Nangong Yue was a little embarrassed by him, and hurriedly said: "I want to take Xiaohui to hunt some prey..."
Originally, she planned to make lunch for Xiao Yi, but in the middle of making it, she suddenly thought that she could make some dried meat for Xiao Yi to take on the road. However, the Garrison Mansion, no, in other words, the entire Yanding City has been in a relatively short supply of food, let alone meat. Most of the meat they ate these days was returned from hunting outside the city by himself or Xiaohui...
Every time she eats the prey brought back by Xiao Hui, Lily feels relieved, thinking that they "hardly worked hard" to bring up Xiao Hui back then, it was really not for nothing, and now they can feed back to their master.
In fact, Nangong Yue could have taken Xiao Hui for a trip by herself, but she couldn't bear to be separated from Xiao Yi, so she simply came over and waited for him.
For Nangong Yue's proposal, Xiao Yi has always had no objection, and he agrees with both hands and feet, but it's just...
Xiao Yi leaned close to her ear and asked in a low voice: "Smelly girl, are you tired..."
Nangong Yue's face turned red all of a sudden, and she couldn't help but glared at him. In fact, she was still a little uncomfortable, and she was so tired that she didn't want to move, but Xiao Yi's expedition was naturally more important than rest. It was only four days away, and there were still many things that were not ready.
Seeing that the two of them were biting their ears and couldn't see anyone else, Guan Yubai, Fu Yunhe and Tian Detao immediately said goodbye with interest. Xiao Yi's expedition is imminent, and the time that the husband and wife can get along is not long.
After a while, the two of them took Baihui, Lily and Bamboo, and the five horses went straight out of Yanding City.
Usually people lead the way, but since today they came out to hunt specially, and Xiao Hui was already very familiar with the surrounding terrain, they simply followed Xiao Hui.
There is a forest more than two li away from the city gate, Xiao Hui rushed into the forest fiercely, startling a lot of birds in the forest to fly around, but Xiao Hui was very happy, and let out a domineering and resonant eagle cry.
Nangong Yue shook her head helplessly, but Xiao Yi looked proud.
Nangong Yue turned her head to look at Xiao Yi's side face, and she didn't know why, obviously she put more thought into Xiao Hui, but Xiao Hui's temperament was somewhat like Xiao Hui's.
At this time, Xiao Yi sent Baihui and the three of them away, and asked them to help Xiaohui carry the prey.
Why didn't Baihui and the others know that Shi Ziye disliked them as an eyesore, so they agreed and rode into the forest.
As soon as they left, Xiao Yi turned over and dismounted immediately. Nangong Yue thought that he wanted to walk and planned to dismount, but Xiao Yi quickly stopped him.
She looked down at him from the horse questioningly, and he responded with a bright smile, then quickly turned on the horse and sat behind her.
The horse's back suddenly became crowded, his warm chest was pressed against her back, and his strong arms passed through her armpit... encircling her waist.
Nangong Yue almost stared at his big palm on her slender waist, thinking: Shouldn't he be grabbing the horse rope? Shouldn't he be the one to drive her when men and women ride together? Why is it upside down
Xiao Yi blinked at her, as if asking, why not go forward
Nangong Yue sighed in her heart, she could only take no offense to this guy's unreasonable playing of cards, and said casually: "What about Yueying?"
Xiao Yi gave her a reassuring look and said, "Don't worry, Yueying is very smart, it will follow us."
Nangong Yue silently gave Yue Ying a sympathetic look, who made her and it share such a person
Thinking about it, she couldn't help laughing, the corners of her mouth raised high.
With Ah Yi, you never have to worry about feeling bored.
As soon as Nangong Yue clamped the horse's belly, the docile black horse under her crotch began to move forward slowly. Although there was an extra person on her body, the black horse's movements were still vigorous. For a horse like it, a small horse like Nangong Yue The girl's body shape can be ignored in the first place.
The two of them were not on their way anyway, so they slowed down their horses very slowly and let the horse pace slowly in the forest, enjoying the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers in the forest, breathing the fresh and natural air in the forest, and the whole person felt refreshed , put aside the turmoil of the weekdays for a while.
"Stinky girl, when Xiao Hui catches the pheasant and comes back, can I cook you a roast chicken?... Beggar chicken is also good."
"Smelly girl, look, the wintersweet over there is blooming, how about I break a few branches for you and take them home to plant?"
"Smelly girl, don't you see that colorful sparrow..."
"..."
"Smelly girl, you said we won't go out after we go back today, okay?"
