In the evening, Xia Jingchen had just been released. As for the reason for his release... Xia Jingxuan was certainly not too late, but at this hour, it was time to replace him with someone else.
On the other side, Xia Jingyan, who had no idea that a "catastrophe was coming", still wandered out to play.
"Master! Tonight the Nanjiang opera troupe is going on tour in Dongjiang!!!" Lu Chaoya rushed into the Yuqing Pavilion like a gust of wind, her hands trembling with excitement.
"Really! Is it the one from Beijiang who has been in the royal family?" Xia Jingyan was also excited.
"Yes! We are going to sing at the Full Moon Tower in Beijing tonight, let's sneak out and watch~" Lu Chaoya shook Xia Jingyan's arm and acted coquettishly.
The theater troupe that came to sing was the first in Beijiang, and there were also many theater fans in Dongjiang, including Xia Jingyan and Lu Chaoya.
"Go find something." Xia Jingyan said to Lu Chaoya, who turned around and entered the warehouse.
"Things" are naturally used as equipment for escaping. In order to prevent the palace from having any mischief, the palace doors are closed at regular intervals every night. Unless ordered by Xia Jingsheng, Xia Jingxuan and Xia Jingchen, the doors of the palace are not allowed to be opened. The Xia family brothers will not
Xia Jingyan, a girl from the boudoir, was allowed to go out in the middle of the night, so Xia Jingyan could only make up her own mind and speak her mind. She had practiced Qing Gong, and she could go up to the roof with a little luck. No one could stop her, but Lu Chaoya had never practiced it before, so she had to prepare
I bought all kinds of hemp ropes, eagle hooks, and night clothes for use when necessary.
Xia Jingyan rubbed his hands, very excited. He was ready to rest, but when he heard the news, he suddenly lost his sleepiness. When Lu Chaoya came, he immediately changed into night clothes, took care of the other maids in his courtyard, and started to leave.
It slipped at the eaves of the wall.
Gu Yun was in the palace. He had nothing else to do on weekdays. He just followed Xia Jingyan, observing her movements at all times. If anything went wrong, he would report it immediately. It was the same today, but he didn't know that the duties of Xia Jingxuan's personal bodyguard Yu Yue also included
Same as him...
When Gu Yun went back to drag Zhou Ranzhuo, Yu Yue had already passed the news to Xia Jingxuan. Xia Jingxuan immediately put aside his official duties and followed Yu Yue out of the house, waiting where Xia Jingyan was about to climb out.
On the other side, Gu Yun dragged the sleepy-eyed Zhou Ran out of the door.
It wasn't that Zhou Ranzhuo was unwilling to accompany Xia Jingyan, but he was just afraid of the dark.
It is Xia Jingsheng's rule that the palace does not light lamps at midnight. He cannot sleep if there is any bright light. Anyway, except for the night watchmen, there is nothing else for anyone to do at night, so it does not matter if they do not light lamps. If you have anything to do, you can just light a small lamp.
Therefore, everyone in the mansion is very obedient to this rule. Then every time the palace falls into darkness, it will be dark. Zhou Ranzhuo usually shrinks in his small room at this time, but today, Gu Yun dragged him
Go out.
"Don't drag me! I won't go out! It's so dark outside in the middle of the night!" Zhou Ranzhuo pulled the door frame with one hand, looking like he was refusing to obey.
"This is a great opportunity, young master! Do what you want! Do you want me to teach you about forcing a woman?" Gu Yun dragged Zhou Ranzhuo's free arm with both hands.
Although he knew that he would feel uncomfortable seeing Zhou Ranzhuo and Xia Jingyan getting along, Gu Yun was still a person who knew the overall situation was the most important thing. What was his stinginess compared to Zhou Ranzhuo's revenge for genocide?
"How do I know how to please people? I don't even have a concubine to live with." In the end, Zhou Ranzhuo was dragged away, holding Gu Yun's arm tightly and moving forward step by step.
Gu Yun was very disdainful of Zhou Ranzhuo's "no", glanced at him and said: "You don't know how? How can you attract Princess Yunwan to be obsessed with you? How can you attract Princess Xia to give you a gift in just a few days?"
Got you a token of love?"
"It's all about physical attraction, okay!" Even if Zhou Ranzhuo is afraid, he can be narcissistic at the same time.
"Okay, okay, looks are attractive..." Gu Yun followed Zhou Ranzhuo's temperament and agreed, "Then go ahead and attract me. What are you waiting for?"
