On the Qinhuai River, in the painting boat, there is tenderness and honey, and nephrite is warm and fragrant. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Qi Ning felt the softness of the fiery delicate body in his arms, got up suddenly, and picked up Xian'er sideways, he already knew where the soft couch in this room was, and he went to the soft couch with Xian'er, Xian'er seemed to be shocked at this time, her delicate body trembled, and she said urgently: "Master Hou, no...... No way! ”

Qi Ning walked to the soft couch with Xian'er in his arms, put Xian'er down, and said softly: "What's wrong?" ”

Xian'er's cheeks were hot, and she said shyly: "Master Hou, isn't it..... It's not that Xian'er won't give it to you, Xian'er has long regarded herself as the Hou Ye's person, but it's just ..... It's just that it's inconvenient to ...... these two days! ”

"Inconvenient?" Qi Ning was stunned, seeing Xian'er blushing and nodding slightly, he suddenly understood, sighed in his heart, and secretly thought that he had really fallen into eight lifetimes of mold, and the last time he saw it, he was going to accomplish a good thing, but he was interrupted by the outbreak of the epidemic on the ship, and today he finally found an opportunity, who knows ......!

Xian'er seemed to be worried that Qi Ning was unhappy, held Qi Ning's arm, and said softly: "Master Hou, Xian'er is your person, as long as ..... Just wait a few days, and in a few days, Master Hou ...... Hou Ye will come to see Xian'er again, Xian'er will give herself to you completely, okay? ”

Qi Ning thought that even if he couldn't say it well at this time, there was no way, although he was a little disappointed in his heart, he still smiled gently: "Xian'er, don't get me wrong, in fact..... In fact, I was just testing myself to see how strong my endurance was, in fact..... In fact, even if it is convenient for you, I guess I can withstand it. ”

Xian'er sneered, sat up, leaned against Qi Ning, and said, "Hou Ye is a good person, I know that Hou Ye will not bully Xian'er." ”

Qi Ning smiled, thought of something, and said, "Xian'er, next time I come over, I'm afraid it will take a while." In a few days, I will leave Beijing on an errand, it will take some time, I will send someone to bring the silver, you don't have to worry about life, wait for me to come back, come to see you. ”

"Master Hou wants to leave Beijing?" Xian'er was stunned.

Qi Ning said: "The emperor has just ascended the throne, and there are many things, and there are always some errands to be sent." After a pause, he finally asked, "Xian'er, is your real surname Zhuo?" ”

Zhuo Xian'er shook her head and said, "Xian'er doesn't know what her surname is, I am the surname of Mama Zhuo." ”

"Mama Zhuo?"

Xian'er said: "When Xian'er remembered, he lived among the people with Grandpa, Grandpa never told me his name, I only knew that he took care of me when I was a child, and he kept calling me Niuniu." When I was four years old, my grandfather fell ill, and we didn't have the money to treat it, so he ..... He just left like that, and it was Mama Zhuo who adopted me. Speaking of this, her eyes were slightly red, and she said softly: "Mama Zhuo has let me learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since I was a child, and she treated me very well, I thought she was really treating me well, knowing that when I was fifteen years old, she sent me to the capital, and I knew ......!" At this, he smiled sadly.

Qi Ning felt pity in his heart and said, "The past is over, don't think about it anymore." ”

Xian'er smiled softly and said softly: "When I arrived in the capital, I was renamed Xian'er, until the Oiran Competition, I practiced my skills hard, and the Hou Ye paid a lot of money that time, which can be regarded as repaying their expenses on me over the years, and in another three years, Xian'er will be able to become a free body." There was a hint of gratitude in his eyes: "If it weren't for the fact that the Hou Ye spent a lot of money that day and couldn't get a good ranking, Xian'er wouldn't be able to do it by herself like she is now." ”

Qi Ning knew that there were a few rich sons who attended the party that day, and they did spend a lot of silver on Xian'er, and those silver were enough to make the people behind Xian'er earn a lot of money, and it was no wonder that Xian'er was much more free and decent than ordinary geisha.

He knew very well in his heart that the Oiran Contest would actually determine the fate of many girls' lives, and if no one supported them and did not achieve a good ranking, they would naturally be reduced to ordinary geisha who would be sent to them, and only a girl who had received a lot of money like Xian'er would have a better life.

"Xian'er, I'm about to leave Beijing, and I won't be able to do it for a while." Qi Ning thought for a while before saying, "After I return to Beijing, I will settle you well, and you can just wait for me to come back." ”

Xian'er lowered her head and said, "Master Hou, Xian'er...... Xian'er doesn't want to cause you trouble, Xian'er can have today, it is already given by the Hou Ye, you don't have to do anything for Xian'er. ”

"Silly girl, I didn't really do anything." Qi Ning hugged Xian'er and said softly: "You wait for me to come back, with me, I will never let you be wronged again." ”

Xian'er's body is inconvenient, which makes Qi Ning quite regretful, but fortunately, Xian'er is empathetic, Lingxiu is considerate, and after saying the words of the second half of the night, Qi Ning is not good to stay here, and when he left, he asked again, and then in Xian'er's reluctant gaze, he left Qinhuai River.

In the next few days, he was preparing to send an envoy to the east.

Hu Bowen had to come over almost every day to report, as Qi Ning expected, the list of gifts listed by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Household could not accept it at all, the two sides negotiated repeatedly, and the Ministry of Household reluctantly agreed to most of the conditions, and at the insistence of the Ministry of Rites, it was set on the most suitable day for travel.

In fact, this mission is not trivial, it is related to the emperor's lifelong affairs, and it also involves the alliance between Great Chu and Eastern Qi, Dou Kui does not dare to be the slightest neglect.

