The clouds were dark, and suddenly there was a gust of wind, which pressed the blue leaves on the banks of the streamer river, and the dull air flow swept the deserted streets, and the anxious dullness did not ease a little, and a few sparse pedestrians glanced at the dark clouds under the sky worriedly, and involuntarily quickened their pace, as if they were worried about the rainstorm that would come at any time.

In the Qianrao Pavilion, the flower girl standing by the railing shook the silk handkerchief in her hand and let out a lonely sigh.

Today, there are too few guests, and I hope that this rain will come down sooner and stop before the evening, and maybe there will be some business in the evening.

Suddenly, I heard a rush of iron hooves, which caused Jiao Niang to look back, but saw more than ten angry horses coming from the east, and it was a white horse at the head, but it was not the prince who rode on it.

"Look at this formation, the comer is not good." Mei Jiao Niang scorched in the autumn waves, curled her lips and smiled, turned around and walked to the flower pavilion, first whispered to the old bustard, and then pulled a few good sisters to go downstairs to see the excitement, one of them, there is Du Yuniang, who is known as "Yihong Bailing".

The old bustard rushed down to the courtyard in a panic, and met the angry Zhu family man, and behind him, more than ten five big and three thick family members suddenly made the cold atmosphere in the Qianrao Pavilion a little more tense and oppressive.

The smile was hurriedly piled on his face, and the old bustard ushered in an unceremonious push and shove by the Zhu family, and almost fell to the ground, causing the girls of Qianrao Pavilion to exclaim.

"Say! Where's the red coat? Zhu Dalang was shrouded in the arrogance of the approaching storm, staring at a pair of angry eyes with lightning and thunder, as if he was swept by a gust of black wind.

The old bustard, who had just stabilized his body, secretly screamed badly, and stepped forward to laugh with him: "Zhu Gongzi, the red clothes will not be on stage until the night......"

"! I can hide it, my son-in-law has already bet 100 gold in Qianrao Pavilion, just to spend the first Spring Festival with the girl in red, you are so cunning, you even hide from everyone to let the red pick up customers, but I inquired clearly, there is a rich businessman who wants to redeem himself with the girl in red. "Among the more than ten families, the only thinner but arrogant little guy stepped forward and wanted to pull the old bustard's clothes.

The old bustard hurriedly explained: "This, where does this start......

Zhu Dalang stopped the little guy, took a step forward by himself, lowered his body, and forced the old bustard to press his waist back, Zhu Dalang sneered: "Mom regards the red clothes as a cash cow, we all understand, but my mother once announced in public that the first night of the red clothes will let everyone bid during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I even brought the deposit to Qianrao Pavilion, but you privately let the red clothes pick up customers, and secretly want to sell her to others...... Mom thinks I'm so bullied? ”

Without waiting for the bustard to explain, Zhu Dalang waved his arm: "Search for me, today is to dismantle this Qianrao Pavilion, and I have to find out the red clothes, I want to see who is so bold and dares to touch the beauty that I Zhu has a fancy for." ”

When the family got this order, they agreed in unison, rolled up their sleeves, and prepared to do a big job.

"Slow down." But I saw Du Yuniang smiling and moving forward: "Why waste Zhou Zhang, Hongyi is in the backyard at this time, if Da Lang has anything to say, just talk to her." ”

"You know each other." Zhu Dalang didn't say a word, and led the people to the backyard with a shout.

The old bustard couldn't stop it, and he was in a hurry, pulling Du Yuniang to stumble for a while: "Isn't this a mess, girl, how can you tell the living Hades." ”

"Otherwise, if you really watch him demolish this Qianrao Pavilion, how should my mother explain to the owner." Du Yuniang turned around and left, leading a group of frightened and curious sisters to the backyard to watch the fire.

However, he said that although today's business was greatly affected by this gloomy and sullen weather, there were still some guests who were not willing to be lonely, and they were naturally alarmed by the noise below.

The entourage of the two three princes was guarding the gate of the courtyard, and they were suddenly stunned by the menacing group of people.

And those secret guards, although they are well-trained, do not dare to use their swords against these nobles and make things out of control, so they only block them, and they seem to be weaker in the end.

Seeing that the situation was not good, a secret guard immediately entered the house to discuss with the third prince.

But seeing that there was no one outside, the dark guard couldn't help muttering in his heart, but after hesitating, he still pushed the door into the inner room, but saw that on the carved big bed, the third prince was lying with his eyes closed, and his legs were still pressed with red clothes.

