36. Warm and red

The rainy season of Huangmei lasts for a long time, and it doesn't stop raining, as if the sky is about to leak. At first, she was still in the mood to listen to the wind and rain, but gradually she began to get bored, and Wanwan's patience was almost exhausted, and she almost had to call someone to prepare a boat, intending to avoid the wet south, when one day it finally cleared.

The sun broke through the sky and shone straight down from the edge of the clouds, and she stood on the steps, and the joy of that moment was unprecedented, and even the haze in her heart dissipated.

The servant woman who had just finished ironing her clothes and sent them to the upper room stood still, looked out, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes, this is half a month, and I can be regarded as seeing the old man!" "Hurriedly greeted the little girl who followed behind, "Look at it for another half an hour, if it doesn't change, ask a few people to put up the shelves, and the mattress and clothes must be windy and see the light." The climate in the south is really strangely tight, it was said to be warmer than Beijing, I never thought that the sky was broken, this good rain ......" said while going to the end of the porch.

Wanwan stretched her sleeves and closed her eyes. The light is warm and refreshing on the face. She took a breath, the smell of the sun in the air, and the breeze on her cheeks, she had never felt so light.

"Enie." Lan Zhou's voice came from behind him, "My son's homework is done, please check your homework." ”

She was still immersed and said with a smile that she would wait a while, "I'm basking in the sun." ”

She is like a flower after a long flood, and she can't wait to absorb the warmth. The young face faces the sun, the lips are red, the eyelashes are long, and the skin is so delicate that it is simply translucent in the light.

Lan Zhou rolled up the booklet in his hand and asked her, "What is the old man?" ”

She said that the old man is the sun, "You southerners don't understand, there are many local languages in Beijing, if no one explains, you can't understand them at all." For example, if you are learning drama from others, the master says that you 'sing early', which means that the tone is high. There is also a handle on the overpass, there is no craftsmanship, and it relies on a mouth to earn chewing grain, which also has a name, called 'flat ground cake'. ”

Lan Zhou tilted his head and asked, "Did you cross the overpass?" ”

She sighed: "No, I also listened to the little eunuch." There are a lot of interesting things on the flyover, and when I have a chance in the future, I will take you and Brother Ting to play there. ”

Lan Zhou leaned his back against the pillar and laughed: "It's Enie who wants to play, right?" ”

She didn't hide it, squinting her eyes and saying, "I've grown so big, I haven't been out of the Forbidden City much." Later, I descended to you Amma, and I also went from the palace to the house, and all I saw along the way was water, and I didn't have much knowledge. After speaking, he looked back at him, "I wanted to ask you a long time ago, why do the people in the palace have a Beijing accent?" The Yuwen family has been a feudal domain for more than 200 years, and if it weren't for the fiefdom in Nanjing, I would have thought I would have returned to Beijing again. She smiled and taught him, "Ah, yes, and 'right', 'fetal gas'...... Nanjing dialect, I can't understand it. ”

Lan Zhou put his hands behind his back and said, "Ernie doesn't know, the concubine in the house is from Beijing. When I married the prince, I brought more than 20 companions and servants, and these people took root in the mansion, and the northern accent gradually prevailed in the mansion, and even with us juniors, I learned it. ”

These are actually scenes, and you can explain the past. In fact, it is every generation of princes of the Yuwen family, and the last ones who marry Dafujin are all authentic Beijingers. If nothing else, it is just that future generations cannot be cut off from the capital. If you want to go to Beijing, you have to talk and socialize, and you have to communicate with people. At a critical juncture, he said his Jingbai, you speak your Wu language, the chicken speaks with the duck, and there must be a special interpreter in the middle, so it will be difficult to do things. But after all, she lives in the south, and when she goes out, she listens to Jiangnan dialect, and some words are not as pure as orthodox Beijingers, just like the old man she said, picking cakes on the ground, and some of them he has never heard of.

"The concubine has been in Nanyuan for too long, and sometimes she has a bad taste, so in the future, my son will learn from Enie......"

