The four of them had eaten dinner, and it was already ten o'clock in the evening. Because Xiao Mingyue was also approaching the age of Ji Xuan, it was not good to stay outside, so a few people set off to return to the palace.

On the road.

Xiao Mingyue and Amber were sitting in the car, Amber saw Xiao Mingyue smiling happily, and still holding the flowers picked in the afternoon, so she asked, "Miss, this flower was given by Second Lieutenant Chen?" ”

Xiao Mingyue said: "I picked this flower myself. ”

Amber saw that Xiao Mingyue was still staring at the flower intently, so she said again: "Really? ”

He just picked a few for me." Xiao Mingyue said to Amber.

Amber snickered and said, "When I was at home, Sun Yuanwai's second son came to deliver flowers every day, and I didn't see Miss laugh once. ”

After Xiao Mingyue heard this, she put down the flower and stretched out her hand to squeak the amber. said: "Okay, you dare to make fun of me, I won't spare you this time." ”

Amber was begging for mercy, "Good miss, please spare me." ”

The two of them giggled in the car along the way.

Arrived at the palace.

Xiao Zhong said: "Cousin, rest early, and we will go to the street to play tomorrow." ”

Xiao Mingyue smiled and said, "Got it, cousin." ”

looked at Chen Xian again and said, "Today there is Brother Lao Chen." ”

Chen Xian listened on the side and said: "Miss doesn't have to be polite, taking care of Miss is what you should do." ”

Xiao Zhong teased: "After an afternoon's hard work, I have changed my mind to Brother Chen." ”

Xiao Mingyue explained to Xiao Zhong: "Second Lieutenant Chen is your good friend cousin, and now he is my master, so you can't always call Second Lieutenant Chen." ”

Xiao Zhong looked at the two of them and said, "Oh? That's right. ”

Xiao Mingyue didn't want Xiao Zhong to continue gossiping, so she hurriedly pulled Amber and said, "Amber, we should go in." ”

With that, he immediately pulled Amber and entered the Chunning Palace.

At this time, Concubine Hu Niangniang had just eaten dinner, and was sitting in the house drinking tea, when she saw Xiao Mingyue coming back, she hurriedly asked if she had eaten dinner, and asked what she had done in the suburbs, so she asked Qingwen and a few palace maids to prepare bath water for Xiao Mingyue, and asked Chunxi to send zongzi cakes, sweet soup, and all kinds of fruit candied fruits to the Mingyue room, and finally instructed to rest early.

After Xiao Mingyue greeted her aunt, she returned to her room, took a bath under the service of the palace maids, changed into a bean green breast-length skirt, and simply tied a bun on her head. After that, he sent them out, leaned on the side of the bed and watched "Chu Ci", looked up at the magnolia flowers picked from the suburbs, and called the amber inserted in a pale cyan vase, and couldn't help but read: "The time is ambiguous, and the orchid will be extended." After that, he smiled, and called Amber from the outside to blow out the lamp, and fell asleep.

The next day, after the two palace maids serving Xiao Mingyue helped Xiao Mingyue freshen up, one of the palace maids named Cai Wei smiled and said: "I'll help the girl draw a plum makeup, the girl will definitely be more bright and moving." ”

"Are you talking about the plum makeup of Princess Shouyang of the Song Dynasty?" Xiao Mingyue said.

"What is plum makeup?" Amber asked curiously.

"Princess Shouyang, the youngest daughter of Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, once slept on the stone bench under the peach blossom tree, and did not want the wind to blow off the petals, which happened to fall on the eyebrows of Princess Shouyang, and then could not be washed off, but it was very beautiful on the princess's face, and was later imitated by many official eunuchs and folk women, and the world called it 'plum makeup'." Xiao Mingyue said.

