Chapter 124: Their quid pro quo
At this time, the painting boat that the Empress Dowager Bai and they were on had already docked on the shore.
Bai Qingyun's voice just now was not soft, which just made Empress Dowager Bai, Qin Zhaoyi and others standing on the observation deck hear these words clearly.
Although Bai Qingyun is not the daughter of the Bai Mansion Changfang, she is also a famous lady. The daughter of the white mansion already knows that the emperor has the possibility that he will marry her cousin and His Royal Highness the second prince. But at this moment, wearing the same costume as her cousin's dress, she came to meet His Royal Highness the Second Prince.
See it now, His Royal Highness the Second Prince didn't pay attention to her, if she was a woman with ordinary knowledge, she should turn around and leave, so that she could give herself a step down.
But Bai Qingyun, who had no face and no skin, was still crying in front of His Royal Highness the Second Prince, completely ignoring the image of the Bai family's daughters.
As soon as Empress Dowager Bai saw such a Bai Qingyun, she felt sulky in her heart. If there was no one else around, she would probably slap Bai Qingyun a few times, so as to teach this unruly junior a lesson.
But there were other people around, and the Empress Dowager Bai did not show any emotions on her face.
Empress Dowager Bai said to a palace maid she trusted very much: "...... You go and ask Jiaojiao to come back, let her go back to the palace with us, and change into clean clothes' The palace maid said respectfully: "Yes, the Queen Mother." ”
With the support of the palace maid, the Empress Dowager Bai got off the boat step by step and walked to the shore.
At this time, whether it was Bai Qingyun or Shen Tuying, they all consciously disappeared from the field of vision of the Empress Dowager Bai.
Only Lu Dang and Bai Jiaojiao, when the Empress Dowager Bai got off the boat, they handed over the horses to Feng Wuxian and stood on the shore respectfully to welcome the arrival of the Empress Dowager Bai.
The palace maid who walked behind the Empress Dowager Bai, when she saw Bai Jiaojiao, smiled and saluted Bai Jiaojiao, and said, "Miss Bai, the Empress Dowager asked the slave maid to come and invite the girl back to the palace......
Bai Jiaojiao smiled slightly, and blessed Empress Dowager Bai and Qin Zhaoyi. first thanked them, and then euphemistically said that she had been out for a few hours, and I don't know if Sister Shiling's leg was better after Ao Yao.
She wanted to go back to see Sister Shiling first, and then enter the palace later to meet the Queen Mother and Qin Zhaoyi to thank them.
When Empress Dowager Bai and Qin Zhaoyi heard this, they all said that they were also very concerned about Zhou Shiling's body, and asked Bai Jiaojiao to go back to take care of Zhou Shiling first.
Bai Jiaojiao heard this, thanked Empress Dowager Bai and Qin Zhaoyi again, and then turned to leave.
Lu Jue looked lonely. Before leaving, the woman not only didn't say anything like "see you back" to him, but she didn't even stingy to look at his face. It is not difficult to see that in the woman's heart, he is still too light.
Qin Zhaoyi saw that Lu Jue's eyes were dim, as if he had lost his soul, he couldn't help but glance at him, and said softly: "Jue'er." ”
The palace maid standing next to Qin Zhaoyi saw it, elegantly took out the Confucian skirt that Bai Jiaojiao had worn before, and handed it to Qin Zhaoyi with both hands.
Qin Zhaoyi happily took the Confucian skirt, handed it to Lu Yu, and ordered: "Why don't you hurry up and send Jiaojiao?" ”
As soon as Lu Jue heard his mother's words, he instantly gained momentum, and quickly stretched out his hands to take the Confucian skirt, feeling happy in his heart. This is the Confucian skirt worn by Jiaojiao, and there is still a delicate fragrance on the clothes.
He only said to the Empress Dowager Bai and his mother, "I'll retire first", and hurriedly ran to chase Bai Jiaojiao. He has to send Jiaojiao, if he doesn't send her, he will feel very empty in his heart.
Bai Jiaojiao's regular clothes are not too thick, and after drying in the sun for a while, they are almost half dry. It's just that my hair didn't dry much, and I had to take a shower and wash it again when I went back.
