Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 1188 Epilogue : Oh no, the intimacy value seems to have dropped

The afternoon sun was too strong to allow outdoor activities, so the two drank some more wine and went to the attic to rest.

Xie Yan was fine. He broke free from the maid's support and went upstairs by himself holding the railing.

The princess was helped up by Qingluan.

They sat down in the piano room and the hangover soup was soon served.

Zhu Tangxi had let himself go a little, and even though he was dizzy, he still insisted on playing the piano. Xie Yan drank two sips of hangover soup, then leaned back in his chair and fell asleep while listening to the piano.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..." Qingluan reminded repeatedly.

"Ok?"

Zhu Tangxi's eyes were blurry with drunkenness. He stopped moving his hands and looked up in a daze.

Qingluan said, "Mr. Xie has already fallen asleep, Your Highness should also take a nap."

"That's fine." Zhu Tangxi stood up shakily, and Qingluan quickly lent him a hand to support him.

The master and servant left the piano room and walked towards the lounge next door.

Walking under the eaves, the princess sobered up a little when the breeze from the artificial lake blew.

"Good wind!"

Zhu Tangxi stood there without moving. He turned around and leaned on the railing, half-closed his eyes and looked out.

The green lotus in the pond stands tall and graceful, swaying gently in the afternoon breeze.

Zhu Tangxi stood for a while and came to his senses completely. Thinking back to the intimate actions during the meal, he felt like he had gone crazy at that time.

Why should I follow him in his mischief?
He looked down on me for no reason!
Inside the piano room, two maids struggled to help Xie Yan to the guest room.

After supporting him for a long time, he didn't move at all, which woke him up instead.

Xie Yan drank more than the princess and was half awake. He stood up like a sleepwalker and was helped by two maids to lie down in the guest room.

I slept for two or three hours and when I woke up I felt like I was in a fragrant country.

The bed and the bedclothes smelled fragrant, as did the entire room. In the incense burner nearby, incense from some unknown country was burning.

Consciousness gradually awakens, and the smart IQ once again takes hold in the brain.

fuck!

What did I do? I even let the princess feed me.

Too greasy! Too disgusting!
Yue!

That wasn't liquor, I just drank it like beer. I didn't expect that I would get drunk while drinking it.

He has to be more careful next time. After getting drunk, he doesn't know what he will do.

Xie Yan got up and put on his shoes, making only a slight noise, when a maid knocked on the door: "Is Master Xie awake?"

"Awake." Xie Yan answered casually.

The maid ran away quickly, and no one knew what she was doing.

Xie Yan put on his shoes, stood up, stretched, and moved his legs and feet before walking over to open the door.

The maid had already walked out the door, holding a basin of hot water in her hands: "Master Xie, you have just woken up from your drunken sleep, why don't you stay in the room for a while."

Xie Yan took two steps back and let the maid in.

He was going to wait for the maid to put down the basin before washing his face. Unexpectedly, the maid was very quick, putting down the basin and wringing the towel in one go, then unfolding the hot towel to help Xie Yan wipe his face.

In this evil old society, Xie Yan felt that he was about to be corrupted.

No wonder there are so many playboys who enjoy being served every day. Even the experienced old cadres can't stand it.

Xie Yan grabbed the towel and wiped himself: "Is Your Highness awake?"

"He is lying drunk and reading." replied the maid.

"Please show me the way, sister." Xie Yan had gotten used to calling her sister and he called everyone sister.

Although the maid was happy, she reminded him in a low voice: "Since you have called His Highness sister, don't call other women that."

Xie Yan suddenly understood after hearing this.

It seems that the princess is narrow-minded and possessive. She will be jealous if you call someone else "sister" again.

Zhu Tangxi was upset and couldn't sleep. As soon as she closed her eyes, she could see the scene of the two of them fooling around after drinking. Not only did she feed Xie Yan food, but Xie Yan also fed her. She didn't feel anything at the time because she was drunk, but now she felt more and more embarrassed and angry.

The main reason was that things developed too quickly and it was only the third time we met.

