Chapter 35: The Queen Mother's Birthday
"Where did the county lord go? Cuiguo has been looking for a while! Cuiguo held the lantern and searched for a long time to find Duanyue, and she complained angrily. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Duanyue came back to her senses and smiled at her. "Let you go buy a river lantern for so long to come back."
Cuiguo innocently pursed her mouth. "The lanterns along the river were all sold out, and I had to go to the market farther away to buy them. Besides, I've been looking for the county lord for a long time! ”
"I'll just walk around casually, forget it, don't talk about this, let's put the lanterns away." Duanyue knew that she was at a loss, so she didn't argue anymore and quickly diverted the topic.
She casually threw the peach blossom in her hand to the ground, and reached out to take the river lantern handed over by Cuiguo, one for each of them.
The river lantern is made in the shape of a lotus flower, and there is a small candle in the middle, which can be lit for a long time. Cuiguo handed Duanyue a box of matches. "I heard from the seller that it is best to order it yourself." Duanyue nodded, this cuiguo is already such a big person, she will believe whatever others say.
Duanyue and Cuiguo put the lit river lantern into the water, and she was dragged by Cuiguo to close her eyes and make a wish, and when she opened her eyes again, the river lantern had already floated far away.
"Cuiguo, what wish did you make?" Duanyue's naughty immediately asked Cuiguo.
Cuiguo touched her nose and smiled embarrassedly. "What other wish can I make, of course I wish everything well, but what wish did the county lord make?"
"I won't tell you." Duanyue smiled and turned to leave.
"Huh? The county lord doesn't want this peach blossom? Cuiguo just wanted to laugh and catch up, but kicked the peach blossom who had been lying on the ground for a long time with her toes, and suddenly remembered. She picked up the peach branch and stared at it for a long time. When I went to buy the lanterns, I didn't have this peach blossom, who gave it to the county lord?
She mysteriously leaned over and asked. "County Lord, who sent this?"
Duanyue remembered that the peach blossom had just been thrown on the ground by her at random, and she hurriedly turned red and snatched the peach blossom and held it in her arms. "No, it's the road...... It was just given by the person I met. She had no confidence, and even her voice was stumbling.
Cuiguo let out an ambiguous "oh" and didn't ask more, but her eyes still looked at Duanyue with a smile, looking at her heart hairy.
"Whatever the county lord says, it's fine." She smiled sweetly at Duanyue and left after her.
I don't know how long it has been, but it's already dark like ink. Duanyue knew that the wind had returned to Beijing, and she felt furious in her heart, and she didn't dare to come back from the gate, so she could only quietly poke her head out of the back door and shout at her subordinates softly.
"You! Come here, come here! She hid behind the door and stretched out a hand and waved it at the man who was sweeping in the backyard.
Although the subordinate was surprised why the noble county lord was sneaky here, he still obediently bent down and walked to the edge of Duanyue, and saluted respectfully. "The minions are here."
"Shhhh Lighter! Duanyue frowned, and shouted at the person to stop him. She looked around, saw that there was no one in the courtyard, and asked quietly. "Has Ning Hou come back?"
The man immediately replied in a low voice. "If you go back to the county lord, Master Hou hasn't come back yet."
Hearing this, Duanyue swaggered into the house, completely without the timid and trembling look just now. She breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the front yard, and it happened that Yan Feng and Xu Xiachu happened to come back. Duanyue seemed to come out to greet her, which made the wind feel warm in her heart.
And Duanyue was extremely frightened, she trembled when she saw the wind, and she only felt scared like a blow in her chest, but then immediately pretended to be surprised and greeted her.
"Brother? How did you get back? Seeing her eagerness, those who do not know it will think it is true.
Cuiguo couldn't help but let out an "oops" when she saw the wind, and her face was full of worry. "Hou Ye is soaked all over, why don't you wipe Hou Ye quickly!" The subordinate who was waiting on the side immediately rushed to get a clean handkerchief to wipe the hair of the wind.
If it weren't for Cuiguo's reminder, Duanyue would have almost ignored the water on his body. Thinking about it, I guess I jumped into the river at that time, and I came back before I changed my clothes. So she could only pretend to be surprised immediately, rushed to the side of the goose, and looked him up and down worriedly.
"Brother, what's wrong? How did you get wet? ”
Yan Feng didn't speak, Xu Xiachu explained for him. "On the way back to Beijing today, Master Hou encountered a woman drowning, so he rescued her by the way." He glanced at the wind and saw that his face did not fluctuate, so he dared to tease again. "That young lady looks like the daughter of a rich family, and she looks like a top one."
"Oh!" Duanyue smiled ambiguously, tilted her head sideways and asked Xu Xiachu. "Did that young lady make a personal promise?"
Yan Feng's eyes widened, and he forced Duanyue to swallow his words.
"Don't talk nonsense, it's just a gesture."
Duanyue could only pretend to be embarrassed that she had said the wrong thing, Cuiguo hurriedly turned her words away, and Wan'er asked. "Isn't Master Hou going to come back tomorrow? Why did you go back early? ”
"Isn't the Queen Mother's birthday approaching, so the Queen Mother Rende asked the generals to return to their hometowns for half a month off, thinking about preparing congratulatory gifts, so I'm coming back."
"The Queen Mother's birthday?" Duanyue's tone revealed doubts. "Hasn't the Queen Mother always been thrifty and never does a lot of things? Why is it going to be so grand this year? ”
The wind took the handkerchief handed by the servant and carefully wiped the water stains from his hair. He seemed to be very casual, and explained casually. "The Queen Mother didn't want to make a big deal of it, but this year is the 70th birthday of the Queen Mother, and the emperor and several princes don't want to simply skip anything, and they will do it for the whole country at will. It's nothing more than finding a way to do filial piety. ”
So saying, he threw the soaked handkerchief to the servant who was waiting beside him, and went to the house himself.
"I'll change my clothes first, and let the people bring dinner to the hall, I haven't eaten with you for a long time."
Duanyue pursed her lips and touched her round belly meaningfully. "You haven't eaten, but I've already had dinner, so I'm not going to accompany you!"
"Don't be so willful, the county lord is finally coming back." Cuiguo whispered in Duanyue's ear to dissuade her.
Duanyue just said a few words, and she didn't really intend to refuse. happened to have Cuiguo under the stairs, so she went down the slope, pretending to be reluctant. "Okay, okay, lest my brother say that I don't have brother and sister affection." Seeing that she agreed, the wind went to change her clothes satisfied.
Seeing him walk away, Xu Xiachu let go of his body and walked slowly to Duanyue's side. "Master Hou rushed back overnight, you see the two blacks hanging under his eyes, I feel distressed when I see it." As he spoke, he also showed a distressed look, and Duanyue felt a chill when he saw it.
"You won't try your best to stay in Ninghou Mansion for my brother's sake, right?" She looked exaggerated in surprise and took a few steps back.
Xu Xiachu could only argue helplessly. "You're talking nonsense! I'm not as good as Longyang! ”
"Oh, when are you going to move out?" Duanyue raised her eyebrows and mocked Xu Xiachu playfully. But he rarely got serious.
Xu Xiachu frowned into Sichuan characters, shook his head slightly, and said with words in his mouth. "I can't go back, I can't go back." But when Duanyue asked him why he couldn't go back, he didn't speak.