The 11th was the birthday of the Seventh Prince, and the birthday banquet was held in the evening, Xue Rui went out a moment early and took the congratulatory gift prepared by the housekeeper to the prince's mansion in a sedan chair.

On the day of the crown ceremony, there are many visitors, the carriage and horses in front of the prince's mansion are like dragons, the lights in the palace are colorful, the night is bright as day, the birthday feast is placed in the west garden, a banquet hall, there are hundreds of seats inside and outside.

Xue Rui and Liu Jiong, the son of the King of Xiang, and Feng Zhaomiao, the youngest son of General Feng's family, were on the same table of eight immortals, and Liu Hao, the seventh prince not far away, lived alone.

"This is really a happy event," Liu Jiong played with the silver cup in his hand, and said with envy, "It's not good to say that there will be good things in the prince's mansion today." ”

Feng Zhaomiao asked, "What else is good?" ”

Liu Jiong smiled, his voice was not high, just enough for them to hear at this table, "There is nothing missing in the Seven Princes' Mansion now, just a good marriage, I haven't heard any movement in the palace before, isn't it just to catch up with this good day." ”

Xue Rui sandwiched the appetizers, raised his head, he didn't speak a few words until he entered the table, and everyone at the same table knew that he didn't deal with the Seven Princes, and he didn't reluctantly pull him to laugh, originally he could come today, it was enough to surprise a few people, that time Xue Rui fell out with Liu Hao in the Dingbo Pavilion, and broke off old friendships with a glass of wine, who didn't have long eyes to see.

After the three rounds of drinking, gongs and drums sounded outside the west court, and the will came from the palace.

As soon as the team of the proclamation arrived, everyone at the banquet got up one after another, bowed down to listen, the eunuch read aloud, and the holy oracle sealed the seventh prince Liu Hao "King Ning" to give the title, changed the prince's mansion to Ning Wangfu, and ordered the Ministry of Industry to be blackened from now on, and rewarded twelve regular clothes, a red gold ribbon and a purple cloud marten, three hundred taels of gold, and an official sedan chair with a white jade roof.

Liu Hao received the will with a spring breeze on his face, presumably because he knew that there was a second way and was not busy getting up to reward the eunuch, still kneeling on the ground, sure enough, the old eunuch held the yellow silk in his hand, shook it off, and continued to read:

"Liu Hao, the king of Ning, has a good demeanor and is studious and intellectual, the young daughter of the scholar of Yingwudian Cui, gentle and graceful, and has a good blue heart, the two of them are a match made in heaven, and I am hereby given to marry Cui's spiritual heart as Princess Ning, and it will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites to handle the ceremony in the same year, and it will be given."

This marriage will, both in some people expected and in some people unexpectedly, in addition to listening to the lively, but a few people changed their faces, the new Ning Wang Ye is still the spring breeze, after hearing the will, his face is obviously stiff, his eyes look in one direction, that is a little far away from the main seat, there is a group of female guests, among which a female face is covered with a blue and white fan in the lamplight, but can not see clearly.

"Lord Ning, take the order."

"Son's command, thank you."

"Weird, why not her ̈." Liu Jiong muttered, but no one heard him and looked at Liu Hao, who was toasting from all sides with a smile, shook the cup in his hand, and said to both sides:

"Let's go, let's go toast too."

Feng Zhaomiao turned his head to Xue Rui and said, "Brother Rui? ”

Xue Rui nodded, got up and took the wine, and went with them, taking advantage of the large number of people at this time, it is better to toast the wine than to wait for a while with fewer people and attract attention.

The people around King Ning were on several floors, and when they saw Liu Jiong stepping forward, they consciously gave way to the place.

"King Ning, little brother toasts you, congratulations on your double happiness, this Ning Wangfu will be repaired in the future, don't forget to put wine for a treat." Liu Jiong must have seen that Liu Hao was not satisfied with this marriage, and did not pick and choose this marriage to congratulate him like others, but avoided the important and trivial.

"Good!" Liu Hao responded boldly, drank a glass, and his face was already drunk.

When Xue Rui toasted, I don't know who bumped into him from the side, the wine spilled out, and the whole cup was poured on him, causing chaos in the scene.

Liu Hao happened to see this scene, frowned and said, "Come on, take Xue Gongzi to change clothes." ”

"It's okay," Xue Rui brushed the wine stains on his body, and just took the opportunity to say goodbye, so he waved his hand to Liu Hao and said: "Congratulations to King Ning for his crown, thank you for your hospitality today, and I will leave first if I am inconvenienced." ”

Liu Hao didn't allow him to leave: "Why haven't you saluted the wine yet, where are you going, I'm very happy today, don't you even give this face?" ”

This sounded like he was obviously drunk, Liu Jiong secretly touched Xue Rui with his elbow, Xue Rui knew Liu Hao's temper, and it was difficult to get out for a while when he saw this, so he had to follow the maid of the prince's mansion to change

Not long after he left, Liu Hao also staggered away from the table.

The prince's mansion is very large, because it was built once last year, Xue Rui didn't know the way, and followed the maid to a guest room, and took out the coat that was specially reserved for the drunk guests to change it.

"You go out of the city, go outside and wait."

"Yes."

Xue Rui changed into his clothes and sat on the edge of the couch for a while, he was careful tonight, he didn't dip a few more drops of wine, he was very sober at the moment, thinking about Liu Hao's face at the banquet just now, he raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, and said softly:

"Fortunately, the marriage was broken quickly, otherwise it would have been"

"Xue Gongzi, are you okay?"

Hearing the maid outside's inquiry, Xue Rui hung the changed clothes in his hand and went out, "Let's go."

