Food for the people

"Is the prince still asleep?"

Chen Cong took a bowl of soup from the small kitchen to the Linxiu Pavilion in Dongyuan, and saw Sanchi still standing outside the door, yawning one after another, almost too sleepy to keep his eyes open.

Sanqi's bones were all weak, he leaned against the doorpost half-standing, opened his mouth and yawned again, and then said: "Well, I went into the study when I came back, and I haven't come out until now, and I haven't had dinner yet. Eat, and I’m not allowed to go in. I don’t know if I went to Mr. Qiao’s in the middle of the afternoon and said something, or because I’m going to the palace tomorrow.”

The master didn't sleep, so he naturally didn't dare to sleep, so he had to watch outside with blank eyes.

Hearing this posture, Chen Huan felt relieved, and said, "It should be fine. I reckon it might be Mr. Qiao's business. If you can't bear it, go to bed first. I'll watch it here for a while, by the way. Give the prince a bowl of soup to drink."

Lu Jincheng used to work and rest normally, and the panax notoginseng he raised didn't stay up all night, and now he couldn't hold on any longer. Hearing this, he stood up straight, and cupped his hands at Chen Cong, "Then I'll go to sleep for a while, and I'll come back later. you."

Chen Huan waved him to leave quickly.

"Don't come here either. The prince can stay up all night without sleeping. He will definitely sleep in a while. You can go to sleep with peace of mind."

Sanqi hurriedly went back to her wing to sleep.

Chen Cong took the chicken soup and knocked on the door, and Lu Jincheng's voice sounded from the door, "Come in."

Chen Cong pondered for a while, and although he didn't hear the emotion in the voice, he didn't hear any anxiety, and it shouldn't be because of something annoying like Sanqi was worried about.

Chen hurriedly opened the door and went in, and saw his prince leaning on the soft bed by the window, holding a book in his hand, looking engrossed.

"Sanqi said that the prince didn't eat anything when he came back at night, so he asked the small kitchen to boil a bowl of ginseng chicken soup for the prince. Since the prince doesn't sleep, drink some to refresh himself."

Lu Jincheng kept his eyes on the book, and waved his hands outward without raising his head: "Put it on the table and go to sleep."

Although Chen Cong is a lively person, he is more stable than Panax notoginseng. Hearing what Lu Jincheng said, he put the chicken soup on the low table next to him, gave Lu Jincheng a blessing, then turned and walked outside to see his house. The prince seemed to be fascinated by it, so he glanced at the cover.

Then discovered that the book...was upside down.

He grew up in the prince's mansion, and like Sanqi, he was considered as Lu Jincheng's personal servant, so it was impossible for him to be illiterate, so he saw at a glance that the book his prince read with all his heart was a book he had never read before. I have read the weird storybooks, but now I have not only read them, but also read them backwards.

Chen Hue was stunned for a moment, then glanced up along the cover of the book, just in time to see the prince of his family thinking of something, the corners of his lips curled up, revealing a slight smile.

A book that is reversed is definitely impossible to make his prince laugh, so it must have something to do with Mr. Qiao.

Chen Cong laughed twice in his heart, no longer disturbing his prince's fugue, quietly exited, and closed the door.

In the study, Lu Jincheng was completely unaware that his book was upside down. Although his eyes were fixed on the book, his eyes were not focused on the book. After a while, he put down the book that he would never read normally. The script, which came down from the soft bed, turned around in the study aimlessly.

Still sleepless.

Lu Jincheng sneered slightly, feeling that he looked like an innocent kid in this state.

He was born in the royal family, and even if he didn't experience it, he has seen a lot of love affairs.

When he was 16 years old, the first emperor gave him a servant girl to teach him how to do that thing, but Lu Jincheng didn't touch it, he felt that he knew everything and didn't need others to teach him.

Later, when the first emperor found out that he didn't touch those house maids, he thought he was shy and didn't like them, but he didn't reprimand him too much. shelved.

It was mentioned later that the former emperor was already seriously ill, and Lu Jin was in the midst of his yang and yin, and the crown prince was happy to see his success, so he let it take its course and delayed.

In the early years when the late emperor was still there, the princes and nobles in Hanyang City had a lot of good friends with Lu Jin, took him to the place of fireworks and willow alley, and gave him many albums of rare painters, The paintings are extremely beautiful and have everything.Lu Jincheng had nothing to do, so he looked through it carefully, wanting to see why this affair between men and women is so attractive to people, and he also had some reactions, but other than that, there was nothing else. Extra thoughts.

At that time, Meng Zhao had not yet sat on the position of Shangshu, nor had he developed any friendship with Jiang Songyu. He told him that if when thinking about this matter, he would think of someone over and over in his head, then it was probably the situation. The catastrophe has come.

Lu Jincheng dismissed it back then, but now, he finally understood the mystery.

He walked around the room a few times without feeling sleepy, and finally he had to go back to the room and asked Chen Cong to light a tranquilizing incense, and finally fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Lu Jincheng's carriage left the palace and went to the palace.

Sanqi didn't sleep well at night, and he didn't feel very energetic when he woke up in the morning. He didn't dare to take a nap in front of Lu Jincheng, so he climbed to the front of the carriage and sat next to the groom, blowing the cool wind, trying to wake himself up.

