Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

Chapter 36

Hearing the sound of the notification, the members of the Yun family retreated to the side of the road to avoid it.

A moment later, a man appeared at the gate of Kunhe Palace. He looked about the same age as Yun Shujian. He was wearing a brocade suit with black background and red borders, embroidered with a golden python pattern on it. He was neither fat nor thin, and he looked handsome. .

The man walked in with the palace man who led the way, and suddenly stopped in front of the members of the Yun family.

"Yun Hanlin came early today."

When Yun Shujian heard that he was being called, he quickly put on a smiley face and greeted King Zhuang: "Today, His Majesty and the Queen Mother gave a banquet, and the whole family of the officials was in a state of fear, so I got up earlier, so His Highness laughed at me."

"So, it seems that this king has despised the emperor and the queen mother." Zhuang Wang took a step closer, his face unable to distinguish between happiness and anger.

Yun Shujian choked for breath, and was about to explain, Zhuang Wang suddenly laughed again, and patted Yun Shujian on the shoulder.

"Just kidding, Yun Hanlin don't need to be nervous."

Yun Shujian breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said yes.

King Zhuang glanced over the people around Yun Shujian, nodded his greetings with Xu Muzhen, and then fixed his gaze on Wen Taicang.

"Brother Wen was excellent in martial arts in the past, and he has been filial to Yun for the past few years, and he must have improved. When will I have a competition with this king and let me practice it?"

Since entering the palace, Wen Taicang has lowered his head and lowered his eyes, his face expressionless, and it is the same at the invitation of King Zhuang. He replied in a deep voice: "Wen is a surrogate, and dare not show shame in front of His Highness."

"Brother Wen has difficulties, so I don't force him, but—" King Zhuang changed his subject and looked at Huo Lan, "I heard that little brother Huo learned his martial arts from Brother Wen. Since Brother Wen is inconvenient, How about letting little brother Huo do it for you?"

After finishing speaking, he didn't give the Yun family a chance to refuse, and clapped his hands to himself: "That's it. I will be with my father, mother, and queen mother for a few days. It will be the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. Then I will invite you." Brother Huo is coming to be a guest in this palace, if Miss Yun is worried, he can come with him."

"Oh, what's the matter! He didn't want others to come early because he came late. There are many people who came earlier than us. Who would have thought that he didn't come!"

After leaving the Kunhe Palace, there was a section of the road in the direction of the Imperial Garden, which was empty, and there were no people around. Yun Shujian held back for a whole morning, and finally he was able to speak.

He turned sideways to his mother and younger sister and asked triumphantly, "How was my performance just now? Look at the sweat on my forehead that comes on as soon as I say it, tsk tsk, I admire myself."

Shuangya pinched him from behind, Yun Shujian let out a cry of pain, looked around, tucked his tail and continued to play his honest man.

"The one just now is..." Huo Lan hesitated and asked Yun Miaoqing in a low voice. Yun Miaoqing told her about the situation of the princes at home, but this was the first prince she saw with her own eyes.

"Well, King Zhuang, His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince." Yun Miaoqing replied in a low voice.

After Prince Pingzhang was abolished, the two most promising candidates for the prince are the third prince Zhong Jin and the fifth prince Zhong Lu.

The reason why he is optimistic about Zhong Jin is that the crown prince who was the eldest son died, and the second prince died young. Since His Majesty has not established a new queen since Queen Ning, Zhong Jin is the eldest son who came down.From the perspective of Li Chang Li Di, if there is no Li Chang, then according to Li Chang's rules, he should take over as the crown prince.

Zhong Jin's mother, Concubine Qi, was very popular with the Empress Dowager, and the Qi family had produced several generals, and the current marshal of the Northern Army, Qi Sheng, was Concubine Qi's elder brother.

Zhong Jin is in line with the order of succeeding the prince and has the support of his mother's strong background. It should be a logical thing to be established as the prince, but this logical thing has not happened for a long time, which is very interesting.

