Volume 1: Painting Hall Spring Chapter 29: Gui Ning
Qingxi was lying on the bed, staring at the auspicious clouds on the top of the bed, wondering if she could fall asleep tonight. Not long after, she heard gentle footsteps coming from outside the bed curtain again, followed by soft footsteps.
There was a rustling sound of sitting on the bed, and soon the oil lamp next to the bed went out, and the room suddenly became dark.
In the darkness, Xiao Yizheng's soft voice sounded: "I know you didn't fall asleep so quickly. I forgot to ask you if you are afraid of the dark."
"It's okay, I'm not afraid." She replied softly.
"I have already made arrangements for my return tomorrow, so you don't need to worry."
"Well, I'm not worried."
"I have sent your dowry to the Chaolan Garden warehouse. Yesterday's fire did not cause any damage. You can check it out when you have time."
"No need." Qing Xi replied decisively. She turned sideways and became interested, and asked tentatively: "Have the personnel investigations in the mansion been completed? There is no big damage to the warehouse where the water leaked, right?"
During dinner, Uncle Zhong and Ting Meng led everyone in the palace to pay homage to the princess. She looked around and found that there were not many people, and it seemed that two of the female officials who were serving in the wedding room yesterday were not among them.
. She realized at that time that Xiao Yizheng had quickly and effectively begun to purge the personnel in the palace.
"Things went very well. The warehouse is old and the damage is not big. In the future, if you feel that there is anything that needs to be renovated in the house, just go ahead and do it, but don't go too far."
Qingxi smiled. She did have the idea of taking care of the backyard pond, and he happened to mention these things. She thought about it and asked: "If I do some decoration and renovation for the palace, do you have any special preferences?"
For example, color." She paused and continued: "Do you like green or red?"
"I don't have any particular preferences. Green leaves, red flowers, anything."
"Do you like raising birds?"
"Birds? You want to raise birds? You can raise them if you want!"
Qingxi frowned, that's not what she meant. "That's not what I meant. Well, can you speak ventriloquism? Do you like sleeping in the wild when you travel around the world? Have you ever strayed into any village and been watched by people?
kind?"
Xiao Yizheng had his eyes closed, listening to her series of questions, but suddenly he opened them and looked at the bed curtain. What on earth did this girl want to ask? Why are these questions so weird? "You still want to know those stories?"
True or false, I told a secret and changed the story."
Qingxi paused, she was not thinking about this, but it was also this pause that made her realize that she was a little ridiculous, actually asking the questions in the booklet Qingsong gave her. So, she subconsciously went to
He burrowed under the quilt, feeling a little embarrassed. "You go to sleep, I'm going to sleep too."
The room was silent for a moment, and the moonlight outside was gentle and lingering.
Xiao Yizheng slowly closed his eyes again, but he seemed to be able to hear the sound of flowing breath in his ears. He hadn't slept much since last night. Logically speaking, he should be extremely tired, but he couldn't sleep calmly at this moment. For the first time in his life, for the third time
Once he was sleeping in the same room with a woman. Until he heard the sound of slow breathing, he suddenly opened his eyes and turned his head to look at the bed curtain again. She fell asleep first.
Qingxi slept soundly, and felt a bright light in front of her eyes. She turned over impatiently and said lazily: "Yueying, let me sleep a little longer."
"If you want everyone to see us sleeping in separate beds on the second day after our wedding, you can sleep a little longer."
Qingxi kicked off the quilt impatiently and said with a frown, "You are so long-winded."
Xiao Yizheng lightly lifted the hand of the curtain and paused. It was the first time in his life that he was bored. He instinctively felt a little depressed. He thought that if she were a man, he would have slapped her with one palm, but when he raised his eyes, he saw the indifferent greed on her face.
As he slept, the stuffiness turned into angry laughter. He coughed lightly and said seriously: "Since Ah Heng doesn't want to get up, then I will go to bed on my own."
Ah Heng? This king?
Qingxi suddenly opened her eyes. The person in front of her was looking at her seriously, although there was a faint smile on her lips. She blinked her eyes twice and quickly lifted the corner of the quilt up. She was no longer sleepy.
Sober outside.
Seeing her like this, Xiao Yizheng lowered the curtain and said slowly: "Get up, they are coming in to serve you."
Qingxi immediately tidied up briefly and stood up. Seeing that Xiao Yizheng was already dressed neatly, she quickly put on her coat again.
After she stood up, Xiao Yizheng walked straight back to the bed, reached out and quickly pulled up the sheets, folded them in twos and twos, and hurried out. Qingxi was wondering about his behavior, and the attendants had already asked him to come in.
Yueying and Tingmeng helped her wash up. The female official who was making the bed came over and pulled Tingmeng and whispered: "Sister Su, there is one missing layer of sheets."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yizheng walked back to the house again, looked around at everyone, and said in a low voice: "I have put away the bed sheets, please ignore me."
When the maids in the room heard this, they all lowered their heads slightly and went about their business with smiles on their lips.
Only then did Qingxi suddenly realize the deep meaning of putting away the sheets, and her ears turned red involuntarily.
Yueying on the side smiled widely, and asked a little too much: "Princess, why are your ears so red?"
Qingxi just wanted to dig a hole in the ground and scolded: "Shut up!"
Xiao Yizheng listened to the conversation between the master and the servant. He raised his eyes and looked at Qingxi's profile. He saw that his ears were indeed red, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
After the two packed up, they left the house and went to Ling's house. Along the way, Qingxi seemed very excited. He kept lifting the car curtain and looking at the street scene, calculating how long it would take to get to Ling's house.
