Zhao Jie withdrew his gaze, leaned over, and hung the turquoise waist ornament on her waist, not minding bending down for her in front of everyone.
Wei Luo was startled, and retreated subconsciously: "What is Brother Jing doing?"
His voice was low, with a man's calm demeanor: "Don't move, this is a gift I picked for you in Binzhou." After hanging up, he stood up and asked, "Do you like it?"
Wei Luo took the palm of his hand and looked at it, only to find that it was a little squirrel eating a pine cone, and asked suspiciously, "Why did you give me this?"
He curled his lips, but didn't explain.
Wei Luo looked around and thought it was quite cute, because she didn't know that he gave this because it resembled her, so she raised her head and thanked him sweetly. At last he remembered and asked: "I heard that Brother Jing returned to Beijing yesterday, are you here to see the Empress?"
He said nothing, and nodded slowly in a short while.
He did go to Zhaoyang Palace to see Empress Chen just now, but it was not for this reason that he entered the palace this time. As for who it was for, there was no need to tell her that he didn't want to frighten her.
The turquoise squirrel waist was pressed on her cherry-colored palace brocade wide-leg skirt, and the skirt was gently lifted by the wind, revealing the toes of a pair of sand blue sheepskin shoes, which were small and faintly visible as she walked. Zhao Jie could see it as soon as he lowered his head. His eyes were unpredictable. He stopped looking at the shoes and turned to look at the pretty face of the little girl. He lifted his lips and said, "Why don't you ask me where I have been these two years? What have I done?" ?”
Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, Wei Luo thought that he might have finished his business and left the palace with her on the way, so she didn't have much doubt. Walking on the path paved with bluestones, she found that this path was not the one she often walked. This road is narrow and cramped, and there is room for one person to walk, but shoulders to shoulders when two people walk. She was not tall enough, and her shoulders could only touch Zhao Jie's arm. She wanted to take a wrong step back, but Zhao Jie turned her head to look at her, making her in a dilemma. She had no choice but to continue walking side by side with him, shrinking her shoulders, "Big brother didn't tell me anything when he left. I found out from Liuli. You had been gone for two months at that time. I knew you were going In Binzhou, where the Yellow River broke its embankment and the people suffered, you have to deal with the flood.”
There are two roads in front of the gate of Qingxi Palace, one is the main road she is used to, and the other is this secluded path. Only empress Chen and the maids occasionally walked this road, maybe Zhao Jie walked this road with the empress, she got used to it... She was thinking wildly.
There was a faint smile in Zhao Jie's eyes, and the little girl's black eyeballs rolled around, making people wonder what she was thinking. He kept his face calm and pretended to be open-minded, and continued: "When I went, I thought I would be back in three or four months, so it's not worth mentioning. I didn't expect that it would take two years to go, and I could only return to Beijing yesterday." He relaxed Stepping forward, following her pace, she casually said, "Yesterday was the Lantern Festival, how did you spend it?"
Wei Luo's pink lips pursed slightly, and a smile appeared in her eyes, "I went to the street to watch the lanterns. The street is very lively and there are many people."
He groaned, "Who are you going with?"
Wei Luo had nothing to hide, so she told him everything: "With Chang Hong, Wei Zheng..." After a pause, "And Brother Song Hui."
He stopped, stared at her with pitch-black phoenix eyes, and did not speak. Those eyes could hide too many emotions, Wei Luo was startled for no reason, stepped back half a step and said, "Where's big brother?"
He looked away, smiled and said, "I lived on horseback."
This was true. When there were three or five days left before Shengjing City, he had to change four or five horses almost every day. He hurried all the way, but it was a pity that he still missed in the end. While he was bouncing on the horse, she was visiting lanterns and guessing lantern riddles with other men in the city. It was really annoying to think about it.
Wei Luo didn't know what was going on in his heart, but felt that he was a little pitiful. He must have had a bad time in Binzhou in the past two years. I heard that the plague spread there and hundreds of people died. Even though he is still intact now, he must have suffered a lot. Now that she can't even pass the Shangyuan Festival, she felt soft in her heart, and stepped forward to grab his sleeve embroidered with gold and cloud patterns: "I gave Liuli a few river lanterns just now, and there are two left, big brother, do you want to follow me?" together?"
