Chapter 191: Acacia Forest
Since she had already decided to go to Xiangyang Palace, He Xiaoqiao naturally had to prepare as soon as possible, but fortunately, Jiang Fenghao had advice and Liu Yidao was behind to help prepare everything, so she was not in a hurry.
Although it was not the first time to meet the elders, He Xiaoqiao was still the same as the new daughter-in-law, she didn't sleep nervously in the middle of the night the first night, and in the end, Jiang Fenghao couldn't watch it, and pulled her to a hearty double exercise, which made her have nothing time to think about, and obediently fell into a dark and sweet sleepland.
The next day, she let Jiang Fenghao carry the carriage in a daze, leaned on him and fell asleep, and when she woke up, she happened to be in front of the Xiangyang Palace.
Steward Xu of the palace was waiting at the door with a group of people, and when he saw Jiang Fenghao getting off the carriage, he immediately stepped forward and bowed respectfully, "I've seen the prince." ”
Jiang Fenghao responded casually, turned around, and couldn't help but reach out to support He Xiaoqiao's waist, and hugged her who was about to jump down, "Beware of twisting your feet." ”
He Xiaoqiao subconsciously reached out and helped down the only two hairpins on his head, and stuck out his tongue and grimaced at him, "It's not that I haven't skipped it, what are you afraid of at such a distance!" ”
"You're not afraid, I'm afraid." Jiang Fenghao made a grinning appearance, curled his finger and tapped on her forehead, "Let's go, take you to see Aunt Six." ”
When the words fell, he didn't shy away from spreading out his big palm and holding her hand, and he was about to walk into the door.
"Lord Wang, Lord Wang!" Steward Xu, who was forgotten on the side, hurriedly rushed up to brush up on his sense of existence, "Please also ask the prince and princess to stay." ”
Jiang Fenghao and He Xiaoqiao stopped at the same time, and turned back to look at him sideways, "Steward Xu still has something?" ”
Steward Xu stepped forward, his eyes hurriedly swept over He Xiaoqiao, and he hurriedly lowered his head and saluted, "The little one has seen the princess first, and I have asked the princess to say goodbye." ”
"Hello." He Xiaoqiao smiled and raised his hand to say hello with the good habits of his previous life.
Steward Xu paused, opened his mouth wide and didn't know how to answer for a while. Hello? This......
Jiang Fenghao raised his eyebrows, a little impatient, "If there is anything, just say it quickly, don't delay us to meet the sixth brother and sixth sister-in-law." ”
He Xiaoqiao restrained the urge to nod, and continued to smile and pretend to be noble, "Steward Xu, just say anything about it." ”
After all, Jiang is still old and spicy, and Steward Xu is over fifty years old, and he has already become a human spirit, so he immediately reacted when he heard this, apologized again and again, and immediately explained, "Thank you for your understanding." I'm really sorry, but now that my master is not in the house, the two of you may have to wait for a while. ”
The husband and wife glanced at each other, He Xiaoqiao tilted his head and looked dazed, Jiang Fenghao reached out and patted her shoulder twice, frowning and looking at Steward Xu, "What's going on in the house?" ”
"The prince is really an understanding person." When Steward Xu said this, he reached out and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and his voice was also a little worried, "Originally, the mansion has made all the preparations to welcome the two, and the old princess has been talking about it today, but I didn't expect that just before a stick of incense, Li Shangshu sent a letter in the mansion, saying that the county lord was about to give birth in June." Steward Xu always bent over, and when he said this, he looked up at Jiang Fenghao and his wife, "The old prince and the old princess are worried about the county lord, and they have been sitting still, so they finally decided to take a look first." ”
"I see." He Xiaoqiao suddenly realized, and then expressed his understanding.
It is indeed a big deal for a daughter to give birth, and the nervousness of being a parent is inevitable.
Jiang Fenghao groaned, his face was thoughtful, but he didn't feel unhappy.
"Because the incident happened suddenly, the mansion didn't have time to send a letter to the mansion, so the old princess specially instructed the little one to sue the two of them first, so as not to upset the distinguished guests."
"It's okay, it's okay, it's excusable!"
He Xiaoqiao, one of the distinguished guests, snorted, the first time she encountered this situation, she didn't know what to do to be decent for a while, she subconsciously looked up at Jiang Fenghao, the hand hidden under the sleeve pulled his clothes with little effort, and only after he leaned over did he ask in a low voice, "What should I do now?" Shall we stay and wait or should we come along and see what is going on? ”
In fact, she would prefer to go home directly, but this seems a little impersonal, but it feels very ...... to ask her to follow and wait for a woman she doesn't know at all to have a baby Odd.
Jiang Fenghao glanced at her funny, "Don't be nervous, since you're already here, it's okay to go in and visit, the sixth brother's mansion is one of the best in the capital, and the scenery is very good." ”
Since he thought for himself, He Xiaoqiao didn't bother to continue to think about it, so he simply nodded in agreement, "Okay, then do as you say." ”
"Steward Xu, lead the way."
Seeing that the two of them were not angry, Steward Xu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly put on a smile on his face to lead the way in front of him, "The two of you, please." ”
Jiang Fenghao took He Xiaoqiao's hand and followed behind, tilting his head sideways to introduce the surrounding scenery to her as he walked, and finally even put aside Steward Xu, and took her to a yard where many acacia trees were planted in front of the door.
The umbrella-like canopy is crowned with acacia flowers that gradually turn white from light red, and pompoms are clustered like clusters, beautiful and chic, and the fragrance strikes people.
Being in the middle of it makes you feel like your whole mood is relaxed.
