Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 108

In the early morning of the next day, Su Xi remembered going back to Su's other courtyard to pick up books, so she got up early.

Ting Li helped her get dressed, she was startled when she heard the sound of swords clashing in the yard, and asked, "What are you doing outside?"

Ting Li sprinkled the foundation on her waist with a golden belt, listened carefully, and said: "Ms. Hui, I heard that Sister Yan is competing with Li Shiwei."

Su Xi walked to the window and looked, and sure enough, she saw two figures standing in the courtyard.It's not Ting Yan's turn to be on duty today, Ting Yan is holding a long sword in his hand and is fighting Li Hong.Her martial arts was taught by the chief steward of the general's mansion back then. Since her grandfather passed away, the chief steward voluntarily stayed in Wu County to guard his grandfather's spirit.Ting Yan respected this master quite a lot, but now that she was far away, it was inconvenient for her to ask him for martial arts lessons, so she bowed her head to Li Hong and begged him to teach her martial arts.

Ever since the incident with Second Master Wei Xun, Ting Yan has been blaming herself, thinking that she did not protect Su Xi well.

As soon as she calmed down a few days ago, she made up her mind to improve her martial arts and prevent anyone from hurting Su Xi again.Except for the time when she is on duty, she will find a quiet corner to practice martial arts and swords, diligent and serious.

Right now Li Hong is standing opposite her, wearing a green shirt, holding a wooden stick to challenge her.Li Hong is worthy of being Wei Yan's bodyguard, his martial arts are superb, he can deal with Tingyan with ease, and occasionally he will give her a word or two.After more than twenty strokes, Ting Yan cut off Li Hongli's stick with a single sword.

Li Hong nodded and said: "That's right, ten strokes improved compared to yesterday."

Su Xi looked at these two people, and was about to call Ting Yan into the house to rest for a while, when she heard a voice from behind: "My lord, I will wait for you to wash your face."

Wei Feng also just woke up, yesterday he stayed in the study until midnight, and went back to sleep for a while when it was almost dawn.He was standing in front of the red sandalwood elevated washbasin, and Xuezhu was waiting for him to wash with a wrung wet towel.He was obviously still a little tired, he squeezed the space between his brows, took the scarf from Xuezhu's hand and said, "I'll do it myself."

Seeing this, Xue Zhu asked with concern: "Did Shizi not rest yesterday?"

Wei Yan let out a slow "huh".Then she took the fine salt and mint tea from Xueqing's hand, rinsed her mouth, and became more awake.

I don't know if that "uh" was in response to Xue Zhu's question, or just because of a headache.

Xue Zhu said: "There is a kind of tea in my servant's hometown. After drinking it, it can relieve headaches. After a while, I will make a cup for my son after breakfast."

Wei Yan asked, "What tea?"

Xuezhu then said, "It's short-tongued chrysanthemum tea. After drinking it, it can not only relieve headaches, but also improve hearing and eyesight. It's also good for the body..."

After Xuezhu over there finished speaking, seeing that Wei Feng didn't respond, she made up her mind and said, "Maidservant, make a cup for the son?"

Wei Feng nodded, "Alright."

The little girl by the window turned around, Su Xi looked at Wei Feng, her pink lips were slightly pursed, she was still talking to Ting Li just now, and suddenly fell silent.She looked away, walked outside to eat without a word, and after eating, she said to Wei Feng: "I can go to another hospital by myself, you don't have to accompany me. The road is not far anyway, I will soon Will be back."

Wei Yan still said the same thing, "I'll accompany you."

Su Xi couldn't reason with him, so he had to let him go.Not long after, Xue Zhu came in with a small ink-colored clock, put it in front of Wei Feng, and said, "My lord, please drink tea."

Su Xi looked at this scene and never cared about it before, but now she casually asked, "Why didn't I?"

Xuezhu was stunned. After all, it was the big maid next to Wei Yan. She quickly returned to normal and explained, "Mrs. Hui, this is tea for the son to soothe his headache. I don't know that you also have a headache, so I'm going to make it for you too." Make a cup."

Su Xi took a sip of Tremella Pear Soup, nodded and said, "Okay."

