Although the dinner in Xuefu is all ordinary ingredients, it is exquisite and delicious, and it has a different taste than Yuyang Palace. Chunyan said with self-reproach while sandwiching a piece of eight-treasure rice for Liu Qiqi: "Miss Seven, Uncle Xue said that he sent someone to look for it for another afternoon, but he still didn't buy the score with that tune. ”

The prince was not there, and under the coaxing of Qiqi and Eleven, Ruan Niang sat and ate with them, and when she heard the words, she raised her head and asked Chunyan: "What piano score?" ”

Chunyan lowered her head and said, "When the slave maid was packing up for Miss Seven, she forgot to bring Miss Seven's piano score. Miss Seven wanted to take advantage of the past few days to practice, and the slave asked Uncle Xue to send someone to buy it, but after looking for two days, she didn't buy it. ”

Ruan Niang pursed her lips and smiled: "What is this?" The county lord of Qiulu will not be able to leave for a while, and the prince has been taking the county lord around for the past few days. The eleventh young master also has a few important things that he hasn't brought over, so let's find a time when the prince and the county lord are not in the mansion, let's go and get them quietly. ”

Chunyan smiled heartily and asked Qiqi: "Miss, do you remember where the piano score is?" ”

Qiqi pondered for a moment: "It should be on the shelf, next to the "Nanhua Sutra", the prince gave a total of seven piano scores, just take the third one." ”

Ruan Niang thought for a while: "It's better to bother Miss Seven and the old slave to go back, if Chunyan can't find it for a while, it will be delayed for a long time, but it will be bumped into by the county lord of Qiulu." ”

Qiqi lowered his eyes: "It's okay." ”

Ruan Niang immediately instructed Chunyan: "Quietly go to the mansion to see, are the prince and the county lord of Qiulu in the mansion now?" Inquire carefully. ”

Chunyan answered "yes" and hurriedly went.

Everyone was rinsing their mouths after eating, and Chunyan also came back: "The nurturing grandmother of the county lord of Qiulu asked by the slave maid Tuo Qingfu said that the prince took the county lord of Qiulu to pick lotuses on a boat, and he couldn't come back for a while." ”

Rafting lotus picking? The bright moon is in the sky, the clear waves are rippling, and the lotus wind is ten miles, which is called a boat...... It seems that the prince and the lord of Qiulu are really in love.

"Okay," Ruan Niang nodded and smiled, "Then I'll have to bother Miss Seven and the old slave to go on a trip." ”

"It's me who should thank Ruan Niang." Qiqi's heart was almost numb.

The two entered the back door and walked to the west courtyard where Qiqi and Eleven lived, Ruan Niang took out the key and opened the doors of the two rooms, Qiqi went in and took the piano score, and Ruan Niang also took a package out. The two of them walked to the back door one after the other, and when they were passing through the verandah in the middle, they heard a clear female voice: "Who is it?" ”

Qiqi thought that it was the lord of Qiulu, so he quietly handed the score to Ruan Niang, and Ruan Niang understood and hid it in the package.

The county lord of Qiulu took a step forward before the king of Yuyang, although she was still a man at that time, she had already taken off her official hat, and it was not difficult to see that she was a soft and gentle daughter.

Ruan Niang was clever, and hurriedly bowed and said: "The old slave sees the prince, this is the old slave's maiden niece, the first time I went to Beijing, I heard that the carved beams and paintings in the palace want to come in and have a look, and I don't want to disturb the prince and the lord of Qiulu." ”

Qiqi also bowed his head: "Please also ask the prince and the lord of Qiulu to forgive their sins." ”

"No need to be polite," Qiulu County said to Ruan Niang, but his eyes were glancing at Qiqi, "You turned out to be a descendant of Yuyang Palace, I haven't seen you before." ”

"If you go back to the county lord, the old slave is just sprinkling and sweeping in the back garden, and in the past few days, because my nephew has taken a few days off from Beijing and Steward Xue, I have no blessing to serve the county lord." Ruan Niang said with a smile.

