Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 36

There is only one son in the world, named Wei Jichang, and this eldest prince refers to him.

Princess Shouchang is the aunt of several people, and today the princess celebrates her birthday, so it is only natural for these people to come to celebrate her birthday.

It's just a birthday celebration, so why come to Luhua Garden?
What a disappointment.Weng Master Wanping curled her lips in dissatisfaction, it must be her other cousin Wei Yuan's idea.Weng Lord Wanping knows her big cousin, who is unrestrained and uninhibited, likes to travel around mountains and rivers, and is a bit deviant, so he doesn't care if there are any female relatives in Luhua Garden, as long as he wants to see peony, he can do it. Must come.

Lord Wanping had no choice but to ask everyone to go to the Jinheyuan nearby.There is a pool of water lilies planted in the Golden Lotus Courtyard, which has not yet bloomed. There is an octagonal pavilion in the courtyard, which is quite elegantly arranged, but it is slightly inferior to the Luhua Garden.

A few girls heard that Prince Jin and Prince Yu were here, and they were lucky enough to meet the nobles in the palace. At that time, they couldn't sit still. A shy pink glow appeared on their cheeks, and their eyes looked out of the moon cave from time to time. Glance over.

Master Wanping was already upset because he was disturbed, and when he saw this, he said mercilessly: "If you are reluctant, you can go back now. I can't play without you."

Those people immediately blushed with embarrassment and lowered their heads.

Tang Wan quietly whispered in Su Xi's ear: "Princess Wanping really doesn't save face at all."

After Su Xi heard this, she only curled her long eyelashes, smiled slightly, and said nothing.

Seeing this scene, she remembered that Weng Lord Wanping had ridiculed her at that time.It was also here at that time, the heirs of the Jin Dynasty Wei Wei, the heirs of the Yu Prince Wei Yuan and the eldest prince Wei Jichang were outside, sitting next to Weng Lord Wanping, accidentally knocked over a cup of tea on the table, and the tea dripped onto Wanping. On Master Ping's skirt, Master Wan Ping suddenly became angry, stretched out his hands and pushed her to the ground forcefully, and even picked up a plate of peas on the table and poured them all on her.

Lord Wanping looked down at her with contempt: "Which family are you from? What else can you do besides eating? Look at your body, it's so fat that it's disgusting to look at. If you take this plate of peas I'll forgive you once the cake is eaten clean, how about it?"

Then, Wei Feng and the others heard the movement here, walked to the door and saw this scene.

That was the most embarrassing time for Su Xi, she wished she could slip through a crack in the ground.

Surrounded by half-grown girls, she was seen by several young men, not to mention that Wei Yan was the object of everyone's yearning.

Su Xi was also at the age when she was yearning for Shaoai, but after this time, she no longer had any other thoughts.

In the end, Su Xi naturally didn't eat the plate of pea cakes. Su Zhi came to find her and took her away from everyone.

Afterwards, Su Zhi didn't seem to have stepped into the princess mansion.

Su Xi lost her mind after thinking about it, until Tang Wan gently bumped her shoulder, and she came back to her senses: "Sister Tang, what's wrong?"

Tang Wandao: "What's more, I called you many times and you ignored it. The drumming and flower passing will start soon, why are you still in a daze?"

Su Xi said shyly, "I'm thinking about something."

Fortunately, Tang Wan didn't continue to ask her what she was thinking, and the order of drumming and passing flowers began.

Su Xi listened to the sound of the drum next to her, while thinking absently, now that she is no longer fat, Lord Wanping never showed that kind of contemptuous look in her eyes, on the contrary, she is still kind to her.This world really judges people by their appearance to the extreme.

In the first round of beating the drums to pass the flowers, the peony flowers fell into Tang Wan's hands, and everyone suggested that she compose an impromptu poem.

Tang Wan wrote a poem praising Peony, which was so-so and passable, so everyone reluctantly counted her as a pass.

It was Li Anyi's turn in the second round.Fu Yi asked Li Anyi a question.

Li Anyi begged: "Sister Yi, don't ask too difficult questions."

Fu Yi smiled slightly.Last time during the Shangyuan Festival, Su Xi stole the limelight. She and Yin Qiqi couldn't compare to her. Today, Fu Yi wanted to make a point. Although Li Anyi kept begging her to come up with a simpler one, she still said: "That's it, let's stop writing poems. I'll come up with something more interesting. Sister Yi, I'll give you a rope. I only let you hold the two ends of the rope, and you can't let go in the middle. How about you tie the rope with a knot?"

The maid handed Li Anyi a rope.Li Anyi said: "This question is too simple, sister Yi just wait."

As he spoke, he pinched the two ends of the rope confidently, and twisted and twisted it with both hands.Several times Li Anyi thought that she had succeeded, but who knew that there was not a single knot on the rope when she pulled it apart.

Li Anyi muttered: "What's going on? Why can't it work."

The other girls here also tried with the rope one after another, but no one could succeed.

Fu Yi smiled and said, "Sister Yi is willing to promise me something?"

