Chapter X

Since that day Liu Mao said that he wanted to marry me as a queen, he has not seen him again, the house next door is empty, even the servants he bought are gone, and there is only one family in the whole alley, which makes Mama Xu, who is used to coming next door, very uncomfortable, and chattered in front of me a few times. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 The guards at the entrance of the info alley are still there, and Sun Zhengyang will take the guards over to drink and chat every once in a while to learn martial arts. Once Sun Zhengyang came back and said that the European team was complaining that he didn't have to stay here, but he offended people, so he was suppressed here, and said that as long as we don't go out of Jicheng, we can do whatever we do, he is too lazy to care about us. I was so happy with this that I thought I'd go out for a walk when my leg hurt better.

It is said that Liu Mao borrowed 50,000 horses from Yan to return to Liang, and in half a month, he even went down to seven cities in Liang, and now the two sides are rejected in Luyang. After another half a month, news came that it was King Liang who supported his young son to ascend the throne and become king, and then a few days later, it was said that Liu Mao was king in Luyang......

Finally, the imperial doctor announced that my leg had been completely healed, and the first thing I did was to order someone to boil a few buckets of hot water and take a bath happily, then change my clothes, and follow Mama Xu to the street.

Out of the alley not far from Zhengyang Street, Mama Xu took a servant woman to buy items by herself, I took Yudie to continue shopping, into a jewelry store to pick a hairpin for myself, and to the bookstore to choose a few books, and then we crossed the Tianjin Bridge to feel a little tired, just saw a teahouse on the side of the road, then walked in, this teahouse is not a lot of people, there is an old man with a little girl singing on the central platform, Xiao Er led us to a table inside to sit down.

I ordered a pot of tea and two snacks, Xiao Er hurriedly went to Zhang Luo, I looked around, the table next door was sitting a fat man, holding a fan in his hand, was shaking his head and listening to Xiaoqu, a very addicted look, probably felt that someone was watching, he opened his eyes and looked at me, he was stunned when he saw my face, I also remembered that he was the salt merchant Xiao Daohong, I know that he has a connection with Liu Mao, but what is the specific relationship between the two, I don't know. That Xiao Daohong obviously recognized me, but just nodded to me and continued to close his eyes and listen to his music.

Soon Xiao Er sent the tea and snacks over, I poured a cup of tea and drank it slowly in my hand, at this time a middle-aged man with a mole on his face and mouth walked up to Xiao Daohong and sat down, and soon the two got together and muttered and talked, I didn't care much, I ate two more snacks, and got up and left with Yudie.

In the blink of an eye, a year is going to pass, the twentieth queen of the month of the month ordered someone to take me into the palace, planning to let me spend the New Year in the palace, I still live in the old courtyard, put down the luggage, pack up a little, I took the jade butterfly Caijuan to the queen to ask for peace, just entered the Fengyi Palace and saw a person kneeling in the courtyard, and I don't know what happened, I was thinking about whether to come back later and saw the queen next to the palace maid Lu Qi greeted out.

Lu Qi smiled and saluted me, but the smile on his face was a little reluctant, and I asked in a low voice while following Lu Qi inside, "What happened?" Lu Qi hesitated: "It's the fourth prince, who left the book and ran away." I was stunned, as if I had rarely seen Chen Xing since I moved out, the last time I saw him was a month ago, and I felt that he was silent a lot, but I was worried about Liu Mao at that time, and I didn't care too much about him, maybe he was ready to leave at that time, I sighed softly, no more, Lu Qi was also silent, we walked forward like this, and soon entered the main hall.

I went in and found that Chen Xie was also there, I stepped forward to greet the queen first, and then saluted the prince, he said goodbye, and asked me to sit down and talk, I peeked at him and looked like he was not angry, but the queen mother, I didn't see two wrinkles in the corners of my eyes for a long time, and there was no smile on my face.

