Seeing these princes acting so ridiculously young, Huang Qiong frowned slightly involuntarily. Except for King Shu, the oldest of these princes, King Yong, was only twenty years old. Prince Shen is one year older than him, and the rest are basically younger than him. Except for King Song, who is half a year younger than me, the others are only sixteen or seventeen years old, like King Jia, who is only fifteen this year.
They are all young, but their thoughts are so and so. Although he is not as greedy for gambling as King Yong, but the truth is that he is not that much better. It seems that King Rui and King Jing are not alone in their misbehavior in their fiefdom. In a word, there was something wrong with the entire education of my emperor, Lao Tzu, and that was why I taught such a group of sons.
It was just the scene in front of him that made Huang Qiong's brows wrinkle slightly, but it was not very obvious. But maybe others didn't notice his slight frown, but the King of Shu, who had been secretly observing Huang Qiong since they met, was very keenly aware of Huang Qiong's obvious move of dissatisfaction.
However, although he noticed Huang Qiong's dissatisfaction, King Yong did not make it public. Instead, he picked up the cup of something that made Huang Qiong gag and ate it in big gulps. Finally, he put down the bowl and smiled at King Yong: "I didn't know that Seventh Brother had such a good thing. When you get back, copy this recipe to me and ask my cook to learn how to supplement it for his master." .”
"Don't just spend the whole day doing those things like ginseng and deer blood. The master will get angry after eating them. Is the deer blood something you give to the master all year round? Only when you have this thing ready can you really respect yourself. Master." Having said this, the King of Shu glanced at Huang Qiong meaningfully, but smiled and said nothing more.
To be honest, the performance of the King of Shu was too obvious with deliberate traces. Therefore, Huang Qiong did not accept the tentative approach of King Shu. In fact, from the moment they met Huang Qiong, he felt that his fifth brother, apart from the initial greetings, was secretly observing him the rest of the time.
When he saw these young brothers in such a ridiculous scene, although his brows were not wrinkled obviously, he must have been discovered by the King of Shu. That's why he made the move that seemed absurd, but in fact was obviously a test. Thinking of this, Huang Qiong couldn't help but thank Jia Quan for once mentioning the personalities of the princes to him.
Among them, Huang Qiong has a particularly deep memory of the evaluation of the King of Shu. If it hadn't been for Jia Quan's previous comments, Huang Qiong might have been confused by the absurdity deliberately displayed by the King of Shu. This King of Shu may have come with bad intentions this time. This was Huang Qiong's first comment to himself when he met Fifth Brother for the first time.
With this impression, Huang Qiong became extra careful after that. No matter how absurd these princes acted, he never showed a trace of his inner thoughts. At this banquet hosted by King Yong, although the King of Shu had been testing Huang Qiong intentionally or unintentionally, Huang Qiong was also testing the King of Shu.
Compared with Huang Qiong and King Shu, who had different thoughts but remained calm on the surface and talked happily with each other, there was a somewhat strange atmosphere between them. Not only did the carefree King Yong not notice, but the two people sitting next to him had been cautiously and without leaving any trace probing each other's bottom.
The others, because they looked down on Huang Qiong themselves, only chatted and toasted to the King of Shu at the wine table, but were unintentionally or consciously indifferent to Huang Qiong who was sitting next to the King of Shu. When toasting to the King of Shu, he never brought Huang Qiong's princes with him, and he also didn't notice any differences between the two of them.
Facing this embarrassing scene, the smile on Huang Qiong's face did not disappear even a little bit. He acted as if he had not seen the indifference of these brothers. Even under the table, he grabbed King Yong several times and wanted to get angry when he saw Huang Qiong being ignored again.
Huang Qiong's performance made him calm on the surface, but he was secretly shocked in his heart. But King Shu's surprise was not shown on his face. Although no one paid any attention to the brothers who came to offer a toast. But when toasting, he always brought Huang Qiong with him.
As for Huang Qiong's dissatisfaction with the brother who came to toast the King of Shu because the King of Shu dragged him, Huang Qiong even acted as if he didn't see it, and almost refused to come. Especially the King of Song who was the coldest to him. Huang Qiong even took the initiative to have a drink with him.
Huang Qiong's performance had different feelings in the eyes of King Shu and King Yong. Seeing Huang Qiong being left out in the cold, King Yong, the host, felt as uncomfortable as being executed. No matter what, Huang Qiong was his invited guest. Today at the banquet he held, he was treated so coldly, as if someone was slapping him in the face.
Compared to King Yong who was restless, King Shu over there gave Huang Qiong a meaningful look. But the King of Shu didn't say anything except saying something about King Song when Huang Qiong was toasting the King of Song, and the King of Song who made the biggest show refused to raise his glass, which was somewhat silent.
After King Shu dragged him into the water, he remained calm and watched the fire from the other side. But at the critical moment, he ignored King Song and helped himself smooth the situation. However, Huang Qiong was secretly wary. After a banquet, the two people had an almost identical evaluation of each other: "This person is not simple."
