The first rays of the morning sun shine on the earth.

On the surface of the Qinhuai River, which flows slowly, the mist like wind and smoke slowly flutters with the breeze on the river surface. Under the mist, the slowly flowing river water was covered with a layer of faint golden ripples.

On the bank of the river, flower boats are quietly docked there. On the flower boat, the wine flag hangs lazily on the mast, and occasionally the wind blows and moves.

Jiang Ning was still asleep and had never woken up.

By the Qinhuai River, in that small courtyard in the middle of nowhere, quietly bathed in this morning light. In the courtyard, the flowers have withered. The flower branches that stand tall in the bitter cold are covered with a thin layer of hoarfrost. Under the illumination of this morning light, the frost gradually melted and condensed into crystalline dew, reflecting colorful light.

When the sunlight shone on the window paper, the two doors opened almost at the same time.

Lu Heng sorted out the long shirt on his body, raised his head, and glanced towards the west wing. Seeing that in the door of the west wing, Liu Qingqing, who had just woken up, was also looking towards this side.

At this time, she was still wearing the blue inlaid dress, and in the morning breeze, the corners of the skirt fluttered slowly, like a fairy.

There is a hint of laziness in the beautiful face when you first woke up, and the slight smile spreads out of the style, which makes people fascinated. "Uncle, it's early!" Liu Qingqing smiled sweetly, looked at Lu Heng with a smile in her beautiful eyes, and said softly.

"Morning!" Lu Heng smiled.

In the early morning breeze, there is a hint of winter coldness. In the faint morning light, a trace of blush flowed on the woman's beautiful cheeks.

In the fourth year of the Great Zhou Qingyuan, in the early morning of winter, the woman stood at the door, her fingers gently hooked the strands of black hair on her forehead, and smiled at the scholar in a green cloth robe.

Everything is so beautiful.

…… By the Qinhuai River, weeping willows are clinging, and the river surface is sparkling. The breeze blows, the mist on the river is like smoke, and the scenery is picturesque.

It's almost November, and it's already cold. Walking on the road, when the wind blows, I still feel the feeling of being blown by the cold wind on my face.

However, Lu Heng didn't seem to feel the harsh winter of this early morning at this time. Still walking leisurely by the river, heading towards the palace.

On his ears, two hairy warm ears were buckled. Walking in the Qinhuai River, among the pedestrians who get up in the morning, it seems to be particularly windy.

Pedestrians couldn't help but be a little curious when they saw two strange things clasped on the scholar's ears.

Along the way, in Lu Heng's ears, there were often passers-by, pointing at him, whispering in his mouth, hehe, look at that scholar, it's funny. It's strange that the leather is buckled on the ear!

Of course, the people who say this are basically some little daughters-in-law who go to the river early to wash clothes. And those scholars who went to the river early to see their little daughter-in-law looked at Lu Heng with contempt and scolded one after another, Lu Heng did this way, it was unseemly, and he was simply a scum.

Looking at those scholars, snorting and rubbing their red ears with their hands, standing under the tree, shivering from the cold. Lu Heng smiled slightly in his heart, shook his head, and regardless of these duplicitous words, he took advantage of the light of the morning light and walked towards the palace.

When he entered the palace, Lu Heng saw that a little girl who was about twelve or thirteen years old with a peach blossom face was walking out of the main hall of the palace accompanied by an old woman in her fifties and an old face.

The little girl is walking gracefully with her head down, stepping on small steps. Beside her, the old woman had a serious face, looking at the little girl fiercely, and constantly pointing at the way she walked.

Lu Heng stood at the door, holding his chin in his hand, looking at this scene funny, and secretly said in his heart, it is worthy of ancient times. The requirements for women are so high.

Just when Lu Heng was about to raise his feet and head towards the west courtyard. The little girl, who was concentrating on learning to walk, stopped. The big eyes sparkled at Lu Heng, and a very cute faint flush appeared on his pink little face. "Hey, you, why are you here?" The little girl's voice is not high, but her sweet voice is soft. It's like pure toffee.

Listening to the tone, it seems to know yourself.

Lu Heng stopped, looked back at this little girl in a gorgeous pink dress, bent over, pointed at himself and said, "You, know me?" The little girl smiled sweetly, lowered her head a little shyly, nodded and whispered, "Have you forgotten?" On that rainy day, in Wuyi Lane, you even helped me pick up an umbrella! Listening to the little girl's words, Lu Heng remembered that when he went to King Ning's Mansion with Zhan's guards, he passed by Ouyang's house and saw the little girl who turned out of the crack in the door, but at that time, looking at this little girl, it didn't seem to be so small. How did you blink an eye, not only did you grow up, but you grew smaller.

However, seeing the little guy, he was still looking up at himself with his head up, looking at himself with big innocent eyes, and Lu Heng was embarrassed to say, oops, I forgot about you.

He was still smiling, and after thinking about it, he deliberately made a surprised look, pointed to the little girl and said, "Oh, you are the little maid of the Ouyang family?" At that time, seeing that this girl was dressed as a maid and went out secretly, Lu Heng naturally thought that his status in the Ouyang family should not be very high.

