In love with the ghost king

Meng Jing remembered that it was a Shangyuan Festival—a very lively Shangyuan Festival.

In fact, the government in the northern kingdom has always been not very good, the mountains and rivers are in decline, and the people are in dire straits. However, in this imperial capital, people can still sing and dance, exchange cups and laugh.

Meng Shen really didn't want to stay in the General's Mansion, and didn't want to listen to Meng Qian's nagging to him, so he dated a few princes of the same age, escaped the family banquet invited by the lord, and came to this drunken town building to have fun.

Zuixianglou is the largest restaurant in the imperial capital of the Northern Kingdom. On weekdays, Meng Shen and several princes of the same age are tired from studying, so they often come here, which makes the Tai Tu a headache.

Meng Qian is now the king's younger brother, and Meng Shen's status, in the eyes of others, is no different from that of a real prince—of course, the premise is that the king's suspicion is excluded, because of the king's suspicion, Meng Qian always persuades him He keeps a low profile.

Naturally, he did the same.

In the eyes of outsiders, he is just a swinger, except for the slight blood relationship, he is no different from the prince who is ignorant and ignorant all day long, which just offsets the Lord's suspicion.

What Meng Qian said, the Meng family is dedicated to the country, and it is also wise to protect themselves, but it is a pity that the king is too suspicious. If this is the case, then follow his will, never form cliques for personal gain, and do not participate in court disputes.

After Meng Shen grew up, Meng Qian left him in the imperial capital, and he just quietly led the army outside and loyally defended the country.I don't go home once in three or two years.

On the other hand, Meng Shen, after receiving his teachings and having to face the suspicion of the sovereign, also learned to hide his strength and bide his time, and restrained his edge.

In this way, after not seeing him for several years, even Meng Qian couldn't see what Meng Shen was hiding.

Whenever Meng Qian was so emotional, Meng Shen didn't speak, but just intensified, using actions to show his lack of ambition.It's just that he never told anyone that since he was a child, he wanted to fight for the position of Ninth Five Supreme, but Meng Qian was devoted to protecting the lord, so he might not answer him.

The strange thing is that the ruler of the country is too aggressive everywhere, no matter when he humiliated Meng Shen in secret while taking advantage of Meng Qian's absence when he was a child, or when he grew up, he listened to the ridicule of treacherous officials in the court and made Meng Shen unable to step down. Over time, Meng Shen is no longer The fish that is slaughtered.

Whoever told him that even his title of King Huai was a vain title given by the old king to see his father's meritorious service in protecting the country, reminding Meng Shen that he is inferior to others.

If you want the throne, why bother to care about his name being right or wrong? What's more, if the entire Northern Kingdom is handed over to other people, the mountains and rivers will wither and the people will live in dire straits, and it will be the people who will suffer.

That being the case, it doesn't matter if I become a traitor.

It's just that he can only linger in his own mind about this idea, never daring to confide it easily.

Fortunately, the lord's princes, except for Meng Yu, the eldest son of the direct emperor, are all playboys.And the eldest son of the first emperor is also boring. According to Meng Shen, he is indecisive and difficult to be the leader.

"Brother Huai, come, drink?" Seventh Prince Meng Fei handed over a glass of wine, brought it to Meng Shen's ear, and said with a hint of alcohol in his mouth, "The wine in this Zuixiang building is much better than the one in the palace."

Among the princes, Meng Fei is the most playful, and several of them are often headed by him. His mother and queen have disappeared since he was a child. Perhaps it is because of this that the king dotes on him and neglects to discipline him. It became his habit of indulging in singing and dancing all day long.

Meng Shen hated the smell of alcohol, but he also reached out to take it, squinted at Meng Fei, drank it down, and said with a smile: "That's natural."

They were sitting by the window on the second floor, and downstairs happened to be the performance of the showgirls from Zuixianglou. Meng Shen had never been interested in such shows, but was just hanging himself and dragging his body here to watch them bored.

Turning his head away, he found that there were already dots of snowflakes falling outside the window.

