Chapter 9: Qiong Ying
"Princess!" The voice of the man who was very familiar, Huo Ling's heart was beating faster and faster, her nervous body trembled slightly, suppressing her heart palpitations, it was him, it was Yu Jue, she staggered and turned around to see Yu Jue, the candlelight and snow light reflected on his face, the handsome face looked incomparably soft and close, the shadow of the candle flame was beating in his soft pupils, he smiled, and slowly walked towards her, that smile made Huo Ling confused, she couldn't suppress the cold trembling body more and more in the cold wind, but she tried her best to stretch her slender left hand out of her wide sleeve, waved lightly in the direction that Yu Jue was coming from.
Yu Jue walked up to her and looked at her with a smile.
"Are you cold?"
Yu Jue lowered her head and asked her.
"Well~ it's not cold, I'm wearing a lot, look, there's this big coat wrapped around me!"
How could he ask such a question?
Why not ask yourself how you ended up here?
Huo Ling thought, maybe Yu Jue can ask something else, she stabilized her figure, spit out on her hands and rubbed it, she was standing next to Yu Jue, she didn't want to leave, the two stood opposite each other in the snow, Yu Jue looked down at Huo Ling, but Huo Ling was looking around to avoid his gaze, two lanterns, surrounded by the heavy snow falling from the sky to refract the warm yellow candlelight.
"Go back, it's too cold."
After a long and short silence, Yu Jue spoke first and said to Huo Ling, Huo Ling listened, she nodded, turned around and trotted away, stepping on the new snow, there was a creaking sound, I don't know what's wrong, she is a little resentful of how Yu Jue let herself leave so quickly, what else does she expect, who knows?
Yu Jue has been watching Huo Ling's distant figure, he turned around slightly, and walked slowly along the footprints left by Huo Ling when he came, suddenly, Wei Budo appeared in front of him, knelt down on one knee, and accidentally pressed over a footprint, and he presented a piece of bamboo, on which was written the small seal of Qi State.
Yu Jue took the bamboo slice and glanced at it, he smiled again, smiled very happily, Wei Budo looked at him, the prince didn't seem to have smiled from the bottom of his heart for a long time, it seems that the information sent by the general this time is very much in line with his heart, the young master of the Dongfang family of Qi State Dongfang Arc has made a new big Situ, Yu Jue has been secretly operating when he was still a teenager in the General's Mansion, and he has been using the identity of Yan Wen, a guest of the general's door, to win over the courtiers, make friendships, and come to Yan Kingdom, and has been using the hidden pile traffic information to strategize, and for the first time there has been such a big result, Holding the important official position in charge of the country's land taxation and household registration in the hands of his own people, Wei Budo is also happy for Yujue, but Wei Budo doesn't know that there may be other reasons for his happiness... Huo Ling, she was also happy, as if all the unpleasantness that happened in Qingquan Palace this evening had disappeared, and when she entered the warm pavilion of Jingfei Pavilion, she retreated and lay down on the bed, holding a warm hand stove in her arms, what should she do, she remembered Yu Jue's warm smile and bright eyes just now, she got up from the bed, sat down in front of the low desk, spread a cloth embroidered with gold silk on the case, and personally polished the ink, she heard that the custom of women in Vietnam to write small poems to their favorite men is very elegant, Huo Ling read poetry books under the guidance of the queen, and a small poem was difficult for her, but did she really want to write it to Yu Jue?
Huo Ling hesitated at this moment...... In the blink of an eye, the birds in the treetops chirped for spring, and fifteen days were March 22, and the birthday of Princess Xinwu of the Changyi clan was coming.
In the Jingfei Pavilion, Huo Ling watched the palace people sort out their outfits for Changyi, and Huo Xun was also there.
"I asked for an order to send you to Changyi, my father didn't allow it, but the queen mother said something on the side, and he agreed."
Huo Xun played with the tea bottle in his hand and said coyly.
"That's good, second brother, you've been depressed for a few days, go out for a walk."
Huo Ling fiddled with the jewelry in the box, and took out one from time to time to put it on, and Qimeng held a bronze mirror next to her.
"Hmmm! Who said it wasn't, I also asked my father to take you to travel around the world after Princess Xinwu's birthday, but unexpectedly, my father agreed to this matter. β
Huo Xun came to his senses, said to Huo Ling with a smile, and picked out a hairpin for Huo Ling, "It looks good to wear this!" β
"Really! I'll go too! β
Huo Ling was very happy.
"The queen mother even made a request to my father to let Prince Yujue go with us."
Huo Xun added.
Holling paused, but after a moment she picked up the jewelry more vigorously.
Huo Xun looked at her and felt strange, pursed his lips and didn't say anything.
"Master is back!"
After sitting for a while, Huo Xun got up and shook the robe on his body, and turned to leave.
"Second brother, don't you stay to eat?"
Huo Ling was a little embarrassed, he just ignored the second brother.
"No, you don't dare to compliment the food in Jingfei Pavilion, I'll pick a new cook for you when I come back."
Huo Xun strode away, and he also noticed something, Huo Ling maintained Yu Jue like that day, and almost angered King Yan, when did these two people meet?
In the evening, it was another day of bright night sky, the stars in the sky twinkled and flashed, very beautiful, the lights of the west warm side hall were on, this palace where only one master and one servant lived was rarely set foot in, and after a long time, there were wild cats in the weeds to press home.
"Prince, something has happened in Yueguo, and the general will send someone to bring you this news."
Wei Budo entered the door, and walked to Yu Jue sitting in front of the low desk as he spoke, he was reading a small poem written on the cloth, the beautiful Yan Guo Xiao Seal, a little more tenderness in her pen, accidentally looked at the brocade box at the corner of the table, there was already a dozen cloth in it.
"Oh? Could it be that Cheng He started to do it? β
Yu Jue asked rhetorically, he didn't look up, and was still reading the little poem with a smile.
"Cheng He, the second prince of the Yue Kingdom, took advantage of the time when the prince Cheng Yi inspected the border, launched a coup d'Γ©tat, forcing the king of Yue to abdicate, but the king of Yue died of a violent illness that day, and now, the domestic chaos in the Yue country, Cheng He sat on the throne unjustly, and ordered to hunt down and kill the prince Cheng Yi who had not yet returned to the country."
Wei Budo relayed the news to Yu Jue, and when he saw the cloth in Yu Jue's hand, he looked away.
"Cheng Yi..."
Yu Jue put down the cloth in her hand and muttered the name in her mouth.
Wei Budo waited for Huo Xun to give something, but Yu Jue waved his hand.
"You go back and have a good rest first, and you're going to Changyi tomorrow, let me think about it."
"It's good that the prince will rest early."
Wei Budo didn't think much about it, bowed and walked out.
Yu Jue picked up the cloth again, stared at it quietly for a while, folded it up and put it in the brocade box, and finally slowly buckled the lid.
He got up slowly, blew out the candle flame, and the spark jumped to the end.