Chapter Seventy-Nine: Childhood Sweethearts

After a meal, my lower abdomen has been firm and bulging, and I have a full burp with satisfaction, I haven't been able to eat like this for more than two years in Xuanwangfu, it seems that the dishes in Qinzhou are really to my taste.

The maid brought me a glass of water to rinse my mouth, I drank a big mouthful of gurgling and spit it out, picked up a moist towel and wiped the corners of my mouth and put it back, on the other hand, the cold-faced man chewed slowly, and he sandwiched each dish evenly, without missing anything, I thought he was not a picky eater, but his expression when he tasted each dish was surprisingly consistent, not happy or unhappy, as I thought before, he was a complete weirdo.

I sat down in my seat and deliberately stared straight at him for dinner, and instead of turning a blind eye, he continued to behave gracefully, unaffected by me. I have to say that although he looks cold to the bones, he has a lofty spirit, and has a kind of submissive kingly style, which is different from Long Xiao's domineering arrogance, and he is more calm and calm.

After staring for a while, I turned my eyes to the window, the sky was full of stars hanging in the night, one was brighter than one, like a pearl sprinkled on a copper plate, the moonlight was bright and flawless, and the milky moonlight was projected in the garden, making the night hazy and extraordinarily gentle.

"The moonlight is so nice tonight." Li Xuan and I rarely have the opportunity to enjoy the moon together, only the cold moon on the night of the Lantern Festival is like frost, thinking of the Lantern Festival, it is a sad feeling, thousands of miles apart, Li Xuan saw the same moon in the barracks as I saw? Will he also think of me in this bright moon? Exquisite dice An red bean, do you know if you are lovesick to the bone, do you know it?

"I'll go to the stargazing pavilion with me later." Perhaps my loneliness touched him, and the cold-faced man finally broke the silence and proposed.

I lazily asked, "Is it fun up there?" "Trapped like a caged bird, I can't beat my spirit.

"You'll know when you go." He gently put down the dishes and chopsticks, rinsed his mouth, stood up and walked towards the door, I sat still, he walked to the door and looked back at me: "Follow me." ”

This sentence seems to be bewitching, I followed with a fart, the cold-faced man led me on a pebble paved path, the road was pitch black, the shadows of the trees were a little scary, he carried a lantern in front of him to lead the way, his back was broad, so that this night road became less dark.

Gradually, there was a huge sound of water in my ears, and I continued to walk for a while, I vaguely saw the corner of the pavilion of the cornice, it turned out that the stargazing pavilion was built on the edge of the deep pool under the waterfall, the closer to the waterfall, the more cold I felt, and walked up the stairs into the pavilion, I was already a little shivering, and the next moment there was a black cloak on my back, and the cold-faced man stood on my right with a cold face, I gathered the warm cloak and looked at the night sky outside the stargazing pavilion.

The sound of the water in the waterfall is like the neighing of thousands of horses, and the loud noise hits my ears, but at this time my heart is as calm as water, and time seems to freeze, and it seems to pass.

I quietly stared at the stars, intoxicated, the bright moon hung high, but could not be reached, coldly overlooking the glitzy world. I have never seen such a beautiful moonlight, and at this moment I am like being in the deep mountains and old forests, returning to the purest state of mind.

The cold-faced man also touched Jing Siren: "When I was young, I fell in love with a bright and delicate woman, she is the daughter of the master, she was born to be well protected like the stars holding the moon, not stained with vulgar dust, pure in mind, the distance between me and her is like the sky and the earth at this time, it seems to be very close but I can only look at her from afar." ”

I turned my head to look at him in the dark, and the lantern in the corner of the pavilion emitted a pale yellow soft light projection, and his heroic eyebrows were dyed with a faint sorrow and worry: "I went to the master after leaving my hometown, and followed the master to learn the way of survival in troubled times, and the master treated me harshly, but regarded her as a pearl in the palm of his hand." I remember when I first learned the sword, I practiced day and night, just to get a compliment from the master, at that time, whenever I was punished by the master for not learning well, she tried her best to make the master happy, said good things for me, and secretly stuffed food for me behind the master's back. ”

