After the new year, even if the situation in various places is tense, at this juncture, everyone will take a break temporarily and stay behind closed doors for a year. Jiang Xuanjin took Li Huaiyu and others back to the first-tier city. Li Huaiyu drove through the street, heard the lively sound of firecrackers, and the shouts of New Year's goods on the street, and felt that nothing happened in this city.
The air mixed with the smell of bacon and firecrackers made people feel very at ease, but the people behind Jiang Xuanjin... a bit too much.
Lord Ziyang returned to Ziyang for the first time, and the county magistrates from all over the country rushed to celebrate the New Year. He thought it would be enough to go to the main city of Ziyang. Who knew that Lord Ziyang would take the tense situation in the first-tier cities as an excuse to stay on guard, so they had no choice but to follow.
Everyone has been famous for this gentleman for a long time, but he is really not familiar with it, and he can't start with a word of flattery.
Someone came to Chengxu Yufeng with a large envelope of silver, wanting to find out what your majesty likes, but these two adults are not interested in anything, even if gold and silver are in front of them, they are indifferent. In desperation, they can only Find out by yourself.
"Master." Chengxu handed over two invitations, "The sheriffs of Jiuzhen County and Cangwu County both hosted a banquet in the restaurant and said they would wash you off."
Jiang Xuanjin took it and glanced at it.
The person in his arms moved restlessly, and he whispered: "Be honest."
"Let me take a look." With his chin resting on his shoulder, Huaiyu said, "Didn't I often help you look at things before?"
On the soft couch in Moju's main house, she often leaned against him like this, reading scriptures to him.
Slightly dazed, Jiang Xuanjin pursed her lips, and put both invitations into her hand: "Choose one."
Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, so I can only pick one place for lunch today.
Taking it over to take a look, Huaiyu said: "I seem to have heard of this Jiuzhen County. There are many iron mines, and there are many weapons manufactured every year. Cangwu County is also not bad, with prosperous business... choose one at will, Jiuzhen? "
His eyes moved quietly between the two posts, touching a few lines of words. Jiang Xuanjin pursed her lips: "Go to Cangwu County."
"Huh? Didn't you let me choose?" Huaiyu stared, "You won't listen to me if I choose?"
Putting the invitation back into Chengxu's hand, Jiang Xuanjin helped her waist, and gently stroked the top of her head with his chin: "You also said that you chose it at random."
Huaiyu curled his lips and groaned, but didn't say much.
Chengxu took a sneak peek at the invitation card, his brows twitched.
The people who came back from Jiuzhen County all thought that they would be favored by the emperor, who would have thought that the emperor would accept the banquet from Cangwu County.
"Why is that?" Everyone was puzzled. The governor of Jiuzhen was also very unwilling, and ran to secretly ask Chengxu.
Chengxu said implicitly: "The adults in Cangwu County are more careful than you."
Isn't he careful enough? Even the chariots and guards of honor are ready!
Chengxu didn't say much, and showed him the two posts together.
The same big restaurant, the same ostentation, his post is much more beautiful, but Cangwu County Sheriff's post has a few more lines than his.
Respectfully invite Ziyang Junshang and Mrs. Jun to come. Knowing that Mrs. Jun is inconvenient, I have prepared a soft couch in the warm pavilion and meals to support my wife's hard work.
Governor Jiuzhen: "..."
Scheming! What is scheming! That old thief in Cangwu County can write such a shameless post!
But obviously, Jun Shang just likes this trick.
In the cold wind, the governor of Jiuzhen County shivered: "Is it too late for me to add this sentence?"
Chengxu smiled at him and respectfully asked him to leave.
Li Huaiyu felt that something was wrong. She followed Jiang Xuanjin out for a meal. She planned to be a vase next to her. Who knew that from the moment she sat down, the concubine Ji of the county guard next to her was very enthusiastic towards her. Hold the tea over your head with both hands. Drank a glass of spirits by himself.
"The people under your command also went to Jiang Manor to learn etiquette?" Huaiyu couldn't help but tugged at Jiang Xuanjin's sleeve and whispered, "Isn't this too thoughtful?"
Jiang Xuanjin glanced at the people on the table indifferently, and said in a low voice, "Perhaps I'm afraid of your name as Princess Danyang."
Yeah? Seems to make sense, huh? Huaiyu nodded, thinking it was the reason.
But after this banquet, congratulatory gifts began to arrive in her princess mansion, and when I asked, they were all sent by the county guards in Ziyang to congratulate her on her pregnancy.
Huaiyu stood beside the pile of congratulatory gifts in puzzlement, and asked Lu Jingxing, "Are all the people in Ziyang so rich and powerful?"
Lu Jingxing hadn't shown his face for a long time, but his brilliance remained undiminished. He stood by and looked at her with a foolish expression: "You really can't tell?"
"What?" Huaiyu looked bewildered.
