Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 130 3.37 Rong'er, Thank You
Volume Three

3.37 Roner, thank you
In March, everything has revived in the Imperial Garden. The golden winter jasmine has formed a fragrant sea of ​​flowers around a rockery. In the middle of this rockery and the sea of ​​flowers, a stone pavilion stands beautifully, although there are no direct obstructions due to the hollows. , but was blocked by the rockery and the sea of ​​flowers, forming a semi-enclosed area with only one exit, which was just the middle situation.
"Your Highness——" After kneeling for half a stick of incense, he already felt a slight sting in his knees. Zhou Yang looked at Princess Yongchang holding a scroll in front of him with a bitter face, leaning on the fence of the stone pavilion and sitting on the bench next to it. , She even specially prepared cushions, and there is a teapot with a small stove on the small table in front of her, "I don't know if I will invite my minister over today."

"Kneel down. We'll talk about it when I'm relieved." Princess Yongchang didn't even raise her head, and her cold voice made Zhou Yang helpless. He looked around for a moment and faintly saw the "alert" Dongfang at the entrance. Bing breathed a sigh of relief, at least he didn't have to worry about any uninvited guests.

"Your Highness, I dare to ask Wei Chen where he offended me. Why don't you tell me and let Wei Chen." Since it was a "private occasion", Zhou Yang naturally stopped kneeling stupidly and simply stood up and sat next to the princess. The girl held him in her arms and licked her face and said, "If there is anything inappropriate, give Wei Chen a chance to correct it."

"Correction?" She threw "The Female Ring", which had not been turned over for a long time, on the small table. Princess Yongchang raised her hand and gave her an elbow strike, making someone grin but did not dare to say more, "What are you doing, Mr. Zhou?" Could there be a mistake? It was Ben Gong who was wrong, and actually believed your nonsense, and was shamelessly humiliated by you for two whole days——!"

"Ru'er, thank you!" Zhou Yang said gratefully, letting go of the sweetness in his mouth.

"Humph, do you see it?" Guo Rong glared at him, his beautiful eyes showing an intoxicating charm, "You have offended Liu Lun, an old and poor man. If you let him do whatever you want, I'm afraid he will have to do something wrong before you can be appointed to the post. Come on, I'll give you some help and let him take action. Although he will still take action in the end, he can still give you enough time to react."

"It's just that this will definitely affect your reputation," Zhou Yang said with a complicated expression, "Although no one dares to make irresponsible remarks, I'm afraid among the senior officials."

"Are you talking about your group of people of the same age?" Guo Rong smiled disdainfully, "Give them ten courages, and no one dares to say anything; the real channel for me to reveal it is the group of eunuchs who don't know how to die. If you say The important ministers have no spies in the palace, and I am afraid even fools will not believe it. This news will reach them soon, and it will only reach this level. If it spreads again, do you really think that I will not kill anyone?"

"You -" This time it was Zhou Yang's turn to be surprised. He suddenly discovered that he knew so little about the charming girl in his arms. For example, he had always known about the title "Princess Yongchang", but this was the first time he knew it. She was actually the eldest princess of the Zhou Dynasty; for another example, he shouted to a dignified minister like "Rong'er, I am serious, he is after all"

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites?" Princess Yongchang said lightly, "Forget it, let me protect you first today, and when you have time in the future, you remember to come back—fill your stomach first, I know this kind of banquet very well." , it’s good to eat as long as you don’t feel upset, but with your appetite, you’re probably still hungry, right?”

Dongfang Bing, who was originally "watching the wind", brought a dinner plate from nowhere, with a large bowl of hot chicken soup on it, plus a plate of six fist-sized meat buns. Zhou Yang looked at him with surprise. He placed it gently on the small table, and the intoxicating aroma made his already empty stomach even more hungry.

"Rong'er, thank you!" Zhou Yang hugged Princess Yongchang and kissed her gently, then ate the buns with a big mouthful of chicken soup. The fragrant pork and cabbage stuffing was obviously a secret recipe of the palace. The temperature was just right, and his mouth was filled with oil after one bite. He was quickly resurrected with full health, six steamed buns and a large bowl of soup, and he was completely wiped out in less than half a quarter of an hour.

"Eat slowly, I will make more arrangements if there is not enough." Princess Yongchang watched him finish eating tenderly, then took out a handkerchief from her arms, wiped the oil stains from the corners of his mouth, and said with a chuckle, "If the emperor knew, he would have specially arranged it The banquet actually made the new martial arts scholars of the Great Zhou Dynasty so hungry that they might have chopped down all the idiots in the imperial kitchen."

"It's useless if His Majesty knows. He can kill all the imperial kitchens, but he can't solve the problem of heat preservation for such a large-scale banquet." Zhou Yang smiled and shook his head. Not to mention now, even in modern society, there is no way to do this. This kind of large-scale open-air banquet is kept warm, "Okay, this is the palace after all, I can't stay any longer, this is..."

