The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 29

After more than a month of non-stop unannounced visits and investigations, Song Chen finally visited Weizhou.

Before formally summoning the local officials in Weizhou, he followed the old method to spend two days in Weizhou, which was really a very effective method.This place belongs to the Zhili of the imperial court, unlike Yanzhou where he can often inspect, so he really didn't know the specific conditions of these counties and counties before he came, but after some investigation by Weifu, he can see the people's livelihood directly. In addition to Wei Jiqu, he can also have a more comprehensive understanding of these states and counties, so as to prepare for the next step of governance by the imperial court.

Although his current fiefdom is only in Yanzhou, it is always right to plan ahead for the future.

Coming from Jeju all the way to the northwest along the Weiji Canal, Weizhou is the poorest of the five prefectures and counties, and a large part of this is due to natural disasters.The further west we go, the more droughty we go, especially in spring when there is often no rain for a month or two. The crops are the first to suffer. Farmers, in such a farming-oriented place, once the crops are affected, the consequences can be imagined.

However, this year Weizhou avoided the spring drought in time. The Jishui River from the east was mighty, and after gathering several tributaries along the way, it finally reached Weizhou. The century-old Wei Jiqu has been revitalized.

Because the imperial court attached great importance to it, the early planning was done well, and it was related to the local people's livelihood, and the prince personally supervised it, and the localities also actively and conscientiously implemented it. Therefore, the trip was quite smooth, and it was at least half a month earlier than expected. Song Dynasty Chen met with local officials and imperial envoys in Weizhou, and stayed in Weizhou for five days. After everything was settled, he set off and returned to Yanzhou.

It took eight days to travel from Yanzhou to Jeju, and it took only four days to return from Weizhou to reach Yanzhou.

Wantang Court.

The sound of beeping in the distance came to my ears, Chu Xue stopped writing, and listened carefully, it was already Haishi.

In April, it is already early summer, and the crabapple planted in the yard last year has been blooming one after another in the past few days, and the garden is full of delicate and dazzling flowers.It's a pity that the person who ordered the flower planting is still outside, and I don't know when he will return.Counting that there are still ten days left, it will be two full months. Before he left, he said that he might return late.
Chu Xue sighed softly, lowered her eyes and continued to write.

Ruyue gently pushed the door open and came in, seeing her in front of the table, her eyes were full of distress.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Chu Xue knew it was Ruyue. Chu Xue stopped writing and looked at her, but suddenly thought of Yan Ling. She hadn't seen her for more than 20 days. Can she get used to it? Has anyone bullied her...

She was in a trance, Ruyue called her, "Master, it's getting late, go to bed early."

Although she still wanted to be called "Miss", which sounded kind, but after that incident, Ruyue changed her words cautiously, and everyone before and after called Chu Xue "Master".

Chu Xue came back to her senses and smiled slightly, "I can't sleep, I will write a few more articles, and I will be free to do other things during the day tomorrow, so go to sleep first, I will sleep by myself when I get tired, don't worry."

"Yes."

Kisaragi sighed softly, and closed the door for her again.

She writes slowly, and it takes almost three hours to write thirty chapters each of "Women's Precepts" and "Women's Training". She couldn't get out of the yard, so for more than 20 days, practicing calligraphy with these two women's scriptures has become her main pastime.But it's good to practice, before she was eight years old, she was a naughty girl, she didn't write well, and she lived a modern life in the past 20 years, and she didn't use a brush at all, so now she has time to practice, right now Self-cultivation and self-cultivation have grown up.

As I was writing, I suddenly heard the door of the outer room open. Ruyue had just left, why did she come in again?She was a little strange, and was about to ask, when she suddenly heard different footsteps.

The footsteps were steady and powerful, as if there was a faint wind, she was startled, and suddenly realized that it was his footsteps, he, is he back?

She hurriedly put down her pen and got up to open the door. As the door opened suddenly, the person who came also stopped, and then she saw Song Chen a few steps away, the person she had missed for two months.