Jiang Fenghao picked one from it and put it in He Xiaoqiao's palm, with a smug look on his face, "How is it?" Isn't that right? ”
"It's really good-looking," He Xiaoqiao put the flower to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, turned the flower stem to glance at him, and asked playfully, "You brought me here, could it be that there are any special memories here?" ”
"I do have special memories, but it has nothing to do with being a husband." Jiang Fenghao laughed, leaned on the trunk of the tree with his hands around his chest and looked at her, and pointed to the yard next to him with his finger, "This acacia forest was planted by the sixth brother himself in order to make amends for the sixth sister-in-law, and he is still taking care of it now." ”
"I really can't see it." He Xiaoqiao sighed in surprise.
I didn't expect such a serious and old-fashioned person to have such a delicate mind, which made her impressed.
"Back then, the sixth brother also went through countless ups and downs to be with the sixth sister-in-law, so he loved the sixth sister-in-law very much." Jiang Fenghao scooped her over, raised his arm on her shoulder, and stroked her long black hair with a lazy expression, "For the sake of the sixth sister-in-law, he is willing to do anything." ”
He Xiaoqiao had envy in his eyes, and he was sincerely happy to hear such a story from the beginning, "The sixth sister-in-law is so lucky. ”
Jiang Fenghao snorted, "If you marry a husband, the lady will be lucky in the future." "Not only lucky, but more importantly, he will do everything to bring her happiness – and of course, sexual happiness is also necessary.
He Xiaoqiao's heart was bubbling with joy, but his face was not obvious, he just rolled his eyes at him, "When you still remember this sentence when you are seventy or eighty, then I will really call it lucky." ”
"It's not just seventy or eighty, as long as you live for your husband for one day, you will definitely make your mother happy every day." Jiang Fenghao stood up straight, held her face with both hands, looked down at her, and solemnly promised, "My husband will do what he says." ”
He Xiaoqiao put his hand on his wrist, tried to stand on tiptoe and kissed him on the lips, "I believe in you." ”
The gentleness in Jiang Fenghao's eyes was so thick that it could almost drip water, and his voice was also a lot lower, "Lady......"
He Xiaoqiao's face burned red, remembering the love between the two of them in the peach forest last time, and comparing the current situation, he couldn't help but feel a little heartbeat, but he didn't push him away.
Just when the lips of the two were less than a few centimeters apart, a small sound of footsteps suddenly sounded behind them, which seemed to be coming in the direction of the two.
Jiang Fenghao's eyes lit up, and he grabbed He Xiaoqiao's waist and turned the two of them around, preventing her from facing the comer.
A slightly immature female voice suddenly sounded, and the voice was only a teenager, "Who are you?" How can it be in my house? ”
Jiang Fenghao didn't reply, and said with a smile behind his back, "But I haven't seen you for half a year, Yu Jing actually doesn't recognize this king?" ”
He Xiaoqiao leaned on his chest, and he couldn't see the expression of the person who came, he could only hear the thin female voice suddenly raised after being stunned for a while, "Uncle Seventeen?!" ”
Jiang Fenghao let go of He Xiaoqiao, put his hand on her shoulder, turned around with her, and teased at the visitor, "Very good, I finally didn't shout everywhere to catch thieves like last time, otherwise your father would not have to use a stick to drive me out again." ”
The person who came was blushing at these words, probably thinking of his previous masterpiece, and hung his head with his hands in his handkerchief for a long time, unable to say half a word of rebuttal, "Yu Jing...... Yu Jingcai didn't. ”
He Xiaoqiao took the opportunity to look at her.
The little girl, who was about thirteen or fourteen years old, was in her youth, and her head was combed in a double bun corresponding to her age, and two lotus pink streamers hung down from the bun to her shoulders and back, fluttering in the wind.
is probably young, and she still has a little baby fat on her face, but her appearance is indeed first-class, beautiful and lovely, and her delicate eyebrows and eyes are estimated to be inherited from Princess Xiangyang, who has never met.
In the crook of her arm hung a delicate bamboo basket, the bottom of which was padded with a soft cloth, and on top was a layer of dewdropping acacia flowers, apparently picked not long ago.
"Okay, if you say no, you won't have it, Uncle Seventeen is in a good mood today and doesn't care about you," Jiang Fenghao said, beckoning to her, "Come here, meet your Aunt Seventeen." ”
The little girl seemed a little shy, lifted the hem of her skirt and took two steps forward, glanced at Jiang Fenghao, and secretly turned her head to look at He Xiaoqiao, and saluted obediently, her voice was still thin, "Yu Jing has seen Aunt Seventeen." ”
Jiang Fenghao added an introduction after her, "Yu Jing is the youngest child of the sixth brother and the sixth sister-in-law, ranked fourth, and just passed her thirteenth birthday last month. ”
"Get up, what a good boy." The answer was expected, He Xiaoqiao was not much surprised, just smiled and nodded at her. Suddenly reacted that she was now an elder, and hurriedly took out two pieces of gold leaves specially created by Jiang Fenghao for her from the small bag she carried as a gift, "Aunt Seventeen didn't bring anything else, these two gold leaves will be given to you to play." ”
As he spoke, he habitually grabbed a handful of roughly packaged nougat, held it in his hand and handed it to her, "Oh, this is nougat, it's delicious, you try it." ”
Jiang Yujing subconsciously turned her head to look at Jiang Fenghao, and after seeing her stingy uncle nodding in agreement, she happily took the candy with the sweet fragrance of milk from He Xiaoqiao's hand, and smiled so much that her eyes narrowed, "Thank you, Aunt Seventeen!" ”