Merry Jiwei

Chapter 12

I hurried back to the mansion, hurriedly yelled at Yuan Bao to open the closet, Yuan Bao muttered, and took out the clothes that I thought would make me look the most handsome on weekdays.After trying on one body after another, Yuan Bao yawned and said, "What kind of new person is this, so you value it so much, my lord."

I laughed and said, "New is not new, it's just the reunion of old friends."

Yuan Bao elongated his voice and said, "Oh...it's Li Ke!"

I was wearing a light yellow linen shirt, and I just felt that the person in the bronze mirror looked handsome and fresh, which could be regarded as eye-catching, so I smiled slightly, knocked Yuan Bao on the head, and said, "Guess next time." Don't be so accurate, or your prince will think that I have been busy all my life, and only you, a little slave, are my confidantes, so don't you feel sad."

Yuan Bao rubbed his head, pursed his lips and said, "My lord, you don't say that you are moody and have no reason to cry or laugh, but you blame others for not understanding you. For example, Li Ke, you don't always say that you have a good heart, you need to have a second brother." Conditions, the first is to be pleasing to the eye, and the second is to be easy on the hands, if it takes hard work to get something, it will be meaningless.”

I smiled, spread out my fan, shook it lightly, and said with a smile: "You are not my king, how do you know what my pleasing eyes and slick hands mean?"

Yuan Bao looked confused, watched the king drift away, and said after a long distance: "My lord, you forgot to bring the purse."

It's a pity that I didn't hear this sentence because it was too far away. When I arrived at Deyue Tower, I found that Li Ke was already there.

Li Ke was still dressed in a crescent moon-colored white dress, under the lamp, the breeze on the lake bank blew, and his clothes fluttered.I have seen countless people, Zi Shiwei is the most unrestrained and unrestrained, the most handsome and indifferent is naturally the second elder brother Yuan Lin, and the most gentle and calm is Luo Chuanxun, but the first three are not true, and Zi Shiwei has not been in ten years. Letting go of the second elder brother Yuan Lin whom he had met for the first time, but the second elder brother would rather give up the country for a person who wanted to put him to death. Luo Chuanxun seemed gentle, but his heart was as hard as a stone.

I walked towards Li Ke and smiled slightly. Looking back at a moment in my life, it seems like a long river, and I can only cherish this moment.

Li Ke turned himself into a bow and said, "My lord, you are here."

I waved my fan and said with a smile, "Yi Yiran, you have been waiting for a long time, my king is late."

Li Ke smiled slightly, and didn't say much about entering the door with me. The waiter at the door didn't have eyes, and he saw him first, and didn't see the king, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Li, didn't you say you want to leave?" , Do you want to change the menu again?"

I was taken aback, and said, "Li Ke, do you want to treat someone to dinner?"

The damn Xiao Er finally saw me, and said with a pleasant face, "My lord, you are here, why don't you send Yuan Bao to come over and say hello to us first, the seats by the window are fully booked."

Shaking my fan, I frowned and said, "Isn't this king having a special private room?"

The clerk in the shop showed embarrassment, and squeaked and said: "My lord, please forgive this, your room was taken by Prince Hui Ziyun."

I was furious, and said: "Since my private room is reserved by me, how can he just take it away."

Li Ke said with a smile: "My lord, don't be angry, why don't you use the private room ordered by the lower officials for now!"

I raised my eyebrows and said, "You don't have to be angry, I'll go argue with that Zi Yun and ask him to return my private room to me."

The waiter in the shop turned pale with fright, waved his hands again and again and said: "My lord, you are always easy to talk, don't worry about it today!"

I sneered, and said: "You're mistaken, this king is a very calculating person, and he doesn't care about it on weekdays, that's because no one can get me angry!"

While I was talking, the door of a private room opened, and a man who looked like a young man from the Ministry of Rites came out, and he said loudly: "Something is making noise outside, it must have disturbed King Hui's interest in drinking."

I rushed up and gave him a slap, and slapped the little squinted eyes, and said with a sneer, "Now, do you understand what it is?"

