206 Midsummer Invitation
A refreshing rain fell in the evening, and inside the forbidden city, the Suzaku Mansion was quiet and deserted. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Suddenly there was a sound of ringing outside the door. The two palace guards looked up and saw a young woman being led by a person who looked like a palace maid, followed by an escort.
The woman was wearing a freshwater blue dress, which looked particularly elegant on such a summer day, making people feel comfortable to look at. She was obviously very familiar with this place, and when she arrived at the door, she smiled at the two palace guards, which was considered a courtesy.
The two guards looked surprised. "Yiyi girl, I haven't seen you here for a long time!"
"Master Zhu ordered me to pick up the girl today. "The palace maid who led the way.
The guards got out of the way, and Rong Yiyi and the three walked in. The palace maid looked back and smiled: "It seems that Miss Yiyi hasn't been here for so long, and everyone misses it very much." Master Zhu must really miss the girl, and he will definitely ask me to invite the girl over today. β
Yiyi smiled silently. But when the two of them went to the front yard, they learned that Suzaku had just gone out again.
"Lord Zhu seems to be very busy these days, and he is often not in the house. That's what Fu Ding said.
"Adults are always busy, but since I have invited the girl here, I think I will be back soon. The palace maid said widely, "It's inconvenient for me to go in, so the girl will go inside and wait for Lord Zhu?"
Yiyi nodded. "It's a lot of work. β
Now that they arrived at the mansion, the bodyguards then retreated. Yiyi walked inside alone and sat down in his room.
But why is it still so quiet? Although Suzaku is not there, but how can he not hear the sound of the piano that is common in this house? The two good sisters who have always been together in the past are not and are not there?
Thinking about it, she looked up and asked the maidservant girl next to her, "Is okra and Qianshan in the room?"
"Miss Qiu--she should be there, but Miss Lou has been away from the house for a few days. The handmaid replied.
"Qianshan is gone?" Yiyi was a little puzzled, but she didn't ask much, got up and went to the okra room to find her.
But there was no one in the okra room. Yiyi turned around, but didn't find it, until he occasionally looked at the back garden of Fuzhong, and was taken aback.
In her memory, she really had never seen such a scene. After the rain, a beam of light through the clouds hit the pond water, the lotus leaves opened a full pool, full as if to jump out, as if there was no shadow moving with the wind, the whole pool with a kind of summer unique flickering light and dark, coupled with the proud lotus that leads the neck high, often people can't tell whether the eyes are moving in the eyes of the lotus admirer or the lotus leaf itself.
"Okra?" she called out softly. It was only in the midst of the flowers and leaves that someone moved, and stood up from the opposite side of the pool, like a lotus suddenly rising above the water. Yiyi was sure that she was indeed here, and with a happy face, she walked around the pool towards her.
Maybe it was because she hadn't been here for too long, and she hadn't noticed how the pond could bloom so much of a lotusβit didn't seem to have been last summer. Some people say that the Suzaku was later transplanted here. Now that the flowers are in full bloom, he prefers to be very busy, I wonder if he is so busy that he can't care about lingering on the flowers?
"Yiyi, why are you here?" the figure on the other side moved, and it was already close to the front.
"Well, Master Zhu sent someone to call me. Yiyi smiled, "Otherwise, where would I dare to come." Are you okay these days?"
"I'm fine, it's just...... Chisugi still went out. Okra sighed softly.
"I've heard it. Where did she go?" Yiyi looked a little worried, "She's not all injured yet?"
"I'm fine. She went back to Heizhu and took a task and went outβI tried to persuade her not to go, but she only said that she had nothing to fear anyway, and told me to leave her alone. β
Okra said, pausing for a moment and pulling her to sit down and talk.
"Although Qianshan hasn't been gone for long, it's ...... I'm still a little lonely here. It's good that you come, I just hope that Dad can keep you here this time. β
"I'm worried about you. Yiyi sat down with her, "I haven't known about you for so long, and I don't dare to inquire." However, since Master Zhu called me here, I guess he won't be angry with you, right?
"Sort of...... Okra's expression was still a little uncertain, as if there was still something hanging in the balance.
Yiyi naturally understands. She was silent for a moment, bringing up the subject she knew it was best not to bring up.
"Jun Li Dao is long him...... "You shouldn't mention it, but you can't ask it.
Okra didn't say anything, just lowered her eyes and nodded.
Yiyi didn't say anything more about the matter. She believed that Jun Li must not be a person who does not keep his word, can she comfort okra and change the facts at this moment? There was a trace of conjecture, maybe it was Jun Li's return that made Suzaku feel better, reconciled with okra as before, and even re-summoned him with no longer dislike and snubbed himself, but it turned out that it was not the case.
"I heard that Lord Zhu has been busy lately?" she changed the subject, "Is something going on?"
"It also seems to have something to do with the Black Bamboo Club. Okra also took up the topic, "It has something to do with the person Qianshan went to assassinate this time." Ever since the leader of the Black Bamboo Society changed, my father had often discussed something with this man, and I saw that he was sometimes not in a good mood, and perhaps he was in some trouble, but he didn't want to tell me. β
As she spoke, she raised her eyes and saw that Yiyi's expression was a little dazed, and she smiled in her heart. Yiyi has never known about these things but doesn't know why, and when she tells her that the leader of the Black Bamboo Club is changing, she may not feel anything, and she doesn't have to tell her who Yi has become. At the moment, he only said: "But since he called you, I think he will come back in a while, so you can ask him when the time comes." β
"I don't dare ask. Yiyi smiled, and the words just fell, but she heard someone outside shouting "Autumn Girl", and she couldn't find anyone for a while.
