Collection of Short Stories

Chapter 16
I still remember that early summer, when she was fifteen and he was sixteen, they met under the peach blossom tree.

It happened that day, she took the piano and sat under the peach tree, ready to play.But suddenly she heard a melodious flute sound, the melodious and poignant sound of the flute made her a little stunned.

After the song was over, she came back to her senses and searched around for the source of the sound.Then I saw him standing in the pavilion beside him, dressed in white, like a banished fairy.

And he happened to turn around and saw her.Facing her, he smiled softly.That smile, Mana laughed into her heart, and she couldn't help it... Her heart secretly promised...

Concentrating her thoughts, she also smiled at him, and then swipe her fingers, and a beautiful piano music came out.That voice made him in the pavilion unable to bear the intoxication.

Looking at the single-minded person under the tree, recalling her smile... She is so beautiful and picturesque, like a fairy who has strayed into the mortal world... He also secretly fell in love with her because of this...

Under this chance coincidence, the two also got to know each other.

After getting acquainted, the two gradually began to get acquainted.Occasionally, when I have free time, I often compose a song together.One person blows and the other plays, the music is extremely beautiful.

When they first joined the song, they didn't go through any preparation, it was just a temporary try.Unexpectedly, the two cooperated so tacitly, making the music more beautiful and vivid.

Both of them felt in their hearts, perhaps, this is fate.

On that day, he did not bring out his flute, but brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote and composed poems in the pavilion.And she was also a little curious about this, so after putting down the piano, she went to the pavilion to watch him write.

His hands are vigorous and powerful, and the characters he writes are delicate and vivid.Sure enough, the words are just like the person, she thought to herself.

He looked back and smiled suddenly, which caught her off guard, and her face blushed unconsciously.

"Does the girl know how to practice calligraphy?" His pleasant voice sounded, "I don't know what the girl thinks about writing next?"

She pretended to be calm and said that she could also practice calligraphy, but her writing was somewhat similar to his.After that, he took the pen in his hand and began to write on the rice paper.

Her handwriting is also delicate and beautiful, but it is not as vigorous as his, but has a hint of a little girl's color.But overall, it's pretty similar.

Looking at the words on the rice paper, both of them sighed in their hearts, that the other party is really like a person.

By chance, she and him also discovered that they had many similarities.Not only do they also like musical instruments; they also write well; they also like to play with some flowers and plants; they also like to go around...

The process of getting to know each other seems very strange.Obviously they are all ordinary things, obviously nothing.But after discovering that the other party also likes it, there is great joy in my heart.

The time he spends with her is getting longer and longer, and the understanding of each other is getting deeper and deeper. At the beginning, the secret love, the secret promise, and the little palpitations became more and more obvious...

It's just that neither of them spoke.They are both afraid of each other and just treat themselves as confidants.

But an oolong that happened not long after made him muster up the courage to express his love to her.

He had nothing to do that day, and planned to go out of the house to find her under the peach blossom tree.But he didn't think of that, and saw her sitting with another man, playing the guqin together.

And she and the other man looked at each other occasionally, and smiled gently at each other.From time to time, she would take the initiative to say a few words to the man.

The two look... seem to be a perfect match...

This made him, who was watching from a distance, feel a little out of breath, as if his heart was torn apart, and the pain was unbearable.

Now that you are in love, go to her and say no.Even if there is no possibility, but he, he did not love in vain... He thought in his heart and took action.Because he didn't want to, his love was buried deeply.

Walking in front of the two, he went through the etiquette with another man, and then asked her if it was okay to come with him.He has something important to talk to her about.

Her eyes blinked inexplicably. Could it be that he saw that he liked him?She suddenly felt a little nervous.With his head down, he followed him and walked slowly.

She didn't pay attention to the front, secretly grabbed the corner of her clothes, and bumped into him without paying attention.

Just about to apologize, but he didn't want him to stop suddenly, then turned around and told her affectionately that he... likes her.

Hearing this, she raised her head in shock, and met his affectionate eyes.His face turned red suddenly, and he lowered his head again, looking at the ground, pretending to play with the hem of his clothes again.

"I... like you too..." She said shyly.

His eyes shone brightly, he stepped forward excitedly, pecked his lips lightly, then hugged her fiercely, circling happily...

Maybe the feeling wasn't enough, after letting go of her, he kissed her lips again.However, this is domineering and gentle.The tip of her tongue was teasing in her mouth, and she responded shyly...

Afterwards, he learned from her that the man who was with her was her younger brother, who loved to learn piano skills with her since childhood.That day, I came here specially to ask her for advice.

Well, it turned out that he misunderstood.He smiled embarrassedly.Still, if it wasn't for that, they probably wouldn't be together by now, would they?
And they need to take that step after all, this incident just made everything a little earlier.

He promised her that in at most two years, he would make her the happiest bride in the world. At that time, she would come to marry her with red makeup and eight palanquins.

She said yes, she just waited, he came to marry.

In a blink of an eye, two years have passed.During this period, she rejected countless people who came to propose marriage, just waiting for him to fulfill his promise.She was waiting for him, waiting for him to marry her.

But soon, an imperial decree was sent to the Shangshu Mansion, clearly stating that, as a Shangshu family with three thousand gold, she would marry the current prime minister five days later.

The moment she received the imperial edict, she cried, wishing that she could resist the edict and escape, but she couldn't.Because it is an imperial decree, once it is violated, the more than 100 people in the Shangshu Mansion will not be able to keep it.

She sent a letter to him, saying that she didn't love him anymore, but fell in love with the prime minister, and asked him to choose a lover again.But in secret, she had already prepared a dagger. As long as the prime minister dared to do anything to her on the wedding night, she would kill herself immediately.

On the day of her wedding, her eyes were dull, as if she was just an outsider.Although she was dressed in red, and there was joy everywhere, but who would understand the pain in her heart? !

Putting on the hipa, with the support of Xi Niang, she sat in the sedan chair.She couldn't see the scene outside, but she could hear the festive sound of firecrackers and drums, and imagined that scene.

At the beginning, when he said that he would promise her ten miles of red makeup and eight big sedan chairs, he probably meant that...

After a series of tedious procedures, the wedding was finally almost completed, but she was already exhausted.

That night, she sat alone in the wedding room.Listening to what the maidservant and the others said, "The prime minister really dotes on his wife" "Ten miles of red makeup, ten lifts of a big sedan chair, come to marry in person"... She didn't care, but smiled self-deprecatingly, even if what they said was true So what, the prime minister is not him after all.

Soon, the door was pushed open, and footsteps were heard.She was in a trance.His calling was heard.

Could it be that he came to find him?Then he sighed again, how could it be him?This is the prime minister's mansion, how could he come in?

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and Xipa was lifted up.She dared not raise her head to face that strange face.

The man smiled softly, and asked her in a low voice, did he despise him as her husband?

This voice, this tone, is clearly him.She raised her head excitedly, looking at him in front of her, hot tears fell down.But she didn't dare to reach out and touch it, she was afraid that it was just a dream.

Finally, he stretched out his hand to caress her face, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and hugged her tightly, unwilling to let go.

She broke free from his arms, looked at the face that made her miss day and night, dressed in a wedding dress.Never thought that he... was the prime minister.

He didn't care about her breaking free, he just kissed her lightly between the eyebrows, and said, he will never fail her in this life, he would rather bear the world than fail you.

After the wedding, he loved her as before, and he never had other women, which was the only precedent for a prime minister in this dynasty.The two were already deeply in love, but as time went by, it only became more profound.

Sometimes, with just one glance, it is decided that you and I will be a couple for life.

(End of this chapter)