Chapter Forty-Nine: Flowers
The spring rain fell all night, and Cai Ling lay in the house tossing and turning, listening to the murmuring of the rain. The next day, when the day was bright, the man was already emaciated and embarrassed. Manyun hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty has finally exempted the prince from punishment. ”
"That's it." She endured a severe headache, took out the fat powder that she hadn't used for a long time, and carefully painted her face with a moist and bloody color, before sighing, "It's really that there is no overnight feud between father and son." ”
"Actually, it's about good girls." Manyun hesitated. Cai Ling asked, Fang Zhiyuan was Liang Mingyue who stood with the prince all night, and when the sky was just white, he was exhausted and cold, and fainted to the ground, and the emperor pardoned the prince for the sake of the new champion. Cai Ling turned off her makeup: "Where is Mingyue now?" ”
Passing through the nine-curved corridor, the peonies are open one after another, and the elegant courtyard next to the waterhole is the residence of the prince and his family. Cai Ling pushed open the hidden Zhu Gate, and a palace maid came to guide the way, "The imperial doctor just came to take a look, and he only said that it was cold." His Royal Highness has already instructed the slaves and maids to take care of the good girl with all their hearts. ”
The woman lying on the brocade couch in the side hall breathed evenly and slept peacefully. Cai Ling took a closer look, and even if she didn't dye her red makeup, it was a natural national color, which was pleasing to the eye. Cai Ling tucked the corners of the quilt for her before asking, "Where is Your Highness now?" ”
His Royal Highness was soaked and brought the good girl back, and his face was also full of tiredness. The slaves and maidservants prepared hot water in the morning, and now served His Highness to bathe, and now they should rest in the dormitory. "The palace maid treats Cai Ling as the princess of Yunnan, with three points of respect.
"Hmm." Cai Ling said with a smile, "If the good girl wakes up, I will bother my aunt to send a message to the Queen Mother." ”
"Whoa." The palace maid curtsy the knees to give gifts.
Cai Ling slowly out of the side hall, the sun has gradually risen in the east, the glow will dye the water droplets on the eaves into color, such as a brilliant gem, a few laurel trees in the courtyard, peony flowers under the tree, washed green branches and leaves support the peony of thousands of purples and thousands of reds are blooming. She took a deep breath, and her gloomy face immediately brought a lot of vitality. No matter how difficult it is, still be positive.
Only then did he cross the half-hidden Zhu Gate, and saw a man walking like a fly on the path, wearing a moon-white regular robe, with jet-black hair half draped and half tied, followed by two eunuchs, who were trotting to follow his pace.
If the prince is not resting in the dormitory, how can he come back from outside? There is no big tree to cover the stone path and flowers outside the door, it is unavoidable, Cai Ling will be heartbroken, only bury her head and walk a few steps forward, until she meets it, then she will stand in the grass, and wait until he ignores it as usual and passes by, and she is not too late to go.
A gust of wind blew, bringing his own faint scent of rosewood. She took a faint breath and buried herself in silence. Out of the corner of his eye, I saw that he had quietly walked by. She looked up at his long back.
Just as she was about to leave, the man suddenly turned around and walked back a few steps, grabbed her arm with one hand, and dragged her out of the grass, with three points of displeasure in his tone, "Standing in the grass by the pond after the rain?" Are you really not afraid of snakes? ”
She was so frightened that she quickly glanced at her feet, but she pretended to be calm and said, "Don't be afraid." ”
"Good!" He squinted at her for a moment, then turned to leave.
She hurriedly grabbed the eunuch Yu'an, who was about to follow closely, and asked in a low voice, "Why did Your Highness come back from outside?" ”
"Your Highness goes down to greet the Queen Mother." Yu'an replied hurriedly.
"Settle down and rest." Cai Ling attached to Yu'an's ear and said. Yu'an nodded in his chest, and Cai Ling's hanging heart was a little calm.
Just as she was about to leave, the little palace maid jumped out happily, and before anyone arrived, she came first, "Miss Jiang!" Ginger girl! When he bumped into the prince, he hurriedly curtfell and did not dare to make any more noise.
"What?" The two asked almost at the same time.
"Your Highness. The good girl woke up, and when she heard that Miss Jiang had come, she specially asked the slave to tell the girl not to worry about her anymore. The maid replied.
