Legend of the Orchid

As soon as Li Zhonglan returned to the Hou's mansion, she heard that Zhao Guangmei, the king of Qin, had come and was drinking with Li Yu in the mansion. She remembered what Zhao Guangyi said just now when she came to visit another day, so she couldn't help curling her lips: Why does this person surnamed Zhao like to run to the house surnamed Li so much? .

Before he stepped over the threshold of the gate, the servant behind the gate bowed his waist and announced: "In the morning, His Royal Highness Zhao sent someone to say that Mr. Lan should go to his house to talk about something."

Zhong Lan looked at the jasmine flowers blooming golden and brilliant outside the door, and suddenly felt that there was a flower quietly blooming in his heart. His lips couldn't help but pursed into a crooked moon, and asked: "Is the person who came here still there?"

The servant nodded: "It's still there, waiting in the backyard."

He was really leisurely, Zhong Lan smiled, thinking that the courtyard should have lost her anger, so instead of going back to the house to change clothes, she went directly to the backyard to lead a horse, and followed Zhao's servants all the way to Zhao's mansion.

Zhao Tingjie has not returned to Beijing for two years, and the old house has long been abandoned. Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin promoted his son this time, and the mansion naturally also upgraded. The lake was also a part of the house, which was enough to surprise Zhong Lan. He immediately wanted to see how grand the prince-to-be was.

As a result, as soon as he stepped through the door, he was stunned. A huge white marble screen wall carved with pine cranes prolonging his life almost blinded his eyes. Not to mention that the area of ​​the mansion is many times larger than Li Yu's small broken place, just the bright hall The two century-old pine trees protruding into the sky show the style of the owner in a low-key way.

Although he was "talking about something", Zhao Tingjie was not in the hall. Li Zhonglan followed his servants around for a long time before walking into the garden. In seconds, it was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on his head, and his body was suddenly cold to the bone.

Zhao Tingjie was sitting on a large open space. Although there was a pavilion not far from him, he didn't go in. He just let the afternoon sun pour on him wantonly, making his eyes slightly narrowed.

Sitting next to him were two women with long heads and jade necks. They were dressed in pink on the left and green on the right. Jie's next actions made Zhong Lan's chest suffocate, and Ting Jie raised the corners of his mouth, slowly sucking the orange into his mouth, and taking advantage of the momentum, bit by bit, also sucking in the fingers of the woman in pink.

All of a sudden, Zhong Lan was almost out of breath. Just now he was afraid of being in a hurry, so he hurried on his way, sweating all over, his temples were wet like water, he was really embarrassed, but he didn't expect the other party to be like a playboy Appreciate Yingge Yanwu, but also embrace left and right so happy!

Not to be outdone, the woman in green patted Ting Jie's chest lightly, acting coquettishly like she was wronged: "Your Highness, you only talk to your sister and ignore Lan'er!"

Ting Jie smiled charmingly, and pressed against the other's ear and asked back: "My dear Lan'er, how can I ignore you?" After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pinched the chest of the woman in green. The woman in green was caught off guard and screamed With a sound, after she reacted, she quickly covered half of her face with a veil, and the pink face was already filled with red clouds.

With a "boom", Zhong Lan only felt that his head was about to explode, and his body softened, almost falling to the ground.So in Ting Jie's heart, can everyone be his Lan'er?Zhong Lan's hands trembled uncontrollably. It turned out that he was just a fleeting moment in his heart. After a long time, he forgot.

Trembling, he clenched his palms into fists, and began to laugh at himself: If Zhao Tingjie was really affectionate and righteous to him, why did he leave without saying goodbye two years ago, and then disappeared like nothing else?To him, he is nothing more than a dispensable object. Isn't it ridiculous to demand extravagant affection for a heartless person?

Thinking of this, her heart became cold inch by inch, Zhong Lan's body stiffened with tight lips, like an ice sculpture in the sun, her eyes lost all brilliance.

Seeing Zhong Lan standing there blankly, Ting Jie's expression turned cold, and he called out sharply, "Come here!" His voice was like the howling of a wild wolf across the chilly night sky, shaking all the women. After a while, they quickly realized that a good show was about to begin, and they couldn't help but gloated at the man standing not far away.

Zhong Lan hated Tingjie's domineering, forced her anger to walk in front of Tingjie, lowered her eyes, and said coldly, "I don't know why the prince is looking for a humble job?"

Ting Jie saw the other party's cold appearance of rejecting others thousands of miles away, and suddenly let out a cold snort from his nasal cavity. He pointed at Zhong Lan jokingly, and said to the six or seven kabuki present: "This young master's nickname is also It's called Lan'er, let's compare and see if this 'Lan'er' is more beautiful, or the 'Lan'er' next to me is more beautiful?"

After he finished speaking, the woman in green hurriedly covered her face and called out "Your Highness" coyly.

Zhong Lan listened to Ting Jie comparing him with the woman, her jade face couldn't help but flushed with blood, Liu Mei couldn't control it anymore, she frowned slightly, if it wasn't for the disparity in status, he really wanted to leave immediately.

Tingjie stared at Zhonglan's face with great interest, while the girls in the garden were busy comparing the beauty of the two "Lan'er".It stands to reason that Li Zhonglan is a man, and his facial features are not as gentle as a woman's, but his facial features are particularly delicate, and his skin is whiter than snow, combined together, heroic and soft, like a mountain with green smoke, shadowy, one glance Not in the end, but rather arousing imagination.

But Miss Lan'er next to His Highness Zhao seems to be His Highness's big celebrity, so it's not easy to offend, but I also heard that His Highness Zhao is very intelligent, if you say that Miss Lan'er is beautiful against your will, I'm afraid you will be accused of sycophant. Sha, I don't know how to identify it.

