Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 42
After returning home, Su Xi wrapped herself in the quilt so tightly that not even a single hair was exposed.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he remembered the picture of Wei Feng kissing her.

Su Xi bit her lip, clearly gargling with mint tea several times just now, but she scolded Wei Yan several times in her heart, regretting why she didn't slap him more.

Su Baiyu stood at the head of the bed, stretched out his small hands to pull her quilt, and said, "Auntie, are you angry? Talk to me, Auntie."

Because she was angry with Su Baiyu, a little traitor, she easily threw herself to Wei Feng. On the way back, Su Xi kept ignoring him, keeping a straight face, but this little guy was so frightened, thinking that he had done something big wrong .

Su Xi kept silent and pretended to be dead. No one wanted to talk to her right now.

After a long time, Su Baiyu finally gave up and sat on the footrest in front of Zitan Babu's bed, holding his face sadly.He thought that Su Xi would ignore him anymore, and began to admit his mistake: "Does auntie not like that big brother? I'm sorry, I won't let him teach me Sudoku in the future, and we won't play with him in the future. Don't be angry, aunt. Speak up."

Su Xi heard the cry from Su Baiyu's tone. Since the little guy was three years old, Su Xi had never seen him cry again. Seeing that he was about to cry now, she must have been really frightened.She lifted the quilt and sat up on the bed, "Brother Bai, why do you call him big brother? How do you know him?"

In fact, Su Xi wasn't really angry with Su Baiyu, she just wanted to scare him and not make him believe anyone.If it was like today, if others coaxed him casually and obediently left, wouldn't he be easily deceived when he met Ren Yazi in the future?
Seeing that she finally spoke, Su Baiyu thought she had forgiven him, and said, "My aunt made me a chain lock, and that big brother helped me unlock it."

Su Xi thought for a long time, and finally remembered.That was two years ago. She made a Luban chain lock and said that as long as Su Baiyu could unlock it, she would take him to the western suburbs to fly a kite.At that time, she thought it was Fu Shaoyun who helped Brother Bo unlock the chain lock, but she didn't expect it to be Wei Yan.

Su Xi's mood was a bit complicated, and she couldn't tell what it was like. Two years ago, Wei Yan even repaired kites for her...

She patted Su Baiyu's head and said, "My aunt is a little angry. From now on, Brother Bai can't just go away with others. If you meet bad people and they want to harm you, aunt can't protect you by your side. gone."

Su Baiyu nodded ignorantly. "Is that aunt still angry now?"

Angry, of course, but not angry with him.Su Xi shook her head, and managed to coax Su Baiyu away. She lay back on the bed again, staring at the curtains on top of the bed in a daze.

In the evening, Su Xi washed up early and went to bed, and had a dream at night.She dreamed that she turned into a little sheep and was grazing by the river, when suddenly a ferocious big black wolf pounced on her, she could only make animal noises, but found that she couldn't escape when she wanted to run away .

The big black wolf pressed her to the ground, showing its sharp teeth.Just when she thought she was going to be eaten, the wolf suddenly stuck out its tongue, licked her mouth, and said, "If you dare to hide from me in the future, I will eat you..."

Su Xi woke up suddenly from the dream, it was already bright outside, and the sun was high.

She let out a long breath of relief, she was so dazed that she could even dream that Wei Feng had turned into a big black wolf.

After Lixia, the weather is getting hotter day by day.

Su Xi recalled that Wei Yan once said that he had planted a maid in the general's mansion, and she has been trying to find that maid recently.There is no need to doubt the first-class maids around her. Ting Yan and the others have been serving her since they were young, but among the remaining second-class and third-class maids, there are dozens of them alone, let alone the entire general. house.

So it was not easy for Su Xi to find that maid.

After tossing and tossing for a few days, without any clue, Su Xi had to put this matter aside for the time being.

Anyway, she doesn't go out very much these days, one is to avoid Wei Feng, and the other is that she doesn't want to go out when the weather is hot.It was too hot outside, the scorching sun was shining on the top of the head, and every movement was covered with water.But she didn't go out very much in the first place, and others didn't think much about it, they just thought she was just like that.

In the blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of May. The big kitchen of the General's Mansion made rice dumplings, and some were sent to every courtyard.Su Xi got up and ate half of it. It contained candied dates, red beans, peanuts, etc. It tasted sweet, glutinous and fragrant. She couldn't hold it back for a while, and ate the remaining half.

Su Xi felt quite guilty, and practiced the movements for an extra quarter of an hour in the morning.