Since he couldn't sleep anyway, Zhu Tangxi simply took out a novel.

She asked Qingluan to buy these last year. They bought about 20 to 30 books in total, ranging from novel notes to poetry and storybooks.

The book I have in hand is called "The Queen's Kingdom", which tells the story of a down-and-out scholar in the Ming Dynasty who failed the imperial examination and was also broken off from marriage. Forced to make a living, he went out to sea with his fellow villagers to make money, but encountered a shipwreck and ended up in an overseas vassal state.

This overseas vassal state is also peculiar, speaking the official language of the Ming Dynasty, and the male protagonist can communicate without any obstacles. Because he claims to be a Ming Dynasty scholar, he is warmly received in this small country, and even the princess favors him.

Soon the old king died, and the princess, as the only daughter, should succeed the queen according to the country's system. But the queen's cousin rebelled and led his troops into the capital, and the Ming scholar protected the queen and fled all the way.

The hero and heroine went through various hardships, persuaded many nobles to serve the king, and finally succeeded in regaining the throne. From then on, they lived happily together, and the scholar assisted the queen in governing the country with benevolence and righteousness, and was sincerely supported by the people.

To put it bluntly, it is an ancient YY novel that embodies the beautiful fantasies of down-and-out literati.

This book, The Queen's Kingdom, stands out from many similar works simply because of the following three points:

First, the author probably really went to sea and described the overseas customs and people vividly;
Second, the writing is extremely outstanding, especially the delicate description of the emotional scenes;

Third, adjust the color and play the edge ball!
There are many borderline plots in the book, but they are written in a subtle way, which allows readers to imagine and can be published normally without being banned.

Qingluan bought many books last year, and Zhu Tangxi also read this one.

At the time, I thought it was vulgar, so I only read a few chapters and threw it aside. Especially the scholar, who flirted with the princess verbally when they first met, which made Zhu Tangxi feel particularly ridiculous.

If I were offended by such a shameless person, I would definitely order his legs to be broken on the spot!
When she read it again now, she was fascinated by it again. She actually liked those provocative plots.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Your Highness, Master Xie wants to see you." Zhu Tangxi, who was leaning back reading a novel, sat up straight and stuffed the book under his pillow. Like a thief caught on the spot, he shouted outside in panic, "Take Xie Liulang to the west building and wait."

Then he called out, "Qingluan, come in and wash and comb my hair for me."

After spending forty minutes dressing up, Zhu Tangxi finally showed up again.

It is dignified and noble, with a strong aura. It can be admired from a distance but not played with.

Seeing Xie Yan lying in front of the window looking at the green lotus in the pond, Zhu Tangxi walked over with his head held high and chest puffed out: "Is Liu Lang awake?"

Xie Yan turned around and apologized awkwardly: "I was rude today..."

"Cough cough!"

Zhu Tangxi interrupted with two coughs: "It's getting late, Liu Lang, are you in a hurry to leave the city?"

Xie Yan was stunned.

Is this an order to evict you?
How come you become so hostile to me when you wake up?

Bad woman, give me back my charming princess sister!

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Xie Yan bowed and said, "It is an honor to be entertained by Your Highness. I will take my leave first and visit you again another day."

Zhu Tangxi suddenly became a little worried.

Was I too cold just now? He must be very unhappy that he stopped calling me sister and called me His Highness instead.

Actually, it’s okay. Xie Yan is just a little confused and can’t understand women’s hearts.

If they were playing video games and drinking alone, their intimacy would have been at least 80. But after taking a nap, their intimacy dropped to 60.

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Two maids escorted Xie Yan out.

After walking for a while, Qingluan caught up with them, panting, and asked the two maids to go back first.

"Don't show off this thing that His Highness gave you." Qingluan stuffed a sachet into Xie Yan's hand.

Xie Yan's depression was swept away, and he said with a cupped hand: "Thank you, sister."

Qing Luan reminded: "Except for His Highness, you are not allowed to call anyone else sister. You are not allowed to call me sister either."

Xie Yan asked: "What should I call you then?"

