The Ring of the Red Chamber and the Nine Heavens

It was already the middle of the month when the group returned to Jinling City, and the streets were still bustling with carriages, horses and pedestrians.Jia Huan rolled up a bit of the Xiang curtain, and looked at the bustling scene outside fascinatedly through the car window. Qi Qian couldn't help but slightly apologized and said: "It's a pity that I can't take you down to see the excitement. There is such a big event today." The guards must stop it."

Jia Huan also knew in his heart that although Qi Qian is a prince, he can act freely, but his bodyguards cannot get rid of their responsibilities when something like an assassination happens. After returning, the emperor may ask him to question him, or even kill him with a stick. Therefore, Qi Qian had to be wary of the position of the guards, firstly for the sake of safety, and secondly, he didn't want to cause trouble for the guards by acting at will.

For a while, the leading bodyguard named Pang Qiang came back from exploring the way, and led Qi Qian and his group to a very luxurious inn.

Qi Qian took Jia Huan out of the carriage, and as soon as he entered the inn, the shopkeeper greeted him with a nod and bowed his head. On Qi Qian's left side, he graciously introduced, "My lords, the VIP room has been packed, you two go in. Is it as you like it? Is there anything missing? I will go and prepare for you two right away."

Qi Qian just gave a cold "hmm", and at the same time kept walking towards the direction pointed by the shopkeeper's hand.

Jia Huan saw that the great god next to him was ignoring people coldly, so he smiled to smooth things over, and said to the shopkeeper: "The name of your 'Xiankelai' inn can be heard in the capital, so it must be a good idea." of."

The shopkeeper was originally talking to Qi Qian, seeing that this handsome young man really had the aura of rejecting others thousands of miles away, and he was not easy to answer at all, and seeing that Jia Huan beside him was well-behaved and pleasing in his words, Then he hurriedly turned to Jia Huan's side, and said with a smile: "This young man is extraordinary at first glance. The shop is lucky today. It is really splendid to receive two distinguished guests like you. Both of you If you live comfortably, it will be a great honor for the villain to publicize the shop more. Oh, by the way, the best VIP room in the shop, 'Yueyue Pavilion', is prepared for you two distinguished sons, Liuli The top one is very transparent, and there is also a warm-up pool where you can take a bath or play in the water..."

Qi Qian glanced at the shopkeeper sharply, and was so frightened that the man forgot what he was saying so smoothly that he went to Java.

Qi Qian took Jia Huan's hand, walked faster, and said coldly: "We will see for ourselves."

Under the implication of his menacing eyes and his expression and demeanor that he obviously doesn't like to be disturbed by others, the shopkeeper's full of flattery turned into a sneer: "...it's over there, you two please Let's go." I dare not follow the past to make trouble anymore.

Only then did Qi Qian give Jia Huan's tender palm a slight whir with his thumb, and said angrily, "What's the point of gossiping with someone you don't know!" and led him inside.

This VIP room called "Yueyue Pavilion" is a large semi-circular room, several rooms are connected, and the shape is very unique.There is a small hall on one side where the beams are arched, and a rockery as high as a person is built. There is a simulated spring on the rockery, and hot water gushes out, pouring into a large pool below.

Eight embroidered screens are set up outside the pool to ensure that people inside the house will not be seen by people outside the house when bathing or playing in the water. With the folded windows on the wall, one can see that the market below is still full of people and bustling.

Jia Huan looked out of the window for a while, and said to Qi Qian with a smile, "This place is good. Standing here, you can have a bird's-eye view of Jinling City. Your guards really know how to choose places."

Seeing him smiling with crooked brows and eyes, he was really good-looking, and Qi Qian's heart was filled with joy, but he said lightly: "This facility is rare in the inn, but it's not worth anything. Next time I will take it with you." You go somewhere better."

After a while there were guards' inquiries from the door, and Qi Qian asked them to come in. This time he accompanied Jinling, because he was going to live outside, he also brought two eunuchs, and came in together.Several guards brought in the bedding, pillows and other things from the carriage, as well as a copper stove with gilt and glazed earrings.The two servants smoked a handful of lily incense into the stove, which immediately dispelled the original smell in the room and made it quieter.