"Thank you, Auntie." Pick Ling's jaw and turn around to leave. The prince's cold voice rang in his ears, "You don't go in?" ”
She hesitated for a moment, and then looked back with a warm smile, "I'm going to accompany her for a while." ”
thought that she would volunteer to accompany Mingyue's bedside, and the prince would be able to go back to the dormitory to rest with peace of mind. Who knew that the prince followed her closely into Mingyue's bedroom. Although Mingyue was wearing a middle coat, she still couldn't hide her shyness when she saw the prince, and her pale little face gradually overflowed with redness, half-sitting, dragging the brocade quilt tightly to her chest. Cai Ling smiled: "You are very afraid of the cold." ”
"Sister laughed at Mingyue again." She was so ashamed that she almost hated to burrow into the cave before she bowed her head and said to the prince, "Thank you, Your Highness, for bringing Mingyue back." ”
"It doesn't matter." The prince said, "You are willing to stand with this king all night, and you should say that you are grateful to this king." ”
"Your Highness has a dislike for Mingyue and His Majesty, how dare Mingyue be alone."
Cai Ling's head was like a thunderbolt, but he only froze a smile on his face. She didn't understand, in the past, the prince treated her with all her heart, and even was willing to save her life, she never said half a word of gratitude, compared with Liang Mingyue, she was really a wolf.
The prince only said: "The girl's kindness will be repaid in the future, and I ask the girl to rest at ease and discuss it after she recovers." ”
"Your Highness also needs to rest more, no matter how strong your body is after a night of rain, it will be difficult to hold on." Mingyue covered her lips and coughed lightly.
"Not leaving?" The prince walked past and whispered close to Cai Ling. Cai Ling appeased Mingyue again, and walked out of the side hall.
In the courtyard, Shen Muchi stood under the green laurel tree and waited for her, and the cloud boots were full of purple and red.
"It is not difficult to see that Mingyue has a deep affection for His Highness." The remaining half of the sentence: If His Highness has no intention of her, don't give her hope. It's too late to export.
"The king will treat her well." A sentence of lukewarm and lukewarm, like a basin of cold water, will gradually warm a heart poured through in an instant. Fortunately, the half sentence had not yet been spoken, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and turned to leave.
It was this unintentional move that angered the young king, and he dragged Cai Ling's arm to the Guizi tree, and stretched out his long arm to seal Cai Ling's way, "This king passed by outside your house last night, how did he ever know that the Liang family lived in the house?" This king is all for you! But where are you? ”
His slender fingers slid lightly over her cheek, pausing on her chin, and then squeezing her jaw tightly, "Sure enough, it's hard-hearted." ”
After a while, he let go of his hand, and the fat powder fell on his hand, he looked at the snow white, and seemed to mutter, "I still have the heart to dress up." ”
Cai Ling hurriedly lowered his head and patted the fat powder on his hand, pretending not to care, "Yun wants to dress and flowers, but His Highness doesn't understand." ”
As soon as the words fell, the smile on his face was not gone, and suddenly he felt that the sky was dark, and in an instant, he was about to faint, and in the blur, he saw the prince's face frightened, and stretched out his arms to hug her in his arms, "Someone! ”
When I woke up again, it was already sunday, and it was hot and dry, so I kicked off the brocade quilt on my body and reluctantly turned over. She had to sleep peacefully that night when she drank, and if she didn't sleep enough, she would have a headache the next day, and the headache would easily cause syncope. This matter has been experienced several times in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and once in the Qin Wangfu, this time he actually forgot about it.
Since it was okay to get enough sleep, she stretched her arms and was about to turn over and get up, wait, how could there be anyone beside her? Take a closer look, the smooth face as delicate and clear as the moonlight, the bridge of the nose is straight, and the thin lips are lightly pursed, it is the prince.
Suppressing her exclamation, she cautiously tried to step over his body, but no sooner had one leg than he crossed his waist when the man opened his eyes, raised his hand and grabbed one of her arms, unable to move, and she seemed to be sitting on his waist. When the palace maid heard the movement, she pushed the door to check, just saw this scene, and hurriedly climbed out of the hall.
"Don't get me wrong......" The voice was hidden in the heavy hall doors.
With a tug of his other hand, the prince dragged Cai Ling back to lie down, and warned sleepily: "If you dare to marry Yunnan again, this king will spread today's events all over the palace." ”
"Shameless!" Cai Ling looked down at her neat clothes, "I am innocent with His Highness." ”
"Will others believe it?" The crown prince sneered, "You ran to this king's palace by yourself, and many people can testify." ”
"Shen Muchi!" She was so mad that she didn't care about etiquette and shouted his name.
"What?" A smile gradually appeared on his grim face, and he turned to hug her.
She kicked him in anger and tried her best to break free, until he frowned and said coldly, "Little Four, don't move." ”
He has endured it to the fullest.