The prince asked me how my leg injury was, I replied that it was all right, the prince said that I was injured for him, and thanked him, the queen's face gradually improved at this time, beckoned me to sit beside her, touched my head and told me to take good care, I nodded and agreed, and said a conversation, I was about to leave, the prince put down the tea bowl in his hand, and said to the queen with a smile: "I haven't eaten with the queen mother for a long time, today happens to be fine, Ami is also there, we will have a good meal with the queen mother." The queen was very happy to hear this, and told Lu Qi to add a few more dishes to the dining room, and I saw that it was not good to refuse, so I had to answer, and there was still a while before the meal, and the prince invited me to go to the garden with me, and I was hesitating, and the queen said that she had something to deal with, and sent us out with a wave of her hand.

It's already the end of the year, the weather is very cold, the north wind is blowing, I don't want to go to the garden at all, there is nothing to see everywhere is bare. The prince walked forward on his own, I had no choice but to tighten the cloak on my body and follow him, walked in the garden for a while, and came to a warm pavilion, he pushed the door in, and I followed into the door, there was a charcoal pot burning in the warm pavilion, I walked over and put my hand on the fire to roast, Chen Xie had already taken off his cloak, stood in front of me, and reached out to untie the cloak for me, I was stunned, he smiled and said, "Be careful and wait until you go out and catch a cold." I silently let him take off my cloak, he took the cloak and put it on the hanger, and a palace maid brought me hot tea and snacks, he brought me a cup, and sent everyone down.

I stood by the fire with a teacup, Chen Xie also stood beside me with a cup of tea, for a while the two of them had nothing to say, just stood quietly, after a moment, I felt very embarrassed, I was thinking about saying something, I saw him looking me up and down on one side of my face, I was stunned, I was thinking about something wrong with my body, I heard him say: "That night Ami's dance was extremely beautiful, I have only seen it in my life." I was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that night by the creek Liu Mao played the flute and I danced, not only suddenly. But I heard him ask in a very low voice: "I don't know when Ami will be able to dance for me." This was said in such a low voice that I thought I had misheard, but when I saw him looking at me with a determined gaze, I understood that he had indeed said this, and I wondered in my heart, what did he mean by that? casually excused himself: "My dancing is not very good, and I don't dare to come out to show ugliness." Then he hurriedly asked, "Why don't you see Ah Huan and Ah Xing?" Chen Cheng looked at me for a while before he said lightly: "Ah Ying left a book and ran away, and Ah Huan was grounded by the queen mother." ā€

When he was silent, my heart was like a drum, afraid that he would hold on to it, and I just wanted to quickly change the topic, and when he answered, I realized that I had obviously picked up a bad topic, and I was in a dilemma for a while, and I didn't know what to say. The atmosphere was cold again, time passed slowly, and when I was restless, he sighed softly, "It's time for dinner, let's go back." After saying that, he turned around and walked to the hanger to take off my cloak, I quickly took it and put it on myself, and when I went out, I found that there were snowflakes falling, it turned out to be snowing, I stretched out my right hand to catch the snowflakes, the fluttering snowflakes fell on my palm, and suddenly turned into a little water trace, I smiled lightly, and was about to withdraw my hand, but was suddenly caught by Liu Xie, I was taken aback, and hurriedly wanted to stop it, but it was already firmly held by him, I pulled it back hard, but it didn't move, raised my head and was about to speak, but he took my hand and turned around and walked forward, I swallowed the words back to my mouth, and I could only let him pull me forward.

We walked silently like this, until we entered the gate of Fengyi Palace, he let go of his hand, the group of people kneeling in the courtyard was gone, Lu Qi came to face and said with a smile: "The queen is sending me to look for the two highnesses, but it just so happens that you are back." I smiled and replied, "I'm sorry to trouble Sister Luqi." "Follow Lu Qi into the East Warm Pavilion.

After lunch, sit for a while, I got up and left, Chen Xie went out of Fengyi Palace with me, I didn't know what to say to him, so I simply remained silent, he didn't make a sound, we walked silently, and finally came to a fork in the road, I saluted him goodbye, he seemed to have something to say, opened his mouth but swallowed back, I pretended not to know and turned around.

