The Way of the Consort

Zong Zhen looked a little crazy, "My lord, do you want to make a wish?" A voice came from the side, and Ji Zhao had already looked over, stepped forward, and asked the little woman who sold cloth strips: "Is this Ma'am, is there any point in making a wish?"

Ji Zhao had long known that wishing here was possible. He often came to Pipa Lane, and it was common for people to make wishes here. Most of them were young ladies and newlywed couples. He heard from Qin Wen that every year during the Spring and Autumn Periods, there would be many Students came to make a wish, because in the previous dynasty, Loquat Lane was part of a certain Shangshu's house. Before this loquat tree was planted, that Shangshu was not yet a Shangshu, but a poor student with no fame.

He and his wife personally planted this loquat tree at the beginning. Later, when he was admitted to the first prize, a high-ranking official looked at him and wanted him to be his son-in-law, but he refused to agree, even if he was later framed by someone in the officialdom. He is still like me, living with his wife forever, without a single concubine, and after that, he became a prime minister.

This good story has been passed down. Even today, the Shangshu Mansion is no longer there, and it has become a loquat alley where people come and go. The people in the legend do not know where their descendants are. Happiness is all because of this loquat tree, and there has always been an endless stream of people who come to make wishes.

Ji Zhao can understand that in life, one must find a spiritual sustenance, and this loquat tree is like a temple.

The people who come here are looking for a future and marriage, and they have nothing to do with Ji Zhao, so although he is curious, he has never paid homage to him, and at most he has a few glances.

Hearing his question, the little woman smiled and said: "I don't care about it, I don't think I care about it. You must know the anecdote about Pipa Lane. Those who come here to make a wish can have a good marriage and a good future!"

Ji Zhao also smiled: "But I'm not very interested in these."

While talking, Zong Zhen also came over, the little woman glanced at Zong Zhen, her eyes became brighter, and she thought to herself that these handsome couple are not Qi brothers, right?Don't think that the little woman is just a cloth seller. She has seen many people and things. She has been selling cloth here for more than ten years. What kind of people have you never seen?

There were often good friends Qi brothers who came over quietly to make a wish, and some who broke up later and came to tell her sadly.

Which woman doesn't like to be pretty? The little lady saw the two of them standing together, and the taller man stretched out his hand to protect the younger man, fearing that he would be touched by others, and his eyes rolled away. He looks so handsome and fits so well, who doesn't like it?

The little woman took out a strip of red cloth from the rattan basket, and said with a smile: "Then sir, you can ask for fate with this gentleman beside you!"

"Huh?" Ji Zhao didn't understand, and Zong Zhen certainly didn't understand either. There were too many people, Zong Zhen was too concerned about letting others bump into Ji Zhao, and didn't pay much attention to their conversation.

Ji Zhao turned to look at him, Zong Zhen also looked at him innocently, Ji Zhao understood, yes, he can ask for friendship!It is also their fate to meet their brother!There are so many people in the world, why did the two of them collide outside the academy!

He hopes they can always be best friends!together all the time!

Ji Zhao smiled and stretched out his hand towards the little woman: "That makes sense, give it to me! Where can I write?"

The little woman thought that all this was really what she thought, so she smiled indescribably happily, and pointed to the little girl next to her: "Here, here, there are pens and ink!"

Ji Zhao took the cloth strip and walked to the short table, and happily wrote, he wrote very straightforwardly: I hope my brother and I will be happy together forever!

After finishing writing, he picked it up and showed it to Zong Zhen, and asked with a smile, "Is it well written?!"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also heard about the legend of the loquat tree. In his opinion, it is no problem to ask for a Buddha. There are barely traces to follow. Ask for a loquat tree?Isn't this a joke when you are full?

But facing Ji Zhaoliang's bright eyes, he nodded: "Well written..."

"Hey..." Ji Zhao was still holding a pen in his hand, "You write a sentence too!"

There was a young couple beside them who were also writing. After the husband finished writing, he said to the little lady in a silly way: "You write a sentence too!"

The little lady lowered her head shyly: "I don't like handwriting, husband can just write it, and husband's wish is also mine."

