Chapter 44: Tonight, you can't play too much
Kiyono followed behind, accompanying the girl to watch the material. Duanmu Xihua has always preferred red, but this time it is a little different.
Her hands can be from begonia red, silver red, apricot red, rose red...... Skip. In the end, I chose a color like mallow purple and light gray purple.
After settling down, the embroidery girls calculated the time. Just enough to finish the soft wool brocade cloak and cloak the day before the banquet, but on the way, an embroidery lady had an accident at home and hurried back.
There are not enough people, and the patterns that this embroiderer is responsible for are rarely replaced in stitching. As a result, the clothes were not completed as scheduled.
I can't, so I can only take out the cloak and use it for the past year. Seeing that I am going to the banquet tomorrow, fortunately the sky is clear today.
In the courtyard, Kiyono was carefully tending to his cloak drying in the sun. The girl sat on a chair under the tree, holding a cup of tea and reading a book.
"County Lord, the land minister sent someone to deliver something."
Qingye paused slightly, and continued to take the dust and pat his clothes casually. Duanmu Xihua put down the book and got up from the chair.
It was still the messenger from last time, a young man with clear eyebrows and a beautiful eye, carrying two wooden boxes, all the way.
"County Lord."
The boy laid down the box and bowed to her. He has a gentle smile and a well-behaved manner. The people under Lu Weizhen also followed his temperament.
"Lord Lao bothered, Lu Xiang said that the sleep aid you gave last time was very effective. It's only running out lately, so I wonder if I can ask you for some more. ”
"Now that the late autumn is cold, Lu Xiang just got some fur and taught people to make some clothes. Ordering the villain to send it is counted as a return gift. ”
She didn't want to accept it, and the reason why she gave him those things was that Lu Weizhen gave her jewelry first. Before he could pay off the love of this object, he sent it again.
Wouldn't that be entangled, and it wouldn't be clear?
"Lu Xiang is polite, they are all friends, why should they be so polite."
"It's all ordinary things, and it's good if it can help Lu Xiang."
When the young man saw her evasion, he sighed in his heart that the master was really like a god. Fortunately, he thought of it all, and the layout was also thoughtful.
"I hope that the county lord will not dislike it, and must accept it. By the way, this box is for Miss Kiyono. The girl came to take a look, but do you still like it? ”
Kiyono stopped what he was doing, and knew in his heart that Childe wanted to borrow her to let the county lord accept something.
She looked delighted, made a look of anticipation, trotted a few steps towards the girl, and came to her.
"And for me?"
"County Lord, can I open it and take a look?"
Kiyono didn't expect much, thinking that Childe was just sending some gadgets. However, when she opened it, she was rarely stunned, and some different emotions were born in her heart.
I took it out in the same way, and there were three pieces of clothing in each box. Antique double butterfly cloud-shaped thousand-water skirt, scattered flower pleated skirt, and magnolia green soft hair cape.
There is also a small wooden box on it, and when it is opened, it is a coral flat square hairpin and a pair of pearl earrings.
Kiyono was a little speechless, this was something she didn't expect, and she would give herself such a valuable and exquisite gift. In the next second, she seemed to think of something, this should be the preparation for the Jiaowei Feast.
After all, she only told Xie Jiusi about the county lord's illness, but she didn't tell him that it was too late to make clothes.
No woman can refuse beautiful clothes and beads, and Kiyono is no exception.
Facing Shangqingye's pitiful eyes, Duanmu Yuhua held his forehead. She pulled Qingye over, stretched out a finger and lightly tapped the girl's eyebrows, lowering her voice.
"You, you're not promising, so you've been bought."
It seems to be a number, but there is more of a smile in the tone. The face is also gentle, not a little angry.
"Thank you Lu Xiang for your kindness, but these are enough for Kiyono. I don't lack anything, this box, please take it back. ”
The young man's face did not change when he heard this, but fortunately, Lu Xiang also thought of this step. When he was about to go out with the suitcase, the master stopped him again.
"Wait, if Kiyono takes it and she still doesn't want to take it, you say so."
"There's a letter I wrote in this box, and I want to ask the county lord for a favor. If she doesn't accept it, I'll be embarrassed to say it. ”
"Yes, master."
"If she wants to give you something in the end, you just take it."
Well? Is that so sure? The young man knows that his master is powerful, but he calculates people's hearts to such an extent, so he won't be so godly.
He couldn't wait to rush to the Nan'an Mansion with the box, wanting to see if it was exactly as the master said. And now, as Lu Weizhen calculated, it is being realized step by step.
"Unbeknownst to the county lord, there is a letter in this box that is for you alone. Lu Xiang wants to ask you for a favor, if the county lord doesn't accept it, he can't say anything. ”
After hearing this, the smile on the girl in red faded a little.
She doesn't like to owe favors, but since she first decided to befriend Lu Weizhen and chose to associate with him, many things have gradually gone beyond her control.
Since you can't refuse anything, you can only face it.
What Lu Weizhen wants to do, as long as it is not excessive, she always has to help. If something is wrong, the king of Nan'an is still there, and the Jiang family is also there.
"Kiyono, the messenger has worked hard back and forth. A few days ago, you poured a pot of freshly brewed wood dew and brought it to you. ”
"Huh!"
