Yijuan cloud

Chapter 52 Unique Favor
Wen Jin shook his head with a smile, walked to the Eight Immortals table and sat down. He poured two cups of tea and pushed one to me. Fang took a sip from the tea bowl and said calmly: "You still want to go back to Beijing? I'm afraid it will be difficult. If the prince doesn’t go back, how can we go back?”

Seeing that she was in no hurry to leave, even though I was full of worries, I still sat down and drank tea with her, and said calmly: "Since the princess has said that she wants me to go back to Beijing, it has been decided that she will write a letter to the prince or send someone to the capital." When someone comes to call you, you don’t just leave immediately.”

"At this time and that time, you have always been smart. Don't you understand this? At that time, the prince was seriously injured and in a coma. The princess had the final say in everything. Even if she took you back to Beijing at that time, another maid would be replaced. The prince will not pursue the case after he recovers from his injury, but it is fine now. If I specifically want you to go back as a maid, let alone talk about whether to ventilate with your young lady. It will also arouse the prince's suspicion for no reason. Anything that makes the prince suspicious or displeased will be done. Our princess will never do it.”

Thinking back to the day when Mrs. Xu stayed with Prince Yi all night, her eyes turned red, and she didn't forget to come to my room to lecture me at dawn, which is also impressive.

I took the tea bowl, gently scraped it with the lid, and said: "The princess treats the prince with deep affection, but not everyone is a concubine and Li Ji, who can easily captivate the minds of men in the world, not to mention that the prince is not obsessed with women. People who are lustful don’t need to fight with grass and trees.”

Wen Jin glanced at me, lowered his eyes, smiled and said nothing.

After drinking tea for a while, he said: "To be honest, we can rest assured in the future. Xianggui is the princess's eyes, and she wants to be the master. I don't want the prince to say a word to anyone, she is gone." , we can be more comfortable."

The next day was another sunny day.

Wen Jin and I both guessed that the prince had been recovering from his injury for a while, and after being bored for so long, he couldn't bear to go out.

But until noon, there was no intention to go out.

The study was quiet, with incense burning in the large cauldron with intricate gold carvings, and the smoke seemed to be absent. The prince was leaning on the couch and concentrating on reading, while I stood aside to serve tea and pen and ink.

Wen Jin brought some snacks over and quietly stepped back. As the curtain opened and closed, a wisp of cool breeze came in.

The windows were newly replaced with plain paper a few days ago, letting in the blue-white skylight. They were bright and dense, and not even a breath of wind could get through.It was already very cold outside, but it seemed even more warm and fragrant inside.

When the cool breeze dissipated, Prince Yi put down his book and calmly took out a slender box from his sleeve and said, "I shot your hosta last time. Even though it was for a reason, I still have to compensate you." Zhuqing went to buy it, take a look, what is Zhuqing's taste like?"

Under the cuffs embroidered with azure silk, Prince Yi's hands are fair and slender, holding on to the small box painted with gold.There was no smile on his face, but there was a smile in his eyes, as gentle and gentle as the faint moonlight.

He had already handed it over, and I couldn't accept it. I couldn't accept it either. I had to kneel down and whisper: "This slave should thank the prince for redressing my grievances. The hosta is not worth anything. How can I dare to ask the prince to compensate?"

He sighed, stood up and helped me up, and said: "When there are only two of us, don't always be a slave and a slave. After all, this is a life-long friendship, and it can be called a friend, right? This hairpin is, firstly, for everyone. Secondly, I did not set up an arrow just to redress your grievances that day. I deeply hate people who bully women, but because I have no proof, I designed to deceive the truth, so as to serve as a warning to others. Zhuqing chose the three difficulties. Pick again, this is the first time you buy something from a woman, you have to accept it."

The tone was so calm and kind that I had no choice but to take the box and whisper, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Prince Yi chuckled lightly, and suddenly heard footsteps outside, but no one came in. He only heard Zhong Ming's voice, saying that a visitor was coming.

On weekdays, when Prince Yi meets guests, he is always invited out, so we have some free time.

I put it away in the study, came out, and walked back along the corridor. The small box in my hand under my sleeve was already warm.

I was walking quietly when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and saw Linghua looking at me with a smile, so I patted my chest and said, "You scared me."

She smiled and said, "What are you thinking about? I've been with you for a long time."

I said, "What can you think of? You walk quietly, and there are no eyes behind me."

Linghua pulled me back and said, "If you're okay, let's go sit in the yard. Since you've been waiting for the king, you can't even see me face to face."

In a secluded corner, there is a pond, with a group of goldfish often gathering in the water.

Linghua and I sat on the rocks, chatting and feeding the fish.

Since there were very few people around here, we got carried away chatting. As we were chatting and laughing, Linghua suddenly fell silent and stood up in a hurry.

I looked back and saw that Prince Yi had arrived, and he stood up.

Prince Yi walked to the pond, looked at the green water under the shade of the trees, and said calmly: "Are you feeding the fish?"

Linghua and I hurriedly responded.

Because Linghua didn't live here and only came here occasionally when she was on errands. She was afraid that the prince would scold her for running around, so she whispered: "I have errands to do, please leave first."

Prince Yi said softly, "Yes", and Linghua left in a hurry. I was about to bow and leave, but I heard Prince Yi turn around and say, "Wait a moment."

