On the second day, when the sun was setting.

The orange afterglow is scattered on the apricot blossom trees like snow, which is very beautiful.

Mu Xici walked along the stone path paved with apricot blossom petals, and under the layers of apricot blossom branches, he vaguely saw the back of a person wearing a lilac robe.

Thinking of the woman playing the piano, he unconsciously quickened his pace.

When the two were only separated by a tree, a breeze blew. Layers of apricot blossom petals are pouring down, like a shower of flowers.

The woman turned her head with joy on her face.

I saw her wearing a peach-colored plum blossom skirt and a light purple embroidered butterfly dress. Apricot eyes and smoke eyebrows are bright and beautiful.

However, it was not the person he had in mind. He was unconsciously slightly lost.

An Zhi saw Mu Xici from afar, and her heart was already excited. I hurriedly tidied up my skirt and pretended to look at the flowers on the tree casually.

Now I saw him stepping on the flowers, and the white petals reflected his jade-like face, which made him even more handsome.

Dressed in a moon-white brocade robe, with a jade crown on his head, a sachet on his waist, and a jade flute in his hand.

In an instant, An Zhi's eyes could no longer be taken away from him.

"Princess An Zhi." Mu Xi's lips and teeth opened lightly, and when he saw the stunned woman in front of him, he felt a little bored in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

An Zhi came back to her senses and reacted that she was stunned, and her face instantly turned red to the root of her ears.

"Son-in-law." An Zhi wrung her fingers and said shyly. "Look, how beautiful the apricot blossoms are in the sunset, do you think they look like beauties?"

"Apricot blossoms are like snow, beauty is beautiful, and they fall one after another when the wind blows. How can it be compared to a beauty? Mu Xici looked at the apricot blossom beside him and said casually.

An Zhi mistakenly thought that Mu Xici was praising her, and whispered shyly and timidly: "Childe is really good at talking." ”

Mu Xici knew that she had misunderstood her words, but she didn't say anything to explain.

However, looking at the shy woman in front of him, he was even more impatient in his heart. Turning his head, he looked at the colorful glow in the sky through the layers of snow-like branches.

Will that woman be like this in front of her? Mu Xici remembered the slender back of the departing again.

I thought to myself: she should be different.

"Princess An Zhi, if there is nothing else, I will leave first." He reached out and grabbed a piece of apricot blossom petals that had been blown off.

"If you don't have anything important, you might as well enjoy the apricot blossoms again. Don't let down the beauty of this beautiful day. An Zhi stood on tiptoe, sniffed the stamen, and said slowly.

"The fragrance of this flower is so tangy, reflecting the setting sun. It's really the sun after the rain, and the apricot blossoms are fragrant. ”

"The princess is very literate, but I prefer the fragrance of orchids." Mu Xici let the petals in his hand slide down naturally, and it made a slight arc in the air, and gently fell into the dust.

"I also like orchids, why don't you set up a banquet on a day and invite Prince Xici to come to Poria Palace to watch?" An Zhi invited.

Mu Xici saw that she didn't understand what she meant, so she said helplessly: "This time, I am going to envoy Yun Qiguo on behalf of Xiwu, and the specific matters still need to be discussed with your emperor, and the itinerary is quite tight, I am afraid that I will not be able to meet the princess's appointment in the future." ”

An Zhi was instantly lost, and she had no intention of continuing to enjoy the flowers. After Mu Xi said goodbye, he left sullenly.

Inside the Zhaoyun Palace.

"Princess, that Princess An Zhi didn't seem to be very happy when she left." As soon as Ming Cui returned to Zhaoyun Palace, she excitedly told Zhao Yun what she had secretly seen and heard outside the apricot blossom forest. "She also chanted a sour poem, called what is the sun after the rain, and the apricot blossoms fall to the ground."

"It's the apricot blossoms scattered and fragrant," Zhaoyun smiled after hearing this and corrected.

The little girl immediately blushed, wrinkled her nose and said, "Princess, don't laugh at me." And guess what happened. ”

"Prince Xiwu praised her, but also rejected her, didn't he?" Zhaoyun held his forehead and thought for a moment.

"Princess, how did you guess right?" The little girl was full of unconvinced.

Of course she does. In his previous life, he was like this, always keeping a distance from her. At first, she thought it was respecting her, but it wasn't until later that she realized that it all stemmed from dislike. And now, An Zhi is just like her in her previous life.

Zhaoyun didn't explain, but asked the little girl a question that was not related.

"Mingcui, if you are asked to eat the kind of bun I gave you when I was a child, will you eat it or throw it away?"

Ming Cui became more confused for a while, thought for a while, and replied hesitantly: "I am used to eating delicacies in the palace with the princess now, and I will not eat that steamed bun in front of me." But out of fear, if there is nothing to eat, you can use it to satisfy your hunger. So I'm not going to throw it away either. ”

"That steamed bun can only fill your stomach, but it can't satisfy your appetite, so if you're used to eating delicious food, you won't eat it, but you won't throw it away. This is the attitude of Prince Xiwu who neither refuses nor accepts. ”

Ming Cui was stunned when she heard this, and sighed: "I seem to understand, but I don't seem to understand." This question is a bit esoteric, forget it, don't think about it. He smiled again and said, "Princess, is it really good for you to compare Princess An Zhi to that dry bun?" ”

Zhaoyun smiled but did not speak.

Even if you don't love the best food, it may become the shriveled and unpalatable, tasteless, and regrettable bun that you discard.

However, the poem that An Zhi recited was not bad. Zhaoyun thought to himself.

That poem, Zhaoyun, had seen it in an old poetry collection.