The girl nodded and jumped down, and seemed to be in a good mood.
The boy was indifferent and self-contained from beginning to end, and the smile on his lips did not decrease. However, the chill spread from his back all the way to his heart.
Without him, Lu Weizhen has calculated everything, not bad at all.
After a while, Kiyono came back with a red glazed jade pot spring vase with a slender neck, which was full.
He took it, it was heavy, and he could smell the sweet and greasy osmanthus fragrance coming out of the bottle.
"It's not a valuable thing, just take it as a taste, and I hope you don't dislike it."
"The county lord is really tormenting the villain, these are what I should do."
After saying goodbye to Duanmu Xihua, the young man walked on the road, and after the initial joy, he suddenly thought that the master seemed to want to say something more at that time, but he just shook his head, and finally glanced at him with a little meaning.
Isn't it...... The jade dew in his hand instantly became hot, and he looked at it for a while, feeling more and more that it was what he thought.
He didn't dare to ask for this, but he still had to present it.
Watching the young man's figure disappear from sight, Duanmu Yuhua commanded the little guy to move the box into the house.
Closing the door, she opened the box and took out the contents in the same way. Two sets of dresses, respectively, are a dark flower filament purple silk emerald pattern skirt, and a wide-sleeved double silk silk robe.
The three coats are the thick brocade cloak inlaid with silver rats of the eight regiments, the emerald brocade feather satin cloak, and the satin fox stump pleat.
Pressed at the bottom is a letterhead, which is opened, and there are a few lines of small print on the snow wave paper. The handwriting is clear and strong.
The book is presented to the county lord: Seeing the words is like meeting, the twilight is approaching autumn, I don't know how Qing is going to be in the near future? After the Jiaowei Feast, the rice-fragrant crab is fat, and it can be enjoyed with wine and green.
The letter did not say anything about her help, nor did it say where to meet with her. A thought came to him, this must be an excuse for him, just to let himself accept these clothes.
She looked at the loose clothes on the slump, then at the letterhead in her hand, and then at the courier's series of confident expressions.
Duanmu Yuhua was silent for a moment.
"Smack."
The sound of a teacup breaking came from inside the house, and Kiyono was humming a little song outside the door, and Kiyono was taking care of his clothes. Turning his head, he shouted into the room.
"What's wrong, county lord?"
After waiting for a while and not answering, she was a little worried, and walked over to knock on the door.
"Squeak."
The door opened.
The girl in red squinted her eyes and looked into the distance, clutching the snow wave letter paper torn in half. Kiyono flinched, she felt the killing intent.
"County Lord?"
She spoke tentatively.
"What's going on?"
The girl smiled comfortingly at her and shook her head.
"It's okay, I'll go out for a walk."
"Hey, where are you going?"
Where to? She was going to Zuiyue Tower to see if she could catch Lu Weizhen.
The girl mounted a red and brown horse, and galloped away despite the call behind her.
At this moment, Shengjing is ten miles away. At the front was a richly decorated carriage, followed by a group of people and horses, and the group was marching forward.
The commander behind calculated the distance and rode quickly to the carriage. He gestured to the groom, and the whole group stopped.
"Master Hou, I will enter Beijing in half an hour."
The people in the car were lazy and lazy, and their voices were hoarse and low.
"Hmm."
"Look, where we're going tonight."
"Drunken Moon Tower."
"Huh?"
The new commander thought he had misheard.
"Drunken Moon Tower."
The man in the carriage repeated it again, with some tiredness and sleepiness in his words, as if he was going to fall asleep in the next second.
The young Fuqing, dressed in white, approached from behind on horseback, his face was like a crown of jade, and he was gentle and elegant.
"It's Drunken Moon Tower, don't ask again."
"Yes."
The commander was a little dumbfounded, still looking incredulous. It wasn't until I heard Zhao Sinian say the same thing that I gave up. He rode back to the back, thinking about what to do.
Zhao Sinian bowed slightly to the groom, smiled gently, and rode to the side of the carriage.
"Keep going."
"Master Hou."
"Huh?"
"Tomorrow the Wei family's Jiaowei Feast, we can't be late."
"So?"
"So tonight, you can't play too much."
"Huh."
The man in the car chuckled, and then lifted the curtain with a slender white hand.
"Xiuming, how many years have you not been back to Shengjing?"
Zhao Sinian faced the man in the car, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, full of honey tenderness.
Cui Kongling lifted the curtain with one hand and held the wine jug in the other. A green coat is untidy, loosely draped, revealing a collarbone that is as smooth as jade.
Even if he has known him for a long time, and even Cui Kongling's more glamorous and absurd appearance than this, he has seen it. However, at this moment, Zhao Sinian still lowered his head, in order not to teach the people in front of him to find out, the dark desire rolling under his eyes.
"Back to Master Hou, it's been three years."
"Three years, then do you still have to guard me tonight, wouldn't it be better to go back and get together with your family."
Family? His family, that home like a theater garden. Fathers and sons cannibalize each other, and brothers fight each other......
Zhao Sinian shook his head, his face did not change, and he was still warm and gentle. He looked at the bewitching-looking young man, and his tone was gentle as if he were a close friend.
"If you get together, you still have to disperse, it's better not to see it. Besides, that group of people, where is it more interesting than Hou Ye. ”