The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

Xue Pan didn't know how to answer Jia Baoyu's question.For a while, he pondered how to speak, and then he heard the attacker outside laughingly say: "Miss Shi, Miss Er, Miss III, and Miss Four are here to pay respects to Master Bao's birthday."

When Jia Baoyu heard this, he hurriedly went out to receive him again.Xue Pan shook his head, and simply followed him out, only to find that besides Sanchun and Shi Xiangyun, there was another girl he didn't recognize in the hall.Xue Pan was horrified, and hurriedly turned his face away.The girl didn't expect that there was another person in the room, and she was also in a daze, not knowing where to hide, her fair face flushed with embarrassment.

Seeing this, Sanchun rushed forward to surround Xue Pan, and said with a smile, "Big brother has not come for a while."

"...I'm here to celebrate Baoyu's birthday, right?"

"...It's better to have a drink together later!"

The girl also took this opportunity to quietly hide in the inner room.Then Baoyu knocked his head and came over and said: "Look at me being confused for a while, I even forgot. It's Mrs. Xing's niece and daughter, and she joined her family to join her. Now she also lives in the garden, and her second sister living together."

Suddenly, Xue Pan knew that this girl might be Xing Xiuyan.In the original book, she was promised to her cousin Xue Biao.It's just that now that good fortune is playing tricks on people, the family background of the two must not match, and it is estimated that they will not even see each other in the future.

Thinking of this, Xiren suddenly laughed and said, "It's a coincidence that this incident is not only Baoyu's birthday, but also Miss Xing's birthday. Miss Ping'er is also on the same day!"

Shi Xiangyun on the side immediately smiled and said: "Haha, from this point of view, today is really a good day!"

Xue Pan hooked the corner of his mouth, gave Xi Ren a meaningful look, and said nothing.Jia Baoyu on the side didn't know what Xue Pan was thinking, just watched him in a daze, he couldn't help reaching out and poking Xue Pan's body, and said with a smile: "There are no elders in the family today, so we want everyone to get together to eat together. Eat wine and food, just make a fuss. Big brother also stays with us to eat at the bar?"

Xue Pan shook his head, and excused himself by going to the shop on the pretext that he had something important to do.

When it came to the shop, Jia Baoyu was a little fussy, but he couldn't talk too much because there were so many people.He had no choice but to send Xue Pan straight out of the garden with a smile on his face, and said in his mouth: "I will visit the mansion tomorrow, big brother must not leave. Don't make me lose my mind."

Xue Pan took a deep look at Jia Baoyu and said with a smile, "Okay."

With that said, he folded his hands and left.

Zhaocai at the gate of the mansion was leading the horse and chatting with Jinbao, when he saw Xue Pan coming out, he immediately went up to meet him.Before he could speak, he listened to Xue Pan's instructions: "Go to the shop and find something suitable as a gift, and give it to Miss Xing in the Rong Mansion in the name of Baochai. She celebrates her birthday today."

After all, she was a young lady in her name, if she didn't know it, that's fine, but now that she knew it, if she didn't buy a gift for her, it would be like looking down on her.

Zhaocai responded casually, helped Xue Pan to put the saddle on the horse, and left Rongguo Mansion leisurely.

At this time, the sky was shining brightly, Xue Pan and others rode horses and walked on the bustling street, feeling a little bored for a while.I don't know what to do, and I don't want to go home.After wandering around for half a day, Xue Pan sighed softly and said, "Go to the palace!"

So the horse's head turned, and everyone strolled to the palace again.

At that time, Tu Zhen was still crouching at the desk to approve the memorial. When he saw Xue Pan coming in, he couldn't help but straighten up, clenched his hands into fists and tapped his back, and said with a smile, "Why do you want to enter the palace today? There's nothing delicious here. It's fun to play with you. Maybe I have to ask you to help me grade the papers!"

"I missed you and Tete came to see you. If you say such sarcastic remarks, I will leave." Although Xue Pan said so, he kept walking in front of Tu Zhen.Seeing Tu Zhen knocking on his back, he hesitated for a moment, turned behind Tu Zhen, and gently helped him pinch his shoulders.

Xue Pan has been pampered since he was a child, and his hands are not strong.Gently as if scratching an itch, but it made Tu Zhen feel that there is nothing more relieved than this.At the moment, he closed his eyes and rested his mind leisurely, feeling Xue Pan kneading and pressing for him.

For a long time, Tu Zhen stretched out his hand to hold Xue Pan's hand pinching his shoulder, and said, "Don't be tired, take a rest!"

Xue Pan moved his hand away, but was held by Tu Zhen all of a sudden, rubbing it in the palm of his hand, and said flatteringly: "You just pressed it for me for a long time, now I will rub it for you too, so as not to save you hand pain."

After kneading for a while, Xue Pan really felt some soreness in his fingers and wrists, so he squinted his eyes slightly to enjoy it.While humming, he said: "I just came out of Rongguo Mansion. Today is Baoyu's birthday. I was afraid that I thought Zhang Luo's three or five friends would go out for a drink, but I saw that Yingying and Yanyan around him were all around to help him celebrate his birthday." , I took the time to come out. I thought of such a good fortune, besides him, you also have it. So I came to check the post to see if you have cheated behind my back."

When Tu Zhen heard the words, he smiled knowingly. "This is so sour. It's just that you don't have to worry about what you are worried about. Don't you know if I am such a person?"

Hearing this, Xue Pan looked up at the sky and hummed twice, then squinted at Tu Zhen with a dissatisfied look on his face.

