Chapter IV
In the blink of an eye, the New Year came, and the school was already on vacation and I didn't have to go to the study every day to study, and I spent the rest of my time in the room except for going to my aunt to say goodbye. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info the eldest princess got married on the eighth day of the first month, I heard that her husband is the prince of Zhongshan, a small country affiliated to Yan Kingdom, Chen Huan has always been good with the Grand Duke, and I go to accompany her every day, but my ears are a lot cleaner. I went to see the princess once, and I didn't go back after giving a small gift, because I always felt that she was panicking.
I haven't seen Chen Xie and them for many days, only Chen Ying will come to see me every once in a while, and after listening to his complaints, I know that Chen Xie Chen Pu and Liu Mao took people out hunting, and he was forced to stay in the palace because of his young age.
Seeing that I was bored all day long, he found me some books to pass the time, and the books I found were all stories about the young rangers' anti-violence and peace, I turned over two books, and the stories were all the same, so I threw them away, but he was happy to tell me about heroic deeds. Only then did I know that this young man had a chivalrous heart to fight with swords, so I lamented that he had given birth to the emperor's family by mistake, and he actually made me a confidant with tears in his eyes.
Chen Xie and the others finally returned from hunting on the 28th day of the lunar month, and I got two fine fox skins, and there were a few more wild games on the table at noon, for which I specially thanked my aunt when he asked for peace.
On the evening of the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, I had a banquet in the palace, and after the banquet, I returned to my lodgings alone. In the first year away from home, my attendants were a little sad and lonely, so I simply gave them their leave, and rewarded them with silver to pick up a table of wine, Yudie and Caijuan wanted to accompany me, I reasoned that I was tired and wanted to go to bed early, and after washing, I sent them to drink.
When they were gone, I sat on the bed with my clothes on, thinking about what my father, queen mother, and sister were doing at this moment. Are they thinking about me as much as I think they do? I took out the jade pendant that my father gave me from under the pillow, such a Pisces jade pendant sister also has a piece, now I can't get together with them, I can only look at this jade pendant to relieve the feeling of missing relatives, hugging my shoulders, I feel that this night is extraordinarily cold.
With my head on my knees, tears wetting the brocade quilt, I whimpered quietly, but I didn't dare to speak loud......
Knock...... Knock...... I was shocked, stopped crying, and listened to the sound of tapping on the edge of the window, I asked in a trembling voice: "Who ......" There was silence for a while, "Ami" is Liu Mao, I put on my coat and got out of bed, and walked to the window: "Why are you here?" "I'll come to see you, Ami, don't be sad."
I gently opened the window sash and took two steps back, Liu Mao jumped in and closed the sash with his backhand, I lowered my head, not daring to let him look at my crying red eyes, my head was hot, only to find that he was rubbing my head, "Little girl, go to bed, don't catch a cold." I nodded nonchalantly and went back to bed. I sat on the bed with a quilt around my body, and he reached out and took a wine bag from his waist and slowly sat down on his foot.
There was a moment of silence, "I haven't been back to Daliang for three years. He whispered, "Although I am the crown prince, I am not my father's favorite son, and my mother went when I was very young. Taking a sip of wine, "I am raised by the queen...... But the queen mother also went two years ago, and now who in the palace of Daliang can still remember me...... I'm a homeless man......" He smiled self-deprecatingly, tilting his head and taking another sip of wine. It turned out that he was worse than me, at least my father and queen mother loved me with all their hearts, and I felt better when I thought about this, and suddenly felt that I should not be.
The atmosphere was heavy and unsettling, and I wanted to say something to break the heaviness, but I didn't know what to say. I put my hand on his shoulder to comfort him, but he turned his head and smiled at me, the smile was a little bitter no matter how I looked, and I was silent.
