mountain and river oath

The season is gradually entering winter, the trees are withered, everything is depressed, and the cold westerly wind blows across the capital, bringing the first snow in winter. Amidst the fluttering snowflakes, Zhao Jing walks skillfully into Shu Zilan's Huanhua courtyard, Shu Zilan Lan was wearing a blue robe with white fox fur around the cuffs and neckline. He was sitting on a lake-green cushion, surrounded by a stove. Fragrant tea was boiling on the stove. The hot steam floats in the air along the teapot, bringing out the fragrant tea fragrance, which fills the room with fragrance.

"True fragrance" Zhao Jing walked in, took a deep breath and said.

"You came just in time," Shu Zilan said when she saw Zhao Jing walking in.

Zhao Jing took off the black cloak casually, Shu Zilan's attendant took it and hung it up.He sat by the fire, put his hands close to the fire, and the white breath he exhaled dissipated instantly.

"Is it cold?" Shu Zilan put down the book in hand and asked.

"It's not cold, it's snowing outside, what good thing happened to me?"

"I'm making plum tea"

"No wonder it's so fragrant," Zhao Jing said happily.

Shu Zilan raised the teapot, poured a cup of fragrant tea, and handed it to Zhao Jing, "Taste it"

Zhao Jing took it, raised the teacup, narrowed his eyes and savored carefully, "good tea"

Shu Zilan smiled triumphantly, raised a cup of tea and drank it slowly.

The two drank tea in the room in silence,

"I heard that the prince is getting married," Shu Zilan said.

"Well, I married the daughter of the queen's natal family. I heard that this girl is extremely beautiful."

"There are many concubines in the prince's mansion, the most indispensable thing is beauties," Shu Zilan said indifferently.

"But this princess is a bit special. She has a strong temper and a bad temper. Such a woman is not suitable for living in the harem. Why would the queen choose her?"

"She is the queen's niece, and the queen's elder brother only has this one direct daughter. The queen naturally hopes that the prince will be closer to her natal family to maintain the relationship between the two families. It's just that such a woman is the easiest to make enemies in the harem and die quickly. "

"You're right, but I heard that the prince has changed his taste recently," Zhao Jing said mysteriously.

Shu Zilan's appetite was whetted, she looked at Zhao Jing and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I heard that the prince is very fond of a man recently"

"Man? Who gave it to him?"

"The eunuch next to the prince was found from the people, and he is a stunning beauty"

"The queen doesn't know yet?" Shu Zilan asked.

"The prince hides deeply. He is worried that the queen will find him. He strictly forbids the people around him to speak out."

Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Jing with a half-smile, "You know such a secret thing."

Zhao Jing remained silent.

Shu Zilan understood that Zhao Jing's power was expanding step by step, penetrating into every corner of the palace.

"I heard that there is a plum garden in your house, let's go and have a look," Zhao Jing suggested.

"it is good"

Zhao Jing got up and put on the cloak, Shu Zilan's attendant came over and handed over the cloak, Zhao Jing took it casually and put it on for Shu Zilan, the two of them came out, and suddenly walked out of the warm room, only to feel the cold , Shu Zilan took a deep breath,

"Why don't we go?" Zhao Jing said.

"Go, it's rare to see plum blossoms in the snow," Shu Zilan insisted.

Zhao Jing didn't speak, the attendant handed over two umbrellas, Zhao Jing took them, opened one, handed it to Shu Zilan, picked up an umbrella himself, and walked out together.

The snow is falling, fine and small snowflakes, covering the sky and the sun, the Huanhua Courtyard is covered with silver clothes, and the snow road just swept away by the servants in the distance is covered by new snowflakes, and the two walk along the path , Zhao Jing suddenly grabbed Shu Zilan's hand and said, "The road is slippery, be careful of falling down"

"It's okay." Shu Zilan shook off Zhao Jing's hand.

As the two walked, Zhao Jing saw a small steep slope not far away, covered by thin snowflakes

"I'll go down first," Zhao Jing said.

"I'm not a frail scholar, I'll go down first"

Shu Zilan walked over slowly, the snow was too thin, he felt the soles of his feet were slipping, and fell forward uncontrollably, Zhao Jing was behind Shu Zilan, and hurriedly grabbed Shu Zilan, unexpectedly the snow was too slippery, the two of them couldn't stand , Zhao Jing hurriedly hugged Shu Zilan in his arms, rolled down the small steep slope, and when he stabilized, Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Jing in shock, somewhat shy and unnatural, pushed Zhao Jing away, and Zhao Jing stood still. Get up, reach out to Shu Zilan, Shu Zilan pushes away, trying to stand up, but her feet are too slippery, she fell down.

