The Way of the Consort

"Your Highness, shall we come tomorrow?"

In the carriage, Bao Qing asked Zong Zhen.

In the darkness, Zong Zhen said calmly: "Come on..."

"That's right. It's a pity that you have prepared so well that the son-in-law didn't see it. It's just--if tomorrow, Mr. Ji Dalang is still in the son-in-law's house, or the son-in-law is going to rest in his yard again?"

It's not "if", but "definitely". Ji Zhao rejected him so much today, knowing that he would climb over the wall, and would definitely guard against him tomorrow.

Zong Zhen thought for a moment, then waved to Baoqing: "Come here with your ear..."

"Yes!" Bao Qing listened to him, and his eyes lit up when he heard it, "You know it!"

When Ji Chongjin came back after sending the prince off, he saw Ji Zhao sitting on the couch in a daze, and when he heard his footsteps coming in, he turned to look at him.

Ji Chongjin couldn't bear it and said: "His Royal Highness is gone."

"Oh..." After Ji Zhao finished speaking, he lowered his head.

Ji Chongjin was afraid that he would cry again, and originally wanted to ask him something to confirm whether his guess was right or not. It can be seen that with Ji Zhao's appearance, he is not willing to ask.But it was precisely because of this appearance that he was inexplicably certain in his heart.

Ji Chongjin sat down beside him and asked him, "Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, do you want to go to the Lantern Festival?"

Ji Zhao was greatly stimulated. He couldn't remember the matter of matching Ji Chongjin and Wang Xi, so he shook his head subconsciously: "I'm not going..."

"Okay, I'll stay with you at home tomorrow. It's fine if you don't go, your hand is still injured."

After Ji Chongjin finished speaking, he stood up, and Ji Zhao frightened: "You want to leave?!"

"No, I'll get you a glass of water."

Ji Zhao heaved a sigh of relief, he never dared to be alone again, he never dared to see Zongzhen alone again!

A few more times like this tonight, he must be crazy.

The person he misses and loves is right in front of him, yet he has to turn a blind eye to them, drive them away, and tell himself that all of this should not be done, it's too torture.

Ji Chongjin poured him a glass of water and handed it to him: "Don't worry, I will be with you for a few days."

Ji Chongjin also guessed that Ji Zhao wanted to stay with him for life and death, in fact, to avoid that person, or even to hide in Ji's mansion, which was rarely seen.Thinking of this, sympathy welled up in Ji Chongjin's eyes.

If his guess is correct, Ji Zhao is indeed too pitiful.

A son-in-law, a prince, alas——

How could there be such a crime, he sighed in his heart for a long time.

That night, Ji Chongjin was still staying with Ji Zhao in Jiashutang. A few days ago, Ji Zhao was always chattering and talking endlessly. Today, Ji Zhao has been silent.Ji Chongjin could hear his slight voice on the bed, knowing that he hadn't slept, but she was too embarrassed to poke him.

When he woke up early the next morning, Ji Zhao, who always got up late, had already woken up. Ji Chongjin didn't know if he was really awake or if he hadn't slept all night. Anyway, his expression was not very good.

Ji Zhao had a strong self-esteem, and Ji Chongjin never asked, let alone such a thing.

Originally, this day was an ordinary past, and then Ji Chongyuan made a fuss to go to see the lanterns. Since he had a lot of criminal records, Mrs. Lin did not allow him to go out alone, so Ji Chongyuan had no choice but to come to Ji Chongjin.In the end, Ji Zhao still agreed to go to see the lantern together, along with the other brothers in the family, the eldest lady, and the second lady.

Ji Zhao had a mediocre relationship with other people, and stayed with Ji Chongjin all the time. In addition, Ji Zhao was still injured. After going out, Ji Chongjin protected him. The friends from all over the world met and ran away, even the eldest lady and the second lady also had good friends who wanted to get together.

Ji Chongjin led Ji Zhao to stand at the entrance of an alley with few people. Ji Zhao stared blankly at the stall where Zong Zhen gave him rabbits last year, and the stall was still there.Seeing his eyes, Ji Chongjin thought that he was nostalgic for the excitement, and said, "You stand here, and I'll buy you a lamp to play with."

"Okay..." Ji Zhao nodded. He actually didn't want any lights, but Ji Chongjin cared about him, and he could feel it.

Ji Chongjin told Yin Ming and Chen Xing to take good care of him, and he led people out.

