Whose Evil in the Red Chamber

Faced with King Zhongshun's surprise, Huang Ying'er turned her eyes away. He was no longer the little actor who served others in Israel. Even if he was facing a powerful prince, he pretended not to understand the meaning in the opponent's eyes. Not afraid.

Jingxuan glanced at King Zhongshun, who was a bit smug, and coughed softly: "My lord, it's getting late today, little ball is still waiting for me in the palace, let me take my leave first."

Zhongshun withdrew his gaze, a little embarrassing, of course he knew the rules of Li Chun's class, and it was true that he was a bit aggressive just now, so he didn't want to keep Jing Xuan anymore.But when he dreamed back in the middle of the night, King Zhongshun recalled what he had tasted in Jiangnan back then, and tossed and turned somewhat, feeling strange itch in his heart.

Thinking of Huang Ying'er's unsmiling appearance during the banquet, Zhong Shun could only sigh inwardly, how could he be from Li Chun's class?Jingxuan really can't afford to offend him. At this moment, Zhongshun is like a big dog, watching helplessly with a piece of fat meat next to his mouth, but he was chained around his neck, so he couldn't eat it. , this taste is really uncomfortable.

There are those in the palace who are good at figuring out the thoughts of the master, and they have discovered King Zhongshun's thoughts on everyone in Lichun Ban Huang. Instead, they dug out a little opera singer named Qi Guan'er from the Baiyun Class in the capital. This Qi Guan'er is also famous now, and at first glance he looks somewhat similar to Huang Ying'er.

Arranging for Qi Guaner to sing a play in the palace and toast a glass of wine, King Zhongshun, who has always been obsessed with Huang Yinger, naturally found this Qi Guaner who looked very similar to her, and he couldn't get Huang Yinger. , is there no way to get Qi Guan'er?

The leader of the Baiyun class couldn't close his mouth when he saw the real gold and silver given by King Zhongshun. If he was not happy, he immediately sold Qi Guaner to King Zhongshun.Because of his empathy, Zhongshun doted on this beautiful official Jiang Yuhan very much, and he was very obedient and obedient.

Putting aside the matter of King Zhongshun and Qi Guan'er for the time being, let's just say that it will soon be the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first lunar month, and the streets and alleys of the capital have long been prepared for the upcoming lantern festival in the evening.The rich families have also been busy during the day, inviting theater troupes, arranging family banquets, offering sacrifices to ancestors, etc., and every family is doing their best.

The Lichun troupe is probably the busiest theater troupe in Beijing. On this day, almost all the theater troupes in the capital are eager to learn the skills of the Monkey King, and they are competing to arrange to rehearse plays in these wealthy families. Only the Lichun troupe can get it. According to Jingxuan's order, the entire theater troupe will not accept business on the day of the Lantern Festival, and everyone can feel the grandeur of the Beijing Lantern Festival.

Elderly people like Ling Guan and Huang Ying'er are more stable, with joy in their hearts and smiles on their faces, but those little opera singers are crazy about joy, dancing and chirping, all of them have excited looks on their faces.The class leader didn't restrain them, he just told them several times, telling the big guys not to leave orders, there are too many people at night, and if something goes wrong, there will be someone to take care of each other.In particular, several of the young opera apprentices are very young, but they look good. If they are kidnapped by kidnappers, it will be very bad!

The troupe master tried to persuade there, and the little actors also nodded their heads and listened. They made appointments with each other's good friends and began to prepare for the evening lantern festival.

Naturally, there were celebrations in the palace, but Jing Xuan declined the emperor, and decided to have a good time with Wei Zhen at the Lantern Festival in the capital.In the past few years in the capital, Xiaoqiu'er's body was too weak a few years ago, and winter was the time to take good care of her, so they didn't take a step out of the hot spring village.This year, Xiaoqiu'er is recovering and has someone to take care of him in the palace, so the couple decided to take a break from their busy schedules to experience the grand occasion of the Lantern Festival.

Every year, the Lantern Festival in the south is also crowded with people, but the taste of the lantern festival is different in different regions. Compared with the Lantern Festival in the south, the lantern festival in the capital is also more interesting.

At night, when the lanterns first come on, all the lanterns in the streets and alleys are lit up, illuminating the front street of the huge capital city in red, and all kinds of lanterns are scattered in the streets and alleys, and the vendors on both sides of the street are also One after another, Jing Xuan and Wei Zhen walked slowly from north to south among the crowd.