Cai Wei on the side said: "Exactly." The girl is really studious. ”

Xiao Mingyue asked again: "But now that almost no one can get the essence of this plum makeup, how can Sister Caiwei learn it?" ”

Cai Wei replied: "When the slave was a child, his family opened a rouge shop, and he liked to study some makeup paintings. ”

Xiao Mingyue said with a smile: "In this way, there is Sister Lao Caiwei." ”

After the painting was finished, he combed a lily bun, wore a pomegranate red beaded flower on his head, and changed into a palace satin plain snow silk skirt, which everyone couldn't leave when they saw it.

"Miss is really a fairy in the sky!" Amber said.

Xiao Mingyue pulled Amber and said, "Let's go, what kind of fairy am I, it's time to go and say goodbye to my aunt." ”

While talking, he came to Concubine Hu's room and saw Xiao Zhong drinking tea in the hall, and Chen Xian and Concubine Hu chatting.

"Greetings to my aunt". Xiao Mingyue saluted.

Concubine Hu looked at Xiao Mingyue, who was dressed up, and said happily: "Look, our Mingyue is really a fairy and jade, and when you see it, people can't leave your eyes, you say yes?!" ”

Xiao Zhong got up and exclaimed at Mingyue: "Fortunately, Chen Xian's martial arts are strong, otherwise, it would be too dangerous to take you to the street!" ”

Xiao Mingyue said a little shyly: "How can you all say so exaggeratedly, or I will change it?" Then he turned and left.

"Don't, don't, we haven't seen enough!" After that, he glanced at Chen Xian.

"It's getting late, it's time for all of us to go." Chen Xian deliberately interrupted.

So, several people went out of the palace in a carriage together.

In the car, Amber looked at Xiao Mingyue and said, "Miss, I suddenly remembered that you didn't like makeup before, how can you let Cai Wei put on makeup for you today?" ”

Xiao Mingyue hurriedly explained: "If you want to, you can melt." ”

After hearing this, Amber thought for a moment, then looked at Chen Xian again, and smiled secretly.

Xiao Zhong said to Amber: "Amber girl is also beautiful today, this blue pleated skirt is just right for you." ”

Amber listened and said happily, "Is it true?" Thank you, Your Highness, for the compliment! ”

Xiao Zhong nodded in response.

The car was parked on the side of a shop.

Xiao Zhong said: "The best clothing shops, jewelry shops and rouge gouache shops in Jiankang City are all on this street, and my cousin has bought everything she wants." ”

"Then thank you cousin, but we girls go shopping, so don't follow the two of you." Xiao Mingyue said.

"That's not good, we're flower messengers, let's go, let's go to this jewelry store first." Xiao Zhong said, and a few people went into the jewelry store.

The owner of the jewelry store saw that several people were dressed luxuriously, and he was warmly welcomed, and took out all the precious jewelry.

Xiao Mingyue saw one of the coupling-colored bracelets and said, "This is an opal bracelet, and it doesn't look like it's from the Central Plains when you look at the eyeliner and color." ”

After hearing this, the boss smiled and said: "The girl is a knowledgeable person, this opal is native to Sinhala, and it was brought to me by a businessman, which is really a rare thing." ”

Xiao Mingyue asked, "How much gold?" ”

The boss replied: "Seeing that the girl is a connoisseur, take 500 gold." ”

Xiao Mingyue sighed and said, "Five hundred gold? Five hundred gold is enough for a month's expenditure of an army, can the boss be cheaper, how about two hundred gold? ”

The boss smiled: "The girl said that she laughed, this bracelet is the treasure of the store in the town, I never take it out when outsiders come, today I see that the young lady is a rich person, and an insider, in exchange for someone else, I will not sell five hundred gold." ”

Xiao Zhong smiled on the side: "When did my cousin become a bookkeeper in the barracks?" Don't worry, your cousin will give you whatever you like. ”

Xiao Mingyue replied: "When I was at home, my father often said that you should not squander your money willfully, and if 500 gold is used in the army or to build houses and bridges for the people, it is worth it. This bracelet is nothing special, I bought it back today, but I got tired of it in three or two days, or don't want it, let's go. ”

So saying, he left the jewelry shop, and then went to a few more shops, and selected some fabrics for my aunt, and bought some rouge gouache, and some snacks for Amber and the maid of the palace.

