Chapter 23: Frosting
Although I tried to avoid it many times, it was inevitable that I would always run into it. Just like today, when she was picking plum blossoms in the garden, she happened to meet Meng Yu who was appreciating plum blossoms.
She was dressed in a dark pink fox fur, her whole face was wrapped in fine white fluff, and her face was ruddy, and she was incredibly beautiful. She was not surprised to see Xiao Li, and greeted her very gently: "Xiao Li girl, is this picking plum blossoms?"
Xiaoli said in her heart: You have seen it all and asked me. But he smiled politely: "I'm idle and bored, and when I see the flowers blooming, I pick them and play with them."
Meng Yu looked at the bright plum blossoms, and said with pity: "Such fresh flowers bloom on the branches, if they are picked, it will lose their vitality, it is really a pity."
Xiaoli said a little angrily: "I haven't read a book, I don't know what the heart of cherishing flowers is."
Meng Yu wasn't angry, she just smiled: "I'm just joking, don't take it to heart."
Xiao Li was a little embarrassed, and felt that what Fang Cai said to her was too unkind, so she handed her a plum blossom in her hand: "Here you go."
Meng Yu smiled in surprise, stretched out a Qianqian jade hand, took the flower branch and put it on the tip of her nose and sniffed it gently, and smiled gently: "The fragrance of flowers is elegant, and the plum blossoms he planted are indeed not ordinary."
Xiao Li naturally knew who the "he" in Meng Yu's mouth was referring to, and the smile instantly froze on her face.
Meng Yu took her hand kissingly, pulled back the maid behind her, and walked towards Merlin with Xiaoli: "In the huge mansion, I only saw one of your daughters' house, but unfortunately you always stay in the house, and I can't talk to you if I want to." The queen sent me to the palace, but the queen did not know that I was extremely reluctant to come. ”
Xiao Li looked at her in surprise: "Don't you want to?"
Meng Yu's eyes turned slightly: "No matter how confused and ignorant I am, I also know that the prince already has someone he wants." You are the only woman in the palace, and you are protected by him all day long, which shows how much he cares about you. ”
Xiaoli was a little embarrassed, she was surprised by Meng Yu's honesty, and she was even more ashamed of her original small belly, but there was one sentence that she had to ask: "Then do you like him?"
Meng Yu was stunned for a moment, then patted her hand and smiled: "It's false to say that you don't like it." I grew up with the prince since I was a child, and in my heart, the prince is like a father and a brother. However, as I got older, he was not as close to me as he used to be. The falling flowers are intentional, the flowing water is ruthless, since the prince has a heart, I naturally will not force it. ”
Xiao Li lowered her head and didn't speak, and before she knew it, the two of them had walked back to the original path. Meng Yu looked at her with a smile, and a glass hairpin between her temples shone brightly: "I have a meager ability, but I will definitely explain the reason to the queen and not break up your pair of beautiful people."
Xiao Lileng looked at her with a smile, and a maid hurriedly stepped forward, handed her a stove, and said angrily: "Miss, you have always been weak, how can you resist such a toss." Meng Yu smiled and nodded her nose: "Got it." Turned to look at Xiao Li and smiled slightly: "Little pear girl, I'm leaving."
Peara looked at her and said thank you after a long time. Meng Yu smiled slightly.
Watching Meng Yu go farther and farther, Xiao Li felt that her heart was very sour. Meng Yu is not as unbearable as she imagined, all along, she has always been preconceived. Such a Meng Yu made her feel inferior.
On his face, he realized that the snow was falling heavily again.
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Meng Yu, who had already walked out of the palace, was supported by the maid Qingyu, looking at the getting bigger and bigger snow, and was distracted for a while.
Qingyu waited for the sedan chair man, and hurriedly held up an umbrella to block the snowflakes for Meng Yu, with anger on her face that could not be concealed: "These damn people, even if the Meng family is not powerful for a while, they can't tolerate them to be so lazy, it's really a group of bad things whose conscience has been eaten by dogs."