At this time, I saw that this little girl was scolded by an old woman with a blank face next to her, and I was even more sure that the other party should be the maid of the Ouyang family.

I heard this scholar say that he was a maid. The little girl was stunned, but after a while, a sly smile flashed in the little guy's eyes, and she nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, I am the little girl, you still remember me!" Seeing Lu Heng nodding and saying, he still remembered himself. The little girl smiled sweetly, and two cute little dimples appeared on her little pink face.

Although she was pretending to be old just now, a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl was still innocent after all, when she saw Lu Heng smile and took out a handful of chestnuts from her pocket. The little girl glanced at it with some hesitation, but her big eyes were full of love.

"Oh, chestnuts, you can eat them!" Lu Heng peeled off the skin, put the amber chestnut kernel in the palm of his hand, handed it to the little girl, and said to her with a smile.

The little girl smiled sweetly, stretched out her little hand, pinched a chestnut kernel, took a bite lightly, and nodded: "Well, it's really delicious!" ”

Just as she stretched out her hand and wanted to take the rest of the chestnuts, the old woman beside her glared at Lu Heng with a displeased face, and her wrinkled face showed a very serious look of vigilance.

Uh, this vision!

Lu Heng looked at the old woman's gaze, and he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.

The look in his eyes, how do you feel that he is like a bad uncle who coaxes children!

After the old woman glanced at Lu Heng coldly, she pulled the little girl to the side and whispered something to the little girl, and when she was talking, she turned around from time to time, pointed at herself with a wary face, and said something to the little girl, don't talk to strangers, that scholar is not a good person or something.

Lu Heng shook his head and smiled, not wanting to cause any trouble. He stood up and prepared to leave.

Just a few steps, but saw the little girl shake off the old woman's hand, pull up the hem of her skirt, trotted over, she gasped a few breaths, and a bright red color appeared on her pink little face. The big eyes sparkled and looked at Lu Heng, and finally, she smiled, a very sweet smile.

Then, in Lu Heng's warm gaze, the little girl lowered her head, took out a white jade pendant from her skirt, hesitated for a moment, and finally mustered up the courage, handed it to Lu Heng, spread her hand and said, "I've given it to you!" "Give it to me?" Lu Heng looked at this piece of jade pendant that was worth a lot of money just from the color, and asked with a smile. "Yes, for you!" The little girl replied innocently. "Little sister, do you know, this jade pendant can buy half of the chestnuts in Jiangning City!" Lu Heng smiled, did not take the jade pendant, but squatted down and said to the little girl very seriously.

"But, but, I can't eat your chestnuts for nothing, not to mention, you helped me last time!" The little girl looked at Lu Heng a little stubbornly, her white and tender little hands were still extended.

"Sister said, the grace of dripping water, when the spring reciprocates, you helped me last time, this jade pendant will be given to you!" Seeing that Lu Heng was still looking at herself with a smile, but refused to accept the jade pendant, the little girl pursed her mouth, and after saying something impassionedly, she directly reached out and took Lu Heng's hand, and forced the jade pendant to Lu Heng.

"Second Miss, this, men and women don't kiss! You, how can you do this! Seeing that her young lady grabbed a man's hand in broad daylight, the old woman suddenly turned pale with fright, walked over quickly, pulled the little girl aside, and reprimanded with a serious face.

"No, I didn't give him a kiss, I just gave him a jade pendant. Besides, we have a lot of jade pendants in our family! The little girl smiled sweetly, and with some innocent words, the two adults were speechless.

"Alright, I'm leaving!" The little girl stretched out her hand again and pushed Lu Heng's spread fingers back one by one. After that, she smiled sweetly, waved her hand at Lu Heng, like a butterfly, and walked towards the gate with a light step.

"By the way, my name is Ouyang Ruolan, brother, what about you!" When she walked to the door, the little girl turned around and looked at Lu Heng very seriously and asked.

"Heh, my name is Lu Heng, Lu Yongzheng!" Lu Heng smiled, stood up, put away the jade pendant, and said to this cute little girl with a smile.

"Hehe, it turns out that you are the first talent in Jiangning!" The little girl looked at Lu Hengdao excitedly.

…… Looking at the little girl's pink figure disappearing into the dazzling morning light, Lu Heng turned around and walked towards the West Cross Courtyard.

I thought to myself that after running a few steps, the little girl's face seemed to be a little abnormal. There was always some worry in my heart.

In this way, it doesn't look like it's tired, but it's like a person who has pneumonia in the future life, and only people with pneumonia will have dry asthma.

Lu Heng lowered his head and thought like this, but he didn't meet any acquaintances along the way.

It's just that when I entered the West Cross Courtyard, I saw that Li Er, who was dressed in the costume of the chief manager, was standing at the door of his house, anxiously pacing back and forth. As he walked, he was still muttering. , ouch, my eldest son Lu, why haven't you come yet. If you don't come, you're going to die!

(To be continued)