After taking a shower, she came out of the clean room. Seeing that it was still early, she picked out an apricot-yellow skirt embroidered with rose patterns, asked Ting Lu to comb herself into a double bun, and wore a simple jade-carved hairpin. go out.

Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, a dragon boat race is held on the Xiangshui River, Emperor Zhaoyuan will bring Empress Liu and several empresses to attend, and also invite some nobles and ministers.

The Su family was naturally also invited.

Su Xi didn't want to go at first, Wei Feng must be there for such an occasion.It's just that the whole family went, but she didn't go, which seemed even more unreasonable.

There were several carriages parked in front of the General's Mansion. The old lady and the old man took the first one, followed by one for the eldest room, one for the second room and one for the third room, and the last one was the carriage for the girl's house.

There were only Su Xi and Su Lingyun in the carriage.

Soon we arrived at the Xiangshui River, and from a distance, we could see many Chinese chariots parked beside the river, and a colorful shed was set up at the end for Emperor Zhao Yuan and Empress Liu to watch the dragon boat race for a while.

At this time, the emperor and empress have not yet arrived, and the big families are sitting in the sheds two rows below the color shed to talk.

As soon as Su Xi got off the carriage, she put on her veiled hat, said something to Yin Shi, and went to play with Tang Wan and Yu Baotong.

Tang Wan looked over, raised the corner of the veiled hat, and pointed out: "It seems that someone is asking for benevolence."

Su Xi followed her gaze and saw that Fu Yi was wearing a sky blue dress after rain, and standing opposite was a beautiful woman with complicated clothes and delicate makeup.Su Xi remembered that this woman was none other than Princess Yu, Princess Song.

Su Xi asked, "What does Sister Tang mean by that?"

Tang Wan quietly said to her: "You don't go out these days, so you don't know. Princess Yu and Mrs. Qing are quite close, and today she stopped to talk to Fu Yi in full view of everyone, presumably to see her for Prince Yu's son. wife……"

There is no need to say the following words, everyone knows it well.

Su Xiping nodded flatly, because she knew that Fu Yi would marry Prince Yu's son, so she was not surprised at all.

Tang Wan saw that she was not interested in this topic, so she stopped talking and talked about other things.The three little girls had a conversation, and saw Su Xi's sixth cousin, Su Yu, coming from a distance. All the men in the Su family were tall, and Su Yu was no exception.Standing a few steps away, he first called out "Youyou", then put his fist on his lips, coughed lightly and said, "Cousin Baotong, can I say a few words to you?"

Yu Baotong was called out by Su Xi last time, and he knew that Su Zuo didn't really hate her, so he felt a little uncomfortable seeing him now.But she is not a shy person, and it is not good to embarrass Su Yu face to face, so she nodded and agreed.

Not long after Yu Baotong left, Tang Wan was also called back by her family.

Su Xi was bored by herself, and was about to go back to enjoy the cool air under her colorful shed, when she heard a voice behind her: "Young."

Su Xi turned around and saw Fu Shaoyun wearing a royal blue brocade robe standing by the Xiangshui River, tall and straight like a pine tree facing the wind.

She hadn't seen Fu Shaoyun for a long time, and the last time they met seemed to be during the Lantern Festival.

"Cousin Shaoyun." Su Xi said.

Fu Shaoyun walked up to her.The little girl was wearing a veiled hat, so it was hard to see the expression on her face, but her voice was as sweet and glutinous as ever, as if covered in honey, which made people's hearts soften for no reason.He said, "Why are you alone?"

Su Xi smiled and said, "Sister Tang and Sister Yu have something to do and left, and I'm going back to enjoy the cool air under the color shed."

Fu Shaoyun also smiled, his brows were clear and handsome, and there was a sense of spring breeze when he smiled.Compared with two years ago, there is also a kind of accumulated stability. "It's been a while since I've seen you. Last time I had something to do at the eldest princess's birthday banquet, I heard from Miss Yi that you invented a new order of beating drums to pass flowers?"

Su Xi nodded, and told him the rules of the drumming and passing flower order that day.

After hearing this, Fu Shaoyun smiled and said, "It's interesting."

Su Xi said: "Next time, if Cousin Shaoyun is here, we will take you to play together."

Fu Shaoyun looked at her and nodded with a smile.

Suddenly fell silent.Su Xi pursed her lips, maybe it was because she hadn't spoken to Fu Shaoyun for a long time, and now she was a little embarrassed.She was about to say goodbye, but Fu Shaoyun said without warning: "Youyou, have you been avoiding me on purpose for the past two years?"

Su Xi opened her mouth in surprise, and subconsciously said, "No..."