Wanwan smiled and said: "Stop, just talk about this learning word, Beijing is also divided into house door sound and hutong sound." The official dialect is still learned, and the local dialect is pronounced 'confused'. I grew up in the palace, and after all, the official talks a lot, you have to learn the most authentic, and you have to worship those who talk about drama as masters. She stroked his horn, "According to me, it is enough to learn the official language, and if you learn too correctly, people will laugh at you carefully and treat you as a flyover." ”

When it comes to how happy she is, the smile on her face is also self-contained. Lan Zhou was sick for two days, and she took care of him personally, because he was young, and he didn't let him move out of the backyard after he got well. She has a very easy-going temper and can get along well with anyone, with the exception of him, Amma. At the beginning, he said that Buyin Pavilion could not stay, and he Ama still wanted to use her to contain Buyin Tower, but he shook his head and pitted himself.

He squeezed out a bright smile, "Enie is in a panic in the palace, right?" What do you do in the spring? ”

She thought for a moment, "Raise pigeons, fly kites." Beijingers love to fly kites, some of them put whistles and wind lanterns on kites, and send a centipede to the sky at night, which is lively all night. It's a pity that those lit kites fell down, which was easy to cause fires, and later the capital banned them and didn't allow them to be released again. ”

He nodded, "I don't know if the people below tell you that you don't, the queen is Ama Qianqiu, and there is going to be a banquet in the palace, and the opera troupe is invited to sing the lanterns at night." Ming'er Mansion Fu Jin came to kowtow to you, please go back to the palace to host, the son is thinking, you have a leisure, the son will accompany you to fly a kite, what do you like, the son ordered someone to be rooted. ”

Wanwan listened and paused slightly. Speaking of Yu Wenliang, I really haven't seen him for more than ten days. Last time, Rong Bao said that the Qiantang River was broken, and he went there to plug the gap, why did he go there for so long, and there was no news again......

She hesitated and asked, "How can you handle Amma's Qianqiu without others?" ”

Lan Zhou blinked a pair of pure big eyes and said, "Ama came back in the second half of the morning today, why didn't anyone send you a message?" He was annoyed when he said it, "What kind of bad thing is the person below, such an important matter, all hide it from the top, what do you mean!" ”

Wanwan was a little embarrassed, she didn't let them pass on the news of Yuwen Liangshi, so she didn't know about Qianqiu and his movements.

"Enie will appreciate his face, right?" Lan Zhou tilted his head and asked her, "Everyone in the world knows that I am Lord Amama, and you don't attend his birthday, and I don't know how to spread rumors outside." ”

The scene is naturally passable, and she can't even forget her obligations. Turned around and called the copper ring: "Tell Yu Chengfeng to back up the birthday gift for the prince, and use it later." ”

The copper ring said: "I have been prepared for a long time, because I have not arrived at the right day, and I have not returned to His Highness." ”

She hummed, took Lan Zhou's homework, asked him to memorize two paragraphs of "The Mean", saw that he was very proficient, praised him, and sent him outside to play. She didn't pay much attention to what she said before, it was almost noon, she ate under the cloister, the courtyard in the wind and rain looked very desolate, and finally became vibrant after the wind and rain stopped, which is the weather that should be in April.

Spring is easy to get sleepy, she scattered for a while, her eyelids were fighting, and she stroked the back of her neck and said that she couldn't do it, and she had to go back to find a bed to take a nap. The palace has always been like this, three full and two down, the deep palace is lonely, that's how to pass the time, when you come outside, you can't change it.

The curtains in the bedroom were half lowered, the incense table was set in a piece of daylight, the bronze Boshan stove was dripping green, the lid of the stove under the overlapping ridge was filled with cigarette smoke, and the curtain separated a small world, which was specially designed for her afternoon rest. She has always had a habit of not having anyone in front of her when she sleeps, even if it is hot in the summer, she can only open a window, and no one needs to fan her. She could roll around on the bed at will, and it didn't matter if she fell, but she couldn't hear human voices. Whether it is a footstep or a cough, he wakes up when he hears it, and then the bed is so angry that the emperor doesn't buy half of the account when he comes.

Tonghuan and Xiaoyou withdrew, and the grandmothers who were waiting in the courtyard also dispersed outside the second gate, at this time, everyone could steal a while, boil a hanging tea, eat two snacks, and the afternoon time in the eldest princess's mansion was much more leisurely than in the Forbidden City.

