Chapter 20: The Lantern Festival<上>
The ten-day period has come in a blink of an eye, and the Lingwang couple who returned to Ning are finally going home.
Early in the morning, Xia Taozhi got up early, and after freshening up, she went to bid farewell to Xia Xiang with Song Yuanxi. I didn't see each other much for a few days, and I was inexplicably a little embarrassed, although I still lived under the same roof every day, but I felt a little rusty.
Song Yuanxi didn't talk to her or look at her when he got up today, and he thought she was transparent. The two walked out of the courtyard together, and Song Yuanxi raised his head and walked in front with an expressionless face. Xia Taozhi followed behind, and wanted to be cheeky enough to talk to him, but when he thought of his frozen face, he still dispelled the idea.
Halfway through, Song Yuanxi in front of him suddenly stopped again, this time Xia Taozhi was on guard, stopped his feet in time, and did not crash into it. Song Yuanxi turned half of his body to the side and glanced at her obliquely, with a hint of annoyance in his eyes. Xia Taozhi was confused, she didn't understand where she was making this master unhappy again, and she couldn't help but be vigilant in her heart, and looked at him vigilantly, for fear that he would yell at her inexplicably like last time.
I really yelled at him last time......
It was about the peony begonia and the little mud who were present, and Song Yuanxi couldn't pull her face to embarrass her, so she snorted coldly again, raised her feet and left.
Xia Taozhi pouted helplessly, this master is really like a child sometimes, cloudy and uncertain. And if there is anything you can't say, what do you always hum coldly? I'm not the roundworm in your stomach, how do you know what your cold snort means?
……
The two of them didn't say anything all the way to Xia Xiang's courtyard.
As soon as I entered, there was a faint smell of medicine in the room, and the sound of intermittent coughing came through the screen. Song Yuanxi walked ahead, strode around the screen, and walked in.
Xia Taozhi followed him and also entered the inner room. The light in the room was a little dim, and when she first entered, her eyes were still a little uncomfortable, and when she slowly saw the person lying on the bed, she was startled.
After a few days of not seeing him, Xia Xiang seemed to be even sicker. He was lying on the bed, his face haggard, his eyes were dull, and his whole body was so thin that he was out of shape. Sitting next to the bed was a polite middle-aged man, dressed in a pale cyan robe, with a bookish smell around him. At this moment, he calmly removed a silver needle from Xia Xiang's wrist, put it away, stood up and saluted Song Yuanxi: "The villain has seen His Royal Highness the King of Ling, Princess Ling."
This person is very popular, and he has his own style and bones, and he should be the most respected doorman of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Peony's father, Mr. Mei Shuyu.
Song Yuanxi waved his hand to signal him to be polite, walked to the bed, leaned down slightly, and said softly: "Father-in-law, are you better?" ”
Seeing him coming, Xia Bo struggled to get up, his breathing was a little short and caused a series of coughs. Mr. Mei hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said softly, "My lord, don't try too hard. ”
Song Yuanxi also said: "Father-in-law doesn't have to be polite, just give birth to a good body." ”
Xia Taozhi looked at it, and was still a little frightened, thinking that Xia Xiang was pretending to be sick and cooperating with the tsundere prince, and he came to greet him through the screen for a few days, and he never saw Xia Xiang's sick face. Unexpectedly, when I saw it today, I was already so sick.
She stepped forward to salute, but she didn't know what to say, so she had to ask Mei Shuyu: "Mr. Mei, how is Daddy's body?" ”
Xia Boyuan looked at Mei Shuyu, and Mei Shuyu said lightly: "Don't worry, the master just worked hard a few days ago and was infected with the wind and cold, so he had a bit of a bad attack." It will be better in a few days of meditation and recuperation. ”
……
obviously didn't tell the truth, but Xia Taozhi didn't want to ask anymore at this time. Song Yuanxi said: "In this way, Mr. Lao Mei has put more thought into it." Mei Shuyu straightened up and turned to Song Yuanxi, bowed, and said without humility or arrogance: "His Royal Highness the King of Ling is polite, the villain will definitely do his best." ”
Xia Boyuan looked at Xia Taozhi, the expression in his eyes was a little complicated, and he slowly spoke: "...... You're going back today? ”
Xia Taozhi said yes.
