We all know that King Ningjun is the most beloved person of the emperor and the queen mother. For the sake of the emperor and the queen mother, many ministers and concubines also gave Lu Shijin birthday presents.
They all knew that King Ning was mentally incompetent, and his IQ was as high as that of an eight-year-old child, so they thought that King Ning should be playful, and most of the gifts they gave were things for children to play with.
Lu Shijin counted the birthday gifts he received. Except for a very few people who gave gold and silver antiques, the others were all weird toys, the kind that can't be exchanged for a little money if you pawn them. This is not fooling children.
"Why, look at your expression, you don't like these?" The emperor watched Lu Shijin unpack the boxes while sitting and drinking tea, and his brows frowned when he opened one, guessing that Lu Shijin should be dissatisfied with these birthday gifts .
"Of course I don't like it! Brother Emperor, look at these, what are they?" Lu Shijin raised a small wooden sword and gestured twice in his hand, "Are they giving these to the king to play with each other? You are not sincere!"
"This is a mahogany sword, which is used to ward off evil spirits, not for you to play with." The emperor put down the teacup and said calmly, "You don't like these, so what do you like?"
After reading the gifts, Lu Shijin ordered Wang Xi to send all the things back to the palace, and then sat down next to Li Chong.
Lu Shijin looked at Li Chong expectantly, and said with a smile: "The emperor's brother hasn't given you a gift yet, as long as it is from the emperor's brother, I like it."
"Really?" Li Chong let out a chuckle from his nose, "You don't know what I gave you, so you dare to say you like it? Don't you don't like it when I give you it, this is bullying Do you know the king's crime?"
Lu Shijin hesitated for a moment, rolled his eyes, stretched out his finger and poked the emperor's arm, and said in a flattering tone: "Then... brother emperor, can you tell me what kind of gift you gave me? Satisfy my desire." Curious?"
Li Chong shook his head, "No, what is the meaning of what I said now, you will know when you see it with your own eyes."
Lu Shijin glanced at the sky outside the door, the sun was still hanging above his head, there were still several hours in the evening, and he didn't know what charades the dog emperor was playing, it was really tantalizing.
"But I'm really curious. I can't wait until the evening to find out. Brother Emperor, good brother, why don't you reveal it to me?" A cute and charming smile, trying to seduce her with "beauty".
Li Chong told Lu Shijin that the trick of calling him "good brother" was still useful, and he glanced at him with a light smile, "I can't tell you what it is, but you are allowed to ask a few questions, and I will only answer you yes or no."
Lu Shijin's curiosity was even more aroused by Li Chong's deceitful deception.
After all, the other party is the emperor, sitting on the world, the emperor makes a move, can the gift be mediocre? ! It must be a priceless treasure!
Get rich, get rich! I don't know how much the big baby can be converted into. Wouldn't it be a pleasure to convert it into reward value!
"Is it expensive?" Although it is superficial to ask, Lu Shijin is so straightforward.
Li Chong lowered his eyes and thought for a while. It is naturally expensive to make a thousand catties of gold, so he looked up at Lu Shijin and nodded.
After getting an affirmative answer, Lu Shijin's eyes lit up immediately, immersed in the excitement of getting rich soon, he couldn't help swallowing.
"Then, does it sink?"
Li Chong nodded again, "Very heavy."
Lu Shijin asked: "Is it big?"
Li Chong: "Big."
"Isn't it rare???" Lu Shijin's eyes sparkled with small flames.
"Naturally, it is unique in the world." Li Chong smiled slightly.
pretty! Lu Shijin was so happy that he patted the table. It was expensive, big, heavy and rare, so it must be a rare treasure!
After all, if you are the king of a country, you must be extravagant!
Lu Shijin immediately forgot about how Li Chong tortured him last time, the Dog Emperor finally acted like a human being this time, he was right hahaha!
"Do you like the gift I gave you?" Li Chong asked quietly seeing that Lu Shijin was so happy.
"I like it, I like it!" Lu Shijin was afraid that Li Chong would not believe it, so he nodded vigorously to express his sincerity, "As long as it is given by you, brother emperor, I like it!"