In addition to the need to prepare gifts for courtship, there are also soldiers and horses specially to escort the mission, in order to show the Eastern Qi people the importance that Chu attaches to this matter, Longtai directly asked Chi Fengdian to transfer two hundred soldiers and horses from the royal Yulin battalion.

The Royal Yulin Battalion may not be the most combat-effective team in the Chu State, but it is undeniable that its status is the highest, after all, it is the emperor's personal guard, not only is the equipment the most well-equipped among all the soldiers and horses, but also the soldiers of the Yulin Battalion seem to be tall and majestic, and the image is enough to show the majesty of the Great Chu.

The day of the envoy was set for 18 May, and the various yamen involved in the matter were in full swing to make preparations, and at dusk on 17 May, Hu Bowen, the servant of the ministry, came again to report that everything was ready, and he could leave for the envoy after meeting the emperor early the next morning.

Hou Mansion is naturally very prepared this night, this time Qi Ning sent an envoy, although the emperor has allocated two hundred Yulin Battalion soldiers to accompany the guards, but Qi Ning did not have much contact with the Yulin Camp before, or brought seven or eight guards from the Hou Mansion to accompany him, Qi Feng has been carefully recuperating in the Hou Mansion these days, and the injury has already recovered, Qi Ning is worried that going a long way will make Qi Feng's old injury recur, but Qi Feng has repeatedly insisted, Qi Ning sees that he has recovered, not to mention that Qi Feng is by his side, many things will be much more convenient, and he will agree, in addition, Li Tang and Zhou Shun are also accompanied.

Early the next morning, Gu Qinghan personally came over and called Qi Ning, and personally waited for Qi Ning to wash his cough before instructing: "Dongqi is not better than Xichuan, Xichuan is the territory of Chu after all, and the people of Dongqi have always been cunning. ”

Qi Ning said with a smile: "Sanniang don't worry, although the Eastern Qi people are cunning, but I represent the Great Chu, with the strength of the Eastern Qi people, I don't dare to be the enemy of my Great Chu, let alone do anything to me as an envoy." Moreover, this time the envoy to Dongqi was to seek relatives and form an alliance, and there would be no problem. ”

"Always be careful." Gu Qinghan did not alleviate his worries because of Qi Ning's relief, and said softly: "Our Chu State sent an envoy to Eastern Qi, and the Northern Han people are afraid that they already know, if they know, they will naturally not let you successfully complete the task, but I am afraid that they will have to make a hindrance from it." ”

Qi Ning thought to himself that Gu Qinghan was smart after all, and he had already thought of this, in fact, he had already had such a guard, Chu sent an envoy to Eastern Qi to ask for marriage, such a major matter, it was impossible to conceal it, the Northern Han people knew the news, of course, it was impossible to let Chu really marry Eastern Qi, and it was inevitable to destroy it.

It's just that he was afraid that Gu Qinghan would be scared, so he said softly: "Sanniang, I have already made arrangements with the emperor, and the Shenhou Mansion has also made preparations, don't worry." ”

He was comforting Gu Qinghan's words, but he also said it very realistically, Gu Qinghan would be skeptical, but thinking of such a major matter, it should be natural for the court to have some arrangements, and he nodded slightly: "That's good, if you finish your errand, come back early, don't delay outside." ”

Although Qi Ning is no longer the brocade prince who was protected under his wing in the past, Gu Qinghan has been taking care of the brocade prince for many years, and every time he goes out, he is still frightened from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing that there was no one around, Qi Ning came closer, stared at Gu Qinghan, and said softly: "Naturally, I want to go back quickly, but I'm afraid that I just left Beijing, so I want to return to the capital." ”

"Huh?" Gu Qinghan was stunned and asked, "Why?" ”

Qi Ning smiled lightly and said, "Sanniang doesn't understand?" ”

Gu Qinghan saw that he was smiling strangely, she was smart, she immediately understood, glanced at him, and said, "Don't talk nonsense." ”

"I haven't said it yet, why is it nonsense?" Qi Ning smiled and said: "What's more, I'm not talking nonsense, when I leave the capital, I won't be able to think of Sanniang in my heart for half a day, and I always want to come back." Raising his hand, there was an extra silk handkerchief in his hand, which was the one given to him by Gu Qinghan, took it in his nose and sniffed it, and said intoxicatedly: "Fortunately, there is this brocade handkerchief in his hand, and there is the smell of Sanniang on it, which can reduce the pain of longing." ”

Gu Qinghan was extremely embarrassed, thinking that this kid was becoming more and more unorthodox now, without the slightest taboo, fortunately, Qi Ning said these crazy things from time to time before, she was also accustomed to it, and saw Qi Ning take the Jinpa he gave him close to her, I don't know why, there was some joy in my heart, but my pretty face did sink slightly, I reached out to grab it, and said in a low voice: "Give it back to me, I changed my mind and won't give it to you......!" ”

Qi Ning flashed lightly and said with a smile: "The things that are sent out are the water that is spilled, and it is difficult to collect the water, and you still want to regret it?" ”

"I just regret it." Gu Qinghan didn't have a good breath, and reached out to grab it again, "Little bastard, hurry up and return it to me, otherwise..... Otherwise I'm going to be angry. ”

Qi Ning's body is agile, how can Gu Qinghan grab it, a dodge, has already arrived behind Gu Qinghan, seeing Gu Qinghan's beautiful delicate body, his heart moved, and he has hugged Gu Qinghan's waist from behind, Gu Qinghan was taken aback, twisted his waist, and struggled: "I'm going to die, ..... Let go, little bastard, you ..... You're crazy......! ”