick of his ten fingers, the sound of the zither was densely woven, large and small notes fell like jade beads, and his hands were flying so nimbly that even the generals with good eyesight could hardly see his ten fingers clearly.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and after a while, someone exclaimed in a low voice: "It's "Guangling San"!"

The piano is intoxicating, and the wine is intoxicating.At the end of the song, the applause continued for a long time.The princess was also convinced and stopped embarrassing him.

Lu Shangqiu thanked everyone for coming down, Liang Wang hugged him in his arms, "My good master, today you can save face for this king."

Wu Chonglie poked his head out from between his mother and his elder brother and said, "Lie'er also wants to learn piano, master teach me."

Wu Chongjun pressed his younger brother who was naughty and swaying on the seat and said: "Your ten fingers are so short, I'm afraid they can't even reach the string."

Wu Chonglie pouted.The princess on the other side couldn't help giggling when she heard the childish words of the brothers, and the people at the table also accompanied her.

***

As the night darkened, King Ding and Princess Ding had already returned home, and civil servants and generals also got up to leave one after another.

King Liang's birthday banquet achieved his goal of wining people's hearts and liquidating factions, so he kept drinking happily and getting drunk all the time, and was helped back to his room by his servants to rest.

The chief left Lu Shangqiu and Shangguan Wan'er sitting awkwardly facing each other.

Lu Shangqiu never wanted to look awkwardly at Shangguan Wan'er who regarded him as a rival in love, but he hesitated and didn't want to leave.

He sat there, his eyes drifting away, through Shangguan Wan'er, he stared blankly at a figure in the seat who had not yet left the table.Yang Shu seemed to be addicted to drinking, and he was still fighting with all the military officers there.The pride and heroism in the brows of the new Kewu champion made his heart pound.

Wan'er drank the wine glass in one gulp, she was seventy percent drunk.

With the strength of wine, she walked around in front of Lu Shangqiu who was in a daze, and even slapped her hand with a crisp slap.

"You are so brave, you dare to stare at this girl so rudely!" How could the female officer in front of the holy man tolerate a man staring at her for a long time, let alone that man was her rival in love.

Lu Shangqiu was woken up by this slap, Wan'er was drunk, this slap exerted all his strength, the left side of his face was immediately red and swollen, and it hurt hotly.

Among the remaining guests, those who were still awake turned their heads to look at them.The two are of the same rank, but Wan'er is a servant, a celebrity in front of the emperor, and Lu Shangqiu is just the new servant of King Liang.When those people saw Wan'er slapping Lu Shangqiu, they couldn't do much to stop them; some insiders just waited to see the good show of jealousy between lovers and the fight between snipe and clam.

Hearing the movement at the table at the other side, Yang Shu also stopped punching and looked this way.

"Shameless vixen, dare to snatch someone from me!" Wan'er took advantage of her drunkenness, and turned the depression in her heart into vicious words, and put it on Lu Shangqiu.

Lu Shangqiu felt Yang Shu's gaze on him, and he felt a chill run down his spine.He didn't want to face the drunken Wan'er again, and wanted to get up and leave before she uttered more hurtful words.

Unexpectedly, Shangguan Wan'er knelt down towards him with a "plop", and grabbed the hem of his clothes: "Please do me a favor, let the prince go!"

"Wan'er, you're drunk." Lu Shangqiu hurriedly tried to pull the hem of his clothes out of Wan'er.

But Wan'er just held on tightly, unwilling to let go.

"Wan'er begs Mr. Lu to fulfill Wan'er and the prince." She said with sarcasm, insinuating that he competed with women for men.

Yang Shu's eyes cast from that side, stuck to him, the corners of his mouth raised contemptuously, his expression seemed to be full of contempt.

"Your lord's business, the lord's own words are the only ones to count. What can you do if you are a low-ranking official!" He didn't mind other people's eyes, but he couldn't bear Yang Shu's eyes any longer, so he didn't care about his gentlemanly demeanor and kicked him. Shang Wan'er's hand finally taught him to break free from the hem of his clothes, and fled to the inner room in panic.

"stop!"

Not far away, Wan'er's words made him stop.

"Lu Shangqiu, do you know why the prince chose you?"

He turned around slowly.The same question has always existed in his mind.

Wan'er's hair was messed up, and the hem of her skirt was stained with mud. She sat on the cold ground and looked at him, giggling, her eyes sparkling.Lu Shangqiu only felt his hair stand on end.

"Have you ever heard of a name—" Her red lips parted slightly, "He Lan Minzhi."

This name that was once known to everyone in Chang'an City, this name that was once taboo in the Daming Palace, was easily spit out from Shangguan Wan'er's mouth, and it sounded like a bolt from the blue to Lu Shangqiu.

Immediately anticipating Wan'er's next words, his heart was like a basin of ice water pouring down, penetrating his heart, he didn't want to listen any more, so he hurriedly walked towards the inner court of the palace.

Wan'er's words sounded behind him: "Hehe, you just look like him, the person the prince loves will never be you!"

In an instant, something collapsed in his heart.He ran away in embarrassment.

Nephew of the Holy Majesty, cousin of the King of Liang, a romantic beauty of a generation—— Zhou Guogong He Lanminzhi, was once named Wu Minzhi. It is said that his appearance has inherited all the advantages of the Wu family. His daughter's family fell in love with him, and even the maids in the harem were willing to sacrifice their bodies for him.It is also said that he was promiscuous by nature, romantic and unrestrained, and he could not keep a single leaf from touching himself when he was among thousands of flowers. Wu Zhao, who was still the empress of Tang Dynasty at that time, sent him to Leizhou in the name of a dirty harem. He hanged himself while passing Shaozhou. Died young at the age of 29.

It was precisely because of Minzhi's death that Wei Wang Wu Chengsi was recalled to inherit the Wu family, and today's two tigers are fighting each other.It turned out that King Liang hated King Wei, not only hated him for competing with him for the throne, but also hated him for taking the position that originally belonged to He Lanminzhi.

Wangfu Garden is much quieter than the front hall.Lu Shangqiu found an empty corner and leaned his back against the wall.He couldn't help shaking, he could hardly stand up, his stomach was overwhelmed, he had to grit his silver teeth tightly to suppress the rising vomit.

Then it was all very easy to explain - the confusion that had been accumulating in his mind.Why Liang Wang concubines are in groups, they seem not to be masculine, but they fell in love with him at first sight, and they have a special liking for him; why there are so many erotic pictures in the world, and Liang Wang only collects erotic pictures about him; why Liang Wang only has such strong feelings for him His desire for monopoly does not allow him to cheat in the slightest.

You just look like him—

You are just a shadow, the prince just saw his former lover through your body.