After saying goodbye to Xia Lao, the depressed Long Zixing returned to the Yingwu Palace, got off the sedan chair, and saw another eight-person golden-topped sedan chair carried over, knowing that it was his sister who came.

The small window of the sedan chair opened, and half of the head poked out of it, and sure enough, it was the fourth princess Long Biyue, beckoning to him. Long Zixing ran over in small steps.

"Brother, get on my sedan chair. ”

Among Long Jun's five children, Long Biyue looked the most like her father, with a long and thin face, a resolute chin under her slightly convex cheekbones, and her eyebrows were not as delicate and touching as her siblings, but she was as tall as her eldest sister at the age of sixteen.

"Sister, where are you going?" Long Zixing was a little hesitant and did not respond to the call of the fourth princess.

"I'll take you on horseback. Yesterday I got two basin horses, which are really one in a thousand, not big, just right for us to ride, don't miss this opportunity. "Long Biyue's personality is diametrically opposed to that of her sisters, she is active, like a boy, and often leaves the palace to go to the outskirts of the royal capital to ride horses and gallop.

"I'm afraid that my father will scold me if he finds out. Long Zixing pursed his lips, looking like he wanted to go but didn't dare.

"Do you see that my father scolded me for riding a horse? ”

"But it's almost lunchtime. "Horseback riding is an activity that boys like, and Long Zixing is naturally no exception, but he is still a little afraid of a well-behaved child in the end.

"Picnic!I'm all ready!" Long Biyue lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and couldn't help but pull her younger brother in, the interior of the eight-person sedan chair was spacious, and it was not crowded to seat a few more people. She said to the prince's attendant again: "Ding Ming, you come back slowly, don't come with us." ”

Na Ding Ming was a tall eighteen-year-old boy, the eldest son of a feudal marquis in Lengquan Province, and was sent to the palace to be the prince's attendant. When he heard this, he agreed, and waited for the fourth princess's sedan chair to go away before he left to follow.

The palanquin quickly left the palace and went straight to the stables. Long Biyue took Long Zixing's hand and sat in the blue canopy carriage used by the guests, instead of the royal family's special carriage. The special carriage of the royal family, the carriage is yellow phosphor cloth, there is a cyan dragon head on the canopy, the longan is made of pearls, even if it runs at night, the carriage and the longan are very eye-catching, when going out, the guards on the sentry posts and the city wall can see it at a glance, but it is too ostentatious to run in the city.

The carriage drove up the Dragon Avenue and headed straight for the west of the city. Out of the west gate, there is a large field, with a large area of wheat fields and meadows, small woods scattered in between, and the Lance River comes from the green plain and flows over the field. Long Biyue usually rides horses here.

The father did not allow the young lady to go out of the palace to ride a horse, but stipulated that she could only come out twice a week, and each time she came out, she was closely protected by dozens of dragon monarch guards. But how can this satisfy the young lady, so she always looks for opportunities to come out secretly, although she has been arrested several times and criticized by her father, but she is still the same as she is by virtue of her favor.

Long Zixing knew the little secret of the young lady. She built a small stable on the outskirts of the western part of the city, where grooms guarded some of her favorite horses all year round. This was done to avoid the hassle of going to the stables and riding through half of the royal city. The young lady thought that she had arranged it very secretly, but Long Zixing suspected that her father had already known about it, and he just turned a blind eye.

The young lady was right, the basin horses were not very tall, they were very suitable for them to ride, and they looked quite tame. The sister and brother drove side by side, happily galloping across the field, throwing the guards who followed behind them far away.

"Do you know what I like best?" Long Biyue danced like a boy, not at all ladylike.

"Horseback riding. Long Zixing clung to the reins, and the pleasure brought by the gallop made him forget his previous troubles for the time being.

"No! it's the wind, the feeling of the wind blowing through the ends of your hair!" Long Biyue shouted excitedly. "That's it! fast and faster! It feels like flying, I have wings, I can fly!"

She clamped the horse's belly and flicked it with a whip, sending it to run wild. Long Zixing didn't want to fall behind, so he tried his best to follow.