Xia Boyuan coughed again, raised his thin hand and raised, and said, "Go ahead." After thinking about it, he instructed: "Now that you are married to a woman, you must be sincere with your husband and get along with each other." Don't be as willful and playful as you were when you were out of the cabinet. After that, he looked at her deeply, as if he meant something.
Xia Taozhi didn't want her to have an awkward relationship with Song Yuanxi, and this matter actually spread to Xia Boyuan, she was immediately a little speechless, and she had some grievances, and turned her eyes to look at Song Yuanxi. Song Yuanxi didn't look at her, at the moment, he looked at his nose and nose, as if he was settled.
She pursed her mouth, so she had to answer honestly: "My daughter knows." ”
The two said goodbye to Xia Xiang and prepared to leave for the Lingwang Mansion. Mr. Mei sent them all the way to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. The two got into the carriage, and the peony and begonia mud followed outside the car. Xia Taozhi heard Mei Shuyu whispering to Peony outside the car, and Peony responded gently. Then the coachman waved his whip, and the horse pulled the cart and started slowly, and drove out of the alley.
Xia Taozhi was a little reluctant, and a little worried about Xia Boyuan's condition, so she lifted the curtain and poked her head out to see that the Xiangfu was getting farther and farther behind them, and Mr. Mei was standing in place, watching them.
The carriage drove out of the alley, Xia Taozhi put down the curtain, turned his head and saw that Song Yuanxi beside him was leaning on the cushion and pretending to sleep again. This person seems to like to pretend to be asleep as soon as he rides in the carriage, and he doesn't want to talk to her anyway at the moment, so it's better to pretend to sleep so as not to be embarrassed. She was thinking about it, but she heard the sound of even breathing, and Song Yuanxi's chest rose and fell slightly, and she really fell asleep.
She was a little speechless, she also slept too fast, right?
Suddenly, the wheels didn't know what they had touched, and the whole body was upside down, and Song Yuanxi was not awakened, but just turned upside down and leaned on her shoulder.
Xia Taozhi was startled, and her eyes were a little overwhelmed. In the middle of the ring, she looked sideways and saw that his face was slightly pale, and then she remembered that there was still poison on this person's body. can't blame her for being forgetful, but this person's usual lively and venomous appearance makes it really hard for people to remember that he is actually a patient. Song Yuanxi is indeed too tired these days, her face is full of tiredness under a closer look, her eyes have a faint dark blue, her head is resting on her shoulders, her eyelashes are trembling, and she sleeps soundly.
The ghost sent the gods, she didn't push him away, just let him pillow all the way back to the Lingwang Mansion.
The carriage stopped at the gate of the palace, and Song Yuanxi woke up, his eyes a little foggy. Before Xia Taozhi could react, she withdrew her shoulders and sat away from him, pretending that nothing had happened. It's just that his face is a little red and his heart is beating a little fast.
Song Yuanxi glanced at her in confusion, but she seemed to be stabbed by his gaze, and she escaped and got out of the carriage.
Song Yuanxi: Does "......" want to stay with me so much?
At the gate of the Lingwang Mansion, the old housekeeper Uncle Ji led a group of servants to greet them at the door. Xia Taozhi found that some of the servants seemed to be newcomers, and they looked a little raw. Uncle Ji also looked at Xiao Niba, and when he learned that Xiao Niba was the new servant of His Royal Highness King Ling, he was very happy, and seemed to be very happy for His Royal Highness, and happily ordered someone to arrange a place for Xiao Niba.
After lunch, Xia Taozhi returned to her yard and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, I don't have to live under the same roof with Song Yuanxi anymore, and I don't look up at each other, but I don't care about each other, it's really embarrassing. She sat down at the table, brought herself a cup of tea, and took a sip slowly.
