"Today is just casual fun, you don't have to be so polite," Jin Yang's eyes swept over everyone, and finally fell on Gu Rujiu, "Junior sister came out to play, why didn't you bring a horse?"
Gu Rujiu noticed that the eyes around him were falling on him, but he didn't know it. He raised his head and said to Jin Yang, "My best friend and I walked around at will, and we didn't go too far, so I didn't ride a horse."
"Viewing flowers, it should be like this," Jin Yang dismounted and handed the reins to the guard behind him, "I also have this intention, I wonder if you would like to accompany me for a walk."
Yang Chuiwen and the young masters of the Li family would naturally not refuse. Gu Rujiu and several other girls also followed behind Jin Yang, showing their loyalty to the emperor.
Li Huaigu is the leader of the several sons of the Li family, but since Li Churou fell to his death on horseback, Li Huaigu has rarely appeared at various gatherings, and the limelight is not as good as before.
Others don't know it, but the Li family knows that at the beginning, the Li family wanted to marry the Gu family, so when they saw Gu Rujiu, the young masters of the Li family couldn't help but look at Li Huaigu a few more times.
Jin Yang noticed that the eyes of the Li family were a little strange. Although there was doubt in his heart, nothing was revealed on his face. Instead, he chatted with these noble family sons about miscellaneous stories, and occasionally mentioned some customs and political achievements in various places. Most of these noble family sons said that things, and not aimlessly.
In terms of ability and talent, the aristocratic family is more powerful than the people from the poor family, but these sons of the aristocratic family care too much and are too selfish, so Jin Yang does not dare to reuse them arbitrarily.
Among these sons, Li Huaigu and Yang Chuiwen were the most outstanding. After Jin Yang had a conversation with the two of them, he felt that the two had extraordinary knowledge and far surpassed the other sons in the group.
Gu Rujiu was listening to these noble sons talking, but she didn't notice the dead branches under her feet. The soles of her feet slipped, and she was about to fall to the ground. At the moment she fell, there was only one thought in her mind, and that was: this time Going to lose people.
"Girl Gu," Yang Chuiwen was relatively close to Gu Rujiu, so when he saw her staggering under his feet, he quickly reached out to support her, and after Gu Rujiu stood firm, he retracted his hand very gentely and took a step back, "You Are you alright?"
"Thank you, I'm fine," Gu Rujiu thanked him gratefully, "Thank you Young Master Yang for helping."
"You don't have to do this, Miss Gu." Yang Chuiwen smiled gently.
Jin Yang looked back at the two of them. After seeing the smile on the corner of Gu Rujiu's mouth, he turned around and took two steps back. He walked in front of Gu Rujiu and stopped Yang Chuiwen behind him: "Is Junior Sister ever injured?"
"I'm fine," Gu Rujiu looked around, winked at him, and whispered, "Don't ask, Your Majesty, it's embarrassing."
Seeing her showing this little daughter to himself, Jin Yang smiled, stretched out his hand to help her take a few steps forward, and then said, "Be careful, don't fall."
Li Huaigu looked at His Majesty's interaction with Second Miss Gu thoughtfully, then looked back at Yang Chuiwen, who had a slight smile on his face, no strange color, lowered his eyelids and said nothing.
Not long after the group left, Jin Yang opened his mouth and said, "It rained a few nights ago, and it's a little slippery here. I will send my junior sister back first, everyone please feel free." After speaking, he turned to look at Gu Rujiu, " What do you think, sister-in-law?"
Gu Rujiu raised her head to meet Jin Yang's eyes, and her own shadow was printed in the other's beautiful eyes. She lowered her head and said in a low voice, "The servant girl has His Majesty Lao."
The other sons and daughters who belonged to the category of "casual" expressed their interest in expressing their respectful farewell to His Majesty the Emperor.
When Jin Yang and his party left, Yang Xixue and other noble ladies also found a reason to separate from these noble sons, leaving only Yang Chuiwen and the Li family sons.