"The actions of these people are all based on Ziyang Lord's thoughts." He narrowed his eyes and said, "Ziyang Lord is not hiding his behavior now, which is very different from his past style."
What does Mr. Ziyang prefer? Mrs. Jun! Your Majesty is not easy to please, so please please Mrs. Jun, and keep it useful! — This is the conclusion drawn by the county magistrates three days after arriving in the first-tier cities.
Huaiyu was stunned, then scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Then I'm really touched."
"Yes, looking at this posture, the communication between Danyang and Ziyang will definitely be smooth in the future." Lu Jingxing snorted, "Thanks to His Highness, I am now transporting goods from the border city of Ziyang, and the yamen will escort me all the way."
"Then you have to thank me." Huaiyu grinned, "Not too much, just bring the Jade Guanyin you just got."
"Beautiful idea!" Lu Jingxing rolled his eyes at her, "The high-quality cold jade from the Tianshan Mountains made such a Guanyin, and it is also one of the best treasures in the palace. Can you deceive me?"
"Stingy ghost." Huaiyu curled her lips and said with her hands on her hips, "The money I earned for you is enough to buy two Guanyins!"
Lu Jingxing snorted, turned the fan in his hand once and for all, and squinted at her: "Do you feel at ease?"
At the beginning when she was locked up in the death cell while pregnant, she held back a lot of grievances, but now Lord Ziyang is atoning for her sins, and put all the benefits in her arms.
"It's comfortable." With a long breath, Huaiyu said with a smile, "I never thought that today would happen."
Her calculations in her previous life prepared her for a lifetime of loneliness. To live again, I also thought that there would be no good ending, but I didn't expect the twists and turns, and I got the smooth life now.
It's God's compensation for her.
Seeing that there were still people carrying congratulatory gifts here, Lu Jingxing rolled his eyelids: "You are really valuable."
"How do you talk?" Huai Yu glanced at him, then proudly pointed to the tip of his nose, "I'm clearly priceless!"
When she said such things, Princess Danyang was always shameless. Lu Jingxing shook his head and looked at the red knot on the gift. Said: "You are good to stay with Jiang Xuanjin, it should be the first time for him not to celebrate the New Year at Jiang's house."
When mentioning the Jiang family, Huaiyu paused.
That's right, Jiang Xuanjin would rather stay with her in this first-tier city than go back to the main city of Ziyang for a reunion. The old man Jiang will definitely be so angry that he will hit the ground with his crutches and call her a demagogue.
After thinking about it, she said, "I'll go to the main courtyard to see him first."
Lu Jingxing turned around and waved his fan at her chicly: "You go, I'm also looking for a place to celebrate the New Year."
"Huh?" Huaiyu raised his eyebrows and called him, "Aren't you having dinner at the mansion tonight?"
"What's the point of a bunch of men?" Lu Jingxing said casually without looking back, "Master has a good place to go."
Where is he going. Huaiyu knew it without asking, she curled her lips at his back, and ran towards the main courtyard with her belly in her arms.
Lu Jingxing stepped out of the moon gate, the smile on his face disappeared completely.
New Year's Eve is the busiest time, every family is eating firecrackers and eating reunion dinner. He went to Fengchunlou he opened, ordered a jar of wine, and sat down to drink slowly.
"Young master." Zhaocai stood behind him, and said with red eyes, "So what if you just spend a new year in the princess mansion? At least there are many people."
Lu Jingxing pursed his lips, lifted his embroidered boots onto the bench, propped his elbows on his knees, looked at him and said, "What's the use of having too many people?"
No matter how many people there are, it is impossible for her to stay drunk with him this year. With Jiang Xuanjin's domineering temperament, even if he looks at her more, he will be blocked by his sleeves, which is really funny and angry.
Out of sight out of mind.
Drinking wine from jar to jar, Zhaocai persuaded: "You should have someone to serve you, the pictures of beauties that the eldest princess showed you a few days ago are all good people, you can choose one at will ? Whether it works or not. Try it too."
"I have also heard people say that Lord Baihua of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has entered the border of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Maybe he is going to the capital to give gifts. He brought a lot of beauties from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. You can also take a look."
"The eldest princess is about to have a queen, and you are not married yet..." At the end of the persuasion, Zhaocai himself felt sad. "I miss you so much. You should grab it anyway, but you let her go. Even she is willing to let go. Why don't you let yourself go?"
Tired of hearing this, Lu Jingxing held the wine jar and put it on the table, and laughed, "Why didn't I let myself go? I did."
It's just that I can't get out anyway.
The light in the phoenix's eyes was dim, Lu Jingxing lay down on the bench, looked at the red silk hanging from the high beams of the Fengchun Building, and murmured in a low voice: "Green Yangfangcao Changting Road. Young people are easy to leave behind. At the top of the building, there is a dream at five o'clock, and the flower bottom is separated from love and it rains in March."
