King Qinghe originally thought that he was the latest to come to the capital. After all, he was injured in Yuzhou City before, and then was delayed in Jizhou City for a while. If his subordinates hadn’t reminded him, he might still be stranded in Jizhou now city.
However, after arriving in the capital, he found out that King Huainan and King Ruyang had both come, but the crown prince was the only one who was not in the capital.
King Qinghe is just an idle prince. He knew that he was not destined for the throne, so he never inquired about the news of the capital, lest he would feel unwilling.
As a result, he didn't know until he arrived in the capital that the prince was ordered to leave the capital to inspect the dams in the south of the Yangtze River, and he still hasn't come back.
Hearing the news delivered by his subordinates, King Qinghe showed a thoughtful expression on his face, but he still didn't take this matter to heart.
After all, he is an unambitious prince, and the crown prince's position is as stable as Mount Tai. Even if he joins hands with King Ruyang, the king of Huainan, he can't shake the prince at all. The prince was later taught by the emperor, and the empress's mother's family is powerful. As long as the emperor dies, the prince can succeed. These idle princes who have been crowned kings early, still do their own things in a down-to-earth manner it is good.
Although King Qinghe arrived in the capital, he still did not forget about the matter of Jizhou City. He had left someone in Jizhou City to check for him the news of the woman who saved him. When the news came, King Qinghe became very unhappy.
At this time, King Huainan and King Ruyang invited him to drink again, even if King Qinghe was unwilling, he could only cheer up and go to the appointment.
The current emperor has only four princes. Except for the crown prince who was born to the queen of the central palace, the rest of the Qinghe kings, Huainan kings and Ruyang kings are all descended from concubines in the harem. Their mothers and concubines are not of high status. Their families are quite different, so the three brothers are the kind of unambitious people who are keen to be idle princes. Because there are no conflicts of interest, the relationship between the three is pretty good—at least they come back to the capital every year to serve as the emperor. When celebrating birthdays, the three of them would get together for a drink.
When King Qinghe arrived, King Huainan and King Ruyang had already arrived, but judging from the appearance of the two of them, it seemed that they were a little unhappy. King Qinghe greeted them with a smile as if he hadn't seen it.
"Second brother and third brother, my younger brother is late, I will punish myself with a cup, please forgive me."
As he spoke, King Qinghe poured a glass of wine, raised his hand towards the two men, and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
He has a good capacity for alcohol, even though today's wine was much hotter than usual, King Qinghe still looked like he was fine, and sat down cheerfully.
King Ruyang glanced at King Qinghe, curled his lips and said, "Isn't the fourth brother the first to arrive in the capital every year? Why is it so late this year? My second brother and I arrived in the capital early, and I want to invite you to drink, I didn't know that you never came here."
Huainan Wang followed up and said: "Yes, fourth brother, you are so late, how can you do it with just one drink? You should be punished."
After speaking, King Huainan stood up and poured a glass of wine for King Qinghe himself. Looking at the Huang Yingying wine in the glass, King Qinghe smiled bitterly and said, "I dare not hide it from my two elder brothers. My intention."
As he spoke, he told his two elder brothers about his attack in Yuzhou City.
When King Ruyang heard this, he frowned, and turned his head to look at King Huainan who was sitting on the other side: "Second Brother, Yuzhou City is not far from your fief, haven't you heard of this?"
King Huainan frowned, and said in an unhappy tone: "Third brother, what do you mean by saying that? You know my temper, I am the most lazy person, and my fief is also ours. The poorest of the three brothers, it's too late to care about things in my own fief, so how can I have time to care about other places?"
It is true that Yuzhou City is very close to Huainan King's fiefdom, but what does that have to do with him? The matter of suppressing bandits is naturally under the jurisdiction of the magistrate. As an idle prince, he can't even raise soldiers in his own fief. Could it be that the matter of suppressing bandits can still be involved in him
Seeing that King Huainan seemed to be angry, King Ruyang hurriedly said: "Second brother, look at your temper, why are you still as irritable as before? I just said it casually, why are you so anxious, if you don't know Thought I was making accusations."
However, King Huainan's temper was as irritable as King Ruyang said. After hearing what the other party said, King Huainan said unceremoniously.
"Third brother, you are still as outspoken as you used to be. Don't say you are someone who doesn't know. Even if you know you, I'm afraid you will think that what you say now is accusing me. If you don't believe me, you can ask fourth brother. , look what he said."
The relationship between King Huainan and King Ruyang has been at odds for a long time. They just said a few words and then quarreled again. Then they both turned their eyes to King Qinghe who was sitting on the side, as if they wanted to He did justice for both of them.
However, seeing them like this, King Qinghe had no choice but to raise his hands and surrender.
"Second brothers, why do you two need to do this? We only see each other at this time of the year, so why do you have to make such a fuss? What happened to me has nothing to do with the second brother. It's just that my younger brother is unlucky, not to mention that I was recuperating in Yuzhou City at the time, so why would I bother my second brother because of such a trivial matter?"
After hearing what King Qinghe said, King Ruyang twitched the corners of his mouth, and sarcastically sarcastically towards King Huainan.
"Second brother, as I told you, you still need to change your irritable temper, you see how good-natured our fourth brother is, because he is afraid of your temper, he dare not go to your fief to recuperate. "
King Qinghe: "..."
He has always known that the relationship between King Huainan and King Ruyang is not on good terms, as long as they meet each other, the two will always fight over various things, ranging from the presents they gave their father to the small things they have learned this year What the fuck, these two people always have to compare and compare each other, and in the end no one can convince the other, and they will quarrel back and forth.
