Section 2 Is it Faithfulness or Infatuation?
After returning to Caiyun City from Fujian, Yao Jinben also prepared a large set of rhetoric for Xuannu's affairs, planning to enlighten Lu Tao well, but Yuebai persuaded her not to do much, and to take a look at the movements of the Wang family.
Sure enough, as Yuebai expected, the Wang family was unusually calm, and after Xuannu entered the mansion, Wang Xiang went to the Nanguo Mansion every day as usual to discuss matters. Some big families in the city who were going to see the joke stretched out their heads and didn't hear any scenes of the Wang family's housewife crying about the concubine. Although Yao Jin's gossip heart was also a little commotion in his spare time, and he would talk to Lin Yuebai a few words before falling asleep at night, but Wang Xiang never sighed in front of her, nor did he mention things at home, so Yao Jin slowly stopped mentioning it. Until the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, Yuebai proposed that after being busy for more than half a year, everyone should get together for a drink, and Yao Jin intended to set up a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the Nanguo Mansion to entertain everyone.
After dinner on this day, the two were chatting in the garden, Wang Xiang came to present the accounts of the salt field in the first half of the year, Yao Jin asked him with a smile: "You workaholic, you don't divide day and night, send the accounts at this hour, have you used dinner?"
"Your Royal Highness Xie cares, Shicai has already used it at home. ”
"Well, blessed are you to have a good wife at home. By the way, count the days, now Lu Tao's belly is already very big, right?
"Although the day of childbirth is not far away, the body of the lady is not bulky, except for the belly, the person has lost some weight, and she has always walked freely. ”
"That's good. I was about to tell you something, I plan to hold a banquet in Nanguo Mansion on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there is no one around, or a few of our families get together, since Lu Tao's body is convenient, we will come to the house together when the time comes, and everyone will eat and drink together, and it will be lively. ”
After Yao Jin finished speaking, Lin Yuebai also smiled on the side and said: "I heard the eldest lady of Zhao Sheng's family say a while ago that your wife had a mouth sore during pregnancy, and then I sent someone to send honeysuckle tea over. Although it is a medicinal tea, it is very sweet, and it can clear the fire the most, even if you are pregnant, you can use it, I wonder if Mrs. Kou's sores are better now?"
"I haven't thanked Miss Lin for the honeysuckle tea, and Madame's mouth sores have all healed. The lady of the family said that Mrs. likes spicy, which is the sore caused by the internal fire, so now she is very careful about the diet of the lady, and said that she needs to exercise more to make the body strong, so it is not easy to get angry, so I accompany her to walk in the yard every day, although I see that the lady of Xuan has checked the diet every day, and the lady has never had a mouth sore. ”
When Yao Jin heard Xuannu's name, he was curious, and he pulled her cuffs aside despite Yuebai's side, and asked, "Xuannu?" I remember that she was very arrogant, and now she gets along so well with Lu Tao?"
Wang Xiang shook his head and said seriously: "What His Royal Highness said is wrong, Xuannu's background is pitiful, but she is actually extremely docile. She was also forced to be ruthless when she was chasing the mountain clan, but now she is in a smooth mood and has always gotten along very well with her wife. ”
Yuebai felt that since this was Wang Xiang's family matter, although Yao Jin asked the lord like this, it was a little too much, and hurriedly interrupted: "Tomorrow is a family banquet, and those who come are not outsiders, since Mr. Xiang said so, then invite Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xuan to come to eat and drink together, and be lively together, is it still convenient?"
"His Royal Highness and Miss Lin were gracious, Wang Xiang shouldn't have pushed it away, but Mrs. kept saying that this was the first Mid-Autumn Festival after Xuannu left home, and she had arranged wine and food at home early, so Wang Xiang couldn't bear to brush off her kindness. ”
Yao Jin and Yuebai glanced at each other, and they were both very happy to hear him say this, Yao Jin said happily: "I've always been worried about Xuan's female son Tsundere, Lu Tao is pregnant and thinking a lot, your family is going to toss, I didn't expect her two to be so harmonious." Tomorrow, you will accompany the two ladies at home and enjoy the blessings of all people. Hey, looking at you, I'm envious of all the singles, haha......"
