Chapter 7: Night Lotus
"Send this letter to the Marquis of Beiying. ”
"Princess, why bother? You can go straight to it. ”
"Yes, but you can't just go without informing him, it's not good. ”
"Princess, I don't think you and Lord Hou are like husband and wife. ”
"Really?"
"It's not like it, when the princess is sick, the general is also on the side, except for going to the imperial doctor, he will not leave an inch, so I feel that the princess and you are husband and wife. However, princess, you are too cold to Hou Ye. ”
"You silly girl, go and rest. ”
"The princess knows how to say that I am stupid, and she does not know who is stupid, and she will leave when I have made my bed. The princess won't have to listen to me tonight. ”
"For more than half a month, the princess has taken Li Cong every day to serve the old lady, and the princess has this to say that I might as well rest more. ”
"Okay, don't be angry, huh?"
"The slave went down first. Lian Bi was still a little angry.
At noon on the second day.
"Master Hou, this is a letter sent by the princess. ”
"Letter?"
Ye Chu was a little puzzled, opened the letter and looked at it, then replied.
"Pick it up three days later. ”
"Return it to the princess. ”
"Yes. ”
"Cong'er, your father will send someone to pick him up early tomorrow morning, are you happy?"
"Hmm!"
"You can't sleep in. ”
"Princess, shall we go too?"
"It's okay to send Li Cong over, and we'll go to Chang Parallel Palace to stay for a few days. ”
"Chang Parallel Palace?"
"Well, it's not far from Beiying. Carry the illness out. ”
"Oh. Lian Bi scratched her head, and she didn't know what the princess was thinking.
"Cong'er, are you sleepy? Sleepy, lie down and sleep for a while. ”
"Don't be sleepy, Cong'er is in good spirits. Li Cong's head shook like a rattle, and from time to time he lifted the curtain and looked out.
"Princess, below is the general's subordinate Liefeng, who has come to greet the princess. ”
"Cong'er, go down quickly. It's here. ”
Lie Feng hugged Li Cong from the carriage, Xuan Chen lifted the curtain and said, "Tell Hou Ye that at this hour in three days, I will come to pick up Cong'er, I will live in Chang Parallel Palace, so I won't trouble Hou Ye." ”
"Mother, don't you want to watch Daddy with me?" Li Cong sat on Liefeng's horse.
"Go ahead, I'll pick you up in three days' time. ”
Li Cong lowered his head in disappointment and pouted.
There are only a few servants in the Chang Parallel Palace who do their daily cleaning.
"Princess, no one has come to live in this Chang Parallel Palace for a few years, right? It looks quite gorgeous, and some of it is much better than in the palace. ”
"Your eyes are good at looking at babies. Xuan Chen teased Lian Bi.
"You can just order someone to clean up the main house of Dongyuan and come out later. ”
A little wind blew the candles in the evening.
"The princess can draw well. ”
Xuan Chen knew that it was Ye Chu's voice, and was a little surprised, but he still didn't look up and continued to write.
"It's fine. How's Li Cong?"
"Good. ”
Ye Chu walked to the chair on the side and sat down, quietly watching Xuan Chen painting magnolia.
"Is it pretty?" asked Xuan Chen with a smile.
"Good looking. Ye Chu was a little obsessed with this smile.
"After painting for so many years, I haven't drawn his five points. ”
"Who?" Lin Chu initially thought that Xuan Chen was asking if he was good-looking, and turned his neck a little embarrassed.
"National teacher. ”
"National teacher?"
"Hmm. The national teacher is good at painting, and he is the best at magnolia. ”
"I'm here to ask you what the king thinks of Beiying. Ye Chu said casually.
Xuan Chen stopped the pen in his hand, picked up the painting and approached the candle flame to look at it carefully, and then put down the painting and laid it out carefully, playing with the colored ink.
"Master Hou, knowing the king's intentions, why do you need to come to me to say anything more?"
"How do I know the king's thoughts?" the two of them spoke plainly, but they didn't pierce it.