He thought of that beautiful and pure woman, and did not hide the doting feelings between his words: "There are many big shops in Qinzhou, no matter where there is delicious food, you can't escape her mouth." ”

He is such an indifferent person who does not eat the fireworks of the world, and there is a woman who longs for him, I asked curiously, "What about later?" ”

"As we grew up together, my master became more and more dependent on me, and I vowed to marry her, but she always thought it was my joke. Once, someone gave me Xiangfei bamboo, and I made the bamboo into a horizontal flute, wrote a tune and played it to her, and she laughed and said, 'What if I fall in love with someone else before I can learn your tune?' At that time, I did not have power and status, and that piece was all I had. ”

He talked a lot tonight, and I couldn't get used to it for a while, so I joked: "Go around the bed to make green plums, and Lang will ride a bamboo horse." Let me guess, you are such a cold person, she must not have taken a fancy to you, and married someone else instead. ”

"You're right, she really met a man who fell in love."

I said that casually, but it became true, and I was immediately speechless.

His expression was even more lost: "That person is detached and full of wealth, he is indeed a rare good man in the world, and after several twists and turns, she still married him." “

The word "still" is full of his helplessness and bitterness, maybe he has worked hard, but he failed to win back the woman's heart, and he has no regrets in this life. I looked up at the moon, listened to other people's stories, and sighed: "Things in the world are so elusive, let alone the love between men and women." ”

He secretly pondered my words, and suddenly changed his words, and said word by word: "I have made a wrong decision, which has caused bitter fruits, although the past is irretrievable, I hope to use the rest of my life to make up for it." ”

I heard him too profoundly, and I didn't bother to ask further, this is a story that has nothing to do with me, why bother mediocre people?

After a while, he regained his indifference of rejecting people thousands of miles away: "It's late, I'll send you back." ”

I really can't understand him, he intercepted me at the inn with great fanfare, forced me to go to Qinzhou with him, put his heart on me a moment ago, and then treated me coldly this time, the attitude is so different, which one is the real him? What puzzled me even more was the old man who burst into tears when he saw me, and the courtyard that was exactly the same as the ink garden, these mysteries one after another entangled in my heart, and I became more and more confused.

When we parted, I took off my cloak and wanted to return it to the cold-faced man, but he glanced at it and didn't take it: "You can keep it." ”

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The next day, the cold-faced man ordered the Qin Mansion to call me Miss, at first no matter where I went, people would call me Miss when they saw me, which made me very uncomfortable, and stopped a person to ask before I knew the reason, and ran to find the cold-faced man to theorize, and he turned his face without a different color: "You are not a descendant of the Qin Mansion, naturally you are a young lady in the mansion." ”

What he said was not unreasonable, but it was very awkward, and I wanted to argue, but I saw him put down the book in his hand and said with obvious displeasure: "There will be no Princess Xuan of Daqi in my mansion." ”

The implication is that I, Miss Qin, have to do it if I don't do it, I can't help it, I snorted coldly and turned my head and left, I thought that I could get along with Li Xuan and Long Xiao in peace with him during the days when they found me, but I didn't expect such a trouble.

Overnight, I changed from Princess Xuan to Miss Qinfu, I still couldn't get used to it, and several times I asked my subordinates not to call me like this, but it had little effect, and over time, I went with them, too lazy to argue with them.

I found that almost all of the huge Qin Mansion were male servants, from the old man who managed the house to the servants who did chores, except for the maid who prepared the dishes for me at the dinner table, I never saw a woman again. He is the same age as Li Xuan, but he doesn't even have a concubine, could it be that he has a habit of breaking his sleeves? The people of Qinzhou are more open than those of Daqi, and it is reasonable for me to think so.

After pretending to be Miss Qinfu, I am more free, eat and drink well all day long, rarely have troubles, and live as wanton as I want. The cold-faced man did not restrict my whereabouts, as long as I didn't leave Qinzhou, he wouldn't ask where I went.

I have nothing to do, I am willing to get up every day when I am full of sleep, and it is close to noon after freshening up, and I go out of the house at this hour every day to hang out, just because I don't want to eat at the same table with the cold-faced man, he is as cold as a piece of ice, I eat with him without suffocating to death and freeze to death, so I simply go out to forage for food.

