The prince is no longer a man

Ning Shiqing took Pei Rong to drink flower wine.

There are also a few women in pink gauze dancing, their waists are soft, their arms are like lotus root joints, white and tender, they twisted their waists and approached Pei Rong.

The encounter in Xianglanyuan last time left a lot of psychological shadow on Pei Rong. He jumped up from the chair, hid behind the big column, and only poked his head out: "Ning Shiqing, let them leave me. Further."

Ning Shiqing enjoyed the beauty in her arms contentedly, and raised her head to drink: "Don't Rong Shizi like it?"

"I don't like it, I don't like it." Pei Rong shook his head again and again.

Ning Shiqing smiled, his eyes flickered, and he said to the women, "You all go down."

Only then did Pei Rong agree to get out from the back door of the pillar, heaved a sigh of relief, seeing only the two of them in the room, said: "I thought you would take me to a new play."

Ning Shiqing's smile remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "It was inconvenient a few days ago, so I haven't written it all the time."

"It should be very relaxing in the temple, why is it inconvenient to write lyrics and music?"

"Leisure is leisure, but if I don't see Rong Shizi, I don't have much interest in doing this song."

Pei Rong: "?"

"If Rong Shizi wants to listen to my play, next time I go, I will take you with me. Then you will have a new play to listen to when you come out, how about it?"

What Ning Shiqing said was natural and serious, but Pei Rongxin thought it was true, he was a bit hesitant, looking at Ning Shiqing struggling, not knowing how to answer.

Ning Shiqing smiled meaningfully, and shook the folding fan lightly: "Young Master Rong, if you look at me like this again, I will take you with me whether you like it or not."

Pei Rong immediately realized that he was confused just now, how could he believe Ning Shiqing's joke, he muttered: "Why are you saying such nonsense?"

"Does anyone else say that?"

"Prince," Pei Rong answered subconsciously, "He..."

Then there was a pause in the voice, and after realizing what he said, he immediately pursed his lips and smiled, intending to get away with it.

Ning Shiqing smiled softly and poured a glass of wine for Pei Rong: "Young Master Rong doesn't want to talk, so let's have a drink."

Pei Rong shook his head and said habitually, "I can't drink."

"Oh? Why is that?"

It's just because Duan Jingxun didn't let him drink, but how could Pei Rong say that, he's been annoyed by Duan Jingxun for a while, otherwise he wouldn't have come out with Ning Shiqing.

After finally relaxing, because of thinking of Duan Jingxun, he became a little depressed again.

Ning Shiqing persistently pushed the wine glass over: "No matter what the reason, Rong Shizi is so bored, why do you still care about that? If you have wine today, you will be drunk today, Rong Shizi, please."

Pei Rong looked down at the transparent wine in the glass, suddenly got an impulse, raised his head, and drank it all.

After a few glasses of wine, Pei Rong leaned on the chair with reddened cheeks, and looked around in a daze: "I... Where am I?"

"Young Master Rong, are you drunk?" Seeing that Pei Rong's capacity for alcohol is so poor, Ning Shiqing never expected it.

Pei Rong blinked and replied solemnly: "I'm drunk? Impossible, the crown prince won't let me drink."

"No wonder you don't drink."

After Ning Shiqing finished speaking, Pei Rong stood up staggeringly, still muttering: "I have to go back, otherwise the crown prince will find out and he will bully me again."

How could Duan Jingxun bully Pei Rong, Ning Shiqing had seen the unusual scene between these two, and asked with a smile: "Why did the prince treat you?"

Pei Rong looked at Ning Shiqing hesitantly, then nodded his lips, hesitant to speak, the meaning was self-evident.

Ning Shiqing: "..."

According to the prince's temperament, this might not be called bullying.

"There are more!" Seeing that Ning Shiqing didn't believe it, Pei Rong shouted dissatisfiedly: "It's not just this! There are others!"

Pei Rong staggered towards Ning Shiqing, with a serious expression on his face: "I'm telling you, you can't tell others, I'm about to die of suffocation."

Ning Shiqing supported Pei Rongsheng, fearing that he would fall, and said with a smile: "Young Master Rong, just say what you want."

Pei Rong leaned in front of Ning Shiqing, bit his ear, and said mysteriously: "The crown prince will kill me."

Ning Shiqing didn't believe this anymore, he helped Pei Rong to sit down, and said perfunctorily: "How did Rong Shizi know?"

"I just know! I also know that the crown prince will give me a glass of poisoned wine on August [-]th next year, and the little eunuch who delivered the wine has a scar on his tiger's mouth!"

Ning Shiqing paused, and suddenly remembered Pei Rong's words just now.

What Pei Rong said was "the crown prince will kill me", not "the crown prince will kill me", the difference in this word has different meanings.

Ning Shiqing was about to say something, when the door was suddenly opened, Ning Shiqing turned to look, and Duan Jingxun walked in with a long leg and an expressionless face.

The next moment he frowned, and said displeasedly, "Did you drink?"

These words were addressed to Pei Rong, and it's hard for Pei Rong to be afraid even when he was drunk. He hid shyly behind Ning Shiqing, tugged at Ning Shiqing's cuff, and swallowed: "Help me..."

Ning Shiqing didn't panic, stood up and nodded, "Prince."

Duan Jingxun looked over indifferently: "Prime Minister Ning let you out of the house?"

