CHAPTER XVI
It went around and snowed a few more times, the sky and the earth were white, Xie Ruqing also wore a white dress this day, and the edge of the cloak was embroidered with a circle of white Rongrong, which was swept on the face, a little itchy.
Xie Ruqing tilted his head slightly, and then Ruhuan ran out of the house, "Girl, girl, I found it." ”
She held a string of gold locks in her hand and put them on Xie Ruqing's neck, making the whole person even more cute.
"Okay," Ruhuan looked at her girl with a pair of smiling eyes, "the girl will be able to have good luck with this golden lock protection today, and even a year will be a good luck year." ”
Listening to the pleasing words in her mouth, Xie Ruqing knocked on her head, and then gestured, meaning that there was not enough time, and she had to enter the palace to say goodbye, so it would be too late.
Ruhuan stuck out his tongue, and the two walked out.
This time, because I wanted to enter the palace to ask for peace, the masters of the house had already gathered at the gate of the courtyard, got on the sedan chair together, and walked to the palace.
There are many masters in the palace, but fortunately, Xie Ruqing, as a female dependent, does not have to go to the emperor, just to say hello to a few concubines.
The ladies of each family greeted each other according to the number of courtesies, Xie Ruqing couldn't speak, just smiled faintly, and according to the rank of the concubines in the palace, she greeted them one by one.
At this time, a palace maid came over, stood in front of Xie Ruqing and said, "Girl, my concubine invites you to go." ”
What did Yao Guifei ask her to do?
Xie Ruqing wondered in his heart that his face was not obvious, and he smiled and nodded at the palace maid.
"Then please come with me, girl." The palace maid said and led the way.
When Xie Ruqing followed the palace maid, several young ladies gloated:
"Yo, it must be the concubine who came to her to 'talk'."
"But no, can you offend the fourth princess without wearing small shoes?"
"Don't talk about the Nine Emperors now, the Nineteen Princes won't be able to save her."
Xie Ruqing didn't care about these young ladies, so he just followed him to Concubine Yao's bedroom. Yao Guifei was chatting with a few ladies, and when she saw Xie Ruqing entering the door, she immediately beckoned her to sit down.
"I only saw it in a hurry that day, but I didn't look at it twice, but today I found out that this girl was born and is very likable." Yao Guifei praised Xie Ruqing, and the ladies next to her also echoed, and several people gossiped, praising Xie Ruqing like a flower. ”
Xie Ruqing only listened.
Yao Guifei said: "This is the New Year's Festival, since you come back to me to play, I can't ask you to go back empty-handed." As he spoke, he beckoned to the palace maid, "Come on, pack up the clothes I got a few days ago." ”
After a while, several palace maids came in one after another, each holding a tray in their hands, and this gift was really not small.
"I saw a few new pieces of fabric, and I didn't think about it and let people make clothes, but I don't know that these pink and yellow clothes are not suitable for me, and the four princesses are a little worse, I see that you must be suitable to wear, so I will give them to you." Yao Guifei said with a smile.
Xie Ruqing naturally didn't want it, but she knew that it was not easy to shirk the gifts given by the nobles in the palace, and it would be offended to delay it, so she had to accept it with sincere fear. She didn't know what Yao Guifei had in her heart, and vaguely felt that it was not a good intention.
"The concubine is really generous, this is all high-quality good material." A lady next to her said.
"But it's not......"
Xie Ruqing couldn't interject, only listened to a group of ladies playing with a sharp edge, about touching two teas, and then she got up to say goodbye.
All the way out of this palace, she finally sighed deeply, feeling that the mountain pressing on her body was finally a little easier.
"Thank you, girl."
Before she could finish her sigh, she heard someone call her behind her. Xie Ruqing turned around in fear and saw that it was the Nine Emperor Princes with a smile on his face. She smiled on her face, but she couldn't stop crying out.
Is it really because of the golden lock like a ring? Make sure she goes out to see the nobles.
is not a noble person who protects her, but a noble person with a noble status.
"It's the New Year's Day, and there are a lot of fun things on the street, so let's go out and see it."
The Nine Emperors are smiling, and those dark eyes are as pure as water, and when they look at it, they will make people indulge.
Who can be born in this palace so thoughtlessly? Even she didn't dare to say that she didn't have any calculations in her heart.
She waved her hand lightly, signaling that there was still dinner at home at night, and that it was not too late to go back.
The Nine Emperors pulled her away indiscriminately, "The dinner dinner must be held in the dark night, if the color is bright today, I haven't even had time to eat lunch, and the hour is still very early." ”
Xie Ruqing smiled bitterly, seeing that he couldn't refuse, he had to follow him obediently.
Yu Ning is playful by nature, she knows it. Seeing that he only brought a small servant behind him this time, and she only brought a ring, the two walked side by side on the street when they left the palace gate, and the two subordinates followed one step behind.
"Every year, the festival is the most lively in the city. During the day, there will be lantern riddles, lion dances, and many gadgets, such as hair accessories worn on the head, masks shining on the face, such as grasshoppers woven from grass, which are so much fun. ”
The Nine Emperor Princes were talking on the side, their eyes were shining with stars, and Xie Ruqing listened obediently on the side.
