For a six-year-old girl, Wei Luo's handwriting was considered pretty.
It's just that Zhao Jie is a person who strives for perfection, and when something is in his hands, he must pay attention to perfection. He thought that Wei Luo's handwriting was too impetuous and not steady enough, so he picked up a pen and wrote two new words next to her handwriting, then tilted his head and asked, "Write like this, can you see clearly?"
Wei Luo stared at the calm words on the rice paper, blinked, stretched out her white and tender little finger, and asked in a childish voice, "Why did Big Brother write my name?"
She doesn't know many words, but she does know her own name. The two characters written by Zhao Jie happened to be her name. These two characters have many strokes and are complicated and difficult to distinguish. If they hadn't learned it specially from the scholar of Longshou Village in their previous life, they would really not be able to recognize it now.
Zhao Jie bent his thin lips, "You know him?"
She nodded sincerely, and said with style: "Daddy taught me to write, and Daddy said that I should know my own name."
Wei Kun was born as a Jinshi and is currently working in the Imperial Academy. It is normal for him to teach his daughter how to write occasionally. Zhao Jie had no doubts, picked up the pen and wrote two more characters, put the Yanghao pen on the white coral pen holder, pressed it with the paperweight of Tian Huangshi's carved beast book, and asked interestingly: "What do these two characters read?"
— Zhao Jie.
Wei Luo didn't understand what it meant, why did he write his own name? After she read it out, isn't he going to punish her? After thinking for a moment, she shook her head and said, "Ah Luo doesn't know me."
Since you don't know each other, why hesitate
Zhao Jie looked at the expression on her small face for a moment, but did not reveal it, put away his joking thoughts just now, straightened up and said to the two little girls: "The queen mother said that the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers are blooming well in the back garden recently, Liuli and Ah Luo can go there to play. , brought back some sweet-scented osmanthus, and the queen mother said that she would make sweet-scented osmanthus egg custard for the two of you."
Although Empress Chen is a queen, she is not like other concubines who do not touch the spring water with their fingers. When she followed Emperor Chongzhen to defeat Wu Rong, what did she not do? Hunting, skinning, lighting... She is not a canary kept in a cage, she has her own way of life. When she was a child, she loved the osmanthus egg custard made by her mother herself, and she still can't forget it when she thinks about it. She wanted Liuli to have a taste of this taste, because it was made by her mother, so it was more delicious than the delicacies made by the imperial dining room in the palace.
In addition, Zhao Liuli's condition should not always stay in the room, it is best to go out and walk around more, bask in the sun, and enjoy the flowers. The imperial doctor said that a good mood is conducive to the recovery of the disease. That's why Empress Chen came up with such a way to ask Zhao Jie to take them to the back garden.
Zhao Jie was free today, so he didn't refuse.
Zhao Liuli was very happy when she heard that, she jumped off the crabapple-style incense table with purple lacquer and golden landscape patterns, took Wei Luo's hand and said, "Has Luo ever eaten osmanthus egg custard? My mother's mother made the best egg custard." have eaten!"
The pampered little girl is used to delicacies from mountains and seas, and the bells and whistles, and occasionally eats a simple dish and finds it delicious. However, Wei Luo really didn't have much interest. In her previous life, there was an osmanthus tree in her yard. Every August when the osmanthus was fragrant, Lin Huilian would steam her sweet-scented osmanthus egg custard. Now when she mentions sweet-scented osmanthus, she recalls that small courtyard in Longshou Village, recalling that unpleasant memory.
Wei Luo opened her mouth to refuse: "I don't..."
Zhao Liuli didn't give her a chance to refuse, so she dragged her to the outside of Chenhua Hall, finally caught up with Zhao Jie who was under the verandah, and asked eagerly, "Second brother, Ah Luo can also taste the sweet-scented osmanthus eggs made by the queen mother." Soup?"
Zhao Jie stopped, looked back at Wei Luo who looked embarrassed, nodded and said, "Of course."
Zhao Liuli was overjoyed, and immediately took Wei Luo to pick osmanthus in the back garden. Wei Luo followed behind her step by step, her pink lips slightly pursed, a little helpless.
The back garden is located in the northwest of Taiye Pool and is divided into east and west gardens. The east garden is full of osmanthus, elm, pomegranate and other trees, arranged more casually, and there is even a vegetable garden in the back, which is planted with loofah, okra, grapes and other fruits and vegetables. It is said that this place was written by Empress Chen. Empress Chen took off her battle armor and lived in the harem. Sometimes she had nothing to do and couldn't put on her armor again, so she had to open up a vegetable garden in the palace, and occasionally came here to play with the vegetables she grew. It is also a way to relieve boredom.
