50. Thick dumplings
Ji Shenxiu went to find Dou Yanzhang after returning from the Lin family, told him the original worries of Mrs. Lin, and persuaded: "Brother is talented, and it is really condescending to serve as a staff member, if you don't come back from the next test, you can stay in Beijing safely, and your cousin doesn't have to run with you after getting married." Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Testing"
"That's not what I want." Dou Yanzhang's face was difficult.
"Brother think about Mei'er, if Mei'er marries you as a wife, my brother must not want to take a concubine anymore, if you don't take a concubine, you will take her all over the world as a home, she is so beautiful, how many people want to beat her idea? Can my brother protect it? If she stays in Beijing, the Ji family and the Lin family will support her. “
yes, that's stunning. How can he protect it?
He thought about it for several days, and made up his mind to enter the science field, and happened to meet Mrs. Lin to see Lin Qingmei. Mrs. Lin didn't know Dou Yanzhang, but she only felt that this young scholar was as slender as a bamboo, with a handsome face and a Confucian demeanor, so she looked at each other for a long time. Dou Yanzhang was embarrassed. Flee.
Old Madam Lin said to Yuhong: "Who is this Langjun?" Born like a girl, beautiful, temperament, I have never seen such a shy Langjun. “
After a while, Lin Qingmei called behind her: "Yanzhang! Extended chapter! Are you going to take Mei'er out to play? “
When Mrs. Lin turned around, she saw the scholar smiling gently at Mei'er, Mei'er looked at him with a look of hope, but he shook his head.
Mei'er's expression was immediately disappointed.
Mrs. Lin said in her heart: It turns out that this is the Dou family Langjun who wants to marry Mei'er, and he looks good. I just don't know what the character is.
Lin Qingmei walked towards her dejectedly and complained, "Grandmother, Mei'er really wants to go out to play, it's time to go on an outing in spring." "If Brother Ling is here, he will definitely take her to the spring outing, and he will also bring a lot of vegetables to the picnic.
Old Madam Lin lowered her face: "Don't make trouble, you were abducted when you went out to play on the Yuan Festival." Stay at my grandfather's house obediently. “
Lin Qingmei lowered her head lonely: there is no Brother Ling here, no small pets, and no beautiful lanterns, she doesn't want to play here at all, but Cousin Shen and grandmother let her stay here.
If it was Brother Ling, Brother Ling would take her wherever she wanted. I really want to play with Brother Ling!
She climbed up the pavilion again and looked north. The swallows rise and fall between the high walls, the willows are still there, the peach blossoms are red, and the eyes are full of spring vitality, and the little green plum misses Zhao Ling more and more.
Suddenly, a dexterous little animal dragged its long tail up the stairs, and Lin Qingmei looked at it, it was actually Rouge. When she was in Jingzhou, she sent it to deliver a letter to Brother Ling, why did it come to Cousin Shen's house?
Mei Lingshuang's body was full of mud, mud was knotted on her body, her snow-white fur turned gray, and she was dirty and miserable, only a pair of eyes were still shining, and when she saw Lin Qingmei, she raised her front paws and jumped into her arms excitedly.
Xiaomei: ?? Oops, Mei Lingshuang, you're so dirty!
She took Mei Lingshuang down the stairs and looked for water to bathe it. While washing, he said: "Mei Lingshuang, have you reported to Brother Ling?" Why didn't Brother Ling come to Mei'er to play? “
Mei Lingshuang let her rub in the water, very well-behaved. Hearing Lin Qingmei ask Brother Ling, it tilted its head to look at her, not knowing why.
It's just a small pet, and it's long forgotten about its mission. After it escaped from Baihualou, it was wild outside, and finally felt lonely, so it followed the owner's scent all the way to Ji Mansion.
As soon as Xiao Qingmei saw its confused appearance, she knew that it was not looking for Brother Ling. However, she had a soft temper, wiped it dry and held it in her arms, rummaged through it on the dresser and found that there was no rose water, and then she remembered that the rose water was given to her by Brother Ling, and it was all placed in the palace.
