On this night, the stars and the moon are sparse, a corner red pavilion, proudly on the top of the fake stone mountain, a case, a seat, a piano, a delicate glazed palace lamp, a young man in red, sitting cross-legged, his wrists hanging in the air, ten fingers falling off the strings, a clear and tactful piano sound, easy to melodious under the moonlight, hovering among the grass and green leaves, as if the living soul in this lonely quiet night, chanting of ancient customs.

It's a pity that this high mountain and flowing water have no appreciation of the voice.

The young man in the pavilion dressed in a long crow green robe walked back and forth anxiously, not at all in the rhythm of the piano sound.

The sound of the piano was suddenly paused, and it was very hasty.

The wind was blowing, and the grass and trees were low.

But the third prince didn't notice it, he was still immersed in anxious emotions.

For three days in a row, when I went to the Weiguo Mansion, the eldest princess still refused, and today even the Weiguo Gong showed a little impatience, and her attitude became more and more perfunctory.

The third prince gradually felt that things were not as easy as he thought, and today's queen was even more angry: "The Chen family has never had anything to do with the Weiguo Mansion, but yesterday Mrs. Chen set up a tea party, and my aunt actually went to support it in person...... You say, you kid, why did you cause a storm at this critical juncture? Now that the situation is pressing, you must ask for the understanding of your aunt and her old man, and I can only think of ideas for you here, no matter what, I can't let Shiro marry the Weiguo Mansion! ”

"Who's down there?" The young man in red suddenly got up and shouted at the fake stone.

The third prince just came back to his senses from the anxiety, followed Kong Xilin's gaze, but did not see any figure, and couldn't help but look sideways in disbelief, but saw Kong Xilin's black eyebrows slanted, and the playful smile in his eyes quickly swept away.

"Little Wu, I'm not in the mood to joke with you!" The third prince snorted coldly, lifted his robe and sat on the stone bench in the pavilion, picked up the teacup and drank it all.

"I thought that no matter what happened, I wouldn't be able to pull back His Highness's soul." Kong Xilin slanted the corners of his lips, and he was not full of charm.

He didn't care about the chill in the bones of the third prince, and still sat back on the edge of the piano table, slightly raising his thin and narrow eyelids, which contained the moonlight in the distant sky, and was charming.

This face, although it is not as soft as the three princes, whether it is eyebrows or lips, it looks a little colder, but it also has the style of pouring all beings, and even more enchanting and evil than the three princes who are full of caution at this time.

"I don't know if the aunt of the Su family, if she knew that Her Highness was so devoted to her, she would be overjoyed, regardless of the obstruction of her elders, and just want to have a good relationship with Your Highness." Kong Xilin said again.

The third prince sneered: "The Su family's aunt is steady and polite, but she is not as shallow as those ignorant nobles. ”

Kong Xilin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Your Highness knows her so thoroughly?" ”

"What's the point of saying that right now." The third prince glanced at the demon who was schadenfreude, and his phoenix eyes were slight: "You want to stay here today in vain, is it just to see if my joke fails?" ”

"I'm afraid that His Highness will be bored alone, so I came to comfort you by stroking the piano, it's really kind and not rewarded." As soon as Kong Xilin raised his arm, the bright red open sleeves hung down, and he spread out his palms and covered his chest, making a sad look: "Your Highness is really hurtful and sincere." ”

The third prince couldn't hold back for a while, but still tugged at the corners of his lips: "I really served you, Xiaowu." ”

"But Your Highness, don't you think that this incident in Qianrao Pavilion was set up by someone?"

The third prince's smile suddenly turned cold: "This is also Xiao said, I drank a bowl of tea that day, and I was drowsy, it was not someone who calculated, could it be that I was drunk after drinking tea?" ”

"I see, the person who calculates His Highness is the red robe, right?" Kong Xilin sighed slightly: "Her ambition for Your Highness, it's not a day or two. ”

The third prince was stunned: "Xiao Wu, can you relax your mind a little, why don't you go to the old and red, if she really calculates me, then why is she knocked out by someone?" ”

"That's ...... too" Kong Xilin raised his eyebrows: "If the red clothes move their hands and feet, I'm afraid that His Highness will not be as simple as passing out in a coma." ”

The third prince glanced at it angrily, looking at the shadow of Fushu in the distance, the moonlight was miserable, his eyes were suddenly deep, and the dark tide was surging: "The fat pig of the general judge family is just being used, I asked him, and said that it was a little guy who told him about picking up customers in red, and the little guy in his house was even more confused, and he couldn't tell who reported to him, but he only said that he was a gambler he met in the chicken farm." ”

"Your Highness will not need me to remind you to think of the people behind the scenes to calculate what you are for."

