Chapter 20: Life in the Lodge
It's been three or four days since he came to the villa, Gu Qing is like a wild horse on the loose, running all over the mountains all day long, and even Yan Ze can only see people at night. Thinking that this girl had been in the house for a long time, she just sent someone to watch her safety, so she didn't care.
In the past few days, the relationship between Gu Qing and Ke Lan has become deeper.
"Lan Lan, come and see."
Ke Lan, who was not far away, looked at Gu Qing who was squatting on the edge of the tree, "What's wrong?" ”
"Look, mushrooms." Gu Qing pointed to the mushrooms on the ground and said, "The weather after the rain is the most suitable for picking mushrooms." ”
"This mushroom is so ugly, can you eat it?" Ke Lan frowned, is this really the kind she usually eats?
Gu Qing glanced at Ke Lan, "You don't understand this!" Pretty mushrooms are poisonous, so why do I usually ask you to read a little more? Gu Qing shook his head with a look of rotten wood that could not be carved.
Fangcao: "......" Since these two people got acquainted, Fangcao has become more and more of a headache, her own aunt is a nose kicker, bullying others Aunt Lan does not read much, and always talks about this, but who knows, this Aunt Lan really admires Gu Qing as a role model, and even the princess Niangniang can't cry or laugh after knowing this.
"Auntie, the slave maid also heard that this ugly thing can only be eaten, besides, let's bring it back, and the people who want to come to the kitchen will be able to tell it." Yerba said.
Gu Qing nodded, "That's right, I think so too." Then he said, "Look, you must be right to follow me." ”
At Gu Qing's instigation, the group began to pick mushrooms.
"A little girl picking mushrooms with a big basket on her back......"
Gu Qing hummed a little song and happily picked mushrooms, well, you can have a big dinner tonight.
In the evening, it was time to see Gu Qing again, and Yan Ze led people over on time.
"Lord Wang, you're finally here!"
Yan Ze didn't expect that as soon as he entered the door, he saw a large courtyard of people. "It's so lively today!"
"Lord, you can come." Gu Ning was also sitting in the courtyard at this time, "Today Qingqing said that she would let her concubines and sisters come over to eat game hot pot together." ”
"Yo, and such a good thing? Why didn't you notify me? Yan Ze asked.
Gu Qing hurriedly replied: "No, you came over on time every day to report, I didn't tell you." ”
"Ahem." Gu Qing's words can be regarded as bold, he dared to leave the prince here, and now he said it in front of so many people, even Yan Ze was thick-skinned and a little embarrassed. "What do you say, it's not big or small."
Gu Qing was not afraid of Yan Ze, so even if Yan Ze deliberately stretched his face, Gu Qing didn't feel afraid. "Come on, we'll be waiting for you." Gu Qing sent Yan Ze to the seat, and immediately arranged for the food to be served and served.
"The wild vegetables we ate today were all picked by me and Ke Lan on the mountain, but I'm tired, look at my little hands......" Gu Qing, who thought that he had done a good deed and needed to be praised, stretched out his hand and begged for praise.
Yan Ze looked at Gu Qing's little hands, the white and tender little hands that he usually raised, looked a little darker than before, "Look at your hands, what kind of tanning have they been?" ”
"Oops, healthy color!" Gu Qing stuck out his tongue and withdrew his hand, "Okay, okay, I'm almost hungry, can I eat?" ”
"Well, let's eat!"
With the order of the prince, the subordinates all moved, this time in the hot pot, Gu Qing specially asked someone to make the mandarin duck pot, because Ke Lan is not very spicy, and it just so happens that Gu Qing also wants to taste the taste of clear soup.
"Uh-huh, this mushroom is delicious!" Gu Qing said happily.
Yan Ze didn't eat anything special, "The mushrooms in our palace on weekdays are not all picked in the mountains, and the taste is almost the same!" ”
"The hand-picked ones are different from those given by others!" Gu Qing explained.
"However, this hot pot is really a powerful thing, and as soon as something goes, it becomes very delicious." Yiren on the side was quiet for a long time, and she didn't want to say anything, but now she has fewer and fewer opportunities to see the prince.
According to the words of the people, it was said in Yan Ze's heart, and Yan Zeyue couldn't help but nod yes.
According to the person, Yan Ze's response seemed to be affirmed, and the topic opened: "Lord Wang, the slave maid has an idea and I don't know whether to say it or not." ”
Gu Ning's hand paused, Yiren is a smart person, she knew this when she was still working as a maid by her side.
"You say." Yan Ze said as he picked up vegetables for Gu Qing.
Yiren looked at Yan Ze's movements, and looked at Gu Qing is gentle eyes, and couldn't help but feel a tingle in his heart, "The slave maid thinks that every winter, when I go to the border, I will always encounter those barbarians who are short of food to make trouble at the border, and the weather at the border is very cold, and no amount of clothes can resist it." And the slave maid felt that after eating this hot pot, her whole body was warm, so why not spread this practice to the frontier......"