As far as Zhong Jin himself is concerned, he has a relatively impetuous temper, and he is eager for quick success in doing things. For this reason, he failed several times the errands assigned to him by the emperor, so some people think that His Majesty may be dissatisfied with his ability and wants to choose one of the other princes. A man with outstanding morals and talents became the crown prince.

As a result, many people focused on the Fifth Prince Zhonglu.Zhong Lu's family background is far inferior to Zhong Jin's. His mother and concubine used to be ordinary court ladies. Once the emperor was lucky enough to conceive a dragon heir, she was granted her position.

However, it is such a pair of mother and son who should not be favored. The son was clever and clever since he was a child, and he was very pleased with His Majesty. How can one not think too much about this?

It is rumored that His Royal Highness King Zhuang is approachable and has outstanding literary and martial arts. When Huo Lan saw him today, not to mention the literary and martial arts for the time being, the only thing is that he is approachable...

Just now, King Zhuang couldn't say how vicious he was, after all, he was still joking with Yun Shujian, but Huo Lan always felt that something was weird, and there was an indescribable awkwardness in King Zhuang's eyes when he looked at people.

"Hypocrisy." Yun Miaoqing put it bluntly.

Yes, that's the word!Huo Lan agreed in his heart.

"He is a man with a deep city, and he can climb up from the bottom princes. Neither he nor his mother and concubine should be underestimated."

"In that case, wouldn't it be dangerous for you to go to his house on the sixteenth day of the first month?" Shuangya asked worriedly.

"That's not true." Yun Miaoqing replied, "He must be very confident in his own means to be able to come to this day, and he would not take such an unknown person as Huo Lan in his eyes. If I didn't guess Wrong, he invited us here, most likely to encourage us to make enemies with His Royal Highness King Yu, and he happened to be watching from the other side."

King Yu was the third prince Zhong Jin, just as Yun Miaoqing mentioned this person, this person appeared in front of them.

Compared with Zhonglu, Zhongjin is slightly bloated, and he is obviously much older.He should have visited His Majesty and the Empress Dowager early in the morning, and he was talking to several ministers outside the imperial garden.Seeing the Yun family's group coming, Zhong Jin didn't express anything in particular, but frowned when he saw Huo Lan, and the disdain in his eyes was undisguised.

Someone who was talking to King Yu noticed this side, Yao Yao nodded to everyone in Yun's family to say hello, Yun Miaoqing and others also returned their greetings, and there was no verbal conversation between the two sides from the beginning to the end.

A formal banquet was scheduled for the evening, but the palace provided a plate of snacks and fruit for the ministers and families who arrived early.Everyone didn't really come here for this bite, it was a rare opportunity for so many people to be present, whether it was true love or pretending to win over the relationship, after all, they all got together and chatted lively.

There are other wives who drag Xu Muzhen to chat, and Yun Shujian also meets colleagues and friends.Xiao Muchen clamored to play on the rockery by the lake, and Shuangya followed her.Wen Taicang was impatient with such an occasion, so he found a quiet place to hide.Not long after the family entered the imperial garden, Yun Miaoqing was the only one left to take Huo Lan around.

The two were walking when they suddenly heard someone coming forward quickly behind them.

"Sister Yun?"

Huo Lan and Yun Miaoqing turned their heads, and saw a girl wearing a purple cloak standing in front of them. Behind the girl was a group of girls, the older ones were around twenty years old, and the younger ones were about thirteen or fourteen. age.

Seeing that she called the right person, the girl said with a happy face: "It's really you, Sister Yun, why didn't you tell us when you returned to Beijing!"

"It's been a few days since I came back. I thought you were all busy during the New Year's Eve, so I didn't bother you. I plan to invite you to play after the New Year." Yun Miaoqing seemed to know the girl very well, with crooked eyes.

"What can we do, it's because you are always on call!" The girl was talking to Yun Miaoqing, but her big flickering eyes were always staring at Huo Lan.

Sensing Huo Lan's gaze looking back, the girl smiled sweetly, hugged Yun Miaoqing's arm and said to Huo Lan, "Please lend us a loan first."

