On the New Year's Day, go shopping together
The two sisters went out of the palace together. Nangong Jingnv first sent her sister back to Princess Zhuohua's mansion. Fortunately, the palace maid replied: Lu Zhongxing has not come back since New Year's Eve.
Nangong Jingnv took a long sigh and asked Nangong Shunv if they would go to see the lanterns together. The latter refused again and had to board the carriage back to the house alone.
Just as the carriage stopped at Princess Zhen Zhen's mansion, the concierge ran into the courtyard.
Before Nangong Jingnu got out of the car, she called the doorman, "You don't have to ask them to come out to please."
"Yes."
It stands to reason that when Nangong Jingnv returned to the mansion, all the people in the mansion were going to greet him, including Qi Yan.
Qiu Ju looked clear, and supported Nangong Jingnu to ask a maid, "Is the concubine in good health?"
"Back to His Highness, Doctor Ding asked for the Ping'an pulse in the morning, saying that the concubine is in good health. The concubine has used breakfast and lunch on time, and is in the study at the moment."
Nangong Jingnu blushed and glanced at Qiu Ju.
The latter pursed his lips and snickered: "The concubine still doesn't know that His Highness is coming back. Does His Highness want to go and see it in person? Or should the servants go and pass the news?"
Without waiting for Nangong Jingnu's answer, Qiu Ju said again, "Just drop by the way, Your Highness, please go to the study to have a look."
Nangong Jingnu cleared her throat: "Alright."
This time, the other maids also showed a knowing smile. Nangong Jingnu is generous and generous, and she will never get angry when she occasionally jokes about harmless jokes between masters and servants.
Qi Yan found a single volume of bamboo slips in Nangong Jingnv's study. She was reading it with gusto when she suddenly heard footsteps coming from the door.
The door of the study was pushed open, and the maids asked An Dao: "See the concubine."
Nangong Jingnu raised her eyebrows: It seems that the servants in the former mansion were not so respectful to Qiyan, did they? Did something happen when you were away from the house
Qi Yan reluctantly took her eyes off the bamboo slip, and saw that Nangong Jingnu quickly put down the bamboo slip and got up to go around the book table: "See Your Highness, I was so fascinated by reading that I didn't hear the communication, so I couldn't go out to visit and ask Your Highness for forgiveness."
Nangong Jingnu frowned: "You guys go down first."
"Here."
Qi Yan looked at Nangong Jingnu and asked softly, "Your Highness is not happy?"
Nangong Jingnu retracted her gaze and shook her head, "No."
What do you want her to say? Do you want her to tell Qi Yan: I don't like him carrying the word "shouli" on him all the time
Does she want to tell Qi Yan: She wants Qi Yan to be more natural when the two are alone, and not be so trembling
Does she want to tell Qi Yan that this is the first time in fifteen years that she has "left behind" the second sister and rushed back to the mansion with a heart like an arrow. general.
If you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with Qi Yan, right
Except for the father and brothers and sisters, everyone sees themselves like this.
So, what's wrong with Qi Yan
Qi Yan looked at Nangong Jingnu quietly, taking in the subtle changes in her expression one by one. For the past ten years, Qi Yan has been observing words and expressions, watching people's hearts, how could she not know the thoughts of Nangong Jingnu
She had already figured out the other party's temperament, and when the study door was pushed open, Qi Yan had already made a good budget: what kind of eyes, expressions and tone would make Nangong Jingnu happy.
However, when she saw the undisguised joy in the other's eyes, Qi Yan abruptly changed her mind.
This scene has been played too deeply, and she is afraid that one day she will not be able to tell whether it is real or not.
But when Qi Yan saw that Nangong Jingnu's expression gradually turned cold, her chest felt stuffy for no reason.
The next moment, the body moved uncontrollably.
Nangong Jingnu was secretly sulking, and the person who annoyed her took the initiative to hold her hand!
Nangong Jingnu suddenly raised her head and looked at Qi Yan blankly.
This unexpected and slightly surprised expression pricked Qi Yan's eyes, she forced herself to suppress the distracting thoughts in her heart, and held Nangong Jingnu's hand in her palm: "Your Highness forgot to bring a heater?"
Nangong Jingnu's body tensed at first, she tried to draw her hands, but the other party clenched harder.
She softened her body and replied softly, "Qiu Ju has prepared it, and Ben Gong thinks it's useless to be troublesome."
Qi Yan rubbed Nangong Jingnu's hand and passed the temperature of her palm to the other party.
Nangong Jingnu's face was a little red, but she didn't speak.
"Your Highness~."
"Um?"
"Today is the New Year's Day."
Nangong Jingnu smiled and said, "Ben Gong naturally remembers, isn't this coming back?"
Qi Yan blinked and said expectantly, "Has Your Highness thought about how to get out of the house?"
"Of course it's the old rule!"
"Old rules?"
"You'll know then."
…
At dinner, Nangong Jingnu winked at Qiyan after drinking a bowl of soup. Qi Yan had no choice but to put down his chopsticks: "Your Highness, I have finished eating."
"Bengong has eaten too, let's go back to our room."
Chuntao just wanted to ask the two if the dinner was unpalatable when she heard that the princess and the concubine were returning to the room...
Seeing Chuntao's overwhelmed look, Qi Yan looked at Nangong Jingnu helplessly: Does she know what she just said
Fortunately, there are no officials in the princess' mansion, and there are only two henchmen, Chun Tao and Qiu Ju, who serve in the imperial dining hall. If it spreads out, Princess Zhen Zhen must be described as a shameless lustful girl!
