Zhu Biao stepped into the hall, looking a little restless, he paced around, and said to Zhang Shixing, who was standing aside: "King Qin is really arrogant and lawless, you go and investigate carefully, don't make any movement, come and report to me quickly." ”

Zhang Shixing bowed and saluted: "Obey." Then he turned and went out of the temple, but he secretly cried out in his heart.

This matter is really difficult to do, involving the emperor's family, fathers and sons, brothers, he is a grass people, and if he is not careful, he will be crushed. It seems that even Zhu Biao, as the crown prince and eldest brother, was unwilling to accept this hot potato, and casually gave him this small Jinyi Wei General Flag, which is really a companion to the king like a tiger.

In the middle of hesitation, Zhu Shanglie came to the dormitory to ask the prince if he wanted lunch, Zhang Shixing saw this fat little prince, his eyes lit up, it seems that the prince's work today is going to fall into the hands of this kid, so he said to Zhu Shanglie: "Little prince, you wait here for the time being, I will go and ask the prince." ”

After speaking, Zhang Shixing entered the dormitory and asked Zhu Biaodao: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Qin Palace's afternoon meal has been prepared, does His Royal Highness eat with Princess Qin and the little prince, or for his own use?" ”

Zhu Biao thought for a while and said, "Let them be sent into the house, after I have eaten, I will take a rest, and then have dinner with the princess and others." ”

Zhang Shixing obeyed the order, retreated, and said to Zhu Shanglie: "The prince has traveled all the way, and he is a little tired, so he can send it in the kitchen, and His Royal Highness will use it for his own use, and then eat with the little prince in the evening." ”

Zhu Shanglie sighed, turned to leave, Zhang Shixing grabbed him, and said with a smile: "The little one still has something to ask the little prince for advice." ”

Zhu Shanglie's eyes flickered a few times, and he asked a little nervously, "What do you have to say?" ”

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "Without him, along the way, the boat and car are tiring, and the little one is a little thirsty, and he wants to ask the little prince for a glass of water and wine." ”

When Zhu Shanglie heard this, he relaxed his expression, it turned out that this Jinyi Wei Zongqi wanted to play an autumn breeze, I heard that he was a celebrity around the prince Zhu Biao, and he should have been entertained well, as soon as he thought of this, Zhu Shanglie smiled and said: "My lord has worked hard all the way, please go to the house to eat a glass of water and wine, and relieve your fatigue." ”

Zhang Shixing also smiled: "In this way, the little one will bother the little prince." ”

So Zhu Shanglie led the way, Zhang Shixing followed, out of the dormitory, and turned to a courtyard in the west, Zhu Shanglie let Zhang Shixing into the main room, he sat on the head, Zhang Shixing accompanied the last seat, the little eunuch put on the wine utensils, dishes and chopsticks, dried and fresh fruits, eight plates and eight lamps, hot and cold dishes, it is really exquisite and abnormal, and the world is delicious.

Zhu Shanglie picked up the wine jug and was about to pour wine for Zhang Shixing, Zhang Shixing hurriedly got up and said, "Don't dare." He snatched it, filled the wine glass in front of the two, and said to Zhu Shanglie: "Little prince, I still have to serve the prince in the afternoon, I don't dare to drink more, let's limit it to three glasses, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Shanglie said yes repeatedly.

After Zhang Shixing sat down, he raised his head and drank a cup first, turned the empty cup and said to Zhu Shanglie: "Little prince, the little one is respectful first." ”

Zhu Shanglie shouted hello, and also tilted his neck to dry the wine in the cup.

Zhang Shixing praised: "The little prince is as bold as us Mongolians. ”

Zhu Shanglie's eyes lit up and said, "Are you a Mongolian?" ”

Zhang Shixing said seriously: "My father is Han and my mother is Mongolian, but others call me a little Tartar behind my back." ”

Zhu Shanglie slapped the table, leaned over, and shouted at Zhang Shixing: "They really call you a little tartar?" ”

Zhang Shixing smiled bitterly: "That's still fake, but I pretend not to know, they are jealous of my favor from the prince." ”

Zhu Shanglie showed a hint of pain in his eyes, and said to himself: "No wonder I am not favored by my father, it turns out that he has always regarded me as a little tartar." ”

Zhang Shixing pretended not to know and asked, "Could it be that the little prince's biological mother is also a Mongolian?" ”

Zhu Shanglie said slowly: "It's the Princess Qin you saw today." Her elder brother, my uncle, is the famous Wang Baobao. ”