His coquettish voice came from behind, just a little bit, the soft-hearted Nangong Yue was about to say something, but at the corner of her mouth, she suddenly felt that the meaning of the words was not right. Her pretty face instantly flushed red, and she said word by word: "No, okay."
A muffled laugh came from the top of her head, and his warm breath blew on the top of her hair, which almost made her tense: Hey, the king doesn't come early from now on.
Xiao Yi couldn't hide his smile and said quickly: "Stinky girl, I thought you would always say yes and yes." There was a sense of regret in his tone.
Nangong Yue was really angry and funny, she couldn't help laughing out loud, and the crisp laughter echoed in the forest.
Xiao Yi looked at her cheerful appearance with a smile, and couldn't help exerting a little force with his hands, encircling her more tightly and intimately.
It's not just that Ayue is reluctant, he doesn't either!
only-
People are alive, so many things have to be done!
"Srustling..."
A breeze blew past, bringing with it the sound of swaying branches and leaves, Nangong Yue couldn't help but lift her chin slightly, enjoying the breeze...
Suddenly, she caught something out of the corner of her eye, pointed upwards and said, "Ayi, look quickly, is that a pigeon?" And it seemed to be flying from the direction of Yanding City...
Xiao Yi's expression froze, and he hurriedly followed the direction Nangong Yue was pointing at. Sure enough, a gray pigeon was flapping its wings and flying over the woods... This distance was too high. Bring a bow and arrow.
Xiao Yi frowned, put two fingers into his mouth decisively, and blew a loud whistle.
next time...
As if responding to him, a burst of eagle cries came from not far away, Xiao Hui heard Xiao Yi's whistle, and immediately flapped his wings and flew over. There is no need for Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue to order anything next, as soon as Xiao Hui sees the pigeon, Xiao Hui becomes energetic and speeds up.
The poor dove flapped its wings frantically, desperately fleeing, fearing that it would become the eagle's meal, but in front of the overlord of the sky, its little struggle could not stir up any waves at all.
As soon as Xiao Hui retracted her two powerful eagle claws, she grabbed the pigeon neatly, and flew it in a big circle in the air, before swooping down, and then casually flew into Nangong Yue's arms Yidi means, let me play for you, don't be shy!
Nangong Yue reflexively stretched out her hand and grabbed the warm gray pigeon. The poor gray pigeon couldn't understand how she escaped from death under the eagle's claws. She was still trembling and didn't dare to move at all. .
Nangong Yue and Xiao Yi looked at the pigeon's feet eagerly, and sure enough, it was a carrier pigeon—a thin bamboo tube was tied to one of its pigeon's feet.
Xiao Yi's eyes lit up immediately, he couldn't wait to open the bamboo tube, and took out the letter inside.
Unfolding the letter paper, he read it at a glance, and then handed the letter paper to Nangong Yue in his arms. While she was reading the letter, he kissed her hard on the cheek, a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes It was so brilliant that even the stars in the night sky would be overshadowed by it.
After Nangong Yue quickly read the letter, she couldn't help but curl her lips, and returned the letter paper to Xiao Yi, saying, "Ah Yi, what are you going to do?"
Xiao Yi's eyeballs rolled around, revealing a sly gleam. He unhurriedly folded the letter back again, and then put it back into the bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's foot...
Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows, probably guessing what Xiao Yi was going to do. Sure enough, the next moment, he saw him throw the pigeon into the air. Before the gray pigeon could react, it stopped in mid-air, and then immediately jumped Flying into the air with fluttering wings, she lost a few gray feathers in panic...
Seeing the gray pigeon fly higher and higher, Xiao Hui didn't chase after it, but sat on the branch peacefully, looking down.
"Smelly girl, our little Hui is so smart!" Xiao Yi showed off triumphantly, "It's no wonder I treat it so well, I even found a wife for it..." As he spoke, he was in Nangong Yue's house again. He kissed his face hard and made a loud sound.
The little gray on the top seemed to know that he had been praised, so he let out a loud cry triumphantly, which echoed in the forest, frightening the birds around him to jump up and down, flapping their wings and flying away. …
The corners of Nangong Yue's mouth raised slightly, but from the corner of her eyes, she caught a glimpse of Baihe standing not far away. Facing Shang Baihe's speechless eyes, Nangong Yue was a little embarrassed, and half lowered her eyes in embarrassment.
Not only lilies came, but also lilies and bamboos. They came over after hearing Xiao Yi's whistle, but they didn't expect to see the greasy scene of the masters.
Cough, because the Crown Princess is wearing men's clothes, she still looks a bit like a broken sleeve.
Lily looked at the two masters with a somewhat strange expression.
