Zhong Zirong went to King Jing's Mansion, and there was an unusual atmosphere in the palace. When Steward Zhong saw him coming, he hurriedly greeted him, his face seemed to be covered with wind and frost, and his tone was anxious: "Ten kings, you are finally here, the prince is ...... He shut himself up in his study all day, and he didn't want to see anyone. In the past few days, almost no rice has been entered, and half a life is almost gone. The old slave was afraid that if the prince tossed like this, his body would completely collapse. ”

The Ten Kings patted Steward Zhongzhong's shoulder comfortingly, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, isn't this king coming?" I'll persuade him, and I will definitely give you back a living prince. ”

When he arrived at the door of the study, Mo Yan stood at the door, he saluted to the Ten Kings, and then gently pushed open the door of the study.

In the study, I was sitting at a low table, drinking silently. I should have drunk a lot, and I could smell the strong smell of alcohol when I stood at the door.

I only wore a thin undershirt, my hair was disheveled, and the house was decadent. It's already September, the autumn wind is bleak, and he is really sad to the point of despair when he wears so little. Because Zhong Zirong has never seen such a down-and-out Ninth Brother, the Ninth Brother in his mind has always been free and easy, unfazed, and does not change his face no matter how thrilling he faces. What Zhong Zirong admires most about my expectations is that he is faint at all times, making people unable to figure out his true thoughts. Therefore, when he marched and fought, many opponents saw him and lost first.

The Ten Kings sighed and shook their heads, and slowly walked over and snatched the wine glass from his hand. The wine glass was snatched, and my face turned cold in an instant, and I didn't look at who it was, so I stretched out my palm and slashed at Zhong Zirong.

Zhong Zirong was shocked and immediately jumped back a few meters away. Still holding the wine glass in his hand, he patted his chest, as if startled: "Brother Jiu, you are going to kill people." ”

I squinted at the person who came, he pinched his eyebrows, and said coldly: "It's you, you came just in time, I'm bored drinking alone, it's good for you to accompany me." The best peach blossom brew is what Yingning likes to drink. At the mention of Yingning's name, Wu Qi's tone softened inexplicably. Her name pierced into his heart like a thorn, and he was unwilling to pull it out. As long as the stab is there, he feels at ease.

"Peach blossom stuffing? Yingning mentioned it to me and said that she wanted to invite me to drink, but I never had the chance to drink it. Zhong Zirong walked over, picked up the wine jug and poured a glass for himself, the fresh peach blossom fragrance in the mouth, it was really good wine, and it was intoxicating.

After a few drinks, Zhong Zirong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Brother Jiu, tomorrow is your wedding date, why aren't you preparing in this mansion?" As soon as he entered the mansion, he felt that the atmosphere was not right, and now he remembered that there were signs of a big wedding tomorrow. There is no red, no happy words are posted, it is deserted, and it is not as happy as ordinary people.

I was silent for a while, raised my head and drank a glass of wine, and then said coldly: "What is there to prepare?" She's not there, and I just feel like life is worse than death now. ”

He didn't know how he had spent these few days, and since Yingning left, he felt that he had nothing to love. He couldn't get interested in anything, he thought he could let go. Yingning walked simply, leaving nothing for him. Among the drunken flowers, the tip of the heart, she took all the things he was familiar with her, as if she had never appeared here. But she obviously accompanied him for a long time, accompanied him to read books, write recitals, and occasionally accompany him to play chess. Although her chess skills are extremely poor, she sometimes likes to play repentant chess. He always let her, didn't care about her, and every now and then let her win a game, and she would have a smug look on her face. He never debunked, because he liked her vivid appearance, which made people want to hold it in his arms and ravage it carefully.

He thought about it, and the only thing that made him think about it was the peach blossom brew he had drunk in a tavern in the city.

"Ninth Brother ......" Zhong Zirong wanted to comfort him, but he couldn't speak. He also regretted it for a while, if he hadn't taken it upon himself to bring Yingning back to the mansion at that time, wouldn't the ninth brother have been deeply involved in it, and he couldn't extricate himself.

"Brother Jiu, have you ever thought that the Queen Mother is just threatening you, and she won't really do anything. After all, she is the master of the harem, and how many deceits she has gone through to get to her current position, how could she give up her life so easily. She may be sure that you will be soft-hearted, so she makes a move in front of your eyes. Only Zhong Zirong will tell him this, and no one will question the Queen Mother, even if this is really just a ploy used by the Queen Mother.

