Tangled

Chapter 19 Taoyuan
Seeing Shen Qiqi's worried face, Jin Bao quickly comforted her, "Miss, don't worry, Lord Hou knows about it."

I went to intercept so many times, it is impossible for Hou Ye not to know, if he cares about it, he would have sent someone to take her to beat the board.

"Since the girl is worried, I will go to the kitchen to get it next time, instead of taking the title of Lord Hou."

Shen Qiqi knew that Gu Tingshu would not blame her for this, but the old lady was strict in running the family, if she found out, it would be another sin.

"If you want to eat, you can just take it from the room later. If you don't have enough, you can use the money to buy it in the kitchen. You must never do this again."

Now she has been rewarded with many things, and the gold and silver are kept in a small box, so she doesn't have to save as much as before.

Jin Bao nodded obediently, and responded with a smile, "I listen to the girl, I won't do this next time."

Seeing that she was really listening, Shen Qiqi felt relieved, sat up straight and lifted the curtain, and continued to look at the bustling street outside.

After the carriage left the city, there was already a long queue of carriages and horses outside the city, moving forward at a slow speed.

The convoys from various prefectures seemed to have made an agreement, and they all came out at this time, blocking the official road.

The opened curtain was not put down, and when the carriage moved forward, Shen Qiqi suddenly met the girl in the carriage next to her.

She nodded to salute, and the other party returned the salute, then turned sideways, as if asking the maidservant who she was.

The maid glanced this way twice, shook her head slightly, and said something in a low voice.

The two didn't know each other, and they were separated by four or five feet. The other party didn't say much, smiled apologetically, and put down the curtain.

There were carriages on both sides, and the scenery was completely covered. Shen Qiqi also put down the curtain, and said to Yin Bao who had also met her, "Do you know which noble lady that is?"

Yin Bao shook his head, "Although the signboard of Liu's Mansion is hung on the car, there are five or six adults surnamed Liu in Beijing."

She has been training in other courtyards since she joined Lord Hou's command, and she can't come out in normal times, and she hasn't seen many noble girls in Beijing.

Seeing the two of them turn their heads to look at him at the same time, Jin Bao tried hard to swallow the food in his mouth, lifted the baffle and asked Eleven, "Eleven should know which noble lady she is from?"

Walking around outside with Master Hou, and someone collecting all kinds of information, I shouldn't be ignorant of such a little thing.

Eleven gave her a sideways look, and said to Shen Qiqi: "Ms. Hui, she is a girl from Taifu Liu's family. She just came back from Jingzhou last month, and she hasn't shown her face much."

Even though Shen Qiqi has no information, he also knows that there is no Grand Tutor in Beijing.

She asked curiously: "When did the capital have a Taifu?"

"Liu Songxian, who used to be the prince's teacher, was demoted to Jingzhou. His Majesty transferred him back a few days ago."

"Is it that Liu Songxian who scolded His Majesty again by fighting against the Confucian scholars?"

"If you go back to the girl, it's him."

Shen Qiqi nodded, told Jin Bao to close the shutter, and took a cup of warm tea and drank it slowly.

Grand Tutor Liu Songxian, 20 years ago, with his three-inch tongue, scolded more than a dozen ministers to Shangzuo and resigned.

His Majesty was scolded countless times when he ascended the throne, but he couldn't take it anymore, so he was demoted to a poor place, and now he has been transferred back for some reason.

Now that the crown prince and father are getting older, and His Majesty is about to abdicate, it seems that the water in the capital city is becoming more and more muddy.

"Girl, why don't you sleep for a while, it will take more than half an hour to arrive at Neng Taoyuan."

I got up early today to do my makeup. If I don't hurry up and take a rest for a while, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back when Shen Shi arrives.

Yin Bao interrupted Shen Qiqi's deep thinking, she raised her eyes and smiled "Yes".Rao tried hard to fall asleep, but the excitement of being able to travel made her unable to calm down, she closed her eyes and rested for a while, and then sat up straight.

Yin Bao was packing the cakes she brought, Jin Bao was still eating, her stomach was like a black hole, and she didn't see it being full after eating all morning.

Seeing her wake up, the two took a small quilt to cover her up, and handed her a hand stove to warm her hands.

