Notes of Lanxi Crossing

Chapter 38 Memories: Concubine De

Obsession depends on the degree. If it is shallow, it is called tenacity and persistence. If it is deeper, it is called stubbornness. If it is deeper, it is called paranoia.

Zhan Kun may not be called crazy. Even if he failed to grab the throne at the beginning, after regretting and losing a lot, he can still pack up his mood and continue to live.

But being so provoked by his younger brother and courtiers, he was really stubborn. He wanted to prove to them that he was no worse than Zhan Heng. Even if there was one person who could succeed, it must be him!

Fortunately, Zhan Heng is not a fool, he will not understand his elder brother's faint fear of him, he showed his loyalty at that time, and he will follow his elder brother's lead in the future.

Zhan Kun cast aside his doubts about his younger brother in his heart, but he did feel relieved. The two who had opened up accepted each other again, and their relationship became stronger than before.

However, when most people tell stories, there will always be a turning point. Since the turning point in the relationship between the two brothers is not ideal, it is likely to be a woman.

After all, if you love Jiangshan, you love beauties even more!
The fact is indeed the case, this turning point came from Zhan Kun's fiancée, Nan Jin.

Art comes from life, and it was not uncommon in ancient times that the kindness of parents was replaced by the marriage of children.

What happened between Concubine De and Mrs. Nanfu is no longer important. What is important is that since then, the two have verbally arranged marriages for Concubine De's son, Zhan Kun, and Mrs. Nan's eldest granddaughter, Nan Jin. .

These two people are the present King Su and Imperial Concubine. At that time, Zhan Kun was sixteen and Nan Jin was only twelve.

Knowing that his marriage has been fixed and that he is still Nan Xiang's daughter, Zhan Kun naturally has nothing to do, so he took a chance to visit his fiancée after a while.

A teenage boy, still a prince, was born to be superior to others.

So when he secretly looked at his lively, laughing, and even slightly pampered little fiancée, he approved her all over without hesitation in his heart.

Too short and thin, unfeminine, too noisy, not gentle enough, willful and pampered, not as virtuous as a mother and concubine.

In addition, he just handed over a letter casually, so she ran out briskly, not reserved enough.

In general, apart from Nan Jin's pretty face, he doesn't like the rest at all.

Zhan Kun usually likes to recite poems, be arty, and appreciate those soft, gentle, and understanding beauties. Although he doesn't go to any place for fireworks, it's just that he doesn't like it. In his room, there are such warm-house girls There are already two or three.

Zhan Kun, who was a little disappointed, left without looking back, but Nan Jin, who came to the appointment, couldn't wait for the so-called fiancé to come.

She didn't know that the man had already come, but if there were no accidents, he would not appear again today.

Annoyed, she sat in the gazebo by the lake, clutching a piece of dogtail grass that she dragged from the roadside in her hand, looking at the landscape in the lake with boredom, but she didn't know that there was also a young boy silently paying attention to it in the distance. over here.

This boy is Zhan Heng.

As Concubine De's adopted son and Zhan Kun's sibling, he certainly would not know that his elder brother was engaged to be married by Concubine De today.

Perhaps it was because of the shyness of young people, although Zhan Kun did not deliberately conceal the matter of dating his fiancée secretly, but he did not inform his good brother to go with him. Later, Zhan Heng, who learned of his brother's whereabouts from a young eunuch, was of course very interested and rushed to the two for a date place.

In fact, if Zhan Kun had taken him with him, commented on Nan Jin and then left together, there would have been no encounter between Zhan Heng and Nan Jin, and what happened later would not have happened. The most serious consequences It is only a few years later that there will be an extra soul in Nan Xiang's mansion who died young.

How else could it be said that it was Nie Yuan, but Zhan Kun left, and Zhan Heng came, everything was a coincidence.

When Zhan Heng arrived, it was already an hour later.

In fact, he didn't know the exact date of the two people's date, but he just guessed that his brother had set off soon, and he should be able to catch up with the excitement, so he chased him out.

He hid in a small pavilion by the lake, which was a perfect location.

Under the cover of the branches and leaves of the trees, he can clearly see the movement of the people below, but the people below cannot find him, so it is a good place to eat melons.

Unfortunately, he was doomed to be disappointed. Underneath, there was only a pair of disappointed and irritable master and servant who couldn't believe it.

Nan Jin bit her lower lip, and couldn't help the soreness at the tip of her nose. She didn't want to embarrass herself in front of the maid, so she arbitrarily drove her out of the pavilion, but she still refused to go home in such a mess.

The maid knew that her young lady had never been wronged like this, so she stood silently outside the pavilion for her, looking at the direction she came from with a glimmer of hope.

Two hours after the agreed time, it started to rain patter by the lake, and Zhan Heng finally realized belatedly that the melon tasted a bit wrong?
Out of his understanding of his elder brother, Zhan Heng knew that this young and pampered Miss Nan might not suit his elder brother's wishes.

At this time, the proud young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion finally couldn't deceive herself anymore—it was true, she was really tricked!

Or by her nominal fiance!
What a joke!
Nan Jin stood up abruptly, gritted her teeth and told her maid to return home.

Didn't he despise her? She also despises such a dishonest villain!

She's going to sue her grandmother, and she's going to break off the engagement!
There is a saying that there are unpredictable things in the sky. This sentence can be used metaphorically or realistically, such as now.

Nan Jin, who had just stepped out of one foot, was suddenly forced back by the sudden downpour, as if God refused to let her go.

When I came out this time, I went to the appointment secretly. I didn't bring any carriages or horses, and I didn't tell my family. If it was a drizzle, she could bear to go back. her life.

She was trapped, and Zhan Heng's situation would not be any better than hers.

Sometimes, when a person has bad luck, knowing that there is someone more unlucky than you can make you feel less depressed.

Although Zhan Heng was trapped by the heavy rain at this time, not only were the two masters and servants trapped underneath, but they also missed appointments for several hours. In contrast, he didn't regret going out to seek abuse today so much.

But he didn't know that when people are unlucky, drinking water will be stuffed between their teeth, just like the sky that seems to have been poked into a hole, the heavy rain and violent wind like a waterfall.

The strong wind caused the pouring rain to blow obliquely into the gazebo. Even with this narrow eaves, there was almost nowhere for these people to hide under the icy rain.

Nan Jin leaned against the pillars in the pavilion, and hugged the maid tightly, but firmly prevented her from taking off her clothes to block herself.

"Even if you block it, what's the use of it? Couldn't the wind still blow your few pieces of cloth?"

(End of this chapter)