Chapter 100: Peculiar Flowers
Qianguang was a little speechless, and seeing that there was no one around, he said in a low voice: "Master, this ...... The slave and maid didn't know. After a pause, he seemed to think of something, and muttered a little embarrassed: "Maybe the prince likes it...... Pretty one? ”
Thinking about it this way, it is indeed true, it is rare that the body shape of the first four aunts can be combined, and the last one is balanced as a whole, but the appearance is not outstanding.
Shen Yinqiu laughed twice, covering his abdomen for a moment, "I can't laugh anymore, let's go and sit on the gazebo in front of me for a while." ”
Qianguang had no choice but to accompany the master to the pavilion, because it was the decoration of the stone bench and stone table, Qianguang was carefully worried that he would catch a cold if he sat down like this, so he ordered someone to take the cushion before he dared to let the master sit down.
The cold wind was slow, and there was a row of trees on the lake outside the Lanting Pavilion that were the same as those on Maple Birch Road, but at this time there were no peach-pink petals, and there was a plum tree between the two trees, and the delicate red plum blossoms were full of branches, withered and vigorous. Unknown vines entwined around the bare branches, and life hung vigorously from the edge of the lake.
Humidity rises on the surface of the lake, and the clouds are misty from afar. Shen Yinqiu said secretly, this Hou Mansion really looks like it should not be underestimated, and these decorations alone are more than one grade higher than the Prime Minister's Mansion.
She spent the morning full of comfort, and only after lunch did she go back with Qianguang Qianyun and the two taciturn maids from the Hou Mansion.
Along the way, she received the eyes of the people of the Hou Mansion secretly, thinking that she had just arrived, and these people were curious, but at this time, the maid of the Hou Mansion, who had been silent, took the initiative to ask: "Princess, the slave maid go and ask what is going on." ”
"Go ahead." Shen Yinqiu glanced at the respectful Qingzhu Dao, she also wanted to know what these people looked at her again, even if she was curious, as a qualified minion, she should not have this kind of behavior of constantly peeking at her master.
Qingzhu asked with a cold face, these subordinates glanced at Shen Yinqiu's direction and dodged a little, but I don't know if Qingzhu was scary enough or gave Shen Yinqiu some face, and explained it honestly.
After hearing this, Qingzhu returned to Shen Yinqiu's side with a somewhat strange face and replied, "Princess, they said...... The master was bullied and cried by Aunt Ruxin. ”
"Huh?" Shen Yinqiu looked at the subordinate who had slipped away, "When did Ruxin bully me into crying?" ”
Without waiting for Qianguang to explain, Qingzhu had already reminded: "It should be the time when the princess of the world is holding Qianguang...... It's misleading. After speaking, she glanced at Qianguang.
Qianguang actually saw the look of blame in the other party's eyes, like a fire that lit her! But this is the Hou Mansion, and this Qingzhu was sent by the prince to serve her young lady, she held back the anger in her heart, and said with a smile: "What Qingzhu said is, I didn't expect the descendants of the Hou Mansion to like to chew their tongues so much, the master just came, and it was just the time of Liwei, otherwise others would think that we were easy to bully." ”
Shen Yinqiu didn't notice the hostility between Qianguang and Qingzhu, nodded and said, "Zhengwu has nothing to do, the matter will be sent to the door, and then you will go and investigate thoroughly, which slave is chewing his tongue again." ”
This hand-shaking shopkeeper is cool.
Qingzhu and Qianguang responded at the same time, and the two glanced at each other again, both of them were not admitting defeat.
When Shen Yinqiu slowly returned to Chang'an Courtyard, Wan Qiyan was already waiting in the main hall, and as soon as she entered the door, she looked up.
Looking at each other, Shen Yinqiu laughed out loud.
Wan Qiyan was confused: "? ”
Qingzhu continued to be paralyzed, and only after looking carefully could he find that he was a little embarrassed, these five concubines were well hidden, and they actually smeared their young master like this in private, and they never revealed any rumors, if they hadn't heard it from Aunt Ruxin with the princess today, they still wouldn't know it!
Qianguang knew what her young lady was laughing at, and gently pulled the master's cuffs under the cover of her sleeves, Shen Yinqiu held back, coughed and cleared her throat and said, "I've seen the prince." ”
Wan Qiyan glanced at the two Qingzhu Qingye who were following behind Shen Yinqiu without a trace, got up and walked towards Shen Yinqiu and said, "I said, there is no need to be polite between you and me, in the absence of elders and outsiders. ”
Shen Yinqiu's understanding of him is limited, gentle and considerate, and his body is weak. When I heard him say this, I answered, and I didn't have to be polite anymore.
Wan Qiyan led her to the cubicle, the meals were already prepared, and the fragrance was wafting around, as soon as the door was pushed open, Shen Yinqiu's eyes lit up, his nose sniffed, and his eyes bent into crescents.
Wan Qiyan had a smile in his eyes: "I went out for a walk and was hungry, and I didn't eat anything in the morning." ”
Shen Yinqiu nodded heavily, "This meal looks delicious, Shizi has been waiting for a long time, I will definitely come back early next time." ”
Wan Qian Yan said in his heart, it's good to know that it's good to come back, and people who pay attention to appetite are so cute.
Shen Yinqiu was supposed to wait for Wan Qiyan to eat on the side, but here they all ignored this, and the two tasted the dishes and talked from time to time, and they had a very warm atmosphere.
Wan Qiyan smiled a lot, and the frightened Qingzhu Qingye held his breath, unable to believe that the person with a real smile in front of him was their master, and the master's usual gentleness was mostly used for alienation and disguise, and more often they were in contact with deeper indifference.
