Chapter 15: The Crown Princess
After Gillian took off her makeup and bathed, she came out in a light red dress with her still dripping hair. All kinds of snacks, porridge and all kinds of side dishes have been placed on the table www.biquge.info pen fun pavilion, and when I saw Gillian come out, someone had already stepped forward to serve her and sit down. A female official in goose yellow clothes and gentle eyebrows quickly filled a bowl of soup for Gillian and put it in her hand, bowed down and said to Gillian: "The prince has already instructed that Niangniang is busy and tired today, so let the maidservants serve Niangniang and have dinner earlier." Niangniang first uses a bowl of soup and then eats, which is good for the stomach. ”
This is a bit exaggerated, she is tired Liu Che is also tired, he hasn't come to freshen up first, just forget it, she is relieved that it is better not to see him with a greasy face. I didn't wait for him to eat, and I guess I would sleep by myself when he came back. On the first night of the wedding, let him think she was arrogant.
Therefore, she firmly resisted the temptation: "It's so late, you all go down and rest, just leave two to serve in the outer hall." Begonia peeked at Gillian and wanted to remind her of something. But the female officer in the goose yellow shirt had already bowed down and said yes, and without a little hesitation, she quietly retreated with someone.
Today, the entire Han Palace is decorated with lights, and everyone in the palace is busy with their feet and eyebrows. Not to mention the palace, according to the etiquette system, all the subordinate officials of the East Palace today went to the Tangyi Mansion with the prince to welcome her. The layout of the palace of the crown princess is obviously made with care, and it is comfortable and atmospheric.
Gillian looked around, waiting left and right for Liu Che to come back yet, but the sleepiness was getting heavier and heavier, so she found a chair and sat down. As soon as a person has something to rely on, he will keep nodding his head like pouring garlic after a while. Gillian struggled to be refreshed, but she couldn't hold on for long, and she almost fell asleep in a chair.
Liu Che can be said to be much more tired than Gillian this day, and he has been thinking about the next day's process on the first night of the wedding, although the ceremonial official is next to him. But he still wants to try his best to give Gillian a flawless wedding, and when he finishes it in his mind, it will be the second watch. He thought that he hadn't seen Gillian for almost a year, and he didn't feel a little sleepy at the moment.
turned over and got out of bed to call Chuntuo to come in and serve, and then ordered to go down and tell the East Palace to start preparing. Chuntuo had the heart to persuade the prince to sleep for a while, and it would not be too late to welcome the fifth watch. Chuntuo has served Liu Che since he was a child, from the king of Jiaodong to the crown prince, he has always been the first person by Liu Che's side. So he understood Liu Che's temper, and he didn't say much at the moment, and ordered the top and bottom to get busy.
The prince's wedding and the feast of the ministers. After a day of tedious etiquette, Liu Che still had to pay respects to the ministers, and when he returned to the palace, it was already too late. Thinking that Gillian was still waiting for him in the palace, he couldn't help but speed up his steps.
He walked to the palace with the wind under his feet, and saw the goose yellow shirt female officer and Begonia serving in the outer hall, and frowned before they saluted: "Just the two of you to serve?" What does the crown princess command? His eyebrows and eyes were heroic and resolute, although he frowned slightly, he already had the momentum of not being angry and arrogant.
The female officer in the goose yellow shirt replied calmly and unhurriedly: "It was the mother's order." ”
Liu Che stopped looking at her and walked inside.
Haitang used to see the smiling sunny and gentle prince in front of Gillian, and it was the first time she saw the prince who was so uncertain in private, and she couldn't help but be a little frightened after Liu Che's footsteps faded away.
The female officer in the goose yellow shirt helped her up and comforted her: "The prince doesn't like to laugh, but don't be afraid, the prince is just and doesn't treat people harshly." The little yellow gate Chuntuo, who came in with Liu Che, smiled first: "I said, do you know why the prince changed your name to Yulan?" This is the begonia girl next to the crown princess. ”
Yulan was stunned for a moment, suddenly laughed, and saluted Begonia: "It's Yulan who is abrupt, presumably the prince my sister has seen is mostly gentle." Haitang hurriedly turned sideways and didn't dare to accept her gift, this magnolia must be the palace maid given to her mother, the same generation as her, Gillian told her not to take Qiao, how dare she accept her gift?
She smiled and saluted Yulan: "Sister is polite, Haitang has just entered the palace, and she needs more guidance from her sister." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, Yulan smiled heartily: "My sister and I will stop saluting each other, we will serve by the princess's side in the future, don't be so foreign." As soon as she finished speaking, she told Haitang again: "There are also wooden pens, bauhinia and forsythia, and my sister hasn't seen them yet, so I'll introduce them to my sister later." "Begonia should be, glanced at the inner hall and didn't feel happy for the prince to value Gillian, magnolia, wooden pen, bauhinia, forsythia are all flower names, the prince is telling these princesses who serve each other the importance of the princess.
It's so late, and I'm tired for another day, presumably Gillian has already slept. Liu Che thought about this, and couldn't help but lighten his pace. The inner hall could quietly hear the sound of the dragon and phoenix candles popping and exploding, and he swept his eyes, Gillian was curled up on the chair and kept clicking like a chicken pecking rice.
She was waiting for him.
He was distressed and happily stepped forward to pick her up gently, her cheeks were crimson, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she was like a morning glow reflecting snow without applying fat powder. His heart was like a willow branch brushing the surface of the liquid pond in spring, sweet and reassuring.