"Your niece and nephew are very beautiful, I don't know if she is willing to be my companion to study in the palace." The county lord of Qiulu pursed his lips and smiled coquettishly.

The prince's face sank when he heard this, and Ruan Niang hurriedly said: "The children of the small family have never seen the world, and they don't have to make the county lord unhappy, how can they serve the county lord?" ”

The county lord of Qiulu was silent, and his eyes always fell on Qiqi.

Qiqi noticed it and bowed down: "The people's daughters are stupid, and it is not suitable to serve the county lord." ”

The county lord of Qiulu smiled meaningfully, and glanced at the King of Yuyang: "You are indeed not suitable to serve me, but it is not because you are stupid." You were born a little better than me, and if you were around me, wouldn't others recognize you as the lord of the county and me as a companion? When the time comes, Brother Yun Ying's soul will also be taken away by you, and you won't hurt my sister......"

Qingfu heard that the prince and the county lord had returned to the house, and was about to tell Ruan Niang and Qiqi to leave quickly, but unfortunately when she saw this scene, she had already understood most of it, and hurriedly said: "The slave has already prepared the hot water, so the county lord might as well go to the bath earlier." ”

"It's fine." The county lord of Qiulu glanced at King Yuyang with a smile, and went with Qingfu.

Although the prince wanted to comfort Qiqi and say a few words, he really didn't know what to say, so he was silent for a moment and only said: "Ruan Niang is good to take Miss back and go to bed early." ”

These words sounded in Qiqi's ears: You go to bed early, don't disturb me and the county lord. Suddenly his nose was sore, he almost wanted to cry, and hurriedly bowed and left.

The prince knew that the lord of Qiulu had begun to suspect Qiqi's identity, and he didn't want Qiqi to be exposed, so he estimated that Qiulu finished bathing and raised his feet into the courtyard where she lived, only to see Qiulu sitting on the stone bench in the pavilion, wearing a cyan skirt, faintly blue under the moonlight, compared to Hufu men's clothing, there is a beauty and gentleness.

King Yuyang approached, Qiulu seemed to have something on his mind, and did not hear the footsteps of King Yuyang, King Yuyang walked behind her, smelled a burst of clear sweetness, it turned out to be a bowl of sobering plum soup on the table, Qiulu did not drink, just dipped his index finger in the plum soup, and drew a "far" word on the stone table.

King Yuyang looked at it in his eyes: "What are you doing?" ”

The county lord of Qiulu hurriedly scribbled the words with his palm, and smiled: "I didn't do anything, Qingfu sent some plum soup for me to drink." ”

"How did you change back into the costume of the Central Plains?" King Yuyang went around to the lord of Qiulu, sat down on the stone bench near her, and saw that she was not in charge, her eyebrows were not swept, and her black hair was scattered on her shoulders like a waterfall, not decorated with pearls and emeralds, but only wore a piece of tourmaline with a red rope around her neck.

The lord of Qiulu County blushed slightly: "Finally, this skirt is light and cool, so I took a shower, and I don't want to change into a beard to cover my sweat." ”

King Yuyang smiled silently.

The county lord of Qiulu suddenly remembered what happened before the bath, and smiled meaningfully: "Brother Yunli is playing ghost with me, and Jinwu Zangjiao won't tell me." ”

The king of Yuyang is an anti-general: "You are the one who is playing tricks with me!" What kind of writing did you just write on the table? I saw it all! ”

When the county lord of Qiulu heard this, he was embarrassed, and finally he had no heart for the city, so he hesitated and said: "I didn't want to tell others about this matter, but Brother Yunli is different from others, so he can tell the truth." In fact, my father hurriedly sent me back to Beijing this time for nothing else, just so that I could no longer meet the Marquis of Qingdu. ”