At the same time, early in the morning, the news came that the prince was sick and in bed, and Empress Wei was very worried when she heard it, and personally moved to the East Palace to visit.
When I entered the hall, I really saw the crown prince Li Zhang sitting on the couch, his hair was messy, he was only wearing a middle coat, his face was pale, his eyes were empty, and he was still saying something in his mouth.
Empress Wei frowned, and asked the eunuchs in the palace sharply: "What's wrong with the prince, why hasn't he freshened up and changed his clothes at this hour, but he hasn't gone to the court today?"
The eunuchs and palace maids knelt down one after another, and said tremblingly: "Back to the queen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked panicked when he came back last night, saying that he had seen a ghost, and then he fell ill in bed, and the imperial doctor said that His Royal Highness was too frightened, and he didn't come to his senses for a while, and he didn't just see something unclean."
"Let's go down."
Empress Wei heard this, waved her hand to let the others stand down, and then stepped forward to sit on the edge of the couch, gently brushed away Li Zhang's messy hair blocking her face, looked at his eyes, and asked softly: "Zhang'er, what's wrong with you?"
Li Zhang came back to his senses and saw that it was the queen in front of him, so he grabbed her sleeve and suddenly wailed: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother" Empress Wei patted him on the back and comforted: "Tell the queen mother, what happened to make you scared like this." ” Li Zhang said: "Erchen, Erchen went to Antai Palace last night, originally wanted to catch Na Mu Nuan and then burn it down with the palace, but, but at that time, Erchen saw a ghost, and Li Xun's ghost actually came out to save him."
Last night, Li Zhang was convinced of the ghost, and he was very scared, and fled all the way after leaving the Antai Palace, only to see that the guards were waiting outside and didn't know what was going on, and asked him if he burned it, he only said that it was burned, and he returned to the East Palace in a daze, and he didn't know if Mu Nuan was burned to death.
He thought back to the scene of last night, and still felt panicked, trembling with fright, and holding the queen's hand tighter.
Empress Wei still felt disapproving: "Where did the ghost come from, that person has been dead for two years, he won't come back sooner or later, why did he come back suddenly now, I'm afraid someone is pretending to be a ghost behind his back." ” "It's really what the retainer saw with his own eyes, his wheelchair was running around on the ground, a white shadow flashed, and there was a voice, he said that he died so miserably" The more Li Zhang spoke, the more terrible he felt, and a cold sweat broke out.
Empress Wei appeased: "Don't be afraid, Zhang'er, this palace will go and invite a master of exorcism and ghost hunting to come back, catch the dead ghost, and send it to the eighteenth layer of hell, so that it will never be able to live forever."
When Li Zhang heard about catching ghosts, he nodded hurriedly: "Okay, catch ghosts, catch ghosts."
Empress Wei seemed to think of something, and sighed: "It's a pity that although it burned there last night, the girl of the Mu family is safe and sound, and it seems that she still needs to put some effort into it." ” Li Zhang calmed down a little, remembering that the cooked duck flew last night, and he also felt a little unwilling: "The queen mother doesn't need to worry, this matter will be handed over to the son, and it will be done next time."
On the other side, after lunch, the two came out of Xu Guifei, Princess Chaoyang smiled like a flower, bouncing like a cheerful deer, and said happily: "Sister Nuan, you are still amazing, so you can say it, and finally let the mother concubine avoid my grounding." ” Mu Nuan nodded: "If you are grounded, who will take me to He Qingting?"
Princess Chaoyang's face froze, and she couldn't laugh in an instant, and she came up and looked at Mu Nuan in surprise: "No, go back" When she was in the palace just now, Princess Chaoyang saw that Mu Nuan replied to her mother so simply, and thought that she really planned to forget about the imperial brother completely, and willingly married that Zhao Shizi, but she didn't expect that she was still persevering in her heart and thinking about the imperial brother, alas, thinking about it like this, that Zhao Shizi was really pitiful.
Mu Nuan took her hand and said, "Let's just go to see He Qingting, didn't you say that he is very decadent, maybe if he sees me, he can get better." ” Speaking of going to see He Qingting, Princess Chaoyang looked disgusted and very reluctant.
Mu Nuan was puzzled: "I remember, don't you have a good relationship with him, why do you put on such a stinky face when you mention him now?"
Princess Chaoyang rolled her eyes and turned sideways, and said: "Who has a good relationship with him, you remember wrong" Actually, the reason why she hates He Qingting so much now is because she heard that He Qingting has become a drunkard, and she went to persuade her in person, but she didn't want to run into a wall, and after many times, she didn't want to see He Qingting again.
"If you don't go, then I'll have to go by myself."
Mu Nuan knew that Princess Chaoyang was obviously duplicitous, and remembered that when she was a child, she was closest to He Qingting, how could she break up so easily.
If Mu Nuan was allowed to go to see He Qingting alone, Princess Chaoyang felt that she still couldn't rest assured, what if the drunkard got drunk and made trouble, she still looked better with the past, so she said: "That's it, I should accompany you, if he dares to bully you, I will never spare him." ” "However, where should we go to find him" Mu Nuan was a little confused.
Princess Chaoyang dragged her voice and said, "Of course, it's under the moon before the flowers." ” When Mu Nuan heard it, he thought that He Qingting was drinking flower wine, and said in amazement: "He is actually addicted to the land of fireworks."