After being quiet for a while, he shook his head, "Forget it, don't think about these unhappy things, I came here today to accompany you to keep the New Year, and you can also take a sip," he handed over the wine bag casually, I took it and drank a big sip, it was Liu Ling who was drunk, so choked, I couldn't help coughing, coughing so much that even tears came down, he stood up from the pedal with a smile, and helped me pat my back, so spicy, I felt a line of fire burning from my throat to my lower abdomen, and my body suddenly warmed up. I reached out and wiped away my tears, and calmed down, and he sat down behind me, and reached out to hold me, and I leaned on him, my head a little dizzy, and the wine was strong.
We just leaned on, sat quietly, drawing heat from each other, but neither of us spoke......
In a blink of an eye, it is the fifteenth Shangyuan Festival of the first month, according to the custom of the Yan Kingdom, the whole city of Jicheng should put up lanterns for five days, there is no curfew in these five days, but also set off fireworks, play a hundred plays to celebrate, even the king and the queen have to hold a 'spring feast' banquet on the city tower of Zhengyang Gate, and watch the lanterns and enjoy the people together. The folk custom also has to "go to a hundred diseases", these days, whether it is a lady or a small jasper, you can go out to play without taboos.
It was still early, Chen Huan and I were talking in my room, and I heard someone shouting loudly in the courtyard: "Sister Mi, Sister Mi ......" I knew that it was Chen Xing who came over, I put down the tea bowl in my hand, looked up, and sure enough, Chen Ying walked in in a hurry, followed by a person with a long body and handsome eyebrows and eyes, but it was Liu Mao, we haven't seen him since that night, at this time I couldn't help but want to get close to him when I saw him, and I couldn't help but smile on my face, and quickly got up with Chen Huan to greet him.
"Sister Mi, I told the prince's brother that he would take you to Baiwei Tower to wait for us first, and my second sister and I will come to you when we show our faces at the 'Spring Festival Banquet', and then we will go together to have fun." In order to distinguish Chen Xie from Liu Mao, Chen Ying has always called Liu Mao the prince's brother, Chen Xie as the eldest brother, and even Chen Pu and Chen Huan as such.
I smiled and replied "Okay" to beckon them to sit down, instructed Yudie to serve tea and snacks, and the four of them talked and laughed together, and after a while, the sky gradually darkened, Chen Ying and Chen Huan couldn't sit still, and urged us to leave and go out together.
We parted hands at the gate of the palace, Chen Xing and Chen Huan went to Zhengyang Gate, Liu Mao and I walked to Baiwei Building, at this moment Zhengyang Street has been lit up, and all kinds of stalls and theaters have begun to welcome guests.
Baiwei Lou is very close to the palace on Zhengyang Street, and it didn't take long to arrive, at this time the building was already full of people, probably because the seats had been booked before, and Xiao Er quickly led us to a private room upstairs. I came out with Yudie and Caijuan, and Liu Mao brought a little guy named Changxin, who was clever, running before and after running with tea and snacks, serving wine and food, which made my two maids seem idle. I thought that they would follow me from Korea to Yan Kingdom and stay in the palace, not to be reunited with their relatives, and it was better to make them happy and happy on this holiday day, so before leaving the palace, I rewarded them with silver and let them go shopping tonight. It happened to be okay for a while, so I sent them out to play, Yudie refused at first, for fear that someone would leave around me, so I repeatedly insisted that she leave with Caijuan.
The wine and food have not yet been served, I leaned against the window to watch the scene, Liu Mao stood behind me, but he was silent, I already knew that he was not a good talker, and some people even said that he was arrogant and eccentric, in fact, he knew that he was not that kind of person when he got along with us, but people like us were originally embarrassed as protons, and they didn't want to be despised by others, so they didn't want to be involved with others too much. Even if it's me, my aunt takes care of me, because I only interact with a few older princes, and never socialize with young princes and princesses, so there are also cold words behind others' backs, just because they didn't talk about it in front of me, so I just pretended not to know. Although I have close contacts with several princes and Ah Huan, I know that there is always an insurmountable gap between us, although Liu Mao and I say little, we are the real sympathy, and it is precisely in this way that he will accompany me on Chinese New Year's Eve, and two lonely people hug each other to keep each other warm.
