Chapter 20: Nongben's Affection (I)

"So this is what Childe called the method of 'fame in the world'?"

The second child of the restaurant came out of the private room, only me and Zong Zhengxu were left, and they did not let go of their voices to cover up, anyway, there must be all his people nearby, there is no need to worry about leaking, I looked at the brightly colored dishes, and I didn't know what to do for a while.

When I returned to Lin Feng Hall three days ago, I hadn't asked Lan Tang any questions, and the queen had already arrived first. I had to make a casual chat with Lan Tang, curious to ask the queen what she meant. did not beat around the corner, the queen and the pan said, Taoist Zhengxu has been named the Great Honglu, canonized immediately to Meng Deng, want to take me to visit the scenery of the canal. Meng Deng ordered the queen to come and ask me what I meant.

Surprised before I thought, I hesitated for a moment before I responded. That night, Jiang You came to pass the word, saying that Zong Zhengxu would wait at the foot of the political hall in three days. But I didn't expect that after he picked me up, he went directly to a restaurant in the bustling streets and alleys of Xiqu City, and walked into the private room without hiding the eyes of everyone.

"What does the emperor think is wrong?" leisurely put the vegetables into the bowl, and Zong Zhengxu smiled as deeply as that night.

I looked away and looked at the cup of tea on the table: "It is indeed logical to entertain Emperor Lianghong as a great Honglu, but you just said it as soon as you were rewarded, didn't you clearly have a plan." Moreover, even if I leave the deep palace, Childe thinks that I can become famous all over the world by just swaggering around Xiqu City? ”

"Now than a few days later, which one shows more uneasiness and hesitation, and which one shows more eagerness for quick success?" Zong Zhengxu picked up the sake in front of him and took a sip: "Emperor Ji also said at the time that according to Emperor Ji's understanding of the emperor, he is not a simple character. He who is able to make something completely unnecessary, as if it were true, must be extremely suspicious and suspicious. Xu immediately asked for his life after being crowned the Great Honglu, and his first reaction was naturally to suspect that I had already planned something wrong. But in the blink of an eye, he would think that with his father's current ability, it would be okay if he didn't do it. The reason why he wanted to take Emperor Ji to visit the Xiqu at the beginning of his tenure was that he was greedy for fame and fame, and he was so happy that he was just doing superficial work. ”

Nodding in agreement, I echoed and admitted, "Indeed." The emperor has always been suspicious, and it is understandable that the emperor will think more. It's just ......" I raised my eyes to look at him, "Jiang You told me that the emperor was only slightly stunned after hearing your request, and then he smiled and said that he wanted to ask me what he meant, and looking at the expressions of the other ministers in the court, they all seemed to have understanding. Why is that? ”

"Can't you think of it?" Putting down the chopsticks, Zong Zhengxu looked straight into my eyes: "Fanjin went to ask the emperor to marry Yu Xu's irritability, Lan Tang and Emperor Ji have been estranged, and just now, Xu and Emperor Ji entered a private room and everyone was not too surprised......"

My face was flushed, and I wanted to look away, but I was caught in the deep eyes and couldn't move.

"All of these reasons are the same as the answer that Emperor Ji just asked."

"Sauvignon Blanc is long-lasting, Sauvignon Blanc is endless. Cozy is devoted to the emperor. This heart is clear to everyone from the beginning. ”

I was still stunned, and let the words echo in the room and gradually dissipate, and I was anxious to jump out of my chest, and it took me a great deal of effort to control myself from sighing. Everything that happened to Zong Zhengxu seemed to fade, and I could only see the person in front of me, he smiled slightly, his eyes were calm from beginning to end, but I was suddenly not sure if he was really looking at me.

As if I had suddenly woken up from a big dream, I quickly closed my gaze, lowered my eyes and saw it, only to realize that the skirt on my knees was almost torn by me, and I let go of my hand and left deep wrinkles and folds. I was about to look up and speak, but there was a few taps on the door.

Subconsciously looked at the door, and a calm "come in" in his ear, a man pushed the door in: "Ji Di to meet the son, Emperor Lingyue." ”

After saluting, he didn't get up, so he bowed his head and bowed his hands and said, "Childe, it's all done." ”

"Got it, let's go down." From beginning to end, he didn't look at Ji Die, Zong Zhengxu didn't care about anything, and only raised his eyes and smiled at me after he covered the door: "Emperor Ji hasn't moved his chopsticks yet, but he has to hurry up." The opportunity to make Emperor a household name is tonight. ”

I thought that Zong Zhengxu would have some arrangements in the afternoon, but I was worried that I would miss the time, so I simply had some lunch, but I didn't expect him to go anywhere, so I only let me walk with him on the street. Both sides of the street are lined with shops and shopfronts, and people come and go. Today I am wearing a loose flower smoke Luo phoenix tail skirt, with gold threads on both sides and cloud tassels underneath. Even though the dress was simple, the clothes were still luxurious, and soon received a wave of inquiring and curious eyes.

I bowed my head uncomfortably, but it was difficult to ignore a strange pleasure in my heart, I turned my head to look at Zong Zhengxu, and was about to ask him what he wanted, but I saw a string of rock sugar gourds poking out from behind him. Unconsciously stopped, I just stared at the red crystals, and ran over against my shoulder, and couldn't help but stumble and stroke the shoulder that hurt from the collision.

"Stop!" The attendant behind him stopped the man and pushed him in front of me.

"Where did you come from, Emperor Lingyue dares to collide, it's going to be fatal!" Kick it away.