Qiu Ju summoned the maid to collect the tableware, and followed Chuntao to the direction of the bedroom.
The big red palace lantern was lit and hung at the door of the dormitory, but Nangong Jingnu called them in.
"What are your orders, Your Highness?"
Nangong Jingnu pulled out a package from nowhere, put it on the table and opened it, it was a man's long gown: "Change!"
Qi Yan smiled and exited the dormitory, Chun Tao and Qiu Ju looked at each other and said in shock, "Your Highness is going out?"
A quarter of an hour later, the palace door opened.
Nangong Jingnu was wearing a crescent-white gown and a red smock. She jumped over the threshold and turned around in front of Qi Yan with her arms outstretched: "How is it?"
On her head was a small felt hat that she had obtained from nowhere, and a few broken hairs were exposed between her temples. Qi Yan looked up and down and praised sincerely: "Your Highness put on this dress, like a little boy who sneaked out of the house."
Qi Yan was telling the truth, for some unknown reason: Nangong Jingnu's facial features are obviously very soft, and wearing palace clothes on weekdays is also noble and elegant, but when she puts on men's clothes, she can turn the fake into the real.
It's as if Qi Yan recognized Nangong Shunv's daughter at a glance, but hesitated for a long time with Nangong Jingnv, and finally recognized her as a domineering little son...
Maybe it's her gestures that don't have the tenderness of a woman, or maybe it's the firmness and bravery that her piercing black eyes reveal from time to time...
Hearing Qi Yan's affirmation, Nangong Jingnu raised her chin proudly: "Look? This palace said that no one will recognize it. Can you two feel at ease?"
Chuntao said hesitantly: "His Royal Highness should bring a few guards. The slaves are really worried, and the concubine can't see it."
Nangong Jingnu's face turned cold all of a sudden, she felt Qiu Ju tugging at her from behind, Chuntao hurriedly knelt down: "His Royal Highness forgive me, slave... I've lost my words."
Qiu Ju also knelt down: "The concubine forgives the sin, Chuntao has no malicious intentions."
"You two sisters, get up. Your Highness, I think what Sister Chuntao said is reasonable..."
Nangong Jingnu grabbed Qi Yan's arm and walked out: "regardless of them, what this palace promised you must be done."
Qiu Ju quickly came to the two of them: "Your Highness, please stay."
"what happened again?"
"Your Highness will always tell the servants when you will be back? The servants might as well go to the backyard ahead of time to open the door for you. Besides, it's been cold these few days, so your Highness and the servants should put on a cloak before leaving."
Nangong Jingnu looked at Qi Yan: "When will we be back?"
Qiu Ju made a color on Chun Tao, who went to get the cape.
"Two hours at most."
"Go to the backyard to open the door in two hours."
"Here."
Chuntao came out holding the cape, Qiu Ju took one and tied it to Nangong Jingnu herself: "His Royal Highness come back earlier, the servants miss you."
"understood."
Qi Yan took the cape and put it on by herself, and thanked the two of them.
Nangong Jingnu took the lotus lantern and held Qi Yan with one hand: "Let's go."
"Um."
"You are closer to this palace, be careful of your steps."
"Yes."
…
The two of them sneaked out the back door hand in hand and passed through the forbidden street of the Princess Mansion, and the surroundings gradually became lively.
Nangong Rang has drawn a total of three horizontal, three vertical and six streets as the Shangyuan Festival Night Market. All kinds of lanterns are hung in front of all the stores from the street to the end of the six streets. The whole street is brightly lit like daytime. Nangong Jingnu Also a little relieved.
The streets were crowded with people, and everyone had a festive smile on their faces. Even if they accidentally bumped their shoulders, they would fold their hands and say a few auspicious words to each other.
Fireworks flashed across the sky from time to time, and the sound of firecrackers was faintly heard in the distance. The air was filled with the aroma of various snacks when cooking, as if the cold in the middle of winter had been dispelled.
Nangong Jingnv was very excited, holding Qi Yan's hand and exclaiming from time to time, her chattering appearance was very cute.
Nangong Jingnu raised the lantern and pointed across the street: "Let's go over there!"
There were three stalls in front of the duo: a pair of bamboo shelves on a trolley with various masks hanging on them.
A white-haired old man was sitting on a wooden box, with his hands inside his sleeves, and various clay figurines were inserted on the front shelf.
There is also a stall: Shangyuan Oil Hammer, one end of the burden is a hot oil pan, and the owner is turning the oil hammer with a bamboo chopstick that is about a foot long. On the other end of the load, the proprietress was rolling out a fresh oil hammer.
Qi Yan couldn't help but chuckle: The three stalls were surrounded by children who were not young enough to dance the spoon. Some came in groups, while others were led by their fathers.
It's rare that Nangong Jingnu is fifteen years old and still likes these things...
Nangong Jingnu shook Qi Yan's hand: "Which one shall we buy first?"
Qi Yan said generously, "Buy them all."
Nangong Jingnu smiled brightly, and dragged Qi Yan to the mask booth first: "How do you sell masks?"
"One pair of three copper plates, two pairs of five copper plates. The two young masters are..." He said and swept the hands that they held tightly together.
Qi Yan replied: "The disciplinarian has a happy temperament, and before going out, my father told him not to run around."