"Since Niangniang is a guest, then Weichen will not bother." Shi Wei got up and retired.

Queen Song smiled and said: "Zelan and Shi Aiqing are not outsiders, since she is here, you can talk to the palace together." ”

Her sentence "not an outsider", Shi Wei sounded quite awkward, and said in his heart that he had only met Song Zelan twice, and when did he become an "insider".

"But Weichen still has official business, so I'm afraid of ......"

When Shi Wei still wanted to make an excuse, Queen Song's face turned up, and she said unhappily: "Why, Shi Aiqing has been in Ruixian Palace for a long time, and she can't sit still for a moment when she comes to my West Palace, so you have to leave in a hurry." ”

Empress Song's tone was clearly jealous.

As soon as she said this, Shi Wei would not be able to insist on resigning, otherwise it would seem that she was favoritism.

Shi Wei had no choice but to be frightened, and arched his hand: "Niangniang misunderstood, how dare Weichen." In fact, that bit of official business is not a big deal, if the mother is interested, Weichen will talk to the mother again. ”

"That's pretty much it." Empress Song's face turned cloudy to sunny at this time.

While speaking, footsteps sounded, and Song Zelan walked into the palace.

When Song Zeban saw Shi Wei, his expression was a little surprised, but he smiled slightly and nodded in greeting.

She said that her makeup was elegant today, and she was wearing a white fox velvet cape, which was quite refreshing when she entered with the cold wind.

Shi Wei couldn't help but take a second look, seeing her smiling at herself, she was busy calming down, and she also smiled faintly in response.

Song Zelan stepped forward, saluted Queen Song, and asked, "Niangniang urgently summoned Zelan to come, I don't know what the important thing is?" ”

Urgent? Didn't you say that Song Zelan came to visit you by herself?

Shi Weihu was suspicious, turned his head to look at Queen Song's somewhat embarrassed expression, and suddenly realized.

In a hurry, Queen Song was determined to be a matchmaker, and under the pretext of a follow-up visit, she deliberately delayed herself here, and then hurriedly summoned Song Zelan to create an opportunity for the two of them to get along.

This Queen Song's intentions are really "good".

When Shi Wei sighed in his heart, a different smile quietly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Empress Song coughed dryly, hurriedly pulled her niece over, and said with a smile: "Zelan, why did you remember to come to the palace to see your aunt today." ”

When she spoke, she also squeezed her eyebrows, and glanced at Song Zelan again and again.

Shi Wei faked tea, but in fact, he was secretly observing, and when he saw Queen Song like that, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

Song Zelan Bingxue was smart, and immediately understood the hint of her queen's aunt, and said busily: "My niece heard that Niangniang was unwell some time ago, so I took a special look at Niangniang today, I don't know if Niangniang's health is better." ”

Empress Song sighed secretly, touched her hand and said, "It's rare that Lan'er is filial and still thinking about your aunt, thanks to this Shi Aiqing, my aunt's body is much better." ”

Song Zelan also showed a look of relief, turned to Shi Wei again, and thanked her for curing her aunt's illness.

Shi Wei had to be humble again, claiming that this was his duty.

After a few more idle words, Queen Song suddenly said that she was in a good mood and wanted to go to the imperial garden to enjoy the scenery, so she asked Shi Wei and Song Zelan to accompany her.

Shi Wei had no choice but to accompany the idle queen, leaving the West Palace and strolling all the way to the Imperial Garden.

Walking deeper and deeper, unconsciously coming to the shore of the lake, Queen Song suddenly said: "The palace remembers, Your Majesty is going to the West Palace today, and the palace has to go back to prepare for it." ”

Shi Wei thought about it, and he couldn't wait to leave quickly.

It's just that Queen Song followed up and said, "You don't have to rush back, Lan'er, you can take Shi Aiqing around this garden for your aunt." ”

"Niangniang......" Queen Song's intentions were too obvious, making Song Zelan a little embarrassed.

Queen Song couldn't care a lot, and even glanced at her niece, so she hurried away with a group of entourage.

In the blink of an eye, on the shore of the Nuoda Imperial Garden Lake, only the two of them remained.

As soon as the queen left, Shi Wei immediately wanted to excuse something and left first.

Before the words came out, Song Zelan said first: "Since the mother has orders, then I will take Master Shi around." ”

As soon as she said this first, Shi Wei had no way to excuse herself, otherwise she would not follow the queen's orders.

Okay, Queen Mother, you have a heart.

Shi Wei had no choice but to swallow back the excuse that had come to his lips, and smiled reluctantly: "Then there is Lao Song Zelan." ”

So Song Zelan took him for a slow walk along the shore of the lake.

Although the imperial garden of Luoyang is not as large as the area of Bianliang, it is naturally a little larger because it is the imperial garden of the previous dynasty.

Although Shi Wei had been in and out of the palace many times before, because he was a foreign minister, he naturally had no chance to enjoy this imperial garden.

Song Zelan is different, she is the queen's niece, the emperor's relatives were born, and she went in and out of the palace to defecate, so this imperial garden is also very familiar.

It's just that in the middle of winter, the trees are all dead, and there is no scenery to enjoy except for a few rockeries.

Moreover, when Shi Wei thought of Queen Song's purpose, it was to match him and the beautiful woman beside him, and he was thinking about how to deal with it, so he was naturally in no mood to enjoy the scenery.

