The next day, Shen Wanzhen had something in her heart, and she woke up at dawn, Zhao Shijiao's arm was on her shoulder, and she stretched out a slippery white leg from the red embroidered gold thread Baizi quilt and put it on Zhao Shijiao's body, sleeping in a good position that no one could see.

She didn't dare to move, she was afraid of moving, Zhao Shijiao woke up, and the morning light shone into the tent, and his facial features were hazy and beautiful with a halo.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he found that she was staring at him, very close, and a light breath, if there was nothing, he smiled, "Why don't you sleep, look at me?" ”

She chuckled, "I like to watch it." ”

He approached her little face and met her mouth, and she whimpered twice, and he ate enough.

After a while, he let go of her, she hurriedly got up, and he called with a smile, "Lie down for a while, it's too late." ”

She poked her head out of the tent, it was not early, waiting for him to dress, and his hands were not honest while he was dressing, and he touched her so that she could not concentrate, and she wore a dress for a long time.

The two walked out of the house, embroidered chrysanthemum, Qiaoshan, Jixiang, Fusheng and others at the door, prepared hot water, silk towels, pancreas and other things.

The two of them washed up and set up breakfast.

She didn't seem to have eaten with him for a long time, but it had only been two days.

He ate two bites of flat food, looked up at her, and found that she was also looking at him, and he was warm and comfortable.

He first put down the silver spoon and rinsed his mouth, and she touched the corner of her lips with an embroidered handkerchief.

"The queen mother's birthday gift, is the prince ready?" The Queen Mother's birthday gift, Zhao Shijiao put a lot of effort into it.

He turned around and instructed Fusheng, "Take out the things." And again, "Be careful."

After a while, Fusheng took out a large red box painted with gold and lotus flowers.

Placed on the table, he gently opened it, lifted the golden satin covering it, and when she pulled her head, she saw that inside was a whole pavilion carved in bloodstone, and the base was rosewood.

Shen Wanzhen took a closer look at this bloodstone, the top was bright red, the ground was like mutton fat, and the bright red color of blood complemented each other, and it was a top grade at a glance.

The carving is very delicate, the pavilions and pavilions are dotted with figures, less than the size of the thumb, look closely at the different expressions of the characters, very vivid, even the folds of the clothes are clearly visible, the small beast carving of the size of a grain of rice on the heavy eaves of the pavilion is very realistic.

"This is what I finally found, the blood is bright red, and the color is of the highest quality."

Zhao Shijiao wrapped the bloodstone carving in golden satin, carefully placed it in the box, and Fusheng carefully held it and set off to the palace.

The sedan chair of King An's Mansion just entered the palace gate, and a large sedan chair with a golden roof painted moire Zhai bird came from the direction of the east gate.

Wang Changgui, the eunuch who followed below, glanced at it and hurriedly approached the door of the sedan chair, "Lord Wang, it seems to be the big sedan chair of the second prince, and it is also coming this way." ”

Zhao Shijiao rolled up the curtains of the sedan chair, and when he looked, it was the king of Li who went to Cining Palace, Zhao Shijiao turned around and said, "The second emperor brother has come to the palace." Say hello, "stop the car"

The sedan chair fell steadily, Zhao Shijiao and Shen Wanzhen walked out of the sedan chair, and the big sedan chair also stopped at the same time, Shen Wanzhen saw a man coming down first, less than thirty years old, dressed in black gold cranes, tall and burly, with a slightly black face, sharp facial features, like a knife, giving people a cold and hard feeling, at first glance, it is a person who practices martial arts.

Behind him came a woman, about his age, dressed in a cloak of red feather yarn, dignified and elegant.

The man walked steadily, walked towards Zhao Shijiao and the others, and shouted from afar: "Third brother, why did you run away last night?" It's easy to find the second brother. ”

I saw Shen Wanzhen behind Zhao Shijiao and said heartily: "This is my brother and sister." ”

The woman behind him said in a gentle voice: "Third brother, third brother and sister let you hide tightly, and now our sister finally sees it." "Come on, come over with a smile.

