The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

A bustling mid-autumn banquet, because Tu Zhen came uninvited, added three points of embarrassment and bewilderment.There are differences between monarchs and ministers, so naturally everyone dare not talk to the casual chatter they wanted before.Seeing it, Tu Zhen was silent for a while, and said, "I'm here, so you don't dare to speak casually."

Everyone replied in unison: "Don't dare."

Tu Zhen waved his hand and said to Xue Pan, "Why don't you go out with me for a stroll!"

Xue Pan looked up at Xue Zhizhang and found that he was not displeased, so he got up and said, "If that's the case, come with me!"

After the figures of Xue Pan and Tu Zhen left the flower viewing pavilion and merged into the night, Lin Ruhai said with a meaningful smile: "The relationship between the Holy One and Pan'er is indeed extraordinary."

Xue Zhizhang frowned and sighed softly.Since the king of Nan'an forced the palace last time, Tu Zhen's actions have become more and more daring.Not to mention staying in the palace every now and then, Pan'er is not shy about visiting even now.The meaning is well known to passers-by.

Seeing this, Lin Mozhi smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry. Your Majesty cares about Pan'er the most, but he will pay more attention to it, and won't put Pan'er in danger."

Xue Zhizhang nodded casually chatting, but he was not in the mood to drink anymore.

For a while, the atmosphere in the pavilion became more and more dull.

In the back garden, Xue Pan glared at Tu Zhen with a sigh, and complained, "Look, it's all because of you that our family is having a hard time with the Mid-Autumn Festival even with Mo Zhi'er. You are too much." It's abrupt."

Tu Zhen couldn't help laughing, never thought that with Pan'er's disposition and behavior, there would be a day when she would say that she behaved abruptly.Embracing Xue Pan's flexible and soft waist, Tu Zhen lowered his head and rubbed Xue Pan's neck, smelling the fresh breath emanating from him, and said softly: "But the moon is full in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I also hope to be with Pan'er." Reunion! Don’t Pan’er want to?”

Xue Pan blushed embarrassingly, and murmured: "But today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I should spend it with my parents, sisters and brothers."

Tu Zhen chuckled softly, and the vibrating sound from his chest seemed to ring in Xue Pan's ears, making the blush on his face even bigger.Against the backdrop of the glazed lights and firework, it looks more and more delicate and gentle.

Tu Zhen only felt the warmth in his heart gradually spread. He subconsciously hugged Xue Pan into his arms and pressed Xue Pan's head on his chest. Feeling the tenderness and warmth from the physical contact, he could not help but bend A smile curled the corner of his lips.Putting his chin on the top of Xue Pan's hair, he said softly: "I was thinking about today's Mid-Autumn Festival, and asked you to accompany me to celebrate the festival in the palace. But I was reluctant to let you be separated from your parents, sisters and brothers. There is no other way, I have to Came here in person. You still pick on me."

"I'm not picking on you." Xue Pan said, hugging Tu Zhen's thin waist, and said in a muffled voice: "I just said that when you came, everyone was so scared that they didn't dare to speak. The atmosphere was gloomy It's heavy, it's strangely boring."

"What can I do because of my limited status?" Tu Zhen shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Let's not talk about them. Today I come to your house, you are the master, how do you want to entertain me?"

Xue Pan raised his eyes to look at Tu Zhen, and said with a soft smile, "How can I entertain you? Naturally, all the delicious food and drink are on the table, and everyone will even write poems later, but you are impatient. If I stay at the table, what can I do?"

"That's stingy." Tu Zhen shook his head and chuckled, "I have an idea, let me tell you about it?"

Seeing Tu Zhen's malicious smile, Xue Pan's heart tightened, and he lowered his head in embarrassment.

Seeing this, Tu Zhen sneered twice.The trembling of the chest was clearly visible, and the shy Xue Pan twisted his body uncomfortably, and said, "What are you laughing at?"

"I laughed at you because there was something you didn't want to do, so you circled yourself with a big tail like a squirrel, as if you didn't know anything like this."

As Tu Zhen said, he stretched out his hand to scratch Xue Pan's nose, and said with a light smile, "What are you thinking? Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are outsiders visiting your house. How could I not be more careful, and instead tell you father and son that there is no expression on your face?" Light. I just want you to accompany me for a stroll in the garden. It’s all about your thoughts.”

Xue Pan blushed, and retorted unwillingly: "What are you talking about? I have mixed thoughts in my heart. If you haven't thought about it in your heart, how do you know what I think in your heart?"

"So the two of us have a good understanding." Tu Zhen said, looking at Xue Pan's red ears and face, which became more delicate and ethereal against the light and moonlight.Feeling flustered in his heart, he stretched out his hand to hold Xue Pan's hands, and led him to stroll around the back garden of Xue Mansion slowly.