Xiao You followed the little girl to the front yard to see the newly bought ruler, the copper ring was holding a stool across the door, and when she saw Yu Qiyao coming from a distance, she stood up and greeted him, because they were all people assigned by Xiao Duo, they had a lot of private contacts, and they didn't shy away from anything. She asked, "How did the master ask to inquire about it?" ”

Yu Qiyao glanced at her, "How can you touch it?" Last year, the governor went to Nanjing, and the servants of the East Factory also went around, and the people were skilled, and they didn't show their feet at all. Saying that, he looked at the upper room, frowned, and said, "The eldest princess is married after all, and the overseer is still in the capital, so he didn't show it, so we can't act rashly." What about you and me, after all, we are all people who follow His Royal Highness, and the balance between the two ends is the most important, and the king of Nanyuan will not move, so we will be happy to be peaceful. ”

This is the truth, since I am a husband and wife, I always hope that they will go well, and the people under me will also be relaxed. Xiao palm print, even if there are changes in the future, he will naturally think of a way out for the eldest princess. But if he is gone, they will really have to take responsibility and advance and retreat with the eldest princess.

Brass Ring answered, "Rest now, I'll pass the word on when I get back." The queen is the king of Nanyuan, Qianqiu, His Royal Highness must go to the palace of the vassal king, you have to bother, and you have to prepare in advance. ”

Yu Qi bowed her head, she leaned back against the door frame, and cast her gaze to the sky in the distance. After the rain, the sky is clear, a dashing blue, such a color that is not turbid or dirty, it is really fascinating to see it for a long time.

At the end of the boundless blue, someone came slowly, and the moon-white trail was sprinkled with gold threads, which was especially beautiful in the sun. As soon as she was stunned, she hurriedly stood up to greet her, the king of Nanyuan was late, and she was indifferent when she arrived, she owed herself a blessing, "Say hello to the prince." The prince has returned, and this journey has been hard. ”

He didn't answer her, but asked her, "Did you sleep in the afternoon?" ”

The copper ring should be, "It's only been a short time to sleep, the prince is afraid that he will have to wait, His Royal Highness doesn't like to be disturbed, and the slave maid will have to pass on it to you after an hour......"

He raised his hand, "I don't need you to pass it on, this king is waiting for her." ”

Tonghuan was taken aback, "Lord, there are rules in the house......"

He suddenly turned his head, a pair of abyss-like eyes, and there was no temperature at all, "Since the king's accession to the throne, no one has dared to mention these two words to me." Propriety? Are you talking to me about the rules? The bullshit rule that the princess and the colt live separately should have been abolished a long time ago. I don't care what happens in the capital, when I get to my Nanyuan, I have to follow the rules of my Nanyuan. Those of you who serve should not use dogma to bind your master, but should advise more, which is your duty to be a slave. I know your selfishness, you have to buy off the grandmothers and gods when you enter the house, don't worry, I don't have a lot of you here. It's just that from now on, don't make any more obstacles, otherwise I won't be able to keep you regardless of whether you are sent by the emperor or Xiao Duo. ”

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and his voice was calm, as if he was talking about homely things, but the words he said were heartfelt. It turned out that this was the real him, far from the humility and courtesy they saw when they followed the eldest princess. He has the bearing of looking at all things, and in the face of those he cares about, he may be kind to the wind and the moon, but for the insignificant people, he is cold to the point of being almost cruel.

Obviously, he knows what happened in the Forbidden City, so he also knows her origin. Tonghuan was frightened into a cold sweat, and pretended to be calm: "The prince misunderstood the slave and maid, and the slave and maid meant that His Royal Highness only slept ......"

He laughed: "I know that His Highness has a bed, what should I do, I have my own reason, you don't have to say much, step down." ”

The copper ring was helpless and stepped aside. He entered the weeping flower gate, bypassed a tree of begonias, and came back here on the night of the wedding, and then wanted to come in, she issued a strict order to prohibit him from entering, and he could only sigh through the wall.

At the beginning, he was rebuilt into the Princess's Mansion, although the imperial court ordered the feudal division to prepare, but he was really in charge, so he was very familiar with every grass and tree here. The golden silk vine red lacquered bamboo curtain hung under the eaves, one after another, rolled high or low, originally just a dead thing, since she had her, gradually glowing with vitality.

In the past few days, he has been in Hangzhou, standing in the rivers all over the wilderness, his mind is assigning people to rescue the disaster, but he is still thinking about her in his heart. I don't know if she is used to it in Jinling, and I don't know if she will think of him occasionally. In the past, the first thing I did when I came back was to say hello to the concubine, but now I came to see her. Although she still has nothing to do with herself, compared to the previous long road and soul flying bitterness, this is incomprehensible, what is it!

