Mu Mingtang clapped his hand away in anger, and was about to say something, but Xie Xuanchen cut off: "Let's discuss business now, don't think about those messes. Do you want to live at home or go outside? Where do you want to go, I'll let it go. People wrap up the venue."
Mu Mingtang stared at Xie Xuanchen with a cold face. In front of so many people, Xie Xuanchen was very able to bend and stretch. He immediately put on a weak and innocent look, and even tilted his head and coughed weakly.
Mu Mingtang was angry at first, but when he saw him like this, he laughed again. She rolled her eyes angrily and said, "Sit down, don't pretend to be sick."
"I don't know why I have a headache, and I still feel powerless." Xie Xuanchen finally understood why the concubine in the harem likes to get sick at every turn, and he now thinks this excuse is very useful. Xie Xuanchen leaned on Mu Mingtang and said, "I'm sick, and you still murder me."
Mu Mingtang wanted to push him away, but Xie Xuanchen was sticking like candy, and he couldn't get rid of it. Mu Mingtang gritted her teeth silently. She was worried that Xie Xuanchen was really uncomfortable, but looking at the flexibility, could this be called a disease
Mu Mingtang snorted softly, and didn't buy Xie Xuanchen's account: "The wicked complain first. Stop pretending to be sick, I won't eat you."
"No, I can't get up because of a headache." Xie Xuanchen rested his forehead on Mu Mingtang's shoulder, his voice muffled, "Quickly tell me how you want to celebrate your birthday and help me divert my attention, otherwise I won't get up."
Still dressed, the play is quite complete. Mu Mingtang didn't want to talk to him at all, but she couldn't push it away, and she was reluctant to pull her face down, so she could only sigh slightly and said, "No need to do it, and it's not the whole birthday, so there's no need to recruit teachers."
The weak Xie Xuanchen raised his head with a snort and blurted out: "How can it be done then?"
Mu Mingtang looked at him indifferently: "Do you have a headache?"
Xie Xuanchen said very conservatively: "It's not completely good. What's wrong with you, why don't you want to do it?"
"It's nothing." Mu Mingtang's words just now weren't really angry, she said, "Although the birthday is not different, it is a good day after all. On a good day, I don't want to stay with those people and listen to what they have to say. Fake words. I'm tired, and they may not be sincere."
It is true. Xie Xuanchen understood and asked, "Then we won't call anyone else, just live by ourselves. What do you want to do on your birthday?"
Mu Mingtang thought about it carefully, and found that he lacked everything now, and what he wanted could be realized immediately, not to mention any birthday wishes. She thought for a while and said, "It's nothing special... If I have to say one thing, I want to continue to make birthday wine. My parents helped me bury the wine since I was a child, and it became a family practice later. It was interrupted because of the war. Two years later, now that I have settled down, I can pick it up."
After Mu Mingtang finished speaking, he sighed regretfully: "It's a pity that there is no begonia in the capital. Even if you make wine this year, you can't bury it under the begonia tree."
In the spring, Mu Mingtang went to the garden to see it. Although the palace was full of exotic flowers and plants, there were not many begonias. There are only two begonia trees, one has not sprouted this year, and most of them are dead, and the other has been left unattended for many years and has become dying.
When Xie Xuanchen heard this, his brows moved slightly, but he didn't say anything.
Except for Mrs. Zhu's invitation, Mu Mingtang has always paid little attention to other people's posts. The spring scenery outside the window is getting more and more lively, and soon it will be the first day of April.
As soon as Mu Mingtang woke up this morning, he asked Xie Xuanchen for a gift: "Where's my birthday present?"
Xie Xuanchen was already dressed, he smiled when he heard her words, and said, "I forgot."
Mu Mingtang thought it was unlikely, but looking at his expression, he was afraid that he really forgot: "Really?"
Xie Xuanchen looked at Mu Mingtang's wide-eyed appearance, and couldn't help laughing, "I lied to you, put on your clothes first."
Xie Xuanchen has a lot of previous records, and Mu Mingtang no longer trusts this person. She was in doubt when the maids ran in and said excitedly, "Princess, come and see!"
"What?" Mu Mingtang didn't understand what was wrong, so he was put on a cape by the maid and pulled to the window. As soon as the window was opened, Mu Mingtang was startled by the scene outside.
In the originally flat courtyard, a flowerbed was opened at some point, and a tree of begonias was in full bloom.
Mu Mingtang was very surprised: "How could it be... Obviously not yesterday."
The maids were in high spirits and rushed to tell her, "Princess, there's more than that, there's a whole street outside!"
"An entire street?"
"That's right!"
Mu Mingtang was surprised. She raised her eyes and looked outside. Although she couldn't see the situation on the street, Mu Mingtang always felt that it was much more lively today. Seeing such a scene early in the morning, Mu Mingtang also became excited and said, "Hurry up and change my clothes, I want to go out to see."
