The wedding date is approaching, and the relationship between the two brothers and sisters has not yet eased. Ye Huaixin's mediation was to no avail, because both of them were extremely stubborn.
Ye Huaili applied for a short break from the Ministry of War, and neither went to court nor returned to Guanzhong. It seemed like he was not moving. In fact, the people who had mobilized the Ye family were already staring at Chu Jinglan. When I looked for him, I was told that he had gone to the Tianque Tower. When I went inside the building, I saw that there was a man there.
"Big brother."
Ye Huaixin said hello and walked in, unexpectedly smelling the wine, and staring at it, there was a pot of jade on the long rosewood desk, as if it had just been opened. Huai Li's hands.
"sit."
Ye Huaili sat facing out the window, turned around after drinking the rest of the wine, and did not ask Ye Huaixin what he was looking for, just filled the other glass and pushed it in front of Ye Huaixin.
"Try it."
Ye Huaixin didn't like to drink alcohol at all, and because he had something in his heart, he didn't have the patience to taste it slowly, and after swallowing it whole, he couldn't wait to open his mouth and said, "Brother, have you considered what I told you the day before yesterday? "
"You've been an official for more than two months, why are you still so restless?" Ye Huaili reprimanded him lightly, but didn't answer his question directly.
Ye Huaixin said angrily: "I'm not as calm as you guys! One keeps himself in the room all day, and the other doesn't pay attention to everything, only I am anxious! Could it be that I want to get married? "
"She's not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry? Let's see if King Lan will pay attention to her without the blessing of Ye Family."
Ye Huaili seemed to think that Ye Huaiyang's marriage to Chu Jinglan would not have a good outcome, but Ye Huaixin was waiting for a rebuttal, but saw him staring downstairs without blinking, and following his line of sight, he unexpectedly discovered Chu Jinglan's figure!
To be precise, he was not alone on Xuanwu Street, but an incomparably long motorcade was parked, spreading from the bottom of the Tianque Tower to the North City Gate, and it was still pouring in, as if it were endless. Although the cars were covered with dark cloth and extremely closely guarded, it was obvious from the ruts that they were not carrying ordinary items.
"Brother, who are those people?"
"It's from the Meng family, and the car is filled with gifts from the north."
Meng family? So... is this sent by Prince Lan's uncle Meng Qi
Ye Huaixin took a few more careful glances over there, and sure enough, he could see the unique taste of the North from the decoration of the car and the dress of the guards, but the person in the lead seemed a little strange. Very feminine, and walking very gracefully, Chu Jinglan deliberately slowed down to walk side by side with him, and even stretched out his hand to pull him when passing uneven places, looking extremely intimate.
"This is the husband she chose."
Ye Huaili hummed heavily, turned his back and stopped looking downstairs, but Ye Huaixin seemed to be enlightened by this sentence, stared at him carefully for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed, "That's a woman!"
"She's Meng Qi's young daughter." Ye Huaili glanced at him with a gloomy expression, "Is Tianqilou not doing things well or Yanger didn't tell you?"
Ye Huaixin choked, no matter how stupid he was, he knew that the relationship between that woman and Chu Jinglan was extraordinary, otherwise Ye Huaili would not have mentioned it deliberately, and he couldn't help thinking when he saw the two of them talking and laughing. Running downstairs to ask what happened, Ye Huaili coldly stopped her.
"Stop, what are you doing?"
"Go and see the customs and upbringing of the Northland, and ask them if all the men in the family are dead, so they sent a woman to send gifts before someone else's big wedding!"
"You rush down and make a scene now, how will Yang'er meet people in the future?"
This sentence suddenly woke Ye Huaixin.
Yes, he turned around so recklessly and didn't know how others were talking about her behind his back. She was so arrogant and arrogant, how could she endure those malicious slanders? Thinking of this, Ye Huaixin slowly took back his steps, turned around and looked at the huge motorcade downstairs that was gradually disappearing at the end, his face sank little by little.
The convoy ran unimpeded all the way, and soon reached the gate of Prince Lan's mansion. Chu Jinglan got off the car first, and then a small soft hand climbed onto his arm and fell to the ground with him.
"Cousin, is this your mansion in the capital? It's about the same size as the place we live in the Northland."
"It's about the same." Chu Jinglan responded indifferently, with a much softer tone than usual, "Come in."
The two walked slowly to the atrium. There were three paths around the circular flower bed, leading to the sleeping quarters, the water pavilion, and the Zhongxiao Pavilion. Originally, Chu Jinglan wanted to take Meng Chen to rest, but she was reluctant to move. .
"Cousin, I want to walk around."
"Aren't you sleepy just now?"
Meng Chen smiled softly, revealing two small pear eddies, "I'm sleepy, but it's almost noon now, and I won't be able to sleep for a long time, why don't I go for a walk in the palace and measure it? Is there a place to put those gadgets that my brother asked me to bring, it would be miserable if I didn't, and I would have to travel thousands of miles to transport them back."
The gadgets in her mouth are actually made-up organs. They can be placed around the palace to prevent assassins from sneaking up. Her brother has been studying this all the year round, and she has also learned some fur. They started to do it after hearing about the fierce battle in the palace, just to take advantage of this Take the opportunity to bring it over.