The first family sells candied haws. The old couple set up a stall. There are lanterns hanging around the booth. Some are fat dolls in red bellybands, and some are fish lanterns that symbolize surplus every year. The most interesting thing is that they are made into candied haws. The shape of the lantern, one can tell at a glance that it is specially made for the booth.

Jing Xuan was looking at the fun, Wei Zhen had already bought two strings, and stuffed one into Jing Xuan's hands.The bright red hawthorn is sour and sweet. This is the first time for Jing Xuan to eat this thing. After eating one, it feels sweet, so he stuffs another one into his mouth, and some melted sugar juice hangs on his lips. .

Borrowing the light of the red lanterns, Wei Zhen saw Jing Xuan's red lips that were hung with sugar juice and were a little glistening. The candied haws in his hand were stuffed into his mouth, but the first one was sour, Wei Zhen bit down on it, almost made his teeth sour, and almost forced tears out.

Seeing his embarrassment, Jing Xuan couldn't help being in a good mood. This guy has been very stable in his past and present lives. It's rare to see him in such a hurry. She is charming or clever, so warm that people can't take their eyes off them.

The two of them walked all the way, and Wei Zhen bought another pack of sugar-fried chestnuts for Jing Xuan. Take it easy, you don't have to dress like a fur ball anymore.But Wei Zhen still subconsciously wanted to find something warm to put in Jing Xuan's hands, and this thought made Jing Xuan's heart more and more ironed.

Jing Xuan peeled a chestnut, blew it with his mouth, and handed it to Wei Zhen's mouth. Wei Zhen opened his mouth, took the chestnut in his mouth, and gently sucked Jing Xuan's fingertips.Jing Xuan was not annoyed, raised his eyebrows, and opened his mouth. Wei Zhen also peeled a chestnut for Jing Xuan with great interest. Jing Xuan bit Wei Zhen's finger hard while biting the chestnut.However, the opponent's skin was rough and fleshy, Jing Xuan felt that he had bitten it quite hard, in Wei Zhen's feeling, he lightly touched his teeth as if being played by a kitten, it was crispy itchy, It doesn't hurt at all.

While walking forward, the two had a great time feeding chestnuts to each other, they didn't pay attention to their actions at all, and were noticed by the Shui Rong couple in the restaurant not far from them.

Although the Lantern Festival is a grand event for the whole city to celebrate, there are many young ladies who wear veils and play in the streets under the protection of maids and servants.But for some big families with strict rules, they will never let their girls show their faces on the street. Activities such as guessing lantern riddles from left to right can also be done in their homes. There are a lot of people in the family. It is also very lively to play.Gradually, most of the respectable families restrained their female relatives, forbidding them to join in the fun on the street during the Lantern Festival.

Apparently, Shui Rong was not affected by such an environment, and took his wife Xinxinran to participate in this grand event of sharing the joy with the people.However, they were impatient to be crowded with these plain-headed commoners below, so Shui Rong occupied the second floor of the Manjiang Building by the street, took his wife and sat by the window, and looked at the scenery on the street from top to bottom. , Appreciating the bustling crowds, there is a taste that everyone is drunk and I am alone.

Occasionally, the princess of the Yan family took a fancy to some strange-looking lanterns, and Shui Rong sent someone down to buy them for the joy of his daughter-in-law.It just so happened that the princess opened her eyes and looked down. With this glance, she saw Jing Xuan who was having a great time feeding chestnuts with Wei Zhen.

She let out a cry of surprise, and tugged on Shui Rong's sleeve: "Brother Rong, look, is that the boy from the Lin family and his big black bodyguard?"

Shui Rong was originally drinking casually, but when he heard this, he immediately regained his spirits, and looked in the direction pointed by his wife, with a trace of surprise in his eyes. Such an intimate move, it seems that the relationship between Lin Jingxuan and that Wei Zhen, It's really unusual.

Women's minds are always more delicate than men's. Shui Rong is still pondering the relationship between Jing Xuan and Wei Zhen in his heart, but this Princess Yan has already guessed vaguely. lady.

"It's no wonder he and King Zhongshun got so close, it turns out they're the same breed!" Concubine Yan frowned, and snorted coldly, she didn't like the yin and yang King Zhongshun at all, and couldn't understand his hobby. What's so good about it?In addition, she didn't want to see Jing Xuan in the first place, but now she hates it even more.Fortunately, I didn't listen to my aunt's words at the beginning, otherwise, if she was asked to commit herself to a rabbit master, wouldn't it be harmful to her for the rest of her life?How can a rabbit master compare to her elegant and handsome water-melting brother?

