It wasn't until King Huainan and King Ruyang finished eating that King Qinghe woke up slowly, but he just woke up and couldn't tell where he was for a while. He looked at his two brothers stupidly, and he didn't speak until a long time later. Say something.
"Second brother and third brother, why are you here?"
King Huainan glanced at him and said helplessly, "Fourth brother, are you sleepy? Look where you are."
King Qinghe looked around, and only then remembered what happened before. He smiled, rubbed his swollen head, and slowly got up from the slump.
"I'm sorry, brothers, this wine is too strong. I haven't had such a good wine for a long time. I couldn't control it for a while..."
King Qinghe said with a simple and honest expression on his face, but soon he found that the eyes of King Huainan and King Ruyang were not right, which made King Qinghe feel a little strange, and he quietly leaned against the soft couch , said in a low voice.
"Brothers, why are you looking at me like this? Could it be that I was talking in my sleep when I fell asleep? The two brothers also know that my wine is not very good. If I drink too much, I always like it. Talking about nonsense, I can't really say anything, right?"
After finishing speaking, King Qinghe's face showed a deep annoyance. He raised his hand and knocked his head vigorously, and apologized repeatedly to his two elder brothers in embarrassment, probably because he apologized The appearance at the time was too sincere, but it made Huainan Wang and Ruyang Wang difficult to pursue further.
King Ruyang has a better personality than King Huainan. Seeing that King Qinghe kept apologizing, like a child who did something wrong, King Ruyang smiled, and waved to King Qinghe to signal him Come here, but King Qinghe didn't have any doubts, walked up to King Ruyang happily, and sat down on the seat beside him.
"Fourth brother, your temperament is exactly the same as in the past, but as a brother, I still have to remind you that you must keep yourself sober when you go out to drink. If you get drunk, who knows what will happen."
After hearing what his brother said, King Qinghe laughed. He scratched his head and said foolishly.
"Isn't it because I came out with my two elder brothers today? With my second and third brothers around, I don't need to stay awake. Could it be possible that my second elder brothers can still sell me?"
King Huainan burst out laughing when he heard the words. He walked up to King Qinghe, raised his big fan-like hand and patted King Qinghe's shoulder, and looked at King Ruyang with a smile.
"Third brother, it's your fault. How come fourth brother has spent so many years in his fief. If he has no brains, how can he live in peace until now? Don't you worry about it?"
"Fourth brother trusts you and me so much, do you want to tell him that we are not trustworthy by saying those words?"
After teasing King Ruyang for a while, King Huainan waited for King Ruyang to say something, then turned his head to look at King Qinghe again.
"Fourth brother, you are right. You may still need to stay sober in front of your third brother, but with your second brother, you can get as drunk as you want. No one can hurt you with your second brother around."
King Qinghe looked at King Huainan with adoration on his face: "I knew that my second brother treated me the best. Next time I go to my second brother's fief, my second brother will treat me to a good meal."
Seeing that King Qinghe and King Huainan had a happy conversation, King Ruyang couldn't stand it any longer. He pulled King Qinghe's arm to signal him to turn his attention to himself.
King Qinghe obediently turned his head to look at King Ruyang.
Among the four brothers, King Qinghe is the youngest, King Huainan is 30 years old this year, and King Ruyang is 29 years old. Both of them have married and have many children under their knees. On the contrary, King Qinghe has never been married until now.
In fact, there is a reason why King Qinghe did not get married until now. His mother and concubine passed away when he was eighteen years old. King Qinghe kept filial piety for his mother and concubine for three years, and there was still a year to go.
So among the four brothers, only King Qinghe is still unmarried.
King Ruyang took King Qinghe's hand and asked with a smile.
"Fourth brother, when you were drunk just now, you said that you already have a girl you like. I don't know which lady is so honored to be in your eyes."
You must know that King Qinghe has a very high vision. Once he even said that he must choose a good-looking person with a gentle and kind temperament, and he must have the woman he likes as his concubine. Even their father and emperor were once curious. What kind of woman can fall into the eyes of King Qinghe.
King Qinghe is the youngest son of the emperor, although his love for him is not as good as that of the crown prince, but it is much higher than that of Huainan King and Ruyang King. Knowing that Qinghe King wants to choose a woman who is in his own heart as his concubine, the emperor He even held a banquet to let King Qinghe see if there was any woman he could like, but King Qinghe had no interest in the ladies of the minister's family at the banquet.
"None of these women can catch my son's eyes. It's not because there is anything wrong with these ladies, but because my son has seen that they have no intention of spending his life with them."
King Qinghe's temperament is straightforward, and he said whatever he wanted to the emperor. He didn't like the ladies of the minister's family, so he told the emperor directly.