It's really him!

He was wearing a bamboo green gown, the fine material was glowing softly under the dim light, like a picture in a dream, when he saw her coming out, he smiled at the corner of his lips, but he didn't speak, just looked at her so tenderly .

The handsome face suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, making her feel a little dazed, she was stunned for a moment before she realized it, and then she almost instinctively threw herself into his arms, and said in surprise, "My lord...it's really you, why did you come back suddenly? "

The beauty was in his arms, with the unique fragrance after bathing. He hugged her quietly for a long time before returning to her softly, "Things went well, so I came back a few days earlier. How are you these days?"

A familiar voice came to her ears, as if she was still dreaming, she snuggled into his arms for a while, then straightened up and looked at him nodding, with distress in her bright eyes, she frowned slightly and said: "Is the errands very tiring, the prince is thin gone."

Running around for nearly two months, it goes without saying that it is hard work, and it is normal to lose some of it. He smiled disapprovingly, "Outside is no better than at home. Of course, it is harder, but you..." He looked her up and down, and also frowned. He raised his eyebrows, "I've been raising it at home, how come it's been reduced?"

These days, while worrying about Yan Ling, and thinking about him, her heart is heavy and her appetite is low. Naturally, Chu Xue has lost weight, but she just smiled playfully and blinked her eyes, "I think what the lord thinks."

Passing by the table she had written just now, the fresh ink fragrance overflowed his nose, and he asked in a hoarse voice while kissing her, "It's so late and you haven't slept, what were you doing just now?"

She seemed to want to avoid it, and wrote lightly: "I'm not doing anything, I'm just writing."

"What are you writing?" He reached out to untie her skirt.

"No, nothing was written."

She faltered and hawed to make him vaguely feel that something was wrong, so he stopped.

Seeing him stop, the expression on her face was a little unnatural.He felt even more wrong, so he got up and went to the desk to read it himself.

"The first is women's morality, the second is women's words, the third is women's appearance, and the fourth is women's merit..." The half-written article is "Women's Commandments". Looking aside, there is still a stack of already written... like this The scene was somewhat familiar, and he had a headache. He looked up at the beauty who was still on the couch, "Why are you copying again? Why are you writing this carefully... The princess punished you?"

She bit her lip and shook her head, "No, the concubine did not punish the concubine, it was written by the concubine herself to practice calligraphy, the prince is overthinking."

"It's so late and you're still practicing calligraphy?"

"Hmm..." She nodded with downcast eyes, smiling a little pale.

He sighed, and called someone outside the door, "Yan Ling?"

The door was pushed open with a creak, and it was Kisaragi who came in.

Ru Yue bowed lightly, "My lord, Yan Ling is not here, if there is anything you need to tell your slaves."

"Where did Yanling go?"

He sat down at the table and asked in a deep voice.

Ever since I entered the door, I felt something was wrong, Yanling was always on duty at night, but today I saw Ruyue.

Ruyue looked at Chu Xue, hesitated and said: "Go back to the lord, Yanling she...she went to the laundry room."

"What is your personal servant girl doing in the laundry room?" He was very puzzled, and he was even more sure that something happened.

Chu Xue got off the bed and said as she walked, "It's nothing. I feel that the girl has been a little tired recently, so I sent her to suffer a little bit. My lord, it's getting late. You have worked hard all the way. Let them prepare water for bathing." He looked at Kisaragi, "Quickly tell them to prepare water..."

"Wait," Song Chen interrupted her in a deep voice, "What do you want to hide from me? Ruyue, tell me, why did Yanling go to the laundry room?"

His voice had obviously cooled down, and seeing that Guanzi was almost sold, Ruyue answered in a straightforward manner, starting from the dishes in the dining room, all the way to the scene of Chu Xue kneeling in front of Xu Jinhe and Huang Sheng coming, Explain everything in detail.

After Song Chen listened, he was silent for a while, then turned to look at Chu Xue, "So you're staying up so late, and you're still copying these things?"

