Ordinary Objects Chapter 4: A Handful of Farmhouse Rice (Part I)
"Huh?"
"You don't think much about it. The rumors in the house are also true, if they are false, this king will let people clear the public. β
Ah Nuan blinked her eyes blankly, a little confused by Yan Jin's words.
"Don't you understand? You're right, this king does have an interest in you. Now you can tell me safely, what more do you want? I can give it to you. β
His eyes were meaningful, and he was deliberately close to her. The two looked at each other, especially Yan Jin's gaze, which was quite hot.
The heat is worse than the emotion.
The scorching heat is not like looking at a beloved, but more like looking at a panacea.
Ah Nuan, who didn't have much resistance, had already stagnated his thoughts.
It was as if there was a string in her mind that had collapsed.
She didn't say anything, Yan Jin put them on the table one by one.
"Concubine? Concubine? Lady Side? Could it be, Princess? β
The choice is yours, as long as you stay with me. He thought to himself.
The word "princess" finally recalled Ah Nuan's sanity.
It was inconvenient for her to express her doubts about Princess Beihe, so she seemed too concerned.
At this point, she wanted to know the answer to another question.
"Why me?"
A fairy-like princess, a high-looking dancer, and a talented official lady, what does the prince want?
Is it just like the porridge and side dishes she makes, seeing more delicacies from the mountains and seas, and using her to relieve your greasy?
Yan Jin put away her warm smile.
He was also curious, why her?
After observing for many days, Ah Nuan is just a girl who has not been deeply involved in the world in his eyes. The posture is acceptable, the naΓ―ve state is cute, but it is by no means the flow of the country and the city, even when he is in the stove, he often smashes the pot and destroys the bowl.
Aside from being interesting, there's nothing brilliant about it.
"For you are my destiny."
To be honest, Ah Nuan's heart has been beating so fast for the first time since she beat her mother's womb. But Yan Jin's next words once again made her at a loss.
Drinking together at a young age, and meeting again.
Or resentment.
Yan Jin told Ah Nuan word by word about drinking and drinking obsessively, but he only vaguely mentioned the word "hidden disease" about his illness.
Wen is not warm, then I understand, I see.
This man, debts always have to be paid! Beat her to death, she couldn't imagine that the unlucky baby who once drank obsessive wine with her would actually be the prince of the dynasty!
"Lord Wang, this is really fate...... Hehe...... Is it too late for me to say I'm sorry? β
Yan Jin brushed the dust off his knees, and said leisurely: "Since that day, this king has not touched a drop of wine, and he will feel unwell when he smells the wine." But I heard that you are a lover of alcohol, and you are a heavy drinker? β
"During these days in the palace, the butler told me that you begged for wine with the servant every night...... By the way, on the first night you entered the palace, you stole the peach blossom brew given by the emperor to drink and enjoy the moon, and it was really easy to think about it! β
Goshi's peach blossom brew?
She said that the wine was so mellow, and she actually thought it was Beihe Wangfu Wuhua Tianbao......
Ah Nuan suddenly wanted to cry, and homesickness somehow came to her heart.
There was a decree in the palace that the Empress Dowager would eat the porridge she made.
This porridge is the porridge designated by the Empress Dowager herself, yellow rice porridge.
Although the method is simpler, she prescribes the type of rice.
New rice from a farmhouse in Huangzhuang on the outskirts of Beijing.
This request is a bit of a headache for the saints today. Although the Empress Dowager was his own grandmother and the most noble woman of the Sheng Dynasty, the new rice in the early autumn of the farmer's house was to be sacrificed.
Luckily, the rules aren't that strict.
In the past few years, there have been no droughts and floods in the prosperous dynasty, the crops have been very gratifying, and the peasants have a large amount of new rice, and there must be a surplus. There is no need to make a big deal about it, and it is best to take it carefully.
The two carriages marched in unison on the main road to Huangzhuang. Because of the secrecy, it is not in accordance with the rules and regulations.
The front car is small and exquisite, carrying A Nuan; The rear car is large and magnificent, containing the emperor's north and the prince.
It was orderly and did not disturb each other.
Suddenly, the guards in front came to report.
"Lord Qiqi, there are Diao people blocking the road ahead, and Miss Wen's chariot and horse are frightened, and the chariot wheel is damaged, and the people are also injured."
"How's the injury?"
There was a hint of nervousness in Yan Jin's tone that he hadn't even noticed.
"Miss Wen's forehead was broken, and it was no longer affected after bandaging."
Hearing that Ah Nuan was injured, Yan Jin picked the window to check.
A Nuan has a wisp of white cloth wrapped around her forehead at the moment, and a little red mark is on the left side, and her expression is sad and a little funny.
It's like Dai Xiao's funeral.
It's just that I accidentally knocked on the side of the car window, and the nail cover was a little bit of a small injury and some medicine, so I had to bandage it like this.
Ah Nuan is also helpless.
Seeing this, Yan Jin's nervous expression relaxed.
"Let her enter the chariot of the king, and ask who stopped the car in front of her."
"No." The guards retreated.
Ah Nuan was a little ashamed to see him since she learned that she had offended Yan Jin when she was young the day before yesterday.
After getting into the car, she simply saluted and said no more, only observing his movements with her peripheral vision.
It's really uneasy.
The guards reported that the people who stopped the car were the father and daughter of the tenant on the imperial village, who claimed to have been oppressed by the tenant chief, raised taxes year after year, and blackmailed him to mortgage his daughter if he did not pay enough taxes. After the father and daughter asked for help to no avail, they had the courage to stop the noble car.
Yan Jin thought for a while and asked the two to accompany him, and after confronting the people in the village, he would make a judgment.