Not long after the person left, Ji Chongjin's servant suddenly rushed back, with an anxious expression on his face: "Mr. Sanlang! It's not good! It's not good!"

Ji Zhao raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong? What happened?"

The boy looked like he was about to cry: "Someone from the academy just came to find us, saying that the academy is flooded! One of the study rooms is on fire!"

"Ah—" Ji Zhao opened his mouth slightly, and said anxiously, "This is a big deal! What does elder brother say?"

"Mr. Da Lang has already gone! The younger one is here to tell you about this! Mr. Da Lang said, I can only ask you to go back first, Deng, and he will bring you back later."

"What time is it! Don't worry about the lamp anymore! You should go too!" He looked at Yin Ming again, "You also go along, I am not at ease."

"Okay!" Yin Ming explained before leaving, "You can go back now."

"I know……"

Yin Ming told the coachman a few words, and followed Ji Chongjin's servant to Bailu Academy.

Ji Zhao watched them leave, and was about to lift his feet to go to the carriage, when he suddenly felt the wind in his ears, "Who—" Before Chen Xing yelled out in surprise, Ji Zhao's hand was already held, and Ji Zhao's Fingers shrunk, he immediately turned around and saw that Zong Zhen was standing behind him, holding his hand even tighter.

Ji Zhao was shocked, they were clearly standing in the alley, and there was no one in the alley!Why is he here!

Zong Zhen didn't say much, he took his hand and walked deep into the alley: "Come with me..."

Ji Zhao was dragged by him and walked a few steps. After realizing it, he shook his hand: "Let me go, let me go!"

Chen Xing also came back to his senses, and went forward to talk, Cheng Shen and Bao Qing smiled "hehe" and stopped him, Chen Xing was angry: "What are you doing?"

"Brother Chen Xing, don't be angry, don't be angry—"

"Get out of the way, you two! Even His Royal Highness, you can't just block people on the street! Let me tell you, I'm not afraid of you!"

The three of them chased and hid with the eagle and the chick, but Chen Xing couldn't get around them.

Behind them, Ji Zhao was held by Zong Zhen and shook his hand vigorously, Zong Zhen was afraid of hurting him, so he had to push him to the wall, and he was trapped between his arms and the wall, Ji Zhao said angrily, "Let me go! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" While talking, Ji Zhao began to struggle again.

Zong Zhen looked down at him, fearing that he might hurt his arm, so he simply bent down and hugged Ji Zhao horizontally in his arms, hugged him and left!

"Hey!" Chen Xing rushed over, and was dragged back by Bao Qing and Cheng Shen hugging his legs and waist.

Ji Zhao struggled to kick his legs in Zongzhen's arms. Zongzhen's hands locked him tightly, and he didn't move at all. He held him firmly and strode to the other side of the alley, where a carriage was parked. Chen Keye helped him Lifting the curtain of the carriage, Ji Zhao yelled at Chen Keye angrily: "Accomplices! None of you are good! You are all accomplices!"

"..." Chen Keye rubbed his nose and watched His Highness carrying the son-in-law into the car, His Highness said: "Go..."

"Okay!" Chen Keye jumped into the carriage, waved his whip, and drove the carriage away quickly.

"Wait for me!" Chen Xing chased after him, but he could only watch helplessly as the carriage ran away. Bao Qing and Cheng Shen also ran over. Chen Xing was so angry that he turned around and wanted to kick them both. , the group started begging for mercy: "Brother Chen Xing, don't be angry, there is still a car here!"

"Then why are you still standing there, let's go!"

Even in the carriage, Zongzhen still hugged Ji Zhao tightly in his arms. Ji Zhao raised his head to meet Zongzhen's chin. He continued to shout: "They are the accomplices, you are the mastermind! The mastermind! You are the worst one !"

Zong Zhen looked down at him, "Mastermind! It's the worst!" Ji Zhao roared.

Zong Zhen looked at him for a while, and even smiled with the corners of his mouth up.

"You're still laughing, you're still laughing!" Ji Zhao kicked his legs again.

"Okay..." Zong Zhen's voice was very gentle, and he stretched out his arms to hug his legs, "The carriage is running, don't get hurt."

What else can Ji Zhao do!He can't jump out of the car, can he? !He regretted his life!He was so angry that he kicked Zongzhen a few more times, and suddenly thought of Ji Chongjin, a flash of light flashed in his mind, and immediately asked: "Did you burn the White Deer Academy?! It must be you!"

