Although the country of Yan is located in the south, Kyoto is only separated by a mountain from the so-called north, and it is far away from the land south of the Yangtze River. Qiao Man, who grew up in such a place, has never seen the real scenery of a water town.

So I started looking forward to it, and I didn't expect it for many years.

Really speaking, she hasn't been out of Kyoto since she was born, and even the scope of communication is only the palace and the mansions of various nobles. Maybe in this life, I won't step out of this small world.

"Of course, it is precisely because of the natural risk of leaning on the mountains that Kyoto is more stable. If you want to come to the southern country, you won't have the ability to overwhelm the army. The county lord of Duanyang said to his cousin, "I only vaguely know." The north of Luoling is not in the southern country, there are sorcerers living in it, and ordinary people dare not approach it at all, but the rules handed down by the ancestors of sorcerers cannot cross Luoling, and they are safe. ”

The ninth princess was very attentive, and waited for her cousin to pause before asking, "Practitioner...... What is that? As he spoke, his little eyebrows were raised, and after making such an expression, he looked five or six points similar to Qiao Man.

After all, they are cousins, and the similarity is understandable.

Yuli, who was guarding the side, thought so, and while holding the oar, she rowed the boat into the lotus flower.

"A sorcerer is probably someone who can use 'susselling'." Qiao Man tilted his head, one hand supported his chin, and the other hand brushed the water. The water still carries the temperature of the day, but it warms up after nightfall, "As for the 'technique'...... Yuli, is the miscellaneous note that my mother gave me still there? ”

Yuli didn't stop moving, but when she spoke, she was already gasping for breath, she calmed down before saying: "Back to the county lord, the slave seems to have seen it when she was tidying up the county lord's study before, and she still thinks about it." Since it is the county lord's book, if there is no county lord, the slaves and maids will never dare to dispose of it without permission. ”

At the end of the voice, a soft tail note caresses the heartstrings like a breeze.

Qiao Jinsheng quietly glanced at his cousin's expression reflexively, and was a little relieved to see that there was no difference from before.

Why do you think that there is always an indescribable feeling between the girl next to Sister Man and Sister Man? It's as if there's some estrangement from yourself, and you can't get in anyway.

The ninth princess tried her best to make herself smile, looking at the lotus flower beside her, the pink petal side is a lotus plant, and the lotus seed at lunch and the lotus heart tea in the morning are from here?

I don't know...... How about a feeling to poke it up.

Qiao Jinsheng propped himself up and tried his best to reach the lotus canopy. Qiao Man, who was talking to Yuli, glanced over here, the little cousin's movements were really vivid and interesting that did not belong to her age.

"Sister Man......" Qiao Jinsheng turned his head as he pulled the branch under the lotus canopy, "Can Jinsheng pick it off?" ”

"Well, of course you can." Qiao Man's fingers moved, and his fingertips came out of the water, also touching the lotus flower on his side. The boat had slowed down when it drove here, and Yuli saw that it would be even more difficult to go any further, so she simply stopped her movements and concentrated on replying.

"I'll find it for Jinsheng when I go back." The county lord of Duanyang said softly, "And then there is...... If the county lord is not mistaken, flowers can also be brewed? It is said that the peach blossom is very mellow, but what about the lotus? ”

Yuli was really asked, and it took a long time before she said, "This ...... Back to the county master, the slave and maid didn't know this. Why don't you go back to the kitchen and ask later? ”

Qiao Man laughed: "No, this county lord is just a sentence." However, Jinsheng likes lotus seeds, so let's prepare tomorrow's breakfast as usual, and let the cook decide what you want. He called his cousin who was picking lotus flowers, "Jinsheng, I was originally going to Sister Gaiyang yesterday, but my mother said that your clothes were not made and were not suitable, but tomorrow is no matter what, and Sister Gaiyang and I have always been good friends, Princess Gaiyang was married to General Sima, and it is a wife who is expensive by her husband, not only my cousin has to be crowned, but my cousin has also received grace to continue the title." ”

"Huh?" Qiao Jinsheng shook and almost fell. She held the side of the boat to stabilize before she said, "Isn't this the same as Sister Man?" Sister Gaiyang that Sister Man said is also ......? ”

"Yes," Qiao Man nodded, "Aunt Gaiyang's daughter was originally not allowed to be the county lord, but there was no way, and now their family has reached the point where they can only cover the sky with one hand in terms of military power, and even the emperor's uncle can only be encircled." I'm still thinking that the fifth sister and the sixth sister are the same age as the general's grandson, so maybe they are going to get married. ”

