Chapter 40: Banquet 1
In the palace of the phantom vine, everywhere is pasted with the water blue flag that symbolizes the auspiciousness of the country, the dance pavilion and the song platform, above the court, the gold plate and jade plate are dazzling, the water blue woven silk, the tired curtain embroidered with the phantom vine pattern floats in the pavilion and water pavilion with the wind in June, just like the people above the hall at this time, the ministers are all happy, Ye Xun Daozi is naturally arranged to sit on the second only to the vine king, today's her, dressed in the water blue grand white juan dress embroidered with the flower of the phantom vine, the head is inserted with a silver hairpin, and the white phantom vine flower is engraved on it, This is the clothing accessories that the royal family should wear, and after returning from the diagnosis and treatment of strange diseases, she naturally received the highest treatment from the Phantom Vine Country. Looking down from the hills, the whole country was jubilant, and everyone cheered and celebrated the removal of this strange disease.
After coming here, it was the first time she sat with so many people, Ye Xun Daozi was a little uncomfortable, and today's clothing made her breathless, she wanted to walk out of this hall and go out to take a breath, but she felt that this was not polite, Gu Mingteng, who was sitting opposite her, had already seen the clues, so he got up and talked to his father and the chief priest, Xu was explaining to them that he wanted to take her out for a walk or something. The vine king and the place where Yifan both smiled at Ye Xun Daozi, bowed their hands, and after Gu Mingteng finished speaking, they walked straight to Ye Xun Daozi.
"Get out!" He held out a hand and motioned for her to put it up.
"But...... Like this...... Not so good! Ye Xun Daozi looked at the ministers who were talking to each other around him, and whispered in a low voice.
"Nothing!"
"Uh-huh......!! All right! Ye Xun got up and walked out with Gu Mingteng.
"Ah~, suffocate me!" Out of the palace gate, she said with a long breath.
"Your Royal Highness! Where are we going now? ”
"Just ......? What do you call me? ”
"Your Royal Highness! Well...... This is a palace, I can't call you any more son......"
"I like you to call me Second Master Gu!" He tilted his head to the side and said softly.
"Hmm...... Actually, it's all the same, it's just a title! Let's go, where do you want to take me...... Anyway, I really haven't visited this vine palace, and when I first came, I was in a hurry to go out for treatment......"
"I'll take you somewhere!"
"Hmm!" Gu Mingteng took her wrist and walked forward, Ye Xun Daozi looked at his back, and suddenly felt very comfortable, this person made her feel at ease, follow him, just like the feeling of following her father when she was a child, she pursed her lips and smiled when she thought about it.
After a while, I saw that the road in front of me was not the same as that inside and outside the hall, it was all a small path paved with stones, the small green bamboo beside the road, lush, the stream in the bamboo was gurgling and flowing, the more you went forward, there were a lot of small flowers that could not be called by the road, the flowers were clustered, the vines were flourishing, a group of stood in the middle of the road, and they did not go when they saw people coming, but only fluttered their wings and jumped to the side of the road. After turning a few more small corners, Gu Mingteng suddenly stopped, Ye Xun Daozi looked up, and a chic grass house appeared in front of him, surrounded by green bamboo and broken flowers, the courtyard was extremely clean and tidy, although the door was locked, it felt like someone had lived here for a long time.
"Here...... Be? ”
"This is my mother's favorite place to live......
"Your mother, she...... What about people? ”
"She was gone, and when I was four years old, drowning ......"
"I ...... I...... I'm sorry what happened to you! I...... I also lost my father...... I know the pain of losing a loved one...... I ......" Ye Xun Daozi's expression was pitiful, as if he was sympathetic to Gu Mingteng at this time, and he seemed to be sympathetic to himself.
"My mother likes to cook bamboo rice here for my brother and me, and the bamboo rice she makes is the most delicious......" Ye Xun Daozi didn't know what to say, so he listened quietly.
After she left, her father never married again, and since then, he has gotten up early every morning, and after cleaning the courtyard, he will go to the morning pilgrimage...... In addition to my brother and me, there is also Uncle Chu Yidan, who never allows any outsiders to come here. ……”
"Then I...... Am I ...... Fouled ......" Ye Xun Daozi said timidly.
"You...... It's not an outsider......" When Gu Mingteng said this, although he didn't face Ye Xun Daozi's eyes, his tone was low and powerful, making people feel indescribably spoiled.