Yes, they silently looked at the newly appointed princess, and it was really necessary to please the princess!
After the two finished eating, Wan Qiyan asked Shen Yinqiu to accompany him to the courtyard for a walk on the grounds of eating, Shen Yinqiu was a little sleepy after eating, and just wanted to go back to the room to sleep well, and she didn't want to refuse in the face of Wan Qiyan's request, after all, she was taken care of by him a lot.
Wan Qiyan has a flower room in the middle of the courtyard, which is about half the size of their room, and there is no problem for thirty people to stand. It's all covered with bamboo, so it's very elegant.
There are dozens of pots of flowers planted inside, neatly arranged on the upper and lower double shelves. In this way, the space of this flower room is larger.
The outer perimeter of the flower house was wrapped in the dead branches of the vines, and it was not cleaned up, Shen Yinqiu listened to Wan Qiyan's introduction, and reached out to touch these fragile strange flowers and plants.
Yes, these are all uncommon varieties outside, and she doesn't have a deep study of flowers and plants, but as a favored cousin, her grandmother's standards for her are raised according to her daughter-in-law, and the elegant thing of flowers and plants has naturally not been missed. But Wan Qiyan is indeed unheard of here.
She couldn't help but reach out and touch some of the strange shapes, but it was very bad and rude, so she withdrew her hand and looked at him apologetically.
There are Wan Qian Yan, those maids who all know each other don't follow Shen Yinqiu, and even Qianguang Qianyun was stopped by Qingzhu Qingye. Wan Qiyan saw her look of sorry and begging for forgiveness, and smiled secretly in her heart, and said with a smile: "It's okay, these flowers are mine and yours, no matter what you do, you can do it." ”
Shen Yinqiu carefully tasted this sentence, and felt more and more that Wan Qiyan was strange, and he was too careless. And every time she heard him say these words, it was strange in her heart, she looked up at him, the sincerity in the other party's eyes was not a fake, she looked down and thought, and in a moment she left the question behind.
"This is a devouring flower, very small, look at its upper and lower rows of slender teeth, dense, it looks soft, but it can bite the insect steadily, usually open like this and wait for the prey to come to the door."
Shen Yinqiu looked at the half-arm-tall, thin and thin plant only the thickness of her little thumb, two leaves, and then a cyan flower head similar to the shape of a shell.
Shen Yinqiu's problem was made again, stretching out her head to touch it, Wan Qiyan saw her behavior out of the corner of her eye, and immediately raised her hand to hold her hand steadily.
This speed made Shen Yinqiu stunned, Wan Qiyan shook his head and said, "It will bite, this can't be touched with your hands." ”
Shen Yinqiu sighed, struggled twice, Wan Qiyan obediently let go of her soft wattle, only to see Shen Yinqiu neatly untie a purse from his waist and pour out red dates, peanuts and longan......
Wan Qianyan: "...... Madame, what is this? "He never knew that his wife would carry food with her.
"Peanuts, longan and red dates, I had nothing to do before to put these in." Shen Yinqiu was not embarrassed at all, poured these into the palm of her white hand, handed a few peanuts to Wan Qiyan, and then peeled a longan herself and carefully sent it to the mouth of the devouring flower, sure enough, the upper and lower rows of teeth moved, she quickly withdrew her hand, and watched the flower bite the longan one by one.
"Hah! It really bites! It's just that it can't eat without a throat. ”
Wan Qiyan looked at the peanut in his hand, "It only likes bugs, flies and mosquitoes." ”
"That's right." Shen Yinqiu touched its leaves and looked at it for a while before going to see the next pot.
Soon, Shen Yinqiu came out of the flower room with a white flower full of joy, Wan Qiyan stood next to her, and tried to help her hold it three times and twice, but she refused, although she didn't say it explicitly, but it obviously meant that he was not in good health and should not be tired.
Wan Qiyan was speechless, watching Shen Yinqiu walk to the main hall and put the flowers on the table, surrounded by her two maidservants, she said very calmly: "You touch this flower." ”
As soon as Qianguang touched it, the flower trembled, and then the white flower turned into a red flower, and the leaves were rolled up, and the maids around to see it were dumbfounded, and even the green bamboo and green leaves were curious, after all, the maid who helped take care of these flowers was only responsible for watering, and they didn't dare to touch it.
"Lord...... Master, what kind of flower is this? It's weird! Qianyun exclaimed.
Shen Yinqiu snorted, "I won't tell you, I'm going to move it to the room, where do you say it's good?" ”
Qianguang Qianyun rushed to start proposing, Shen Yinqiu yawned when he listened, Wan Qiyan walked over and picked up the flower and said, "Madam, it's time for a lunch break." ”
Shen Yinqiu hummed and stretched out her hand to take the flower, but Wan Qiyan turned around and left, so she had to chase after her and said, "Give it to me, I'll hug it!" ”
Qianguang Qianyun stood in place, looking at the back of the master's uncle, "Do you think that the prince of the world seems to be to Miss...... Very pampering? ”
Qianyun said: "There is a feeling that I can't put it into words, anyway, it's good to get along like this!" Right? ”
Qianguang nodded, Miss said that there is no round house is no round house, if the prince likes their young lady, then ...... Could it be that the prince really doesn't ...... Raise?!
Her heart skipped a beat, and she didn't say this question, she still remembered that she saw the throbbing of the prince for the first time in Zhuangzi in the countryside, but she had pressed it down so far. She didn't expect him to be a son of the world anyway.
Qianyun pulled her, came back to her senses, and hurried to follow the distant master.