Episode 29: Night visit to the Princess's Mansion

In the evening, Xiang Xiaoqiang invited her stomach aches, Song Ruhai, Sun Jiye, and Wang Hexiang to go out together, found a secluded restaurant, and drank it. At the same time, he talked with them about the next plan, namely the establishment of a new department and new personnel arrangements.

Of course I already knew that my stomach hurts, but this guy still pretended to have just heard of it. He was quite talented and looked very nervous, afraid that Princess Liaoyang would come and his subordinates would aggrieved her. Xiang Xiaoqiang also cooperated with him as usual and comforted and persuaded him again.

The three old men were all very happy. They thought they would be very good to "use their remaining energy" and give them a staff officer or something, but they never expected that they could become the commander. For a moment, the private room was in high spirits.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was also very happy. Although he had not yet obtained the opinions of the Fourteenth Prince, he knew that the Fourteenth Prince would only be happy. She was also extremely depressed in the Qingshui Yamen of the Political Work Team. Now that she is working back to her old business, although she is a deputy, the Fourteenth Prince herself would understand that her deputy must be more in charge than the official who has a stomachache. Not to mention that she will be singled out soon and set up a new "team" and she will become the commander.

After drinking and eating, several people came out with satisfaction. Xiang Xiaoqiang ordered two cars to take them home separately, then got into their own car and drove back to the headquarters.

...

After entering the headquarters courtyard, he got out of the car. Xiang Xiaoqiang had a whim and suddenly looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

The spring breeze at night blew his face warm and comfortable. The spring breeze not only did not sober up the wine, but instead blew his alcohol even more.

Xiang Xiaoqiang told the driver to go back first, leaning against the big tree next to the road, he took out a cigarette and started smoking. In the darkness of the tree, he flashed and looked at the small door in the distance.

Logically, he should have passed through the small door and returned to his home. But somehow, he seemed to have a throbbing tonight, and he was extremely excited in his mind. He always felt unwilling to go back like that. He always felt that he had to do something.

Qiu Qiu and Xiuxiu at home made him salivate when he thinks about it two months ago, but today it seems that he can't raise any interest.

Xiang Xiaoqiang thought for a while, then threw off the cigarette butt, slipped out of the shade of the tree, sneaked to the gate, and waved to the guards from a distance. The guards rushed over and stood attentively saluted.

"Go and find your company commander for me."

Instructed Xiaoqiang.

The guards got the order and ran to the guard company headquarters, and soon found the guard company commander Hu Jiong.

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at the left and right and said in a low voice:

"Drive a car now, don't drive my car...I'll go to Princess Liaoyang's Mansion."

Hu Jiong is also the most confidant person of Xiang Xiaoqiang among the lower-level officers of the People's Guard. At this moment, when he heard the commander's order, he smelled his alcohol again and understood seven or eight. What a shrewd person Hu Jiong is. Although he can't usually contact these upper-class people, he had long seen that Xiang Xiaoqiang is very close to Princess Liaoyang, but he still dared not guess randomly. Today, he also understood in his heart.

But he still had a normal expression, without asking a word, nodding and whispering:

"yes."

Hu Jiong knew that the commander was going to have a tryst at Princess Liaoyang while he was drunk. He could not lead people in this kind of thing. The commander did not call him an ordinary driver, but called himself the company commander of the guard. He knew what this meant. He was very careful and ran back to the company quickly, took two box guns and pinned them on his body, then quickly ran to the garage, picked up an ordinary two-row sedan, which was inconspicuous. Then he simply checked the fuel tank, dashboard, brake, etc., and then drove out.

Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't say anything, but got into the car, lay in the back seat, closed his eyes and rested.

...

This inconspicuous car was strolling on the streets of Nanjing, crossing the streets and hiking alleys, and within ten minutes, it was a Qinhuai District in the south of the city.

Although the Ming and Qing War has been more than two months, the Ming Dynasty has not lifted the war mobilization, that is to say, it is still in a war economic state. However, this is limited to the industrial system. The country's light and heavy industries are still stepping up the production of war materials, which has boosted the originally sluggish economy. The unemployment rate continues to decrease, and consumption has stimulated continuous growth. If it weren't for the machines roaring all night in factories and the workers working in turn, just looking at the prosperity of shops and hotels, people would have thought that this was a period of great economic prosperity.

Confucius Temple is full of lights and wine in the area of ​​Qinhuai, and it is almost nine o'clock in the evening. The car drove past Confucius Temple and entered a high-end villa area that was quiet in the midst of chaos.

At 9:40, the car stopped in front of the door of No. 14, Jianzi Lane. Hu Jiong went to ring the doorbell.

The alley was empty, with only a few cars parked, and there was no one. I sighed to Xiaoqiang that it was not easy for the Princess Liaoyang Mansion to remain confidential. The People's Guard soldiers who serve as guards here can really be called "loyalty and courage". It is not easy to be "courage" to win the sword with a hundred steps and grab the sword with empty hands, but it is even more difficult to be true "loyalty". This "loyalty" is not just about not betrayal, but also some seemingly inconspicuous but actually more difficult, such as being strict with each other.