The third prince nodded: "I also suspect that it is the fourth." ”

But at this time, a thorough investigation of the people behind the scenes is not the most important, the important thing is how to save the eldest princess's heart.

"I have a plan, but I don't know if His Highness can save face." Kong Xilin hooked the strings and made a low and deep sound, and with this rippling sound, the eyes full of moonlight seemed to have ripples: "Your Royal Highness is better to bear the guilt of Jing and plead guilty, and spread the admiration for the Su family's aunt, give the full defense of the princess face, and play the infatuated Langjun to ten percent, the eldest princess is also your elder in the end, and she may not be soft-hearted." ”

Guilty of pleading...... The third prince rubbed his eyebrows, in this way, wouldn't it be no different from those scoundrels?

"Your Royal Highness, you are the prince, how can the eldest princess refuse to kneel in front of the gate of the Weiguo Mansion like this? Moreover, this plea does not indirectly prove the fact that you are going to marry the Patriotic Mansion, otherwise, no matter how ridiculous your behavior is, it has nothing to do with the Patriotic Mansion. Kong Xilin stroked the piano with his fingers, and it was a string of flowing water.

The third prince unconsciously moved a little, over the years, his words and deeds have always been unconventional, even if he makes such absurd and exaggerated actions, it is reasonable, and the queen should not be suspicious.

It's just that, for the sake of the future great cause, playing a lover is just a trivial matter, it is nothing more than being treated as a joke by the world after dinner.

The three princes decided to put aside their dignity and do a big job.

The next morning, at the beginning of the day, the market was opened, and the three princes, dressed in plain white clothes, got off the carriage, with thorns on their shoulders, and knelt silently outside the closed vermilion lacquer black nail gate of the Weiguo Mansion.

At this time, Wei Guogong has already gone to the court, and if the main gate is not to welcome guests and banquet guests, nothing will be opened, there are only two families in Zhengzhengfang, there are not many pedestrians on the bluestone avenue in front of the door, the three princes knelt for a while, and no one even paid attention, or after the corner door of the Chu Wangfu was opened, a gatehouse saw this scene, and I don't know who was kneeling in the middle of the night, and then crossed the long street to the corner gate of the Weiguo Mansion, and informed the gatehouse.

The person on duty today is the uncle of Chundui, as soon as he heard about this, he hurriedly went to the main gate to check, these days the three princes have visited frequently, but he also knows, when he sees that the person who kneels is the third highness, he was almost not frightened from the stone steps upside down, and hurriedly went inside, while persuading the three princes to get up and say something.

And on this day, it is out of ambush, according to the customs and folk customs, the family is going to gather in one place to "send ambush", so although it is the beginning of the day, several little ladies of the Guogong Mansion have been dressed neatly, under the leadership of Huang and Li's to Yuanying Hall, accompanied by the eldest princess to eat.

When they heard that the third prince was guilty of pleading outside the door, everyone was taken aback, especially Sanniang, who couldn't help but chant: "Why did His Highness come here...... his eyes involuntarily looked at Yichen.

The prince's choice of concubines made the nobles talk a lot, and the three princes made that turmoil, many people knew the "identity" of the three princesses in the future, although Sanniang had no chance to go out, but also listened to a few words of discussion from the servants, and her heart was envious and jealous, especially this time, when she heard that the three princes knelt in front of the door, they immediately thought that it was for marriage.

So the gaze becomes a little complicated.

Yijing was naturally surprised, seeing that Yichen was restless, he reached out and held her palm, giving a comforting smile.

