Chapter VII
Since moving out of the palace to be a neighbor, I can see Liu Mao every day, he often comes from the house over there to have lunch with me at noon, and in the afternoon he is mostly nested in my study, we either read, or play the piano, or practice calligraphy and painting, the days pass leisurely, only feel that the years are quiet. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info slowly have a strange mood between us sprout, every day to see him even if he does nothing I am very happy, sometimes he comes to see me late, I will be anxious, will look at the door over and over again. And Liu Mao and I slowly talked more, and every day with a smile on his face, sometimes he would make a joke with me, and he was no longer cold.
Ah Huan and Chen Xing since we moved over, they have never been here, I think it is because the masters are doing their homework tightly, and it is not very convenient for us to enter and exit here, Caijuan said that every day people in and out of the house are checked, for this reason there was a period of panic in the house, I let Xu Mama and Sun Guards appease a good time, Sun Guard's name is Sun Zhengyang is the only son of Xu Mama, is the leader of the guards who came with me, he is as loyal to me as Mama Ma.
Since Liu Mao and I are often together, we are neighbors, and the people of the two families often meet, and the Liu family has few people, so I often ask the people in my house to come over and help a little. The two families have become closer and closer, and the person in charge of supervising us is guarding the entrance of the alley every day, and does not care about the correspondence between our two families.
After a long time, I realized that there were only two of us in this alley, and it was a dead end, and only in the first courtyard at the mouth of the alley lived a dozen soldiers from the patrol battalion, who were responsible for supervising us.
Sun Zhengyang once carried two jars of good wine in the past, and came back to report that the leader of these dozen people was a guy surnamed Ou, who was said to be the deputy commander of the patrol camp, because he offended Shangguan and was demoted to the team, and he got to take care of us. I was also relieved a lot when I heard this, and sometimes I would ask Sun Zhengyang to send some food over, and gradually they relaxed against us.
In the blink of an eye, the autumn wind rises, the autumn leaves are yellow, the prince Chen Xie is going to go to the autumn hunt instead of the king, it is said that the king's illness has not improved for a long time, the people in the palace are very worried, the queen waits by the king's side every day, and the princes and princesses take turns to serve the king by his side. It's just that the annual autumn hunt is a prescribed ritual that can not be wasted, so I have to let the prince do his thing, then again, the prince has been acting on behalf of the king more and more times in the past six months, Liu Mao once talked about it, and sighed that it is estimated that this Yan country will soon change its owner.
I'm not interested in who will be the king of Yan, even if Chen Xie succeeds to the throne, he won't let me go back to China, I will stay in Jicheng as a proton, but I didn't expect him to invite me and Liu Mao to go hunting together.
On the first day of August, we set out with the hunting procession, and Captain Ou and his men as escorts also walked with us. Not long after leaving the city, Chen Huan ran into my car, and she told me with a depressed face that the queen was choosing a husband for her, and these days she was detained in the palace by the mother to learn the rules, and if the prince did not intercede for her, she would not have been able to follow out. However, there were many powerful children who came to hunt this time, and the prince advised her to choose someone who suited her heart......
I can't help but remember that before I came to Yanguo as a hostage, my mother was picking a husband for me, and her favorite candidate was the second son of Prime Minister Lin's family, but before I could propose marriage, I was sent as a proton. After arriving in Yanguo, I met Liu Mao, to be honest, I like him in my heart, but we are all protons, and our fate is controlled by others, and I can't help myself at all.
In the evening, we finally arrived at the Yushan paddock, and the team stopped to set up camp, and Chen Huan and I parted ways and went back to the camp.
Watching Mama Xu and Yudie pack up their clothes, Caijuan hurried over with a happy face, I looked at her and asked, "What happy event is so happy?" She smiled and came over to salute: "It's His Royal Highness the Prince, I'm going to hold a banquet tonight, just now the slave met the father-in-law who came to deliver the letter at the door, and said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked you to go to the banquet." I was depressed and smiled and said, "It's time to go hunting, I'm not going to hunt for the first time, and I don't know what's fun." Caijuan clapped her hands and smiled: "The princess has been depressed for a day, and it's time to relax." Mama Xu and Yudie also kept nodding their heads, obviously sensing that I was in a bad mood.