"It's all in the dark, oh... it's not the first day you know that I'm afraid of the dark, please let me go..." Zhou Ranzhuo was on the verge of crying, wondering if she could let Gu Yun go by being coquettish.
"Young Master, please be patient for a moment. What are you afraid of when I am here?" Gu Yun put his arm around Zhou Ranzhuo's waist to prevent him from escaping.
"What's the use of you! Are you brighter than a lamp!" Zhou Ranzhuo was about to cry, and Gu Yun didn't tell her earlier that she wouldn't be so cowardly if she took the Suhua beads with her when she went out.
The two of them lingered and finally reached the small garden outside Yuqing Pavilion.
The layout of the palace was originally built by a Feng Shui master. The outermost part was the lobby, which was used by the courtiers, and then there were two pavilions. It was supposed to be the attic for only Xia Jingsheng, but Xia Jingsheng was the eldest son.
, but he was not the legitimate eldest son, Xia Jingxuan was the eldest son. Not long after Xia Jingsheng inherited the throne, Xia Jingxuan was also granted the title of Marquis. His status was not inferior to that of Xia Jingsheng. He was supposed to be the one to open the palace again, but the family had a deep love for each other and did not want to be separated.
Therefore, they had to put their courtyards on the same horizontal line, with the garden behind them, Xia Jingchen and Xia Jingyan's attics on both sides, and small courtyards scattered around.
So as long as Zhou Ranzhuo stood in the small garden in the center of the palace, he could look into Xia Jingyan's Love Affair Pavilion. He saw that Xia Jingyan had just pushed Lu Chaoya over the wall, and he easily passed by using his energy. Just as he planned to
Following Xia Jingyan, when Zhou Ranzhuo was about to climb over the wall, two screams suddenly sounded outside the wall.
"Young Master, what's going on!" Gu Yun said anxiously.
If something happens to Xia Jingyan, all plans will be messed up in an instant.
"Go out and have a look." Zhou Ranzhuo was also a little scared, and pulled Gu Yun to stand up and leave the house, but before they could take action, a sound of reprimanding dispelled their worries.
"Xia Jingyan, if you leave the mansion in the middle of the night, you are still not a princess!"
Xia Jingxuan's voice came from outside the wall.
Zhou Ranzhuo and Gu Yun breathed a sigh of relief. It was Xia Jingxuan who was fine. Out of curiosity, they climbed up to the roof and looked at the scene outside the house.
Xia Jingxuan held Xia Jingyan and Lu Chaoya by their ears and walked towards the house.
"And you! We just came back from the bandits' den. Aren't you scared? You don't have a long memory! You ran out of the house!" Xia Jingxuan yelled at Lu Chaoya.
"Master Marquis, Chao Ya is aware of his mistake, please be gentler..." Lu Chao Ya burst into tears. It was over, the plan was ruined, and he was even arrested.
"Brother, Yan'er realized that I was wrong, please spare me..." Xia Jingyan pulled on the corner of Xia Jingxuan's clothes.
"What a wonderful idea! Go home!"
Zhou Ranzhuo and Gu Yun watched them disappear around the corner.
"If you can't go, go back." Zhou Ranzhuo looked at Gu Yun, helpless. Xia Jingxuan must have been too strict!
"It's better to go back to bed early. Alas, I've wasted most of the day here." Gu Yun sighed and followed Zhou Ranzhuo down the roof.
"It's enough time to have a baby now, I'm so sleepy." Zhou Ranzhuo and Gu Yun walked to their small courtyard, chatting at the same time.
Walking to the middle of the garden, Gu Yun was hungry in the middle of the night and slipped away to the kitchen. Zhou Ranzhuo borrowed a lantern from the guard who was keeping watch at night, and walked back shivering without paying attention to his steps.
"Ah!" Zhou Ranzhuo stepped on something soft under his feet and stumbled forward, almost falling.
"Who! Who stepped on me, General!"
The most terrifying thing came when Xia Jingchen's voice rang out from the flower bed. He climbed out of the haystack, angrily picked off the branches and leaves on his body, covered his calves, and stared at the murderer who wanted to kill him.
Zhou Ran's heart felt cold, and he huddled up in a ball, standing there, a little at a loss. He had just offended Xia Jingchen in the morning, and stepped on him again in the evening. It's over, it's cool!
"Mr. Zhou?"
To Zhou Ranzhuo's surprise, Xia Jingchen seemed to suddenly lose his temper when he saw him.
"General...general, I...I really didn't see you! I know I was wrong..." Zhou Ran was heartbroken and took the time to explain.
