At the feast

Li Che was annoyed and lost for a while because Ling Chuyu left the table halfway, but under Ling Xiaoxiao's deliberate approach, his mood quickly adjusted and recovered.

Li Che was very well received, and he didn't mind her flattery, nor did he mind giving her a favor.

"Is this the gift Your Highness wants to give to your sister?"

With Li Che's acquiescence, Ling Xiaoxiao looked at what he was about to give to Ling Chuyu, which was a landscape painting he had drawn, called the Thousand Mountains Show.

Although Li Che is not outstanding in all aspects and is very mediocre, he can show some talent in Danqing.

However, these few talents originally couldn't do anything, and there are all kinds of famous Danqing masters in the world, who are naturally smart and hard-working.

According to Li Che's identity as a dragon, there is no shortage of people in Kyoto to praise his paintings.

There are occasions, and Li Che shows off his "talent" that is not easy to have.

Ling Xiaoxiao was deep in the boudoir, she didn't know the depth of many things, she was only jealous and hated in her heart, what kind of gift could she have, it was a pair of hairpins that money could buy, but Ling Chuyu was able to make His Royal Highness King Cheng paint for her personally?

Is it really just because King Cheng said, "I don't know what Miss Chu Yu prefers"?

Ling Xiaoxiao calmed down and sighed.

"The landscape is colorful, the artistic conception is profound, poetic and picturesque, and it complements each other, but it's a pity that my sister left in a hurry and couldn't see His Highness's painting at first sight,"

A thought crossed her mind.

"When the banquet is over, I will personally deliver the painting to my sister for His Royal Highness, okay?"

Li Che naturally agreed.

"That's troublesome Miss Xiaoxiao. ”

Away from the palace

After the banquet in the evening, Li Xiujing was in the study, facing the fireworks and candles, playing with the hairpin in his hand, and the vague memory rolled in his mind several times......

"Seventeen. ”

A dark shadow fell silently from the beam of the room, and said respectfully with a fist.

"What does the master command. ”

Li Xiujing gave him the hairpin.

"Investigate whether Ling Chuyu, the eldest daughter of the General's Mansion, had been to Langya seven years ago. ”

He didn't look like a ghost, but he firmly believed in the moment's grief.

If it's still not ......

Li Xiujing looked at the crescent moon in the canopy and slowly closed his eyes.

Seventeen received the order, and after exiting the study, he sighed helplessly and muttered to himself into the air.

"After seven years, if the owner is not found, I am afraid that he will not give up......"

"Why don't you stop?"

The crisp and melodious sound of a yellow oriole fell into Seventeen's ears.

He quietly hid the hairpin in his hand in his sleeve, and turned around to see a woman dressed in costume, surrounded by a group of grandmothers and maids.

"Seventeen have seen Concubine Xu. ”

Xu tilted his head slightly, and asked gently.

"Your Highness in the study?"

Seventeen turned sideways to get out of the way.

Xu Tianluo took the food box in his hand, pushed the door and walked in.

Interrupt Li Xiujing's deep thought.

"His Royal Highness returned home after eating the banquet, thinking that he had drunk a lot of wine, and he would definitely suffer from headaches, so the concubine personally stewed and simmered soup to sober up His Highness. ”

She placed the food box on the table and was about to open it, when she heard it.

"Don't bother, this king doesn't drink. ”

The words are still full of alienation and coldness.

was so indifferent that Xu Tianluo's smile was almost untenable.

"Yes. ”

She replied in disappointment.

Tonight, the moonlight is cool and into the water, and Xu Tianluo has deliberately dressed up, obviously prepared.

Biting the bright red cherry lips, he took several deep breaths, mustered up the courage to stand on tiptoe, and pulled Xiujing's collar with his bare hands.

"Your Highness, it's not early, it's better to let the concubine wait for you to sleep. ”

thinks he is charming to the bone, but he can't provoke Li Xiujing's cold heart.