"Yes."
Mu Mingtang changed his clothes with great interest, then took the maids up to the gatehouse, and saw that the main street outside the palace was full of begonias overnight.
Not only them, but the people on the street were also very strange. They gathered in piles and pointed at the suddenly appeared Begonia tree. Someone was well-informed, and while talking to the person next to him, he gestured towards the Prince An's mansion.
Mu Mingtang stood on the gatehouse, and even if he couldn't hear it, he could guess what they were talking about.
Obviously, with such a big handwriting and such a big action, only the nobles and grandchildren can support it. And there are two palaces on this street, one is the low-key and restrained mansion of King Jin, and the other is the mansion of King An who is arrogant and unrestrained.
At this time, someone saw someone on the gate of Prince An's mansion, and they all rushed to look at them. Mu Mingtang and Begonia Flower had already seen it, so she didn't want to be watched, so she left surrounded by all the maids.
After returning to Yulintang, Mu Mingtang saw that Xie Xuanchen was still pretending to read in the room, and laughed and said: "You said that you were not prepared, I almost believed it!"
Xie Xuanchen couldn't help but smile when he saw Mu Mingtang smiling like a flower and in high spirits. He's been preparing for many days, isn't that what she said
Xie Xuanchen said: "Even if I forget my birthday, I will never forget you. Don't you want to make wine? Go to the garden to see?"
"There are also in the garden?" Mu Mingtang was surprised, "Begonias are not easy to transplant, let alone trees that are blooming. When did this happen, how come I don't know at all?"
"There are always farmers who are good at planting trees. Some were brought in last night, and some were planted a few days ago. We have to look at the garden from time to time, so I specially asked them to dig old trees, never It dies after only two days of driving."
It turned out to have been prepared a few days ago. Mu Mingtang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why does everyone know about such a big thing, but I don't?"
Xie Xuanchen was accompanying Mu Mingtang out. Hearing this, he didn't even want to say, "Maybe it's because the people below are yin and yang."
The maids, who had just said a lot of good things to the prince, choked. what? What are you talking about, my lord
The maids on both sides had complicated expressions and doubts on their faces. Mu Mingtang crossed the threshold and gave Xie Xuanchen a funny look when he heard this.
Nonsense. Apparently it was he who said something, and the servants dared not reveal the slightest, and the whole government carefully concealed it from her. In the end, Xie Xuanchen was embarrassed to slander the maids without blinking.
Enough is enough.
Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen walked to the garden, and sure enough, they saw that the sidewalk that used to be full of exotic flowers and trees was now full of begonias, the corridors were winding, the begonias were red and bright, and the steps and fences were full of red and white petals.
Mu Mingtang pointed to the flower trees on both sides, and pointed them to Xie Xuanchen one by one: "This is Xifu Begonia, with double petals and single petals. This purple-red tree is Four Seasons Autumn, and the flower stalk over there is slender and drooping. It's Begonia. When we were young, we planted Begonia."
Xie Xuanchen also followed the same way, but did not say anything. After talking for a while, Mu Mingtang said to himself, "I know you can't remember it either, but you've already cheered if you listened. Thank you for preparing so much, and digging up Haitang on purpose."
Xie Xuanchen was not convinced when he heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Who said I can't remember?"
Mu Mingtang was really surprised: "You can actually remember?"
"certainly."
Mu Mingtang was skeptical, and asked him casually pointing to a tree. As a result, Xie Xuanchen glanced at it and said it seriously.
Mu Mingtang was taken aback and said with admiration, "Let's leave for three days, treat each other with admiration. You can actually recognize flowers, it's really not yesterday."
Xie Xuanchen snorted softly and said, "Everything can only be divided into care and indifference. There is nothing that can't be remembered by nature. It's not too difficult. As long as you pay attention, how can you not remember?"
Mu Mingtang agrees with this. Some people say that they can't remember things. To put it bluntly, it's still not important enough. On men, especially.
Mu Mingtang got excited, and pointed to a few more trees and flowers, and Xie Xuanchen answered them one by one. Mu Mingtang became more and more surprised, and finally pointed to a peach blossom. Xie Xuanchen looked at it for a while, and sighed, "I don't recognize it. But I know it's not a begonia."
Mu Mingtang chuckled, and sure enough, Xie Xuanchen was still the old Xie Xuanchen, he just knew Haitang. Mu Mingtang smiled and said, "This is a peach blossom, we just saw it a few days ago. You don't count at all, you can only identify a few kinds of begonias, and when you encounter other plants in the future, it's not that you don't know anything. ?"
"That's none of my business." Xie Xuanchen said, "I only need to know Haitang, what do other flowers have to do with me?"
