Chapter 20: Picnic by the Creek
On the ground, the carriages and horses of King Ning and his party stopped at a scenic halfway up the mountain.
Bian Nuan got out of the carriage, and the fresh air unique to the mountains and forests came to his face. The discomfort and fatigue of the bumps along the way suddenly dissipated, and the whole person felt refreshed.
Bian Nuan looked around, there was a gazebo not far from the slope in front, where there were figures swaying. Bian Nuan was about to ask which rich family also came to play in this mountain forest, when she turned her head and saw the two brothers Bei Hengyan and Bei Hengzhao walking towards her.
Bian Nuan greeted him with some reluctance: "Brother Zhao, Brother Yan." ”
Bei Hengzhao is still smiling, and Bei Hengyan is still stuffy.
Bian Nuan didn't bother to look at him, and only smiled at Bei Hengzhao.
King Ning and Princess Ning had already gotten out of the carriage and sent Mingqiu to see the situation here, and saw that Bian Nuan and Bei Heng Zhao and Bei Hengyan were standing together, and she happened to pass her words twice and greeted her.
"Little young ladies and young men, Your Highness and Madame are already waiting in front, the meal has been prepared, let's hurry over."
Meals?
Bian Nuan looked at the pavilion on the slope, and then looked at the many carriages parked around that were not gorgeous but had a uniform style, all with the logo of Ning Wangfu, and suddenly understood something.
Bei Yuqing said that when she came out to eat, she came out for a picnic.
Mingqiu led Bian Nuanbei and Hengyan to the slope, followed by Yu'er and Xiang'er.
Sure enough, in the pavilion, the people of the palace who came to prepare early had already prepared exquisite meals.
Bian Nuan looked at the gazebo, and then looked at the low table and mat with the artistic conception of meandering water flowing in the green grass beside the mountain stream, and his heart moved, thinking of Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Collection Preface".
Look at your surroundings again.
The forest is luxuriant, the grass is green, there is a poetic pavilion on the slope, there is a galloping mountain stream under the slope, although there is no lively grass warbler flying in spring, the sky is clear, it is also a unique quiet and peaceful summer day, which is exciting.
Looking at it, Bian Nuan smiled involuntarily.
In the short life of the previous life, she had never had such a leisurely time.
When he was young, he drifted north and south with his parents. When she was a little sensible, her mother died of illness and her father was addicted to alcoholism, and she took on all the burdens of the family alone, wearing many hats while studying.
I finally survived until I graduated, entered a company with good salary, and thought that I would be able to get rid of it by working hard and getting into a good position, but I didn't want to die suddenly at my desk for less than a month......
Fortunately, her father still had a little conscience in the end and gave her a decent funeral, which can be regarded as the end of her short life.
Thinking of his short previous life, Bian Nuan couldn't laugh a little.
Looking down at the table, there is a white jade bowl in front of the meeting, the bowl is filled with seven points full of purple soup, and there are three or two half-purple and half-green leaves floating in it, the smell is fragrant and pleasant, and I don't know what soup it is for a while.
Seeing this, Yu'er hurriedly said, "Miss, this is the perilla cooked water brought by Sister Mingqiu." ”
"Perilla cooked water?" Bian Nuan remembered that he seemed to have learned the word "cooked water" in his traditional culture class in college.
I thought about it carefully and remembered.
Cooked water, a summer health drink drunk by the ancients.
Bian Nuan smiled: "Then thank you Sister Mingqiu for me." "I took a bite of the white jade bowl, it was sweet and delicious, and then I tasted it, it was slightly spicy, and there was a hint of bitterness, and it was a little astringent.
Put down the white jade bowl, take the handkerchief handed by Yu'er and wipe the corners of her mouth, the taste of perilla cooked water in her mouth has dissipated most of it, and there is no bitterness and astringency in the aftertaste, but it is the fragrance of tangerine peel, and there is another fragrance that she can't say.
In these days of coming here, Bian Nuan has experienced how exquisite the ancients lived.
Take this cooked water drink created by the ancients as an example, it has both taste and health effects, compared to those drinks in the future world, it is truly additive-free, pure natural and nutritious.
It's just good is good, she's a little unaccustomed to drinking.
Yu'er stared at the white jade bowl, and there was still something left in the bowl.
But the young lady has already drunk some and can make a difference.
When Bian Nuan handed the handkerchief back to Yu'er, she said casually: "One of my favorite female lyricists likes white cardamom ripe water the most." After saying that, he smiled, got up, and walked towards Bei Hengyan and Bei Hengzhao, who were playing in the water by the stream.
Bei Yuqing and Qiu Lingyue have been paying attention to Bian Nuan from a distance, and seeing that she is finally no longer alone in a daze and is going to play with her two brothers, Qiu Lingyue's hanging heart finally fell.
"I hope Nuan'er gets better sooner and returns to the way she was."
Bei Yuqing hugged Qiu Lingyue's shoulders and said, "Children will always grow up one day, and they will always have to leave......"
Bian Nuan had already noticed that Bei Yuqing and Qiu Lingyue had been watching her, and she didn't want the two of them to frown at her all the time, so she went to play with the two brothers Bei Hengyan.
In fact, if she had a choice, she would prefer to go to the pavilion and talk to the Miss Wen family who was sitting alone in the pavilion and watching the scenery alone. It's just that I'm not familiar with it, and I'm afraid that I won't have anything to say, and I may not reveal my identity very much.
Bian Nuan came to the stream, Bei Hengyan found her first, saw her approaching, and stood up.
Bian Nuan thought that the stuffy gourd was finally about to speak, but saw Bei Hengyan lift the corner of his clothes and turn away from her, and walked up the slope. Not to pick her up.
Bian Nuan felt bored. Although I was a little unhappy, I didn't plan to see it like a child.
Pretending not to see it, he continued to walk towards the stream.
"Brother Zhao, what are you playing, can you take me with you?"
Bei Hengzhao was bending down and didn't know what to salvage in the stream, when he heard someone calling him behind him, he turned around and saw that it was Bian Nuan, and his face changed.
Bian Nuan could see it clearly, and when Bei Hengzhao turned his head to see her, his expression reaction at that moment was disgust.
Bei Hengzhao is a child after all, he thought he was hiding it well, but he didn't know that it was all in Bian Nuan's eyes.
Bian Nuan didn't see it, and looked at Bei Hengzhao with a smile. But I started to have a headache in my heart.
She will inevitably have to deal with these two little children in the future, this one is boring and the other is weird, they are so difficult, she doesn't like to deal with children, isn't it embarrassing for her.
Bian Nuan doesn't know what kind of attitude Bei Hengzhao has towards Nuan Yang in his heart, he always inadvertently reveals his disgust for Nuan Yang, but he doesn't have the same attitude as before and after people, no matter how many people come before or after, his attitude is the same, and he has done enough enthusiasm and thoughtfulness as an elder brother, so that people can't see the true emotions inside.
And Bei Hengyan never took the initiative to talk to her, which made her can't help but wonder if this third son of King Ning was a mute.
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Since returning from a picnic in the mountains, Bei Hengyan has not come to Nuanxiang Courtyard to look for her again.
Since he was taken away that day, he has not appeared for several days.
Bian Nuan fell clean and comfortable. It's just that after a few days of being comfortable, there was something going on in the palace again.
Princess Ning's birthday is coming.