Huo Lan: "?" Before she understood the meaning of these words, Yun Miaoqing was dragged away by that girl.

They didn't go far, the girl pulled Yun Miaoqing to the little sisters who were with her.Those people were obviously very familiar with Yun Miaoqing. Seeing Yun Miaoqing passing by, one or two laughed happily, pulling Yun Miaoqing to talk, and glanced at Huo Lan from time to time.

Realizing that they might be talking about him, Huo Lan felt a string in his heart.

What will they say?These people should all be Yun Miaoqing's friends... Looking at their clothes, it is obvious that they are either rich or expensive.They are the daughters of officials and officials, and they are truly qualified to be friends with Yun Miaoqing, unlike me...

In the morning, Yun Miaoqing had just vaguely answered that she prefers girls, Huo Lan hadn't had time to be happy for a long time, and now he saw a group of girls who were worthy of Yun Miaoqing's status, and they were all beautiful.

Huo Lan has no idea about her appearance. In her previous life, she had no chance to dress up properly. In this life, she has never dressed up seriously because she has always pretended to be a man.She didn't know whether she looked good when she was dressed as a woman, anyway, in her opinion, these girls in front of her were prettier than her.

Not only is she prettier than her, but she has also known Yun Miaoqing earlier and longer than her, and is closer to Yun Miaoqing!

Huo Lan felt that the acid water in her stomach was gurgling out, she had to turn her back and stop looking at Yun Miaoqing, lest she couldn't control herself and wanted to catch Yun Miaoqing back.

However, turning around and not looking didn't make Huo Lan's jealousy any less, because she couldn't see, her mind was full of the scene of the girl holding Yun Miaoqing's arm just now.

That person hugged Yun Miaoqing's arm!It's so casual, I hugged it with a hook, I didn't dare to hug it casually!They were standing together chatting just now, did someone hold Yun Miaoqing's hand?There was a little girl who was small, with clear and bright eyes, even if she was so far away just now, she could see that the little girl looked at Yun Miaoqing full of admiration.

Does Yun Miaoqing like this kind of pitiful girl the most?Did you pat her head too?

The more Huo Lan thought about it, the more she felt that it was very possible. Under her fantasies, the sour water finally boiled completely. Huo Lan felt that not only his stomach, but even his own hair were emitting sour gas.

no!She could bear not to interfere with Yun Miaoqing's conversation with her friends, but she had to keep an eye on him!

She suddenly turned around and almost collided with Yun Miaoqing.

Yun Miaoqing held her nose and took half a step back, said with a smile: "What are you thinking so focused on, you didn't realize I walked behind you."

How could Huo Lan have the nerve to say that he just drank a jar of vinegar in such a short time, and almost gnawed the jar of vinegar to pieces.Her face was reddish, she tilted her head past Yun Miaoqing and looked behind Yun Miaoqing, the group of girls from before were no longer there.

"What? Whose girl have you fallen in love with? Do you want me to match you up?" Yun Miaoqing still had a smile in her voice, but the smile in her eyes faded a bit.

It's a pity that Huo Lan was still immersed in the annoyance that someone among those people touched Yun Miaoqing's hand just now, and didn't notice the change in Yun Miaoqing's expression.She quickly glanced around, seeing that no one was looking at them, she quickly took Yun Miaoqing's hand.

Just holding her hand wasn't enough, Huo Lan rubbed the back of Yun Miaoqing's hand for a while, erasing all the places those people touched just now, and then reluctantly let go of her.

"What are you doing?" Yun Miaoqing asked.

"Just allow others to hold hands, not me!" Huo Lan said aggrievedly.There is no way, on the one hand, she is really wronged, on the other hand, she rubbed Yun Miaoqing's hand impulsively just now, seeing the red mark on the back of Yun Miaoqing's hand, she was a little afraid of Yun Miaoqing Hit her, so even if you feel wronged, you have to pretend to be very pitiful.

Although Yun Miaoqing had never hit her before, she didn't know why every time she acted presumptuously in front of Yun Miaoqing, she was frightened to death.