Li Anyi gave up, and said convincingly: "Sister Yi, tell me, let me do something, as long as it's not too difficult."

Fu Yi didn't make things difficult for her either, she just told her to hop three times like a little rabbit.

After Li Anyi finished dancing, she was about to ask Fu Yi how the rope was tied, when Tang Wan said in surprise——

"Youyou, how did you tie the knot?"

All of a sudden it attracted everyone's attention.

Su Xi raised her head, her eyes were clear, and she was a little surprised herself.Seeing that everyone couldn't play it, she wanted to try it too. After trying a few methods to no avail, she suddenly had an idea in her mind. She put her arms around her body, held both ends of the rope, and opened her hands. , naturally tied into a knot.

After Su Xi explained this method, everyone suddenly realized: "That's right, why didn't I think of it."

Fu Yi looked at Su Xi with a complicated expression, and then said with a smile, "Cousin Xi is so smart, she can answer such strange questions."

Su Xi smiled and said nothing.

Fu Yi was saying that she "doesn't do a proper job" and only knows some heresy things. If Su Xi hadn't seen her true face, she really wouldn't be able to understand the meaning here.

On the contrary, Li Anyi praised Su Xi a few words uncharacteristically, and there was a hint of wanting to befriend Su Xi in his words.

Su Xi looked at her strangely.

Next it was the turn of Fu Yi, Wengzhu Wanping and Song Keqing. Some of the three answered the questions correctly, and some were punished.Seeing that it was getting late and it was time for lunch, everyone said they would play the last round. Coincidentally, when the last drumbeat stopped, the peony fell into Su Xi's hands.

The last question was rather tricky.Master Wanping asked: "Miss Su Jiu, just now we came out of the flower hall, how many months have we walked through the cave?"

Su Xi: "..."

The Princess Mansion occupies a vast area, and there are three or four courtyards in the backyard alone, not to mention how many moon gates there are.Su Xi didn't remember it at all, and naturally she couldn't answer it, so she naturally lost the question, and she had to promise Master Wanping something.

Seeing Su Xi's gloomy face, Mrs. Wanping couldn't help being happy, and said, "In that case, let's go back to the flower hall first. There is a peach courtyard in the backyard of Jinheyuan, and there are several altars of peach blossom wine buried under the tree. I won't tell you where. Miss Su Jiu went to find those jars of peach blossom wine, we'll drink that at noon today."

Saying that, she called a maid to lead Su Xi to the Peach Tree Courtyard at the back, while the rest of them went back to the Flower Hall.

As the name suggests, Taoyuan is full of peach trees.

At this time, the peach blossoms have not yet withered. As soon as you enter the courtyard, you will see clusters of peach blossoms in full bloom, and the courtyard is full of fragrance.

Su Xi followed the maid from the Princess Mansion into the yard, and roughly counted them. There were 120 peach trees in total, and peach blossom wine might be buried under each tree.This Weng Master Wanping really made things difficult for her on purpose. If she searched for tree by tree, she might not be able to find it even if she found the sun and sunset.

Su Xi asked the maid: "Do you know which tree the peach blossom wine is buried under?"

The maid shook her head.

Su Xi knew, even if she knew, she wouldn't tell herself.

Su Xi took a few steps under the peach tree, and the flowers above her head were colorful and the petals were falling.As soon as she raised her head, a petal fell on her eye, her eyelashes trembled, and the petal slid down her cheek.The scenery is beautiful, if it wasn't for other people waiting to drink peach blossom wine in the flower hall, she would like to hang around here for a while.

After taking another step, Su Xi looked at the peach blossom petals on the ground, suddenly her mind moved, she had an idea, and looked along the peach blossom trees one by one.

Su Xi is wearing a cherry-colored pair of blouses today, and underneath is an ivory-white butterfly skirt with patterned patterns. The butterflies on the skirt are lifelike and intricately embroidered. They are flapping their wings, following Su Xi through the peach trees. With a steady pace, the butterflies seemed to fly out of her skirt.

Seeing that Su Xi was surrounded by a group of flying butterflies, her pace was a little loose because she figured out how to solve the problem of Lord Wanping.She wore a pair of embroidered red satin shoes covered in gold and flowers on her feet. The toe of the shoes was adorned with two bright oriental pearls. Those little feet were small and cute, and they were faintly visible under the skirt, making people itch.

Taoyuan and Luhua Garden are next to each other, only separated by a wall.

Not far away was a pavilion built on a rockery. There were three people sitting in the pavilion. They were Jin Wang Shizi Wei Fen, Yu Wang Shizi Wei Yuan, and First Prince Wei Jichang who came to Luhua Garden to appreciate peonies.

Wei Ji often looked at it again and again, and felt that the little girl looked familiar. After thinking about it carefully, it turned out that she was the little girl who flew the kite at the Long'an Mountain Bieyuan in the western suburbs that day.

I didn't expect that after only seeing each other for two years, they would turn out so beautifully.If those eyes were not as clear and bright as before, Wei Jichang would never have recognized him.

Wei Jichang couldn't speak, and couldn't hear anyone's words, but he could read lips. When he saw Wei Yuan, he didn't blink his eyes, and said in his mouth, "Which family's girl is this?"

