Chapter 120: Red as a Pomegranate Flower
"The coin of the instrument is about one, and the title is seven of the East Pearl; five large golden hairpins and five pearls; three small golden hairpins, one pearl each; six gold and one in the east pearl; Four gold buttons, one hundred gold buttons, two hundred silver buttons. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info 140 mink skins, 3 mink skins, 250 fox skins, 7 Mizunse skins, 100 coins, 300 catties of cotton. Duanyue watched boxes of red lacquered wood boxes move into Ninghou's mansion, and the gray-clothed little guy on the side stretched his neck, struggling to read the words on the gift list out loud, and the green tendons on his neck burst out.
Duanyue rolled her eyes in boredom, and she waved at the little guy, interrupting his chicken-killing voice. "Don't read it, don't read it! And no one listens to these things. ”
She took the gift slip in one hand, and saw that the two or three pages were written with precious utensils, and many curiosities from foreign tribute. Even if Duanyue carefully looks at this gift list from beginning to end, it will take a lot of time. The marriage between Ning Hou and the county lord of Jin Zhao had already been worn all over the city long before that. Now that the emperor personally issued an order, it made people secretly sigh at the dignity of Ning Hou. I'm afraid that these days, there will be an endless stream of gift-givers.
She muttered to herself in her heart, her brother and Lu Qingyi got married, why did the emperor send so many things.
Rong'er stood beside Duanyue, and she crossed her feet to look at the rewards on the ground. Even more than the reward when Duanyue sealed the county lord and sealed Ninghou, he was about to bury people in it. She looked at the glittering gold, and her eyes lit up.
"Oh my God! So much money! What a blessing Madame! Rong'er's mouth couldn't close. She had never seen so many treasures in her life, and now she was full of excitement, and she could only sigh like this.
Cuiguo snorted coldly, her cold face was out of place in the joy of everyone. She muttered a few words as if talking to herself. "What is this, is it necessary to be so surprised." Her sneering appearance was seen by Duanyue, but she knew it and didn't say it thoroughly.
Looking at Cuiguo's cold look, Rong'er asked her strangely. "Sister Cuiguo, why aren't you very happy?"
"Yes?" Cuiguo was stunned, she didn't expect that she had written all her feelings on her face, even a woman like Rong'er could see it at a glance.
She hurriedly pulled a smile at the corner of her mouth, feeling extremely embarrassed in Duanyue's eyes. Cuiguo subconsciously looked at the upper right corner, and the small movements in his hands were continuous, and he was very at a loss.
"Ah, I'm thinking, when our county lord gets married, it will definitely be more magnificent than this. So, these things are really not worth mentioning! After hearing this, Rong'er showed an expression of sudden realization, and she nodded busily, obviously agreeing with Cuiguo's reason for making it up temporarily.
She nodded. "Sister Cuiguo, what you said is true! Our county lord was canonized by the emperor himself, and it is equivalent to the treatment of a princess. Naturally, it's extraordinary! ”
"What are you two talking about?" Duanyue really couldn't listen to it anymore, and she interrupted the two of them with a sneer. "It's as if I'm going to get married. Cuiguo said a few words, but she didn't expect Rong'er to be taken away. You learn from the good things of your sister Cuiguo, don't always learn these bad things! ”
Rong'er stuck out her tongue and smiled mischievously, but Cuiguo lowered the corners of her eyes and fell silent. Duanyue ignored the change in her expression, and she asked casually.
"Where did Lu Qingyi and my brother go? I haven't seen either of them yet. ”
"If you go back to the county lord, the Hou Ye took his wife into the palace, saying that the queen mother wanted to see them." Rong'er replied respectfully. Duanyue nodded knowingly, not surprised. After all, Lu Qingyi can be regarded as the granddaughter of the Queen Mother in terms of name, and her granddaughter is married, how can there be any reason not to summon her to say a word or two.