The field has a wide field of vision, blue sky and white clouds, fresh air, and the fragrance of plants and trees in the distance comes with the wind. As far as the eye can see, on the vast golden wheat fields, the heavy ears of wheat sway in the wind, the rich peasants' plantations are full of flowers and plants, blooming brightly, and the autumn wind pushes the mill's wind wheel to turn leisurely, so it is a quiet and beautiful scene.

The horse that Long Biyue rode galloped up, and then ran around the field, the horse's head was east and west, and she was not restrained, and let it go. As he ran, he approached a windmill mill, and beside the mill was a small vineyard and a few wheat fields, and the basin horses were rushing into it in spite of everything.

Long Zixing, who was following behind, saw that it was not good to scream, and shouted while speeding up to catch up: "Little sister, let it stop!"

Long Biyue also knew that she was in trouble, and it took a lot of effort to calm down the excited beast. But some of the vines in the garden were knocked to the ground, and the owner would have been dizzy at the sight of them.

Looking at the messy scene, Long Biyue couldn't help but be stunned. "Brother, this is a mess. Let's run before anyone sees us. ”

"You can't run, you have to pay for breaking the farmer's things. Long Zixing looked at his young lady helplessly, "Do you have any money with you?"

Suddenly, the two of them heard a childish voice say, "Do you want to run away after you have done something bad?"

Following the prestige, I saw a little girl in a light green dress coming out of the vines. The girl looked to be eleven or twelve years old, with a slightly darker complexion, long black hair draped behind her head, two buns tied on her head, willow eyebrows and almond eyes, bright teeth and red lips, and a very beautiful appearance. A long linen dress shows that she is not from a wealthy family, but she seems to have a solemn demeanor and an extraordinary temperament, and she does not look like an ordinary vulgar peasant girl.

"Please forgive my sister, my little sister didn't mean to. If we break your vineyard, we will pay for it. Long Zixing was afraid that Long Biyue would say something wrong, so he hurriedly spoke first.

"You look like rich children with money and a good education, and this is full of crops, and you have to go somewhere else on horseback, so you shouldn't come here. The little girl's voice was very nice, and although she was throwing a tantrum, she didn't feel it.

Long Biyue frowned and said, "My brother said that he would compensate you, you have a lot of words, and you have to be unforgiving!"

"Didn't your teacher ever teach 'the people have their houses, and they should not destroy their tiles, and the people have their fields, and they should not tread on their fields'?" the little girl smiled slightly, but she was not angry.

Long Zixing jumped off the horse, looked at her with great interest, and then said: "Our teacher also taught 'The people are happy, the country is peaceful, the people are happy to act, and the country is prosperous.'" The peace of the country is the peace of the people, and the prosperity of the country is the strength of the people, and this way of tranquility is also. ’”

"Who's your sister?" said the little girl, a smile on her lips, "I see you've read some books." My father said that people who are willing to study are not bad. Since you understand the matter and promise to pay compensation, give five gold yuan. I can't ask for more from you, and you can't deceive me. ”

Long Zixing said to Long Biyue: "I don't have any money on me, do you have any money on you, young lady?"

Long Biyue said with an unhappy face: "I never bring money when I come out." ”

The little girl said lightly, "So you said it beautifully. If you don't have a copper in your pocket, you dare to say compensation. ”

Long Biyue heard the mockery in her words, and said angrily: "Who is my brother, how can he lie to you." It's true that we didn't bring the money out, but since we said that we would pay you, we will definitely pay you. ”

"If you don't have money, what kind of compensation is that?" the little girl's tone was still flat.

Long Zixing took a bracelet from his wrist, walked up to the little girl, and handed it to her: "This bracelet is made of high-grade jade, and it is worth far more than five gold yuan, I will put you here first, we will go home and get the money, and then come and exchange this bracelet with you, do you think it is okay?"

The little girl said leisurely, "I don't recognize Baoyu. ”

Long Biyue was angry when she heard this: "My brother is so polite to you, but you are deliberately deceived by us, I really don't know what to do!"

Long Zixing hurriedly said: "Little sister, don't say it, it's us who are not right first." Sister, if you can trust me, take this jade bracelet, I will definitely send five gold circles when I turn around, if you can't trust me, then let your father come to see if this bracelet is real or fake. Is that good?"

