She looked down and saw that it read, "Send someone to negotiate with you and come to Bodhi Garden." Brother Minghuai. ”

Xue Yuxiao glanced at the eldest brother at the top, the two happened to look at each other, she immediately did not suspect it, and said to her mother, "Go out for a walk", then got up and quietly left the table, turned out of the main courtyard when everyone was talking, and went to the other garden alone.

This was built by his mother, and Xue Yuxiao knew a lot about the structure in it, so he didn't get lost. The other garden was originally the residence of the monks and nuns of the Great Bodhi Temple, and at this moment these monks were receiving the emperor's hundred officials, and they were not here.

There was silence all around, Xue Yuxiao walked into the courtyard, and only after a few steps, the meditation room next to him suddenly opened the door, grabbed her arm with a force, and pulled Xue Yuxiao in - the two deviated from their center of gravity and fell together, their clothes intertwined.

Xue Yuxiao caught a glimpse of a red coat: "Why did you ...... this set again!"

"I am entrusted by Fengjun." Xie Budo's words blocked her voice, he fell under Xue Yuxiao, not only did he not get up, but raised his hand, wrapped his arm around her neck, and said softly, "Report peace to the Bodhisattva." ”

Xue Yuxiao looked around and did not let down his vigilance: "The other garden is some distance from the main hall, before you alarm everyone, I can make you speechless." ”

Xie Budo smiled: "I know." I didn't ambush others to catch the two of us for adultery, so repetition is an inferior method, haven't you carefully checked it on the way? ”

Xue Yuxiao did check it carefully, and she said, "What kind of lewdness?" Let go of me and speak well. ”

Xie Budo got closer, he leaned over, the smell of peach wood became more obvious, and he stuck it to Xue Yuxiao's ear and said, "Don't." Do you want to listen to Feng Jun? Bodhisattva lady, why do you avoid me like a snake and scorpion? The sons of the world will also long for the ...... of the lady to give in the flesh"

Xue Yuxiao's scalp was numb, and because of the news of his eldest brother, he had to deal with him: "What does my brother want you to bring?" ”

Xie Budo raised his hand to touch her cheek, Xue Yuxiao was very gentle and affectionate, but Xie Budo did not indulge in this tenderness, but felt very eager for her firm and calm, pure and almost empty gaze.

It was as if he was clinging to a spider's silk hanging from the well, so slender and fragile, but it hung over his body and fate burned by the fire of hell. Xie Budo suddenly thought that if he was Gandarta, if someone came to climb his spider silk, he would also kick those evil spirits under his feet back to the bottom of the well.

"Xue Yuxiao," he called her full name, and suddenly turned over and pressed her to sit, "Does Pei Yuxue taste good?" ”

Xue Yuxiao was stunned for a moment.

Xie Budo saw her stunned, leaned down again, and pressed his arm against her chest: "Or is it more amorous to spend time with Cui Xiaoshen Doctor before the moon?" ”

Xue Yuxiao subconsciously said: "You know? ”

"Sister Huang knows, and I naturally know." Xie Budo said, "All kinds of things in the capital are under the care and protection of the Sixteen Guards, and the major scholars and clans are very close to each other, if the royal family doesn't know anything at all, they don't know when they will be turned back." ”

Xue Yuxiao's mind was racing, and he immediately asked, "Which Wei Mansion is His Majesty's henchman?" ”

There are nearly 20,000 people in the Sixteen Guards, and it is impossible for all of them to be loyal to the royal family, and only some of them must be loyal servants of Xie Fu.

Xie Budo said: "I'll tell you too, do you want the imperial sister to kill me?" He leaned closer, smelled the fragrance of Xue Yuxiao's sideburns, and couldn't help but sigh softly and whispered, "Where did Pei Shizi get such a good blessing?" Always by your side, I guess life is very comfortable. ”

He gently pressed against Xue Yuxiao's chin, rubbed his fingertips slowly for a moment, and said to himself: "The Bodhisattva is willing to cross him, why is he not willing to cross me?" ”

Xue Yuxiao was about to pry some news out of his mouth, when he saw Xie Budo grab her hand, the fingers of the two were intertwined, and he looked at the tooth marks in Xue Yuxiao's palm, showing a very satisfied expression.

