The woman's voice was soft and sweet, light and brisk like a stream. The laughter was as crisp as a silver bell. There was a muffled sound, and in the exclamation of everyone, the delicate and beautiful girl jumped down from the carriage, like a flowing cloud, and rushed towards Jun Qinglan.

However, a dark shadow was faster than her. With a swish, he blinked like lightning and came to Jun Qinglan's approach. The big, black rough tongue licked the back of Jun Qinglan's hand without saying anything. The next moment, the huge head of the male lion class arched towards the wooden box in Jun Qinglan's hand, and the breath exhaled from the clammy nose was not pleasant.

"Meat bun, don't make a fuss." Jun Qinglan put the wooden box behind her back: "This can't be eaten." ”

"When the meat bun comes back, if you make Brother Jun unhappy, I will punish you for not eating meat for ten days!"

Jiang Ying deliberately spoke with a raised voice, but the meat bun was obviously frightened, and immediately clipped her tail and hid behind Jun Qinglan. The big watery eyes looked at Jun Qinglan, and the grievances seemed to be filled with water vapor, and the hearts of the people who looked at it melted.

Jun Qinglan was silent, these days, dogs are better than people.

"Brother Jun." Jiang Yingsan ran up the steps in two steps, and squeezed the big head of the meat bun aside with his legs: "Are you also here to participate in the flower party today?" Sixth brother actually invited you here, I'm so happy. ”

"Hehe, yes." Jun Qinglan smiled lightly on her lips and teeth, and coughed lightly to hide some embarrassment. It's a good thing to have a sister with a lot of imagination.

"Get out of the way, all of you." Jiang Ying flicked her sleeves and looked at the concierge arrogantly: "This is my sixth brother's guest, and you don't need to send it in, I'll take him directly to find the sixth brother." ”

"But ......."

"Wang!"

The porter hesitated, and the meat bun came coldly, with a loud roar, like a pair of copper bells with huge eyes.

"Yes!"

Jiang Ying is a well-known unruly noblewoman in Yanjing City, where do people dare to provoke her? Even if he dared to mess with her, absolutely no one dared to mess with the meat bun uncle beside her. So, one by one, they shrank their hands and feet and hid aside.

Jiang Ying pulled Jun Qinglan's sleeves and took her into the Guogong Mansion from the corner gate.

"How about it, our Guogong Mansion is beautiful." Jiang Ying pointed to a shadow wall with a long life span and said with a smile: "Don't underestimate this shadow wall, this wall was carved by the Holy Ancestor Emperor himself when he found the most famous skillful master Xun back then, and the eldest uncle is very baby." ”

Jun Qinglan just nodded and didn't speak. Jiang Ying took her all the way inside and introduced her to the scenery in the Guogong Mansion. The two of them turned side by side through a hanging flower gate, facing a lotus pond covering an extremely large area. There is an arch bridge over the pond, and the bridge is covered with water on both sides. Standing on the bridge, there is a wind surging from eight sides, and it is very cool.

Jiang Ying walked in the center of the bridge with Jun Qinglan and suddenly stopped, staring at her for a while before he smiled and said, "Brother Jun, in fact, I know that you don't have an invitation at all." ”

Jun Qinglan sighed in her heart, but there was no ripple on her face, and she was still light: "Oh? ”

In this way of acting, she learned from Li Congyao. It turns out that in this embarrassing time, just saying one word works so well? It's really amazing to pretend to be deep!

"Since you broke the case of Cui Tai, the eldest uncle ordered the sixth brother not to contact you. However, when he was on duty, he took people to Yizhuang to look for you, and when he came back, he said that you would live in Duanwang's mansion in the future. At that time, he seemed very sad, and he didn't notice that his uncle was behind him when he mentioned you. Since then, the eldest uncle has ordered Gui Qi to follow the sixth brother, but he is not allowed to associate with you, how can he send you an invitation to the Qiqiao Flower Club? ”

Jun Qinglan heard her explain the cause and effect clearly, and the depth on her face couldn't pretend anymore: "Since you know so clearly, why ......." ”

"Because I want to see you." Jiang Yingxin was straightforward and said her thoughts without thinking. After finishing speaking, he felt that it was inappropriate, and two red clouds immediately appeared on his cheeks, which were like fine rouge smudged on the two cheeks, delicate and beautiful.

This is bad!

Jun Qinglan pursed her lips lightly, thinking about how to dispel Jiang Ying's undeserved thoughts, and not hurt her self-esteem, so she opened her mouth again.

"It's the sixth brother who wants to see you. I just said the wrong thing in the moment, you don't have to take it seriously. ”

"I've forgotten." Jun Qinglan let out a long sigh of relief.

"Really?" Jiang Ying looked at her, and there was a dull astringency in her eyes: "That's really good." ”

Her voice sounded brisk, but the look betrayed her. She actually didn't have a good heart at all.

"I really came today to see Master Jiang." Jun Qinglan decided to change the topic immediately, otherwise she wouldn't be able to talk about it that day: "However, it's also great to look at you now." I'd like to ask you a favor. ”

"What's the rush? You said. Jiang Ying is a free and hearty character, and when she heard that she needed help, she immediately forgot about Fang Cai's worries.

"I heard that the flowers on the Dingguo Mansion are the best in the entire Yanjing City."

