Gu Qingyuan didn't sleep well last night. She took two bites of rice at noon, holding a book in her hand and lazily leaning on the soft couch under the window.
"Girl..." The new maid called softly outside the door. After receiving a response from Gu Qingyuan, she opened the curtain and entered the room.
"This was brought in by the concierge. Someone gave the girl a gift."
Gu Qingyuan had a headache when she heard the gift.
I always think of the box of picture albums that Pei Jinting sent in last time.
She also knew that Pei Jinting must have sent the gift this time.
The maid brought the things in.
A small basket, the lid is opened, there is a bowl of cold cherry cake.
It hasn't melted yet, and there's still air around the bowl.
The cherries on top are so bright that you can’t help but salivate just looking at them.
The maid took out the cherry cake mountain and put it on the table. Just as she was about to carry the box out, she flipped through the basket.
Oops, "Girl, there is another letter here."
Gu Qingyuan was having a headache about how to deal with Cherry Crispy Mountain.
Hearing the maid say there were still letters, he sighed.
After the maid exited, she put down the book in her hand, hesitated for a while, picked up the letter, opened it, and read the contents inside.
The paper is thin, and the writing on it is not very neat. The conditions when writing it must not be very good, or it may be written in a hurry.
"It's a refreshing day. I'm looking into the city's craftsmen and I see cherries being sold on the roadside. I remember your love for it, so I asked the store to make this cherry cake mountain for you to eat..."
Just two short sentences.
Gu Qingyuan clutched the letter and looked at the air-conditioned cherry cake mountain.
In the small and delicate bowl, it looks cold, but it is actually only enough for two or three mouthfuls.
It not only relieved her cold, but also did not hurt her spleen and stomach.
It really took a lot of thought.
No matter what Pei Jinting means.
This bowl of Cherry Crispy Mountain has already made Gu Qingyuan's mind confused even before she tasted it.
Pei Jinting moved out of the Zhenguo Palace after the two had a falling out that day.
Occasionally I heard that he is now on duty in the Five Cities Military and Horse Division and how hard he works.
Everyone in the capital also looked at him with admiration.
Even His Majesty gave him rewards from time to time, and even gave him the important task of finding spies in the city.
Now the defense of the city gate is all in his hands.
She knew that during the days when Pei Jinting was recuperating in the mansion, he did a lot of good things to the servants in the mansion.
I originally thought that he would ask his servants to say good things about the third son of the Pei family from time to time.
Unexpectedly, it has not happened once in these days.
Now, while he was on an errand, he suddenly bought cherries, asked someone to make a bowl of Cherry Crispy Mountain, chilled it, and sent it over quickly.
What kind of intentions did he have in doing this?
Gu Qingyuan did not eat the bowl of cherry cake, but held her chin and watched the air-conditioning gradually dissipate. The fresh cherries were dazzlingly red against the backdrop of the white water.
In the evening, the maid came into the room to clean up. She saw cherries floating in the porcelain white bowl and knew that Gu Qingyuan had not eaten.
"Girl... this thing is very sweet. Do you want to clean it up? It won't attract mosquitoes."
Gu Qingyuan came back to her senses and said calmly,
"Take it up."
The maid looked at Gu Qingyuan carefully, and the size of the cherries in the bowl showed that they were carefully selected.
It would be a pity to throw it away.
However, the maid did not dare to say anything more and tidied things up quickly.
The sky was getting dark, and Gu Qingyuan leaned on the big pillow, thinking about the bowl of cherry cakes in the daytime from time to time.
The red color is bright and lingering.
Even though she didn't eat it or stay, there were some thoughts that Gu Qingyuan couldn't control.
At night, Gu Qingyuan saw Pei Jinting in her dreams.
In the dream, there was a vast rain and fog, and she stood on the porch, looking at the straight figure in the rain.
Gu Qingyuan once dreamed of such a dream.
She remembered that she gave the veil to the man in the rain.
That time, she didn't see his face clearly, but she only knew that he was bleeding a lot.
who is he?
Just as she was wondering, she saw her standing in front of the figure, reaching out and handing over her handkerchief.
A thin young man, with a stubborn and embarrassed look on his face, without the laziness of adulthood at all.
Pei Jinting in the dream opened her mouth, and although her expression was evil, she said to her,
"It's raining heavily, please hurry up to the corridor."
Gu Qingyuan woke up the next day, listening to the chirping of birds and the rustling of leaves outside the window, and relaxed for a long time.
Still feel ridiculous.
It turns out that she and Pei Jinting were not just life-saving graces when they were young.
Had she ever seen him in such a miserable state?
But why did she forget all that?
In her mind, she could remember that the first time she and Pei Jinting met was in the palace.
That time she stood in the garden waiting for the maid to get the sunshade.
There was the sound of footsteps stepping on slate leaves from behind. When she turned around, she saw Pei Jinting and Prince Jing appearing behind her.
As soon as Pei Jinting came over, she felt him raise his hand and take something on her head.
Gu Qingyuan took a step back. She had seen Pei Jinting at various banquets and knew that he was deeply loved by the emperor and empress.
This is the first time that he is so close.
"Mr. Pei San, I wonder if you picked my pearl flowers or something?"
Gu Qingyuan followed the rules and was afraid that others would gossip about her.
Hearing the annoyance in her words, Pei Jinting looked at her strangely, and Prince Jing even sneered,
"Pei San. If you are too sentimental to bother yourself, don't let yourself be blackmailed..."
Gu Qingyuan saw Pei Jinting clenching her fists and didn't know what was in them.
She was very embarrassed to be teased by Prince Jing and asked several questions in a row. Finally, Pei Jinting looked at her lazily and raised his eyebrows frivolously.
"If it belongs to me, I shouldn't take it without asking. I'd better return this thing to you..."
As he spoke, he spread his fisted hand in front of Gu Qingyuan, and a bug squirmed in his palm...
Gu Qingyuan turned pale with fear and her lips trembled.
Pei Jinting's joking voice sounded, "Why don't you take it back?"
You were so excited just now, why are you silent now?
Gu Qingyuan saw that the insect seemed to be getting closer to her, arching her body, the world was spinning, and she fainted.
Before she fell into coma, she still heard that careless sound.
"Why is this girl from the Duke's Mansion so useless? I can't help but be scared..."
Afterwards, she only remembered seeing the young man in dark clothes picking her up.
When Gu Qingyuan woke up again, she was lying in Concubine Lu's palace. Standing outside the screen not far away were Concubine Lu, Lu Wenze, and the eldest prince.
The eldest prince wore purple uniforms, and Lu Wenze wore dark straight skirts.
She always thought that it was Lu Wenze who sent her back to Concubine Lu.
When the matter was mentioned once after that, Lu Wenze never denied it...
Putting back her wandering thoughts, the carriage Gu Qingyuan was riding in stopped in front of the Ming family's house.
On the day of the riot in Beijing, Gu Qingyuan saved Mingwei. The Ming family has always remembered it in their hearts. Not only did they come to express their gratitude, they even invited Gu Qingyuan to come to a banquet today.
The Ming family made grand preparations, and even the old prime minister of the Ming Dynasty also met Gu Qingyuan.
Just as Mrs. Ming was introducing Gu Qingyuan, she saw that the face of old Prime Minister Ming changed drastically, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.