into the bosom

Chapter 278 Peony and Greengage

In the early morning of the second day, Jing Shangshu and others packed up and came together to Sifang Pavilion.

The post house that was cleared up for the Beijie mission was a courtyard with three entrances, Xu Jiao and Jing Shangshu and others parted ways and entered the second gate.

Walking around a wall of flowers and passing a few pomegranate trees, Xu Jiao raised his head and saw a person standing under the tassel tree in the middle of the courtyard. He was wearing a bright colorful dress, not exactly the same as yesterday's, but equally dazzling. eye-catching.In a place like Beijie, such a bright color really exists like a pearl, right?
Benya under the tree seemed to have noticed her existence, and turned around to look over.

Xu Jiao bowed to her as a salute, "Princess Yaya!"

"Princess Yingyue Princess!" Genya put her right hand on her left chest, bowed to her, straightened up and asked, "Will Princess Yingyue not enter the palace for a while?"

Xu Jiao was slightly taken aback, and replied with a smile, "Our Majesty asked me to take care of the princess. I will accompany the princess when she goes to the palace for a banquet." Strangely, she lowered her head to look at herself, and immediately understood, "Does the princess think I'm dressed too plainly?"

She was indeed dressed plainly, wearing a red dress with a white background and no frills, even her crow-blue hair was tied into a simple and elegant bun with a touch of red bow, Not even a pearl hairpin.It's not unattractive either. In fact, such a simple makeup did not overshadow Xu Jiao, on the contrary, it showed her own sweetness and beauty, with a natural beauty that is not carved.But it would be a little rude to enter the palace for a banquet.

"The Princess doesn't know, what we are going to the palace today is the Peony Banquet." Xu Jiao said with a faint smile.

"Peony Banquet?" Teng Ya frowned, "What's the point?" Teng Ya was able to speak such fluent and authentic Dawei official dialect, and was so proficient in using idioms. Someone taught her about the Great Wei, but what she learned from other people or what she read in books is different from what she experienced personally.

"The princess came by coincidence! It's the season of peonies in full bloom. Every year at this time, the palace holds a peony banquet. Our families and the palace grow peonies. The highlight of the banquet is the selection of flower kings. Each family is expensive. Ladies and gentlemen will wear their most beautiful peonies on their hairpins to go to banquets and gardens, to participate in the selection, and after a while they will wear peonies on their heads, so if this dress is too gorgeous, it will overwhelm the guests." Xu Jiao smiled. Explaining the reason to Tuoya, in fact, it was the first time for her to participate in this peony banquet, but she knew about the theory of hairpin flowers and fighting flowers, which was quite novel.

"So that's how it is." Gu Ya said calmly, and after asking the reason clearly, her expression also faded, "You people in the Great Wei like these vassal and elegant tricks the most."

The words were not very friendly, but there was no obvious emotion or anger. Xu Jiao couldn't accept it, so he just frowned slightly, but his smile remained the same.

Genya looked up at the sky, "It's getting late, don't keep the nobles of Wei Wei waiting, let's go!"

Xu Jiao had no objection, and stretched out his hand with a smile, "The carriage is already waiting outside the Sifang Pavilion, Princess Benya, please!" The two came out from the second gate, just in time to meet the prince who invited Mo Chuhan himself When they came out, the two sides met each other, and they greeted each other again. Mo Chuohan obviously felt that Xu Jiao's makeup was a little strange, and his eyes fell on her with two points of surprise, but he didn't ask any more questions.

A group of people walked out of the Sifang Pavilion in a mighty manner, and there were already horses and chariots ready outside the gate of the pavilion.

But when they were about to board the carriage, everyone stopped in their tracks.

Xu Jiao blinked, and looked at the man standing beside her carriage, leading a big black horse, who was looking towards her with slightly curved lips.

She was overjoyed, but in the next moment, she glanced at the expressions of the people around her, then ran towards him, slowed down when she got close, raised her face and asked him, "Why are you here? You don't have to do it today." Is it on duty?"

He Lianshu was still wearing the black official uniform, and the golden embroidered goshawk cloak was hunting in the wind behind her. When she rushed over, she first bowed to the prince and his party, and then said, "Today I was going to the palace to have a banquet, so I asked His Majesty to come to the Sifang Hall to pick you up first."

Xu Jiao said "Oh" and glanced behind him. The prince was kind and introduced He Lianshu to Mo Chuhan and the others, "That's Governor He Lian, the commander of our court's security guards, and also the daughter of Princess Yingyue." Fiancée."

Xu Jiao's heart tightened when he heard this, but He Lianshu was an old god beside her, and walked forward with her, and cupped his hands at Mo Chuohan and Boya, "Meet Han Teqin! Princess Boya! "

Mo Chuohan's eyes fell on him lightly, with double scrutiny, but he couldn't see anything else, and said with a corner of his mouth, "Captain Helian, I have been looking forward to it for a long time!"

Xu Jiao's heart jumped into his throat, but Mo Chuohan just took a deep look at He Lianshu, and then looked away.

Teng Ya lowered her eyes, collected her thoughts, and bowed to He Lianshu.

The crown prince greeted everyone to get on the carriage, and Xu Jiao and He Lianshu also got into her carriage together.

Seeing that the carriages in front had already moved, Xu Jiao put down the curtains, and the light in the carriage dimmed. Xu Jiao let out a long sigh of relief. No matter how you say it, whether it is Mo Chuhan or prostitute, he behaved like Helian Sorry it's the first time we met.This is a good thing, and it is even more fortunate that Jing Qin was sent by Jing Shangshu to the palace to take care of it first, and he was not here.

He Lianshu pulled her hand over and put it in his palm, feeling that her palm was soaked in cold sweat, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you nervous?"

Xu Jiao glanced at him, "Did you come here on purpose?"

He Lianshu gave a faint "hmm" and admitted it readily, his eyes seemed to have drawn away the dark night, looking dark, "I will see you sooner or later, there are fewer eyes here than at the palace banquet. Besides, I have to let They can see clearly that you are the one I care about, and before they act, they always have to think it over!" He Lianshu said while raising his hand to hook Xu Jiao's disobedient strand of hair behind his ear.

"Aren't you going to hide me? Or make them think I'm just an insignificant person on purpose?" Xu Jiao raised his eyebrows and smiled. Wasn't that what he had planned in the first place?Otherwise, I wouldn't have said anything to her at the beginning, and don't worry if the marriage is settled, and everything will be taken slowly.

"In the depths of love, there is no need to hide it, and you can't hide it!" He Lianshu replied with a smile, he had figured it out a long time ago, there is a saying in the Central Plains, that is, one force will fall ten times, he doesn't want to let go of Ajiao, there is something wrong Instead of hiding and hiding, it is better to go head-on.

When Xu Jiao heard his words, he laughed immediately, "Okay, Governor Helian is getting more and more familiar with this love story."

"If the words of love come from the heart, it's not difficult to say them." He Lianshu replied calmly.

Xu Jiao glanced at his ears that were only slightly red, and thought that he was really promising. Isn't this a great improvement?
Xu Jiao's eyes flickered slightly, "It's still some time before we reach the palace gate, let's talk about your little Qingmei!"

(End of this chapter)