The secret guard was so frightened that he immediately stepped forward, tested the pulse of the third prince with trembling hands, and then breathed a sigh of relief, looked carefully, and speculated that he had been drugged, and hurriedly took out a porcelain bottle from his waist, pulled it out and put it on the nose of the third prince, and shouted urgently: "Your Highness, Your Highness!" ”

After more than ten breaths, the third prince woke up slowly, only to feel that there was chaos in front of him, his mind seemed to have crashed into a nest of wasps, his ears were buzzing, he didn't have half of his strength, and he didn't know where he was for a while.

The secret guard helped the third prince to his feet and said eagerly, "The subordinates are rude. Stretching out his fingers, he rubbed the temples of the third prince vigorously.

The third prince was completely sober, and at the same time, he heard the noise outside, and he didn't care about the red clothes, so he hurriedly asked what was going on.

The secret guard didn't have time to elaborate, there were already people in the house, it was Zhu Dalang who was leading, and the soldiers were in chaos, and the cheering and watching the play filled the two rooms that were not spacious.

At a glance, he saw the man half-sitting on the bed, and the monk was still lying on one side of the red clothes, Zhu Dalang was so annoyed that he was a son of a six-grade general judgment, so he naturally had no chance to make friends with the princes, and he didn't know the three princes, but he saw that this little white face was a little softer than the little lady, and suddenly became jealous, and a mouthful of spit sprayed on the ground: "Phew! A little white face also dares to rob women with Ben Langjun, and he is impatient. ”

Just as he was about to step forward to teach a lesson, there was a nobleman in the crowd who had seen the three princes and exclaimed: "It's the Third Highness!" ”

The anger of the crowd suddenly froze.

When the old bustard, who came in a hurry, heard that this mysterious noble man was actually the prince, he was so frightened that he sat on the ground, wanting to cry without tears.

Du Yuniang smiled faintly, and when she looked back, she saw the guard Gray Du next to the prince of Chu, who happened to be "watching the play" in the crowd with his arms crossed, and couldn't help but be stunned.

At this time, Fang Cai was like a Daigo empowerment, and vaguely thought through the intention of the prince - he stole the jade seal of the three princes in a wasteful manner, and deliberately let the brothel maid hand over to the nine streams for auction, maybe it was also to publicize the matter of the three princes' visit to the brothel, but he didn't want such a change to happen......

So, this jade seal ......

Gray Du silently retreated from the crowd and hurried back to the palace.

Yu Feng listened to Ash Du talk about the turmoil in Qianrao Pavilion, and secretly wondered, the third prince has always acted cautiously, why did Zhu Dalang know about this? After thinking about it for a while, he didn't know the essentials for a while, so he just put away the jade seal and decided to hold it down first.

"It's better to save yourself a lot of trouble." Smiling slightly, Yu Feng looked at Gray Du: "People will secretly spread today's events, the wider the trouble, the better, and the red-clothed redemption will be over, and the maid who is acting for us, send her out of Kyoto today, remember to be cautious." ”

So, in just half a day, the market has been spreading, there are roughly the following three versions: the girl in red of Qianrao Pavilion was originally a woman from the wang family, and her Royal Highness the Third Prince was in love, and later, the father of the red cloth was sentenced for being convicted, and the red clothes fell into the dust, but the three princes couldn't give it up, so they had a private meeting with her in the brothel, but this pair of lovers has become a huge disparity in identity at the moment, and there is no fate after all, which is sentimental. As for which family the red clothes came from, when and what crime his father was guilty of, there are different opinions.

There are also rumors - His Royal Highness the Third Prince was a frequent visitor to Qianrao Pavilion, and fell in love with the girl in red at first sight one day, so he lingered, but because of identity restrictions, it was inconvenient to visit at night, so he was "noisy during the day", which was pitiful, but it was destined not to stay, which was sentimental.

Or some people say that the three princes were originally the behind-the-scenes owners of Qianrao Pavilion, and the girl in red was the oiran that the three princes went to Mobei to find, and her real identity was a foreign noblewoman, but her tribe was exterminated by the people of the northern plains, and she was exiled to the territory of Dalong, and the three princes traveled thousands of miles to Kyoto, and the girl in red was heartbroken, but the three princes didn't look down on her, and the reason why there was that turmoil was that the girl in red took the initiative to invite, and took advantage of the three princes' unpreparedness to drop an aphrodisiac in the tea......

In short, the "chastity" of the three princes is not guaranteed, and it has been firmly believed by the people of the city.

