20. First snow
Mrs. Qin learned about her son's meeting with Luo Shu from her daughter, and her heart settled down a little, and when she returned to Qin's mansion that night, she couldn't help but ask about her son.
Mrs. Qin got straight to the point, "Mother met a girl at your uncle's house today, your uncle's maiden niece, named Luo Shu, have you also seen it?" ”
Because of the unpleasant atmosphere in the dinner room a few days ago, Qin Yuan has been quite vigilant about his mother recently, and he feels that as long as his mother opens her mouth for no reason, she must mention marriage, and now it is true. As soon as he heard his mother's question, he immediately understood that the chance encounter with Miss Luo in the garden today was deliberately done by someone.
He pretended not to understand and let out a faint "um".
Turning his head and glancing at the little sister beside him, Qin Lian ignored his gaze at all, and still ate by himself as an outsider.
Seeing that her son did not deny it, Mrs. Qin thought that there was hope, and further said, "Mother looks very good, what do you think?" ”
"How's that?" He continued to feign confusion.
Mrs. Qin glared, "What do you say!" Of course, it's to ask if you're dissatisfied with other people's girls. ”
Her voice slowed down, and she said patiently: "That girl has a good appearance and family background, and my mother looks very good with you, if you are satisfied, tomorrow my mother will invite someone to see a good day, and let your father take you to Luofu, and first settle the family affairs, Miss Luo is not very old, you can also delay a few more days to get married." ”
As soon as such clear words came out, Qin Yuan knew that he couldn't hide anymore, and he thought that he would also make his mother unhappy, so he simply told the truth, "Mother, I just met someone for the first time today, and you think so much, son...... I really don't have that idea. Besides, you also said that people are still young, such a small girl, I can only treat her as a sister! ”
Although her son was stubborn, Mrs. Qin once again suppressed her anger and persuaded her with good words, "What's wrong with the first meeting, my mother and your father only met once and got married, and now it's not the same good?" You said that you still want to work hard in the yamen, but my mother found a young one for you, so people can afford to wait! Besides...... I heard your aunt say that people have a little bit of thought about you, as the saying goes, women don't stay, don't you worry when you see that those good girls are married by others one by one? ”
But Qin Yuan remained silent.
Mrs. Qin sighed deeply, and finally brought up the matter she didn't want to mention in a low voice again, "I think at the beginning, didn't you also treat Wenwen as a sister, what happened later?" Nian Xiu, say a thousand ways and ten thousand, that family is no longer there, we still have to live well, don't ......"
"Daddy, I still have something to do, so I'll go first."
The scar on his heart was revealed, Qin Yuan couldn't sit still anymore, and directly said goodbye in a deep voice and hurriedly left the dining table, striding out.
When the mother knew that her son couldn't get over the hurdle in her heart, but there were some things that had to be said sooner or later, seeing that Qin Yuan chose to escape again, Mrs. Qin sighed deeply again and leaned on the back of the chair weakly.
Qin Mu, who had never spoken, saw this scene, and his heart also fluctuated.
He understood Qin Yuan's thoughts. In the past, he stopped his wife from urging because he was still worried about the missing Yue Wen. He thought that since Wenwen might still be alive, then his marriage contract with his eldest brother would still be valid, and since his son couldn't let go, he would wait until he found Wenwen one day, and he would do his best for the eldest brother's family.
But when he knew that Yue Wen had already become Chu Xue, he also felt a little sorry for Wenwen in addition to being at ease, Wenwen had never been able to be with Qin Yuan, and the marriage contract was always invalid.
The less people know Yue Wen's current identity, the better, so after meeting with Chu Lin that day, he made up his mind not to tell his son, after all, it was just a love affair when he was a teenager, and he believed that one day, Qin Yuan would let it go.
He knew that Qin Yuan was a loving child, but since things were no longer possible, as a father, he still hoped that his son could come out as soon as possible.
He believes in his wife's vision, this Miss Luo should be good, besides, her father is still a relatively neutral Hubu Shangshu in the court......
Qin Mu stroked his wife's hand and persuaded him slowly: "Don't worry, since the girl is still young, let Nian Xiu think about it first, and I'll talk to him another day." ”
Seeing that her husband, who had always been not very concerned about her son's marriage, also spoke, Mrs. Qin's heart finally felt better, her son has always admired his father, he listened to his father's words very much, and when his father persuaded him, things should take a turn for the better.
Madam Qin nodded and let out a sigh.
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Yanzhou.
