Chapter 27: Thoughts
Although there is only one serious master of the palace, there are many subordinates.
A group of little maids hid in the corridor on the side and watched from afar, their eyes were full of admiration, and they looked very excited, but they obviously knew the rules very well, even if they were already excited, no one dared to come forward to disturb them.
Quietly, the whole yard is a little lonely and deserted.
This picture reminded Jiang Mengyun of the past.
In the past, she also practiced swords in the General's Mansion, but the maids were different from this palace, noisy and chattering, especially Ling'er's girl, who could speak and be very playful, and sometimes made some funny images. Although it seems a little unruly, it is also festive to look at.
It's a pity that this celebration is gone, the general's mansion is in ashes, and they have all died in Huangquan.
King Qi practiced his sword, the maids were excited, and the peony seemed to be given something, and the whole person was stunned, standing there for a long time without moving.
Jiang Mengyun was firmly blocked by her, and she didn't retreat or advance, so she had to cough low as a reminder, and then Peony suddenly came back to her senses, quickly lowered her head, pursed her mouth, and turned sideways.
It seems that His Royal Highness King Qi is extremely charming, and even the palace maids in the middle palace cannot escape.
This is not surprising.
Jiang Mengyun thinks that he has seen a lot of beautiful men, but now that he thinks about those looks, he looks boring, and he is a lot inferior in temperament, and he has no sense of amazement.
The people in this world probably can't be compared with King Qi.
Jiang Mengyun sighed silently.
Peony is also sighing.
She has always been on duty in the middle palace, but she is not the personal palace maid of the master, and she has no chance to really contact the princes and nobles on weekdays, so she has only seen King Qi a few times from afar.
But even if she was so far away, even if she had only seen it a few times, her heart had completely fallen.
She had never seen such a good-looking person! Where is this person, this is simply the fairy in the painting! How about the emperor, how about the crown prince, and what about the second prince, they are noble in origin, and their bloodlines are orthodox, but none of them have such a deep gaze and such a peerless elegance as His Royal Highness King Qi.
Peony even thought that even if King Qi was just a commoner, or even a pure Ningguo person, she was willing to make a personal promise to make peace with him.
It's a pity that King Qi didn't look at her, and after collecting the sword, he clasped his fists at Jiang Mengyun with both hands, and said with a smile: "The girl really said her word, please come in." ”
"Okay." Jiang Mengyun said.
Peony clenched her fists tightly.
After entering the hall, the profound foundation of Prince Li's mansion was revealed.
As soon as you enter the door, you will see a crane hanging scroll, with excellent brushstrokes, which is made by King Qi himself. On the Huanghuali case, there are several celadon ornaments, and there is a low bottle with white plum inserted in it, which is simple but elegant.
There is a compartment further inside, which is furnished like a study, with pen, ink, paper and inkstones neatly stacked on the desk, and a cabinet full of books next to it. Jiang Mengyun was new to the city, so he naturally didn't want to walk around and look around, so he only sat outside.
A little servant came in to serve tea, and Mo Ziqi had already gone to change his clothes and came in.
It didn't take long, but he obviously dressed up carefully after bathing, and the whole person gave people a very refreshing feeling. Faded the plain robe, at this moment he was dressed in blue again, similar to when he saw him yesterday, his long hair was replaced by a black hosta and all tied up, a little less unruly, more elegant.
He sat down on the head, picked up the tea bowl and said, "Girl, taste it." ”
Jiang Mengyun didn't shirk it, picked up the tea bowl on the side and took a sip, and then said, "This tea is different from yesterday." ”
"Green tea is given by the old man, and there is not much left." Mo Ziqi gave a rare explanation, and the words were obviously more than usual, "This tea is produced in the Great Liang Kingdom, and the tea trees are planted in the high mountains, and this king has just received it here, and it has not yet been named." ”
That's the new tea.
He said that it had not yet been named, and he did not know if it was the head of the palace who called it a human race, or if it was his own private property. After all, it is not so ripe, Jiang Mengyun is not easy to ask, so he can only taste it again: "The taste is very strong and slightly bitter at the beginning, but the tea is fragrant, and it has its own wonders with green tea, so I don't know what kind of environment it grows." ”
This is not a question, nothing more than an emotion.
But he took the initiative to explain: "This king's tea garden is on the Qilin Mountain north of the capital, if the girl is interested, she might as well go and see it." ”
Others take the initiative to invite, even if they don't succeed in the future, there is no reason not to agree first.
This King Qi is interesting, and it is not enough to create a chance for her to leave the palace, it seems that he still wants to create two, three, four or five times.
Jiang Mengyun laughed, no matter what he intended, it was indeed convenient for her. There was a rare closeness in her tone: "Then, thank you, Your Highness." ”
Peony was also smiling, but it seemed a little grinning and extremely stiff. She couldn't stop laughing.
This stinky girl surnamed Jiang is just an orphan girl who relies on the queen mother to survive, although she is beautiful, but she has no long things, and her mind is treacherous, she is not worthy of King Qi at all, how can His Royal Highness be so good with her, and even invite her to his tea garden!
Doesn't she even know how to make tea, how can she have a common language with His Highness?
