The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

It was night, Xue Pan was naturally staying with Tu Zhen in the side hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Early the next morning, Tu Zhen woke up quietly and went to bed early, but Xue Pan slept until the sky was bright and satisfied before getting up.

Dai Quan, who had been waiting outside for a long time, immediately brought the little maid in to help Xue Pan wash and dress.After a simple breakfast, Xue Pan dressed neatly, led by the little eunuch to the Ling Xiao Pavilion, and started a daily teacher's activity.

When Xue Pan arrived at Ling Xiao Pavilion, it happened that Lin Mozhi had finished his lecture and was packing up his things and preparing to leave the palace.Maybe it was because he didn't sleep well yesterday, Lin Mozhi's expression looked extremely haggard, coupled with his already reticent and gentle demeanor, there was an inexplicably disheartened indifference.Seeing this, Xue Pan frowned angrily.

"Are you tossing yourself like this for such a scum who doesn't care about you at all?"

Lin Mozhi was stunned, and then he looked up and saw Xue Pan.Immediately curled the corners of his mouth bitterly, and said in a low voice: "Pan'er, I'm sorry."

"You have nothing to be sorry for me. If you really say you're sorry, it's someone else who's sorry for you." Xue Pan said, interrupting Lin Mozhi's act of packing up his things even more disapprovingly.Stretching out his hand to hold Lin Mozhi's slender wrist, he pretended to be grinning and said with a grin: "It just so happens that you are here. Today I'm going to take the two princes to practice outside the palace, and I'm afraid I can't take care of them alone, so follow me go together!"

Just as Lin Mozhi was about to refuse, he heard Xue Pan say, "If you don't agree, then you will be separated from me. In the past, no matter what I asked, you would never refuse."

Lin Mozhi was silent for a long time, and nodded helplessly.

Xue Pan smiled and turned his eyes, and said to the two little princes who were stunned: "I will take you out of the palace to play today. Hurry up and change your daily clothes. It's almost noon now, don't delay time."

Hearing this, the two little princes walked out of the High Heaven Pavilion with some cheers, and led the accompanying eunuchs and companions back to the palace to change their clothes.After a while, he ran back briskly.

A group of six people, Xue Pan, Lin Mozhi, two princes and two attendants walked out of the palace calmly.Lian Ying, who had already received the news outside, was waiting in a carriage.

Xue Pan led the two little princes and Lin Mozhi into the previous carriage, and several attendants and the following hidden guards sat in the rear carriage, and drove slowly towards West Street.

The carriage gradually left the palace avenue and entered the market.The population gradually became denser, and all kinds of shouts could be heard.People selling snacks, those selling rouge and powder, and the voices of children from restaurants and teahouses soliciting customers came in an endless stream.The two little princes, who grew up in the palace since they were young, seemed like bumpkins who had never seen the world. They raised the curtains of the car and stared outside, chatting and chatting from time to time.

Xue Pan was sitting at the other end of the carriage, looking at the innocent faces of the two princes with a hint of satisfaction, he couldn't help but hook his lips.He bumped into Lin Mozhi who had been silent by his shoulder with his shoulder, and Xue Pan laughed softly, "I remember when we went to the amusement park for the first time, we had the same expression."

Xue Pan's words brought back the beautiful memories hidden in the deepest part of Lin Mozhi's heart.He blinked his eyes in a daze, and his mind was immersed in the distant memories following Xue Pan's words, and the smile on his lips bloomed unconsciously.

Xue Pan's heart moved, and he suddenly ordered the driving company to stop the carriage, and after taking everyone out of the car, he took Lin Mozhi with his left hand and the eldest prince with his right hand, and then asked the eldest prince to pull the little prince towards the food stall. direction to go.

"Give me a bag of fried chestnuts with sugar...the donkey rolls...a bowl of cakes..."

Xue Pan bought them one by one from the food stalls along the road, and then divided all the snacks among the four of them equally, and ate them on the street regardless of the image.

The big and small princes looked at the dirty food in their hands, and didn't want to move their mouths.But looking at the sweet appearance of Xue Pan's food in his eyes, he was a little moved.