Fortunately, no matter how good the banquet is, it must come to an end. This banquet, which others didn't care about but made King Yong, the host, feel on pins and needles, finally came to an end before King Yong was made intolerable by his brothers. Among the people at the table, King Shu and Huang Qiong don't have to go to the study to study, so they naturally don't have to worry about getting up early tomorrow.
Prince Yong was a well-known bastard among the princes. He went to study in the study just to attend the occasion. But several other princes went to the palace to study at Yinshi the next day. These people probably all have their own ideas and don't dare to be as shameless as King Yong. So when it came to Youshi, under the leadership of King Shen, they all made appointments with King Shu to have dinner alone, and then left one after another.
Seeing that these guys had finally left, King Yong, who was almost mad at their performance today, drank all the wine in the wine glass in front of him with a sullen face and said: "It's really inappropriate to go to the study room to study all day long. Do you know if all their books have been read into the dog’s belly? No matter how many books you read like this, it’s a fucking waste of time.”
Because King Shu was present, Huang Qiong said nothing about King Yong's venting. The King of Shu, on the other hand, patted King Yong on the shoulder very coolly and said: "You kid, why are you so angry? Ninth brother didn't get angry, so you won't be more restrained. No matter what they do, in the end they are the same. You my brother.”
"Although it's a bit too much today, you can't let them really get off the stage, right? You're about to get married and become a feudal lord, and by then you won't be able to see and keep your heart pure. Learn from your ninth brother. , be more considerate, and don’t get angry easily. Can these people change if you get angry? If you are angry with yourself, aren’t you the one who suffers? "
Having said this, the King of Shu looked at Huang Qiong who was silent on the side, but smiled and said: "Okay, let's give the Fifth Brother a face for today's matter, let's just let it go, and we are not allowed to pursue it anymore. Ninth Brother , I, as an elder brother, also take care of these ignorant younger brothers, so I’m going to make a mistake for you today, so don’t take it personally.”
Huang Qiong said indifferently to the King of Shu's behavior: "Fifth brother's words are serious, it doesn't matter whether I apologize or not. My brothers are still young, and it will be fine when they grow up. These things are just trivial matters, maybe The brothers don’t know me very well. When everyone gets familiar with each other, I think things will change. As the fifth brother said, we are all brothers, will the younger brother take it into his heart? "
Huang Qiong's answer made the King of Shu smile and nodded, and did not continue on this matter. Looking at King Yong who was still angry in front of him, King Shu changed the subject and said: "I mean, Lao Qi, you left me and Ninth Brother alone, isn't it just to sulk with you here?"
When the King of Shu mentioned it, he remembered that King Yong, who had not yet appeared in the most exciting show today, did not care to vent his anger. He quickly took King Shu and Huang Qiong to a secret room in his Prince Yong's Mansion. After several people entered the secret room, several eunuchs from Prince Yong's Mansion immediately closed the door to the secret room.
After entering the secret room, Huang Qiong discovered that the secret room was already lit with candles. Although the entire secret room is not large, it is decorated extremely luxuriously. The floor was covered with thick Persian carpets. The three floor tables placed on the three walls were already filled with various fruits and wine.
There were thick cushions behind each table, and two beautiful maids wearing only a layer of gauze stood beside them. On the other side of the secret room, it was completely blocked by a layer of curtain. The windows on the south side were also tightly blocked by curtains.
Looking at the scene in the secret room, Huang Qiong's brows couldn't help but frown slightly. He should have known a long time ago that King Yong's so-called exciting program was definitely not a good thing. It's just that he has come in now. If he wants to leave now, unless he is really willing to fall out with King Yong, don't even think about it.
But Huang Qiong now knows that the last person he can't afford to fall out with is King Yong. If the King of Shu is not here, it’s okay to leave alone. But there is still King Shu at the moment. If he wants to leave, King Yong will have to turn against him. In desperation, Huang Qiong could only sit on the cushion.
But before he could sit still, the two maids wearing only tulle were already approaching like snakes. One held a glass filled with wine and handed it to Huang Qiong's mouth, while the other brought cut fruits to Huang Qiong's mouth. And just as Huang Qiong, who was not used to this kind of scene, was trying to avoid the wine brought to his lips by these two beauties.
King Yong, who was sitting on his side, gently clapped his hands a few times. As King Yong's slap fell, the curtain that had covered everything before slowly opened on the opposite side. As the curtain opened, a melodious song came out. Hearing the music coming from behind the curtain, Huang Qiong couldn't help but be slightly startled. Why does this piece of music sound so familiar to him?
It is somewhat similar to the masterpiece of music from the Tang Dynasty, "The Song of Colorful Feather Clothes" that he heard when he was watching an ancient art performance in Xi'an in his previous life. It's just that although it sounds similar, some details are specious. However, after a simple comparison, Huang Qiong still recognized that this was "The Song of Colorful Feathers".
And if he judged correctly, this should be an authentic legacy from the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Compared with what I heard in my previous life, it was first added to the residual score left by the Tang Dynasty through Empress Li of Nantang and Zhou Empress, and then revised by Jiang Baishi, a lyricist of the Southern Song Dynasty. There must be some differences when compared with the original version.