With Wang Hao's words, Shui Rong suddenly realized. There used to be rumors in the south of the Yangtze River that Lin Jingxuan was messing around with opera actors all day long. Didn't take it to heart, just laughed it off.Now it seems that he is blinded by a leaf.

Shui Rong thought a lot, and immediately thought of Lin Ruhai.He knew Lin Ruhai's temper, if this matter got to Lin Ruhai's ears, Lin Jingxuan might not have any good fruit to eat!Thinking about it a little deeper, if you can take advantage of this matter and include Prince Zhongshun's mansion, it will kill two birds with one stone!Thinking of this, Shui Rong has already started to think about who should handle this matter. In short, no matter whether it succeeds or not, their Beijing Palace will take their own.

In this way, the matter of Jing Xuan and Wei Zhen was followed by the queen and Shui Rong.As soon as Shui Rong made some moves, the emperor in the palace got the news. At this moment, the emperor was seeing the two brothers, the eldest prince and the little prince, who were in love with each other. The news spread and disturbed the family reunion of the royal family. The emperor was originally unhappy, but when he heard that Jingxuan was involved, his anger became very angry.

"Let him pass it on, I want to see how he ends up!"

Jing Xuan and Wei Zhen were unaware of these things that happened on the street, they continued to flirt with each other as if there was no one else around, completely ignoring the eyes of others, suddenly there was a surge of people, and everyone rushed westward as if they had made an appointment In the past, Jing Xuan pulled Wei Zhen: "Come on, let's join in the fun."

When we got to the west side, we found that there was an open space surrounded by a high arena, and an embroidered flag was propped beside it. On the flag were written a few big characters: Lantern Competition

This group of ordinary people are all gathered under the ring, talking about what you say and what you say.It stands to reason that every year there is an event at the Lantern Festival. In previous years, it was held by several major academies in central Beijing. Friends of literature and literature competed by guessing lantern riddles. Some talented scholars in the Hanlin Academy were also very willing to participate.

Therefore, this lantern riddle competition was also dubbed the talent competition, and many ladies from rich families asked their parents to take a look at the grand occasion of the talent competition, and they all felt a little ashamed.Talented men and beautiful women, everyone has such thoughts in their hearts. Although some parents do not let their daughters go out, they still send people to pay attention, hoping to discover some young talents who are still buried.

But this year is a little different. Friends who make friends with literature have become friends with martial arts. Many people who are not talented in literature, but who can handle martial arts so quickly have their eyes lit up.For so many years, those sour talents have been outstanding every year. They have long been unable to see it. They finally came here this year to be different. They are all gearing up and preparing to show themselves later, also known as Those sour Confucians take a good look!

Wei Zhen asked Jingxuan, "Do you like any of those lanterns above?"

Lantern competition, the prize is naturally lanterns.Being selected as a prize for the Lantern Competition is naturally a well-made, one-in-a-million treasure. Jing Xuan looked up and saw that these lanterns looked good, but in his eyes, he felt that the old man at the candied haws stand at the beginning He likes the simple but cute candied haws lanterns in the letter.

So Jing Xuan shook his head: "There's nothing I like, let's just watch the fun."

While talking, someone has already jumped up to fight. The location of this ring is a bit ingenious, but it is next to Baihualou in the capital. Everyone knows what this Baihualou is for. Someone is going up to fight right now , Some sisters also leaned against the window to look out.

The boxer was stimulated, no matter it was the cold winter months, he actually took off his coat, revealing his strong upper body, and he punched even more vigorously. Some ladies in the ring were caught off guard, and they were flushed with shame The adults in their own family took them away, but the girls in Baihualou applauded one by one, and many of the onlookers in the audience also booed. His eyes sneaked at the girls in Baihualou.

Jing Xuan looked interesting, but Wei Zhen dragged Jing Xuan out of the crowd with an expression of displeasure. Seeing that Wei Zhen had no reason to be jealous now, Jing Xuan didn't bother him, and cooperated very well and began to focus on it again. to the street market.Seeing this, Jing Xuan's eyes lit up.

