Liu Hong and Li Zhiyun chatted while walking, slowly leading the topic to this aspect, and finally expressed their worries. Li Zhiyun listened and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, you don't have to worry. I have already discussed this matter with my grandma."
"What did the empress say?"
"Mom said this matter is entirely up to me. As for Abba, I will naturally have a way to get him to agree when the time comes, so just rest assured!"
When Liu Hong saw Li Zhiyun's vow, it was hard to say anything more. He now has no position or power in the court, and has no hope other than this prospective uncle. Besides, there’s still a year left, let’s talk about it then.
The group of people walked and stopped, and after more than ten days, they arrived at Gaoling County. After passing Gaoling County, we are out of the boundary of Yongzhou and not far from Pizhou. They entered the city at noon, had lunch at the inn, and took a nap. Li Zhiyun plans to go to the county government office for business tomorrow morning, so he can go shopping with Liu Yinglian in the county town in the afternoon.
Li Zhiyun took Zhang Zheng, Cai Hu and two guards with him. As soon as the group walked out of the gate of the inn yard, a man hurriedly walked towards them. He looked to be about thirty years old, wearing an official uniform, and followed behind him was a government servant wearing a soap coat.
The man saw a group of people walking out of the inn. The leader was a young prince. He wore a white jade crown and a belt, with clear and picturesque eyebrows. He was dressed in a silver-white prince's shirt, with an emerald green lotus jade pendant hanging on his waist. He was followed by others. Several guards with sabers wondered whether this was the person they were looking for, right? He quickly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "May I ask if this young master is the King of Chu?" Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "It's me. Who are you?"
"The magistrate of Gaoling County, Wang Zhucheng, came to pay homage to the King of Chu."
"It turns out to be Magistrate Wang, disrespectful, disrespectful!"
Wang Zhucheng just heard from his subordinates that the King of Chu was coming, so he hurried over. Seeing that Li Zhiyun and others were about to go out, he quickly asked: "Where are you going, Your Highness?"
"Oh, just go for a walk."
"Then let me accompany you, so that I can serve as a guide."
"Okay, here comes Magistrate King Lao."
Everyone left the inn and walked along a street. Li Zhiyun turned around and said, "Wang County Magistrate, I wonder if there is anything worth visiting in Gaoling County?" Wang Zhucheng pondered for a moment and said, "There is a Yuanjiang River ten miles away from the city. The scenery is beautiful, and you might want to visit it. But it’s getting late today, so His Highness might as well stay in Gaoling County for a few more days. Let’s pick a day and set off early in the morning, and I will accompany His Highness on the trip.” After hearing this, Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "Let's talk about it later."
They walked for a while and saw a large open space on the roadside in front of them. There were many people standing on the open space, as if they were watching the excitement, and bursts of cheers broke out from the crowd from time to time. Li Zhiyun pointed with his hand and said: "County Magistrate Wang, where is that place?"
"Go back to King Chu, that's a martial arts arena."
"Martial Arts Arena? Let's go over and have a look."
Everyone walked over and stood beside the crowd. In front of them was a horse track. On the opposite side of the horse track, about fifty or sixty paces away, there were five arrow targets tied with straw inserted side by side. At this moment, a red gelding horse galloped along the horse track, with a woman riding on the horse. She had a heroic appearance, sitting calmly on the horse, neatly took off the bow from her back, drew out the white-feathered arrow, and while galloping on the horse, she drew the bow and fired the arrow. The woman shot five arrows in one go, each one hitting the target, and bursts of cheers erupted from the crowd.
"Good archery skills! What a wonderful woman!" Li Zhiyun couldn't help but praise her.
Wang Zhucheng smiled and said quite proudly: "To be honest with Your Highness, this woman is my sister-in-law." When Li Zhiyun heard this, he looked at him in surprise and said: "So she is your sister-in-law? It's not simple!"