The train continued on its way.
In the chariot, he didn't speak, and she didn't speak. Yan Jin shook the jade folding fan and closed her eyes to recuperate, and Ah Nuan clasped her nails and was silent.
Before two miles of travel, it rained heavily. The road detective said that the road ahead was muddy, and he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with Huangzhuang before tonight, and there was a temple on the right not far before that which had not been repaired for a year, and he could barely avoid it. When the sun sets off tomorrow, it will still be able to catch up with the new rice festival in the middle of the day.
The car turned around and stopped at the old temple, and everyone stopped.
The tenant's daughter was quick-witted, and while leading the guards to make a fire, she also helped distribute the dry cloth to the people to wipe herself.
When she arrived at Yan Jin, her daughter blushed inexplicably.
Ah Nuan estimated that it was because the prince was handsome.
He stood alone on the side, wiping the raindrops on his body alone, although everyone protected his clothes and did not wet much, but seeing that the rest of the soldiers were helping each other wipe their bodies, they kept laughing and laughing.
Standing there without allowing others to approach, Ah Nuan always felt a little desolate.
I'm ashamed, after all, the obsession with drinking started because of her.
Ah Nuan took the dry cloth from the tenant's daughter, walked to Yan Jin nervously and whispered, "Lord Wang, can you allow me to help?" β
He looked up at her, and there was a slight emotion in his eyes that could not be expressed.
The air was silent for a long time, and Yan Jin bowed his head.
"Yes."
There was a wet dampness below his knees, and his back was a little stuffy, but she got better when she took off his thin shirt for him.
It turned out that as long as she was close to herself, she could sense her surroundings.
She gently took the cloth and wiped or patted it, and the mud and moisture left him. There were a few drops of rain scattered from the ends of his hair, and through the hair and clothing, he could feel her touch.
These strange feelings had not been felt in a long time, and it made his heart palpitate.
After wiping, Ah Nuan was about to put away the handkerchief, when he suddenly heard Yan Jin whisper vaguely.
"In the hands of this king, there is also rain from the dripping of umbrellas."
It's a bit coquettish.
Yan Jin's tone was serious, and his demeanor was as usual, but this was clearly to let Ah Nuan touch him a few more times. Although she saw some clues, she only thought that the prince was making fun of her.
harm, debts to be repaid.
Night is coming.
In his awakening, Nuan was awakened by a cuckoo sound.
When she woke up, she found that Yan Jin was leaning on her shoulder and sleeping. Ah Nuan carefully observed the surroundings, and when he saw that no one woke up, he gently leaned him back to his original position, and then sneaked out of the temple.
When she left sneakily, Yan Jin opened her eyes slightly.
Outside the temple, the stars are shining.
"Senior brother, why are you here?"
It turned out that the cuckoo sound was a secret word in the museum, and the person who came was Brother Mo Ze, who many people had not seen!
I haven't seen my sister for many days, and at this moment I have a wound on my forehead, and I am still entangled with the royal people, which is really worrying......
"If I don't come, how many more troubles will you be involved in?"
Mo Ze's tone was stern, but there was concern in his words.
Ah Nuan pursed her lips aggrievedly and refuted wordlessly. Seeing her pitiful appearance, he sighed and stopped pursuing.
"That's it. But anyone involved with the royal family will be easy to get into trouble. Fortunately, it's still too late to leave, senior brother will take you away. β
"Wait a minute, senior brother!"
Ah Nuan pulled out his arm from his senior brother's hand in a little hurry.
"Don't want to go?" Mo frowned.
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's just that he doesn't want to go back on what he promised.
"I'm willing to go, but I really can't leave right now. I have to enter the palace tomorrow, senior brother, can you wait for me outside the palace tomorrow night? When I'm done, we'll leave. β
"Enter the palace?!"
A hint of anger crossed Mo Ze's eyebrows.
He thought to himself: How did the little junior sister know that the people in the imperial city were sinister, how much right and wrong were reversed, and how many innocent people died tragically in the palace.
The palace is no better than the rivers and lakes, there are dark tides everywhere and dangers lurking, and it should not be taken lightly.
Ah Nuan understood what the senior brother meant, and after explaining the reason for the empress dowager, she pleaded sincerely, and then obtained permission.
It's just that tomorrow at noon, he will wait for her outside the palace walls.
After seeing the senior brother fly away, Ah Nuan tiptoed back to the temple, his movements light and unnoticed.
But as soon as she returned to the silk mat, Yan Jin tilted her head and rested on her shoulder.
Naturally, she didn't dare to move.
But he suspected that the prince was pretending to sleep, so Ah Nuan raised his hand and shook it in front of his eyes a few times, and had to give up when he saw that he didn't react.
Of course Yan Jin is sober.
These years of stable life have made him a little indifferent to the disputes of the past. As her senior brother said, the capital is not a stable place, and it is indeed inappropriate to force her to stay by her side.
But he still has to plan for himself, Yan Jin knows that he is selfish in his bones.
He closed his eyes and moved to Ah Nuan's side again, and even climbed onto her arm inch by inch, without the slightest hint of the prince's style in the past.
This kind of touch was really long gone, and he couldn't let go easily.
The next day, Ah Nuan woke up and was already in the chariot, Yan Jin looked at the scroll casually, as if everything that happened during the day and night yesterday was like a dream.
The senior brother seems to have seen it, and his own arm seems to have been hugged.
It's a pity that her eyes are full of ignorance.
"Nuan woke up?"
Yan Jin closed the scroll and said gently: "The front is the Huangzhuang, we can just catch up with the sacrifice to the sky." β
As he said, about a quarter of an hour later, he arrived at the special altar in front of the Huangzhuang Land Temple.