Chapter 34: Heavenly Fragrance
When the maid Yueling came in with Jiang Li's letter, Qiao Xiaoqiao was taking a bath for the dumplings! Although she couldn't wait to open the seal immediately and see what Jiang Li said? But because Prince Yi was sitting on the side, she had to patiently rub the hair of the dumplings over and over again.
The dumplings have become more and more mellow recently, it seems that Dongyu's food is very suitable for its appetite, and the maids in the palace are very fond of the dumplings, and they usually rush to tease the dumplings to play, and even the monarch and queen like the dumplings very much, which is many times better than the imperial court in the Yan Kingdom!
Yueling put the letter on the table, "Second princess! I heard that there are two letters from Yan this time! There is also a letter addressed to the King and His Royal Highness! ”
Hearing Yueling say this, Prince Yi stood up and stretched, "Then I have to hurry over and take a look!" Maybe the emperor of Yan State felt that he didn't take good care of Luochen a while ago, and he felt guilty and invited me and my father to go to the imperial court of Yan State for a drink! ”
Qiao Xiaoqiao smiled, "Brother talks about drinking and drinking every day!" Luochen has never seen his brother drink it! ”
Prince Yi, who had already walked to the door, turned back when he heard his sister say this, and he scratched Qiao Xiaoqiao's nose dotingly, "What? Do you want to see my brother make a fool of yourself? How do I remember when I was unconscious due to drunken discomfort, someone cried at my bedside! Well! Who do you guess that person will be? ”
"Alcohol allergy? How another one! Qiao Xiaoqiao pursed her lips and muttered quietly.
Prince Yi tilted his head, "Huh? What were you muttering? ”
"Hmmm! It's nothing! Brother, let's hurry over and have a look! If Emperor Yan really wants to invite his brother to drink, I am afraid that my father will give this good errand to others if he goes late! ”
"Haha! That's right! ”
Prince Yi told Yueling to take care of the second princess and left the Huanhua Pavilion.
As soon as Prince Yi left, Qiao Xiaoqiao hurriedly opened the letter and read it!
Jiang Li's text is very obscure, Qiao Xiaoqiao knows that this is for safety reasons, and the letter mentions two messages: one is that there will be a lunar eclipse in June this year! The other is that the crown prince dragon rhino is also about to get married in June!
In order not to cause any trouble, Qiao Xiaoqiao secretly burned the letter she had read, and her mood became heavy.
The prince's wedding was even more upset than the upcoming lunar eclipse, and she didn't understand that when the opportunity she was looking forward to was coming, she was still jealous of the princess bin Laden, whom she had never met!
Dongyu received an invitation letter from Yan Guo, and the monarch of Dongyu was a hundred unwilling to respond, but the young Prince Yi was full of yearning for a trip to a foreign country! After weighing it repeatedly, the monarch of Dongyu agreed to send Prince Yi to Yan State.
After lunch, Qiao Xiaoqiao was still taking a nap, and Prince Yi came to Huanhua Pavilion excitedly.
"Dust! Don't sleep! Brother will take you to Wanhua Valley to enjoy the flowers! ”
Qiao Xiaoqiao stood up with a bone, "Has Tianxiang bloomed?" ”
Prince Yi pursed his lips, "You know Tianxiang!" Tianxiang is a thousand-year-old flower! That's so easy to bloom! ”
"Ugh!" Qiao Xiaoqiao is so disappointed, since the last time she ate Dongyu's Tianxiang cake, she has privately inquired with the maids in the palace, it is said that Tianxiang is a very rare and unique spice! Tianxiang cakes are only eaten by royals, and she thinks that Tianxiang may be what she is looking for!
Seeing Qiao Xiaoqiao's loss, Prince Yi bent down and stared at Qiao Xiaoqiao's eyes, "Chen'er! You are so sensitive to Tianxiang, you probably didn't listen to those folk rumors! ”
"What rumors?" Qiao Xiaoqiao pretended to be calm.