Xiang Xiaoqiang admires Hu Jiong very much. This is also the reason why he brought Hu Jiong here today.

The guards at the door pushed open the iron fence gate, Hu Jiong returned to the car and drove in.

...

It was abrupt when Xiang Xiaoqiang came to the princess's house in the middle of the night, which was something that Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't dare to do. Today, he took advantage of the alcohol and "making mistakes" with the fourteenth princess first, and he was going to criticize her as the leader... In addition, there were personnel adjustments, so he had to ventilate and breathe... Oh, there were too many reasons.

There were bamboo shadows swaying on both sides of the courtyard path. A little maid in Hanfu led the way in front of her lantern. She followed her back with her hands behind her back. She felt that she was an ancient emperor. She raised a sign of a concubine at night. Now, under the guidance of the palace maid, she was shuttled through the garden of the harem... Behind a palace wall, the fourteenth princess, who was his concubine, had already bathed in the fragrant soup, finished dressing up, prepared a feast, and waited happily for herself...

Oh...tsk tsk tsk...don't be too cool.

After passing through a small round door, the beautiful Japanese-style building came into view in the lawn under the lamp. Following the small stone path to the corridor, the little maid turned around, bowed respectfully, and said gently:

"Please change your shoes, sir."

Hum? Xiang Xiaoqiang noticed this little maid: Isn’t this Xiaowu?

The moment she turned around and bowed, Xiang Xiaoqiang saw her face. It was indeed Xiaowu.

Oh, I haven't seen each other for more than two months, and it seems that I have grown more beautiful. I have grown taller. Moreover, the Chinese sentence "Adults please change your shoes" is also very clear. It seems that the fourteenth princes usually have a lot of **.

Xiao Wu bowed respectfully, held his hands on his knees, and his long black hair scattered on his shoulders.

Perhaps feeling that he was being stared at, Xiaowu secretly raised his head and glanced at Xiang Xiaoqiang. His black eyes happened to meet Xiang Xiaoqiang's "lustful" eyes. He was so scared that he shrank his head and did not dare to raise his head. His hands were still holding onto his knees in a regular manner, but he was unnaturally pinching his skirt.

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked down at Xiao Wu who was bowing his head, and suddenly felt a trembling heart, remembering Zhu Yourong's appearance.

Zhu Yourong, I wonder what he is doing at this moment? Is he fiddling with the guitar in the imperial garden again, watching the same moon as himself?

Oh, don't care! Zhu Yourong, that stubborn girl, doesn't think about her now. Now, she is outside the fourteenth princess' door...

...

Take off your shoes and enter the hall.

I saw the Fourteenth Princess wearing a soft Hanfu, sitting cross-legged on the floor,...

Wait, read it right...

Xiang Xiaoqiang closed his eyes and opened them again. What he saw was indeed... The fourteenth princess sat cross-legged, holding a dart in his hand, squinted his eyes and gestured, and then suddenly threw it out. The dart made a beautiful shallow arc in the air, "Bang!" and nailed it into a target plate a few meters away, almost in the center of the red heart.

Next to it was a bottle of brandy and an empty cup. Seeing that there was only half of the amber wine in the bottle, the fourteenth princess' face was red, and probably had already drunk half a bottle.

Next to the wine bottle, there were several darts scattered.

The fourteenth princess' pretty face flushed, staring at the target plate with all concentration, but she didn't notice Xiang Xiaoqiang. She touched another dart, squinted her eyes and glanced a few times, and threw it out with her hands. "Bang", another dart was nailed into the Red Heart.

Xiang Xiaoqiang laughed silently, but he didn't expect that such a princess and princesses would also play with such boys at home.

The Fourteenth Princess is also pitiful. She is alone in exile in the enemy country, without friends or relatives. It is better during the day and can be fully devoted to work. But at night she can only stay at home alone, and she is not even able to go out to play.

Xiang Xiaoqiang wanted to call her. As soon as he took a step forward, he stepped on something under his feet. He looked down and saw what was folded from several newspapers.

He bent down and picked it up, and it turned out to be a paper crane folded in newspaper.

A big title flashed across the wings of the paper crane: "The Princess of the Tartars of the Ming Dynasty".

Xiang Xiaoqiang was a little stunned and slowly opened the paper crane. Seeing that the half of the newspaper was full of words that insulted and attacked her.

There are more than a dozen paper cranes under their feet.

Next to the coffee table a few meters away, there were a pile of newspaper and paper cranes, with hundreds of them.

Each of these newspapers had words that criticized her. But now, they all turned into paper cranes.

...

"Bang!...crackling..."

Looking up at Xiaoqiang, three or four darts were nailed crookedly on the target plate in the distance, and the remaining five or six darts fell on the floor under the target plate and were still rolling.

The fourteenth princess threw out the remaining darts.

Then, she grabbed the brandy bottle, poured half a cup into the cup, and raised her eyes and saw Xiang Xiaoqiang.

The fourteenth princess looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang blankly, poured the cup and unconsciously felt it. The wine flowed all over the floor.
Chapter completed!