"The concubine's body is only for practicing calligraphy. I don't sleep because I don't feel sleepy. Don't worry about it, my lord." She forced a smile, and her voice faded again. I used to be too used to her before, so it's better to let her suffer and grind her temper... Anyway, it's better to stay in the mansion than to be sent out."

At that time when they met for the first time in the Chu Mansion Pavilion, Song Chen saw Chu Xue arguing with Yan Ling. Even though he was an outsider at that time, the intimacy between the two girls was not concealed at all. It was a very natural intimacy, enough to see It's better to have two people.

He is a prince, a prince who grew up in the palace, and he is very clear about the open and secret struggles in the harem.In all fairness, compared to other brothers, his mansion is relatively quiet, there are only four female relatives, but even if there are four, the only thing he is thinking about is the one in front of him.

He used to think that his first wife, Xu Jinhe, was a kind and gentle woman, at least for the past ten years, so he felt that his mansion had always been peaceful and peaceful, but why did it change since Xue Er entered the mansion?He just wants to be nice to the woman he loves. This is the most natural emotional move, but why does he always make things difficult for Xue'er?
The room was quiet, and after a while, Song Chen told Ruyue, "Go outside the courtyard to see who is there, and ask someone to go to the laundry room to bring Yanling back."

"Yes." Ru Yue was secretly delighted, turned around and walked out of the room quickly.

The bodyguard on duty tonight is Lu Fang, because he has been accompanying Song Chen before going to Weizhou, so he is familiar with the maids of Wantang Garden. A maid hurriedly ran over, his heart suddenly felt hot without warning, after seeing the maid's face clearly, he suddenly stopped, it was not her.

Ruyue also recognized Lu Fang, she offered a gift, and looked at the person in front of her pleadingly, "Master Lu, the prince just ordered, please send someone to the laundry room, and bring Yan Ling back."

"Yanling... Huanyifang?" The two unrelated words caught Lu Fang's ears, which surprised Lu Fang.

Ruyue nodded hastily, "Yes, yes, Yanling is in the laundry room now, you can go and bring her back, you...recognize her, right?"

Lu Fang nodded, "Yes, I... will go now."

As a guard, he should obey his master's words without asking why.

Not to mention going... to find her.

Lu Fang hurried to the laundry room.

Although it was past Haishi and most of the servants from other places had rested, the laundry room was a hard work place, and the lights were brightly lit, but there were still people working.

When Lu Fang entered, the girl was still struggling with the clothes in the tub.

He saw the picture in front of him clearly, and immediately called her name after a daze.

Yanling raised his head when he heard the sound, and saw the young man at the gate of the courtyard.

She was also stunned, stood up slowly, and asked in confusion, "Lord Lu? You...you're back?" Suddenly realizing her gaffe, she lowered her eyes, a little embarrassed, "You... called me, what are you doing?"

There was a bitter feeling slowly spreading in his heart, he didn't understand what kind of emotion this was, it seemed... was it distressing?I feel sorry for the hard-working girl in front of me.

When I saw her in the past, she always followed Mrs. Xue. Mrs. Xue treated people kindly, and her personal maid was even more kind. Therefore, she should have never suffered. She always seems to be happy. Whenever she smiles, she seems to be clean. The sunshine shines into other people's hearts. To be honest, he likes to see her smile.

But in less than two months, why did she come here to do menial work?

He really wanted to ask her and care about her, but he couldn't.

This is not what he should do.

Back in front of him, he answered her softly, "My lord ordered me to take you back to Wantang Court."

"Really?" Her eyes lit up, "Great, I'll go back right away."

After saying that, he took off the apron on his body, and walked up to him in a few steps.

He nodded and led her out of the laundry room and back to Wantang Garden.

The night wind in early summer, mixed with the fragrance of flowers, brushed gently on the face.The young man was suddenly a little happy, because she just smiled at herself.

Also, the pair of pear dimples that bloomed just for herself are really beautiful.

(End of this chapter)