"The maid took out the scripts in the house, would you like to read them for a while?" Seeing that she was bored, Yin Bao took out two scripts from her pocket and put them on the small table.

Jin Bao patted the pastry crumbs on his hand, and looked at it with his head, "Yo yo, you still have time to be so clever!"

Yin Bao ignored her teasing, seeing her poking her head a little more, hurriedly put away the food box.

"You can't eat any more, and you'll be gone if you eat any more."

Jin Bao curled his lips, intending to turn back, but seeing that Shen Qiqi had already picked up the scripture book and was reading it, he still fell silent.

Shen Qiqi was at the end of the carriage, and when she got off the carriage, the lady had already walked more than half of the Taoyuan, and the rest followed slowly.

As early as halfway, Shen Qiqi's carriage had lost track of the Gu family's carriage. After getting off the carriage, she looked around and couldn't find the Gu family sisters, so she could only walk slowly behind the crowd.

"Girl, Master Hou said that the girl can go to play on her own, and there is no need to greet Princess Suyang."

Eleven stood beside the carriage, passed Gu Tingshu's words to Shen Qiqi, and then pulled the carriage away to put it away.

Shen Qiqi glanced at the crowd with only a tail left, and then at the path next to it that hadn't been passed by yet, her heart was moved.

If you follow behind, the pink peach blossoms all over the ground will be trampled to pieces, and most of the beautiful scenery you can see will be lost.

Moreover, my cousin's thoughts are not on me at all, and there are so many noble women in Beijing, even if I disappear, no one will find out if I think about it.

Giving herself a perfect reason, she lifted the hem of her skirt and signaled the two maidservants to walk along the side path.

As soon as they entered, they were surrounded by three-person-high peach trees. The peach blossoms covered the color of the branches, and the pink color occupied the entire eye socket.

Walking in the peach forest, the fragrance of peach blossoms is refreshing, and the breeze blows, and the raised peach blossoms dance in the air.

This scene cannot be described in any poem.

The deeper they walked, the smaller the noise in their ears, and they stopped slowly until they couldn't hear any whispers.

Arriving at a flat ground, Jin Bao took out a piece of cloth from his arms and spread it under the peach tree, beckoning Shen Qiqi to go over.

"Come here, girl, we will sit here and eat today."

Although they are curious that they can come up with some unexpected things at any time, there are rain pavilions scattered in the Taoyuan from time to time for people to rest, and there is a pavilion not far away.

Shen Qiqi shook her head, "Let's go to the pavilion, although eating under the tree is interesting, but the soil is damp, sitting for a long time may dirty the skirt."

When she spoke politely, Jin Bao was stunned for a moment, and after a few breaths, he looked at her and then at his own brown skirt, and said "oh" dryly.

She is also a no-brainer, the girl is wearing light-colored clothes, how can she sit on the floor.

If you meet a girl from Beppu after getting dirty clothes, the girl will lose face.

"What the girl said is very true. It's because I wasn't thoughtful enough."

Shen Qiqi shook her head, "It's okay, you can put your things in the pavilion first, I want to pick up some peach blossoms and take them back."

The embroidered sachet hadn't been sent out yet, so she wanted to put dried flowers in it before giving it away.

"It's hard to come out, go and play by yourself, don't follow me."

The Taoyuan is surrounded by heavily guarded soldiers, and none of the princes in the capital city have come out. It can be said that the biggest danger for her in Taoyuan is to get lost due to wandering around.

"I'll just pick up some around the pavilion, and I won't wander around. Go and play."

Shen Qiqi likes to be quiet, and Jin Bao and Yin Bao feel too bored after following her all the time, as if the birds are tied up by their feet.

Hearing what she said now, the two looked at each other and almost cheered.

"Girl, let's go around in a circle, and if there is anything, girl, please call us."

Although they knew there was no danger, Jin Bao and Yin Bao didn't dare to go too far, they just wanted to frolick around the pavilion a few times.

"We'll be back soon, girl, be careful."

The two of them cheered and walked away, Shen Qiqi was standing by the pavilion, seeing that the person could still hear the voice after walking away, she couldn't help shaking her head and laughing.

(End of this chapter)