After putting everything on the carriage, Xiao Zhong proposed to go to Baoyuexuan to eat.

Baoyuexuan - the largest restaurant in Jiankang City, a gathering place for dignitaries. As soon as I arrived at the door, there was also a gorgeous carriage parked at the door of the restaurant, and a young man walked down from the car, looking seventeen or eighteen years old, with a pair of light blue eyes, and although his hair was not tied up, he was braided with a cowhide rope in staggered segments, and he was wearing a gold silk brocade dress, looking cynical. He was followed by two servants.

"Xianbei people?" Xiao Mingyue said.

"Now that my Daliang and the Northern Wei Dynasty are communicating with each other, there are naturally many Wei people in Jiankang City." Xiao Zhong said.

"No wonder, let's go in too." With that, a few people walked in.

"Miss Childe, please, a few of you are here for dinner." The shopkeeper said.

"We want the biggest private room." Xiao Zhong said.

"I'm sorry, the biggest one has just been booked by a son. Take a look, or change to a smaller one and choose a cleaner place for you. The shopkeeper said in embarrassment.

"We're a step late." Xiao Zhong said.

At this time, the shopkeeper ran over and whispered a few words in the shopkeeper's ear.

After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper immediately smiled and said: "A few guest officers, please inside, the guest officer just now has already given that room to you." ”

After hearing this, several people looked at each other suspiciously.

was taken upstairs by Xiao Er.

Xiao Zhong ordered almost all the signature dishes, "salted duck, stewed raw knock, beautiful liver, anchovy shrimp, stewed chicken fu, Jinling meatballs, wine condensation golden legs......"

Amber is a snack that eats a lot of food.

……

When a few people were about to finish eating, Xiao Zhong called Xiao Er to settle the bill.

Xiao Er said that a son-in-law had already settled the account, and a letter was forwarded to this beautiful young lady.

Xiao Zhong smiled after hearing this: "It seems that my cousin not only came to Jiankang, but also brought the peach blossoms from Huaizhou City." ”

Chen Xian couldn't help but get nervous after hearing this, and his face looked a little ugly.

Xiao Mingyue asked Xiao Er: "Where is that son?" ”

Xiao Er hurriedly replied: "That son is already gone." ”

Xiao Mingyue listened, opened the letter and looked at it, it was a stick figure painted by Gu Kaizhi's "Luo Shen Futu", and two lines of poetry were attached next to it: Dancing like a frightening Hong, graceful like a dragon. There was no signature on the letter.

Xiao Mingyue couldn't help but smile after seeing it: "Such a clumsy painting skill, even dare to use it to show ugliness, it must be a gentleman who has nothing to do." He threw it away.

He also said: "Xiao Er, wait for this son to come back next time, and tell him: King Xiang has a dream, and the goddess has no heart." Cousin, Brother Chen, Amber, let's go. ”

A few people left Baoyuexuan, went to the spice shop to buy some spices, watched the juggling for a while, bought some fans, handkerchiefs and other gadgets, and returned to the palace.

In the inn.

A prince asked the servant, "What did the girl say when she read the letter?" ”

The servant was a little embarrassed and said, "The young lady has read it, and the young lady said...... Say...... said that King Xiang had a dream, but the goddess had no heart. ”

Childe smiled at the corner of his mouth when he heard this: "Since there is no intention, I will let her have a heart." ”

The servant said, "Childe, my lord asked you to go back as soon as you are done." ”

After hearing this, Childe said a little unhappily: "The Yuwen family is not only my son. My father was seriously ill every time, but in order for me to go back to take over his shift. ”

The servant said, "This time the illness is sudden, and it is worse than usual." ”

Childe said: "I know, I will naturally go back when I finish my work."