Seeing that the project of Yiranju is coming to an end day by day, the day has also come to July 13 of the tenth year of Hongwu. When the sun was waning, Xiao Yiran returned to the Sun Moon Boat from Yiranju, calculating the furniture that should be added. Suddenly, Sun Cong came in and reported:

"Miss, the three princes are here."

"What prince?"

Xiao Yiran subconsciously asked.

"The three princes of the third highness, King Jin, the fifth highness, King Wu, and the sixth highness, the King of Chu."

Xiao Yiran was stunned when he heard this, why did the three princes suddenly come? These three princes, Xiao Yiran has also heard of it, the third prince Jin Wang Zhu Li is nineteen years old this year, he has a good appearance, but he is uninhibited, often ignores the royal law, and acts recklessly. The fifth prince Wu Wang Zhu Lu is sixteen years old this year, this prince is enthusiastic about medicine and Taoism, and does not care about the government and politics, but he is polite and polite, not as domineering as the third prince Zhu Li. As for Zhu Zhen, the sixth prince of Chu, he has just turned thirteen years old this year, why did he also linger on the Qinhuai River? Haven't you often heard people say that the Holy Lord is very strict in disciplining several princes today, and they are not allowed to go to the flower street and willow alleys?

"Miss, the three princes have named Miss to accompany you."

Xiao Yiran looked at Sun Cong and thought, it seems that the three princes must be running for themselves, so he had to say to Sun Cong:

"Sun Gongzi went out to accompany the three princes first, and said that Yiran would be there soon."

After Sun Cong went out, Xiao Yiran simply freshened up, did not need to apply grease and powder, just wore a white silk dress, and accompanied by Qingwen and Musk Yue, he gently moved the lotus step and appeared in the living room of the painting boat.

"The little girl Xiao Yiran visited the three princes."

"Haha, let's skip the vulgar courtesy, I will go to this sun and moon boat with my two younger brothers in a few days, just to pay tribute to Miss Yiran, who is both talented and beautiful in the eyes of the fourth brother."

Zhu Li smiled and looked at Xiao Yiran, who was floating in front of him, and said.

"Third brother, what the fourth brother said is really not bad, Miss Xiao Yiran is really strange, no wonder the fourth brother often talks about it when he is in the capital."

Zhu Zhen, who is only thirteen years old, can be described as childish, carefully looked at Xiao Yiran, turned his head and said to Zhu Li. Only Zhu Huan still looked at Xiao Yiran intently, and muttered in his mouth:

"The last time in the ten-mile long pavilion outside the city gate, when the fourth brother toasted from afar, he glanced at it in a hurry, and his heart was already shocked. Today's beauty is on the side, and there is really the beauty of the water hibiscus, which is just like the desolation of the heavenly maiden. ”

Zhu Zhen is young, and Xiao Yiran can still accept talking like this, but Zhu Huan, the fifth prince of Jin, who is already sixteen years old, stared at him like this, and when he said such a thing, Xiao Yiran's cheeks suddenly turned crimson, and under the light, he was even more graceful and lovely.

"The three princes suddenly arrived, and it was inevitable that there would be inconsiderate hospitality in the painting boat, so Sun Gongzi sat down with the three princes for a while, and went down to arrange it."

After speaking, Xiao Yiran turned around and was about to leave.

"Miss Yiran is slow, if you have something to do, let Sun Cong go, why bother Miss."

Zhu Li obviously didn't want to let Xiao Yiran out, so he sent Sun Cong out with a word, and there were only three princes left in the living room, as well as Xiao Yiran's master and servant.

"Miss Yiran, please sit down and talk."

Zhu Huan's tone was much more polite, there was no way, Xiao Yiran had to sit opposite the three of them, and motioned for Qingwen and Musk Yue to serve tea to the three princes.

"I don't know how Miss Yiran entertained Zhu Di when he came?"

Zhu Li gently took a sip of the tea served by Qingwen, looked at Xiao Yiran playfully and asked.

"Back to the prince's words, when the prince Yan came, it was just drinking tea and talking, and nothing else."

"No, how did this king hear that Miss Yiran not only played the piano for the fourth brother, but also painted for the fourth brother, and also played chess with the fourth brother. Last time, this king also asked the fourth brother, and the fourth brother actually said that he lost to Miss Yiran. Is there such a thing? ”

Xiao Yiran heard Zhu Zhen pour out what he and Zhu Di had done like a few treasures, and it was not easy to hide it anymore, so he smiled embarrassedly and said:

"The last time I played against Lord Yan, it was really Lord Yan's subordinates who showed mercy and let Yi Ran go."

