Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Lodge
Early the next morning, Wei Qingguan didn't need to call in the middle of the summer to get up energetically, took off the palace robe on his body, Wei Qingguan changed into a jacket skirt with blue sky, the jacket of the Suzhou embroidered fabric on the upper body and the colorful horse-faced skirt on the lower body, fading the charm of the woman but adding a little more arrogance of a girl.
Su Hao, who came to pick up people, was still dressed in a strong suit, but he replaced the inky black on weekdays with a dark brocade, a few days ago, he took over the Holy Palace, and now he is the Minister of Guards and the Commander of the Forbidden Army in this palace, and he holds the important position of guarding the palace and Gyeonggi, looking at it this way, Dongfang Chen really trusts him, and it can be said that his net worth and life are in his hands alone.
The carriage stopped on the water lane outside the Dongzhi Gate, Dongfang Chen in the carriage was dressed in Confucian clothes, but this face was too handsome, and it could not be covered up in ordinary clothes, he looked at the little woman with a smile on her face, and couldn't help laughing, "You don't know that you look like you're going to a lover." ”
"The lover is right in front of you, what else will you use!" Wei Qingwan couldn't stop whitening him, and said.
It's natural for her to be so excited, not to mention that when she was in the palace, she never left the palace even when she was in the prince's mansion, not to mention her current self, what the long street in the capital looks like, she has no impression at all, she is like a bird released from a cage, how can she not be happy.
"Look at the appearance of your child, who can believe that you will be the mother of a country, and now it is more and more out of tune."
Dongfang Chen raised his eyebrows, and teased Wei Qingguan lightly, the Wei Qingguan who never smiled and was dignified and self-contained in his memory became more and more blurred in his mind, he really didn't remember what the queen who had been with him for six years was like, looking at Wei Qingguan's appearance now, he liked it more and more.
Wei Qingguan didn't care, but looked very proud, his head was sharpened and looked at the curtain that was occasionally lifted, and said aggrievedly, "Don't blame the emperor, I seem to be unaccustomed to seeing the world, in fact, I have never been out of the house with my grandmother when I was a child, even occasionally I went out to the banquet with my grandmother, and I didn't even dare to lift the sedan curtain, this time it's a real serious thing to see this place of fireworks, can I not be excited!" ”
The real words were a little sad, which made Dongfang Chen feel a little distressed, and he couldn't help touching her forehead, no longer teasing her, and let her go.
Wei Qingguan opened a pair of apricot eyes wide, curiously followed the carriage of green cloth linoleum and looked around, from the inner city to the suburbs, all curious, the sound of the vendors' selling, the bargaining of the peasant women, made her feel that the blood in her heart was so real boiling, after the bazaar, it was like a child, let Banxia go down and buy a lot of gadgets and said that they would take them back to the palace, that simple and innocent appearance, laughed to death Dongfang Chen who was sitting in the same carriage.
The carriage swayed all the way, Wei Qingguan enjoyed it very much, he was very excited all the way, and it was easy for the car to stop in front of a valley with blue mountains and rivers and mountains, and he didn't wait for them to help him in the middle of the summer, Wei Qingguan jumped out of the car lightly, and his agile skills made Dongfang Chen stunned.
Zhuangzi is built in the middle of the mountainside, the mountain road is winding, the bluestone path is beside the wild flowers, the wild grass is lush, there is a different charm, the trees on both sides are scattered, the birds in the mountains are endless, different from the kind of brilliant mansion built by others, the villa here is just like an ordinary farm, retains the rustic rural atmosphere, and looks very comfortable.
"I like the taste of a general!" Wei Qingguan looked around, and praised Su Hao who was leading the way in front of him.
"Why did the mother say this?" Su Hao let her boast coldly, and asked stupidly.
"An important member of the imperial court who has achieved fame like the general does not feel extravagant even if he rebuilds a mansion in this mountain stream, but the general only repaired this garden into a farmstead, without disturbing the simple atmosphere between the mountains and fields, so I think the general is very tasteful."
"Niang Niang Miao praised, this is a tea mountain, overgrown with wild tea, my father once passed by accident, found that the tea here is sweet and delicious, there is an indescribable charm, so let the industry here, originally only built two grass huts occasionally come here to relax, and then inadvertently found that there is a hot spring behind the mountain, my father fought all the year round, there were old injuries in the legs and feet, but I soaked there twice, I felt that the legs were much looser, and then I built a few rooms and called the villa."
Su Hao was straightforward, listening to Wei Qingguan say this, and hurriedly told the origin of this villa, Wei Qingguan nodded after hearing it, "Old General Su also has taste!" ”
After speaking, Dongfang Chen laughed out loud in front of him, "Your mouth is as sweet as honey, but it's a pity that General Su is not here, if he is here, he will definitely be able to kowtow to you here!" ”
"Go!" Wei Qingguan saw Dongfang Chen teasing her again, rolled his eyes angrily, and walked in by himself.
Everywhere in the Zhuangzi is full of verdant pruning excellent tea trees, now it is the time of tea, the tea farmer in the fingertips quickly pick the young leaves with dew on the tip of the tea into his hands, the girl's delicate palm grasps a small handful of young leaves, put them into the bamboo basket behind the back.
Until she entered the courtyard and sat by the window built by the lake, she still looked fascinated, half leaning against the window, her hand against her chin, and said with envy in her heart, "I really envy them for such a day, so comfortable!" She let out a long sigh of relief, taking a big breath of the New Year's air between the green mountains and green waters, and said comfortably.
"Hard work, don't look at them as if they are relaxed, but at night I guess I can't straighten my waist."