Zhao Shijiao hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "The younger brother greets the second brother and the second sister-in-law." ”

Shen Wanzhen was blessed, "I have seen the second brother and the second sister-in-law." ”

Princess Li returned the salute and said with a smile: "My sister is good-natured at first glance." He half-joked at Zhao Shijiao: "Don't bully my sister." ”

Zhao Shijiao smiled and was pulled by King Li, "Third brother, I prepared a good thing for the Queen Mother's birthday, and the third brother will open his eyes for a while, and Zhun Bao will say yes." ”

"What's it, the second brother is still secret."

"I can't say it first, let's go, let's take a sedan chair, let them take a sedan chair in a sedan chair, and the parents will be annoyed."

Let's say, the two of them got on King Li's big sedan chair.

Shen Wanzhen bowed, "Sister-in-law, please first." ”

Princess Li grabbed her, went up first, waited for Shen Wanzhen to get on the sedan chair, got up the sedan chair, and went to Cining Palace together.

Shen Wanzhen and Princess Li sat side by side, "I heard that the third brother was going to go to the south with his younger siblings?" Princess Li spoke softly and nicely.

Shen Wanzhen understood that this must have been said by Zhao Shijiao, because he was going to go with her that night, and no one knew what to do, it seemed that he deliberately said it to people when he was eating and drinking, telling everyone that he did not covet the throne, Shen Wanzhen hurriedly smiled: "I and the prince are both naturally boring people, I don't like the prosperity of the capital, when I went to live in Qiantang, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and now I often think about it in my dreams." ”

Shen Wanzhen has some sincere words, but most of the words are for Princess Li, since Zhao Shijiao is for the world, more precisely to the emperor, leaving behind not loving the country and loving the beauty, and prodigal fame, she and his closest husband and wife, in the same step, advance and retreat together.

"Yes! Once I go back to the capital, everything else is fine, but this climate makes it difficult for people to adapt. "Princess Li doesn't know if she really doesn't like the capital, or if she does it on purpose, in fact, the royal people, you don't know how many words are true.

"I heard that the third brother is going to participate in political affairs, your young couple is newly married, and the third brother doesn't have much time to accompany his younger siblings." Princess Li and her mother-in-law, Concubine Min Gui, are aunts and nephews, they are three points similar, have a gentle temperament, and are extremely warm people, but every thoughtful word of hers, Shen Wanzhen's subtlety has a deep meaning.

"The prince doesn't want to care, the queen mother said that the prince is married, and he can't be in the company of a frivolous child, and the town only cares about the lackeys and cockfights." Shen Xuanzhen, intentionally or unintentionally, revealed a message, that is, King An has no ambition and has no intention of fighting for power, with the heart of the Royal Brothers.

The two gossiped and arrived in front of the Cining Palace, and as soon as they got off the sedan chair, Princess Li got off the sedan chair, and then Shen Wanzhen followed off the sedan chair.

Shen Wanzhen looked at the gate of Cining Palace, and saw a young man striding out of the palace gate and welcoming them.

"The younger brother meets the second brother and the second sister-in-law, the third brother and the third sister-in-law."

"Old Five, you're early." The loud voice of King Li echoed in the empty courtyard in the cold winter.

Shen Xuanzhen thought that this was probably the fifth prince of Qi, and King Qi and King Heping looked quite godlike.

Entering the gate of Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was helped out of the inner hall by Princess Jingyi and the Emperor and Empress, and several brothers stepped forward to bow to the Emperor and the Queen Mother.

As soon as he got up, the eunuch shouted, "The seventh prince, the ninth prince has arrived." ”

With a sound, King Cheng and Xiao Jiu entered the palace.

"Let's all come together." Empress Dowager Guo was wearing a red and gold thread embroidered phoenix robe, and she was full of joy.

Empress Dowager Guo is very happy today, looking at the adult princes, and said happily: "The emperors congratulate the mourning family on their birthdays, the mourning family is really blessed, the mourning family can see the emperors coming one by one, I really want to have a few more good days this year, usually the world is from the south to the north, I think about it, and I can't see it." Although Empress Dowager Guo is over forty years old, her body is tough, full of energy, and her face is full of red light.