“…… The traces are still there, and I have a good bite. ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "...... I'm still proud, I'm ...... Hiss. ”

Her voice stopped, because Xie Budo suddenly buried himself in her shoulder again, and bit through her clothes. His mouth was filled with sharp canine teeth, like a fox, and the fangs clearly pierced the skin.

But soon, he relented and raised his head, licked the blood from her shoulder with regret, and whispered, "Thinking that you will be in pain, I'm afraid I won't be able to bite out such a deep tooth mark again." ”

Xue Yuxiao: "...... You—There's something wrong with you. ”

Xie Budo squinted and smiled: "A little bit, if you feel like it, take it off and I'll give you medicine." ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "This is the temple, the pure place of Buddhism, don't be too presumptuous." ”

When Xie Budo heard this reprimand, he really got up and got out of the way and pulled Xue Yuxiao up. He turned around and refilled the incense on the offering table, made a Buddhist salute to the portrait in the meditation room, and then said: "Fengjun wants me to tell you that everything is safe in the palace, but he has often drunk shunzi soup for many years, and he is afraid that he will not be able to have children, please Sikong does not have to hope for the birth of a princess." ”

Xue Yuxiao's movements froze when he got up: "Can't give birth?" ”

Xie Budo said: "He originally wanted to tell you about this matter a long time ago, but Lord Sikong has been under surveillance for many years, and you ...... Well, pampered and notorious, he was afraid that you would leak the source and implicate me, so he held back. ”

Xue Yuxiao asked, "You have a good relationship?" ”

"Okay?" Xie Budo thought about this description for a moment, "Sort of." The deep palace is lonely, I occasionally go to the Jiaofang Palace to play chess and play the piano with him, my brother-in-law is arrogant, and he has no close contacts with the monarchs and servants of the harem, and the imperial sister does not allow him to give birth, you are a relative, you should know the reason...... The relationship between the two has long existed in name only, and only the relationship is hostage. And the men of the harem...... Few are easy to deal with. ”

There is still a tradition of martyrdom in the Eastern Qi Dynasty. If the kings of the harem have nothing to do, then after the death of Emperor Xie Fu, they will be martyred for the Heavenly Maiden together. Therefore, the harem fight is not for favor, but for fate.

Xue Yuxiao was silent in front of the incense case for a long time, and then asked, "Is the eldest brother in good health?" ”

Xie Budo looked back and said: "I have reported to the Xuanyi Bodhisattva, my brother-in-law is in good health and is safe." He instructed me to tell Xue Sikong about this matter slowly, and not to be in a hurry, lest she make a mistake in a fit of anger, and many things need to be considered in the long run......"

This is clearly an allusion to the fact that my mother does not take the Xie royal family in her eyes, lest she fail to do anything, but instead become a rebellious minister and thief. Xue Yuxiao frowned and said, "You would actually say such things to me, you are the prince." ”

"Me." Xie Budo raised his head and looked at the portrait of the god and Buddha, he said, "I am just a sick begonia that no one takes care of. ”

Xue Yuxiao was silent for a moment, she no longer cared about Xie Budo's biting of her - everyone has quirks, not to mention that he looks depressed. For the sake of the eldest brother's face, she couldn't embarrass the people who took the risk to pass the word, so she comforted: "This is the famous flower of Shu, a branch of gas can suppress thousands of forests, the so-called ridicule without fragrance is that the group of literati is too mean, and the words are too tricky." ”

When she said this, she saw Xie Budo staring at her face for a long time, so she subconsciously stopped talking, and heard him suddenly sigh: "...... Bodhisattva lady, I really want to get into your arms and cry. ”

Xue Yuxiao: "......"

"If tears stain his clothes, Pei Langjun can see him at night, and I am afraid he will not be able to sleep peacefully." He smiled again, feeling that he was right, "Oh, no wonder Wang Lang thinks day and night, even if it is me, I want to give up my body to make you smaller, even if it is really okay to let Pei Lang be right." ”

He had no scruples about what he said.

Xue Yuxiao hurriedly said, "...... What is this about Wang Heng? I kindly comfort you, but you don't want to take revenge. Don't come, we'll keep our distance now, we can only talk, you touch me again, I'll turn around and leave. ”

Xie Budo said: "Treat me like a beast in a flood, and when I go back, I will tell Feng Jun, saying that you will take advantage of my summons to belittle me and ask him to make decisions for me." ”

Xue Yuxiao: "...... Thank you for being light, who is light? ”

If you want to drink the pipa, urge it immediately (1)

Chapter 42

Xie Budo was not ashamed when he heard this, he sighed and said to himself: "It's me." I am the one who embarrasses you. ”

Across a futon in the meditation room, Xue Yuxiao saw him close his eyes and worship the Buddha with his palms together.