Li Chong slightly raised his eyebrows, "I'm not fooling you, since you said you like it, then you're not allowed to renege on it."
"How is that possible! What's so bad about this?" Lu Shijin's eyes turned into crescents with a smile, "I can't wait to see the birthday gift from the emperor's brother! I really hope that the sky will get dark soon!"
Li Chong picked up the teacup, lifted the lid, skimmed off the tea leaves on the rim of the cup, bowed his head and took a small sip.
"I hope so too."
At night, the queen mother specially held a family banquet to celebrate Lu Shijin's birthday, and also arranged songs and dances to add to the fun.
The emperor sat on the throne, the empress dowager sat on the emperor's right hand side, and Lu Shijin's position was on the emperor's left hand side. One could tell how favored Lu Shijin was.
Sitting below were concubines from various palaces. When the banquet started, the concubines took turns toasting and blessing Lu Shijin. It was a scene of joy and harmony.
If the person sitting next to the emperor today was a concubine, I am afraid that the concubines in the palace would have already started to be jealous, wishing to pull people off the top and replace them with themselves.
But the person sitting today is King Ning, and they know very well that even if King Ning is favored, he is only the emperor's younger brother, not a relative, and will not hinder them in anything.
So none of the concubines could feel jealous of Lu Shijin. After all, who would be jealous of a fool
The queen mother was very satisfied with the banquet she had arranged, and asked Lu Shijin with a smile, "How is it? Did the singing and dancing look good today?"
"It's beautiful!" Lu Shijin stood up and saluted the Queen Mother, "I thank you, Queen Mother, for your concern."
"There are more fun things to come, just watch." The queen mother raised her hand and swung it backwards. The eunuch behind her got the instruction and clapped her hands twice.
The sound of playing the music stopped immediately, and the dancers dancing under the stage also stopped once and exited the door, and then several people with oil paints on their faces and various props in their hands came in, some of them were fire-breathing, some of them were crowned. There are plates, there are spinning balls... people are dizzying to watch.
These people are all buskers who play juggling in the market. They are raised in deep boudoirs. How can the concubines who usually stay out of the house have the chance to see these unique skills? Two exclamations.
"Is it fun? Is this much more interesting than singing and dancing?" The Queen Mother asked Lu Shijin with a smile.
"It's fun! It's fun! Thank you, Queen Mother!" Lu Shijin watched with enthusiasm, and kept clapping his hands to applaud the performers.
The queen mother said: "Don't thank the Ai family, this idea is not from the Ai family, but the emperor mentioned to the Ai family that you liked to watch street performers when you were young, so the Ai family arranged for the best acrobatic troupe in the capital to perform in the palace." .”
When Lu Shijin heard the words, he turned his head to look at the emperor on the throne, bowed respectfully and saluted, "The emperor's elder brother has bothered about my younger brother's birthday."
Li Chong waved his hand, "Today's family banquet, you are the birthday star, as long as you are happy, there is no need to be polite, just sit down."
Lu Shijin took a deep look at Li Chong, even though he is taking the place of someone else, today is not really his birthday.
But still touched by the surprises that Li Chong prepared for him today, Lu Shijin couldn't help feeling a little sweet in his heart.
Lu Shijin sat down and continued to watch the performances. These folk skills were once brilliant in ancient times, but many of them have been lost in modern times. There are many performances that Lu Shijin has never seen before, which is amazing.
The performances under the stage were wonderful, and there were many climaxes. Lu Shijin was dazzled by the sight, and suddenly caught a glimpse of one of the entertainers playing ball. Although that person was wearing a loose costume and a mask on his face, he could not see his face, but Lu Shijin looked at the person's face. The figure gave birth to a sense of familiarity for no reason.
Just now Lu Shijin was toasted in turn, and he was already a little drunk. He thought he was dazzled, so he rubbed his eyes hard, trying to see that person clearly.
But the performance was over, and the performers all knelt down, and couldn't see their faces clearly. After the emperor said "reward", everyone retreated one by one, without giving Lu Shijin a chance to see clearly.
Soon, someone came to toast again, and Lu Shijin was so dizzy from drinking that he couldn't remember any familiar figures at all.