The peach trees are densely planted, one next to the other.As soon as Su Xi's sweet and beautiful little face was revealed, she walked under the next peach tree. Before people could see enough, she hid herself, hooked and hung people, and wished she could All the peach trees in front of me were cut down, so I could get a good look at her delicate face.

She finally stopped and stood under the last peach tree, and someone dug out a jar of peach blossom wine from under the tree.

Su Xi opened the mud seal on the jar, and lowered her head to smell it. The aroma of the wine came to her nostrils. She narrowed her eyes slightly, her small face showing a bit of intoxication.

It's a pity that only half of the face can be seen, not the whole picture.

Wei Yuan felt a little thirsty for no reason, took a big sip from the teacup on the black lacquered mother-of-pearl table, but it still didn't quench his thirst.

Wei Yuan was about to ask his servants to find out whose girl it was, when Wei Yan put down his teacup and said calmly: "I forgot to tell my cousin just now, Your Majesty asked me to tell you a word, the victims of Qingshui Mountain have died It's settled, and the rest of the registration and household registration needs to be resolved by the cousin within today."

Wei Yuan stood up abruptly, with a look of surprise on his face: "Why did you just tell me now?"

Wei Yan smiled apologetically, got up and said, "I forgot for a while, maybe there is still time for my cousin to go now."

Half a day has passed today.Wei Yuan couldn't care less about beauty at the moment, so he hurriedly put on his cloak, led his attendants down the rockery, and rushed towards Qingshui Mountain.

After Prince Yu's son left, there were only two people left in the octagonal pavilion.

The eldest prince Wei Ji often looked at Wei Feng, bent his lips thoughtfully and smiled, dipped his index finger into the tea in the cup, and wrote on the table: "Unexpectedly, Prince Wei still forgets things sometimes."

Wei Yan glanced at the words on the table, and said boldly, "Occasionally."

I'm afraid it's not accidental, but related to someone.Wei Jichang didn't expose him, and wrote slowly: "It's still early, how about playing a game of chess with me?"

"No, I have something else to do, let's go first." Wei Yan directly refused, with a calm expression on his face, without any guilt.

Before leaving, he glanced at the Taoyuan opposite, and there was no one there.

Wei Jichang smiled lightly, his smile was clear.

Su Xi came out of Taoyuan, and handed the peach blossom wine to the maid behind her to hold her, with a light smile on her face.

Just now she saw peach petals falling from the tree to the ground, and there was a thin layer of petals underneath, most of which were buried in the soil and rotted and melted together.If peach blossoms were buried under the tree, the petals would not rot so quickly, and there should be more petals than other trees.

Su Xi looked for it according to this method, and she found it.

It was still early, so she was not in a hurry, she walked slowly.Passing around a moon gate, he saw a person walking towards him, wearing a crow-blue brocade gown with four-fold wishful cloud pattern, handsome and slender, like a pine and a cypress, it was Wei Wei.

Su Xi stopped, just about to call "Brother Tingzhou", but remembered that he called her "too young" last time, and the words that were about to blurt were forced back into her stomach.

When Wei Yan came up to him, his expression was calm, as if he didn't remember anything about it.

Su Xi finally said hello.

Wei Wei nodded, and said to the maid behind Su Xi: "Master Wanping is waiting for this altar of peach blossom wine. Since I found it, I will send it over earlier."

The servant girl knew Master Wanping's temper, and she would beat and punish him if something went wrong. Now hearing what Wei Feng said, she didn't dare to delay and went to the flower hall.

Only Wei Feng, Su Xi, and Su Xi's maid Ting Yan were left in the corridor.

Wei Yan looked down at Su Xi for a while, his eyes were dark, and then said: "Why did you go to Taoyuan to get wine?"

Su Xi wondered how he knew that he had gone to Taoyuan, and explained how they played drums and passed flowers: "I didn't answer the question of Lord Wanping, so I have to promise her to do one thing."

Wei Yan looked down at her and didn't continue to ask.

He looked at Su Xi a little strangely, thinking that it would not be good for the two of them to stand alone together, so she bent her knees and said, "Cousin Tingzhou, I'm going back to the flower hall first." After finishing speaking, she wanted to walk past Wei Feng .

Wei Yan called her to stop: "Wait."

Su Xi stopped subconsciously, looked at him, and said, "Cousin Tingzhou, what's the matter..." The next moment, there was a sudden silence.

Wei Yan stretched out his hand and gently placed his thumb on her forehead.

When Su Xi was looking for wine just now, many peach petals fell from her head, and the petals leaked juice, leaving a small red mark on her eyebrows, which looked like a cinnabar mole from a distance.

Wei Yan wiped it with his thumb, and wiped off the peach blossom mark, then withdrew his hand, and said with a normal expression, "Okay."

Su Xi looked up at him, blinked, and said "Oh" dully.

Seeing that he was frank, he must have been just helping her. Seeing that the birthday banquet was about to begin, Su Xi said goodbye to him and led Ting Yan away in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)