Back in the house, I sat in front of the window and worried, I didn't know how Liu Mao was doing, I missed him very much, and I didn't know if he said he wanted to marry me or not. Second, Chen Xie's actions today seem to be thinking about me, how should I respond to him? I sighed and couldn't figure it out for a while, so I simply put it aside, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, let's talk about it then, anyway, Liu Mao didn't make it clear today, I'll pretend to be deaf and dumb.

I was thinking about it when Caijuan walked in with a letter, "Your Highness, the second princess sent someone to deliver the letter." As he spoke, he handed over the letter, I took it and opened it, it was Chen Huan, and there were only a few words on the letter, to the effect that I wanted to go see her. I'm wondering why she was grounded, I didn't ask Chen Xie just now, it's better to go and see it now.

So I changed my clothes, brought a few gadgets I picked up on the street as gifts, and took Yudie Caijuan to Chen Huan's residence, when I passed by the study, I saw a plum blossom sticking out of the courtyard, remembering the scene of several of us gathering to drink at this time last year, I couldn't help but feel melancholy, and simply took Yudie Caijuan to fold two plum blossoms.

The snowflakes fell gently, and I held the plum blossoms all the way and smelled the dark fragrance all the way to the Cloud Palace, but I didn't see Chen Xie standing in front of a palace not far away.

When I entered Chaoyun Palace, I saw Chen Huan standing under the corridor waiting for me from a distance, and when I entered the door, he immediately greeted me happily. I handed the plum blossom to the maid beside her, reached out to hold her cold hand, and said angrily: "How can you stand in this windy ground on this snowy day, how can you get cold?" Chen Huan led me to the house, "I estimated that my sister was about to come, so I came out and stood for a while. I said, "Yes, I saw the plum blossoms blooming, and I thought that we were studying there together last year, so I went in and picked two." ā€

We entered the warm pavilion, someone brought tea and snacks up, we sat down to drink tea, Chen Huan ordered someone to take a plum bottle to arrange the flowers, and sent everyone out, only the two of us were left in the house, I asked her why she was grounded, she said indifferently: "I helped Ah Xing slip out, and the queen mother knew, so I was not allowed to go out before the punishment." "Why did Ah Xing run away from home?" I asked curiously, "I don't understand either, he said that he had a very unpleasant time in the palace, he said that he didn't want to be a prince, he wanted to be an ordinary person." I remembered that he usually envied the deeds of some quaint rangers, "Could it be that he wants to be a swordsman ranger or something?" "I don't understand, I just know that he is very unhappy, he gets drunk every day, and he quarrels with Brother Wang very much." "Why are they arguing? What are you arguing about? "I don't know, they don't tell me. The queen mother was also very angry, so she grounded Ah Xing, he drank all day, yesterday I went to see him, he hugged me and cried so much, you know I haven't seen him cry for many years, he begged me to help him leave the palace, I saw that he was crying pitifully and agreed to him, I let him pretend to be my maid, and sent him out of the palace. Later, Brother Wang sent people to chase him, but he didn't find anyone, and the queen mother got angry, called me to scold, punished me for not going out for a month, and copied the female ring three hundred times. She sighed. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with Chen Xing, but I still comforted her a few words.

"Sister Mi, Brother Wang and Queen Mother are going to marry me." I was stunned, "Who is the man?" "I remembered that Chen Huan had secretly promised Liu Mao, and I couldn't help but panic in my heart, "It's Cao Chang'an, the eldest son of Zhongshu Ling Cao Zhe." "I thought about it carefully, and remembered that this Cao family is the largest family in Yan Kingdom, the Cao family is a family with poetry and books, and there are many children in the clan who are officials in the court, and even the power of the Deng family, the second prince Chen Pu's foreign family, is difficult to match, it seems that this is the power of the prince and queen to win over the Cao family.

I don't want to say much about this kind of thing, "Originally, I liked Liu Mao, but Brother Wang said that he didn't like me and didn't allow me to associate with him, but I didn't like Cao Chang'an, and I didn't want to marry him." "Have you seen Cao Chang'an?" "He used to be Brother Wang's companion, but then he went home to keep filial piety for his mother and didn't enter the palace again." "What kind of man is he?" "It's a fancy belly, a nasty ghost!" Chen Huan said angrily.