Chapter 20: An Unknown Danger Hidden in the Shadows
I received a reply from Jiang Zitang in the early morning of the second day, the letter was shelved in front of the window planted with banana leaves, slightly wet with dew, and the letter with a faint fragrance of begonia flowers had only four words: wait and see.
I looked out the window, but I didn't see the messenger, and even Aya didn't know when there was an extra letter in the window.
Chang'an in the spring was rainy, and a continuous drizzle lingered for seven or eight days, until today, when it was a little clearer, and the banana leaves were finally willing to stretch their waists.
These days, Honggu lives in Fangqing Garden on my house, so Ji will come to report what Honggu has done every day, the strange thing is that she has not done anything, she sits in the room on a rainy day and listens to the rain to practice her voice, and I occasionally hear the gentle singing from the garden when passing by.
When Honggu came to me, I was wondering if I should continue to wait and see, maybe Honggu was really just a drama of the Spring Workshop.
I asked Aya to bring Honggu in, and as soon as she came in, she knelt down at me, and this problem of kneeling at every turn really gave me a headache.
Honggu's voice may be because of singing, and the end of the voice will always rise a little inadvertently when she speaks, as if she is provoking people's heartstrings.
"Thank you princess for saving her life, thanks to the princess these days, Honggu has nothing to repay, she is willing to be a cow and a horse for the princess, as long as the princess does not dislike it."
I motioned for Aya to help Honggu up and let her sit on the stool next to her, but Honggu just sat on the edge of the stool, her head bowed and very quiet.
Such a girl, fortunately, was not ruined by Jiang Chenyu's goods.
I looked at Honggu and slowly said to her: "Honggu, you don't have to be like this, you can still sing in the spring in the future, I will let people tell the head of the spring house, as for Jiang Chenyu's side, you don't have to worry, I will solve it for you, your drama is so good, without you, there is nothing to go to this spring place." ”
As soon as Honggu heard this, she raised her head, her eyes were full of surprise and joy, as if she couldn't believe it, "Princess, I, can I still go to the Spring Workshop to sing?" Are you sure? ”
I nodded and smiled, "Why not?" Do you prefer to be a cow and a horse in the princess's mansion? ”
Honggu pursed her lips and smiled, a little shy, and said softly: "Princess, you are really good, in the future, when you come to the Spring Place, whatever drama you want to hear, Honggu will sing to you." ”
The sixteen-year-old girl laughs very beautifully, wearing a red dress on her body but not showing off, but making the red girl like a budding flower, the book says that such a girl is the most likable, so a girl who sings so well should not be a bad person.
After that, I sent someone to send Honggu to the Spring Fang, thinking that I should also write a letter to inform Jiang Zitang, but it didn't take long for someone to report that the girl was coming.
Even though I haven't seen her for a few days, I'm busy asking people to bring Zhu Yanhe over, and she seems very happy today, and the smile on her lips hasn't gone down.
I couldn't help but be curious, so I asked, "Yanhe, what makes you so happy?" ”
Zhu Yanhe's smile became stronger, and he hugged me and said, "Today, the old general of Pingyang Wang Qiao is about to return triumphantly with you." ”
Pingyang Wang Qiao old general, when it comes to this person, Chang'an City can be described as a woman and children know, Qiao's family has been a general for generations, the first Pingyang King is the founding father of the Northern Dynasty, after the country is stable, Qiao's family automatically asked Ying to go to the northwest town, these years the northwest Huns are rampant, Qiao's family is guarded day by day, the yellow sand is full of soil, the desert is lonely, and the good man in the armor is not afraid of life and death, just because he is home and the country.
This time, General Qiao returned triumphantly, and the Northern Dynasty won a complete victory in the battle with the Xiongnu in the northwest, which is indeed worth rejoicing.
"Princess, shall we go together to meet them at the city gate?"
This is the first time I have seen Zhu Yanhe so happy, and his eyes seem to be full of expectation, I noticed that today's Zhu Yanhe is very different from the past, combing the flowing flying cloud bun, inserting a wisp of empty golden hairpin in the hair, tassel green jade falling between the forehead, lilac breast-length skirt, thrush point fat, can be described as a closed moon shy flower.
The scene in front of the city gate is more lively than I imagined, the general returned to the city, I am afraid that the people of the entire Chang'an have come to welcome mezzanine, I didn't expect that there would be so many people, only brought Aya and Ling Ji, Rao is so, and was also squeezed and almost fell.
Finally found a vacant place, Zhu Yanhe pulled me over, a little reluctant, and apologized to me: "Princess, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have let you come with me." ”
I shook my head, there were many people, and I leaned into Zhu Yanhe's ear and said: "Yanhe, don't you say that I also want to come to take a look, I haven't seen the scene of the soldiers returning triumphantly, and it must be very magnificent." ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard a small cry behind me, I should have been frightened by the noise of such people, and his mother was coaxing him: "Good tiger, don't cry, don't cry, you will see the general in a while, my good tiger will grow up quickly, in the future, I will also be a general and fight bad guys!" ”
Zhu Yanhe and I looked at each other and smiled when we heard this, that's right, be a general, fight bad guys, and defend the country.
The street in front of the city gate was crowded, the sound of horses' hooves from far and near, as if the ground under their feet was trembling slightly, a group of guards dressed in green clothes flying fish suits came from the street and stopped in front of the people, I don't know who shouted that the emperor is coming, and the people on both sides of the street instantly knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "Long live the emperor." ”
After getting up, I tried to stand up and see, a red horse in front of me was indeed sitting on the elder brother, the five-clawed golden dragon on the bright yellow robe was powerful and domineering, and there was a horse and a person beside the brother, wearing a first-class court dress, his eyebrows were indifferent, so at a glance, there were still some similarities with the crane embroidered on his clothes.
I should have known that the general's return to the city is such a big event, and my brother has always respected General Qiao, and Jiang Zitang is the prime minister, so he will definitely come.
I still want to see Jiang Zitang more clearly, Zhu Yanhe next to me suddenly patted my hand, and the words couldn't hide the joy: "Princess, it's coming." ”
I hurriedly turned my head to look at the city gate, the dust was flying, and in the sound of horses' hooves ran in a team of armor and swords, the first one was full of dust, his gray beard was stained with dust, but his eyes were resolute and sharp, and as soon as he saw him, the people began to shout General Qiao.
I looked at Zhu Yanhe beside me, and wanted to tell him that General Qiao had returned to the city, but Zhu Yanhe still kept looking at the city gate, anxious, and muttered to himself: "What about him, what about him, how can there be, what about people......"
Zhu Yanhe lifted his skirt and squeezed in the direction of the city gate as he spoke, the street was full of people, I wanted to reach out and grab it but didn't.
"Yanhe, be careful!"
I wanted to chase Zhu Yanhe, but suddenly found that there were many more people beside me, all of them tall, not the people standing next to me just now, I looked back, the mother and son of Shicai were gone, I called Aya and Ling Ji, but the voices were boiling, and they were squeezed elsewhere at some point.
The feeling I have cultivated in the palace for many years makes me instinctively feel that something is wrong, these people seem to be deliberately pushing me to the back, a bright reflection makes my eyes shrink, and when the fear in my heart hits, I hurriedly jumped up and waved to the person with indifferent eyebrows, and shouted with all my strength: "Jiang Zitang, save me!" ”