Pei Yaowei never doubted Qingchen's ability, but after thinking about it, she still didn't fulfill this girl's eagerness to try.

Although it is difficult for her to hold this curiosity in her heart, if she acts rashly without any reason, once it is discovered, she is afraid that it will not be good.

Fortunately, within two days, a head fell from the sky, giving her the opportunity to go to the other garden to 'visit' Xiao Di.

Soon after getting up this morning, Yu Xu came to the library and said, "Niangniang, Princess Qi sent a Duyu girl to ask for a meeting. ”

When Pei Yao heard this, he immediately put down the pen in his hand and asked people to invite Duyu to the warm pavilion to talk.

Duyu held a sandalwood box in her hand, entered the door to see the ceremony, and as soon as she retreated, she presented the box to Pei Yao, and made her intention clear: "Tomorrow is your birthday, Niangniang's meaning, although I can't celebrate you openly, but this birthday gift is always inevitable." ”

Pei Yao's heart warmed, opened the box with a smile, and looked at it, but she was slightly stunned.

There were four keys in the box in turn, and nothing else.

"Keys?" She picked one up and shook it, and asked Duyu, "But which lock do you want to open?" ”

Duyu explained: "Niangniang has prepared a gift for you in the ancestral house of the Ciyun Wen family, and it takes nine keys to open the big lock that seals the gift. She said, "Niangniang said that she owes you a total of four birthday gifts from the fifth year of Yanping to the present, and now she has made up for the four keys in front of her." ”

Pei Yaowei listened funny: "In other words, if I want to know what her congratulatory gift is, I have to wait another five years to collect the other five keys?" ”

Alone smiled lightly.

Pei Yaowei couldn't cry or laugh for a while, "What is it that is worthy of her to be so mysterious?" I don't know if I've always been the most curious! ”

Duyu lowered his eyes and smiled, did not pick up the stubble, only raised his arm and made a big salute, and prayed: "Congratulations to Niangniang Fang in advance, may Niangniang live a long life, and be 100 years old forever!" ”

Thanks to Wen Pien's reminder, Pei Yao remembered this thing that she had never taken seriously - tomorrow is September 15, her birthday.

And her birthday, impartial, also happens to be Xiao Di's birthday.

After Du Yu left, she thought about it, called Yu Xu, and ordered her to prepare a table of delicious food tomorrow, and she would take it to Gyeonggi Beyuan to celebrate His Royal Highness the King of Chu's birthday.

Yu Xu received the order, and that night, he was busy in the back kitchen.

The next day, Pei Yaowei specially wore a red dress, hairpin gold and jade, and dressed up very grandly.

In front of the dressing mirror, Qingchen looked at her with sparkling eyes, clasped her hands and said, "Niangniang looks so good wearing like this!" You are born beautiful, you always wear some light-colored clothes on weekdays, elegant is elegant enough, but you are blind to this gorgeous, how good this body is today, it looks like a red plum blossom in the snow, and it is vigorous, and elegant! ”

Pei Yao smiled, scratched her nose casually, and said that she had a honey mouth, and what she said was not words, it was ecstasy soup.

The two laughed a few words, and Yu Xu came in from outside to reply, saying that the prepared dishes had been loaded into the car and could leave at any time.

Pei Yaowei nodded and asked, "Is there any news in the palace?" ”

Yu Xu replied: "Your Royal Highness got up in the morning and entered the palace to greet the Queen Mother, and after breakfast, he retired from the palace and went back to the other garden. ”

And so it was. Pei Yao groaned.

can make Xiao Di pass through the door without entering...... Now, she was becoming more and more curious about the origin of the guest.

As soon as noon passed, she got in the car and set off, leaving Yu Xu to take care of her in the house, and she took the light dust and went straight to the other garden.

Outside the red fang, Xiao Dida came back from the palace and sat in the court, looking at the door that had been closed for many days, his eyes full of melancholy.

