42 Chapter 42
Su Xun saw Xiao Rui sitting beside him, watching him methodically wipe the soil on the wine urn with his sleeve, and then, his slender and white fingers skillfully lifted the lid, and suddenly, the strong and mellow aroma of wine, with a fresh and elegant fragrance, came to the nose and refreshed people's hearts.
Su Xun's jade hands were still tightly grasping the trunk of the tree, and he could smell the aroma of wine, and his attention was unconsciously attracted to it. She has never drunk this peach blossom wine, but as a foodie, she wants to try everything, and it smells so good, just think about it, she knows that it must be delicious. With this thought, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and glanced at Xiao Rui carefully.
Xiao Rui quietly took her longing gaze into the bottom of his eyes, looked like he was unaware, only took care of himself, raised the wine urn, drank a few big sips to the urn, and then put it down, wiped his mouth with his hand very casually, and praised loudly: "Good wine!" Then he set his eyes on Su Xun, without saying much, but just handed the wine urn directly to her, and said, "Little brother Su, please." ”
A series of actions seem to be done in one go, without a trace of pretentiousness, think about it, in the military camp in the past few years, this is how to get along with others. is so bold and direct, but on Xiao Rui, he does not lose his gentlemanly demeanor, giving people a feeling of wanting to be close for no reason, but he is so handsome, he can't help but want to take a few more looks.
If it weren't for the fact that he knew that he was fierce and cruel in nature, I was afraid that the more I looked at it at this moment, the happier I became.
And this wine urn was handed over, and it seemed that she was going to drink his saliva again, but she was also a man now, so she couldn't show that she cared.
Su Xun glanced at Xiao Rui, her eyes fell on the wine urn, she pursed her lips, carefully stretched out a hand, tried to take it, found that it was quite weighty, hesitated, gritted her teeth, and couldn't care so much, stretched out her other hand, and held the wine urn tightly with both hands. At this time, seeing that Xiao Rui seemed to be relieved, he slowly let go of his hand and let her hold it by herself, Su Xun saw this, pulled his mouth, smiled stiffly, smelled the fragrance, and also silently remembered that he was a man, he couldn't twist, took a deep breath, and learned what Xiao Rui did just now, raised the wine urn, and poured wine into his mouth.
The slender jade neck is raised high, and at this time he is wearing a loose men's summer coat, with the movement, the neckline is slightly open, and when he looks in, he can faintly see a piece of white cream.
At first glance, Xiao Rui was also stunned, his eyes were gloomy, his Adam's apple rolled unconsciously, and his mouth was a little dry, he only felt that this scene was more vivid and attractive than in his dream......
Xiao Rui noticed that he was a little out of shape, he tilted his head slightly, and wanted to look away, but at this time, he saw a yellowish, crystal clear wine sliding down, and soon wet his clothes, accompanied by the man's light cough.
Su Xun put down the wine urn and put it on his lap, quickly covered his mouth with one hand, and coughed uncontrollably. She drank too quickly, and she didn't expect the wine to be so strong, and she was choked all of a sudden. However, the taste of this wine is really good, Su Xun coughed and felt the fragrance between his lips and teeth, and then he only felt a hot face, and a feeling of dizziness hit.
"Little Brother Su, are you okay. Xiao Rui frowned lightly, stretched out his hand and patted her back lightly to help her calm down. When I raised my eyes again, I saw that the man's face was flushed, and his eyes were slightly blank, as if he was a little drunk. He was a little annoyed in his heart, it was his own negligence, he just wanted to tease the little girl to take a sip, but he was distracted just now......
Thinking like this, he saw that the little face suddenly looked at him, "hehe" laughed, his body seemed to shake unsteadily, and the wine urn in his hand was also loosened, and it fell down at a very fast speed, "snapped", smashed to the ground, and the aroma of wine overflowed.
"Be careful!" Seeing this, Xiao Rui hurriedly hugged the little girl's waist, for fear that she would fall down accidentally, but this person was restless.
Su Xun looked at the person beside her with a confused face, at this moment, she was already a little confused, and she only felt that there was a white skin in front of her, like a white, tender and delicious bun. She leaned over softly, hooked his neck with her left hand, stretched out her right hand, and pressed a jade-white index finger against her white chin, and said a little slurred: "Hmm...... It looks like it's delicious......" As she spoke, she leaned over unceremoniously, opened her mouth and said "Ah......hh
As soon as the words fell, another feeling of dizziness struck, and the whole person closed his eyes in a drowsy manner, and lay down on the "white bun" with peace of mind.
Xiao Rui saw that the person finally lay down quietly, he lowered his eyes, stroked her back, and touched the bitten cheek, the corners of his lips were slightly up, when he was bitten just now, it was a little painful, but it was more of an indescribable numbness.
Then, at a glance, he saw Xun Jiu hurrying down not far below, he smiled, picked up the person, hugged him tightly in his arms, and jumped down.
Xun Jiu walked to the front, but her first attention was all on the fragments of the wine urn under the tree, she walked to the fragments, leaned over, and said with a distressed and regretful face: "Ouch, it's a pity that this wine is over, why don't you leave a sip for me." As she spoke, she picked up a piece of wine that was still on it, and when she looked at it, she poured it into her mouth, and drank it with some dissatisfaction, before she looked at the two of them.
Seeing that the little body was leaning on Xiao Rui's body, weak and boneless, he already looked drunk, and then looked at Xiao Rui, although his face did not change, but on that fair face, how could there be a tooth mark?