Xiao Yizheng, who was sitting aside, just closed his eyes and meditated. He was not used to riding in a carriage. In the past, he often rode horses when traveling in Shangdu City. But when he returned home after three dynasties, he still wanted to tell everyone in this way that he cared.
This princess must be in the same place even for this short period of time.
When the carriage approached Ling Mansion, Qing Xi couldn't wait to get off the car. Outside the gate of Ling Mansion, Ling Deyan was already waiting with his wife and son.
Xiao Yizheng was the first to get off the carriage, and naturally stretched out his hand to help Qingxi behind him. Qingxi looked at the hand stretched out in front of her eyes, looked up at her parents not far away with a comforting smile, and could only hold herself back
handed over his hand.
When the two of them walked to the front of the house, everyone in the Ling family was about to salute. Xiao Yizheng stepped forward to help Ling Deyan, and also signaled Chen Ruofu not to salute. "My father-in-law and my mother-in-law, there is no need to salute like this."
Ling Qingsong on the side immediately smiled and said: "Then I want to salute the prince and princess."
Before Xiao Yizheng could speak, Qingxi stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Please stop making trouble. This is deliberately trying to hurt me."
"Don't be rude in front of the prince." Ling Deyan quickly reminded him. What does this mean? The princess's face is the prince's face, and nothing can be done without compromise.
Xiao Yizheng smiled and waved his hand: "Brother-in-law, there is no need to salute. Ah Heng has a relaxed temperament, and I don't want to be restrained by her. Today she returns to her parents' home. What she did before, she will do today, and she will do so in the future."
Ah Heng, the three members of the Ling family were all stunned when they heard this title, and then they all put on comfortable smiles. Ling De said: "Your Majesty, please."
Xiao Yizheng raised his legs and walked in front with Ling Deyan. Qingxi immediately walked to her mother's side and held her arm affectionately.
Chen Ruofu looked at her daughter carefully, and saw that she had a different style of hair tied up in a bun. Her face was full of joy. She finally felt relieved. Just when she was about to ask something, Qingsong came over and said with a low smile.
: "Does Princess Heng think the pamphlet I gave you is useful?"
Qingxi remembered the conversation last night and without thinking, she raised her foot and stepped on him. Qingsong was unprepared and raised his foot and let out a low cry of pain.
Xiao Yizheng and Ling Deyan who were walking in front looked back when they heard the sound, and saw Qingxi glaring at Qingsong, while Qingsong raised his feet with a grin on his face, while Chen Ruofu looked helpless.
When Ling Deyan saw this, he thought it was not easy to ask his daughter now. After all, she was the princess, so he was dissatisfied with Qingsong and said, "What's wrong with you, Li Zhi?"
Ling Qingsong immediately became serious and said respectfully: "The princess will come home recently. I am looking forward to it very much. I didn't sleep well last night. Just now, my eyes were blurry and I thought there was something like a pamphlet under my feet, so I couldn't walk steadily and sprained my foot a little."
.In front of the prince, I immediately realized that I had violated my etiquette."
When Qingxi heard what he said, she murmured in her heart and became even more annoyed. What a brochure, but it couldn't show anything. "Brother, let's go, at the foot of the elementary school." She gritted her teeth and said word by word.
Qingsong smiled lightly, looking as graceful as a cloud and a breeze.
Xiao Yizheng just looked at the two brothers and sisters quietly, feeling warm in his heart. He looked at Ling Qingsong and said with a smile: "I have heard about my brother-in-law's talent and reputation, and there has never been such a young beauty in our dynasty.
I never thought that my brother-in-law has such a free and cheerful personality."
Qingsong also immediately said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you are so complimentary. Tanhua Lang is in the past. If Your Majesty doesn't dislike it, please call me Li Zhi."
Ling Deyan also waved his hands repeatedly: "The prince is laughing. The two brothers and sisters grew up in Sujiang. Their father-in-law, who was taught by the minister, also adhered to his attitude towards life, and his temperament was a bit out of the ordinary. Especially Heng'er, I hope
Your Majesty, please take good care of me in the future."
"When I travel abroad, every time I go to Jiangnan, I always want to have the opportunity to visit Mr. Chen. Now it's better. I also want to call Mr. Chen my grandfather. If I have the opportunity, I would like to go to Sujiang with Aheng to visit him.
Old man."
When Qingxi heard this, she immediately looked at him in confusion. This scene was well done! Do you want to bring her clothes back home?
"Oh?" Ling Deyan was also quite surprised, and then he said with a smile: "That's great! Originally, I wanted to invite my father-in-law and mother-in-law to come to Shangdu for this wedding, but the two old people wrote back and said that it was inconvenient because they were old.
After a long journey, I wish you music and music. Heng'er, your maternal grandfather and grandmother also specifically mentioned that they miss you very much and hope that you will come back to Sujiang if there is a chance."
"I will go back!" Qingxi replied with determination, with light in his eyes, as if he was yearning for it.
Seeing that she didn't care about the prince's opinion, Qingsong immediately spoke to smooth things over for her: "Princess, you are really a wife who cooperates with the prince! The prince just said that he wanted to visit his grandfather, and you said you were going back! Well, the harp and harp are singing harmoniously, and the husband sings and the wife follows.
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Seeing that he was teasing her again, Qingxi rolled her eyes at him angrily.
When Xiao Yizheng saw this, he laughed out loud and said calmly: "The old man who rented him out was very successful in training Li Zhi and Ah Heng."