She didn't want to just walk back, she planned to walk for a while, so she hired an ox cart to go back to Zhou Shiling.
But he hadn't walked far before there was the sound of hurried footsteps behind him.
Bai Jiaojiao slowed down, but did not look back.
At this time, Lu Jue's voice came: "Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao, wait for me." ”
Bai Jiaojiao frowned, why is this annoying person here again? He hesitated for a few seconds before he looked back at Lu Yu, "His Royal Highness the Second Prince?" ”
She saw Lu Ying raise the Confucian skirt in her hand and look at her with a happy face, looking very excited.
After a long time, she heard Lu Jue say: "Jiaojiao, don't take the clothes my mother gave you." Also, the land of Weiyuan is not as good as that of Zishuiqiao Village, and there are still many soldiers guarding it. Most of the soldiers of the Weiyuan Army who were guarding the land of Weiyuan before went to fight. You go back alone, I, we are not very relieved. ”
Bai Jiaojiao stretched out her hand to take the Confucian skirt and asked Lu Jue: "I donated all the silver taels of Baifu, but I have no money; During these years, my aunt has always been in charge of my family, and she has not saved much food. You say, how can people embarrass me when they see me going back alone? ”
Lu Jue was anxious for a while, but he also really cared about Bai Jiaojiao, and couldn't help blurting out: "Compared with yourself, whether it is gold and silver, or food, what can it be?" ”
Bai Jiaojiao glanced at Lu Jue, feeling that what he said was very funny. People say that the first beauty in the world is in Baifu, which is her cousin Bai Qingyun.
She doesn't look too similar to her cousin, no matter how dazzling people are, they won't treat her as the number one beauty in the world, and treat her.
"Your eyes are JU"
Bai Jiaojiao said helplessly.
Lu Jue didn't know what Bai Jiaojiao was thinking, but he could see that Jiaojiao didn't understand much about what he had just said. I wanted to explain to Bai Jiaojiao more carefully, but I was afraid that she would hate him like this, so I had to stop talking.
"Jiaojiao, you wait for me here first, I'll lead the horse, let's ride a horse each, and I'll send you back."
Lu Ying proposed.
Bai Jiaojiao sneered.
After Shen Tuying left with Bai Qingyun, Feng Wuxian only waited for Lu Dang and her to wait for the Empress Dowager Bai and them to arrive, then rode his own steed, took Lu Jue's tall war horse, and went to chase Shen Tuying and them.
But Lu Jue, a foolish worm, didn't know what he was thinking at the time, and he didn't notice that his horse was taken away by the wind without a trace.
Bai Jiaojiao saw Lu Jue's puzzled face, and couldn't help but laugh softly, and said, "You can save it, your horse doesn't know where to run for a long time." ”
At this time, Bai Jiaojiao couldn't help but think about a question in her heart: Lu Jue's guy, fortunately, didn't go to the battlefield in Northern Xinjiang to fight. Otherwise, he is so confused, if after going to the northern Xinjiang, the horses can't look good, then what else can he do?
Lu Jue saw a trace of doubt in Bai Jiaojiao's eyes, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, did Jiaojiao think he was useless because his horse was gone? I was about to explain, but Bai Jiaojiao's voice came from my ears: "I saw that your horse was taken away by the wind without a trace, and it was in the direction of the imperial city." Don't you still have to give back food to others? Then you should go back early so that you can do your own thing. ”
After that, he waved his hand and said to Lu Jue: "Goodbye." ”
After saying goodbye, Bai Jiaojiao realized that in this time and space, when she was separated from others, there were not many people who said goodbye. Dry is corrected: "See you later." ”
Lu Jue didn't spend too much time thinking about the small details of "goodbye" and "goodbye", only to see Bai Jiaojiao turn around and leave, and said anxiously: "What are you running?" Wait until I send you back. ”
After that, an arrow stepped forward, snatched the Confucian skirt from Bai Jiaojiao's hand, and said, "Without a horse, can't I still send you back on foot?" You, I said I would send you back, and I will definitely send you. Look at you, so anxious. ”
Bai Jiaojiao smiled bitterly.