It seems that the progress is rapid......
"Got people drunk?" Xun Jiu secretly rubbed her hands, but with an incredible expression on her face, she slowly approached Xiao Rui and stretched out her hand to pick up Su Xun.
Xiao Rui's expression was faint, he didn't say anything, he just carefully handed the person over, as if he remembered something, and then said, "Remember to give her sobering medicine." "Otherwise, I'm afraid that I will fall asleep until the next day, and when I wake up, I may be very uncomfortable.
"This one is reassuring. Xun Jiu responded, his eyes rolled, and he looked embarrassed, "But if you bring it back like this, even if I am a miracle doctor, I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain." ”
When Xiao Rui heard this, he glanced at Xun Jiu expressionlessly, reached out and untied the ring-shaped crane-patterned jade pendant hanging on his waist, handed it over, and said, "With this, you can enter the secret room of Huifang Pavilion, and if you want anything, you can get it yourself." ”
Xun Jiu took it, and then nodded with some satisfaction.
Xiao Rui remembered that there was a palace banquet tonight, and he couldn't be absent, so he said, "Then I'll go back first." After speaking, he glanced at the person as if he was nothing, and then turned around and walked away quickly, as if he was calm and composed, but when he saw it, he knew that his steps were a little chaotic.
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At this time, the crown prince Xiao Jingxuan returned to the palace, thought about it for a while, and went directly to Fengyi Palace.
And although the palace is busy today, the Fengyi Palace is as deserted as ever.
Although a year ago, Fengyi Palace had been lifted from confinement, and Queen Xue, who could live there, seemed to be accustomed to the days of accompanying the ancient Buddha with green lanterns.
At today's palace banquet, she also said that she was ill and did not attend.
At this moment, in the Fengyi Palace, Queen Xue, who was wearing a plain palace dress, was sitting on the bed of the pineapple wood mantle phoenix pattern Fulushou Arhat, her eyes were slightly closed, and she was holding a string of rosewood Buddha beads in her hand, twisting from time to time, and her dignified face was indifferent and serene, looking like she was indisputable.
Xiao Jingxuan stepped into the hall, looking at his mother's appearance, his eyes flashed slightly, but he couldn't help but think of the scene in Anyuan Temple eight years ago. On that day, he followed the sneaky queen mother out of the palace to Anyuan Temple, although he only saw a man in a black cloak passing by, and the queen mother held a few seemingly ordinary scriptures in her hand, but looking at the familiar face showed a hideous smile, you knew that there must be a sneaky one. Soon after returning to the palace, sure enough, something happened in the palace, and Concubine Hui died. For this matter, even if the queen mother denied it to him, he didn't want to admit it in his heart, and he knew that he must have been inseparable from the queen mother.
But the reason for this has been kept secret, for the past eight years, he has been trying to find out the man in the black cloak and ask him clearly, in order to relieve the guilt and confusion in his heart, yes, today he went to the Scripture Pavilion again, but still found nothing.
Xiao Jingxuan lowered his eyes indifferently, restrained his emotions, approached calmly, and pursed his lips: "Queen Mother." ”
When Empress Xue heard this cry, she opened her eyes, looked at Xiao Jingxuan who was standing in front of her, and showed a long-lost smile on her indifferent face, and said with a little joy, "The emperor is here, come and sit down." He ordered the palace maid standing aside to pour tea.
Xiao Jingxuan was silent and sat down beside Empress Xue as he said.
Empress Xue pulled her son to ask for warmth, but looking at that face, she felt more and more like that person, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly.
That man...... When she was thirteen years old, she first met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was six years older than her, and she fell in love with him. At that time, the family also told her that she would be the queen of the world in the future, not to mention that the prince really only accepted Liangdi and Liangyuan, but he did not choose the crown princess, so she was sure that this princess must be for her. So, she kept waiting, waiting until she was alone, waiting until the prince ascended the throne, and waiting until her family persuaded her not to wait any longer, so she waited for more than ten years, and finally waited until this man married her as a queen, thinking that her dream had come true, and later, she found out that it was just a joke, so don't blame her for being ruthless once......
Empress Xue looked at this Xiao-like face, stretched out her hand and gently stroked it, and said kindly: "The emperor should also choose the crown princess, but you have someone in mind?" paused, as if she remembered something, and said, "I heard that there is a good girl in the Xiang family." In the past few years, she has begun to slowly look down on some things, but what she cares about most in her heart is her son.
And the prince's choice of concubines is very important, and this candidate naturally has to be chosen, after all, there are some interests involved, which is crucial for the prince to succeed to the throne smoothly. Although she knew that the man would not easily abolish the queen and the crown prince, it would be more secure to have more support.
This family is the most suitable at the moment, not to mention, the girl of that family, she also sent someone to inquire, is the first noble girl in Kyoto, which is really good.
Xiao Jingxuan naturally knew what the queen mother was hinting at, and he also knew in his heart that at present, the girl in the second room of the Xiang family was indeed a suitable candidate, not to mention that the Xiang family had the greatest credit this time, it was enough to talk about the close relationship between the Xiang family and Xiao Rui, after all, this low-key looking prince of Xu, he personally watched him present the rumored mysterious weapon in front of his father.
This person must be relied upon.
But thinking like this, a pair of water-cutting eyes suddenly flashed in my mind.