Wu Qi smiled bitterly, Zhong Zirong was a little distressed inexplicably, and only heard Wu Qi say: "So what? Even if the queen mother just threatens me with this, I can only take it seriously, I can't gamble, in case the queen mother really moves such a mind, once it comes true, won't this make me regret it for life? So I gave up on Yingning, in the final analysis, I failed to protect her. ”

"Now that everything is a foregone conclusion, Brother Jiu might as well face it. You drink like this to numb yourself, Yingning will naturally not feel good when she knows it. Now that she's gone, she understands your mind. ”

"Zirong, I know, I know that I am cowardly, as a prince, I can't get the woman I want. She did so much for me, and in the end I could only let her go. There is an excellent man next to her, I am crazy with jealousy, but I still have to pretend to be generous and say a word, so that I can be angry with her. The person next to her should obviously be me, but why did it become the way it is. I'm going to marry someone tomorrow I don't like at all, and I've done something wrong, and God is going to be so cruel to me. I worked hard for Jiangshan Sheji, but in the end, I didn't even have the qualifications to choose a princess for myself. "I drank a little too much, and he rarely said so much, and it was all in his heart. The corners of his eyes were moist, like a tear slipping down. He stretched out his hand and gently rubbed it, and said in a low voice: "Today I will indulge for the last time, Yingning is gone, and my heart will die." ”

I was drunk, Zhong Zirong dragged him to lie on the wide seat, covered him with a quilt and went out. Mo Yan was still standing at the door, and he let out a long sigh: "Take care of your lord." ”

He slowly descended the steps, walked a few steps and turned around and said: "Tomorrow is the wedding of your prince, so let's put the palace in red and hang colors early, so as not to lose the etiquette tomorrow and make the world laugh." General Su also has a head and a face, and he is following Brother Jiu, so it is not easy to embarrass him too much. ”

Mo Yan nodded, turned around and ordered someone to go.

As soon as Zhong Zirong left the gate of the palace, he saw a woman in red, driving a carriage, and stopped at the gate of the palace.

The woman was dressed in flaming red, with a beautiful face, skin like snow, and a cold expression. Zhong Zirong was almost stupid, he rarely saw such a gorgeous and cold girl, his heart was pounding, as if he was about to rush out of his chest.

He stabilized his mind, walked over with a smile, and asked softly: "Dare to ask this girl's name, what is the reason for coming to the palace?" ”

Hong Aya glanced at him indifferently, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, red lips and white teeth, and a woman's face. She replied coldly: "I will send wine to the Nine Kings, and the Nine Kings like to drink it." ”

Zhong Zirong's eyes lit up, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "Peach blossom brewing?" ”

Hong Aya raised her eyes and looked again, his face was a little excited, hearing that the wine was like this, he should be a drunkard. Red Aya asked, "How do you know?" ”

Zhong Zirong stretched out his hand and patted her carriage, there was indeed a faint aroma of wine on it, and he said with a smile: "King Fang Cai and Brother Jiu drank a cup, it tastes very good." It turned out to be the girl's craftsmanship, and the girl was born like a fairy, and the wine she brewed was also extremely good. ”

Hong Aya heard too much praise like this, but she didn't appreciate it much, she still looked expressionless, and said indifferently: "You call King Jing the ninth brother, presumably you are the tenth prince today, right?" ”

Zhong Zirong grinned and said very happily: "The girl actually knows this king? Is this king's reputation so great? This king still thinks that everyone in Luoyang City only knows Brother Jiu? ”

Hong Aya suddenly smiled and said disdainfully: "Naturally, who doesn't know that the Ten Princes are famous, and the most famous is to attract bees and butterflies." The brothels and opera gardens in the entire Luoyang City, I'm afraid there is no place that the Ten Kings are not familiar with. ”

Zhong Zirong was poked, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, he pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled reluctantly, "Nonsense, this is all rumors outside." This king is the most clean and self-conscious, and this king never sets foot in those pickled places. Don't listen to all that nonsense, for this king is not like that. ”

Red Aya was too lazy to talk to him, and they didn't know each other. She stopped looking at him and waved at the guard guarding the door: "Please help you move." ”

Zhong Zirong leaned in again, and continued to ask with a smile: "The girl hasn't told Fang her name yet." ”

Red Aya frowned and glanced at him, afraid that he would continue to entangle, so she replied impatiently, "Red Aya." ”

After listening to Hong Aya's answer, Zhong Zirong smiled happily: "Hong Aya has a good name, no wonder the girl wears red, she is really out of the ordinary, not like a girl in the world." ”

Hong Aya didn't like Zhong Zirong's prodigal and amorous appearance, so she no longer paid attention to him. When the guards finished moving the wine, Steward Zhong came to pay for the wine. Hong Aya didn't mean to leave, she whispered to Steward Zhong, "Can I see the Nine Princes?" ”

Steward Zhong hesitated: "The prince is busy with official business, I'm afraid I don't have time to see the girl." ”

Hong Aya suddenly smiled: "Is drinking every day also official business?" ”

