Contemplation of the Past (1)
After the meal, it's time for a lunch break.
Gao Changgong rushed to deal with some important military and political matters.
Therefore, Zheng Qingqing spent the noon time alone.
Fluttering butterflies reading books or something, it's simply boring for her.
Playing the piano, dancing a sword or something is all lonely.
It doesn't mean anything at all.
I simply went back to the bedroom and fell asleep for a while.
This sleep was good, and I slept directly until it was dark and it was time for dinner.
But I didn't see Gao Changgong's shadow for a long time.
But looking at these delicacies on the table, Zheng Qingqing was entangled and hesitant in his heart. Whether to wait for him to come back or eat it himself is a question.
I happened to see the imperial butler passing by, so he stopped: "Where is Your Highness?" Why haven't you seen him return home yet? β
"Back to the princess, it depends on the priority of the matter. If it is more important and urgent, His Highness usually waits until late at night to return.
Could it be that he spent all his days in her absence?
Isn't this too irresponsible for your own health?
A hint of surprise flashed on her face, and before the imperial housekeeper could speak, Ah Ling, who was standing on her shoulder, opened her mouth gloatingly: "Then if you want to wait stupidly, you won't starve to death!" β
"It's getting bigger and smaller...... It's the same as Ah Wu! "Originally, I was going to blame Ah Ling Yitong. At this time, I saw the housekeeper looking at himself as a "monster", and I couldn't help it.
After a pause, he took a deep breath back and forth with his back to the butler, forcing himself to pull out a kind smile, and then turned around and asked the butler again.
"Before I made progress, when did Your Highness have dinner for her? Every day before dinner, do you have something to do? β
Maybe she didn't notice a strange look on Zheng Qingqing's face, or maybe she didn't know what happened to her and Gao Changgong before.
Before she said this, she saw the butler smile, respectfully saluted her, and replied, "For a period of time, I didn't know what happened to Your Highness. It has become a little unapproachable, and its temperament is as cold as ice. And every time on the grounds of dealing with military affairs, he never returns to the county king's mansion......"
The housekeeper just talked to Zheng Qingqing endlessly, but for some reason, listening to it, looking at the plates of delicious food in front of her, she suddenly had no appetite at all.
So, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the food and pastries on the table one by one, waved his hand casually, and instructed: "Ah Wu, the imperial housekeeper, remove these dishes first, I am not hungry now, I want to wait for His Highness to come back and dine with him." β
Seeing this, Orchid Dance was also anxious, "Although, the slave doesn't know what the little pigeon just now said." But Princess, you can't just wait and not eat. Besides, this meal has been withdrawn, and I will eat it again after a while, can it be delicious? β
Even the housekeeper echoed and persuaded her: "The princess can't help this!" When we left the county palace, His Royal Highness specially instructed us to serve the princess well in our county palace, saying that the princess must be allowed to eat on time. If His Royal Highness saw that the princess was hungry and had a stomach attack, how distressing it would be! β
"Thisβ" She hesitated slightly.
"Princess, you can eat with chopsticks! You see, in such a stalemate, the food and pastries should be cold. Seeing that Zheng Qingqing refused to move his chopsticks, the two persuaded in unison.
"Okay, okay."
No longer embarrassed the two, Zheng Qingqing finally chose to move chopsticks.
After dinner, after the orchid dance and the imperial housekeeper, Zheng Qingqing and Ah Ling waited for Gao Changgong in the dining hall.
Waiting, waiting, or not waiting for him to appear. I was drowsy. With one hand on his head and his eyes closed, he fell asleep like that.
I don't know when, Gao Changgong quickly returned to the palace of Lanling County.
As soon as I entered the door, I didn't care about the side.
As soon as he saw the housekeeper, he asked him about Zheng Qingqing's situation.
What can a housekeeper do?
Naturally, he told Gao Changgong everything that had just happened.
After hearing this, Gao Changgong was helpless and a little distressed.
waved his hand to push back the housekeeper, and quietly walked around behind Zheng Qingqing.
only to find that she was being supported by one hand at the moment, sleeping deeply.
It's always cooler at night.
Even though this cold winter is gradually gone, the temperature at night will inevitably make people accidentally catch the wind chill.
"Why do you want to sleep here, why don't you go back to the bedroom? If you catch a cold, what's the deal? Without saying a word, he directly put his cloak the color of the white moon on her and carefully draped it on, "Although it is almost spring, don't wear too thin at night, worrying about catching a cold." β
"I'm here to wait for you to come back. Originally, I wanted to wait until you came back for dinner..."Halfway through her words, she remembered something as if she had just woken up from a dream, got up suddenly, and said to him, "That's right! When it comes to dinner, you haven't had dinner yet, right? That's right, they say it's right, the food and pastries are not delicious, no matter how hot they are. But now the people in the small kitchen are probably resting a long time ago, right? As he spoke, his face suddenly became a little worried.
