14. Chapter 14
Yan He bowed half-bowed, and replied peacefully: "I haven't seen Master He for many years, and now I have come to visit, and I have no intention of aside. ”
He Lao stroked his beard: "Specially rushed to your Yan family for a funeral?" ”
Yan He took Chonglan to sit down: "Anyway, everyone is dead, and I am not in a hurry at this time, but it is serious to take a few more looks while Master He is strong." ”
He Shi scolded him: "I don't have a short life like your grandfather, you can see that there are still many days!" ”
Yan He said: "The world is impermanent, and I am also taking precautions." ”
After listening to the questions and answers between the two, Chonglan couldn't help but look at He Lao sympathetically, this was the most disturbing visit he had heard in so many years.
He Shi happened to look over and said in surprise: "You have a child outside?" Why haven't I heard about your marriage? ”
Yan He said: "It's not me, it's the daughter of my subordinate Deputy General He, whose parents were killed by the Tatars and entrusted to me to take care of it." ”
He Shi has also reached the age of hugging his grandson, but unfortunately the eldest son has never married, and he likes the white and tender little girl very much, and said with a smile: "Also surnamed He, it turned out to be a small family, what do you call the little doll?" ”
Chonglan was flattered, although He Lao is now a minister, but he was a generation of emperors, the first assistant of the cabinet, and he was also crowned the crown prince, she didn't expect to be so easy-going, she paused before respectfully said: "My name is He Lanlan, and I will be six years old after my birthday, good old man." After she finished speaking, she added a sycophant: "The old man looks at his body and is really tough." ”
He Lao laughed: "I now believe that this child is not your own, but he is smart when he is young, which is the same as you." ”
Yan He shook her head: "She was born with early wisdom, she is ten points faster than others in reading and writing, and her love is more practical than that of many elders." ”
He Lao was stunned for a moment, looked at Chonglan carefully, and then sighed: "If it is really like what you said, this child is exactly the same as when you were a child, no wonder you treat her differently." ”
After he finished speaking, Chonglan asked Chonglan a few words, Chonglan knew that Yan He had praised himself, and if he was given a long face at this time, his legs would be discounted, so he replied very hard, which attracted He Lao to praise a few words, she was inevitably sweating in her heart, no wonder Yan He was good to her, it turned out that she was afraid of giving in.
He Lao's eyes turned back to Yan He, and he was about to ask a few more words, when he saw his old wife, Princess Cheng'an, walking in with a pair of children, and smiled at He Lao: "How can I say that I am also General Yan's wife, why don't you tell me when he comes?" She said and turned to the children behind her: "Changle Changqing, don't you hurry up to meet your senior brother." ”
Although the Qi Dynasty produced three empresses in a row, the atmosphere was open, but he did not specially introduce the unmarried girl to the foreign man, he and Princess Cheng'an were young couples, and they knew what their wife wanted to do with a turn of their eyes, and frowned: "Jin Nian came to the mansion to visit, you just brought your son out to greet the guests, what do you do with Changle?" ”
Princess Cheng'an said angrily: "These two people are just in the same place, so I brought them together." Jin Nian has been studying in our family for so many years, so he is not an outsider, so what's wrong with Changle coming to visit him? She made it clear that she was using her son as a cover, and only pulled her daughter forward a few steps: "Why don't you salute quickly?" ”
He Changle saw Yan He once when he was young, and he had already had some admiration at that time, and now he sees that he is more beautiful than in the past, his cheeks are slightly dizzy, and he is full of blessings: "I have seen the general." ”
Now even Chonglan saw that something was wrong, she glanced at Yan He sideways, saw him frowning slightly, seemed a little impatient, and said lightly: "The princess is polite." ”
However, this Miss He's shy and timid admiration can still be understood, that He Xiaogongzi also looks like he has seen the person he wants, a pair of eyes look straight at Yan He, and he arches his hand and said softly: "I heard that General Yan is the dragon and phoenix among the people, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation, and Changqing only hated that he didn't get acquainted earlier." As he spoke, he choked in his heart, why didn't he know any of these Yuxiu characters, and all he saw were vulgar fans.
The wind in Longyang in the south is very heavy, and when Chonglan heard this tone, and saw that this He Gongzi behaved elegantly, he immediately thought about it, Princess Cheng'an, is this for her daughter or son?
