9 Chapter 9
Xia Yi is right, this is indeed a very sunny weather suitable for travel.
It is early summer, neither hot nor cold, with a warm sun, there are both green plants and flowers in the garden, and there are clusters of blooming flowers, which has a vibrant beauty.
Jiang Yu agreed to relax, most of the palace moved, in less than an hour of preparation time, the originally messy flowers and plants were built a lot neatly, and because of the last accident, the palace people carefully ploughed the road three or four times, for fear that a stone would come out of nowhere and trip Her Royal Highness the Queen.
Now the wind is a little stronger, the pavilion by the lake is surrounded by tents on both sides, the wide seats are soft and thick blankets, and all kinds of fruit snacks are not unusual, but they are better than a variety of patterns, and a table is set up in a variety of ways.
The wound on Jiang Yan's forehead has healed most of the time, but the scab still has a small half poking out on the snow-white skin, and the pain is so painful that it has long been gone.
Siluo and the others carefully helped her to sit on the chair, Jiang Yu quietly looked at the lake, this lake is really not big, it can be seen that the previous care is not careful, the lotus leaves have grown a lot, but the lotus bud is just faintly poking its head, and it looks like it has a bit of artistic conception.
Jiang Yu didn't speak after she sat down, just stared at the lake in a daze, others felt that she seemed to be just thinking about something, so she was silent and stunned, in fact, her state was a little dangerous, once she was allowed to fall into this kind of contemplation, it wouldn't be long before that low mood would sweep back again.
"The weather was so nice today! If only there were kites! ”
Li Sui, the little eunuch, was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he couldn't help but be a little excited when he saw the good scenery of the blue sky and white clouds, and couldn't help but raise his voice and sigh, the already sharp voice pierced Jiang Yu's ears a pain, but she also woke up from Fang Cai's stunned mind, she shook slightly, and was immediately noticed by Chunteng, she immediately scolded: "Be quiet!" You're scared of the sissy! ”
Li Sui reacted at this time, his face immediately turned snow-white, and he was about to kneel down and ask for guilt, but he didn't want to be stopped by Jiang Yu raising his hand.
She said, "If there is one in the palace, you can just look for it and play with it." ”
Li Sui was so frightened that he didn't dare to answer timidly, Chun Teng said: "This kid is young and playful, don't indulge him." ”
Jiang Yan shook her head: "It's indulgence, where can you indulge?" You're having a good time, and I'm glad to see it. ”
Siluo's heart moved when she heard the word "happy", she now wants to make Jiang Yan happy, the rules and regulations are still secondary, not to mention, now in this small palace, the queen's will is the rules, nothing more important than making her comfortable.
So Siluo said, "This weather is indeed very suitable for kite flying...... I just don't know if it's here. ”
"It seems like no." Chunto thought about it for a while, and came up with an idea: "But there is paper and pen paste, let's make one now, right?" ”
Xia Yan whispered: "Niangniang, this sounds interesting." ”
Jiang Yan was stared at by several people's earnest eyes, and unconsciously forgot the messy emotions when she was in a daze, and she said helplessly: "Send someone to get it." ”
Li Sui's eyes lit up immediately, and he stood on tiptoe excitedly.
Siro looked left and right, beckoning to one of the guards who was not far away.
The guard was stunned for a moment, then walked over, his eyebrows furrowed: "What's the matter?" ”
Siluo originally called a guard at random, but she didn't want to call an acquaintance, so she was stunned at first, and then sank her face: "It's Lord Xu......"
This guard is quite tall, a suit of armor wrapped around his body can't hide his upright posture, his eyes are blazing, his nose is high, his lips are plump, and his thick eyebrows are flying obliquely.
Xu Zhi glanced at Siluo condescendingly, and then casually moved his gaze behind her.
Jiang Yu was listening to Li Sui's story of flying a kite when he was a child, even if the story was ordinary and not interesting, she still listened very carefully, and when Li Sui said that she was happy, she couldn't help but stretch out her hand and gesture, and after dancing, she smiled: "When this time is done, you can also pick the biggest one to cut the line, maybe you can get it back like before." ”
"Where can it......" Li Sui scratched his head embarrassedly: "The slave is reluctant." ”
Jiang Yan smiled and shook her head, the sunlight sneaked in through the gap in the tent, making her pupils glow with a misty halo, and also dyed her eyelashes a faint gold.
She blinked a few times, lifted her eyes, and happened to meet the young guard's gaze.
Jiang Yu turned her head to avoid the sun, and then looked at Siluo with a puzzled gaze.
