On the bank of the Min River, where the plum branches overlapped, the young man untied the white heron he was wearing and put it on the shoulders of the girl next to him.

"Don't catch a cold." He smiled.

He was wearing a red plum color large-sleeved jacket with a red brocade edge, and a white gauze mid-top under the collar sleeves was exposed when the side was turned around. It was originally a gorgeous tone, but his face was bright and bright, and his attitude was refreshing and clear, like the light of the sun and the moon, which complemented this bright color, but people didn't realize that there was fat powder in it.

The girl smiled sideways, and put on the fine feathered egret bristle, dressed in elegance, only her cheeks were slightly red, as if the spring breeze had blown the pink of the surrounding thousand-petal red plum onto her face.

This is the scene I saw when I found the princess and Cao Ping by the Min River in Yujin Garden.

They sat side by side on the wooden path of the river embankment with their backs to me, with clear water in front of them and red plums behind them.

Red plum dew, originally a superb view of early spring in Yujin. This plum blossom pink with a touch of purple, the flowers are as numerous as apricots, the fragrance is also like apricots, originally from Gusu, and then transplanted to the capital by Yan Shu, and now there are only two or three places in the capital, the people in the Yujin Garden serve by the south, and open the best. This year, the weather warmed up very early, January has just arrived, both sides of the river embankment have quite spring, the clouds lock the tender yellow smoke willows, the wind blows the red snow plum, and this pair of pink makeup and jade children are in the middle, this scene is better like a well-depicted Danqing picture.

The previous anxiety and a hint of inexplicable irritation faded away at this moment, and I stopped, standing silently in the shade of a tree not far behind them, without saying anything to disturb them.

They focused on pleasant communication and were unaware of my arrival.

Cao Ping probably slipped out of the banquet and brought a plate of food, which was placed beside him at this time. He chose a piece of burnt flesh with bones and handed it to the princess: "Taste this, princess." This is the Khitan picoon meat, which is rare in Beijing. ”

The princess didn't take it immediately, but first lowered her head and sniffed, and then said, "There is a little smell." ”

"This civet was raised on goat's milk." Cao Ping explained, and persuaded her, "Actually, the smell is not heavy, you can taste it, the meat is very fat." ”

He brought the piece of meat to the princess's mouth, and the princess frowned and took a bite, chewing a few times before smiling: "It's very fragrant." ”

So he took it and quickly ate the flesh from his bones. Cao Ping handed her another rice ball: "This is made by the Imperial Diet Bureau according to the Khitan recipe, with white sheep pith and glutinous rice." ”

The princess said that the rice ball was big, so Cao Ping broke it and shared the food with her, and after the princess finished eating, she took a piece of bacon-like something for her: "This is the bacon made by the Khitan people from the swans hunted by Haidongqing, and it is the same as the picoon meat, which was brought by the Khitan envoy as a tribute." ”

The princess began to taste the swan bacon again. During this time, Cao Ping poured a glass of goat's milk for her, she couldn't spare her hand, so she only lowered her head and drank the cup in Cao Ping's hand.

After drinking, he concentrated on eating, looking like he was enjoying the taste. Cao Ping stared at her for a long time, and suddenly turned his head and smiled at the blue water hookah.

The princess swallowed the food in her mouth and asked in amazement, "What's wrong?" ”

Cao Ping smiled: "I invited you to eat dim sum the night before, but you refused to eat it, I thought you had a bad appetite......"

The princess was so ashamed that her ears turned red, and she threw down half of the swan meat that was left, and whispered, "I won't eat it." ”

"Don't mind, princess, I'm not laughing at you." Cao Ping smiled slightly and explained to her gently, "I am very happy to see that you love to eat the food I bring you...... Sometimes I bring food to the maids at home, and they obviously like it, but in front of me, they pretend to eat like cats, and they are only willing to bite a little bit or two, which I hate to look at. ”

He picked up another fillet and handed it to the princess, but the princess still refused to take it, so he put the fillet into his mouth, chewed it twice, swallowed it, took some more food and ate it, and then said to the princess, "Look, I have eaten more than you, and if I laugh at you again, you will laugh back at me." ”

The princess laughed, and then took the fillet he handed again.

They continued to eat Khitan delicacies, and laughed from time to time, and the laughter alarmed the white pheasants that inhabited the waterfront, and they turned their heads to look at them, and then spread their wings and flew in twos and threes, which made them find it interesting and laughed continuously.

I tugged at the corners of my lips and tried to laugh with them, but I couldn't.

What I saw in front of me was obviously a garden full of spring scenery, but I was like being alone in the wind of falling trees, letting it blow the bottom of my heart barren.

At last I did not go forward to alarm the princess, but silently retreated to the path in front of Merlin, and when I saw anyone coming, I went up to talk with them, and led them away, so that they would not find that the people sitting by the embankment were Cao Ping and the princess.

It was about an hour before they got up and left. I ducked into a sheltered place and watched them go their separate ways, and then walked slowly back to the pavilion where the princess was.

"Waiji, where have you been?" As soon as the princess saw me, she asked, and there was concern and a little apprehension in her timid tone, as if she was afraid that I would ask or rebuke. Probably Zhang Chengzhao told her something.

Now she seems to be watching me like a family member who spies on her. The thought made me taste a little bitter, but I tried not to let it become visible.

"The minister went to the garden to look for the princess, but he never found it, and when he was tired of walking, he took a rest in the pavilion in the pear garden, and fell asleep, and woke up at the right time, and thought that the princess should have returned, so he came back immediately." I told her a malicious lie.

"Oh," said the princess, breathing a sigh of relief, "I'm going to see the elephants...... A ...... alone After watching the elephant, I looked at the sinister ...... of Tianzhu And rhinoceros...... and the Divine Sheep ......"

She didn't seem used to talking in front of me, her voice became quieter and quieter, and her face turned red uncontrollably.

I smiled at her and comforted her with a soft expression: "Well, why didn't the minister think of it? The princess had already said she was going to see the elephants. ”