Several concubines came out of the apse, and the first to come out was Concubine Min Gui, followed by Concubine Cao and Concubine Xie.

"The Queen Mother, you are a birthday star today, and at a family banquet, the Queen Mother will drink a few more glasses." Concubine Min Gui spoke to the Queen Mother affectionately, looking close, without mustard.

"Queen Mother, take a seat!" Emperor Zhao Shixian said.

Everyone sat down one after another, and Shen Wanzhen didn't see King Ping, and her heart was relieved.

The queen mother is seated, the emperor and queen sit on the left and right, and there are several concubines at the bottom, and the princes are sorted by the eldest and youngest.

King Li said anxiously to Princess Li: "Quick, give the birthday gift to the queen mother." ”

Everyone saw the two eunuchs lift up, covered, like a huge volume, all stretched their necks to see, as soon as the red satin was lifted, it was a mutton fat white jade carving, white as snow, as fine as clotted fat, graceful and luxurious.

"Okay, where did the second brother get this?" The emperor approached, his eyes lit up, and he applauded repeatedly.

The crowd applauded.

Empress Dowager Guo stepped down from her seat, and at first sight, she liked it, and said continuously: "The mourning family has lived at this age, and they have never seen such a large piece of jade, and the color is good." ”

Immediately afterwards, everyone offered birthday gifts, and among all the birthday gifts, King Li's was the most.

After the birthday gift, the emperor personally led everyone to toast the queen mother and sing congratulations.

Queen Li is the queen mother, the palace selection of palace e, carefully rehearsed songs and dances, the formation is grand, festive and lively.

Emperor Zhao Shixian personally played a song for the Queen Mother Qianqiu, and Queen Li congratulated the Queen Mother for a poem.

The emperor and queen took the lead, and the princes sang and danced to help the fun, but what Shen Wanzhen didn't expect was that King Li actually performed a hu dance, King Li was burly, danced, and had flexible hands and feet, but he was not clumsy at all.

After dancing a song, Emperor Zhao Shixian laughed, "Second brother, I didn't expect there to be these two times." ”

Princess Li said with a smile: "The prince saw that he practiced at home, and he practiced for half a month, and he also asked a master to teach him." ”

"The second child is really attentive, this filial piety, the mourning family is very happy." The Queen Mother seemed to be very moved, and praised Concubine Min Gui again and again, "My sister teaches well." ”

"The second brother is not as intelligent as the other brothers, Huimin, and he is willing to work hard in everything." King Li's biological mother gave her son an evaluation.

Shen Wanzhen glanced at Concubine Min Gui, and the impression that King Li gave her was just the opposite, with quick thinking, careful thinking, and the potential to achieve great things.

Princess Jingyi presented songs and dances, singing and dancing, which made Shen Wanzhen refreshed.

The royal family is everyone's performance to cheer up the Queen Mother.

Zhao Shijiao is no exception, singing to cheer up, and even Princess Li also sang a small song.

The hall was lively, and no one else paid attention to Shen Wanzhen, but Concubine Xie swept her gaze towards her, "Princess An doesn't perform a show, Princess An is the daughter-in-law of the Queen Mother." ”

Concubine Xie's voice was not low, and she took advantage of the gap when the music stopped, so almost the entire hall heard it, and everyone quieted down and looked at Shen Wanzhen, after all, she was not familiar with her, and she didn't know what her talent was.

Zhao Shijiao turned his head sideways and whispered thoughtfully: "It doesn't matter, just sing a few sentences casually, it should be the occasion." ”

Everyone looked at her, and it was not good for her to sit still, so Luo Luo stood up generously and said in a crisp voice: "For the sake of the mother and the queen for a thousand years, the sons will be ugly and perform a small skill." ”

Everyone saw that she took out a bow from under the seat, round, leather, everyone knows, this dynasty is still juju, there are various forms of juju in the folk, the rules are different, the palace also often organizes eunuchs and palace maids juju competition, which has become an entertainment activity, the queen mother, the emperor and queen are quite fond of it.

Shen Wanzhen took off her coat outside, and wore a red gauze dress inside, she walked to the center of the hall, stood firm, and the sound of thin silk and bamboo rose.