In front of the public, if Lu Jue sent her back on foot, and was seen by others, she might think what she would think and discuss in private.
Another point is that she already knows Sister Suxi's thoughts, and understands that Sister Suxi has always been fond of Lu Yu over the years.
If she asked Lu Ying to send her back, she was afraid that Sister Su Xi would be sad after seeing it.
Bai Jiaojiao said euphemistically: "...... Really, I'll just go back on my own. Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, you don't have to send me. ”
Lu Jue glared at Bai Jiaojiao. In all these years, when did he take the initiative to tell which woman he wanted to send someone back?
He finally took the initiative once, but he was rejected by others.
What a mood, alas!
Lu Jue said domineeringly: "Go, I'll send you, don't ink." ”
Bai Jiaojiao didn't want to say anything more on the road with Lu Jue, so she had to keep walking in front of him, and kept a certain distance from him, and took him to Zhou Shiling's residence.
When Bai Jiaojiao arrived at the gate of the house, she stopped, took the key and opened the door, and invited Lu Jue into the hall to sit in JL
took this opportunity to call Sister Su Xi out, and by making tea for Lu Ting, she could also let Sister Su Xi take a look at Lu Ying more.
Bai Jiaojiao walked into Zhou Shiling's room, only to see Su Xi sitting on the edge of the bed embroidering, stepped forward, and told Su Xi softly: "Sister, a guest is coming, you go and make a cup of tea for him." ”
Su Xi had already opened the door of the house in Bai Jiaojiao, and the moment she walked in, she saw the figure of His Royal Highness the Second Prince. I saw that Bai Jiaojiao was willing to get along with His Royal Highness the Second Prince alone, and she was happy for His Royal Highness the Second Prince in her heart.
In this case, it was too late for her to avoid it, why did she listen to Bai Jiaojiao and go to the living room to make tea for His Royal Highness the Second Prince?
Brewing tea and serving pastries to your guests? ”
Zhou Shiling, who was lying on the bed I, listened, and also helped Su Xi and said, "That's it, Sister Jiaojiao." As soon as you follow Qin Zhaoyi and the others back to the palace today, you will be very tired. In addition, the weather today is not cool, I just changed my clothes, and I changed three or four sets. You say, shouldn't you help your sister make a cup of tea? ”
Bai Jiaojiao hugged her fists and bowed to Su Xi, and said in her heart:
It's the person you want to meet, and you're sure you're not going to meet him? If you don't see him, he'll be back in a moment.
But when the words came to his lips, he said another sentence: "Two sisters, you should also understand your sister's difficulties." My sister did go with them today, but my sister was unlucky today, and she met Bai Qingyun's annoying person, and she was really in no mood to entertain any guests at this time. I also asked my sister to help my sister and make tea for the guests. ”
Su Xi had no choice but to put aside the needlework for the time being, open the door and walk out of the bedroom, and go to the living room to make tea for the guests.
Walking into the hall, Su Xi only saw a message note.
The note rested on the coffee table, and it was only five words: "I will come again." 】
As soon as Su Xi saw the handwriting of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing, it was so domineering, and he could see that it was the handwriting written by His Royal Highness the Second Prince.
In these years, she and the young lady have also seen His Royal Highness the Second Prince write letters, and he is either imitating this person's handwriting, or imitating that person's handwriting and writing letters to others.
When His Royal Highness the Second Prince has written the letter, he will write and draw on rice paper, leaving his handwriting in his style.
She and the young lady were fortunate enough to see the handwriting written by His Royal Highness the Second Prince, and they could recognize it at the first time, and the five words left on the message must have come from His Royal Highness the Second Prince.
Su Xi carefully put away the note and brought it back to Zhou Shiling's bedroom. He handed it to Bai Jiaojiao with both hands and said, "Sister, the guest is gone, this is what he left for you."
Words and notes. ”
Bai Jiaojiao saw that she was so cautious about treating Lu Jue's message note. I only prayed for Sister Su Xi in my heart, I hope Lu Jue can understand Sister Su Xi's affection earlier, and also pity Sister Su Xi for treating him like this, and treat Sister Su Xi with affection and affection.