into the bosom

Chapter 68
On the road, Zhou Qiao followed Xu Jiao closely at a distance of one step, and her eyes fell on Xu Jiao from time to time, looking at him curiously, which was not annoying.

Xu Jiao glanced over and caught her peeping gaze. The little girl's face turned red instantly, so red that it was about to explode. Xu Jiao stopped and smiled. "What is Qiaoqiao looking at? Could it be that my face is dirty?"

Zhou Qiao shook her head like a rattle, still blushing, and said in a soft voice, "I have often heard my mother mention Sister Ajiao since I was a child, saying that she is a handsome person like my uncle, and with the beauty of my aunt, Sister Ajiao is so beautiful. It must be unparalleled in the world. I finally got to see it today, so I am a little curious!"

"Oh..." Xu Jiao dragged out the ending, "I hope Qiaoqiao is not disappointed!"

"No, no! How could you be disappointed? Sister Ajiao is even more beautiful than I imagined, and much better!" The child hurriedly said seriously, looking straight at Xu Jiao with a pair of eyes, afraid that she would not believe it.

Xu Jiao saw her pair of black grape-like eyes staring round, contrasted with the earnest and apprehensive expression on her small face, like a little hamster, couldn't help but burst out laughing, her hands itched for a while, and she couldn't hold it back. He stretched out his hand and pinched her cheek, "It's so cute!"

Zhou Qiao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, a little embarrassed, but more happy.

After such a fuss, Zhou Qiao lost two points of restraint, looked at Xu Jiao timidly, and couldn't help asking, "What pastime does Sister Ajiao like on weekdays?"

pastime?Her greatest wish in this life is to lie flat and be a salted fish, eating and waiting to die!But... Looking at the little girl in front of her who is looking at her sincerely, will saying that make her world view collapse?

Xu Jiao pondered for a while, smiled and raised his hand to point to the lotus pond in front of him, "How beautiful is this scene?"

Zhou Qiao turned her head and saw that the cool breeze was blowing, and the lotus leaves in the fields were swaying in waves. It was really a thousand hectares of blue waves, and the graceful lotus flowers were lightly blown by the wind, as if fairies in dance clothes were dancing lightly. Generally, graceful.

Zhou Qiao nodded, "Naturally it looks good!"

"When I saw such a beautiful scenery for the first time, my hands would itch. I wish I had a pen, ink, paper and inkstone at hand. I could immediately paint with ink and put all this beautiful scenery into my pen. Unfortunately, I didn't have a pen and paper at hand, so I suppressed this impulse. In the end, it just turned into another wish."

"What wish?" Zhou Qiao asked curiously.

Xu Jiao smiled slyly, blinked at her and said, "I just think that the lotus and lotus leaves can be picked off to make lotus leaf tea, make lotus dew, and make lotus leaf porridge. After a while, I will get lotus seeds." With lotus root, you can also make countless delicacies.”

"That's why! I'm an ordinary person. For me, there are no other pleasures in life, except painting and eating!" Xu Jiao stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of Zhou Qiao.

Zhou Qiao just laughed when she heard it. She smiled with joy from the heart, and her whole face lit up, "Sister Ajiao is not an ordinary person! This vulgarity is elegant. If you want me to say, Sister Ajiao is not only interesting , it is elegant to the extreme, this life has a taste!"

Xu Jiao raised his hand and lightly circled the little girl's slender shoulders, "Okay! Pretty, really exquisite!"

Being praised, the little girl blushed a little again in embarrassment, "I know some of the lotus and lotus leaf food that Sister Ajiao said, and I made it later, and sent it to my sister to taste." Seeing Xu Jiao's nahan eyes, the little girl lowered her voice and said, "To tell the truth, my sister likes to eat, but Qiao Qiao has one hobby, which is cooking food."

After hearing this, Xu Jiao also laughed, "So, we hit it off right away?"

The two girls smiled at each other.

At this moment, a few people walked by, bringing a scent of fragrance and the smell of makeup, they were some young ladies, Xu Jiao raised his eyes and saw a somewhat familiar figure among them, it was Jing Shan.

"Is that your second wife?" One of the voices rang out, and the volume was not deliberately lowered, obviously not afraid that she would hear it, or deliberately wanted her to hear it.

Those people stood still under the willow tree not far away, and looked over from afar.

Jing Shan glanced at Xu Jiao, nodded and said, "Yes!"

"It looks pretty good, but your uncle said that Lang Yan was unique and unique in the world. She is like this, and she is the daughter of the second wife of the Jing family. Isn't it a bit too ordinary?"

"What if the family doesn't look good, even though they didn't inherit their father's unique appearance, they have acquired amazing painting skills?"

"Amazing or not, you can tell just by looking at it. Today, Miss Jinger will definitely paint in public soon."

"That's right! Mrs. Jing Er returned to Feng'an just for the selection of the adopted daughter by the eldest princess! Ah Ling, you have seen your sister's paintings before. How is your painting skill? Are you really a tiger father without a dog girl?" ?”

"This..." Jing Shan looked puzzled, hesitated to speak, and then sighed for a while, "I have never seen the second sister's paintings, but she must have a plan in her mind, and she will not humiliate my uncle." fame..."

Acting like a fake, Xu Jiao couldn't listen anymore, pulled Zhou Qiao and walked away from there, until he was far enough away, then stopped.

Zhou Qiao carefully looked at her face and said, "Sister Ajiao, they must have done it on purpose. There is Wu Niang from Duke Wei's mansion there. Her sister and you are also born on the same day."

Xu Jiao understood, and comforted the little girl who was clearly disturbed, "Don't worry, pretty, I know."

Although those people's words were not pleasant, when they talked about her cheap father, their tone was very respectful. It seems that cheap father is really famous.

Xu Jiao's eyes flickered slightly.

After a while, the nobles in the palace came hand in hand.

Xu Jiao heard that the Empress Dowager was ill before, but it was probably because people were in good spirits on happy occasions, and she got up today, although she looked haggard, but her face was not really sick.

The eldest princess is on her left hand.Compared with the concubines beside them, the mother and daughter looked much older.It seems that the rumors are true, the death of Princess Wuyang really hit the mother and daughter deeply.No wonder the emperor even came up with the idea of ​​openly looking for a substitute, and the mother and daughter accepted it.

Regardless of what they thought in their hearts, the wives inside and outside the garden, as well as the ladies of various families, did not reveal anything on their faces, greeted the nobles respectfully and warmly, and exchanged a few pleasantries.

The Empress Dowager sat in the main seat in the garden, took two sips of tea, and then got to the point, "I heard that there are a few young ladies who have a close relationship with Aijia and Yanping, so you might as well come up and meet them."

Yanping is the title of the eldest princess.

The matter of choosing a adoptive daughter for the eldest princess is well known to all families, but the royal family has to put a fig leaf on it, and no one will sensibly criticize it.

Therefore, everyone knew who was destined to be with them, so they backed away with smiles.

(End of this chapter)