It was a normal sentence, but Mu Mingtang blushed inexplicably when he heard it. Xie Xuanchen didn't pay attention and said, "If you still want to see it, let's move on. If you don't want to, go back. Don't you still want to make wine? The kitchen has already prepared things."
Mu Mingtang complied. The palace garden is huge. If you visit it all at once, it will be a lot of exercise.
On the way back, Mu Mingtang asked the maid to collect the fallen petals from time to time. She explained to Xie Xuanchen: "Begonia flowers are poisonous and cannot be directly added to wine. But my mother has a unique skill. After processing the petals in a unique way, they can be used. But it can't be too many. Fortunately, there are many petals in spring. Mixing with other flowers into the wine, you don't have to worry about the lack of raw materials."
Xie Xuanchen could not understand what he heard. He had never done such a thing before. He always felt that making wine was not difficult.
Xie Xuanchen was repeatedly disliked by Mu Mingtang, and the two of them tossed for an entire afternoon before finally sealing the wine and preparing to enter the cellar.
Although the palace has a special wine cellar, Mu Mingtang's birthday wine has to be buried under the tree. Mu Mingtang picked the most prosperous begonia tree, and while burying the wine, he said to Xie Xuanchen next to him, "This tree has been tossed around frequently by us, will it die next year? It will be unlucky then. "
"What nonsense." Xie Xuanchen glared at Mu Mingtang and wiped a dirt on her face, "Don't talk nonsense."
Mu Mingtang rubbed his face with the back of his hands in disgust: "You still have dirt on your hands, so you just touch my face like this?"
"It's all from my own family, what do I dislike." Xie Xuanchen glanced at Mu Mingtang, unable to help being amused by her appearance. Mu Mingtang became more and more annoyed when she saw it, Xie Xuanchen smiled and stabilized her: "Madam calm down, at least bury the wine first. Don't break the wine you made after tossing it all afternoon."
The maids watched as the prince and the princess were digging and filling the soil. They approached several times and said they wanted to help, but they were all driven away by Mu Mingtang. They looked a little sadly at the prince and princess who seemed to be playing with the soil. After the two finally had a good time, the maids breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to wait on Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen to clean their hands.
After a long delay in the garden, they arrived early for dinner. The princess' birthday banquet was extremely grand. The kitchen was prepared early and it was kept warm on the stove. It was very easy to wait until the prince and princess came back, and the kitchen hurriedly ordered to pass the meal.
After Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen changed their clothes, the dishes were ready. The meal was opened late, and when they finished eating, it was dark.
Today is the first day of the lunar new year, there is no moon, but the sky is full of stars.
Mu Mingtang raised his head inadvertently, and was instantly fascinated by the stars. She quickly waved her hand and motioned for Xie Xuanchen to come and see: "Look, the stars are very good today."
Xie Xuanchen walked to Mu Mingtang's side and accompany her to look up at the stars. The sky is dark and bottomless, and the stars are like broken diamonds, scattered in the night. That feeling of vastness is far beyond words.
Mu Mingtang looked up for a while, a little regretful, and said, "Tonight, the stars are good, and the wind is good. The shadows are slanted horizontally, and the fragrance is floating. It's the most suitable for a drink. It's a pity."
Xie Xuanchen heard bowing his head and asked, "Why not?"
"Our wine was buried this evening." Mu Mingtang said, "It's only been a while, where can we drink it?"
Xie Xuanchen's eyes showed some meaningful broken light, with a smile but not a smile: "Not necessarily."
Mu Mingtang's eyes widened in surprise, but Xie Xuanchen didn't say much, but said as if pointing, "You will know when you go and have a look."
Mu Mingtang intuition that Xie Xuanchen made a small move, she was about to go out immediately, but was pulled by Xie Xuanchen: "Tie the cape first, what's the hurry."
The maid heard that she had taken the cloak and handed it to Xie Xuanchen. Xie Xuanchen put a cloak on her and fastened it properly before letting her go out.
At this moment, the sky is full of stars, the begonias are in full bloom, and the garden is full of red. Mu Mingtang found the place where they buried their wine in the afternoon. As soon as he approached, he exclaimed in surprise, "Is the soil loose?"
Xie Xuanchen stood behind her, and the dim light illuminated his face as warm as jade. When he heard Mu Mingtang's words, he just smiled: "You can dig it up and see."
Mu Mingtang was skeptical, she was just about to do it, and the maids rushed down, resolutely refusing to let Mu Mingtang do it. Mu Mingtang didn't insist. She did it with her mouth. Wherever she pointed, the maid would dig it up.
It's really easier than doing it yourself.
Only halfway through, Mu Mingtang probably understood. There was nothing there when the wine was buried in the afternoon, but now, there are more wine jars under the begonia tree.
Mu Mingtang looked vaguely familiar, she held the lamp to identify for a while, and suddenly realized that something was wrong: "Isn't this the wine that my parents buried for me in Xiangyang?"