Roselle Peony

The ice and snow melt, and the grass grows and the warblers fly.

The dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital were busy packing up their belongings, preparing to move with the Holy One, and the entire Chang'an city was in dire straits.The emperor continued to summon to discuss the matter of moving the capital, and other matters were delayed a lot. Liang Wang also accumulated a lot of official documents, so he went to the Moxiang Pavilion when he had free time that day, and reviewed the backlog of official documents.Lu Shangqiu took the seat of King Liang and rolled up his sleeves to copy the official documents.The Ministry of Rites has been very busy recently, Mr. Xu pushed many matters on his head, euphemistically saying that "the Ministry of Rites does not support idlers", which made him very tired, and after a while, he covered his sleeves and yawned several times.

"Didn't sleep well last night?" The King of Liang caught a glimpse of the little lover's sleepy eyes, yawning like a chicken pecking rice, put down the official document in his hand, motioned for him to come over, and circled his hands behind his back. , holding him in his arms.Recently, the little lover doesn't know what he's been up to, so they haven't been intimate for a long time. "Did Xu Su leave his work to you again?"

"My lord, don't blame Mr. Xu. All departments are busy with affairs, and it is the responsibility of the lower officials to share the worries of the lord." Lu Shangqiu was afraid that Liang Wang would anger his subordinates because of such a trivial matter, so he quickly explained.

"Lu Lang is not good. Didn't you agree that when there are no outsiders, you and I will only be called each other?" Liang Wang twisted his nose, "If it can't be done, tomorrow I will take Xu Su's position as doctor." Withdrew."

Lu Shangqiu is used to using honorifics on weekdays, although Liang Wang forced him to change, but just now in a hurry, he put them all behind him.At this moment, King Liang threatened him with irrelevant people, so he could only repeat with a shy face: "It is my responsibility to share your worries."

The strange thing is that after changing the title, these words are no longer the official tone of the workplace, but more like the sweet words between lovers. Liang Wang was very useful and couldn't help laughing: "I love what Lu Lang said." He told him "However, in this officialdom, you must learn to properly refuse some extra-duty affairs. If your body is exhausted, how can you share my worries?"

The prince's words are reasonable, Lu Shangqiu nodded and said: "Wu Lang taught me the lesson."

According to the custom at that time, close people called each other by adding "Lang" after their surnames.Originally, King Liang planned to let Lu Shangqiu call him by his own name, but King Liang is a prince, and only the current emperor can call him by his name. Lu Shangqiu refused to do so, so he compromised and let him call himself Wu Lang like his family members.

The two hadn't had a skin-to-skin contact for quite a few days, and at this moment Liang Wang's beauty was in his arms, seeing the young lover's obedience, the desire rushed up.He freed one hand, took a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake from the plate in front of him, and handed it to Lu Lang's mouth.Lu Shangqiu obediently opened his mouth to hold it.

There was some starch on the corner of the beauty's mouth, and Liang Wang stretched out his thumb to help him dip it off. Those red lips were in good shape, plump and elastic, and Liang Wang lingered on rubbing them with his fingertips, unwilling to leave.

Lu Shangqiu was also emotional at this time, his red lips parted slightly, Wang Liang took advantage of the gap, put his index finger into the gap between his teeth, and gently teased the tongue in his mouth up and down.The beauty pursed her lips, sucking the sweetness of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake left on Liang Wang's fingertips, such a provocative action only made Liang Wang's lower abdomen desire high.

The two of them were talking about you and me, when their desires were unbearable, suddenly they only heard the announcement from the servants outside the door: "Shangguan Wan'er is here."

Lu Shangqiu hurriedly pushed Liang Wang away.

"This girl really knows how to pick her time." Liang Wang cursed secretly.

The red-clothed female official came lightly, seeing Liang Wang's sullen expression, Lu Yuan's clothes were disheveled, and his face was red, she knew that she must have disturbed the good things of the two of them.

She blessed King Liang, and said: "Your Majesty, please enter the palace to discuss the detailed rules for moving the capital." The Holy Majesty sent his personal secretary to invite him personally, and King Liang dared not disobey him no matter how courageous he was, so he had to suppress his desire temporarily and let his servants serve him. Go back to the back hall to change clothes.

Lu Shangqiu saluted Shangguan Wan'er.