Instant rain was ordered to prepare a birthday banquet in the maple forest behind, and when he came here, from a distance, he saw the old manager Cheng Yongting standing outside the court, with his hands in front of him, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at the door worriedly, and he looked at His Royal Highness the King of Chu worriedly.

Instant Rain's eyebrows moved slightly, and when he approached, he heard the old manager sigh lowly.

"Ah Weng," she whispered, raising her chin in Xiao Di's direction, "How long has Your Highness been here?" ”

Cheng Yongting glanced at her, "You can stay as long as you come back." ”

After that, the two looked at each other and sighed in unison.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Lou has locked himself in the room for more than ten days, and I don't know what he is doing, how can he make His Highness so nervous......" Cheng Yongting said, and couldn't help sighing, "Alas! In the early years, when His Royal Highness was still in Beijing, when did he celebrate his birthday, didn't he have to spend it with the Queen Mother? It's been just a few years in the north, why did you finally come back this year, but you still have your mind tied to such a strange guest? ”

Instant Yu glanced at the court, turned around and shook his head at Cheng Yongting secretly, "Ah Weng spoke carefully, His Royal Highness respects Mr. Lou very much, and I think Mr. Nature also has something worthy of respect, as for why he is here...... If His Highness wants to tell us one day, we will naturally know. ”

Cheng Yongting nodded, looked at Instant Rain's gaze, and couldn't help but praise a lot, "Instant Rain girl, this time back, it seems that she has grown a lot, her mind is much more stable, and she is ashamed of herself!" ”

Instant Yu's face turned red, and he didn't even dare to say it, paused, and then slowly walked into the pavilion and replied to Xiao Di.

"Your Highness, the birthday banquet in the maple forest has been prepared." She said, "You haven't eaten anything at noon, so while the sky is still bright, go and use some first, Mr. Lou...... I can't wait. ”

Xiao Di let out a faint 'um', and after a while, he got up and walked towards the maple forest step by step.

When Pei Yao arrived, the sky was like fire, and it was already twilight.

"Why is the princess here?!"

When Instant Rain saw her, she was surprised, but she also respectfully invited someone in. Pei Yaowei raised her hand to gesture to the food box carried by the servants behind her, and said with a smile: "Today is my first birthday after I married His Royal Highness, as a wife, how can I not celebrate my husband's birthday?" She asked, "I wonder where Your Highness is at the moment?" I also have to bother Miss Instant Rain to lead the way, let me go to congratulate Yihe! ”

Instant Yu frowned, her reason was impeccable, even if she came rashly, it was also a matter of course, but she really let her go to see His Highness......

It's not the turn of Instant Rain to say yes or no, the key is His Royal Highness the King of Chu himself, and it is estimated that he will not be happy to have outsiders to disturb him.

After thinking for a moment, Instant Yu forced a smile and lowered his head and said: "Princess, please go to the back garden to rest for a while, Your Highness is busy at this moment, let the slave maid go to report it, and then come back to you." ”

Pei Yao raised her eyebrows, thought for a while, but never embarrassed her, nodded, and followed the maid on the side into the inner courtyard.

Instant rain went to report, but there was no follow-up for a long time, fortunately, Pei Yaowei didn't have much hope for her, and seized the opportunity to slip out of the courtyard arranged by instant rain, planning to be self-reliant and explore the origin of the distinguished guest.

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long to go out, and as soon as she looked up inadvertently, her eyes and footsteps were attracted by the red in front of her.

Danfeng is the same color, and it is impossible to distinguish between heaven and earth.

"How could it be ......?"

Such a beautiful Danfeng should obviously be the most undesirable thing around Xiao Di.

Her heart jumped violently twice, and an unreasonable feeling of nervousness instantly poured into her chest, she took a deep breath, walked slowly towards the red in the distance.

When she passed through the moon gate, she happened to see Xiao Di, who was sitting in front of the Qingyu case, facing the maple red in the garden, drinking wine.

