Tao Zhiyuan didn't react for a while, Qingyuan pushed her, and then she woke up like a dream, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately shouted happily: "Mother!" ”

Li Xiangling nodded with a smile, if Qingling was like Tao Zhiyuan, then how worry-free.

"I'll go and prepare your things for going to Beijing, and you two sisters will talk first." After Li Xiangling finished speaking, she got up, and at this time, Yun Qingyuan also remembered that she only brought needle and thread to Tao Zhiyuan just now, and forgot to bring dried flowers, so she said to Tao Zhiyuan and went out with Li Xiangling.

The sun was hanging high at this time, making people feel refreshed, Tao Zhiyuan stretched her waist, and she didn't dare to twist around in front of Li Xiangling just now, which really tired her.

She glanced at the needle and thread on the table, and a light blue satin, and after thinking about it, she finally decided to embroider the pattern of double butterflies flying.

Tao Zhiyuan measured the size and sat quietly, pinching the tiny long needle with her crystal fingers, and embroidering intently. Her face was serene, her butterfly-winged eyelashes casting rosy traces on her face, the occasional smile, the occasional frown, and the touching.

A figure gradually walked to the door, he was carrying a small basket, which was filled with some dried flowers and medicinal herbs, with an impatient look on his face, and when he saw Tao Zhikite sitting there, he was stunned for a moment.

She is so attentive, as if she is isolated from the world and does not eat the fireworks of the world.

Although her appearance was similar to that of her sister, her rippling eyes told him that she was not Qingling, and Qingling did not have such a pair of eyes and such a breathtaking charm.

Until the day he grew old, he still clearly remembered this day, this moment.

The leaves rustle all the time in the breeze.

He stared at her drooping face for a long time, and even his breathing slowed.

Even he didn't expect her quiet expression to strike at his heart suddenly.

Just like when I was young and first came into contact with the long sword, I began to have a desire for swordsmanship.

Until he thought that she was going to enter the palace instead of Qing Ling, his eyes dimmed, and his voice became flat: "Second sister helps my mother clean up and let me send flowers to dry." ”

She heard his voice, stopped the needle in her hand, looked up at him, and said, "I'm tired." ”

Yun Jinyuan walked into the room and put the basket on the table, and said, "I know that you are going to make incense (another name for sachets), and I also brought mugwort leaves, borneol, mint, and camphor, which my mother uses these." ”

"Thank you." Tao Zhiyuan smiled in return, which made Yun Jinyuan confused for a while.

Yun Jinyuan hurriedly avoided her gaze and looked down at her embroidery, the double butterfly had already taken shape, and she was very cautious with every stitch and thread.

The two were silent for a long time, and seeing that she was still concentrating on embroidering, it seemed that even the air had forgotten to flow.

Only the branches and leaves in front of them cast a mottled fragment in the sunlight.

At noon, after Tao Zhiyuan had lunch, Yun Qingyuan sat in the pavilion with her to enjoy the coolness.

The wind in the afternoon is warm, August is the hot summer period, Xianglan brought two bowls of sour plum soup and went down, there are still only housekeepers and Xianglan in the house, Yun Qingyuan just said, call the dismissed servants back, I am afraid that Tao Zhiyuan will show flaws and make people notice.

Yun Qingyuan was wearing an emerald blue flower dress, with a silver phoenix carved flower hairpin on her head, looking like a small jasper.

"Someone will come to the palace tomorrow, and I am really reluctant." Yun Qingyuan touched the edge of the bowl of porcelain, the sour plum soup made by pandan is the most delicious, refreshing to drink, and more importantly, it has the taste of hometown.

"There are so many beautiful women in the palace, and it is still unknown whether they can be selected or not."

"At the beginning, someone from the palace presented the portrait of me and Qingling, and at that time it was already selected, but now we enter the palace and carefully check the selection again, we have to learn the etiquette of the palace, and then we will be elected to the position of concubine." Yun Qingyuan's expression didn't know whether she was happy or worried, "In my life, I can only stay in that palace." ”

Tao Zhiyuan was dumbfounded for a moment, isn't that in and out?

"Sister?" Yun Qingyuan looked at her and was taken aback, "Do you regret it?" ”

"Nope." Tao Zhiyuan shook her head and immediately denied it.

Yun Qingyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The Yun family has been an official for generations, and it is good for my father to be the prefect in this life, and the people of Yezhou say that my father is a parent official, and as a daughter, I can't let my father be desolate in his old age." ”

Tao Zhiyuan understood what Yun Qingyuan meant, and didn't say anything more.

"Qingling is fifteen this year, and her birthday is the fourth day of the fifth month, so my sister has to remember this." Yun Qingyuan said, "The eldest brother is twenty years old, I am seventeen years old, Jinliang is twelve, my four brothers and sisters are all from their mothers, and my father has no concubines." ”

Tao Zhiyuan kept it in mind, men in ancient times were all three wives and four concubines, it is rare for Yun Zhengqiu to be so dedicated, thinking of the three thousand concubines in the harem, he will only be one of them in the future, so small.

She even fantasized that if Yi was the emperor, would she abolish the Six Palaces and leave her alone in the entire harem?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help laughing, how could there be such a ridiculous thing.

"My father has loved his mother all his life, but my husband ......" Yun Qingyuan sighed slightly, thinking of the sad place.

"Did my sister ever think about being able to leave the palace in the future?"