It's just that in the past they quarreled over other topics, but today they turned the topic on themselves, as if the quarrel was for his brother.
King Qinghe only felt that his head was as big as a fight. After coaxing King Huainan, he coaxed King Ruyang again, but neither of these two people was a fuel-efficient lamp. It is useless.
In the end, King Qinghe simply gave up. He sat beside him with a flagon in his arms, drinking mulled wine glass after glass, and got himself half-drunk within a short while.
However, King Ruyang and King Huainan had been arguing for a long time, and neither could persuade the other, so they wanted to talk to King Qinghe, the suffering master, but when they turned their heads, they found that King Qinghe was sitting there like a fool and pouring water on himself. liquor.
King Qinghe seemed to have noticed the eyes of the two brothers. He raised his head and looked at his brother, then opened his mouth and showed a smirk at the two of them.
"Second brother and third brother, are you finished arguing? Who of you brought this wine today? It's really strong. I was used to the sweet rice wine over there when I was fiefdom, but I'm not used to this kind of strong wine. …”
As he spoke, King Qinghe raised his hand and patted his cheek, then tilted his head to look at King Huainan and King Ruyang, with a deep bewildered look on his face.
"Second brother, third brother, why don't you two talk? If you don't want to drink, you can just bring all the wine back to me. When I return to my fief, I probably won't be able to drink such good wine. .”
After saying these words, King Qinghe poured another glass of wine and drank it down, but soon he found that such a glass of wine seemed a bit unsatisfying, so he simply turned the spout around and poured it into his own mouth. go down.
King Qinghe gulped down the wine without any image, the yellow liquid flowed out from the corner of his mouth, and soon sank into his collar, which made her look a bit wild and unrestrained He is a prince of gold and jade, and he is like those swordsmen who wield their swords to the end of the world.
King Huainan and King Ruyang, who were still quarreling, were speechless when they saw King Qinghe's appearance. Seeing that he was about to drink up the pot of wine, King Huainan hurried forward to remove the jug from King Qinghe. However, King Qinghe was still a little unwilling and wanted to take the jug back, but was stopped by King Ruyang who was beside him with sharp eyes and hands.
"Fourth brother, you said that it is good for you to let us say something about you. Knowing that you are good at wine, I specially brought you a lot of spirits, and you can take them back later. How can you be like this now? Like drinking non-stop?"
King Huainan put the wine jug he had taken aside, and then spoke.
"It's the fourth brother. You are also twenty years old this year. You can no longer act like a child like you used to. How can other people rest assured that the girl will be handed over to you with your appearance? Do you want to continue to vacate the position of Princess Qinghe?" ?”
King Huainan and King Ruyang scolded King Qinghe one by one, but King Qinghe seemed to be a bit dizzy from drinking too much alcohol. He lay down on the table, looked at King Huainan, and then Looking at King Ruyang, he suddenly laughed.
"Are the two brothers still worried that my position as princess will continue to be vacant? I can tell the two brothers that someone has already chosen my princess..."
After hearing King Qinghe's words, King Huainan and King Ruyang looked at each other, then King Huainan came up to King Qinghe, helped him sit up straight, looked at his flushed cheeks, and asked road.
"You already have a candidate for a princess. Why haven't you heard about it before? Who is the princess you have decided on? Can your third brother and I know which girl she is?"
After drinking too much wine, King Qinghe's reaction was a bit sluggish. He blinked, looked at the face of King Huainan who was close at hand, then raised his hand to push him back, and muttered to himself.
"Second brother, stay away from me. Why are you still using the sachet from last time? Didn't you say that you don't like the scent? Why do you still carry it with you?"
As King Qinghe said, he looked sideways at King Ruyang who was sitting on the other side, then gave him a hook, and a silly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Third brother, you often told me that the second brother didn't like you and wanted to be right with you all day long. I think what you said before was all false. How could the second brother not like you? Look at the gift you gave him He still carries the sachet."
It's just that King Qinghe was probably really drunk, and his voice quieted down as he spoke, and then he fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.
After King Qinghe fell asleep, the atmosphere in the room became dull. King Huainan and King Ruyang exchanged glances. In the end, King Huainan picked up King Qinghe and placed him on the soft couch beside him.
After doing all this, King Huainan untied the sachet tied around his waist, then raised his hand and threw it towards King Ruyang. King Ruyang pulled the corner of his mouth and put the sachet into his pocket in the arms.
King Qinghe fell into a coma from drinking too much wine. Only King Huainan and King Ruyang were left awake in the room. The old dishes were removed, and new dishes were brought over, while King Ruyang leaned on the chair, his eyes swept over the lying King Qinghe.
The two exchanged glances, and finally it was King Ruyang who said: "It's a pity, the prince brother has been away from the capital for so long, why hasn't he returned yet, and I don't know if he can catch up with the emperor's birthday banquet."
King Huainan shook his head and said in a muffled voice.
"I'm not sure about this, but the prince's brother has always been calm in his work, and he has already arranged everything well before leaving. I guess he will come back before the father's birthday banquet. After all, he has never been absent before. Celebrating Father’s birthday banquet.”
The two chatted casually for a few words, and then talked about what they had seen and heard on the way to the capital, but probably because of a natural disagreement, the two chatted and pinched again, the voice was as loud as The roof can be overturned directly.
Speaking of the last two, the two stared at each other, looking like they were about to pinch each other at any time, while King Qinghe was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed, as if he didn't notice what was going on around him.