Brother Donggong

Xiaolian's eyes are beautiful, a kind of blurred and dangerous beauty.

Like the ice in Kunlun Mountains.

It is said that the ice there has been condensed after tens of thousands of years of catastrophe, immersed in the endless cold, slowly exuding the fragrance of death.

Dangerous beauty.

Maybe it's because I drank wine today, maybe it's because I saw the ups and downs between Wen Zhan and that beautiful girl, maybe it's because of Cui Bicheng's words, Huang Congchang's concealment, and the glare of the director of ceremonies. , the tidy row of heads of the cavalry, and the endless gluttonous feast in front of me, made me feel bored, alienated, and lonely like ice for the first time.

Is such a strange feeling just the legendary loneliness?

I suddenly had an urge to grab Xiaolian.

However, like a ghost, he flashed behind the flowers and disappeared.

There are many mysteries behind him, but he is an old friend.

His sister is also an old friend.

However, it is still lively here.

Everyone was talking about the robes bestowed on them by the emperor, the hustle and bustle of the centuries-old Du family, the brilliant military exploits of the emperor's in-laws, the Wenwang family, and the vivaciousness of the third concubine, who is well-known in Yongjing.

It is said that Mrs. Wen Wang's son looks like a bean sprouts, with a yellow and thin face, but she has won the true biography of the generals' family. She can fight a whole set of Shaolin Changquan. looking for teeth.

She has an army of her own, and those sergeants are all her close servants, all of them are sturdy, although they can't be said to have special skills, at least they can wield a big ax with both hands, cutting meat and bones without breaking a sweat.

They are all men, and no one is envious of the girl whom the third child married.

The third child is a scholar with no strength to restrain a chicken. It's really hard to imagine how he and his wife got into the trap after blowing out the lamp at night?

Thinking about it, a bean sprouts as long as a rock appeared in my mind, forcibly occupying the body of my third brother, and then Yulan was so weak that he turned over and fell on the bed, panting and miserable.

It's... creepy.

I stood up from behind the wine table, and suddenly the hot wine in my stomach was on my stomach. I staggered a few steps, and the cucumber helped me. He kept saying, "Your Majesty is too drunk, drunk, drunk" and pushed the pair away. The hand that surged over to pour me wine.

I don't have a good relationship with Yu Lan, and I don't have a good relationship with his full house guests. It's really boring for me to stay here.

The third child likes a woman who is as gentle as water. He doesn't like his wife, but he married her; the third child likes a quiet study, clean, quiet, and elegant. Those cronies and friends of the Du family, as well as many former students and former officials of the Du family who were out of touch, but he made friends with them, chatting and laughing happily.

From these points of view, he is much stronger than me.

We walked to the edge of the peony bushes outside, I let the cucumber go back first, and I went out for a stroll by myself.

He doesn't go.

I pushed him, but he still wouldn't go.

Cucumber lowered his head and said, "His Royal Highness, you should kill the slave. Knives, scissors, white silk, poison, anything will do, you should kill the slave."

God, I was really scared by him.

I asked him with trembling fingers, "What do you want?"

"Your Majesty is so jealous of the servant, the servant will not be able to live!!"

Seeing that he wanted to wipe his nose with my sleeve again, I hurriedly dodged to the side, but the bastard Cucumber still grabbed my sleeve, and he mercilessly used my valuable Tuanlong Yunhai embroidered Jinchuan satin sleeve To touch his snot.

I patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay, Cucumber, this world is very big, and Yong Jing is very rich, God can't starve to death blind house sparrow, even if I don't want you, you won't hang on my tree, in the future With your ability, what you can eat is even richer than it is now."

Actually, at this time, I put myself in Cucumber's shoes and thought, if Wen Zhan really likes him, he can only be used by Wen Zhan.

What is not used by me cannot be used by others.

This is Wen Zhan's temperament.

Those who are favored by him, unless they die, can only serve him like a dog.

If there is betrayal, the world is so big that there is no room for it.

I patted him again, and then said, "The crown prince granted you the official position of chief eunuch Bingbi, and that position is only half a shoulder shorter than Liu Congrong. You are a survivor of punishment and cannot be a general." If you are a prime minister, this position can make you an extremely human minister, and if you do well, as long as you don't exercise power, you may become famous after death and be recorded in the annals of history."

After hearing what I said, Cucumber seemed to be frightened. He took a step back before asking me, "How did Your Highness know that the crown prince wants his slaves to go to the Supervisor of Ceremonies?"

Me, "I heard him when he said it to you."

Cucumber fell silent.

He looked at me calmly.

The moonlight shone on his face bit by bit, that bleak face was like bones.

Cucumber looked at me, and suddenly asked me, "Since His Highness heard His Highness the Crown Prince's words, he should have also heard the servant's answer. I wonder if Your Highness still remembers?"

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"My servant said that Liu Congrong's seat was sealed by the supervisor of ceremonies. I won't grab it, and I can't, but even if the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, the servant will sit in the seat of supervisor Bingbi, because even so, even if The servants are facing the overwhelming power given by the crown prince, but the prince still treats the servants as slaves, but Your Highness, you treat the servants as family members."

Suddenly he knelt down in front of me.

"My servant said something out of my head. Your highness is the son of a phoenix and a grandson of a dragon. It's just natural to be stubborn. It's just..., since your highness wants to treat your servant as your family in your heart, then..."

"Your Highness, the family, will not be suspicious to this point."

I looked at him, and Huang Zongchang didn't shy away from me, although he was kneeling in front of me, his waist was straight, his eyes were clear, as if he had opened his heart, and he didn't shy away from anything.

However, he didn't make it clear after all, what exactly did he do without telling me?

——All conditioned dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew or electricity, and should be viewed in this way.

