Volume 1: Painting Hall Spring Chapter 20: The Promise Under the Spring Moon at Yuting
Xiao Yizheng followed the sound of the piano and approached, and saw from a distance in the Yuyue Pavilion, one person playing the piano, and another standing sideways. The person playing the piano had long hair scattered, and was blown by the wind, swaying in the air, and his face looked quiet and graceful in the haze.
He stood and listened to the song "Lovesickness", applauded and slowly walked into Yuyue Pavilion, "Miss Ling, I'm so excited!"
Qingxi had just finished a song and was still thinking about the music. When he suddenly heard this sentence, he looked up and saw the person coming. He was startled and stood up to salute. "Your Highness is laughing!" I thought to myself that I can go anywhere.
come across.
"Why is Miss Ling playing the piano here right now?"
"I'm going back to Shangdu tomorrow. But after two days of hard work, I haven't had time to appreciate the moonlight on Baoding Mountain, so I overstepped my bounds. I thought that the Jade Moon Pavilion is far away from the main hall, so no one should have discovered it."
Qingxi said methodically.
"I wonder how the night view is?"
"Not bad." She was neither humble nor arrogant.
Xiao Yizheng lowered his head to look at the guqin on the table, his eyes fixed, and after a while he said: "Miss Ling's piano skills are good." As he said that, he seemed to be about to pluck the strings, but stopped in mid-air, and then slowed down after a pause.
He slowly closed his hand, raised his eyes to look at Qingxi, and said with a smile: "It's just that this song "Lovesickness Sigh" should be a low sigh and graceful, and I am still shy when I want to speak, but the girl played it with a happy meaning. Isn't this another interpretation?
Woolen cloth!"
He just stared at Qingxi with a smile, trying to see if she would refute or be docile.
Qingxi was overjoyed, thinking that he was also a person who understood music, but was he going to embarrass her again?
"That's what Your Highness said! The so-called lovesickness should be an unforgettable feeling. But I don't have this kind of feeling, so naturally I can't play the gentle sigh that Your Highness said. However, the lovesickness of the world may not all be miserable.
."
"Miss Ling's opinions are always so unique! I'd love to hear the details!"
"Meng Jiangnu cried down the Great Wall because of lovesickness, but it was a kind of strength. Zhuo Wenjun wrote the white-headed chant because of lovesickness, but it was a kind of wisdom. Cao Zhi dedicated the poem to Luo Shen because of lovesickness, but it was a kind of deep affection. Neither of them was sad.
It’s tragic, isn’t it?”
It would be nice to spend a lifetime with such a woman. This thought suddenly flashed through Xiao Yizheng's mind. Looking at the azaleas fluttering in the wind on the slope outside the pavilion, he smiled and said nothing.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Qingxi stood aside quietly. At this time, she could neither retreat nor advance. It was a cold night and the mountain wind blew by, making her shiver.
"Miss Ling, it's better to come home early." His words lost their previous edge.
"What about Your Highness?" Qingxi wanted to remind him that he shouldn't be exposed to the cold.
"It seems that you shouldn't ask about my whereabouts!" Xiao Yizheng raised his eyebrows, half-smiling.
"Your Highness has misunderstood. I just want to remind you that it is late at night and staying outside for a long time is not good for your health." She said calmly.
Xiao Yizheng took a step forward. The two were very close, and there was a fragrance filling the thin air. "Misunderstanding? Is that so?"
Qingxi's heart felt inexplicably tense, but she still said calmly: "Qingxi hopes that His Highness will take care of himself. Maybe I don't have so many rules when it comes to my words, but I still mean it."
"Above the main hall, you said: If you return to your true nature, you will never be disgraced for the rest of your life. Do you follow this principle in your life and work?" Xiao Yizheng smiled lowly, "When you say this, it makes the listeners wonder if it is you.
You've brought disgrace upon yourself.
"
"Your Highness, you think too much!" Qingxi lowered his head and sighed.
Yizheng lowered his eyebrows and smiled, "Miss Ling, do you know that being too talkative may not be a good thing!"
Qingxi lowered his head and said nothing, unable to guess Xiao Yizheng's expression at this moment. Yueying on the side was beating her heart, did the young lady know that she was facing the prince? Also, if the girl today was respectful and humble, she would not be her girl!
"Return to true nature, return to true nature, return to true nature," Xiao Yizheng muttered these two sentences and walked towards the railing of the pavilion.
Qingxi raised her head and looked at his back. It was tall and soft, but there was a hint of nervousness and uneasiness that made people guess. Is he worried?
Xiao Yizheng suddenly turned around, Qingxi had no time to dodge, and their eyes met. He was hazy and confused, and she was flustered.
For a moment, the two of them avoided each other in a tacit understanding, "Have you read "Warring States Policy"?"
"I have a lot of books at home, so I can read them when I have free time!"