The third prince knew that this time he capsized in the gutter, but he was unable to directly complain about his grievances, so he could only bear the reputation of a prodigal son, and was first reprimanded by the saint: "You used to chant about the wind and the moon, and you were idle, but now the more troublesome it is, the more it is not the same!" dared to linger in the brothel of Goolan and make a storm in the city! ”

knelt in front of the Qianming Palace for two hours, and was passed to the Ci'an Palace, although the Queen Mother felt sorry for her grandson's punishment, but she couldn't help but teach: "Haoxi, you have always been free and uninhibited, but you are not a child who does not know how to measure, this time it is too ridiculous." ”

The third prince was listless, so he had to admit his mistake in shame: "It's the grandson who was confused for a while." ”

The Queen Mother sighed long: "I know your intentions, I belong to Chen'er, but this matter is troublesome, don't talk about Shangyuan, even I am reluctant to hand over Chen'er to you." ”

This is what the third prince was afraid of, and his face suddenly turned like ashes.

was in Kunren Palace, but he was not reproached by the queen, but only comforted by some gentle words.

The third prince knew the queen's plan, so he begged her: "Queen Mother, this time it's not good for the sons, I heard that there is a flower girl in Qianrao Pavilion, so I was curious, so I went to open my eyes, I didn't expect to make such a big storm...... The son knew his mistake and let the queen mother punish him, but he was only worried, so that his aunt and grandmother annoyed the son and his old man......"

The queen frowned, thinking that if the eldest princess really cared about this matter and denied the third prince, wouldn't it make the slut of the Chen family and the fourth prince choose a bargain, and this matter could not be neglected, so she said to the third prince: "Since you know your mistake, go and explain it to your aunt and grandmother and ask for her understanding. ”

The third prince first coaxed the queen to speak, and his heart was temporarily relieved, he wanted to go to the Weiguo Mansion to ask for forgiveness, so as not to ruin such a stable and unmissable marriage, but he was also worried that he was so positive, but it made the queen wary, since the queen had a word first, then he could be regarded as a "famous teacher".

Compared with the attitude of the eldest princess, there is another trouble that comes from Chen Liulang.

As soon as the third prince left the palace, he had just returned to the prince's mansion, and before he could apply medicine to his kneeling red and swollen knees, the next person came in, and Chen Fuliulang asked to see him.

When the three princes rushed to the flower hall, Chen Liulang had already turned around more than ten times in a hurry, and when he saw the three princes, he did not question, but made a confession: "Your Royal Highness is all for the sake of being in the lower part of the country, so you can cause this turmoil, and you are really ashamed of the lower ones." ”

The excuse that the three princes had calculated was immediately useless, and when he saw Chen Liulang clasping his hands, he hurriedly helped each other with his own hands, and introduced Liulang to sit down, his phoenix eyes were obliquely raised, and he swept away the frustration in the palace just now, and returned to his previous demeanor and high spirits: "It's nothing, Liulang don't take it to heart." ”

But now, whether it is a commoner or an aristocratic scribe in the city, most of them are sure that the red clothes are no longer virgins, and they have already become the women of the three princes, so the bidding on August 15 will naturally stop, and the old bustard may let the red clothes pick up the guests in advance, thinking of this, Chen Liu was anxious, but he was shy in his pocket, and he did not dare to speak to his family in this limelight, so he only begged the three princes to be good people to the end, and simply took this opportunity to redeem the red clothes from the goulan brothel.

The three princes made an arrangement, which took advantage of their reputation, and finally let Chen Liu take the bait, so naturally he would not give up easily, and immediately patted his chest and assured, saying that the house had been prepared, and the redemption of the red clothes could also be arranged properly.

Chen Liu immediately regarded the three princes as friends who could not be rebellious, and he was grateful to Dade.

The third prince had no choice but to send someone to contact the old bustard, redeem the red clothes, and settle in the house that had been prepared for a long time.

didn't want him to think he was cautious, but he had already been targeted by Su Lian.

It turned out that since the eldest princess heard about the affairs of the third prince, she was more concerned than the prince and Zhen Mo.

Although the queen and the crown princess intended to match, the eldest princess did not make up her mind, and when she heard about the affair in the Water Lotus Nunnery, she didn't pay much attention to it, but told Su Xun not to publicize it, and only talked to Wei Guogong, and even the Huang family was temporarily hidden in the dark. Of course, for Zhen Mo, the eldest princess naturally will not have any other considerations, this matter is just the intention of the Zhen family, if they mention it again, they will refuse politely.

Regarding the selfishness of the prince and Zhen Mo, the eldest princess is unwilling to get involved.