Wan'er Shi Shiran walked up to him: "If the Nu's guess is correct, Member Lu is the 'Peony Prince' who is full of the capital, right?"

"How do you know?" Lu Shangqiu was stunned. He came to Zhongcheng to force him to do those obscene things, so even his daughter's family knew about it.

Wan'er did not answer his question, but fixedly looked at his face, with a look of sadness in her eyes, and said: "No wonder the prince likes you."

Now seeing that Wan'er has changed from her usual cleverness, answering irrelevant questions, and speaking in a sour tone, no matter how dull he is, he has already noticed it. Could it be that Miss Wan'er also fell in love with King Liang?Then I thought about it, King Liang was deeply trusted by the emperor, he was in power, he was a suave man, and it was normal for women to fall in love with each other. Miss Wan'er and King Liang have known each other for a long time, so it is inevitable that they will not be attracted to each other.

Wan'er showed a reconciled expression on her face, and continued to speak slowly: "My lord is the most trusted nephew of the Holy Majesty, and he will be established as the crown prince in the future; today the lord dotes on you, and tomorrow he will become the prince. For the sake of Dazhou Sheji, I will never allow you to be together."

Lu Shangqiu hadn't thought about this possibility before, and he had made a fuss in front of King Liang because of it.But today these words were spoken so bluntly from the mouth of the female officer beside the Holy Majesty, it was like a hammer hitting his heart again.Look at the flowery and jade-like Wan'er girl in front of him, she is a celebrity in front of the emperor, she is beautiful, and she is not yet married. With her assistance, King Liang will go one step further in the battle for the crown prince; A man with a dry body who came here to dig the corner of the girl's house would not only be unable to serve the King of Liang like a woman, nor would he be able to get a title like a female family member and stay by his side forever. A drag on the crown prince.Even if the king of Liang loves him today and treats him well, if he gets tired tomorrow, will he kick himself away, even if he is a minister?

As Lu Shangqiu thought about it, the joy and sweetness just now were washed away.

"My lord, please allow me to return to the mansion as an official." When King Liang came out after changing his official uniform, he immediately resigned.

"Why did you go back at noon?" Liang Wangzheng was puzzled, but found that Lu Shangqiu looked like he was about to cry.I don't know what happened, but the little lover turned into this awkward look again, Liang Wang pulled his shoulder and said anxiously: "Lu Lang don't want to leave, come when I go."

"My lord, please allow me to return to the mansion." Lu Shangqiu repeated.

Liang Wang stared at Wan'er, who was watching the show, thinking that this girl must be talking too much.At this time, he didn't have time to figure out what happened. Seeing that Lu Shangqiu insisted on leaving, Liang Wang waved his hand and asked several servants to guard the gate of the palace to prevent him from going out. He thought that he would interrogate Lu Shangqiu in the carriage later. Gossiping girl.

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Wan'er and the prince drove away in a carriage.With a restless heart, Lu Shangqiu stayed in the palace alone, took a few pieces of rice paper, and tried to write a letter of resignation.He had already given up his mind, but he had a thousand thoughts, and he didn't know where to start, so he went out of the room to relax, hoping to use the cold wind to clear up his chaotic thoughts.

Concubines and young masters have been taken to live in the new residence of Luoyang City, and the rest of the people are coming and going outside the door, busy packing.At this time, the spring is cold, and there is still a hint of coolness in the wind.I saw the winter jasmine flowers blooming all over the wall, a piece of gold, a bunch of green buds on the willows in front of the sugar, and the peony branches in the front yard have also budded one after another.Swallows and magpies fly around, full of spring.

"Famous flowers are in bud in spring, and I only sigh that people go to the empty pavilions." The peonies in the palace were all transported from Luoyang, the capital of flowers, and now they have taken root in Chang'an, but it is impossible to return to Luoyang; Lu Shangqiu was in a depressed mood at this time, The scenery in my eyes is also sad, I just lament for the peonies that are about to open in the garden but no one appreciates them.

He strolled to Zangshu Pavilion, not wanting that the huge Zangshu Pavilion had been almost emptied, the servants of the palace were really nimble.Looking at the antique pavilion and the tribute pavilion, there are not many things left.Fortunately, because the backlog of ink treasures is prone to moisture, each must be sealed separately. The calligraphy and painting pavilion did not collect all the ink, and left him with a few.