"There is a girl in the Gu family who is growing up," Yang Chuiwen put his hands behind his back and said with a smile, "Beautiful and elegant, graceful and leisurely, such a beautiful woman is really attractive."
Li Ji'an from the second room of the Li family raised his eyebrows, and said in a disapproving tone, "It's just a fourteen-year-old yellow-haired girl, what kind of beauty can you see?"
"Some women are beautiful in their skin but not in their bones, but this girl Gu is different. She is beautiful in the bones, in the air, and in the gods. Even just one look in her eyes can make people forget themselves," Yang Chuiwen said. With a sigh, "If I can ask to marry such a beautiful woman, I will have no regrets in my life."
Li Ji'an and others expressed doubts about Yang Chuiwen's aesthetics. In their eyes, Gu Rujiu was still the innocent and childish little girl, and they really couldn't see the beauty of being absent-minded.
Seeing that his companions expressed doubts about his vision, Yang Chuiwen was not annoyed, but said, "It's better if you don't know how to appreciate it, so that no one is vying with me to marry her."
Hearing Yang Chuiwen say this, Li Huaigu's brows moved, and he opened his mouth to say something, but swallowed it back. He looked back at the direction in which His Majesty the Emperor had left, and sighed softly.
On the forest trail, Jin Yang and Gu Rujiu were walking one after the other, and behind them was the heroic dragon guard, the footsteps made the trail extremely quiet.
Jin Yang walked very slowly, to the point where Gu Rujiu could surpass him if he took a big step.
"Junior sister, have you ever thought about what the person you like looks like?" Jin Yang stopped and turned to look at Gu Rujiu, with an expression on his face that she couldn't understand.
Looking at Jin Yang like this, Gu Rujiu suddenly realized that this little emperor had grown up and became a qualified emperor.
"Your Majesty, the minister and daughter have not thought about this issue," Gu Rujiu smiled and shook his head, "How about you, have you ever thought about it?"
"I didn't think about it before, but now I think about it. I'm just afraid she doesn't want to." Jin Yang walked slowly forward with his hands behind his back.
Gu Rujiu followed behind him silently, looking at his straight back and long legs wrapped in brocade robes, he couldn't help thinking that with his appearance, he could probably be elected as the most beautiful man in the capital.
"Be careful, there is a slope ahead," Jin Yang turned around and stretched out his hand in front of Gu Rujiu, "I'll help you down."
Gu Rujiu looked at the hand in front of her, which was as white as jade, with distinct knuckles, a little thin, but with an indescribable firmness and strength.
But she felt that perhaps this hand should not be held up.
With a forceful step, Gu Rujiu lifted the hem of her skirt, took a few steps and ran down the slope, then smiled and looked at Jin Yang who was standing on the slope: "Your Majesty, there is a sea of flowers in front of you, very beautiful."
Seeing her innocent and innocent smile, Jin Yang retracted his outstretched hand and strode down: "Really?"
"Look, there." Gu Rujiu pointed forward, there really was a large field of wild mountain flowers, not as delicate and gorgeous as the flowers in the palace, but full of vitality.
The Dragon Guard carefully stood around to prevent any accidents from happening.
Hu Yunqi, who was closest to the two, looked at the two standing side by side, and sighed in his heart, the sister of Cunjing's family couldn't keep it, others might not have seen it, but he could clearly see His Majesty's eyes on the second girl. Clearly, this is not what is the love of the heart
The Gu family may not really have such a heart, but His Majesty the Emperor has such a heart.
I don't know if the Gu family will be willing to nod this head when the royal family asks to marry the second girl in the future.
It is also ironic to think about it. The Li family and the Sima family worked hard, and His Majesty never took a look. The Gu family did not plan to cultivate a concubine, but the emperor just liked his girl. This is really fate. Fate can't be forced.
"Your Majesty's question just now, I'm thinking about it now," Gu Rujiu squatted down and picked an unknown wild flower and played with it, "I don't want much, as long as there is someone who is willing to be considerate of me, accompany me. It's fine for the rest of your life."
"If..." Jin Yang tilted his head to look at her, "If that person is..."
Whoosh!