She raised her arms, put the ball on her shoulder, spread her hands, and her body danced, little by little, the ball rolled along her shoulders, back, and chest, and everyone saw that her body was as soft as a snake, as soft as water, and the ball rolled through her whole body, but it did not fall to the ground, and everyone's eyes were straight, and the whole hall was silent.

At this time, a person appeared at the door of the main hall, this person seemed to be very surprised when he saw the woman in red in the hall, and he was stunned, his eyes were blazing, and his expression was very focused.

Zhao Shijiao's facial features, especially deaf, the footsteps at the door were very soft, but he heard it, turned around, and saw King Ping standing on the main hall, his eyes staring at Shen Wanzhen for a moment.

King An's chest slammed and his head exploded.

After the last moment, Shen Wanzhen hugged her hands in front of the ball rolling down her chest, closing the momentum, and the hall was quiet, probably suppressed by her stunts.

"Good, good" This time it was the emperor Zhao Shixian who took the lead in slapping, and everyone praised in unison.

She squatted and turned around to leave, but suddenly, she was startled, a few steps away, King Ping saw her, and the two sides were silent.

"The fourth brother is here, I've seen that this is your third sister-in-law." Empress Dowager Guo said kindly, and everyone thought that King Ping, like everyone, was impressed by Princess An's wonderful skills.

"The younger brother sees the third sister-in-law." With a clear voice, King Ping gave a deep salute in a dashing manner.

Shen Wanzhen squatted calmly, "third brother"

Shen Wanzhen straightened up, walked to her seat, and suddenly met Zhao Shijiao's gaze, and her steps were instantly messy and a little vain.

She walked back to Zhao Shizhen and sat down, and glanced at Zhao Shijiao, Zhao Shijiao sat still and didn't move, and didn't look at her, Shen Wanzhen whispered: "Lord Wang"

Zhao Shijiao turned a deaf ear, Shen Wanzhen peeked at him, the corners of his lips were pursed, and he didn't even look at her, Shen Wanzhen knew that he was angry.

King Ping saluted the queen mother and the emperor, and then sat down, as if looking at her casually, she avoided his eyes, pretended not to see, lowered her head, and felt that the gaze from the opposite side made her uncomfortable.

Zhao Shijiao was looking at her with a cold gaze.

King Ping sat down, arched his hand upwards and said: "Queen Mother, if your son comes late, she will punish herself with three glasses of wine." ”

"Fourth, don't drink too much." Empress Dowager Guo said with concern.

The palace maid filled the wine glass, and King Ping drank three cups in a row, his face turned slightly white, and he said loudly: "The son plays a song to celebrate the birthday of the queen mother." ”

He took out Zizhu Xiao from his waist and gently placed it on his lips, and on the empty hall, the melodious sound of the flute sounded slowly, beautiful and euphemistic, with a touch of sadness.

Shen Wanzhen was no longer in the mood to appreciate Xiao Qu, Zhao Shijiao sat upright, she was very close to him, feeling the cold air emanating from his body, her heart was as heavy as water, and her back was cold.

At the end of the song, King Ping's eyes swept over her, and deeply, her heart trembled again, and she didn't dare to look at Zhao Shijiao's face.

It's easy to look forward to the feast, as if hundreds of years have passed, and everyone is kneeling down.

Zhao Shijiao suppressed his anger, walked out of the palace with Shen Wanzhen, and said goodbye to King Li, the princess, and King Cheng.

Just as she was about to get into the sedan chair, she came to the Ping Dynasty.

"Congratulations to the third brother and third sister-in-law, and the younger brother will visit the third brother and third sister-in-law another day."

Zhao Shijiao snorted, and didn't care that Shen Wanzhen got into the sedan chair by herself, so Shen Wanzhen had to get into the sedan chair later.

Sunset, a faint afterglow, there was no palm light in the sedan chair, the light was dim, Shen Wanzhen looked at Zhao Shijiao's black face, a little weak-hearted, and called timidly in a low voice: "Lord Wang"

Zhao Shijiao ignored her, Shen Wanzhen looked at his face again, and called cautiously, "Lord Wang"

Zhao Shijiao didn't answer, Shen Wanzhen was angry and didn't speak.