After a moment of hesitation, the little prince was the first to do it, imitating Xue Pan's example, slowly peeling open a candied chestnut and putting it in his mouth.The sweet and glutinous taste immediately conquered the little man, and seeing the little prince's eyes light up, he immediately put his hands into the oiled paper bag, took out a handful of chestnuts and peeled them.

But the doll's hands are too small, and the technique of peeling the chestnuts while holding them is too difficult, but the chestnuts in the hands of the little prince fell down one after another.But for a moment, as the little prince walked forward, chestnuts were scattered all over the ground behind him.Some were intact, some were peeled off, and some fell to the ground and shattered.

The eldest prince shook his head helplessly, and reprimanded softly: "Look at what you've done, what's it like?"

The little prince blushed when the eldest prince said it, and his eye circles were also red. He pursed his lips as if he was about to cry or not, and subconsciously looked at Xue Pan, who was very deft in peeling chestnuts.

Xue Pan laughed twice, and proudly handed the chestnuts he had peeled to the little prince.The little prince immediately took it and put it in his mouth. The delicious taste made him close his eyes in satisfaction.The cute appearance is like a little squirrel eating.

Xue Pan patted the little prince's hairy bun with some itchy hands, then looked at the eldest prince who kept restraining the rules, and asked softly, "Do you want to eat something too?"

The aroma of chestnuts lingered in his nostrils, and the eldest prince who had eaten breakfast early and now felt a little hungry blinked his eyes hesitantly.After a morning of mental and physical work, he naturally felt hungry.But the etiquette rules he learned since childhood warned him not to let himself go like this...

The eldest prince pursed his lips and remained silent, staring straight at the chestnut in Xue Pan's hand, his eyes were cloudy and uncertain, as if he was weighing the seriousness of the court's important affairs.

Now the expression of 囧萌吧萌 immediately pleased Xue Pan, he peeled off the chestnut in his hand while smiling, and stuffed the chestnut into the mouth of the First Prince.Seeing the First Prince chewing and swallowing subconsciously and then showing a delicious surprise, Xue Pan hooked the corners of his mouth more and more happily.

"A child should behave like a child. It's so tiring to pretend to be an adult with a gloomy face!" Xue Pan patted the eldest prince's head while solemnly educating him: "Do things that suit your identity. The best way to protect yourself is to protect yourself. You can see that the most eye-catching is always the most vulnerable. As the saying goes, you must first learn to ensure your own safety, and then you can slowly consider how to protect yourself. That’s how you can stand out.”

Xue Pan said, nodding his head and concluded: "You have to remember that all the things that stand out are awls. I have never heard of soft straws that can stand out. If you want to break through the veil that covers you, you must first ensure that you are strong enough. To be strong, it must be as hard as an awl and be able to resist the shackles of those curtains."

Before the words finished, the First Prince looked at Xue Pan with a complicated expression, and asked softly, "Why are you so kind to me?"

"Ah?" Xue Pan was stunned.

The eldest prince continued: "Father wants you to be our queen mother?"

Xue Pan subconsciously glanced at the crowd around him, leaned close to the First Prince and whispered: "Before speaking, pay attention to the situation around you, and accurately judge whether what you are saying is appropriate. This is also the best way to protect yourself." Two Dharma Gates."

The eldest prince blinked his eyes, looked at Xue Pan with a soft expression and delicate face, and somehow remembered the first time he met, Xue Pan said that he was not afraid of ghosts, but his actions were so embarrassing.

Before this, the people around the eldest prince were calm, serious, and thought twice before acting.I have never seen anyone who is as duplicity, frivolous and careless as Xue Pan, and treats people so well for no reason.

Thinking of the rumors he had heard before, the ten-year-old prince nodded in amazement, and asked softly: "Is Shao Fu's actions just because of his love for the house?"

Xue Pan: "..."

There is indeed a generation gap between the 20-year-old and the ten-year-old Nima.

Xue Pan sighed softly, straightened up and looked at the surrounding scenery, then pulled the two princes into the carriage again, and then ordered Lian Ying: "Go to the Fuyuan Pavilion."

He turned his head and explained to the three people in the car: "We want to have lunch."

