Under the dim candlelight, the man was wearing a scarlet wedding gown, with a slender figure, narrow waist and broad shoulders, and his black hair was fixed with a golden jade crown.
It was an extremely delicate face, under the two thick eyebrows was a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, clear and gentle, as if a pool of moonlight was rippling and dizzying in his eyes. The bridge of his nose was straight, and the corners of his thin lips curled up in a gentle curve.
The only shortcoming is that his bloodless cold white skin is as fragile as glass, which makes people feel a strong desire for protection for no reason.
This is the modeling face! The kind that Nuwa carefully kneaded when she created a human being!
Tao Ti asked herself that she had seen many handsome men in her previous life, but none of them could match the one in front of her.
For a moment, the heartbeat couldn't help but speed up.
Pei Yan stared fixedly at the startled woman in the room, a faint light flashed in her black eyes, but she coughed lightly on her face, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, I won't do anything to you..."
This gentle and pleasant voice made Tao Ti recover from her astonishment.
She smiled sarcastically, and subconsciously lowered her voice, "I, I'm not afraid."
Eyes met, there was a moment of silence, Pei Yan pointed to the stool, "Sit down and talk?"
Tao Ti suddenly remembered that he was not in good health, and hurriedly said, "Sit, sit, please sit down."
Pei Yan nodded slightly at her, and sat down slowly, and Tao Ti also sat down.
After a while, the palace servants came in with a pot of hot water. When they saw the prince coming, they were surprised, but they didn't dare to look too much. After pouring the tea respectfully, he quickly retreated.
Tao Ti picked up the water glass and looked at it. This time the water was clean and still warm.
She was so thirsty that she drank the teacup in one gulp. The ancient teacups were all small, not comparable to the modern mugs. Drinking such a small cup is not enough at all.
She quietly glanced at Pei Yan who was sitting opposite, hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "I, I'm a little thirsty, I'll pour another glass of water..."
Seeing her cautious appearance, Pei Yan moved her black eyes slightly, and immediately raised her hand in a gesture of "please", and said softly, "You can do whatever you want."
With the consent of the owner of the East Palace, Tao Ti poured another glass of water...
The second cup, the third cup, the third cup... the tenth cup.
Pei Yan, "..."
Well, he believed she was really thirsty.
After she drank half a pot of tea, Pei Yan said, "Are you going to ask them to bring in a pot of water again?"
Tao Ti is not so thirsty now, and she waved her hand in embarrassment when she heard him ask such a question, "Don't bother."
Pei Yan said calmly, "It's just a pot of water, no trouble."
After a pause, he saw Tao Ti's expression, and suddenly realized something, his black eyes narrowed, "Did the palace servant neglect you?"
Tao Ti was taken aback for a moment, she didn't expect him to be so perceptive, he guessed what happened without saying anything. She shook her head quickly and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I didn't neglect..."
Although the attitude of the two palace servants just now made her quite unhappy, she did not do anything harmful. In those costume dramas she watched, the palace servants made mistakes and would drag them down and chop them up, or beat them to pieces with dozens of boards... There was no need to make such a fuss.
"It's fine if you don't neglect." Pei Yan had a panoramic view of the changes in her expression, and gently rubbed the wall of the cup with her slender fingers.
Tao Ti's eyelashes drooped slightly, and she thought, at present, the prince seems to be quite easy to talk to
Well, a good communication starts with a correct attitude, so why don't you apologize to him first? Although the original owner was also a victim of feudal marriage, as far as the current situation is concerned, the prince is quite innocent.
"Your Highness—"
"you… "
The two of them spoke at the same time, and they were both taken aback.
Tao Ti hurriedly said, "You speak first, you speak first."
Pei Yan stared at her gently, and said seriously, "Gu knows that you don't want to marry to the East Palace... But don't worry, I will give you a letter of reconciliation before I die, and let you go free."
Tao Ti was stunned, and it took her a while to find her own voice, "Okay, okay."
Wow, what a beautiful and kind little angel this is! I can! !
"Gu finished." Pei Yan looked up at her, "What did you want to say just now?"
"Well, I want to apologize to you." Tao Ti lowered her head guiltily, and said, "I came back from the gate of hell, and I also want to understand something. No matter how reluctant I am about this marriage, I will not This kind of impulsive method should be used to solve it. Since His Highness has promised me and Li Shu, then I will live in peace and quiet, and will never cause His Highness any trouble... just pretend that I don't exist. "
Pei Yan was surprised, and his eyes fell on her soft side face, with a bit of inquiry in her dark pupils.
After pondering for a while, he said softly, "You are a lonely princess, how can you pretend that you don't exist."
These words came out of his mouth, as if a layer of gentle filter had been added, Tao Ti only felt a tingling in his ears.
Just as she was about to respond, Pei Yan suddenly coughed, "cough cough cough..."
Tao Ti was startled, and looked at him worriedly, "Your Highness, are you alright?"
He hurriedly took out a veil from his sleeve to cover his lips, his pale face flushed unhealthily from coughing, "No... cough... I'm fine."
Seeing his thin body shaking violently, Tao Ti quickly added some warm water to his cup, "Drink some water."
"Thank you." Pei Yan picked up the teacup and drank a couple of sips, and his cough gradually stopped. He smiled at her apologetically, with a bit of shame, "Did Gu scare you?"