Chu Jinglan naturally understood their intentions, a rare warmth appeared on his face, handsome and charming.
"Don't worry, if you can't pretend I'll let someone deal with it, you can just tell them to do it when you go back, so as not to be scolded."
"Then I won't go back at all, I'll just watch over you here every day, so as not to worry so much that I won't be able to eat." Meng Chen smiled and took his arm, pulling him to the Chongxiao Pavilion on the left, "There's a vision there. The most open, I can go up and see where to put those things."
Chu Jinglan looked at the top floor with the doors and windows closed, and the corners of her lips pursed slightly.
Accompanied by the breeze in the hall and the fragrance of magnolia flowers, the two quickly climbed to the top floor. Meng Chen took a breath while leaning on the table, and immediately pushed open the door to the terrace. He stood by the railing and looked down at the view of the mansion. Seeing everything at a glance, she couldn't help but raise her fingers to draw carefully out of thin air.
"Cousin, one can be set up in the open space in the front yard, and one can be set up on the side of the water pavilion. The Fu Yuxuan side is crowded a bit, but it's still possible to think of a way..."
Chu Jinglan replied in a low voice, "It's up to you to arrange everything."
Meng Chen nodded, his heart was roughly in order, his brows and eyes were also stretched out, and there was a touch of tenderness.
"The capital is really in danger. I knew I should have come back with you from the beginning. Even if I can't help you, it's good to take care of your food and daily life nearby."
"Since you know it's dangerous here, you shouldn't come here." Chu Jinglan looked down at her with a slightly helpless expression, "I don't care how you persuade your uncle to let you come here, I'll go back to the north immediately after the wedding is over. "
A gleam of light flashed in Meng Chen's eyes, but it was instantly hidden, and when he raised his head again, he still looked gentle and soft.
"Understood, I'll listen to you, ah yes, I almost forgot about this."
She took out an auspicious beast jade pendant from Luo Xiu, with a silver wishful head inlaid at the head, tied with silk back to the dragon's beard, the quality was high, and it was absolutely extraordinary. The style was obviously prepared for Chu Jinglan.
"This piece of jade was carved by a pattern chosen by my mother, and I brought it to the temple in person and consecrated it with the eight characters of your birthday. It can keep you safe. She told you to take it with you and leave."
The corners of Chu Jinglan's lips raised slightly, and said, "Go back and thank my aunt for me."
Meng Chen said angrily, "My family still says thank you or not, let me tie it up for you."
After that, she rolled up the hem of her clothes and squatted down, and was about to tie the silk sash to Chu Jinglan's belt, but unexpectedly saw another jade pendant. Chu Jinglan saw that she had stopped and lowered her head to look, but suddenly stunned.
It was the sapphire lotus leaf double carp pendant that Ye Huaiyang gave him.
Ever since she tied a dead knot on it on New Year's Eve, the jade pendant has been inseparable. He didn't know whether he forgot or got used to it, and he didn't untie it.
He still remembered what she said at that time, if you wish, I will be wishful.
Memories are like threads. Once they are pulled out, they can't be held back anymore. Every detail of getting along with Ye Huaiyang keeps popping up in Chu Jinglan's mind. The next she, at this moment, he suddenly realized that although the big wedding is coming, the distance between them is farther than before.
He hadn't seen Ye Huaiyang for almost a month.
She wouldn't suddenly appear from behind and hug his neck affectionately, nor would she lie on the cashmere rug and read with her legs crossed, and she wouldn't talk to him about politics late at night until she fell asleep leaning against him. The crossbar between the two pavilions has been untouched for a long time, and it is covered with thick dust.
Thinking of this, Chu Jinglan involuntarily looked towards the opposite terrace. There seemed to be a figure beside the qin table swinging with the veil. He wanted to see more clearly and took a step forward. Go, it turned out that he accidentally knocked Meng Chen onto the ground, he immediately bent down and pulled her up, but she frowned.
"Cousin, the jade pendant is broken..."
Chu Jinglan looked at her feet, and her eyes suddenly narrowed.
The blue jade lotus leaf double carp pendant was taken off by Meng Chen at some point, and fell to the ground and split in half. It must have been made when he hit her just now. He was about to bend over to pick it up when he heard the door of Lingyun Pavilion open and close. the sound of.
"Crescent Moon, let Ci Yuan come up and remove Hengmu."
Ye Huaiyang's voice clearly entered his ears, and the light yarn was lifted to the highest point by the wind in the hall at the same time. The slender figure was exposed in front of his eyes, and the light in his eyes seemed to be soaked by a mountain stream. Coolness swept across his face.
She saw it all.
Meng Chen asked dumbfoundedly, "Cousin, who is that woman? Why did she set up a crossbar to our house?"
When he said the last few words, Chu Jinglan obviously felt that Ye Huaiyang's eyes became cold again by three points, and then turned and left, disappearing from his field of vision.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Meng Chen squatted down and looked at the broken jade pendant, and soon held it back in front of him and said politely, "Don't be angry, maybe this can be repaired, I'll go back and look for a jade shop."
Chu Jinglan stared at the green jade pendant in her hand, her eyes dark and difficult to discern her emotions.
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