Four: Cover the peach blossoms
Two days later, Yao's army prepared to return to Beijing.
Su Qianli, who had been pestered by Yao Feixue for two days, couldn't help his soft grinding and hard bubbles, and went to see him off.
The morning sun dewed slightly, and the light of the first day passed through the leaves in the forest, hitting Yao Feixue's handsome side face in small pieces. Dressed in a dark red suit, Yao Feixue's temperament is extraordinary.
The action of getting on the horse is smooth and smooth, without a hint of procrastination.
Looking back at her and smiling, a pair of narrow eyes turned into a crescent moon.
It seems to be like a green leaf in the forest that comes in the spring breeze, fluttering into her heart lake, rippling and rippling......
remembered that in the past two days, he clumsily helped himself guide the herbs, quarreled with her on the ruthless cliff, told her many prosperous and interesting stories about the capital, and secretly went up the mountain with General Yao behind his back to collect medicine......
Su Qianli couldn't help but wonder.
Slightly touched in my heart, I didn't expect that this seemingly impetuous teenager also had a gentle side.
"Miss Su", Yao Feixue was holding the horse rope, and his father was on the side, he was not too naughty. I can only say goodbye to her honestly
"See you in the spring of the coming year."
Su Qianli stood beside the silent master, looked at the young man who was in high spirits immediately, and said silently
goodbye
……
"So it was here"
Gao Xuecian came over with a smile and sat down next to Su Qianli.
"If you have nothing to do, sit here", Su Qianli smiled lightly
"It's time to go out for a walk while it's not too cold on this day," Gao Xuecian said as he glanced at the silent surroundings.
Since Yao Feixue left, Su Qianli still lived the old days, meditating in the morning, collecting medicine at noon, only in the evening, occasionally coming to sit in the lotus lake pavilion, looking at the lake that is gradually no longer active, and the withered lotus leaves are silent.
After the cool autumn of midsummer, it is the early winter that gradually becomes lonely. The vivid dark red of those two days was like a dream.
For some reason, the heart that has always been calm has become a little fluctuating after Yao Feixuan left.
The name of Liyin Temple starts from the realm, and the valley and forest streams seem to not eat the fireworks of the world, and they are far away from the hustle and bustle of cars and horses.
In eight years, she had never stepped out of here. Su Qianli looked at the lake with a gloomy expression, and her thoughts gradually dissipated with the wind, and the prosperous and rich capital was ......
Gao Xuecian keenly caught the loneliness that flashed in Su Qianli's eyes, and glanced at the slightly bleak lake
"It's a pity that it's about to enter winter, and there is nothing left in this lake, so seeing it will only increase sadness", Gao Xuecian said softly with her eyebrows and eyes.
Su Qianli only felt a little lower in her heart: "Is Sister Xue's injury better", that day was dangerous, only to find that she had broken her foot when she returned to the temple, Mrs. Shi invited a doctor for her, Su Qianli looked at her originally white and tender ankle, which was red and swollen a lot, blue and purple, and seemed to be a little seriously injured.
Gao Xueciao's eyes narrowed slightly, thinking about her fast feet, and then frowned: "Although I won't invite the doctor to come and see, it takes a hundred days to hurt my muscles and bones, how can it be so fast."
sighed lightly and said, "It's just that it's about to enter winter, and I'm afraid it's ...... to go back to Beijing."
The semantics are endless.
Su Qianli is small but not stupid, although she is indifferent, she is not ruthless, and now Gao Xuecian is also helpless, and she is commensurate with her sisters, and she can help naturally.
"After the winter, the snow is falling, and it is not suitable to go far away, so Sister Xuecicada can live in the temple with peace of mind."
After a pause, Su Qianli said again: "If you are not in a hurry, you can also go back to the capital with me in April next year."
Gao Xueciao's eyes lit up instantly, and she hurriedly thanked Su Qianli.
A stone fell in her heart, and she was originally thinking about finding some excuse for her to promise to take her back to the capital, but she didn't expect it to be so easy.
Glancing at Su Qianli's indifferent expression, he felt that it was not as dazzling as before.
"Sister Snow Cicada"
"Huh?"
“…… Is the capital beautiful? Su Qianli asked, staring at the lake.
Gao Xuecian was stunned for a moment, looking at her and stunned.
Seeing the imperceptible gloom in Su Qianli's eyes, he couldn't help but feel a trace of sympathy in his heart.
Before the moment she escaped from the Gao family, she had never seen the outside world.
"I haven't been to the capital before, but I've only heard that it is prosperous and rich, with powerful businessmen gathering, and there are high eaves and teeth, and each hugs the terrain."
Hearing this, Su Qianli finally shifted her attention to Gao Xuecian, wanting to learn a lot about the capital from her.
"It's a fascinating place" and the pinnacle of power! A hint of longing flashed in Gao Xueciao's eyes.
"There, is the capital of the Son of Heaven. It is a place where literati and celebrities chase fame and fortune......"
Su Qianli listened intently, before that, she had never thought about what the capital was like.
