Legend of the Orchid

Zhong Lan was still in the Zhao Mansion after waking up, but Jin Yan had already taken the order and came to send him back.

After getting off the sedan chair, Zhong Lan smiled brightly, and said to Jin Yan what she had pondered on the road for a long time: "Please tell Your Highness, Zhong Lan will not bother him again in the future."

Over the past few days, Jin Yan has witnessed the love and hatred between the two, and he feels regretful when he hears this. After he returns to life, Zhao Tingjie feels even more mixed. On the ground, ping-ping-pong-pong chopped into a pile of minced meat.

Zhong Lan seemed to be falling apart, and stumbled into his room. The two pots of orchids sent by Tingjie quickly caught his eyes. My heart ached, as if I was strangling myself to death.

Finally, I still couldn't bear it, and told the maid: "Put the flowers outside to bask in the sun."

In the days that followed, Li Zhonglan locked herself in her room all day long, not even bothering to open the door. The two pots of orchids were the only things that could see the sun. , are decaying silently in the dark.

Zhong Lan stopped drinking tea, fell in love with alcohol, and got drunk almost every day. In the hot summer, Zhong Lan who was drunk wanted to cool off, so she lay down on the floor and slept, completely forgetting that she loves to be clean.

In the middle of the night, he would come out to have a look at the starry sky. At this time, everything was silent, Zhong Lan was wearing a red dress and knelt on the ground, looking up at the bright moon, the cold line on his chin was slanted in. , bent into a beautiful arc, the bridge of the nose was cut like a knife, shining with a crystal clear luster like suet jade.

"Our son is really more beautiful than women!" In the shadow not far away, a maid murmured in admiration.

Another maid hurriedly poked her arm, fearing that she would disturb the young master's banished fairy appearance.

Zhong Lan's eyes followed the quiet night sky and fell to the far south. The country was ruined and the family was destroyed. It is unknown when the plan to restore the country will be realized. However, under Zhao Kuangyin's iron barrel politics, the Song Dynasty became more and more solid. I'm afraid I won't be able to go back in this life.

He used to think that it didn't matter if he didn't go home, as long as he was by Ting Jie's side, he felt that he had something to rely on, maybe it had nothing to do with power, but he just felt at ease in his heart, but now, the home in his heart was gone.

He is completely alone.

Zhong Lan's shoulders slid down slowly, his face was stuck to the cold ground, a tear fell from the corner of his eye, and it fell silently to pieces.

After a long time, the maid hiding in the dark saw that Li Zhonglan hadn't moved. Knowing that the young master was asleep, she tiptoedly helped Li Zhonglan to the bed to rest.

The maidservants of the Hou's mansion are extremely diligent, and they will take the initiative to do work without asking.Zhong Lan was drunk every day, but there was never an unpleasant smell of alcohol in the house, and it was still filled with a faint smell of spices. Although Zhong Lan was lazy, he never slovenly, his daily necessities were all taken care of by the maids.

Fortunately, Zhong Lan did not resist the "kindness" of the maids. He is such a talkative man. In the past, Zhong Lan didn't like to be served by others when it comes to bathing and changing clothes. flower.

Zhong Lan seemed indifferent, he lost interest in everything.

After many days, Li Yu wanted to ask him to summon the Queen of Zhou again, but Li Zhonglan ignored him, so angry that Li Yu, a scholar emperor, stomped his feet, but could only curse a few words in a polite manner.

Zhong Lan was very upset, and didn't want to be troubled by such mundane things anymore. Originally, he lived with Li Yu and his son just to restore the country, but now he has no such idea, and wants to use some of the money he has accumulated to buy a small courtyard. Move out to live alone, completely let the ears clean.

After Xiao Zhou heard that Mr. Lan was going to move, she was shocked, and brought Biyu to find Zhong Lan in person. Zhong Lan couldn't get in the way, so she had to open the doors and windows, and finally the sunlight came through the gloomy room.

In fact, Zhou Jiamin was asking for something, but the moment she saw Zhong Lan, she couldn't help being startled, and almost forgot the purpose of her coming.

I saw Li Zhonglan's long hair scattered to the waist, her chest was wide open, revealing a large piece of white to transparent jade muscle, and she didn't sit up straight, just leaning softly on the table, holding her fragrant cheek with one hand, her peach blossom eyes He could barely squeeze out of the water, and his upturned moon-shaped red lips hooked into a faint smile, completely like a monster.

Zhou Jiamin suddenly felt that it might be more appropriate for Li Zhonglan to move out.