This man was so dissolute and disregarded the etiquette, but at this time he seemed to worship the Buddha sincerely, and the incense in front of the portrait burned more than half, and the incense of the sandalwood Buddha lingered endlessly.

Xie Budo turned his back to her and said, "I know you are worried about Fengjun's news...... Since then, on the end of each month, I will come to the Great Bodhi Temple to burn incense and pray for the blessing of the country. ”

Xue Yuxiao understood what he meant, thought about it for a while, and asked, "If you return the inscription pen to me today, won't you be harshly punished when you go back?" ”

Xie Budo didn't speak, but just said, "Any decision is my own choice, and it has nothing to do with you." But you, aren't you afraid that I will pretend to reveal the news of Feng Jun to you, but in fact, I want to invite Qing into the urn and trick you into coming here? ”

"If I was really that scared, I wouldn't have come here in the first place." Xue Yuxiao's attitude was straightforward, "I don't think you're a good person, but I don't think you're incorrigibly bad." People in the world are not black and white, and I can see the cage you want to break free from, and I know that you can only stay in it...... Fourth Highness, don't you want to break this cage and be free and unfettered from now on? ”

Because the two were not facing each other, Xue Yuxiao couldn't see his expression, and could only hear him say: "Mingyue is bound in people's hearts, not in the palace walls." ”

He didn't call her by her name, and he didn't call her Xue Duwei and Xue Sanniang. He called her pen name Mingyue, just like the "coral" that Xue Yuxiao blurted out when he met him at the Danqing Pavilion.

Xue Yuxiao moved up along his long black hair, and saw a portrait of an upside-down Bodhisattva sitting south facing north among the ethereal sandalwood.

She remembered that in modern times, there were also such Bodhisattva statues and couplets in Jiming Temple, which was written as "asking why the Bodhisattva sat upside down, sighing that all beings refused to turn back."

Xue Yuxiao didn't say any more, she knew that Xie Budo didn't look back, but she still made a salute to His Royal Highness, and immediately turned around and left.

There was a brief creak at the door, and the autumn breeze swept into the meditation room.

Xie Budo stood up, did not look back at her departing figure, but stretched out his hand and used his fingertips to extinguish the incense, and Martian Zi burned a blood-colored blister on his fingertips, and he just looked down at the painful scar with an unchanged expression.

……

Soon after the afternoon, the debate on Buddhist speculation finally came to an end, and many talented girls had already listened to it drowsy and beat their spirits. Until Emperor Xie Fu personally announced the end and returned to the palace with Fengjun and His Royal Highnesses. After everyone looked at the emperor's chariot and horse honor guard and left, they left one after another.

Xue Yuxiao returned home with his mother, and after having dinner with his second brother in Taiping Garden, he returned to Xue Garden with the attendant guards around him.

When she walked up to the cloister in the middle of the autumn festival, she happened to see several young people kneeling under the eaves of the verandah, using bamboo strips and colored paper to make lanterns. The young boys were so engrossed that they didn't even notice her approaching.

The attendant next to him was about to remind, but Xue Yuxiao raised his hand to stop. When she returned to Xue Yuan, she was like a tired bird returning to her nest, and her mood suddenly relaxed, so she stood on the porch outside the window and looked at them. A few little teenagers put riddle notes in the lanterns, the riddle is not very neatly written, it seems that they have only learned it for a long time, and there is a kind of simplicity and clumsiness of a child's learning words.

This is what Pei Yuxue taught. He needed some literate assistants to manage the accounts, these children were all farmers in the shade of the Xue family, and the whole family depended on the Xue family to eat and live, and they were innocent and loyal.

At this time, the window with a gap on the side suddenly opened, and Xue Yuxiao subconsciously stepped back and turned his head, and Pei Yuxue suddenly looked at each other.

His long hair was half-draped, as if he had just been bathed, and it was stained with a half-wet dampness. The autumn breeze poured in along the window, bringing up the two of them with their long black hair, Pei Lang was opening the window to dry his hair, while holding a plain hairband as light as frost and snow, he was suddenly stunned, and the ribbon in his hand suddenly floated up-

The autumn wind plays tricks. Xue Yuxiao subconsciously reached out and grabbed the satin, lest it really float away.