Seeing that everyone was undecided, Ting Jie said to the woman in pink: "Rou'er, go and take Mr. Lan'er to change into a women's outfit, and put on makeup by the way, so that it will be easier for everyone to compare."

When the woman named "Rou'er" heard such an order, she was startled at first, then she nodded with interest, made a "please" gesture to Zhong Lan, and said, "My lord, please follow me."

Zhong Lan's eyes widened in disbelief, Zhao Tingjie was trying to play him like a monkey!The laughter and whispers around him were like sharp slaps on his face, and he lost control of his emotions at the moment, and angrily said to the perpetrator who was sitting leisurely: "Your Highness called me here just for this." Something? There is still something to do in the humble position, so leave!"

He turned around and was about to leave, but when he heard a "bang dang" sound behind him, the court steps smashed a luminous cup to the ground, and shouted: "Li Changshi, don't forget your position, you don't listen to my orders You have to listen too!"

Such a domineering tone made Li Zhonglan laugh back angrily, he turned to look at Zhao Tingjie, his peach blossom eyes were full of sarcasm: "What your highness said is that low-ranking people are soft-spoken and only at the mercy of others, how can it compare to your highness, who dares to go How about playing around with you?"

His eyes gleamed maliciously, and a playful smile was drawn on the corner of his mouth, and he read: "Wuxin entrusts the court, let the king hoe you."

Only the two of them understand the meaning of this poem. Tingjie is Zhao Dezhao’s character, but few people know that Zhong Lan used to think Tingjie’s name was too serious, so she only called the other party’s characters to read it. Gradually, Tingjie became Zhong Lan's exclusive title.

Ting Jie sneered: "You're the one who will let Jun hoe!" He frowned and scolded the girl in pink: "You still don't dress up with Mr. Lan? If you don't put your heart into it, I'll see if I will peel your skin!"

The girl in pink was so frightened that she grabbed Zhong Lan's arm, half-dragged her, and rushed into the boudoir. Zhong Lan swallowed her anger and let the girl in pink play with her, but clenched her fists tightly, and the sharp nails pinched the palm of her hand deeply red. mark.

After a stick of incense, the figures of Zhong Lan and the girl in pink returned to everyone's sight. The girl in pink called Rou'er used too much force, not only found a big red trousers for Zhong Lan, but also put him in a low She wore a white skirt with red orchids embroidered on it, and Ting Jie stared at Zhong Lan's exposed white chest, feeling a little absent-minded.

Zhong Lan frowned slightly, but she didn't know that her appearance was even more shy. The kabukis in the garden looked at Zhong Lan's tall and delicate nose and gentle and gorgeous red lips, and they felt a little uneasy in their hearts. I never thought that I would actually feel jealous of a man.

Zhao Tingjie walked up to Li Zhonglan, pinched Li Zhonglan's chin with one hand, and forced Zhonglan's head to be raised high. He pulled off the golden butterfly on Zhonglan's head with one hand, and suddenly, Zhonglan's black hair hung down to her waist, as smooth as a A horse of black satin.

Zhao Tingjie stared greedily at Li Zhonglan's eyes, trying to find a trace of warm love from them, but what he always saw was cold resistance. He let go of his hand in disappointment, and ordered coldly: "Rou'er, go get the servants in the mansion Everyone is here, let them judge who is more beautiful between the two Laner."

Zhong Lan heard it like falling into the ice cellar, he felt his whole body was stiff, and it hurt even a little movement, if he still had the warmth of the past before, now this remnant has disappeared, his heart is filled with hatred, hatred Ting Jie looked so high above, hated Ting Jie never took his self-esteem seriously.

The servants gathered around three layers from the inside, and there was a lot of banter at the moment, Zhong Lan stood in the middle of the crowd dumbly, his face was bleak with the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, but the palm of his hand was already bleeding from his pinch, and the blood dripped down the cracks between his fingers A drop fell into the ground.

"Have you seen enough? Tell me, who is more beautiful?" Zhao Tingjie seemed to be selling goods in the market, and Li Zhonglan wished he could go deaf immediately with his self-satisfied voice.

The servants speculated about the master's mentality, hesitated and didn't know which one to choose, and then some of them who were not afraid of death pointed at Zhong Lan, and the others saw that the master's face did not change, so they knew the choice was right, and they all pointed to Li Zhonglan, and there was a burst of praise All around, words describing a woman's beauty, such as "beautiful as a fairy", "closed moon and shameful flower", "sinking fish and falling wild goose", "beautiful and charming", were thrown at Li Zhonglan one after another.

Seeing that Li Zhonglan didn't respond, Zhao Tingjie raised his hand to stop the crowd's commotion, and made another unreasonable request: "Li Changshi, since you are said to be a beauty, let's dance for everyone!"

After a while, Zhong Lan stared at the other party with red eyes, and refused firmly: "I'm sorry!"

The corner of Ting Jie's mouth twitched into a sinister smile: "Didn't you like to curry favor with me in the past, now I'm giving you a chance, do you accept it?"

Zhong Lan took a few deep breaths before she stabilized her figure. He never thought that Zhao Tingjie would expose his past in public. Scenes of the past that made him ashamed and indignant emerged in his mind. Zhao Tingjie had died cleanly before.

Seeing that Zhong Lan didn't speak, Ting Jie raised his eyebrows and threatened: "Do you know what will happen to you if you disobey me?"

Zhong Lan still didn't say a word, and ordered in a leisurely manner: "Go and bring me the blood whip!"