A Collection of Old Sayings by Fourth Sister You

Chapter 186 Meeting the Best Him: Red Dust (21)
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Before going to the Seventh Prince's Mansion to officially take up his post, he went to the Prince Chun's Mansion. Although he couldn't follow the Twelfth Lord, he followed him all the way, and he could still meet him when he was staying at the inn.

It was only two days before departure, and Dingyi was full of joy.Go to the door and ask the concierge, "Is the prince here?"

The concierge said yes, "I'm busy preparing for a trip these two days!" Glancing at him, he asked in a low voice, "Didn't the Seventh Prince ask you to visit their cellar that day? Did you go? Where are you now?" exactly is?"

She smiled and said, "I went, not looking at the cellar, I'm in the guard class. I'm going to work today, so I'll pay my respects to the lord before I go. The lord said he likes to eat mulberry fruit last time, so I prepared it and sent it to you." Lord, give it a try."

The concierge let out a hey, "Boy, you don't miss both ends. You hook the other end with one hand and the other end with the other hand." He slapped his legs, "Yes, I'll send someone to pass it on to you... How old is your lord, and you still eat mulberries?" Guo'er, why does it sound so rare..."

Can't you eat it when you grow up?Adults are actually greedy too, so I'm ashamed to show it to my face.Like this kind of palace compound, there are probably a lot of honeydew melons and lychees. If you want to talk about mulberry fruits, there must be no.It's like eating pickled eggplant if you're used to delicacies from mountains and seas. What can't be served on the table is fresh.

The person who went in to pass the message came back soon, beckoning and saying: "My lord, let me pass the message, let's go in."

Dingyi thanked her, and followed quickly.

The palace is very big, and the garden belongs to the other half of the palace. This time, the prince is at the second entrance, and he will arrive after passing through two moon gates.Because there is no Fujin in this palace, the whole family revolves around the master's own preferences.Like the previous dynasties, Great Britain advocated Tibetan Buddhism, so scripture-turning towers were also set up in the administrative areas.When Dingyi passed the building, he looked up and saw that there were strange words engraved on the brass sutra tube, and the door was opened on all sides. Inside the door was a white Tara, with a silent, wonderful and solemn appearance.

"Bai Tara is the incarnation of Avalokitesvara, who saves the eight difficulties." When she was fascinated, a voice behind her whispered, "If you devote yourself to cultivation and enter her Dharma door, you can also make your wisdom grow."

Dingyi remembered that her parents also enshrined such a bodhisattva when they were alive, but the color was different, and the one in their family was green.Tara has five colors, which originate from Guanyin, but each performs its own duties.She looked back and said with a smile: "My master said that I am short-sighted, and I will also ask for one at home in the future. After worshiping this Bodhisattva, I can become more clever."

The prince stood in the morning light, wearing a willow leaf green casual robe and a jade belt around his waist, looking more and more bright like the morning glow.He often smiles, and he looks good when he smiles, without being overly ostentatious, which makes people feel heart-warming.Dingyi was stunned for a while, swept his sleeves, raised his neck and said, "You see, how embarrassing you are to come out to meet me." She joked twice, and held up the basket for him to see, "I saw you yesterday. The mulberry fruit picked in the evening was soaked in well water all night, and it was washed clean. You can taste it later, without adding sweet-scented osmanthus honey, it is not sour at all, and it is completely different from what you ate when you were a child."

Hongce didn't expect that he really took this matter to heart, he just said it casually, the things about his childhood were more about nostalgia, not really for food.But since I brought it, I have to accept his favor.The eunuchs in the courtyard came and went, busy putting away the study room and files that he was going to bring, he came out because he was upset, so he pointed to the north and said, "Go to the gazebo, it's quieter there."

Dingyi responded, he walked in front, and he followed behind.Not long after the sun had risen, it lacked energy, and a faint round hung on the crab-shell blue sky, even the light was soft.The shadow of the Twelfth Master slanted over and landed on the corner of her robe. When she looked down, the floating outline and the hair tips lifted by the wind gave off a sense of stability in this world.

