These words were full of twists and turns. After all, Xie Wangzhi was seriously studying with the female scholar who was invited, so he must understand the meaning behind them. Her face turned red and she raised her chin slightly, clearly trying to pretend to be proud, but her eyes were sparkling, like a kitten that had seen through its owner's tricks.
"Chang'an is so big, there are peach blossoms everywhere." She coughed softly, "The prince walked all the way from Zhuque Street, and there were so many young ladies holding peach blossoms in their hands. Why did you come to ask me?"
Li Qishen had not expected her to do this. After a moment's thought, he simply agreed with her, speaking in a gentle and graceful tone, like a whisper between lovers: "We haven't made any promises yet, but I'm afraid the peach blossoms will hurt the spring breeze."
Xie Wang was stunned, staring at him blankly for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing: "What..."
Li Qishen also knew that what he said just now was sour, so he raised his hand to brush it off, and threw it out, pretending that he had never said it. After the two of them exchanged such a conversation, the slight strangeness they had felt before was completely gone, and he felt much more relaxed, and casually touched the horse's mane: "Just pretend I didn't say it."
"Look at you, you went to Fengzhou and you dared to deny what you said when you came back." Xie Wangzhi deliberately choked him, but she smiled. She wanted to ask Li Qishen how he was doing in Fengzhou, but then she thought it was boring, so she changed the topic to something lighter, "You haven't answered the question I asked you before. I heard from a lady I know that you should go to see His Majesty, why are you here again?"
Li Qishen thought, "Because I'm anxious to see you," but this didn't seem right. He couldn't figure out where this anxious thought came from, and he was afraid of scaring the girl in front of him, so he just brushed it off: "My father and I, are we acting out some kind of father-son relationship?"
Xie Wangzhi thought about it and was silent for a moment: "But etiquette is always... I'm afraid someone will use this to cause trouble for you."
I had rushed here just now, insisting on seeing him, as if I would be suffocated if I couldn't see him. Now that we've met, a thousand thoughts are stuck in my heart, and in the end I still can't say a word. Li Qishen had never experienced this before, so he didn't know what this feeling was. After holding it in for a while, he stepped on the stirrup and got on the horse.
"That's right." He held the reins, "Then I'll go back first, maybe I can still catch up."
After all, he was wearing light armor. As soon as Li Qishen mounted his horse, he instantly changed from a hurried young man to a solemn and dignified young general. The weather was good today, and the sun was strong. The sunlight hit his armor generously, making it shine, just like a gold-plated statue of a god.
"Okay." Xie Wangzhi looked up and looked into those beautiful eyes. "Go ahead."
Li Qishen said "hmm", turned his horse's head to the side, and was about to turn out of the alley, but suddenly turned back. He didn't know what happened. It was a normal invitation, but he stuttered: "... Are you free later?"
“…Yes.” Xie Wang was stunned. “What’s wrong?”
"Then I'll come and play with you later." Li Qishen didn't wait for her to answer, and turned his horse's head and ran to the alley. The boy's voice was clear in the sound of horse hooves, "I'm back, don't cry anymore."
Xie Wangzhi didn't understand for a moment, thinking that he didn't cry, but his hand instinctively raised and touched his eyes. After sitting in the carriage all the way and chatting for a while, the tears that had seeped out earlier had long been dried by the wind, but there was a little dryness under his eyes, which was the trace of tears.
Xie Wangzhi remembered that he had been crying on the terrace on the second floor of Xingyue Tower and was seen by Li Qishen.
An inexplicable feeling of shame came over her, and Xie Wangzhi's face flushed. She rubbed her eyes vigorously twice, but failed to clean the remaining tear marks on her skin. Instead, she rubbed a smaller redder patch, as if she had put on a bride's makeup. The slightly dry feeling under her eyes was clear, even more distinct, reminding her clearly what she had just done.
She imitated the young lady downstairs who had never met Li Qishen before, and chased him upstairs foolishly, calling him the Prince and crying uncontrollably.
… How embarrassing!
Xie Wangzhi almost couldn't breathe. She was angry and sour. Thinking about what Li Qishen said before, a subtle sweetness came up. She held it in for a long time, but didn't understand what this feeling was. She simply raised her hands and covered her face.
Luzhu happened to come out to look for her. When she saw her covering her face, she thought she had been wronged. She was in a panic and her voice was trembling: "… Madam? What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Xie Wangzhi knew that she was probably thinking about something else, and her face turned even redder. She was afraid that Luzhu would worry, so she reluctantly put her hand down, but she didn't want her to see it, so she moved to the side and said, "Go back."
Lu Zhu followed the rules and didn't ask questions that she shouldn't ask. The driver came back first, and seeing that they were delayed for a long time, she couldn't help but come out to look for her own wife. Seeing that Xie Wangzhi was alone, she didn't want to be boring: "I know."
The two entered Xie's house and went back to Xie Wangzhi's courtyard. As soon as they stepped through the gate, Xie Wangzhi said, "I want to take a bath."
"I will arrange it right away."
Luzhu was very quick and did what she said. She had just taken a few steps when Xie Wangzhi behind her suddenly said, "Wait a minute."
Luzhu turned around: "What's wrong, my lady?"
"... go find out if there's any peach blossom scented lotion." It was a normal request, but Xie Wangzhi found it hard to say it out loud, and his face turned red. "I... I want to use this today."
**
The girl in the mirror was dressed neatly, with her long hair, which had just been wrung out, loosely tied up with a hairpin. Two strands of hair were left out by her ears, half-curled gently, making the girl look particularly soft, making people want to try to brush her hair and gently stroke her pretty face.