"The prince knows about the family affairs in the prime minister's mansion. It really makes the prince laugh."

Duan Jingxun nodded and looked at Pei Rong again.

The other party was clinging to Ning Shiqing, with his head down, looking very disturbed.

"How much did he drink? Five?"

"Yes." Ning Shiqing said.

"It's your job."

Duan Jingxun forcefully pulled Pei Rong over, Ning Shiqing only heard Pei Rong exclaim "Help" in a small voice, and the other party had already left his side, leaving only a scent of wine behind.

"I'll take him back to the palace. If I have a chance in the future, I'll come and have a few drinks with you." Duan Jingxun said lightly.

"Okay, then I will wait for the prince."

Pei Rong had already passed out, Duan Jingxun carried the man into the carriage, Pei Rong curled up in his arms, breathing shallowly.

Duan Jingxun smiled, stretched out his hand and scratched Pei Rong's palm, Pei Rong muttered in a daze, then held Duan Jingxun's hand with his backhand, and fell asleep quietly and obediently.

"Go back to the palace." Duan Jingxun ordered.

Chang Bin asked: "Prince, don't you want to send Rong Shizi back to Prince Shun's Mansion?"

Duan Jingxun passed his fingers through Pei Rong's, and the two intertwined their fingers and held each other.

"It's better not to let Princess Shun see his drunken appearance, and take him back to the East Palace to sober up first."

When Pei Rong woke up, he felt dizzy, and just as he raised his hand to rub his forehead, he heard Duan Jingxun's calm voice: "You're awake."

Pei Rong was taken aback for a moment, then turned around and found that Duan Jingxun was crossing his arms and raised his eyebrows at him: "How are you sleeping?"

Pei Rong didn't come back to his senses: "Prince? Aren't I with Ning Shiqing? Why... is this the East Palace?"

"Compared to me, do you want to see Ning Shiqing more?"

Pei Rong was silent for a moment, Chang Bin took a step forward and explained: "Young Master Rong, the Crown Prince saw you drunk, and specially took you back to the East Palace and asked us to take care of you."

Pei Rong lowered his head, only to find that the clothes on his body had been changed, they were clean and fresh, without the smell of alcohol at all.

"Thank you, Prince." Pei Rong became more and more embarrassed, and his voice became a little softer.

Duan Jingxun flirted with Chang Bin, Chang Bin understood, and retreated lightly.

Duan Jingxun got up, and as soon as he walked to the bed, he saw Pei Rong hiding inside. He stopped abruptly, pulled out a chair and sat down by the bed: "Why are you drinking all of a sudden?"

Pei Rong didn't really want to face Duan Jingxun alone, it was because he was frightened these two times and couldn't stand it.

He was angry that he had no willpower, but there was nothing he could do. Pei Rong slightly turned his head and said, "Prince, I should go back home."

Even if Pei Rong deliberately didn't look at Duan Jingxun, he could still feel that the other party's eyes were on him.

Pei Rong swallowed, feeling a little flustered.

"That's right," Duan Jingxun didn't ask any more questions, and even explained his reasons for Pei Rong, "Princess Shun should be worried."

After Pei Rong left, it happened that Huo Qin came one step behind.

Seeing Duan Jingxun's expression was unhappy, Huo Qin asked: "Recently, every time I see the prince, I feel proud of myself, why did my expression change today?"

Duan Jingxun shook his head and asked, "Why did you enter the palace today?"

Huo Qin raised the jar of wine in his hand and said with a smile: "Here is a good wine for the prince. 20-year-old Dukang wine, people who are not strong enough to drink will get drunk after just one sip."

"Can you get drunk?"

"Haha——" Huo Qin smiled, "This year's wine, not to mention me, even a wine master can get drunk."

"How many bottles of this wine do you have?"

"I got two bottles in total, and there is still one bottle in Fuchu."

"Then I'll ask you for this bottle, how about it?"

"Well, I brought it for you to taste."

Huo Qin could still see Duan Jingxun's thoughts, obviously, Duan Jingxun didn't drink for himself alone, Huo Qin asked again: "Who does the prince plan to drink with?"

"Ning Shiqing."

"Ning Shiqing is a literati. I'm afraid he can't stand this wine after five cups. How can the crown prince drink with him to the fullest?"

"Ah--"

Duan Jingxun sneered: "What I want is to make him drunk, and the best thing is to make him appear drunk in front of Pei Rong."

When Pei Rong returned to the palace, Sixi eagerly greeted her: "Young Master, what did you and Mr. Ning do, I'm so worried!"

It's good that Sixi didn't speak, but as soon as he spoke, Pei Rong remembered: "The prince said that he met me for a drink, could it be you who said that?"

"No!" Sixi yelled at her innocence: "You drove me back when you were still in the teahouse. How could I know where you and Mr. Ning went?"

"That's right." Sixi's words made some sense, so Pei Rong let him go for the time being.

But Pei Rong still had one thing in mind, he didn't remember clearly what happened when he was drunk, he only had a vague impression that he had said words like "kill" and "help".

Pei Rong couldn't help but start to feel a little worried, what should he do if he really said something inappropriate.

Either way, it's better to be sure.

To Pei Rong's surprise, when he was about to send someone to meet Ning Shiqing, Ning Shiqing sent someone over first instead.

"Mr. Ning said that tomorrow, I will ask Mr. Rong to listen to Xuege's narration."