The little girl said, "I didn't mean to make things difficult for you. This crop is not mine, it is my family, but my father and I are just helpers, and we will be punished if we get into trouble. And Daddy is busy with farm work now, and he won't be able to come back for a while. ”

"Then what the hell are you going to do?" Long Biyue glared at her fiercely, looking ready to jump off the horse at any moment to teach this peasant girl a lesson.

"She's really your sister, she doesn't look like it at all. The little girl giggled, "Well, I believe you." I took the bracelet, when will you send the gold circle?"

"Today. Long Zixing handed over the bracelet and touched her little hand, and couldn't help blushing.

"Do you want me to wait here for you until it gets dark?" the little girl stared at him with wide eyes.

Long Zixing looked at her, staring at her. "Will you be here after the evening and before the moon?"

"Yes. Mo has a bowl of boiled buckwheat noodles, and two sentences after dinner in the field. ”

"Ask my sister, whose poem is this, I haven't read it. ”

"You haven't heard too much. This is what I am talking about casually. I'll come here after the stove and see you then. The little girl wrapped the bracelet in her sleeve, smiled at him, and turned away.

Long Zixing stared blankly at her pale green delicate back, until she disappeared from the groves of the vineyard, and was reluctant to leave.

I only heard Long Biyue smile and say, "Brother, I think you are fascinated by her." It turns out that my Zixing is a girl who likes to recite poems and can recite scriptures, and now I know, and I will tell my father about it. Otherwise, he'll find you a princess from Eta, but what girl from Eta can recite the poem 'a bowl of boiled buckwheat noodles'." ”

Long Zixing came back to his senses, blushed and said, "It's nothing." Little sister, you're making fun of Zixing again. ”

When the guards caught up and escorted the two of them to turn around on horseback, Long Zixing was reluctant to have a picnic, and was in a hurry to go back to the palace, and he didn't mention the matter of compensation to the guards, and asked them to take out five gold yuan. Long Biyue didn't say anything, just smiled. Until the two of them got into the carriage, she couldn't stop laughing all the way, as if this was the funniest and funniest thing she had ever encountered when she was so old.

Long Zixing forgot what he was eating for lunch, no matter what it was, it didn't taste in his mouth. Usually he either eats with his father, or eats with his little sister Long Biyue, or chatting with his teachers. But he stayed in the Yingwu Hall today, finishing his meal alone, and Ding Ming was not allowed to disturb him.

He had never thought an afternoon would be so long. He has never had such a feeling that his mind is full of the figure of a person, which will appear and linger all the time.

There are women everywhere in the palace, but the boring ladies are concerned with how to dress up more beautifully, what the masters like and want, who and who have secrets, and so on. His eldest sister and second sister are no longer in the palace, the six-fingered sister doesn't like to read, and she doesn't like to go out, and the younger sister's interest in reading is far less than riding a horse and archery, dancing a sword and playing a stick.

And the daughters of the princes and ministers all seemed to him the same, all thinking about how to show off and how to please him, and none of them were as pure, simple, intelligent and ...... as the little girl in the vineyard Beautiful.

There is no need to apply grease and powder, no need for a gorgeous brocade belt, she was born like that, which makes him feel excited when he sees it.

Halfway through the sword hour, he felt that he would go crazy if he waited a little longer, so he called Ding Ming to prepare dinner in advance, and he asked Ding Ming to prepare more snacks, and he wanted to take them out of the palace. He wasn't going to eat in the palace, just thinking about the little girl made him feel like his stomach was stuffed and he couldn't hold anything else.

Before the stove arrived, Ding Ming brought a big brocade box, which contained ten kinds of delicate snacks, such as blueberry sweet tart, honey cold cake, salt and pepper wheat crisp, walnut vegetarian cake, etc., all of which the young lady loved to eat, and the palace maids also liked it very much, and he guessed that the girl's taste should be similar. Before leaving, he thought about bringing some other gifts, but he was afraid that there would not be enough time, so he asked Ding Ming to prepare a sedan chair and set off.

Ding Ming pulled two guards for him from the guard station, he actually didn't want any of them, and the more people he felt, the more panicked he felt. After that, according to the method of the morning, I drove out of the west gate from the stable. He had never left the palace without permission like this, and if his father knew about it, he would have lost his temper.

