Chapter 65: In the Momei Pavilion
Xie An also went to Prince Li's mansion, originally to come for the whereabouts of his father Xie Zhili, but now that he has learned that he is safe and sound, he is going to go home. Unexpectedly, Xiao Xiaohan, the always cold Prince Li, became inexplicably enthusiastic this time and invited her to visit Prince Li's Mansion.
There can't be any conspiracy, right? This was Xie Anyi's first reaction. But think about it, if Prince Li wants to be unfavorable to her, what means will he use? What's more, he was married by the emperor, and sooner or later he will enter this palace.
"The prince has this Yaxing, how dare the people disobey. But please wait a while, the folk girl asked Aimo to deliver a letter to the family first, so as not to worry about the family. Xie An also said with a smile.
"Alright, let that girl in." Prince Li also said with a smile, but Xie An was panicked at how he looked at it, and he felt that he had some conspiracy.
Xie An also called Aimo into the house and instructed her to go back to the house first to tell Mrs. SΓΉ the news that Xiao Xiaohan had promised to help find Xie Zhili, and she also wanted to "visit" at Prince Li's mansion to reassure them.
Although Xiao Xiaohan hadn't specifically instructed her just now, Xie An also knew that no matter how worried everyone was, they couldn't directly say that Xie Zhili was fine. Otherwise, it will indirectly show that Xiao Xiaohan is following the Xie family all the way, and it will expose his power.
Xiao Xiaohan doesn't care if she is exposed or not, but she cherishes her little life very much.
Wang Yong also got Xiao Xiaohan's order to go back with Aimo, which made Xie An also feel that the prince was quite considerate.
The two walked out of the side hall together, and Xiao Xiaohan led her towards the garden.
When he was in Weicheng, Xie An also listened to Mama Zhou talk about Prince Li's Mansion, at that time Mama Zhou once sighed and said that Prince Li's Mansion has a big garden, which is full of flowers all year round, and there are the most types of flowers in spring, such as pear blossoms, peach blossoms, tulips, and azaleas...... Numerous; In summer there are lilies, hibiscus...... In autumn, the whole yard is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers; In winter, Prince Li likes to enjoy the plum blossoms in a pavilion the most.
And now, Xie An is also sitting with Prince Li in the Momei Pavilion in the garden of Prince Li's mansion. The plum blossoms planted around the pavilion are not the usual white, pink or red, but the treasure of plum blossoms, the pale ink color. Ordinary people have a few of these kinds of black plums, which are already worth showing off, but the black plums in the prince's mansion are a whole piece.
The pavilion is hung with curtains to block the wind like everyone else in Beijing, but the difference is that there is a stone wall in this pavilion. Xie An has also been carefully observing the stone wall since he entered the pavilion, which is one person tall and has a painting carved on it. In the painting, plum blossoms have been coming out horizontally, the branches are beautiful, and the flowers are soothing. I don't know what the person used to portray it, but the whole painting is colored like ink. Dye the petals with light ink, and then dot the calyx with thick ink. A few strokes, but the effort is good.
Above the plum blossom is inscribed a poem:
My family washes the inkstone pond tree, and all the flowers bloom with light ink marks.
Don't let people praise the color, just flow clear and full of goodness.
Xiao Xiaohan saw Xie An staring at the stone wall and asked, "Do you know this poem?" β
Of course Xie An knows! She also memorized this poem when she was in school, and it was "Momei" by the crown of the Yuan Dynasty. But she didn't know what the relationship between the overhead dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty she was in now was, so she thought about it for a while and said, "I saw it in which book before, but I don't remember." β
Xiao Xiaohan smiled slightly, picked up the hot water with his slender hand and scalded the two purple sand teacups on the stone table, and said while putting the tea leaves into the purple sand teapot on the side: "Oh? I didn't know that Miss Xie was well-read? β
Xie An also disdainful in his heart: "You don't know much!" I've also read geography books, math books, you know? But she didn't dare to make such a mistake on her lips, and vaguely brought the matter over: "I saw it by chance, but I forgot it a long time ago." β
Xiao Xiaohan didn't dwell on this matter, but asked, "What do you think?" β
Xie An also saw that his eyes stayed on the stone wall, knowing that Xiao Xiaohan was asking how the poem "Momei" was, thought about it, and said: "Painting is a good painting, and poetry is also a good poem." It's just that the folk girl thinks that this painting and this poem should not be here. β
"Oh?" Xiao Xiaohan became interested in Xie Anyi's words and asked, "This "Momei" is not placed in the Momei Pavilion and surrounded by Momei, where do you think it should be placed?" β
Xie An also felt that Xiao Xiaohan had a momentum when he said this, just like before, he was the prince, she was a people's daughter, and if she didn't say the right thing, her life was not guaranteed.
"Don't let people praise the color, just flow clean and full of goodness. It's going to be put in a place where the fireworks of the world don't eat. Xie Anyi's words were ambiguous, this was the way she came up with after dealing with Monk Wuyuan in Jing'an Temple, and she answered like this for things she didn't understand or didn't know, and the other party was left to the other party.
Xiao Xiaohan didn't seem to hear her speak, he had already made two cups of tea, put one in front of Xie Anyi, picked up the other cup and put it in front of his nose and smelled it, and drank it in three times.
Seeing that Xie An didn't move, he smiled and said, "This is a tea made with the snow water after the snow that has melted on the plum blossoms, and it has a faint fragrance of plum blossoms, don't you want to taste it?" β
When Xie An heard this, he took a sip of the teacup and brought it to his mouth. Before he could swallow it, he heard the person on the other side say again: "Will you marry me?" β
"Ahem......" Xie An almost didn't squirt out a sip of tea, choking himself enough. coughed for a while, and gradually subsided, before he looked at Xiao Xiaohan suspiciously, and replied carefully: "Being able to be a prince and princess is a blessing that the people's daughters have cultivated for several generations, and the people's daughters are willing." β
"Not telling the truth." Xiao Xiaohan said affirmatively.
Xie An also smiled slightly: "The prince wants to listen to the truth?" β
"Of course."
"What if the truth is reversed?" She had to buy an insurance policy for her own life.
"But it doesn't hurt to say it."
Xie An also picked up the purple clay pot, poured tea into his cup, drank it again, and said: "The life experience of the folk girl is clear, and it makes no difference to who the folk girl marries, but she just has a place to live." There are still a few encounters with the prince and the people's daughters, and compared with those who have never been masked, they are much better. Seeing that the prince is generous, I believe that I will also be clothed and eaten in the future. β
Xie Anyi's words indirectly showed that she was satisfied, or at least not disgusted, with the emperor's marriage. When Xiao Xiaohan heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Although he didn't have feelings for Xie An, he didn't want her to hate him and marry him for some reason.
"In that case, go back crying."