marry queen

Xiao Er led Fu Yi and Shen Zhiqiu to the box reserved by Prince Rui, heard voices at the door, pushed the door open, saw Prince Rui sitting on a chair, surrounded by three or four graceful young women, In winter, they were also wearing pink gauze skirts, and the fragrance of rouge on their bodies permeated the whole room. Prince Rui said something, which made their laughing branches tremble.

Seeing Fu Yi, Prince Rui hurriedly got up and led them to their seats, saw the candied haws in Shen Zhiqiu's hand, and said with a smile: "Brother Shen is really innocent."

Shen Zhiqiu handed him the candied haws, "Your second brother bought it for you."

Prince Rui looked at Fu Yi in disbelief, but Fu Yi didn't speak, so he took the candied haws with a smile, bit off one, and said vaguely: "Then I will be disrespectful."

Fu Wei frowned and looked at Yingying Yanyan behind him, dissatisfied: "Why did you call these people? It's getting more and more unruly."

Prince Rui swallowed the candied haws in his mouth, pretending to be mysterious and said: "Of course I have something important to ask them to come."

"I have something important to do, but I just want to drink with you." Fu Yi was quite disdainful.

When the few women heard this, they were very dissatisfied. Seeing that Fu Yu and Shen Zhiqiu were handsome and the other handsome, they all gathered around them, put Xiangsu's hands on their shoulders, took the wine glasses and said: "You two Young Master is very unfamiliar, I think I have never been to our Wuyou Pavilion."

Shen Zhiqiu smiled faintly at them, turned sideways to avoid their encirclement, and before Fu Yi had an attack, Prince Rui hurriedly pulled them away, and scolded: "They are not the people you can accompany, so hurry up and leave."

Although they didn't know the real identity of Prince Rui, they didn't dare to disobey him, and walked away with a face full of disappointment. Fu Yi was frowned by the smell in the room, took a sip from the teacup, and looked sideways at Rui. Wang didn't speak, Wang Rui's back felt chills from his stare, and he repeatedly pleaded guilty, "Second Brother, I was wrong, but just now Miss Huajian's hand didn't touch Second Sister-in-law, it really didn't!"

Shen Zhiqiu held back his smile, and helped him out, "It's true that I didn't touch it."

"It was agreed to treat us to dinner, but I had a drink with the girl first, since I sincerely want to invite my second brother to dinner, then let's go." Fu Yi was about to stand up, and Prince Rui hurriedly said, "It's really important to find them. , Second Brother, sit down and let me tell you in detail."

Fu Yi was drinking tea by himself, Prince Rui said: "Today when I came to Xianlai Building, I saw the butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion had just left. I was curious, so I asked the servant to inquire about it. It turned out that he was sending someone over for dinner. Yes, but the person he sent was not from the prime minister's mansion, so I found the girls from Wuyou Pavilion and asked them to drink with the guests at the table. The girls in Wuyou Pavilion are best at drinking at the wine table It's a cliché, and I've found out about half of their details once I've come and gone."

Shen Zhiqiu was very curious when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked, "What's the details?"

Prince Rui lowered his voice and said, "So they are Jianghu spies secretly recruited by the Prime Minister, and they are specially recruited to investigate Ning Guogong."

Fu Yi raised his eyebrows, "Dugu Bingde is investigating Duke Ning?"

"Yes, it's very secretive, if I didn't happen to be careful today, I probably wouldn't know about it." Prince Rui said.

Fu Yi was thoughtful, "Then what did they find out?"

Prince Rui shook his head, "I didn't find out about this. Although they relaxed a little after drinking, they still kept their mouths shut on such an important matter."

Fu Yi casually rubbed his thumb on the teacup, frowned slightly thoughtfully, after Prince Rui explained clearly, seeing that Fu Liu hadn't spoken for a long time, he exchanged a look with Shen Zhiqiu, Shen Zhiqiu said: "Master Prime Minister still has trouble with the Empress Dowager, In the past, Duke Ning had military power, but now that he is married to the Empress Dowager, the Prime Minister is probably very wary."

Prince Rui was puzzled and said: "Although Duke Ning has military power, it is not much. Compared with the military power in Zhennan King's hands, it is far behind."

"The King of Zhennan is the father of the Empress Dowager, and he has been loyal for generations. Duke Ning is different. He used to support the eldest prince, and now he is married to the Queen Mother. Although he does not have as much military power as King Zhennan, he controls They are the governor of the capital and the guards of the towns around the capital, so they should not be underestimated." Shen Zhiqiu said slowly.