The two of them were silent all the way, and the air in the sedan car was solemn and depressed.

After a long time, the sedan chair arrived at the gate of the palace and was carried directly into the inner house.

Zhao Shijiao walked out of the sedan chair, and Shen Wanzhen then got off the sedan chair, but Zhao Shijiao didn't greet her, and went straight to the upper room.

Shen Wanzhen's small steps followed him honestly.

"The prince and princess are back." Xiuju leaned on the window to watch the master come back, and stood at the door busily, raising a red brocade curtain sprinkled with gold.

Zhao Shijiao didn't look at her, and went directly into the Xinuan Pavilion, Shen Xuanzhen followed up, Xiuju glanced at the inner room a little worriedly, Jixiang and Fusheng followed in behind, and asked the prince and princess with their hands, and Xiuju looked at the Nuan Pavilion Nunu mouth.

Suddenly, with a cold sound, "close the door" came from the inside, bluffing the embroidered chrysanthemum, making sure that the sound came from the mouth of the prince, and was stunned, the prince had not yet made such a big fire, and the prince and the princess in the west room must have been the master.

Shen Wanzhen walked to cover the door, and as soon as she turned around, she met a pair of deep eyes with hidden anger, and Zhao Shizhen said in a deep voice, "Say, what's the matter with you and him?" ”

Shen Wanzhen stood on the ground, lowered her head and fiddled with the corners of her clothes, muttering in a low voice, "What's wrong?" I lived next to him, he rented Wu Yulian's courtyard, and the concubine didn't know that he was the king of Ping. ”

"Are you a fool to be the king? Nothing? Is it okay for him to look at you? Zhao Shijiao shouted angrily.

"I said how did you live in that place, I couldn't think about it, it turned out that I was worried."

Shen Wanzhen lowered his head, and he caught a glimpse of his hands clenched into fists, his knuckles turned white, and you can imagine how angry he was in his heart.

"Really nothing? He called himself Xiao Gongzi, stayed for a while and left. Shen Xuanzhen raised her head and looked at his face that was blue because of anger, a little scared.

"That's your explanation?" Zhao Shijiao was silent, pressing the fire.

Shen Wanzhen's eyes were a little red, and she was also angry, and said stubbornly: "You said nothing, what else do you want to hear?" ”

He saw that her eyes were red and she looked very sad, his heart softened, and he suddenly lowered his arm weakly, and smiled bitterly, "I miss you every day, but you are with other men." ”

"I miss you too, how do I explain it to you to believe it." Shen Wanzhen pursed her lips aggrievedly and turned her back.

Zhao Shijiao was deflated, and after a while, seeing her shoulders twitching, he walked over, turned her body, and faced him, she hung her head aggrievedly.

"Look up and look me in the eye."

She raised her head obediently, he looked at her for a while, and saw a tear hanging on her cheek, he reached out and gently wiped it away, "You don't have him in your heart, I believe it, but he, King Ping is not, I believe it." ”

Shen Wanzhen's body trembled, King Ping was not, she knew it in her heart, otherwise why didn't she dare to tell him the truth, secret, this bit of ambiguity made her heart palpitate.

"You are not allowed to meet him alone in the future." He spoke hard, grabbed her arms and stared at her eyes.

She was caught by him and nodded.

He embraced her.

She and him were face up, lying side by side, she and he both closed their eyes, but neither of them fell asleep, she didn't understand, she and the king of peace are friends in general, several faces, why is the king of peace like this? To say that King Ping is fascinated by her, the world is ridiculous, King Ping is a person who is free and easy on the surface, does not ask about the world, and is in an indifferent mood, but the haze in her bones, she is sensitive to it, and King Ping is not as simple as it seems, Zhao Shijiao is right, this person can't be contacted, and when we meet in the future, it's good to hide.

Her husband is down-to-earth and reliable, loyal to her feelings, she can't let him misunderstand, so the two have a disagreement, she turned over, snuggled up to him, and whispered: "Don't ignore me, I'm afraid." ”

He jerked around and hugged her tightly, "No matter what happens, you can't leave me." ”