"No, no, I'm not so easily scared." Tao Ti's little head shook like a rattle.
"Gu's body has always been like this, I hope you don't dislike it..." Pei Yan's voice was soft, and his slender eyelashes drooped, casting a shadow between his three-dimensional eyebrows and eyes.
The gentler the person, the more sensitive the mind.
Tao Ti said softly, "I don't dislike it. You are not in good health and you can't choose. Don't feel inferior because of this. Although we have only met each other not long ago, I think you are a very good person."
He, is a very good person
Pei Yan's black eyes narrowed slightly, her thin lips curled up, and her smile was gentle and harmless, "It's just that you don't dislike Gu."
The two sat quietly for a while, and when Tao Ti was thinking about what to say to break the silence, her stomach growled untimely.
Hearing her stomach growling, Pei Yan was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he asked softly, "Are you hungry?"
Tao Ti covered her stomach, too embarrassed to raise her head, and hummed softly.
"It's Gu's negligence." Pei Yan said so, and raised his voice to the outside world, "Come here, bring some food in."
Not long after, the palace servants brought meals.
The prince is not in good health, and his diet is very light.
A bowl of steaming thick wolfberry japonica rice porridge, crisp and refreshing winter bamboo shoots and magnolia slices, rouge goose breast with attractive color, served with eight treasures in sweet sauce, assorted coriander in sweet sauce, and radish in sweet sauce. The dessert is sweet and delicious Sweet-scented osmanthus wine stuffed meatballs, as well as three exquisite pastry platters of mung bean cake, pea yellow cake, and white sugar cake, and two kinds of candied fruits.
After smelling the aroma of food, Tao Ti was suddenly very hungry. But with such a palace official present, she was too embarrassed to overeat, so she could only sit at the table cautiously, staring at the dishes eagerly.
Pei Yan saw that she was uncomfortable, and quietly ordered the palace people, "You all step back."
When the palace people retreated, he turned to look at Tao Ti, and said softly, "There is no one else, you can eat when you are hungry."
Tao Ti relaxed at once, and blinked at him with her bright eyes, "Thank you, then I will not be polite."
Seeing her sincere smile, Pei Yan was slightly taken aback, then slowly lowered his eyes, and hummed casually.
After all, it is the food made by the Imperial Palace. It tastes good. The wolfberry rice porridge and winter bamboo shoots and magnolia slices are quite satisfactory, which restores the true taste of the food. A few pickles are also pickled and delicious.
What stands out is the rouge goose breast. The perfect fusion of mellow rice wine and honey in the goose meat makes the goose meat extremely tender and soft. One bite, the full gravy bursts on the tip of the tongue, sweet and salty, with endless aftertaste.
Tao Ti had tasted this dish once in a restaurant on Shantang Street in Suzhou, and the taste was already very good. But the wine used in this dish is more mellow and clearer, so the taste is also richer.
Tao Ti happily ate one bite after another. Seeing that Pei Yan only ate half a bowl of porridge and stopped eating, adhering to the belief that "wasting food is shameful", she took the initiative to take the responsibility of sweeping the dishes—
So, for the next incense stick, Pei Yan watched this petite girl clean up all the food on the table.
He couldn't help but think of the concubines and noble ladies he met at banquets in the past. They ate very little every time, and could eat a small piece of pastry for half an hour... Could it be that this is the real appetite of noble ladies in private
Seeing Tao Ti put down her chopsticks with a satisfied face, Pei Yan handed her a clean handkerchief, "Are you full?"
"Yeah, I'm full." Tao Ti took the handkerchief and subconsciously glanced at his bowl. He had only used half of his bowl of wolfberry and japonica rice porridge. She asked, "Your Highness, don't you like porridge?"
"You can't eat too much in the lonely night, it's easy to accumulate food."
Tao Ti suddenly realized, yes, he is a sick person, his stomach is not as good as that of a healthy person, and if a person is sick, his appetite will naturally not be good.
For a while, Tao Ti felt more and more sympathetic to Pei Yanlai, thinking that if there was a chance, she would make some appetizers for him to try, and see if it could improve his appetite.
When the palace people came in to clean up the leftovers and cups, they saw a large table full of clean food, and they couldn't help complaining in private: "This princess is going to die at first, why is her appetite so good all of a sudden?" Fortunately, she can still eat, what a heartless person!
——
After showering and freshening up, Tao Ti walked around the screen and returned to the back room.
Pei Yan had already taken off her wedding robe, and sat quietly by the bed.
He was wearing a thin scarlet pajamas, and his black hair was hanging down like a waterfall. He must be tired. His head was leaning against the bedpost, his handsome face was covered with a touch of exhaustion, his eyes were closed, as if he was tired. A beautiful jade mountain.
Tao Ti was afraid of disturbing this beautiful picture, and was about to approach on tiptoe, when Pei Yan suddenly opened her eyes, "Are you ready to take a bath?"
Tao Ti's back stiffened, and she smiled sarcastically, "Well... are you tired, why don't you go to bed earlier?"
His eyes were filled with misty water, and he nodded slightly, "It's late at night, it's time to settle down."
Tao Ti's heart skipped a beat when he saw her, did he mean to sleep together