Chapter 111: It's not a broken sleeve
Along the criss-crossing Huashiziyong Road, Bai Yigang greeted the emperor and prepared to pass through the imperial garden to Yongshou Palace to see the queen mother. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć As he walked, he lowered his gaze and admired the various patterns made of small stones of various colors.
It is said that there are 999 pieces of this type of stone motif, each with a variety of motifs such as people, landscapes, flowers, buildings, birds, and animals, each of which is different.
There is a pattern that is built every year, the chubby carp is bigger than the whole child, the pink and cute child holds a big fish and laughs so that his eyes are bent into a crescent moon, it is cute, Bai Yi stopped with interest and laughed to himself.
"The son of the world is really good Yaxing."
A rich voice sounded, Bai Yi raised his eyes and looked forward, in the quaint pavilion, several eunuchs surrounded a young man in an orange brocade robe, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a nose like a hanging gall, lips like a knife, a slender and tall figure but not rough, wearing a purple gold crown with hair inlaid with ink jade on his head, a long spike palace silk with silver thread and gold thread tied around his waist, a jade sachet with a clear body tied on the left, and a dragon jade pendant symbolizing identity and a delicate embroidery purse on the right, the whole person is extraordinary.
Bai Yi restrained his expression, showed a decent smile, and saluted with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Third Prince." "If he knew that the third prince Bai Luo would be in the pavilion of the Imperial Garden, he would definitely go another way.
The third prince is ambitious, but he has a brutal temperament, and he has always wanted to win over Prince Zhong's mansion. Because Prince Zhong lived in a simple house, and he was an elder, he regarded Bai Yi as a target to overcome. However, Bai Yi didn't look down on him as a person, and he didn't want to get involved in the dispute between the princes, so he shirked nine times out of ten invitations.
"The prince hasn't been in the palace for a long time, I don't know what he's busy with? Recently, Hongu happened to have a few new bottles of good wine from the south, and I just invited the prince to taste it together. The third prince said with a smile as he walked out of the pavilion.
"The Zhuangzi of the palace has to be taken care of, and if it is not empty, it will not enter the palace. His Royal Highness's good intentions are understood, but Yi is now going to Yongshou Palace to greet the Queen Mother, and she can't say that she wants to stay with Yi to dine together, and I am afraid that she will not be able to go to taste wine with Her Royal Highness. Saying that, Bai Yi showed a gentle smile and sincerely proposed, "It is better for His Royal Highness and Yi to go to Yongshou Palace together, firstly, to fulfill filial piety to the Empress Dowager, and secondly, Laiyi can also talk to His Highness." ā
Everyone in the palace knew that the Queen Mother didn't like the mother of the three princes, Xiao Guifei, and she didn't even like the three princes. Today's queen is the niece of the queen mother, and the emperor now favors Xiao Guifei alone, and I don't know how much the queen has stolen the limelight. In addition, the queen has no heirs, only has a fifth prince, and is not very favored by the emperor, but Xiao Guifei has a prince. Now that the Queen Mother's family is in decline, Xiao Guifei's father Xiao Shangshu is one of the best celebrities around the emperor, and it can be said that he is in power. Therefore, the Queen Mother didn't like Xiao Guifei's mother and son, and she didn't dare to do anything to them, and Xiao Guifei and the third prince had stiff waists, and they couldn't even achieve superficial harmony except for the necessary greetings.
Sure enough, the third prince's face stinked as soon as he heard that he was going to Yongshou Palace, the person who was nominally his grandmother was better to Bai Yi than to him, so he didn't bother to look at her face, so he pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "This palace just remembered that my father and emperor want to have dinner with this palace at noon, and the prince of Yongshou Palace should go by himself." ā
"In this way, Nayi will go first." Bai Yi nodded, said goodbye to the third prince and went to Yongshou Palace.
The Queen Mother warmly inquired about Bai Yi's recent situation and his life's events, and enthusiastically talked to him about which family was gentle and which girl was virtuous. Finally, his mother had stopped for a while, Bai Yi didn't want to fall into a new wave of forced relatives, so he hurriedly found an excuse to leave the Yongshou Palace, and secretly decided in his heart that he couldn't enter the palace again in the near future.
When he was about to leave the palace gate, Bai Yi saw Lu Wensi, who was talking to a little eunuch, and immediately recalled the scene in Yanguilou in his mind, so he walked towards him, greeted him with a smile, and said, "Is Lu Gongzi entering the palace or leaving the palace?" ā
"I've just met the saint and is ready to leave the palace." Lu Wensi replied simply.
Bai Yi held a folding fan in one hand and gently tapped his palm: "I am also about to leave the palace." It's better to meet by chance, why not have a meal together? ā
Lu Wen thought for a while, and nodded faintly and said, "Yes." ā
"Does Lu Gongzi have any restaurants or dishes he wants to go to?"
"I can do it all."
Bai Yi thought for a while, remembering that he had met each other in Shanshizhai before, so he said: "It's better to go to Shanshizhai, the food there is quite delicious." ā
"Very good."
I don't know if it's because of the other party's personality, or because the two don't know each other well, Bai Yi feels that Lu Wensi has no expression all the time, and even the answer is extraordinarily concise. Fortunately, the other party is listening to him carefully, and his eyes will be fixed on him when answering, which can make people feel that the other party is respecting themselves.
Bai Yi asked for a private room, he wanted Lu Wensi to order, but the other party said that he couldn't order, and after asking him about his taste, that is, there was no taste, Bai Yi quickly ordered the food.
Both of them are accustomed to eating without saying a word, after eating, drinking tea, Bai Yi thought for a while and asked directly in a joking: "The day before yesterday, I passed by Yanguilou and saw a person wearing a half black mask coming out of it, which looked a little similar to you, I thought I was dazzled." ā
Lu Wensi was silent for a while, he never lied to his friends, or he didn't answer, if he answered, it must be true. Although he hadn't seen Bai Yi a few times, he already regarded the other party as a friend in his heart. He poked out his tongue and licked his lower lip slightly, admitting, "You read that right, that's me." After speaking, he took a sip of tea from a cup to hide his embarrassment.
Bai Yi pretended to blink in surprise and went straight to the point: "So, Lu Gongzi, do you like men?" ā
Hearing this, Lu Wensi was directly choked by the tea, coughed violently a few times, and after calming down, he covered his lips with his fists and coughed lightly, with some helplessness in his tone: "Where did the prince come to this ridiculous conclusion?" ā
Bai Yi said softly, did he guess wrong?
"Yanguilou is a famous small building, Lu Gongzi goes in and out of it, isn't it for the son in the building?"
"I'm here for a person, but I don't like him, I just like his piano and appreciate his personality." It is rare for Lu Wensi to say so many words to explain, "I am not a broken sleeve. ā
"So, you just went to Yanguilou to listen to people play the piano, not because the son in the building doesn't like men."
Bai Yi was suddenly a little disappointed, and after a long time, Lu Wensi just went to listen to Xiyun play the piano. Although he admits that Xi Yunqin plays very well, Lu Wensi doesn't like men, what lessons does he learn from the other party!