Steward Zhong didn't expect Hong Aya to know so clearly, and he couldn't guess her identity for a while, and he didn't dare to let her in to see the prince. Hong Aya continued: "There is a reason why the Nine Kings like to drink this peach blossom brew. To tell you the truth, I am an old acquaintance with Miss Yingning, and you go and tell Jiuwang that he may be interested in meeting me. ”

Steward Zhong looked at Hong Aya suspiciously, her tone of voice was serious and sincere, not like some ill-intentioned person. He said, "Trouble the girl to wait." ”

This Zhong Zirong spoke: "What are you waiting for, Hong Aya said that she knows Yingning, you just let her in, maybe something is wrong with Yingning?" ”

Steward Zhong hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then the girl will come with me." ”

Hong Aya followed behind Steward Zhong, and Zhong Zirong followed behind her, constantly making noise all the way: "Yingning said that she has a friend, and it is the best to brew peach blossoms, and she has always invited me to drink it." The friend she said was you. ”

Hong Aya nodded slightly, and Zhong Zirong continued: "It seems that this king and the Red Aya girl have a lot of fate, after so many twists and turns, Yingning is gone, and we can still meet, it's really amazing." is destined to meet thousands of miles away, could it be that you and I are talking about it? ”

Walking to the door of my study, Zhong Zirong still followed her closely, and Hong Aya finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Ten kings, I'm here to find the ninth prince, please don't follow up." ”

The Ten Kings looked injured, glared and said, "Red Silk Girl, you won't also take a fancy to the Ninth Brother, will you?" But I'm better looking than Brother Jiu, why don't you even look at me. What's more, Brother Jiu has Yingning in his heart, and if he wants to marry Su Yuanruo tomorrow, you have no chance, you must not express your wrong feelings, you will only embarrass yourself in the end. ”

Hong Aya's face changed, and he stretched out a kick and kicked Zhong Zirong's calf hard, he wailed, hugged his leg and fell to the ground, Hong Aya said sharply: "Ten kings are talking nonsense again, I chopped off your tongue." ”

Zhong Zirong immediately covered his mouth and muttered: "This king is laughing, how can the girl be serious?" You should hurry up and see Brother Jiu, but he should still be asleep, you should be careful. ”

Red Aya glared at him and gently pushed the door in. Zhong Zirong immediately got up and put his ear to the door, hoping to hear something. It's just that the movement in the door is so small that he can barely hear a word.

Mo Yan came from a distance, saw Zhong Zirong's appearance, and laughed and teased: "Ten kings, you are a dignified prince, this kind of behavior doesn't seem appropriate." ”

Zhong Zirong coughed lightly, slowly straightened up, pinched his waist, and said loudly: "This king is just afraid that something will happen, after all, he is a lonely man and a widow, and the ninth brother is drunk again, in case he ......"

"Are the Ten Kings doubting the character of the prince?" Mo Yan asked lightly.

Zhong Zirong felt that the tone of this Moyan general's speech was too similar to that of Brother Jiu, and there was a trace of fear in his heart. Sure enough, it was close to Zhu who was red and close to ink and black, so good that he didn't learn it, and the yin and yang weirdness told Brother Jiu that it was ten out of ten.

Zhong Zirong laughed a few times and walked farther, he didn't want to stand with Mo Yan, it was too oppressive.

Hong Aya didn't stay in the room for too long, and when she came out, Zhong Zirong walked over and leaned in front of her and asked, "What did you and Brother Jiu say?" ”

Hong Aya smiled at him, and Zhong Zirong's heart suddenly warmed, and he also laughed. I only heard Hongya spit out a sentence: "What's the matter with you." His smile froze on his face.

"How can you ignore my business, Brother Jiu's business is my business." Zhong Zirong was not hit, but had a posture of becoming more and more courageous.

"Then you go and ask your ninth brother." Red Aya finished casually, turned around and continued walking.

Zhong Zirong asked behind her, "How many jars of wine did the girl give me?" ”

"This girl's wine is never given away, if you want, go to the peach garden outside the city, and go to buy it." After Hongya finished speaking, she quickly disappeared into the autumn wind.

Mo Yan looked at the Ten Kings with an obsessed face, and asked beside him, "Have the Ten Kings taken a fancy to the Red Silk Girl?" ”

"Beautiful, so beautiful. If this king can get this beauty, he will have no regrets in this life. Zhong Zirong muttered.

"Beauty is beauty, but it's a pity that she is a cold beauty, and she has never smiled at people. And she has kung fu in her hands, and I heard that a big man who is more than seven feet old is not her opponent, and his methods are very hot. Mo Yan said.

Zhong Zirong didn't care about these at all, and even said: "It's also great to be beaten by such a superb beauty." ”

Mo Yan suddenly had a chill, I didn't expect the Ten Princes to have this kind of hobby, people can't be good-looking, can't be good-looking.