Entering May, the weather in Chang'an is unbearably hot.
Liu Qinghuan slumped on the seat, like a fish that was about to die. The mysterious person outside the window didn't appear again these days, and Liu Qinghuan didn't bother to think about it anymore.
Chitao stood aside to help her fan the wind, Qingzhi walked quickly to Liu Qinghuan, and put the lacquer plate carved with peony in her hand on the table: "Madam, this is the Hedong Ganhe that the emperor bestowed on Lord Hou. Grapes, Master Hou specially ordered the servants to chill some and bring them to you."
Liu Qinghuan's eyes lit up, it's good to be a high-ranking official! You can also use expensive things like ice! Liu Qinghuan was so moved that she was about to cry. She picked up the small wine glass on the plate and poured some wine into it. The purple liquid was clear and clear, and it was still slightly air-conditioned. Liu Qinghuan drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, feeling really... chilling.
"It's really good wine!" Liu Qinghuan praised and poured another glass of wine for herself. Seeing that she drank three cups in a row, Qing Zhi couldn't help reminding: "Ma'am, Master Hou has told you not to drink too much."
Liu Qinghuan rolled her eyes in her heart, Master Hou has so many things to work on in a day and still wants to take care of her drinking or not...
Seemingly seeing Liu Qinghuan's little displeasure, Qing Zhi hurriedly put the small dish on the lacquer plate in front of Liu Qinghuan: "These shredded carp are cut by the Lord himself, madam, do you want to try it?"
Liu Qinghuan glanced down, the carp shreds in the plate were transparent in color, extremely thin, it seemed that Master Hou's knife skills were very good.
She thought for a while and asked, "Master Hou is entertaining guests in the main hall?"
Qingzhi faltered twice, but still replied: "Yes."
"Who is the banquet?"
"Yes... yes, it is Princess Yongfu."
Liu Qinghuan blinked, isn't she just a princess, why is it so hard to say? She looked at Qingzhi and smiled slightly, and asked: "Master Hou and Princess Yongfu have a good relationship?"
"No, no!" Qing Zhi quickly denied it, but after thinking about it, it was not appropriate to answer this way, so she explained, "The Princess Mansion and the Hou Mansion are both in Chongrenfang, so they move around from time to time. I heard that the princess came here unexpectedly today. visit."
"Oh, that's it." Liu Qinghuan looked at the shredded carp on the plate, but did not put down her chopsticks for a long time.
Qingzhi was worried, and continued to explain: "Master Hou grew up with the emperor and the princess since they were young, so they have a deep relationship."
Liu Qinghuan didn't answer as if she was thinking about something, Qing Zhi glanced at Chi Tao, Chi Tao said knowingly: "Madam, this shredded carp looks creamy and refreshing, you should try it quickly."
"En." Liu Qinghuan responded, picked up a chopsticks of shredded carp, dipped a little of the garlic, shallot and mustard next to it, and ate it in one bite.
Qingzhi and Chitao looked at her intently, and asked tentatively: "How does it taste?"
"The fish is quite fresh." Liu Qinghuan put down her chopsticks and poured herself another glass of wine.
Chi Tao and Qing Zhi glanced at each other, and both saw the same worry in each other's eyes.
Madam seems to be angry, will Master Hou be unlucky? If Master Hou is unlucky, will they have to be unlucky too
In the main hall of Hou Mansion, Xue Mu is still having a banquet with Yongfu.
Yongfu glanced at Xue Mu, smiled and asked, "Are you still unwilling to invite your wife out for me to meet?" Where is it that you are so kind to her
Xue Mu lowered his eyes slightly, and asked back, "Why does the princess insist on seeing her?"
Yongfu said: "Isn't it right to invite your wife to accompany a female guest at a banquet?"
Xue Mu was silent for a while, then turned to the maidservant at the side and said, "Go and ask Madam to come over."
"Yes." The maidservant replied, bowed and retreated.
After Liu Qinghuan ate the last piece of shredded carp with chopsticks, when she looked up, she saw a strange maid approaching the door. She bowed to herself, and said respectfully: "Madam, Master Hou invites you to the main hall."
Liu Qinghuan whispered "Oh?", she lowered her head and thought for a while, then looked sideways at Qingzhi: "How is my bun today?"
"It's perfect!" Qing Zhi flattered her loyally, among other things... that bun was combed by herself.
Liu Qinghuan stood up, straightened her clothes, and went to the main hall with Chitao Qingzhi.
There were three dancers in the main hall, and when Liu Qinghuan came in from behind, the song just ended. Yongfu glanced at her when she stepped into the main hall. Liu Qinghuan likes pomegranate skirts the most, and today she is still wearing a red skirt. Yongfu's eyes paused for a moment on her face, and then moved away.
The first time she heard Liu Qinghuan's name was from Xue Mu. At that time, when Xue Muguang mentioned her name, his eyes were full of smiles.
Later, she secretly went to see Liu Qinghuan once, she was short and thin, not as good-looking as her at all.
This point of view has not changed until today. In Yongfu's eyes, Liu Qinghuan will never be as good-looking as her.
Liu Qinghuan walked in front of him at some point, Yongfu looked up at her to salute him, her bright red lips opened and closed, but she didn't listen to a word.
