Chapter Ninety-Six: Riverside
As soon as the lord of the small county spoke, the young ladies around him were all concerned.
Their ages are similar to Xiao Xuan's, unlike the royal princesses who have always married late, most of them have either been married, or have already determined the marriage date like a small princess.
Even if they don't marry far away from Yunnan like the little county lord, after marrying into their husband's family, they will no longer be able to live the same leisurely life as when they were in the boudoir. After marrying into the husband's family, there are in-laws and husbands, if the husband's family saves trouble and the mother's family is powerful. I'm afraid that if I marry into that unconscious family, maybe there will be countless troubles in the future.
"Oops, come on, come on." Xiao Xuan saw that everyone was in a depressed mood, and hurriedly called the green forest behind him to bring the fruit wine he had prepared. "Look what I've brought you."
This fruit wine is smooth in the mouth, full of sweet aroma, and is specially brewed by the chef of the palace for the female concubine. Even if you drink more, you won't get drunk, the taste is excellent, Xiao Xuan drank it once and became greedy.
Thinking that he was going to have a party with his friends today, Xiao Xuan cheekily asked for a few small jars from Emperor Liu's concubine and brought them over.
"What is this?" Wen Ling, the sister-in-law of the eldest princess Wen, approached, and from the gap in the mouth of the altar, in addition to smelling the sweet fruity aroma, she also smelled a hint of wine.
"It's a fruit wine specially brewed by the chef of the palace for the ladies to drink, and you won't get drunk if you drink too much." Xiao Xuan beckoned, and the palace maids prepared wine glasses one by one according to the number of nobles, and filled them one by one. "I drank it once from my mother's concubine, and I brought a few jars to taste it with you today."
Xiao Xuan and the nobles drank a few jars of fruit wine, because the sun was getting stronger, and Emperor Liu's concubine accompanied someone to come over and send a message for Xiao Xuan to go back to eat.
Xiao Xuan had no choice but to disperse with the nobles and agreed to reunite tomorrow.
Coincidentally, on the way back, Xiao Xuan led people to meet Duan Shaolan, who was patrolling here with a team of pennant guards.
Xiao Xuan looked at Duan Shaolan, who was dressed in a flying fish suit and had a tall posture, and only staggered his gaze for a moment, he was already powdered, and he lowered his head for the first time to see if his dress was decent.
"The ministers have seen the princess." Duan Shaolan led people forward to salute. "The princess is well."
"Get up, don't be polite."
Xiao Xuan and Duan Shaolan had many people around them, and the two of them wouldn't say anything, so they had to pass by by mistake.
After having lunch with Emperor Liu, Xiao Xuan went back to his room to rest.
When he woke up, Xiao Xuan stroked his hair and found that the sun was already falling outside.
"Princess, are you awake?" Hearing the movement, Dan Tang and Lu Lin hurriedly came in to serve her.
"Well, now, what time is it?" Perhaps because she drank fruit wine greedily in the morning, Xiao Xuan slept very deeply this night.
"The imperial concubine has sent someone to ask the princess several times, and because the princess is sleeping so deeply, the imperial concubine ordered us not to disturb the princess." Dan Tang helped Xiao Xuan sit up and said. "Because His Majesty summoned the imperial concubine to accompany her, the imperial concubine has been gone for a while."
"I've told the princess, the fruit wine is stained with a wine word, how can there be a reason not to get drunk if you drink too much." Lu Lin took a towel soaked in warm water from the hand of the palace maid behind him, and waited for Xiao Xuan to clean his face and refresh himself. "The princess doesn't believe it, there is a jar that the princess drank almost up, otherwise how could the princess have been asleep for so long."
"Don't say it, my mouth is uncomfortable, bring me some water." Xiao Xuan shook his head and said.
Dan Tachibana smiled and turned around and poured a glass.
Xiao Xuan freshened up and dressed again, and then he leaned over and whispered something in Xiao Xuan's ear.
"Really?" After hearing this, Xiao Xuan immediately turned around and asked.
"Yes." Dan said with a smile. "But the princess must take me or the green forest out."
Xiao Xuan was full of joy at this time, and naturally there was no reluctance.
"Princess, there is one more thing I want to tell you." Dan Tang looked at the people who were waiting in the room at the moment were all people brought out of the palace by Xiao Xuan, all of them were trustworthy old men around Xiao Xuan, and there were no palace maids temporarily dispatched by the head of the palace. "There is a palace maid named Linhe, who is a palace maid in the palace, and now she is serving in the courtyard where the princess lives, because the princess has served in the courtyard for many years, which is also familiar."
"Well, I have an impression of the person you said." As she gets older, Xiao Xuan doesn't like the faces of the people around her. "Is there something unusual about her?"
This one is called Linhe, with good looks and clever hands and feet, at least for five or six years, as long as Xiao Xuan comes to Feiyu Mountain Palace for summer vacation, she will serve in Xiao Xuan's courtyard, so this time she was assigned to serve by Xiao Xuan's side as usual.
