13. Chapter XII

Jiang Hongwen heard the queen say that the third prince was quiet and didn't like to watch dramas and listen to music, so when he saw Zhou Chengzhi and his daughter appearing together, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, reacted and quickly got up, and asked Zhou Chengzhi to take a seat.

Zhou Chengzhi slowly stepped forward and said hello to the queen.

When Empress Jiang saw him come to see the play, she was surprised: "I know that you have never loved these lively occasions, and you rarely attend every banquet in the palace, why are you suddenly interested today?" ”

Zhou Cheng knew: "Those servants in the palace come and go in those tricks, and they get tired of listening to it once or twice, of course there is no need to go every time." I finally came to Yangzhou this time, and the opera here must be different from the palace, so I naturally want to see it. ”

The queen smiled skillfully: "I didn't expect this, and let the submission not bother you." It's good to come, hurry up and sit down with everyone, just waiting for the troupe to start. ”

Zhou Chengzhi responded politely.

The adults sat at one table, the children sat at one table, and the queen's entourage and the Jiang family sat at the back tables. Prince Jiang returned to the academy, and only the three brothers and sisters of the Jiang family and the two princes were left at the junior table.

The two sons of the Jiang family are cousins who submitted their texts to Zhou Zhou, so they naturally have a close relationship. The three of them sat at a table and chatted enthusiastically. Zhou Chengwen deliberately isolated Zhou Chengzhi, and the performance started on the stage, but it didn't stop.

Jiang Ling saw Zhou Chengzhi sitting on the side and did not speak, afraid that his young heart would be hurt because of this deliberate isolation, so he pulled a stool close to him, took the grapes on the table and peeled them for him to eat.

Unexpectedly, her small move immediately made Zhou Chengwen find out, moved the grapes and the plate in front of her, and said to Jiang Ling in a weird way: "Since my cousin likes to peel so much, why don't you help my cousin peel a few more?" ”

Jiang Yu, who lacked tendons, echoed with a smile: "Help the third brother peel a few too." ”

Jiang Ling silently rolled his eyes, and reached over to take the washed grapes. But her hand had just touched, and a longer hand reached out next to her.

Instead of taking the grapes, he pinched the edge of the bowl, as if intending to bring it over.

But the plate had just been moved a little, and Zhou Chengwen on the other end had already held down the plate again.

Pinch the edge of the porcelain plate with each hand, pull it over and over again.

Jiang Ling was dumbfounded! Also dumbfounded were the two sons of the Jiang family on the table.

At first, it was just a tug-of-war, but soon the grape battle turned into a fierce scramble.

There was a thud, the sound of the table falling to the ground.

Jiang Ling and her two brothers didn't understand how this plate of grapes caused such a big movement so quickly. Jiang Sangongzi was still quick-sighted, and when he bounced up from the chair, he pulled his sister away half a step away, so as not to be affected.

Not far away, the Jiang family was even more shocked, it was just a plate of grapes, hadn't the princes in the palace eaten grapes? Or is it that the grapes are already completely unworthy of the table in the palace? Sure enough, the situation in the palace was not something that they and other laymen could imagine.

At this time, the play on the stage was at a high tide, and it was disturbed by the big movement off the stage, and the rhythm was also disrupted. The Jiang couple and Empress Jiang were fascinated, and after being interrupted, they turned their heads and saw the two princes, facing each other angrily, with a table in the middle of the corpse that had been miserably divided, and fruit snacks were scattered on the ground.

"What are you doing?!" Empress Jiang snorted softly.

Zhou Chengwen reacted first, turned his head to look at his mother, and couldn't say a reason. After all, fighting over a plate of grapes is still a bit embarrassing for the prince.