"Beiying is led by Hou Ye himself, in recent years, the world is called the division of tigers and wolves, iron cavalry, but if the soldiers do not know what is superior, and they can't know the soldiers, Hou Ye understands the principle of using soldiers, why do you want me to say it? As for the emperor's heart, the gods and ghosts do not speak, Xuan Chen does not dare to speculate. ”
"It's hot, take care of it, and you can't be absent from the autumn whistle. After saying that, he walked away in style, leaving behind the sound of laughter in the air.
The next day, Ye Chu played upwards, the reform of Beiying was carried out smoothly, Lin Chu handed over the reform to others, and under the pretext of accompanying Xuan Chen to recuperate, the king allowed Ye Chu to go to the court after the autumn deer whistle, and let Ye Chu accompany Xuan Chen to live in Changping and recuperate. For a while, the prestige of the Lin family slowly eased from its peak. For more than a month before the autumn post, they all lived in Chang Parallel Palace with Xuan Chen. has become an idler, but it is inevitable that there are some military and political affairs to deal with every day.
"Princess, you can't sit here in such a thin way and blow the night breeze at the expense of your body. Lian Bi took a pale green cloak embroidered with magnolia patterns and put it on Xuan Chen, "Look, these hands are cool." ”
"It's your hands that are so hot, you've been babbling in my ear all day. Go back and rest, I'll enjoy the night lotus here, and you don't have to stay up here with me. ”
"Go back, I'll accompany your princess. Ye Chu's voice quietly appeared.
Lian Bi looked at Ye Chu and then at Xuan Chen, Xuan Chen smiled and nodded, before leaving with confidence.
"Master Hou is fine. ”
"The princess is really at ease. ”
"It's just boring. ”
"I see that Cong'er has been throwing pots very well in recent days, and her homework is also growing, and the princess thinks she is bothered. ”
Cong'er is very obedient. ”
"Uh-huh, ahem, that"
"What does Master Hou want to say?"
"Nothing, pay more attention to your body. ”
"Thank you, Lord Hou. ”
"Do you and I still have to be so polite? just call me Ye Chu. ”
Xuan Chen smiled indifferently and nodded, "Okay." And he said no more.
"That, that, Cong'er has been crying before going to bed these days, shouting to see you, I, I thought, can I bother you and come to see him before going to bed. ”
"Also, it's not far, just in front of your house, a few steps away. ”
"I know. ”
"But, is it okay?" Ye Chu was inexplicably nervous.
"Yes. ”
"What are you laughing at?"
"I laugh at you fighting on the battlefield, facing a little woman, and even stammering. Xuan Chen let go a little, and he didn't want to be as cautious and cautious as before after getting along for a long time.
"Oh, oh. Ye Chu scratched his head embarrassedly.
Ye Chu took a step forward and sat next to Xuan Chen, "I see that you sleep late at night, is it insomnia?"
"Nope. ”
"Will you be tired with Cong'er during the day?"
"No, it won't. ”
"That, that,"
"What?"
"Do you want to go to the Lotus Lake? There's a boat over there, with a roof, and it's better to dry the wind here." ”
Xuan Chen smiled thoughtfully, "Okay." ”
"It's autumn soon, is it cold?" Ye Chu walked a little in front of Xuan Chenluo with a bamboo woven lotus pattern lantern.
"It's okay, isn't it just August?"
The two of them walked to the other side of the Lotus Lake, where a small wooden boat was parked. Ye Chu took the lead and put the lamp on the shore.
"Here, be careful. Ye Chu stretched out his hand, except for the faint moonlight and stars, only this small lantern was a little dim. Xuan Chen only put his hand on Ye Chu's wrist and held the tunic skirt in one hand. Ye Chu's hand fell empty, and he grabbed Xuan Chen's wrist again, and Xuan Chen got on the boat steadily.