The moon is full during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and a silver plate hangs high in the sky.The silver light is pouring down, and the garden is full of flowers.Colorful lights are dazzling and brilliant.The world of colored glaze, the world of jewelry.Reflecting the back garden full of colorful flowers is like a fairyland.From time to time, gorgeous fireworks burst in the sky, rendering the dark night as bright as day.Then all the gorgeous fireworks exploded, and the dots of fire slowly dissipated from the sky.Under the refraction of the crystal palace lanterns, the fireworks that suddenly light up suddenly exude a halo of colorful colored glazes, and in an instant, the eyes are full of fiery trees and silver flowers, crystal and dazzling.

Tu Zhen just held Xue Pan's hand and walked side by side with him.In a trance, I thought of a poem that the ancients once said.He couldn't help but murmured: "Hold your hand, and grow old with you."

"What?" Xue Pan didn't hear clearly because he was greedy for the surrounding scenery. He turned his head suspiciously, stared at Tu Zhen's more delicate and tender eyebrows while waiting, and asked, "What did you just say?"

"I said..." Tu Zhen rolled his eyes, raised his finger and pointed at the pieces of palace lanterns on Xue Pan's head and said with a smile, "I searched for him thousands of times in the crowd, but when I looked back, the man was in a dimly lit place."

Even though Xue Pan is illiterate in writing and ink, his knowledge is shallow.But this classic love poem is known.Immediately, he felt hot on his face, and the smile on his lips involuntarily blurred, which was even more dazzling than the fireworks.He tightened his fingers, held Tu Zhen's hands firmly, pondered for a while, but still didn't think of any suitable poems to respond to the situation, so he blushed straight to the point and said, "I don't need to look back, because I will always stand by your side , behind you. You can be seen when you turn your head, and you can be seen when you look up."

Tu Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and then the warmth bursting from the bottom of his heart was like a hot current, ironing his whole body very hot.He hooked his lips into a smile, rippling a light arc, and stretched out his hand to hold her tightly in his arms.I only hope that this moment will last forever, I only hope that such a day will never disappear.

The two hugged each other for an unknown amount of time, when they suddenly heard a light cough.

Xue Pan was startled, and hurriedly pushed Tu Zhen away and turned around to look, only to see Xue Zhizhang leading everyone in the hall to stand behind him at some point.Xue Pan's heart tightened, and he subconsciously looked at Mrs. Xue's expression, but saw that she just shook her head helplessly, and there was no other abnormality.My heart slowly relaxed, but I also felt extremely suspicious.

Did my old lady know about him and Tu Zhen?

Xue Pan was suspicious, but he didn't know that Mrs. Xue was no longer the old woman who only lived in the back house.Because of Xue Zhizhang's promotion to Lord Marquis, Mrs. Xue naturally had a lot of opportunities to socialize.The women in Beijing have a lot of gossip, and they love to gossip the most.The idea of ​​Xue Pan and Tu Zhen being ambiguous had already reached Madam Xue's ears through their mouths.At first, Mrs. Xue was dissatisfied, and even wanted to question Xue Pan.But later, under Xue Zhizhang's slow persuasion, after all, he couldn't bear to blame his own doll too much, so he had no choice but to pretend that there was no such thing.

Looking at the end of Xue Pan and Tu Zhen's relationship now, they are even stickier than when he and Xue Zhizhang first got married.Moreover, Tu Zhen really treats his son sincerely, Mrs. Xue thought about it again and again, and finally let go.

But Xue Pan didn't know about her psychology.Looking at Xue Zhizhang pitifully at the moment, he asked hesitantly, "Why did you come out?"

"Your younger sister Lin said that the scenery outside is good, and the night wind is not cool, so she wanted to go out for a stroll, and even wrote a poem along the way. We thought that it would be boring to sit all the time, so we also went out for a stroll. Who knows, I ran into you." Xue Zhizhang He said without blinking his eyelids.

He would not admit that he was worried that Tu Zhen would abduct his own baby, so he came out to look for it.Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that when Xue Pan came out with his front feet, they found it with his back feet.

Tu Zhen hooked the corners of his mouth a little funny, pulled Xue Pan's palm forward, and said with a light smile, "In that case, let's be together. Mid-Autumn Festival, when everyone is together, it is considered lively."

Xue Zhizhang said with a smile: "But according to the order of the Holy One."

Saying that, he took a step forward, deliberately separated Xue Pan and Tu Zhen, and said: "You are also the master of the house, so take Ziyu and Tiao'er for a stroll in the garden. You are the one arguing You made a fuss to invite me here. Now you ignore people when they come, is this how our family treats guests?"

Xue Pan nodded, and obediently walked to Lin Mozhi and Xue Biao.Tu Zhen shook his head speechlessly, then raised his heels and followed.

