In the hot summer, the heat is unbearable, and people become more and more angry.
Seeing that autumn has entered, the weather is getting cooler day by day, and the palace is busy organizing the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.
The royal family of Daye attaches great importance to festivals, especially this kind of family reunion festival, which is the grandest event every year. In addition, this year has experienced a catastrophe and a new crown prince has been established. The people have endured all the hardships, and the emperor and the empress are quite lucky to survive the disaster. , therefore, this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was extremely grand and lively.
Not only were the dishes delicious and rich, but all the ministers and women's families were invited, even the meritorious marquis who was far away from the court was invited, for the purpose of celebration and intimacy.
When the female relatives gather together, apart from exchanging pleasantries and flattery, they inevitably have to worry about their children and grandchildren.
The ladies inquired among themselves to find out whose young man was old enough and whose young lady was about to get married. Some would get along alone if they saw each other directly, while others would be able to get married if the elders in the family thought they were pretty good.
This is a welcome good thing, and it is exactly what the Queen wants to see. She has become a great matchmaker, and she has also seen that the courtiers are more harmonious and intimate with each other, and the court is more stable.
However, His Royal Highness the Prince's marriage was the focus of discussion that day, and the Queen also wanted to take this opportunity to explore her son's tone.
The emperor and the empress knew a little about the conflict between him and Shen Que, but his son remained silent, and it was difficult for his parents to ask questions.
It happens to be a beautiful day with flowers and a full moon, and the atmosphere is heightened without being out of place.
The engagement between the two mentioned by Mu Suo Naren at the last canonization banquet has also become a hot topic in the capital. Everyone wants to hear His Highness the Prince himself say it. After all, he did not deny it on the spot, but he broke the hearts of many noble ladies. Woolen cloth.
The old matter was brought up again, and the queen came prepared. She specifically asked her majesty to take away the brothers Muso Naren and Mutam, and then she took the opportunity to interrogate her son.
Li Luansong was sitting on pins and needles. It was clearly an autumn night, but he was sweating all over. He really didn't know how to deal with it, so he found an excuse to run away.
Yang Xiao glanced at his daughter, and Yang Zhi quickly followed him after receiving the order.
"Where is my cousin going?"
The little lady was out of breath from running, and Li Luansong stopped and asked, "Why are you out too?"
"It's too stuffy in the palace, I'm going to come out for some air."
Yang Zhi smiled innocently and asked, "Cousin, are you planning to leave the palace?"
Her question struck a chord with Li Luansong, and she nodded and said, "I want to go out and have a look. I heard it's more lively outside the palace today."
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is no curfew in Jin'an City. There are not only all-night float parades and lantern riddle performances, but also pubs that are open all night and a painted boat cruise on the river for a night, not to mention how lively it is.
"I also think it's quite boring in the palace. Can I go with my cousin?"
Yang Zhi coquettishly tugged on his sleeves, "I heard that the painted boat on Linjiang is really fun. Let's go and see it together."
The scenery along the river is beautiful, and the painted boats on the river are even more attractive. The boats are not only large and luxurious, but also equipped with exquisite dishes, fine wines and snacks, allowing tourists to take a night cruise along the river.
This was what Li Luansong wanted. He heard that Mutam would invite Shen Que for a night trip to Linjiang today. This man was really full of tricks. What good things could happen if the man and the woman drank more wine on the painted boat.
"Okay." Li Luansong agreed without hesitation and took Yang Zhi out of the palace.
When we arrived at the river bank, the boat had been booked for a long time, and there were only two boats left, one of which was also booked. Li Luansong went over to inquire, and the owner said that the boat owner had booked a man named Mu.
What a coincidence, this is the boat where Mutam invited Shen Queden.
Yang Zhi stood on the shore and watched. Seeing him coming back, she asked how he was doing. Li Luansong said, "There are only two ships left, and one of them has been ordered."
Yang Zhi happily clapped her hands: "There happens to be another one. I haven't gone in to see it yet. Can you go in and take a look first?"
Li Luansong said, "I'll go negotiate with the boatman. You go first to see if you're satisfied."
Yang Zhi ran away with her skirt. Li Luansong went to the boatman and asked for the boat ordered by Mutam. He paid three times the price. He took advantage of the day when there were many people and boarded the boat first. He would not let Shen in any case. Indeed, he and Mutam went on a night trip to Linjiang alone.
So he planned to strike first. Generally, when men and women take a boat, girls board the boat first. The husband negotiates the itinerary, pays the money, and takes care of everything with the boatman. He bribes the boatman. As long as the boatman and Mutam linger for a while, he can Take Shen Que to sail, and as for Mutam, there will probably be another fight.
However, what he didn't expect was that the boatman had remembered the wrong boat. One of the remaining two boats was ordered by Mutam, and the other was ordered by Yang Zhi in advance.