Yun Miaoqing was stunned for a moment, and then realized what Huo Lan was thinking just now, lightly poked Huo Lan's face, and the smiles in her eyes gathered again.

"You've been quite fat lately."

"That's not it." Huo Lan gestured with his thumb and index finger a little apart, "You are only a short distance away from marrying me today. Although you didn't make it, she is also my prospective wife, and you can't run away with others. !"

She took the oath of sovereignty by joking, but Yun Miaoqing only smiled and did not refute her.Huo Lan's subdued excitement suddenly rose again, and she followed Yun Miaoqing curiously and asked, "So what were you talking about just now? I saw that you were always looking at me, were you talking about me?"

"Yes, they said you were handsome, and asked me where I picked up such a handsome person. If I change my mind one day and don't like you, I have to introduce you to them."

Huo Lan thought those girls would tell Yun Miaoqing that she was not good enough for Yun Miaoqing, but he didn't expect those people to say that.Of course, it is also possible that Yun Miaoqing deliberately concealed some ugly words in order to coax her, but Huo Lan was very happy anyway.

"I don't want to know other girls, you can't change your mind and don't want me!" Huo Lan continued to pretend to be pitiful.

Yun Miaoqing curled the corner of her mouth: "Let's see how you behave."

At noon, everyone ate casually. In the afternoon, the emperor and the queen mother also came to the imperial garden. A eunuch announced His Majesty's will. Before the dinner, there were several activities, namely Cuju, impromptu poetry, throwing pots, etc. One or two people will participate as representatives, and the top three will be rewarded.

Huo Lan and Yun Shujian were naturally sent by the Yun family.Yun Shujian signed up to write poetry, and Huo Lan signed up for Touhu.

She had practiced archery with Wen Taicang for several years, not to mention piercing Yang with a hundred steps, but with a normal archery target, it is almost the same with a hundred shots and a hundred hits.After deciding to return to the capital, Yun Miaoqing specially taught her how to play throwing pots. Huo Lan has the basics of archery, and he is quick to learn throwing pots.

Today is the emperor's order. From the prince to the officials participating in the banquet, every family must send people to participate, and King Yu and King Zhuang are naturally among them.King Yu chose Touhu first, and when it was King Zhuang's turn, he inquired about King Yu's choice from the eunuch who came to register, and then he chose Cuju.

At the beginning of the game, because King Yu participated in the throwing group, no one dared to throw in front of him. Huo Lan spotted several people throwing pots on purpose.

Huo Lan followed Yun Miaoqing's instructions in advance and threw the arrows one by one.She casts very slowly, but every shot falls steadily into the pot.In the same period of time, Yu Wang shot more times than her, but some of them missed. In the last count, Huo Lan hit one arrow less than Yu Wang, and won No.2.

When receiving the reward, the emperor seemed in a good mood, and asked Huo Lan, "I think you hit every shot, but you shot slowly, that's why you lost to King Yu. Could it be that you didn't dare to win like these few?" Did he specifically show mercy?"

The faces of the few people pointed out by the emperor turned pale, and they all lowered their heads.King Yu was a little proud of winning the first place, but when his father revealed his faults to his face, he immediately pulled down his face.

Huo Lan cupped his hands and bowed: "Caomin dare not lie to His Royal Highness King Yu, let alone lie to His Majesty. The reason why they can hit every shot is because they are slow. If they are fast, they won't hit so many shots."

The answer was so ingenious that no one could make a mistake. It was very satisfying to the emperor's ears, but it was another matter in the ears of King Yu.

He is often said by his father to be irritable, isn't the kid in front of him accusing Huai and scolding Sang!Thinking of the incident in the West City that people had heard about a few days ago, King Yu looked at Huo Lan with darker eyes, but in front of his father, he couldn't get angry, so he secretly wrote down the words in his heart. hatred.

According to the promise made in the empress dowager's bedroom in the morning, the emperor not only rewarded Huo Lan with gold and silver belongings, but also let her serve as the imperial guard in the palace after the festival.