Yao Feixue grew up there, and I remember that he told him a lot, there are little sugar people, river lanterns, and fireworks......
For the first time in eight years, Su Qianli had the idea of returning to the capital in her heart.
The cool wind blew the surface of the lake, and the sunset greedily put away its last rays, and seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, the two of them left the Lianhu Pavilion.
……
Hengguo Mansion in the capital
Da-da-da-da!
The sound of horses' hooves echoed from far and near in the vast white mist.
Jun had been waiting outside the door early in the morning, and today, her husband and children were coming back.
Hearing the voice, Jun's eyebrows were full of smiles, and he took a few steps forward to look.
On the dark cloud horse, wearing a soft armor suit, a bright red cloak fluttering, long hair tied to a crown, a silver iron armor tied to her white forehead, a jade face is heroic, and her neat boots are rushing towards the Guogong Mansion with a horse's belly, who is not her second daughter Su Shangfeng?
This girl is still so impatient.
"Mother", Su Shangfeng turned over and dismounted and came to the front and called sweetly.
Jun glanced at the second daughter: "Always so impatient"
Grabbing Su Shangfeng's hand with pity, the originally white and delicate hands have become a little rough, there are some inconspicuous calluses between the fingers, and the originally chubby little hands have become slender and powerful.
My heart hurts a little, I must have suffered a lot in the barracks for more than a year......
"Mother, I'm hungry", seeing that her mother's eyebrows and eyes were hazy, she knew that she felt sorry for her, Su Shangfeng hurriedly said.
"Dad and Shenghua are too slow, I'll come back first, I didn't eat breakfast", Su Shangfeng changed his pungent and bold image in the barracks in front of his mother, and snuggled up to his mother obediently and coquettishly.
After all, I still like the age of snuggling up to my mother.
"You, you don't look like your daughter's house, you're back, and you're not in a hurry for a while, let's go in and eat", Jun nodded his daughter's forehead and said dotingly.
"Mother, go back with me, the morning fog is heavy, and the cold will invade the body and I am afraid that the wind will chill"
Jun glanced at the white mist of the street, but the second daughter still went back with her.
Before noon, the people of the Su family had already returned, and Su Yankai had just entered the city gate with his front foot and was summoned to the palace by the emperor with his back foot, and he only came back in the evening.
In the room, Jun was familiar with changing her husband's clothes, and when she raised her eyes, she saw that her husband's face was a little dignified, and his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled.
This time the border pass victory, I don't think he is for this, is it ...... In the palace?
Thinking of this, Jun's movements stopped, and his expression changed slightly.
If it's in the palace, it's much more complicated than what happens on the battlefield.
"Is tonight's meal still to my husband's appetite?" Jun asked Rourou. Since her husband didn't speak, she wasn't in a hurry to ask.
Su Yankai changed into his regular clothes, and the whole person was much more relaxed, hugged Jun Shi into his arms, lowered his head and squinted and sniffed
"Of course, Madame is still so fragrant"
Jun blushed and pushed Su Kai: "Not serious"
Su Yan smiled and hugged her tighter, bowed his head and said, "I think about your delicacy every day in the barracks."
Jun's face turned even redder, and although he had been married for many years, he was still shy, so he buried his head in his arms and muttered
"I've been worried day and night, but you're thinking about it...... Inconsequential things"
"Nothing is more important than my wife and children," Su Yankai said gently
Su Yankai hugged his wife with one hand, kneaded her white hand with the other, and said after a while: "Today, I entered the palace to see the emperor and the concubine."
Lady? Jun frowned slightly and was silent.
Although she was the emperor's aunt, the first emperor at that time was much older than her, had a good relationship with her, and was like a father and daughter, but she was not very close to the current emperor, and when Emperor Jing ascended the throne, she was already married to a wife.
Despite this, she still knows some things in the palace.
The Su family is prosperous, and the former Guogong has five children alone. Su Yankai ranked second, and the concubine who entered the palace in her early years was the daughter of the former prince.
Concubine Shu has a son and a daughter, the second prince Junting, and the fourth princess Jun Yuyang. In previous years, the Jun family would meet her at the palace banquet according to the etiquette system, chatting about some family things, the concubine was peaceful, and she was a little similar to Su Yankai, and she was very kind. As for whether her temperament is as gentle as it seems, the Jun family does not explore, the concubine of the deep palace, which one is simple.
What's more, there is also a Mrs. Yaoji in the palace.
Speaking of this lady, maybe it was because she often heard about her from the mouth of the concubine, or maybe it was heard from the mouths of some princes and nobles outside the palace, and the Jun family was particularly impressed by this lady.
Whether in the palace or outside the palace, people know this lady who has been favored for more than ten years. I heard that the lady is peerless in appearance and peerless.
And he was born in the Yao family.
However, due to his low rank and inability to attend the palace banquet, the Jun family had never seen this lady, and only occasionally heard a few words about that lady from Concubine Shu.
It's just that the water in the palace is very deep, and who dares to explore the royal secrets?