"Prince Jin!" The young man finally saw my appearance clearly, but he didn't seem too scared, instead he said: "I don't know that King Jin is talking loudly outside, please forgive me."

I raised my eyebrows and said with a sneer, "I want to leave you alone, do you think this king can't do it!"

Just as he was talking, a white-faced man came out from the inside, he smiled at the end, and said: "Yo, this is not King Jin, come here, let's drink two glasses together, why do you need to be angry with these servants?"

I smiled slightly, gritted my teeth and said word by word: "King Hui, I'm busy beating the dog to show the master right now, I'm afraid I won't be able to drink with you."

Zi Yun was not annoyed either, but the two well-trimmed beards on her lips trembled, and said: "Prince Jin, if Xiao Wang offends you in any way, you may as well say it bluntly, wouldn't it be a loss if you can't get along with this servant?" identity."

I kicked that little squinted eye over again, and said with a smile: "A noble person has a natural status, and always remembers to rely on others. That's a dog, not a human."

Ziyun's eyelids twitched, and when I saw him, I thought of Grandma Huang and the others who were trapped in the western suburbs of Wanli, where hunting beasts were everywhere, and I couldn't swallow this breath anyway.Zi Yun took a step forward, and I subconsciously clenched the folding fan in my hand, but I heard someone take a step, walked up to me and said, "King Hui, are you all right?"

Zi Yun's footsteps paused, although the lights in the porch were on, but they were actually candles, he took a closer look and blurted out: "It's you?"

Li Ke smiled and said, "It's the next official."

Zi Yun seemed to be quite afraid of him, so he smiled and said: "It turns out that Yiran and King Jin are here to have a drink and talk, so we won't bother."

I pointed to his private room with a smile, and said with a smile, "Our room is here, but it's a pity that someone has taken it."

Zi Yun sneered, I thought he was going to get angry, but after he sneered, he said with a pleasant face: "Since it is the room booked by King Jin, then the king will not chatter here."

After he finished speaking, he said goodbye to me very politely. He didn't seem to be driven away at all, but he seemed quite graceful. I saw more than a dozen people coming out of his room, all of them with sharp weapons and their backs hurt. Can't help but break out in a little cold sweat.

Li Ke and I entered the room, and there was a mess of cups and meals inside. I sat opposite Li Ke, and it was a little awkward. Fortunately, the people in Yuelou were also diligent, and they quickly cleaned up and rearranged the four. Fresh eight plates come up.

I poured Li Ke a glass of wine and said, "Just now you didn't say what kind of guests you invited."

Li Ke smiled slightly, and said: "It's nothing, it's just that His Majesty is grateful for the hard work of some heroes recently, and wanted to give them a banquet, but he didn't want to make too much noise, so he ordered me to treat guests outside."

I asked in surprise, "Is it today too?"

Li Ke poured me a glass of wine and said, "Exactly!"

Holding the glass of wine, I said, "Then why didn't you say anything when I asked you out today?"

Li Ke smiled slightly, but didn't speak, my face couldn't help but feel hot.

Needless to say later, I drank too much wine naturally, Li Ke had to walk around, he drank like before, drinking like drinking water, I really don’t know how he, a storyteller, can drink so much, it must be such a talent, it’s difficult I, a person who spends a lot of time drinking and drinking all day long, got sour after a while.

Holding the jug, I looked at the moonlight outside the window, and said to Li Ke with a big tongue, "I don't understand until today what it means to raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and the shadows become three people. Now I not only see you as three people." , even the moon is three, no wonder I have been wondering, I counted and counted, and today I only counted three, so the poet was drunk." After finishing speaking, I patted the table and laughed.

Li Ke drank a glass of wine and said with a smile, "My lord, you are drunk."

I waved my hand and said, "Everyone laughs at me being drunk alone, I laugh at everyone being awake, come, have another drink."

After drinking, I probably couldn't tell the difference between south, east and north. I just remember that when Li Ke helped me out, Deyuelou never paid on credit. He waved his hand generously and said, "It's all for you, don't need to look for it."

In front of a beauty, one should be bold and bold.