Meng Yu looked at the plum blossom in her hand, and seemed to be still distracted. Qingyu saw it and said angrily: "Why should Miss talk to that kind of country woman more, isn't it bad for your own body on such a cold day." She looked at her with contempt, "Besides, the queen mother has already pointed out the marriage between you and the prince, so the young lady doesn't have to please that kind of person." ”
Meng Yu laughed softly: "Please ......"
Qingyu was a little confused, so she realized that she might have said the wrong thing, so she hurriedly said: "Miss, Qingyu didn't mean that, Qingyu said ......"
"I'm really trying to please her, and there are some things that are more interesting to say than not to say." Meng Yu laughed.
Qingyu didn't know what to do, and just wanted to ask something, but when she saw the coachman coming, she hurriedly waited for Meng Yu to take a seat: "Miss, what are you still doing with this broken flower?" There are as many flowers in the house as there are. ”
Meng Yu was stunned when she heard this, and then she used force in her hand, the plum blossom broke from it, and it could fall in the snow, Qingyu was not careful, and stepped on it with one foot, and the flower was ruined, reflecting in the snow like a bright blood.
Meng Yu looked at the plum blossom quietly and smiled lightly.
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In the palace, Xiao Lizi thought carefully from beginning to end for a long time, but still couldn't think of a reason.
At night, Li Chongzhao had just returned home, and Xiaoli wanted to talk to Li Chongzhao when she heard the news.
The hallway was brightly lit, and she had barely turned the corner when she heard a whisper. So he immediately stopped.
It was the two of her little guys who looked at each other discussing some trivial matters. Xiaoli was not interesting to listen to, originally thought that she was discussing some private gossip before thinking about listening to the corner, but at this moment this heart really fell into the dust.
In the next second, she was hit hard.
A little guy said with a smile: "When Miss Meng gets married, won't you be able to watch people every day."
Another servant hurriedly covered his mouth: "You don't want to die, the prince ordered not to talk about this matter, you dare to be so blatant!"
The man also said softly: "If I don't say it, it doesn't mean that others don't say it, and I don't know what the prince means by hiding it like this, how can that girl compare to Miss Shangmeng......"
"The words are not coarse, I think the prince wants to quietly get married, and then find a sedan chair to carry the girl to the house to make a small one, isn't it also a foolproof strategy."
"I heard that it was the marriage that the emperor personally pointed out, and Miss Meng is also an honor."
"Isn't it......"
The voice of the words gradually moved away, Xiaoli was still stunned, and Meng Yu's words were still in her ears during the day. Meng Yu kept saying that she would explain the situation to the queen, but it turned out that the two of them had already been married...... What does she mean......
Xiao Li suddenly felt that the smile on Meng Yu's face was extremely hypocritical, and she hated it so much that her heart burned like a fire.
She's lying to her, she's watching her jokes.
And Li Chongzhao ...... even hid it from her......
Why did it boil like boiling water one after another, and she almost lost her mind, as if she wanted to slap Meng Yu hard in the next moment, and wanted to question Li Chongzhao face to face.
But that was just the thought in her head, and the real situation was that she was still frozen in place, shivering from the cold wind.
Suddenly, a lantern illuminated her face, and it was Shen Mu. His brows furrowed slightly, and Xiao Li realized that his face was full of tears. He said very little, and his tone was very cold: "The prince is in the study."
Xiao Li nodded, she didn't know why Shen Mu knew that she came to Li Chongzhao, and she didn't want to know. Her mind was dizzy, and she could only walk on a mechanical basis.
Shen Mu stood quietly in the hallway, the lantern in his hand illuminating his indifferent face in the dark night. His eyes wandered, he didn't know where to look, and the last thing that came to his mind was the figures of two little guys.
After a long time, he realized that the lights had gone out.
It was late at night, and he was so cold that a thin layer of frost formed on his brow.