The mountain wind picked up, and several birds flew out of the forest, chirping and passing over the two of them.
Gu Rujiu looked up at the sky, glanced at Jin Yang's slightly pale face, and took a breath: "The mountain wind is a little cold, let's go back first."
She was worried that Jin Yang, who was frail and sick, would get sick from the mountain wind, "Why don't you talk while walking?"
Jin Yang swallowed what he didn't say, turned around to take the cape from Long Jingwei, and put it on Gu Rujiu.
Gu Rujiu looked down at the other party and tied a knot on the cape with her white fingers, and said in a daze, "Thank you."
"Let's go." Jin Yang smiled thoughtfully, then walked forward.
Hu Yunqi had already mentioned that the breathlessness in his throat was a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but go crazy in his heart: Your Majesty, the words are already on your lips, but you go on!
Are you not rational, calm, and decisive on weekdays? Why are you indecisive now
Hu Yunqi's inner roar was inaudible to Jin Yang. Right now, he was just struggling with the mentality of making sure not to meet the younger sister and to make sure that she would not fall. He moved cautiously step by step to the main hall of Taihebee Palace.
Walking with someone you hate, even a few steps, will feel unbearable, but with someone you like, no matter how rough or long the road is, it will only feel too short. When he saw the main hall of Taihe Palace, Jin Yang was a little disappointed in his heart.
Although he and Jiu Jiu had the opportunity to meet at Kangquan Palace, they didn't have many opportunities to talk privately. Opportunities like today are rare, so he cherished them very much.
But no matter how reluctant he was, no matter how unwilling he was, he was still worried that he would get sick from the mountain wind for a long time. There will still be opportunities to get along in the future, but if you get sick for a long time, it will be Jiujiu who suffers.
"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty is back." Aunt Liu whispered in the ear of Empress Dowager Zhou, "The Majesty of Changyan County is also with His Majesty."
"I see," Empress Dowager Zhou nodded, watching Jin Yang and Gu Rujiu come back from outside one after another from a distance, and turned to the ladies who were sitting beside her, "Today, you all come with Ai's family. Aijia is very grateful that Taihe is having fun in the other palace, so I specially asked the chefs of the imperial kitchen to prepare a meal, and invite you ladies to taste it."
When the ladies heard the words, they all praised them, and they really thought to themselves, is the Queen Mother trying to observe the dining manners of the ladies of various families
Everyone does not know the real intention of the queen mother, but the meal is indeed prepared very richly, even the big families who have been raised by various exquisite dishes can't make mistakes.
During the banquet, everyone found that the Queen Mother Zhou did not seem to have deliberately observed the dining etiquette of any girl, as if she really just invited everyone to have a meal, and had no other intentions.
After the meal was finished, the Queen Mother invited the female relatives to drink tea, and the Erlangs of each family began to compete with swordsmanship and bows and arrows.
But fortunately, the sons of the aristocratic family are very good at life, and the game has always adhered to the style of point-to-point. Although there are winners and losers, they still maintain the face of both sides.
On the other hand, there are a few upstarts who seem to be more diligent and hard-working, and have also won good rankings.
In the end, the most outstanding bow and arrow was Li Huaigu, and the most outstanding swordsman was Yang Chuiwen. Both of them were representatives of the noble family.
After watching the whole process, Jin Yang complimented the two of them a few times, and they were given the prize of the game, and the atmosphere of the whole scene immediately became lively.
The musicians were playing the tune, and some of them had a wilder personality. They had already danced to the tune and won praise from many people.
"Are you going for a long time?" Yang looked at the men and women who were jumping around and asked in a low voice, "I saw several girls who were friends with you dancing."
Gu Rujiu shook his head, "No."
Sister-in-law is gone, although she doesn't have to wear hemp and filial piety all day, but she doesn't want to sing and dance at this time.
Knowing what she was thinking, Mrs Yang didn't persuade her any more, she just said, "If you don't go, just talk to me."
"What did the mother want to say?" Gu Rujiu put down the teacup and looked at Yang Shi.