"The reputation of the Ling family as a scholarly family is not for nothing!"
"Your Highness, you praise me!"
Xiao Yizheng looked at her with a rare lowered eyebrow, but found that lowering her head showed a different style! He walked to Yueying and said, "You are Miss Ling's personal maid, right?"
"Back to your lord, yes!" Although Yueying was a little pampered by Qingxi, she still understood the rules.
"May I have your name?"
"Moon shadow! The moon shadow comes from the shadow on the moon!"
"It's fitting that the shadow is coming from the tip of the moon! This must be how your girl got her name, right?" He looked back at Qingxi, but obviously he didn't expect her answer. He was very sure, "Yueying, you go to the pavilion and watch.
Now, I have something to say to your girl."
Yueying glanced at Qingxi, saw her nodding, and then stepped out.
Xiao Yizheng raised his hand to gesture, Qingxi understood, and stepped forward to stand side by side with him on the railing. The mountains in the distance were vast, the petals were swaying nearby, the moonlight was bright when he looked up, and his skirt was flying when he looked down.
"Miss Ling, my appearance here tonight is not accidental. I am specifically looking for a girl, but I didn't expect the situation to be so suitable. I guess she is not a pretentious person, so I want to tell you my father's plan frankly!
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Qingxi noticed that he no longer called himself the king, but used "I". She liked this, as if the person in front of her was a friend with whom she could have a frank conversation: "Your Highness, please speak."
Xiao Yizheng glanced sideways at her, and sure enough, she already knew. He turned his head again and said: "I want to ask the girl's wishes for the first and last time. This matter can also be said to be an accident. You and I
It's a bit helpless. If you don't want to, even if it's just a little bit unwilling, don't force it, I have a way to prevent this from happening, and I will handle it well, you can trust me on this!"
Qingxi listened quietly and did not look sideways at the people around him, but his heart was hesitating. Yes, he had a way out, and he probably had already thought of it. And he was really willing to marry
Can you say not to get married? Although she has thought about these questions thousands of times, but at this moment, he was so straightforward, which made her think about this issue again.
"What about His Highness's wishes?" Unable to figure it out for a moment, Qingxi threw the question back.
Xiao Yizheng put his hands on the railing and didn't reply for a long time. Just when Qingxi felt that he couldn't wait for his answer, he said in a low voice: "Holding hands is not easy. It means sharing joys and sorrows, honor and disgrace, and growing old together. It is not a promise. A promise
Sometimes it’s better to give it all at once.”
Qingxi turned her head and stared at him deeply. The profile of the man in front of her looked so gentle at the moment. His eyes were looking into the distance, as if he had remembered something and was immersed in his own emotions. The joys, sorrows, honors and disgrace were all shared.
These few words caused deep ripples in her heart, and instantly aroused the most beautiful imagination.
She frowned slightly and asked without hesitation: "Can I ask His Highness a few questions?"
Her words brought Xiao Yizheng back from a certain emotion. He turned around and looked at her: "Okay."
"The person last night was King Guang, right?"
Xiao Yizheng seemed puzzled as to why she would ask these questions, but he nodded without thinking for long.
"The Holy One knows everything about what happened last night, right?"
He nodded again.
"Your Highness asked me to embroider the handkerchief, not for the purpose of giving it to the nun of the palace, right?"
A smile gradually appeared on Xiao Yizheng's lips and he nodded again.
Qingxi spread his hands: "Your Highness should know that I actually have no room for unwillingness."
Xiao Yizheng put away his smile and said sincerely: "You have to think about it! I said that I can solve many things."
Qingxi raised her head, feeling that she didn't have to worry about things that had little hope, but was just looking for trouble. Since there was a road in front of her that was good for most people, why not take it? She had always been like this, since she had
Whatever you decide, you just have to do it, so he said firmly: "I have no unwillingness."
"What?" Xiao Yizheng asked as if he didn't hear clearly.
"I said, I am not unwilling!" Qingxi raised a smile and said as if relieved: "There is nothing wrong with marrying into Prince Heng's palace, everyone will think that everyone is happy, and I do trust the prince, since God allowed us to show up that day
If we are together, there is no need to go to great lengths. It would be better to accept it calmly, isn't it?"
"Hehe, hehe," Yi Zhenglang laughed twice: "Girls really don't show off their eyebrows sometimes!"
"I regard it as a compliment." Yun Wan ruffled her hair, "I wonder what your Highness's wishes are?"
Xiao Yizheng listened and whispered softly: "Just like you!" Then, the two of them looked at each other and smiled heartily.
Yueying outside the pavilion looked at all this and thought the scene was beautiful. Although she didn't know what they were talking about, there was no doubt that the two of them were happy.
Xiao Yizheng looked at her smiling face, slowly twisted his smile and said, "We can have another choice."