"Speaking of which, the slave maid also ran into it by accident." Dan Tachibana said. "A few days ago, His Royal Highness sent someone to bring snacks to the princess to try, which was something that the slave maid went to get in front of the palace. When I came back, I saw Linhe walking with the parrot next to the eldest princess. It stands to reason that because the princess and the eldest princess have been at odds for a long time, the people on our side have no friendship with the people who serve by the eldest princess's side, let alone a palace maid who stays in the palace all the year round. ”
"Hey, if you want to say that I didn't know what kind of blood I had with my sister in my last life, why did she have to be so entangled with me in this life?" The joy that had just swelled up in Xiao Xuan's heart was invisibly diluted a little, and she looked at Dan Tang and said helplessly.
"The slaves and maids dare not arbitrarily judge the affairs of the two princesses." Tachibana is a color road. It's just that in the past few days, the slave maid and the green forest have paid special attention to Linhe's whereabouts, and found that she has to meet with Brother Parrot every other day. Every time they met, the two of them would talk for a while, but they were afraid of getting close and startling the snakes, so the slaves didn't dare to follow too closely. I want the slave to say that Linhe and Brother Parrot are too close, so it is better for the princess to find a mistake at will and send Linhe out. ”
"No, even if I send Linhe out, I can't drive out all the palace maids in my courtyard. I came out for the summer this time, and the total of you brought the six of you out of the palace, and I always have to keep people in my yard to do things. Xiao Xuan pondered for a moment and shook his head. It doesn't matter, any of you will keep an eye on the river for me when you have nothing to do. My sister just wants to hold my handle through the river, and I'm just worried that when she holds my handle, it will be hot. ”
"What does the princess mean to continue to contact with the parrot while facing the river?" Green Forest said puzzled. "But what if the princess's affairs are really known by the eldest princess, how can it be good to make trouble without a head? Will it affect the princess's reputation? ”
"My matter has crossed the clear path with my father and mother, even if my sister makes trouble, my father's marriage will can cover up the matter, but let me take advantage of my wish." Xiao Xuan raised the corners of her mouth and laughed. "My sister is not so stupid, I guess I will think about holding this matter in my hands."
After the sky darkened, Dan Tang and Lu Lin accompanied Xiao Xuan out of the courtyard, saying that they wanted to go out to enjoy the moonlight.
Linhe took the initiative to step forward and said that he would lead the way for Xiao Xuan.
"No need, here in the palace, Dan Tang and I have to accompany the princess to come every year, and we are all familiar with the main roads and paths." Lu Lin declined the river and said. "But there are a lot of mosquitoes in the princess's bedroom today, so you can stay and burn incense to repel mosquitoes with Yuezi and them."
Xiao Xuan was in a forest outside and saw Duan Shaolan waiting here.
"Have you waited a long time?" Dan Tang and Lu Lin staggered about twenty steps away from Xiao Xuan very clearly, Xiao Xuan walked gently through the bamboo forest, walked to Duan Shaolan and asked softly.
"Nope." Duan Shaolan looked at Xiao Xuan, who came in a plain white dress under the moonlight, like a fairy under the moon.
Lord Wei Qianhu, who is in his early twenties and has experienced a lot, was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.
It's just fortunate that the moonlight is thin, and Xiao Xuan can't see the red on his face clearly.
"Oops." At this time, the two stood in the forest relatively speechless, but they were both happy in their hearts. Suddenly, there was a sound of insects, Xiao Xuan was startled, she was afraid of these mosquitoes recently, her feet moved, and she kept taking a few steps forward, wanting to avoid the insects lingering around her, and inadvertently crashed into Duan Shaolan's arms.
Duan Shaolan didn't expect the collision of this nephrite warm fragrance, only felt a pleasant fragrance waft into his nose, and the person in his arms was slender and weak.
"Don't be afraid, princess." Fortunately, Duan Shaolan practiced martial arts and had excellent eyes, so he immediately drove away the insects around him for Xiao Xuan. "I'll chase away the worm."
Xiao Xuan's face was also crimson at this time, and he hurriedly took a few steps back.
The corners of Duan Shaolan's mouth rose, and he took out two delicate handbags from his arms and handed them to Xiao Xuan's eyes.
"There is a hidden clasp in the center of this bracelet that can be opened, so you can put some spices, and now I have a deworming spice in it. After the princess is under her hands, you can also put some other spices in it. ”
"Then you can put it on for me." Xiao Xuan stretched out two hands and handed them to Duan Shaolan, motioning for him to help her bring the bracelet.
Duan Shaolan looked up at the orange and green forest guarding the forest with his back to the two of them, and then looked at Xiao Xuan, who was smiling lightly in front of him, so he had to reach out and take Xiao Xuan, carefully hold her white and slender wrist, and put the bracelet on her wrist.
Seeing that he had put it on, Xiao Xuan withdrew his hand, smiled and looked at the handpieces on his wrist one by one, and smiled very happily.
"Thank you, I love it." Xiao Xuan grabbed his wrist and said to him.
"Grandfather already knows about you and me, and tomorrow he will enter the palace to inform his aunt about it." Duan Shaolan said what he really wanted to tell Xiao Xuan on this trip.
"Really?" Xiao Xuan was overjoyed and said.
Thinking that Zhen Guogong's agreement to this matter was already an unexpected joy, Zhen Guogong was willing to come forward to inform the queen in person, and things between her and Duan Shaolan would only go more smoothly in the future.
"It's true." Duan Shaolan looked at Xiao Xuan's smile and couldn't help but be infected by her. "Tomorrow, when my mother is invited, I will also bring Sister Chu to the palace to stay for a while, and Princess Lao will entertain them for me."