Empress Jiang only glanced at it and knew that the two brothers were not in the palace for a day or two, and they had done something many times, but this time it was in the Jiang Mansion, and she was a little embarrassed on her face. So the beautiful eyebrows frowned, and shouted: "How old are you, and you are still quarreling over a trivial matter, if the emperor knows that you two are so virtuous outside, see how he punishes you." Especially the submission of you, you are the elder brother, you still don't understand the truth of humility? ”

Jiang Ling looked at Zhou Chengzhi nervously, she didn't know much about her cousin's personality, and it was not surprising that she could fight in public, but she didn't know much about Zhou Chengzhi. At first sight, I had the impression that he was a simple and kind good boy, but after all, he was a guy who could become a heinous tyrant, so he didn't dare to close the coffin.

At this time, I saw that his face was gloomy, as cold as a layer of broken ice.

Zhou Chengwen listened to his mother's lesson, knowing that he was unreasonable, but he was unwilling, so he simply looked at Zhou Chengzhi dissatisfied.

Who knew that Zhou Chengzhi's face suddenly softened. He clasped his hands and saluted: "It's rude, and I hope that the queen mother and His Royal Highness the second prince will not blame." Cheng Zhi will leave first, and will not disturb the queen and Uncle Jiang's Aunt Jiang's Yaxing. ”

He had killed his second brother once, and now that he was alive again, it was not a big deal to let him, after all, he was a person who was committed to being a good man - although he really wanted to kick Zhou Chengwen's flamboyant face.

Everyone present watched with bated breath as Zhou Chengzhi left unhurriedly. Jiang Ling felt that Zhou Chengwen's slender back looked lonely in the night lights.

Fortunately, chasing the clouds carefully followed him behind.

Seeing this, Empress Jiang rubbed her forehead, snorted, and shouted at her son, "It's not like words." ”

"The child knows it's wrong." Zhou Chengwen hurriedly admitted his mistake in a timely manner.

Empress Jiang said angrily: "What else to see, all the interest is lost for you." ”

The actors on the stage had already stopped in fear, and the good scene that had been prepared for many days ended unhappily.

Empress Jiang brushed her sleeves and left, Jiang Hongwen ordered her subordinates to clean up, and she suddenly became busy. 、

Zhou Chengwen saw his mother walking away, and snorted: "It's all to blame on that stinky boy." ”

Jiang Yu hurriedly comforted him: "Cousin, isn't it just a plate of grapes?" What are you fighting so hard for, you have to like to eat grapes, and ask your subordinates to serve a few more plates. ”

Zhou Chengwen glanced at him: "Obviously, he fought with me." After speaking, he seemed to remember the source of the dispute, he looked at Jiang Ling, who was silent on the side, stepped forward, and said, "Ling'er, have you seen it, my third brother has a very bad temper, you have to have less contact with him." ”

Zhou Chengwen's thoughts, Jiang Ling couldn't understand it anymore. The two brothers must have been unable to get along in the palace, and now that they saw her and Zhou Chengzhi getting closer, they became a little inexplicably possessive, after all, she was his cousin.

Jiang Ling tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Brother Chengzhi will stay in Yangzhou for a few days, I am just the same age as him, and I will be entertained as a landlord." ”

Zhou Chengwen raised his head with his hands raised: "Anyway, you are my cousin, I don't like you to get too close to him." ”

Jiang Yu said: "Cousin, this is your fault. Didn't you listen to my father? Your third brother has a withdrawn personality, and it just so happens that Ling Er is in love with him, so let Ling Er entertain him in the past few days, so as not to spread the word that our Jiang family is neglecting the prince. ”

Zhou Chengwen said disdainfully: "What prince? His father didn't take him to heart at all, not because his grandfather and uncle had 100,000 heavy troops in their hands and were in charge of the four borders. Otherwise, he could be so arrogant? ”

Jiang Yu grinned: "We don't understand what you said, but after all, you are brothers, so don't forget about the quarrel." After speaking, he patted his second brother Jiang Hao, "You see that my second brother often beats me, but I never remember him." Isn't it, second brother? ”

Jiang Hao glared at him: "I think you want to be beaten up again now, right?" ”

The two brothers quarreled as they spoke, Zhou Chengwen was young in the end, and he also joined in the frolic when he saw this.

Jiang Ling, as a woman who was a woman, looked at this childish move speechlessly, and disdained to leave with the small steps of her nine-year-old body.