Zhang Shixing hurriedly picked up the wine glass, toasted Zhu Shanglie again, and said: "Admire, admire, disrespect, disrespect, it turns out that the uncle of the little prince is well-known, and the color of the smell changes, and the emperor is called Wang Baobao, a strange man in the world." ”

Zhu Shanglie also picked up the wine glass, drank the wine in the cup, shook his head, and said with self-pity: "So what, as the eldest son, I am not the son of King Qin, and the eldest brother was born to Concubine Deng. ”

Zhang Shixing sighed and said: "How can this be reasonable, as a sect official, does King Qin not obey the etiquette law?" ”

Zhu Shanglie was a little indignant and said: "Where does he care about etiquette, in order to please Concubine Deng, he actually made her a full set of phoenix crown and xia veils, and that should have been for my mother." With that, he poured the third glass of wine into his stomach as well.

Zhang Shixing slapped his glass and said: "There is such a thing in the world, I will definitely tell it to the prince, so that he can do justice for your mother and son." ”

Zhu Shanglie hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and said, "My lord, don't be like this, trapping me in a place of disloyalty and unfilial piety." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Since the little prince is a descendant, why bother to seek perfection? Why not fight. ”

Zhu Shanglie sighed and said, "I see that you are also of mixed Mongolian and Han blood, and you are just a brother and complaining." You also know that although my mother is a wife, she is a captive person, and she can marry the king of Qin, in fact, it is to lure my uncle to surrender, and now my uncle has died, she has lost her use value, and she can survive to this day, and the emperor's grandfather is also taking special care. is not better than that Concubine Deng, is a hero (his father Deng Yu, after his death was named the king of Ninghe), so the old relatives and friends, all over the government and the opposition, the power is huge, my mother is lonely, and not favored by my father, the son is valued by the mother, the son is weakened by the mother, what do I fight for. With that, he poured himself another glass, drank it all, and began to cry with a whimper.

When Zhang Shixing saw that the momentum was not good, he hurriedly comforted him, ate a few mouthfuls of food, and was about to say goodbye, Zhu Shanglie hurriedly asked the little eunuch to take out a stack of treasure money, handed it to Zhang Shixing and said: "Little Chengyi, it is not a respect, please accept it." ”

Zhang Shixing hurriedly excused himself and said: "The little prince is very polite, inviting me to drink, it is already a nuisance, how dare you accept such a big gift again, this is a matter of losing your head." With that, he took his leave and hurriedly walked out.

He returned to the front dormitory, saw that the doors and windows of the main room were closed, and when he inquired about his subordinates, he knew that Zhu Biao was taking a nap, so he ordered someone to find a few pieces of Zhu Biao's special products from Beijing, carried two large boxes, and went straight to the back bedroom, and asked the eunuch at the door, saying that he wanted to meet the princess, and the eunuch recognized him as the guard next to the prince in the front yard, and said politely: "My lord, don't you know that my princess has gone to Beijing with the prince?" ”

Zhang Shixing said strangely: "I just met your princess, why did you go to Beijing after a while?" ”

The eunuch suddenly realized: "What the adults are talking about are Tartar women? ”

Zhang Shixing reprimanded: "It's nonsense, what a Tartar woman, that's Princess Qin." ”

The eunuch hurriedly slapped his mouth and said: "Little nonsense, the princess doesn't live here, in the back garden Buddha hall, in order to cultivate self-cultivation." ”

Zhang Shixing shouted: "Lead the way in front of the head, I have something important to discuss with the princess." ”

The eunuch said yes repeatedly, hurriedly took the gift in Zhang Shixing's hand, walked along the long road, walked towards the back, passed through a palace gate, came to a large garden, only to see green trees, flowers, small bridges and flowing water, winding paths, he passed through a bamboo forest, came to a big house, only to see that the house tiles were crumbling, the doors and windows were broken, and the roots of the wall were full of firewood. The eunuch didn't answer, but hurriedly threw the gift box in his hand to the ground and fled with a smoke.