Fu Shaoyun was not a fool, so he interrupted her defense: "If not, why didn't you go to the Duke of Qing's mansion once in the past two years?"

When Su Xi was a child, she often visited Duke Qing's mansion.

She fell silent.

Fu Shaoyun bent his lips helplessly, and seeing her acquiesce, he said again: "I went to Su's mansion to look for you several times, but you also avoided it. I heard that you gave all the snacks I asked the maid to bring to you. Already, did I annoy you?"

Su Xi shook her head and said no, and explained: "Cousin Shaoyun and I have grown up, and if we play around like we were when we were young, people will gossip. And... and you gave too much snacks, I can't eat them, This is the reward for the servants."

Fu Shaoyun looked at her and knew that she was not telling the truth to him.

Su Xi felt a little guilty when he saw it, and paused and said, "Why does Cousin Shaoyun always like to send me food?"

"You want to know?" A smile suddenly appeared on Fu Shaoyun's lips.

Su Xi nodded.This question has troubled her for a long time.

Fu Shaoyun asked: "Youyou, do you still remember when we first met?"

Su Xi frowned and thought for a while, then shook her head in frustration and said, "I don't remember." For her, it was a matter of her previous life, too long ago.

Fu Shaoyun said: "That day was Mrs. Su's birthday banquet. I followed my father to the Su Mansion as a guest. When I walked to the backyard, I happened to see you sitting on the porch in front of the upper door..."

At that time, Su Xi was only three years old, a pink and tender dumpling, round, chubby, and extremely cute.She was wearing a light green jacket, with two little buns on her hair, and a pair of big and bright almond eyes. She sat on the porch and dangled her two short legs.The servant girl brought snacks to the upper room, she ran to the servant girl unsteadily, stretched out her arms and said softly: "You want one, give you one..."

Everyone knew that the nine girls were the old lady's and Shangfang's favorites, so the maid didn't dare to be negligent, and took out a piece of jujube paste cake from the plate and put it in her little palm.

Su Xi looked like a baby, and then wobbled around and sat in the corridor, her eyes bent like two crescent moons.She took the jujube paste cake and bit down half of it in one bite, her cheeks were bulging and her mouth was covered with pastry crumbs.But her small appearance is extremely satisfying, as if there is nothing better than the jujube cake in the world.

Fu Shaoyun smiled lightly and said, "I've never seen such a greedy little girl."

At that time, he had an impulse to send all the delicious food in the world to her, and look at her satisfied smiling face every day, and he would never get tired of seeing her for a lifetime.

Su Xi didn't expect this to be the reason. She always thought that Fu Shaoyun made her fat with bad intentions!
Su Xi's pretty face blushed, she was quite embarrassed, and said: "I'm not so greedy now... Cousin Shaoyun don't send me food in the future, I'm already this old, and I'm as greedy as I was when I was a child." What's it like?"

Fu Shaoyun smiled, never leaving her eyes, "Well, Youyou is not the little girl she was back then."

Su Xi was still about to say something, but when she looked up, she suddenly saw a group of people walking in front of her, they were a few noblemen from aristocratic families dressed in brocade clothes.Walking in the middle is Wei Yan.

Wei Shizi's body is like a jade tree, as soon as he appeared, the men around him became a foil.

Even with his expressionless face at this moment, he can disturb a pool of spring water, making the girl by the lake can't help but look at him.

Su Xi froze, and subconsciously hid behind Fu Shaoyun. Then she thought, she was wearing a veiled hat now, even if Wei Yan saw it, he might not be able to recognize her.

When he was about to approach, he saw a girl in a goose-yellow skirt boldly stepped forward, walked up to Wei Feng, lowered her head, took out a long-lived strand made of five-color brocade thread from the sachet, and handed it to him with a blushing face. Said: "The little girl sent Wei Shizi to continue her life."

During the Dragon Boat Festival in the Yan Dynasty, there was a custom of giving each other longevity strands.Longevity threads are woven with brocade threads of five colors, and given to the other party, it means wishing the other party a long life.

If it is given to a man by a girl's house, it is an implicit expression of affection for the man.If the man takes it and wraps the long life thread around his arm, it means that he also loves the woman.

Therefore, in addition to the dragon boat race, the Dragon Boat Festival also has a very high-profile event, which is the longevity thread in the hands of the girl's family.

Su Xi also wove a long-lived thread today and put it in her purse.But I don't intend to give it away, it's just for fun.

Right now, the girl in the goose yellow skirt has done many things that girls want to do, and everyone's eyes are on her, wondering whether Wei Yan will accept her long life.

(End of this chapter)