The eldest princess couldn't cry or laugh, so she had to let a few juniors go back first, and then sent away the excitement and doubts on her face, rubbing the Li family who wanted to stay in Yuanying Hall to watch the play, and asked the Huang family to persuade the three princes to get up in person.

Yijing saw that the eldest sister was uneasy, so she persuaded her to go to Luqingyuan to sit, and the two sisters sent the maids around them out and chatted together.

"I think my sister has also heard the elders mention the matter of the princes' selection of concubines."

Yi Jing just said a word, and Yi Chen blushed, but he did not insist that marriage was the order of his parents as usual, and he could not discuss it privately, but he wrung the Jinpa in his hand, and he didn't make a sound for a while.

"It's not okay to be shy at this time, if my sister has any thoughts in her heart, you might as well talk to me." Yijing was a little anxious, for fear that the eldest sister would be disturbed by the "sincerity" of the third prince.

Since the incident of the orchid hairpin, Yichen and Yijing have been much closer than before, and unconsciously, Yichen didn't treat Yijing as a cardamom girl, hesitated for a while, and then sighed: "This matter was originally at the behest of my parents...... Don't hide it from my sister, my grandmother also asked me in private, but I was very estranged from the third hall, and I didn't even say a few words, how do I know what his character is, but listening to my grandmother's intentions, it seems that I am very unhappy with the third highness's stay in the brothel, I naturally will not disobey the wishes of the elders, but I didn't expect His Royal Highness to ...... In this way, doesn't it make me a talking point for those idlers? ”

It turned out that he was worried about this, and Yi Jing sighed: "The behavior of the Third Highness is too ridiculous, he doesn't care about his reputation, but he is so tired that his sister will not stop. First complained, Yijing comforted: "But it's nothing, there's nothing wrong with Sister Hengzhi, it's just a matter of talking about it for a while, didn't there be that romantic genius in the past, in order to seek a beautiful woman, express admiration with poetry and piano music, although the world is discussing, but it is also elegant talk, and it will not hurt the reputation of the woman, besides, there is a mother and grandmother in charge, sister does not need to worry." ”

Yichen is still a little worried, in fact, she originally had no ill feelings towards the three princes in her heart, but the daughter of the boudoir, who doesn't look forward to a lifetime with her husband in the future, of course, Yichen also understands very well that for the prince, such extravagant expectations are too child's play, but now that the marriage is undecided, I know that the three princes have left a hook column, and there is some resistance in my heart, and Yichen also has self-knowledge, knowing that his appearance is very ordinary, and the third prince is a handsome man, if he still has a flower heart, there will be no romance in the future, Yichen was only afraid that the Queen Mother and her grandmother had agreed on the marriage, and she thought that she would have to face those embarrassments in the future, so she was really suspenseful.

didn't hold back, and Yijing expressed his worries.

After hearing this, Yijing naturally felt more at ease, and couldn't help but persuade: "Since my sister thinks so, she said to my grandmother that my grandmother is not an authoritarian elder, and she will inevitably consider my sister's lifelong happiness." ”

"But my mother also said that the saint and the queen mother are thinking of marrying our house...... Wouldn't that make it difficult for my grandmother? ”

"That's not just the third prince." Yijing continued to encourage the eldest sister: "In my opinion, although the second prince is not as good as the third prince and the fourth prince, I heard that his temperament is very gentle, and he will not be involved in any power and position disputes, but he is a good match." ”

Looking back on the experience of the previous life, Yi Jing remembered that the second princess was the second mother of the Zhuo family who finally decided on the Shangshu Mansion, I heard that after the two got married, the Zhuo family disliked the second prince's biological mother was low, often picky, and lived a very domineering life, despite this, the second prince always treated her humbly and politely, although it was inevitable that she also accepted two side concubines, but they were all women from a poor family, not a threat at all, in addition, there were no other concubines, Zhuo's life was very leisurely, but later, Zhuo's people were not enough, and they actually raised a drama outside, Somehow things came out, and the saint was furious, so he abolished her position as the concubine and wanted the second prince to divorce his wife.

The second prince still cared about the old feelings, and knelt down and begged for many days before letting the saint open up, and finally reconciled with the Zhuo family, at least in terms of reputation, and left some leeway for the Zhuo family.

