Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

"I'm late, please forgive me, Princess." Kneeling and admitting mistakes are universal magic weapons that will never go wrong.

Princess Taiping waved her hand and said, "It's cold at night, sit down and answer."

Jiang Feng followed the female official's instructions and sat on the stool beside Princess Taiping's couch. On the table in front of her were fruit syrup, wine, and various vegetable and fruit snacks, which were obviously prepared specially for her.

Jiang Feng really didn't know how he won the favor of Princess Taiping, and why she took such good care of him in every way, and he couldn't help feeling uneasy.

The lady-in-waiting poured a glass of wine for Jiang Feng. Jiang Feng was about to bow and thank her when Princess Taiping stopped her and said, "Please sit down and don't be so polite. Your maid said that you like fish, even meat and vegetables. Come and try the cooking of our imperial chef later."

Jiang Feng stared at Princess Taiping in a daze, and for a moment he felt that her image overlapped with that of Lin Jinran's mother.

A warmth I had never felt before surged in my heart, and I asked earnestly, "Why is Princess so kind to me?"

Princess Taiping was stunned, and the Princess of Shouchun County beside her shouted: "What are you talking about? Does your aunt want something from you?"

"No...no...that's not what I meant." Jiang Feng hurriedly waved his hands to defend himself to Princess Shouchun. Fearing that Princess Taiping might misunderstand him, he looked at her again and said, "I am flattered, but I am afraid that I cannot live up to your kindness, so I am extremely terrified."

Princess Taiping didn't think he was treating her well at first, but then she felt that he was treating her a little differently, so she joked, "Is this treating you well? If this is considered good, I can treat you better!"

Jiang Feng was stunned, and the female official behind him laughed and said, "Silly girl, you don't remember to thank the queen this time."

After being reminded, Jiang Feng stood up, knelt down, kowtowed and thanked as if he was in a hurry.

Xue Chongjian came over to pour wine for Princess Taiping, and also picked up a pot to pour for Jiang Feng. Princess Taiping stopped him, "She just came down from the mountain and hasn't eaten a single grain of rice. Wait until she's full before you come."

Xue Chongjian looked at Princess Taiping like she was a monster, then looked at Jiang Feng in surprise, and said to the Princess and the court lady, "Aunt Fangcao, sister-in-law, can you two help me take a look? Is this still the Princess Taiping who is as brave as a man?"

The two of them smiled without saying anything. The smile of the official Fangcao was more genuine, while the smile of the Princess of the County was more forced.

"Aunt, please be careful. This girl is good at bewitching people." Li Longye put one hand on Xue Chongjian's shoulder and moved forward to give him another stab.

Jiang Feng's face was filled with black lines as he accidentally saw Shen Guxing and a graceful woman leaning on the railing and looking into the distance.

You little bastard! I'll make you kneel on the washboard later!

"Although the princess has taken pity on me, I have been used to fighting and falling since I was a child, so my skin is very rough and this glass of wine is nothing to me! I'm afraid I won't be able to taste it after drinking it, and it would be a waste of good wine. But I'll drink this glass to its full extent, thanks to the princess for letting me sit and rewarding you with wine, and to the prince and the duke for their care!" Jiang Feng was inspired by the courage of the two figures, and he drank the glass with great heroism.

She felt a stream of heat like a knife cutting through her throat and chest, and her whole body was burning with heat. She was not shy and praised, "Good wine!"

The people present were stunned, but Fang Cao hurriedly said, "How can we bear to drink like this? Let's eat something quickly."

Li Longye awkwardly removed his hand from Xue Chongjian's body and said softly, "It also tends to make people worry."

Xue Chongjian laughed heartily, "Mother, your confidant is such a wonderful person."

Princess Taiping saw everything and understood her little daughter's thoughts. She signaled Fangcao to put the fish meat with bones removed into Jiangfeng's bowl. Jiangfeng was no longer polite and ate it without hesitation. After eating a piece, he wanted to pick up more.

Princess Taiping waved her hand and said, "What are you two still standing there for? Go and have fun."

Xue Chongjian shrugged and bowed to leave, but Li Longye slowly sat down on the empty stool. Seeing this, some palace servants rearranged the food and dining utensils.

