Chapter 21: Portraits
The jade pendant that Yuefeng gave me, after calling him in Kunlun that day, I have been keeping it in a small bag close to me, but after I saw a similar jade pendant at the Xuannu, I remembered that I hadn't returned this jade pendant to him.
On the second day, I got up early in the morning and deliberately rushed him to the Drinking Ice Palace to find him when he was off duty. The furnishings in the ice palace are the same as when I first came, the cinnamon in the courtyard is green and cloudy, when I walked into the main hall, I happened to meet the moon wind looking at a painting, he was fascinated, and did not find my breath, I walked forward from behind him, and took a look, the reef was painted very well, the woman on the painting was not colored, standing under the moonlight by the sea, although not the woman's appearance, but I could also guess that the face must be overwhelming.
When I stepped forward, he found out that I was coming, but he was not annoyed, poured me a cup of tea, and told me to sit down at will. I asked him curiously, who was the woman in the painting, and he only raised an eyebrow and didn't answer me.
I have long been accustomed to the way he treats me like this, so I found the purple jade pendant from the small bag I carried, put it in front of him, and said Thank you, now the thing is returned to its original owner.
He looked at the jade pendant, and did not take it, but carefully closed the scroll in his hand, and put it in the painting tube, and the sun rose, and the hall was much brightened by the sun for a while, and he walked into the courtyard in a very good mood, and I followed. There is a large waterhole in the courtyard of his drinking ice palace, which is placed with rockeries of different shapes, I took a closer look, and found that a few small fish in this waterhole have disappeared, didn't he tell me that he has been raising this small fish for hundreds of years?
I asked him where these little fish had gone, and he looked at the pool and said, "Actually, those little fish I found from the underworld, they are not fish at all, they are just the souls of an old man." "The soul of the deceased has turned into a fish, is the five-colored fish that I ate before really some of his relatives and friends?
I lowered my head guiltily, and he looked at my self-blame and said with a smile: "I don't care about you anymore, don't blame yourself, it's my wishful thinking, and it's okay now." ”
I used to think that he was very stingy, didn't he just eat a fish from him, and slandered him for a long time. I asked, "Are those little fish the ones you painted just now?"
He didn't want me to say a word, so he nodded, and then shook his head, whether it was or not, he asked, "Did you come to my palace today just to return the jade pendant?"
I actually wanted to ask about the Xuannu, so I asked, "Are you friends with the Xuannu?"
He thought for a moment and then said seriously, "I don't know Xuannu. ”
But I obviously saw that there was a jade pendant in the Xuannu, and when I opened my mouth, he interrupted me again: "That jade pendant is not a rare thing, since I gave it to you, you can keep it raw, in case you are imprisoned again one day, you will not be isolated." ”
I thought about it, Yuefeng is really a friend, not only saved me from danger, but also didn't care about the fact that I ate a small fish, if it were me, the soul that I had raised for so long would be ruined, I would have beaten that person well.
Yuefeng didn't know Xuannu, I thought it was even unexpected, I didn't look like Yuefeng was lying to me, I didn't want to ask more, I originally came to return his jade pendant, but now the jade pendant has not been returned, and I asked him for a cup of tea.
Today seems to everyone has nothing to do, when I returned to the Chonghua Palace, Rong He said with great interest, to paint a Danqing for me, ordered me to sit under the old plum tree, a sitting is two hours, when he finishes painting, my neck has been stiff and can't move, it doesn't matter if the neck can't move, the legs can move, I stiffened my neck and slowly walked to him, I want to see how he painted.
On this stone table, there was a row of various colors of pigments made of grinding ores, and although the woman painted in front of me in the white cloth looked very similar to me, I had never worn a white shirt or combed my hair in such a bun, so I was a little dissatisfied.
In the past, the peach forest was not near the water, and I didn't know what I looked like when I was more than a thousand years old, and then I lived in Yaochi for hundreds of years, but we Kunlun Immortals are few, and I have no concept of being good-looking, and then I met Rong He, I think it is not too much to use the words that praise men in the world on him. Before I realized that I was pleasing to him, I quietly thought that there would be no fairy in the Six Realms who could be worthy of Rong He, until I looked in the mirror one time! I quietly thought in my heart, although my cultivation is not very good, but if I only talk about my appearance, I am worthy of him.
After I found out about this, I began to think that it turned out that I was so good at eating in this Heavenly Palace, not only because of my immortal liveliness, but also because of my immortal liveliness, thinking about it, I actually felt a little frustrated.
Rong He was very satisfied with the portrait of me, he patiently dried the pen and ink, rolled up the painting, and put it in a red sandalwood carved brocade box, I looked at the box a little familiar, but I didn't think too much, just looked at his precious and important appearance, my heart was pounding.
I remembered that he had accepted the feather I had given him before, and I hadn't seen him wear the green hosta made of my feathers for a long time. When I asked him, he was a little hesitant, saying that that day under the Dongting Lake, it was my Ling Yu who saved him who was about to be martyred, I asked how that Chi You was sealed, but he didn't speak, I thought that if I only lost one Ling Yu could prevent Chi You from being born, and I could protect Rong He, it would be really profitable.
It can be seen that the queen mother did not lie to me, that Ling Yu is really a baby.
When we went out of the study, Zhiyu stood at the door carefully, her expression was cold, Rong He glanced at her when she passed by, she immediately looked at Rong He, and then tears suddenly wrapped in her eyes. Rong He didn't stay longer and left with me, but I didn't have a good taste.
I have never been a generous blue bird, I know Rong He and I know each other, and I want to marry a good life, but there is a woman in this Chonghua Hall who is in love with Rong He as much as I do, and her eyes can't deceive people.
Today's weather is very good, I told him a few days ago that my peach tree has grown up, he said that he wants to enjoy with me, today is empty, I went to the peach orchard with him, walking on the road, passing by the little fairy fairy fairy attendants have saluted, and left again, Rong He saw that I had nothing to say all the way, so he asked: "But the mood is not good." ”
I said, "Rong Hexian, do you really want Princess Zhiyu to be a maid in the Heavenly Palace all the time?"
Rong He said: "Since it was her own request, I never asked her to stay in the Heavenly Palace. So I ignored him, walked briskly, and distanced myself from him, and he caught up with me angrily and funny, and came to a stop in front of me, and forced me to look at him, and he said, "I don't like her, I only like you." ”
I turned my head away from him, but I still spoke: "Then why did you let her stay in the Chonghua Palace." ”
Seeing that I responded to him, he took my hand and walked side by side, he said: "I don't know what her intention is to come to the Heavenly Palace, it doesn't matter whether she is atoning for her sins or not, only by putting her under your nose can you grasp more initiative." ”
Talking, we arrived at the peach orchard, the branches of the old man of the peach tree do not know whether it is due to my half pot of wine, it is grown in just a few months, and Rong He planted these peach trees thousands of years ago is not much worse, but this summer season, the peach blossoms are grateful, the tree bears a small fruit, when the flowers bloom I am still in the Chonghua Hall to recuperate, Rong He also does not allow me to go out, the wrong flowering period is a pity, but not afraid, the immortal life is long, the coming day can always be expected.