Master, I really don't want to lay eggs!

In that year, Qin Zizhan got married and became the king, and granted the land of Lingzhou.

This fief is very intriguing. This is the place where Tai Zu raised his troops. In the four generations of Cheng Dynasty, no prince could get this fief. Qin Zizhan immediately stood on the cusp of the storm.

The concubine Chen Zhang is the second daughter of the general, and the side concubine Xu Ru is the third lady of the Minister of Rites.The emperor simply put him on fire, for fear that others would not know that he was the whetstone used by His Majesty to restrain the prince.

Since you can't hide, you can only fight hard.

At that time, his heart and eyes were all about the throne, and the reason why he paid attention to Chu Wan was because Chu Wan was the daughter of the prefect Chu Yu.

The prefect is in charge of one side of the military. If Qin Zizhan accepts Chu Wan, he and Chu Yu will be Weng's son-in-law. At that time, whether it is raising private soldiers on the ground in Lingzhou or mobilizing state soldiers when something happens, Chu Yu's support will be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

But the prefect's mansion refused the marriage, and the spies got the news that it was Chu Wan's refusal.

Qin Zizhan was not annoyed when he got the news, but smiled. In his opinion, this is just a trick of the Chu family.

It was actually an accident when he first met Chu Wan.

The princess of Lingnan was pregnant, and he accompanied Chen Zhang to the temple to fulfill his wish. It was raining heavily that day, and he didn't want to go out, but the princess insisted. She had to say that the weather was bad to show her sincerity, so he reluctantly accompanied him.

The attendant winked at him outside the hall, he came out, listened to the attendant's message, and was about to go back, when he turned his eyes so casually, he suddenly froze.

At that moment, Chu Wan, holding the hem of her skirt in one hand and putting the other on her head, ran towards him in a hurry. The shallow puddles under her feet splashed little mud spots, many of which were stained on her embroidered shoes.Such an embarrassing scene, but the girl was laughing.It's not the subtle smile of women nowadays who pursed their lips, she showed her snow-white teeth, and there was a deep dimple on each side of her cheeks.

She and her maid stood on the porch not far from him. The maid in red wiped her hair with a handkerchief and wiped off the rain: "Miss, it's raining, why are you still smiling so happily?"

"The spring rain is as moist as crisp, don't you be happy." The woman's voice was crisp and clear, not like the voice of another lady's coquettish voice.

The servant girl said: "Miss is infected by the master, and all my thoughts are people's livelihood!"

The woman stretched out a palm to catch the rainwater dripping from the eaves, and the crystal raindrops leaked out of her palm like a silver chain. She smiled and said: "My father is in his position to seek his own government, but I don't have his worry about the country." Worrying about the people, I wish the rain would never end, and it would be better if it rains at the Lingnan Prince's Palace if the dinner cannot be held!"

"Hush!" The servant girl covered the young lady's mouth in reproach, "You can't talk nonsense outside, is there anyone else there?"

The lady followed the maidservant's line of sight and saw two men standing in front of the main hall of the temple not far away, one dressed in brocade and a crown, and the other dressed as a warrior.

Qin Zizhan nodded and smiled at the girl, but she quickly turned her face away, but Qin Zizhan caught at a glance the girl's pale face when she saw him.

He was wearing ordinary clothes today, and there was no python embroidered on his clothes, what's more, he deliberately sealed his upper and lower mouths, no one in the temple knew that Lingnan King was in the temple today.

But the lady suddenly shouted loudly: "Xiaocui, the rain will stop in a while, let's go to Old Wangtou on the East Street to buy stinky tofu, I haven't eaten it for two days, I want to die of that smell!"

The servant girl was dumbfounded and said, "Miss..."

"After eating, I stopped by to meet the sister of the Liu family. She has been in a bad mood for the past two days. She is so angry with the new concubine that she can't eat every day. If you want me to say, she is really useless. If it was me, she would have given up. I beat him out, smashed him to the brim, and then packed up and went back to my mother’s house!"

"Which Liu family is Miss talking about..." The servant girl was in a mess when she heard it.

The girl was so angry that she even wanted to roll up her sleeves. The servant girl was so frightened that she quickly pressed her hand, but the young lady didn't even say a word to the servant girl, and said like a cannonball: "Let's go! Let's help Sister Liu to beat up that heartless man, and then we can help you beat that heartless man. Sell ​​that little concubine for her, the martial arts I learned from my aunt is not just for showing off!" As he spoke, he pulled up the maid and quickly ran into the rain again.