"Stop!" While stopping the blurt out, I also understood Zong Zhengxu's plan, and secretly glanced at the leisurely person, I glanced at the commotion crowd that gathered at some point: "He doesn't have a heart, and besides, it is Ben Diji who stopped and did not go first, no wonder others." ”

The guard's nod was resigned, and I looked at the trembling appearance of the person who hit me, and said in my heart that if it weren't for the fearlessness in his eyes, the performance would be good: "I'm sorry to block your way." ”

As if waiting for my words, this man knelt down in a hurry, and he reminded all the onlookers to kneel down and worship: "The grass people don't know...... I don't know the Lingyue Emperor...... Emperor Lingyue spares her life! ”

sighed helplessly, but I saw a few people who heard my sigh tremble, and Zong Zhengxu beside him still stayed out of the matter and was not in a hurry. I will have to reason with him for a while, and I raised my voice patiently: "Ben Diji has been here for a while, and she has always been yearning for the customs and customs of Xiqu. Today, when you are free, you can walk around with Dahonglu at will, and the people don't have to be too formal. It's all flat. ”

After thanking him, Zong Zhengxu finally spoke: "Emperor Lingyue is tired. There is a lotus pond not far ahead, please move the Lingyue Emperor to rest. He said this in a loud and loud voice, just enough for all to hear, and the way to the lotus pond was immediately let out. I nodded slightly, stopped talking, and as I walked away, I felt the sound of discussion behind me, and sighed slightly.

When I walked to the lotus pond, I saw that all the lotus flowers near the shore had already been picked, and I only saw that there seemed to be a faint red in the depths.

"It is the people in the neighborhood who cut off the lotus flowers with stems, or take them to the market to sell, or take them home to enjoy." Seeing through my doubts, Zong Zhengxu took the first step to answer. I only looked at the remaining lotus flowers from afar, and listened to his smiling voice ringing in my ears: "Emperor Ji once said that Hibiscus is out of place in this world, and what I see in front of me can refute this." Although the peony is gorgeous and noble, the hibiscus is not inferior to the pure and elegant. ”

I turned my head, and he happened to lean over slightly, and for a moment the two of them were very close, and I subconsciously shrank back.

"If the emperor is willing," seeing that my movements only slightly hooked the corners of his lips, and Zong Zhengxu's posture remained unchanged, "Hibiscus can also become a national color and fragrance." ”

Taking a step back, before I could speak, I saw Ji Di coming from nowhere, holding a string of ...... in his hand Rock sugar gourd! I watched Zong Zhengxu take it in amazement, turned around to look at my surprised appearance, and smiled with a clear trace of pride: "Didn't Emperor Fang Cai stop because of it?" Even if the emperor doesn't miss him day and night, he just takes advantage of this to be a favor. "Then straighten your arms and hand me the rock sugar gourd.

I still didn't come to my senses, and I looked straight at him holding the bamboo stick with his fingertips, and as far as I could see, there was a bright fiery red and golden yellow, and the knobby hand. Slowly raised his hand to take the string of rock sugar gourds, and in a trance his hand seemed to shrink, overlapping with the picture of holding the rock sugar gourd from his mother's hand countless times when he was a child, the tip of his tongue recalled the sweetness, but the lips were unpalatable bitterness.

The ups and downs of the ups and downs in my heart, and it is difficult to wake up to myself, this may be which wound of pain in the future; I couldn't hide the neon in my eyes, reflecting the dazzling sun, and for the first time, I looked at the young man standing in front of me with sincerity, and let those two words overflow with trembling.

He was stunned, and smiled like a comprehension, like morning smoke and twilight, spring and autumn sun, warm as his name.

The rest of the afternoon, we all wandered around with nothing to do. It's just that if there is one thing that I take a look at, Zong Zhengxu will definitely buy it, completely ignoring my justification and obstruction. I had to blame him for spending so much money without squinting, but he smiled and said that he wanted to hear me say thank you again.

I was angry and laughed instead of being angry, and looked back at him, but I saw shallow ripples in my always calm eyes, and my figure seemed to be engraved in them, so clear and moving.

The canal is located in the south, and it is summer again, and it is already half an hour when the sky is completely dark. After dinner, Zong Zhengxu motioned for me to follow the flow of people, and after a while, I saw a platform, slightly higher than the ground, on which there were scattered tables and chairs, which looked like a stage.

A group of people have gathered on the side of the stage to listen to their conversations, and today they will play the pipa song "Plugged Song". I was a little lacking in interest, and after a moment the crowd was noisy, and it seemed that I had missed the hour. turned around and was about to say to Zong Zhengxu to leave, but he was surprised to find that there were unfamiliar faces around him, not to mention Zong Zhengxu, even Ji Di and a few guards were nowhere to be seen.

Knowing that it must have been dispersed by the crowd, I bit my lip and walked out, but Fang squeezed to the edge of the stage but was caught by someone's arm: "Where have you been, the back is a mess, come with me!" ”

This woman was so strong that I couldn't break free no matter how hard I tried, and she just didn't listen to her when she recognized the wrong person, and when she stopped and looked around, she realized that she had arrived at the backstage of the stage. However, there are no practicing singers and dancers in front of them, no crisp and beautiful music, only messy eyes. The ground was littered with the wreckage of props and fragments of clothing, and in the center of the room stood a weeping woman, and on the side stood the owner of the theater who was thunderous but had nothing to do.

The faces and postures of those women made me feel like "suspicious of the old people", but Lanbufang, which is far away in Lianghong, may be just a desolate ruin at the moment. Secretly sighing that her compassion had risen, I asked the person who dragged me in what was wrong, she glanced at the owner of the garden, and replied in a low voice: "What else, the theater has been smashed." ”