He showed no mercy, took Xu Tianluo's hand and threw it aside, widening the distance between the two.

"You've crossed the line. ”

Xu Tianluo's face turned red and white, and he quickly knelt down to plead guilty.

"The concubine is guilty, so let's go. ”

Without waiting for Li Xiujing to give an eviction order, she picked up the food box and hurriedly retreated, for fear of annoying him again.

As soon as Xu Tianluo came out, he saw His Highness calling the slave guarding the door in.

"In the future, the side concubine will come to the study, so you don't have to let her in. ”

She stumbled under her feet and almost didn't stand firm, but fortunately the heart around her helped her.

"Concubine Fang is fine. ”

Xu Tianluo shook his head, tears rolled in his eyes, and he held back stiffly.

When he walked away, he complained indignantly for the side concubine.

"The side concubine has been in the palace for a year, and Your Highness guards you every day, but you don't even touch it, isn't it...... What's wrong with that?"

Xu Tianluo immediately reprimanded.

"How can you talk about Your Highness behind your back!"

Knowing that he had said the wrong thing, he lowered his head and fell silent.

The handkerchief in Xu Tianluo's hand was wrinkled, and he shook his head with a wry smile.

Living a good life away from the palace, the surface is brocade and jade, glamorous, I don't know how many people are envious and jealous, but who knows the bitterness and suffering.

General Ling's Mansion

Ling Chuyu's life has been relatively comfortable recently.

Thanks to her father's return home, her Shenxiang little lady, who was in a hurry, rushed to serve, and had no time to pay attention to her for the time being.

As for Ling Xiaoxiao, although she is the same as Shen Xiaoniang, after all, her methods are still a little more youthful and tender now, and she is obviously not Ling Chuyu's opponent who has lived two lives.

A few days ago, he was holding the Danqing that Li Che was going to give to Ling Chuyu, and came to mock the yin and yang.

"Sister, you see, His Royal Highness Dingwang cares more about you, and he dragged me to ask you about your health. ”

Ling Chuyu burned the painting in front of Ling Xiaoxiao.

"Is it still useful, at least to keep warm. ”

Ling Xiaoxiao's jaw was about to fall to the ground in shock.

"You, you, you......"

"What am I?"

Her heart-wrenching look, if it weren't for the maidservants around her to stop her, Ling Chuyu would have wondered if she was going to throw herself into the fire and pick up the debris.

Ling Xiaoxiao was so angry that she didn't want to come to "play".

Ling Chuyu was happy to be at ease, and he also had more time to sort out his past and present lives.

Xi'er pushed the door and came in, and saw her young lady holding a book in her hand, but her eyes didn't know where to go.

I just thought that I was tired of reading, and I happened to have a snack in my hand to relieve the lady's boredom.

The things were laid out one by one, and the tea was poured again, and he paced over lightly, pressing Ling Chuyu's shoulder.

"It's just these days that the old man is at home, Shen Xiaoniang is not good at suppressing Miss, these small snacks on weekdays, in Miss's yard, are not easy to see and eat. ”

Now that there is only one aunt left in Ling's mansion, she sees herself as the general's wife.

Miss has the status of a concubine, but she is forced to live a poor life, is this like a word!

Ling Chuyu looked at these chic and cute little snacks in front of him, and suddenly felt blessed to his heart.

"Xi'er, let's go, let's make tea. ”

"Tea?"

Xi'er didn't understand what Ling Chuyu's plan was.

"Miss, if you want to drink good tea, Xi'er can also ...... quietly"

She didn't speak, just walked on tiptoe like a little person.

Ling Chuyu couldn't help laughing out loud when she looked at her delicate appearance.

"No, silly girl, I want to make flower tea for my father. ”

"Flower tea?"

Ling Chuyu nodded.

"Yes, smoke some pearl orchid tea, it just so happens that there are pearl orchid flowers. ”