Between them, books are the best medium and the noblest.

Song Mingqing put down the pen in his hand and bent his knees slightly: "Thank you." I haven't finished reading the ten boxes of books a while ago, and I am really ashamed to let the prince come in person.

Song Mingtu, who was standing at the other side of the door, raised his voice and said: "The prince got the approval of his mother to discuss the poems with the little sister, and these books I am holding are all brought by the prince to you to borrow." ”

Song Mingqing's eyes showed warmth, and he said softly: "Thank you, second brother." ”

walked out from behind the bookcase and bowed to Li Tai: "Lord Wang, please take a seat." ”

Zhu'er served refreshments and exited the house. The three of them were speechless for a while, Song Mingtu coughed, and said: "The prince is a person who loves to read, and so is the little sister, it seems that it is providence that the two of you can meet." ”

There is a suspicion of clinging to this. Song Mingqing hurriedly said: "The second brother is also a person who loves to read, and now he is working for the prince, which is just a pity." ”

Song Mingtu smiled, looked at Li Tai's face with his eyes, and saw that he was also smiling, and he happened to look over, and raised his eyebrows, and made a look at Song Mingtu.

Although Song Mingtu has been a nerd since he was a child, he has been honed in officialdom for many years, and he still has a simple observation of words and feelings. Then he got up and said: "I still have some things to deal with, my little sister has lived in the boudoir for a long time, if the hospitality is not good, please bear with me." ”

Li Tai then said, "Go ahead." ”

Song Mingtu bowed, and glanced at Song Mingqing lovingly, with indescribable love and expectation in his eyes, and withdrew from the door.

The room was even quieter, the lit sandalwood, the wisps of smoke rising and wafting away. Li Tai didn't know how to speak, so as not to surprise the beauty.

However, Li Tai broke the silence and said, "I have hung the words that Miss gave me last time, and I have hung it in the study. When I saw your book today, why don't I attach another one. ”

The two of them got up at the same time and walked to the bookcase. Song Mingqing gently lifted the sleeve on the right side with his left hand, and began to grind with his right hand, the white wrists and fingers contrasted with the black ink, which made Li Tai a little dazzling for a while.

He picked up the brush on the desk, dipped it in ink, and wrote on the unfolded rice paper—

Heaven and earth are vast

Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains

Heroes have come from generation to generation

Forever and forever

But the boy is hot-blooded

Song Mingqing's grinding hand stopped, her woman's sad spring and autumn are incomparable with his pride and ambition, and he only feels that his strong and bold pen power is his ambition.

He put down his pen, bent down, and gently blew the ink on the rice paper. The thick eyebrows and nose stood out in her eyes.

Then he laughed aloud: "This painting is for you." ”

Song Mingqing met his smiling eyes, a little distracted, not because she had some feelings for him, but because she suddenly thought about whether he also had the heart to compete for the crown prince, and this distraction was strong and hot.

Thinking about how tragic the battle of Xuanwumen was back then, she felt sorry in her heart.

The two sat down again, and Li Tai talked to her about the book he was writing, and then talked about some poems, and the sunlight outside the window dimmed unconsciously.

He finally couldn't hide his worries, and said bluntly: "Since your eldest brother died, who should be responsible for the trivial matters left behind?" ”

Song Mingqing's misty eyes were even more misty, and he said softly: "Mother has been sick, barely holding on, several brothers are still studying, and now the affairs of the entire house are taken care of by Qiao'er." ”

Li Tai was taken aback: "She is just a fourteen-year-old girl, how can she be the head of the family?" ”

Song Mingqing choked up and said: "I never thought that the child was so strong, and many things were arranged in an orderly manner. ”

"What if she leaves with King Qi next year?"

Song Mingqing fell silent. But if any woman wants to marry, even if she doesn't marry the king of Qi, she will marry someone else, and who will keep the meager family property left by her father?

Li Tai wanted to speak several times, and swallowed the words several times.

This is not the time to confess your heart.

Song Mingqing said: "It's better for me to accompany the prince to play chess, I can calm down and relieve my troubles." ”

He smiled and bowed his head.

Until Zhu'er lifted the curtain of the door and said at the door: "Miss, it's time for dinner, the girl from the old lady's side came to pass the word, please go with the prince." ”

Li Tai didn't shirk the guest's excuse at all, got up and said, "It just so happens that after saying so much, I'm really a little hungry." ”

The two of them did not have the kind of courtesy between the prince and the commoners, and walked out at the same time. His figure was long and straight, and her figure was weak and willow supporting the wind, walking in one place, which made Zhu'er a little stunned in an instant.

Along the way through the path full of flowers on both sides, then a bamboo forest, around a few corridors, to the front yard, into the dining hall.

The group was waiting in the cafeteria, and the etiquette still had to be spoken. It wasn't until Li Tai sat down that everyone sat down.

The table is not delicacies from the mountains and seas, and a few side dishes are exquisite and delicious, without the pomp of a commoner receiving the royal family. Although the people at the table were a little restrained, they were also polite and moderate, and they drank the peach blossom wine brewed by Yuqiao in the spring during the banquet, and they only drank a few glasses, but they also made people laugh.

Li Taisheng is the prince, but it is the first time to feel the warmth of the commoner's family, and it seems that the lack of a certain part of the past has been made up, and it is even more heartwarming.

He toasted to the old lady and said, "The younger generation may come to disturb me from time to time in the future, and ask the old lady to fulfill it." ”

The old lady said: "There is nothing else in the house, but there are quite a lot of books, and the prince can come at any time." ”

That's right......

My Song Mansion has no personal relationship with you, it is purely a communication between scholars......

The old lady said: "Although the Song Mansion is a home of merchants, it is also a home of reading, and this is the only one that can win the love of the prince." It's just that many of the courtesies in the house are not careful, so it's good for the prince to forgive me more. ”

This means that if you want to come, just come, don't put your prince on the shelf......

Yu Qiao sneered: "Sitting at the same table like this, I feel like the prince is like our family." ”

These words can be called arrogance, and Song Mingtu, who accompanied him, immediately changed his face, got up and knelt down: "My niece is young and ignorant, and I ask the prince to forgive me." ”

The others also put down their dishes and chopsticks, and got up and knelt down one after another.

Li Tai helped the old lady up and sighed: "Born in the royal family, I have to pay attention to those etiquettes, but if I am really regarded as a family member by you and others, why not be my luck?" ”

There was something bleak in his tone. Then he smiled at Yu Qiao: "The little girl said well, this king wants to reward you." ”

After the meal, he didn't stay long, and the group was sent outside the house. On the second day, he received more than a dozen boxes of rewards, including jewelry and cloth, treasured ornaments, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and two large boxes of books named for the library in the mansion for collection.