Liu Yan was looking out the window.

I don't know if it's a little ridiculous to say, she has been in the capital for a few years, but what is the capital like? Let her say that she can't even talk about it, she is still familiar with the inner city, but she is not familiar with the outer city at all.

Now it was raining heavily, the sky was overcast, and there was no one walking on the street, except for the occasional one or two, all of whom hid under umbrellas and hurried.

In comparison, the inner city is stricter and quieter, after all, it is not the princes and dignitaries who live there, or the officials of the court. The outer city is even more lively, and there are people from all three religions and nine streams.

Let's just say that this street, although because of the rain, the houses in the street have turned iron gray in the rain, and it looks very cold. Many shops have taken down their guises and green flags, and some have half-hidden doors, but the bustle and bustle here are not comparable to those of the inner city. When it's not raining, this street must be full of people and streams.

Doutang thought that she was in a hurry to return to the palace when she saw the outside, and said softly: "Princess, don't worry, the Kong guards must have come back with the carriage and horses to pick us up at this time, and they will arrive soon, and they will not miss the time to return to the palace." ”

The key under the palace gate is for a certain time, and after an hour, the palace gate cannot be opened. But this is not a big deal for the princess, there are many places outside the palace where she can stay, the Cao family and several princesses have courtyards specially reserved for her to live, even if she doesn't necessarily go once a year, those courtyards are also cleaned and taken care of every day.

Liu Yan didn't see the Kong guards coming back, but he saw someone coming out of the teahouse. The man was holding a paper umbrella, and he could vaguely see the bamboo leaves painted on the surface of the umbrella.

The man took a few steps, stopped, turned and looked back.

Through the heavy rain, Liu Yan could also see that this person was wearing a green cloth robe often worn by scholars, and he should not be very old, as for his face or something, he really couldn't see it clearly.

The man stayed where he was for a moment, then turned and went west.

The Kong guards had already taken the carriage and horses to the door of the teahouse, and the Kong guards held umbrellas to escort Liu Yan to the car.

The curtain was just about to be lowered, and Liu Yan suddenly saw a familiar figure.

Dou Tang also saw it, turned his head and said, "Princess, it seems to be Judge Lu." ”

Lu Yi stood under the eaves of the pastry shop across the street and grinned at her.

Liu Yan raised his voice a little and asked him, "Why are you here?" ”

Lu Yi raised the snack box in his hand a little higher for her to see: "I didn't bring rain gear to go out, I'm stuck here." ”

"Get in the car and give you a ride."

Lu Yi didn't shirk, took three steps and made two steps, and got into the car and sat down very neatly.

His hair was a little wet, and his boots were stained with muddy water, and he couldn't help but make a few marks in the car.

"Alas, get your car dirty." Lu Yi said generously: "Otherwise, I will send you this snack to make amends." This is also a time-honored brand in Beijing, I ate their fruits when I was a child, and the taste has not changed until now. ”

Liu Yan didn't take the dim sum, but asked curiously: "Who are you going to give this dim sum to?" ”

It can't be that he wants to eat it himself, right?

Even if he likes to eat sweets, he can't afford to use such a good-looking box - no matter how you look at it, such a box can only be used as a gift.

"Originally, I wanted to give it away, but it doesn't hurt if we dismantle it first."

There were six kinds of dim sum in the box, and Liu Yan tasted a piece of candied fruit, which was so sweet that he was a little panicked.

Lu Yi hurriedly said: "That is the sweetest, hurry up and take a sip of tea." Why don't you try this? This one isn't that sweet. ”

Liu Yan waved his hand: "Forget it...... Enjoy it yourself, I can't be blessed. ”

Lu Yi asked, "Why is the princess here?" It's going to be dark this day, and it's time to give the key to the palace gate later. ”

"Coming back on horseback, trapped here in the heavy rain." Liu Yan said in one sentence: "Why are you here?" ”

"I've also avoided the rain here for a while, and I want to go back when it's getting dark." Lu Yi said seriously: "I was in the teahouse just now, drank two pots of tea, listened to a book and two tunes, and knew that the princess was also there, I should go and mix some good tea and snacks." ”

"You were in the teahouse just now?"

That's a coincidence.

"I'm sitting in the lobby on the east side of the street."

Liu Yan and the others should have come in through the door on the west side, no wonder they didn't touch it.

With someone as a companion to talk about, the distance seems to have become shorter. The guard outside said, "Princess, you've arrived at Hoi An Fang." ”

Liu Yan nodded.

"You must be near here, right? Or are you going to the third sister's house? ”

Liu Yan knew that Lu Yi and Zhao Lei were good friends, and he often went in and out of the Third Princess's Mansion, and I heard that he lived with Zhao Lei more than he went back to his own residence.

His father had already rewarded him with a house, but Lu Yi was a single, except for a janitor in that house, there was no one else, and he had no wife or children, so that house really couldn't be regarded as a home. After all, a place with a family is a home, and without an empty yard for a family, it is nothing.

"Just drop me off on the side of the road ahead."

"Right here?" Liu Yan lifted the curtain and glanced out.

It's already dark, and the rain hasn't been light: "I'm afraid the road is difficult to walk, so I'll send you to the door." ”

Lu Yi dismissed her kindness: "The princess should go back early, so as not to worry about the mother." I'll go in the alley here, and the princess will lend me an umbrella. ”

It's really not early, Liu Yan asked someone to take an umbrella, and gave him an oil-paper lantern to illuminate it, Lu Yi held an umbrella and carried a lamp, and said goodbye to her on the side of the road: "It's a bad day today, the princess will have to be idle next time, and invite him to sit in the cold house." ”

"Cheng, see you next time."

Her car had already driven some distance, and when Liu Yan looked back again, the light of the lantern was still on the side of the road.

After going back, Empress Cao sent someone to ask and sent a doctor over, not because she was worried about the side, but because she was afraid that Liu Yan would catch the wind and cold in the rain. However, Li Shanggong was not at ease, and inevitably persuaded a few more words: "The princess should not run too far alone when she travels next time, after all, there are unforeseen circumstances on this day, in case she really falls ill, the taste of taking medicine is not comfortable, and it will make the emperor and the queen worry." ”

Liu Yan looked at the ginger soup, and his face wrinkled.

She doesn't like the ginger flavor anymore, this ginger soup is still so thick, even if you put sugar, the spicy smell is still so hot that people's eyes can't open it.

She felt that she hadn't been exposed to a few drops of rain at all, at most the wind was colder and heavier today.

But Li Shanggong and the others were watching from the side, and the imperial doctor hadn't left yet, looking at the posture, she was waiting for her to use ginger soup so that she could go to Yilan Hall to recover her life.