Chapter 2 Jingyuan Marquis Mansion
According to Bai Lu's news, at this moment, Su Wan had almost finished dining with his close friends and was about to go back. Xie Yaoguang led Suzaku to slowly push the door out, and happened to meet Su Wan who was going out.
Su Wan was a little surprised when he saw Xie Yaoguang, and hesitated for a while before shouting "Yaoyao"
Xie Yaoguang lowered his eyes and smiled, turned his head to look at Su Wan, there was a little doubt in his eyes, as if he was thinking about who this person was. Only then did Su Wan affirm that he had not recognized the wrong person, and this person was his life-saving benefactor.
"Yaoyao! It's me, Su Wan, the little girl you saved at the beginning," Su Wan was radiant, and there was irrepressible excitement and joy in his eyes.
Xie Yaoguang seemed to remember who the person in front of him was, and smiled slightly apologetically: "It turned out to be you, but I didn't remember it for a while."
Su Wan didn't care about Xie Yaoguang's words. Instead, he eagerly walked to Xie Yaoguang's side, took her arm and smiled: "Yaoyao, you don't say a word when you come to Gusu, I also ask you to have a good time in Gusu." You don't have anything else to do this time."
"No, I came to Gusu this time to recuperate. You also know that I have never been in good health," Xie Yaoguang glanced at Su Wan sideways, sighed lightly, and said with some regret, "The doctor said that my body is too weak, and the Zhonggu Su in the Jiangnan area is really the most suitable for me." No, my father and mother, they sent me to recuperate."
"Heal well, you can see that your hands are getting colder and colder." Su Wan touched Xie Yaoguang's hand and pretended to be mature, and counted Xie Yaoguang well, "Have you ever wanted to live anywhere?" It's better to live in my house, and it just so happens that I will ask my father to borrow a sign and ask the imperial doctor in the palace to take a look at it for you."
"That's not necessary, I have a lot of miscellaneous things, I don't want to bother you" Xie Yaoguang raised his eyes and smiled: "I'll live here for the time being these days, and I'll send someone to find a garden later."
"Yaoyao, I know what you're worried about. My father was too busy with official business to take care of too much. And my two elder brothers are also Shenlong, you don't have to be polite when you come to live in my house" Su Wan finally met Xie Yaoguang once, and he didn't want to let go of her and wanted to talk to her more.
Xie Yaoguang's expression relaxed slightly, seeing that Su Wan's words were sincere and so eagerly invited him to live in the mansion. finally nodded and agreed to Su Wan's invitation, and instructed Suzaku to pack up a few things and go with Su Wan.
Su Wan got into the carriage with Xie Yaoguang, and was excited to talk to Xie Yaoguang about the customs of Gusu and introduce various delicacies of Gusu along the way. Xie Yaoguang stared at Su Wan sideways for a long time, and finally a trace of regret passed through his eyes. turned his head and smiled and responded to Su Wan's words one by one.
"Yaoyao, let me tell you, the sugar taro in this house is delicious. I'll take you to taste it when I have a chance."
"Good"
The night market is crowded with people. Even though there is not much road from the Hou Mansion here, it took more than a moment to reach the Hou Mansion from the Moon and the Star Tower. Suzaku jumped out of the carriage first, and only after helping Su Wan down did he help Xie Yaoguang down.
The mansion is built in the most conspicuous place of the street, and the plaque on the door of the mansion is written with a few words of the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion mentioned by the royal pen himself, and each of them is particularly eye-catching.
Just when the lights were in charge, the sharp-eyed servants saw Su Wan coming back and shouted loudly: "Go in and report that Miss is back," while leading people to hurry up to greet him.
The three of them walked back and forth, and the guests followed the main and entered from the side door of the Jingyuan Marquis' Mansion. What catches your eye is a shadow wall, which is engraved with the three characters of Shangzhu Country written by the imperial pen. Xie Yaoguang stared at it for a while, and the coldness in his eyes was fleeting.
"Uncle Yan, where is my father?" Su Wan asked about the servants who greeted him.