It was only then that Prince Rui realized that all the military power in the capital was in the hands of Ning Guogong, except for the imperial army controlled by Fu Yu.Fu Yi snorted coldly, and said coldly: "If they want to fight, let them fight. Having Dugu Bingde help me keep an eye on Duke Ning's mansion will save me a lot of trouble." After finishing speaking, he looked at Prince Rui, "You are in the palace. In addition, pay more attention to the movement of these two people."

"Understood." Prince Rui hurriedly said, seeing that they had been discussing business matters since they arrived, the atmosphere became dull for no reason, so he stood up and said, "I finally came out, so I won't talk about these things, the matsutake chicken soup here is excellent , the second brother and the second sister-in-law must have a good taste." After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands and called Xiaoer to serve.

The food here really lives up to its reputation. Fu Yi and Shen Zhiqiu, who are used to the taste of the imperial dining room, have their taste buds excited, especially Shen Zhiqiu, who drank three bowls of matsutake chicken soup and a small drawer of mutton buns in high soup. Prince Rui was dumbfounded. He exclaimed: "I never knew that the second sister-in-law had such a large appetite."

Fu Yi smiled and said, "When I came here, I just ate a bunch of candied haws, and I can hardly keep them anymore."

Shen Zhiqiu was said to be embarrassed, but he was full of wine and food, he was too lazy to argue with Fu Yi, he was drinking the Xiaoshi tea after dinner, when he heard the noise from downstairs, he stood up and looked downstairs, it turned out that the night market had already been set up. When they got up, the street was suddenly more lively than when they came in the afternoon.

When the three of them saw this, they went downstairs and merged into the crowd. It was already dark, and the small stalls in the night market were covered with all kinds of lanterns. The former imperial eunuch carefully guarded Fu Yu and opened the way for them. Seeing that they were well-dressed, the small vendors next to them all yelled at them with their own lanterns.Fu Yi supported Shen Zhiqiu's waist with one hand and held him in his arms, not letting the crowd disperse him, and asked him, "Which one do you like?"

Prince Rui said from the side: "What's so interesting about these vulgar things? After a while, there will be a ring at the entrance of the Wuyou Pavilion, and the person who wins the first prize will be rewarded with a lantern made by Old Man Sun. That is the top grade."

"Who is old man Sun?" Fu Wei was not familiar with these folk characters.

Prince Rui said: "Old man Sun, the number one craftsman in the capital, is good at making all kinds of things. You don't need to be too concerned about being a commoner. You just need to know that he only makes a lantern for Wuyou Pavilion every year on Lantern Festival, and every year it will attract people. fight."

Shen Zhiqiu was very interested after hearing this, "So, I want to see this lantern."

"The Wuyou Pavilion is in the alley ahead, let's go there now." Prince Rui led them in front, and several people walked towards the Wuyou Pavilion with the crowd. As expected, a large group of people had gathered at the door, and the people from Prince Rui's Mansion The servant found a good place for them, and just as they stood firm, a beautiful woman in a red dress walked up to the arena with lotus steps, holding a delicate and gorgeous lantern in her hand, the material was too far away to see clearly , but it looks like it should be a jade product, carved into a lifelike rabbit shape, the whole body is snow-white, and the belly is hollowed out. The candlelight is reflected from the inside and falls on the ring. It is indeed very chic to become a running rabbit.The woman hung the lantern on the ring, looked around at the crowd, and said with a smile: "Everyone is welcome to participate in the annual lantern riddle contest in Wuyou Pavilion. The rules are the same as in previous years. The No.1 winner will not only have a generous prize , and you can also get a lantern made by Master Sun himself, which is the one you saw just now, so without further ado, let's start now, let me come up with the question, and anyone who thinks of the answer can come and tell the ring For the girl in front, the first one to give the correct answer will get one point, and the one with the highest score will win after the questions are finished."

After finishing speaking, the woman took out a piece of paper from the table next to her, unfolded it and faced the crowd, and saw a line of standard lowercase script written on it: I heard the sound and knew it was Ye Youluo (guess one character).

Shen Zhiqiu smiled slightly, beckoned to Jin Fu, and whispered something in his ear, Jin Fu hurriedly stepped forward and said the answer, "The answer is 'Zhi'." He was very fast, and the girl was slightly surprised, and said with a smile, "Congratulations! Already." Then he handed him a small red card.

