Chapter 37: Preparation
"It's hard to swallow this bad breath in my heart!"
In the Wenzhao Pavilion, Zong Wei Mu Qing expressed his anger with an indignant face.
"It's not simply, it's fundamental!"
Zong Weiwei said arrogantly.
Originally, Shen Yu, Lu Mu, and Mu Qing followed the Eighth Prince Zhao Hongrun to meet the Su girl from the Water Pavilion, and a few of them were responsible for luring away the spies of the inner attendant, and finding a place to have a drink after the matter was over, which was an excellent arrangement, but they didn't want someone to take advantage of the absence of the seven of their sect guards to design and frame their Royal Highness, causing them to be reprimanded by Shen Shufei, which was simply full of evil anger.
"A little servant is really bold, not only conniving at his son, but also coming up with such tricks...... If it weren't for the fact that His Highness is now highly valued by His Majesty, otherwise he would have really fallen for that trick! Zong Wei Gao said with a palpitating expression.
Indeed, if it weren't for Zhao Hongrun's current common sense by the Great Wei Emperor, otherwise, if it was in the past, how would the Great Wei Heavenly Son spare him? You have to be punished heavily. And Zhao Hongrun, who was trapped in the heavy punishment of the Son of Heaven, how could he take revenge on Luo Wenzhong, the official of the department?
It is undeniable that Luo Wenzhong's strategy can be called a plan to clear the clouds and see the sky, and the means of killing people with a knife are extremely good, but unfortunately, he does not understand the current situation in the palace, and thinks that Zhao Hongrun is just a stubborn prince who is not valued by the Great Wei Emperor.
During the clamor of the sect guards, Shen Yu and Lu Mu were silent. As the two older of the Zhongzong Wei, they were deeply ashamed of their gaffe this time.
Obviously he was protecting his Royal Highness's Zongwei, but in the end, he was framed and drunk, and in the end, he had to bother the people of the Zongfu to get them back from the secluded alleys in the city, which was a shame and was simply thrown to Grandma's house.
What's worse is that because they were drunk, their confessions were not accepted by the sect in the end, causing Zhao Hongrun to bear another groundless accusation of "the emperor is not strict".
As if noticing the look of self-reproach on the faces of Shen Yu and Lu Mu, Zhao Hongrun waved his hand to signal the sect guards not to discuss any further, and said indifferently: "Okay, the matter has come to this, what's the use of us condemning Luo Wenzhong again?" As the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, his father has always paid attention to "the teacher is famous", and we can't tell that Luo Wenzhong if we have no evidence...... Instead of doing these useless things here, it's better to inquire and see if there is any way to save face and get back this evil breath! ”
Zhong Zongwei nodded yes again and again.
So, Zhao Hongrun separately ordered them to leave the palace to investigate the news about Luo Wenzhong in the Ministry of Officials, and he himself took Shen Yu and Lu Mu to a water pavilion. After all, Luo Wenzhong's matter cannot be done overnight, and before that, Zhao Hongrun felt that he needed to give an explanation to that Miss Su.
It may be that seeing that the rest of the Zongwei were not around, Shen Yu and Lu Mu finally couldn't help it, and said with shame on their faces: "Your Highness, we ......"
"Needless to say." Zhao Hongrun raised his hand to interrupt their words, looked at them with a straight look in his eyes and said, "This matter is because of me, what does it have to do with you two?" …… Don't worry, whether it's for you or for myself, this evil breath, His Royal Highness will definitely ask for it back from Luo Wenzhong's father and son! As he spoke, he slapped them on the shoulder.
Feeling the grip on their shoulders, and then looking at Zhao Hongrun's still trusting eyes, Shen Yu and Lu Mu were overmoved and nodded heavily.
"Hmm!"
The two of them finally recovered.
"Anyway...... How is the wine in Dali Temple? ”
"To be honest, the wine is not bad, but I was pinched by the neck and poured ...... It's too bad. ”
"Ah, I got drunk before I even had time to taste it......"
"Hahahaha-"
One master and two servants laughed idly as they did on weekdays, and gradually left the palace and walked towards the water pavilion.
