Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 157 Summer Solstice Birthday
Seeing the hands reaching in front of him, Qi Ze planned to make a secret move so that his identity could never be discovered.Originally, she wanted to speak to divert her attention, but she thought that her voice was a bit special, and it would be bad if Meng Yanxi found out.

Just as he was about to strike, a fiery red golden soft whip was wrapped around Meng Yanxi's wrist, and it was tightly wrapped around Meng Yanxi's wrist several times.The owner of the soft whip pulled forward hard, pulling the man staggeringly, almost falling to the ground.

"Man, what are you doing?" Meng Yanxi looked at the soft whip on his wrist and said angrily.

"I still want to ask you, you are hurting the reputation of your Meng family by touching a woman on the street. I am trying to stop you, and I am also trying to preserve the reputation of your Meng family." The woman in red With a clever effort, he took the soft whip back into his hand and said.

"Where did I make a move? It just looks familiar." Meng Yanxi rubbed his wrist and said.

"Familiar? Meng Yanxi, have you guys always used this as an excuse to flirt with women? I don't know how to change it, we women are tired of hearing it." The woman in red played with the delicate pendant of the soft golden whip, leisurely. Xu said.

"Molested women? Do I look like the kind of person who molested women casually?" Meng Yanxi said indignantly.

"Isn't it? I heard Yi Xingke said that you opened a small medical clinic in Nanchu, and you would touch the hands of those women with sweet words every day. Is this true?" The woman in red turned her head to look at the man, asking disdainfully road.

"That's called feeling the pulse, not touching the hands. I'm a doctor, and I'm a doctor with medical ethics. How could I touch those women's hands?"

"I've touched it all, and now you explain that you are feeling the pulse. Meng Yanxi, you are still as glib as before." The woman in red retorted with a smile.

Meng Yanxi was also pissed off, and smiled back: "Man, you are still as rude as before. Let me see which man will dare to marry you in the future?"

The woman in red lowered her eyes when she heard the words, threw out a soft whip and wrapped it around Meng Yanxi's wrist, and left.Because the walking speed was too fast, the man couldn't keep up behind him for a while, and almost fell to the ground.

But he had no choice but to shout anxiously while running: "Mother, please slow down, and quickly untie the soft whip for this young master."

The woman in red ignored Meng Yanxi's words, and took a deep look at Qi Ze before leaving.Qi Ze also nodded slightly to express his gratitude.

If this woman hadn't diverted Meng Yanxi's attention with her words, then Meng Yanxi would definitely have become suspicious.Although Meng Yanxi is Que Yu's subordinate, sooner or later she will definitely know her identity as a woman.But now that she is in Beishuo, it is better to be careful. The fewer people who know the news of her coming to Beishuo, the better.

Besides, she probably won't have contact with Que Yu in the future, so it's good to be on guard after all.

After everyone left, Qi Ze looked at the scholar who was beaten to the point of being unable to stand up in the corner.I don't know if he is really stupid or has a gentleman's demeanor. He can't protect himself, but he wants to protect others.But after all, she was beaten to protect her, so she should go and see.

The scholar felt pain all over his body, because someone rescued him in time, so the bruises from those gangsters were not very serious.But because of his weak bones, he couldn't bear it for a while.

Just as he was thinking, he saw the white hand above his head, and when he looked up, it was that beautiful girl.Immediately, the pain disappeared, and after the rest just now, it was much better.Standing up abruptly, she refused again and again: "It's okay, girl, I'm not seriously injured." Then she blushed and said, "As long as the girl is not injured."

The scholar did stand up, the wound on his body was only a superficial wound, and there was nothing serious about it.Qi Ze withdrew his hand, took out a bottle of anti-congestion medicine from his arms, and handed it to the scholar.

But the scholar waved his hand and refused, "I don't need it, the wound is not serious, but thank you for your concern." His face became more and more red, "I am not talented, dare to ask the girl's name..."

Before he finished speaking, Qi Ze threw the medicine bottle into the scholar's arms, turned and left.