Zhao Jie stamped his feet, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
She pursed her lips, thinking that he didn't know, so she patiently explained: "You can make a wish by setting the river lantern. Do you have any wish?"
He smiled slightly, and finally realized that the little girl was trying to comfort him in a different way, looked into her eyes, and said slowly: "Yes."
At this time, even if Wei Luo was in a hurry to go home and make the rose fragrance, she could only put it aside temporarily.
She and Zhao Jie came to the shore of Taiye Lake. It was early spring and the ice on the lake had melted. It's just that it's still a bit cold. As soon as she approached, a gust of cool wind blew across the screen, which made her cover her lips and sneezed.
Seeing this, Zhao Jie took off his azure silk mink cloak and put it on her.
She quickly refused and took it off to return it to him. Leaving aside the difference between men and women, she couldn't tell just by being seen wearing King Jing's clothes... But Zhao Jie pressed her shoulders with his hands, his palms were broad and powerful, with an undeniable oppression , she had no room to resist in an instant, so she could only put it on obediently, and asked uneasy: "Isn't big brother cold? You don't wear much."
He smiled lowly and told her, "I'm a man."
Wei Luo snorted and stopped arguing with him about this issue. Looking around, there was no one else in Taiye Lake at this time, and the weather was too cold, so no one wanted to come to the lake, only the two of them came to release the river lanterns in a leisurely and elegant manner.
Wei Luo took two river lanterns from Jin Lu, unfolded them, handed one to Zhao Jie, and kept the other in his hands. Explain to him: "You light the wick inside with a torch, put it on the lake, and make a wish. If the river lantern floats far away, the wish will come true."
She didn't believe it herself, it was all a lie to an ignorant girl, she was already past that age. Yesterday when I went to the street with Chang Hong, Wei Zheng suggested to set off the river lanterns, but she didn't go. In the end, Wei Zheng returned disappointed, looking at her with cold eyes like ice balls.
Wei Luo didn't expect that just yesterday when she rejected Wei Zheng, she would propose to release the river lantern today. The world is really impermanent.
Zhao Jie took the river lantern, took the torch in her hand and lit the wick in the middle. The wick ignited a faint light, flickering, flickering in the cold wind.
After Wei Zheng finished setting off his river lantern, he turned his head to see that he was still standing there, and asked, "Why didn't Brother Jing come over?"
He stepped forward, squatted on the edge of the lake, imitating her and putting the river lantern into the water. Just as he was about to let go, Wei Luo suddenly interrupted him, and hurriedly said, "It's not like this, the lamp will sink into the water after leaving it like this for a while."
He curled his lips slightly, and asked in a mellow and pleasant voice, "Then how should I release it?"
Wei Luo then taught him how to let it go, but unfortunately he couldn't learn how to do it. Seeing that a piece of candle in the river lantern was about to burn out, she had no choice but to go forward, hold his hand and teach him hand in hand. Folding her hands together, she pushed lightly, and the river lantern slowly floated forward. "Like this, put it gently..."
Zhao Jie's eyes did not look at the lantern, but fell on her and his hands. Her hands were white and small, and when they were placed together with his, there was an obvious difference. That little hand was soft, and the warmth in the palm was transmitted to his body through the back of the hand, and spread to his heart. He moved his fingers and almost couldn't help but want to hold her back.
Fortunately, she left first by herself, retracting her hands into her sleeves, as if she was completely unaware of what she had just done, looking at the lake, her eyes gradually drifted away with the two river lanterns. After a while, he turned around and asked him with a smile, "What wish did Brother Jing make just now?"
Zhao Jie was smiling, and there was still her residual warmth on the back of his hand, which made people linger in the aftertaste. He said: "The family and country are peaceful, and the mountains and rivers are stable."