"Alright, then order someone to move these things to the storeroom." Duanyue nodded at a few strong men, and she immediately moved her gaze to Uncle Tong, who was watching from the side. "Uncle Tong, please keep an eye on it."
Uncle Tong smiled and nodded, and he instructed his subordinates to move the wooden boxes to the warehouse. Duanyue squinted at Rong'er, who was doing nothing beside her, and glared at her slightly. "What are you still doing here? Why don't you hurry up and go back to Lu Qingyi and Hou Ye to get some advice? ”
As soon as Rong'er was reminded by Duanyue, she immediately realized that she had been enlightened, and then turned around and ran away, leaving Duanyue and Cuiguo alone.
"Does the county want to go back to the house and rest for a while?" Cuiguo asked Duanyue in a low voice.
But Duanyue waved her hand and refused. "What's the fun of always being in the house with such beautiful weather? While the weather is not too hot to stand it, let's take a walk. I see that the lotus and pomegranate flowers in the garden are blooming just right, don't waste it. So saying, he walked ahead and walked in the direction of the garden. Cuiguo had no choice but to follow closely.
The temperature in May was already warm enough for people to take off their spring clothes and change into thin gauze clothes. Duanyue lifted the hem of her skirt that was too long, for fear that one would not pay attention to it. She looked at the white lotus flowers in the lake, which had already bloomed a lot. Pink and dark green reflect each other on the surface of the lake, like the ink landscape painted by literati. And a lot of pomegranates are planted along the way, and now they are all showing bright red stamens, which are so gorgeous that people can't take their eyes off them.
"Cuiguo." Duanyue whispered Cuiguo's name.
When Cuiguo heard her call her name, she hurriedly raised her head and replied suspiciously. "Huh? What's wrong with the county lord? ”
Duanyue didn't look back at her, but she stopped talking. She looked up at the blue sky and shook her head slightly. "It's okay, it's just calling you." Cuiguo felt that Duanyue was very strange, but she didn't bother to get to the bottom of it, just let out an "oh" and followed her like a walking corpse.
After walking half the way around the lake, Duanyue stopped. She watched the little wolf squatting on the ground not far away, picking up the scattered pomegranate petals one by one, and approached him with great curiosity.
"What are you doing as a big man picking up these petals?"
The little wolf picked up the petals intently, not noticing that Duanyue had quietly walked to his side. He was startled by Duanyue's sudden voice, and hurriedly stood up, but the pomegranate petals in his hand were scattered in the air. Like a butterfly with red wings, it finally landed on the ground.
He stared at the petals scattered on the ground in a daze, his eyes looked very lost, but his face was expressionless.
"It's a shame to lose it." He spoke slowly.
Duanyue knew that the Uighurs who grew up in the desert steppe would not have such leisure, and looking at his slightly lonely figure, she subconsciously remembered the charming and charming Hu Yanlai. There have been a lot of things recently, and Duanyue left Hu Yan's affairs behind her mind and didn't think about it at all. At this moment, I saw the little wolf, and then I thought about it again.
She looked at the bright red petals, and suddenly remembered that Hu Yan always liked to wear red. So Duanyue asked suspiciously. "Does Hu Yan like pomegranate flowers very much?"
When the little wolf heard those two words, he trembled. He looked up at Duanyue in surprise, looking incredulous. However, he didn't say much, and asked Duanyue about the roots, but nodded lightly. "She loves pomegranate flowers."
Sure enough, it was the same as I guessed. Duanyue could still hear what Hu Yan said to her at that time, and asked the little wolf not to go to see her again. But seeing the little wolf so affectionate at this moment, Duanyue couldn't bear to sigh secretly.
She looked at the little wolf and smiled, and Duanyue pointed to the pomegranate tree on the side of the road. "If you like it, take it off and give it to her, I think she'll like it."
But the little wolf shook his head. He crouched down and pulled the petals from the ground into the palm of his hand. "She doesn't like pomegranate flowers in a vase." After that, the little wolf was like a treasure, carefully put the petals in his heart, and walked away quickly.