Jiang Feng ate some food and felt better. Seeing Princess Taiping smiling, he said shyly, "It's delicious. I'm a little hungry."

The melodious sound of the piano attracted everyone's attention.

Shen Guxing sat cross-legged in front of the piano table, waving his hands and playing the piano. The sound was as desolate as the wind blowing through the pine forest - it was the song "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix"!

"There is a beauty in the zither song. I never forget her when I see her. If I don't see her for a day, I miss her like crazy."

"..."

Shen Guxing was a little drunk and a little proud, so he acted carefree and unrestrained. The young man in fancy clothes had a bright light in his eyes, which moved to Jiang Feng and he didn't want to leave.

Jiang Feng's cheeks were flushed, he was immersed in it, and his index finger tapped the table to the rhythm.

It’s not embarrassing if you follow the wrong person. Just take a sip of wine and then quietly follow him.

Later, the sound of the flute by the Princess of Ji'an came in, the sound of the zither was as gentle as pine trees, and the sound of the flute was endless. What a harmonious sound of zither and flute! Jiang Feng's beat became more and more wrong, and soon the glass of wine was empty again.

When the song ended, a group of young boys and girls gathered around with wine in hand.

Jiang Feng retracted his gaze, took a silver stick, inserted a grape into his mouth, then looked at his hands and sighed.

Princess Taiping found it funny and asked, "Why are you sighing?"

Jiang Feng said helplessly: "These hands are useless! They can only hold this." He shook the silver stick in his hand and pointed at the mouth, "This mouth can only drink wine and eat grapes."

I can neither play the piano nor the flute.

Princess Taiping smiled and said, "Doesn't Yiye know how to do it?"

"That's why I regret that I don't know how to do it." Jiang Feng spread his hands.

"The music composed by Qujiang is very good, and the words touch people's hearts. The line 'The moon waxes and wanes, and people have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions' seems to have expressed all the regrets in life in one go." Princess Taiping sighed.

Jiang Feng looked up, and saw a crescent moon!

Her heart seemed to be filled with inexplicable emotions. Under the influence of the wine, she wanted to laugh and sing loudly. She moved closer, with a bewitching smile, and said cunningly: "My lady, do you know what the real moon looks like?"

"Oh?" Princess Taiping smiled and shook her head.

"The moon is a huge ball! It is about 38 kilometers away from us. There is no Chang'e or Jade Rabbit, no Guanghan Palace, and no osmanthus tree on it. There are only bare rocks and large and small pits. Your Majesty, do you know how the pits were formed? They are meteorite craters formed by comet impacts..."

"What are meteorites? Meteorites are the shooting stars we see, formed when meteors fall on the moon."

"There are many meteors in space. Although they look beautiful, they are extremely lethal. If they fall on the earth, they will cause earthquakes, wildfires, and tsunamis. The dinosaurs died because of..."

"Earth? The Earth is the planet we live on."

"Why is it called a ball? Because it's round!"

"No, no, no, it's not that the sky is round and the earth is square. The earth is not square, it's round. If we start from Chang'an and keep walking in one direction, we will definitely return to Chang'an one day."

Jiang Feng began to popularize astronomy and geography knowledge to several ancient women. The moon is the satellite of the earth. It rotates around the earth and has blocked thousands of large and small meteorite attacks for the earth, but there are also some that cannot be blocked, such as the impact that caused the extinction of dinosaurs; there are nine planets in the solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto, and Jupiter is the largest, with a big eye on it; Pluto is the farthest from the sun, so it is extremely cold...

It turned out that only Princess Taiping was listening. Soon, several female officials serving behind the princess came over. Although they did not believe it at all, they listened carefully, afraid of missing a word.

Jiang Feng seemed to have regained his confidence, and continued to talk to the listener, "Thousands of years ago or tens of thousands of years later, an extremely powerful civilization was born on Earth. The houses they lived in were built higher. No, not on the top of the mountain, but thousands of feet high buildings were built from the ground, layer by layer. The tallest one was more than 800 meters, with hundreds of floors. How high is more than 800 meters? It's... more than 200 feet."