Banxia packed up the things in her hands, and couldn't help laughing, before entering the Wei Mansion, she also followed her parents to do farm work in the field, and worked hard all day, she could often see her parents lying on the bed, not even wanting to move their fingers, this would look at the envious appearance of her master, and couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water.
Dongfang Chen has long been accustomed to the appearance of their master and servant, and even Su Hao is used to getting along with each other, and he is not surprised. Wei Qingguan disagreed, "In fact, I think the happiest should be like them, there is only one room to sleep in the mansion, the days are the most comfortable, the sunrise and sunset, watching the mountains and rivers, eating delicious snacks, how comfortable." ”
"It is better for a person to live with one mouth and eat more than anything else!"
Niangniang's opinion is really unique, most people in the world should hope to one day become famous and return to their hometown, even if it is a tea farmer in this garden, they also hope to one day be able to have their own tea garden, instead of guarding other people's gardens and doing idle work for others for a lifetime. There are very few people who want to be lazy themselves. ”
"I have no ambition, lazy!"
"Niangniang has never experienced the suffering of the world, the slave maid was the locust plague at home, and the parents sold the slave maid, as Niangniang said, it is the life of a small rich family with spare money in their hands and no worries about food and drink.
The three masters and servants are just gossiping on the side, Wei Qingguan is leisurely looking from afar, the mountain stream and canal water, the water waves are turbulent, the fog is misty, and beside the steep path and stream, Su Hao set up a bundle of wood, casually hung a bronze kettle on top of it, the fire was burning, Dongfang Chen and Su Hao set up a fishing rod by the stream, and the two caught fish on the side.
Wei Qingguan thought it was funny, broke a willow branch from under the willow tree on the shore, and swayed in the water and looked at the microwave Lingling. The water is very clear, and he can still see the prawns swimming in the water, shrinking their tails, Wei Qingguan is tired of playing, looking around, he found that there are more than ten grass chickens in captivity in this garden, looking at the man staring intently at the sleeping drift rod, Wei Qingguan thought about it, and pulled Banxia and Bang Chun towards the small kitchen in the village.
Seeing Wei Qingguan walking away, Su Hao, who was silent, spoke, "The news just came from the border pass, Wei Yiming slipped out of the barracks to flirt with the woman of the good family and let the girl's brother find out that he had broken a leg, and then he received thirty military sticks, and now it is difficult to even get up while lying in the camp tent, does Mu Yuan mean to send him back like this?" ”
"In the end, he is also the sister-in-law of Lord Wei, this time he is missing a leg, it is estimated that the Wei Mansion is about to turn the sky upside down again, does the emperor plan to tell the queen mother? After all, it was also the border pass where she begged to let Wei Yiming go! ”
"Wei Mian is a pedantic habit, if he knew that Wei Yiming was outside molesting an innocent girl who was broken in his leg, maybe when Wei Yiming came back, he would break his other leg, but that Wei Jiang's family, his beloved son was heartfelt, I was afraid that he would not give up, and the others were not afraid of her, her little daughter had just entered the palace, and she was attached to the Queen Mother, so she was afraid that she would cause trouble in the middle, but I would deal with it, and I didn't need to let the queen worry about it.
Since the show girl entered the palace, incidents and disputes have appeared together, and she has rarely seen a smile in the palace, it is rare to take her out to play once, or tell her when she returns to the palace! ”
"Whatever you want!"
Su Hao heard Dongfang Chen's casual and indifferent words, and said lightly.
"I heard that Wei Mian's concubine worked very hard in Bowangxuan, and he was also appreciated by several gentlemen, and they intended to recommend Wei Zhang to enter the Hanlin Academy for the post of editor, what are your plans? It's really decided, like Niangniang, to hold this concubine on the throne! ”
"It's okay, then Wei Zhang and several adults said to me, the talent and learning skills are good, and he is also humble and polite, he is a talent that can be created, he has been promoted, and he will remember the good of the eldest sister in the future, and the allegiance is not still me, then Wei Yiming is a dou who can't be helped, even if he sits in the position of the Wei family as a family, he is also out of tune, and it is not beneficial to me, it is the queen who does not clean him up, and I will not sit idly by."
Facing his best friend's questioning, Dongfang Chen answered all questions without reservation, and after that, there was silence again. 8.$.
The water surface was calm, the boiling water in the bronze furnace next to the torch was buzzing, and the two of them sat by the stream and fished for most of the day, but there was no one in the fish basket that was hooked.
Among the two casseroles on the charcoal stove, the aroma of the boiling bubbles provokes the stomach of the hungry people, a pickled Du Xian, a tea-fragrant chicken, a pot of rice, the tea fragrance is overflowing, the meat is delicious, and people can't help but have a great appetite, and the two quickly ate the tender chicken in the casserole.
Su Hao couldn't help but admire: "Niangniang's craftsmanship is a must!" ”
I know that a few old women in the kitchen can only cook a few country dishes, such a dish, they can't make it, after tasting the skin belly noodles before, Su Hao doesn't have to guess to know who this meal came from.
"Well said!" Wei Qingguan was not pretentious, he replied proudly, while Dongfang Chen was quietly piling up doting smiles on the side.
Time flies, until the sunset is slanting westward, the carriage returns to the foot of the imperial city leisurely, and Wei Qingguan, who is tired of playing for a day, reluctantly returns to the Yongning Palace.
There were already people waiting outside in the Yongning Palace, Di Cui looked at the figure of Wei Qingguan coming back, and hurriedly greeted him, and replied, "The grandmother of the Pingshuo Palace, last night, Xiao Zhu An and Xiao Master Wei launched a high fever overnight, this high fever will not go away, the whole person is burned and confused, the doctors rushed to see it, and the mother also went to go through the motions, so as not to fall into the mouth!" ”