Volume 2 The Court Chapter 18 First Acquaintance with the True Face of Lushan

As soon as Bei Juese entered the range of the painting pool, he heard a commotion.

"Don't! Please, give it back to me! A female voice was pleading anxiously.

"If you have the ability, come and get it!"

"Yes, come here!" The two immature children's voices laughed arrogantly.

There was a "plop" sound, as if something had been thrown into the water.

"Oops, it's in the water, it's boring, let's go play somewhere else!"

"Good!"

The sound of childish laughter faded away with the sound of footsteps. The curious Bei Juese quickened his pace and walked forward, walked for more than ten meters, and after turning a corner, he saw a woman squatting not far in front of him, laboriously stretching out her hand to fish something in the pool. Suddenly, she slipped and fell into the water.

The woman struggled among the lotus leaves floating on the surface of the water and shouted, "Help! ”

Without thinking much about it, Bei Juese ran forward quickly, didn't have time to take off his clothes and shoes, jumped into the pool, and rescued the woman who was struggling in the water. When he dragged the woman to shore, she propped herself up and coughed desperately with her head down.

Bei Juese asked with concern: "Are you okay?" ”

The woman coughed, suddenly turned around and grabbed Bei Juese's arms, and said anxiously: "My cloth frame is still in the pool, please, help me fish it up!" “

Only then did Bei Juese see clearly that the woman turned out to be a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a small melon seed face and a pair of big eyes. A few strands of wet hair pressed against her forehead, the soaked grass-colored dress clung to her body, and her thin and thin body was trembling slightly. Probably frightened by falling into the water, her face was pale, her lips were not bloody, her eyes were flustered, and she looked like a helpless kitten.

Looking at the girl's pitiful appearance, Bei Juese felt that his heart was beating inexplicably, and an indescribable strange feeling came up. This feeling, which had never appeared in him before, made him froze.

Seeing that Bei Juese did not speak, the girl shook his arms vigorously, and cried out in a hurry, "Please! That cloth frame is very important to me! Please help me! If you help me catch it, I'll repay you! ”

Bei Juese came back to his senses, but in the face of the girl's tearful eyes, he couldn't help but be a little flustered. He comforted the girl at a loss and said, "Don't ...... Don't cry, I'll go and help you get it now. With that, he pushed away the girl's hands, turned around and jumped into the pool again.

After a while, Bei Jueshi came out of the water, held up an embroidered cloth frame and asked the girl, "Is this it?" ”

"Yes!" The girl nodded excitedly.

Bei Juese climbed ashore and handed the cloth frame to the girl, who quickly took it, with a smile on her face, and said to him gratefully: "Thank you!" ”

The girl's smile actually made Bei Jue's heartbeat beat uncontrollably a few times again. He was stunned for a moment before he realized that he would come up with a sentence: "Lift, it's just a gesture." ”

The girl examined the wet cloth frame carefully, and suddenly cried out, "It's broken!" Her face turned even paler, "All my hard work has been wasted, and it is gone."

Bei Juese stretched his head over, and saw that the pattern embroidered on the cloth frame turned out to be a big "Shou" character, but the "Shou" character embroidery was cut in the middle of the position, and the mouth mercilessly divided the word "Shou" into two pieces.

Bei Juese comforted the girl and said, "Wouldn't it be okay to embroider a new one?" ”

The tears in the girl's eyes fell like beads of broken thread. She cried and said, "It's too late! Next month is the Queen Mother's birthday, I embroidered this birthday picture for three months to finish, and now it's like this, it's too late to embroider a new one! ”

The girl's tears splashed on Bei Juese's heart like hot water, making him feel heartache for no reason. A stream of blood rushed to his brain, and he blurted out to the girl without thinking too much: "I'll help you!" I can embroider this kind of longevity picture in only half a month, let me help you embroider it. ”

The girl stopped her tears, looked up at Bei Juese, and asked uncertainly, "Do you know how to embroider?" ”

Kita nodded affirmatively.

After receiving an affirmative answer, the girl threw away the cloth rack in her hand, grabbed Bei Jue's hand as if she was grasping the last straw, and said urgently: "Then I will work for you!" ”

Although the girl's hands are cold and cold, the flesh of the palms is very soft, just like her person, giving people a feeling of weakness. Bei Juese, who has never been held by a girl like this, is a little overwhelmed.

Fortunately, the girl only shook it for a moment before letting go of her hand, standing up and saying, "Can you come here again at dusk?" I'll go and prepare a new cloth frame and embroidery thread now, and I'll give it to you when it's ready. ”

Bei Juese nodded and said, "Okay." ”

The girl said, "At dusk, you go to the painting pavilion in the pond in front and wait for me. She picked up the cloth rack and was about to leave.

Bei Juese suddenly remembered that he didn't know what the girl's name was, so he hurriedly called out to her: "What's your name?" My name is Xiaobei! ”

The girl turned around and smiled shyly, and whispered, "You can call me Jing'er." Xiaobei, see you later. ”

Although her face was pale, it did not detract from the heart-warming feeling in her smile. Looking at the girl's distant slender back, a strange emotion quietly arose in Bei Juese's heart, and then slowly sprouted.

When the girl's figure completely disappeared around the corner, Bei Jue turned around. Well? The girl said that her name was "Jing'er", and that she had brought with her an embroidered cloth frame, and that she was not wearing ordinary palace maid clothes, and that when she left, she was still walking in the direction of the courtyard where the princes and princesses lived. Could it be that this girl named "Jing'er" is the "Gong Jing" princess who sits in the pavilion embroidering flowers every day?!

If she is really Princess Gong Jing, then she will be as long as Bei Jue originally imagined. This girl does not have a "pink" face like Master, on the contrary, Bei Juese thinks she looks cute. When you meet her, find out who she really is.

The willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk. Looking at the direction in which Jing'er left, thinking of having a twilight appointment with her, Bei Jue's face couldn't help but show a shy smile. That smile is definitely the pure smirk of an innocent young man who has just fallen in love, but the innocent and a little dull Bei Juese did not notice the subtle changes in his heart, nor did he find that he was smiling stupidly.

After returning to the farm to change into a set of dry clothes, Bei Juese immediately rushed to the painting pool. Although there is still a long time before the agreed dusk, he is afraid that the girl named Jing'er will arrive early, and it will not be good for others to wait.

When I arrived at the painting pavilion in the pool, the pavilion was empty, and Bei Juese sat on the stone chair in the pavilion and waited. Waiting and looking around boredly, no one passed by the painting pool, so quiet that you could hear flies flying overhead. I pass by the painting pond every day, but I haven't tried to watch the scenery of the painting pond from the perspective of the painting pavilion in the pool, and the scenery around me in the pool is a little different from what I see every day. Surrounded by the rippling water of the pool, the eyes can see the green trees and red flowers surrounding the pool in the distance, blowing the breeze from time to time, enjoying the tranquility of the moment, and it is really indescribably comfortable.

However, it seems to have come a little early...... The wind blew in the pavilion for most of the hour, and he began to yawn with boredom, and the hard stone chair became more and more uncomfortable to sit on. It's better to get up and walk around, as long as it's not too far from the pavilion, there will be no problem.