"You ......"

"You ......"

The two of them spoke together, and then stopped at the same time.

As soon as she spoke, the young man who was making lanterns next to her woke up suddenly, and when he saw that it was actually the young master's mother beside him, they all knelt down and saluted Xue Yuxiao.

Xue Yuxiao waved his hand casually, let them get up, and then entered the main courtyard and lifted the half-closed bamboo curtain: "Mother left me for dinner, I sent someone to invite you over, why didn't you go?" ”

Pei Yuxue has loose hair and is wearing a plain dress of the same color as the headband. Dong Qi has no prejudice against white, and often uses white on a wide range of clothing, and his clothes have a faint silver light, like the moonlight reflected in the sky and earth after heavy snowfall.

He said, "As you can see...... I just bathed, disheveled, how to go to see my mother. ”

Xue Yuxiao walked up to him and returned the hairband to him. Pei Yuxue lowered her head to the mirror and tied her hair, binding the green silk that had dried out of it, and letting the autumn breeze outside the window bring away the wetness of the ends of her hair.

He has always been solemn and reserved, keeping a distance from others, and such a disheveled appearance has only been seen by Xue Yuxiao for many years. She remembered that Pei Lang hadn't eaten, so she said, "Is the kitchen done?" I'll eat some with you. ”

Pei Yuxue raised her eyes to look at her: "You are a picky eater again." ”

Seeing through him, Xue Yuxiao just smiled helplessly: "I can't be so willful in front of my mother, right?" It's no surprise that people have dietary preferences. ”

Pei Yuxue had already expected that she would not behave picky and delicate in front of Xue Sikong, not that Lord Sikong would say that her, but her mother treated her too well, if she was picky, or showed a preference for a certain dish, Xue Sikong would definitely spend resources and try his best to get her the best, Xue Yuxiao didn't want to be so troublesome and extravagant.

"When the autumn wind rises, it's the season to eat crabs." Pei Yuxue said, he turned his head to Huanjian and ordered, "Let the kitchen pass the rice." ”

"Yes." Huanjian replied in a low voice, turned his head and went out.

In a short time, the table will present the plump crabs of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the ceremonial utensils used are readily available. Pei Yuxue washed his hands with his sleeves and peeled off the crab shell with a fine tool, he was very quiet, and there was only the crisp cracking sound of a metal appliance gently prying open the crab shell between the two.

It was getting dark outside, and the slaves lit candles. Under the firelight, Xue Yuxiao stared at his cheeks with his chin propped up, and the moment of genius suddenly flashed in front of his eyes - the autumn breeze was rising, and the sun was in front of the window. His hair fluttered like silk...... With such good hair, how can you let it turn into snow?

Xue Yuxiao raised his hand and touched a strand of hair hanging from his sideburns.

Pei Yuxue paused, his gaze fell on Xue Yuxiao's fingertips, and then he looked at her. Xue Yuxiao was afraid that he still didn't like to be close, so she took it back after touching it, and she muttered, "You're still very young......

"What?" Pei Yuxue asked.

“…… It's nothing. Xue Yuxiao said, "Could it be that all the talented people in the world will inevitably have a bad fate." ”

Pei Yuxue said: "There are so many beautiful people in the world, how can each of them live a satisfactory life." There are so many sufferings in the world......"

Xue Yuxiao knew what he was talking about, so he bowed his head. She has always only done what she thinks is right, before she got the prescription prescribed by Cui Qilang, she thought about recovering her homeland, regaining the fallen states and counties from the hands of Xianbei, Xiongnu, and even Qiang...... It's not impossible.

Crabs are cold, and Pei Yuxue doesn't eat much. After he fed Xue Yuxiao, he asked her to take down the eating table, wash her hands and dry them, and untie her clothes. When his cold fingers took off the jade pendant around his waist, he suddenly smelled a trace of hidden blood from the rich Buddha incense.

Pei Yuxue looked stunned, and her fingers covered her shoulders. The fabric was dry, and there was a very faint, imperceptible blood stain on it, and he undid Xue Yuxiao's staggered collar, his fingertips slowly touching his skin along the edges of the tooth marks.