In fact, when the river lantern was put down, he didn't think about anything. He saw her pretty face in front of him, so it was superfluous to think about anything. But these eight words are not false, they are indeed his ultimate ambition. If you really want to pursue it, you should add a condition in front of it—under his governance.
Wei Luo didn't answer. If he wanted to fight, he would have no problem being the emperor, but he didn't know why he was willing to be the regent in his previous life? At that time, he was in charge of the government, and Zhao Zhang's power was emptied by him, completely arranged by him, played by him in the applause, he could completely replace Zhao Zhang as the great treasure, why didn't he do it? Or did he really do that later, but she didn't wait until that day
It's not impossible, who told her to die too early.
Outside the palace, Wei Luo stood in front of the carriage, ready to bid farewell to Zhao Jie and return to the British residence.
Zhu Geng brought a tall maroon horse, Zhao Jie got on the horse, held the rein in his hand, and said to her with a smile: "Let's go, my king will take you back."
She subconsciously refused: "I can go back by myself, big brother has his own business, don't worry about me."
He lowered his head to stare at her for a moment, then his eyes fell on Cuigai Zhuying's gorgeous carriage behind her, "This carriage belongs to Prince Jing's residence. Liuli said today that she would invite you into the palace, so I will send someone to pick you up in person."
Wei Luo finally realized it suddenly, no wonder she was puzzled when she went out, how could Zhao Liuli have such a thoughtful thought before, it turned out to be his idea. Since the carriage belonged to him, it would be too embarrassing to refuse, so she had to thank him again, and lowered herself into the carriage.
After thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, how did he know that she was entering the palace today? And specially asked someone to pick her up
Just now when she walked out of Qingxi Palace, he was standing at the door, he looked like he was waiting for someone, was he waiting for her? He was waiting for her just to give her this squirrel belt? Wei Luo lowered his head and played with the little turquoise squirrel. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it became. Have you seen it somewhere
The carriage drove slowly on the streets of Shengjing City, and the curtains were occasionally blown by the wind, revealing a corner, and people next to them could be seen.
Zhao Jie rode beside the carriage, looking ahead, with dark eyes and straight eyebrows. He has a tall and straight body, not the thin and thin body of a Confucian scholar, but with broad shoulders and broad back after polishing, tall and vigorous. Looking at it, he seemed to be aware of her gaze, and turned his head to look into the carriage, with a faint smile in his eyes. He seemed to know she was looking at him, but he was happy to be peeked at.
Wei Luo's face froze, feeling a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, the curtains came down at this moment, blocking his view and letting her breathe a sigh of relief.
Not long after the carriage stopped at the gate of the British government, she stepped off the carriage. Zhao Jie got off his horse and came to her: "Go back."
She nodded, took off the cloak she was wearing and returned it to him, smiling, "Thank you, Brother Jing."
He bent his lips, held back all the way, but still couldn't hold back, raised his hand to touch the little red mole between her eyebrows, rubbed it lightly and said: "Why don't you keep your bangs?"
The hair on her forehead was all lifted last year, and the fourth aunt said that when she grew up, she would look childish with bangs. Her forehead was smooth, and after losing her bangs, the red mole in the middle of her eyebrows was exposed, like a finishing touch. Although Zhao Jie thinks it looks good, but from now on, he is not the only one who can see it, other men will also see it, so he is a bit disappointed.
Wei Luo blinked: "Isn't it pretty?"
He smiled and said, "It's pretty."
That's fine, as long as it looks good. Seeing that he didn't leave, Wei Luo thought he had something else to do, but after waiting for a while, he didn't say anything, then raised his foot and said, "If Brother Jing is okay, I'll go back..."
He called her to stop: "Ah Luo."
Wei Luo stopped walking, puzzled.
"Did you meet Li Song when you went to the street last night?"
Wei Luo opened her mouth in surprise, not understanding how he knew.
Who knew what his next sentence would surprise her even more.
He looked at her, his eyes were very focused, and there was a smile in his eyes, but it just gave people a feeling that he was actually very unhappy, "He hugged you."