At this time, I heard the voices of people outside, and a person walked out of the house, it was the princess Guanyin slave of Qin, at this moment she had taken off her gorgeous clothes and changed into a coarse cloth dress, Jing Hai cloth skirt, without powder, like an ordinary peasant woman, looking lonely, even more old and ugly, seeing Zhang Shixing, she was slightly stunned, and asked: "Lord Zongqi, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Shixing picked up the gift box on the ground, brushed off the dust, held it with both hands, and said respectfully: "The villain Zhang Shixing was entrusted by the prince's side concubine Roufei, and came to ask Princess Qin for peace. ”

Guanyin Nu tried to squeeze out a smile from the corner of his mouth, and said to Zhang Shixing: "Concubine Rou is Princess Tana?" ”

Zhang Shixing replied: "Exactly, the villain was also Princess Tana's Na Ke'er. ”

When Guanyin Nu heard this, his expression finally relaxed, and said: "It is really rare to meet old acquaintances in other places, adults, please come into the house and talk." ”

As she spoke, she let Zhang Shixing into the hall and shouted again: "Mother Wang, serve tea." As she spoke, a white-haired, gaunt old woman walked out of the right room, took a large porcelain bowl, and placed it on the mottled lacquered table of the Eight Immortals, which contained a yellowish tea soup, she took the gift box handed by Zhang Shixing, her face was expressionless, she didn't say a word, and retreated.

Guanyin said: "This Wang Ma is my nurse, who has been with me for more than 40 years, and her temperament is a little withdrawn, so adults are not strange. Adults, please sit down and talk. ”

Zhang Shixing sat on the dilapidated wooden chair, the wooden chair creaked, he looked up again, it can be called a family with four walls, no decoration, compared to ordinary people, let alone a dignified princess.

Zhang Shixing was a little indignant, and slammed the table and said: "King Qin also deceives people too much, isn't it abuse to treat a concubine like this?" ”

Guanyin Nu smiled sadly and said: "I am a prisoner of the stairs, and I dare to have any extravagant hopes, just have a place to shelter from the wind and rain." Besides, we Mongolians take the sky as a quilt, the earth as a bed, eat and sleep in the open air, and live in pursuit of water and grass, where can we not live? How is Princess Tana, is the prince treating him well? ”

Her bland question hit Zhang Shixing's heart like a thunderbolt, and Tana's cry in Jiming Temple suddenly sounded in his ears: "Die and die, I will die with you, anyway, I have already died once, I don't want to live like this again, my Battle." ”

Guanyin slave as a wife, but so, and Tana as a side concubine, what kind of life is it, it is really unimaginable, shuddering, although the crown prince Zhu Biao is gentle and elegant, not as cruel and irritable as King Qin, but to defeat an isolated woman only needs an indifferent wind and frost sword. Inside and outside the red wall, for their lovers of life and death, it is close to the end of the world, and they can't help it. At the thought of this, Zhang Shixing didn't feel trembling.

Guanyin Nu sensed that he was abnormal, and hurriedly asked, "Is there anything uncomfortable about your body?" Take a sip of tea first. ”

Zhang Shixing came back to his senses at this time, took out the book from his arms, handed it to Guanyinu, and said in a low voice: "This is what Princess Tana entrusted me to give to the princess, don't let others know." With that, he subconsciously looked around.

After Guanyin Nu took it, he looked at it slightly, and couldn't help but change his face greatly, looked Zhang Shixing up and down carefully for a long time, and asked slowly: "This is what Princess Tana taught you personally?" ”

Zhang Shixing's mind came to mind the face of Tana's personal maid Hui'er, and nodded categorically.

Guanyin Nu asked again, "Do you know what is written in this book?" ”

Zhang Shixing was a little puzzled and said: "I only know that these are Mongolian characters, but I don't recognize a single word." ”

Guanyin Nu then asked, "How did you make Tana's Nak'er, it's a big deal, you have to be honest." ”

Zhang Shixing didn't know why, but when he saw that she was solemn, he briefly talked about how he met Tana, how he came to Jingshi together, and how he became a Jinyiwei.

Guanyinnu nodded and said: "In this way, you can be regarded as friends of life and death, and you have the same hatred." Is there anything else Tana has to say to me? ”

Zhang Shixing thought about it and thought that Hui'er didn't say anything, so he made up a lie and said, "The princess told the princess to take care of her life." ”

Who knew that when the Guanyin slave heard this, she giggled and laughed loudly, like a roar in the dark night, very piercing and sad, laughing, she asked Zhang Shixing rhetorically: "She told me to take care of my life?" ”

Zhang Shixing blinked and said, "Exactly." ”

The light in Guanyinnu's eyes dimmed, and his whole body seemed to fall apart, and he said to Zhang Shixing: "Go ahead, I'm a little sleepy." ”

Zhang Shixing stood up, bowed his hand, and just stepped out of the door, as if he remembered something again, he turned to Guanyin and said, "What else does the princess have to say to Princess Tana?" ”

Guanyin Nu seemed to struggle and said, "You tell her, I will live up to my trust." ”