Before the autumn dusk, the sky was still as bright as in the afternoon, the lazy warm sun showed no sign of going down, and the breeze stirred the white clouds and flowers, blowing his heart surging. He remembered the windmill with a sticking hand, and it was not hard to find on the low plains.

When he saw the vineyard from afar, he told Ding Ming and the guards to stop where they were and not to follow him. He walked slowly towards the vineyard on his own horse. She may not have come before the stove arrives.

The waiting under the vines was not the same as the maddening wait in the palace in the afternoon. The wait under the vines was much sweeter, with a hint of panic in the heartbeat.

When Long Zixing saw the pale green figure appear in the vine bushes, he felt his heart tremble violently, and he was about to jump out of his chest.

"You are indeed a trustworthy man. The little girl smiled happily under her curved willow eyebrows, "It's still very punctual, it's not too late, it's just the time of the stove." ”

Long Zixing had a smile on his face. He struggled to control himself, keeping his breathing calm and his hands and feet steady. He gently placed the brocade box on the ground, put his hands behind his back, and wiped the five gold circles in his palms that were wet with sweat.

The two slowly walked towards each other, and when they reached the front, he stretched out his palm: "Sister, these are five gold yuan, I promised you." ”

The little girl took out the bracelet and the two exchanged it.

"Sister, I hope your master doesn't blame you for our recklessness. Long Zixing said apologetically: "If that's the case, I'm willing to apologize to him in person." ”

"Five gold is enough to make up for the loss. The little girl said, "How do you know that I must be younger than you because you are taller than me?" ”

"I'm thirteen years old. ”

"I'm also -- I'm almost full, I'm thirteen the day after tomorrow. The little girl immediately noticed that she had slipped her mouth, but it was too late to speak.

"Then I'm right to call you sister, sister, can I ask your name?"

"A lady doesn't just give her name to anyone. ”

Hearing this, Long Zixing had obvious regret on his face. The little girl smiled: "But I'm not a lady, I'm just a peasant girl, my name is Lotus Leaf, and my father likes to call me Little Yezi." ”

Long Zixing said, "I think you are like a lotus. I have a pond at home, which is full of lotus flowers, and I can smell the fragrance from a distance, and it is beautiful. ”

Lotus Ye's face flushed slightly when he heard this: "I'm not a lotus, don't call me a lotus." ”

Long Zixing looked at her stupidly and said, "The pond is full of blue waves and thousands of acres of water, reflecting the green shadows." ”

The lotus leaf lowered his head and chanted softly: "The west wind blows down the sorrowful rain, and the wild cranes swim outside the idle clouds." ”

"Sister, why is it 'sad rain'?"

Lotus Ye didn't answer, but asked: "Do you rich and noble people like to take advantage of our farm?"

Seeing that Long Zixing was puzzled, she said in a voice as thin as a mosquito's groan: "You know my name, but you don't say yours." ”

Long Zixing suddenly realized: "My sister can call me Ah Xing." ”

"You are the son of a rich and noble family, don't you have a surname like our peasant children? ”

"My surname is You. Saying that, Long Zixing suddenly remembered something, and turned around to get the brocade box on the ground, "Has my sister had dinner?"

"Nope. Daddy is waiting for me to come home and make it for him. ”

Long Zixing felt a little disappointed in his heart, he wouldn't be with Lotus Ye for too long, but he put on a smile and said, "Here are some snacks I brought you, sister take them and eat them with your father." We accidentally bumped into this vineyard, and we always felt that we could not leave, and if you took it, I would be at ease. ”

Lotus Ye lowered his eyes and looked at the gorgeous brocade box, and he didn't move for a long time, Long Zixing handed it forward again, "Sister, this is a little bit of my heart, apologize for the things during the day, please accept it." ”

Lotus Ye finally took the brocade box, and Long Zixing said: "Your father is afraid that he is hungry, sister, you should go back early." We...... Will we see you again tomorrow?"

Lotus Ye hugged the brocade box to his chest, turned around and left. I only heard her say in a low voice: "Daddy said, don't be favored by others, and don't make appointments with the living." I've broken both rules, and I can't see you again. ”

Hearing this, Long Zixing felt that the whole person had fallen into a pool of cold water, cold and cold, and the joy and expectation in his heart disappeared without a trace in an instant.