Chapter Twenty-Four: Yuyang

On the day of the Chinese Valentine's Day, the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion opened the middle gate early, Shao Ding also consciously did not go to the camp outside the city today, waiting for Yuyang at the middle gate, Fengyu arrived, you can follow the middle gate to the inner courtyard of the road to the inner courtyard to the flower gate. Before the princess was sitting in Fengyu entered the house, Songyan was a little anxious and took a few maids, and the servant woman and the mother-in-law greeted the weeping flower gate. Zhou Zhengjia stood among the somewhat noisy servants, quietly looking at the manna standing behind the snow buds and clouds. Manna seemed to be aware of it, suddenly turned his head, and met Zhou Zhengjia's gaze squarely. The two looked at each other for a moment, Zhou Zhengjia smiled faintly, and took the lead in retracting his gaze, and Ganlu frowned slightly.

At the front of the crowd, Yunwu squatted down to help Songyan straighten her skirt, Songyan looked down at her, Yunwu smiled at her lightly, and whispered, "Madam, the princess must be very majestic, right?" ”

Songyan laughed with Yunwu, relaxed a little, and asked Xueya, "Yuhua went to the flower hall, right?" ”

Xue Ya replied, "Don't worry, the utensils for entertaining the princess and the utensils for the female officer Yuhua have already been prepared. Songyan nodded, and wanted to ask other things in the flower hall for a while, but just about to speak again, he could already see Feng Yu coming from a distance and stopped in front of Songyan. A female officer with two smiles on her lips and a very amiable look helped down a woman wearing a blue dress that did not match her age, she was not very old, with her hair combed in a homely bun and a few simple carved bone hairpins. Songyan pressed the surprise in her heart, and stepped forward with a smile on her face to salute the eldest princess of Yuyang. The eldest princess of Yuyang didn't look at her when she saw her, but said in a soft tone, "Mrs. Hou, please get up." ”

Shao Ding welcomed the eldest princess of Yuyang into the mansion, and let Feng Yu go first, he had never sat in a sedan chair, so he walked over by himself. After the eldest princess of Yuyang finished speaking, she didn't say anything else, just looked at Shao Ding's figure in the direction she came. Song Yan took the initiative to say, "Does the princess want to visit the Hou Mansion first, or go to the Zhengqiu Hall to rest for a while?" The banquet in the flower hall has not yet opened, and there are only a few of us on the left and right, so you can sit at any time you want. Then he said to the female officials behind the eldest princess, "A few female officials don't have to be restrained, there is another table on the water pavilion, and my eldest maid is invited to accompany a few." ”

The female official beside the eldest princess blinked, saluted and thanked Songyan, only to feel that there seemed to be a gap between this Dingyuan Marquis and the rumored unkind appearance. When the eldest princess of Yuyang heard this, she couldn't help but withdraw her gaze at Shao Ding, looked at Mrs. Dingyuan, who was almost too enthusiastic about herself and took over the errand of the eldest girl, and said politely, "Madame is really enthusiastic, Yuyang is bothered." ”

Several people laughed, and Songyan invited the eldest princess of Yuyang to sit in a small sedan chair and go to Zhengqiu Hall. Yuyang said with a smile, "I sit too much in the sedan chair on weekdays, so it's better to walk a few more steps today." Several people walked to Zhengqiu Hall, and when they entered the main hall, Yuyang insisted on sitting at the second head, so he sat opposite Songyan. As soon as the tea was served, Shao Ding arrived, and when the eldest princess of Yuyang saw him, she couldn't recognize him for a while, and shouted, "Wulang? Is that you? ”

Shao Ding's eyebrows softened, and he said, "Why are you still as startled as when you were a child." ”

Seeing that there was even a shallow wrinkle in the center of his eyebrows, the eldest princess of Yuyang couldn't help but feel sour in her heart, and said, "You...... You used to ......" Before she finished speaking, the female officer behind her gently touched her, Yuyang looked at the pine smoke that was holding a tea cup like a stuffy gourd on the side, suppressed the sourness in his heart, and reluctantly smiled, "I haven't seen the Hou Ye for a long time, and I have made a joke about Mrs. Dingyuan." ”

Song Yan hurriedly said that he didn't dare and said, "The princess and the marquis both inherited the teachings of the queen mother, and their feelings are naturally more sincere than others. ”

Shao Ding glanced at her sideways. The eldest princess of Yuyang was not in the mood to talk to Songyan for a while, nodded indiscriminately, stood up and said, "Two don't blame, this palace is going to change clothes." ”

After she finished speaking, she hurried out the door. Songyan subconsciously stood up, sat down again and instructed Xue Ya, "...... Go and show the princess the way. ”

Xue Ya took the order, Songyan put his mind at ease, only to find that Yuyang had gone out, and Shao Ding, who was silently drinking tea, was left in the room. If he didn't say a word, it seemed a little embarrassing, so Songyan blushed and held back for a long time, and said, "Master Hou, is there anything wrong today?" ”

The clouds standing behind her widened their eyes.

Shao Ding put down the teacup and said gently, "Originally, I was going to go to the military department with the deputy general to report miscellaneous matters, but it was postponed until tomorrow." ”

He habitually put his hands on his knees, sat upright, looked at Songyan and said, "Madam, your maid's business has been done, is there anything else?" ”

Song Yan subconsciously thought that his posture might have been developed during the march, so he didn't understand what he said for a while, and waved his hand again and again, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Shao Ding sighed and said, "If Madame has something, just sue me." ”

Song Yan agreed with a smile, and waited until the eldest princess of Yuyang cleaned up her mood and returned to the main hall with a smile, and then suddenly reacted to Shao Ding's meaning. She was too attentive to the eldest princess, which made Master Hou misunderstand. As soon as she thought of this, Song Yan immediately wanted to explain to Shao Ding that she was not planning to ask Shao Ding to do something for her, so she treated the princess warmly, but she never found a chance.

When they went to the garden to enjoy the flowers, Shao Ding and the eldest princess of Yuyang walked in front, and the pine smoke stopped talking, and fell hesitantly behind, separated by the female officials of the eldest princess of Yuyang.

The eldest princess of Yuyang whispered to Shao Ding, "She doesn't seem to have any resistance to you." ”

Shao Ding glanced back at Songyan and said, "You don't know what happened before, she just didn't come out." ”

The eldest princess of Yuyang showed a sad expression on her face, and quickly turned her face away, pointed to the hill on the octagonal pavilion in the garden and asked, "This looks like your word, why don't I know what the source is?" ”

Shao Ding casually pointed to the small rockery next to him, "This is the source." ”

Yuyang laughed, although Shao Ding did not show a smile, there was a faint smile in his eyes.

Yuyang smiled for a moment, then gradually retracted his smile and said, "Why didn't you ask me why I was uninvited?" ”

Shao Ding said, "It's okay. ”

Yuyang's throat choked, and he almost squeezed out the words from between his teeth, "Cao Lixin asks His Majesty for permission to do things in Mount Tai this year to pay tribute to the emperor." Someone in the court proposed to let the queen mother go to the Puguan Temple in Mount Tai to pray for her father's blessing. ”

Shao Ding said, "Don't worry about these things, and don't listen to other people's nonsense." ”

Yuyang said stubbornly, "I must take care of it, if I don't care, according to my mother's temperament, I will definitely let them bully, and I will never be able to go back to Longchi!" ”