Zhaocai has never read a book, but he has been with the young master for a long time, and these poems are the most familiar. The young master behind him didn't read it, but he remembered—
Ruthless is not as passionate as suffering. An inch is worth thousands of strands. When there is a limit to the ends of the earth, there is only endless lovesickness.
There is only endless love...
There are quite a few girls in the Fengchun Tower, and in the past, when shopkeeper Lu came, they would all embrace him. But today, they hid upstairs to watch, and no one dared to approach.
The cold and clear wind blows in from the carved windows. The fragrance of wine is overflowing.
Everyone in the princess' mansion was present, and it was full of jubilation. Xu Chuniang was coaxed by Qing Xian and others to drink two glasses of wine, his cheeks were flushed, his eyes were misty, and he looked drunk. Chi Jin watched from the side, his eyes slightly cold.
"Qingxian, do you punch?" He asked.
Qing Xian was in high spirits, didn't pay attention to Chi Jin's face at all, and responded with a smile: "Come on!"
So Huaiyu sat on the main seat with Jiang Xuanjin, watched Chijin calmly win ten times in a row, and put ten cups of wine in front of Qingxian.
"Drink." He smiled.
Qing Xian's face turned green, and she turned her head and cried: "Your Highness, he bullies people!"
Huaiyu sighed, hugged Jiang Xuanjin's arm and murmured in a low voice: "If you don't grow your brains, it's not good to pour it. You have to pour the first brew."
Then, wiping her face, she smiled and said loudly: "Will you bet and admit defeat? What kind of bullying is this? Drink, drink, drink!"
Qing Xian's face was broken: "Your Highness, you used to spoil me very much!"
Ziyang Jun, who was quietly watching the show, paused when he heard the words, and raised his eyes to look at him seriously.
After going out for more than half a month, and finally struggling to come back, Jiuwu saw Ziyang Jun's eyes. With a chill on his back, he subconsciously sat farther away from Qing Xian.
Qing Xian still didn't realize it, and counted on her fingers through the drunkenness: "I came back from an injury, His Highness bandaged me three times, and also gave me medicine, when Bai Ai quarreled with me, His Highness always helped me. The entire Feiyun Palace. I am the most favored! His Highness said that he would cover me!"
Bai Ai looked at Jiang Xuanjin, lifted up the stool, and sat beside Chi Jin.
With the porcelain-white cup pressed against his lips, Jiang Xuanjin seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "It's really difficult for people to drink ten cups of wine."
It was rare to see him speak for her, Qing Xian was very moved: "Your Majesty, save me!"
"It's easy to say." Jiang Xuanjin nodded gently. "Throw the dice, two wins in three rounds, if you win, I will drink these ten glasses of wine for you."
This is good! Qing Xian jumped up and stroked his sleeves: "I've been in the casino! Come, come, play the dice!"
Huaiyu felt something was wrong, and wanted to persuade her, but as soon as she opened her mouth, Jiang Xuanjin looked over.
help him
No no no, help you!
Then shut up.
… good.
In a few glances, Li Huaiyu became honest, pinching his lips and watching them roll the dice.
The result came out quickly, with two games in a row, Qing Xian lost in a row.
"How could this be?" Qing Xian patted his head in a daze, pointed at Jiang Xuanjin's dice and said, "Why do you always throw three sixes?"
Jiang Xuanjin personally reached out and put ten more glasses of wine in front of him: "God favors you."
"Wait a minute!" Qing Xian stared, "Just now you said that I won and you would drink ten glasses of wine for me, but you didn't say that I would add another ten glasses of wine if I lost!"
With a puzzled face, Jiang Xuanjin asked the people around him, "Aren't they all asking the same price for a bet?"
"Yes yes yes!" Just Wu Baiai and the others nodded in unison without hesitation. Just Wu also patted Qingxian on the shoulder, "Drink ten cups if you win, and ten cups if you lose, it's fair!"
"..." sounds fair, but why do you always feel that something is wrong
Looking at the ten glasses of wine that suddenly appeared in front of him, Qing Xian turned her head tremblingly: "Your Highness..."
Huaiyu took a deep look at him and hugged him.
Warrior! She can't be sheltered, let her fend for herself!
Halfway through the banquet, everyone let go, and Wu helped to hold down the string, and Chi Jin poured the wine into his mouth. Jiang Xuanjin sat aside, seeing that Chi Jin poured every drop, and couldn't help but encourage him applaud.
Li Huaiyu's stomach ached from laughing, and he patted the table straight. He was lowering his head to talk to Jiang Xuanjin, when Qingsi came in with a huge gift box.
"Master, shopkeeper Lu's New Year's gift."
Lu Jingxing gave her something every year, and Li Huaiyu was not surprised, he motioned for her to put it aside, and opened it with his hand.
Jade Avalokitesvara carved out of Tianshan Hanyu is of excellent color and priceless.