"For example..." Yang raised his chin toward the crowd, "What do you think of Yang Jiaerlang?"
"Cousin Yang?" Gu Rujiu remembered the benevolent Yang Wenji, nodded and said, "Very good."
"I'm not talking about him, but the son of Yang Guogong's family," Yang shi carefully observed the expression on Gu Rujiu's face, "What do you think of him?"
"He..." Gu Rujiu looked at the crowd, Yang Chuiwen was dancing with a few young masters bending over and stretching his arms, perhaps because he was very good-looking, so he was very conspicuous in the crowd, "I don't know much about it. But he looks good. Outstanding."
She vaguely guessed what her mother meant, but in her eyes, Yang Chuiwen was just a beautiful boy with good manners, and she didn't want to marry the other party at all.
After hearing what her daughter said, she knew that her daughter didn't care about Yang Jiaerlang, so Yang said, "I see. In a few days, will you go to the tea party at Yang Guogong's house?"
Gu Rujiu shook her head: "No, I'll accompany eldest brother at home."
Hearing this, Yang shi touched her shoulder and sighed.
In Jin Yang's view, men and women in the capital are more open-minded than men and women in Jinzhou, and they don't pay much attention to taboos between men and women. Perhaps it is because the daughters of the aristocratic family are very precious, so they develop such an atmosphere.
He looked at the dancing men and women in silence. When he saw Yang Chuiwen dancing, he accidentally made physical contact with a few girls. He couldn't help but think, how could such a romantic figure be worthy of a long time
"Your Majesty?" The Queen Mother Zhou saw that Jin Yang had been staring at other people dancing, and thought he was also interested. "If your Majesty likes it, go ahead. Today, the ruler and ministers are having fun together, and there are not so many rules."
Jin Yang shook his head with a smile at the Queen Mother Zhou, and took a sip from the teacup: "I'll just watch it."
Empress Dowager Zhou thought that he didn't go because of his health, and felt a little uncomfortable. She turned her head and whispered a few words in Aunt Liu's ear.
"Aunt Liu?" Seeing Aunt Liu coming, Gu Rujiu put down the teacup suspiciously, "Auntie came over, but what's the matter?"
"I also ask the county owner to forgive the slaves for disturbing your elegance," Aunt Liu said in a salute to Gu Rujiu. "The queen mother asks you to come over and talk to her, and ask the county owner to honor her."
Yang Shi nodded towards Gu Rujiu.
Gu Rujiu returned the salute and said, "Don't dare, it is an honor to be with the Empress Dowager." She stood up, straightened her skirt, and walked behind Aunt Liu in the direction where the Empress Dowager sat.
"Jiu Jiu, come and sit here," Queen Mother Zhou asked Aunt Liu to set up a chair beside her, and asked Gu Rujiu to sit beside her. After Gu Rujiu sat down, she asked with concern, "Why have you lost so much weight, but haven't taken good care of yourself recently?"
"Maybe it's because I've grown a little taller recently," Gu Rujiu touched her face and squeezed a smile towards the Queen Mother Zhou. Seeing the concern in her eyes, she lowered her head and said, "This kind of thing happened at home, the whole person is almost About to collapse, I always worry that he will do something stupid."
"Why is your child's mind so heavy?" Empress Dowager Zhou touched her cheek distressedly, "Zhi Yu is the son of the Gu family. Even if he is uncomfortable now, he will not do stupid things. You are growing up now. At times, it is not good for the body to spend so much energy all day long."
"Auntie said this, I've understood it for a long time..." Gu Rujiu took the tea cup presented by the maid and smiled bitterly, "But the family that was originally perfect has lost a living person, and I always feel uncomfortable in my heart."
Empress Dowager Zhou put a plate of cakes in front of her: "I specially asked the royal chef to make it for you, try it."
"Thank you aunt," Gu Rujiu twisted a piece of cake and put it in his mouth, but before he could swallow the piece of cake, there was a noise from below.
She took a sip of water, swallowed the cake in her mouth, and looked at the noisy place in surprise.
