The prince is very fierce

The heavy rain was dripping in the bluestone alley.

Xu Buling held up an oil-paper umbrella and led the horse to the outside of the Sun family shop.

The old wine shop that had been opened in the alley for who knows how many years was still the same as before, with three wine tables, several wine jars, and yellow wine banners swaying in the wind and rain. It was such an ordinary wine shop, but it carried the memories of many people.

The current emperor drank here, the Princess Su and the Prince Su were married here, and Ning Qingye's parents met and fell in love here...

The ordinary wine shop with no background, relying on a mouthful of throat-burning strong liquor, connected all kinds of people from all over the world, high and low, like a special safe haven in the world, not belonging to the world but inseparable from it. The drinkers who walked out of the wine shop were half of the world.

Shashasha

The big raindrops hit the oil-paper umbrella and slid down from the umbrella ribs.

Xu Buling came to the fence of the tavern and held out the wine gourd in his hand:

"Boss, give me a pot of wine."

Because of the heavy rain, there were no customers in the tavern. The old tavern owner Sun, who was wiping everywhere, raised his eyes and smiled:

"Young Master, you are here. Long time no see. Is it still the same as before?"

Xu Buling chuckled and looked at the 'Duan Yu Shao' that he had been drinking for more than a year and might be hard to drink again in the future. He pondered for a moment:

"I heard that the tavern owner has better wine here. I have been here for more than a year and I have never seen the tavern owner take it out."

When tavern owner Sun heard this, he wiped his hands with a towel:

"It's not that I don't want to take it out. This person, once he drinks better, he will drink the broken jade wine again. Yu Shao has lost its flavor. It is better to have a favorite wine to look forward to than never to look forward to it in the future..."

Xu Buling chuckled: "I guess I have to give up Yu Shao. I have to try it so that I won't have any regrets."

Shopkeeper Sun looked at him for a few times, and was silent for a while. He shook his head and chuckled:

"Your father seemed to have said so back then... Never mind, there is still half a jar left. Fill a pot for the young master. If you have a chance to see Xiao Xu in the future... No, it should be Lao Xu. Ask the old man if he is greedy. I told him not to drink..."

While talking, Shopkeeper Sun walked into the back room with a towel, took out half a jar of old wine, poured it into the wine gourd, carefully, and there was a bit of reluctance in the corners of his eyes, like cutting meat.

Xu Buling stood in the alley holding an umbrella, looking up at the old wine shop:

"If Manager Sun is interested in the future, he can open a shop in Suzhou. There is a spring under the city, and its water is like wine. The spring water there is a good thing for making wine."

Manager Sun filled the wine, shook his head and sighed: "I have opened a wine shop in the alley for a lifetime. Many people have been talking about it for many years, just to come to the capital to taste it. Once the old man leaves, won't they all return disappointed and unable to leave..."

Xu Buling chuckled and said nothing more.

After a while, the wine gourd was full. Xu Buling took it and smelled it. The rich wine aroma was refreshing, making people unable to control themselves.

However, Xu Buling hesitated for a moment, but still did not drink it. He hung the wine gourd around his waist and walked out of the bluestone alley with an umbrella.

The rain was pouring.

Manager Sun put a towel on his shoulder and watched the back of the snow-white figure disappear in the rain.

The scene seemed familiar. The playboy who was known as the "Four Pests of the Capital" had also walked out of the alley quietly with a pot of wine and never looked back.

In a trance, it seemed like a reincarnation.

The slightly different thing was that there was no woman beside the young man in white this time.

Shopkeeper Sun was silent for a long time, and finally sighed softly:

"In the blink of an eye, another generation has passed..." ——

The rainy weather was a little cooler, and the "Lock Dragon Gu" naturally calmed down. Xu Buling took this opportunity to enter the palace and visit the Queen Mother for the last time.

At noon, Xu Buling's carriage arrived outside Changle Palace.

I thought there would be Qiao'e and the sedan chair to greet him outside the palace gate, but to Xu Buling's great disappointment, there were only a few ugly palace maids standing at the door.

There was also a carriage parked outside the palace gate, with a wooden sign with the word "Xiao" hanging on it. Hua Jingting, the chief steward of the Huainan Xiao family, stood under the eaves to avoid the rain with a folding fan in his hand.

Xu Buling got off the carriage. Seeing this scene, he naturally understood that Miss Xiao was in the palace, and his mood was a bit complicated.

But since he was here, he couldn't just go home.

Xu Buling got off the carriage and walked into Changle Palace. He was led by the palace maid to the main hall of the Queen Mother's bedroom.

The rain outside the palace was rustling with a bit of coolness, and the atmosphere in the main hall was not much better.

The moment Xu Buling stepped into the main hall, he clearly felt that the atmosphere in the room had changed a little, and it was a bit strangely quiet.

Looking up, in the wide and tidy main hall, two beautiful ladies with the same appearance were sitting on the soft couch, with black hair and spring eyes, and a gourd-like enchanting figure that could be seen without deliberately showing it. The dignified sitting posture added a bit of maturity, but the temperament and dress of the two were slightly different.

The Queen Mother wore a fiery red phoenix skirt, with gold-lined patterns dotted in between, red palace boots on her feet, a golden hairpin in her hair, her face was brightly made up, and her red lips were as fresh and green as cherries, making people want to take a bite of them. It was obvious that she had dressed up carefully.

Xiao Qi wore a black long skirt, plain clothes, and her hair was also the style of an unmarried lady, draped over her back, with only a red hairpin in her hair. Her temperament was much colder and more serious. In contrast, it was like a large ice cube placed next to a flame, two worlds of ice and fire. Even if the two sisters looked exactly the same, they could be clearly distinguished.

"Meet the Queen Mother, Miss Xiao."

Xu Buling remained calm, showing no strange expression, and walked up to him and raised his hand to salute.

The Queen Mother was obviously a little flustered, but she was still calm at this time, and nodded with noble manners:

"Ling'er, sit down."

Xiao Qi's expression was calm, but the embroidered shoes under her skirt moved a few times, revealing the confusion in her heart. She glanced at Xu Buling calmly, and nodded politely:

"See you, Prince."

"Miss Xiao, you are welcome."

Xu Buling smiled and sat on the chair next to the couch, only two steps away from the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother suppressed the thousands of thoughts in her heart, but she subconsciously moved to the side, keeping a distance from Xu Buling, and said softly:

"I heard that you were injured recently. I can't leave the palace to visit you. I have to trouble you to come... Have you felt better recently?"

Xu Buling chuckled, and his manner was elegant and easy-going: "I'm used to it. Thank you for your concern, Queen Mother."

"Oh..."

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, then pursed her lips, looked at Xu Buling, and quickly turned away, with nothing to say.

The main hall fell silent, and the silence was a little scary... ——

The following is a complete plot, which is also the finale of the Chang'an volume. It must be written in one go before it can be posted, so there are only two updates today. I hope everyone understands.