It's really a stall for drawing candy figures. The owner is a middle-aged man in his 40s. He is drawing a little fox with his head down. After a few sketches, the little fox candy figure comes to life. Xuan was interested, so he bought this little fox for Jing Xuan to eat and play with. While eating, Jing Xuan turned his attention to the various lifelike small animal lanterns beside him.

"Look, the lanterns of the two big bad wolves and the little fox, don't they look like Heizi and Huo Tuan'er?" Huo Tuan'er is the name Jing Xuan gave to the little Firefox.This clever little guy is very much liked by Jing Xuan now, not only that, the little guy also eats Heizi to death, obviously the little fox is so petite that Heizi can bite him to death, but he saw that little guy Bullying Heizi, Heizi foolishly allowed him to bully him, and he had no power to fight back.

Wei Zhen glanced at the lantern: "Well, it looks quite similar, shall we buy this?"

Jing Xuan nodded, and said to the boss: "Uncle, do you sell the lanterns of gray wolf and fox?"

Just as Jing Xuan finished speaking, a man's voice sounded beside him, asking the same question as Jing Xuan: "Boss, this fox lantern looks interesting, is it for sale?"

Jing Xuan looked up, and saw a young man wearing a lavender brocade robe standing next to him. He had a handsome appearance, sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, with a bit of heroism.

The boss looked at Jingxuan, then at the man, and said with a smile: "Unfortunately, this young master is also interested."

Who told Jing Xuan that he was born better than that man, not to mention that both of them were the sons of everyone at first glance, Jing Xuan called him uncle, and told him to feel more comfortable listening to him, so naturally he favored Jing Xuan a little more.

The man looked Jing Xuan up and down, and clasped his fists together: "Feng Ziying, I don't know how you two should be called?"

The Feng family also has a certain reputation in Beijing. As the son of the Feng family, Feng Ziying also has a bit of arrogance, but seeing Jing Xuan and Wei Zhen's attire, she knew that the other party was either rich or expensive, so she didn't dare to act rashly. To act, he first reported his family name, and first took a look at the attitude of the other party.

The Feng family and the Xue family were very close, so Jing Xuan also heard about Feng Ziying's name from Xue Pan, and knew that this was one of Xue Pan's drinking and meat friends, so he nodded to him: "So it's Feng Ziying. Young Master, I will find Xue Pan to have a drink with you some other day."

Jing Xuan did not declare his family background, but he pointed out that he and Xue Pan had a good relationship. Feng Ziying was also a knowledgeable person. , also called the other party "Brother Xue", and the young man in front of him who was obviously younger than him called Xue Pan by his name so familiarly, which showed the relationship between the other party and the Xue family.

So Feng Ziying stopped entanglement, cupped her hands and said with a smile: "In that case, I will wait for you two."

Feng Ziying didn't bother, but Xia'er, who was with him at the moment, was not happy. She was the number one in Jinxiangyuan, and she had always been at odds with Baihualou. At the gate of Baihualou, she just took a fancy to a shoddy She didn't get the lantern, and it was given to someone who didn't know what it meant. She felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

She is usually a well-rounded person, but when she saw Jing Xuan's phoenix eyes, which are even more charming than her own, she felt a little unhappy in her heart. In addition, she was also taken by Feng Ziying to have a few drinks with Xue Pan , thinking in her heart that she could be regarded as recognizing Mr. Xue, because the kid in front of him with no hair can borrow the name of Mr. Xue, but she can't do it?

Thinking of this, Xia'er pulled Feng Ziying's sleeve, and said to Jing Xuan with a smile: "My lord, my family really likes this fox lantern, and please ask me to be as beautiful as an adult. Change Minger to host a banquet at Uncle Xue, and my family will give it to you. What do you think of three glasses of apology?"

Jing Xuan glanced at the girl who was trying to be cute and coquettish there with a half-smile. He is not a person who doesn't care about women, but this one in front of him is obviously not within his standard of being sympathetic. Similar lanterns?No matter how you look at it, this deal is not worthwhile.

So Jing Xuan shook his head, and said to the boss without mercy: "Uncle, I want these two lanterns, and I also want two sugar figurines like this."

Xia'er, who was ignored, managed to maintain a smile on her face, but her eyes were full of grievances.Feng Ziying was also in a dilemma. He was not sure who the young man in front of him was and whether he could offend him, but he didn't want to see Yun'er's aggrieved face. It was really a dilemma.

At this moment, a sneer from the side broke Feng Ziying's dilemma, and saw King Zhongshun and Qi Guaner standing not far away.