Chapter 10: Old Death Rests
I squinted and saw that he had been neatly groomed, wearing a purple gold and jade crown, and wearing a blue and silver brocade straight clothes.
"Aren't you going to court early?" I asked.
He smiled and shook his head: "Marriage leave." ”
"Oh. I sat up supportively, suddenly felt soreness and discomfort in my lower abdomen, and slightly twisted my eyebrows, thinking that the two days of eclipse were greasy, and my stomach was a little uncomfortable.
"What's wrong?" he asked with concern.
"It's fine. I just woke up and I was still dazed. ”
"Then sleep again?"
I shook my head.
Only then did he help me get out of bed and call out the door: "Xiwei, Qiuyi!"
The two of them may have been waiting outside the door early in the morning, and the king of Qinnan called him, so he opened the door and came in with the toiletries.
Xi Wei's dexterity and skill helped me pull a Ling Xuan bun, fixed it with a lotus-shaped hollow red gold plaque hairpin, and obliquely inserted a lotus canopy inlaid with emerald lotus seed hairpin. In the mirror, his originally delicate and slightly round face suddenly changed a lot.
"Madam, would it be nice to wear this outfit today?" Qiu Yi asked as she took a five-color brocade plate and gold embroidered silk dress from her closet.
I shook my head, it was too colorful. Xi smiled, went to get a Chaoxia brocade silk Luo dress, and asked, "Madam, is this good?"
I was overjoyed when I saw it, and just nodded, but King Qinnan smiled on the side: "Xiwei's vision has always been good. ”
I glanced at Xiwei, who was helping me dress, and was praised by the king of Qinnan, and her pretty face flushed with a little powder, like a peach blossom in spring.
"Xiwei's cooking skills are also good. I gave it a thumbs up.
"The prince and the lady have praised the slave and the maid. Her face turned redder.
King Qinnan smiled again: "What kind of nonsense?" He pointed at Xiwei and said to me, "Madame, I don't know, the ice fruit made by Xiwei in summer is even more unique." ”
"Oh, no wonder the prince is thinking about living in his heart. I covered my mouth and smiled.
I originally wanted to tease King Qinnan when I said this, but who knew that when King Qinnan and Xiwei heard it, their faces were stunned.
King Qinnan coughed lightly with his fists, came over and grabbed my hand, and changed the topic: "Go with breakfast!"
On the way, his slightly calloused thumb gently rubbed the tiger's mouth of my palm, and the corner of his mouth smiled: "I'm very happy." ”
I thought he was happy because he held my hand this time, and I didn't refuse, so I didn't care about what he said. In fact, the reason why I didn't refuse was because I knew that I couldn't break free anyway, not to mention that Xiwei and Qiu Yi were following behind, and I would save him some of the prince's face.
After dinner, he offered to teach me how to ride a horse, saying that he would not get faint from riding together in the future, and I was interested in learning to ride because it would be easier for me to escape.
In less than half a day, I got the essentials, in fact, learning to ride a horse is similar to what I used to learn to dance, and riding posture is the most important. The sitting bones should be in the center of the saddle, i.e. at the lowest point of the saddle, with the back straight and the shoulders square and open. Slowly, you will find a sense of balance and gradually enter a state of relaxation. Hold the reins with both hands, shoulders, elbows, and heels in the same straight line. At the same time, the balls of the feet and knees must also be in the same straight line, so that both calves are close to the horse's abdomen to ensure that the message is conveyed to the horse smoothly.
"You're so smart, you're riding well. After a few laps on my own, he picked me up and dismounted, appreciatingly.
I was also happy in my heart, and said with a smile: "The main thing is that you teach well." ”
He smiled and groaned, and reached out to tuck the wind-blown hair around my sideburns: "Let's go back and rest." ”
I nodded and said, "I'll see you go back to the palace sooner." ”
"Don't you like me to accompany you?" he grimaced again.