I was startled and said, "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

As soon as Linghua turned around, the corridor became empty. I glanced around with my peripheral vision, feeling a little panicked.

Prince Yi reached out to pick up the fish food in the bamboo basket and threw it into the water. The red, black, white and flowery goldfish crowded together and swallowed it with wide mouths.

At this moment, fish from other places also gathered here, and suddenly there was a loud slurping sound all around, and the churning of the plump and crowded fish was even more frightening.

Prince Yi threw the fish food into the water and said casually: "No wonder people like to feed fish. Look at them, how happy they are to eat."

I also stared at the fish in the water, calmed down for a while, and then said, "I don't like feeding fish. Goldfish don't know how to eat and are greedy. The way they eat is too vicious."

Prince Yi chuckled lightly and continued to feed the fish seriously, as if he was enjoying it. He said: "The fish eat only because people keep feeding them for the fun of feeding them. How much more can people go to see Shu, let alone goldfish? So? Ah, I said there is no difference between a human and a goldfish.”

I thought to myself: Prince Yi has a lazy and slow temperament, and he can be said to be content and always happy. He is a wandering cloud and a wild crane. I think he doesn't like people with too many desires, so he agrees with me.Then he laughed and said, "I don't want to be a goldfish. Goldfish are really scary."

He turned back to me and laughed a few times, took a handkerchief and wiped his hands carefully. Without looking at me, he just said casually: "Let's play the piano with me." After that, he walked forward on his own.

Zhong Ming came out from the end of the corridor.

Prince Yi ordered: "Go and get the harp and place it under the pavilion."

Zhong Ming responded and hurried over to prepare.

Prince Yi walked in front with his hands behind his back.

He wears a tall green jade ring on his right thumb, which is green and translucent, making his fingers white and slender, with distinct knuckles.

He clasped his hands together and tapped the back of his left hand with his right index finger.

I followed him closely, watching his fingers rise and fall like a blade of grass in the wind.

Under the pavilion, a piano has been placed.

Zhong Ming stood quietly outside the pavilion.

I boiled tea on the tea stove and waited for Prince Yi to have refreshments when he took a rest.

Just listening to the sound of "Zheng", the sound of the piano seemed to echo from the open valley, flowing slowly, as if suddenly being placed among the mountains and flowing water.

But seeing the empty mountain temple, the bright moon, the clear breeze, and the late ringing of the bells, I gradually came to the home of Xiaoqiaoliushui, the Jiangnan water town, the fields of lotus leaves and lotus, and the boating stream, and finally fell asleep in the dead of night...

This is "Feng Qiu Huang" written by Sima Xiangru of the former dynasty.

There is a beautiful woman who will never forget.

I don’t see you in a day, thinking like crazy.

Feng Fei soars, seeking phoenix from all corners of the world.

Helpless ladies, not in the East Wall.

Talk about the Qin on behalf of the heart, and talk about it.

When to see Xu Xi, comfort me to hesitate.

Wish to match virtue, hand in hand.

Don’t fly, make me perish.

……

The melody is indescribably beautiful and graceful.I didn't expect that the prince is so good at playing the piano. It's a pity that there is only an osmanthus tree next to the pavilion, the kingfisher on the tree, and Zhong Ming and I. If Xu heard this music, it would be like this Intoxicated.

Alas, what a pity.

At night, after Prince Yi went to bed, Wen Jin and I went back to the room.

She and Zhu Qing spent most of the day busy counting the tribute items from various places, and they were finished by dinner time.

On the way, she lightly beat her shoulders and said: "Everything that was delivered is of good quality. The clothes and items that the prince gave to the slave are also good. I have asked someone to put your things in your house. You go back." Look, there are also large woolen and satin clothes."

I said: "No wonder I heard the little maids talking happily."

Wen Jin let out a long breath and said, "Did the prince play the piano in the afternoon? Zhu Qing and I were in the warehouse and heard it from a distance. Zhu Qing said that in the past, the prince loved the piano very much, but this was the first time in the past two years that he played the piano. He's playing the piano. What a coincidence, I haven't seen the prince playing the piano yet."

After we went back to the house, we lit the lamp and saw the things on the table. I didn't look through it, but took out the small box from my sleeve. As soon as I opened it, I only took a quick look at it. It was a hairpin with a diamond in it. With a round white pearl hairpin, I heard a gentle knock on the door, and I hurriedly stuffed the box into the clothes on the table.

When I opened the door, it was Zhong Ming. When he saw me, he handed me a package and whispered: "This is for the prince to reward the girl alone. There is nothing else in it, but the Dendrobium lucidum is really rare. The girl uses it first, and then buys it from the Persians when she is finished.”

I hurriedly said: "This is impossible, I can't want it."

He stuffed it into my arms and said, "Girl, please keep it and make it easier for me to work with you." Before he finished speaking, he had already turned around and left.

I couldn't chase him out, so I had to carry the package back to the room.

Leaning against the door, I thought carefully about the events of the past two days.

I don't like to be in debt to others, and I don't want people to feel that they are indebted to me. If the prince of Italy treats me so differently because of my life-saving grace, it will make it difficult for me to be a human being. I have to make him feel that I have repaid the kindness.

(End of this chapter)