"I once heard an elderly palace man say that the smell of heavenly incense can make people hallucinate beautifully, and it is said that if a person is bewitched by its fragrance, even if he dies, he will smile without pain, so some people with bad intentions will want to get it at all costs! It's a pity that they don't have much chance, Tianxiang only grows in our Dongyu Wanhua Valley! It is said that the number is very small, and it blooms once in a thousand years! I haven't even seen it with my own eyes! ”
"Then what's the matter with the Tianxiang cake we ate?"
"Tianxiang cake does contain the ingredient of Tianxiang flower! But it's just a very small amount of dried pollen, and that Tianxiang flower was picked by someone in the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers when my brother and I were born! ”
"Uh, that's it! I'm just curious! Qiao Xiaoqiao got out of bed and tugged at Prince Yi's sleeve, "Let's go!" Depending on the weather, there may be a rain today! ”
Prince Yi brought two guards, Qiao Xiaoqiao hugged Xiaotuanzi and only brought Yueling a girl, and the group had two carriages.
Prince Yi and Qiao Xiaoqiao are in the same carriage! Along the way, Qiao Xiaoqiao kept pestering Prince Yi to take her to Yan Kingdom!
Prince Yi said that he would not agree to anything, "You finally came back!" If I take them out and get lost again, my father and mother will have to pick my skin! ”
Qiao Xiaoqiao had no choice but to give up, so she had to think of other ways!
When he arrived in front of the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, Qiao Xiaoqiao found that there were soldiers guarding here!
All kinds of aromas in the valley come to the nose, refreshing people's hearts and spleens, and make people intoxicated!
Qiao Xiaoqiao couldn't suppress her excitement, grabbed Prince Yi's arm and went into the valley! Even the dumplings wagged their tails excitedly and sniffed left and right, and they also looked intoxicated.
Qiao Xiaoqiao followed her mother to visit many flower markets in that life, and she also saw a lot of exotic flowers and plants, but there were more flowers and plants in the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers in front of her than she had seen in her previous life! And except for a very few, she basically doesn't know any of the other breeds!
"Dust! I remember when I brought you with me, your eyes didn't even look at the flowers! ”
"Oh? So what am I looking at? ”
"Look at me! I'm afraid I'll run away! ”
Qiao Xiaoqiao giggled, "It's not because my brother is good-looking!" I can't get enough of Chen'er! ”
Qiao Xiaoqiao naughtily crossed the body of Prince Yi and stared at his eyes seriously, "Brother! How do you look so good? You're on this stop! The flowers in the valley have lost their color! ”
Looking at Qiao Xiaoqiao's direct eyes, Prince Yi's face turned red all of a sudden! He looked away unnaturally, "You little girl! When did you learn to be so flamboyant! ”
"Brother, you're blushing! Ha ha! ”
"Nonsense! How can I have? "Prince Yi seems to have to run forward.
Qiao Xiaoqiao picked a pink flower beside him and caught up with Prince Yi, "Brother! Send you a flower! ”
Prince Yi took the flower and exaggeratedly approached his nose and sniffed, "Well-it's so fragrant!" Dust! Do you know what kind of flower it is? ”
Qiao Xiaoqiao shook his head.
"This flower is called a lover's flower! It is a symbol of love, exclusive to lovers! ”
Qiao Xiaoqiao grabbed it and threw it to the bottom! "What lover flowers? Starting today, it's changing its name! From now on, its name will be Brother and Sister Flower! ”
Prince Yi shook his head helplessly, "That's it!" It's up to you! In the future, this flower will be called brother and sister flower! ”
Qiao Xiaoqiao grinned proudly, "His Royal Highness the Prince!" You're the best brother in the world! After saying that, he jumped forward and went forward.
Prince Yi took advantage of Qiao Xiaoqiao's inattention, bent down to pick up the lover's flower and secretly stuffed it into his arms.
The two of them shook off the guards and swayed into the depths of the valley, a cluster of lilac flowers rippled in the wind in the depths of the valley, the flower cluster was half a person high, Qiao Xiaoqiao got into it and lay down on his back with a pop.
"Whew! It's so beautiful here! I'm going to get a good night's sleep and get some flowers! ”
Prince Yi wanted to object, but when he saw Qiao Xiaoqiao's expression of enjoyment, he had no choice but to rely on her.