There was a commotion in the crowd, those who were a step behind beat their chests and stomped their feet, and prepared to show their skills in the following topics, and then the woman in red asked the second topic: "The heart is never forgotten before the flower, and the heart is looking for the fragrance" ).Shen Zhiqiu quickly remembered that it was awn seeds, and asked Jin Fu to get the red card.

The third question: In front of the small window for viewing the moon in the garden (type two-byte day), Jin Fu was the first to say the answer: Lantern Festival.He answered three questions in a row, the woman on the stage was slightly surprised, she glanced with a smile in the direction of Fu Yi and his party, Prince Rui clapped his hands repeatedly, and praised: "Second sister-in-law is really talented."

Shen Zhiqiu said with a smile: "This is a game I used to play with my eldest sister when I was in the Hou Mansion. It's been a long time since I played it, and today I've aroused my interest."

Fu Yi also laughed, "He is determined to get that lantern today."

For the next few questions, either Shen Zhiqiu thought of it first, or Fu Yi thought of it first, Jin Fu could only run errands for them back and forth, and after a while, he saved a dozen or so red cards in his hand.After all the [-] questions were answered, Jin Fu came out on top with [-] questions correctly, and a man in white came in second with [-] questions. Seeing Jin Fu take the rabbit lantern away, he was very angry. glared at him.Jin Fu handed the lantern to Shen Zhiqiu, hesitated for a while, and then said embarrassingly: "The girl over there said just now that besides this lantern, there is..."

"What else?" Shen Zhiqiu asked.

Jin Fu secretly glanced at Fu Wei, and said cautiously: "...there is free drinks in Wuyou Pavilion for half a year...and the girl in Huajian's spring night..."

Shen Zhiqiu was stunned when he heard this, he didn't know whether to pick up the rabbit lantern in his hand or not, Fu Yi already understood in his heart that this was intentional by Prince Rui, so he said to Jin Fu: "The remaining rewards are for you."

Jin Fu was so frightened that he wished he could kneel down on the spot, Prince Rui coughed lightly, and hurriedly said: "This gift is too big, Director Jin can't bear it, why don't I accept it for him, thank you second brother and second sister-in-law." He bowed his hands and couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Fu Yi didn't bother to pay attention to him, and left with Shen Zhiqiu. There were too many people around the door of Wuyou Pavilion just now, and they dispersed together, which was extremely crowded. Jin Fu was originally following Fu Yi, and he was squeezed if he didn't pay attention. After driving away, he walked forward with the crowd and tried his best to find the figure of Fu Yu. He was panting from exhaustion, and he was scared to death. If he had known that there were so many people, he should not have let the emperor come out of the palace.After finally finding his master under a tree in front of him, Fu Wei stood alone under the tree, looking around as if he was looking for something, and when he saw Jin Fu approaching, he frowned and asked him, " Where's Yunyu?"

Jin Fu subconsciously said: "Master Yunyu is with you, master?"

Fu Yi's face sank all of a sudden, Jin Fu felt cold sweat pouring out of his back, and his heart raised his throat before he had landed in time, Fu Yan looked around again, the crowd gradually dispersed, and he didn't even look at it. Seeing Shen Zhiqiu's shadow, they had already left Wuyou Pavilion for almost two streets, Fu Yi's face turned pale, Prince Rui rushed over to ask him what was going on, Fu Yi said: "He said just now that he would give the lantern to you. Jin Fu took it, and when I turned around and looked for it again, he was no longer by my side."

Jin Fu was so frightened that the three souls lost two and a half souls, anyone can lose them, but he lost this ancestor, and immediately knelt down in front of Fu Lie with a plop, "Master, forgive me, this slave will definitely find you!"

With a gloomy face, Fu Wei said coldly, "If you can't find it, you can come and see him."

"Your servant obeys." Jin Fu got up and didn't dare to delay looking for him for a moment. Prince Rui also asked the servants beside him to inform the people in the prince's mansion to look for someone. He and Fu Yi went to Xianlai Tower to wait for the news. Falling into a kind of low pressure, even Prince Rui, who grew up with him, couldn't help being a little scared when he saw it, he whispered: "Second brother, don't worry, I've asked everyone in the house to look for it, and the second sister-in-law will definitely look for it. It's fine."

Fu Yi didn't speak, and tightly squeezed the teacup in his hand, the veins on the back of his hand were bulging, a huge full moon hung in the sky, and he was no longer in the mood to watch it.The panic in his heart at the moment when he found out that Yunyu was not by his side just now shocked Fu Yi himself. He almost revealed his identity immediately and dispatched all the officials in the city to find someone for him. I have never experienced it since I was so old.