When he woke up, he found that he had already lay back on the bed in the mansion. As soon as he sat up, his head hurt like it was going to explode.

Yuan Bao poured me a glass of water and said with a smile, "My lord, you are awake."

I rubbed my head and said, "Did Li Ke send me back?"

Yuan Bao said: "Yes, the lord is lucky that you were drunk, otherwise you would have been embarrassed last night, you didn't bring a purse last night, I originally sent the old horse to send you a purse, unfortunately This old man saw a seedling from the Western Regions in the west of the city. It is said that it can bear red fruits the size of an apple, sour and sweet. He was so fascinated by something that he bought such a strange seedling with money return."

"It's against him!" I almost jumped up from the bed, but I was full of doubts: "Then why do I remember that I obviously took out a purse and patted it on the cash register to pay the bill."

Yuan Bao was puzzled and said: "My lord, you didn't miss anything when you came back, only one shoe was missing."

Embarrassed, I looked at Yuan Bao for a while, and then Yuan Bao shouted: "My lord, the shoe you slapped on the ledger is your shoe."

This slave is so smart that he is out of place.

Or because of this matter, I was a little embarrassed to meet Li Ke, and he didn't take the initiative to invite me to meet, but I couldn't bear it after two days, and I wanted to provoke him again.I tidied up, waved my fan and entered the gate of Dali Temple.

A place like Dali Temple, no matter how new the decoration inside, will still have a gloomy atmosphere. I have visited all kinds of government buildings, big and small, but I have never been to Dali Temple, because I don’t like it. taste.

But when Li Ke sat behind the case, there was an indescribable fit, as if he was an indestructible body, and the monsters and monsters around him couldn't get close to him. When he looked up and saw me coming, he didn't get up, just slightly He smiled and said, "My lord, you are here."

I smiled and said, "I'm here."

Li Ke lowered his head and was still looking at his case file, so I moved a stool and sat down. After a while, I felt a little sleepy and fell asleep while propping up the book case.I had a good sleep at noon, and when I woke up again, I realized that I had pulled a pile of Li Ke’s books under it as a pillow. When I looked up, Li Ke was still quietly reviewing his files without even raising his eyebrows. The saliva on the book was quietly wiped away, but there were some comments from Li Ke on the book. The row of small editors on it was naturally beautiful, even beautiful with a delicate taste.

It was written on the page that the four seasons of the book are like flowing water, and every thought and thought is karma. I looked up and saw that Li Ke had just turned his head, so I smiled at him and said, "Would you like some tea?"

Li Ke nodded and said, "Okay."

Just as I was about to start, Li Ke smiled and said, "I have some good tea here, which is naturally not as good as Bird's Beak. I wonder if you want to drink it?"

I coughed dryly, it seems that my joke about the bird's beak is quite famous, even Li Ke knows it.

When Li Ke poured me tea, I looked at his fingers, each one was very slender, perfect from beginning to end! , just like jade carvings, it almost made me drool.

As soon as the tea was poured, I drank it quickly. Li Ke poured me another cup with a smile. After three cups, Li Ke was not annoyed. He just smiled and said: "The tea is so hot, the prince should drink it slowly."

I groaned and realized that my mouth was burning, but Li Ke was right in front of me. How could I stick out my tongue in front of him, so I could only vaguely say: "It's okay, it's okay, my king likes to drink hot tea."

Li Ke took a cup of tea and gently skimmed off the tea foam. It took me a long while before my mouth got better, and I said, "Li Ke, when did you get fame? I haven't seen you for a few years, have you gone back to study? "

"That's not true. I just traveled around to study. I happened to meet the current Holy Master in western Yunnan. The minister of Dali Temple did it first. This honor will only be obtained this year."

I groaned, thinking that Li Ke's fortune is not bad, he even met Luo Chuanxun by chance, and his vision is also considered good, who would have thought that a guard in Tsing Yi back then would be the current Holy One.

I sighed a little, Li Ke smiled and said: "I remember back then that the prince had a very loyal guard, but now I don't know where to go."