Zhao Jing looked at it and laughed loudly.

"Pull me up" Shu Zilan said angrily.

Zhao Jing handed Shu Zilan the hand, Shu Zilan stood up with Zhao Jing's hand, immediately pushed Zhao Jing away, and walked in front.

The two walked into the plum garden. Hundreds of red and white plum blossoms stood proudly against the wind and snow in the snow.

Shu Zilan walked into the plum garden, and the two admired the plum blossoms one by one. He introduced the habits and cultivation techniques of plum blossoms to Zhao Jing in detail, and Zhao Jing listened quietly,

"Let's rest for a while," Zhao Jing said.

"Okay" Shu Zilan felt tired after appreciating for a while.

"There is a pavilion in front, where shall we go?" Shu Zilan asked.

The two of them walked into the pavilion, where there were already attendants waiting there. The curtain was drawn down, and a warm stove was lit. A pot of wine was boiling on the stove, and some snacks were placed on a long table. Zhao Jing sat down and ate dessert.

"Open a curtain," Shu Zilan said.

"Yes" the attendant bowed and opened a curtain, the two of them enjoyed the snow and flowers in the pavilion while drinking and eating snacks, chatting about the world, it was very pleasant.

It was not until late at night that Zhao Jing returned home exhausted.

The next day, Shu Zilan lay in bed and couldn't get up. Yesterday, he enjoyed flowers in the snow and drank hot wine. Unfortunately, he caught wind and cold, and he lay weak on the bed.

He heard the attendants come in from the inner room, saying, "The servants of Prince Qi's mansion are here to bring you some medicine to disperse the cold."

"Tell him to come in." Shu Zilan wondered how Zhao Jing knew he had a cold.

The person who walked in was Wang Lu. He was surprised to see Shu Zilan lying sickly on the bed.

"Is the young master suffering from a cold?" Wang Lu said.

"Doesn't your highness know?" Shu Zilan asked.

"Your Highness doesn't know, but he was just worried that Young Master would catch a cold yesterday, so he ordered the little one to come to the house to deliver you a medicine for dispelling the cold," Wang Lu said.

"I see, you put the medicine down"

Wang Lu put down the medicine and went back.

Shu Zilan couldn't eat lunch, so she drank the medicine hastily, and then fell asleep, in a trance, she felt that someone was beside her, and when she opened her eyes, it was Zhao Chong.

"My lord, why are you here?" Shu Zilan said.

"Shu Ting told me that you had a cold, I'll come and take a look." Zhao Chong looked at Shu Zilan with concern, and said, "How do you feel? I'll call the imperial physician in the palace to come over and treat you."

"No, it's just that I was too greedy yesterday, drank a few more glasses, and caught a cold, it's fine."

Zhao Chong looked at Shu Zilan, because of the cold, Shu Zilan looked pitiful, a little weak and cute, Zhao Chong felt distressed when he saw it, and held Shu Zilan's hand in his palm, Shu Zilan let Zhao Chong docilely Chong held it, bowed his head and did not speak.

Zhao Chongai loved Shu Zilan's shyness to death.

"My lord, His Royal Highness Prince Jing is here." The attendant suddenly walked in, and Zhao Chong hurriedly let go of Shu Zilan's hand.

Zhao Jing walked in, before the person arrived, the words had already arrived, "Why are you suffering from the cold?" Zhao Jing lifted the curtain, suddenly froze, and turned to walk beside Shu Zilan naturally.

Sitting by the bed, Zhao Chong watched Zhao Jing walk into Shu Zilan's bedroom naturally, and wondered in his heart, when did the two become so familiar.

"Fifth Brother" Zhao Jing saw Zhao Chongdao.

"How did you come?"

"I heard that Mr. Shu has a cold, so I'll come over and have a look."

The three of them sat together, they didn't know what to say for a while, they just felt embarrassed, Zhao Jing sat for a while, then got up and said, "Mr. Shu, I have something else to do, I'm leaving first."

"I'll see you off" Shu Zilan sat up and said.

"What are you giving, let him go by himself?" Zhao Chong pressed Shu Zilan and said.

Shu Zilan pushed Zhao Chong away, barely staggered and stood up, Zhao Chong's eyes were burning, when did they get so close?

Zhao Jing saw Shu Zilan stand up and waited. Shu Zilan approached Zhao Jing and looked at Zhao Jing with guilt in her eyes. Zhao Jing went out, Shu Zilan followed, Zhao Jing hurriedly supported Shu Zilan, "We We are friends, why bother to come to these imaginary things?"