Meng Fei was in high spirits, and Meng Shen also clapped his hands together, looking very interesting, he drank wine glass by glass, and satirized in his heart when he saw this prince and grandson who was stumbling around drunk.

He casually glanced out of the window again, and saw the street outside, hawkers yelling one after another, the most of them were selling lanterns, the Lantern Festival, it is indeed lively, but outside the imperial capital, what kind of look should it be like? scene.

Meng Shen took a sip of the wine slowly, hiding the smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Brother Huai, among the girls in the drunken town building, who can catch your eyes?" Meng Fei was indeed drunk, and he couldn't even speak clearly, so he pointed at the singing and dancing girls downstairs. , indicating to Meng Shen to choose one.

The people next to him laughed at him: "How can His Royal Highness Huai Wang like a singer?"

Meng Fei was not happy: "The royal women are women, but ordinary women are not? Brother Huai must not be so vulgar. If you really fall in love with someone, whoever she is, what is the difference between a princess and a singer? If His Royal Highness is willing to give up high officials and generous salary for love, in my opinion, it would be a good story."

After he finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the seat, but it was hard to tell which one was sincere and which one was fake flattery.

Meng Shen drank cup after cup of wine, with a smile on his lips, and teased a few words with them in a low voice.

I thought this would be the case, but I didn't expect Meng Fei to be persistent, as if he was drunk, he insisted on pulling him, pointing at the singing girls downstairs, and told him to choose one before he would give up.

Meng Shen couldn't push and push, but he didn't want to start a dispute with them like this, so he pretended to look down, it really seemed that he wanted to choose a concubine Huai.

"Brother Wang, I think that one is good." Meng Fei pointed to one of them and said.

He had a good eye when he was in the singing and dancing venues.

Following his gaze, Meng Shen saw a woman with a veil, but her delicate face could be discerned.He didn't make a sound, just smiled lightly, and then shook his head slightly.

Meng Fei was upset again: "Brother Huai Wang's vision is too high, I don't know what kind of woman you can fall in love with."

Meng Shen pursed his lips in silence, glanced casually, and looked out the window. With just one glance, he saw Chu Yunjing standing in the distance.

The man was holding an umbrella, standing in the wind and snow with a long body, wearing a crescent white fox fur cloak, his jade-like face was a bit blurred in the wind and snow, but under the reflection of the light beside him Down, but a little pale.

Coincidentally, he seemed to have sensed something, and his eyes were also looking in this direction. They were too far away, and Meng Shen couldn't see clearly. He just took a sip of his wine and threw the glass firmly on the table: " I see someone I like."

Meng Fei was taken aback, and wanted to ask who it was, when he saw Meng Shen tap the window frame and fly outside.

"Brother Wang!" Meng Fei poked his head out of the window, only to see Wang Huai flying in front of a man in white.

Meng Shen strode in, only to find that the man in white was far more handsome than he had imagined, and he was just responding to Meng Fei's words casually, so the reason was even more perfect.

The man in white is Chu Yunjing.

I saw the candle flames smudged in his eyes, connecting them into dots, but his thin lips were pursed lightly, and there was a bit of hostility in his expression.

As expected, he looked so dignified and bright, Meng Shen chuckled lightly: "Young Master, why are you watching the lantern here alone?"

Chu Yunjing tightened the handle of the umbrella, did not answer, took two steps back, turned around and was about to leave.

"Young Master just fell in love with this lamp?" Meng Shen picked up the lotus lamp that Chu Yunjing was standing in front of just now, held it in front of his eyes, looked at it for a moment, and at the same time stretched out his hand to pull Chu Yunjing over.

The white snow fluttered down, and when Chu Yunjing turned around, he bumped into a pair of dark, bottomless eyes. With a three-point smile, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, and he looked at him with a smile.

Meng Shen handed over the lotus lantern: "Since you like it, how about giving it to the young master?"

Then he took a step forward, leaned in front of him, suppressed the smile in his eyes, and said seriously: "I don't know if you are interested in marrying me as a wife?"