At that time, Emperor Chongzhen agreed to such absurd things. Not only that, but also find someone who specializes in gardening for her.
It can be seen that their relationship was very good at that time, but for some reason it has come to where it is today.
Empress Chen is the youngest daughter of General Huaihua, and she has four older brothers, all of whom are generals of Daliang, holding important positions and holding military power. Empress Chen's eldest brother is General Dingyuan, who is stationed at the border and never returns to Beijing; her second brother is the admiral of the Fujian Navy, who controls the officers and soldiers of Fujian's water and land, and rarely returns home; the third and fourth brothers are both in Sheng Serving in the army in the capital city, they are quite famous, and each one is better than the other. In addition, her father, General Huaihua, followed the first emperor to expand the territory and conquered the north and south. monstrous.
Because of this, Emperor Chongzhen will be more and more jealous of the Chen family, right? That's why Empress Chen was gradually left out in the cold, and she favored Concubine Ning only
There is a younger brother in Concubine Ning's family, who is the champion of martial arts in the new exam this year. Emperor Chongzhen intends to reuse him and support him as his own power, replacing Chen Yantong, the eldest brother of Empress Chen, to guard the border.
In just a few years, the power of the Chen family will be replaced by the emperor one by one.
Wei Luo thought casually, no wonder Empress Chen didn't forgive him. Who can feel better watching his father and brother lose power one by one, die, and be exiled
"Ah Luo!" Zhao Liuli called her suddenly, disrupting all her thoughts, and pointed to a big fiery red pomegranate on the book, "That pomegranate is so red, shall we pick it off?"
Wei Luo looked around and saw a plump and round pomegranate hanging on the pomegranate tree beside it. The surrounding pomegranates are about to bloom, but it has already produced fruit, which is really rare.
It's a pity that this pomegranate is a bit tall, and the two little guys can't reach it when they stack up.
Zhao Jie was reading in the octagonal gazebo on the other side, holding a copy of "Fa Yan Yi Shu" in his hand, not caring about their situation at all. Zhao Liuli didn't dare to ask her second brother for help, so she had to ask the maid to climb a tree and pick it off. The maid tiptoed up the tree, and finally picked the pomegranate, but when her hand became unstable, the pomegranate rolled from the palm of her hand to the ground.
Zhao Liuli was about to pick it up with a cloud-dragon pattern skirt, but unexpectedly, a little girl with a lotus-colored rose pattern woven gold satin skirt suddenly appeared in front of her, quickly picked up the big pomegranate, turned around and said joyfully, "Cousin Linlang, Look, I picked up a pomegranate!"
Immediately afterwards, a seven or eight-year-old girl came out from behind the Moon Cave Gate. Her hair was combed and she was wearing a coral-colored skirt embroidered with wishful cloud patterns. She looked exactly like Zhao Liuli, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and beautiful face and green hair. . She is Zhao Linlang, the daughter of Concubine Ning, and the one who picked up the pomegranate just now is Li Xiang, the daughter of Princess Gaoyang. down the pomegranate.
Zhao Liuli is timid and shy, even if someone robs her of something, she doesn't make a fuss, so she reminded her in a low voice, "That's mine..."
It's a pity that the two didn't hear it. Li Xiang turned her head, as if she had just seen her, her delicate and pretty face was full of surprise: "Cousin Liuli? Why are you here?"
In the eyes of most people, Zhao Liuli was bedridden and weak all year round. So it's not surprising that Li Xiang asked such a question, but Zhao Liuli was even more embarrassed to ask. With a blushing little face, she stopped, pursed her lips and said, "I... I came to play with Ah Luo."
Wei Luo is not as shy as she is, nor is she as submissive as she is. What is mine is mine, so why give it to others? She pointed to the court lady who hadn't had time to get down from the tree, then pointed to the pomegranate in Li Xiang's hand, blinked and said: "It's the colored glaze that someone picked off, not yours."
Li Xiang met Wei Luo on the street and knew Wei Luo's identity. It was she who bullied her brother over and over again, causing him to get sick. Now seeing her, naturally she didn't have a good face. Li Xiang didn't really want to hand over the pomegranate, Xingren stared at her dissatisfiedly: "Why should I believe what you say?"
