mountain and river oath

The next day, Wang Guan went to court and played to Emperor Jing. Zhao Jing had reached his age and should leave the mansion to build a government office. However, Zhao Jing's morality was shallow and he had not made any merit. The emperor asked the emperor to allocate the abandoned mansion of the prestige king of the former dynasty to Zhao Jing. He agreed in court, and made Zhao Jing king of Qi, and rewarded countless gold and treasures. The king of Qi, who had no sense of existence for a while, was famous in the capital.

On the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, the king of Qi went out to build a government office, held a banquet in the mansion, and invited the princes, relatives and nobles of the capital.At night, the Palace of Prince Qi is brightly lit. Candles the size of a fist are placed on gilded candle seats. Curtains embroidered with exquisite patterns hang down, and golden tassels sway in the wind in the night. In the light courtyard of the building, two There is a row of long banquets in each corridor, and the guests are dressed in red and purple, and they sit in front of the gorgeous banquets. There is a long table in front of each of them, with wine bottles and plates lined up. At the end of the seats, there is a vermilion brocade tent. Zhao Jing is dressed in black Sitting on the couch in a brocade robe, her long raven-black hair was bound by a golden crown, and her long white and slender fingers were holding a glass of gilt wine decanter, which shone with a bewitching luster under the flickering candlelight.

The invited guests came in one after another, stepping forward to congratulate Zhao Jing, Zhao Jing nodded, and suddenly the ceremony officer sang,

"His Royal Highness is here"

"King Yu arrives"

Zhao Jing hurriedly got up and walked out to meet him. A man in a vermilion brocade robe with a five-clawed dragon pattern embroidered on his clothes was walking in front. He had a sullen expression and deeply frowned. When he saw Zhao Jing coming up to him, he just let out a cold snort , Zhao Jing bowed and said, "His Royal Highness"

Zhao Long didn't seem to hear, and walked past Zhao Jing.

"Sixth brother" a hearty voice sounded, Zhao Jing looked up, a man dressed in a vermilion robe, handsome, with deep features, majestic, dignified, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Fifth brother," Zhao Jing called out with a smile.

"Our brothers haven't been intimate for a long time, and we will come to my brother's mansion for free in the future," Zhao Chong said.

"Then bother Fifth Brother," Zhao Jing said.

He got up and led Zhao Chong in, but when he raised his eyes, he saw a man beside Zhao Chong, with a face like white jade, eloquent, tall and graceful, wearing a purple shirt, with a dark mystery in his coldness , in this brightly lit place, it looks particularly outstanding.Zhao Jing only took one look and knew that this man must be Shu Zilan, the No. From then on, Lan made great progress, stepped into the court, and pointed out the country. Unexpectedly, he rejected Emperor Jing's acceptance of fate and stayed in Prince Yu's mansion as the chief historian. People can't help but sigh and feel sorry for him.

Zhao Chong took Shu Zilan and Zhao Jing into the hall, and sat down on the main seat. The maid in the pink court dress and emerald jewels shuttled around the banquet holding food boxes and wine bottles. Wearing gold hairpins and red robes, she dances to the music of the musicians.

When the wine is not intoxicating, everyone gets drunk, the singers and dancers sing and dance gracefully, all of them are beautiful, and their gestures are charming. Some people are already drunk before drinking much, and they are staring at the dancers.

"My fourth brother has been quiet and low-key for so many years. There is almost no such person in the palace. I didn't expect that just after the establishment of the mansion, he just came out like this. What do you think he wants to do?" Zhao Chong's eyes were clear, Not at all influenced by the singing and dancing girls.

"The fourth prince was born in a humble family. He was adopted by the concubine Xian when he was six years old. He was raised in the palace all these years, but he was not outstanding among the many princes. He was almost forgotten. Now that he is going out to build a government office, it was General Wang's suggestion. Said the emperor has forgotten," Shu Zilan said in a low voice.

"But this time, what does he want to do?" Zhao Chong looked at Shu Zilan and asked.

"The fourth prince doesn't manage any power in the court, but the Wang family is a wealthy family. He has a deep relationship with the concubine Xian. I think he is looking for a way out for the Wang family," Shu Zilan said.

"The Wang family has held military power for several generations. Wang Guan went to the battlefield at the age of 16 and stayed in the army for 40 years. The army only knew Wang Guan but not the emperor. His father was suspicious and transferred Wang Guan back from the Northwest Army. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Wang Zhi, the son of Wang Guan, was sent to the army to prevent the soldiers from mutinying. The 30 army is still in the hands of the Wang family. Now the Wang family is a sweet pastry, and everyone wants to hold it in their hands." Zhao Chong Tao.

"Why don't you do it, Your Highness?" Shu Zilan said.

Zhao Chong looked at the prince's seat not far away, then turned his eyes away and looked at Shu Zilan. Shu Zilan smiled in his eyes and nodded slightly. Zhao Chong followed Shu Zilan and smiled.

"Will the crown prince win over the fourth prince?" Shu Zilan asked.