At this time, in a water pavilion, the little girl Huan Lu'er was running back to Cui Xiaoxuan with a panicked face, conveying to the young lady she served, Miss Su, a surprise she had just discovered.
"Oh no, no, miss, no......"
At this time, Miss Su was sitting in front of the dresser, looking at herself in the mirror in a daze, and saw Lu'er running in in a hurry, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong, Lu'er?" ”
I saw that Lu'er's little hand crossed his waist and gasped for a few breaths, and said urgently: "Miss, I don't know what's going on, your card has been taken off......"
Miss Su subconsciously frowned.
To be honest, this is not good news, because according to the rules of the Qinglou, all the girls who are committed to the Qinglou will engrave their pronouns, or good names, on a bamboo plaque and hang it on the wall of the first floor of the Qinglou, so as to tell the guests who come here to look for flowers and ask the willows, which girls are in the Qinglou.
And once she is delisted, it means that the girl will not be able to receive guests. Under normal circumstances, only when a girl is favored by a powerful person and the Qinglou also approves, the girl's card will be removed.
This is not only a disguised protection, but also a common rule used to tell other guests that the girl has "become famous".
And now that Miss Su's card has been removed, it means that there is an adult who is not willing to offend or befriend even a side of the water pavilion, and has taken a fancy to her.
This made Miss Su a little flustered.
"Could it be...... He?'
Miss Su's heart flashed Zhao Hongrun's thoughts for the first time, after all, Zhao Hongrun was not only the first guest she received in a water pavilion, but also the first man in her life, but when she carefully analyzed this thought that made her quite excited, the conclusion she came to made her feel slightly depressed.
It is true that in the eyes of Miss Su, Zhao Hongrun is definitely a very talented rich son, although he is young, six years younger than her, but he is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and his attainments are far above her, and I don't know how he practiced it.
But the problem is, how can this "Jiang Gongzi" not look like a child from a powerful family, even if the family is rich, he will definitely not reach the level of the powerful.
I have to say that Miss Su thought about it, because in her cognition, if Zhao Hongrun was really from a famous family, how could he tolerate that Luo Rong at his age? Nine times out of ten, he will carry out his own door, so that Na Luo Rong will know that it is difficult to retreat.
But Zhao Hongrun didn't do that, which made it difficult for Miss Su to guess that he was the distinguished guest who could make a water pavilion take the initiative to send a friendly signal.
"If it's not him, who is it?"
Miss Su's heart sank suddenly, and she felt that her heart was falling and she was depressed and uncomfortable.
At this moment, she heard Lu'er's indignant scolding sound in the outer room.
"Shameless bastard, you still have the face to come here?!"
"Who?"
As soon as a trace of wonder flashed in Miss Su's heart, she was both surprised and surprised to hear Zhao Hongrun's voice.
"Still shameless bastard? …… Why did this son provoke you? ”
"Why is he here?" Is he alright?'
Miss Su didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly walked a few steps from the inner room to the outer room, looking at Zhao Hongrun, who was being pushed out by Lu'er, with some excitement.
"Lu'er, don't be rude!"
I don't know if she was afraid that Zhao Hongrun would be angry, so Miss Su hurriedly stopped Lu'er's rude behavior.
However, her voice caught Zhao Hongrun's attention, and the eyes of the two inadvertently touched for a moment.
Suddenly, Miss Su felt that her cheeks were a little hot, and Zhao Hongrun also seemed to feel a little embarrassed, and reached out to scratch her face.
"Miss, this bad boy treats you like this, and you still protect him?" Lu'er asked incomprehensibly.
"Don't talk nonsense. …… Let's go make tea. ”
"Oh......"
Under Miss Su's instructions, Lu'er pouted and made tea, but before leaving, she still glared at Zhao Hongrun viciously.
Seeing that Lu'er's back had disappeared in her eyes, Miss Su lowered her head and whispered, "If Jiang Gongzi doesn't dislike it, it's better to move to the inner room......"
Today, she is a little less calm and composed, a little more inadvertently seductive, and her look of shame and welcome makes Zhao Hongrun feel impetuous and difficult to calm down.
