Lately, Tingyu has been unable to see anyone.
In the past, I used to stick to him every day. Ever since Xie Yi was injured, she started running to Xie Yi's place whenever she had something to do. Every time Jiang Tangzhou wanted to find her, he asked Yan Qing to call someone for him. The key But sometimes they couldn't even see a person in Xie Yi's place, and the two of them didn't know where else they went.
Yan Qing helped Jiang Tangzhou to the outside of Xie Yi's room, and finally heard the sound of listening to the rain coming from inside.
Yan Qing knocked on the door, and Ting Yu came out a little uncomfortable: "Master, General Xie's injury is open, I'll take a look for him."
"I didn't say anything," Jiang Tangzhou teased, "You don't have to explain."
Ting Yu blushed with embarrassment, stomped his feet and said, "Master—"
"Okay," Jiang Tangzhou waved his hand and asked, "Didn't I ask you to buy a piece of jade for me earlier, but have you bought it?"
"Oh!" Ting Yu hurriedly took out a green jade pendant from his sleeve, and said, "According to my master, I went to find the dark jade workshop. The shopkeeper said that the kind of jade I wanted was not of the same type It’s easy to find, and I have to wait for a few days. I thought I couldn’t buy it, but someone suddenly came to inform me yesterday, saying that we were lucky, and we happened to have a piece, which was still high-quality, so I bought it for silver.”
Jiang Tangzhou took it and rubbed the jade gently with his thumb. It was smooth and round. Although he couldn't see the color of the jade, he could be sure that it was a good piece of jade just by touching it.
"Yanqing, go find me a knife."
Jiang Tangzhou also thought about what words would be more appropriate to engrave on this jade pendant. "Warm and moist as jade" is not suitable for Yin Wenzheng. , only wrote his name - "Yin Wenzheng".
Jiang Tangzhou also thought about whether to engrave his real name or a pseudonym, but felt that Yin Wenzheng seemed to dislike his real name, so he didn't engrave the three characters "Ling Tinglan" on it.
The jade pendant with an extra name is less plain and looks better. Ting Yu put on the jade pendant again with the red string, and the birthday ceremony was considered complete.
Ting Yu helped Jiang Tangzhou put the jade pendant into the brocade box, and said: "There are a lot of people who came to celebrate early in the morning. I heard that the crown prince doesn't want to hold a banquet to celebrate, but there are too many people. It’s not good to send them all back, so we still held a small family banquet, and we lived a good life.”
Jiang Tangzhou nodded slightly, and said: "When I have free time, Yan Qing will send this congratulatory gift to me."
Yan Qing was surprised: "Don't you hand it over to the crown prince?"
"No need," Jiang Tangzhou shook his head, "It's such a beautiful day, why should I touch that bad luck."
Yin Wenzheng is a womanizer, how could there be no beauties at the banquet on his birthday? If he stayed on the sidelines, wouldn't it be a disappointment to everyone? Jiang Tangzhou was very self-aware, so he didn't intend to disturb Yin Wenzheng's rare relaxed and happy day.
Although Jiang Tangzhou was in the backyard, he could still hear the bustling sounds coming from the front yard, which made people feel uneasy.
He put away the chess and planned to go into the house to rest for a while, when Ruojian hurried over not far away: "The prince invites the princess to the front yard to entertain guests."
Jiang Tangzhou froze for a moment: "Me?"
"yes."
Jiang Tangzhou was not pretentious, he asked Yan Qing to put away all the things on the table, changed his clothes, and went to the front yard supported by Tingyu. wrinkled.
In fact, he is not used to this kind of occasion, but after all, he is also the prince of Qin Kingdom, so he can handle such a situation with ease.
"Come here." Yin Wenzheng, who had put down his wine cup, saw Jiang Tangzhou approaching, and hurriedly sat beside him, making room for Jiang Tangzhou.
Ting Yu was a little hesitant: "Master, let's go..."
"Yeah." Jiang Tangzhou interrupted her and nodded lightly.
Ting Yu had no choice but to support Jiang Tangzhou and sit beside Yin Wenzheng.
In the next second, Yin Wenzheng stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder. Jiang Tangzhou smelled a very faint scent of powder, which covered the original sandalwood on Yin Wenzheng's body. He was not used to it. Then he moved a little to one side, half of his buttocks were hanging outside.
Yin Wenzheng seemed very displeased with the other party's evasive action, so he squeezed towards Jiang Tangzhou again, lightly rubbed his shoulder and said lightly, "This is the Crown Princess."
A lot of people stood up to say hello, Jiang Tangzhou responded one by one, and finally raised his glass and said: "I'm late, I hope you don't mind. Today is the crown prince's birthday. I thank you all for your kindness. I came here to congratulate you. Do it for your respect." After saying that, he drank the wine in one gulp.
Yin Wenzheng wanted to stop him, but he didn't have time. He watched him pour a glass of strong wine into his stomach, and frowned calmly when he put down the glass.
Yin Wenzheng lowered his voice and asked him, "I don't see that you drink well."
Jiang Tangzhou was still not used to the smell of the powder, so he said indifferently: "Occasionally, I would drink a pot, but very rarely."
The people who came to pay their respects were all old men, and they were talking about martial arts and imperial examinations. Jiang Tangzhou didn't seem to be interested in listening, and just peeled grape skins and put them in his mouth. In fact, his favorite thing was not grapes, but peaches. .