There are not many real secrets in the palace. What King Qinghe said was soon known to outsiders. Those who were still staring at the position of Princess Qinghe stopped thinking. After all, for these ministers who love their daughters, King Qinghe They have already made it clear that they don't like their daughters, so how could the ministers force their daughters into King Qinghe's mansion
King Huainan and King Ruyang naturally knew about this matter. At first they thought that King Qinghe would have to pick and choose for a long time before he could choose the princess he liked, but they didn't expect that he would have a concubine he liked before too long. object.
King Qinghe obviously didn't expect that King Ruyang would ask such a question. After hearing King Ruyang's words, his face flushed slightly, and he talked about him from left to right.
"My two brothers, you must have heard it wrong. I don't have any favorite women. You two misunderstood me about this matter..."
However, King Huainan sat down on the other side of King Ruyang. The two princes sat together and looked at King Qinghe together. King Huainan showed a teasing expression on his face.
"Fourth brother, it's your fault. When you drank too much earlier, you told us with certainty that you fell in love with a girl and wanted to marry her as a princess. Could it be that the girl has such a rare identity that you can't help but let me know that you are a girl?" Are you hiding it and refusing to tell us?"
"Yes, fourth brother, sooner or later an ugly daughter-in-law will meet her in-laws. Your second brother and I are very curious. After all, we all know that your vision is ridiculously high. What kind of fairy face can catch your eyes?"
The two of them questioned King Qinghe one by one, and they were bound to know who the woman he liked was from him, and what kind of identity she was. How could King Qinghe resist the inquiries of his two older brothers? , In the end, he had no choice but to raise his hands and surrender.
"Actually, I don't know who that girl is. I was attacked by bandits in Yuzhou City earlier, and I accidentally fell off a cliff. That girl saved me. At that time, my eyes were injured and I couldn't see. I couldn't see her appearance clearly. , only her voice could be heard."
When talking about the girl who saved him, King Qinghe's tone involuntarily softened, his eyes became dazed, he looked into the void, and slowly sketched out the appearance of the other party in his mind.
"Although I don't know what she looks like, I can tell from her voice that she is a very gentle woman. She takes good care of me, and more importantly, she doesn't covet me for anything. From the beginning to the end She never told me who she was."
After listening to what King Qinghe said, King Huainan and King Ruyang looked at each other, and finally King Ruyang asked uncertainly.
"So you mean you fell in love with a woman who doesn't know her appearance, age, or even her status?"
This is simply too absurd and bizarre. Since you don't know anything, how can you find this woman? The world is so big and the sea of people is so vast, how much time would it take him to find that woman, and King Qinghe didn't even know if she was married or not, so he looked for her as if he had lost his mind...
"Fourth brother, I think it's a bit sloppy for you to do this. After all, you don't know anything about the other party. What you like may be just a character you made up in your own brain..."
It's just that before King Ruyang finished speaking, King Qinghe interrupted the other party's words, and the expression on his face faded, as if he didn't like King Ruyang talking about the girl he liked in such a tone.
"Third brother, I believe that sincerity is as good as gold and stone. What's more, the two of us met under such circumstances. She saved me when I was at my worst. This may be a marriage bestowed by heaven. Trust me I can find her."
Seeing King Qinghe's determined expression, King Ruyang knew that his younger brother was obviously interested in that unknown woman. If he continued to say something unpleasant, King Qinghe would be afraid. It was about to turn against him, so King Ruyang stopped in time and didn't continue talking.
Compared to King Ruyang, King Huainan accepted it easily. King Qinghe fell in love with a woman he had never met before, he said with a full face.
"Fate is really a very wonderful thing. Thinking back to when your father held a banquet to choose a princess for you, you didn't like any of the daughters of ministers. At that time, we were still thinking about what kind of stunning beauty we need to make you happy. You fell in love at first sight, but I didn't expect you to fall in love with an unknown woman in the end."
King Qinghe said with a smile.
"When I never met her, I thought I liked women with outstanding looks, but after I met her, I realized that looks are not important to me, what I value is the resonance of the soul, I believe she is very important to me. It's a special existence, even if I can't see her face, if one day we meet, I will definitely recognize her at the first sight."
I didn't expect King Qinghe to be a lover, but their grandpa only loved Grandma Huang at the beginning, and there were no other concubines in the entire harem except Grandma Huang. I think King Qinghe inherited their grandpa's love. infatuation.
Just now King Qinghe was only focused on drinking and did not eat any food. Seeing that his complexion was not good, King Ruyang withdrew the banquet again and brought some hot dishes back, and this time the dishes were about the same All of them are what King Qinghe likes to eat.
"Third brother, it's hard for you to remember the dishes I like to eat."
After hearing what King Qinghe said, King Ruyang showed a bit of helplessness on his face. He bent his fingers and tapped King Qinghe's head lightly, and said, "If I don't remember that you like I’m afraid you’re going to lose your temper with me again, and I’m afraid you won’t come to my fief for a long time again.”