The original word is: The South Park is full of light flocculents, and there is a clear rain for a while. After the rain, the sun is slanting, and the apricot blossoms are scattered. Sleep without a word, and cover the mountain on the pillow. The time is twilight, and there is no sorrow to lean on the door.

It depicts the life of a woman who is alone in the boudoir after she wakes up in the spring day. Reciting this kind of poem of boudoir life in front of a foreign man like Mu Xici inevitably seems a little inappropriate.

Mu Xici is quite fond of poetry and songs, and he knows a lot. And that book of poems is what Zhaoyun saw in his study when he was in love with him in his previous life.

An Zhi chanted this poem in front of him, which was inevitably a bit forcible to maneuver. And he, a self-proclaimed literati, dislikes those who think they have their own cleverness.

An Zhi seems to have lifted a stone to shoot herself in the foot this time, and it actually disappointed her a little, it seems that she thinks highly of her.

In the early morning of the next day, pedestrians on Yunqiguo Street came and went. A horse-drawn carriage walked slowly on the bustling road, and the surrounding porters avoided it.

In the carved carriage, Zhaoyun leaned on Ming Cui's shoulder, watching the little girl slightly open the corner of the carriage curtain, wanting to see but not daring to look out, she couldn't help but smile slightly.

"If you want to see it, you can be bold and optimistic, how tiring it is to watch it like this." An Zhi said with a smile.

Mingcui scratched her head embarrassedly, only slightly plucked away, and stretched out her little head to look out timidly.

The porters who gave way were all wearing straw hats, brown shorts, sweat towels on one shoulder, and heavy burdens on the other, and walked slowly forward.

"Look, princess, these people are carrying burdens, and they seem to be very heavy." Ming Cui frowned and pushed Zhaoyun Dao.

Zhaoyun followed her gaze, looked at the porters who were struggling to move forward, and sat up straight.

Most of the ordinary porters make a living alone, walking the streets and alleys to buy and sell alone. And so many porters, gathered together, don't look like they are sending things to a big family. On such a scale, it is only possible to do things for the government and be organized.

Zhaoyun told Mingcui to quickly close the curtain. When the porters were far away, he told the coachmen to hurry up.

As soon as the carriage drove into the side gate of Yufu, Zhaoyun got out of the car and saw Panruo leaning on the door of the side door, looking at her with a smile.

"Zhaoyun, you're finally here." The two of them stepped forward and gave her a big hug.

"If I don't come, you won't be able to enter the palace to see me during the flower feast." Zhaoyun pursed his lips, quite dissatisfied.

Prajna instantly sighed as if deflated.

"Don't mention it, I've been bothered a lot lately. Without my consent, my father got drunk and privately booked a family affair for me. ”

The two of them were walking forward hand in hand, and when they heard this, Zhaoyun stopped.

I thought to myself that the family affairs of the previous life were clearly scheduled for a year later, why was this life advanced so long.

In the previous life, when I learned the news of Prajna's marriage, it was already after the national ceremony. In this world, the national rite has not yet arrived.

At that time, she had already learned that the emperor had sent her to make peace.

Under the supervision of Mama Chang, who was sent by the Queen Mother, she was in full swing embroidering the wedding dress of her relatives. Later, the little girl in the palace chewed her tongue and learned that the current rumor outside the palace was the marriage between the general's mansion and the central squire Guo Sangongzi.

At that time, she heard that Praruo would not marry anyway, so she ran to wait outside Guo's mansion without permission, and when Guo Sangongzi came out, she verbally insulted him, and threatened in public that even if she twisted her hair to be a sister-in-law, she would not marry him.

"Then which marriage did General Yu help you order?" Zhaoyun held Prajna's hand and asked eagerly.

"It's Guo Youzhi, the third son of the central waiter."

The little girl waiting beside her, Tsing Yi, saw that her master was silent for a long time, and replied.

Hearing the reply, Zhaoyun's heart chuckled. Could it be that she was reborn once, and some inconspicuous small events were disrupted with it?

"That Guo Youzhi eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and raises birds and crickets, which is commonplace for him. I don't know why my dad would help me get involved in such a broken marriage. Praruo squeezed Zhaoyun's hand tightly and said angrily with a frown.

Zhaoyun pulled out his hand, patted it and comforted: "You can't just look at the surface when you look at people. Now in this world, there are many people who are also in the clouds, and they spread false rumors. That Guo Youzhi's rumor is a playboy is true, but that is just the outside world's opinion of him. ”

"How difficult it is for a person to live for a lifetime. We need to perceive others with our hearts, not just judge subjective assumptions. Perhaps, that Guo Youzhi is not as rumored by the outside world? ”

When Prajna heard this, he fell into deep thought.

In her previous life, when she learned of Praruo's situation, Zhaoyun eagerly wanted to go out of the palace to help her find a countermeasure. But Mama Chang sent by the Queen Mother was too strict, and she was strictly guarded like a cage, and she was not even allowed to leave Zhaoyun Palace.

Later, she learned that General Yu was embarrassed, not only did he not withdraw from his relatives, but even went to Guo's mansion with gifts to make amends. Praruo had a big quarrel with General Yu, and almost broke off the father-daughter relationship. Zhaoyun was worried, but he had nothing to do, and he was too busy to take care of himself. Until the day she got married, she had not seen Prajna.

Many years later, when she saw Guo Yuzhi in Xiwu, she learned the news of Pranya from him. It turned out that she really sneaked out of the house on the eve of the wedding banquet and went to Shuanglin Temple, and often accompanied the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha for the rest of her life.

She not only felt sorry for the fate of this best friend, but also felt that God had really played a big joke on them.

At that time, she realized that the outside world's evaluation of Guo Youzhi was simply exaggerated. How ridiculous.