"Don't worry. Since I dare to bring you here, I don't have to worry about any leaks." Princess Yongchang smiled proudly, then showed a strange look on her face, "Even if you have any needs, I can ask Bing'er to help you solve it. Gong knows how much you will eat if you get hungry!"

"Princess!" Zhou Yang smiled bitterly and cupped his hands to signify defeat. He did not forget to turn to Dongfang Bing and give Dongfang Bing an apologetic smile. If the Royal Princess dump truck started racing, he would not be able to stop it. , People say it's scary, we have plenty of time in the future, there is no need to rush."

"Okay!" Princess Yongchang waved her hand impatiently, "I know you care about me, right? Go away, Bing'er will help me deliver - come back, if anyone asks after you go out, just say it's me, thank you. That time I stopped a car on the street and saved my life, so I gave you some reward. Did you take the sword that I gave you that time?" "Uh, no!" Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment before he realized what he said. It was the sword gifted by the Supreme Emperor in the Guo Mansion. "This is the Qionglin Banquet. According to the rules, you must wear a Wujin sergeant uniform and a Wujinshi saber. This will be the case for the next three days, because you have to follow the praise officer." Parading, of course, it’s mainly the three from the top three, and we’re just following along on the individual court.”

"Just hang up the sword and let Bing'er take you home later. Just say that it is a gift from this palace." Princess Yongchang said lightly, "I will release the news that this sword is a sword given by the Supreme Emperor. From now on, everyone will Whenever you need to appear in public, you hang it up with you. If you can't solve big problems, no one will dare to make mistakes in ordinary small things."

"Rong'er!" Zhou Yang really didn't know how to thank the girl in front of him, so he hugged her tightly, and after a slight hesitation, he hugged Dongfang Bing into his arms, causing the two girls to roll their eyes at the same time, "I swear, If I fail you in the future, I will..."

"Okay, what are you talking about with these sour nonsense? Get away quickly and don't bother me anymore. Hurry up -!" Princess Yongchang's arrogant words were interrupted by a long kiss.

After a sweet moment, Zhou Yang pulled Dongfang Bing away with some reluctance, but he also knew that this was not a place for romance, so they could only help each other tidy up, then left the imperial garden with a serious expression, and pressed the button again. Lu Lu left the palace and returned home after riding his horse for a while.

"Okay, Mr. Zhou is going on his own, I have to go back - ah!" Dongfang Bing saluted with a frosty face before even entering the door. After speaking, he turned around and grabbed the saddle and was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhou Yang. He grabbed it and carried it directly into the backyard.

Naturally, there was a lot of cleaning up next. It wasn't until the titles changed to "master" and "slave" again that Zhou Yang let go of the arrogance in his arms. He was speechless when he said that Princess Yongchang and Dongfang Bing really deserved the master-servant relationship. , the same arrogance, the same sharp-tongued talk, and the same - no, it’s hard to say whether Princess Yongchang is a soft-hearted person or not.

"Bing'er, I know your grievance, I'm sorry for you!" Zhou Yang held the pink enchanting girl in his arms, and said sweet words in his mouth. He didn't say softly until the girl lost her breath, "But, back then, I didn't expect that there would be "

"Hmph!" Dongfang Bing wiped the sweat from his forehead helplessly. Dongfang Bing felt aggrieved. "I originally thought of begging the princess to let you take over the position of Weiyuan Marquis of the Dongfang family. All we need to do is let our child With the surname Dongfang, passing on this title, who would have thought that the young martial arts scholar would reach such a state?"

"Bing'er, I'm sorry!" Zhou Yang smiled bitterly and hugged the girl tightly, "I didn't expect Rong'er to..."

"Hmph, you are talking about Rong'er. I'm afraid you don't know that there are only three people in the world who can be called like this, right?" Dongfang Bing said angrily, "The Supreme Emperor, the Queen, and then you are here. Even when His Majesty meets me on weekdays, he calls me 'Royal Sister', but I have never seen such an intimate relationship."

"I have a question about today's incident. Of course, if it's inconvenient, you don't have to say it." After a little thought, Zhou Yang decided to ask, "Who is Rong'er?"

"You'd better not ask so many questions." Dongfang Bing shook his head and interrupted him, saying in a gentle tone, "This involves royal secrets. I know too much, and I also want to keep the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion. Inheritance, this can only recruit a new wife, that's it, the princess was unwilling to let go because of various considerations.

But no matter what, you are not allowed to know about these things anymore. Neither I nor the princess can carry these things with them until the grave. If there is even the slightest leakage, even a princess will never be able to withstand it. I can't even tell you how much is at stake. "

"So—forget it!" Sighing lightly, Zhou Yang had already vaguely guessed, but the more so, the less he dared to say, "Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you!"

(End of this chapter)