31. Night Walk (I)
"Twilight, what time is it?"
Ruohua leaned on the couch and slowly opened his eyes and shouted. Xianchun had already left, and he slept until night, and the moon outside was already hanging in the night, and now he felt a little hungry when he got up. The question from the dream still echoed in her mind, and she felt a kind of entanglement when she thought about it.
Although I still have a fever all over my body, I feel much better than before. Ruohua only felt hungry, but she didn't get a response from Twilight, so she had to get up on her own.
She clumsily dressed herself, then put on a coat and walked out. The snow outside had not yet melted, and it looked particularly beautiful in the moonlight, and it also looked a little brighter. The whole Yijing Xuan was extremely quiet, as if there was no one left.
Ruohua followed her memory and walked to Yi Jingxuan's kitchen, but there was no one to see, and the kitchen door was locked.
She couldn't help frowning, and suddenly felt that she had lost her appetite, so she decided to walk around the mansion at will. She did the same, and then she walked to the side of the corridor, where the lanterns were hung, and it looked so bright that she would not fall.
Ruohua walked along the corridor, looking at the delicate lines on the wooden railing on the side, and his mood was slightly better. The scenery around is very good, and she is happy to enjoy the night view here, but then again, this is the first time she has carefully watched the night view of the princess's mansion.
She circled around here twice, then walked out again, and came out of Yi Jing Xuan.
Walking here at night has to be said to be a good choice. So she walked while admiring the snow scene along the way, and walking in the moonlight on such a snowy day added a bit of poetry.
There was no half figure around, and the silence of the entire princess's mansion was like a pool of death, which really startled her.
She subconsciously walked towards the main hall, and her steps sped up a little. When she arrived at the main hall, she saw Mianning sitting on the main seat with a calm face, and below was the maid of the princess's mansion.
However, Ruohua had no intention of standing by at the moment, and hurriedly stepped forward.
When Mianning saw her coming, she hurriedly got up and greeted her, "Imperial sister, when did you wake up?" What's wrong? How long has it been? β
"Ahem...... It's not long before ...... Cough...... I thought about it and got up, and when I saw that there was no one, I went to the main hall...... cough..."Ruohua just quickened his pace, couldn't breathe for a while, and began to cough, coughing while replying to Mianning's question.
Mianning hurriedly stroked her back with her right hand and patted it gently, Ruohua coughed for a long time before she eased up. Ruohua glanced at the kneeling people around him, and couldn't help frowning, "You all go down first, this palace and the second elder brother will talk, you all perform your duties, don't be lazy, if this palace finds that you are a little lazy, then run around the palace." β
After everyone was dispersed, only Twilight Qin was left to serve in front of the two, and Ruohua continued, "Brother Huang, what's the matter, isn't Ruohua okay?" β
"Your last attack and this time you fell into the water, Huang Ama knows everything." Mianning's face was a little ugly, and she paused for a long time before speaking.
Ruohua was shocked, and lowered his head to hide the panic in his eyes, "Huang Ama...... Say anything again? β
"Huang Ama was furious, and in order to prevent the mastermind behind the scenes from going unpunished, he asked me to investigate privately. As for why you gathered the people of your house today, it is just to ask about today's events, not to startle the snake, and this is also a reaction. Mianning sighed.
Ruohua didn't speak, lowered his head and didn't speak.
"Don't think about it, the imperial brother will help you in this matter, don't worry about it, the imperial brother knows that you are wronged, what is there to carry the imperial brother, okay?" Mianning only felt sorry for her sister, and felt that there were always people targeting her openly and secretly.
When Ruohua heard this, he raised his head, there was no look in his eyes, and it was so deep that he couldn't see the bottom, "It's okay, brother understands." But this matter, Ruohua wants to check it himself. β
This sentence was extremely firm, and it could be heard from Ruohua's tone that this was a decision that would be changed if he didn't say anything. Ruohua's words made Mianning a little surprised, he stared at Ruohua for a while, and it was not easy to see a stubborn look from Ruohua's eyes.
Now he understands that he is underestimating this sister. She was never as fragile as she thought, but underneath her adorable exterior, she had a surprisingly stubborn soul.
Mianning nodded.
Seeing Mianning nodded, Ruohua breathed a sigh of relief, only to hear Mianning continue, "Don't be reckless in everything, do your best." β
"Okay." Ruohua agreed with his mouth. I also feel some warmth in my heart, it seems that the original owner has a good brother. She didn't see the change in Mianning's attitude towards herself these days, obviously recognized her, and she was happy to see herself as a sister.
There is only one brother in her family, and as for her growing up in the palm of her hand, she always feels that this is very good, and she feels like returning to her previous life in a trance.