The entourage was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Hey, which lady is this so tough, she's blinded by her good looks, whoever marries her back really doesn't know if it's a blessing or a curse! Lord, lord?" He kept shouting, "Are you still entering the palace?"

Qin Zizhan came back to his senses, only to realize that he had been staring at the woman's back for a long time, he nodded, and just passed by the entourage, when he suddenly saw a bright yellow tassel protruding from the entourage's waist, it was Lingnan Palace In Lingzhou, except for Qin Zizhan, only the servants of the Lingnan Palace can wear such a little bit of bright yellow.Qin Zizhan suddenly understood that the woman recognized him.

Seeing that he didn't worship him and tried his best to discredit himself, Qin Zizhan shook his head with a broken smile.There was a Chu Wan who refused to marry before, and now there is another woman who avoids him like a snake and a scorpion. He doesn't know when he is so unwelcoming.

Three days later, the King of Lingnan hosted a banquet for the officials of Lingzhou and their families, but Chu Wan was absent as expected, saying that she had rubella and could not attend the banquet.

Qin Zizhan lit the news sent by the spies on the candle, and said with a funny smile: "This woman is really hard on herself, and she dares to put some messy ointment on her face, and she is not afraid of self-defeating."

The entourage said angrily: "This daughter of Chu Yu really doesn't know what is good and what is bad. The prince is a dragon and a phoenix, accepting her is flattering her!"

"It's all about self-promotion. If you want to sell it for a price, you have to see if the king is in the mood to accompany you. Forget it, let her go, and don't have to stare at her anymore!" Qin Zizhan said lightly.

On the night of the Shangsi Festival, the street market is illuminated and pedestrians are covered with clouds.On this day, the daughters can go out to play openly and enjoy the lights at night. The riverside under the Xizi Bridge is full of all kinds of lanterns.

The side concubine Xu Ru is different from the concubine Chen Zhang. Chen Zhang is four years older than Qin Zizhan, dignified and self-restraining. Qin Zizhan respects her like a guest, while Xu Ru is only fifteen years old, lively and lively, and getting along with Qin Zizhan is more like an ordinary young couple.That night, Qin Zizhan was dragged out by Xu Ru to enjoy the lanterns, and because he was afraid of being recognized by others, he put a mask with a silver wolf pattern on his face.

When Xu Ru was picking up lanterns, Qin Zizhan walked towards a woman in a goose-yellow dress, slim and graceful, but she wore a mask exactly like him.Few women would like a wolf head mask, and he couldn't help but hook his lips under the mask.

The two passed by, and next to the woman with the wolf head mask was a maidservant in red wearing a fox mask. Qin Zizhan recognized her as soon as she opened her mouth. These two were the master-servant couple she had seen in the temple, and they would grin. The pears are full of dimples, they want to eat stinky tofu, and they also want to help their close friend beat the concubine's woman and her maid.

The maid said: "Miss, why are you wearing a wolf head? It's so strange and ugly."

The lady said: "You don't understand, wolves are the most loyal animals. On Girl's Day, you have to make a wish to the wolf king, so that you can really get someone with one heart!"

"Isn't the wolf king a cannibal? No lady would worship the wolf king!"

"If you talk too much, I'll really name you Xiaocui!"

"If Miss calls me Xiao Cui, I will really buy stinky tofu for Miss!"

"It's okay, is this lady still afraid?"

"Miss is confident now, but she is so determined to be a shrewd girl..."

There was something Qin Zizhan didn't understand.

He said to the entourage beside him: "Follow up and see which lady it is."

That's when the assassins appeared.The woman's shrill cry was heard from far and near, Xu Ru hid behind the assassin as soon as he appeared, the woman grabbed his sleeve, her face covered with pear blossoms and rain, he ordered the guards to protect the side concubine, and rushed in with his sword .

Pedestrians ran wildly in the market, and the assassins slashed with their knives. The ten-mile long street was covered with blood, and the sound of crying and wailing was endless.Four assassins surrounded him, and the guards outside tried desperately to get in, but they were finally stopped by the crowd of people running in panic.

Suddenly, a firecracker fell from the sky, "bang" exploded at the feet of an assassin, and then "cracked" many hanging firecrackers fell out of thin air, and they all greeted the assassins. He looked up and saw that it was the The woman with the silver wolf mask and her maid had climbed up to the tallest Huibin building at some point, and it was she who threw the firecrackers from the top of the building.

An assassin leaped upwards, but was stopped by his flying body.The time the woman bought him was enough for the guards to rush in and take down all the assassins in an instant. When he looked up again, there were no two people upstairs.

But Lingnan King wanted to find someone in the fief, as easy as searching for something.