In fact, the fiefdoms of King Qinghe and King Ruyang are not far away, and the current emperor has not restricted their brothers to stay in their own fiefs and cannot go to other places, and King Qinghe likes to travel around mountains and rivers , Most of the time, he will not stay in his fief honestly.
The place he went to the most was King Ruyang's fief, and every time he ran to King Ruyang's fief with great fanfare, he had to write a letter to King Ruyang before going, asking him to prepare his favorite dishes , the taste of King Qinghe is very tricky, and many ingredients have to be purchased from outside.
Sometimes King Ruyang forgets because he is too busy, and tells his subordinates to buy the ingredients designated by King Qinghe. He didn't come to him for a long time, until the next time King Ruyang prepared his favorite ingredients and invited King Qinghe over again, he would go to King Ruyang's mansion again.
Once or twice, King Ruyang can't remember the dishes that King Qinghe likes more often, and he has also been tossed by King Qinghe to gain experience, so he can naturally cook everything.
King Qinghe didn't seem to notice at all that King Ruyang was making fun of himself. He showed a big smile on his face and praised King Ruyang without hesitation.
"Third brother, I knew you were the best for me. Even if you come to the capital, you will prepare the dishes I like properly. Then I will not be polite to you. Eat first as a respect. After all, it is so good. If you don't put the food in your stomach, then you will feel sorry for the food."
After saying these words, King Qinghe didn't continue to say anything. He picked up his chopsticks and began to eat. Probably because he was extremely hungry, King Qinghe's eating seemed a little too bold. The prince of gold and jade looks like a refugee who hasn't had food for a long time.
"Fourth brother, slow down, no one is going to grab you... Come and drink some soup, Shun Yishun, you see that you are so choked that you are rolling your eyes..."
King Ruyang is used to taking care of King Qinghe just as he said. He is obviously a prince, but he is familiar with taking care of people. He is handing tea and patting the back. It's like treating your own son.
A large table full of dishes was almost all settled by King Qinghe in the end. He sat lazily on the chair with his round belly in his arms, really disregarding his image at all.
King Huainan patted King Qinghe's bulging stomach in a funny way. Hearing the crisp sound coming from his stomach, King Huainan's hand was about to move, and he wanted to pat again, but he was stopped by King Ruyang on the other side. down.
"Second brother, your hands and feet are too heavy. It's better not to torment fourth brother. If you slap him again, his stomach will explode."
Speaking of which, King Ruyang took out a white porcelain bottle from his clothes and handed it to King Qinghe.
"Take some, this is the appetizer pill I specially asked the doctor to make, after eating it, your body will feel much more comfortable."
King Qinghe took the porcelain bottle handed over by King Ruyang, poured out two pills from it, and stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation.
After seeing this scene, King Huainan raised his eyebrows and said suddenly.
"Fourth brother, you trust your third brother quite a bit. Are you really not afraid of what he put in the medicine?"
King Qinghe thought with a simple and honest smile on his face, and said without thinking.
"I believe in the third brother, the third brother is so kind to me, he will never harm me."
Speaking of this, King Qinghe suddenly laughed, and a sly look appeared on that handsome face.
"What's more, isn't the second brother here? If the third brother really ate something that shouldn't be eaten, with your temperament, the second brother, wouldn't you want to hang the third brother up and beat him up?"
A smug smile appeared on King Qinghe's face, and he continued to speak as if he was the smartest.
"Besides, the third brother is not a fool. He has a bad relationship with you, the second brother. If he really wanted to do something to me, when I was in his fief, the third brother had a lot of opportunities to attack, so why bother to come to you?" If you shot at me in front of you, isn't this Qing waiting to give you the handle?"
After saying these words, King Qinghe made a look of begging for praise, turned his head to look at King Ruyang, and said cheerfully.
"Third brother, third brother, are you right about what I said?"
King Ruyang touched King He's head and praised him without hesitation.
"you are right."
Having said that, King Ruyang paused for a moment, and then continued.
"Second brother is taking the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. No matter how bad my brain is, how could I attack the fourth brother in front of you? What's more, the relationship between me and the fourth brother is very good. How could I hurt you?" he?"
King Huainan said unceremoniously: "That's not necessarily the case. You are the most cunning and cunning person. It is not surprising that you can do anything. The fourth brother is innocent and easy to be deceived by you. My brother is different."
Seeing that the two of them were about to fight, King Qinghe said hastily.
"Second brother and third brother, since the younger brother came, you two have been arguing non-stop, can you shake hands and make peace for the sake of the younger brother, the three of us haven't seen each other for so long, why don't we have a good time together chat?"
However, it was obvious that King Qinghe overestimated his persuasion ability, and neither King Huainan nor King Ruyang agreed to sit down and have a good chat.
In the end, the banquet was still the same as every year in the past. In the end, the three princes parted ways and went back to their respective palaces.