In a corner of King Jing's Mansion, the crown prince and the second prince are sitting at a stone table carved into the shape of plum blossoms.

They've been down for a while, and they're about to decide the winner.

Suddenly, the girl's crisp laughter came from the wall, like a silver bottle bursting, very pleasant.

The second prince, Yuan Zhen, was holding a chess piece, and he didn't know where to play, he said leisurely: "Whose girl is smiling so innocently." ”

He simply threw the chess pieces in his hand back to the chess box carved from jasper, and said to the prince: "Third brother, with such a beautiful laughter on the side, you can still sit firmly, no wonder your father said that you are young and old, and there is no fun." ”

He pushed the chessboard, stood up, and said, "Come on, move me a ladder, I want to see whose girl it is, I laugh and my heart is itching." ”

The Hou family of Jingwangfu is the grandfather's house of the second prince, and those subordinates are of course single-minded and thoughtful to the second prince Yuan Zhen, so they hurriedly went to move the ladder over, and set it up on the wall for Yuan Zhen to use in the blink of an eye.

Yuan Zhen climbed up excitedly, looking for who was laughing on the other side of the wall.

The crown prince quietly looked at the chess game on the stone table with a pair of black eyes.

Yuan Zhen used sunspots, he used white seeds, and the sunspots were almost eaten up by white seeds, and there was no room to save half of the defeat. Where does Yuan Zhen want to see the beauty, it is clear that he is unwilling to admit defeat.

Yuan Zhen on the ladder suddenly turned around excitedly and said loudly to Yuan Xun: "Third brother, guess who is down there?" ”

The patriarch sneered in his heart, but his face was not obvious.

"Outside is your little princess full of books." Yuan Zhen was lying on the wall, looking down with his eyes shining.

The Patriarch was a little moved. He just knew that Yan Qingge would participate in this lotus appreciation party, so he was willing to come to Jingwangfu. Otherwise, how could he come to the second prince's nest like Jingwangfu.

The girls outside also found Yuan Zhen peeping at them on the wall, and a sweet female voice scolded crisply: "Where did you come from, don't get out of here." Peek again, I'll have someone gouge out your thief eyes. ”

The prince's ears moved slightly, this voice was not Yan Qingge's. They hadn't said much, but he remembered her voice. Her voice was very light and clear, and she spoke slowly, with a wonderful steadiness, which made him often reminisce in his heart.

Yuan Zhen smiled and shouted outside: "Miao Miao Miao! It turns out that the third brother's little princess has such a tasteful female companion, if the two daughters can work together as a husband, it will be even better! The third brother is really blessed. ”

After finishing speaking, he knew that he would definitely be scolded again, so he climbed down the ladder on his feet, walked to the side of the Yuanxun, pointed to the ladder and said to the Yuanxun: "Doesn't the third brother want to go up and see the beauty?" ”

The second prince Yuanzhen was so disrespectful to Yan Qingge, which made the anger in the prince's heart rise, and his dark eyes were a little deeper than usual.

He glanced at Yuan Zhen and said lightly: "Is this how the third brother usually treats other people's women?" ”

Yuan Zhen's original intention was to provoke Yuan Xun, but he didn't think that he would be able to get off the stage now, Yuan Zhen alluded to that he loved to mess with flowers and grass when he had nothing to do, but he Yuan Zhen was determined to be on the throne, so he was not the kind of person who would be delayed in the beauty country.

He touched his nose, and before he could figure out what to do, the prince got up and walked to the ladder.

The prince climbed the ladder and stood firmly at the head of the wall, exposing his upper body and looking down.

Ling Xiao was jumping on the path not far away, Yan Qingge held her hand, shook her head and persuaded something.

The prince said loudly: "It turned out to be Miss Ling and Miss Yan, the second prince was ignorant, and he disturbed the two girls, and he apologized to the two girls on his behalf." After returning to the palace, Lone Hui asked his father to grounded the second prince for three months. ”

Ling Xiao still recognized the second prince under Yan Qingge's reminder, otherwise her scolding would continue.

But no matter how powerful the Ling family is, it can't be as powerful as the royal family, so what can she do to the second prince.

But she couldn't swallow that breath again, Yan Qingge persuaded her for a long time but didn't get better, until she heard the prince's protection, Ling Xiao showed a smile and said, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The two saluted the prince on the wall from afar and left hand in hand.

The second prince under the wall had a gloomy face, and when the prince came down from the ladder, he glared at the prince impatiently, and said, "Third brother, you won't really talk to your father about grounding, right?" ”

Just because of a few ridiculous words, he will be grounded for three months, which is too expensive, and the prince is clearly announcing his personal vendetta.

The prince's face was extremely calm, and he replied: "My father has been using troops abroad for many years, relying on the military generals of the DPRK and China, and General Ling Zhuguo is the head of the military generals. They are working the battlefield, but their daughters are laughed at by the prince at will, what will those generals think? ”

The second prince couldn't laugh anymore. The prince's high hat is really ruthless.

The prince's face did not show the slightest fluctuation, and the disgust for Yuan Zhen in his heart deepened several layers. Now it's just a grounding, and on the day he ascends to the throne in the future, Yuan Zhen's rudeness to Yan Qingge, he will be punished one by one with interest!

On the other side of the wall, Yan Qingge and Ling Xiao no longer dared to laugh casually.

They honestly went to the place where the lotus was appreciated.

The lotus pond of Jingwang's Mansion is not big, but there are rockeries and strange stones inside, and there are verandah pavilions built on it, and the lotus flowers in the pond are also novel and precious varieties that are difficult to see, even if they are red lotus and white lotus, they are mostly thousands of petals that cannot be seen outside at all. There are even a few golden lotus flowers proudly standing on the layers of green leaves, which is eye-catching.