"We have been fighting for so many years. I know what kind of person the prince is, but he has long been interested in this piece of meat from the Wang family, but he just couldn't make a move." Zhao Chong immediately drank the wine in hand and said, "Good wine!" , Rong Qing, drink some too." Zhao Chong picked up the jug and filled Shu Zilan's wine bottle, and handed it to him. Your Highness still has such good wine.”

He picked up the jug and wanted to pour a glass, but Zhao Chong stopped him and said with a smile, "You are too strong to drink, it's better to drink less, this is not my bedroom, you can do whatever you want." Zhao Chong looked at Shu Zilan A scarlet cloud flew up on her jade-like cheeks, and said with a smile, Shu Zilan let Zhao Chong stop the wine pot, and stopped arguing,

"Will the sixth prince be attached to the prince?" Shu Zilan asked.

"Who is Zhao Jing's biological mother?" Zhao Chong asked.

"Ruyi, the maid in the sewing room," Shu Zilan said.

"How did she die?" Zhao Chong then asked.

"I heard that I set fire to my death. Speaking of which, I went there back then," Shu Zilan said.

"Yeah, I asked you to come with me, but you want to follow him to save his mother" Zhao Chongxin said dissatisfied.

Shu Zilan burst out laughing, as if a lotus flower had bloomed on Misty Chuchen's face.

"At that time he looked so pitiful," Shu Zilan said.

"What's so pitiful? To live in this palace is to be preyed upon by the jungle. His biological mother offended the queen and it would be nice if he could live to give birth to him. There is nothing pitiful about this kind of person," Zhao Chong said disapprovingly.

Shu Zilan stopped talking. Zhao Chong's innate sense of superiority and his attitude of treating human life as worthless often made Shu Zilan feel uncomfortable. Although there are distinctions between high and low, everyone has the right to survive. Nobles enjoy a life of prosperity and wealth, but they are more responsible for protecting those living in the lower class, protecting the weak and protecting life. He told Zhao Chong that Zhao Chong would definitely sneer at him and ridicule him for being naive. The common people naturally have the right to exploit, and if they are willing to use his things, they think highly of him. Where they still need to be taken care of and let them perish by themselves. This is the difference in concept between him and Zhao Chong. The longer the time, the more this difference will become. Obviously, although he tried his best to endure and ignore this difference, inadvertently, the difference in concept between the two will show up and stab each other.

"Okay, I said the wrong thing, you are kind." Zhao Chong saw that Shu Zilan was unhappy, and said perfunctorily.

Shu Zilan smiled and said, "We won't talk about this anymore."

"Okay, let's talk about why he doesn't attach himself to the prince," Zhao Chong said. "Although Zhao Jing was young at that time, they had a deep love between mother and child. Now that he has grown up and is capable, do you think he will take revenge on the queen?"

"He doesn't have this ability, let alone the Wang family won't let him do it," Shu Zilan said.

"That's right, the Wang family won't let him take revenge on the queen, but he can choose to oppose the prince," said Zhao Chongdao.

"He won't be attached to the crown prince, so could he be attached to His Highness?" Shu Zilan teased.

Zhao Chong turned around and smiled in Shu Zilan's ear, "We can bet, see if he will cling to me, and if you lose, give me the jade pendant on your body."

"Your Highness believes that the Fourth Prince will be attached to you, why bother to bet with me?" Shu Zilan's brows and eyes were smiling, and her tone was a bit indulgent and joking.

"I just want the jade pendant on your waist, will you give it to me?" Zhao Chong said with a smile.

"How can I give it to you? This is the jade pendant that my father asked me to give to my future wife." Shu Zilan looked into Zhao Chong's eyes, and her eyes met.

"Change a piece" Zhao Chong said.

"I have time for you" Shu Zilan said, he nodded slightly, his ears were red, a lock of hair was hanging from his shoulder, Zhao Chong stretched out his hand to gather the hair back to his shoulder, turned around and stopped talking to Shu Zilan.

Zhao Jing sat on the couch and watched the two whispering in each other's ears, with unpredictable expressions. At this time, the night was getting dark, the whole banquet was in a mess, and people got up to leave one after another. Zhao Jing didn't stop him. Jing walked back to the dormitory slowly, Wang Lu led the way with a palace lantern in front, Zhao Jing strolled in the night in a calm manner, and Zhang Jun followed Zhao Jing closely.

"What are you afraid of? I am a powerless prince, no one will come to harm me." Seeing Zhang Jun's guarded expression, Zhao Jing laughed.

"My lord is hosting a banquet for the royal family and nobles in the capital today. I'm afraid someone has already set their sights on you," Zhang Jun said uncomfortably.

"You can see clearly, tell me who will follow me," Zhao Jing said.

"Prince, King Yu" Zhang Jun said.

"That's right, but they won't do anything to me for the time being. They just want to win me over, and more importantly, it's the Wang family behind me," Zhao Jing said.

"How will the prince choose?" Zhang Jun said.

"Wait and see what happens," Zhao Jing said.