"Hehe..." The husband continued to smirk.

Ji Zhao leaned into Zong Zhen's ear: "That little lady is pretty, but her husband is a bit stupid!"

"..." His Highness the Crown Prince didn't understand. What does it matter if someone is beautiful or not?

Ji Zhao urged him again: "Write quickly! You have to write too!"

Zong Zhen didn't want to write it, but Ji Zhaofei wanted him to, so he had no choice but to say, "What you write is mine."

Why did Ji Zhao think these words sounded so familiar?

He didn't pay much attention to it. Seeing that his brother really didn't want to write, he didn't force it. He put down the pen and was about to hang it up. He almost bumped into the husband who turned around and was about to hang up the cloth strip.

Zongzhen was so frightened that he quickly pulled Ji Zhao into his arms, and glared at the man, but the man didn't know, and was stopped by his wife: "Husband, write our names, so that the tree god won't send wrong wishes. "

"Yes, yes, yes! Hehe!" The man smirked again, and then wrote their names on the cloth again.

Ji Zhao thoughtfully, raised his head and said to Zong Zhen: "He's right, we'll add the name too!"

Zong Zhen was speechless, could they write their names casually?He lowered his head and carefully looked at Ji Zhao's arm. Ji Zhao had already gone to pick up the pen with his right hand, so he could only persuade in a low voice, "Your identities are different. How can your name be seen so easily?"

"That's right..." These cloth strips are hung here, and everyone can see them. If someone sees that it is Ji Zhao, he is a son-in-law anyway. It's not good, he is distressed, "Then what should I do?"

Zong Zhen thought that it would be fine to take the cloth strips home and see for himself, why bother to hang them up?

But seeing how distressed Ji Zhao was, his eyes were dimmed, so he said, "Why don't you draw a rabbit."

As expected, Ji Zhao's eyes lit up again, and he nodded with a smile, "Yes, yes, yes!"

He was about to draw, but then remembered that he had never practiced before and could not draw such a small rabbit, so he handed it to Zong Zhen: "Brother, come and draw..."

"... "

Ji Zhao looked at him eagerly, Zongzhen bent down to draw him a rabbit resignedly, and held him with one hand to prevent him from running around or being hit by others, Zongzhen quickly drew the line of a rabbit, and then Click on the eyes, and a lively and cute rabbit appeared. Ji Zhao smiled: "Hahaha, so cute and cute!"

There was a smile in Zongzhen's eyes. Just as he was about to put down the pen, Ji Zhao reached out to stop him: "You also have to draw your zodiac signs!"

"... "

Ji Zhao then said pitifully: "Can't you? I'm all injured, I'm so pitiful, I—"

"I draw, I draw." Zong Zhen admits defeat.

"Hey, brother, what do you belong to?"

With a cold face, Zong Zhen drew a little fat pig on the cloth: "I am a pig..."

"Hahaha!"

His Royal Highness didn't think this was so funny, but Ji Zhao rubbed his stomach with laughter, and then pointed to the painted pig: "This pig is so fat!"

Which pig is not fat?

Ji Zhao snatched the cloth in his hand, looked up at him and smiled, "It's good if you belong to pigs, you are blessed if you belong to pigs!"

The man next to him heard what he said, and said, "Hehe, you are lucky if you belong to the pig!"

"My little brother is also a pig?" Ji Zhao immediately turned around.

The silly man nodded, smiling so hard that he couldn't see his eyes: "Yes! I am a pig, and my wife is a rabbit!"

"Wow! What a coincidence! I am a rabbit and my brother is a pig!"

"What a coincidence! What a coincidence!" The man nodded with a smirk, but was embarrassed by his wife before he took his wife to hang the cloth strips.

"Let's go too!" Ji Zhao walked towards the loquat tree. The tree was full of cloth strips. Everyone's height was limited, and there were no cloth strips on high places. Ji Zhao wanted to move a stool to step on it to buy cloth. But Tiao's lady said that she was so dishonest, Zong Zhen stepped forward and reached out to him: "I'll come..."