The tip of her heart seemed to be pricked by a needle suddenly, and she was fixed in front of the moon gate, unable to move.

Xiao Di raised his eyes and saw her standing there dressed in red, breaking the silence in the forest for no reason, adding a touch of poignancy.

"Why are you here?"

From such a distance, she could see Xiao Di's displeased expression clearly.

"I ......" Pei Yao was speechless for a while, and the nervousness of the right talent was turned several times in the air at this moment, and in addition, there was more fear for no reason.

She looked at him fixedly, not knowing what she was afraid of, but at this moment, she was extremely afraid to go any further.

"I'll send you longevity noodles ......" said helplessly, she put down the hand covering her heart, and said hurriedly: "I'm in the wrong place, so I'll leave." ”

With that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

"Stop." He said.

She stopped.

The person behind him seemed to hesitate for a long time, and finally said, "Come here." ”

Pei Yao bit her lip tightly, as if her feet had roots, and she didn't move for half a minute.

Xiao Di frowned and said again: "Come here." ”

Pei Yao closed her eyes, and with a little broken heart for no reason, she turned around and walked towards him.

Xiao Di lit two lamps, motioned for her to sit down opposite her, and asked casually, "Didn't you send longevity noodles?" What about noodles? ”

She looked at the candlelight and said in a daze, "I ate ......" before she suddenly came back to her senses.

Looking at each other, Xiao Di snorted, but there was no smile on his face.

He added himself another glass of wine, and by the candlelight, looked at her with a heavy look.

That look was so deep and heavy, but Pei Yaowei felt that not a single part of the weight fell on him.

It's like...... He's looking through himself, looking at others.

"What exactly are you here for?" He asked.

Pei Yaowei did not answer his question.

Because at this moment, in her mind, she was thinking about another question-

Who does the face look like?

Such a simple question pressed on her heart, but it was like Mount Tai pressing on the top, making her breathless, and unconsciously touched the wine jar in front of her.

There was a snap - she was opened by Xiao Di.

"Isn't it your birthday?" Pei Yaowei breathed a sigh of relief silently, rubbed his hands, looked at him and said, "You look ...... It seems sad. ”

She hopes that Xiao Di can answer 'yes', and then she can ask, why are you sad.

But Xiao Di asked her rhetorically: "Do you know how to play the gonghou?" ”

Pei Yao was stunned.

Without waiting for her to answer, Xiao Di smiled first.

“…… "I asked in vain," he thought.

As soon as he drank the contents of the cup, he laughed at himself: "You just know how to do it, and you don't know that song." ”

"Which tune?" She asked firmly, "Which tune did you say?" ”

Xiao Di didn't answer her.

His eyes were moist, and he didn't know if it was because of the smell of wine, or because of the sadness, it was so sad.

The maple was red, and it was slowly hidden by the darkening sky.

All the things since her rebirth were unprecedentedly clear in her mind at this moment, and slowly, she seemed to be a little out of breath.

"Xiao Di." She suddenly called, and in front of his disapproving gaze, she asked, "When you look at me, who do you want to see?" ”

The two looked at each other silently for a long time, as if everything was silent.

He glanced down at the wine cup in front of him.

It was a rarity carved out of a beautiful jade.

He held it up, and he wanted to ask Xiangyu, what is this?

He wanted to say, what is this, I was just thinking about whom.

However, before he could speak, Wei Chaoyang rushed in with eager steps.

"Your Highness, the news from the south, the Pan clan is reversed!"

Xiao Di left the maple forest, returned to Beijing at night, and entered the palace to discuss politics.

Pei Yaowei sat alone in the garden, looking at the maple tree for a while, and looking at the wine cup that he held up for a while, letting the cool breeze blow on his body, maybe he hadn't moved for a long time.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound of footsteps gradually came from behind her, and she just thought it was light dust or instant rain, and she didn't look back because she was lazy.

But the footsteps stopped behind her, and after that, there was a long silence.

Pei Yao sensed that something was wrong, got up and turned back.