After the woman shot the arrow, she turned the horse's head back, dismounted, and handed the reins to a groom. At this time, a young man dressed as a servant walked up to her and said something to her. I don't know whether the servant was quarreling with him or did something wrong. The woman was angry and hit him with the bow in her hand. The servant turned and walked away, but the woman still refused to let him go. She ran forward and kicked him on the butt. The servant quickly quickened his pace and ran away.
Liu Yinglian, who was standing next to Li Zhiyun, frowned slightly, thinking that this woman was frivolous and unconventional, how could she look like a young lady from a county magistrate's family? However, in front of her brother, she couldn't say much, she could only purse her lips and chuckle. Wang Zhucheng was naturally a little embarrassed, and quickly explained: "Xiaguan's parents died young, and Xiaguan brought up my sister-in-law. Seeing that Xiaguan had lost her mother since she was a child, Xiaguan was very pitiful and couldn't bear to control her too much, which made her have a wild temper. This made King Chu and everyone laugh."
Li Zhiyun didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "My sister has a pure character and does not lose her true character. I am very..." He wanted to say "I like it," but when he caught a glimpse of Liu Yinglian on the side, he had to change it to "appreciation".
After the woman saw her brother, she walked over. When she walked up to him, Li Zhiyun took a closer look. She was about seventeen or eighteen years old. Her face was like a silver basin, her eyes were like apricots, her lips were not dotted but contained red lips, her eyebrows were unpainted but green, and her skin was white and crystal clear, with a warm and moist glow. The luster is as smooth as jade and as soft as satin. Li Zhiyun couldn't help but secretly praise: What a beauty!
Wang Zhucheng greeted: "Sister, come here quickly! I have met His Royal Highness the King of Chu." When the woman saw a clear young master standing next to her brother, accompanied by a beautiful woman, she walked up to Li Zhiyun with a pair of gleaming eyes. Looking at him, her teeth slightly opened: "Are you the King of Chu?" Li Zhiyun nodded and smiled: "Miss Wang has extraordinary skills, she is truly a woman, I admire her!" The woman glanced at Liu Yinglian and said: " Is she your wife?" When Wang Zhucheng heard this, his expression changed and he shouted: "Stop talking nonsense!" The woman looked at her brother and pursed her lips and said: "Then what should I be called? Princess?"
Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "Miss Wang misunderstood, we are not married yet." After hearing this, the woman turned around and walked to Liu Yinglian and said: "My name is Wang Zhujun, what are you?" Liu Yinglian whispered: "My surname is Liu."
"It turns out to be Miss Liu, we have gotten to know each other."
After leaving the martial arts arena, Li Zhiyun saw Wang Zhucheng say something to the yamen servant who had been following him, and the yamen servant turned and walked away. Everyone continued to walk forward, and by the time they finished walking around a main street in the county town, it was almost dark. Li Zhiyun planned to return to the inn, and Wang Zhucheng said: "Your Highness, I have prepared water and wine in Zuixian Tower to dust off your Highness and everyone. Please appreciate it."
"Magistrate Wang, you are too polite."
"I am merely showing my gratitude to the landlord, so please decline my post."
"Well, it's better to be respectful than to obey."
Under the leadership of Magistrate Wang, everyone came to Zuixian Tower, went up to the second floor, and walked into a private room. Li Zhiyun saw that the table was quite big and there were not many people, so he asked Zhang Zheng, Cai Hu and two other guards to come to the table and drink.
When the waiter saw the guests arriving, he started serving food and wine. At this time, Wang Zhujun came in from outside and placed two earth-colored clay pots on the table. When Li Zhiyun saw it, he hurriedly asked: "What is this?" Wang Zhujun raised his eyebrows and said: "King Chun Niang, I don't even recognize the wine you sell? I went to the winery specially to buy it."
Then, Wang Zhujun called the waiter over again, pointed to a wine jar on the table and said: "Take this wine away, it's like water, it has no strength at all." The waiter picked up the wine jar and looked at it. Seeing Chu Chun’s wine brewing, he said: “We also have this wine in our shop.”
"Hey, if you had told me earlier, it would have made my trip in vain."