Prince Yi sat beside Qiao Xiaoqiao, he quietly picked up the purple petals around him and raised his hand to sprinkle them on Qiao Xiaoqiao's body, and the purple petals fluttered like a rain of petals.
"Brother! You also lie down and feel the refreshing fragrance of the flowers! Qiao Xiaoqiao still closed his eyes and fumbled and tugged at the sleeve of the prince's coat.
Prince Yi lay beside Qiao Xiaoqiao and slowly closed his eyes, the breeze blew, and the whole world was only fragrant with flowers.
"Dust! Do you want to pill your brother's arm? ”
"Hmmm! Want! ”
Prince Yi gently grabbed Qiao Xiaoqiao's head and put it on his arm, looking at Qiao Xiaoqiao's expression of enjoyment, he also closed his eyes with satisfaction.
I don't know how long it took, Qiao Xiaoqiao was awakened by a burst of cold!
When I opened my eyes, I found that the blue sky had already darkened, "It's raining!" She shouted.
Prince Yi was sleeping soundly, and was awakened by Qiao Xiaoqiao's shouting, "What? He rubbed his eyes in confusion.
When he came back to his senses, he pulled Qiao Xiaoqiao up, "Hurry up!" Your body is weak! You'll get sick if you get wet! ”
Prince Yi pulled Qiao Xiaoqiao and stretched out his hand to help her cover the rain while running, but the rain became heavier and heavier, and after a while, the two of them were drenched!
"Brother! Are we lost? Qiao Xiaoqiao asked breathlessly.
Prince Yi raised his hand and wiped the rain from his face, "Won't it?" I remember we just came in along this path! ”
"But we've been walking for so long, and we still haven't found our way out!"
Both men stopped and looked around, the heavy rain was like a white curtain hanging over the valley floor, and visibility was very limited.
"Dust! Look there's a shelter on the hillside over there! Let's go over and avoid it first! I think the guards will find us soon! ”
Qiao Xiaoqiao followed Prince Yi's finger and looked, there was indeed a protruding rock on the hillside!
The ground was slippery and muddy due to the rain! The trail on flat ground is acceptable, but the way up the hill is very difficult!
The two of them stumbled and climbed towards the rocks on the hillside, during which Qiao Xiaoqiao fell several times, but fortunately, Prince Yi finally came to the bottom of the rocks with his tow.
There were some weeds growing under the rocks, and strangely enough, they basically died, and they also found a tall plant with three buds on top, although it had withered, but because of its size, it took up almost half of the bottom of the rock!
"This is in the way!" Qiao Xiaoqiao raised his foot and kicked the withered flower branch.
Although the flower plant is easy to wither, the stem is still relatively elastic, and Qiao Xiaoqiao kicked it and didn't break it.
"Let me come!" Prince Yi grabbed the stem of the plant with both hands and lifted it up vigorously!
"Oops!" Suddenly, he screamed!
Qiao Xiaoqiao found out that there was a dense layer of small thorns on the stem, and they didn't even notice it just now because of the rain.
"Brother! Is your hand hurt? ”
Due to the excessive force, one of Prince Yi's hands was stabbed with blood.
The blood flowed down the back of his hand, drop by drop on the withered stem, and a moment later a strange scene appeared!
The stem, which had withered just a moment ago, suddenly came to life, turning red little by little from the root upwards, and gradually the three withered buds also changed color! From withered yellow to pale red, then deep red, and finally purple! After a while, three red flowers like bloodstained flowers bloomed one after another!
A strange smell came to my nose!
Both of them were stunned by this scene, and the flowers became more and more vivid! The fragrance is getting stronger and stronger!
"Tianxiang!" The two of them exclaimed in unison!
At the same time, the anxious shouts of the guards were heard in the valley!
"Your Highness! Second princess! Where are you? ”
Two people, you look at me, I look at you, and you gradually come back to your senses!
"Dust! Hide the fragrance of the sky! Can't let them find out! ”
After speaking, Prince Yi responded to the bottom of the valley, "We are here!" ”。