"Of course you can't climb up and down the stairs one by one. How can you survive if you do that? They are so smart. They invented something called an elevator. You just press a button and you will be at your doorstep in no time."

Everyone just didn't believe it, Jiang Feng had no choice but to play rogue: "Once upon a time, there was an old man who didn't believe it either, so he traveled a long way across mountains and rivers to see it. He happened to meet an old woman entering the elevator at the elevator entrance. After a while, the elevator door opened and a young girl walked out. The old man didn't know what an elevator was, he just thought it was an iron box that could make people return to their youth. He was so surprised that he shouted, 'It would be great if you could bring my old woman with you!'"

Jiang Feng imitated the tone of the elderly and beat his chest and stamped his feet in the last sentence, which was indeed very lifelike. All the women laughed out loud, and the aunt named Qingchuan asked: "And then?"

Jiang Feng tilted his head and spread his hands helplessly, "Then? How can there be a then? Since you don't believe me, just go and ask that old man!"

Everyone was listening attentively at first, but only realized at the end that it was Jiang Feng who was causing trouble. They were all stunned, and then burst into laughter. Princess Taiping laughed so hard that fine wrinkles appeared at the corners of her eyes.

Li Longye listened to her nonstop nonsense for more than half an hour, and finally couldn't hold it in anymore and said, "Sweet words and flattering expressions! Not a single word of truth!"

Jiang Feng ignored him and looked around the crowd, but still didn't see the person he wanted to see. Feeling annoyed, he took advantage of his drunkenness to say to Princess Taiping: "My queen, please take care of him."

The girls surrounding them were unaware of anything wrong, but Li Longye was struck by lightning and was stunned for a moment. The coquettish tone of the girl and the frankness of calling him "him" gave him the illusion that the two of them were like a young couple who had a quarrel, and the girl was coquettishly seeking help from her elders.

Princess Taiping was also touched by the tenderness of the little girl, "Wulang really deserves to be punished today. First he forced me to drink, and now he is slamming his tongue. Ah Feng, go! Fill a bottle for him and watch him drink it all!"

After hearing this, Jiang Feng really stood up with the pot in his hand. His feet were a little out of control, as if he was stepping on cotton.

Li Longye also stood up, stretched out his long arms to support the staggering Jiang Feng, without saying a word.

Jiang Feng held the pot, Li Longye held the jug, and filled it up.

"please!"

Li Longye drank it all in one gulp.

Jiang Feng looked at Princess Taiping, and the princess waved her hand. Jiang Feng felt that he had completed his mission and turned to leave.

Li Longye did not let go.

Jiang Feng pulled twice but it didn't move at all. She grinned at Princess Taiping in embarrassment, revealing an extremely ugly smile, then took a deep breath, pointed at the wine bottle and said, "Are you not enjoying your drink?"

After saying that, he poured another bottle. Li Longye drank it down without saying a word.

Jiang Feng sniffed the wine jug suspiciously and confirmed that it was not water!

Encountered a tough situation.

Jiang Feng could only helplessly ask for help: "My Queen, save me."

Princess Taiping said with a smile: "Wu Lang is used to bullying people, let her go quickly."

Seeing that Li Longye was unmoved, Fangcao walked up to the two of them, put her hand on Li Longye's arm holding Jiang Feng, and said with a smile: "Everyone is still eagerly waiting for the girl to tell a story, Your Majesty, please show some mercy."

It took all his strength to move Li Longye's arm, which was like an iron clamp, and help Jiang Feng sit down.

Li Longye did not feel embarrassed, and sat down with his horse and sword, poured himself a glass, and said with a smile: "Aunt's wine today is very good."

"Fifth brother, there is something behind your words. I wonder if it's the wine or the person?" Princess Shouchun was in a good mood after watching a good show.

"Sister-in-law, what you asked is strange. Are you bullying me because I drank too much? I clearly said...the wine is good!" Although she said the wine was good, her eyes were fixed on the person.

Princess Shouchun covered her mouth and laughed: "Whatever Wulang says is true!"

Jiang Feng was frightened by Li Longye and sobered up a lot. It turned out that alcohol and men were not good things.

He stopped drinking and just sipped a glass of fruit juice.