"Of course." Jiang Ying's face was full of pride: "The queen mother said that even the flowers in the imperial garden are not as good as the Dingguo Mansion." ”

"I saw a strange flower from the Western Regions in the Naturalist Chronicles. The color is bright and the smell is fragrant and rich. But I don't know if there is one in the principality's mansion. ”

Jiang Ying's eyes lit up: "Brother Jun is also a person who cherishes flowers." I don't know what you're talking about? The eldest princess and aunt cherish flowers the most, but whenever they find strange flowers and plants, they will definitely transplant them to the mansion to take care of them. If what you are talking about is really a strange flower in the Western Regions, and it is not even in the garden of the princess and aunt, then you will not be able to find it in the entire Yan Kyoto. ”

Jun Qinglan nodded: "When the flower blooms, it is bright red like fire, and the petals are as smooth as silk satin to the touch, and it is fragrant and fragrant when it blooms." Therefore, the ancients praised it in the book and said, "Rose, the beauty of stone, the rose, the pearl is good". The name of this flower is rose. ”

"It turned out to be a rose." Jiang Ying smiled and said, "You really asked the right person." Because the princess and aunt liked bright red the most, the eldest uncle happened to see this flower when he went out, so he did everything possible to get it and secretly raised a large piece. When it grows and blooms, she calls the princess and aunt to watch, and the princess and aunt are naturally very happy. As a result, a rose garden was built in the Guogong Mansion to cultivate all kinds of roses. Today, roses are more than just red. ”

"Look." Jiang Ying raised his hand and nodded somewhere under the bridge: "Get off the bridge and go due west, walk through two intersections, and then turn north and there will be a moon cave door." That's the rose garden. ”

"There really is such a strange flower in the world." Jun Qinglan smiled and said, "I'm really a little curious, I don't know if I will have the honor to take a look at the flower viewing party today." ”

"That's nature." Jiang Ying stroked his palms and smiled: "In our Jiang family, it is said that this rose garden represents the deep affection of the eldest uncle for the princess and aunt, so naturally everyone should come and take a good look." Go, I'll take you. ”

Jiang Ying lifted the corners of her skirt and ran forward happily like a deer.

"You're slower, you're not in a hurry."

Jun Qinglan looked at Jiang Ying with a smile and followed behind. The little girl's cheerful temperament makes her very envious, and her current life has long been far away from such simple happiness. It is only after losing something that one realizes how valuable something is that is inconspicuous. She envied Jiang Ying, so she wanted to spend more time with her. It was only when she was with her that she remembered that she had been so happy.

Jiang Ying obviously listened to her words, slowed down, and followed her. Jun Qinglan handed her the small wooden box in her hand: "This is for you." ”

"What?" Jiang Yingxing's eyes were full of water, and when she took the wooden box and opened it, she exclaimed: "Brother Jun actually bought so many needles?" ”

The embroidery needles in the box were collected by Jun Qinglan from the stalls in Daxing City, with single holes, seven holes, and nine holes. Northern Xia has always paid attention to begging, and every seventh day of the seventh month, the emperor will allow hundreds of officials to take a day off. There are many ways for the ladies in each province to beg for skill, and one of them is to cast a needle to test the skill. At noon on the day of Qixi Festival, the women would dry a bowl of water in the courtyard. After a long time, they will throw an embroidery needle into the water. If the needle sinks, it is not a coincidence. If it doesn't sink, it's a coincidence. The underwater needle shadow is also exquisite, and the shadow of the clouds and flowers, birds and beasts is called ingenious; Its shadow is as thick as a hammer, as thin as silk, and as straight as shaft wax, which is not a coincidence.

When Jun Qinglan was in charge of the state capital in the past, this kind of game was his favorite game every begging day. Naturally, the doorway in this is also summed up, and the shape of the projection is more or less related to the shape of the pinhole. Therefore, she chose different embroidery needles in Daxing City and bought them for Jiang Ying, hoping to add color to her.

Jiang Ying was naturally overjoyed: "Thank you, Brother Jun." The sixth brother always said that you are as careful as a hair, and now you see that it is really the case. Thou knowest so much about the things which our women love. ”

Jun Qinglan smiled lightly, how do you take this? It sounds like Jiang Ying is praising her, but she is a man at the moment. Such a compliment is not glorious at all.

Jiang Ying didn't notice the strangeness in her eyes, but two red clouds quietly floated out of her cheeks. Sneaking a glance at Jun Qinglan, seeing that she didn't look at herself, she buckled the wooden box and carefully put it in the purse around her waist.

Neither of them spoke again, and only then did they get off the bridge and meet each other, but they bumped into a group of people and walked out from under the flower tree laughing. Jiang Ying's eyes were sharp, and she saw Jiang Yufan in the crowd at a glance, so she called out to the sixth brother.

Jiang Yufan's eyes lit up immediately when he saw Jun Qinglan: "Qinglan? What are you doing here? ”

He hooked the corners of his lips and was about to lean over to this side, but Gui Qi stretched out his hand to stop him: "Seventh Master, the Principality said that you ......." ”

"My father only said that I was not allowed to look for Jun Qinglan, but now she is coming to me, and this is not your business." Jiang Yufan inserted his waist: "Are you the master or am I the master?" Get out of the way! ”

Gui Qi frowned and didn't move. Jiang Yufan's face gradually became ugly. Jiang Yufan is an informal person, but now it is different from the past, today is the begging flower viewing party of the Dingguo Mansion, and the mansion not only came to the ladies of various mansions, but also came to the sons of various noble families in Yanjing City.

Gui Qi doesn't have any affection in front of such outsiders, where can Jiang Yufan hang on his face? I'm about to have a seizure.

Jun Qinglan squinted, she came today with an important task, and Jiang Yufan was a key part of it. Don't let him go wrong.

So, she reached into her arms and showed the palace token that Li Congyao had given her before.

"Today, I am here to add to the Dingguo Mansion for His Royal Highness King Duan. I don't know, can you be qualified to talk to Jiang Xiaoye? ”