Ji Zhao looked back, Zong Zhen was half a head taller than him, he was the one who came into this world, and he was among the top few in height.

He confidently gave the cloth strip to Zongzhen: "Brother, hang it up!" He had already picked out a branch, and pointed to that one, "There, there! The branch next to the lamp!"

There wasn't a single strip of cloth there, so Zong Zhen tiptoed to hang up the cloth strip.

Finally, a strip of red cloth appeared on the bare branch. Ji Zhao smiled in satisfaction. Zong Zhen turned around to look at him. Seeing him like this, he didn't think it was nonsense, so he reached out and patted his head again.

The lady who bought the cloth saw a happy smile on her face.

The young couple also hung up, and when they turned around and saw them, the foolish husband still smiled and said, "I just forgot to tell my husband, the fortune teller said that those who belong to pigs and rabbits are the best match!"

Ji Zhao said "wow" and boasted: "No wonder my brother and your wife are so suitable! A pair of bis!"

"We've just been married for three days! I'm from Huzhou, and I'm going back to Jinling with my wife. I heard that this place is blessed, so I came here to make a wish..." The man continued to say that the little lady was embarrassed and smiled at Ji Zhao. She bowed her head shyly, pulled her husband to stop him from talking, and pulled him away.

The man scratched his head with a silly smile, and Ji Zhao smiled generously and said, "I wish you a happy marriage for a hundred years!"

"Happy marriage for a hundred years! Happy marriage for a hundred years! You too!"

"..." Zong Zhen sounded so strange, but Ji Zhao didn't notice it at all. He smiled and watched the young couple go away, and then looked at him again: "Let's go too!"

"..." Well, His Royal Highness will pretend that he doesn't know anything.

The little cloth seller watched them eagerly, but Ji Zhao, who didn't know it, was still chanting, "We'll come here next year too!" No matter how proud we were, "We hang so high, it's impossible for anyone to be taller than us." High, hahaha!"

Zong Zhen walked beside him and accompanied him gradually to the edge of the Qinhuai River. The surface of the river was gently caressed by Xia Feng, reflecting the entire starry sky, and all the lanterns in the river were falling in it, but it was nothing compared to His Royal Highness looking at Ji. Zhao's glance.

Standing by the river, Ji Zhao took a deep breath of the evening wind by the river, and said happily, "It's so comfortable..."

"Do you want to take a boat?"

Ji Zhao looked back at him: "It's very dangerous..."

"Do you want to sit down?"

"But it's really dangerous..."

"Do you want to?"

"want……"

Zong Zhen waved and called for someone to come.

After all, he got on the boat. Zongzhen went up first, and then stretched out his hand to pull him. Ji Zhao put his hand in Zongzhen's hand with confidence. Half-embracing him and taking him to the rented painting boat, Ji Zhao was overjoyed, and said: "There are no rabbits today, I will be good today! I will definitely not fall into the water again!"

Zongzhen only thought it was funny, hoping that Ji Zhao would really behave?It may not be possible to succeed in another lifetime.

But Ji Zhao was really good today. He sat by the window watching the river view and the people by the river. There were many opera singers on the boats around him. Lingling and ethereal, no matter how lively the surroundings are, people will only feel calm after listening to it."

"You don't like excitement?"

"Sometimes I hate being alone, I hate being alone, I like to be lively, but sometimes, I want more people!"

"for example?"

"For example, when my brother hasn't replied to my letter for a long time, and hasn't come to see me for a long time! I just want it to be lively and have you by my side!" After speaking, Ji Zhao continued to look at the scenery outside.

Zong Zhen picked up the teacup and took a sip, thinking, if he spoke so casually, it must be Ji Zhao coaxing him again.

Ji Zhao came back from the mountain early in the morning, then entered the palace, was injured again after returning home, and went out to play with Zongzhen at night. It can be said that this day exhausted too much energy, that is, he was too excited after seeing Zongzhen. Until now, if Zong Zhen hadn't come to see him, he might have fallen asleep long ago.

Looking at the beautiful scenery and the breeze blowing, Ji Zhao felt drowsy. He rubbed his eyes and whispered, "Brother, I'm sleepy...but I don't want to go home, I still want to go home." Take a closer look..."