Xue Zhizhang was silent, he could order Xue Pan to entertain the guests, but he didn't have the guts to tell the apostle Zhen what to do.He had no choice but to purse his lips unhappily, and watched Tu Zhenyan laughing at Yanyan as he broke into Xue Pan's small gang with cold eyes.But for a moment, they chatted freely.

Lin Ruhai sighed softly, reached out and patted Xue Zhizhang's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't look, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, let's play with us!"

As he spoke, he pointed to Xue Baochai and others who had already walked forward and said with a smile: "Look, the girls have already gone ahead and even wrote poems."

At this moment, Xue Pan suddenly said loudly: "It's rare to see such a beautiful scenery, but there is no movement. It's strange. I still ordered the musicians in the mansion to play a ensemble with the flute, the zither, and the sound of the water. The color is picturesque. That’s called poetic and picturesque!”

Lin Daiyu at the front immediately responded with a smile, "Big Brother said it well, that's how it should be."

Seeing this, Mrs. Xue immediately waved her hand and told Tong Gui to discuss the matter.But for a moment, the sound of the orchestra suddenly reminded me of the long-winded sound of the orchestra, reflecting the surrounding mirror like a fairy painting, the cold moon and clear waves, it was very pleasant.

Xue Pan took this opportunity to ask Tu Zhen, "I forgot one thing. You're here now, haven't you eaten yet?"

Tu Zhen replied with a smile, "I'm not hungry yet."

"How can it be done?" Xue Pan shook his head, ordered someone to bring over a plate of miniature mooncakes the size of pearls, handed them to Tu Zhen and said, "You should pad your stomach first, and when everyone is interested, I will Then I will take you to my yard for dinner."

Tu Zhen pursed her lips and smiled, reached out to take the plate, and started eating while walking like this.

Lin Mozhi and Xue Biao shook their heads and sighed.

Xue Zhizhang in front looked back calmly, with an imperceptible smile on his lips.

Xue Zhiwen leaned forward and smiled lightly: "You can be proud."

Xue Zhizhang glanced at Xue Zhiwen, shook his head and sighed softly: "What do you know, I'm just having fun while suffering. Otherwise, what can I do?" Xue Zhiwen smiled and said nothing, and went forward to recite poems with Lin Ruhai.Although he is a sea merchant, he has broadened his horizons after so many years of traveling north and south, especially the experience of leading a caravan to discover a vast territory thousands of miles away has almost become a legend.Therefore, even though Lin Ruhai is regarded as Qingliu, he is also very respectful.He laughed at Yan Yan with Xue Zhiwen, and talked happily with his arms.But after a while, even Xue Zhizhang became interested, and went to chat with him.

So everyone in Xue's residence divided into three groups of men and women, old and young, and wandered around in the garden.Although the back garden of the Zhongxinhou Mansion is not as good as the family-saving villa in the Rongguo Mansion, but because the Xue family has never been short of money, when the mansion was built, it was Shan Ziye himself who built the mansion, almost creating a pocket version of heaven and earth, so Although it looks simple and unpretentious from the outside, it is exquisite and exquisite on the inside.Everyone sat and walked, stopped and rested, and when they were interested, they shouted to the servants to serve drinks and fruits, and they were very happy.

I don't know how much time has passed, but the night is already deep.The din of fireworks outside the wall has stopped, and the master and servants in the mansion are all tired.Xue Zhizhang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let's come here today! If you still want to have fun, the sixteenth month will shine tomorrow, and it's not too late to reward." The rest of the people are all in agreement.

So Xue Zhizhang personally took Xue Zhiwen and Lin Ruhai to the guest room.Xue Baochai took Xue Baoqin and Lin Daiyu back to Wutong Garden.Xue Pan took Tu Zhen, Lin Mozhi, and Xue Bian back to Wenrou Township.

When he entered the main hall, he saw some exquisite dishes on the table.All of them are Tu Zhen's favorite and easy to restrain.Xue Pan personally served a bowl of bistem porridge to Tu Zhen, and said with a smile, "At least eat something, so that you won't be hungry at night and won't be able to sleep."

Then Zhang Luolin and Mozhi said: "You probably haven't eaten much, so let's eat some together!"

Tu Zhen immediately said, "What Pan'er said is exactly what you said, sit down and eat some."

So Lin Mozhi and the two had to accompany each other, and ate half a bowl of Bigeng porridge until Tu Zhen put down the bowl and chopsticks.

Xue Pan led Lin Mozhi and Xue Biao into the guest room again, and ordered the maids to wait for them to wash and change their clothes. He also went back to the master bedroom, holding water to wash Tu Zhen himself.Tu Zhen was taken aback, and quickly waved his hands and said, "I don't need you, I will do it myself."

Saying that, I really wash and change clothes by myself.After Xue Pan cleaned up, the two climbed onto the bed in some confusion, embraced each other, and fell asleep with their eyes closed.