12. Chapter XI
In view of the unreliability of the running hall here, I hurriedly wiped my body with hot water in my room, changed into clean clothes, and borrowed an umbrella from the store to knock on the door of the clothing store.
I've been here a few times to buy clothes, and I know that although it's not open at night, it's still guarded by a weaver girl. I said a few kind words, begged her for convenience, went into the house and picked out a few thick clothes that matched my aesthetics, and walked back happily.
This time, the diligence is dedicated. When I went out, the man who ran the hall was standing at the staircase with his baggage, and I stood outside the house with an umbrella and watched His Majesty walk down the staircase in white clothes.
The candlelight in the room flickered and flickered, which was originally a quiet scene in the dusk, but it seemed to become a scene in the painting in an instant, soft and soft. The white and delicate skin of His Majesty Xià lined the three or five thick running halls at the staircase, which was as beautiful as the people in the painting, and the difference between cloud and mud was like a secondary face.
It seems that the only bad thing in this painting is that there is an extra foil for running the hall, I glanced at him and motioned him to hurry over, don't delay the brilliance of my majesty's appearance.
The runner really knew how to stand next to me. I leaned a little closer and secretly pointed at His Majesty: "My brother." He raised an eyebrow at him proudly, "Looks good, right?" ”
Runtang's face flushed and he nodded again and again.
A sense of relief flew through my heart.
When His Majesty walked to the door, I leaned over with an umbrella to pick up someone, and asked for credit by the way: "Brother is wearing this dress well?" ”
He had long legs, and walked to the side of the carriage in two steps, and without even waiting for me to deliver the umbrella, he stepped on the pedal, lowered his body and lifted the curtain to enter, and was stunned to reply to me.
I was left out for no reason, holding the umbrella in place for a moment, reacted for a while, and immediately turned back to look at the running hall standing by the eaves. He hurriedly waved his hand: "I just sent the clothes in as you ordered, and the boxes holding the clothes have been wiped three times." ”
Then I'm out of line.
This kind of fire that is not salty or light comes without warning, but it often happens. It's a person, there are always a few days a month that are irritable, I want to open it in a flash, take over the burden from the running hall, and thank you for it.
With the last trace of thought in his heart, he waved goodbye to the town, sighed, and sat in the carriage with his umbrella.
Inside the carriage, His Majesty left a place for me in a far window, and his eyes always looked out thoughtfully through the window on the right, as if he didn't see me getting into the carriage at all.
I said to the coachman that I could go, so I lowered the curtain of the car, leaned over a little, and prepared to sit down next to His Majesty.
However, this movement was only a momentum, and His Majesty turned his head and looked at me with a faint light, and I paused slightly, and finally sat down wisely at a distance.
There was no word in the car, the bamboo curtain floated, and the coachman could vaguely see the robe worn by the coachman from the corner of the curtain. The horses' hooves were bursting, and the roof of the car was rattling with rain, and after listening to it for a long time, it had a bit of hypnotic effect, and I remembered that I had dreamed of several times at this point.
Occasionally, the cold wind pours in, although it makes people feel cold all over, but the heart is stable. It's just that I can't avoid being afraid that such a cold will end up at the root of the disease, and I have suffered it, so I feel more self-pitying, and I curl up tightly, trying to get farther away from the cold wind.
When I was at Peony Lodge, I was forgotten by the convoy in the heavy snow on the mountain, and I walked down the mountain for more than two hours in knee-deep snow, and my leg was frozen.
Later, he returned to the villa to recuperate, and although the sores were healed, the cold in his bones could not be removed. Every time the weather turns cold on a rainy day, my knees don't seem to be my own, and I can't stand up when I'm strict. Looking back at that time, it was a nightmarish biting, and I couldn't sleep for many days.
As soon as the eldest lady came back to see me, she carefully called someone to replace me with the cold Tang Po, and pressed my hand cordially, "I have already punished the coachman who brought you back that day, how could I have thought that such negligence would happen, poor thing." Gu Yu, my leg is broken, so don't go anywhere, take care of it in the villa. Then he put a stack of silver tickets in the envelope on the table, with a noble and virtuous posture, "I have already sent you a copy of the same amount of money, since you have entered the door of our Peony Villa, you can also take care of our reputation, and it is good for everyone to keep to yourself." At your age, although you have been wronged by being a widow all your life, ordinary people can't afford a daughter-in-law with inconvenient legs, so they should be filial piety to your father. ”
I finally understood the cause and effect, and wrote a letter to my father, asking him to take me home, I was really afraid of this tiger and wolf family.
But after waiting for so long in the cold winter, the cold sores on my body were so good that I was finally able to walk on the ground, and I couldn't wait for Daddy's reply.
And then year after year, I have long forgotten what I was waiting for.
……
The body was suddenly covered with a layer of warmth, carrying the faint ink fragrance on His Majesty's body, wrapped overwhelmingly, as if the thin moonlight scattered through the clouds, so lightly into the bottom of the heart.
I curled up and opened my eyes in a daze, only to see the body swaying slightly, the blue-gray luster pouring down through the window outlined the silhouette of Qingjun, and His Majesty held me loosely with one hand, and covered me with his coat with the other. Pursing his lips, there was not much gentle closeness, and he even endured it. While holding me apart, he kept me away from staggering on him, but patiently pulled my robe a few times for me, tucked it tightly, and made sure that I was wrapped all over my body before leaning back and closing my eyes.