Jia Huan pouted and hit someone who was too pampered: "Don't be so particular about going out."

Qi Qian said lightly: "They are used to it, I don't bother to talk about it, let them do it."

Jia Huan nodded and said, "However, I don't know who has slept on the bed here, so I feel more at ease if I change it. Oh, by the way, when will the food be delivered? I'm starving to death."

Just as he was talking, a guard brought in a waiter carrying a huge tray, and placed the dishes on the tray in a small hall outside.

The two servants rushed over, and after cleaning their hands, they took silver needles and tried the dishes one by one. One of them used a small bowl and put a chopstick in each dish.Taste them one by one dutifully, and after waiting for a stick of incense, the inner guard felt that there was nothing abnormal and could be eaten, so he knelt down on the ground and said, "His Royal Highness, you can eat now."

Qi Qian agreed, and Pang Qiang, the head guard standing next to him, said: "The thief is bold, I don't know if he will come to murder His Highness again, and my subordinates dare not leave without permission, so they just guard in the outer room. If you have something to do, just say hello." .”

Qi Qian nodded, and the guards withdrew, but the servants came forward and cleaned Qi Qian and Jia Huan's hands with the scented wet handkerchiefs prepared in the carriage.

Qi Qian said: "Go down, I don't want you to serve me today."

After the servant stepped down, the two of them felt at ease.Jia Huan took a look, wow, there are so many delicious foods, such as sweet-scented osmanthus salted duck, squirrel fish, Wuxi crispy eel, tiger skin chicken feet, stewed lion head, Jinling thirteen delicacies, and various Jinling snacks. Moved, smiled: "Great! I just happened to be hungry."

Qi Qian put a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus duck in a bowl for Jia Huan, and said, "Eat."

If the servant is here, he can't do this action. How can His Highness prepare vegetables for others?So Qi Qian sent them away, so that they could have a quiet meal.

Turning around, he saw a jug with black silver and plum blossoms on the table and two wine glasses, so Qi Qian asked Jia Huan, "Do you want to drink?"

Of course not!It was only in the afternoon that there was such a fuss, and then there was no restraint. Is this the rhythm of drunken sex?Jia Huan ignored him and concentrated on dealing with a tiger-skinned chicken claw, expressing his rejection with body language: Young master is eating well, what wine are you drinking?

Qi Qian put down the jug, and started eating with a bowl himself.

Jia Huan threw aside the half-eaten sweet-scented osmanthus salted duck and said, "This salted duck is not good, it's not as good as roast duck."

Qi Qian stopped his chopsticks and looked at Jia Huan with a playful smile in his eyes: "You almost became a roast duck today, and you still want to eat roast duck?"

Jia Huan blinked his shiny eyes, nodded and said, "Yes, we almost turned into two shiny roast ducks today. Well, for this reason, I won't eat roast duck in the future."

Qi Qian answered casually: "Well, we can eat salted duck instead."

As soon as the words came out, Jia Huan's face turned red all of a sudden.

Nima is soaking in the water tank today, at most it can be regarded as boiled duck, how could it become a salted duck? Could it be that the salty body fluids produced by helping each other turned the water in the tank into salt water? ?Oh, Qi Qian, is this pun you said a dirty joke?

How did Qi Qian know that this little guy had such complicated thoughts, and he asked strangely: "It seems that you are really hungry, and your face turns red after eating."

Ahem, this idiot doesn't even know, forget it, don't tell him.After Jia Huan finished eating three times, he pushed the bowl away and said, "I'm full, I don't want to eat."

Qi Qian yelled outside, and a guard came in, and Qi Qian told him, "Call the servant to come in and wait for us to take a bath."

Jia Huan hurriedly said: "If you want to wash, you can wash it yourself, I won't wash it."