Brother Ling said that the rose water was brought by merchants from the Western Regions and was extremely precious. It is also said that "the old grace is just like rose water, dripping on Kira until the fragrance of death", which has a rich and long-lasting fragrance.
Lin Qingmei often takes a drop after bathing the mink, and between the two little pets, the air is full of rich aroma.
There is no rose water, Mei Lingshuang only has a faint fragrance of bath beans on her body, and it seems that she is not used to not applying incense after taking a bath. It stood on the dresser for a long time.
Lin Qingmei looked for the rouge out, drew a beautiful rouge mark on its head, and still carried it to the pavilion to ascend, she pointed to the faint Xuande Tower in the north and said: "There is the palace where Brother Ling lives!" However, Brother Ling didn't like Mei'er anymore, so he didn't come to play with Mei'er. “
Mei Lingshuang stood on her shoulder with concern, and raised her little head to look north. Lin Qingmei grabbed it into her arms and said, "Ling Shuangmei was taken away by the old woman, I don't know if Brother Ling found it when he went to Jingzhou." You're just like Mei'er, you have to have someone to have fun! “
When Ji Shenxiu came back from a business trip, Lin Qingmei hugged Mei Lingshuang to look for him and said, "Cousin Shen, Mei'er's Mei Lingshuang is back, but there is only one person, so pitiful!" “
"Hmm, Mei'er wants to buy another one?" It is not easy to buy a mink that can be manipulated, and the prince spent a lot of effort for two mink.
"It's hard to buy!" Lin Qingmei told him seriously, her eyes were clear and innocent, "Cousin Shen can ask Brother Ling if Ling Shuangmei is there or not." “
Ji Shenxiu didn't really want to help, once he asked, the prince would definitely get to the bottom of it. If he knew that Mei'er was back, wouldn't Dou Yanzhang make wedding clothes for others?
He decided to steal it back.
The prince went to Jingzhou and brought back only one mink. I carry it in my arms every day, and I take it out to tease when I have free time. However, since he only returned to the capital alone, he has a lot of free time, and he is often in a daze.
The next day, he went to the East Palace to pay respects, and since Lin Qingmei disappeared, the prince always looked for him to tell him some old things about Lin Qingmei, and the whole person was a lot haggard. The prince was sitting in the study of the Chongjiao Hall at this time, and he was stroking Ling Shuangmei in his arms without a match, and when he saw him, he asked, "Is there something wrong with Ji Hanlin?" “
Ji Shenxiu was worried in his heart, said "It's okay", took out a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to him: "Your Highness, this is Mei'er's beating, and the minister sees that you think about Mei'er day and night." Specially transferred to chat to express my gratitude. “
Zhao Ling took it and took a look, and hid it in his arms in a depressed mood: "When she comes back, let her pick up the jade pendant." “
At this time, Ling Shuangmei came out of her arms, and when Ji Shenxiu saw it jump in front of her, she grabbed it into her arms and teased it. coincided with Quan An's arrival: "Your Highness, the latest battle situation in Northern Xinjiang has arrived. “
Ji Shenxiu hurriedly hugged Ling Shuangmei and avoided outside the hall, and vaguely heard Zhao Ling say: "If King Wu wants the position of prince, give it to him."
Ji Shenxiu wanted to take Ling Shuangmei away, but Ling Shuangmei recognized the master, and when Ji Shenxiu walked to the Chongjiao Gate, it struggled to jump on its shoulders, jumped onto the wall with its strength, and ran back.
The plan to steal Ling Shuangmei failed.
That night, he ran home to coax Lin Qingmei: "The prince said that he had to let Mei Lingshuang pick up Ling Shuangmei." “
Xiao Qingmei listened, did not doubt it, and cleaned Mei Lingshuang, and the next day Ji Shenxiu took it to the East Palace again.