Since the beginning of winter, the days seem to be as fast as flowing water.
Nearly in the evening, Song Chen, who had been busy all day, put down his pen, picked up the next document from Weizhou, and hurriedly swept over the words that reported the progress of the Tongji Canal, but at the last glance, he stopped at the date of payment.
November 8.
November? He vaguely remembered that there was a day in November, as if he had seen it somewhere?
After thinking for a while, he suddenly remembered that it was when he was in the capital in the summer, he saw it on the red paper, Chu Xue's birthday, November 12.
He paused and asked the attendant in the room, "Today is November ......."
"Twelve." The waiter, who was quite discerning, understood and hurriedly replied: "Lord Wang, today is the twelfth day of November. ”
Just in time, the corners of his lips curled.
Looking at the dark sky outside the window, he put down the paperwork in his hand and got up, "Let's go here today first, go to Wantang Garden." ”
The waiter hurriedly bent down and walked a few quick steps to open the door.
Opened the thick cotton curtain, a cold wind blowing, there seems to be some moisture in it, carefully distinguished, only to find that it is some extremely broken ice, and then look at the cloudy sky, he smiled, today God is the right time, to give Xue'er's birthday the icing on the cake.
The food here in Wantang Garden has just been put on the table, because I saw that there was no one in the front yard today to report that the prince was coming to eat, and the small kitchen was a little earlier than the usual time to prepare the meal. Chu Xue was about to sit down, when she suddenly heard a rumor outside the courtyard that Song Chen was coming, she was a little surprised, and hurriedly got up to greet her.
When he reached the door, he saw that the cotton curtain had been lifted from the outside, and the man in the purple brocade robe entered. She saluted in surprise, "Why did the prince come suddenly?" ”
"Well, I was tired today, so I came over in advance, have you eaten?" Song Chen helped her while glancing at the dining table, frowned, and asked, "Why don't you have noodles?" ”
Chu Xue took his robe and asked with a smile, "Does the prince want to eat noodles?" The concubine asked the kitchen to prepare quickly. ”
He looked at her with a smile, "It doesn't matter if this king eats it or not, but you have to eat it!" ”
She couldn't help but wonder, and when she saw the smile in his eyes, she suddenly understood, and said with a warm smile: "I ate at noon." ”
"Really?"
"Hmm." She nodded.
Song Chen relieved herself, led her to sit at the table, took the handkerchief handed by the maid and cleaned her hands and began to eat.
While he was eating, Chu Xue looked at him with a sideways smile, "How did the prince know?" ”
He looked back, "I saw your birthday, and I remembered it." ”
A faint sentence suddenly touched the heartstrings, and she smiled sweetly, from the heart.
After a leisurely meal, Song Chen put down the warm tea in his hand and asked the maid who was going in and out of the dishes, "How is it outside?" Is it snowing? ”
A maid replied immediately, "Back to the prince, it's already white." ”
Chu Xue, who hadn't been out of the room since evening, looked surprised, "It's snowing?" When was it ordered? ”
"It was already a little bit when I came here just now, and now is a good time, how about it, do you want to go out and have a look?" Song Chen replied to her gently, her handsome eyebrows and eyes were full of temptation.
She nodded happily and turned to get her cloak.
After a while, the two of them had come hand in hand to the large garden of the palace. It had only been half an hour, and it was the first snow of the winter, so the snow flakes were not too big, and both of them were wearing cloaks, so they didn't need to use umbrellas, and by the lanterns hanging on the verandahs around them, there was a piece of snow white on the ground, and in the long night, the two people snuggled up and paced forward.
Yan Ling and Lu Fang, who were on the side, followed behind the two of them from a short distance.
Yanzhou is farther north than the capital, so it will be colder in winter, but at the same time there will be more snow. Usually there are only two or three snowfalls in the capital during the whole winter, but I heard that there will be more than twice as many as the capital here in Yanzhou. Chu Xue likes to see the snow, and she is also looking forward to the winter in Yanzhou, but this year is a little strange, seeing that it has been a month and a half since the beginning of winter, God is willing to drop this first snow.
The girl has been looking forward to it for many days, looking at the snowflakes at this moment, stepping on the flat white velvet snow, she is extremely excited, holding Song Chen's arm with one hand, stretching the other hand to meet the falling snow, and the smile on her face is also extraordinarily bright.
Song Chen also kept looking at her, with a warm smile in his eyes.