In fact, Jia Huan wanted to take a bath. After all, he had been smoked by black smoke for an hour. Although he wiped his face with a wet handkerchief, he had enough food and drink, and it would be most comfortable to take a bath and sleep.It's just that there was such an exchange of bodily fluids in the afternoon, and there was only one pool for bathing. Jia Huan didn't want to "be honest with him", what if he got tired of it again?Jia Huan doesn't want things to develop like a wild horse running wild. Even if he and Qi Qian really fall in love, there is so much resistance between them, and they have to go step by step to be reliable. Jia Huan doesn't want his love to be like it is today. The fire burned everything down.

Qi Qian guessed what Jia Huan was thinking, and whispered in his ear: "You wash first, and I will wash after you."

It's almost there!

Jia Huan had nothing to do, watching the two servants clean the pool.One person used a long-handled thick-bristle brush to clean the inside and outside, and then scalded it with hot water, the other continued to apply it, and another took a fine-bristle brush to scrub carefully again. Wash it again, and scald and rinse it with hot water for a long time.

Jia Huan thought it was over, but in this inn where people come and go, no matter how much the VIP rooms are, he is afraid that they will not be disinfected cleanly, so he dares to take a bath in them only after washing them.

Unexpectedly, the two servants brought in a small bucket again, and now they opened the lid, and the fragrance was overflowing.

Jia Huan took a closer look, but it was a layer of ointment. Two servants each held a white wool brush and brushed the ointment on the surface of the pool layer by layer.

Jia Huan couldn't help asking curiously: "What is this?"

One of the servants stopped, and replied respectfully: "My lord, this is pomelo rose oil film ointment. It is a secret recipe in the palace, and it is made from various spices. It is prepared for the master to go out. Everything is not as good as when it is convenient in the palace."

Jia Huan thought, this is a good way. Once the fragrant oil film is put on, it is like adding a layer of plastic film to the pool, which naturally isolates the dirty things. Moreover, the oil film is made of natural spices. It is harmless to the human body, and it smells so good. Taking a bath in it should be equivalent to taking a fragrant fumigation.Not bad, the concubines in the palace will really enjoy it.

Sure enough, the pool was covered with this layer of oil film balm, and after being poured with hot water, it became more fragrant and refreshing, and even the water in the pool seemed to be clearer.

The servant seemed to have guessed Jia Huan's thoughts, and added: "This oil film ointment is complicated to make and consumes a lot of money. People who can use it in the palace can count on their ten fingers. It is supplied together with the earth dragon. Only the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, the Empress, the Imperial Concubine, the Prince, the eldest grandson of the Emperor, and our Royal Highness the King of Qin are eligible to use it. The rest of the people are lucky enough to get some hair wraps. Who would be willing to use it for cleaning? The bath."

Fuck!Extravagance, extravagance, tyranny, rich wine and meat stinks, and the bones are frozen to death.

Then I will follow the light and enjoy the happiness.Hehehe, your honorable highness can only use the bath water I used today.

In the evening, because his hair was not dry, Jia Huan and Qi Qian sipped tea and chatted together on the viewing platform with a glazed roof.

The glazed ceiling is presumably cleaned by the store owner, and it looks like a huge transparent crystal in the night. You can clearly see the blue sky above your head, with the moon half-curved and the sky full of stars.

Jia Huan casually chatted with Qi Qian, and Qi Qian suddenly asked, "Huan'er, how many brothers and sisters do you have at home?"

Jia Huan briefly talked about his family's situation, and then said mockingly: "I'm just an ordinary family's bastard, will you look down on me?"

Qi Qian shook his head and said, "How could I look down on you? But, Huan'er, you must have suffered a lot in that house, right? Let's go back together this time, and no one can bully you in the future."

"Again! Who wants to go back with you?" Jia Huan slandered this in his heart, but smiled slightly and said: "No one can bully me. Whoever dares to do anything, I will slap him on the spot, you know I I can't put sand in my eyes. It's just that I'm most worried about my mother and my younger brothers and sisters. I'm afraid they will suffer secretly when I'm not around. My mother, you don't know how reckless she is, When I was at home, she always made troubles, and I smoothed it out for her a few times. Alas, I can’t teach her no matter what, but she loves me very much. The shoes I wear on my feet are made by my mother. I do, so I always dress carefully."

A trace of sadness flashed in Qi Qian's eyes, but he couldn't avoid Jia Huan's eyes.

