mountain and river drinker

Chapter 29

There are lanterns in the heavy rain outside, but there is no other sound except the sound of rain and frogs.

"Ma'am—someone seems to be coming outside, lighting a lantern in the rain!"

"Yeah." Qin Supo responded, took his time, changed his clothes, and walked out with an umbrella.

"Auntie, it's Rong Gu's fault that I woke you up." Qin Ronggu stood in the darkness with an umbrella in his hand, he could only see the wet hem of his daizi clothes, but couldn't see the expression on his face.

"I haven't seen Rong Gu for a long time, and Rong Gu has become more and more upright. But... what is Rong Gu doing here in the middle of the night? I arrived at dusk today, and I didn't send someone to pass on the bad weather, but I asked you to come here in the middle of the night. Sigh——in just a few years, Rong Gu has already become the emperor, and I have also changed from Changdiji to Dachangdiji, time hastened me."

"I still remember that Rong Gu lived with his aunt and uncle for a long time when he was ignorant, and only then did he see the people's old illnesses and sufferings. Aunt is Rong Gu's good teacher." Qin Ronggu pursed his lips and said, "Auntie explained the matter of Xiangwen." Gu, at that time Rong Gu thought that his aunt understood him better than the queen mother, why do he do that now?"

"I don't know what Rong Gu means." Qin Supo smiled lightly, "Stop standing in the rain, it's cold, and I can't hear clearly. Yingzhu, go cook some ginger soup and serve it."

"No, I'll be leaving soon. Aunt, I'm determined, where is Zhou Hanzhi?"

"Zhou Hanzhi?" Qin Supo came over and handed a clean silk handkerchief to Qin Ronggu, "Wipe it. I've never heard of the name Zhou Hanzhi. It's just me, your nephew, and my niece here. Pity my daughter." Zao Shang, she should be the same age as A Ying, I like A Ying very much, don't disturb my daughter's dream."

"Except for Chengtai Terrace and the place where my aunt lives, I have searched all the courtyards to the east. Does Auntie want to speak for herself, or let me speak for you later, huh?" Qin Ronggu stood in front of Qin Supo with his hands behind his back. , looking down at her, water droplets dripping down her hair.

Xiuyan is more than powder, and she is so charming that she smiles lightly. Qin Supo is so beautiful that she is careless, plump and soft so that people can't feel the sharpness in her eyes.Not afraid of Qin Ronggu, she stretched out her hands in her sleeves, pulled out the Linfeng peony and silk flowers from her hair, held up the petals in her hands, "Since Rong Gu suspects it is me, I just hope that you and I will not be left behind because of this." This year, the peonies in Daizhou bloomed, but the deep red and close to black Linfengmo peonies did not bloom well. Others said that this is a rare flower. It is good-looking, but it gets too much sunlight for its dark color. I can't afford such a great grace, so I folded it."

"Aunt needn't say anymore, what I like is men. No matter how beautiful a woman is, she has no other thoughts except admiration. This is not Zhou Hanzhi's fault. It might be my fault if he likes me. But I like men, what's wrong? I eat Aunt’s rice grains use aunt’s money? Because I don’t ask for anything from my aunt, so don’t aunt stop me. Rong Gu is not afraid of going to the mud plow hell, but afraid that he will not be able to stay with him forever.”

"Rong Gu, I thought you understood. You don't know about Emperor Min? He is only a sixteen-year-old boy, but he doesn't like government affairs. He is not fatuous, but he has a reputation for a hundred years."

"I'm not Emperor Min. Emperor Min is a child, and I'm already grown up! Why do we have to compare, people can't live without comparison? I'm a government, the country is unified and the states are peaceful. Is it considered a foolish king? In today's world, it's hard to say, as long as If I don’t do anything out of line, even if I do nothing, I will still get a good posthumous title when I die tomorrow! Monk Shangmiao said that a spider must weave a web, but everyone is just a spider who weaves a web and weaves good and evil. The net of cause and effect. I planted my own cause and thought about the fruit I will get. When the prosperity of the world comes, I will be worthy of the world!"

"Your Majesty, only Tanghua Jiangxue Courtyard, Fu Huabi Courtyard and the west courtyards have not been searched, and there is no trace of Mr. Zhou. There are guards in front of the gate of Fenglu Courtyard." Zhao Yu hurried over, Speaking of secretly giving the little white jade lion to Qin Ronggu, he lowered his voice and said, "It was given to me by Miss Aying when I passed Tanghua Jiangxue Courtyard. Lord Zhou is right there."

"Go to the gate of Fengluyuan. Auntie, Rong Gu will hold an umbrella for you, please—"

Qin Supo tightened the lotus root and silver luan wide-sleeved cloak on his body, and walked beside Qin Ronggu calmly, "Rong Gu, your clothes are wet, don't feel the wind. Sigh——"

"Thank you, aunt, for reminding me." Qin Rong Gu Ying's tone was flat, and it was unclear whether he was happy or angry.

Qin Ronggu went to the gate of the courtyard and knocked on the door, calling "Han Zhi" a few times, but no one answered, Qin Supo was not a vicious person, but Zhou Hanzhi didn't say a word if he was among them - he couldn't help feeling suspicious , clenched his fingers tightly, and the palm of his hand was imprinted by the little white jade lion.

"Open the door!" he said to the guard, "If you don't have the key, just break open! Auntie, do you need to lock the door from the outside in an empty courtyard? Do you need so many people to guard it? Can you fall asleep and fly out of it? I only know that Emperor Min crawled out of the yard along the tree!"