I was thinking a lot there, and it wasn't until Liu Mao patted me on the shoulder that I came back to my senses, and the wine and food had been arranged. Liu Mao took my hand, I was stunned, and subconsciously wanted to pull back, but his hand clenched my hand tightly, I couldn't move, raised my head, only to see him staring at me fixedly, my face turned red, lowered my head, and let him pull me to the table and sit down.
Changxin looked at the two of us with a smile on the side, I was even more shy, just sat at the table and didn't move, Liu Mao glared at him, and then he smiled and walked to the door to guard.
This meal made me sit on pins and needles, and I secretly regretted it in my heart, I knew that I wouldn't let Yudie and Caijuan go out, and now I was left alone with Liu Mao, so that I didn't know what to do, some liked and some were a little apprehensive, in a panic he poured me three glasses of wine in a row, and I drank it all in one gulp without thinking, he was stunned and put away the wine glass, and didn't let me drink it anymore. My face flushed and I simply lay down on the table. It's a shame to be embarrassed, even if I like to drink, I can't be so unreserved.
Liu Mao stretched out his hand to pull me, I just lay on the table and refused to get up, until I heard his crisp laughter, I raised my head, his handsome smile made me stunned, I saw him smile so happily for the first time, his laughter was very good, and his eyebrows and eyes were more handsome and extraordinary.
He reached out and pulled me over, I fell into his arms, I felt his chest vibrate, I heard his heart beating in a flash, I was in a trance, he was motionless in his arms, I stayed quietly in his arms......
There was a melodious sound of pipa outside, which seemed familiar, I sat up straight, and he let me go, "What's wrong?" "I hear this sound as if it sounds familiar, as if I've heard it before."
When Liu Mao heard me say this, he hurriedly called Changxin in and asked him to inquire. Then he gave me some food and urged me to eat it. I sat there eating slowly, still thinking about the sound of the lute.
Soon after, Changxin came back, and brought two father and daughter who sang in, I looked at them carefully, and the old man saw me and hurriedly faux me, saying "I have seen Her Royal Highness the Princess" I recognized that the old man was the famous Mr. Dong San, and hurriedly asked them to be exempt. This Mr. Dong San's good music and rhythm, especially the pipa, can be called a unique in the world, he has always been the premier musician in the Han Palace, somehow he fell to this, is it that something happened in the Han Palace, I was shocked for a while, and hurriedly asked.
A few months ago, Mr. Dong received a report that his son was seriously ill in Yan Kingdom, so he quickly resigned, sold his family property, and rushed to Yan Kingdom, who knew that the savings were spent and did not save his son's life, and now even survival is unsustainable, so he has to take his granddaughter out to perform arts, because he is not a local, so he is often bullied by local ruffians, and he is often exploited and blackmailed to make some money, so now life is very difficult, and he can't go back to his hometown with his son's coffin. The old gentleman was in tears as he spoke.
I also felt very bitter when I heard it, Liu Mao had already called the long letter over, asked him to take a hundred gold to give to Mr. Dong San, and asked him to arrange for the old gentleman to return to his hometown, I took off a pair of gold bracelets in my hand, handed over, he was reluctant to accept at first, I repeatedly persuaded him to reluctantly accept it, and asked my granddaughter to kowtow to me and Liu Mao, we couldn't accept her gift.
Changxin brought Mr. Dong San to arrange, and the two of us were left in the private room again, and the atmosphere was a little sad for a while. When we were in a low mood, Chen Xing and Chen Huan arrived, and as soon as they entered the door, they shouted that they were hungry, saying that they were not full at the banquet, so they asked Xiao Er to put the wine and food on the table again and eat together. While eating, Chen Xing did not forget to complain about how unpalatable the wine and food of the 'Spring Appreciation Banquet' were, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became lively.