For some reason, I suddenly remembered that my second younger brother, who had been a Zen monk in Wutai Mountain, was reciting the "Diamond Sutra" in Yuzheng Palace with an immature voice.

I reached out, took Huang Zongchang's hand, and helped him up from the ground.

I said, "Don't kneel, there will be dew at night, and the ground will be wet."

Maybe, everything can't be asked, can't be said.

How do you say that?

When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when the water is clear, there will be no evil.

I'm not in the power center of the Taisho Palace, so I can't control spies, so naturally I can't 'police check', but then again, even if my father is like that, holding a horse in his hand, flying across the world, spying on people's privacy, and guarding against the mouths of the people, Can he really control the direction of people's hearts?

People's hearts are separated by belly, who can really know what other people are thinking?

I said, "Cucumber, I wronged you. Don't be offended, and don't be angry. The two of us grew up together, and after so many years, we are closer than brothers."

Cucumber murmured, "Your Highness, don't say that..."

I pulled him, "Okay, don't mention this. It's still early, and I can't sleep when I go back to the palace. You and I go to a place."

Cucumber was much more honest this time, and he followed me obediently without asking too many questions.

We mounted our horses in front of King Jia's Mansion, walked straight along Zhuque Street, and turned to Nancheng at Huaiyang Wharf. Among the smoke, willows and flowers, we could faintly hear the sound of silk, bamboo and sandalwood boards.

When Cucumber saw this, he seemed to be frightened. He put his legs on the horse's belly and walked two steps quickly to stop my horse's head.

"My lord, there is the Guanzhi Tower in front of you. If you don't like to listen to your servants, you have to say that this place is absolutely unacceptable. If His Royal Highness finds out, then..."

I said leisurely, "If you don't tell me, if I don't tell you, how would he know?"

Cucumber was speechless for a moment.

I raised my horsewhip and said, "Let's go, I'm not here for fun, I have something to do. I brought you here just to let you be a witness. One day, if Wen Zhan asks, I might have an explanation. "

"My lord..." He actually gave me a look like weeping.

I scoffed, "Come on, don't pretend to be a wronged widow, I'm not dead yet!"

Cucumber immediately burst into laughter, "Look at what the lord said, how can a servant be assigned to be your housemate? If the lord is gracious and accepts a servant as a godson, that servant is the merit accumulated by burning incense in her previous life. "

Me, "Forgive me, I can't give birth to a son as old as you."

When I arrived at the Guanzhi Building, what I didn't expect was that Liu Yi, the big boss of the Guanzhi Building, came out to greet me in person.

He was wearing a bright red gown embroidered with pear blossoms, with a wide open neckline, exposing a delicate and fair body, with light makeup on his face, like a delicate and gorgeous Kunqu opera silhouette.

"Yo, it's Mr. Qi, you haven't come for a long time."

As soon as Liu came over, he asked his subordinates to take over the reins of Cucumber and me. He came over and took my arm, and walked inside.

"I recently got two jars of wine with crane glasses. They are from the ancient cellar. They are very rare. I will pour them for you."

I also smiled, and said to him, "Come on, Liu Yi, I don't have the time to talk to you today. I'll get things done later, and I have to go home and sleep. I've been tossing around all day today, and I don't have the time to talk to you again." Funny poor."

Liu Yi was also happy, "Young Master Qi, you are still the same, you are straightforward enough. Come on, if you believe me, I will find you a chick to drink with you, and I guarantee that I will serve you comfortably."

I said, "Then it doesn't need to be so troublesome, you bring me Mo Que, I have something to do with him."

Hearing this, the smile on Liu Yi's face froze, like a remnant before death, which was creepy.

However, he immediately smiled.

"My lord, what kind of bird are you talking about? We don't have this kind of bird here."

I was happy again, "Come on, don't play charades with me. Go, get Mo Que, I have something to say to him. If you are sensible, do it quickly, otherwise tomorrow, I will let him..."

Said and pointed to the cucumber behind me.

"Actually, I don't need to tell you. You also know what he does. People who come out of the palace are used to being served. They are impatient and have a bad temper. Maybe someone will pick up your Guanzhi building in the morning tomorrow, and dig it up." Your ancestral grave."

Liu Yi couldn't even smile this time.

I don't need him to accompany me, anyway, I am familiar with this place, and I used to come and go often.So, the old horse knew the way, I went straight to the back garden, looked at the side of the water pavilion, the room where I used to drink flower wine was empty, so I turned my face and said to Liu Yi, "Don't get me any wine , go to the Yanxun Mountain Restaurant to order two dishes, and make a pot of tea, I will give you cash today. Cucumber, pay."

Cucumber quickly gave Liu Yi 20 taels of silver.

Who knew that Liu Yi would not answer, he walked up to me frivolously, "Prince Qi, if you want to see him, you have to wait."

I nodded, "It's okay, I'll wait. Anyway, it's still a while before I'm full. If I can't see him when I'm full, then we have to talk about something else. Don't you have something to be proud of?" The protégé, that very popular boudoir girl, what is her name, Mrs. Luo's wife? You must have made a lot of money wandering around in the capital. Then you tell her, stop wandering around, and I will send her to the northwest to cultivate wasteland. Go to the land, and then get her a sheepskin jacket, and let her herd the sheep to marry a Han and have a baby."

Liu Yi smiled, his smile was fake and beautiful, with an inconceivable charm.

"My lord, how many pairs of eyes do you have? I can't hide from you what I'm doing. You really know it."

I, "Don't you dare not know? I have liked such a woman and had a child in my life, but I was caught by everyone and wanted to kill me. Do you think that I am at ease as a prince, I am easy Me?"

Cucumbers seem to be stiff.

Finally, Liu nodded.

"My lord, I'll invite him over right now. The food and tea will be delivered to you in a while, and I'll take my leave first."