He wanted to use Mei Lingshuang to lure Ling Shuangmei out of the palace.
In the East Palace, Zhao Ling was still worried about the letter sent back from the north yesterday: King Wu is worthy of being the god of war, this time he defeated the Xiongnu and Xianbei at the same time, captured a large number of people and horses of the royal families of the two countries, and must be arrogant again after returning to the court.
Ji Shenxiu still caught Ling Shuangmei in his arms to play, Ling Shuangmei smelled the smell of her companion and got into his clothes, Zhao Ling saw this, and reached out to catch it: "I don't even know the master anymore." “
Ji Shenxiu hurriedly covered it and said with a smile: "Your Highness, let Weichen play." “
Zhao Ling sighed: "If there are still two of them, I don't mind letting you play with them." It's a pity that since Mei'er went missing, Lone can only hold it from time to time to express his sorrows, and can't bear to say goodbye to it temporarily. “
He still reached out to touch it, and Ji Shenxiu hurriedly said, "Come on, Weichen!" He was afraid that Zhao Ling would touch the two minks and be touched by a big man in his arms.
He reached into his arms and pulled out a mink and handed it to Zhao Ling, Zhao Ling looked at it, there was a rouge mark on his head, and said in surprise: "Where did Ji Hanlin get Mei Lingshuang?" “
Ji Shenxiu sweated on his head: I took it wrong!
He looked at Zhao Ling, and in his fierce eyes, he touched Ling Shuangmei again: "A friend bought it when he was in Jingzhou, and Weichen saw that it was very similar to Mei'er's pet, so he asked for it." “
Zhao Linghu looked at him suspiciously, then looked at the Rouge Record, and said firmly: "No, this Rouge is newly painted." He looked at Ji Shenxiu with longing eyes, pursed his lips, the answer was in front of him, but he stopped: "Is this painted by Mei'er?" “
Ji Shenxiu shook his head again and again: "It was painted by an insider, Mei'er once held two minks for her to play with." “
Zhao Ling raised his head and sighed, and took the two minks back into his arms, depressed, and did not pay attention to discipline and prudent cultivation. Ji Shenxiu was bored and fled with his tail between his legs.
When he got home, his arms were empty, Xiao Qingmei rummaged through them, and asked him why one was gone, and he said, "The prince said that he bought the two minks, and he won't give you one anymore." “
Xiao Qingmei had tears in her eyes and cried sadly: "Brother Ling doesn't play with Mei'er, and the two little pets don't give Mei'er, Mei'er doesn't get along with him." “
Ji Shenxiu persuaded: "Yes, the prince is not good to Mei'er, Mei'er don't think about him." It's good for me to watch Yanzhang! “
Xiao Qingmei wiped her tears and couldn't listen to anything: she wanted to play with Brother Ling, but everyone said that Yanzhang was good. Now that Brother Ling is not on good terms with her, can she only play with Yanzhang?
She sadly returned to her yard, where her grandmother had brought her wedding dress a few days earlier. The grandmother said that she liked Yanzhang very much, and planned to marry her to Yanzhang, so that she could embroider the wedding dress quickly, and when autumn came, she could be a beautiful bride.
Xiao Qingmei didn't want to embroider a wedding dress.
She remembered that when she was looking for scissors to cut the wedding dress, Brother Ling said very domineeringly that she was not allowed to cut it, and said that she would marry him in a beautiful wedding dress in the future. For this, he gave her a lot of beautiful jewelry to adorn her wedding dress.
Xiao Qingmei wanted to marry Brother Ling, but Brother Ling didn't want her anymore.
She lay on her bed and cried for a long time, until it was dark and she fell asleep hungry. In the past, she had never been hungry in the East Palace, and now no one cared about her.