Looking at the medicine bottle in his hand, the scholar was a little dazed, there was still a lingering warmth on it, which made the scholar blush, and a certain part of his heart seemed to sprout.

Seeing the girl's slim figure in the distance, the scholar was stunned for a moment.

The girl in the indigo dress walked to a small stall and gently held the hand of a cute little girl.He bent down and touched the little girl's face, looked at the little girl's smiling face for a while, then stood up and slowly left in another direction with the little hands in his hands.

It was just a series of very ordinary movements, but those gestures seemed to hit the tip of his heart, and his heart was pounding.She was looking at the distant figure all the time, holding the medicine bottle with residual temperature in her hand, as if she was the only one in the whole world, until the figure disappeared, she didn't even notice it.

It wasn't until a hearty and jumpy young voice sounded in his ears that he came back to his senses.

"Zhou Xi, we're back." A handsome, lively young man with red lips and white teeth ran over quickly, followed by a few servants.

The frail scholar turned around and looked at the running boy, and said, "Qi Qi."

The young man named Qi Qi bent down and panted heavily, and said angrily, "I'm so mad, the boss of Wen Moxuan is a fool, but he only bought a few paintings from him, but he didn't sell them to me. "

One of the servants at the back said sullenly: "Master, those paintings are all authentic, it is reasonable for Wen Moxuan's boss not to sell them to us."

Qi Qi was choked up and couldn't speak after hearing this, but he still insisted: "So what if it's authentic? It's not that we don't give money, why bother to throw us all out. This young master took so much money, it made me sink to death .” As he spoke, he threw a large bag of silver in his arms to the servants behind him.

After moving his already sore shoulders, Qi Qi noticed that Zhou Xi's eyes were dull, as if he was thinking about something, but he never came back to his senses.

Thinking that Zhou Xi liked Liu Qing's paintings the most, and those paintings were Liu Qing's authentic works.Liu Qing was an excellent painter in the previous dynasty, with a horizontal style of brush and ink, and a majestic style, which was considered a masterpiece at that time.It's a pity that Liu Qing rarely paints, and only painted a few paintings in her life.

Among them, the three most famous paintings were bought back by the boss of Wen Moxuan with a lot of money. It can be said that he offered the paintings as if they were ancestors, and usually few people saw the original works.

Out of curiosity, he wanted to buy the original work back to see if it was worth it.Unexpectedly, they didn't even see the paintings. Boss Wen Moxuan knew that they were here to buy paintings, so he picked up the broom and drove them out.

If Zhou Xi knew that they hadn't bought the painting back, he would definitely have a big reaction.But why are you silent now? Could something have happened?

Qi Qi raised his head in doubt, and saw that Zhou Xi had been beaten on his face, and there was a bright red slap mark beside his face.He quickly stepped forward and said in surprise, "Zhou Xi, why were you beaten?"

Zhou Xi didn't care, he shook his head repeatedly and said, "It's nothing, I was just beaten up by some gangsters, just apply some medicine and it will be fine."

"Hooligans?" Qi Qi looked angry and envious, "Hmph, those hooligans on the street are the most rampant, they always bully others, this young master can't bear this kind of people who always bully weak women and children. Let's go, let's report to the police."

"No need." Zhou Xi said, "They have already been arrested and brought into the government."

"Ah? Already caught?" Qi Qi asked in surprise, looking at Zhou Xi who was absent-minded, and continued to ask: "Then what are you thinking? You look sullen."

Touching the medicine bottle in his hand for a while, Zhou Xi bit his lower lip and said, "Just now I met a very beautiful girl."

"Pretty girl? Where is it?" Qi Qi became interested all of a sudden, looked around and saw that there were no beautiful girls around, "Why didn't I see, Zhou Xi, did you lose your mind after being beaten by those gangsters?"

"No, I was still protecting her just now, but she left after the gangster was caught in the government." Zhou Xi's face turned red, and the roots of her ears also turned red.