Qingluan thought about it and was a little embarrassed: "Before I became a maid, I was the last in the family. When there are others around, you can call me Qingluan. If...if it's just the two of us, you can call me Young Lady."

When she finished speaking, Qingluan lowered her head shyly, which made Xie Yan's scalp tingle.

What's going on?

As the senior time traveler, I swear I didn’t provoke this person.

After escorting Xie Yan to the outer courtyard, Qing Luan said in a barely audible voice, "The spices in the sachet were selected by His Highness and I together."

"I remember Youniang's kindness." Xie Yan didn't know how to respond.

Allowing it to operate on a single thread is already using the full computing power. If it operates on two threads, the CPU will surely be overloaded and crash.

Although I want to have a lot of money, I'm not really a scumbag.

Qingluan added, "Your Highness will start to do the things you told him to do tomorrow, and Liu Lang will just wait for the news at home."

Xie Yan said: "Please ask Young Lady to thank His Highness on my behalf."

Qingluan looked around to make sure there was no one around, and mustered up the courage to lean over to Xie Yan's ear and said, "Her Highness is still a virgin. Don't be too reckless in the future. Don't say or do anything excessive. You must treat her like a girl."

"Ah?" Xie Yan was dumbfounded.

Is this ex-husband just bad-tempered or is he just not good enough in that aspect?

Qing Luan explained in a low voice:
"On the day of the wedding, the Prince Consort got drunk and did nothing. The next day, he moved to the Prince Consort's residence and kept a concubine there. He lived apart from Your Highness for a full six months."

"Later, the late emperor found out about it and called the consort to reprimand him. The consort then pretended to move back. But he quarreled with the princess every other day, and the princess was bullied into submission and actually agreed to let the consort take in his concubine to live with him."

"Soon the princess regretted it again. Her husband always slept in the concubine's room. The princess pestered the late emperor to send her husband to be a county magistrate for a year and not allow the concubine to follow him. She thought that this would bring harmony to the couple, but she didn't expect that her husband took a famous prostitute as a concubine in the area. This matter was impeached by the censors, and the late emperor was furious and dismissed her husband from his post as county magistrate. The relationship between the husband and the princess became even more strained."

Xie Yan thought to himself: This ex-husband has a really bad temper, and is as stubborn as a donkey.

Qingluan warned, "So, the princess is still a girl, Liu Lang, don't be too frivolous. Today, after His Highness sobered up from the drunkenness, he was already a little angry."

Xie Yan finally figured it out. No wonder the intimacy value suddenly dropped.

Qingluan stopped talking and sent Xie Yan to a side hall to meet the two followers who were assigned there.

Watching Xie Yan and his followers walk away, Qingluan slowly slipped the belt hook hidden in her sleeve into her palm and held it. She also prepared a gift, but she couldn't give it away. When the princess was not convenient, she could share it as ordered, but she must never take the initiative to snatch a man.

She was not even qualified to choose a man. She could only like whoever the princess liked.

This is fate.

Qingluan went back to report: "Your Highness instructed me to do this, and I have already told Scholar Xie."

Zhu Tangxi asked, "You didn't say much, did you?"

Qingluan replied: "I have said everything that should be said, and I will never say anything that shouldn't be said."

Zhu Tangxi was a little anxious: "Um...did you say it?"

Qing Luan replied tactfully: "Master Xie will not look down on Your Highness."

"Understood, you step back."

Zhu Tangxi took out the novel from under the pillow, but was not in the mood to read it.

After walking around the room for a while, Zhu Tangxi called Qingluan over again: "Two things. One is to send someone to the palace. I want to see the Queen Mother and see when she is free. The second is to send someone to invite Vice President Lu of the Royal Society to come and sit with me."

"Yes." Qingluan left with a smile.

She knew what the princess was busy with. She just wanted to finish what Xie Liulang had asked her to do as soon as possible.

Zhu Tangxi rummaged through the boxes and drawers, found many account books, and carefully calculated how much money he could come up with.

Since that little guy wanted to set up a factory, she would help him do it no matter what.

(End of this chapter)