"No!" Qin Supo waved his sleeves and said, "There are thieves sneaking in inside, so it needs to be locked and carefully managed."

"Hmph, there is a law in this court, even if it is a thief, I can't let my aunt come and imprison me privately, break away!"

"Who dares to move?" Qin Supo walked over to block the door, "You are not allowed to move this door!"

"Good! Good! Good!" Qin Ronggu laughed back angrily, clapped his hands and said, "My aunt won't let me in through the door, so I'm going to climb over the wall."

"Rong Gu, Auntie doesn't want you to be infamous behind the scenes! You and Zhou Hanzhi are having an affair! If you don't wait for your parents' order or the matchmaker's words, if you peep through the gaps, your parents and the people of the country will be despicable!"

"Did my aunt think the same way when she married my uncle back then? My aunt said that when she first met my uncle, she thought he was beautiful and handsome. I think Hanzhi is like the morning dew in the wild weeds, with a fresh personality-it's the right feeling, don't worry about it ? The emperor was fishing in Yuli, Xiao Yuyuan, and acquiesced in this matter, why does my aunt override the emperor to manage me?"

"I'm for your own good, I don't want you to indulge!" Qin Supo clenched his fingers and said word by word.

Qin Ronggu watched her take two steps back, "Auntie, I thought you would understand me, and wanted to bring Hanzhi to see you happily. It turns out that you, like the queen mother, think that I am a sick person. If I am really sick, and the name of the disease must be Zhou Hanzhi! He is half my life, and it hurts to see him. To take care of this whole life, to divide the life of Trinity for the country, and to support me alone in the poor world, I dare not be disrespectful or careless, but Because of this, I got many additional constraints? It can be seen that my aunt really loves me, and I like Hanzhi so I will not have an heir. Nianyan has the same surname as Qin, so I asked this time can be straightforward?! Aunt does not want the throne— —Are I just greedy for that position? I envy Rong Mao and Tan Xuan so much! If it’s for my own good, I don’t need it.”

"You and Zhou Hanzhi are still monarchs and ministers, how do you make the world think of him? What do you have, others will first count it on Zhou Hanzhi." Qin Supo frowned and said, still blocking the door, "And there is no response from the door, which shows that Zhou Hanzhi not there."

"Jun, this is a respectful title for others; minister, this is a modest title for yourself. Aunt, monarchs and ministers don't have much etiquette. I don't want to be superior to anyone. I am only human and make mistakes. You should also be considerate of your nephew! Three provinces With me in charge of decision-making, Suzheng Yin can still impeach the emperor. Who among the ministers of the court will kowtow and worship the emperor three times now? When do I have no scruples in handling government affairs? The rites of monarchs and ministers are for public use; For personal use. Hanzhi is not afraid, but troubles my aunt to take care of Hanzhi."

Qin Ronggu's words were not pleasant, even though Qin Supo knew Qin Ronggu's temper well, he couldn't help shaking with anger, "My nephew is getting older, and my aunt can't control her anymore. I'm trying to hurt you!"

"Maybe, I don't need my aunt to intervene in this matter." Qin Rong answered her indifferently.

Qin Supo didn't know how to answer him for a while, and the surroundings became quiet for a while.Suddenly there was the sound of a bottle breaking in the courtyard, and soon there was another knock on the door.

"Mother, hug—" Ah Ying walked over holding Nianyan who was rubbing her eyes, and she said, "Auntie, Nianyan woke up and couldn't find you so came to find me."

"Mother knows Brother Zhou?" Nianyan wrinkled her nose and yawned a little, "I thought mother didn't know Brother Zhou, and she wanted to secretly come to play with Brother Zhou in the morning. Brother Zhou's clothes are wet, and Nianyan gave her The clothes are for brother, but they are too small. It’s raining and cold, so mother wants to give brother Zhou a cup and dry clothes?” After speaking, she blinked her eyes, saw Qin Ronggu again, and said, “Brother hug.”

Qin Ronggu took off the deerskin dai purple shirt that protected him from the rain, and hugged the invisible Nianyan after seeing that he was dry, gently pinched Nianyan's soft little face and asked him: "The brother inside is surnamed Zhou? Why are the clothes wet?" After speaking, she raised the corners of her lips to express her gratitude to A Ying.

Only then did Qin Supo see Qin Ronggu's inner clothes clearly, a tunic with a round collar, a dark red collared shirt with large sleeves, and a black crown with the sun and moon emblem secretly embroidered on it—it was completely wet, It must have been too late to change out of the clothes that he only wore in court, so he rushed over in a hurry.

She thought that Qin Ronggu didn't cherish Zhou Hanzhi that much, and he wouldn't come to look for him when he got the news too late. It turned out that it was just because of delays in government affairs.

"Brother fell into the water over there." Nianyan poked Qin Ronggu's face, leaned on his shoulder and narrowed her eyes, "Open the door, mother. Someone is looking for brother, why do you let him do it by himself?" inside."

Qin Supo handed the cloak to the thinly dressed A Ying, sighed subtly, took Nianyan from Qin Ronggu's arms, asked someone to open the door and left without even looking.

Zhou Hanzhi hugged her knees and curled up behind the door, heard the door opened and raised her head, the mist in her eyes couldn't cover her clear eyes.He didn't know whether it was rain or sweat on his forehead, his face was flushed as he was dying, and the clothes on his body were already soaked.Zhao Yu carried the lantern and walked to the front of the house. Under the house there was a broken chrysanthemum petal-patterned long-necked blue glass bottle. I don't know how much effort he had to break it to make a sound.

"Rong Gu..." Zhou Hanzhi's voice was hoarse,