Chapter 44: The Fan
"Princess?"
Liu Yan turned his head to look at him.
Li Zheng, like his brother Li Kun, is wearing a robe of fine silk cotton silk without ornamentation, and he looks exceptionally plain, but Liu Yan feels that this dress is worth anyone to wear, and the gold and gold embroidery worn by others is dazzling, and it is not as good as them.
"It's hot outside, princess go in."
"At that time, why didn't the little brother pick you as a companion?" Liu Yan asked suddenly: "You entered the palace school last year, right?" ”
"It's not." Li Zheng explained softly: "I only entered the palace school at the beginning of this year, and I missed the time for the four princes to choose a companion to read." ”
"That's a pity, I think the little brother likes you more than the big Zheng and Xiao Zheng brothers."
Li Zheng only said: "It's really a pity. ”
But my grandfather and uncle, the two heads of the Li family, never thought of letting him be this companion, so when he was about to enter the palace last year, he was "sick" at the right time, and he didn't get better until the end of the New Year.
He entered the palace school after the Shangyuan Festival, and the first time he saw the four princes, he found that he was different from the three brothers. He was gentle-tempered, cheerful, humble, fond of poetry and books, and a good friend.
Didn't do this companion, he did...... I think it's a pity.
This time, the fourth prince fell from a horse and injured his leg, and the Zheng brothers were also implicated, and his uncle once said to him: "What do you think? This companion can't be read. This time it's just the beginning. ”
Uncle was right.
So my brother won't be a princess, and he won't be a companion.
But now that he heard the little princess say that it was a pity, he didn't know why, and he really felt that it was a pity.
It's not just for the sake of companionship.
But why is it a pity, he doesn't want to think deeply.
Liu Fang stood by the window, lifting the curtain with one hand and looking out.
She only saw the fourth sister and Li Zheng standing in front of the banana and saying a few words, and then turned around and walked back.
As soon as Liu Fang let go, the curtain fell and hit the window lattice, and the sound of "pop" was particularly harsh.
Li Zheng and Er Zheng didn't stay long, and as soon as they left, Liu Fang found an opportunity to ask Liu Yan.
In fact...... Before asking, she had already vaguely guessed the answer.
If it was a good word, Liu Yan would not wait so long, but he was afraid that if he didn't wait for Li Zheng and them to leave, he would be eager to tell her.
Li Kun said that he should do his studies first, and then talk about getting married in a few years. Liu Yan glanced at the little brother with some embarrassment.
Liu Jing nodded in affirmation of her words: "That's right." I heard that the Li family got married late, and his uncle was a relative of twenty-seven or eight. ”
And Li Kun is less than twenty this year, if you want to compare with the elders, it will take at least ten years, right? He is not afraid of being late, but whose daughter can drag it to that age?
Liu Fang could still smile and say, "Oh, that's it, it's okay." ”
Is it really okay?
Liu Yan thinks not.
Liu Jing also thinks not.
But since this thing can't be done, let's let it pass as soon as possible, doesn't it make Liu Fang uncomfortable when he mentions it repeatedly?
"By the way, I kept some things a few days ago, and it's useless to keep me, you go and pick and choose, and take whatever you like."
Liu Jing's injury, needless to say, the reward of the emperor and the queen, others also sent many gifts, which is indeed too much.
As a result, Liu Yan and Liu Fang came to visit empty-handed, but instead took two large boxes of things from the person being visited.
That's right, it's two big boxes!
There were too many, so I had to pack them in a box and let people carry them back.
Liu Yan picks things purely to see what looks good and picks anything, she is a person who can't play chess, and she actually picked a set of agate chess pieces.
Just because the chess pieces are good-looking, they are carved with different patterns, exquisite, and the texture and color of natural agate are not something that craftsmen can imitate casually.
In addition to this, there is also a set of fine porcelain bottles, a total of five, all made only the size of a palm, very small and cute, and the white bottle like mutton fat is painted with different patterns. Peach blossoms, plum blossoms, narcissus, laurel and jasmine, light color fine ink against the jade white background, not to mention how elegant. The bottle is filled with different precious spices, but Liu Yan doesn't like spices or anything, she likes this bottle.
Liu Jing laughed at her for "buying and returning pearls". This set of bottles is also the little girl's family likes, the spices contained in it are very expensive and rare, not to mention the side, just the water agarwood is more expensive than gold.
But what does it matter? Anyway, my sister likes it.
In addition to this, there are also small lanterns with copper gilt, a box of pearls, a small bonsai with jade inlaid treasures, and a box of newly made fans, all of which are both precious and interesting.
And the things Liu Fang picked were completely different from her usual preferences, as if she was scratching blindly with her eyes closed.
An inkstone?
A knife of loose paper on the bottom of the snow?
A set of "Rhyme Poems"?
She hadn't touched these things before, but now what was she trying to do? Want to be angry and hard?
Apparently not.
Although the things she picked out were so indescribable, Liu Yan and Liu Jing didn't say anything.
Maybe in a few days, she will slowly forget about today's events and be in a better mood.
After rubbing oil from the little brother, Liu Yan happily borrowed flowers to offer Buddha to the Qingyi Palace.
"Second sister, do you like it?"
Zhao Yuxi didn't look at the fan, but already nodded and smiled.
In this box is a four-handled fan, the fan is painted with spring weeping wisps, water hibiscus, longevity chrysanthemum and winter plum reflecting snow, the fan is exquisitely made, the materials are exquisite, it is needless to say, it is rare that the painting on it is particularly smart and elegant, not as common as the fan surface of the ingenuity.
"I don't need this thing, give it to the second sister."
Zhao Yuxi is knowledgeable, not as careless as Liu Yan: "The bones of these four fans are different, and this one is ivory." ”
Liu Yan said indifferently: "Really? No wonder this one is heavier than the others. ”
Zhao Yuxi's original intention was to say that this fan is different from ordinary fans, it is not really made for people to fan daily, and it is really valuable, but looking at Liu Yan's appearance, it is useless to say this to her, Liu Yan is young but he is not stingy, and he never cares about how expensive things are.
"Such a good fan, it was given to you by someone else, it is very valuable, I can't accept it."
"I never use the fan, it's weird in the way, put it there for nothing, second sister, you're afraid of the heat, it's just right for you."
Anyway, they don't need to fan themselves, they have their own palace maids to fan themselves and fan the cool, and holding the fan in their hands from time to time is nothing more than pretentiousness, so Liu Yan is impatient and asks for trouble.
"Okay, then I'll take it, thank you Fourth Sister."
Zhao Yuxi took out the four handles of the fan and looked at them, and finally kept the one of the hibiscus for use, and let the other three handles be put away first. Liu Yan held her cheeks and watched from the side, feeling that this second sister's every move looked good, Sven, delicate, and never unhurried, looking at her like this, it made people feel as if the room was not so hot.
Liu Yan once heard the palace maids secretly discuss, saying that Zhao Yuxi was not the daughter of the old Liu family at first glance, and that the style of the people was a noble girl, and the people of the old Liu family had not washed the mud on their legs.