Yijing calculated, if the eldest sister became the fourth princess, she would be the queen to be jealous, and Chen Guifei's mother-in-law was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and her life would not be easy in the future, since she was destined to marry the royal family, the second prince would be the best choice.

Yichen heard this, but his face turned red again, and he muttered for a long time, but he still had no idea.

Yijing had to secretly make up her mind to wait for the plague god of the third prince to leave, and then pull the eldest sister to her grandmother to tell her words, so that she could feel at ease earlier.

But said Yuanyingtang, the eldest princess saw that the third prince was only wearing a middle coat, shouldering thorns, and her usual radiance turned into depression, and the phoenix eyes of the Yu family who looked forward to Shenfei also drooped listlessly, the situation was really pitiful, and she couldn't help but be angry and funny, but she looked serious: "San Lang!" What are you doing? ”

The third prince was about to kneel again, but fortunately, Huang quickly helped him up: "Your Royal Highness can't be like this, you are the prince, and our courtiers can't stand your kneeling." ”

"Grandmother and Duchess were originally the elders of Haoxi, so they can naturally bear it, besides, Haoxi's behavior is ridiculous, which makes my aunt and grandmother angry, so I don't see me, if I don't sincerely ask for guilt, how can I make my aunt and grandmother angry." The third prince blinked pitifully at his bright peach blossom eyes, swept away the demonic aura, and was very well-behaved at this time.

The eldest princess looked at this nephew, couldn't help but rub her brows, and looked very troubled, first letting the Huang family do her own business, and then retiring her subordinates, including Mama Song, and talking to the juniors alone.

"Don't go around any bends with me, and don't use any bitter tricks, just talk about it." The eldest princess carried the third prince by the hand, and threw it on the ground angrily except for the pretended thorn on his shoulder, and got straight to the point with an expressionless face.

The third prince was a little surprised, only then did he smile, raised his eyelids and met two sharp gazes, and immediately became serious: "Haoxi came to ask for the crime of Qianrao Pavilion earlier. ”

"If this is the case, I can't be angry, and you don't need any forgiveness from me, but you have to break it down with the Queen Mother and the Holy One."

As soon as the third prince choked, he was a little restless.

The eldest princess has a straightforward temperament and is usually very good at talking, but this time, it is like an iron plate, soft and hard, which is really embarrassing.

But the third prince is not an ordinary person, since he even knelt at the door, he naturally will not give up halfway: "I don't dare to hide it from my aunt and grandmother, Haoxi has sincere admiration for Sister Chen, and my grandmother and queen mother also know my mind......"

"The matter of marriage pays attention to the order of my parents, and I will naturally discuss this matter with the Queen Mother." The eldest princess interrupted the words of the third prince mercilessly.

"Auntie's ......"

"The Queen Mother and the Holy Lord still don't know about you ransomed the prostitute and placed her in the outer house, right?"

……

The third prince was stunned in the chair, only then did he know that his words and deeds had already been mastered by the eldest princess, and he regretted it in his heart, but if he did it again, he could only choose to "carry the black pot for Chen Liu".

"Auntie, this is really a misunderstanding, I was just curious, I went to a brothel, and listened to the girl in red confess her life experience, she was originally a foreign noblewoman, because her tribe was wiped out at the hands of the people of the Northern Plains, and she fell into the dust, but she was unwilling to die, and begged me to save her from that filthy place, and I was also moved by pity for a while, so I redeemed her body and arranged a place to live, but in the future, I will never have any more contact with her." In a hurry, the third prince thought of one of the widely circulated versions, tampered with it, and temporarily requisitioned it.