Looking up at the window, Peony was busy in the courtyard, sorting out the things she had brought back from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she seemed to have moved back a large pile of medicinal herbs, which were being placed in the open space to dry. Needless to say, Begonia went into the kitchen again to make food, and the little mud didn't know if she was following her, waiting to eat.
It seemed that she was the only one, sitting bored in the room, and there was no one to talk to.
Since beating her soul, it seems that everything is with the tsundere prince, whether it is an adventure together, whether it is a fight, even when she is troubled by Queen Xue, he is also punished by her side, as if there has never been a moment as quiet as now, which makes her feel irritable. A voice whispered in her heart, without the tsundere prince's tsundere poisonous tongue and noisy noise, it seemed to ...... It's really a bit lonely......
But that dead tsundere...... That stingy guy......
really didn't say a word to her, and refused to look at her.
Didn't you just sneak out in the middle of the night and didn't say a word to him, and you were angry for so long and ignored her for so many days?
……
She sat in her room for a long time, and finally fell asleep on the table.
By the time Peony woke her up, night had fallen, and the dinner she had just brought in was on the table.
"Has Your Highness eaten it?"
"Your Highness went out after lunch, and has not returned to the house yet." Peony said while giving her vegetables: "Niangniang...... You...... Do you want Your Highness to ......?"
"Nope." How could she possibly think about that dead tsundere!
Peony's face was a little hesitant, and after thinking about it, she said, "The slave maid saw that you and His Highness had been angry for several days, in fact, ...... Your Highness is also so angry with you because he cares about you...... Ah no, no, His Highness is actually angry with Lord Gu......"
"What's the mess? What are you talking about? "Xia Taozhi is confused, will the tsundere prince care about her? What does this care about Ziyi? Peony looked at her speechlessly, feeling very helpless. Her own mother is a rough person, she probably doesn't know what His Highness is angry about, right? She sighed and changed the subject: "Mother...... Let's go see the Lantern Festival after dinner......
The Lantern Festival is the highlight of Chujing's annual spring, and if there is no "Heavy Building and Star Picking", the Lantern Festival will be held on the day of the Shangyuan Festival. If it coincides with the year when the "Heavy Building Picks Stars" is to be held, it will be held a few days before the "Heavy Building Picks Stars", and at the end of the Lantern Festival, there will be fireworks, and countless fireworks will rise to the sky of Chujing, like the stars in the sky, blooming with colorful colors, which looks extremely spectacular.
Such a grand scene is naturally not to be missed.
So, the three of their masters and servants all dressed up in ordinary clothes, changed into inconspicuous plain clothes, and went out together.
The streets of Chujing are already a prosperous scene, and the streets are full of brilliant lanterns, like a long string of pearls connected in the night. The people poured out of their nests, paraded the streets to see the lights, and the city was in an uproar. The streets are bustling with people, almost everyone carries lanterns and masks, and there are many vendors selling lanterns and masks on the streets.
The three of them each chose a mask, Xia Taozhi chose a rabbit, and Peony and Begonia each chose a cat and a deer-style mask. The three of them put on their masks and walked into the crowd of people looking at the lanterns together.
As I walked, the peony and begonia were gone. Xia Taozhi was pushed by the crowded crowd, and gradually walked farther and farther, the street was full of people from Chujing wearing masks, and the noisy crowd was so loud that she couldn't hear her shouts at all. In the panic, she was pushed hard by someone, and her feet were unstable and she was about to fall.
Suddenly, a strong hand wrapped around her waist, grabbed her firmly, took her hand, and carried her away from the noisy crowd.
This person was dressed in white, with a graceful posture, with a familiar smell on his body, and although he wore a delicate white fox mask on his face, she still recognized it at a glance.
Isn't it the tsundere prince who has been messing with her for many days?
At this moment, the familiar smell on his body inexplicably made her feel at ease, she looked at him, and called softly: "His Royal Highness the Prince......"