Seeing Zhou Xi's ears turn red, Qi Qi couldn't help laughing, and hugged her shoulder, "Okay, there is a beautiful girl, and you still protect her. Now that everyone is gone, what are you thinking about?" It will be the summer solstice in a few days, and we can play to our heart's content." Then, he dragged Zhou Xi to run around, and the servants behind him quickly followed.

When he returned to Prince Qin's mansion, Qi Ze returned to his room with candies.

My hands and face are dirty from running around eating candy.Qi Ze took off his veil, washed his hands with candy, and wiped Tangtang's face with a handkerchief.

As soon as he sat down, Tangtang couldn't stop running out to play again, and Qi Ze also opened the book as usual.Originally, she was very busy sorting out official documents in the Ministry of War. She was also used to a busy life, but she suddenly calmed down and had nothing to do. On the contrary, she was a little uncomfortable.

As soon as Qi Ze turned a page, he saw Butler Kong coming from the corner of his eye, put down the book in his hand, raised his head and asked, "Butler Kong, what's the matter?"

"The old slave is fine." Kong Butler looked worried, and he was relieved after carefully checking that there was no sign of injury on Qi Ze's body. "I just heard that Miss Ze met some punks when she went out today, and was almost beaten up by them. This old slave was a little worried, so I came over to have a look."

Flipping through the book in his hand, Qi Ze casually replied, "It's okay, I'm not injured."

Steward Kong rubbed his hands, looked carefully at Qi Ze's face, and said, "My lord also said the same thing, saying that Miss Ze will not get hurt at all. If you want to worry, you should also worry about those bastards."

Qi Ze: "..." Is she a cruel image in Que Yu's mind?But in this case, she will not suffer.

"Seeing that Miss Ze is not injured, the old slave is relieved. If Miss Ze wants to go out later, she should bring the servants of Prince Qin's Mansion with her, so that the old slave can feel more at ease." Steward Kong said with a smile.

Qi Ze nodded casually, I'm afraid she will never go out again.When I went out this time, I met a red-clothed woman with a high status. Although the other party was also kind enough to help her, but I don't know the details of the other party, so it's better to be careful.

And after going out, she found that Beishuo women are generally taller than Nanchu women, so her height is not particularly abrupt.But the woman in red can recognize that she is not from Beishuo. Does that mean that others may also be able to tell?

In order not to cause trouble, it's better not to show up too often.After Zhu Yu Cangzhu found her, she immediately returned to Nanchu.

Just as he was thinking, Qi Ze heard Butler Kong's voice. The other party seemed to have considered it for a long time before deciding to speak to her.

"Miss Ze, do you know? The prince's birthday is coming soon."

birthday?Qi Ze was a little taken aback, is Que Yu's birthday coming soon?
Seeing Qi Ze looking up at him, Steward Kong immediately said happily: "My lord's birthday is the day after tomorrow, and there will be many aristocratic families coming to celebrate my lord's birthday."

"The day after tomorrow? Isn't it the day of the summer solstice?" Qi Ze said.

"En." Kong Butler's eyes flashed a gloomy, "My lord's birthday is on the day of the summer solstice."

Seeing the abnormal expression in Kong Butler's eyes, Qi Ze understood a little.The reason why Que Yu went to Southern Chu to live and grow up may have something to do with the struggle for imperial power in Beishuo.Beishuo, as a big country occupying the entire north, must have a much more serious struggle between princes than Nanchu.

Because he wanted to survive, he fled to Southern Chu at a young age.Otherwise, no one would be willing to leave their hometown unless absolutely necessary.

But what did Que Yu say to her on her birthday? Didn't the Beishuo family come to celebrate his birthday?There are so many people, and she is missing?And she is leaving soon, and the two may not see each other after that.

The relationship between her and Que Yu can only be regarded as a good friend, and if she serves a different monarch, then the relationship should be alienated even more.If the two countries go to war in the future, it is very likely that the two of them will meet on the battlefield.