The two walked along the stone path by the lake for a long time, but no one spoke, and the atmosphere between them seemed a little cold.

"I've heard that Lord Shi goes to a lot of places, right?" Song Zelan took the lead in breaking the cold atmosphere, but she was a little speechless.

Shi Wei's heart was calm, and he responded lightly: "Sort of." ”

"What are those places?" Song Zelan seemed curious.

"This ...... Jiangnan, Southwest, Hedong, Youyan, Saibei Liaoguo, most of the world, almost I have been there. ”

In order to answer her sentence, Shi Wei recalled it in his mind, and suddenly realized that in just a few years, his footprints were all over the country, and he was a little surprised when he thought about it.

"The ancients read thousands of volumes, if you don't travel thousands of miles, no wonder Lord Shi can write such good poems, it turns out that Lord Shi has such a wide range of knowledge."

Song Zelan was amazed at the breadth of Shi Wei's reach, and there was a sense of admiration in his eyes and tone.

It is obviously impossible for her to know that Shi Wei's so-called literary talent has nothing to do with his so-called insight at all.

Shi Wei couldn't deny it, so he said casually: "What is not literary and uncivilized, it is just a casual graffiti, which makes the young lady laugh." ”

"Graffiti?" Song Zelan was at a loss when she heard this fresh word.

Shi Wei realized that words that shouldn't have burst out of his mouth again, he smiled and diverted Song Zelan's gaze, and asked, "I don't know where Miss has been?" ”

Song Zelan showed regret and sighed: "I have lived in the courtyard of the mansion since I was a child, except for Bianliang and Luoyang, I have never been to other places, compared to Lord Shi, I can be regarded as a frog at the bottom of the well." ”

Shi Wei was quite sad when he heard her words, so he comforted: "Miss Song is still young, and she will have a lot of time in the future. ”

"Really, can Lord Shi really take me to visit the world?" Song Zelan's expression became excited.

Shi Weifang knew that he had made another careless statement.

It's just that the words have been spoken, and it's not easy to take them back, so he laughed at himself: "Miss Song is a relative of the emperor, and it's not easy to visit the world, how can she get the company of such a little person as Xiaguan." ”

Song Zelan hurriedly said: "What did Lord Shi say, how could you be a small person in my eyes, you are more amazing than many pampered princes and nobles." ”

Song Zelan was in a hurry, and confided the words of admiration in her heart "without concealment".

Listening to her heartfelt confession, Shi Wei's heart moved, and there were a few ripples in secret.

He turned his head to look at Song Zelan, and there was obviously a look of worship in his eyes that were as bright as water.

Song Zelan suddenly felt that her words were "frivolous", and her face suddenly flushed a little, and she didn't dare to look at Shi Wei when she turned her face sideways.

"What's the matter, could it be that this Miss Song is really as the Lord of Cheshire said, and she can't be tempted by me, it's not easy to do now......"

Shi Wei noticed it, and the feeling in his heart was quickly suppressed by him, so he was thinking about how to deal with it.

The atmosphere that was originally chatting soon became a little unclear again.

Song Zelan saw that Shi Wei no longer spoke, so she mistakenly thought that Shi Wei thought she was a little "frivolous", and her heart suddenly became uneasy, and she was anxious to think about how to save her Shuliang image.

In silence, the two came to a small trestle bridge by the lake.

There are several boats docked on the side of the trestle, which are specially for the Son of Heaven and his concubines to enjoy the scenery.

However, at this time, it was winter, and the lake was cold, and no concubines were willing to sail in this weather, so the lake was deserted, and there was not a single boat to see.

Song Zelan just wanted to break this embarrassing atmosphere as soon as possible, and said without thinking about it: "Lord Shi, I want to go to the lake to enjoy the scenery, let's go take a boat." ”

She didn't wait for Shi Wei to agree, and got on the boat first.

Shi Wei had no choice but to follow.

A eunuch boatman sailed away from the trestle with his boat, and the flat boat slowly sailed out, and the ripples and water scattered.

"It turns out that the lake and pond in winter also have a special style, but I didn't notice it before."

Song Zelan stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the mirror-clear lake from afar, and her nervous mood seemed to be much brighter.

The southerners rode boats, the northerners rode horses, and Shi Wei, who had not been on a boat for a long time, couldn't help but recall his life in the Southern Tang Dynasty at this time.

He took a deep breath of the refreshing lake breeze and said with a smile: "This is just a small pond dug artificially, if it is a big lake in the south of the Yangtze River, it is endless, wide as the sea, and it is refreshing to row on it." ”

Hearing Shi Wei's description, Song Zelan became more and more fascinated.

When swimming to the center, Song Zelan pointed to the small island in the middle of the lake and said: "Let's go to the island and have a look, the high platform there can see the entire imperial city, and the scenery must be very good." ”

Shi Wei couldn't think of a way to get out for a while, so the surname Suo followed her thoughts.

So the two of them instructed the boatman and slowly sailed the boat to the palm-sized island in the middle of the lake.

Shi Wei helped Song Zelan get off the boat, and just as the two of them were about to climb the three-story pavilion, Shi Wei suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

He looked back suddenly, and was astonished to see that the eunuch had abandoned them and sailed away from the island with his boat

(To be continued)