He gradually reached the bottom of the steps, and when he looked up, her bedroom maintained the highest regulations of the palace, and the golden phoenix and seal under the eaves had been renovated, becoming more and more bright and dazzling. I was about to see her, I couldn't wait, and I was faintly timid, and after standing still, I breathed a sigh of relief, and then I lifted my robe and went up the steps of white marble.

Entering the main hall, the room was empty, and only the lotus flower leaked a slight ticking sound. He knew that she was in the East Warm Pavilion, and there was her sleeping couch behind several heavy curtains. He took it lightly, layer by layer, and the fragrance under the veil was pervasive, as should be the smell in the girl's boudoir. His heart thumped, and he stood in front of the last veil, and through the sparse warp and weft, he saw a delicate silhouette lying sideways, the fabric of her dress soft, outlining her waist with extraordinary precision. He stretched out his hand to put on the veil, but hesitated, but she was already asleep, and he was afraid that he would wake her up and make her unhappy.

Or wait, he held back, and was about to withdraw, when he heard her low voice and asked who it was. Then he propped himself up on one elbow, and his black hair flowed like satin onto the Persian blanket under the Luohan's bed.

Retreat is impossible to retreat, you can only move forward. It's funny, what's so terrible, several times of strong winds and waves didn't deter him, a little girl, can you still eat him?

He said, "It's me." Reaching out and lifting the curtain, the hazy outline became clear in an instant, and she lay there, her face like a peach blossom, and her lips like Zhu Dan.

Wanwan was a little dizzy, but she felt that her brain was sleepy, and her mind was not very clear. The person behind the curtain walked in, and she squinted for a long time, but she couldn't tell who he was. It looks like the body is very familiar, who is it...... She felt that she was in a dream, and since it was a dream, it didn't matter who he was!

She lay back down, closed her eyes, and muttered, "You're here......"

He didn't expect her to have this attitude, and his tone was so calm that he was flattered. He said, "I'm back, how is your highness doing during this time?" ”

She moved awkwardly and invited him to sit down, but without answering him, she asked as if to herself, "Is it getting dark?" ”

He looked back at the window, and it was bright tomorrow, was she sleepy?

He leaned over and sat down on the edge of the couch, her cuffs wide and high to her shoulders after tossing and turning, and a bent snow arm was horizontal, with a kind of heart-shaking beauty. His mind was chaotic, and he said casually: "I saw when I came in, three o'clock in the afternoon." ”

She grunted, it wasn't a good time. Probably sung in the play, it was launched at three o'clock in the afternoon and asked for it.

In such a quiet moment, he sat and lay down without conflict, as if it were the greatest reward he had received after a long journey. He looked at her quietly, her cheeks were slightly red, and she seemed to be so hot that her sideburns were wet. The collar of the middle single was torn a little, revealing a fragile neck, with a red thread around the neck, and a silver lock the size of an abacus bead hanging down, he knew that it was left to her by Xu Guifei when she was young. So for so many years, she is still longing for family affection, and he has been silently watching, and the more time passes, the more distressing it makes him.

He couldn't help but ask her softly, "Did you think about me when I wasn't there?" ”

She slowly opened her eyes, looked at him in a daze, and with one hand leaned over slowly, climbed up his troll, climbed over his back, and then wrapped her arms around her waist, pressed her face to his thigh, and said with a faint cry, "But...... No way. ”

When he heard her words, his mind buzzed, and the three souls and seven spirits seemed to be about to leave the shell, and he couldn't believe that it was true.

What did she say? Did he hear it wrong? Just admit it? He had mixed feelings in his heart, squeezed her hand hard, leaned over and asked her, "What His Highness said is true?" ”

Her eyes were dilated, and she finally focused, and after looking at it for a long time, she saw resolute eyebrows and a straight nose, and felt that he should be the person she had been thinking about day and night.

She was aggrieved, and she wanted to say a lot of things, but she was afraid that she would suddenly wake up from the dream and disappear again. So she reached out and took his shoulders and pulled him down, and he leaned over, and the cheeks of the two men were pressed together, and she choked softly, and her arms were like ivy, and they were entwined, sacrificing all their pride, and trapping him.