The lotus fragrance came to the face, and Yan Qingge and Ling Xiao's anger was much lightened by the slightly bitter lotus fragrance in the fragrant fragrance.

Shui Mu sat on the gazebo on the water, saw Yan Qingge and Ling Xiao, and beckoned to them.

Ling Xiao ran towards him excitedly with his skirt, not at all reserved, only Shui Mu was alone in his eyes.

These two people can see each other almost every day, and they are tired of being together like this. Yan Qingge couldn't help but purse his lips and smile, and followed Ling Xiao towards the pavilion.

When he arrived, Yan Qingge saw that there was only Shui Mu in the pavilion.

Ling Xiao and Shui Mu were talking, and when they saw Yan Qingge looking east and west, they knew that she was looking for Yan Xiuyu. Ling Xiao bumped Shui Mu's arm and said, "What about Little Lord Yan, he is not with you?" ”

"I'm here."

A familiar and unfamiliar voice came from the lake.

Yan Qingge and a few people looked over, only to see Yan Xiuyu running over from the other side of the lake, holding a large bouquet of lotus flowers in his hand.

These lotus flowers come in pink, red, white, yellow, and even a few green. Although there are many types, the colors are all fresh, and when they are grouped together, there is a different kind of beauty.

But these flowers are not as beautiful as Yan Xiuyu.

Yan Qingge knew before that the boy's appearance changed the most between the ages of fourteen and fifteen, but she didn't expect Yan Xiuyu's appearance to change so much.

Because he was locked up in the house for several months and couldn't see the light of day, Yan Xiuyu's skin was so white that it was transparent, and he could vaguely see the cyan blood vessels under the skin.

His cheeks are no longer the roundness of his oval face, and the resolute silhouette is completely formed.

The bridge of his nose is a little higher, and it is not high and ugly, and he looks heroic.

His eyebrows were darker and more neat than before, and there were slight hairy black marks on his lips and cheeks, and he began to grow a beard.

His hair also grows, and it is good to use hostas on the top of his head.

He looked like he was a fully grown man.

If Yan Xiuyu was better looking than all the girls in the world when he was a child, then now he is better looking than all the men in the world.

"Sister Qingge, here you go." Yan Xiuyu handed the large handful of lotus flowers to Yan Qingge, and said with a smile: "There is no boat here, these are the only flowers I can pick." There are a few more beautiful flowers in the center of the lake, but unfortunately they can't be picked off for Qingge's sister to play with. ”

As soon as he spoke, Yan Qingge noticed the change and said, "Brother Yu, your voice has changed. ”

His voice was thick and low, with a bit of a duck voice, not as crisp and good as before.

The expression on Yan Xiuyu's face froze, and he looked at Yan Qingge embarrassedly.

Shui Mu relieved him and said with a smile: "When the boy reaches his age, his voice will change, and it will be fine after this time." ”

Yan Qingge said softly: "I know." Do you have a sore throat? Why didn't you say it in the letter I wrote. ”

Yan Xiuyu saw that Yan Qingge didn't dislike him, coughed, and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal. ”

Ling Xiao dragged Shui Mu along the lake to see the flowers, leaving Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu to sit in the pavilion.

Yan Xiuyu stared at Yan Qingge gently, and said, "Sister Qingge, there are not many people who appreciate the lotus at this time, let's take a look at the lotus, wait for more people, and then go to other places to play?" There are still a lot of places to enjoy in Jingwangfu. ”

Yan Qingge knew that Yan Xiuyu wanted to be alone with him, but she remembered the unlucky incident she had just met with the prince, and shook her head and said, "Forget it, the people who came here today are very mixed, let's walk around, maybe we will meet annoying people." ”

As he was talking, Yan Qingge heard a giggle from a deliberately tall girl, and a chaotic sound of girls talking.

One of the delicate female voices was the loudest: "Brother Zhu Mao, I like the Fu you write the most, and after reading the lotus later, you must write a lotus poem for the little sister." ”

Yan Qingge's face changed, she hugged the big lotus flower that Yan Xiuyu gave her, pulled his sleeve, and led him down from the conspicuous gazebo, frowning: "Why are they?" ”

Yan Xiuyu was puzzled: "Who is it?" ”

"What have you seen, what are the four talented women in the capital? It seems that not only the four talented women in the capital are here, but also the four talented women. Yan Qingge frowned in disgust.

As she spoke, she saw a group of young men and girls walking in, and it was the high-spirited Yan Shuyu who was the first to start, and Zhu Mao was following closely behind her.

They stood behind the lotus bushes, blocked by dense foliage, and the men could not see them, but they could see the crowd.

Yan Xiuyu's reading is not as good as Yan Qingge's, but Yan Wang Ye loves to make friends with Qingliu and Confucianism, he has nothing to do, and he will comment on the people in Beijing.

He smiled at Yan Qingge and said, "My brother also said that they don't have much knowledge. Since they're so annoying, let's avoid them for now. ”

Only the pavilion and verandah are the most conspicuous on the lake, and there are tables and chairs there, and those "talented men and women" rush to the verandah and gazebo.

Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu avoided the other direction of the lake, and as they walked, Yan Xiuyu grabbed Yan Qingge's arm.

Yan Qingge struggled twice and didn't break free, usually Yan Xiuyu rarely had physical contact with her, how could he be so bold today, Yan Qingge was in a hurry, and his face turned red in an instant, except for a thin layer of sweat.

She was just about to speak, but Yan Xiuyu covered her mouth, pulled her into his arms, and stretched out his hand to point to the right front.

Yan Qingge looked in that direction blankly, no longer struggling, and let Yan Xiuyu hug him.

She was so surprised that she let go of her hand, and the colorful lotus flowers scattered all over the ground.