"I'm sorry," Shu Zilan said guiltily.

"I'm sorry, why should we care about these things as we are friends of life and death?" Zhao Jing tightened Shu Zilan's clothes, "Go back quickly." Zhao Jing turned and left. Standing there, he said, "Since when have you become so familiar?"

"He saved me in Rongyang, we are friends" Shu Zilan said unhappily, for Zhao Chong, he gave up a lot, but it doesn't mean that he can't have his own life, no self, and become Zhao Chong's vassal.

"A friend is so close? How many times has he come? Once, twice, three times or every day," Zhao Chong couldn't help but shouted.

Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Chong in confidence, "We are friends, that's all, can't I have friends? All my life must revolve around you"

"What did you say?" Zhao Chong looked at Shu Zilan, unable to believe that Shu Zilan would say such a thing, what did Shu Zilan do?It's just that he was selected as the number one scholar and didn't hold a position in the court, but he is the long history of Prince Yu's mansion, and he is in charge of the affairs of Prince Yu's mansion. , Shu Zilan's ranking among the three ministers is just around the corner, what is he dissatisfied with.

"You go!" Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Chong, knowing that he couldn't understand himself at all. He never understood like this time. They are people on two roads. I also don't understand his justice and his conscience. These insistences are all nonsense and extremely ridiculous.

"Rong Qing, let's not quarrel, shall we?"

"Let's go, let's calm down"

"Rong Qing, why, since you came back from Rongyang, you have changed, you have become I don't know you anymore"

"Because you never knew me, this is the real me"

"No, I understand you, the person who understands you best in this world is me"

Shu Zilan was silent.

Zhao Chong left sullenly, returned to the mansion, and immediately summoned Sun Yi,

"Have Zhao Jing and Rong Qing been in contact after Rongyang?"

"Yes, my subordinates heard that Zhao Jing went to Mr. Shu's residence many times, and the two of them played the piano and enjoyed the flowers and chatted. Zhao Jing left from Mr. Shu's place late at night."

Zhao Chong's heart sank when he heard this, he knew that most of what Sun Yi said was true, otherwise how could the two of them be so close and acquainted, the good ones would make him jealous.

"Keep an eye on Rong Qing, once Zhao Jing passes by, report to me immediately," Zhao Chong said.

"Yes, I obey." Sun Yi said happily. It seemed that Zhao Chong was dissatisfied with Shu Zilan. Sun Yi immediately arranged for his subordinates to stare at Shu Zilan's Huanhua Courtyard, and ordered that once Zhao Jing appeared, he would immediately call him. He reports.

The prince got married, and the palace was full of red curtains. Zhao Jing went to the East Palace to drink wedding wine. The extravagant fragrance filled the East Palace. After sitting for a while, he couldn't sit still. He came out to breathe, and hid in a hidden corner to breathe , suddenly heard a boy crying and a man's voice, Zhao Jing poked his head out and saw a man in red hugging a petite and beautiful boy, coaxing him patiently, the boy Twisting around, weeping unrelentingly, Zhao Jing was shocked, it turned out to be the crown prince and his male favorite, today the prince got married, and he ran out to comfort the male favorite, the prince didn't know what to say, the boy burst into tears For laughing, smiling like a spring flower, Zhao Jing sighed, so beautiful, no wonder the crown prince is merciful.

Zhao Jing didn't dare to look any further, so he left quickly.

The next day, he got up in the morning, finished washing, changed into a suit of clothes, and practiced sword in the yard. Zhang Jun stood aside, Zhao Jing finished the sword practice, Zhang Jun handed over a towel, Zhao Jing took it to wipe his sweat, and walked into the dining room. Zhang Jun followed behind,

"What happened yesterday?"

"The prince disappeared after consummating the room with the princess last night, and he returned to the room after dawn."

Zhao Jing laughed, it seems that this time the crown prince was genuinely moved and went to find his little lover on the wedding night.

"keep watching"

"There is a piece of news, and my subordinates don't know whether to tell it or not," Zhang Jun hesitated.

"what happened?"

"Related to Mr. Shu"

"Say"

"King Yu sent people to monitor Mr. Shu"

"I got it," Zhao Jing said indifferently, with no expression on his face.

"Do we need a reminder?"

"Reminder? Mr. Shu is loyal to King Yu, will King Yu hurt him?"

"No," Zhang Jun said.

"That's all right," Zhao Jing said.

Zhang Jun suddenly felt that he was a fool in front of Zhao Jing. Sometimes he really couldn't see Zhao Jing clearly.

Zhao Jing ignored Zhang Jun's question and left.