But seeing Butler Kong came over to tell her about this, Qi Ze couldn't refuse, so he could only say: "I see, Butler Kong. Thank you Butler Kong for telling me the news."

Butler Kong just bowed down to salute, and then stepped back.Miss Ze is the girl that the prince specially went to the border to pick up, so it must have a different meaning to the prince, so it's better for him to tell Miss Ze the news, it's better than celebrating birthday with those hypocrites.

Qi Ze put down the book and couldn't help thinking deeply.It's Que Yu's birthday, she is from Southern Chu, so she shouldn't go up to join in the fun, so as not to cause trouble for him.

But celebrating his birthday is also reasonable, although Que Yu's mouth is very annoying, but it is still good for her.As a friend to celebrate his birthday, it can be regarded as not making this friend in vain, and there will be no regrets between the two of them.

If they really confront each other on the battlefield later, there will only be hostility.The two of them represent the interests of the country behind them, and they will definitely not let each other go because of this so-called friendship.That being the case, celebrating his birthday was the only thing she could do as a friend.

Candy still played all afternoon, and at dusk, he came back with all kinds of exquisite food in his hand, and ate happily by himself.After eating, I lay down on a small corner of the bed to sleep, very quiet.

Qi Ze, as usual, blew out the candles after finishing the book, and went to bed to rest.

Time flies, and soon it will be the night of the summer solstice.During this period, Que Yu also seemed to be busy with the affairs of the court, so he rarely came over to talk to Qi Ze, and Qi Ze was happy and at ease.

On the night of the summer solstice, as expected, many aristocratic families came to celebrate the birthday of the arrogant and surly Prince Qin, who was newly returned to Beishuo.

The large yard was brightly lit, and the two rows of seats were neatly arranged. The seats were full of guests, and the tables were filled with eight treasures of jade.People seemed to be having a good time, everyone was chatting and laughing and exchanging pleasantries with smiles on their faces.

But what is behind this fake smile, everyone knows it well, but they still talk happily without changing their faces.

Of course, there were also two very familiar faces, Meng Yanxi and Yi Xingke also came to celebrate their master's birthday.Both of them were very happy to eat the delicacies and delicious dishes on the table.Meng Yanxi drank fruit wine, and Yi Xingke ate pastries.

Meng Yanxi put down the wine glass in his hand, smacked his lips and said, "Sure enough, the fruit wine in the palace is the most delicious. After drinking the fruit wine in the palace, you will find that the fruit wine you usually drink is not fruit wine."

Putting the pastry in his mouth into his mouth, Yi Xingke also picked up the wine glass and drank it down, "The fruit wine in the palace is really delicious. This time Yelan's birthday, the Holy Majesty rewarded so much fruit wine. Yelan also took out the fruit wine to celebrate her birthday Yes, I don't feel bad at all, it really is a big deal."

Meng Yanxi smiled softly, "When did you see Yelan ever being stingy? But Yelan is the only one who can bring out all the fruit wine given by the emperor, and spend so much money." Then, he picked up another glass of wine and poured it into his belly.

Under normal circumstances, if a family received the fruit wine bestowed by the Holy One, they must have carefully preserved it, and would not be willing to drink it at all.I only have a few drinks on my birthday, and I don’t even dare to share it with others.

But Que Yu actually took out all the fruit wine rewarded by Emperor Yuan Ping, and returned a bottle for each table, not keeping a bottle for himself.

When Steward Kong delivered the fruit wine bottle by bottle, his heart ached silently.A bottle is worth thousands of gold, so many bottles do not know how much to throw away.But this was Que Yu's order, and Steward Kong had no choice but to follow it.

Remembering that Miss Ze is not good at drinking, Que Yu did not drink much.The fruit wine is also left on the shelf, and it is also good to use it at the birthday banquet.

All the guests were overjoyed when they saw the fruit wine bestowed by the imperial palace, and they drank to their heart's content.If you don't drink it now, you won't have a chance to drink it later.