"Tomorrow is three days after your marriage, and you should bring Zimo back to the door. ”
"I'll be back early tomorrow morning. ”
I stopped, looked at him and said, "If you stay here, Zimo will think that you have snubbed her, not to mention that she is newly married." ”
He smiled and said, "You women really don't understand, Zimo asked me to go back to the villa to accompany you yesterday." ”
"She is respecting me, even if she doesn't care, for a few days of marriage, you will put her aside, how can people look at her as the housewife. ”
He thought for a moment and nodded, "I see." Suddenly, his eyes became solemn again, "Tomorrow, I'm not here, and the four brothers of Kesu will take turns to protect you." ”
When I heard this, I was annoyed that those two men last night must have been two of the four brothers he was referring to. Is he saying this now to remind me that I can't leave?
"You've been watching over me like this all day, am I your prisoner?!"
He pursed his lips and said in a solemn voice: "I said, if you insist on leaving, I will lock you up and die!"
I couldn't help but shudder, this man was like a beast, I really couldn't be with him, so I had to smooth my mane.
"Then I'll go home with you, so that you don't have to run around and work, and it's more convenient for you to 'take care' of me!"
I specially accentuated the word "care", he smiled dumbly, scratched my nose again, and said softly: "When you have me in your heart, how can you have the thought of 'care'." ”
I kicked him and said as I continued to walk forward, "Take Xiwei and Qiuyi." ”
He followed, puzzled, "Why?"
"I like Qiuyi, Xiwei you like!"
He smiled heartily: "I just praised a few words of Xiwei in the morning, you are so jealous, how can this let me bring Xiwei again." ”
This man really thinks too highly of himself, dare he say that he is happy in the morning because he thinks I am jealous? Hmph, I wish he had a few more concubines, pestering him, so that he has no time to take care of me.
"Didn't you say she's a good cook? The meals she made in the morning were even more elaborate than those in the palace, and yesterday her chicken pith bamboo shoots were especially good. ”
King Qinnan suddenly laughed and said, "She is learning from you." ”
"Is that really Li Xin'er's doing?" "It's really good that a young lady who doesn't touch the spring water with her hands can cook."
He shook his head: "You asked Ah Xin to bring it from Yixianglou, but the doctor said that you should not eat more when you are angry, I happened to be hungry that day, so I couldn't care about cold food. ”
So I asked, "And how did she get the arrow wound?"
A hint of anger flashed in his eyes: "The arrow that blocked me!"
"Someone assassinated you?" I was shocked, and sure enough, it was very dangerous to be in the royal family.
He nodded and said slowly: "In the downtown that day, I was suddenly hit by a cold arrow, so I drove with Ah Xin on the horse, but I didn't want to almost hit you, causing you to fall and injure yourself, I didn't think about it at the time, I took you on the horse, who knew that more than a dozen black-clothed dead soldiers were killed halfway......
He stopped, half-hugged me, full of affection: "You have shocked me that you are a weak woman who is so righteous to block an arrow from someone I have never met. ”
I kind of understand, this prince may be confusing gratitude with love, he has always been proud, and Li Xin'er has a partial, man, the more you can't get it, the more itchy it is.
I pushed him: "I said, I'm not Li Xin'er." "Knowing that Li Xin'er is his life-saving benefactor, I have to remind him of this all the time, hypnotically, so that he can separate me and Li Xin'er, so that he can understand his true feelings, and I have to hope that Xiwei and Zimo will work harder, attract his attention more, and distract him more.
His eyes flashed with essence, and he was caught off guard by a soft kiss on my forehead, and said in a deep voice: "The arrow wound on your back is especially there!"
I was ashamed and stunned, clutching the placket of my chest, my face swollen and hot and incoherent: "You...... You ...... "Did he peek at me while I was changing?"
He looked up to the sky and laughed, and suddenly lowered his head and whispered softly in my ear: "Mo will think about it like this, I just asked Xiwei to pay more attention to it when you are bathing." ”
I breathed a sigh of relief, but it seems that the trick of subtly telling him that I am not Li Xin'er has not worked, after all, my physical body is indeed Li Xin'er's.