Drunk House

  Chapter 47 Referrals

  Zhou Gu took a careful look at Ning Chi, noncommittal, then turned to Su Rong, "Where do you sell drunk flower drinks?"

  Su Rong said: "At the end of this street, there is a restaurant called Xiaoyingke."

   Zhou Gu nodded and asked Ning Chi, "How many jars can you drink?"

  Ning Chi smiled and said: "I'm not very good at drinking, but if I drink with Brother Zhou, I won't be drunk and I won't return."

  Zhou Gu asked Su Rong again, "Do you want a drink?"

  Su Rong didn't speak.

  Zhou Gu said again: "If the two of us drink and let you watch, what will you do?"

   "It's better to go back to the house and sleep."

  Zhou Gu Dale, "Then drink as much as you want." He told Ziye, "Did you hear that? Go laugh and buy five altars of drunken flowers to drink."

  Zi Ye asked in a low voice: "My lord, can I buy six altars?"

  Zhou Gu glanced at him and said "En".

  Midnight is very happy.

   "How can I get Brother Zhou to buy me a drink? I'll treat Brother Zhou and Miss Seven to drink." Ning Chi took out a thousand tael silver note from his pocket and handed it to Zi Ye, "Take this."

   Without waiting for Zhou Gu to speak, Zi Ye happily revealed, "Thank you, Mr. Ning, can we all buy wine?"

   "Yes." Ning Chi smiled.

  Midnight immediately rejoiced.

  Zhou Gu raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything.

  He beckoned to Ning Chi, "It's not convenient to talk below, brother Ning, do you want to drink in the room?"

  Ning Chi got up when he heard the words, and followed suit, "Okay."

  Ning Chi got up and went upstairs, together with Zhou Gu and Su Rong, entered Zhou Gu's room.

   After the three of them sat down, they closed the door, Zhou Gu and Ning Chi sat opposite each other, and Su Rong sat next to Zhou Gu.

   Zhou Gu asked Ning Chi bluntly, "You want to marry that woman surnamed Jiang? To win over the influence of the governor of Jiangzhou for the eldest prince?"

  Ning Chi paused, and smiled, "Brother Zhou, aren't you being too straightforward?"

  Zhou Gu looked at him with admiration on his face, "If what I said is correct, you are too open-minded, just the woman surnamed Jiang..." He commented viciously, "You are a fool."

  Su Rong was ashamed. It was the first time I saw Zhou Gu's poisonous mouth. It can be seen that he is very polite to her occasionally humming once or twice.

  Ning Chi coughed, "My father meant that."

   "Then what do you mean?" Zhou Gu narrowed his eyes, "You and the Marquis of Nanping don't wear a pair of pants, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have stayed here on purpose today, and you'd have had a drink with me."

  Ning Chi sighed softly, and said truthfully: "Brother Zhou is very perceptive and intelligent, that's true. My biological mother died early, and although I am the eldest son, I am not the eldest. There are brothers on the top and step-brothers on the bottom. My position in the world is all based on my father's words. He told me to go east, but I really dare not go west."

  Zhou Gu was noncommittal. He had always known the situation in the Nanpinghou Mansion, otherwise he would not have given up on him when he reported the identity of the Nanpinghou Shizi that day. As the Nanpinghou Shizi, it was very difficult for him to stand on his own, and he did not have much say in the Nanpinghoufu.

   "So, what is Ning Shizi's high opinion?" Zhou Gu asked directly: "You want to use me to seek refuge in the East Palace? I can match you up."

  Ning Chi laughed, "It seems that Brother Zhou has taken refuge in the Eastern Palace?"

  Zhou Gu knocked on the table, "It's not that I seek refuge, it's His Majesty who kicked me to the Eastern Palace. I studied with the Eastern Palace for a few years and was taken care of by the crown prince. I must not be ungrateful, so I'm considered half a member of the Eastern Palace!"