He Lao also knew about his son's problems, and as soon as the tea cup was put aside, he said expressionlessly: "What do you hate?" You didn't go to work with me at the beginning, and it's normal not to know him. ”
He Changqing was most afraid of his father, so he shrunk his neck after being trained, and he didn't dare to come forward anymore. Princess Cheng'an originally had the intention of introducing her daughter, but she was also annoyed that her son was making trouble, so she hurriedly smiled: "It's so easy to come back in Jinnian, why don't you eat here at night?" ”
He Lao is very clear about his wife's climbing temperament: "That's fine, you go and help Zhang Luo set up a banquet." After he finished speaking, he looked at He Changle, who was looking at the powder-faced Feixia, and then pointed at Chonglan: "This is He Lanlan, the daughter of the deceased of Jinnian, come back to our house, you can take her around." ”
Princess Cheng'an saw that He Lao was about to transfer people away, and frowned: "What is there to see at home, it is only serious to let Changle stay here to accompany the guests." ”
He Lao didn't bother to explain to Princess Cheng'an, his eyes widened, He Changle lowered his head and didn't dare to disobey, came up to take Chonglan's hand, and said a little unwillingly: "Sister Lanlan, let's go." ”
Chonglan glanced at Yan He, and saw him bowing his head, so she obediently followed He Changle out, and she asked with a match, "Where is my sister from?" ”
While enjoying the scenery, Chonglan said in his mouth: "I am from Shanxi, and my parents died, so I was brought by adults from the north." ”
Speaking of Yan He, He Changle's eyes lit up, coughed lightly, and pretended to be reserved: "Lord Yan is really a righteous person, he has such a good appearance and a famous name, there must be no shortage of confidants around him, right?" ”
Chonglan blinked: "Sister, what do you mean by confidante?" ”
He Changle coughed: "It's a beautiful concubine and maidservant or something." ”
Chonglan didn't dare to discredit Yan He, so he replied truthfully: "No, I didn't see these people around my lord." ”
He Changle's face lit up, and when he looked at Chonglan again, it was much more pleasing to the eye, and he took her to his boudoir and said with a smile: "What does my sister want to play?" She was impatient to deal with a country girl, but seeing that she listened to what she said and acted politely, she inevitably became much kinder.
Chonglan just entered her boudoir and felt a tingling scalp, not that her boudoir was grotesquely arranged, but that the bed, chair, and table inside were full of rag dolls of all sizes, wearing all kinds of clothes, and even the makeup was different, and it was really scary to see multi-shaped rag dolls for the first time!
He Changle was full of interest, took one to her casually, and said generously: "Sister take it to play." She saw Chonglan looking at her in shock, and said with some embarrassment: "I love to dress people up when I was a child, and my family and younger siblings all took a detour when they saw me, so I made a lot of cloth dolls to dress up." She didn't know what a good idea she thought of, and her eyes lit up and said: "My sister didn't have time to clean up when she went out, how can the girl's family do this, I'll make up my sister!" ”
Chonglan looked at the red and green dolls dressed up, and was about to refuse in a horrified manner, but she pressed in front of the long mirror without saying anything, while ordering someone to get rouge gouache, and she excitedly picked out the clothes and skirts she didn't wear when she was a child and prepared to change them for her.
He Changle's habit is really not a blind blow, Chonglan was served by her and changed more than a dozen sets of clothes, and then she finally fell in love with a big green gown, with a bright purple skirt, and after the red and purple outfit was matched, she took the rouge over to put makeup on her, Chonglan only glanced at it, and let her toss her like ashes.
He Changle still thought to himself: "It's a pity that my sister's hair is too short, otherwise I can still make a good bun." Then she stuffed her with a lot of tonic for her long hair and a large box of rouge gouache for her.
These days, her hair is Chonglan's heart headache, but she didn't expect to be stabbed by her heart, and she couldn't help but cover her heart and take a few steps back.
He Changle looked left and right around her, and was thinking about whether he could add something, when he heard a report from outside the eaves: "Miss, Lord Yan is going back, and I want Miss He from you." ”
He Changle woke up like a dream, thinking that he could see Yan He again, so he took Chonglan's hand affectionately, and raised his voice outside: "I know, I will personally send Lan Lan over." ”
After she finished speaking, she gave Chonglan a dot between her eyebrows, and then took her out, and when she arrived at the main hall, Yan He saw that she was dressed like an eggplant, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then turned his face and asked, "Who dressed you up?" ”
He Changle was a little apprehensive, Chonglan insisted on not making her feel uncomfortable, and leaned over to let him look at his face: "Do you think adults look good?" ”
When she looked up on her face, her eyebrows were particularly dazzling, Yan He raised his hand and half-covered his eyes and couldn't bear to look at it, but finally he couldn't hold back, wiped her eyebrows with a silk, and chose an elegantly colored rouge from a pile of gouache in her arms, and used a pen to draw flowers, stroke by stroke, carefully outlined.
Chonglan's eyebrows were swept a little itchy, and at this time he was very close to him, the tip of his nose was only a few inches away, and the light fragrance on his body immediately came to him, making it difficult for people to ignore it, she wanted to retreat uncomfortably, but she didn't expect him to withdraw his hand first, a red lotus floated in the center of her eyebrows, and each petal was meticulous, lining the fresh skin more and more pink.
Yan He felt that he couldn't bear to look at it directly, and said, "It's okay." ”
He Changle looked at Chonglan, and he was a little jealous in his heart, he couldn't wait for himself to be carefully painted, and secretly snorted that he even ate the little girl's vinegar.
He Lao smiled and teased: "After so many years, I can't imagine that you have improved a little more in the way of calligraphy and painting." ”
Yan He got up with Chonglan: "It's not early, I'll leave first." ”
He Lao looked at the bright sun, shook his head wordlessly, and said, "That's it, you can't stay if you want to leave, you go home and pay attention." ”