Chapter 17: Merlan's Love Letter
The leather box on the bookcase in Shangguan's study had been opened, and in addition to a stack of blank letterheads and envelopes neatly wrapped in white silk, there were also a dozen letters: among them were secret reports from various sects, posts asking for help, and several love letters from women.
At the top is an open letter, which is an extremely elegant letterhead: the letter paper is made of fine Goryeo silkworm cocoon paper, which was also used by Wang Xizhi when he wrote the Orchid Pavilion Preface.
The lower right side of the letterhead is printed with a lifelike Molan painting, and the branches and leaves are outlined in ink, which is flexible and elegant; The flower stems are slim: the flower heads are rendered in blue-purple and are leisurely beautiful.
This letterhead was specially used by Shangguan to communicate with those women, and the manuscript of the letterhead was designed by Shangguan and then sent to his own Lan Yaxuan for engraving and printing.
Because Shangguan Qingmiao is a happy orchid, in his opinion, orchids can be compared to a gentleman and can also be a metaphor for love, and the ink he writes about credit is also the musk ink specially provided by Lan Yaxuan, and the fragrance of the letterhead written with this ink is clear and fragrant, just like the refreshing taste of Mo Lan.
A person like him must naturally be elegant, using ordinary pen, ink, paper, and inkstone like flies staining the white wall, in the eyes of Shangguan, he has lost the beauty of love, although he is sincere and false to those women, he also tries his best to leave good memories in their hearts.
Shangguan's illustrious family background and peerless appearance make people who come to Lanyue Tower every year to talk about matchmaking, but Shangguan, who is over 20 years old, has not been interested in anyone for a long time, and then women began to send love letters to Shangguan, including the daughters of the heads of various factions and hall masters.
Some of them are willing to report to Shangguan; There are those who are willing to do things for the officials; There are even those who voluntarily throw themselves into their arms.
Just to maintain a relationship with Shangguan, but Shangguan has never found a person who can treat him with all his heart.
They only seem to care about the powerful position and peerless appearance of Prince Lingyun, but they never care about what they think in their hearts, and they may not want to understand it at all.
As time passed, he became numb, and he no longer expected to find solace in their souls.
Shangguan regarded the exchange of love letters with these women as a pastime, and he also used his reputation for being amorous to counteract the vigilance of his enemies.
The letter came from Shen Yuqiao, and the content of the letter was about two points: First, Shen Yuqiao had already learned that the woman he saved was the daughter-in-law of the Yun family, and she advised Shangguan not to miss the opportunity for revenge.
Second, they were supposed to meet to play that day, but because they turned back halfway to save people, Shangguan still owed her a full date.
It's just that now someone is looking for revenge and comes to the door, so it is inconvenient to show up, and after the matter is resolved, she will meet with Shangguan.
Shen Yuqiao is a famous killer in the rivers and lakes, and there are many people who ask her to buy their lives; Find her for revenge even more!
Therefore, she also has no fixed place to live, and often has to leave after staying in one place for a short time.
Because of this, after saving Xiaorou that day, Shen Yuqiao was inconvenient to take her in, so she could only be handed over to Shangguan to take back to Lingyun Palace.
Shen Yuqiao is an exception, she was close to Shangguan at first and was not loved by men and women, and the reason why she was able to become Ling Yun Gongzi's friend was because they both thought that each other had value in using each other at first.
But after a few years of contact, the two found that the two sides had a striking similarity in their views on certain things, and over time, Shen Yuqiao also became the woman who had the longest contact with Shangguan, and in the eyes of outsiders, she could be called the only confidante of Lingyun Gongzi.
Shangguan put down the letter, wrote back another book, a few sentences, and then took an envelope that was also printed with the Molan pattern, put the reply letter into the envelope along with a blank Molan letterhead, and folded it and buckled the wax seal.
This is Ling Yun Gongzi's usual style, as long as he still wants to contact that woman, he will send one or two blank Mo Lan letterheads with the letter.
His practice and such letters are also "unprecedented and unprecedented" in today's martial arts
If you don't receive a reply, or if you don't have a blank letterhead, it's Lingyun Gongzi tactfully telling you - "Girl, you can get away......"
After packing up the letters, Shangguan took off his robe and changed into a water-colored robe of twill silk, came to the corner of the courtyard and turned out a tool for pruning flowers and branches, and then walked to Taihu Stone, picked up the robe and knelt on one knee, saving the dying Yungui Hanlan.
A series of brisk footsteps approached, and Shangguan knew that it was Luo Dongting who had returned.
"Hehe, I'm distressed."
Luo Dongting, who was behind him, saw that Shangguan was picking up orchids very carefully, and his eyebrows showed rare warmth.
I can't help but sigh in my heart: Alas...... If he can take out half of his thoughts on flowers and trees for those women, he will not end up with a "beautiful girl in the world"
infamy.
How did he know that in Shangguan's heart, there were only these flowers and trees that would not reveal his secrets......