But the three princes are naturally different, since it is a foregone conclusion that Yichen will marry into the royal family, and the saint and the queen mother are interested in Yichen as the third princess, which has to make the eldest princess think carefully, she was worried that the three princes are too handsome, and there is the unruly talent of the scribe, and Yichen's temperament is not compatible, but I am afraid that it will be discordant after marriage in the future, which will ruin the lifelong happiness of the granddaughter.

Only then did people secretly find out what happened to the third prince and the prostitute.

Su Lian volunteered, took responsibility, entrusted the matter to Du Yuniang, and asked her to use the eyes of the Wuyi League to pay attention to this matter.

The red clothes were taken out of the Qianrao Pavilion by the people of the three princes for placement, and Su Lian immediately got the letter.

Naturally, he won't hide it from the eldest princess.

The eldest princess completely dispelled the idea of letting Yichen marry the third prince.

This affair is already well known, the third prince not only did not avoid suspicion, but ransomed for the prostitute and placed him in the outer house, it can be seen that he is really concerned about the prostitute, Yichen is used to raising and growing up, and she is the eldest granddaughter, where can the eldest princess tolerate her to be so wronged.

But said that the beautiful scene, listening to Xia Ke say a rhyme in Qianrao Pavilion, naturally overjoyed, was planning to break up from school this day, and took the opportunity to say hello to his grandmother, knocking on the side, finding out his grandmother's attitude, I didn't want to take a lunch break, so I listened to An Jin talk about Xiao Xie's birthday the day before yesterday, Yu Zhou and Xie Sanniang's incident.

"I don't know the details, I only listened to the maids talk in private, and it was the sister of the Xie family who took advantage of Erlang's drunkenness to do that...... It's hard to talk about, I don't want to be met by the two Langjun of the Xie family, and there will be trouble. ”

An Jin took the beautiful scenery and walked under the shade of the willows in the mirror pond, while talking about the schadenfreude.

Yijing listened to it physically and mentally, but pretended to be surprised: "Didn't I hear that Xie Sanniang was discussing marriage with Brother Feng, how could I ......?"

"Isn't it? Who knew that the sister of the Xie family had long admired Erlang. ”

Yijing almost laughed, Xie Sanniang is a concubine, how many opportunities can she have to see Yu Zhou, what admiration, but she was afraid of being widowed in the future, so she hit Yu Zhou with her mind, so she naturally held back, full of regret: "Although I have seen that the sister of the Xie family is worried about Brother Feng's poor health, she is very worried, but she doesn't want her to ...... It's okay to do this, it is said that marriage is determined by heaven, and this is also the fate of Sister Xie and Brother Zhou. ”

When An Jin heard this, she laughed: "Mrs. will not be as kind-hearted as the fifth sister, where will a concubine grow up to be a daughter-in-law, the sister of the Xie family is the daughter of the lady's niece, when such a thing happened, she didn't care about it at all, saying that Erlang is also a brother of the clan, and the wife can't be a concubine, so I only promised to wait for Erlang to marry, if the sister of the Xie family has not yet married, give her a position as a concubine." ”

Since the last mention of Yijing, An Jin has become a little closer to her, and at this time, she counted Xiao Xie in front of Yijing without any scruples, without half a bit of psychological pressure.

Things became like this, Yi Jing really felt a little surprised, originally thought that Xiao Xie's family would not object to the marriage of Yu Zhou and Xie Sanniang in view of the brother and sister relationship of the prince of Zhenguo, but he didn't expect that she would not even care about the blood relationship between her siblings and siblings.

As Sanniang's father, the prince of Zhenguo can swallow this breath and promise to make his daughter a concubine, which really makes people feel cold.

I can't help but think of the previous life, Yu Zhou's former mountain alliance and sea oath, what a lifetime and a couple, I didn't think that Xie Sanniang was a little tempted, he couldn't help but be moved, Yijing was cold, but there was no resentment in his heart, what was Yu Zhou's heart, she didn't mind at all.

Because I was worried about my grandmother's attitude towards my eldest sister's marriage, this afternoon was inevitably a bit long for Yijing, and it was easy to look forward to the end of school, but I heard Xia Ke report closely: "I heard that the third prince came to the Guogong Mansion in the afternoon. ”

"What?" The beautiful scenery couldn't help but be surprised.

"But Mrs. Tai didn't see it, and only let Grandpa Guo receive the third prince." Xia Ke said again.

Yi Jing sighed lightly, it seems that her grandmother's attitude is already very obvious, and she doesn't even give the third prince a chance to explain in person, she must have made up her mind.