The garden of the palace is full of winding paths.Going forward along the corridor paved with blue stones, the corners of the eaves are faintly exposed among the dense bamboo leaves. If you go further, you can see clearly that there is an exquisite pavilion with a plaque of "cool wind has faith" under the eaves.There is a hole in the depths of the bamboo forest. The scenery here is different from what she saw through the streets and alleys. In summer, there is a loess road outside, and the sound of cicadas makes the mouth dry.As soon as I got here, it was suddenly cool and cool, and I stayed here for a dog day, and even the prickly heat didn't grow.

Thinking of prickly heat, he turned his hands behind his back and rubbed his spine.The prince sat down at the stone table, and she quickly brought out the bowl from the basket.What if poor families don't have exquisite porcelain to eat, bowls with thick feet and blue sides, and no lids?Big bowl buckle small bowl.

She smiled and said: "Don't dislike it, we can't afford jade lotus leaf plates, we can make do with bowls for eating." She stood aside and offered, "If you feel better, eat two more. It doesn’t suit my taste, so it’s not a pity to throw it away, I picked it myself anyway.”

This child has the sincerity of a farmer.Hong Ce looked into the bowl, the mulberry fruit was really ripe, it was so big, and the seeds were plump.He remembered the leftovers that Kaimeng picked up from his brother at that time, those were small and red, incomparable to the one in front of him.

The prince looks gentle, and the way he eats is elegant, he doesn't rush, unlike Xia Zhi, when a bowl of rice is placed in front of him, he can bury his head in the mouth of the bowl.Dingyi looked at him eagerly, the tip of the orchid was as white as jade, walking among the purple-red fruits, just watching it was pleasing to the eye.As soon as he pursed his mouth, she became nervous, looked at his expression carefully, and asked tensely: "My lord, what do you think of eating?"

The prince laughed slowly, the red mulberry juice stained his lips, like a girl's lip balm.He said yes, "It's really different from what I ate when I was a child. No wonder they fought for a tree. I thought at that time, the taste is not very good. Is it worth working so hard? It turned out that I hadn't seen it. good."

"Then you eat more." Dingyi found the plump one, put it on the side of the bowl with a small handle, "you eat this, this one is better."

They are from the emperor's family, they have rules about what they eat, and they are restrained in their mouths. This is the case when they are in the palace, and it is the same when they build their own mansion.People outside don't know it. For Xiaoshu, he can eat whatever he likes and sleep whenever he likes, and he can let nature take its course, but he is different.I still remember when I was a child during the festival in the palace, he was greedy and ate an extra jujube cake, his mother sent Jingqi to reprimand him, from Youshi to Xushi, a whole hour of teaching is enough to remember for a lifetime.

He shook his head and pushed the bowl away.

Dingyi looked at the bowl of fruit and felt sad, the prince had a small appetite, and if it was her, it would have bottomed out after a stick of incense.Don't eat it if you don't eat it!Tidying up one end, he said: "I'm here today to talk to the prince. Yesterday I picked a bird for Qiye in Fengyaju. Qiye was happy and agreed to let me join the guard class. I was asked earlier I didn't move the flower pots, not because I was afraid of hardship, I had my own thoughts. I also told you that I planned to go back to serve Master, but since Qi Ye gave this opportunity, I don't want to miss it. Me and The master has reported back, and the master also agrees with me, and I will report to Prince Xian's mansion later."

Hong Ce was a little surprised, "It's not easy to be the Geshhar of the Xianwang Mansion. With your skills, can you gain a foothold there?"

It's not honorable to say this, Ding Yi shyly said: "It's not a Goshha, it's just a false job in the bodyguard's office. Seventh Lord will take two birds with him to the north, and I will be in charge of serving those birds."

It turned out that this was the case, and only Hongtao could have come up with such an absurd idea.Bringing birds in such a cold day, who will be to blame if the birds freeze to death?
His fingers curled up and loosened, and he said in a slow voice: "The further north you go, the more the weather will be dripping into ice. Can you guarantee that Qiye's treasure will be unscathed? In case of a mistake, Qiye wants to blame you. You are in his hands." Underneath, I don't even have room to intercede."