After the dishes were served, everyone picked up the wine and started drinking and mingling. The glass cup is filled with fine wine, and the amber cup is filled with jade liquid. Li Zhiyun did not expect that Miss Wang drank a lot, and her brother was probably too drunk, so he didn't dare to persuade him to drink. However, she frequently raised her finger to persuade him to drink. She was annoyed when she saw Li Zhiyun drinking and cheating, so she came over and drove Zhang Zheng away. She sat next to him and forced him to drink up the wine in his glass.
When they were halfway through drinking, Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu started to compete with Miss Wang, while Li Zhiyun watched happily. Women in ancient times rarely appeared in public, so it was probably the first time for Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu to drink with women at the same table, so they had little experience. Li Zhiyun is a time traveler. In his previous life, he saw many such scenes. If a woman can drink, her drinking capacity is usually amazing. He was secretly happy, wow, there will be a good show tonight.
Sure enough, Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu were so drunk by Wang Zhujun that they couldn't lift their heads from the table. Li Zhiyun had to ask two guards to take them back to the inn.
After the banquet, several people left the restaurant. Wang Zhujun said goodbye to them as if nothing was wrong, then supported his brother and walked away.
Li Zhiyun and Liu Yinglian walked towards the inn. The meal lasted for a long time, and it was already late at night. There was a bright moon hanging in the sky, shining brightly, and the streets were dimly lit and there were few pedestrians. After Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu were sent back by two guards, the Marriage Affairs Office Dianjun who led the team was worried and sent several more guards to protect him. The guards kept a distance from the two of them, guarding them in front and behind.
A man walked towards me, his steps staggering. He must have just walked out of the gold-pinned den hung with red lanterns, and was squinting to savor the taste of pink and curved buttocks. Unexpectedly, he bumped into Wang Jia, and was scolded by the guards. He was so frightened that he quickly ran to the side of the road.
Liu Yinglian didn't like drinking, so she sat on the bench all night, feeling depressed and silent. Li Zhiyun came closer and said, "What, are you angry?"
"No."
"No? Why don't you say anything if you don't?"
"What's there to say? Just drink. Look at how affectionate you two are, so close..."
Li Zhiyun laughed as soon as he heard this, twitching his nose deliberately and said, "Hey, whose jealousy has been overturned?" Liu Yinglian turned to look at him, puzzled: "What do you mean by that?" Li Zhiyun suddenly remembered. , the allusion of the jealous jar happened after the second brother became the emperor. The second brother has not become the emperor yet, so of course she doesn't know.
This allusion is related to Liu Yinglian’s teacher Fang Xuanling. Fang Xuanling's wife was very fierce. Because her hometown was in Hedong, she was nicknamed "Hedong Lioness". She resolutely did not allow Fang Xuanling to take concubines. Every time "the lion roars from the east of the river", Fang Xuanling is "sifting chaff" all over his body and is submissive. One day after the court, the second brother thought of Fang Xuanling's great achievements and wanted to give him some beauties, but Fang Xuanling refused. The second brother joked that you are a gentleman, with a single-minded relationship and deep love for my wife. Fang Xuanling spoke the truth, saying that it wasn't that I didn't want to have a concubine, but that there was a tigress in the family, and she would rather die than have a concubine for me. When the second brother heard this, he didn't believe there was such a wife in the world, so he asked Fang Xuanling to bring his wife into the palace. After Fang Xuanling brought his wife, the second brother pointed to a wine jar on the table next to him and said to Fang Xuanling's wife: "I want to reward Fang Xuanling with several beauties as concubines to appease her for her merits." , you either allow it, or you drink the poisonous wine." Fang's wife glanced at Fang Xuanling, and without saying a word, she walked over and picked up the wine jar and drank it all in one gulp. Little did he know that the poisonous wine in the jar was the old vinegar that Shanxi people loved most. The second brother laughed, convinced that Fang Xuanling's wife was fierce and jealous, so he gave up on admiring her beauty. Since then, Fang Xuanling's wife has gained another nickname: "Jealous Jar".
