The Pearl of the Lady

Chapter 119

In the East Palace.

The crown prince always likes to be quiet, but in the past few days, he has become more and more tired of noise. There is no other sound in the huge East Palace, only the sound of sweeping fallen leaves, and even the little eunuch sweeping fallen leaves is also light-footed.

Ah Fu wore a thin lotus-colored cloak embroidered with light blue hibiscus flowers. She walked at a leisurely pace, as if admiring the scenery along the road, and said to Xile, "This pine tree is growing well."

This is nothing to talk about, even joy can be seen in the way of deliberately delaying time, she smiled and echoed the young lady's words, "Yes, this pine tree grows well."

Ah Fu heard the teasing meaning in her words, and stared at her pretending to be angry, and stopped talking.

"Princess Anle...here." The little eunuch who sang was stopped by Ah Fu before he finished speaking.

"Shh... I'll go in quietly."

Everyone who serves in the East Palace knows the position of Princess Anle here. The head of the East Palace has all educated that serving Anle County is mainly like serving the prince. Even if there is a mistake in serving the prince, there may be a chance of life. Something went wrong, the chief executive sneered and didn't say anything further.

The little eunuch stopped shouting, and with a smile on his face, he lifted up the curtain courteously.

Ah Fu took off the cloak at the door and gave it to Xi Le. She entered the back room, lifted the hem of her skirt, walked in gently, and poked her head out of the door of the study room in the back room. holding a pen.

A mischievous smile bloomed on the corner of Ah Fu's mouth, thinking to startle Wei Yi, but before he took a step, he heard Wei Yi say, "Why don't you come in, what are you doing standing at the door."

Ah Fu pouted, stepped forward and patted the table, "You're lying, how did you know I'm here?"

"I heard your footsteps." Wei Yi put down the scroll and said softly.

"It's deceiving, the footsteps are all the same, how can you tell who is who?" Ah Fu sat on the armchair beside him.

Wei Yi smiled and said nothing. If you care too much about a person and are familiar with her every habit, then you will be able to distinguish and understand her footsteps. After all, she is different from others.

Ah Fu still doesn't understand now, but one day in the future, she will also know that when the love is strong, everything about that person is completely different from others.

When Ah Fu came into Wei Yi's study, he was as comfortable as in his own study. The travel notes she hadn't read before were still in the same place, and Wei Yi put a bookmark in it, which was a leaf sign made by the two of them together. Ah Fu Fu took out the travel notes and put them on the small table, ready to read them for a while, and then continued to read them. Wei Yi has added a lot of good ink lately. Ah Fu likes this. I keep a few unique pieces in my study, which can seduce Ah Fu to think about it, so I will come here a few more times.

Sure enough, Ah Fu opened the box and smelled "the best pine smoke ink, this must be the ink from the previous dynasty." He opened another box, and it was a box of Baihuatuan ink, a box of four styles, each carved with Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, and what's even better, if the ink is ground, there will be the fragrance of these kinds of flowers and trees. Ah Fu is so tempted, he can't wait to see and smell it, and he can't wait to lick it, and call it "little flame."

Wei Yi didn't speak.

"Ayi, Ayi is the best." She hugged Mo reluctantly, walked to the side of Little Huomiao, and stretched out her hand to tug on his sleeve.

Wei Yi asked seriously, "Who treats you best?"

"Well, parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts..." Ah Fu counted them one by one.

"Except for the elders, who treats you best?"

"Big brother, second brother, third brother..."

Wei Yi's face darkened.

Ah Fu smiled and stopped teasing him, "Among the friends, you are the best, and Ah Yi treats me the best."

Wei Yi endured it, and still smiled, "Don't hold it, there are a few more over there, pack them together, and I'll send someone to send them to you later."

Ah Fu waved his hand, "You can't use that much, you still have to use it."

"I still have more. I'll just ask someone to go to Curry to get it later."

"Farewell, just treat it as the one I put on you first, and there is no difference between putting it on yours and mine."

Ah Fu's words made Wei Yi extremely happy, even though he knew that what Ah Fu meant was different from what he thought, he was still very pleasantly surprised.

Ah Fu turned around, picked two more books from the bookshelf, and put them together on the small table.

The crown prince loves to drink tea and doesn’t like to drink sherbet. Ah Fu doesn’t dislike bitter tea either, but in comparison, he likes sherbet honey milk more. As soon as she comes over, the chief manager will send a new sweet dew However, the person who came into the house to deliver things today was an unfamiliar face.

The one who came in with a tray was a court lady, about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a standard light green palace dress like other court ladies, but it matched her fair skin, and her waist was tied up, making her waist look even more slender, Her chest was bulging, and her fingers holding the plate were very slender. She didn't say much, but said "greetings to His Royal Highness, and Princess Anle", with a very pleasant voice, then bent down to salute, and put it down very politely. The tray goes out.

Wei Yi frowned.

Ah Fu has never seen any maidservants here in Little Huomiao. She likes beauties, and she glanced at them with great interest, but then thought of something in her heart, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

The chief executive came in a hurry, but saw that the maid had already come out.