Without waiting for Siluo to speak, Xu Zhi cleared his throat and asked directly, "What do you command?" ”
His tone was flat and undulating, and he couldn't even hear contempt or respect, and he didn't see the panic and caution that the queen's guards should have, Jiang Yan knew that this person was more than just an ordinary guard.
Jiang Yan's head injury a while ago is well known in the palace, but few people know that she lost her memory, and there were many people around her at that time, but most of them thought that she had fallen for a while, so she couldn't recognize anyone in a short time.
Jiang Yu didn't bother to hide the news, but she didn't want to make a big deal out of thin air, so she hesitated for a moment, thinking about what kind of attitude to use towards this obviously different guard.
In this short period of time, Xu Zhi actually took two steps forward and almost walked in front of Jiang Yan, which made her a little surprised.
However, Jiang Yan has always been a person who is not easy to get angry, she didn't even feel offended, she just looked at him with some doubts: "You ......"
Siluo immediately stepped forward to block in front of Jiang Yan, and said vigilantly: "Lord Xu, Niangniang did not summon you. ”
Xu Zhi raised his eyebrows, etiquette is not wrong, he lowered his head and no longer looked directly at Jiang Yan: "When my subordinates saw the female official waving, they thought that the queen had an order, and they hoped to forgive their sins." ”
Jiang Yan couldn't figure out who this was, but it didn't prevent her from telling him seriously: "I'm sorry for you to get some paste, pen and ink, paper, and bamboo strips." ”
Xu Zhidao: "Dare to ask Niangniang, but do you want to use it for painting?" ”
Jiang Yan didn't feel the aggression from him, so she waved her hand, let Siluo step aside, and said honestly: "I'm here to make kites." ”
"The mother is so interested." Xu Zhi was obviously a little surprised, and he raised his eyelids: "However, the paper is fragile, so it is better to use silk." ”
Jiang Yu didn't explain much, but insisted: "Take the paper." ”
Xu Zhi paused, didn't say much, nodded in response, and retreated.
After exiting the gazebo, he turned and strode away, and walked a little way, and he heard a soft voice that was far beyond ordinary human hearing: "Who is he?" ”
Then, the voice of the maid beside the queen who replied was also faintly heard: "That's Concubine Xu Shu's nephew......"
Xu Zhi didn't stop walking and left directly.
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Jiang Yu over there was a little surprised: "Concubine Shu's nephew? ”
"Yes," Silo furrowed her brow, "his name is 'Xu Zhi'." He is the second son of Xu Yushu, the secretary of the palace, and was named the governor of Zhiwei Zhengdu because of his outstanding martial arts and strategy, and he won the trust of His Majesty......"
After that, she couldn't help but add: "My aunt is a favorite concubine, and Your Majesty is particularly fond of her, this person has no one in his eyes on weekdays, and he is so crazy that he can't be boundless!" ”
Jiang Yu listened quietly, and didn't say anything to ask, Siluo couldn't help but pout: "Why don't you ask?" ”
Jiang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled helplessly: "Why do you say that?" ”
Siluo then said: "Xu Zhi followed us to the palace this time, saying that he was responsible for protecting the mother's mother, but he actually committed an accident in Tokyo - he didn't agree with the patrons on the street, and beat people to be seriously injured and sick, so His Majesty took the opportunity to send him out of Beijing to avoid the limelight." ”
Xia Yi couldn't help but shudder when he heard this: "Such tyranny, didn't Your Majesty punish it?" ”
Siluo sneered: "Your Majesty loves him like a nephew, but he was only punished for three years, and he was not even willing to surrender to the first order." ”
The others looked at each other, they had lived in the palace for a long time, and of course they did not know that there was such a domineering but deeply favored person.
Jiang Yan also frowned slightly, she didn't like things that violated the law because of partiality.
"Besides, Xu Zhi has always had no one in his eyes, and when he saw Her Royal Highness the Queen, he also looked very high at himself, and he didn't have any awe...... It's not for the concubine and the eldest prince......"
"Okay......" Jiang Yu interrupted her softly: "I see that he can still move, as long as he doesn't provoke us, he can't be in awe of rare people, just treat each other politely." ”
Only then did Siluo realize that she had lost her words, and quickly stopped talking, and she was also a little annoyed in her heart - getting along with Jiang Yan for a while, the two of them got closer and closer, which also made her heartstrings, which were getting tighter and tighter in the past, and about to break a lot of heartstrings, and she lost her caution for a while, it was really time to reflect.