Chapter 12: The Maiden
It was probably the beginning of yesterday that Cheng Enlu tossed in the middle of the night, and in the past few days for the Qingming Festival to rush to copy Buddhist scriptures, He Mian'er only felt tired, and leaned on Xu Yunqing's body to close her eyes.
I don't know how long it took, He Mian'er only felt that her body was lightly covered with a layer of clothes.
opened her sleepy eyes dimly and saw Xu Yunqing only wearing underwear, and He Mian'er realized that the two were still on the mountain.
"I'm sorry, I accidentally fell asleep......" She woke up and got up in a panic and handed over his coat.
"Don't worry, you must be tired, blame me for not thinking it through, I'll carry you down." Xu Yunqing wrapped her coat around He Mian'er, leaned over, and wanted to carry her down.
Just a simple action, He Mian'er blushed for some reason.
"Don't worry, I won't fall you." Xu Yunqing said loudly.
In this way, on the slightly dark mountain road, and even between heaven and earth, there was only one man carrying his woman on his back, walking down step by step.
During the cold spring period, the wind at night was very cold, blowing people's faces cold, but He Mian'er only felt as if she was being blown by the spring breeze, and her face was very hot.
"Look, the stars are out." Xu Yunqing stood firm, and suddenly raised his head and said to the sky.
Only then did He Mian'er realize that the sky that had just been pitch black was indeed full of stars.
But she felt that the stars in the sky were less than one-ten-thousandth of the person in her arms. "That's good." She lowered her head and muttered, not knowing what she was praising herself.
The two of them did not speak again, immersed in this beautiful atmosphere.
It was past curfew and the gates were closed. Xu Yunqing didn't let go of He Mian'er, and walked straight to the city gate.
He Mian'er had already seen two soldiers guarding the city gate, struggling to go down. "Let me go." She said softly.
"It doesn't matter." Xu Yunqing said.
He Mian'er was so ashamed that her face shrank into her neck.
"Stop, after curfew, the city gate will not open until tomorrow morning, you can go back first." A slightly shorter young soldier guarding the door spoke.
"Little brother, it's convenient, our husband and wife have no place to live." Xu Yunqing's words were calm, but he did not directly reveal his identity.
"No, no, you want to be fucking convenient today, and he's going to be convenient tomorrow, and that curfew is still a fart." The other, slightly taller and older guard, rushed up in a violent temper and cleaned up Xu Yunqing.
"I'm Zhengyuan General Xu Yunqing." Xu Yunqing neatly took out his waist card and handed it to the guard.
The two soldiers who were just guarding the city gate didn't expect that they would be such an important person when they stopped them casually. I didn't expect to be able to meet the famous General Zhengyuan.
And the guard who had just cursed was already full of panic, and trembled and said, "General Zhengyuan, I... I... I don't know if it's your old man, you're 10 million, adults aren't that villain......"
"Adults don't remember villains." The young guard next to him kindly added.
"It's okay, can I go? My lady is still waiting. Xu Yunqing's face was calm, and there was not the slightest gloom on his face.
"You always walk slowly." The guard respectfully handed over the waist card and nodded.
The two of them opened the door in person, stood up straight, and watched General Zhengyuan slowly walk away with a woman on his back.
"Why haven't I heard of General Zhengyuan marrying?" The younger guard asked in surprise.
"It's a ......long story to see that you're from out of town," the older guard said with a serious face.
After a long night, the two of them had something to talk about.
He Mian'er didn't know how long she slept this time. She opened her eyes and stared at the carved beams and pillars, she was a little stunned for a while, and after a while, she realized that this was in the new general's mansion, but Xu Yunqing didn't know where she went.
The sky outside was already bright, and He Mian'er had just gotten up when she saw a thin little maid carrying a teapot and pushing the door in.
"Young grandma, are you up?"
The little maid was lively and clever, so she immediately poured He Mian'er a cup of tea and put it on the table. "Tea, please."
He Mian'er bowed slightly, looked around, the room was magnificent, there was no shortage of gold, stone and jade, but it was a little different from the slightly simple general's mansion before.
"Young grandmother......" The little maid wanted to say something, but was interrupted by He Mian'er. In the future, don't call me young grandma. ”
The little maid was stunned for a while, probably because she didn't expect the master to make such a request, and she didn't know how to speak for a while.
He Mian'er naturally didn't mean to embarrass her, but she was self-aware, but she was just a concubine, what kind of young grandmother was called, so that others listened to it and added to the joke.
"In the future, you will call me Mrs. Mian." He Mian'er took the initiative to propose. The concubines of both large and small families in Beijing seem to be called so.
"Yes, Mrs. Mian." The little maid was very obedient, probably because she saw that He Mian'er's face was still good, so she asked He Mian'er to give her a name.
If it was in the past, He Mian'er would not have missed such an opportunity. After all, a child born in the family must be given a separate name to show the gift of the master. Even the courtiers were proud of the emperor's other name.
When she was in the boudoir, several maids were given other names after she became sensible. Mingzhu and Caifeng have grown up with her since childhood, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the master and servant are in deep love. However, it has not been seen for three years.
He Mian'er lowered her eyebrows, and only said quietly: "You don't need to change your name, what your original name is, you still call it." "She doesn't know how many days she can stay in this general's mansion, and even the little maid doesn't know when she went elsewhere. She is still unable to protect herself, let alone others.
"Mrs. Mian, the little one has been called Ah Xiang since childhood. In the future, Ah Xiang will serve the master. "The little maid is neither humble nor arrogant, and she seems to be an excellent training.
Ah Xiang served He Mian'er to wash and change clothes, but He Mian'er was embarrassed. More than three years have passed, and she has long been unfamiliar with how to be served. I never thought that today I would return to the treatment before I left the cabinet, which was something she never imagined.
At Ah Xiang's suggestion, He Mian'er wore a cocoon silk light cyan coat embroidered with a few fluttering butterflies, which was very interesting.
"Mrs. Mian is already white and beautiful, it is when she is young and beautiful, wearing this dress, it makes the whole person very temperamental, and the general will definitely like it." Ah Xiang praised from the bottom of her heart, Mrs. Mian is outstanding, and it seems that she will have to dress up well in the future.
He Mian'er held her breath when she heard her last words. This general's mansion is really cruel, reminding her all the time that she wants to see her identity clearly, she is just a concubine, just a thing to serve people in Israel.
Whether she is honored or disgraced depends on whether Xu Yunqing likes it or not.
"In the future, Hugh will say so." He Mian'er opened her mouth to remind, her tone was soft, and the content of her words made Ah Xiang feel a little puzzled.
Isn't it, Mrs. Mian doesn't like others to praise her for her good looks? Although Ah Xiang was puzzled, she also nodded obediently.