It's strange to say, the cold-faced man stays in the Qin Mansion all day long, doesn't go anywhere, and he doesn't know what he's busy with every day. I don't think he is like a businessman who does business, except for intercepting me from Qinzhou, he doesn't look like he did anything to mess with the rivers and lakes, I can't figure out what he relies on to support so many people in the Qin Mansion. Could it be that the silver will fly into the Qin Mansion on its own long feet?

I wandered around the streets and alleys of Qinzhou at will, and I was as interested as I went, and I had as much fun as I could. Except that I didn't go to the brothel, other fun and uninteresting places all asked me to go around, carrying the silver given by the cold-faced man in my pocket, so I didn't have to worry about not being able to pay. Maybe it's been in the Daqi Palace for a long time, this little half a month I'm no different from the prisoners who have just been released from prison, I feel fresh and interesting when I see everything, delicious and good-looking, fun, as long as I look at it, I haven't let go of any of them.

There are many kinds of snacks in Qinzhou, many of which I have never even heard, and I eat three or two things every day, and I haven't tasted them again in the past ten days.

I went to a few well-known restaurants and ordered local signature dishes, some of which were ordinary but quite expensive, and sometimes I could eat half a small bag of silver after a meal, but fortunately, I was not short of money thanks to the generosity of the cold-faced man.

I don't look like his hostage, but more like the guest he invited to Qinzhou, he is very generous to me, the account office will give me silver every few days, go to the restaurant on credit, as long as the name of Qinfu is reported, even if the silver is not enough, Xiao Er is still polite and polite, it seems that the cold-faced man has a lot of status in Qinzhou, and his face is not small.

I am not tall, but because I wear men's clothes clean and delicate, I have attracted the attention of many women in the shop, and the shopkeeper thinks I want to buy something to please my own lady, and I have enthusiastically recommended the latest styles of clothes and jewelry for me.

When I saw a set of delicately tailored lake blue dresses, I suddenly felt familiar: "Boss, this dress seems to be different, as if I have seen it somewhere." ”

The shopkeeper's face was full of smiles, and he praised again and again: "Childe's vision is really good, don't look at my small shop, it has been in business for a hundred years from my ancestors, and when the previous city lord was still alive, the small shop specially tailored dresses for his beloved daughter, and the skirt you see is tailored according to Miss Qin's favorite style." ”

Miss Qin made me a little dazed: "Former city lord? ”

The shopkeeper said proudly: "Yes, the former city lord of Qinzhou has an only daughter under his knees, this is something that everyone in Qinzhou knows, Miss Qin has been a beauty embryo since she was a child, not to mention her appearance, her temperament is even more eccentric, the city lord has always been majestic, and it is said that in front of Miss Qin, she is no different from the father of ordinary people." ”

It sounds like the former city lord of Qinzhou is a loving father: "Boss, have you seen that Miss Qin?" ”

"I don't dare to say that I have seen it, although Miss Qin often likes to go out of the house to play, she rarely lets people know her identity."

I couldn't put down the lake blue dress, so I took out my money bag and poured out the silver and spread it on the table: "Are these enough?" ”

The shopkeeper was very realistic, and he pulled half of his hand and smiled from ear to ear: "Enough is enough, I'll wrap up the clothes." ”

I collected the rest of the money, and naturally said, "Please ask the boss to send someone to send the dress to the Qin Mansion." ”

The shopkeeper was puzzled: "Qin Mansion? ”

"Well, that's the Qin Mansion." I roughly described the direction of the Lower Qin Mansion and the surrounding appearance, and the shopkeeper asked tentatively, "Dare to ask if the prince lives in the Qin Mansion?" ”

"Of course." Isn't it clearly written on the plaque outside the gate of the mansion?

The shopkeeper said politely: "It turns out that the prince is a person from the city lord's mansion, and he is disrespectful." ”

The confused person was replaced by me: "City Lord? Are you talking about Qi Ao, the city lord of Qinzhou? ”

"Whether the prince really doesn't know or not, there is only one Qin Mansion in this Qinzhou, which is the city lord's mansion, where can the city lord live if he doesn't live in the Qin Mansion? I'll send for the clothes. ”