The position of imperial guard is not a high-ranking official, but because he can often show his face in front of the emperor, he is quite sought-after.

As soon as the emperor said this, everyone's faces were full of colors, especially those who knew the inside story of Huo Lan's identity, the eyes they exchanged with each other were even more meaningful.

There was nothing else to do that night, everyone had dinner together in the Imperial Garden, watched a few plays, and then went home.

The next day, Huo Lan received the official appointment document from the palace, asking her to report to the guard's office on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.At the same time, King Zhuang also sent a letter. Last night when the emperor appointed Huo Lan as an errand, King Zhuang was also there. You can wait until she finishes her job, and no matter how late she is, she will sweep the bed and greet her.

Hearing that King Zhuang is good at martial arts, Huo Lan has to step up his training these days to avoid making a fool of himself.Since Yun Miaoqing met those little sisters in the palace last time, she often went out to visit them in the mansion these few days.

Whenever Yun Miaoqing went out, Huo Lan's heart was sore and bubbling, but she really couldn't spare time to pester Yun Miaoqing to take her with her, so she had to turn her jealousy into strength, and the training effect was surprisingly good.

In a blink of an eye, it is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.Last night Yun Miaoqing went to a sister's house to have some wine, and when she came back she slept until noon, Huo Lan was so sore that she wished she could cut through the wooden dummy with her bare hands.

Don't you know that you just pour the amount in one cup, and you can drink outside without worry!What if something happens, who on earth can gain your trust so much!

In the evening, Yun Miaoqing Shi Shiran came to the side of the training field and called Huo Lan to take a shower and change clothes.

"There will be lanterns at night, I will take you out to have a look."

Huo Lan still wanted to continue practicing, Yun Miaoqing said: "You have been tired for so many days in a row, and you need to rest properly, and recharge your energy to deal with King Zhuang tomorrow."

After hearing Yun Miaoqing's words, Huo Lan thought it made sense, so she obediently went to scrub her body and changed into clean clothes.

While waiting for her, Yun Miaoqing also changed into men's clothes, and the two of them went out in a carriage as if they had just returned the next day.

"There is no curfew tonight. The east and west markets will be open overnight. There are more exotic treasures in the east market, but the Lantern Festival in the west market is more lively. Let's go to the west market like last time, and I will take you shopping another day. East City."

The carriage was still parked outside the West Market, and Yun Miaoqing took Huo Lan out of the carriage.It was already dark at this moment, but the lights in the West Market were brightly lit. All kinds of lanterns were hung on both sides of the road and in front of various shops. Many shops set up stalls in front of their houses today to hold some small activities.

There were more people this time than when Huo Lan came last time, and it was almost impossible to walk through the hustle and bustle.The two walked slowly along with the flow of people. Huo Lan looked at these beautiful lanterns quite curiously at first, but soon she noticed something strange.

"Someone is following us."

Although there were many people around, whenever Huo Lan turned to them, the two would turn sideways and pretend to look at the stall beside them. After a few times, Huo Lan could conclude that it was not a coincidence.

Yun Miaoqing didn't look back, the convenience before her was a stall selling bronze mirrors for makeup boxes, she picked up the bronze mirror to look at herself, and saw the two people Huo Lan mentioned through the mirror.

"The guards, don't worry about them."

Huo Lan didn't know how Yun Miaoqing saw that the two were from the guards' office, but since they were from the guards' office, they were sent by the emperor, and the emperor hadn't completely dispelled his suspicions, so he sent someone to observe them secretly .

Yun Miaoqing bought a box of fried glutinous rice balls, poked them with a bamboo stick and fed them to Huo Lan.

This was the first time that Huo Lan was fed by Yun Miaoqing herself when she was not sick. Even though she knew that Yun Miaoqing was acting for the people behind her, she was so sweet that she felt sick.

Of course, it may also be because the glutinous rice balls are too sweet.

"Don't worry, it's a good thing to send someone to watch over us, it shows that His Majesty is interested in you, otherwise he wouldn't talk to you at all."

Yun Miaoqing whispered in Huo Lan's ear by feeding the glutinous rice balls.

