Chapter 64: After the Feast
Full of wine and food, the guests and hosts were happy, and Lu Rong was arranged by Qiao Qisheng to rest in a quiet house in the depths of Biqing Pond in the Qiao Mansion compound. Biqing Pond occupies a large area, the corridor of nine turns and twists connects vertically and horizontally, quite has the style of Jiangnan courtyard, and what shows the financial strength of the Qiao family is that the pool continues to be warm water in the cold winter, the lotus flowers in the pond are open against the festival, several black shed boats ripple in it, with the snow-capped rockery of the mountains not far away, such as the fairyland on earth.
Lu Rong was overwhelmed by alcohol, his face was flushed when he drank, and his mouth gradually became unclear, Qiao Qisheng personally helped him to the room, and said a few more polite words, saying "The prince will rest early" and closed the door.
Lu Rong sat at the table and held his forehead to ease his nerves, let the two maidservants help him take off his cotton robe and shoes, and wanted to help him untie his underwear, Lu Rong waved his hand to stop it, half opened his eyes, and smiled lazily: "What are your two names?" ”
The two maidservants turned to Lu Rong, Ying Ying bowed, and said softly: "Back to His Royal Highness, the slave maid Chu Cui and Qiu Ling." ”
Lu Rong shook his hand with a smile and said, "Hey, no, it's too hard to remember." ”
Chu Cui was very well-behaved, and chuckled: "Then please give your Royal Highness a name." ”
Lu Rong looked up at the two maidservants, his eyes narrowed, he sneered, and said: "You have a plump figure, especially the majesty on your chest, you are called Da'er, and you are petite and cute, which makes people pity, so you are called Xiaoxiao, how about it?" ”
The two maidservants already knew what the intention of the head of the family arranged for them to serve His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, they were shy and charming, and they didn't care about the meaning of ridicule at all, and then bowed and said: "Thank you for the name." ”
Lu Rong laughed, took the hands of the two girls, and ordered: "Then you go and make the bed for this son, and the little one will hold water for me to clean my face." ”
Da'er leaned lightly on Lu Rong's side, intentionally or unintentionally rubbed Lu Rong's shoulder with the plump twin peaks, and said with a smile: "Let the slaves and maids serve His Highness to bathe, my lord has already prepared warm water, just waiting for His Highness to relieve his hangover." ”
Lu Rong slapped Da'er's buttocks, felt a wave of trembling hands, very comfortable, and laughed: "Hey, don't wash it, don't wash it, I'm tired today, I'll talk about it tomorrow." ”
The two women were greasy again, and each of them retreated to get busy.
Lu Rong waited for the two of them to leave before putting away his smile, rubbing his face fiercely, smelling the faint fragrance of his fingertips, Lu Rong grinned and said to himself: "How can I hold this damn this." Although Lu Rong can't drink enough, he is better than having the name of self-knowledge, and he played a lot of caution during the banquet to keep Shentai clear, although he has no worries about his life in Qiao's mansion, but everything is cautious and naturally correct, especially when he saw Qiao Wei before, he could make a court official give up his career and be willing to top the cylinder in just a few words, and he also learned that the power of the Qiao family is far more than what Wu Bei said at the beginning.
At this time, he hadn't thought about repaying the Qiao family a little sincerity, and all kinds of things during the banquet clearly showed that the Qiao family wanted to envelop his Royal Highness, the prince, and he himself did need some external strength to help, Lu Rong knew that although he was already the son of the world, there were still several mountains in the middle of the position of King Yan, not to mention anything else, just say that the righteous son of King Yan and his cheap eldest brother Lu Gradual, who had been regarded by the Yan army as the only person to take over the banner of King Lu for so many years, was suddenly cut in line by himself, a stunned boy who came from nowhere, How many ditches are waiting for me to step through one by one.
All he can rely on now is Lu Yuan's bloodline, Wang Xuance, Wu Bei's heart, and he urgently needs to establish his own power at this moment, even if Lu gradually has no two hearts, he must also make early preparations for the smooth takeover of Youzhou's affairs in the future.