Immediately afterwards, the Shizi who had the audacity to squeeze on the same horse with the concubine gave them a look of disgust, as if to say, you are too ignorant, why did you come back so soon!
The corners of Baihe's mouth twitched, and she was about to drag her cousin away when Nangong Yue cleared her throat and shouted, "Baihui, Baihe, what did you hunt for?"
This sentence stopped the two sisters, but made Xiao Yi lose his face, knowing that the sweet time between the two of them seemed to be coming to an end.
If I knew I shouldn't have brought these three oil bottles...
Xiao Yi turned over slowly and dismounted, and Baihui, Lily and Zhuzi walked over carrying baskets full of prey, and within a short while, they had already hunted a lot of prey.
Lily ignored the disdainful eyes of the eldest son, and happily counted with Nangong Yue. For example, a certain badger was hunted by Little Gray, this hare was caught by her, and that golden pheasant was shot by Baihui...
Lily spoke with gusto, if it wasn't for hearing Xiao Yi's whistle just now, she would have almost hunted a wild boar, what a pity.
Nangong Yue saw that the harvest was almost done, and amid Xiao Yi's reluctance, she announced that she was going back home.
When everyone returned to the garrison mansion, the sun had already set to the west, and Huamei was waiting at the second gate. When she saw Nangong Yue coming back, she came up to salute, and said: "Shi Zifei, Miss Sun came half an hour ago, and she said she was here to give Greetings from you. You were not here, so she waited for a while at the concierge, and just as Miss Han came back, Miss Sun went to Miss Han's place... "
The girl Sun that Huamei mentioned was naturally Sun Xinyi.
Nangong Yue frowned, and quickly exchanged glances with Xiao Yi.
At this moment, Sun Xinyi was still in Lin Jingchen and Han Qixia's yard. The two little girls were talking and talking, but Lin Jingchen thoughtfully avoided them.
Under the dense shade of the trees, the breeze is blowing, very cool, and the air is filled with a faint medicinal fragrance, just like the smell that Han Qixia often emits.
Sun Xinyi looked at Han Qixia who was sitting opposite her across the stone table without any trace, took a sip of the tea in the cup, and praised: "Miss Han, your herbal tea tastes very special, sweet and fragrant, forgive me for being stupid , I can only drink almonds, red dates, ginger... I can’t taste the rest.”
Han Qixia smiled slightly and said: "This is Su Ye almond tea, it can widen the chest and regulate qi, clear the lungs and relieve cough. I saw that the girl had a cough just now, so I just made this tea for the girl. If the girl likes it, I will write a prescription for the girl."
A trace of embarrassment appeared on Sun Xinyi's face, "Miss Han, then I will be disrespectful."
"Miss Sun, you don't need to be polite to me." Han Qixia said with a smile, "The Concubine Shizi will be back soon. If Miss Sun is not in a hurry, just sit with me for a while longer."
"Thank you Miss Han. It's just..." Sun Xinyi sighed slightly, and put down the teacup in her hand with some sadness.
Han Qixia said considerately: "Miss Sun, if you have something on your mind, you can tell me about it. It's not good for your body if you are always bored in your heart."
Sun Xinyi hesitated to speak, and seemed to have the courage to say with great difficulty, "Actually, I came to see the concubine Shizi today. I have something to ask, but I feel embarrassed to say it..."
Since the other party is embarrassed to speak, it is inconvenient for him to continue to explore. Han Qixia didn't ask any further questions, but just smiled gently.
Sun Xinyi was startled, she thought that the other party would ask her what was the matter, but she didn't want her to simply not answer her words.
It's all over, Sun Xinyi can't ignore it, so she can only bite the bullet, and then go on: "Miss Han, I actually have a sweetheart, and I want to ask the concubine Shizi to help me make the decision..." She nibbled Lower lip, "I also know that my parents are dead now, and I need to observe mourning for three years. In fact, I just want to know if he is willing to wait for me for three years."
Han Qixia looked at Sun Xinyi in disbelief, did Sun Xinyi know what she was talking about? !
Han Qixia originally had a good impression of Sun Xinyi. There is a saying: "Like a father, like a daughter", Sun Shoubei sacrificed his life for Yanding City. The daughter of a woman should also be a steadfast and upright woman. Unexpectedly, Sun Shoubei's only daughter, Sun Xinyi, would not be willing to keep his filial piety while his bones were still cold? !
All good filial piety comes first, and Sun Shoubei died for the country. Sun Xinyi's behavior is too frivolous and chilling!
In an instant, Han Qixia suddenly realized that the girl Sun in front of her was not what she imagined.
Han Qixia's heart sank suddenly, her perception of Sun Xinyi plummeted...