And the more Zhao Ling thought about it at this time, the more wrong it became, how could the mink that Ji Shenxiu was brought back by Jingzhou in a hurry? And the bride had never seen two minks. Because when Ji Shenxiu asked Mei'er to stay in the house, he said that "there are no two minks to warm their feet at night", so Mei'er reluctantly returned to the palace.
He instructed Quan An: "Drive, go to Shangshu Mansion." “
During the second watch, Zhao Ling entered Yimei Courtyard in the dark as usual. The courtyard was quiet, a light was clearly extinguished by the window, and the jasper bun was reflected on the pane. Zhao Ling pushed the door open. Seeing that she was embroidering socks, she was the only one in the room.
When Biyu saw Zhao Ling, she was very surprised: "Why is Your Highness here?" “
Zhao Ling searched in the room for a long time and asked, "Didn't Mei'er come back?" “
Jasper shook her head. Zhao Ling sat on the edge of the bed dejectedly, the bed was very neat, but there was a thin layer of gray on the pedals, which really didn't look like someone had slept on.
Since returning to the capital. He would come to her room every two or three days to sit, and Biyu would sometimes tell him about Lin Qingmei's old things, mostly some childish words that made people laugh, and the two would laugh and laugh, and always sigh in unison.
Zhao Ling saw that the box at the head of the bed was not locked, this was an important box on the top of Xiaoqingmei, and her wedding dress was placed in it, he opened the box, and saw that it was empty, and said in surprise: "What about Mei'er's wedding dress?" “
Biyu said: "The old lady said that she wanted to take the girl's wedding dress as a thought, and she ordered Yuhong to take it away a few days ago. “
The box was empty, and even the needle and thread and Dongzhu were missing, including the beautiful jewels he had given to Mei'er. He covered it: "Where is the old lady going to make a thought, this is to scavenge the land." Why didn't she carry the box with her? "There's nothing left in there anyway.
After careful consideration, Dou Yanzhang decided to participate in the imperial examination, but the township examination was held in three years, and the old year had already been held.
Ji Shenxiu persuaded and assured him in every way, and his mouth was worn out, saying that if he was to take the next exam, he would definitely be able to come back with a meritorious name. Mrs. Lin saw that he often studied hard in the Ji family, so she relieved and allowed him to take the exam again after marriage.
On this day, Lin Qingmei just picked up the wedding dress. Dou Yanzhang came to visit. Dou Yanzhang saw that the wedding dress was Hangzhou silk, and the threads used on it were gold threads and feather threads, which were brilliant and colorful, and he knew a lot. So he said: "Qingqing's wedding dress costs a lot of money to embroider, right?" “
Xiao Qingmei said innocently: "I didn't spend any money!" These were all given by grandmother and Brother Ling. “
Dou Yanzhang knew that the "Brother Ling" in her mouth was the crown prince, and she felt inferior for no reason.
He couldn't afford to give her such a nice gift. His ancestors served as staff, and his family did not have more than 20 acres of land and seven or eight servants, which was only a little brighter than ordinary people. Compared with the Lin family, it is still very different. Compared with the crown prince?? Self-inflicted humiliation.
He handed her the paper bag in his hand, which was wrapped in some thick sugar, and said, "The ugly mother-in-law's sugar shop is thick and sweet, Qingqing eats it." “
Xiao Qingmei focused on the wearing line, turned her head to open her mouth, and her teeth were slightly exposed. Dou Yanzhang was stunned in his heart: This is to feed him.
He twisted a piece of sugar to feed her, she bit down on the candy cube, her soft lips lingered on his fingertips, and a crispy numbness went down her arm to her heart, and her whole body was ironed.
Xiao Qingmei puffed out half of her cheeks and said, "It's so sweet!" “
Dou Yanzhang was greatly comforted in his heart: although Lin Qingmei was well-dressed and well-fed, she was not squeamish at all, and on the way back to Beijing, she would eat whatever he bought, and she was never picky. Such a girl, even if his family conditions are not good, why should he worry about not being able to support him?
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