Tu Zhen shook his head, knowing that Xue Pan didn't doubt him, but just hated the concubines in the harem.Thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing: "You don't have to think too much, I originally thought that when this huge harem is abolished, it will also save some unnecessary expenses for the court. I just think that this matter should not be rushed, it must be slow The slow picture is just right. Since you are so impatient, I will just spend more time thinking."

Xue Pan tilted his head, and squinted at Tu Zhen with black and white starry eyes, and the inadvertently revealed charming style made Tu Zhen's fascination swayed.The palms holding Xue Pan's hands were clenched subconsciously, and they slowly moved up along Xue Pan's arms, pulling Xue Pan's shoulders and hugging him tightly.With a sigh, he said, "Actually, I have you, that's enough."

Xue Pan hooked the corners of his mouth in satisfaction, reached out and patted Tu Zhen's shoulder, and whispered, "Let's go out to the palace for a stroll!"

Tu Zhending took a look at Xue Pan and said with a smile, "Okay."

Tu Zhen has just taken power, so he can be regarded as full of opportunities and entangled in important affairs.But because of Xue Pan's words, he put away all the official duties, and followed Xue Pan to wander out of the palace.In the eyes of Gao Wei and Dai Quan, they couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing.

The two of them had never ridden a horse before. They walked northward along the official road, and when they left Zhuque Street, the crowds gradually increased.Vendors walked the streets and alleys, and the streets on both sides were also full of stalls selling food, rouge, gouache, jewelry and hairpins.The two of them just walked among the crowd with nothing to do, and felt as comfortable as ordinary people.

Xue Pan always scoffed at Tu Zhen's thoughts.In his opinion, no matter what dynasty, throughout the ages, it is still comfortable to be a wealthy idler or a powerful monarch and famous minister.Although there are more intrigues and scheming on weekdays, they can always ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing, and they are less oppressed by others.As for ordinary people's homes——

As the saying goes, poor and lowly couples are sad about everything, and you can know it with just one sentence. The lives of ordinary people who seem to care about nothing and don’t need to think about anything are not as comfortable as they take for granted.

When they said this, the two were sitting in front of a wonton stand.Xue Pan pointed to a group of middle-aged couples who were busy working on the stove and said with a smile: "If one day, you and I have to get up early and work late at night in order to feed our hunger, and we are busy talking and greasy all day long just to make money. Three meals full of copper coins. There is no other thought in life other than these three meals, and I dare not think about it again. Do you still think that the lives of ordinary people are good?"

Tu Zhen was rendered speechless by Xue Pan's words.

Xue Pan pointed to Ah Weng who was selling tea eggs and said, "When we are old, we may not even have the strength to support a wonton stall, and then we will raise chickens and eggs day and night, and pick them up after they are marinated. Selling. No matter day or night, in the cold winter and hot summer, there may be some unsightly yamen servants coming over and kicking over the load of tea eggs. Do you still feel that such days are leisurely and comfortable?"

Tu Zhen was so angry that his face turned blue.

Only then did Xue Pan smile, and said, "So, I think our life is very good now, there is nothing better than this. So I don't want to think about other things, so I just live like this, isn't it good? ?”

Tu Zhen smiled lightly and said, "You are content."

Xue Pan said meaningfully: "Can contented people always be happy!"

"But only if you are not satisfied, you can get more." Tu Zhen looked at Xue Pan with a smile, and said, "I will make further progress. Only by doing more can I ensure that Pan'er will have a better life!"

Xue Pan snorted twice arrogantly, lowered his head and drank all the wonton soup in the bowl, wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "I've eaten and talked. Let's continue walking!"

So Tu Zhen stood up abruptly, held Xue Pan's palm hidden in the wide sleeve robe with no trace, and the two slowly walked out of the north city gate.

Without the barriers of various high-rise buildings in the city, the field of vision suddenly became much wider.The endless Hirakawa connects heaven and earth, and you can't see the end at a glance.Now it is mid-April, the wild grass is green and the wild flowers are dotted.The seedlings in the field also showed their green and tender colors, and with the breeze blowing, they came in waves one after another, like waves.

Xue Pan smiled and said to Tu Zhen: "Zhuangzi was completed at the end of March. Because the agricultural college mentioned earlier could not progress for a while, I spent a lot of money to recruit many old farmers who are good at farming and some who are willing to go all over the country. Fallen scholars who are doing things. Just use the world on Zhuangzi to do experiments and get some good results. I see that the weather is good today, so I just take you there to have a look. How do you think?"

Tu Zhenting's heart moved, and he quickly asked, "Is our Zhuangzi built?"

Xue Pan looked at the impatient Tu Zhen with a smile, and said pointedly: "Don't think too much, although the construction is completed now, there are still some trivial things to be done. It's not really good in the sense of the world. The opening of the village is completed. The exact day is the third day of May. That day is my birthday, if you have nothing to do, you can come out with me for a stroll. That day... Zhuangzi was really built."

When Tu Zhen heard this, it was as if a kitten's paw had scratched the tip of his heart, and he felt itchy.Then he smiled and said, "On the third day of the fifth lunar month, even if the world falls, I will definitely be free to spend your birthday with you."

As he spoke, he sighed meaningfully: "Thinking about it this way, it has been almost five years since I became the throne. Five years have passed by so quickly, how fast!"

Listening to Tu Zhen's words, Xue Pan's ears were burning red for some reason.