"Actually, the royal brother has always felt strange, did you and Xianchun know each other before, I see that the two of you almost have to quarrel when you meet, what is going on?" Mianning picked up the topic, then looked at Ruohua, asked very seriously, stared at her carefully, as if he wanted to see a flaw in her face.
Ruohua suddenly didn't cry, she didn't laugh, she couldn't get angry when she thought of Xianchun, so she had to say coldly, "Ruohua and Mu Beizi can know anything, but they disagree, and they have to be angry every time...... Why did the royal brother suddenly ask about this? β
When Mianning heard this, she had to laugh twice to hide her embarrassment, "It's nothing, it's just curious, just ask casually." β
"Brother Huang, I want to ask you, when did he leave...... Ruohua didn't ask him about anything. Ruohua said, and suddenly felt that Mianning's eyes were not right when she looked at her, so she quickly changed her words.
"He probably sat down until the evening and left, but his face didn't look very good, and he was afraid that he caught a cold from falling into the water." Mianning smiled, and then replied recalling.
"Oh." Ruohua stopped talking, it seemed that he was thinking too much, how could a person like Xianchun leave a message for himself. She shook her head, then smiled bitterly, "Brother Huang, have you ever been unable to see yourself clearly?" β
"Can't see yourself?" Mianning was a little surprised, Ruohua's question seemed sudden, almost catching him off guard.
He thought for a moment and replied, "There should still be, but I can't remember exactly when." I vaguely remember when I was a child, I always felt that I was stupid and did a lot of stupid things, but now that I think about it, I must not believe that I did it myself, just as naΓ―ve and childlike, I think it's okay. β
"Brother Huang, I don't think that's the kind of question I'm asking." Ruohua listened to him talk away, and suddenly felt more and more crying and laughing, "Actually, I also think that people are quite strange, sometimes they always think about some things that they don't have, and they will find reasons to excuse themselves, and in the end, I don't know how." β
"Haha...... Why don't you go for a walk together? The snow scene outside is good, and I will send you back to the yard to rest, you are not fully well now, it is better to rest more. Mianning was a little embarrassed, laughed dryly, and opened the topic again.
"It's fine." Ruohua tilted his head and thought for a while, but agreed, and then got up and walked first. Mianning followed closely, and the two walked up in this snowy night.
It was quiet all around, and the maids and servants were all doing their own duties and finding things to do. No one realized that the two masters, Mianning and Ruohua, walked past them.
Ruohua took a different path to go back, which was relatively more remote than the one she came from before, but in her eyes, it was a good place. Ruohua turned her head to look at Mianning who was following her, and when she saw that she turned around and smiled at herself, she was also relieved, walking step by step, afraid that she would slip.
It's true that very few people come here, and even the maids are not necessarily interested in this kind of place.
"It's a farther way than the other way." Mianning looked at this road carefully, only to feel that it was extremely quiet here, and he looked at Ruohua and only felt very strange, why did Ruohua like this road so much.
"But it's quiet." Ruohua frowned, she also knew that this kind of place was not something that everyone would like, but she still couldn't help but go here, "Brother Huang doesn't like this?" β
"It's not that I don't like it, but I just think it's strange that you, a girl, would like such a quiet place." Mianning shook his head, he didn't expect Ruohua to still like quiet places so much.
"I don't like it very much, but when I feel upset, I can feel calm when I go to a place like this." Ruohua smiled, looked at the silent forest around him, and then read, "It's not like what the ancestors said, 'You can't live for a long time with its borders', it's just quiet." β
"The royal sister also reads Liu Hedong's text?" Mianning was really surprised this time, it is still the era of the eight strands, the girl's family wants to read books, and it is still the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" as the top, like Liu Zongyuan, I am afraid that few people know it.
Ruohua was stunned, and only reacted for a long time, this is the Qing Dynasty, no more than other dynasties, but just smiled, "It's nothing, I accidentally read the "Little Stone Pond Story", it is a masterpiece." β
I'm afraid this article is abandoned in modern times, and middle school students have heard it, but I'm afraid there are few women here who know it. Ruohua turned his head and continued to walk, Mianning didn't want to continue to ask, followed up, and intuitively felt that the scenery around him kept changing, only the lantern in Ruohua's hand illuminated the stone road in front of him, and the scenery on the side could only be seen approximately.
A gust of wind blew, the wind was cold to the bone, but I felt calm. Mianning knew why Ruohua thought of that sentence, in this cold winter wax moon, it is indeed not suitable to live here for a long time.
Carrying the lantern in their hands, the two continued to move forward against the wind.
A chuckle was heard in the distance, barely audible, "Here...... It's really clean and fun. β