"Okay, okay, don't give him alcohol," the queen mother said distressedly seeing that Lu Shijin was a little unsteady, "How can he stand up to so many of you respecting him by himself?"
Li Chong comforted the Queen Mother with a smile: "It's just fruit wine, I don't think it will be intoxicating, so don't worry, Queen Mother."
"Fruit wine is also wine, and if you drink too much, you will get drunk. He is still a child, and he has never drank so much wine before." Come here?"
Li Chong nodded in agreement: "Okay, then I will send my mother back to the palace."
"You don't need to send it." The queen mother helped the eunuch's hand and stood up, pointing to Lu Shijin, "I remember you said that you have prepared a big gift for today. This child has been reading for a day. Before today is over, hurry up and deliver Give it to others, save him from worrying about it."
Li Chong glanced at Lu Shijin. Although Lu Shijin was dizzy, he did not forget that Li Chong was going to give him his big baby. He immediately clapped his hands with a smile on his face, "Yes, yes, yes, there is also a gift from the emperor's brother. I have to go and get it!"
The concubines sitting below heard it, okay, the emperor is afraid to accompany his good brother again today, and there is a high probability that he will not turn over his cards, alas, there is nothing wrong with them.
So the concubines got up and left one after another, and went back to their palaces, playing their pianos.
The banquet was over, and the palace where the banquet was held was not far from the emperor's Yong'an Palace, so Li Chong and Lu Shijin did not take sedan chairs, but walked back to the palace.
As soon as the cool wind blew, Lu Shijin's drunkenness became more or less sober.
There was a court lady lighting up the road ahead, and Lu Shijin and Li Chong walked side by side. Both of them were wearing big cloaks, but they didn't look bloated.
The lanterns cast the shadows of the two of them on the road obliquely and overlapped.
Lu Shijin looked at the shadow on the ground, coordinated with Li Chong to adjust his steps to match him, and gradually felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.
Suddenly, I felt that it would be good if I could just go on like this.
Unknowingly when it started to snow, Lu Shijin suddenly asked, "Is this the first snow this winter?"
"Yes, what's the matter?" Li Chong asked.
The capital of this dynasty is located in the south, and there is not much snow in winter.
Lu Shijin shook his head, looked up at the dark night sky, "It's nothing."
It's Chuxue, I heard that if you make a wish when you see Chuxue, the wish will come true, and today is also his birthday.
Lu Shijin stretched out his hand, caught the snowflakes falling from the sky, and silently made a wish in his heart.
"Brother Chong, I want to hold your hand, can I?" After making his wish, Lu Shijin stretched out his left hand to Li Chong, fearing that he would be suspicious, and added, "Just like when we were young, let's walk hand in hand."
Li Chong looked at him for a moment, his eyes softened unconsciously, and he stretched out his hand from his wide sleeve to hold Lu Shijin, "Okay."
The emperor's palms were very warm, and the warmth penetrated into Lu Shijin's heart. Even if it was freezing cold at the moment, he would not feel cold.
"Brother Chong, what exactly are you going to give me? Can you tell me now?" Lu Shijin begged, shaking Li Chong's hand.
"No, you'll know when you're in Zhen Palace, don't worry, you'll be there soon."
Li Chong was very mysterious, he was almost at the gate of the palace and he kept it secret and refused to reveal it. Lu Shijin, who had been slacking off his appetite for a day, snorted dissatisfiedly: "Cut, playing tricks, okay, if you don't tell me, I'll see for myself."
A hundred meters away from Yong'an Palace, Li Chong suddenly grabbed Lu Shijin's hand to stop him.
Lu Shijin turned around in confusion, "Why didn't you leave?"
Li Chong pulled out a finger-wide silk ribbon from his sleeve, and dangled it between his two fingers, "Blindfold your eyes."
Lu Shijin: "???"
Li Chong smiled: "Since it is a surprise, it is natural to maintain a sense of mystery. I have carefully prepared a big gift for you, and I am very much looking forward to seeing its expression."
The dog emperor has so many tricks, Lu Shijin complained in his heart.
But for the sake of his good performance today, let's play this childish game with him.