  He has a very clear understanding of himself, "No matter what His Majesty was thinking back then, in short, I have been with the prince in the East Palace for a few years, so I have feelings. I am not the elder, I am not a prince, and I have no burden on my shoulders. The prince has both ability and virtue, a noble character, and is an orthodox heir. I will not resist helping him."

  Ning Chi nodded, "But in the past two years, His Majesty seems to intend to support the eldest prince and the second prince, and create a three-legged situation with the prince?"

  Zhou Gu nodded, "As your Majesty grows older, your Majesty attaches more and more importance to authority. He doesn't like the high reputation of the crown prince, but he doesn't think about it. The crown prince is the crown prince he appointed. If the crown prince has no prestige, how can he take on the great responsibility of the country? Now he is suppressing the crown prince's power everywhere. To put it bluntly, he has not sat down enough to be the emperor, and he is afraid that the crown prince will threaten him, so he doesn't want to abdicate."

  Ning Chi lowered his voice, "Brother Zhou, you are rebellious, so be careful."

  Zhou Gu smiled, "Will you sue me for the imperial court?"

   "That's not going to happen."

   "That's it, isn't there no one else here? I'm a person like you who wants to seek refuge in the East Palace, what else do we need to be cautious about?" Zhou Gu leaned back in his chair, looking sluggish, "So, Brother Ning, you should think about it. The Crown Prince is not very optimistic at the moment."

  Ning Chi was surprised that Zhou Gu spoke to him so directly and honestly.

  Although he is two years older than Zhou Gu, he thinks a lot about the city. Ever since he saw Zhou Gu that day, Zhou Gu drew his sword to Jiang Yunying, and he reported his identity, but he was still ignored.

  With the idea of ​​getting rid of his father's restraint, the threat of his concubine brother, and the oppression of his stepmother and brother, he pondered over and over again, patiently confronting Jiang Shengxu on the one hand, and on the other hand, wondering whether he could take a different path, different from his father's path of taking refuge in and supporting the First Prince.

  The First Prince Concubine is his stepmother's younger sister, so even if the First Prince succeeds one day, he probably won't get a good one. The one who gets a good one will be his stepbrother. Why should he make wedding dresses for others?

   And Zhou Gu happened to be the bridge for him to take refuge in the East Palace.

  Ning Chi hardly needed to think too much, so he said to Zhou Gu: "The orthodox crown prince has both ability and political integrity, is gentle and upright, and has a heart for the common people. Even if His Majesty is confused for a while, His Royal Highness is worth relying on, right?"

   "Naturally." Zhou Gu nodded.

  Ning Chi smiled, and cupped his hands to Zhou Gu, "Then I will trouble Brother Zhou to introduce you."

   "Okay, if you want to, I will volunteer to be the bridge-builder." Seeing that Ziye hadn't returned from buying wine, Zhou Gu immediately asked Su Rong, "Can you grind ink?"

  Su Rong nodded, "Yes."

  Zhou Gu called out, "Come here, find a store to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

   Someone outside answered yes.

  Ning Chi was shocked by Zhou Gu's joy and speed, "Brother Zhou, are you going to write a letter to His Highness the Crown Prince?"

   "Yes." Zhou Gu nodded, "Since you have already made a decision, why delay? I will write a letter for you right now. Do you have a token?"

  Ning Chi took out the jade pendant he was wearing and put it in front of Zhou Gu, "Is it possible to use this as a token?"

   "Okay." Zhou Gu said: "You write another letter in your own handwriting, and together with my letter, I will send it back to Beijing to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

  Ning Chi nodded, "Okay."

   Not long after, someone brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Su Rong rolled up his sleeves and helped Zhou Gu grind the ink. Zhou Gu wrote a letter first. His letter was short. After writing it, he sealed it with wax and handed the pen to Ning Chi.

  Su Rong: "..."

  Ning Chi: "..."

  Ning Chi smiled, rolled up his sleeves and polished the ink by himself, echoing Zhou Gu, "Yes, I don't deserve to bother Miss Seven, I will do it myself."

   See you tomorrow~

  (end of this chapter)