"Cough—" Zong Zhen nodded and admitted, "It's me..."

"Ahh—" Ji Zhao never thought that Zong Zhen would be so bad!

"However, I picked the least important study room to set fire to. There is almost nothing important. It is far away from other rooms, so there is no serious problem." Zong Zhen quickly explained, "Tomorrow I will allocate funds to the academy for repairs. Private treasury go."

"You still think it's amazing?!" Ji Zhao was angry, "Shangyuan Festival, you make such a fuss, how do people celebrate the festival and look at the lights! Have you ever thought about it!"

Zong Zhen paused, and whispered: "I only know that the person I want to see has been hiding from me for ten days."

"..." Ji Zhao stared at him for a long while, then his anger disappeared immediately.

Ji Zhao softened his body in discouragement, remained motionless, and lost energy.

Zong Zhen asked him carefully: "Very angry?"

Ji Zhao rolled his eyes upwards, refusing to talk to him, the carriage was running in the small alleys, outside the alleys was a lively festival, shuttling through the hustle and bustle, it seemed as if a new world had been separated, the sound of horseshoes became more pronounced, and the wind blew into the carriage In the middle, Zong Zhen asked him: "Is it cold?"

Ji Zhao still didn't want to talk to Zong Zhen.

Zongzhen took off Ji Zhao's shoes on his own, and touched his feet through the socks, "What are you doing!" Ji Zhao was so shocked that he had to talk to him again.

Zongzhen lifted off the fur cloak, wrapped his feet in his arms, looked at him, and said, "Since you come out at night, why don't you wear more, your feet are cold."

Ji Zhao stared at him, his face turned red quietly, he didn't expect to stay for a long time when he came out, the socks were indeed thin, and it was indeed a bit cold, and now he was trapped in Zongzhen's arms, all the soles of his feet touched were Zongzhen In other words, his whole body is surrounded by Zongzhen's temperature and smell.

Ji Zhao's eyes almost turned red again.

He wanted to say that he really couldn't afford Zong Zhen anymore.

He doesn't want to be his brother!

But at this time, he didn't dare to speak, he was afraid that if he opened his mouth, he would cry in embarrassment again!

He had no choice but to close his eyes again, with the corners of his mouth curled down, but Zong Zhen stretched out his hand again, stroking the hair on his sideburns, and said softly: "Close your eyes and rest for a while, we won't be there for more than an hour .”

Ji Zhao's body and mind trembled slightly with his fingers, he clenched his teeth, closed his eyes and dared not move, Zong Zhen hugged him up again, and said in a lower voice, "Sleep...wake up almost there……"

Ji Zhao was a little curious, not knowing where Zong Zhen was going to take him.

Although he didn't sleep last night, he wasn't sleepy at all. He didn't expect that after Zong Zhen finished speaking, he actually fell asleep. He slept so deeply that he didn't even have a dream.

Until his forehead was caressed by a familiar palm, Zong Zhen's voice whispered in his ear: "We are here, wake up, Zhao Zhao..."

Ji Zhao woke up in a daze, he heard right, someone called him "Zhao Zhao".

He opened his eyes, it was Zong Zhen.

Ji Zhao was confused again, and went back to the night when Zong Zhen kissed him, and Zong Zhen also called him "Zhao Zhao" that night.

Seeing him open his eyes, Zong Zhen smiled slightly: "Are you awake?"

"Hmm..." Ji Zhao hadn't fully woken up yet.

Zong Zhen reached out to touch his face, looked down at him, and said, "We're here..."

Ji Zhao rolled his eyes, "Come on, get up." Zong Zhen hugged his waist and lifted him up. Ji Zhao was supported by Zong Zhen to sit up, still confused, rubbing his eyes with one hand , yawned, Zong Zhen saw it, his eyes were full of smiles, he poured a glass of water to Ji Zhao, and the glass was passed to Ji Zhao's mouth.

Ji Zhao lowered his eyes, held his hand, stuck out his tongue like a kitten, and drank all the water slowly, Zong Zhen watched him drink water patiently.

Ji Zhao rubbed his eyes again, and asked, "Where have we been?"