In the past, a pomegranate was really nothing to argue about, but it was just a novelty. They are all treasures in the palm of the hand at home, do you want anything good? But today Li Xiang was going to fight Wei Luo, Wei Luo bullied her brother, she must get back for him.
Wei Luo made a soft voice of "Oh", dragged on purposely for a long time, then turned her head and asked Zhao Liuli who was behind her, "Liuli, was I right?"
Zhao Liuli met her gaze, if she had told herself to forget it before. With Wei Luo helping her at the moment, she mustered up her courage and nodded, "... yes."
Now that the princess has spoken, she definitely has no reason to force it. Li Xiang pouted, and angrily stuffed the pomegranate into Wei Luo's hand, deliberately trying to push Wei Luo down.
Wei Luo staggered two steps, barely standing still. With a pomegranate in her bosom, she was not angry, her bright eyes were bent into crescent moons, and she said with a smile, "Li Xiang?"
Li Xiang glanced at her, and reluctantly asked: "What are you doing?"
Wei Luo turned around and walked back to Zhao Liuli, and said slowly while walking, "There is a bug on top of your head."
Li Xiang's face turned pale, and she looked up subconsciously, the white wriggling bug happened to fall from the white thread and landed on her nose! All girls are afraid of this kind of soft thing, the feeling of it crawling on the body makes people have goosebumps all over, and Li Xiang is no exception, he immediately cried out of fear. The worm fell from her nose and twisted and wriggled on the ground. She felt so disgusted that she quickly asked the maid to trample the worm to death.
Without looking back, Wei Luo and Zhao Liuli came to the octagonal gazebo where Zhao Jie was reading, put the pomegranates on the stone table, asked the maid to cut them open with a knife, and placed them on white-glazed and lacquered gold dishes with lotus patterns.
The bright red pomegranate seeds are plump and crystal clear, but it is a pity that they are ripe too early, and the taste is not sweet at all, but a little sour. Wei Luo stopped after eating a few pomegranates, tilted her head and saw Zhao Jie was motionless, picked up a pomegranate seed and asked, "Do you want pomegranate, big brother?"
Originally, she was just asking casually, with a bit of trickery in mind, wanting him to taste the taste of sour pomegranate. Unexpectedly, Zhao Jie didn't lift his head, but lifted his chin towards her and opened his mouth. That gesture clearly wanted her to feed him.
Wei Luo's hand stopped in mid-air, hesitated for a while, and had no choice but to put the pomegranate seeds into his mouth. Immediately, he retracted his hand and quietly wiped the clothes behind him.
This little move naturally did not escape Zhao Jie's eyes. Zhao Jie turned a blind eye, his eyes still on the "Fa Yan Yi Shu", chewed and spat out the pomegranate seeds, and said in a gentle and melodious voice like flowing water: "One more."
Doesn't he feel sour
Wei Luo cursed in her heart, so she had to feed him another one.
He really didn't feel sour, and asked her to feed after eating, and he didn't think there was anything wrong at all. She is not his little maid, isn't there a maid here! Why do you have to feed her? Wei Luo pursed her lips, thinking dissatisfiedly, although she thought the pomegranate was not tasty, she didn't want to keep feeding him, her hands were sore, did he eat well
Zhao Jie finally finished reading the last page of "Fa Yan Yi Shu". When he looked up, he met the little girl's eyes full of resentment, and couldn't help laughing in a low voice. He leaned over to rub her brows, brushed aside her bangs deliberately, and stroked the little red mole between her brows, "The grapes under the grape arbor behind are ripe, do you want to eat them?"
Wei Luo stared at him, and before he had time to speak, Zhao Liuli hurriedly said, "Think!"
Zhao Jie stood up and said with a smile, "Let's go, I'll take you to pick grapes."
There is really a grape trellis not far behind the octagonal pavilion, and benches are built under the trellis, where you can enjoy the cool and rest at ordinary times. Bunches of purple-red grapes hang down from the flower stand, and the knots are big and round, plump and attractive.
Zhao Liuli was hugged by the maid, and she could reach the bunch of grapes above her head with her hand. She didn't pick them one by one, but one by one, and she picked them all up in a short while.
Wei Luo watched from below with bright eyes, a little envious.
Zhao Jie was staring at her, walked up to see her, leaned over to support her little buttocks, picked her up from the ground, and asked, "Which one do you want to pick?"