Lu Shijin compared his eyes obediently, "Come on, come on, alas, Brother Chong, you are still playing such childish tricks at this age, I really can't stand you."
Li Chong covered Lu Shijin's eyes with a ribbon, tied a knot behind his head, then took Lu Shijin's hand and led him forward.
Lu Shijin was blindfolded, he couldn't see anything, he lost his vision, but his sense of hearing and touch became sharper.
He felt that Li Chong led him into the Yong'an Palace, passed through the main hall to the left side hall, and then there was a sound of closing the door behind him, and all the serving maids and eunuchs retreated, leaving only him and Li Chong in the side hall.
"Brother Chong, are you alright? When can I open my eyes?" Lu Shijin asked anxiously.
Li Chong grabbed Lu Shijin's two hands to prevent him from taking off the ribbon covering his eyes, and comforted him, "Right now."
Li Chong pulled him and continued to move forward. Lu Shijin's ears twitched, as if he heard the sound of opening the door again, but this door didn't sound like a wooden door, it seemed very heavy, and he couldn't help but wondered whether the dog emperor was going to take him with him. Where is he going
The door opened and closed, Lu Shijin thought that Li Chong would continue to pull him away, but unexpectedly Li Chong stopped.
"It's here?" Lu Shijin asked suspiciously, "Can I open my eyes?"
Li Chong didn't answer him, and suddenly stretched out his hand to hug Lu Shijin horizontally. Before Lu Shijin could react, he flew into the air, which made him cry out in shock.
Then he felt that Li Chong had lifted him up on the back of what seemed to be an object, and Lu Shijin frantically reached down to touch it. The tentacles on the floor sitting below were cold and hard, and they should be made of some kind of metal.
"Brother Chong, what on earth are you going to do?" Blindness will make people fear the unknown, and Lu Shijin began to panic.
Li Chong still didn't answer him, Lu Shijin only felt that Li Chong took off his shoes and socks, and there was a coolness on his ankle, and at the same time, there was a slight crisp sound of metal impact in his ear.
Li Chong untied the cloak that Lu Shijin was wearing, and put another coat on him. The coat was fluffy, and Lu Shijin's neck was itchy from the fur on the neckline.
"Okay, you can open your eyes now." Hearing that Li Chong finally allowed himself to open his eyes, Lu Shijin couldn't wait to take off the ribbon on his eyes as if he was being amnesty, blinked twice to adapt to the light, Then turned around and looked around.
After seeing the situation in the room clearly, Lu Shijin's expression could no longer be described as shock, his widened eyes were full of disbelief, and he uttered a soul torture of "what the hell is this?".
This is a huge "birdcage"-shaped hut made of gold. It is placed in the center of the side hall. The vertical bars are all made of gold, glowing with dazzling golden light. The distance between each vertical bar is only It can be passed sideways by a thin person.
And in the center of the cage stood a crane made of pure gold, ready to fly. Lu Shijin was carried on the back of the crane by Li Chong, and he was wearing a feather coat made of crane feathers.
"Do you like this gift I gave you?" Li Chong stroked Xia Lu Jinjin's face, smiling softly.
Lu Shijin: "..." I like your uncle!
The charming thoughts and sense of anticipation of walking in the snow together just now disappeared, and turned into the anger of wanting to punch the dog emperor's head off.
"Brother Chong, what are you doing? Why did you bring me here?" Lu Shijin said calmly.
Li Chong has a light smile, and his temperament is as gentle as jade. It is difficult for people to associate him with a pervert.
Lu Shijin Yintang jumped up and down, maybe the person who thought of giving him this "surprise" was a pervert or something!
He started to regret it, is there still time? !
Li Chong said slowly: "The birthday present I wanted to give you was a very clever bird with a melodious cry. It can not only imitate human speech, but also read poems. Do you like it today?"
Lu Shijin said weakly: "I like it, I like it very much, what about the bird? Brother Chong just give me the bird, and there is no need to prepare for the rest."
Li Chong smiled and continued: "But no matter how smart that bird is, it can only learn tongues, and it's not very new after listening to it too much. Later, I found a smarter bird. He can not only speak human words , and can tell lies to deceive people, even I was deceived by him, tell me, is this bird interesting?"