"Master Hou is handling official business in the study, but ...... Hou Ye is a little unhappy today."
"Well, I know, I'm going to my father's place to say goodbye" Su Wan pondered for a while, then turned his head to look at Xie Yaoguang: "Yaoyao, do you want to go with me" to meet my father?
Xie Yao smiled and said, "Since I have entered the mansion to disturb, I naturally want to visit the master first."
Su Wan instructed people to go to Suzaku first and go to the guest house to clean up first. He assisted Xie Yaoguang all the way to the main courtyard with a smile.
When the servant saw his young lady's hospitality, he couldn't help but wonder what kind of identity this guest could be so treated by the master's family. Seeing Xie Yaoguang's beautiful face and generous posture, he couldn't even guess what kind of identity he was for a while.
Su Wan accompanied Xie Yaoguang around the main hall and went straight to the side hall. Xie Yaoguang didn't have much. The nobles of the family are originally strict in their rules, and they cannot tolerate mistakes for half a day. In this way, there are countless conventions in which people of high rank or others cannot enter the main hall through the main entrance.
Xie Yaoguang remembered something, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, but with Su Qinglin's current status, what allowed Su Qinglin to open the main gate and welcome people into the main hall was the holy decree that the emperor entered the mansion.
The afterglow is still there, and the side hall is already full of candlelight. As Su Wan stepped into the hall, he saw a middle-aged man holding a scroll, sitting in front of the bookcase, sometimes holding a pen and a note, sometimes holding his forehead and pondering in the warm yellow light. The mirror-smooth marble floor reflects warm yellow light, adding warmth to the room. Hearing footsteps, he lowered his scroll and looked up at the visitor.
Xie Yaoguang pursed her lips. This person is Su Qinglin, the Duke of Chengguo, one of the only three remaining Shangzhu States in the dynasty.
Remembering what the deceased said. I heard that Su Qinglin was also a beautiful son in Yushu Linfeng when he was young. Now, although the years have left a lot of nicks on his face, you can still see the handsomeness on his face when he was young. Even though he was dressed in half-old clothes, and there was no decoration on his whole body except for the forbidden step hanging from his waist, the grace exuded by his whole body was impossible to ignore.
Su Wan stepped forward and said with a solemn expression: "Daughter to my father to say goodbye"
Su Qinglin glanced at Su Wan, picked up the teacup and put it down heavily. He spoke in a rather stern tone: "You still know to come back?" How many times have the Father told you not to return late? I don't ...... like that."
Su Qinglin's tone froze, and his eyes looked towards Xie Yaoguang behind Su Wan. His face softened slightly, and he said softly: "There are guests?"
Seeing that his father saw the third person in the house, Su Wan changed into a flattering smile: "This is a friend of mine, who used to be kind to me." This time, she happened to meet me when she came to Gusu to recuperate, so I invited her to live in the house temporarily."
Xie Yaoguang, who was named, stepped forward, his posture was calm and elegant, without any embarrassment. She saluted Su Qinglin's juniors, and bent down and said, "People's daughter Xie Yaoguang, meet Su Houye"
Looking up at Su Qinglin's scrutinizing gaze, the ink-colored beaded pupils were like an abyss, bottomless but with a faint smile.
After staring at each other for a long time, Su Qinglin spoke: "Miss Xie doesn't have to be so humble, since she is a friend of the little girl, she is a guest in the house."
Xie Yaoguang already has a beautiful appearance, although he is wearing a moon-white skirt, his face is also pale and sickly, but he is better than his demeanor, and he can't help but let people take a few more looks. Su Qinglin glanced at Su Wan and said, "Since Miss Xie lives in the mansion, she doesn't have to be too restrained, I don't like to restrain my juniors."
"Father, if you're fine, Yaoyao and I will go first"
Su Qinglin glared at Su Wan, there were guests present, he was not good at reprimanding, so he had to ease his tone and said: "There are guests here today, I won't reprimand you for the time being." You accompany Miss Xie back to rest first, I still have official business to deal with."