"What is Madam asking me for?" Zhong Lan threw another wink, and Zhou Jiamin was a little annoyed immediately, with countless silver needles pricking her heart.

In fact, Zhong Lan is in a state of being slightly drunk. When he is sober, he will not be so disregarding his appearance, but recently, he has hardly been sober.

Zhou Jiamin made up his mind and explained the purpose of his visit: "Today is the Qiqiao Festival, the King of Jin has prepared a banquet and ordered me to be a guest at his residence."

There was a hint of shame on her cheeks, her proud head lowered slightly, and said: "But today is also the birthday of the master, I really can't get away, Mr. Lan, don't you know how to change people? Can you change me?" Come out and go instead of me?"

Zhong Lan said with a smile: "It is possible, but it can only last for a cup of tea."

Seeing Zhou Jiamin's dejected expression, he sighed secretly, and changed his words: "I have other ways to go instead of you."

Zhou Jiamin let go of the big stone in his heart, and then he became happy, and felt that it would be better for Li Zhonglan to stay here, at least it could add to his strength.

Zhong Lan asked Empress Xiao Zhou for a set of women's clothing and some jewelry. In the evening, she forced herself to redress herself, and transformed herself into Empress Xiao Zhou's appearance again. They wash and dress themselves.

Except that she was a little taller than Xiao Zhouhou, everything else was perfectly concealed. After disguising, Zhong Lan took the two maids to Jinwang Mansion together.

As soon as they got off the carriage, a group of guards happened to return to the palace to return to the palace. The head of the guards looked familiar. Zhong Lan took a closer look, and suddenly felt angry.

Baochun was dressed in a neutral dress, with her hair tied into a ponytail and dressed in black, she was much smarter and more capable than when she was a maid.Zhong Lan sneered, no wonder he couldn't see her later, it turned out that he was afraid of revealing his identity, so he obediently behaved like a dog with his tail between his legs.

When Baochun saw "Empress Xiao Zhou", she was startled at first, and then wanted to say hello, but she just looked at him squarely, but met a pair of eyes full of anger, and suddenly felt apprehensive and uneasy.

But after thinking about it carefully, she didn't have any problems after Xiao Zhou.

Just as she was distracted, a ray of fragrant wind blew by, and Xiao Zhou had already passed by with her head held high and her chest held high.Baochun sniffed the familiar fragrance, doubts gradually spread in her heart.

After Zhong Lan entered the palace, someone immediately led him the way, but he didn't go in the direction of the living room, but walked more and more sideways, and finally came to a side room.

Xu Shi sensed Zhong Lan's doubts, and the servants spoke first: "The prince said that he has something to discuss with his wife."

Zhong Lan knew that the King of Jin was interested in Empress Xiao Zhou again, so she couldn't help feeling helpless, and suggested, "Why don't we go to the hall and talk about it?"

But the servant bowed his head and said: "Madam, please be safe and don't be impatient, the prince will come later." After finishing speaking, Zhonglan hurried away without waiting for Zhonglan to protest.

Zhong Lan had no choice but to go into the room and sit down. The two maids waited on her left and right. Go enjoy it.

This orchid seems to be of an average variety. Zhong Lan sniffed the stamens with her nose, and found that the smell was much stronger than ordinary orchids. She couldn't help being a little surprised, and sniffed carefully again. Rubbing his head, he sat back at the table again, feeling a little dizzy, so he propped his head on his hands, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

After a while, there were footsteps, and King Jin came over step by step, waving his tortoiseshell fan again.

As soon as he saw Li Zhonglan, he laughed loudly and said: "Zhao is not talented, let Madam wait!"

Li Zhonglan made a bow slowly, suppressing the disgust in her heart, and asked: "I wonder what the lord wants to say to the slave family?"

Zhao Guangyi took a deep look at Zhonglan, folded up his fan, sat down at the table, poured a cup of tea for himself and Zhonglan, and said politely: "Zhao asked his wife to wait for a long time, and first replace the wine with tea, and toast her." A cup!"

After all, he picked up his teacup and took a sip.

It was inconvenient for Zhong Lan to refuse, so she also took a shallow sip.

As soon as the tea entered his throat, Zhong Lan's body froze suddenly, and the teacup in his hand fell to the table with a "snap", spilling a large piece of water stains. In the blink of an eye, Zhao Guangyi supported Zhong Lan. He laughed jokingly and said, "Young Master Li, don't come here without any problems."