"Alright, don't toss." As soon as she thought that she was going to run to the small kitchen, she stood up, and was directly pulled into his arms by him, looking at the person in his arms, he didn't feel a little unbearable, "I just had dinner when I was dealing with military affairs outside." Let's go, if you're still sleepy, go back to sleep with me. β
She was just like that, and before she could react, she was directly hugged back to the bedroom by Gao Changgong.
After that, Gao Changgong, who was already tired, wanted to lie down on the bed and fall asleep. was finally called by Zheng Qingqing to wash comfortably and then sleep.
I also specially found clothes for him.
But when he came back, before she could speak, he saw that Gao Changgong really fell asleep directly.
"It seems that I am really tired."
Seeing him so tired, she finally couldn't bear to wake him up, and stepped forward lightly to cover her with the quilt, and only then did she take off her coat and put on her embroidered shoes, and then lay back beside her.
Maybe it's subconscious, or maybe it's instinctive.
In the second half of the night, the two people who were still sleeping in obedience had changed their sleeping positions in no less than a few ways.
No, Zheng Qingqing, who had slept alone in the bed, was pulled back into his arms by Gao Changgong in his sleep, and fell asleep with each other hugging like that.
Because they slept too deeply, the two of them didn't notice it.
It's as if the night has always been long and difficult, and this time it passed very quickly.
After a dark and sweet night, when you open your eyes, you can soon see the sunrise rising from the east the next day.
The cold winter in various parts of the Northern Qi Dynasty has gradually gone away, ushering in the baptism of the first rain of spring.
At noon that day, Kim Yong City, which was still a little warm, was drizzled, making the air a little humid and the weather a lot cooler.
The rain was like a pearl with a broken thread, falling incessantly, beating on the eaves of the roof.
In the blink of an eye, Zheng Qingqing and Gao Changgong have been married for more than half a month. This cold winter has already been departed and officially entered spring.
Back to the days of Kim Yong City. They can only be with each other.
If you are bored, you can't just go to Le'an to talk to those brothers and sisters.
Because it is a matter of foot and time to rush back and forth.
Therefore, sometimes when he was bored, Zheng Qingqing would pull Gao Changgong to stroke the qin occasionally, accompany him to dance, or simply pull him directly to the street and hang out with him.
In the end, I brought a lot of good things back to the county king's mansion from the street.
If he is busy, he can only do something that interests him alone.
Draw a few strokes, dance a sword or something......
Today's noon is no exception, Gao Changgong finished his lunch with Zheng Qingqing in the past.
She looked elated and gushed about planning, and when she finished lunch with him, she should go to walk around Kim Yong City.
But God didn't fulfill her wish.
Finally, after lunch, the next people packed up the dishes back and forth and retreated.
Just when she was excited, she pulled Gao Changgong out of the gate of the county king's mansion, and saw that it was the favored minister next to Gao Zhan, He Shikai, and the palace people, who came to spread Gao Zhan's words.
Seeing Heshikai, Zheng Qingqing estimated in his heart that it was probably related to important military and political matters, and he couldn't escape.
Seeing this, in addition to accepting her fate, she was not capricious.
Gao Changgong originally had some regrets because of this, and wanted to comfort her.
saw that she didn't leave her willfully, but just smiled at him, nodded and said, "The emperor's affairs are important, so I will put them aside first." I'll wait for you to come back. β
"Hmm. Wait for me in the house obediently, don't run around. Seeing this, Gao Changgong was only stunned at the moment when the words fell.
She nodded at him childishly.
Immediately, he stretched out his hand and held her hand tightly and comforted her softly, and then got on the horse and prepared to go to Yecheng with the monk.
But after seeing Gao Changgong go, Gao Changgong, who was still watching outside the mansion gate, was a little different from Fang Cai's performance.
"I know that the princess is actually different from what she seems. In fact, when His Royal Highness was called away by the people of the palace, he was still a little reluctant in his heart? Orchid Dance crossed her arms and looked at Zheng Qingqing, who was a little complaining in front of her, and couldn't help but smile.
Zheng Qingqing's ridicule of the orchid dance was just a laugh.
But after seeing Gao Changgong away, he had a whim to sort out some of the dowry that might be used first.
There were also several brothers and sisters of Gao Changgong at that time, as well as gifts from the guests who came to attend their wedding.
"Ah Wu, who gave this a congratulatory gift? Have you ever seen what the wooden box contains? In the process of tidying up, a delicate wooden box inadvertently fell out of the pile of congratulatory gifts.
I picked it up and shook it gently, it still looked a little heavy.
However, if you look closely, the workmanship and materials of this wooden box do not seem to be from the Northern Qi Dynasty. Besides, it seems that this wooden box has been stacked for some time. It's also a little dusty...