"Don't go back, don't worry."

"Hmm... I still want to watch the fireworks..."

"It's cold, but it's not safe if it's hot today."

"Hmm..." As Ji Zhao spoke, his eyelids began to twitch. Zong Zhen reached out and pulled him into his arms, letting him lean on his shoulders. Ji Zhao's head slid down into his arms. Zong Zhen Signaling to the outside, Chen Xing sent him into the cloak, and wanted to stay, Zong Zhen raised his head and looked at him expressionlessly.

Chen Xing went out, and he didn't think about it, why was he shocked by that person's glance?

He and Yin Ming turned around, intending to go in again, but saw the man spread out the cloak and cover their husband carefully, then straightened the cloak bit by bit, and pulled him into his arms again, quietly Looking out the window, motionless, not even looking at them, as if they didn't exist.

The two of them looked at each other and returned to the deck. They wanted to say something, but they didn't know how to say it. They always felt weird in their hearts, so they simply watched the river view together.

After Ji Zhao fell asleep, he didn't wake up again, sleeping like a piglet. After an hour, the people on the Qinhuai River gradually disappeared, and after staying for another half an hour, their boat docked at the bank.

Zongzhen didn't need anyone to come to help him, he directly hugged Ji Zhao gently, and stepped on the boat plank with Ji Zhao in his arms, and returned to the shore. At that time, His Highness the Crown Prince suddenly had a thought in his heart: exercising is really really important. Useful, in his last life he couldn't hold a big living person.

Then he carried Ji Zhao into the car, but Ji Zhao still didn't wake up, so Zong Zhen carefully protected his arm, still gently wrapped him in his arms, and let him sleep.When he got home, he was also the one who got out of the car and took Ji Zhao to the bedroom.

Putting it on the bed and leaving his embrace, Ji Zhao moved, his mouth moved, and he didn't know what to say, and couldn't hear clearly.

Zong Zhen touched his face, and Ji Zhaocai slept more peacefully again. Zong Zhen went to wash his hands, came back and sat by the bed, carefully rolled up the sleeve of his left arm, and took the small pot with enamel and gold from Chen Xing's hand , opened the lid, picked up the ointment with his fingers, and carefully applied it to Ji Zhao's wound bit by bit.

The ointment was cold, and Ji Zhao, who was sleeping, seemed to notice it, and smacked his lips.

Zong Zhen gently pressed his arm, applied the wound well, and waited for a quarter of an hour before putting down his sleeve again.

He went to wash his hands again, returned to the bed and sat for another half an hour, and then left. He had to get up early today to go to the Yanfu Palace. It was an agreement with his father a few days ago. Zhang Yifei and the others will come back soon Yes, Father still wants to discuss with him how to resettle the Zhang family. He must leave and can't stay any longer, otherwise it will be a waste of time.

Having said that, he sat for another quarter of an hour before getting up, stood and looked at Ji Zhao for a long time, then slowly put down the curtain, turned and went out.

"Lang Jun is leaving again? Do you want to stay?" Although Chen Xing was already used to it, he still had to ask.

"Well..." Zong Zhen seldom talked to them in the past, but this time he stood in front of him and Yin Ming, and said calmly, "In the future, if there is something like today, stop him, don't let him do dangerous things again .”

Chen Xing and Yin Ming were startled, and they responded in unison: "Yes..."

"You have to know that he is the most important thing. The prince and others are nothing compared to him."

"... "

It wasn't until he was gone that Yin Ming and Chen Xing came back to their senses. This man dared to speak too much, right?They dare not say that the prince is nothing in front of others.

On the way back to the palace, Zong Zhen didn't feel sleepy, he asked the people outside the car: "Is today the ninth day?"

"Your Highness, today is the tenth day, and yesterday was the ninth day."

"Oh……"

The ninth day of June.

Ji Zhao said that he would go to see it next year and today, Zongzhen couldn't help but smile, wry smile, I hope, I hope that every year in the future, the two of them will still be like this, and they don't have to turn their faces into enemies.