Xue Zhu was about to go down.But Wei Yan said no need, put the small bell in front of him in front of Su Xi, raised his hand, wiped the soup stains around her mouth with his thumb, and said in his words: "I'll give you a drink. How can I I wonder if you still have a headache?"

Su Xi ignored him, and silently finished the tremella and pear soup in front of her, thinking that drinking tea must give you a headache?She doesn't have a headache.

Of course, no one drank the last short-tongue chrysanthemum tea.

There is no one living in the other courtyard of the Su family, only a steward Zhu is there.When Manager Zhu saw Su Xi, he hurriedly welcomed her in.

Su Xi went to Hanyuxuan to pick out a few piano scores and copybooks, and they didn't stay long, so they went back with Wei Wei.

On the way, she lowered her head and flipped through the piano score, paying no attention to Wei Yan beside her, seemingly serious, but her mind had already been distracted.

Su Xi was thinking about what happened this morning.She didn't know if she was too narrow-minded. It should be a matter of course for a maid to serve her master, but once Xue Zhu got close to Wei Feng, she felt uncomfortable all over.It's not like I didn't feel this way before. The two big maids of Yunjinzhai, Xueqing and Xuezhu, were close to Wei Wei. How close they are, not to mention changing clothes, they can even take a bath by the side. standing.

Of course Wei Yan didn't let them stand, but when Su Xi thought that someone could get so close to him, she felt very uncomfortable.

She pursed her lips, and said "I'm not happy" brightly on her small face, which was hard to ignore.Wei Yan smiled, but didn't speak, and saw her tangled up there by herself, she looked cute and playful.Finally, when he was about to reach the other courtyard, he supported her waist, put her on his lap, and said, "Why are you thinking so preoccupied?"

Su Xi looked at him, wanted to ask something, but finally held back.

Tingli found out when she first married into Prince Jin's mansion.Xueqing and Xuezhu have been in the mansion for more than ten years, and have been serving Wei Feng since they were seven or eight years old.Xueqing was the daughter of the former concubine Xue's dowry mother, who was kind to Xue and had a lot of affection; Xuezhu was rescued by Wei Feng from outside. At that time, Xuezhu's family was poor and fell into poverty In heavy snow, she was abandoned by her parents in the wilderness.It just so happened that Wei Yan passed by there, rescued her, and made her a personal maid.

With such a relationship, Su Xi was not sure that Wei Yan would send the two of them away for her own sake.

Besides, the two of them didn't make a big mistake, so it would only seem unreasonable to make such a request rashly.

Su Xi pursed her lips, and finally said, "It's nothing."

She got off his lap, sat back, and continued to look at her piano score with her head down.

Wei Shizi's arms were empty, and he hadn't hugged her delicate body properly for several days.He probably knew what she was thinking, usually she never drank tea in the morning, but this morning she complained for the first time that Xuezhu didn't serve her tea.So obvious displeasure, still say nothing?He crossed his legs, stretched out his long arms, and pulled out the music score in her hand, "Youyou, I want to hear the truth."

His arm is long, even if Su Xi reacted in time, it was too late to take it back.She wondered, "What's the truth?"

Seeing her pretending to be stupid, Wei Yan raised his eyebrows, flipped through the piano score in his hand, and said slowly: "This is Mr. Fan's work? "Phoenix Introduction"...has been lost for several years. The world only knows that Mr. Fan wrote it. I wrote "Phoenix Yin", but I don't know that he wrote another song "Shuang Luan Ming" in his life, which is a bit more mature and free and easy than "Phoenix Yin", and that is the real creation of the famous song."

Su Xi's eyes lit up, and she looked at Wei Feng anxiously, waiting for him to continue.

Wei Yan bent his lips indiscriminately, and said, "A few years ago, I saw "Shuang Luan Ming" at a friend's house. If you want to read it, I will borrow it in a few days..."

"I want to read it." Su Xi nodded repeatedly, and at this moment, all her anger disappeared, which shows how tempting the piano score is to her.

Seeing her agreeing so quickly, Wei Yan felt rather apprehensive.He coaxed her for so many days, but she still didn't let go. Now it's just a broken piano score that makes her bow her head easily. Could it be that the piano score is more important than him?He put his arms on his knees, turned to look at her, and said with a smile: "You can see it if you want, tell me what you were thinking just now."