"As soon as we enter the palace, we will be the emperor's people in this life, and the palace maid can still leave the palace at full age, but we ......" Yun Qingyuan shook her head lightly, and the pearl earrings trembled slightly, "I still don't dare to hope to leave the palace." ”

Can a palace maid leave the palace at full age? Tao Zhiyuan secretly remembered it in her heart.

The green trees in the yard are all rustling at this time, and the rhythm is not rhythmic, but it has another meaning.

"Forget it, maybe I can be favored in the palace, and my father's face will be brighter at that time." Yun Qingyuan wanted to go to the good side, but her smile was a little far-fetched.

Later, she may remember that her far-fetched smile was pure and immaculate.

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The nights are a little cooler, which is undoubtedly a good temperature in modern terms.

Yun Qingyuan went back to the room early to rest, so as not to lose energy tomorrow, and Tao Zhiyuan is used to going to bed late in modern times, and now she will only toss and turn when she lies on the bed, so she can only light a few more candles, and pick up needle and thread embroidery under the candlelight.

The color of the double butterfly is elegant, and the stitching of Tao Zhiyuan is lively, and the double butterfly is embroidered very vividly.

Tao Zhiyuan smiled at the corner of her mouth, and she couldn't imagine that she still had good skills in ancient times.

As the night deepened, Yun Jinyuan was upset somehow, but he was not tired, and got up and paced the courtyard alone.

Looking up at the bright moon, he unconsciously walked to the west courtyard, this is Qingyuan's boudoir, he didn't follow the rules, he was about to go back, but he saw that the room in the corner was full of lights, it was Qingling's boudoir, and now it was occupied by Tao Zhiyuan.

Why didn't she sleep so late?

Uneasy, he walked over and hid behind a tree.

Looking sideways, there were several candles lit on the table.

She was still wearing today's clothes, but three thousand green silk was splashed behind her back.

She stopped the needle in her hand, raised the butterfly slightly, and looked at it stupidly.

Yun Jinyuan also saw it, and saw that the two butterflies were vivid, as if they really wanted to spread their wings and fly high, surrounded by the flowers.

What a pair of hands!

He couldn't help but admire in his heart.

That's such a beautiful Yiren, it's a pity......

Just as he was about to walk back, Yun Jinyuan didn't pay attention to his feet, and kicked a small pebble, which rolled out more than a meter away, making a loud sound. He was shocked, but his cheeks turned red.

"Who?" Tao Zhiyuan heard the sound, so she put down the embroidery and walked to the window to look, and saw that in the dark, Yun Jinyuan was standing there.

Yun Jinyuan saw her puzzled expression, afraid that she would ask him what he was doing here, how should he answer at that time?

"It's Yun Gongzi." Tao Zhiyuan couldn't see Yun Jinyuan's flushed face, "Are you looking for Qingyuan?" ”

"Hmm...... Be...... Oh, yes. Yun Jinyuan wanted to bite off his tongue at this time, why did he tie it at this critical moment.

"Oh, she's already rested, and you're on your way for nothing."

Yun Jinyuan took the opportunity to say: "That's it, if I go in vain, then I'll go back first." ”

Before he finished speaking, Yun Jinyuan had already left the West Courtyard.

Tao Zhiyuan shrugged helplessly, how could this Yun Jinyuan be the same for a while.

Yun Jinyuan hurried back to his room, his whole body was hot, and he poured two cups of tea to make himself feel better.

But what flashed in my mind was her focus on embroidery.

He hurriedly shook his head, did he go crazy by cultivating swordsmanship?!

The night was thick, and the fog was getting heavier outside the window.

He sighed lightly, she was going to enter the palace, how could she let herself think too much.

This night, it was another sleepless night.

Tossing and turning, the sky is already bright.

Yun Jinyuan only heard the noise that had been lingering in the house.

His heart was gloomy, and the people in the palace finally came.

After freshening up, he took his sword and went out of the eastern courtyard.

There was a carriage parked at the entrance of the mansion, and several guards and eunuchs stood beside it.

In the west courtyard, the two palace ladies put on pink embroidered Luo skirts for Yun Qingyuan and Tao Zhiyuan, wore the same hairstyle, and then inserted silver phoenix openwork hairpins, the more they looked at them, the more similar they became.

Li Xiangling's eyes were full of tears, and she couldn't say a word, this was like her daughter coming out of the cabinet, but I don't know when I will be able to see each other again.

I only heard the eunuch outside the mansion shouting that the auspicious time had come, and the two palace ladies helped Yun Qingyuan and Tao Zhiyuan out, and Yun Zhengqiu's eyes were also shining with tears, but after many years of rolling in the officialdom, he had to nod to Yun Qingyuan with tears, and then said thank you to Tao Zhiyuan silently.

Yun Jinliang, who was only twelve years old, had already cried so that his eyes were red and swollen, he pounced on Yun Qingyuan, and shouted reluctantly: "Second sister...... Liang'er won't let you go......"

"Good ...... Liang'er has grown up, so she has to be strong. Yun Qingyuan felt distressed when she looked at him, because she was the youngest brother, she treated him very well, "The second sister is waiting for you to go to Beijing to take the exam, and when the time comes, I will take the exam for the second sister." ”

"Good! I'm going to work hard! Yun Jinliang looked at Tao Zhiyuan again, "Tao ...... Third sister, you have to wait for me! ”