"Heh, hehe, hehehe, there are such smart birds in the world. It can be seen that there are so many wonders in the world... Interesting and interesting..." Lu Shijin smiled guiltyly, and his heart kept beating. Could it be that the dog emperor found out that he was pretending to be stupid? ? When was he discovered? !
What to do now? Continue to play dumb
"Today, you said such an interesting bird, should I raise it and keep it by my side for fun? In the huge palace, there are not many people who can talk to me, and it looks like it's fun to be around, what do you think?" Li Chong picked up a strand of Lu Shijin's hair and scratched it on his face.
"No way," Lu Shijin said solemnly, "The bird is locked in a cage and cannot fly. How pitiful is it to lose its freedom? Let's let him go and fly freely in the sky."
Li Chong chuckled, and said slowly: "But let him go, who will play with me? Are you today?"
Lu Shijin: "..." Why does it seem as if he went around and got himself involved
"If you feel sorry for that bird today, I can let it go, and stay with me today, okay?" Li Chong wrapped his arms around Lu Shijin's waist, put his face against Lu Shijin's ear, hehe Angrily, "After all, our mouths are more eloquent than birds, and taste sweeter. Isn't it more fun for me to raise you than raising a bird?"
"..." Lu Shijin's heart was on fire, his waist softened, and he leaned on the emperor's strong arm, "Brother Chong... When did you..."
In this case, the emperor had obviously seen through his disguise, and it was useless to pretend to be a fool. It was better to confess and expect to be treated leniently.
Lu Shijin was about to ask Li Chong when he realized that he was pretending to be stupid, but Li Chong didn't give him this chance, and put his index finger on Lu Shijin's lips to keep him from speaking.
"Today," Li Chong lowered his gaze, and patted the golden crane's smooth back, "I specially built this golden crane for you. It has hidden traps. It's very interesting. Do you want to play with it?"
Lu Shijin blinked, "This... how to play?"
Li Chong walked around behind Lu Shijin's back, and he didn't know what mechanism was turned on. The golden crane began to swing back and forth rhythmically, just like the toy rocking car that children like to sit on.
Li Chong looked at Lu Shijin with a smile in his eyes, "Is it fun?"
"Good, fun." Lu Shijin hugged the crane's neck to stabilize his figure, always feeling that this matter would not be so simple.
Li Chong leaned into his ear and whispered softly, "Sit still, there are more fun things to do."
"More fun?" Lu Shijin was so dizzy that he couldn't think of anything more fun.
Suddenly he felt a small board under the bird's back opened, and something poked him through his clothes...
Lu Shijin: "!!!"
"How is it? Is this fun?" The tenderness in Li Chong's eyes disappeared quickly, and the flames of fanaticism slowly ignited. The eyes staring at Lu Shijin were deep and dark, like a giant man-eating beast waiting for an opportunity. .
"Heh, heh... It's okay..." Lu Shijin twitched the corners of his mouth, smiling uglier than crying.
Li Chong hooked his lips: "It's just okay? That's not fun enough? Do you want to go faster?"
"Don't! Don't! Don't hurry! Brother Chong, can you let me down?" Lu Shijin grabbed Li Chong's sleeve and begged for mercy in a soft voice.
He tried his best to stand up and avoid the golden crane with his legs clamped on the back, but the golden crane was too smooth, so he tried several times without success.
The dog emperor is really horribly perverted, how perverted is this for people to create this thing? !
Lu Shijin decided that no matter what, he would get off the Golden Crane first. When Li Chong was unprepared, he pushed Li Chong away suddenly, then hugged the Golden Crane's neck and turned over and got off his back, picked up his clothes and walked away!
However, before he reached the door, he suddenly felt that his footsteps seemed to be entangled by something, and he couldn't take another half step forward.
When Lu Shijin looked back, Li Chong stood there motionless, looking at him with a half-smile at his embarrassment of failing to escape.
The emperor's slender fingertips were wrapped around a circle of shiny gold threads, and they slowly began to be retracted.
Lu Shijin was dragged towards Li Chong involuntarily, and finally realized that because of his complacency, he had fallen into the trap carefully arranged by the hunter.