Jia Huan shook his hand affectionately and said, "Just talk about me, but also talk about you."

Qi Qian said lightly: "I have nothing to say about my affairs, nothing to show." Then he got up and went back to the house, as if he didn't want to talk about it in depth.

The more he avoids, the more Jia Huan wants to know, not for gossip, but because he loves him.After getting along for this period of time, Jia Huan has basically understood his character. He looks withdrawn and arrogant, and is not easy to get close to. In fact, if he can get into his heart and become a friend, he is still very sincere and righteous to his friends.Could it be that he had experienced something when he was a child to develop his current character?

Jia Huan also entered the house and looked around. In the outermost wing and small hall, a group of guards were sleeping all over the place, some of them were even sleeping on the floor. In order to ensure Qi Qian's safety, he smiled and said to the guards: "Thank you!"

The guards all knew that Mr. Jia was a close friend of His Highness, they stood up one by one, bowed in salute, and said, "It's not hard work, it should be."

The small hall in the middle was deserted, and then there was the big wing room where Qi Qian and Jia Huan slept. Inside was the soothing incense, and the floor lamp was still on, and the people on the bed were silent. , seems to have fallen asleep.

When Jia Huan walked in, he saw that he had taken off his outer robe and was wearing a snow-blue jacket with a bed of apricot-colored satin covering his chest. He seemed to be sleeping peacefully with his eyes closed.

Jia Huan also pulled out a quilt, lay down beside him, looked at him sideways, regardless of whether he was asleep or not, and talked to himself about a few things he had experienced: nine years old There was a high fever that year, and few people cared about him in the impressive Jia family. Although his mother was dying of anxiety and crying, there was nothing he could do. Fortunately, God had mercy on him, and he finally survived.There is also how an older brother who is born in the family overwhelms him everywhere, the same division can turn out different things.

Qi Qian opened his eyes, stretched out his arms, hugged Jia Huan and the quilt together, and said sullenly, "Why do you have a bunch of pigs in your family? Huan'er is so pitiful!"

Jia Huan said, "I'm not pitiful. When I'm happy, I go around with them, and when I'm not, I scratch their paws!"

Jia Huan rubbed against Qi Qian, and asked gently: "What about you? I told you everything about me, but you refused to tell me! Hmph, last time you promised me that you would answer everything I asked you." .”

Qi Qian sighed, and said: "The troubles of the bastard, don't talk about your folks, even the royal family is the same. My fifth brother is more sinful than you."

The five emperor brothers that Qi Qian talked about were also the fifth sons of the emperor. His biological mother was the maid of the former concubine Jing. When the concubine was pregnant, she ordered her to serve the emperor on her behalf. The fifth son of the emperor was later named a nobleman, but because of the humble status of his biological mother, the fifth son of the emperor was not favored by the emperor. When he was 20 years old, he was already past the age for marriage and the emperor was indifferent. The emperor reasoned about this matter, and because of his inappropriate words, Longyan was furious, and he reprimanded him face to face, "It's just the son of a lowly palace man!"The fifth son of the emperor was ashamed, and was so angry that he wanted to wipe his neck to die. Fortunately, Qi Qian and others interceded, and the emperor spared the punishment of his biological mother.

Jia Huan was acting on behalf of Qi Qian's brother Wuhuang, complaining about his injustice, and heard Qi Qian say: "Brother Wuhuang's mother, Chungui, is humble, but she really cared for him so she made such a move. Speaking of which, Brother Wuhuang and I grew up together It's very fun, when the queen mother passed away, Mr. Chungui still wanted to adopt me, saying that he wanted me to be company with Brother Wuhuang. Because of this, Mr. Chungui was scolded by his father, even I blame."

Qi Qian recalled the scene at that time, and a look of pain flashed between Qingjun's eyebrows and eyes.