Dingyi felt that now that she had reached this point, she could no longer control so much. Changbai Mountain was close in front of her eyes, and she could reach it with a single hook. At this moment, mountains of swords and seas of fire could not stop her.She walked along the way, just walking and watching, how long she can live has a certain number, anyway, it is like this, maybe she will die and be reborn.

She smiled and said, "I just want to go out with you and have a look, I didn't think about that much."

He frowned slightly, "Since you're determined to go, just tell me straight up, why bother?"

Dingyi murmured: "I'm not embarrassed to be ashamed, I mentioned it to you several times and you didn't agree, I have to find a way by myself." She moved to the prince's side, he didn't seem very happy, the golden rings in his eyes were faint Chuochuo, can't see clearly.She scratched her scalp and said, "Don't worry, I can do it myself. If it's really cold, just cover them and keep them from showing. I'll keep them warm so they won't freeze to death."

Forget it, the solution depends on people's thinking, and it's too late to worry about it now.But... something seemed wrong. I saved him twice, but when I saw him, I felt that trouble was coming. Now I have developed a habit of preparing to deal with his aftermath. What's wrong with it?Glancing at him again, he has a flattering expression on his face, with two big eyes blinking, the pupils are black and bright, like the deer in his zoo.

Hong Ce let out a long breath, and turned his eyes away, "How do you see the scenery of my place?"

"Okay, you don't see such a large bamboo forest in the city. You grow bamboo really well." She raised her hand and pointed to the distance, "It's better to build a house there, instead of gables, just build an octagonal spire. Big red pillars and green glazed tiles, and gold silk curtains on eight sides. You live in it at night, and you can hear insects screaming around you, so you will be happy!"

He thought about it seriously: "I can't hear the insects, but the mosquitoes can be fed."

Dingyi was startled, unexpectedly forgot about this, accidentally poked someone in the ribs, right?She was a little panicked, "I didn't think about it for a while, I said I was bald..."

He doesn't mind. Many people often forget that if you take everything to heart, you won't be able to live your life.He stood up, looked in the direction she was pointing with his hands behind his back, and murmured: "I used to have this idea. I planned to build a building and take Ernie to take care of me in the mansion so that she could spend the summer there. Unfortunately, it didn't work out. , because the imperial concubines have their own place to spend their days in peace, so it is superfluous for me to expand here."

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and so does the emperor's family.The previous practice was that when the old emperor died, all the concubines who had sons in the harem moved with the sons, and only those who had no children were set up in another garden.Now that the Supreme Emperor is abdicating, the old man is still alive, so naturally he can't follow the usual practice - when a person is alive, the tree falls and the monkeys scatter, what's the proper way?
Dingyi comforted him, "It doesn't matter, you will see the imperial concubine as soon as you go to pay your respects, but it will take a lot of trouble to go there often. I can't compare with you, my parents are gone, I miss them Sometimes I can only sit in the yard and watch the stars in the sky.”

His eyes quietly flowed across his face, his parents both died, compared with himself, he was not much better. "The palace pays attention to changing children and raising them. When the elder brother lands, he will be taken away by the nanny and sent to his adoptive mother. Only during festivals or mothers can see each other. The biological mother and the child are not close, very distant, for example. When eating, see where you are not doing well, once you cough, you have to put down your chopsticks and stand up to listen to the rebuke."

The more Dingyi listened, the more he felt that it was not easy for him, "Then why do you still want to pick it up? You and your adoptive mother are not close?"

He still shook his head, "My adoptive mother has her own princess to take care of, and she treats me one floor apart. I regretted it when I was young, but I always want to make up for it when I grow up. It's a pity that I don't have such an opportunity. Maybe I was born without six relatives."

He turned his head away, not intending to continue the conversation.Talk too much with a person who has only met a few times, and accidentally become a broken mouth, so that people can see through it at a glance, what is the meaning.

Dingyi also lived in the gate of the house, and in her memory, she kissed the nanny and the mother-in-law. Although the biological mother was not called mother, she could only be called wife. She knew this kind of regret.

"Does the lord believe in fate?" She licked her lips and smiled coquettishly, her eyes rolled on his cuffs, "I can read palms, and having a relationship with your parents is a thing of the past, it's okay, you will still have your own little life in the future What! If you trust me, I will show you... to see the marriage?"

(End of this chapter)