I waved my folding fan, shook it lightly, and said with a smile: "The king's guards are all loyal, and I really can't remember the one I mentioned."

Li Ke just smiled lightly, without further questioning, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said: "The Yuan family is only left with the prince now, you have to be careful in every way, there are not too few loyal guards of."

I was overjoyed, and suddenly walked over and squatted at his feet, grabbed his hand, and said, "It's the same, are you caring about me?"

Li Ke raised his eyes slightly, looked at me for a while, and then said: "My lord, as a friend, I naturally care about you."

I laughed out loud, jumped up, pulled him and said, "Go, go, let's go outside."

Li Ke was dragged by me all the way out of Dali Temple. There were a lot of yamen servants coming and going. I didn't care, but he was quite embarrassed. What?"

I laughed and said, "I'm afraid that people won't know that you, Li, are my friend, Yuanying."

Li Ke seemed a little moved, sighed slightly, and said, "You are really too willful."

His tone was quite reproachful, but my mood seemed to be like a sunny day, I only felt that my heart was clear and not stained with a trace of dirt.

I walked briskly back to the First Prince's Mansion, Yuan Bao seemed to be frowning when he saw that I looked good, and said repeatedly: "My lord, you are finally happy."

I turned around and knocked on his folding fan, and said, "When did you see your prince in a bad mood?"

Yuan Bao smiled slightly and said, "It's not too good."

This slave just knows how to talk nonsense, I disdainfully went to the living room, ordered a pot of new tea, just took a big sip, and immediately realized that the tea was boiling hot, and my mouth was scalded badly, so I hurriedly called Yuan Bao to the ice cellar Take a few pieces of ice and put one in your mouth to feel better.

That night, I could only eat some snacks, and then went to bed to rest, maybe because I didn't have so much in my stomach, I didn't sleep well all night.

In the middle of the night, he seemed to hear the flapping of his clothes, and immediately turned over and got up, took the sword beside the pillow into his hand, and shouted: "Who is it?"

The visitor sighed, and said: "I also said that you can eat and sleep, and you are still Prince Anwen. It turns out that you can't sleep at night."

I took a closer look at the person who came, and said, "Zhuang Zhongting?!"

The eldest son of the Zhuang family was standing under my window. He was also one of the people I didn’t see in the suburbs that day. I always thought he had died in the chaos at that time. It turned out that he was still alive. I was a little happy, so I said : "You also ran away, you are lucky!"

Zhuang Zhongting's appearance is quite different from the previous ones. The superior and pretentious appearance of the city has been replaced by a bit of Jianghu flavor. His clothes and hair are not as exquisite as before, but extremely simple. From this look, I think he is more It was much more pleasing to the eye before.

Zhuang Zhongting stood there looking at me, and suddenly asked without beginning or end: "Wei Wei, if I had not obeyed my father's orders back then and married the Princess of Shu Mansion as the princess, would you have fallen in love with someone else?"

I sighed and said, "Why bother to bring up the past, I never dwell on the past, nor look back."

Zhuang Zhongting lowered his head and said, "You finally admit that you and I have a past."

I didn't say anything, I just felt that there seemed to be two children under the moonlight, one said to the other: "Where there is me, there is you, and I will always protect you!"

I used to take this sentence seriously, but fortunately, it was destroyed quickly, and I didn't have time to believe it too deeply, so I won't say these words to Zhuang Zhongting.

Zhuang Zhongting said again: "Sometimes, I have also complained about you. It is a matter of time before we get married with the royal family and nobles. It is just a concubine. I never think that she can affect my feelings for you. But you turned around Just left, without even giving anyone a chance to regret.”

I said lightly: "I like it, and I like it. When I like it, I do it wholeheartedly. Give ten points, and take ten points. If one point is not enough, I don't want it, and I don't want it in the future."

Zhuang Zhongting hurriedly said: "Then you are not in the same alley? I think he seems to like Yuan Lin more!"

I turned my head away and said, "My tenths are given first, and tenths are taken later."

Zhuang Zhongting gritted his teeth and said, "How long did you give him, and how short did you give me?!"