The carriage wobbled to a stop in front of the Fuyuan Pavilion. The shopkeeper recognized the family crest on the carriage, and immediately greeted them respectfully. After personally leading everyone to the private room on the fourth floor, he ordered Some of Xue Pan's favorite dishes and new dishes from Fuyuan Restaurant, after personally serving tea, melons and fruits to everyone, they retreated respectfully.

For a moment, only Xue Pan was left in the private room.

Xue Pan looked at the little prince who was sizing up the snacks on the table, and said with a light smile: "There are still a lot of delicious food later, the little prince should eat less, just fill his stomach first."

The little prince nodded obediently, and reached out to grab the pastries on the table.But he was blocked by the First Prince.He looked at Xue Pan with some embarrassment, and asked softly: "Don't you need to let your father-in-law try it first?"

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, looking at the eldest prince who made such a righteous request, he felt a faint pain in his heart.

What was he doing when he was a teenager?

In his previous life, he was still in elementary school, and he only thought about how to pretend to be sick and play truant every day, motivating his family to take him to the playground, motivating his family to buy him new toys, and making trouble if he didn't give them.

All my life I was still in Jinling as a dandy, wandering around Jinling City with a lot of attendants showing off their might every day, surrounding and kicking anyone who didn’t like it, going up to get two if they saw something good, and then deliberately not giving it away. Money, waiting for the housekeepers behind him to give the aftermath.Father, mother, and even younger sister offered themselves as if they were their ancestors, and if they didn't like it, it would be a mess until everyone couldn't bear to agree to their request.

But this eldest prince of the same age struggles with the strife in the harem every day, thinking about what he can do to conform to the worldly perspective, thinking about what he can do to please his father and make his life easier.Thinking about what to do to stand out and make everyone feel that their existence is reasonable and should not be abandoned.Thinking about how to guard against other people's malice, such as asking someone to test the drug before eating, every move has to be weighed again and again, it cannot be violated, it cannot be surpassed...

Xue Pan sighed weakly, threw the snack into his mouth, looked at the face of the eldest prince who immediately turned pale, and cowardly explained that he didn't mean it that way.

Xue Pan waved his hand bluntly, touched the eldest prince's head and said: "This is my territory. You can do whatever you want on my territory, don't consider anyone's thoughts, and don't worry about any bad things. Things will happen to you. This is my territory, and I will protect you to have fun without any danger."

As he said that, Xue Pan pushed the cakes on the table to the two of them, and said with a light smile, "Now, let's have a full meal before we have the energy to play!"

Seeing Lin Mozhi look over with a smile that was not a smile, Xue Pan burned his face, coughed twice, and corrected him: "Go to the practical class."

When the young prince heard the words, he cheered immediately, grabbed the exquisitely shaped snacks on the table and played with them in his hands.Some of these small snacks are made into the shape of flowers, and some are made into the shape of small animals. They are lifelike and extremely exquisite, and they are all styles that have never been seen in the palace.And with Xue Pan's pickiness and high standards for food, their taste is naturally incomparable.

This little thing quickly conquered the little prince's mouth.While eating, he asked, "These snacks are so delicious, they don't even exist in the palace."

This is natural, because Tu Zhen doesn't like sweets, and there are no other favorite concubines in the palace, so the Imperial Dining Room will naturally not focus on this.And every time Xue Pan went to the palace to eat, it was the small kitchen of Qianqing Palace that cooked for him. Those imperial cooks were used by Tu Zhen, so the two princes naturally couldn't taste their craftsmanship.

Xue Pan looked at the sweetness of the little prince's food. Although the eldest prince restrained himself, he put the snacks into his mouth one by one, and narrowed his eyes with a smile.

Lin Mozhi, who was sitting on the side, watched silently. Xue Pan introduced the fresh dishes of Fuyuan Restaurant to the two princes as if showing off, and continued to serve the two princes with serving chopsticks. The illusion that the stepmother is raising her son? !

After watching in silence for a long time, Lin Mozhi chuckled abruptly.

Pan'er looks very happy!

so.That's it.

After all, there is one person who is...

happy.