Princess Chaoyang explained: "Sister, you don't know, the moon before the flower is not an ordinary place of fireworks, it is a restaurant, it has just been opened for a year, it is quite popular among young men and women, and now it is popular all over Chang'an City, I heard that the best wine here is the beauty drunk brewed by the proprietress herself, He Qingting loves to drink this beauty drunk, so he must be there again" Speaking of this, Princess Chaoyang rolled her eyes, wondering what He Qingting loves to drink beauty drunk, it is clear that the drunkard does not mean to drink, is greedy for the beauty of the proprietress so-called the first beauty in the world.
Speaking of this, Mu Nuan stared at Princess Chaoyang mysteriously, and asked in a strange tone: "You are so clear about He Qingting's movements, can you secretly inquire about his news in private?"
"How can it be that I, I have listened to what others say, and the whole capital knows about him" Princess Chaoyang instantly turned her face away in a panic, obviously trying to hide something.
Mu Nuan didn't ask much, but said: "Okay, let's go to meet He Qingting under the moon before the flower today, and I just want to taste the taste of this beauty." ” "Don't think I don't know that sister, you're drunk, and you're not in the bar because of the drunkard."
Princess Chaoyang had no choice but to take her to the moon before the flower on the same day, because the folk customs of the dynasty were still quite open, the two only needed to change into an inconspicuous ordinary woman's dress, and then got into the carriage and walked all the way, and came to a restaurant called "Flower before the moon".
This restaurant is located in the middle of the intersection of a prosperous street in Chang'an City, the three-storey attic is extremely conspicuous, the decoration is noble and elegant, unique, people in and out are endless, not literati and ink writers, or the children of rich families, you can smell the fragrance from afar.
The two got out of the carriage, Mu Nuan looked up and saw the restaurant in front of him, and looked left and right, only to feel that the whole street was completely different from what he remembered, and muttered: "This place has changed so much in two years."
"You haven't been out and around for so long, so naturally you don't know what is happening in the city."
Entering this restaurant, I saw that the hall on the first floor was decorated plainly, and there was a small stage in the middle, and the stage was performing songs and dances for the guests.
Because Princess Chaoyang sent someone to book a table in advance, the two were led by the restaurant guys, went directly to the second floor, and entered a private room called "Magnolia", the balcony opened to the street, and it seemed that they could see the prosperity of the whole street at a glance.
When the two entered, they sent their entourage to wait outside, and if they saw He Qingting's figure, they would come back to report.
In the private room, Mu Nuan walked to the balcony and looked out, and sighed: "If this place is really full of guests every day as you said, if we hadn't gone through the back door, we probably wouldn't have booked such a good private room today." ” Princess Chaoyang smiled: "Although I think that the proprietress is a bit of an eyesore, but it is undeniable, the wine and food here are really excellent, and many dishes can't even be made by the imperial chef in the palace, for example" "Who is this boss lady, where did she provoke you" It was a little strange to hear Princess Chaoyang mention the word boss lady a few times, so Mu Nuan specially asked.
Princess Chaoyang realized that she had missed her mouth, so she had to continue to speak: "She, she is a bewitching woman, known as the first beauty in the world, this flower is so hot in the past month, in my opinion, it is mostly for her beauty, hum, you know to seduce men, Sister Nuan, you don't dare to claim to be the first beauty in the capital, she dares to shamelessly call herself the first beauty in the world, I heard that it is just a widow whose husband inherited this restaurant at a young age, and ran out to show her face" As he was talking, someone pushed the door and entered.
"What the world's first beauty is, it's just a gimmick, the girl doesn't have to take it too seriously."
Suddenly, I heard a pleasant and smart voice coming in, and I saw a woman wearing a pomegranate red smoke cloud gauze wide-sleeved mopping long skirt, with plum blossoms decorated with shawls, combing a flying bun on her head, and moving with her gold-covered rubies, her face was as white as fat, and she had a red flame flower on her forehead, her makeup was delicate and moving, and she was extremely enchanting and charming at a glance and smile, which was by no means comparable to ordinary fireworks women.
Even if Mu Nuan is a woman, I can't help but be amazed when I see her, I don't know that there is such a stunner in the world, it is estimated that a man will inevitably be moved when he sees her, it seems that the first beauty in the world is not in vain.
The woman held a jade pot in her hand, posed as thin as a willow waist, and smiled like a flower on her lips, and slowly entered the house.
When Princess Chaoyang saw her break in, her face changed: "You, why don't you knock on the door first when you enter the house?"
The woman bowed her head and said with a generous smile: "The slave knocked on the door, and when he saw the door open, he came in on his own. ” Princess Chaoyang's face suddenly flushed, and when she was saying bad things about someone, this person suddenly ran in, and she also followed up with a sentence, which was really embarrassing, making her eager to dig a pit in the ground and jump in.
She tugged on Mu Nuan's sleeve and hid behind her, wanting to use her as a shield.
Mu Nuan couldn't help laughing, stepped forward and returned the salute, saying, "This must be the first beauty in the world in my sister's mouth, the proprietress of the moon before the flower." ” "Don't dare to be, the slave's maiden name is Xie Chanyi, if the two don't dislike calling me Xie Sanniang, I heard that the two are distinguished guests from the palace, the slave family specially came to visit, and presented the best beauty in the store to get drunk, and please smile" said, Cicada Yi stepped forward to put down the wine jug, picked his eyes and looked at Mu Nuan carefully, there seemed to be a deep meaning in his eyes, fleeting, and smiled, "Then the slave family will not disturb the two wine tasting, if necessary, at any time to order the waiter outside."
As he spoke, he specially saluted Princess Chaoyang and retired. gd1806102: