After such an episode in the middle, the trip was also delayed a lot. Qing Huan thought it was not far away, but he didn't expect it to be dark when he arrived at the temple, although it was dark early in winter, and it was not too late in time, but it was dark and he couldn't see anything clearly, and he still appreciated what plums.

Qing Huan was feeling self-reproach in his heart, but Li Yan opened his mouth instead, still in such a gentle procedural voice: "Today is tired, it is better to rest for one night, and tomorrow I will enjoy the plum blossoms, what does Mrs. think?" “

"You should obey the master's arrangement."

Although Qing Huan hated this kind of conversation, Li Yan gave her the stairs to go down, and she still had to go down.

Li Yan said: "It is not convenient to sleep together in the temple, so I will rest in two separate rooms tonight, and I hope my wife understands." “

Qing Huan would not have had an opinion on this matter, but now seeing him say this in front of his attendants, he had to be polite and cooperate with him to act in a play of husband and wife.

I think that such a performance happens every day in the palace, and the two have never communicated about it, and everyone just knows it.

After eating the fast in the temple, it is natural to go back to the room to rest, the room of the two is actually not far away, probably to take care of each other. Qing Huan didn't think much about it, so she went back to the room to wash up and go to bed, which was the most comfortable and relaxing moment every day.

Originally, Qing Huan was also tired, thinking of resting early, but Agu wanted to talk and stopped, curiosity came together, and the sleepiness was gone, Qing Huan sat up and asked her, "Is there something wrong?" There's no one else here, just say it. ”

Ah Gu was silent for a while, and said, "Madam, I used to only treat you like other officials and eunuchs, and I didn't treat the people as human beings. I've been in the house for so long, and my wife has always treated me sincerely, and I've been on guard. But now that I saw Mrs. desperately saving people, I realized that I had been wrong about Mrs. all along. Madam, please forgive Agu for not being before, Agu will be loyal to Madame in the future, and he will never have two hearts. When he had finished speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed.

Qing Huan was startled, and quickly got out of bed to help her up: "I never blamed you, you and I don't have to be called master and servant in private, since we have opened our hearts today, let's chat like sisters." ”

As he spoke, he pulled her to the bed and sat down and chatted. Qing Huan asked some about her, and Agu Benzi carefully talked about his life experience and his own experience.

It turned out that because his father knew some martial arts in the takeaway art, Ah Gu also learned some of them, and said to Qing Huan: "Madam, I can still protect you in the future." ”

Qing Huan laughed, "In this way, if you contribute, I will contribute, and we can all go to the rivers and lakes." ”

Both of them were happy, the atmosphere of chatting became more relaxed and happy, Qinghuan said some things about herself like a dragonfly, she didn't know anything about Meng Qinghuan before the crossing, so she couldn't tell interesting stories about her childhood.

Qing Huan later made a few nonsense, saying how he was embarrassed when he was a child, how naughty he was and how he was naughty, and the two laughed happily. In this way, unconsciously, it was late at night, and Qinghuan was not sleepy at all.

But the problem is, I didn't eat much at night, and I wasn't sleepy but hungry.

Qing Huan wanted to endure it for a while, but his stomach growled twice, and Ah Gu heard it.

Ah Gu hurriedly said, "Madame didn't eat much at night, I'm afraid I'm a little hungry, so I'll go to the kitchen to find something to eat." Qing Huan hurriedly stopped, "It's late at night at this time, and if you don't know the place, don't go." ”

"Madame forgot that I know how to do kung fu." He also performed a few moves while speaking, showing that he was strong in martial arts.

Qing Huan smiled happily, and agreed with her to go, and advised: "Go out and ask the people in the temple first, don't walk around by yourself, go and go back quickly." Agu grinned and took the order.

Qinghuan was about to fall asleep, but he still didn't see Agu come back, so he panicked, paced around the room, and after thinking about it, he decided to go out to find the attendant, and then go to find Agu.

Li Yan's room is not far away, let's go find him first.

Outside, the moon was in the sky, Qinghuan put on his clothes, and went out without even hitting the lantern.

When he walked outside Li Yan's room, Qing Huan felt that something was wrong, first of all, there was no attendant, it stands to reason that there would be someone on duty outside the door, but there was no attendant, no one.

Qing Huan tried to knock on the door, but no one answered. She simply pushed the door in, walked to the bed and saw that there was no one sleeping on the empty bed.

Qing Huan felt panicked for a while, and just wanted to hurry back to his room and lock the door, but because he was worried about Ah Gu, he dared to go out, thinking that if he found the monks in the temple or something, there would always be a way.

Because I am not familiar with life, Qinghuan has been around for a long time and has not seen anyone. I couldn't find my way back if I wanted to go back, so I groped and chose a random path to take.

Unconsciously, I came to the bamboo forest next to the temple, there is a dense bamboo forest here, but the wind is all the way at night, which makes people feel cold.

Qing Huan was also scared and panicked, but on the surface he was calm and at ease, and was about to turn around to find another way, when he heard the sound of the piano in the bamboo forest.

Although there is curiosity, but afraid of killing himself, Qing Huan did not go in, just listened outside, at that time I thought that some kind of unjust death of people was doing it, but the sound of the piano listened to very briskly, so that the listener was comfortable, as if now in the spring, the flowers are also blooming.

Hearing such intoxicating music, Qing Huan felt that the person who stroked the qin might be some kind of forest fairy, so he was no longer afraid, but quietly walked inside, wanting to find out.

From afar, I watched a girl, stroking the piano in a clearing in the bamboo forest, and the moonlight sprinkled on her, like a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world. Qing Huan couldn't see the girl's appearance from too far away, but she was already outstanding in terms of temperament.

Qing Huan didn't dare to approach, so he could only watch from afar. At the end of the song, a person suddenly came out of the darkness, clapping, as if to say something. It was too far away for Qing Huan to hear clearly, but he could see from the appearance that the person said Li Yan.

I saw the girl stand up and return the salute, but Li Yan grabbed her and hugged her into her arms. Qing Huan looked at it, and only felt that they were a match made in heaven, and he didn't want to disturb them, so he silently retreated again.

She was still groping her way back, and as she walked, she ran into Agu.

Ah Gu hurriedly caught up, and said in a very anxious tone: "Why did Madam come out, I didn't see you when I went back, so I hurriedly came out to look for it, and I was in a hurry." “

"Let's go back to the room first."

Agu seemed to have a good memory, and took her around and around to his room.

After entering the door and taking off his clothes, Qinghuan was not hungry, "I saw that you went out for so long and didn't come back, and I was worried, so I went out to look for you, who knew that I couldn't find the way, and I didn't find anyone, I wandered around in it for a long time, if I hadn't met you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have found my way back until dawn." “

Agu said: "When I came in today, I paid attention to the way, it is intricate, and it is isolated from the temple, as if it was a separate courtyard, and those attendants are guarding outside this courtyard, and I was questioned when I went out. “

Qing Huan said: "It's estimated that it's greasy, let's not be curious, let's go to sleep quickly, it's too late to toss today." Ah Gu naturally obeyed, and the two fell asleep quickly.

When he went out to eat the next day, Qing Huan noticed that this courtyard was really a little different, the road was designed a thousand times, it seemed to be connected with the temple, but it was actually separated, and no one in the temple stepped into this courtyard.

Thinking of the people I saw last night, I also understood eight or nine points in my heart, and it was probably a trick of Kanaya Zangjiao.

This time I came out to enjoy the plum blossoms is also an excuse, and I am just a pretense.

For more than half a year after getting married, Li Yan has been cautious in his words and deeds, and it is estimated that he has not seen him for half a year.

"It's also a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks." Qing Huan sighed secretly.

Today's breakfast was unusually rich, much richer than when I was in the palace, and it didn't look like the food in the temple at all. Qing Huan was very puzzled, so Li Yan smiled and said, "I heard that Mrs. was hungry last night, so she must have not eaten well, so I asked people to prepare more." Qing Huan didn't know how to react, so he could only thank him.

After eating, it's time to go to enjoy the plum blossoms. A large plum grove sits on the mountain behind the temple, and it snowed again in the middle of the night yesterday, this time the snow is set against the red plums, which is particularly beautiful.

This plum blossom is blooming very well, and the flowers are hanging on the branches like agate, Qing Huan is very happy when he looks at it, so he asks Agu to cut some and take it back and insert it.

Agu was about to cut it, but a person appeared to stop him.

Qing Huan saw this person, his hands were like soft wattles, his skin was like clotted fat, his collar was like a grub, his teeth were like a rhinoceros, his head was like a moth, he was smiling, and his eyes were beautiful, like a person who came out of a painting, Qing Huan couldn't help but be stunned.

The girl said softly: "The flower is so beautiful, it will wither soon after being cut, why not make it beautiful, let it be fragrant in this world for a few days?" “

Ah Gu looked at Qing Huan and asked for her opinion, but when he saw that she was furious and looked at the girl blankly, he called Mrs. a few times in a low voice, and Qing Huan came back to his senses.

Qing Huan was just thinking, "Isn't this the person who stroked the piano last night, it turned out to be so stunning." ”

Li Yan was elsewhere, and when he heard the voice, he also walked over. But his expression was not abnormal, but asked softly, "Madam, what happened?" ”

When Li Yan asked her, she saw that the girl glanced at Li Yan, her mouth pursed slightly, as if she was not very happy.

Qing Huan said: "I see that this plum blossom is so moving, so I want Agu to cut some back." The girl came to stop her. After listening to the girl's words, I also felt that what I did was inappropriate, and I hope the girl will forgive me. With that, he nodded to the girl in apology.

Li Yan pretended to look at this girl, and then said to Qing Huan: "This girl is famous, and she has a single word." She is the daughter of a deceased friend who is the old presiding officer of the temple, and she lives temporarily in the temple, and this piece of Merlin is taken care of by her. “

Qing Huan hurriedly said: "The girl is really beautiful and kind, no wonder the plum blossoms are so moving." “

Chu Yi smiled slightly, and showed his style: "Madame has won the award." “

Qing Huan said, "Master, then I'll go back first." The wind outside was blowing a little cold. “

Li Yan responded with a hello, nodded to Chu Yi, and sent Qinghuan back to the room, like a gentleman.

In fact, Qing Huan really wanted to play for a while, but he didn't want to be a light bulb and disturb other people's Yaxing, so he simply came back by himself, which was annoying.

She still faintly felt fortunate in her heart that Chu Yi didn't show her majesty when she came up, but behaved in a proper manner, which made people disgusted.

Qing Huan didn't know if she was pretending or if she was like this, but no matter what, it had nothing to do with her.

Qing Huan was thinking last night, either she instigated Li Yan to welcome her into the house, and she felt that she was too nosy, and Li Yan must have made arrangements for herself. After thinking about it, I put this matter aside and didn't think about it.

Seeing that she had something on her mind, Agu didn't bother much, just sat quietly and did some work, "Don't ask more about the master's thoughts, if the lady is willing to tell it, that's another matter." ”

Qing Huan didn't seem to hide it from Ah Gu, she wanted to find a chance to talk about it after returning home, after all, there were still arrangements to go back.

After lunch, the snow fell heavily again, Qinghuan thought about taking a nap, she slept too late last night, and she was still a little sleepy in the afternoon. Lunch was brought to the house by the attendants, and Li Yan did not return.

When Qinghuan was about to sleep, Li Yan came over and said to her softly: "Madam, it's snowing hard outside, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave today, so I'll stay for another night tonight, okay?" ”

This kind of thing was originally decided by Li Yan herself, and there was no need to come over to ask her opinion at all. But Qing Huan felt that since he came to ask, he still had to do it well, so he said, "Everything is arranged by the master." ”

Li Yan smiled slightly, "Then Madame have a good rest, I'll go out first." ”

Qing Huan also smiled back and prepared to sleep.

As soon as Li Yan left, Agu said to her, "After Madame sleeps, I want to go out and help the monks in the temple clear the snow." May I? “

Qing Huan said suspiciously: "It's snowing outside, didn't you clear the snow after it stopped?" “

"When I went out today, I saw that there was snow piled up on the corridor outside, and they were probably too busy to sweep it. I'm fine anyway, so I'll just go and help. “

Qing Huan came up sleepy, thinking about going to bed quickly, so he waved her hand and let her go.

When Qing Huan woke up, it was almost dark, and she herself was startled. Ah Gu fell asleep on the table, Qing Huan got up by himself, but he didn't expect to wake up Ah Gu.

As soon as Agu saw her get up, he happily came up and said, "Madam, I inquired, that Chu Yi came here a year ago, and the prince has also been here several times during this time, all of them stay in this courtyard, and there is a bamboo forest in this courtyard, and Chu Yi lives in it." “

Qing Huan felt inexplicable, so he said, "What are you doing to inquire about these?" “

Agu smiled and said, "I also saw some clues this morning, and I also saw that Madame didn't care about it, but Madame was also curious, so I went to inquire." “

Qing Huan chuckled and poked Ah Gu's head with his finger, "You are very good." “

Then he asked, "How did you find out about this?" ”

Agu said proudly: "The snow in the back is thick, and it was given to a few little monks to sweep, I went over to help, and a few children were very happy, I amused with them, played for a while, and asked out in a roundabout way." "I can't be happy when I talk.

Qing Huan also felt funny when she looked at it, and after a few jokes with her, someone outside came to call them.

Agu opened the door, saw one of the attendants, and said, "Invite Madame to dinner." ”

Qing Huan answered, and was about to go out, when he saw Li Yan coming over at the corner, dressed in white with a smile on his face, he saw Qing Huan and said aloud from afar: "Madame doesn't have to go out, I brought the food over." “

Agu hurriedly went in to clean up the tables and chairs. Originally, it was arranged to eat in Li Yan's room, but who would have thought that he would actually bring the food here.

Qing Huan was thinking about it, Li Yan walked over, and said with a smile: "It's snowing outside, I'm afraid that my wife will catch a cold when she comes out." “

Qing Huan was moved by this hypocrisy, she had to admire Li Yan's acting skills, she almost believed it, how could outsiders see it.

The two of them ate quietly and talked casually, looking flawless. During the banquet, Li Yan said: "If the snow stops tomorrow morning, we will leave early, so Mrs. should rest early tonight." “

Qing Huan didn't doubt him, so he nodded in agreement. It wasn't until Li Yan left that she came back to her senses, afraid that she was worried that she wouldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and she would bump into them when she went out, and her mind was real and meticulous.

Qing Huan didn't have that plan, it's so cold over there, who wants to go out in the middle of the night. So he pulled Agu to talk about some things that he didn't have, and went to bed very early.