He gently laid her on the bed and lightly covered her with the quilt. was about to go out and ask Chuntuo to serve him to wash, Gillian woke up, she was already sleeping very shallowly, and she woke her up as soon as she put it on the bed.
When she opened her eyes, she was greeted by a bright red brocade tent. Liu Che was sitting on the bed with her back to her in a wedding dress, as if she was bowing her head to solve something, she propped herself up and turned over to get out of bed. Liu Che turned around and pressed her hand and said gently: "Don't get up, go to sleep, I'll go out to wash up and come back to sleep, you don't have to wait for me." ”
Gillian was a little embarrassed, but still whispered, "I'm hungry." She was a little embarrassed, but she grew up with Liu Che since she was a child, and she was still much more comfortable in front of him.
Liu Che's thin lips were slightly pursed, the corners of his mouth were upturned, and his pair of sword eyebrows softened a lot. Although he didn't smile, it was obvious that he was in a good mood at the moment. He glanced at the untouched dishes on the table. Raise your voice and shout: "Chuntuo." Then he instructed the little yellow door that trotted in: "Go and spread the word, tell me to make another table, and remove the cold one." After a pause, he instructed him again: "Call Begonia in to serve the crown princess." ”
Begonia trotted in, and Liu Che had already gone to wash. Only Gillian sat on the bed alone, although she was only a few years older than Gillian, but the poor man's child was sensible early, and in her heart Gillian was the master and sister. So when she pulled Gillian's hair in front of the dresser, she happily told Gillian about the name change of the maid, and then whispered to Gillian to be nice to the prince, two of you, you are good to me, I am good to you, and naturally it has always been good.
Her determined look made Gillian a little funny, obviously she hadn't experienced anything, and she was still worried like a person who had come over. She suppressed a smile and asked seriously, "Then what do you say I should do?" ”
Haitang said without thinking: "The crown princess is also a little more enthusiastic about the prince, just like the prince is to you, thinking of him and thinking of him." She paused, and found a more appropriate adjective for Gillian's question: "You're a little colder." ”
Gillian was shocked, was her subconscious estrangement so obvious? She felt that she was very close to Liu Che, but the unspeakable escape from the future in her heart made her always draw a line for Liu Che in her heart, and she and him were on both sides of the line.
She just wanted to ask Begonia, but Begonia saw her complicated expression and thought that she had said what Gillian was thinking and comforted her: "You also smile more at the prince, they all say that men like to be coquettish." Gillian really smiled now: "Who are they?" ”
Haitang is a little embarrassed, she has always been a cautious person, and she never wants to make a mistake or take a wrong step. But seeing Gillian like this, she couldn't help but say nothing, she lowered her voice and told Gillian that it was said by the ladies who were married in the former house, for fear that Gillian would reprimand her, so she concentrated on pulling Gillian's hair and stopped talking.
Gillian didn't have the heart to find fault with her at all, she had mixed feelings in her heart, and she had been pretending for many years, no matter how scheming people were, she couldn't pretend to be her? Although Haitang didn't see through her, she also knew that she was not as good as Liu Che to her.
Does Liu Che know? Did he see it? What did he think in his heart? Gillian was still thinking about it until she slept in bed, and she was not in her mind about eating a meal. She lay on her side and looked at Liu Che who was taking off her boots, all the palace people had retreated, and now it was just the two of them. She stared at his back, if she could shoot energy, Liu Che must have been penetrated by now.
As soon as Liu Che turned around, he saw Gillian looking at her with bright eyes, he always wanted to laugh today, obviously there was nothing funny, but he felt as if his heart was full of flowers, and he couldn't help but want to laugh.
What's more, now there are only the two of them left, and he only feels that his heart is like a swing on a high swing, looking at Gillian with indescribable nervousness. Obviously, he has known him since he was a child, and she knows all his happiness and sadness, but at this moment, looking at her bright eyes, he seems to have returned to the time he kissed her more than half a year ago, and his heart was beating violently, and he almost suspected that Gillian heard his thumping heartbeat.
He was a little speechless and said, "You like to eat tofu?" Tomorrow, I will ask the chief Shaofu to do other tricks for you. "The Governor's Mansion is the institution in charge of royal logistics in the Han Dynasty, although there are all cases, but the crown princess has nothing to say what she wants to eat.
Tofu? I don't know why this ambiguous word in later generations came out of the mouth of a serious emperor, a little cute. Gillian smiled and nodded, she had just eaten a lot of tofu, and the tofu made in the palace was much more tender and delicious than the cook in Tangyi Houfu. Imperial Chef, huh?
Seeing her nodding, Liu Che talked about the invention of tofu like a kindergarten child who was encouraged to wait for the big red flower: "Gillian, do you know? Liu An, the emperor's uncle, the king of Huainan, summoned thousands of people on Bagong Mountain to refine the elixir, but the elixir did not succeed, so he accidentally used gypsum to point bean juice and invented tofu. In his words, he obviously looked down on the Huainan King Alchemy, and he was really in high spirits now.
So, why did you want to ask the fairy so much later? In order to ask for immortal medicine, he was deceived by Shaoweng and Luan Da, Gongsun Qing and others, and left jokes in the history books. On the contrary, such great undertakings as the "expedition against the Xiongnu" and "the opening of the three sides" have become foils for the unprecedented dignity of a country and a nation.