"Finger marriage?" Qiao Jinsheng finally pinched off the last bit of the lotus pod connected to the branches, so he jumped in front of Qiao Man with the lotus pod in his hand, and the whole boat moved because of her movements. The ninth princess couldn't help but feel weak, and seeing that her cousin didn't seem to have eased up, she stepped forward and said cautiously: "Sister Man...... It's all Jinsheng's fault. ”

Qiao Man shook his head to signal that he was fine, pinched a candied fruit and stuffed it into his mouth before saying, "Fifteen or sixteen years old is the age when you should get married." In another two or three years, Jinsheng will have to come to this point. But it doesn't matter, my sister will definitely find a good family for Jinsheng. ”

Qiao Jinsheng blinked, and asked again, "What about Sister Man?" Sister Man is fifteen years old this year, and next year will be twenty-eight. ”

Qiao Man was stunned when he heard this, and after a while, he came back to his senses and said with a smile: "How can Jinsheng and I be the same?" I am the county lord, there will not be so many people staring, and Jinsheng is different, no matter how Princess Shang says it, it is a glorious lintel. ”

"But......" When Qiao Jinsheng wanted to ask again, the lotus pod in his hand was taken by his cousin, and he opened it and took out a small green lotus seed. The Ninth Princess's attention was drawn and said, "Why is this different from what you eat during the day?" ”

"It's different." Qiao Man answered, leaving a half-inch-long nail to buckle up and cut a thin layer of skin on it, and inside was a white lotus seed. She removed the lotus heart again before feeding it to her cousin.

In just a few days, the most Duanyang County Lord did was probably to feed the Ninth Princess. Somehow, when he saw the other party's "ah-woo" bite, Qiao Man would always be very satisfied.

It's a pity that I'm still too thin...... Sigh.

Qiao Jinsheng didn't start to speak until he swallowed the lotus seeds, and what he said was just what the county lord of Gaiyang would like. After Qiao Man said them one by one, he smiled and said, "Jinsheng is very attentive." ”

"Ahh The ninth princess fed the lotus seeds to Qiao Man as she learned from her cousin Fang Cai, and there was a feeling of tenderness in her heart when her fingers ran over the other party's lips. With such a distraction, she stayed for a long time, and it was not until she saw her cousin's surprised expression that she took her hand away and apologized: "Jinsheng has just lost her mind...... Will Sister Gaiyang like Jinsheng? ”

"Yes." Qiao Man nodded, and decided that only Fang is the little cousin is an ordinary daze, and then talked about the problems to pay attention to in Princess Gaiyang's mansion. After talking like this, Qiao Man suddenly remembered that he hadn't told his cousin to take her with him, but looking at the questions asked by Jin Sheng, he should have understood.

As for whether Gai Yang would really like the Ninth Princess, Qiao Man didn't think about it. As long as Gaiyang's family will continue to be glorious, they will not do anything that will make everyone lose face.

Even if he only stayed in the mansion for two days, the lord of Duanyang was completely sure that the noble girl circle in Kyoto must be talking about this matter now. Her Qiao Man's female companion turned out to be the Ninth Princess?

"That's good...... Ha Qiu! Qiao Jinsheng shrank, rubbed the tip of his nose and said, "It's really cold." When I went to Sister Gaiyang's house, did I want to take a carriage? Where else will you pass along the way? ”

"It's a carriage, yes." Qiao Man agreed, and then taught Yuli to hand over the clothes she had taken earlier and put it on to her little cousin, and watched Jinsheng obediently shrink into it before saying, "Where you passed...... Even if you really pass by, you can't open the curtain on the carriage. The day Jinsheng came, he opened the curtain, right? Don't do that in the future. After thinking about it, he continued, "Tomorrow when Sister Gaiyang goes to the house, there may be other sisters, and Jinsheng will only follow me all the time." ”

She didn't believe it, others would not be curious about what kind of child the ninth princess was. But it's okay to let Jinsheng see all the people at one time, and it will be more convenient in the future. The county lord of Duanyang understands that in the past, the nine princesses clearly did not interact with people, but it was not good in the long run, even if they married later, they might be isolated.

And the royal princess is an exemplary existence in the world, and the most likely thing the emperor's uncle will do after this kind of thing happens is to reprimand the princess herself.