Xie Ruqing has always lived in seclusion, but rarely goes out on such days. Now it is the first time that he has been forcibly pulled out by the Nine Emperor Princes.
Her eyes looked around curiously, curious about everything. And the Nine Emperor Princes is a real person, what she sees, he buys, along the way, she has changed.
He wears a pink headband on his head, a hairband on his forehead, and a small rabbit lantern in his left hand, and a lifelike grass rabbit is wrapped around the rope of the lantern.
Her eyes were shining, and her face was a little red from excitement.
"Guess the lantern riddle, guess the lantern riddle."
The Nine Emperors' eyes lit up when they heard this, and they took Xie Ruqing's hand and ran up.
"This boy, girl, try the lantern riddle, and if you guess it right, this will be the reward."
The stall owner, a middle-aged uncle, pointed to the prize on the table. Yu Ning swept around and stopped at a small object. Xie Ruqing also looked at it curiously, it was a small thing, exquisitely clear, connected by red ropes on both sides, and when he looked at it closely, it seemed to be a lifelike rabbit.
It's a rabbit again.
Xie Ruqing couldn't help laughing, this Yu Ning is afraid that he has a seven-trick heart, and he is particularly interested in rabbits.
"I want this."
The shopkeeper smiled, "Childe really has a vision, this bracelet is from the Western Regions, and it is also the treasure of our town store, if you can answer the right question and clear the customs, this is the prize." ”
Yu Ning smiled, looking like she was bound to win, Xie Ruqing was not good at guessing this, and she didn't know what level Yu Ning was, so she just watched from the side.
The stall owner set up more than a dozen lantern riddles, Xie Ruqing only guessed one or two questions, and couldn't think of the rest, but saw that Yu Ning was effortless, holding a pen in his hand, and with a wave of a big pen like a public performance, he didn't even stumble on one question after another, which attracted many people to stop and watch.
"This son is good at words, and the dragon and phoenix dance are vigorous and powerful!"
"He's so smart, he can even guess! It's over, it's over, and the rabbit chain I fancy is gone! ”
"So he guessed it for the girl next to her, so envious!"
There was a circle of people around the stall, some admired, some regretted that the objects they liked were snatched away, and some were simply obsessed with the beauty of the child, noisy and lively. Xie Ruqing was squeezed by the crowd, and from time to time touched Yu Ning's shoulder, Yu Ning actually held her hand, she couldn't pull it out, and blushed urgently.
"Congratulations, you're going to snatch all my stuff from my stall."
The shopkeeper gave him everything he had won, looking like he was going to break the fortune, Yu Ning was rich and took out the money to him, "No, your small business is not easy, I don't take advantage of you, take it." ”
The shopkeeper immediately thanked Dade, "Mr. Xie is generous, if you don't dislike it, these will also be given to you, and I will close the stall today." ”
Where did Yu Ning want so many things, so he simply gave them to those who were watching the excitement, and he only kept the rabbit bracelet. The people around me are going crazy to rob it.
Yu Ning pulled Xie Ruqing out of the crowd, took Xie Ruqing's hand and put it on for her carefully, as if she couldn't feel his sudden stiff body at all.
"Nine...... Childe, this ......"
The Nine Emperors seemed to know nothing about love, and winked innocently, "What is this, are we friends, what's wrong with a friend giving you a gift, look at you like I have a plan." ”
He said that Xie Ruqing was not good at being hypocritical, so he was simply more generous.
It's just that she was generous, but Yu Ning grabbed her hand and didn't let go, it was really awkward, so she withdrew her hand quietly, this time Yu Ning didn't stop it, Xie Ruqing took a step back, but her mind was white.
Especially the hand he was holding just now, it was also as hot as fire at this time.
This Nine Emperor Princes is the emperor's favorite youngest son, and he usually depends on him for whatever he likes, but he will not agree that he has anything to do with him.
I just hope that he just regards her as his friend, and never touches the child's private feelings.
"Miss Xie?"
Yu Ning saw that she didn't move for a long time, and her hand shook in front of her eyes, "You're stupid, aren't you hungry, let's go buy something delicious!" ”
Xie Ruqing smiled, and she didn't know if he was really innocent or what, like a child, she pointed to the bracelet on her wrist, pointed to herself, and shook her head gently.
"Is it possible that Miss Xie doesn't like it?" Yu Ning's eyes widened, as if she was a little puzzled.
Xie Ruqing really didn't know how to communicate with him. He is a prince, she is just an ordinary woman, how can she bear his gift? If it is known, it is another case of tongue.
"It's not that I don't like it, or I like it. If you like it, take it, why don't you? ”
Xie Ruqing sighed in his heart, and didn't know how to explain to him, so he could only stand where he was helpless and give up.
"There's a lion dance ahead, let's go take a look."
The world of the Nine Emperors seemed to be playing except playing, and if he couldn't explain it, he didn't listen, took Xie Ruqing's hand and ran to the circle of people around, looking at the capital, I don't know which troupe set up the stage.
In the inner three floors and the outer three floors, several children who are about eight or nine years old are dressed in yellow, with lions on their backs, and they dance one by one.
Xie Ruqing was also seeing it for the first time, and he couldn't help but be fascinated by it. The two of them looked at it intently, and they didn't notice that the two subordinates had been squeezed elsewhere, and they were anxiously looking for them at this time.