The small calligraphy and paintings have all been removed from the wall, leaving only a few large calligraphy and paintings and a few stone tablets.Among them, Chu Suiliang's "Preface to the Holy Religion of the Yanta Pagoda" occupies almost the entire east wall, probably because it takes up too much space to pack.This preface is written by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin. Master Chu’s handwriting is both firm and soft, square and round, with ups and downs between the beginning and the end. , Set off Taizong's imperial demeanor.He silently said in his heart: I am afraid I will never see this famous post again.

On the north wall is the small room with black silk curtains, which is still so dark.There is a groove against the wall not far from the door, and a hardcover booklet is stored in it.He took the letter and opened it with his hands. It turned out that the king of Liang had collected it from nowhere. It was written by Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty.This post is a small pocket post, with 28 characters in the whole post, and it is bound together with posterity's annotations and Zhu engravings.Among them, it may run or regular script, or flow and stop, or stop and flow, the brushwork is round, vigorous and elegant, leisurely and leisurely.

"Such a good post, if I ask the king of Liang to keep it as a souvenir before I leave, I wonder if he would like to give it to me?" He said to himself.

Just as he was about to put the copybook back, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a few protruding round bags in the groove, which might be the mechanism to open the compartment.Curiosity killed the cat, he stretched out his hand to press it without thinking, and it really touched the mechanism, only to hear a "creak" sound in the wall, he turned his head to check the small pavilion, and a plum blossom dart "swish" was wiped out. It passed between his forehead and sank into the opposite wall pillar, leaving a bloodstain on his forehead.

Lu Shangqiu stared blankly at the organ in a daze.Having said that, there is such an institution in the Prince Liang's Mansion, is there really any ulterior and peerless treasure hidden in it?

"What are you looking at?" A voice sounded from behind, almost scaring his soul out.Liang Wang did not know when he was standing behind him, holding the plum blossom dart in his hand.

"Your official acted unintentionally, trespassing into a forbidden place by mistake, touching a mechanism by mistake, please forgive me, my lord." Lu Shangqiu knelt on the cold ground, feeling chills in his heart.If it is a dragon, it has reverse scales, and if it is a tiger, it has white beards. If he touched the forbidden organs without permission, he definitely touched the tiger beards of King Liang.

"Get up." King Liang said.

"Thank you, my lord." Lu Shangqiu got up and lowered his head, not daring to face the lord.

Apparently the little lover's awkwardness has not passed yet, thanks to him rushing back because of him.Shangguan Wan'er refused to tell the content of the conversation between the two, but could he, a prince who has experienced the world, still not be able to guess it?Wan'er has a crush on herself, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that she is just saying something to sow discord.It's no wonder that he and Lu Lang are both men.Lu Lang has always been discouraged by the secular world and his status as a prince, and he has been hesitant to love himself. Moreover, the two have never had any sexual intercourse that unites their body and mind, which also makes their intimate relationship stagnant.

He walked up to his lover, gently lifted his face, and wiped the blood from his forehead scratched by the iron dart with brocade silk. "Sorry for hurting you."

"It was me who was careless and tampered with the mechanism." The majestic prince, the Ninth Five-Year Lord, actually took the initiative to apologize to him, which made him at a loss.

Liang Wang looked at his beloved in front of him for a long time, and sighed: "I know, for so many days, you have never understood why I fell in love with you who only met once, and you were worried about me. No matter what I did, you always You can't open up to me."

Lu Shangqiu met the prince's eyes, and the tender eyes fell on his eyes, wanting to look straight into his heart, to see all his awkward and cautious thoughts.

"How can I make you open your heart to me?" King Liang murmured, is he really old and can't fall in love?Why can't he see through this little lover's mind.

King Liang's eyes were gloomy, and the sadness between his brows made Lu Shangqiu very guilty. He was not good at expressing emotions, so he closed his eyes and pecked lightly on King Liang's lips.

The kiss was as light as a butterfly's wings, but it seemed to splash circles and ripples in the air. King Liang couldn't help but tightly hugged the person in his arms.After a long time, he made up his mind and whispered to the person in his arms, "Want to enter the secret room?"

Lu Shangqiu nodded shyly in Liang Wang's arms.