"Good. Not bad indeed. "Yan Ze didn't expect Yiren to think of going together, he did have this idea before, this Yiren seems to be a little smart." Princess, remember to reward your deeds! ”
"Yes, the concubine knows." Gu Ning beckoned, "Qiu Ju, go and bring that set of jade jewelry to Aunt Yi." ”
"Yes, Princess."
As soon as he heard something, Gu Qing, a little money fan, couldn't let it go: "Lord Wang, what about me?" ”
Yan Ze didn't expect that he had forgotten about this obedientness, "Say, what do you want?" ”
"I don't want any jewelry or anything, just give me some silver." Since Yan Ze asked, Gu Qing didn't confiscate what he was covering.
"You don't understand the market, do you know how much the princess's jade jewelry is worth?" Yan Ze held her forehead, does this girl know what is good!
Of course, Gu Qing knew that jade jewelry was good, but she already had a lot of jewelry, she was really short of money, and she was embarrassed to take out jewelry or something to exchange for money. "Oh, I just want silver!"
Yan Ze, who had never resisted Gu Qing's coquettishness, agreed after a few strokes, "Okay, go and get two hundred taels of silver when you go back to the house and give it to Aunt Gu." ”
"Yes, my lord. The minions made a note of it. An Hao, who was standing behind him, said.
With Yan Ze's promise, Gu Qing was also relieved, "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”
"Well, I'm going to eat the vegetables, I've been cooking them for a long time."
"Uh-huh!"
Yiren on the side, just in the joy of the prince's reward, didn't expect to be robbed of the limelight by Gu Qing so soon, Yiren pinched his arm fiercely, this time, definitely, Gu Qing will definitely leave forever.
Here, Gu Qing didn't know that he was being targeted, and he was eating hot pot happily.
After eating, everyone rarely sat in the courtyard together to watch the stars, the ancient sky was not as cloudy as the modern one, so you can basically see the stars every night, but after all, this is a mountain villa, and it feels closer to the sky, and it looks more beautiful.
"It's a beautiful night." Even Ke Lan, who didn't appreciate it very well, sighed.
Gu Qing also felt that the night sky was very beautiful tonight, "Hey, why do I think there are a few stars moving!" ”
"No, I don't think so, it won't be too many stars, you see dazzling!" Kelan said.
"Ah, mother, look, a star has fallen." Qiu Ju exclaimed, she had never seen such a scene.
As soon as Qiu Ju's words fell, a large number of meteors began to fall in the sky.
"It's a meteor shower! Ahh It's so beautiful! Gu Qing shouted excitedly, she had only seen it on TV before, and she had never seen it with her own eyes, but now she really lived up to her reputation when she saw it. Make a wish! ”
"What?"
"Of course you have to make a wish when you meet a meteor, a meteor shower is a rare sight in a hundred years!" Gu Qing was so excited that he was almost speechless.
Under Gu Qing's encouragement, many people present either closed their eyes or meditated in their hearts, and made wishes in their hearts. Among them, the most pious is of course Gu Qing, who made a wish and secretly glanced at Yan Ze.
"Lord Wang, what is your wish?"
Looking at Gu Qing, who was looking at him with a curious expression, Yan Ze refused to return: "Isn't it not effective if you say it?" I can't tell you. ”
"Oh, you told me secretly, it's okay." Gu Qing was curious.
Yan Ze said that he refused to cooperate, but he didn't say it.
"Hmph, stingy." Gu Qing was a little aggrieved, pouted, turned his head to look at Ke Lan, and instantly forgot about Yan Ze's unhappiness here, and pulled Ke Lan aside to whisper.
Yan Ze looked at it and shook his head, and was about to speak to Princess Zhao, but he didn't expect to rub up next to him.
"Lord Wang, this meteor shower is good-looking, but it also brings the wind, and the slave and maid see that you are wearing a little thin, so she specially ordered someone to go back and get a cloak." Yiren's own hand-to-hand cloak on the ground, this cloak cost a lot of effort, and every stitch and thread on it was all shown by her personally.
Looking at the cloak on her body, thinking that she was also a piece of heart, Yan Ze nodded, "Well, you have a heart." ”
"It's what a slave should do." People are overjoyed.
By the time the meteor is over, it's not too early.
"Lord Wang, it's not early, the concubine ordered everyone to disperse, okay?"
"Well, it's not too early."
Under the arrangement of the princess, everyone left one after another. Gu Qing jumped up and down behind him, "Ah...... Sneezing ......"
"Oh aunt, the slave will let you wear a little more, you don't have to listen, now you sneeze!" Cherry, who was following behind Gu Qing, said worriedly, if this master is sick, then the prince will not blame them.
"What's going on?" Yan Ze stepped forward and looked at Gu Qing, who had a little runny nose, "It's really disobedient, if you catch a cold, I will take back the silver." ”
"Huh? No, no, no, I'm fine. Gu Qing hurriedly shook his head, the silver that he had finally gotten couldn't just be wasted.
"Put on the cape, it's really ......"
Gu Qing in front of him was tightly wrapped in Yan Ze's cloak, and he didn't notice at all that behind him, someone's eyes had changed from joy at the beginning, to anger later, and then to resentment at the end.
As the night deepened, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and it seemed that the sky was about to change.