"You'll know when you get down." Zong Zhen said, and brought another big fur cloak, wrapped Ji Zhao tightly, and changed a pair of boots for him. When Ji Zhao stepped in, the boots were filled with soft and warm fur!He asked: "Why are there my shoes here?" He looked up at Zong Zhen, "Soft and warm."

Ji Zhao didn't know that he was really soft and warm when he just woke up, Zong Zhen couldn't help but reached out and rubbed his head again.

Ji Zhao was not happy: "You messed up my hair!"

Hearing such a tone, Zong Zhen knew that he was completely awake.

He got up and pulled Ji Zhao's men out of the car: "Let's go..."

Ji Zhao still wanted to shake off his hand, but Chen Keye outside the carriage heard the movement and opened the curtain for them, "Look..." Zong Zhen opened his mouth, and Ji Zhao looked out curiously, then his mouth opened wide. big.

Zong Zhen stepped out of the carriage, jumped off the carriage, turned around and pulled his hand that was still in a daze: "Come down and have a look..."

Ji Zhao didn't even bother to get off the carriage, he was dumbfounded, Zong Zhen stretched out his hand and hugged him down, Ji Zhao stood where he was, still opening his mouth wide.

As soon as he saw the scenery outside, he recognized that this was his hot spring village on the mountain!

But at this time, they were halfway up the mountain, and his Zhuangzi was just a short walk up. At this time, on this mountain road, all the trees were hung with lights!All are bunny lamps!Various postures, various sizes, hanging high and low, illuminating the entire mountain road!It can even be said that it illuminates the world in front of me!

Ji Zhao couldn't recover, Zong Zhen pulled his hand again: "Go up and have a look?"

"Oh!" Ji Zhao was foolishly dragged up by Zong Zhen, and after walking a few steps, he realized something else was wrong. There were even rabbit lamps hidden in the snow and rocks beside the road!It was the kind of rabbit lamp he had bought before that was equipped with wooden wheels and could roll on the ground!

Ji Zhao opened his mouth all the way, being led away by Zong Zhen, he didn't even look at his next step, he knew that he wouldn't fall because someone was pulling him.

He looked up at the lights on the tree, looked down for the lights around him, and gradually realized that there were not only rabbit lights, but also all kinds of flower lights, all of which were cute and festive. Ji Zhao couldn't find any words to describe them. .Going further up, there are even big lampstands in the woods. This means that the entire street market has been moved to the mountain!

No, Ji Zhao has seen the street market at this time, it is even more beautiful than the street market on Suzaku Street, and even more beautiful than the lights on the Qinhuai River!

People say that the Tianjie where the gods live is probably nothing more than that, right?

Before he knew it, Zong Zhen took him to the gate of the villa. Except for the two stone lions, there were little snowmen lined up on both sides of the gate, wearing all kinds of clothes.

Ji Zhao finally closed his mouth and opened it again. He took a few steps forward and looked down at the little snowmen.

After watching for a while, there was another sound behind him, and he looked back quickly, just in time to see the fireworks flying into the sky. The fireworks were blooming in the sky, they were rabbits and flowers.

"Wow—" Ji Zhao raised his head and exclaimed softly.

Fireworks were hanging in the sky, blooming to their heart's content, and then slowly fell into the woods. Ji Zhao followed the trail and looked, and saw some bright lights on the snow, one after another, blooming one after another. Ji Zhao raised his head and watched quietly. fireworks.

Ji Zhao didn't know when they would stop. He watched for a long time, but the fireworks didn't stop.

Ji Zhao finally lowered his head and looked back at Zong Zhen who was standing beside him.

Zong Zhen also looked at him. Under the bright light, Ji Zhao could actually see a little anxiety in his eyes. Zong Zhen asked him, "Do you like it..."

Ji Zhao held Zongzhen's hand backhand, and Zongzhen looked down in surprise.

Ji Zhao also looked down at the hands they shook.

He didn't know if Zong Zhen liked him or not, he didn't know if Zong Zhen remembered what happened that night, and he didn't know what their future would be like.

At this moment, he only knew one thing, that he liked Zong Zhen.

He likes this person who treats him best in the whole world, this person will send all the things he likes to him in the most perfect posture.

He likes Zongzhen, is it wrong to like him?

He must like Zong Zhen!

Even if Zongzhen is going to marry the princess soon, even if he is a son-in-law, even if he can only secretly like him alone, even if he will be tortured for it, he still has to like Zongzhen!

Like it, it's his own business.