She came prepared. She had already arranged the food and drinks in the painting boat, and had drugged the wine. She wanted to go in and take a look first because she wanted to confirm which boat she had arranged to avoid making a mistake. After all, she was the owner of the painting boat. The appearance is the same.
Yang Zhi looked around and found that it was not this painted boat, so she knew that the boatman had made a mistake. However, when she came out, the other painted boat she had prepared had already sailed away, and Li Luansong on the shore had also disappeared. I saw Mutam shouting angrily on the shore.
It's over. The boatman made a mistake in painting the boat and wanted to make a wedding dress for someone else. Yang Zhi was desperate but did not dare to say anything.
The boat was specially arranged for her to have wine and food, and she also laced the wine with love-making drugs. Since Li Luansong refused to let go, the father and daughter decided to discuss the matter together so that they would not be afraid of him defaulting on his debt.
However, now it has helped others and everything is in chaos.
Yang Zhi didn't have time to feel sad and went to the palace desperately to find a solution to her father. It didn't matter if the matter didn't work. If she was found out, it would be all over. Giving medicine to His Highness the Crown Prince would be a serious crime that would implicate the nine clans.
On the other end, in the boat, when Shen Que saw Li Luansong, the boat had sailed far away and there were almost no people on the shore.
She was a little surprised and a little angry: "Why is Your Highness here?"
"Why can't I be here?" Li Luansong poured himself a glass of wine while eating. "What do you have to talk about with that barbarian Mutam? Since the boatman got the wrong ship, let's sit down and talk."
Shen Que said stubbornly: "I told you that I have nothing to talk to His Highness."
Li Luansong was not in a hurry. He poured himself a cup and said, "Okay, you can blow the breeze there if you want. But the breeze won't fill your stomach. They are all ready-made delicacies. It would be a pity not to eat them."
The aroma wafted into his nose, and Shen Que was indeed hungry.
He looked at the scattered lights of ships and stars in the sky, then looked back at the delicious food on the table, sighed, and slowly walked to sit opposite Li Luansong.
This person, don’t be in trouble with anyone, especially yourself, especially your own belly.
Li Luansong handed her chopsticks, pointed to a dish of braised duck and said, "This duck is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Try it quickly."
After Shen Que tasted it, he couldn't take it anymore. He simply made up his mind, ignored what he said, didn't argue with him, and just went back with a full stomach.
Li Luansong didn't mention the unpleasantness anymore. The two of them just sat facing each other and ate in silence, occasionally clinking glasses with each other. There were no words of blessing, just to have a good time.
"When shall we go back?" Shen Que felt that he had almost eaten, but his head was a little dizzy because of drinking.
Li Luansong said: "Why are you in a hurry to go back? This boat is for night travel, and you can't go back before the time."
He also felt a little dizzy, probably because he drank too much.
"But..." Shen Que's speech was a little unclear and he said, "A man and a woman alone, no, it's outrageous."
"With me, we will become a single man and a widow. Then, that Mutam, you..."
"We are not two people, there is also Isatis and...Zelan..."
Oh, it turned out that she was not facing Mutam alone, and Li Luansong felt much more comfortable.
When he is happy, he drinks all the wine in the pot.
When he looked up again, he saw Shen Que's red cheeks and wet eyes.
Probably because she was drunk, she had a bad ability to drink. After drinking a little bit of wine, her eyes became misty as if she had cried. Her pink cheeks were particularly bright and delicate under the candlelight, and her fair and slender neck was exposed, and she was wearing gauze. The beautiful scenery is looming under the clothes.
Li Luansong's lower abdomen tightened, and he felt an unknown fire rising from his dantian.
"I'm dizzy." Shen Que could no longer distinguish what was in front of him. He narrowed his eyes and staggered to his feet. He stumbled after taking only two steps and threw himself forward.
Li Luansong suppressed the chaos in his brain and took Shen Que into his arms. The two of them fell down on the soft blanket with a thud. Li Luansong was below and his waist was pinched. The pain made him wake up for a moment.
The woman in her arms was soft and fragrant, her blurred sleepy eyes were tightly closed, and her eyes were trembling slightly, just like the butterfly spreading its wings.
She opened her red lips lightly, murmured in her mouth, and put her bare hands on his chest: "I'm thirsty."
The gentle voice blew the hair around Li Luansong's ears, and the fragrant orchid breath blew into his ears, making it difficult for him to control it.
His lips covered her, hugging her whole body tightly. She was so soft, as if she could be broken.
The person beneath him seemed to be responding to his surge. Li Luansong ripped off her clothes, the crisp sound of rags sounded in her ears, and her eyes were white with pink.
He hugged her tighter, wishing he could be embedded in him. He only heard a soft murmur of "Ah", she bit her lip and frowned, her nails digging tightly into his back.
At that moment, Li Luansong only felt the achievement and satisfaction that he had never experienced before. It was the joy that he had never felt even after being appointed as the prince, and it was a sense of happiness that he had everything.