Today is still the Queen Mother Qianqiu, and there are so many people present, who would be confused to make trouble on such an occasion.
"Go away!" Wu Dongyun pushed Sima Xiang away angrily, looking at her torn skirt with red cheeks, "Who are you making this fake appearance for?"
"Miss Wu, I'm sorry," Sima Xiang bowed to Wu Dongyun generously, "If you don't mind, I'll accompany you to change into the back."
She didn't say that she didn't do it on purpose, and she didn't explain it, but in the eyes of others, her behavior seemed like Wu Dongyun was making trouble unreasonably, while Sima Xiang was handling the problem rationally and calmly.
"Heh, you accompany me, who knows if I go with you, there will be any accident," Wu Dongyun sneered and lowered her voice so low that only the two of them could hear, "You think I don't know Did you break my skirt on purpose and wait for me to get angry?"
Sima Xiang's eyelids trembled, but she didn't speak.
"Everyone in the capital knows that I, Wu Dongyun, have a hot temper. I speak and do things without shame, but it doesn't mean that I have a bad mind," Wu Dongyun raised her chin and glanced in the direction where the emperor was sitting, "I want to use me If I show my face in front of the royal family, I have to see who I am. If I have an elder brother who will be executed in the autumn, I will stay at home honestly and have no face to go anywhere. "
"Miss Wu, it's my fault that you accidentally broke your skirt. I apologize to you, but please don't humiliate my family." Sima Xiang raised her voice.
"Look at this method," Wu Dongyun said with a disdainful smile, "you are a girl of the Sima family anyway, so it's not too bad to use this method to lose face of the family? The Sima family has been famous for hundreds of years, I am afraid it will be ruined by your family. in."
Sima Xiang bit her lower lip tightly, her beautiful eyes staring at Si Wu Dongyun without speaking.
"Those who come from remote places come from remote places. Even if they wear the skin of the Sima family, they can't have the bearing of the Sima family," Wu Dongyun snorted coldly.
After speaking, without looking at Sima Xiang's face, he carried the skirt and walked away.
With this farce, the men and women who were still dancing couldn't take it any longer, so they sat back to their seats in twos and threes.
Sima Xiang's hand hidden in her sleeve clenched tightly until her nails pierced her palm, then she slowly released her hand and turned to look in the direction where the eldest wife of the Sima family was sitting.
The eldest wife of the Sima family had a smile on her face, and she could not tell whether she was angry or angry, but she was talking to a lady beside her with her head tilted, and she didn't even look at Sima Xiang.
After watching the farce, Queen Mother Zhou lowered her head and whispered to Gu Rujiu: "For a long time, you have to remember a truth. A truly smart person should learn to watch the play, not the person who acts."
Gu Rujiu smiled and nodded.
"It's a pity this girl, although she is a little smart, but being raised in the third room of the Sima family is considered a waste," Queen Mother Zhou shook her head, "A good daughter, I don't want to teach her manners, but let her be young With such privacy means, it really doesn't look like a family."
This farce may be an accident in the eyes of others, but for the Queen Mother Zhou who has lived in the palace for many years and is used to seeing various methods, this is a farce directed and acted by Sima Xiang.
She knew that the Sima family wanted to send the girl into the palace, and regardless of whether she did not want someone from the Sima family to enter the palace as a concubine, even if the Sima family was just an ordinary family, a girl like Sima Xiang was not very suitable for entering the palace.
"She's so beautiful, she really shouldn't be like this." Although Gu Rujiu didn't like the people in the third room of the Sima family, she couldn't open her eyes and say that Sima Xiang was not good-looking.
The Queen Mother Zhou shook her head: "No matter how good-looking men and women are, they will grow old and ugly one day."
"A person who is beautiful should be a beautiful old man when he grows old," Gu Rujiu said, and looked at Jin Yang in a strange way, "For example, Your Majesty..."
Jin Yang saw Gu Rujiu looking at him, although he didn't know what she was talking about, he still returned a gentle smile.
Seeing this smile, Gu Rujiu thought to herself, the so-called beautiful and delicious meal is nothing more than that.