Xie Wangzhi was quite satisfied with this look, but Luzhu felt it was inappropriate: "Madam, do you want to put on some makeup?"
Normally, one should put on makeup when meeting guests, but Xie Wangzhi felt that she looked like this. Not to mention that she was ignorant when she was a child, but now Li Qishen has also seen her face full of tear marks from crying. If she carefully put on makeup to cover it up, it would make her look pretentious.
She shook her head: "No, does it look okay like this?"
"My lady, you are naturally fine." Lu Zhu adjusted the position of her earrings and looked at her again. "My lady, your lips are pale. Do you want to put on some lip balm to make you look better?"
The bronze mirror can only reflect people, but not colors. Xie Wangzhi couldn't tell, so he could only follow Luzhu's meaning: "Okay."
Luzhu responded and immediately picked out the box of lip balm, opened it and let Xie Wangzhi choose a color, then used a stick to dip a little and smeared it on her lips. Xie Wangzhi's lips were originally light in color, and with this little smear, his complexion improved a lot, but since he didn't wear makeup, the color of the lip balm was still a bit conspicuous, and you could see at a glance that his lips were as colorful as spring flowers.
Lu Zhu hesitated whether to say it or not, but Xie Wangzhi didn't understand and thought it was fine: "That's it. I think the prince has been waiting for a long time."
She stood up, meaning to leave. Luzhu thought it was better to leave without any more trouble, so she knelt down and bowed, but did not follow her.
Xie Wangzhi held the shawl tightly and walked out of the Xie Mansion, still a little uncomfortable. She rarely dressed like this, and she always felt that something was wrong with her body. When she saw Li Qishen as soon as she walked out of the mansion, she pursed her lips and said softly, "Sorry, I was taking a bath earlier, so it took me some time to dress up."
"It's okay. I heard that young ladies always dress up like this. Le Yan complained to me last time, saying that she waited for a whole hour for her sister to put on makeup."
"It won't take that long." Xie Wangzhi knew he was teasing her on purpose, and she pulled the hair by her ear unintentionally, "Where are we going?"
She hadn't thought about where to go, and just followed Li Qishen's instructions, waiting for him to speak. After waiting for a while, she didn't hear his answer. Xie Wangzhi thought he hadn't made up his mind yet, so he smiled sympathetically, "Haven't you made up your mind? It doesn't matter, I don't have anything to do anyway, so I can walk for a while."
“… No.” Li Qishen forced his eyes away from Xie Wangzhi’s lips and swallowed, feeling as if he had seen something haunted.
He had good eyesight. When Xie Wangzhi came out, he saw her lips at a glance. They were light red, spreading out little by little, like a flower that was gradually blooming. Li Qishen himself had no color and didn't know how to put on makeup, so he just thought that all girls were like this. At first, it was really nothing, but when Xie Wangzhi spoke, her lips opened and closed slightly, and occasionally she pursed them lightly. The red trembled slightly in his field of vision, which made him feel itchy for no reason.
Li Qishen frowned and suppressed the feeling. "How about I take you to East Market to play?"
"Okay." Xie Wangzhi thought any place was good, but then he thought it was not right, "But the East City is a bit far... How about you wait a little longer, I'll go back and change into some Hu clothes, and ride over with you."
"Can you ride a horse?"
"Of course, but... well, not very good. I'm not good at riding or shooting. I can just use it as a means of transportation." Xie Wangzhi did not hide anything and turned to leave.
Before he took a step, Li Qishen suddenly said, "No, come back."
Xie Wang was stunned, turned back and looked at him blankly.
"It took you half an hour to change into this outfit, and another half an hour to change. It's time for curfew." Li Qishen patted the warhorse beside him, "Come, get on the horse, sit sideways, and I'll take you over."
After all, they had known each other for so many years, so Xie Wangzhi didn't act pretentiously. She went over and touched the horse's mane a few times, then grabbed the saddle and climbed onto the horse. Wearing a skirt, she had to sit sideways, and the warhorse was particularly tall, so she was not very stable when she got on, and she had to let Li Qishen support her before she could hold the reins and sit steadily.
"Thank you." She teased herself, "It seems that I really am not very good at riding a horse."
"Zhao Ye has the bloodline of Dayuan horses, which is exceptionally high. It's not your fault." Li Qishen mounted the horse quite skillfully. He put his arms around Xie Wangzhi's waist and held the reins.
The place was so small that Xie Wangzhi could not sit on the horse even if she wanted to avoid suspicion. As soon as Li Qishen got on the horse, her shoulder pressed against his chest. Li Qishen took off his light armor and wore a round-necked robe. The clothes were neither thick nor thin. Xie Wangzhi could clearly feel his chest rising and falling with his breathing.
Five years have passed in a flash, and Li Qishen has really grown up. He was a little thin back then, but now he has a tall and straight figure and looks more like a man than when he was young.
… man.
This realization made Xie Wangzhi shudder, and she inexplicably felt dangerous, and her face began to blush again. She always felt that she shouldn't get on a man's horse so casually and get close to him, but this man who was between a boy and a man was Li Qishen.
She was flustered, but Li Qishen was totally unaware. He lowered his head slightly and sniffed her shoulder gently, with a hint of confusion: "It smells so good, like peach blossoms. You are a girl, are you born to smell this good?"
The author has something to say: Although I also have incense on my body, Changsheng just wants to express the confusion among straight men: "Do girls have body odor?" (In fact, it's the cosmetics that have been marinated in it)
q: Ding—Repeat (record player plays) "Except for those who are seriously injured and dying, I will not take anyone with me immediately."
Changsheng: ... I am deaf (.)
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