Qiao Jinsheng's little face had collapsed when he heard Qiao Man say not to draw the curtains, but it was because he was worried about whether Sister Manman would feel bad about herself because of this matter. Hearing the latter words, the ninth princess put her mind at ease, and just nodded in agreement: "Don't worry, Sister Man, Jinsheng will definitely do a good job." ”

Qiao Man saw Qiao Jinsheng's expression clearly, and knew that this was his cousin worrying about the previous matter. Since she didn't stop it at the time, she just didn't care, but it would be better to have fewer such things in the future, so she didn't say anything to comfort her. Indeed, what noble lady is open to others? It's just that Jinsheng is out of the palace for the first time, and he can't be bored after all.

"Jinsheng, open your mouth, ah......"

While the two were talking and laughing, the lotus seeds in the lotus canopy were fed to each other and eaten. Qiao Jinsheng looked at Qiao Man's appearance of biting a lotus seed on the tip of his teeth, and wondered if if he would be ordinary and beautiful if he replaced the lotus seed with a pearl.

It should be better, the ninth princess quickly came to a conclusion. Just imagining that image, I think...... Isn't it too flashy?

I only brought one piece of clothing, but gradually Qiao Man began to feel cold. Her fingers were cold, and the water under the boat was no longer warm. Qiao Man twisted his eyebrows, and he sensed that something was covering his hand, it was hot.

The county lord of Duanyang looked up and saw that the little cousin was covering her hand, and she was very serious about covering every finger.

"Is Sister Man cold?" Qiao Jinsheng said, "Well, Jinsheng's hands are hot, if only I could give all the heat to Sister Man." By the way, Sister Man, why don't you get dressed? ”

"No, you don't." Qiao Man bent her lips and rested her head on her little cousin's shoulder. Qiao Jinsheng froze at first, then quickly reacted and began to laugh.

Yuli, who was silently minimizing her presence on the side, pulled up her collar, hesitating whether she should ask if she should go back. But after thinking about it for a long time, I really didn't dare to open my mouth to disturb the two masters in front of me.

"Jinsheng," Duanyang County Lord's voice was much softer than usual, and his beautiful eyebrows and eyes were soft, "I have always thought that if I could go to the water town with others one day, I am afraid that I will not be able to do so in this life...... Today, I don't know if it's a dream completed? ”

"Water Town?" The twelve-year-old little princess repeated these two words, "Sister Man, is that a beautiful place?" ”

Qiao Man hesitated, a little unsure of how to explain this to his cousin. After a while, he said: "I also saw it in the book, the words of the lotus picker are secondary, I can always drift on the boat, pick lotus seeds when I am hungry, sing songs during the day, and look at the stars in the sky at night is everything." If my mother knew, she would have said that I had no ambition, but ......"

But she also felt that she had no ambition.

Qiao Man thought, she obviously knew, if she left the palace and left the princess's mansion, I am afraid that the first person who can't stand it will be herself. Without the name of the golden and noble county lord, I am afraid that I will not be able to live for a day. What's more, she also likes her current life, and she likes to count people and be above 10,000 people. Because of this, she was able to take away the Ninth Princess smoothly and ...... Even one day, with authority in hand,

The Duanyang County Lord's eyes showed a somewhat unusually determined look. Yes, no matter how much you look forward to it and how much you like it, if you choose again, the Duanyang County Lord will definitely be the Duanyang County Lord!

And...... Qiao Man raised his eyes and looked at Qiao Jinsheng's side face.

Being born in the emperor's family for the rest of your life is the best thing.

"Then Jinsheng will take Sister Man with her, okay?" Qiao Jinsheng didn't know that his cousin's heart was already turning a thousand times at this time, "Hearing Sister Man say this, Jinsheng also began to yearn. ”

Qiao Man hooked the corners of his lips, picked up his cousin's finger and played with it, and only said softly after a long time: "Okay." ”

It couldn't be a more beautiful summer night.

In the infinite blue color, in the pond full of lotuses, a small boat carried Qiao Man and Qiao Jinsheng.

The stars seemed to be within reach, and just looking at them for a moment made them so dazzling that they almost took their breath.

Yes.

I'm about to forget how to breathe.

Qiao Man ate and laughed, not even knowing when the tears would stay.

How do you think that everything is unreal to the point of being unreal? The little cousin next to me is just a child, and she can say those things. 166 Reading Network