"Thank you father"
Xie Yao bowed his head and retreated with Wan. Stepping out of the side hall, she turned her head to look back at Su Qinglin, who was buried in front of the case, her pupils seemed to gather Han Hailan, and she smiled and left slowly.
The guest house has already been ordered to clean up the ground. Since neither of them had had dinner yet, Su Wan instructed the kitchen to make a few famous dishes unique to Gusu and send them to the guest house to eat. Su Wan has always been rude, and he has always admired Xie Yaoguang a little, and at this moment, there are no outsiders in the guest house, so he naturally surrounds Xie Yaoguang crazy and makes trouble. Suzaku carefully guarded Xie Yaoguang on the side, lest Su Wan accidentally hurt Xie Yaoguang for a while.
"Yaoyao, do you know that when I first met you, I always felt like I had seen you somewhere," Su Wan smiled as he took Xie Yaoguang's arm.
"You're messing around again, how could we possibly have met?"
"If you haven't seen it, then you and I are old acquaintances in our previous lives. Seeing each other in this life should be regarded as a farewell reunion" Su Wan raised his head and smiled: "What do you think?"
Xie Yaoguang raised his hand and poked Su Wan's forehead, and reprimanded gently: "Okay, you Su Wan, I don't know where it looks like it was used to arrange me." See if I don't clean you up."
The two laughed and laughed, and Su Wan's hearty smile echoed in the guest house.
Su Wan smiled for a while, took a sip of the tea handed over by Suzaku, and said with a sigh of relief: "Speaking of Yaoyao, you came at the right time, just in time for tomorrow's spring banquet, I will introduce you to a few friends, they will definitely like you."
Spring feast, she remembers that it is indeed held once a year on the third day of March, inviting famous ladies to come to the banquet. The harem concubines, the housewives will use this banquet to select their daughters-in-law. So it seems that there is a chance for the past at this banquet? However, Xie Yaoguang didn't agree.
"Is there a spring feast tomorrow? I didn't know there was such a gathering in the imperial capital...... It's me who is lonely and unheard," Xie Yaoguang lowered his eyes and smiled slightly apologetically.
"yes, come with me, it's going to be fun."
"Okay, it's up to you"
"Oh, look at us patronizing, this dish is going to be cold," Su Wan beckoned Xie Yaoguang to eat while sandwiching half a bowl of dishes to Xie Yaoguang.
Xie Yaoguang looked at the vegetables in the bowl in front of him, and couldn't help but smile: "Okay, Wan'er, don't clip it for me." How do you tell me to eat so many dishes? ”
"Yaoyao, I suddenly hated that I wasn't a man. In this way, I may be able to marry you and come back to take care of you," Su Wan leaned on Xie Yaoguang's arm and looked at her sideways, with a hidden regret in her pupils.
"Stop messing around. There is a spring banquet tomorrow morning, why don't you go back to rest early, be careful not to get up tomorrow morning! Xie Yaoguang nodded at the tip of Su Wan's nose and said with a sneer.
"Yes, yes, let's go. You also rest early."
After sending Su Wan away. Xie Yaoguang looked up and saw the moon hanging in the sky, cold as frost pouring on the ground. If the news is correct, he should come back tomorrow, farewell to the old people, but he doesn't know. He doesn't have to go to the border anymore when he returns to Beijing this time, it is not a good idea to avoid the court situation, and as a member of the royal family, how can he not compete for the position of the Ninety-Five. Is it a time to escape, can you escape for a lifetime? And since she is back, she will not let him become a pawn, she is bound to make him a chess player.
"Miss, the wind is blowing"
Zhuo Jing didn't say much, but walked towards Xie Yaoguang with the fox fur on her, and Liyu watched the frost flying in the sky with him behind the other party.
"Yes, the wind is blowing," he tightened his fox fur, as if he said unintentionally.
The long eyelashes raised slightly, and in the pearl pupils, there seemed to be an abyss, and the huge waves surging in the sea condensed into glaciers in an instant, and even the corners of his lips also evoked a sneer.