Now her mind is full of the scene of Xue Mu being called into the palace the day before her marriage.
In the resplendent palace, the young emperor sat on the dragon chair, frowned slightly and looked at the person standing below: "Do you know that she has ulterior motives in marrying you, or do you insist on marrying her?"
Xue Mu nodded: "Yes."
His voice was resounding, and after the end, the hall was suddenly quiet.
Emperor Yan still looked at him, and asked again: "Never regret it?"
After pondering for a while, Xue Mu replied: "Life is like chess, you don't regret what you make."
Emperor Yan was speechless for a moment, he was silent for a long time, and then said: "Xue Mu, Yu Si, you are my best friend since childhood, and Yu Gong, you are an indispensable minister of my great success, if Liu Qinghuan really harms Yu You, even if you don't pursue it, I won't let her go."
Xue Mu lowered his eyes, seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to assure Emperor Yan: "I won't let her do this."
After Xue Mu left, Emperor Yan suddenly said to the empty hall, "Have you given up yet?"
A figure slowly appeared behind the screen, and Yongfu walked up to Emperor Yan, biting his lips and not answering.
Emperor Yan looked at her, waiting patiently for her answer.
Yongfu's complexion was not very good, she took a deep breath, and replied: "Yongfu's heart will never die, but... I am willing to admit defeat."
It's just that she didn't know that she was not the only one who made a big bet with herself that day.
"Princess?" Liu Qinghuan couldn't help but yelled when she saw that Yongfu had been staring at a certain place after she came over. Yongfu came back to his senses, looked at Liu Qinghuan's face, and suddenly lost the mood to continue the banquet.
She snorted at Liu Qinghuan, stood up and looked at Xue Mu: "In a few days, I will invite Brother Huang to go hunting in the Western Mountains, and Lord Marquis will come with you."
Xue Mu responded, and Yongfu never looked at Liu Qinghuan again, and went straight back to the Princess Mansion with his servants.
Liu Qinghuan stood in front of Yongfu's desk and looked at Xue Mu innocently: "The princess doesn't seem to like me, you shouldn't have asked me to come."
Xue Mu smiled, got up from the seat, and walked to her side: "Qingqing, have you visited it recently? It has grown a lot."
"Really?" Liu Qinghuan's attention was immediately shifted to the little leopard, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen it for several days. If Master Hou is fine, why don't you go and see it with me?"
"Okay." Xue Mu took her hand and walked out of the main hall.
Two days later, when Liu Qinghuan heard that Xue Mu's six-year-old nephew had come to the Hou Mansion as a guest, she was speechless in her heart, this must be the old lady's idea again.
In the past few days, I went to pay my respects to the old lady every day, and she tried to force herself to have sex with Xue Mu, but she can't do it alone... Now she is going to use her little cousin to exert pressure
Alas, it's not that she can't understand, after all, the old lady has nothing else to do all day, she can only worry about holding her grandson.
She looked at the two maids beside her and asked, "I heard that Lord Hou's nephew came to the house today, do you know where he is now?"
Qing Zhi said: "He pestered Master Hou to teach him martial arts since he came, maybe he is still practicing martial arts in the garden now."
Is it so hard at the age of six? But can he really hold a weapon
Liu Qinghuan thought about it, got up and went to the garden.
From far away, you can hear the sound of heavy breaking wind, mixed with the high fives of children. Liu Qinghuan walked a few steps forward, and saw Xue Mu wearing a moon-white robe, dancing with a spear.
His marksmanship is handsome and elegant, like the petals on a branch swaying gracefully, but his moves are full of changes, his moves are sharp, his moves are sharp and his moves are swift, and his spear style is unstoppable.
Xue Mu danced a set of marksmanship, retracted the spear and stood still, only the sleeves of his clothes were still slightly swaying by the wind. Ning Hongfei rushed forward and hugged his thigh, yelling, "My cousin is so amazing! Teach me, teach me!"
Liu Qinghuan watched from the side, and felt that this scene would be more perfect when combined with "Smack me!"
Xue Mu tore off the dog skin plaster on his leg, and looked at Liu Qinghuan who was beside him: "Qingqing, what do you need from me?"
Liu Qinghuan stepped forward and smiled, "I heard that my nephew is here, so I came to have a look."
Only then did Ning Hong look at Liu Qinghuan. A few days ago, he heard that his uncle had finally married a wife. Could it be this person
Seeing him looking at her, Liu Qinghuan bent slightly and asked him with a smile: "Do you like martial arts very much?"
"Yeah!" Ning Hong nodded heavily, "When I grow up, I want to fight the enemy like my cousin!"
The corners of Liu Qinghuan's mouth curled up: "When I was young, I also knew a person who liked martial arts as much as you. He got up at three o'clock every day, danced with swords at four o'clock, played with knives at five o'clock, and practiced boxing at six o'clock. Day after day, wind and rain No hindrance."
Ning Hong seemed inspired by this example, and looked at Liu Qinghuan intently: "And then? Has he become a general?"
Liu Qinghuan replied briskly, "Then he fell into the river and drowned."
Ning Hong: "..."
The mystery of life is that you can never guess what will happen in the next moment.