The palace maid gave a salute, "The servant has seen the head steward."

The chief manager smiled instead, "Okay, if you have the guts and cunning, I didn't know there was such a character hidden in the East Palace."

The maid was silent.

The head manager waved his hand, "Let's go, I have such a big heart, I want to see if I have this kind of luck."

The maid's complexion changed a little, but she bowed calmly and left.

Ah Fu stayed in the East Palace all afternoon, finished reading the travel notes that he hadn't read before, ate pea yellow, golden jade grains, and got a lot of favorite ink, and the two of them went around the bamboo forest in the palace, and... Little Huo Miao didn't ask herself about the scandal either.

Ah Fu should be happy at first, but she felt that there was some inexplicable incompatibility. Ah Yi is so sensible, so it’s difficult, why did she feel that something was wrong? Probably because Ah Yi used to always ask questions, She might not be used to it herself. She thought about it and felt relieved a lot.

Unbeknownst to him, in the secret room of the prince's study, apart from the picture scrolls and the previous boxes containing the memories of the two of them, there was also a big box, which contained...

The secret report of the shadow guard every day, from Ah Fu waking up in the morning to falling asleep at night, everything she does will be recorded by the shadow guard and placed on the prince's desk. It has been like this since Ah Fu had an accident last time .

Wei Yi knew what happened that day. He knew that Wei Ting was speaking ill of Ah Fu. Wei Yi felt that Ah Fu could not be blamed, so he didn't ask Ah Fu. He was just silently unhappy.

The night in Chang'an is still the same as every day, with the same bright moon and the same stars.

Lu An often thought of his hometown at night, and developed the habit of watching the moon. In the past years, he felt that the moon in Chang'an was not as bright as the moon seen on the grassland. The moon on the grassland is very close to people. Lying on the grassland, the breeze blows Blowing by my ears, the moon is big and round, as if I can touch it with my hand, but the moon in Chang'an is too far away, as if always looking at the earth coldly.

Ever since he met Ah Fu, Lu An no longer felt this way. He looked at the moon in the sky, savoring the two words "Yue Qing" sweetly and sadly in his heart.This is Ah Fu's word.

He looked at the bright moon in the sky, as if he saw that beautiful girl, as bright and clear as the bright moon, and as far away as the bright moon, even though there was pain in his heart that he couldn't ask for, there was still more lingering joy in his heart, After all, I was already closer to her than anyone else. I knew her, talked to her, and read books together.

But looking at the moon in the sky today, Lu An's heart is no longer just sweet but full of thoughts. He thinks of the bright moon in his hometown, the galloping horses, the colorful patterns on the walls in the palace city, and the time when his father helped him get on the horse. , big rough hands, reminding me of my elder brother who once taught me how to archery.

He has a letter in his sleeve.

The letter was sent to the post office this morning. After the official checked it, the servant sent it to him. The letter was very simple, it just asked about Lu An's situation, and the whole text was full of routine.

But this letter is different. When Lu An was young, he was also a favored little prince. He had his own reading companion, and Wuliu Kingdom was called An Da. Compiled a set of code words specially used for two people to communicate.

This letter was written by him. A letter cannot convey too much news. The secret word of this letter is only one sentence: "The king is seriously ill."

But just one sentence is enough, enough for Lu An to be excited. The rules of Wuliu Kingdom are different from those of Da Zhou. The succession of the family business is generally the responsibility of the youngest son. The other children can only be separated. Lu An should be Usul's next king.

However, Lu An's eldest brother Wu Kan has been known as a warrior since he was a child. He led the army and conquered many tribes and small countries around him. The old king was seriously ill and brazenly launched a coup. All his brothers except Lu An were slaughtered. Lu An and him were brothers of the same mother. When his mother died, he held the hands of the two brothers and asked them to take care of each other. However, Lu An's eldest brother didn't kill him, but sent him far away to Dazhou, so that he and the grassland would never see each other again.

Now that Wu Kan has fallen ill, and his control over the court has obviously declined. If he is fine, this letter will not even be able to get out of Wu Liu’s capital, let alone be delivered to him, Lu An squeezed This letter, I thought too much in my heart, but I didn't know what I was thinking.

I don't know what the reason is, whether it's killing too much or putting all my energy on government affairs. Wu Kan only has one daughter, and no boy can inherit the throne. The anger and ambition that I thought had been buried by time are in Lu An's heart Tossing, he didn't hate it back then, but his elder brother suddenly turned his back on him and sent him to another country. Lu An was only ten years old at the time. He remembered his elder brother's patient teaching, and also remembered his elder brother's cold eyes. Wu Kan looked into his younger brother's eyes "Your anger is useless."

Lu An clasped the window frame tightly. Without strength, he has no right to be angry. He glanced at the cherry tree in the distance that had lost all its leaves. Thinking of his dream the day before, he rode on a horse and wrapped Ah Fu in a cloak. Back in his own palace, only he can see her, only he can talk to her, and he can give everything to her.

Lu An stared at the letter, the excitement and ambition in his chest clashing left and right, he closed his eyes and closed the window.

(End of this chapter)