I restrained my mood and asked them to help me bathe and change clothes, and after I cleaned up and dressed, Mama Xu told me that Liu Mao was waiting for me outside, I ran out with my skirt, and Yudie chased me out with my cloak. Liu Mao stood there with his back to me, and when he heard the movement, he turned around and saw that it was me with a smile on his face. "How long have you been waiting?" "It didn't take long." He looked me up and down, Yudie picked out a pink flower butterfly skirt for me, using the style specially designed and made for me by my mother, wide sleeves and large skirts, showing that my waist is extraordinarily slender, I raised my face and smiled at him, the phoenix tassel inlaid pearl hairpin gently shook on the side of my face, and the shining pearl light reflected my skin like clotted fat. He stayed there for a while, I knew that I was very beautiful, Caijuan once swore that I was three points more beautiful than Lin Wen, the first beauty in South Korea, but I was born noble and few people have seen me, and I can't show off my beauty everywhere by surrendering my identity, usually I don't like to dress up, so my reputation is not obvious. So I wasn't surprised to see him stunned, I even had a hint of joy in my heart, it turned out that I couldn't avoid vulgarity, the corners of my mouth raised slightly.
After a while, Liu Mao, who came back to his senses, took the cloak from Yudie's hand, put it on for me, and carefully fastened the belt for me, "Ami, are you a woman who pleases herself?"
My face was slightly red, and I pretended to be calm and didn't look at him: "I'm not, I'm in a good mood today, I'm willing to wear it like this." There was a laugh of jade butterflies eating behind me, Liu Mao's face was also a big smile, I stomped my feet and raised my legs and walked forward, Liu Mao hurriedly turned around and followed my footsteps......
When night came, a blazing bonfire had been lit in the open space in front of the imperial tent, the prince had not yet arrived at this time, many powerful people of Yan Kingdom had gathered here to talk and laugh, Liu Mao and I picked up an inconspicuous place and sat down, I looked around, and found that there were indeed many young men and women, it seems that not only Ah Huan wants to choose a husband, but even the prince and the second prince are about to marry a wife.
While I was thinking wildly, I heard someone say that the prince had arrived, and I quickly regained my composure and stood up with the crowd to greet him. Chen Xie, Chen Pu and Chen Huan sat down in the middle of the position, and the wine and food were presented like water, because they were too far away, they couldn't hear what the prince said, but they saw him raise his wine glass, so then everyone raised their glasses and drank together, and some beauties came up to perform songs and dances.
Outside is not as strict as the number of etiquette in the palace, everyone is naturally much more relaxed and casual with each other, some people watch singing and dancing, some people drink and play fists, some people leave the table to find a good person to drink, and some people go to the fire pond to roast venison with their own hands, Liu Mao and I sit at the end, there are few people who pay attention to us, and we don't have any familiar people, so no one comes to disturb.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, I felt a burst of heat and dizziness, so I stood up and thought about walking around, and Liu Mao also stood up: "Where are you going?" "I want to walk around the neighborhood and feel a little bored." "Come with me, I'm familiar with this neighborhood." He said as he took my hand and walked out.
He led me out of the camp in a hurry, and after walking a short distance there was a small stream, and after walking along the stream for a while, I saw a big tree, and there were several large stones under the tree, and we walked over and sat side by side on a stone, and for a moment there was nothing to say, and the two of them looked at the stream in a daze, and the moonlight fell on the water, and there was a little starlight, and in the distance there was the laughter of the banquet in the wind, and there was a thin sound of insects chirping around.
After sitting for a while, he took out a jade flute and put it to his mouth and whined, the tune was bright and cheerful, and I was in a good mood when I listened to it, I stood up, took off my cloak, kicked my legs, raised my hands, bent over, and spinned, and I stretched my limbs and danced briskly to the tune. He was blowing, he stood up, and walked around me to the beat......
After a dance, I was comfortable and in a good mood, I looked up at Liu Mao and we looked at each other and smiled, someone applauded and cheered in the distance, I and Liu Mao turned around and looked at each other, only to see Chen Xie standing with his hands on his face inexplicable, Chen Huan clapping and laughing on the side, I don't know how long they have been watching. Chen Huan ran over and took my hand: "Sister Mi, your dancing is so good." "Why are you here?" I asked softly, "Brother Wang and I went out for a walk, and when I heard the sound of the flute, I came looking for it." Chen Xie walked over slowly, I saluted Liu Mao, Chen Xie smiled slightly: "Ah Huan and I went out for a walk, I didn't expect to see such a beautiful song and dance, you will enjoy yourself." ”