Or the maid in front of her head bowed her head to lead the way, Xue Rui walked forward for a while, vaguely heard the liveliness of the banquet hall in the distance, the night was heavy, and the breath turned into fog, his eyes inadvertently fell on the maid in front, his eyes were stunned, and he frowned secretly, he remembered Zhu. The maid who showed him the way was taller, and this one seemed to be a dwarf.

Xue Ruiyin remembered Yu Shu's warning, and was a little more careful all night, and when he saw this strange situation, he immediately became alert, and looked around quietly, and found that this was not the road he took when he came.

"Wait, I've got a headache, sit here for a while."

Xue Rui sat down on the edge of the corridor, holding his forehead with one hand, and waving his hand to let the maid go first.

Seeing this, the maid hurriedly said: "Xue Gongzi, the prince's mansion is detouring, don't be confused anymore, it's cold at night, do you want to sit or sit in front again." ”

As soon as Xue Rui heard this, he refused to leave, and Bacheng knew that it was nothing good for this person to lead him forward, so he closed his eyes and leaned on the pillar.

"Xue Gongzi, Xue Gongzi?" The maid called a few times, and when she saw that he didn't care about herself, her face was anxious, and she couldn't force him, so she looked left and right and whispered, "The slave is going to pour you a cup of hot tea." ”

"No, I don't know the way to this prince's mansion, what should I do if you go, I'm lost." Who is so bold and dares to set him up in the Prince's Mansion.

He sat like this for a while, and someone came looking for him in front of him.

"Brother Rui, what are you doing sitting here, why don't you go back to the banquet?"

Xue Rui opened his eyes and looked at Feng Zhaomiao who was striding over, glanced at the maid, stood up and said, "Two more drinks, let's go." ”

The two of them walked forward together and went down the corridor, there was a road on the left and right, Xue Rui was recalling where to go, when he heard a faint reprimand not far away:

"Please respect yourself!"

Xue Rui's footsteps stopped, this voice sounded a little familiar, and just thinking about who it was, Feng Zhaomiao turned his head and said suspiciously: "Did you hear that?" ”

"Hmm."

Feng Zhaomiao probed his brain, "Go over and take a look?" ”

Xue Rui hesitated for a moment, and then heard a woman's panicked low cry not far away, and he couldn't, so he could only go over and take a look.

"Let's go."

The maid couldn't stop them, and the two of them strode down the corridor, through a bush, and saw a man in the small pavilion in front of them, holding a woman who was constantly struggling, the night was dark, the moon was in the way, and they couldn't see who it was.

Seeing this situation, any bloody man would not stand idly by, and the faces of the two changed, and they hurriedly stepped forward Feng Zhaomiao shouted:

"Hugh is rude!"

Xue Rui and Feng Zhaomiao dragged the man away, and as soon as the woman was free, she retreated to the edge of the pavilion in a panic, looking at them with a pale face.

"Star Swirl, I only like you, why don't you believe me!"

"Your Highness, don't talk nonsense anymore, Star Swirl has never had a selfish relationship with you, it's your wishful thinking that will be wrong."

As soon as he heard this, how could Xue Rui not know who the man and woman in this pavilion were.

"Let go, you two!" Liu Hao was drunk, angry in his heart, shouted, waved Feng Zhaomiao with one arm, and smashed a fist at Xue Rui on his side, Xue Rui was caught off guard, took half a step back and turned his head to the side, dodging this fist, Liu Hao turned and kicked Feng Zhaomiao sideways.

Feng Zhaomiao is the grandson of General Feng, how can he not have a few martial arts under his hands, and he is entangled with Liu Hao at the moment, in this small pavilion, you come and go, and do not show weakness to each other.

Xue Rui took advantage of the chaos to glance back at the woman hiding behind him, recognized that it was indeed Ji Xingxuan, frowned secretly, and was about to let her leave first, when he saw a few lanterns swaying in the afterglow and heard human voices.

"What's going on over there?"

"Looks like a fight?"

"Get over there!"

"What are you doing, stop it!"

Among the few people who came, there were those Xue Rui knew and those who didn't, and several people worked together to separate Feng Zhaomiao and Liu Hao.

As soon as the lantern was lit, it could be seen who was in the pavilion, Ji Xingxuan's face changed suddenly, and he lowered his head and hid behind Xue Rui, who was tall, Xue Rui noticed it, so he stood still, so no one noticed that there was a woman in this pavilion.

Liu Hao vented, at this time he was already a little drunk, seeing these people, his face was not good, he snorted coldly, and then shook his sleeves and left, leaving a few people looking at each other, Liu Jiong was also among them, waving his hand:

"Okay, the prince drank too much wine, and they all dispersed, and no one saw this tonight.

Liu Jiong sent everyone away, turned his head to look at Feng Zhaomiao and Xue Rui, and saw Xue Rui hiding behind him, revealing the corners of his skirt, and asked suspiciously:

"What the hell is going on?"

Feng Zhaomiao rubbed the blood on the corner of his mouth, pursed his lips and kept silent, this is related to the woman's family name, no matter how much he talks, he will not talk nonsense.

"Thank you, two sons, I'm leaving." Ji Xingxuan saw that everyone was finished, so he lowered his head and saluted Xue Rui and Feng Zhaomiao respectively, and left in a hurry.

Xue Rui looked at her back, his face was the same, but he was a fluke in his heart.

In this matter tonight, if he hadn't been careful and didn't have Feng Zhaomiao to follow, if he had fought with Liu Hao just now and was bumped into by these people, and then Ji Xingxuan was present, then there would be a hundred mouths that couldn't be clear.

Afterwards, it was rumored that what had become of the Xue family's eldest young master and the seventh prince were jealous for a woman and fought hard?

Thinking about the consequences of these words, Xue Rui's eyes darkened, and he turned around and wanted to find the maid who led the way, but he was gone. Clear