Wang Xiang suddenly looked up at Yao Jin, his eyes were burning, Yao Jin was stunned by him, and asked, "What?"
"It's nothing ......" Wang Xiang lowered his head, was silent for a moment and said: "Didn't Your Highness always say that you should decide the affairs on the Alor Islands earlier? In the opinion of my subordinates, this trip should be made sooner rather than later, and I can ask Xuannu to accompany His Highness, who is familiar with the conditions at sea, and can also be a guide for His Highness. ”
Yao Jin nodded, looked at Yuebai and said, "Although the Alo Islands were ruled by the Chasing Mountain Clan in the past, they were actually a place where they didn't care. Zhao Yu had already made a trip last month and had almost touched the situation. This time, I will go again, but also to reassure the county guard of Songxi County, although he has been the county guard of the sea for so long, but he is a landlubber, always saying that the sea area is rampant, how difficult it is for him to control, and he refuses to go to the island to inspect. I was going to write back and scold him, but considering that he really has no experience in governing sea areas and islands, it is also appropriate for me to go and see the actual situation. ”
"Is there a Haikou, will you be in danger in the past?" Lin Yuebai frowned, "It's only been a long time since you came back from the Min Kingdom, and you have to go out to toss again, what you, the lord of the country, has done is really doing your best." ”
"Miss Lin, don't worry, this time there will definitely be enough people with you, and there will be a girl with you-" Wang Xiang paused and proposed: "Maybe you can go in a small way, and then tell the Songxi County Guard when you get to Songxi, so that few people will know, so as not to worry about thieves." ”
Yao Jin let out a big "um" and said with a smile: "This is good, so that I don't have to sit in danger along the way, passing through various counties and counties along the way, I have to tell them a long and short story, they are tired, and I am also tired." ”
Lin Yuebai thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Then, I'll go with you." ”
"Huh?"
Seeing that Wang Xiang and Yao Jin were surprised, Lin Yuebai's face was slightly red, and she said softly: "Last time you went to Fujian, and then you went to Chasing Mountain Island, although you said that you were fine, but I was worried and restless day and night in the house, this time I will definitely be with you no matter what." Besides, you all think that this trip is foolproof, so what's the point of me going with me? Besides, I can take care of your diet and daily life along the way—Ah Yao, do you think it's okay?"
Yao Jin pursed his lips and smiled, with a rare playfulness on his face: "Okay." Let Liu Xiaolong bring more people, let's treat it as a free trip, not only no forced shopping throughout the whole process, but also a retro-style private yacht!"
Lin Yuebai also laughed when she heard this, although the veil covered the corners of her mouth, the string of tourmaline beads on the golden step shook happily. Yao Jin looked at her, one hand supported his chin, and the other hand unconsciously tapped on the edge of the table, softly, heavily, the sound seemed to be particularly ear-catching, and a sound knocked into the ears of the next prime minister, he looked up at Yao Jin, her side face was reflected very softly by the moonlight, a little less serious than the usual face, but a little more naughty of a girl. Because it was already night, Yao Jin, who had changed out of the gorgeous costume during the day, only wore a homely shirt, the goose-yellow skirt was embroidered with a large number of pear blossoms, and the long silver tassels on the jade crown hung softly to the ears, occasionally shining a few points of silver light, which seemed to echo with the starlight in the night sky.
She is the princess Heya who was once favored by the Li Dynasty, and she is now the founding lord of Xiaonan, everyone on the whole continent knows her intelligence and her courage, but everyone seems to have forgotten that she is only seventeen or eighteen years old, but she is also a woman in the prime of her life, when other girls embroider and cook tea at this age, discuss with each other the latest clothes, look forward to their own bright future, and look forward to Ruyi Langjun - what about her? Wang Xiang suddenly remembered that when he first saw Yao Jin, she stood on the bow of the boat with a faint expression, a purple brocade cloak, such a slender figure, but she had a kind of arrogance that was difficult to hide, I don't know if it was from that moment on, his heart was low and low, all the way to the bottom of the sea, low to the depths of the earth, so low that he no longer knew whether he was loyal to the person in front of him or infatuated.