It's just that he still doesn't know how deep the water here in Taiyuan Mansion is, and how big the appetite of Qiao's family in Fenzhou is, Lu Rong knows that he can sail a boat for ten thousand years carefully, and he doesn't dare to cross the river by touching the stones.
Dealing with a wealthy man like the Qiao family must leave some flaws for them, and they can't do too much to be considered exaggerated and cannot be trusted, so Lu Rong showed a sense of condescension from Fengyi Lou, but after all, he was just at the peak of his position, and he was always not very easy to grasp the temperament and the degree between the rich and noble sons of a wealthy family.
Lu Rong took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, and the fragrant tea slightly extinguished an inexplicable dry fire in his heart.
Xiaoxiao walked slowly in front of Lu Rong with a golden basin, knelt down to his chest, and said with a clever smile: "Your Royal Highness, please clean your face." ”
Lu Rong retracted his thoughts, put on a lazy smile again, brushed away the petals floating on the water with his hand, and said with a smile: "It's so fragrant." ”
Xiaoxiao knew that the man was good, and lowered his head slightly, looking very shy, and the smile on the corner of his mouth could not be hidden.
Lu Rong took the handkerchief, moistened it with water, wiped his face well, the deliberate smile of the night made him feel a little sore cheeks, put the handkerchief back in the basin, and heard someone knocking on the door outside, Da'er walked out of the back room and opened the door, and saw that it was the young lady Qiao Wei, so he hurriedly stepped back half a step, and said, "Young lady." ”
Qiao Wei nodded slightly, stepped into the house, Lu Rong also stood up, pretending to be overwhelmed, his steps were vain, and he chuckled: "Why is the young lady here?" ”
Qiao Wei had already changed into a light-colored green shirt, with fair skin, and the moonlight sprinkled down, showing even more extraordinary temperament, and said with a slight salute: "I'm afraid that Your Highness will feel uncomfortable after drinking, so I specially sent a sobering soup." ”
Lu Rong smiled slightly and said, "How can I let Miss send it in person." Isn't there anything else going on? ”
Qiao Wei let the servant girl tray on the table, walked over, not far from Lu Rong, and said lightly: "It's okay, just to see if Your Highness is still satisfied." ”
"Qiao's mansion is gracious, and this son is very satisfied." Lu Rong stretched out his hand to let Qiao Wei sit down.
"That's good, Your Highness is still satisfied with the two maidservants?" Qiao Wei was not polite and sat down slowly.
"What, can I still change it?" Lu Rong said with a smile.
The two maidservants stood on both sides with their hands down, and there was no expression on their faces when they heard this.
"These two maidservants are the best in my house, especially this Qiu Ling, who was born with a strange fragrance, which is intoxicating, and it is best to warm the bed." Qiao Wei's face was as usual, and he only played with a string of pearl bracelets on his wrist.
"Miss Young really took my words to heart." Lu Rong laughed.
"Qiao Wei didn't dare not remember."
"However, what I said at that time was ......" Lu Rong looked directly at Qiao Wei with a playful expression.
Qiao Wei frowned slightly, stopped playing with the movements in his hand, and said slowly: "Your Highness, some words are over, if Your Highness is not satisfied, there are dozens of precious maidservants in Qiao's Mansion, Your Highness can do whatever you like." ”
Lu Rong drank a little wine, and just then he spoke a little boldly, and at this time he was also slightly upright, and said with a smile: "Miss Xie Shao is good, it's just that I'm covered in blood, don't be abrupt, it's good to be a beauty." ”
Qiao Wei stood up and faced Lu Rong, with a sense of condescension: "In this case, then Your Highness will rest early?" ”
Lu Rong also stood up and nodded slightly: "Young Miss, walk slowly." ”
Qiao Wei slowly saluted, stepped out of the house, and walked straight away without looking back, with no expression on his face, his steps were not hurried or slow, the maid behind him didn't dare to say a word, only bowed his head and followed, Qiao Wei stopped coldly, and looked at Bi Qingchi from afar, a man was looking at this side with his hand in his hand, and when he saw Qiao Wei stopping, he nodded slightly at her.
Qiao Wei's brows gradually furrowed, and he raised his feet again.