I hugged my clothes tightly and was finally able to sleep peacefully.
……
When I woke up again, the carriage was parked outside the city gate, waiting for the city gate to open.
I didn't sleep well last night, but this morning, my breathing has become longer and more stable. I tiptoed up, opened some curtains and looked out, there were scattered bushes on the side of the road outside the city, although the vision was broad, but there was a sigh that it was not as beautiful as our town.
The coachman sat on the grass on the side and waited, and when he saw me, he opened his mouth to call. I pressed my hand against him, pointed to the car, and signaled that His Majesty was still sleeping.
He jumped out of the carriage with his skirt and walked a little further before saying hello to the coachman. Squinting his eyes and looking in the direction of the city gate, he knew that he was going to enter the city of Xian. A small town with a large population circulation and a thriving trade in goods.
I walked around the open space, curled up all night, and asked the coachman by the way, "Do we want to stay in Xiancheng or go in the direction of Qizhou through Xiancheng?" ”
He responded kindly, "Ning Gongzi only talked about Xiancheng. ”
I nodded to him in understanding, but I wondered what I was doing in Xiancheng? Isn't Majesty going to the capital?
Well, I don't really know anything. In my previous life, I didn't know anything about him since he left home. Later, when the government was in turmoil, my father didn't allow me to inquire around, and he was bent on letting me get married, so it wasn't until the edict came down that I knew that the emperor had been replaced by my brother.
As he was talking, the curtain of the car was suddenly lifted from the inside, as if in a hurry. His majesty settled on me first at a glance, or a little affection flashed, and then it was as good as ever, and the tone of his voice was ordinary, "Going to the city?" ”
I stood by the car with my hands tied, and I said yes to the words.
He groaned, lowered the curtain, and went in again.
I was confused for a while. When the city gate opened, the people who had been waiting rushed up with a cart of vegetables, vegetables and fruits, and the battle was quite big, which opened my eyes.
The coachman led the horse and urged me to get into the car: "Xiancheng is full of people, Miss Gu, don't run around, there are many traffickers here, take advantage of the chaos to take some medicine, cover your nose and carry it away, the girl's family should pay special attention."
This...... The Master didn't teach me, and it was a good time to interrupt my curiosity.
I climbed into the car and looked at the tired Majesty, who was suddenly blessed with a heart, and asked, "Brother, were you worried that I was abducted just now?" ”
His majesty turned his face away and didn't bother to talk to me.
I was in a good mood, smiled at him, leaned over and folded last night's clothes, put them in the package, and said, "Don't worry, if I am abducted, I will do everything possible to find it back." ”
His Majesty looked out the window, carelessly, or as if mocking, "Where are you back?" Is there a place you know about Xiancheng? ”
"Naturally, it's where my brother is."
"......" He seemed stunned, and for a while, he glanced at me from the corner of his eye.
I continued to hum the tune and fold my clothes.
After a long time, His Majesty spoke lightly, and his tone was a lot gentle: "Since you are under my care from now on, you must be obedient, the eldest brother is like a father, do you know?" ”
I hurriedly straightened my posture, knelt down in a proper manner, and nodded: "I will only look forward to my brother's horse." ”
The corners of His Majesty's lips twitched, as if he was not very satisfied with this statement, but fortunately, he was still satisfied with my attitude, and made an exception to relax the indicator and ignored it: "In this case, I have a little reminder for you." ”
I listened respectfully: "Brother, please speak." ”
"In the future, when you deal with men, you must know to keep your distance, you will be fourteen years old in this life, and you are still a yellow flower girl who has not left the cabinet, and you must no longer act recklessly."
I was taught: "Keep your distance? How much distance? ”
His Majesty frowned slightly, and after a moment, "Yizhang." ”
I nodded, expressing unconditional acceptance, and was surprised, "I thought that after going to Peony Mountain Villa in my previous life, I had become very petty, and I had even thought about escaping for a long time, where would I act recklessly." ”
His Majesty casually looked down at his own hand, "Aren't you very familiar with the person who ran the hall?" ”
I let out a long belch, "Is there such a thing?" ”
His Majesty sneered, wanting to open his lips.
"Brother is right." I made a solemn gesture, "I really shouldn't have talked so much about a random runner!" There will never be a next time. ”
“……”
When I entered the city, I passed by the market, and I was very interested in the variety of knick-knacks, so I waited by the window. Sometimes when the carriage is bumpy, and the curtain is thrown up, I can see a little outside, and the picture is intermittent, but it also has a different taste.
The carriage walked through the downtown area and stopped in a slightly secluded place, and the people of the restaurant immediately came to lead the horses and pick up the luggage, and began to be busy for a while.
I pestle beside my majesty with my sleeves on: "Brother, we didn't plan our lives when we escaped, and now we want to live in the restaurant for two months?" ”
As far as the timing of the previous life is concerned, it should be two months earlier to return to Beijing now.
His Majesty replied vaguely: "Stay here for a few days for the time being." ”
He said this, as a person who relies on people to eat, naturally there is nothing to argue, and I am not born to like to take care of things, so I set my mind and happily yawned and went upstairs to see the house. Keeping a distance of one foot from the little guy, he asked: "Hey, little brother, is there anything delicious and fun in Xiancheng?" ”
"The pancakes in the north of the city are delicious."
"Oh, that's unfortunate, I like to eat meat, is there anything else?"
“……”