When he was five years old, his mother passed away, and his father was extremely sad. He spent all his time holding a wine jar to drink away his sorrows. After all, Qi Qian was young at the time. Although he was also very sad, he was accompanied by Brother Wu Huang, who was four or five years older , Then gradually forget the sadness.Seeing this scene, Mr. Jin immediately had a plan in his mind: Qi Qian, the seventh son of the emperor, is the emperor's most beloved son, and he happens to have a good time with his own son. Why don't you take this opportunity to ask the emperor to let him adopt Qi Qian, and say It's because the two brothers have a good relationship, and they can't be separated after playing together for days.There are many benefits to adopting Qi Qian. Once the emperor sees that she has been raised well, he may promote her to a higher level, and it is unknown if she is promoted to be a wife, or even a concubine.Secondly, Qi Qian will definitely have a higher status than the other princes in the future. Let him grow up with the fifth prince, and the brotherhood will be separated.

However, how dare the gentleman himself speak to the emperor?I had no choice but to tease the young and ignorant Qi Qian.The noble man treated the then five-year-old Xiao Qiqian kindly every day, prepared delicious food for him, and worked hard to please him with the fifth son. When he estimated that the timing was about the same, he taught Qi Qian a word and asked Qi Qian to go and talk to him by himself. The emperor said that he wanted to live with the fifth brother so that they could study and practice martial arts together.Mrs. Chun was thinking that if Qi Qian brought it up by herself, even if the emperor was not happy, it would not be her fault.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was furious after hearing Qi Qian's innocence, and cursed: "It's just a humble palace man, how can you be the mother of my son!" She is not allowed to engage in such schemes in the future, otherwise she will be given a way to die.

The emperor hugged the five-year-old Xiao Qiqian on his lap, stared into his eyes with burning eyes, and said word by word: "Listen up, Qianer! Most people in this palace are evil-hearted and want to harm you. Don't look at them all smiling, but their hearts are like snakes and scorpions. What kind of adoption! It's just using your status to improve themselves. That old five, don't call him 'brother' in the future, and you are not allowed to play with him anymore .He is just the son of a palace man, and he is plotting against you with that lowly woman. He is not worthy to be your elder brother! Your elder brother is only the crown prince!"

At that time Qi Qian was terrified, he didn't know why his father was furious, so he nodded with a vague understanding, thinking to himself: The people in the palace are all bad guys, they want to harm me.I want to stay far away from them, and it would be better to talk and laugh less with them in the future, so that my father won't be angry.

Qi Qian has no other friends since then, except for the son of his direct brother Qi Yuan, the emperor's grandson Qipei, and the others, according to the emperor, have ulterior motives and were assigned by their mothers to get close to him. Qi Qian has ulterior motives.

However, Qi Pei was only one year old at the time and was still a baby learning to speak. No matter how much Qi Qian wished to have a friend of the same age, it was impossible for him to play with him.When Qi Pei grows up enough to be Qi Qian's little friend, Qi Qian no longer needs a little friend.Because, already, no one can easily walk into Qi Qian's heart.

As a result, Qi Qian, the former lively and lovely seventh son of the emperor, became unsmiling and withdrawn. Although the older he got, the more handsome he was, but he was as cold as ice, and no strangers should enter.

After hearing this passage, Jia Huan was shocked beyond compare: No wonder it is said that "the most ruthless emperor's family", the humble fifth son of the emperor is certainly pitiful, but the noble seventh son Qi Qian seems to have nothing good to do, because the emperor's overprotection In other words, excessive tension has distorted the personality and turned it into an iceberg like it is now, at least for most people.

Qi Qian turned his head sideways, with a rare fragility and pity in his beautiful phoenix eyes, and said: "Huan'er, I have never had a friend. Only after I know you do I know the benefits of having a close friend. Would you like to be my friend?" Best friend?"

uh... friend?Just friends?Well, my friend, this afternoon’s misfire can be regarded as the mutual help of friends, Jia Huan laughed at himself in his heart, and said cynically: "Of course I am willing. I can only make money by being friends with you."

Qi Qian immediately hit the snake with the stick, took Jia Huan's hand and asked expectantly: "Then you will go back to the capital with me?"

Well... Jia Huan yawned and said, "I'm so sleepy. The sleepy bugs are stuck to my eyelashes. I'm asleep. I'll talk about everything tomorrow."