If there was a faint breath spraying on Huo Lan's ears, Huo Lan itched from the tips of his ears all the way to his heart, ate the remaining glutinous rice balls in the box in two bites, threw the paper box into the bucket of dirt on the side of the road, and then picked up Yun Miaoqing's hand.

That day in the palace, I just held it briefly, but now I can hold it all the time. If Yun Miaoqing is struggling, she will excuse that she wants to act for the people who follow her. Anyway, Yun Miaoqing also fed her just now for the sake of acting. ...

Huo Lan spent a long time building in his heart, but Yun Miaoqing didn't struggle, and let her hold her hand softly.

The previous itching turned into a hot current along Huo Lan's heart and burned her face. She didn't dare to look at Yun Miaoqing, so she just walked forward with her neck stiff.

When passing the third alley, Huo Lan couldn't bear it anymore.The jealousy accumulated during this period and the unsatisfied daydream finally broke through the cage she had set up for herself for a long time, she pulled Yun Miaoqing into the alley, and surrounded Yun Miaoqing between the wall and herself.

There is a dark and quiet alley on one side, and a bright and noisy street on the other. Huo Lan is in this light and darkness, and his heartbeat is about to jump out of his chest.

"If you want to play a scene where you love to the death, you must kiss, right... Besides, you have kissed me before, so this time I got it back, and I can't offend you..."

Huo Lan's voice was dry and hoarse, but what he said was still so cautious, with a hint of self-deception, he kept finding reasons for himself, for fear that Yun Miaoqing would refuse.

"Okay, where do you want to kiss?" Yun Miaoqing relaxed and leaned against the wall, looking back at her generously.

For a moment, Huo Lan felt that her soul was about to tremble out of her body due to excessive excitement. She was breathing heavily, and her eyes staring at Yun Miaoqing were slightly red because of the restraint she forcibly restrained.

Last time Yun Miaoqing kissed her on the forehead, but she didn't want to kiss Yun Miaoqing's forehead back—it was such a waste of opportunity.

Her gaze slid along Yun Miaoqing's forehead, eyes, cheeks, nose tip, lips...

Huo Lan's eyes stayed on Yun Miaoqing's lips for a long time.Yun Miaoqing's lips were a beautiful tender pink, Huo Lan really wanted to just kiss them like this, suck them, bite them, and watch them become bright red due to the congestion.

But Huo Lan still restrained her impulse, she could feel that Yun Miaoqing was trying to accept her, but not to the extent of fully accepting her.Yun Miaoqing might not refuse her when she kissed Yun Miaoqing this time, but she probably wouldn't give her another chance.

The line of sight that had been paused for a long time wandered again, passed Yun Miaoqing's chin, and finally landed on the side of her neck.

Yun Miaoqing's neck is white and long, very beautiful, and because it is a vital part of the human body, it is naturally a little fragile, which is particularly attractive in Huo Lan's eyes.

It's just that this is also a very private place... Huo Lan was hesitating, when he suddenly heard a chuckle from the person in his arms, he took the initiative to turn his head a little, so that the place she was staring at could be better exposed in front of her eyes.

Huo Lan: "!!!"

Kiss!Not kissing is not human!

Huo Lan only felt that the blood all over her body was overflowing to the top of her head. She took a deep breath and kissed the snow-white piously. She held Yun Miaoqing tightly in her arms.

"Money bag! He robbed my money bag!" Yun Miaoqing yelled.

Huo Lan finally got an opportunity that was interrupted like this. He was so angry that he caught up with the man in two steps, grabbed the man by the collar and turned him in a different direction.

"I'm so mad at you, you little thief, you don't steal sooner or later, you choose this time to see if I don't hit you... Hey, why is it you?"

The author has something to say: Little thief: I've been waiting by the side for so long, and I thought you guys weren't kissing anymore, so why don't you simply do it!

Huo Xiaolan: ...(╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻ Get out!

Writing tricks is going to kill me, a rookie. Tomorrow I will take a day off as usual to deal with the plot. See you on Monday~