This person cannot be handed over!
Han Qixia's eyes flashed, and she made a decision in her heart.
only…
Although she didn't want to interact with Sun Xinyi anymore, it seemed impolite to directly issue an order to evict her...
Seeing that Han Qixia had been silent, Sun Xinyi couldn't help but feel a little anxious. If Han Qixia didn't express anything, how would she continue to sing this play? She can't talk to herself alone, can she
Sun Xinyi regained her composure and was about to urge one or two when a young girl in green clothes hurried over and said to Han Qixia, "Miss, the concubine is back, please go over and tell me."
Yue'er came back just in time. Han Qixia felt relieved, she nodded as if nothing had happened, then she stood up and said to Sun Xinyi: "Miss Sun, I still have something to do, how about today..."
When she heard the other party's tone that she wanted to see off the guests, Sun Xinyi became anxious, her eyes widened, she got up and grabbed Han Qixia's sleeve in a gaffe, and said, "Miss Han, hold back!"
Han Qixia frowned, and looked at Sun Xinyi coldly, an aura of calm and prestige was released invisible.
Sun Xinyi's heart skipped a beat, but she continued vigorously: "Miss Han, you said that I can tell you what's on my mind. In fact, my sweetheart is Fu...Mr. Fu, I heard that you and Mr. Fu are cousins, you I love the same sisters as the concubine, Miss Han, can you help me talk to the concubine and ask the concubine to be the master?... You can help me, right?"
In the end, her tone was not all begging, and even had a hint of persecution.
The moment Han Qixia heard "Mr. Fu", she was shocked as if struck by lightning.
Sun Xinyi actually likes her cousin Fu Yunhe!
The sweetheart she mentioned just now turned out to be her cousin Fu Yunhe.
These two sentences echoed repeatedly in Han Qixia's mind. For a moment, she was almost unable to think, and blurted out: "Miss Sun, please be careful with your words." As she spoke, she pulled her clenched hand and slowly calmed down. Come down, "Miss Sun, please don't forget, Sun Shoubei has only been martyred for half a year, and you have not yet passed your filial piety."
Sun Xinyi's heart was shocked, Han Qixia's attitude made her realize that she had acted too hastily, and she quickly argued: "Miss Han, you misunderstood, I just..."
"Miss Sun, I respect the loyalty of your parents, but now your words and deeds make me feel cold." Although Han Qixia no longer considers herself a clan daughter, she has a gentle temperament, but that bearing is engraved in her bones, and her expression is slightly pale. Lin, the prestige is natural, "Miss Sun, although you are lonely and helpless, the loyal son of the Sun family will never forget it. If you are cautious in your words and deeds, after the filial piety period, the princess will definitely find you If you are a good family, why rush for a while."
Han Qixia looked at the pale-faced Sun Xinyi, and continued, "Miss Sun, that's all I have to say." She deliberately paused, and then said, "Respect yourself!"
The last four words are already a bit merciless.
"Miss Han." Sun Xinyi yelled, and blurted out, "Don't you also like..." She quickly stopped what she hadn't said, and her thoughts raced quickly.
What happened today has completely exceeded her expectations.
She originally wanted to pre-emptively mention that she likes Fu Yunhe, and then beg Han Qixia to help her. With Han Qixia's gentle and kind nature, it must be difficult to say no to herself. In this way, Han Qixia can be forced into a dilemma From then on, it would be difficult to compete with him for Fu Yunhe, and he even had to go against his own heart to help him.
Sun Xinyi originally thought that she had seen through Han Qixia, but at this moment, she suddenly realized that she might have underestimated the enemy...
Hmph, after being loyal, Han Qixia is a down and out clan, what right do she have to criticize herself? !
It's a pity that Han Qixia is on good terms with the Shizi Concubine, and in her current situation, she must not offend her!
Sun Xinyi resisted the suffocation in her chest, she didn't believe that she would not be able to compete with Han Qixia in the long run!
Sun Xinyi lowered her eyes slightly, hiding the unwillingness in her eyes, and said apologetically, "Thank you Miss Han for reminding... I really shouldn't have done this. I am a concubine, and my aunt never sincerely taught me, so I temporarily That's why I thought about it... I hope Miss Han will forgive me."
According to her, the steadfast Mrs. Sun is a person who is unkind to concubine daughters. This Sun Xinyi is really disappointing. Han Qixia's expression remained unchanged, and she said: "Miss Sun, it's good to know my mistake, I have something to do, so I'll excuse you first. Xiaochan, see off the guests."
Han Qixia ignored Sun Xinyi and went straight to the courtyard where Nangong Yue lived.