"But what's important?" Jun asked worriedly.
Su Yankai patted Jun's back and said softly
"I'm just thinking about my brother......"
Concubine Shu has a deep brother-sister relationship with her husband, and the war with Zhaoguo for more than a year has finally ended, and she is worried that her brother is also forgivable.
But is it really just for this reason?
Ever since she had a mishap, because of that incident, she didn't want to have too much to do with the people in the palace.
Thinking of the things in the palace, Su Yankai was also a little bored, but he didn't want to see his wife worried, so he wanted to divert her attention and said, "That kid Shenghua is too squeamish, you can't spoil him in the future."
Well? The Jun family broke free from Su Yankai's arms, and on weekdays, it was the old man who spoiled the child, why did the culprit become her again.
Jun gave him a disgusting look. "I'm spoiled"
Then he thought of the child's life in the barracks, and was busy pestering her husband to ask the child about it.
"Sheng Hua, is he injured? Can he stand life in the barracks? And Shangfeng ......"
Su Yankai looked at this person he missed day and night gently, and patiently answered her, no matter how big or small.
"Although Hua'er is squeamish, she is also smart and does not let herself suffer"
"The food in the barracks is not good, but it is also well fed"
For a person like him, who may go to the battlefield at any time, what an easy but precious happiness it is to be able to hold his wife in his arms, listen to her talk about the trivial things in life, and talk with her about the interesting things in the neighborhood of Nine Lane.
……
On the ruthless cliff, the wind is blowing, and the peach petals are falling. fluttering, circling in the wind, there were a few pieces of naughty, falling on Su Qianli's delicate face.
Su Qianli picked up the petals and looked at them, the slender ink hair was scattered on the stone, and she was dressed in a plain skirt that was elegant and dusty.
As soon as the winter moon passes, the peach blossoms in the mountains can't wait to bloom.
Yesterday, the Su family sent someone to pick her up, and today she set off, and Su Qianli came back from the ruthless cliff to say goodbye to the silent master.
The silent master sat in the hall and knocked on the wooden fish. The sound of clicking and clicking came into Su Qianli's ears one by one. Peace and quiet as always.
Mrs. Shi is still the same kind appearance, but she is much older than before.
Su Qianli stood behind and glanced down at the snow-white and elegant plain skirt on her body, this was the first time she had worn clothes other than a female nun's robe. Thinking that he was not a Buddhist in the first place, he raised his eyes to look at Shitai's back.
Familiar and somewhat unfamiliar. Mrs. Shi is the closest person to him, and when he thinks of leaving this person who has been by his side since he was a child, he thinks of leaving today.
Su Qianli's clear eyes finally flashed with a hint of reluctance.
"Mrs. Shi", Su Qianli knelt down behind Mrs. Mute and kowtowed to her, and said
"Thank you for your care and enlightenment over the years, I returned to Beijing today and came to say goodbye to Mrs. Shi"
Hearing this, the movements on the silent master's hand stopped. I didn't look back, I just said flat
"This goes, the road ahead is bumpy, cherish"
Bumpy road ahead? Su Qianli was a little puzzled. Then he kowtowed to the silent master again before leaving.
"Miss please", Mama Yu saw Su Qianli for the first time, although her body was thin, she was beautiful. A snow skirt is like a fairy in the forest, and she doesn't know the beauty of fireworks in the world. A pair of single-eyelid apricot eyes, clear and indifferent, have an ethereal and beautiful temperament.
Mama Yu was used to seeing those decent ladies in the capital, and the first time she saw a woman like Su Qianli, she was unconsciously amazed.
Su Qianli got into the carriage and looked around, the width of the carriage was moderate, the frame was carved with patterns, and there was a faint fragrance.
Su Qianli guessed that it should be some incense or something. It's really low-key and extravagant.
The carriage was moving forward slowly, and Su Qianli picked up the corner of the curtain and looked out.
The mid-spring scenery is picturesque, and the fragrance of peach blossoms wafts in the wind. The corners of Su Qianli's mouth hooked slightly, and he took a deep breath, the fragrance was not strong, it should be a little far away from the Yin Temple.
There was also a smaller carriage behind Su Qianli's carriage, which was ordinarily decorated. Mama Yu and Mama Sun chatted about family life. Gao Xuecian sat aside and was silent.
The two maids sitting opposite Gao Xuecian thought that Gao Xuecian was embarrassed, so she accosted her: "I heard that Miss Gao came to the capital to look for relatives?" ”
The one who spoke was a maid with a somewhat mellow body, named Xiaoning. The thinner maid on the side is her sister Xiaohe. Both of them are the daughters of Mama Yu, and they came with Mama Yu to pick up the third lady.
"Exactly", Gao Xuecian smiled and answered their questions while secretly looking at their clothes.
The two maids are not very high-level, but this simple specification of clothing is much better than hers.
Gao Xuecian lowered her eyes, remembering that before getting into the car, she saw the fragrant car BMW that Su Qianli was sitting in, and the jade fingers in her sleeves did not feel tightened.