"Hey, it's okay, it's okay! I'm okay!" Xia Jingchen waved his hand with a magnanimous look. Zhou Ranzhuo even wondered if he had taken the wrong medicine. Is this still Xia Jingchen?
To be honest, Xia Jingchen is not calm. He wants to beat Zhou Ranzhao. However, during the day, Xia Jingsheng had just advised him to be kind and generous. He couldn't just say it in the morning and he would just say it in the evening.
Did Zhou Ranzhuo get beaten up? This is just a temporary forbearance, he will still take revenge in a few days!
"The general will not punish his ministers?" Zhou Ranzhuo was dubious and quietly took a few steps back, ready to escape at any moment.
"No punishment, no punishment." Xia Jingchen gritted his teeth and nodded. Seeing that Zhou Ranzhuo still didn't believe it, he added: "I'll punish you for being a pig!"
"Okay." Zhou Ranzhuo stopped and was completely relieved, because he knew that Xia Jingchen couldn't be a pig.
"Mr. Zhou, it's so late, are you taking a walk in the garden?"
, it will be easy to catch him.
"Uh...hehe..." Zhou Ranzhuo was stuck, what's going on? Say I came out to find your sister in the middle of the night, and the two of them played together with no bad intentions? Then Xia Jingchen would definitely strangle him to death!
"What's wrong, sir?" Xia Jingchen looked at Zhou Ranzhuo's guilty look, full of suspicion, "Why do you always stutter when you see me? This general is not a ghost."
"Well... Chen... How can I be afraid? General, you are tolerant and generous, and you are courteous to your subordinates! You are truly a model of a good general!" Zhou Ranzhuo thought of the reason in an instant, and the sudden flow of replies and flattery made Xia Jingchen stunned.
Stunned.
"Well...you've thanked me." Xia Jingchen replied politely, wondering what kind of tricks Zhou Ranzhuo was playing?
"I have some insomnia. I see the prince busy with official duties every day and can't stop for a moment. I can't do anything to help, so I can only be anxious. Isn't that right? I couldn't sleep at night, so I thought about going out to admire the moon and take a look.
Whether the prince has rested or not, I can feel at ease." Zhou Ranzhuo acted like a loyal minister and talked a lot, but he was so anxious that he didn't realize that what he said was full of loopholes.
"Um...Sir, there seems to be no moon tonight." Xia Jingchen pointed to the sky.
Zhou Ranzhuo looked up and saw that it was indeed the case. The sky had been shrouded by black clouds at some point and there was no moonlight. Zhou Ranzhuo secretly sighed at life. Even God was hurting him. It would still be sunny in the afternoon!!!
"I... I am saying that the general's brilliance is like the bright moon in the sky! Point... to guide me forward..." Zhou Ranzhuo made up nonsense for a while, and he was convinced that he could make up such nonsense.
Looking at Xia Jingchen again, he was completely confused. He didn't know when he became so great.
"Well... Mr. Liao praised me... I'm not that great, how dare I be in the same position as the moon." Xia Jingchen responded, and now he was completely confused. If Dongjiang held a competition to select flattering talents, Zhou Ranzhuo would
Well-deserved first place!
"General, there is no need to be humble, you deserve it, you deserve it..." Zhou Ranzhuo covered his face, he was really embarrassed!
"Then...Sir, you said that if you want to visit Brother Wang, you should go to the front yard. Zhunxu Pavilion is in the front yard. Your direction is Yuqing Pavilion, and Yuqing Pavilion is Yan'er...! Well! Yan'er's
Palace!" Xia Jingchen quickly looked back, no problem, Zhou Ranzhuo came from the direction of Yuqing Pavilion.
Zhou Ranzhuo shuddered violently, it was over, it was over, no matter how good his eloquence was, he still couldn't get it back!
"Sir, it's not a good idea to go to Yan'er's palace in such a dark night." Xia Jingchen's expression suddenly changed. To put it simply, he returned to his true nature. He moved his fists and made a clicking sound as he approached Zhou Ranzhuo step by step.
"General... please listen to my explanation..." Zhou Ranzhuo stepped back step by step until his back was pressed against the flower bed, unable to retreat.
How about a fight with Xia Jingchen? But if he wins, he will definitely be sued by Xia Jingchen. If he loses, not to mention, if he doesn't get bruised and swollen, it won't be over. It doesn't matter whether he wins or loses!
A savior will always appear at a critical moment. This is the reason why Zhou Ranzhuo can survive today despite a rough life. He was almost beaten by Xia Jingchen. Fortunately, Xia Jingxuan just finished training Xia Jingyan and Lu Chaoya, and the three of them came back together.