The eldest princess looked at him for a moment, and then said: "This was originally your private matter, and I didn't bother to pay attention to it, okay, you also paid for the gift, and the explanation has already been explained, you said that you admired my family Chen'er, I also know, the next thing, I will discuss with the Queen Mother, San Lang or go back, whether you have a fate with Chen'er or not, it depends on the will of God." ”

These words were unfathomable and profound, so that the third prince didn't know how much he had to do for a while, even if he was unwilling, he didn't dare to beg for nothing in front of the eldest princess, so he had to bow and say goodbye first, he only left on the front foot, and the beautiful scenery in the Lvqing Garden got the news, and pulled Yichen over with him, and only then did he enter the house, and he saw two thorns in the corner, and Yijing couldn't help but stare at a pair of eyes: "Grandmother, the third highness really came with this thing on his back?" ”

The eldest princess couldn't help laughing: "A child's trick, it's worth making such a fuss?" ”

Seeing that Yichen was only standing aside, his eyes were shy, and he couldn't help but step forward and pull her over, and squeezed on the Luo Han bed with the eldest princess.

"Grandmother, the eldest sister just said that she doesn't want to be the third princess."

The straightforwardness was too amazing, and he almost taught Yichen to plunge headlong into the tea case.

"You girl, you are young, what do you know?" first laughed and reprimanded Yijing, but the eldest princess took Yichen's hand and comforted her gently: "Don't worry, Chen'er, if you don't want to, grandmother will definitely make the decision for you." ”

didn't even ask, just made a decision.

Yijing was overjoyed, and also stretched out her hand, shook hands with her grandmother and eldest sister, and shook it vigorously: "Sister, look, what I said is good, as long as you say what is in your heart, grandmother will definitely make decisions for you." But he asked curiously, "Grandmother, what did the Third Highness say earlier?" ”

Looking at the beautiful scenery shining and a pair of clear eyes full of curiosity, the eldest princess thought about it, and really repeated the words of the three princes just now, and asked Yichen first: "Chen'er heard such a reason, do you think the three princes are excusable?" ”

Yichen only felt that her cheeks were hot, but she was already respectful, and the elders naturally would not fail to answer their questions, and lowered her eyes and said, "If that's the case......"

Yi Jing was very anxious, and interrupted Yi Chen's words repeatedly: "How can my sister take this seriously? If you say pitiful, most of the women who have fallen into the dust have a history of bitter blood and tears, and the three princes are kind-hearted, but they are afraid that they have already redeemed ten or eight prostitutes, and they have set up ten rooms and eight rooms outside. ”

Before the words fell, the eldest princess was hit on her forehead.

"You girl, you are more and more open-mouthed." Although it was a reprimanding tone, the eldest princess's eyebrows were full of doting.

Yijing stuck out the tip of her tongue and stuck her head in her grandmother's arms: "I only dare to say it in front of my grandmother, and I am also worried that my sister will be soft-hearted and be deceived by those who have bad intentions." ”

When the eldest princess heard this, she became serious, but she didn't push away the beautiful scene, but just asked: "What do you mean by saying that you have bad intentions, you don't believe the explanation of the third prince, does it mean that he has other plans?" ”

Yi Jing didn't choke and hid, weighed the words in his heart, and said in an orderly manner: "The third highness met with the eldest sister, but it was at the palace banquet, and he didn't even say a word alone, why did he suddenly feel admiration, if this is the case, why did he go to that filthy place to have fun, it can be seen that this statement cannot be taken seriously; So wouldn't the three princes have other plans to marry us at the expense of the guilt of Jing and petition? I heard my sister talk about it earlier, knowing that the saint and the queen mother both like her sister's temperament and talent, and her sister must marry into the royal family, if it is not the third prince, it is very likely to be the fourth prince, but the queen mother must not want the fourth prince to get a strong support and threaten the prince's power, and the third prince and the prince are brothers and sisters, so it should be to help the prince and strive for this marriage. But he has the problem of messing with flowers, and he is really not worthy of such a virtuous and gentle sister as me. ”

Although these words were a little childish, they also analyzed the situation very clearly, and the eldest princess couldn't help but be surprised, secretly thinking that she had just let Yijing look at the copy of the palace for a while, but she had such an understanding of the current situation; On the contrary, Yichen, although he is a few years older, is too easy to believe the words of others, so the eldest princess thinks more and more that Yichen is not suitable for the three princes with impure motives.

Where would the third prince have thought that his hard work would be wasted under the trick of a little girl, and he wholeheartedly followed the predetermined plan, following the "guilt of Jing petition", and participated in several poetry and tea parties of the "talented scribes" one after another, and expressed his "admiration" for Aunt Su in public.