Chapter 7: Unexpected Surprises (2)
It is the summer solstice, the sun is scorching in Yunyang City, the afternoon heat is especially difficult, there are few pedestrians on the street, and occasionally you can smell a few cicadas chirping from the branches on both sides of the street.
Xuanyuan Qing was dressed in a plain white bamboo silk robe, and leaned indifferently in the carriage and pretended to sleep.
He was crowned king at the age of six, and at the age of fourteen he had received permission from the emperor to build a mansion in the city, and he rarely walked around the palace on weekdays, and often asked the emperor to make external inspections, so he was not very clear about the affairs of the court.
He returned from his inspection of the northwest border city yesterday, and if he hadn't gone to Changle Palace to ask the emperor and empress for peace today, he wouldn't have played against his fourth brother in the Xuanhe Pavilion, so Mo'er's matter would have been difficult to know.
Now, since he got the news of Mo'er, he naturally wanted to rush to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find out.
Thinking of the scene of a long conversation with her in the imperial garden at the beginning of the year, his originally slightly frowned brows were also relaxed, and a smile gradually appeared in his slender phoenix eyes.
She has nothing to do with the prince now, and it is actually a happy event for him.
It's just that I don't know if she is really as rumored to be, she really likes the fourth brother, and he doesn't marry?
Although it is scorching and difficult outside, but in the prime minister's house, it is a small bridge and flowing water, a nine-curved corridor, and a unique scenery.
At the edge of the gurgling water, the verdant willow branches dance in the wind, and the occasional koi fish foraging for food are frightened by the willow leaves and flee one after another.
On the surface of the water, a circle of ripples spread, farther and farther away.
Bursts of cicadas chirping, the scorching summer is inevitably boring, it is clearly the lake and mountains, leisurely, but there is a suffocating smell.
Under the white jade arch bridge, the white lotus flowers are in full bloom, the big lotus leaves cover the scorching sun for it, steal half a trace of coolness, a white and pink light lotus is hidden in the cluster of white lotus, which makes people not look sideways, the pink light lotus with a trace of arrogance and loneliness and cold breath, to this hot and boring summer day to bring a little coolness.
A young girl sat on the railing, her lazy body was all leaning on the railing by the lake, her hair was less flowing, but more coquettish, and her pale pink clothes were like the pavilions in the lake, with an elegant atmosphere.
The woman raised her head slightly, and the beautiful scenery by the lake immediately dimmed, what a beautiful face, her cheeks were smiling, her lips reflected the sun, her pink cheeks were ruddy, her eyes were beautiful, Chu Chu moved the world to be more charming and delicate, her skin was like jade, and her skin was like jade, and she was like clotted fat, and she gently fanned the silk handkerchief in her hand, as if she wanted to fan away the heat of this summer.
There was a sudden fragrance in the air, and she sat up straight, letting the silk spar slide among the grass, just raising her eyes to look at the visitor in a daze, a pair of big eyes flashing with doubt.
After a while, he finally jumped up, stepped forward and grabbed the wrist of the person who came tightly, and said with a coquettish smile: "Brother Qing! What are you doing here? ”
Xuanyuan Qing stood in a plain white shirt facing the wind, her handsome face was slightly red, and she shook her wrists back and forth, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.
"Brother Qing missed Mo'er, and originally asked the waiter to invite Mo'er to Xianyunju to get together, but he didn't want to serve but replied that Mo'er was grounded by the prime minister. In this way, Brother Qing had no choice but to come to the house in person. Xuanyuan Qing's words were light and light, but Jiang Yumo was moved in his heart.
I think she has been grounded by her father for more than three months, and no one has come to see her except for the person yesterday.
Thinking of what the man sent yesterday, it was very close to her heart.
Thinking about it, he couldn't help but lower his head and stroke the dark green, delicate and smooth ice jade bracelet on his wrist, raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "Thank you Brother Qing for the ice jade bracelet, it is really a baby, it makes people cool and comfortable to wear on the body." ”
Xuanyuan pursed his lips and smiled, and his good-looking phoenix eyes flashed with a glimmer of light.
I haven't seen her since the last Yuan Festival.
She seemed to have lost weight, and she had grown slightly taller, and her low eyebrows and smile became more and more charming.
"It's good if Mo'er likes it." He looked at the ice jade bracelet for a moment, and then continued, "Mo'er is boring to stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion all day, right?" Why don't you go out for a walk with Brother Qing? ”
Jiang Yumo was ecstatic when he heard this, but the laughter quickly disappeared, Yin Hong's little mouth pursed slightly, and he said in a muffled voice: "Thank you Brother Qing for your kindness, but Mo'er was grounded by her father, and she didn't dare to leave the house without her father's instructions." ”
Although her heart has long been secretly run out many times, in order not to embarrass her mother, she still forces herself to stay in the house obediently every day.
Xuanyuan Qing chuckled when he heard this, but he bent down and lowered his head to pick up the silk handkerchief that she had just fallen in the grass, handed it to her, and said, "Mo'er don't worry, when the servants in the mansion brought me over, the Taoist Xiangye was not in the mansion. ”
Jiang Yumo hesitated slightly when he took the handkerchief, his eyebrows couldn't help frowning, his eyes were slightly dark, and he pouted: "Brother Qing doesn't know, Daddy has always loved Mo'er the most." It's just that...... It's just that after Mo'er was divorced by the prince, it made her father sad, so she grounded Mo'er. Although he is not in the mansion now, Mo'er is not easy to leave the mansion without permission. If those evil-eyed villains find out, they don't know how to sue me in front of my father. ”
The expression on her face when she spoke was quite helpless, and Xuanyuan Qing on the side became more and more distressed when she heard this. Although he was worried about her, he didn't want to show it on his face, so he just raised his sleeves, patted her arm gently, and said, "Well, since the girl doesn't want to go out, Brother Qing will accompany you here to enjoy the lotus color in the lake!" ”
Jiang Yumo is bored in the house every day, except for a few personal maids who occasionally accompany her to put paper kites and flutter butterflies, which is really boring.
Now that Xuanyuan Qing took the initiative to come to the house to accompany her to relieve her boredom, she was very happy.
The two leaned against the railing and sat by the lake, letting the gentle breeze blow on their faces, bringing a burst of coolness. Xuanyuan Qing chatted with her without a word, mostly talking about the people and things he encountered during his tour in the northwest.