The palace is big, the garden is naturally big, and it took nearly half an hour to walk down around the lake, and a circle of footprints was stepped on the velvety snow before. Seeing that the falling snow flakes were getting thicker and thicker, Song Chen smiled and asked, "Have you enjoyed it?" When you've seen enough, go back, and be careful if you get wet. ”
I don't know if it was because of the cold or because of excitement, Chu Xue's little face was already red, she nodded contentedly, and the two of them immediately walked back along the road they came.
"It seems that God will give gifts, send a snow on your birthday, and coax the beauty of this king so happy." Song Chen looked at the girl beside him and said with a half-tone smile.
The girl's heart was stunned.
Today is the birthday of the real Sister Chu Xue, and Yue Wen's birthday is actually in the spring, but after so many years, she has already lived as someone else, using someone else's name and living someone else's birthday......
With her thoughts put away, she cleared the mist in her eyes and whispered about other people's stories, "Does the prince know why the concubine is called Chu Xue?" Because when the concubine was born, the first snow of that winter was falling in the capital, and the father took the meaning of the first snow, so he gave the concubine the name of the snow. ”
"It turns out that this king also wants to thank the first snow for sending such a good girl to this king." He stopped and looked at the girl's bright dark eyes and said softly.
She looked back at his gentle eyes, too. For a moment, she really wanted to tell the other party that the girl in front of him was actually born in the gorgeous sunset after a spring rain, and her name was Wen......
But she couldn't.
If she was Yue Wen, she shouldn't have lived in this world, let alone met him.
After a while, she just smiled and said softly: "Has anyone ever said that the prince is very good at complimenting people?" Praise makes people's hearts sweeter than honey. ”
Looking at the beauty's silky eyes, his heart suddenly moved, he reached out to take the person into his arms, and lowered his head to hold the seductive cherry lips.
She froze at first, then slowly responded with his lips and tongue that had invaded his mouth, and her body softened, and she involuntarily raised her arms to wrap around his neck.
She was like a vine, slowly wrapping around him who stood tall and proud like a tree.
He was like a high mountain, leaning over gently, shielding her from the wind and snow in his arms.
Yan Ling behind her hurriedly turned around, but when she saw Lu Fang on the side, she didn't react much, still standing forward, she hurriedly whispered: "Lord Lu, turn around." ”
"Huh?" The land side of the wooden stake is unknown.
Yan Ling was in a hurry, and without thinking about it, she took it personally, and simply pulled his arm to turn the person around.
The first time he was touched by the little girl, the young guard froze for a moment, and after a while, Fang wondered, "Why did you turn around?" ”
Yan Ling was speechless. But he seems to be really confused, and after thinking about it, he understands that although these guards usually guard the prince closely, they are not allowed to enter the backyard lightly, as for the interaction between the prince and the ladies in the backyard, he is naturally not very familiar, and he can be forgiven if he doesn't know how to avoid it for a while.
She coughed lightly and blushed and whispered, "That...... The masters are in ...... When we are intimate and intimate, we have to avoid it to ......"
Listening to the girl's long series of stammering explanations, the young guard reacted for a while and finally understood, only coughing lightly twice and not saying anything more.
Fortunately, it was in the night that the girl next to her didn't notice the redness on the handsome face......
In fact, I don't blame Lu Fangmune, the two masters are wearing thick cloaks, although there are lights around the garden, but they are helplessly not close, with the distance between them, in the eyes of the guards, the masters just stopped and got a little closer, and they couldn't distinguish the specific movements at all. In addition, I really don't have much experience, so it's understandable that I made a mistake in judgment for a while.
The deep kiss in the snow not far away ended in Song Chen's reluctance.
In fact, he kissed very devotedly, very emotionally, so devoted to forgetting the falling snow around him, so emotional that he wanted to possess her further.
He gently and carefully sucked on the smooth jelly lips as if they were the supreme delicacy. He hid one hand in her warm cloak and rubbed her waist gently, and the other hand habitually reached into the hem of the beauty's clothes, but he suddenly woke up when he felt the soothing soft warmth. Because with the touch of his cool fingers, the beauty's body suddenly trembled, and finally reminded him that this was in the open snow.
He suppresses his desires. Huo let go of his hand, looked at the beauty who was also still gasping, and asked in a dumb voice, "Are you okay today?" ”
Chu Xue's face blushed even more.
She knew what he was asking, and the seven-day menstrual affair had ended this morning.
And he endured it for seven days.
She nodded slightly, lowered her eyes and snorted.
He was overjoyed, and took advantage of the increasingly blazing flames on his body to quickly lead the beauty to the room.