After walking for a while, a silver bell came from another alley far away, and then a gust of fragrant wind passed by, making Sanqi refreshed and sneezed, turned to look over there, and then knocked on the carriage. Lu Jincheng said: "Your Majesty, I saw the carriage of the Minister of the Household Department coming this way, and it seems that he was also invited to the Queen Mother's banquet."

Lu Jincheng hummed, indicating that he understood.

This daughter of the Minister of the Household Department is the one whom the Empress Dowager wanted to marry to Lu Jincheng. Her surname is Wen and her name is Wanjun.

She is also quite famous in Hanyang City.

Mrs. Sanfang gave birth to seven sons, and she only got this daughter in her later years. She was naturally raised in such a delicate and precious way. It is reasonable to say that such a pampered daughter's family will inevitably have some small problems of arrogance and prostitution, but she But it was beyond everyone's expectations. Not only did he not have any problems of not being on the stage, on the contrary, he was proficient in all aspects of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Beauty is inherited ten to ten, and he is only 17 years old this year.

At such a young age, the courtship team should be able to break through the threshold, but Wen Chuo is extremely precious to this daughter, and he has a high position and authority. If he is not well-matched, who would dare to rush forward to propose marriage? It frightened away a group of people who wanted to come to ask for marriage.

No one came to ask for Wen Wanjun's kiss, but Wen Chuo was not in a hurry at all. He had a fortune teller when she was a child, and the fortune teller said that she was born with a fortune and wealth. He listened to it and believed it in his heart. , is there anyone in the world more prosperous and rich than the royal relatives?So Wen Chuo is really not in a hurry.

He really loves this daughter, so he is not happy for Wen Wanjun to marry into the palace, the emperor's three palaces and six courtyards, his precious daughter will have to compete for favor every day if she enters, and will not live in peace for the rest of her life.He didn't think it was a good home either.

In fact, he liked the Fourteenth Prince more in his heart.

The fourteenth prince is not much different from Wen Wanjun, and he has never married a wife or concubine. If his daughter enters the gate of Prince Yan's mansion, she will be a well-deserved princess. Although there is a queen mother on top of her head, the queen mother is far away in the palace. It's not that his daughter is the master of the house, the world knows that King Yan is favored by the empress dowager, if his daughter is really married, she won't be able to enjoy endless glory and wealth.

It's just that you can only think about it in your heart, and you can't say it to outsiders.

Two days ago, Wen Chuo suddenly received an order from the Queen Mother, saying that Wen Wanjun was invited to a banquet in the palace, Wen Chuo's eyes lit up when he heard it.

The emperor's choice of concubine is going to be very powerful, there is no reason to hold a family banquet for the emperor to choose a concubine, and last year the mid-autumn festival was the only time to choose a concubine for the emperor with great fanfare, and he will definitely not choose another concubine now, so this banquet must be prepared for Prince Yan that's it.

Wen Chuo was so overjoyed that Mrs. Sanfang went to make good preparations for her daughter.

Although Wen Wanjun and many other ministers' families of the right age went to the banquet, but the talented Guo Wenwan was not as good-looking as her, and the ones who were more handsome than her were not as talented as her. His family was on the left and right. His daughter is so gorgeous that he is not afraid of more foils.

Wen Shangshu didn't know that Wen Wanjun had already been screened out by Lu Jincheng once, and he was still planning enthusiastically, just waiting for his daughter to be amazed, successfully seduce the heart of the Fourteenth Prince, and enter the Yan Wangfu.

Wen Wanjun's carriage was specially made by Wenfu, with a begonia-colored canopy, embroidered on all sides and silver bells hung on it, when the carriage moved, it would ring out crisply, and one could tell at a glance that it was the carriage frame of Wenfu's daughter.

This time I went to the palace to go to the Empress Dowager's family banquet, so I can't be extravagant, so Wen Wanjun only brought a personal servant girl, who sat in the carriage with her, raised the corner of the curtain, looked out casually, and then exclaimed Said: "Miss, look quickly, it is the carriage of the Fourteenth Prince's residence."

When Sanqi first talked about Qiao Yu, he said that although Lu Jincheng seldom showed his face in the eyes of the common people, there were very few people who didn't know the frame of the palace.

The carriages in Prince Yan's Mansion don't look very luxurious from the outside, but the same totem pattern is engraved on the shafts of the carriages, which are painted in ink colors. Although they are not eye-catching, people who are interested can still recognize them at a glance.

Wen Wanjun tightened her hand holding the embroidered handkerchief. Her father wanted to marry her into Prince Yan's mansion every day. How could she not know about it? She had seen the fourteenth prince a long time ago. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is a fairy in the painting. If it is only good-looking, it is fine, but also Wen Dewen and Wu Dewu. From the beginning, she felt nervous when she heard the name. She didn't even know it was Because her father was talking about it every day, or because she was distracted.

In short, it is also a heart.

"Tell the coachman to follow closely." She hadn't seen Prince Yan for a long time, and wanted to take the opportunity to catch a glimpse.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, the servant girl yelled again: "The prince's car has turned into a small alley. Miss, do we want to follow?"

Wen Wanjun asked suspiciously: "Which alley did you turn into?"

"I don't know either. There is only one way to go back through the alley. What is the prince going to do?"

Wen Wanjun didn't know even more, she wanted to follow up and take a look, but time waited for no one, she must not let the queen mother wait for her, so she had to squeeze the handkerchief tightly and said: "Let's go, enter the palace, He always goes to the Empress Dowager's family banquet today."