It's a pity that it's not convenient for him to peel the skin himself.
After eating it, it was estimated that there would be a whole bunch of grapes, Yin Wenzheng suddenly turned his head and said, "Open your mouth."
Jiang Tangzhou subconsciously opened his mouth, and fed a piece of peach into his mouth. The sweet and greasy peach fragrance permeated his mouth, and Jiang Tangzhou froze for a moment before remembering to chew.
"You... how do you know I like to eat this?" Jiang Tangzhou asked him after eating half of it.
"This is what you keep in your room all year round," Yin Wenzheng said indifferently, "It's not that you like it, maybe it's because Tingyu girl likes it?"
Jiang Tangzhou paused before saying, "I also like listening to the rain."
Yin Wenzheng chuckled twice, then said again: "Open your mouth."
Jiang Tangzhou opened his mouth again and ate a piece of peach.
"Guang knows how to eat," Yin Wenzheng murmured into Jiang Tangzhou's ear on purpose, "Don't you know today is my birthday?"
It was only then that Jiang Tangzhou remembered that he wanted to give a gift, and stretched out his hand to take out his sleeve, but he didn't find anything - not long ago, he had given the things to Yanqing to hand over, how could he have imagined that Yin Wenzheng would ask him to come with him at that time Hospitality.
Jiang Tangzhou took out his hand again in embarrassment, and Yin Wenzheng's bright eyes dimmed again.
Jiang Tangzhou cleared his throat, and was about to explain a few words when he suddenly heard a servant outside shouting: "Fourth Prince—here—"
A group of people stood up to greet him, and Jiang Tangzhou didn't have time to explain.
Jiang Tangzhou heard familiar footsteps, no different from when Ling Yingchong approached him before.
"I've met the prince." Ling Yingchong bowed his bow and bowed his hands, "I don't know what the prince likes, so I picked some more and sent them here." Behind him were two big boxes of congratulatory gifts, which were placed in the middle of the hall one by one. .
The people on one side also started to compliment.
"The fourth prince and the prince have a deep brotherhood, which is really enviable."
"Yeah, the birthday gifts in these two boxes are really enviable..."
…
Jiang Tangzhou heard Yin Wenzheng sneer calmly, and then stood up to respond.
"Fourth Emperor, please sit down quickly, don't be polite to me alone." Yin Wenzheng waved his hand, signaling the maid to arrange a seat closest to the main seat—
It is also the farthest location from Jiangtangzhou.
But he didn't want Ling Yingchong to look around, and finally didn't sit there, but chose a seat in the direction of Jiangtang Zhou, and sat in a place closest to Jiangtang Zhou.
Yin Wenzheng used all his strength to hold the wine cup.
"Tang Zhou, we meet again." As soon as Ling Yingchong took his seat, he turned his head and chuckled at Jiang Tangzhou, and said, "I said earlier that I would come to find you for a drink if I had the opportunity, but unexpectedly I never found the opportunity. Today happened to be the occasion of congratulations on the emperor's birthday, and I came to you to ask for this glass of wine."
After he finished speaking, he raised the wine glass in his hand, poured it slightly towards Jiangtang Zhou, and drank all the wine in the glass.
Jiang Tangzhou naturally didn't refuse, and poured another glass of wine and drank it all.
Although Jiang Tangzhou can drink, it doesn't mean that he has a good capacity for drinking. Therefore, after two glasses of wine, he got a little bit hot, and his face was stained with some thin powder.
Yin Wenzheng stretched out his hand to hold his wrist, frowned and said, "Drink less."
"It doesn't matter." Jiang Tangzhou smiled, "We two haven't seen each other for a while, so once in a while, it's a reminiscence."
"What a reminiscence!" Ling Yingchong nodded approvingly, "I have to drink another glass just to say this to you!" Ling Yingchong poured the wine again and drank it all in one gulp, "The dead are indifferent on that day. Later, I found someone to go back to look for you, and wanted to make this friend with you, but when I went back, I didn’t find you. At that time, I didn’t know that you were just passing by the dead..."
Speaking of this, Ling Yingchong shook his head, looking regretful, and there was something else in his eyes looking at Jiang Tangzhou.
Yin Wenzheng casually went back and forth with the others politely, but in fact his mind was always on Jiang Tangzhou and Ling Yingchong's side. Hearing Ling Yingchong's words, he gripped the wine cup even harder, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged, as if I am deliberately forbearing.
"It's okay," Jiang Tangzhou said with a faint smile, "Now that we meet again in Kyoto, it is destined."
"I just don't know, is Tangzhou willing to make me this friend?" Ling Yingchong asked half-truthfully.
Jiang Tangzhou lowered his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, and said, "Aren't we already friends?"
"—Your Highness, forgive me!"
The sound of the wine cup hitting the ground came suddenly, the smile on Ling Yingchong's face stopped abruptly, and everyone looked around, it turned out that the maid who poured the wine for Yin Wenzheng accidentally spilled the wine on Yin Wenzheng He kicked him off the high platform, kneeling on the ground in panic, begging for forgiveness.
Yin Wenzheng's complexion was very ugly, and his eyes were gloomy with an indescribable meaning.
When he spoke again, his voice was low, he glanced at Ling Yingchong casually, and said, "I dragged out the stick."
Jiang Tangzhou frowned slightly.