"I'll take a look. Okra said and got up to the entrance of the back garden, and her voice was slightly raised, "What's the matter?"
A palace guard hurriedly stepped forward: "Miss Qiu, Lord Mo lost outside and said that he had something important to see." β
"Mo Lost?" Okra frowned, "My dad is not here, you asked him to come back another day." β
"Lord Mo Shi said, I don't want to see Lord Zhu, but I want to see Miss Qiu have something. "We also think it's a little inappropriate, it's just that he's ...... It's just that he said that there was an urgent matter, and we didn't know how to deal with it, so we had to come to ask the girl. β
"Looking for me?" Okra's eyes moved slightly, as if he was hesitating. "Well, then, I will go to him and see what he has to say. You tell him to wait in the antechamber. β
The palace guard was ordered to go, and Yiyi had already stepped forward, "Is it Lord Mo from the prince's side?"
Okra turned around: "Hmm." β
"It's better to be cautious. I feel that the prince's side has always had bad intentions towards Lord Zhu, do you want to wait until Lord Zhu comes back?"
Okra shook her head. "Since you're looking for me, I'm going. I already feel that the things that my father and others have been discussing these days are somewhat related to the prince's side, and now if I can know a thing or two from Mo Lost, it can be regarded as an opportunity. Don't worry, I'll guard against him - this is Suzaku Mansion, forgive him for not daring to mess around. β
Yiyi had to nod and let her go.
Mo Shi only stood in the doorway, and actually declined the invitation to enter the front hall. Since the last time he was "invited" by Suzaku to remove the poison of the Phantom Gu for Jun Li, it was the first time he had stepped into this place again.
Okra only got to see him in front of the door. "What's the point of losing your predecessors?" she hadn't forgotten his cunning last time, and she didn't dare to take it lightly, and she had already spoken after leaving the door.
As soon as Mo lost saw her, he smiled. "The okra girl is too polite, just call her senior brother, how dare you call her senior. β
Okra frowned. "What about your so-called urgency?"
"It's a bit of a rush - there's an invitation. As he spoke, he reached into his placket and pulled out a letter.
"Invite me?" Okra didn't dare to take it. Mo didn't know what she was thinking, and said, "Senior Sister Qiu doesn't have to be careful. Senior sister should also know, we are three Chinese people, a small meeting in five years, a conference in ten years, and this year it is time for the conference again. As far as I know, there is no one else, it's time to take the senior sister as the leader, this time, you can't help but go. β
"The invitation of the 'Three Branches' Society?" Okra was slightly surprised, but then snorted, "My master said a long time ago that there is no need to go to this meeting at all, just because you Phantom Realm has relied on your own momentum to grow, and you have long thought that you are the head of the three branches, relying on a little poisonous skill, and there are not a few people who do evil in the rivers and lakes." She is ashamed to be with you, and if she were alive, she would not go, and I have no intention of dealing with you. β
She doesn't like to beat around the bush, these words are half faceless, even if Mo is a joy and anger, but there is also a little face that can't be erased, and she snorted: "Senior Sister Qiu's words are sharp, Senior Brother is willing to bow down, it's just that the meeting of the three branches, it's not good if any one is missing." This time, the people of the 'Langshan faction' will also come, if the only 'Lingyin Gate' is missing, I'm afraid it will ...... The inheritance of the three branches is greatly detrimental. β
"This has been initiated by your 'Illusory Realm' for the last few times, and you just brag and sing about yourself, and you still want others to cheer you on?" Okra sneered, "If it's just this - I'm not interested, please go back." She said that she would no longer call him a senior, nor would she call him a senior brother, and turned around and left.
"Doesn't Senior Sister Qiu want to take this opportunity to find the lost piano score of the Lingyin Gate?" Mo Yu sneered behind him, "As far as I know, Senior Sister Qiu should be worried about this, right?"
Okra paused. "Who told you I was looking for sheet music?" she blurted out as soon as she turned around.
She may not have been so breathless in the first place, butβshe only remembered that she should have told Jun Li about this. Could it be that he has seen Jun Li? Could it be that he has news of Jun Li?
If she thought about it again, of course she knew that even if Jun Li met him, how could she tell him about it. However, at this moment, I was so excited that I asked like this.
"Hehe, Senior Sister Qiu, didn't I say that the people from the 'Yan Shan Sect' will also come-Senior Sister Lou, I have already met her, and I have given her the invitation. She brought it up. She seems to be very concerned about Senior Sister Qiu's affairs. β
Mo Shi's words were only half-truths - this matter was indeed told to him by Lou Qianshan, but of course it was said during the previous exchange of news, and at this moment, Lou Qianshan was no longer in Beijing, where could he meet her again.
Okra suddenly realized in her heart. Yes, Lou Qianshan also knows, and Suzaku also knows. I actually mentioned it to them, but why was it that in a moment, there was only one Jun Li in my mind?
"Qianshan is going too?" her tone seemed to have changed.
"Naturally. β
"But I ......," Okra paused. "As you can see, I can't leave here. β
"How could it be? Senior Sister Qiu talked to Master Zhu about it, and he would always agree. β
Seeing her hesitation, Mo Lost reached out and handed the invitation to her. "The details of this meeting, there are clear words in the letter, and the junior sister will take it back first. Although there is still some time, the place is not close, so if you want to participate, it is better to leave early. If Senior Sister Qiu is really interested in the affairs of the teacher, I believe that she will not miss this opportunity. β
Okra stretched out her hand to take the envelope, and suddenly a cold atmosphere struck the air, as if some force came out of thin air, and swept straight between the hands of the two of them, who were not close to each other.
"Daddy......" Okra said softly. In the blink of an eye, the letter was already in the hands of another person.
--In the hands of Suzaku who returned at dusk.