Xuan Chen sat on the canopy boat, and two broken wooden stakes were made on both sides of the wooden boat, just enough to get started. The lotus breeze is slightly caressed, the lotus leaves are slightly swaying, Xuan Chen's skirt and wide sleeves are gently swaying, and the faint lotus fragrance enters people's noses, which is so comfortable.
Xuan Chen leaned on the boat, closed his eyes and quietly listened to all the sounds of the boat hitting the lotus leaves, the wooden oars rowing through the pond water, the pond fish bypassing the underwater lotus stems, and the lotus wind floating around the lotus fragrance, Ye Chu looked at Xuan Chen quietly, and the two of them were so relaxed and brisk at this moment.
Xuan Chen opened his eyes and looked at the stars in the sky, with starlight in his eyes, clear and clear.
"Wait. ”
Ye Chu bowed down and entered the boat, took out a pot of wine and an emerald jade triangular cup. Ye Chu untied the rope and uncorked it, and the light and sweet aroma of wine wafted out.
"Immortal drunk?"
"Yes, you can smell it. Have a drink?"
"Hmm. ”
Ye Chu didn't pour much.
Xuan Chen covered his face with a fan and drank it sideways, the perfect contour of his face was reflected on the fan by the light.
Ye Chu drank the pot of wine, and no longer rowed the wooden oars, and the hull of the boat shook slightly from time to time.
Xuan Chen's eyes were stained with tears, he closed his eyes and stopped thinking about it, for a long time, Xuan Chen only felt that he had slept peacefully, and he hadn't slept like this for a long time.
The night was very deep, and the wind was cool. Qi Chu took off the cloak on his body and carefully draped it on Xuan Chen, for fear of waking Xuan Chen up.
Ye Chu slowly lay beside Xuan Chen, and he was not embarrassed with his skirt and cloak on his pillow. Xuan Chen's body was a faint fragrance of magnolia flowers, which was not covered by the lotus fragrance.
Ye Chu fell asleep dimly, estimating that it was almost time, Ye Chu called out a few times to Xuan Chen.
Xuan Chen slowly opened his eyes, the sky was already slightly bright, and the moon was much lighter than last night, and it was whiter.
"It's almost time, I want you to sleep more, but I think you get up most of the time, I'm afraid that your maid will sneer at me again. Ye Chu quipped.
"I can't imagine that Hou Ye is so afraid of that girl. Xuan Chen smiled.
"Where's the princess?" Lian Bi blocked Bai Yuan in the study.
"Let me tell you, last night the Hou Ye said to send the princess back, but now that the princess is not here, she must hand over the people!"
Bai Yuan held the sword and closed his eyes and leaned against the door, ignoring Lian Bi at all.
"Hey, what about you, where did you Ye Chuwu take our princess!"
Lianbi raised her voice.
Bai Yuan turned around indifferently, maintaining his original posture.
"Hey, talk about you!" Lian Bi continued to raise her voice.
Bai Yuan turned.
"Princess, hand over ~ out ~ come ~~~" Lian Bi's voice pierced the quiet morning. Before Xuan Chen and Ye Chu reached the gate of the courtyard, they heard Lian Bi's voice.
Bai Yuan changed his posture and blocked his ears, a killer was afraid that he would be deaf.
Xuan Chen and Ye Chu quickened their pace.
"Lian Bi. Xuan Chen's voice was soft, and Lian Bi still heard it clearly.
"Princess!" Lian Bi hurriedly ran over, looking left and right at Xuan Chen, looking up and down, making sure that Xuan Chen was not missing a single hair.
"Okay, little girl, I've just enjoyed the lotus at Lotus Lake for one night. ”
"Then I'm going to see the princess to death!"
Xuan Chen walked in front of Bai Yuan.
"Princess. ”
"Please also ask General Bai Yuan not to take it to heart, Lian Bi is a girl who can't be more real. ”
"It doesn't matter. ”
Lian Bi helped Xuan Chen back to the room to wash, glaring at Bai Yuan on the left and Ye Chu on the right.