Su Xi: "..."

This old, treacherous and cunning fox made such a big circle just to trick her.

He cares so much, he cares about everything he thinks, can't she have a little secret?
Su Xi pouted, and was about to tell him what she thought about Xueqing and Xuezhu, when the carriage stopped suddenly, and she lost her balance and threw herself into Wei Wei's arms.At this time, before arriving at the other courtyard of the Prince Jin's Mansion, Wei Feng put his arm around her slender waist, raised the curtain with the other, and asked, "Why did you stop?"

The coachman turned around and explained: "My lord, the carriage of Prince Yu's Mansion is blocking the front."

It turns out that the other courtyard of King Jin's Mansion is adjacent to the other courtyard of King Yu's Mansion, and every time you go up and down the mountain, you have to pass through the other courtyard of King Yu's Mansion.This road is not wide and can only accommodate a carriage. Now that the carriage of Prince Yu's Mansion is parked in front, they naturally cannot pass.

When they came a while ago, there were no people living in the other courtyard of Prince Yu's Mansion, but today it suddenly became lively.

Prince Yu's son Wei Yuan helped Fu Yi get off the carriage, followed by two beautiful women, one in blue and one in green, they were Wei Yuan's concubine Bai Shi and Chang Shi.After hearing what the servant said, Wei Yuan walked to the back, met Wei Feng's gaze, and said with a smile: "Tingzhou, when did you come to another courtyard? You will enjoy it, the emperor entrusted you with such a serious case , you hid here to be lazy."

Wei Yan lowered the curtain a little, just covering Su Xi's delicate face.He smiled implicitly and said: "My wife is ill, I will take her here to recuperate for a few days."

Even so, Wei Yuan still saw Su Xi.

That startling glance was like the surprise under the peach blossom tree back then.Even though many years have passed, he occasionally still thinks of the peach tree in the orchard, and the little girl who was strolling leisurely under the tree wearing a white butterfly and a flowered horse skirt.

Wei Yuan straightened his face, and said: "I don't know what's wrong with my brother and sister? I heard that my brother and sister were sisters with A Yi when they were not married. It happens that the two families are close to each other, so it may be helpful for my brother and sister to come to talk to A Yi often to relieve their boredom. recovery from illness."

Wei Yan remained motionless, and declined politely: "The doctor said that my wife's illness needs rest, so I won't bother my wife."

Over there, Fu Yi and the two concubines came over to greet Wei Feng.Wei Wei never let Su Xi come down, and when he was about to leave, Wei Yuan said, "I just have a question I want to ask about that incident ten years ago, I wonder if Ting Zhou can get off the carriage and talk to me back home? "

Wei Yan turned to look at him, pondered for a moment, and nodded in response.

This place is not far from the other courtyard of Prince Jin's Mansion. He ordered the coachman to take Su Xi back to the other courtyard, and said a few words to Su Xi before getting out of the carriage.

Not long after, Su Xi returned to the other courtyard.She and Wei Wei lived in Yanzhi Courtyard in the south. There were not many maids in the courtyard, and most of them were brought from the Prince Jin's Mansion.When they went out, they said they would come back at noon, but now it was an hour earlier, which was beyond the expectations of the maids, so Long Chun hurriedly brought hot tea. "Ma'am drink tea."

Su Xi wasn't thirsty, maybe she got up too early in the morning and wanted to go back to the room and lie down for a while.

Walking past the floor-to-ceiling cover and entering the inner room, I saw a shadowy person standing by the head of the bed.She walked around the screen, and saw Xuezhu holding a sky blue brocade robe with embroidered gold persimmon stalk pattern in her hand, which was exactly the one Wei Yan wore yesterday.Xue Zhu had a needle and thread whirling in her hand, apparently she just finished her needlework, and she was staring at the cuff of the brocade robe at the moment.

It was also Su Xi who had good eyesight. Looking at the sunlight outside the window, she could clearly see a green bamboo leaf embroidered on the cuff of her clothes.

Next to the leaf is a snowflake embroidered with silver thread.

Su Xi recalled that these two things were not on Wei Yan's clothes before.

Snowflakes and Bamboo Leaves—

Isn't it "Snow Bamboo".

(End of this chapter)