And...... Peony remembered what happened on the road before she came, His Royal Highness treated her so well, and he was willing to share anything good with her, but Jiang Mengyun was stingy, and he didn't even want to prepare a decent gift, and only thought about taking a broken piano score perfunctory.
If you don't turn the tide, you will lose face today.
That inkstone is still her big head!
Peony pulled the corners of her mouth and thought far away, she didn't even see Jiang Mengyun signaling to her, until the cuffs were pulled by someone to come back to her senses, and she heard Jiang Mengyun say: "I brought the painting today, and I have to bother Your Highness." ”
I don't know what Peony thought of in her head, anyway, at that moment, she was a little in a hurry, and then her whole face turned red. But she quickly lowered her head and took out the scroll from her arms, stepped forward and handed it to King Qi.
After only a few steps, she was stunned to walk with great difficulty, and the blood on her face became darker and darker, red like a boiled shrimp. Jiang Mengyun subconsciously glanced at it and felt that she seemed to be burning.
This is human instinct, and even the strongest self-control cannot control it.
It's a pity that King Qi still didn't notice her, and just took the painting. Just as he was about to open it, the peony over there remembered something, and before Jiang Mengyun could tell him, he took out an inkstone and handed it over.
Mo Ziqi was very fast when he took the painting, but he was stunned for a moment at this moment, until Peony felt that he was about to lose it, and then he smiled and said, "Thank you." The inkstone is a good inkstone, but unfortunately this king has it here, if the girl wants to send it, she might as well give it to someone who needs it more. ”
In Peony's opinion, she handed the gift out, and then King Qi replied, and the time was almost frozen. She went from being lucky at the beginning, to being excited, and finally almost panicking, as if she had spent dozens of springs and autumns.
She didn't know where to put her hands, she didn't know what expression to put on her face.
But in fact, everything happened in a moment, and when Mo Ziqi finished speaking, Jiang Mengyun just took a sip of tea and looked up, and knew that he had misunderstood: "Ah yes, this is my thank you." ”
As she spoke, she hurriedly took out the broken piano sheet from her bosom and handed it over, without pursuing Peony's unauthorized claims.
"Ah," Mo Ziqi was really stunned, he glanced at the peony, and then looked at her, and at the same time took all the things with both hands, looked at them carefully, and sincerely apologized to the overwhelmed peony: "I'm sorry, it's this king who will be wrong." ”
Even if it was just a servant, his attitude was extremely sincere.
Although Mo Ziqi felt that he was not mistaken. But since Jiang Mengyun said this, he didn't want to expose it, so he naturally had to cooperate.
Peony's face turned even redder.
When he was still in Ningguo, Jiang Mengyun knew that King Qi of Daliang was very popular, although his bloodline was impure and hindered many marriages, but after all, he was still the head of the eight kings, and he was also a talent, so there were still many people who wanted to climb the branches and didn't care about their origins, and this was the case with Qin Shuyan and Xu Yazheng yesterday.
They are famous after all, and it is not an exaggeration to think about it. But the peony in front of her is just a slave, Jiang Mengyun looked at her before, thinking that it was just an ignorant little daughter's mind, but she didn't expect her heart to be so big.
It is very rude for a lady in the queen's palace to do such a thing, and if she is a lady of a family with extremely strict rules, she is afraid that she will have a seizure on the spot.
Jiang Mengyun only didn't know.
She wasn't sure if Peony had done it deliberately or instinctively, but either one was good for her.
Jiang Mengyun pretended to be stupid and turned a blind eye, and His Royal Highness King Qi also cooperated seamlessly, for a while, Peony didn't know that his unknown careful thoughts had become a handle in Jiang Mengyun's hands, but he was not convinced in his heart, and his face became unpredictable.
His Royal Highness King Qi, who she sent, politely refused, and as soon as she heard that it was sent by Jiang Mengyun, she accepted it immediately.
Peony's heart was surging with dark tides, and she was angry, thinking about how to tell Queen Xue what she saw today, and thinking that it would be great if King Qi could be as close to her as he was to Jiang Mengyun.
When she was thinking nonsense, Mo Ziqi had already picked up the piano score and looked through it for a long time, and only asked Jiang Mengyun: "Who composed this song?" Throughout this song, the composer has an elegant heart, high mountains and flowing waters, and should be a rare elegant person. It would be a wonderful thing if you could see it. ”
He thought for a moment and asked with a tentative smile, "It wasn't the girl's doing, was it?" ”
Jiang Mengyun hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I can't understand words and songs, where can I do this?" This is when my eldest brother was still alive, he once went to the countryside to play, and he composed it casually halfway. ”
Mozi Qi was still flipping, and when he heard the last few sentences, he subconsciously stopped, a little embarrassed: "That...... How can this be given to me? ”
Siren is gone, and he didn't mean to mention it.
However, when the Jiang family was destroyed, I heard that a fire burned clean, and it was a fluke that Jiang Mengyun and the woman were able to escape, and I am afraid that there will not be too many old things that can be left around. That painting is one, and this score is another. Draw...... Not to mention, this score was left by her eldest brother, how could it be taken by him?