The prince is very fierce

The next morning.

There are more wolf guards in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City. Apparently, the news of thieves in the palace city has reached the ears of Zhang Xiang, the Detective Department.

As the yamen that oversees Jianghu youths, it is obvious that someone broke into the imperial city. For a time, the Wolf Guard's investigation of Jianghu people became much stricter, and all the places where Jianghu people gathered were taken care of. Naturally, they found nothing.

The farce in Yingchun Tower last night caused a much louder news. People like to hear such interesting stories the most. At dawn, people in the streets and alleys were startled and talked about the scene last night. What about "Prince Su"? The prince took the beauty to visit the brothel, spent a lot of money to make the beauty smile, "The prince of Su Wang beat the prince in anger" and so on, it was like sitting in the Yingchun Tower and watching.

The person Xu Bu Ling beat was the son of Liu Pingyang, one of the three princes. The matter was brought to court the next day. Some officials from Liu Pingyang's group symbolically impeached Xu Bu Ling for being domineering, but no one could Knowing that it was useless, it was just a fight between two young masters who had not yet reached the crown. Liu Pingyang didn't care, let alone the current emperor. Song Ji just asked the Xiao and Liu families to discipline their juniors well, and the matter was over.

The strategy of seducing people in the east and attacking in the west was perfect, but it did not avoid all troubles. Xu did not tell Madam Lu whether he went to a brothel or entered the palace. If Madam Lu knew that he went to a brothel to buy an oiran, he would naturally not get good results.

The light had just turned white in the east, and Xu Buling, who had rested in bed for an hour, got up early and prepared to take refuge in the Imperial College.

It's a pity that Mrs. Lu's ears and eyes are not as good as usual, so she sent Yue Nu to block the door of the palace at dawn.

Xu Bu Ling knew that he was doomed. After tidying up his clothes, he followed Yue Nu to the other courtyard of Jinghua Garden.

The sun rises in the east, and the warm sunshine shines on the sparkling lake.

There was smoke from the kitchen in the courtyard by the lake, and the maids were busy preparing breakfast.

Spring is coming, Jinghua Garden is an ornamental garden, it is very beautiful when the flowers are in full bloom. Mrs. Lu is a widow and has nothing to do all day long. Apart from taking care of Xu Buling, the rest of her time is spent taking care of flowers, embroidering and sewing.

At this time, Mrs. Lu got up early, wearing a long blue dress and holding a pair of scissors in her hand, pruning in the garden outside the courtyard. Her temperament was gentle and graceful, as if spring had fallen in the garden early.

Xu Buling adjusted his white robe and walked slowly behind Mrs. Lu with a bright smile:

"Aunt Lu, what delicious food did you make this morning?"

Mrs. Lu knew that Xu Buling was coming, but she didn't look back. She used scissors to repair the bare flower branches, and her tone was filled with resentment:

"Are you up so early? You played at Yingchun Tower until midnight last night. Not only did you take Miss Song with you, but you also spent a lot of money to buy dozens of singers. Are you tired?"

Xu Buling had been prepared for this: "Didn't Aunt Lu ask me to hide my clumsiness? Look how well I hid it. I bought a lot of beautiful girls but didn't want them. I looked like a fool and even beat up Liu Changrun." "Dun, you are so domineering."

When Mrs. Lu heard the news last night, she was about to go out to the brothel to cause trouble. Later, she was relieved when she heard that Xu Buling had kicked out all the charming girls in the brothel. If Xu Buling really dared to buy dozens of singers, they would go back to the house to drink and have sex. , the scissors in her hand are not for cutting flower branches.

"Humph~ I guess you have some sense of propriety. Those brothel girls are not clean and cannot be touched... You go to the brothel to have fun, why do you want to take Miss Song with you? Is it possible that you are not used to being accompanied by every woman around you? Do you want me to..."

Xu Buling quickly raised his hand: "Your Majesty, that's not what you meant. A fool only goes to a brothel to take care of girls by himself. I am not following your instructions to hide my shame and self-destruction..."

All the words were blamed on Mrs. Lu. Mrs. Lu really couldn't say anything. She thought for a moment and said, "Well, it's just this one time. It won't happen next time. If you let me know that you go to a brothel again, I won't care about you. You The queen mother asked her to go..."

"I know, I know, um... leave the garden to me, you can just go back and rest."

Xu Bu Ling raised his hand to take the scissors in Mrs. Lu's hand.

Mrs. Lu raised her hand and pointed to other courtyards with her eyes: "How can you, a dignified prince with a different surname, do such a job and go to the house to wait for dinner..."

Xu Buling breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to walk away. Unfortunately, before he had even taken two steps, a voice came from behind:

"By the way, hang up the Queen Mother's painting to make it look better, so that the Queen Mother won't ask about it later and say you don't care."

"..."

Xu Buling nodded with difficulty, and with a somewhat forced smile, he came to Mrs. Lu's house to dig a hole for himself.

The maids were all busy in the kitchen, and there was no one in Mrs. Lu's boudoir. The window was open, and the morning sun slanted on the soft couch.

Xu Buling came here just like going home. He knew the furnishings of the room clearly and went straight to the standing cabinet next to the embroidery bed.

The room is not big, and the tea room, soft couch, tables and chairs and other items have already taken up the space. Mrs. Lu usually puts the items that are not used temporarily in the standing cabinet.

Xu Buling opened the cabinet door. The three-layer grid was filled with hairpin boxes, bracelets, books and other items. Several paintings stood on the bottom floor, including the Queen Mother's painting box. He was about to take out the painting box when he suddenly made another move and glanced at the empty boudoir.

Peony belly band...

The lingering images of these days came to mind again, and Xu Buling couldn't help but feel itchy in his heart. After all, he still couldn't tell whether he was dreaming that night.

The silence in the room seemed to be a blessing from heaven.

Xu Buling was never an indecisive person. After thinking about it for a while, he stood up and opened the cabinet door on the other side.

The cabinet also had three layers of grids, but the things on display were completely different - imperial robes, shawls and skirts were placed on the top, and the bottom layer was women's private items, covered with red cloth.

Xu Buling squatted down and opened the red envelope. There were more than a dozen bellybands and underwear of different colors neatly placed inside. In addition, there were open-crotch thin pants, porcelain, white handkerchiefs and other items.

These things were used in the bridal chamber. The open-crotch pants were private items to avoid the newlyweds from being shy, and the porcelain was a small figure in various poses, not to mention the white handkerchief.

Xu Buling hesitated, picked up the white handkerchief and took a look. It was clean and obviously had not been used. He quickly folded it and put it back. For some reason, his heart was beating very fast, and it was even more stressful than when he broke into the palace alone last night.

In order to ease the doubts in his heart, Xu Buling opened the bellybands folded by Aunt Lu one by one to check.

There are many kinds of embroidery on the bellyband, including mandarin ducks, lotus, peony, and daisy. Peony is the most common, which may have something to do with his saying that Aunt Lu looks like a peony, but there is no bellyband with a white background and a yellow peony in his vague impression.

Xu Buling patiently searched through the boxes for a long time, and finally found a white one, which was as thin as a cicada's wing and almost transparent, and made of good fabric. He unfolded it and looked at it carefully. It smelled fragrant, and it looked familiar but not quite like it...

"Ling'er!"

Suddenly, a mature voice sounded, and footsteps approached.

Even Xu Buling, who was very brave, was frightened...