I sighed, and said: "Zixun's city is extremely deep, and the Yuan family's foundation is very deep. If the Zi family can hide in the wild, so can the Yuan family. He won't be ignorant of this, so he will definitely be careful with you. Even cut the weeds and roots to avoid future troubles, you should be more careful in the future!"

Zhuang Zhongting sighed, and said: "Wei Wei, I am here this time to ask you for a favor on behalf of the Yuan family."

I lowered my head and said: "I'm actually an empty shell prince, I can't help much, but you can talk about it." I opened the windows and said: "Let's talk in the room!"

Zhuang Zhongting jumped in and saw that I had lit the lamp, he lowered his head and blew out the fire, saying: "I'm afraid there may be spies from the Zi clan in your room, so it's better not to light the lamp!"

I nodded, it seemed that Zhuang Zhongting was much more capable in this catastrophe.

"I'm here for the empress dowager. The empress dowager is now being imprisoned in the western suburb of Bewan with those livestock. This is not only a kind of torture to her old man, but also an insult to our Yuan clan!" Zhuang Zhongting snapped. teeth.

I nodded, but before he even spoke, I knew he must be here for the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager has held the real power of the Yuan Clan for half her life. In this precarious time, she is also the person who can rise to the top and gather the power of the Yuan Clan.

I hesitated for a moment, and said: "Actually, Grandma Huang is not very comfortable in Xiwan, but Zi Xun is not a tyrannical person. He does not skimp on Grandma Huang. , and even the things in Qingyuan Palace were moved to Biewanli.”

Zhuang Zhongting blurted out, "What do you mean by that? Don't tell me you just watched her old man being locked up in those beast piles."

I lowered my head and said: "What I mean is that if you are worried about the suffering of the queen mother and grandma and are eager to save her, then don't be too anxious. The queen mother is important, you know, Zi Xun knows better, he put her there, Maybe it’s a trick to lure the enemy, if you all rush out, you will easily be caught by him!”

Zhuang Zhongting hesitated for a moment, then said: "Are you on good terms with Dali Temple Minister Li Ke?"

I was taken aback, I didn't expect the relationship between me and Li Ke, he also knew, it can be seen that Yuanshi actually has many eyes and ears, so he said: "I have only a general relationship with him."

Zhuang Zhongting sighed and said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to trouble him."

I groaned in embarrassment, and Zhuang Zhongting said again: "Zi Xun wants to succeed in a legitimate way, and people have already made a thorough investigation of Prince Zi's treason case. It seems that he is going to reverse the case for him. This case is now in Li Ke's hands... ..."

My heart moved, and I said, "You mean..."

"Actually, he often goes to and from Xiwan to take statements, and he will interrogate the Queen Mother there..."

Before he finished speaking, I immediately interrupted: "No!"

Zhuang Zhongting said: "Why not? This is the best way for you to get in touch with the Empress Dowager as soon as possible. As long as Li Ke helps a little, you may be able to meet the Empress Dowager soon."

I turned my head and said: "This will hurt Li Ke, he is just a commoner minister, if there is a mistake, the Ministry of Rites will never let him go!"

Zhuang Zhongting sneered, and said, "Why, do you regard a new lover as more important than the empress dowager?!"

I raised my head and said, "I am using my friends by doing this. If I am a person who can easily take advantage of others regardless of their lives, how can you trust me?!"

Zhuang Zhongting pondered for a while, and then said: "If I didn't know you well, I would really think that what you said just now were just some excuses. But anyway, as a branch of the Yuan family, I can't just sit and watch the empress dowager like this. She is still in prison at an advanced age. Think about how much she loves you, she is already old, why should she make troubles with the prince, isn't it just to push you to the top?"

When he said this, I thought of the empress dowager's grandmother's kindness, and I couldn't help but feel my eyes turn hot, and said: "I will find a way, don't worry about that."

Zhuang Zhongting cupped his hands and said: "Then please, I will come regularly to wait for the news, and all this will be troublesome for you."

As he spoke, he jumped out of the window. After he went out, he looked back at me, and quickly disappeared into the night without saying anything.