"Third brother, fifth brother, do you believe that the fourth brother will let people play chess?"

"It's hard to say, in the face of such a beautiful woman, even if your fourth brother is hard-hearted, he will inevitably be distracted."

Although Zhu Li was answering Zhu Zhen's question, his eyes did not leave Xiao Yiran's eyes, as if he wanted to find something in Xiao Yiran's eyes.

"What the third brother said seems to have some truth, if it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the intention to play chess."

Listening to Zhu Li and Zhu Zhen singing and harmonizing, the more they talked, the more outrageous it became, Xiao Yiran couldn't help but bow his head. Zhu Hu was also a little disgusted by the singing and harmony of the two, so he interjected:

"Third brother, sixth brother, today we are under the excuse of looking for King Yan, so that we can go to the painting boat to meet Miss Yiran for a while, as the saying goes, don't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha."

Zhu Hu didn't say it, but the meaning of the words was obvious: looking at Zhu Di's face, don't be embarrassed by Xiao Yiran.

"Haha, it's still the fifth brother who has the heart of pity and cherishing the jade. My sixth brother and I are ashamed of ourselves. ”

Next, Zhu Li deliberately induced the young Zhu Zhen to say some interesting things about those prostitutes in the flower street and willow lane, which made Xiao Yiran, who was sitting with his head bowed, gradually disgusted. It's just that considering the identity of the other party, I don't dare to leave rashly. Just when Xiao Yiran was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside the painting boat, and then Zhu Di's voice came:

"Why did the third brother, the fifth brother, and the sixth brother come to this Qinhuai River?"

"Why, is it only allowed for the fourth brother Jinwu to hide Jiaojiao, and we can't even come to this Qinhuai River?"

Zhu Di, who came to the living room, looked at Zhu Li and the three of them, smiled slightly, and did not answer. Xiao Yiran hurriedly stood up to greet Zhu Di and invited Zhu Di to sit down. Zhu Di took the opportunity to sit on the seat next to Xiao Yiran, picked up the tea handed over by Musk Yue, and took a sip gently.

"Fourth brother, my brother heard that his father reprimanded the fourth brother for Sun Cong last time."

The last time Zhu Di was in the Sun and Moon Boat, he accidentally encountered Sun Cong coming to make trouble, and after relieving Xiao Yiran's siege, he ordered his entourage to send Sun Cong and the four to Yingtianfu, which finally reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears. For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang personally passed Zhu Di into the palace for questioning, in view of the fact that Zhu Di only came to listen to the piano music in the painting boat, and had no other bad habits, plus Zhu Yuanzhang has always valued himself, the fourth son who is bold and resolute, he just gently admonished Zhu Di at that time. However, the fact that Zhu Di was reprimanded by the emperor for lingering on the painting boat still reached the ears of several princes.

"What, isn't the third brother happy?"

Zhu Di's tone was no longer as easy-going as when he first came in, and when he heard Zhu Di embarrassing himself again and again, his face suddenly sank.

Xiao Yiran noticed that since Zhu Di appeared, except for Zhu Di, Zhu Hu and Zhu Zhen have all shut up. Especially Zhu Zhen, he didn't even dare to raise his eyes to look at Zhu Di, obviously he was usually very afraid of Zhu Di.

"After all, it's my younger brother, who was reprimanded by my father, how can I gloat as an older brother? You say don't you? ”

When he said this, the expression on his face, and the tone of his voice, he was obviously gloating. Zhu Di ignored him anymore, looked at Zhu Zhen opposite and asked:

"Didn't the sixth brother follow the prince these days and study with the prince?"

"Today, Taifu has something to leave."

Zhu Zhen lowered his head and replied in a low voice.

"Fourth brother, since our three brothers are here, we can't run in vain. How about inviting Miss Yiran to a song? ”

Zhu Hu saw Zhu Di's unhappiness and hurriedly started a round.

"Miss Yiran is interested?"

Zhu Di turned his head to look at Xiao Yiran and asked.

Xiao Yiran thought to himself, if you are not interested, you have to play, otherwise I am afraid that it will not end well tonight.

"Obey with ease."

Signaled Sun Cong to untie the cable and set sail, sailed the painting boat towards the center of the river, and asked Qingwen and Musk Yue to bring the piano table, clean their hands and burn incense, sit silently for a while, and then play loudly. For a while, the sound of the piano was like flowing water, like the moonlight, on the Qinhuai River shrouded in night, accompanied by the sound of oars and lights, and it drifted away.