Among the guests, the ladies in the boudoirs were all dressed brightly, with delicate makeup on their faces. They watched the fruit wine just gently picked up, half-covered their shy faces with their sleeves, and lowered their heads to drink lightly.This action wants to greet but refuses, which makes it even more charming and touching.

Yi Xingke looked at these gentle ladies in the boudoir, and couldn't help shaking his head, "I don't know what these aristocratic families think, what are they doing with their daughters for Yelan's birthday? Those who don't know think this It's a banquet between the ladies in the boudoir."

Looking at Meng Yanxi, who obviously had more women in the seat, he shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "Then what can I do, I'm afraid they came prepared this time. After all, a prince came back from Beishuo, and the situation is unknown now. The most important thing is to flatter and flatter, to establish a relationship with the Qin Palace."

"Hmph, a group of flattering and flattering idiots." Yi Xingke pouted and said indignantly.

Seeing Yi Xingke who was not angry about this, Meng Yanxi could only sigh and shake his head helplessly.

A sycophant, a sycophant?It's true, Que Yu spent a lot of energy in order to return to Beishuo.In fact, Que Yu already knew that the Zhen Guo Mansion would be destroyed before.In other words, Que Yu made the Zhen Guogong Mansion stand at the top of all the aristocratic families in Southern Chu just to return to Beishuo.

He usually does not go to court, and his style is arrogant and domineering, and he is defiant, and it is also to arouse Emperor Zhaozheng's desire to destroy the Duke of Zhen's government soon.In this way, he and Que Mu had a legitimate reason to return to Beishuo.

However, after returning to Beishuo, it has not been smooth, and the political situation in Beishuo is complicated.Faced with the sudden appearance of the prince, some people wanted to win him over, but more people wanted to get rid of it directly to avoid future troubles, and naturally they included the group of people who fought in Fulong Temple in Nanchu at that time.

But relying on his quick understanding of Beishuo's current situation, Que Yu quickly made a correct judgment.Let some of those people go and never return, and more of them are shocked before they have time to make a move.But Que Yu was also seriously injured because of this, but fortunately he survived with perseverance.

Asking Emperor Yuanping to go to the border, on the one hand, is to clarify the situation in Beishuo, let the situation cool down, and wait for those people to make better choices, and on the other hand, it is to heal the wounded with peace of mind.

Sure enough, as Que Yu expected, all the aristocratic families saw that there was no way to start, so they had to change their strategy and use disgusting flattery.He wanted to establish a connection with the Qin Palace through peaceful means, so as to prepare for the subsequent battle to seize the throne.

Although Beishuo had settled down for the time being, it was very helpless to face this group of brazen people.Everyone knows why he brought his well-dressed daughter to the birthday banquet.

And those women in the boudoir have long been eyeing to enter the Qin Palace, and the birthday banquet tonight is destined to not be a good one.

But the result might disappoint them all. Que Yu is not a person who is being coerced by others, and he doesn't need their forces.He can frighten them by himself, so why should he burden himself?
The ladies in the boudoir were also very excited and happy. They had been wanting to meet this handsome His Royal Highness Qin Wang in front of the Qin Palace before, but unfortunately they never saw him.Isn't there a chance this time?And she still married into Prince Qin's mansion directly.

Looking at that face that can fascinate thousands of young girls, their hearts have already fallen. They are also bound to win the position of Princess Qin, and they must not miss it this time.Thinking of this, the ladies in the boudoir blushed one after another, just waiting for that magnificent man to appear.

"Squeak-"

Then the courtyard door opened, facing the little moonlight, the flirtatious young man walked slowly on the mottled moon shadow projected on the ground.That footstep seems to be on the tip of the heart, and the inner touch is also opened with that footstep.

Until I slowly saw that face, my heartbeat seemed to stop, I just wanted to look at the man in the distance.Under the moonlight, the exquisite and perfect facial features are even more captivating, and people will never forget it after just one glance.

(End of this chapter)