Chapter 18: The Secret
In the next two days, Su Yuanyi seemed to be very busy, and he stayed in the study of Jiuting Yuan almost all day long to deal with affairs, except for routine court visits.
Su Wanqing hasn't seen him since she came back from the palace, but fortunately, the people in the Yiwang Mansion know very well about their master's temperament that is not close to women, but no one chews his tongue in this matter.
The days were relatively peaceful.
Until the night of the third day, Su Wanqing didn't feel sleepy after freshening up, so she asked Hongfu to light the lamp and read a book on the flat-headed table in the room, but she didn't expect that at this time, there was a sound of greeting outside.
Immediately afterwards, a faint voice sounded, "Is the side concubine in the house?" ”
"Back to the prince, here." Biwu's tone was a little surprised.
"Sleeping?"
"Not yet, I'm reading a book inside."
Su Wanqing was a little surprised when she heard the movement outside, got up and stretched her clothes, glanced at the bronze mirror again, and walked towards the door.
As soon as I walked to the door, there was a "creak" and the door had been opened.
"The concubine asks for peace to the prince." Su Wanqing bent her knees, raised her eyes and looked over, facing the dark and indifferent eyes under the light and shadow.
In the night, Su Yuanyi wore a dark robe with dark stripes, his left hand behind his back, and his cold appearance was a little tired.
"Excuse me." With a flick of his hand, he walked to the table in the middle of the room and sat down, and when he saw that Su Wanqing was still standing, he opened his mouth and added, "Come and sit." ”
"Yes."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Bi Wu couldn't help but smile, and quietly closed the door in understanding.
As soon as the door closed, the room fell silent.
Su Wanqing was not far from Su Yuanyi sitting, and she could vaguely smell the faint scent of soaphorn on his body, which had obviously been freshened up, and she couldn't help but think about his intentions, and she was a little speechless for a while.
Su Yuanyi was not in a hurry to speak, and drank tea quietly on the side.
Xu is Su Yuanyi has a cold temperament, and Su Wanqing also has a calm expression, and the two of them are obviously sitting with big eyes and small eyes, but they don't feel embarrassed.
When he drank the second cup of tea, Su Yuanyi slowly opened his mouth: "It's so late, bothering you?" ”
Su Wanqing shook her head and said, "No, the prince is too worried." ”
Su Yuanyi looked at her and was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "I had some urgent matters on my hands two days ago, and I had no intention of snubbing you." ”
His voice was particularly cold, and every word was like ice and snow colliding, and with such an intonation, it could be regarded as an explanation.
Su Wanqing had experienced her previous life and knew Su Yuanyi's cold temperament quite well, so she was somewhat surprised to hear his explanation at this moment. However, she was only surprised for a moment, and then smiled slightly: "The prince works hard for state affairs, and the concubine is understandable." ”
Su Yuanyi was noncommittal, but he didn't take away the gaze that fell on her face, paused, handed over something, and said in a low voice: "Open it and take a look." ”
At this time, Su Wanqing found that Su Yuanyi was holding a brocade box wrapped in velvet brocade in her left hand, and she hesitated a little and took the box.
The box opened, and a hollow gold silk fine stamen inlaid with white jade swayed inside, the jade color was smooth and smooth, Su Wanqing only glanced at it, and knew that it was the best of the best.
"Lord Wang?" Su Wanqing was a little confused, and looked at him with an inquiring gaze.
Su Yuanyi obviously didn't like to be looked at like this, his expression was a little light, and he said coldly: "You wear it and try it." ”
Su Wanqing nodded, took Bu Yao out of the brocade box, touched the jade with her fingertips, and her tentacles were cold, so she couldn't help but secretly admire and put it on.
Stepping into her hair, Su Wanqing looked at the figure in the bronze mirror, and sure enough, it was lined with her clear temperament, even better than the magnolia hairpin at the family banquet a few days ago.
Su Yuanyi's eyes also lit up, looked at Su Wanqing and nodded seriously, and asked, "Do you still like this step?" ”
"I like it." Su Wanqing bowed slightly, thanked Su Yuanyi for a blessing, and a polite smile appeared on her lips, "Concubine, thank you for the reward." ”
Su Yuanyi looked at her and said lightly: "You can wear it tomorrow." ”
Tomorrow is the day when Su Wanqing returns to the door, and she wants to show her face in front of the bride's mother's family.
Just for this reward her to shake a step?
Su Wanqing didn't believe that Su Yuanyi would be so attentive, and ...... His behavior is less and less like his usual rejection of people thousands of miles away.
Su Wanqing pondered, the strange feeling in her heart became more and more obvious, and she couldn't help but raise her eyes to glance at him, and while answering quietly, she put away the step shake again.
The two were speechless for a while.
After being quiet for a while, Su Yuanyi put down the tea bowl in his hand and said casually: "Your tea is good." ”
"The prince can drink as well." Su Wanqing glanced at him and said with a slight smile: "Spring tea is fragrant and astringent, and the tea taste of this winter tea is lighter and sweeter." ”
Su Yuanyi thought so deeply and nodded.
Su Wanqing said as she spoke, smiled, and continued: "The concubine originally thought that people nowadays prefer bitter tea, and she was worried about the abruptness when she served tea that day, since the prince can look at it, the concubine will let people send a few cans to Jiuting Garden tomorrow." ”
Su Yuanyi played with the lid of the bowl in his hand, and said expressionlessly: "No, just taste it occasionally, do you like it very much?" ”
Su Wanqing thought about it, nodded and smiled: "The concubine thinks that life is bitter in the world, and if even drinking saliva is bitter, then it will be really bitter in my heart." ”
"Your statement is fresh," Su Yuanyi glanced at her lightly, and paused: "This tea is a winter piece." ”
Su Wanqing smiled when she heard this, Su Yuanyi said well, this tea is indeed called winter tablets, it is a kind of tea produced in Nanling, but there are many kinds of famous teas in the world, and few people outside will pay attention to this little-known small tea.
And the reason why Su Yuanyi was able to accurately say the name of this tea, Su Wanqing knew it was not because he was erudite and knowledgeable, but because his mother, Concubine Song, was born in Nanling, an official daughter, to be exact, the daughter of a criminal minister.
According to common sense, the daughter of a criminal minister was not allowed to marry into the royal family, but Emperor Zhongzheng, who was still the king of the county at that time, in order to hide from the first emperor and be able to include Song Guifei in the mansion in a proper name, I don't know what means he used, he actually made her change her name and surname, and she married as the eldest daughter of the king of Dingbian.
Therefore, the world only heard that the late Song Guifei was the daughter of King Dingbian, but no one knew about her relationship with Nanling.
However, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and it just so happens that this matter has some involvement with Mrs. Jiang's mother, the Lei family, when Su Wanqing followed her grandmother and the third old lady of the Jiang family to ask for peace, she overheard the conversation between Mrs. Jiang and others.
Su Wanqing knew this secret, so she made a heart on the day of the tea ceremony, and deliberately said that she used Nanling's winter tea, in order to attract Su Yuanyi's attention to pick up her tea.
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[Note]: I borrowed winter tea to use hehe, please don't complain about tea.