Qin Zizhan's expression was a little unpredictable under the light of the flickering candles. He gently stroked the line on the letter in his hand with his fingertips. It was her identity information sent back by the spies following the woman in the silver wolf mask: Chu Wan, the daughter of the prefect of Lingzhou.

It turned out that she was Chu Wan.

The king of Lingnan proposed marriage to the prefect for the second time, and this time he was willing to promise him as a side concubine.He felt uneasy like never before, he was not afraid of an unpredictable future, he was not afraid of impeachment by the court, and he was not afraid of the assassins in front of him, but this time he proposed marriage, he was anxious, afraid of being rejected again.

He was of course rejected again.

I can't tell what it's like in my heart, anger?A little.disappointment?A little.Embarrassed?There is also a point.This is an emotion that he can analyze, but what is wrong with that feeling like a big stone has been dropped on his heart, and it seems that it is extremely difficult to even breathe?

The marriage proposal was rejected twice, no one dared to gossip on the ground in Lingzhou, but this joke was spread all over the capital, the mother and concubine were furious, and sent several secret letters to accuse him.The only advantage is probably that the miserable sale was more coincidental. Whenever the emperor saw one of the fighting sons getting more embarrassed, he would warn the other to restrain himself, and the prince would no longer be aggressive during this period of time.

In fact, if the King of Lingnan wants to marry by force, the prefect of Chu has nothing to do. The concubine the royal family wants to accept has no room to refuse. Qin Zizhan didn't bother to do that the first time, but he was really reluctant to give up the second time.

If you don't marry, don't marry. The King of Lingnan burned all the returned dowry gifts. Why do royal men have no wives.As for the unexplainable sour emotion, Qin Zizhan attributed it to the bad nature of men who would scratch their hearts with all their claws if they couldn't get what they wanted.

In April of the 23rd year of Dasheng Dynasty Shunyi, there was a severe drought in Lingzhou. The prefect's mansion and Lingnan Wangfu opened warehouses to relieve the disaster. Qin Zizhan saw Chu Wan again.She was wearing a narrow-sleeved sarong, no hairpin, and a light blue handkerchief wrapped around her head. No lady in any family would dress like this. When Qin Zizhan was patrolling the streets, he saw her right in front of the gate of the prefect's mansion. she.

He stepped forward, and the victims in the line stepped aside one after another. Chu Wan was pouring porridge and water into a bowl for an old man. When he looked up, the two of them met eyes.

Chu Wan didn't avoid it, and smiled happily: "My lord, Wan'an, please forgive me for the inconvenience, please forgive me."

She was holding the handle of the big spoon with both hands, and it was really inconvenient to ask for peace.

Qin Zizhan stood in a corner in front of the yamen, watching her quietly, until the porridge was finished, the long line in front of the yamen dispersed, Chu Wan had no choice but to come forward to salute.

Qin Zizhan said, "I have a question I've always wanted to ask you."

Chu Wan: "My lord, please tell me."

"Why don't you want to marry me?" Qin Zizhan stared into her eyes.

Chu Wan didn't answer, as if hesitating.

"To be honest, I don't blame the king."

Chu Wan raised her head and looked directly at him: "The prince is playing a game of chess, but the girl just doesn't want to be a chess piece."

When Qin Zizhan proposed marriage for the first time, it was indeed only for the prefect's military power.

"You are so brave."

Chu Wan smiled slightly: "The lord is open-minded and grateful, so the daughters of the people naturally dare to say anything."

Knowing his ambition and coercing him with kindness, Qin Zizhan smiled: "You really know that the person wearing the same mask as you is my king."

"I didn't know it at first, but I knew it when I saw an assassin." In Lingzhou, besides Lingnan King, who else is worthy of so many assassins.

"What if the king doesn't let you go?" He asked with a half-truth and half-fake expression, with a half-smile on his face.

Chu Wan said: "My lord, look up."

Qin Zizhan looked up inexplicably, the blue sky was like washing, and two rows of wild geese flew away.

"The daughters of the people can only ask for a pair of wild geese, but the prince has a phoenix in his heart." The matchmakers in the Ming Dynasty always use wild geese as their beauties.

Qin Zizhan lowered his eyes and said, "So you don't want to be a concubine."

Chu Wan didn't deny it either: "Everyone has his own aspirations, please help me, my lord."

Qin Zizhan thought, Chu Wan is really smart, and his sentences are clever, and he thought, Chu Wan is really stupid, doesn't she know that the more she is like this, the more unwilling he is to let go.Originally, he thought about it, really thought about it, not to force her.