"Shen Yu, Lu Mu, you two are waiting for me outside the house for a while."
"......" Facing the orders of His Royal Highness, Shen Yu and Lu Mu glanced at each other and frowned.
It stands to reason that such a big thing happened just now, and they shouldn't have left their Highness for a moment, but looking at the look of this Miss Su and His Highness, they still felt from the bottom of their hearts that it would be better for them to be young at this time.
"Yes." Shen Yu and Lu Mu exited the house very well and stood outside the door as guards.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun had slowly walked to the inner room at the invitation of Miss Su.
I have to say that when they saw the bed, they both felt a little embarrassed, after all, just seven days ago, they were naked and hugging each other on the couch, doing everything that a man and a woman could do.
Sitting down in the small case, Zhao Hongrun and Miss Su didn't speak, because they didn't know how to speak.
This embarrassment was maintained until Lu'er came in with a teapot.
"Jiang Gongzi, please use tea."
Lu'er, who brought the tea, was also driven out of the house, and Miss Su finally broke the deadlock under the pretext of inviting tea.
"Thank you." Zhao Hongrun took the teacup and took a sip. Although he came here to give an explanation to this Miss Su today, he didn't have anything to say when it came to the end.
In the end, it was Miss Su who took the initiative to divert the topic.
"On that day, I don't know who the people who took Jiang Gongzi away? Are you harmful to Jiang Gongzi? ”
"A cousin in the clan." Zhao Hongrun said vaguely.
"Huh?" Miss Su was stunned and asked curiously, "How does he know that you are ...... In this place. At the end, she didn't know what she was thinking, and her cheeks were a little hot.
Zhao Hongrun wanted to say that he was framed, but after thinking about it carefully, it was not him who really lost it, but the Su girl in front of him, so he didn't dare to say that he was framed, so as not to make this Su girl have any bad associations.
"Because someone is tipped off......"
"Ventilation Message...... Jiang Gongzi is a local? ”
"Ah, I'm a native of this Chen Du Liang."
The two chatted for a moment, for they had tacitly agreed not to mention anything about that night, so that as they talked, the awkward atmosphere gradually returned to harmony.
"Miss Su, I came this time to give you an explanation...... However, to be honest, I'm in a mess right now, and I don't know what to explain. ”
『……』
Miss Su's heart sank, and she lowered her head and said quietly: "Jiang Gongzi doesn't need to explain or promise anything to the slave family......
Zhao Hongrun knew that she had misunderstood when she heard it, and hurriedly explained: "Miss Su misunderstood, I didn't mean that." …… In fact, Miss Su's father and mother have already known about it. ”
"Huh??" Miss Su couldn't help but exclaim, she was at a loss, and her face was a little pale: "Ling...... Lingzun Lingtang ...... Got it all? He...... What did they know? ”
"All things." Zhao Hongrun let out a sigh and looked at Miss Su with a little embarrassment.
Suddenly, Miss Su's face turned crimson and pale for a while, and she could see that she was very nervous: "That...... Then dare to ask the second elder...... Did you say anything? ”
"They gave me a beating...... Ah, it doesn't matter about Miss Su, my father and mother just said that I pride myself on being smart on weekdays, but I can't use it at critical moments......"
Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun explained in advance, otherwise this Miss Su would be cranky again: "That...... Nothing else, didn't you say anything? ”
"I didn't say it yet."
"Hoo ......"
Miss Su breathed a sigh of relief, after all, she was six years older than Zhao Hongrun, what she was most afraid of was being scolded by Zhao Hongrun's parents as "a who shamelessly seduced his son", and now when she heard Zhao Hongrun say that his parents haven't said anything for the time being, she can finally take a breath in her heart.
"I came here today, firstly, to report to Miss Su that she was safe, and secondly, I originally wanted to explain some things...... I will never evade the explanation to Miss Su...... Can you wait for me for a while? ”
"Wait......?"
Miss Su's heart was pounding, and she bit her lip and asked in a low voice, "Jiang Gongzi is in charge, anyway, the slave family ...... Yes, there is. ”
"Hmm! …… Well, then I'll go first. ”
"The slave sends the son ......"