019: Gift
"It's Prince Duan Bai Yin," the gardener nodded with a smile. "This hibiscus flower was not open in this season. The real flowering season of drunken hibiscus is in midsummer. Because Prince Duan often came to see the garden taken care of by the old slave, he kindly taught the old slave a way, which made the flower season of drunken hibiscus advance by two months! Moreover, the flowering period has been extended by more than four months, that is to say, today's 'Zuifuxuan' is in full blooming hibiscus flowers almost all year round.
Bai Yin, how could he do such a good thing?
Doubt rose in the heart of cinnabar, and he couldn't help looking at the drunken hibiscus in front of him. Shouldn't that guy hide any poison under these flowers?
"Oh, wait." The cinnabar suddenly seemed to remember something and asked Linglong, "Linglong, you also picked the hibiscus flowers from Zuifuxuan that day. Can you put them on for me?"
Linglong's face turned slightly red. She nodded and said, "Yes, the maidservant is the flower that came to ask for from Eunuch Zhang."
"I heard that the old slave is the daughter of Princess Hongling. I'm so happy, Your Highness, you and Your Highness... It's really exactly the same!" As Mr. Zhang said, he raised his hand and wiped his tears with his sleeves.
Zhu Sha opened his mouth and wanted to comfort Uncle Zhang, but he didn't know what to say. For the mother concubine Hongling, cinnabar actually has very little memory. What can be left in the memory of a baby before the age of two? Instead, she came to the big merchant, and the little bit about the mother's concubine slowly appeared in front of the cinnabar, making her seem to approach the mother's concubine loved and missed by the great merchant.
"Eunuch Zhang, now you have seen Her Royal Highness, but you have realized your thoughts. You should take better care of these flowers." Seeing that the cinnabar was speechless, Linglong took the words.
Mr. Zhang nodded hurriedly and said yes, and the cinnabar also narrowed his eyes.
She raised her head and looked around, but saw a delicate palace hidden in the flowers. The blue glazed tiles shine in the sun, flying eaves and carved beasts, vermilion window lattice, beaded curtains hanging on the open door, bird cage hanging on the long corridor, and beauty stands next to the carved fence. Not far away, there are small jade tables and jade chairs. The exquisite rockery leads out the dinginging spring water and winding into a small stream to a pond. There are a few water lilies floating on the pond, and several golden brocades in the pond swim freely. Under this warm sunshine, it looks like a comfortable and peaceful scene.
In those years, did the mother live and grow up in this palace?
In those years, how did she meet her father and how did she make up her mind to leave this prosperous hometown with him?
"Your Highness, go to the palace and have a look. His Royal Highness sent someone to send a congratulatory gift. It's very beautiful." The person who came up to speak was a maid of honor with a double bun, named "Suan'er". She was gentle-looking and spoke very gently and pleasantly. Cinnabar opened his eyes in surprise and asked curiously, "Why did His Royal Highness's gift arrive first?"
"Your Highness, Your Highness said that it can't be called a congratulatory gift, but Your Highness, you have moved to a new palace and always give some gifts. Teach you what you need. If you are embarrassed to tell the Queen, you can ask someone to tell him. Xuan'er said, and then covered her mouth and smiled, "Speaking of which, Your Highness is really attentive to the princess."
Cinnabar's face turned red. She gently squeezed her mouth, but she couldn't cover the smile on her face, so she raised her legs and walked into the palace. On this side, Xuan'er and Linglong looked at each other and smiled quietly.
When I entered the door, I saw that it turned out that Bai Yin sent a pair of delicate porcelain vases. The pair of vases were white and transparent, but as thin as paper, which was amazing. The bottle is painted with orchid grass with extremely elegant Danqing, a large area of white, and a few strokes of ink outlines the light and elegant orchid grass, which is so dusty. The cinnabar couldn't help rubbing it gently and couldn't put it down.
"The person sent by His Royal Highness said that His Royal Highness felt that the flowers in 'Zuifuxuan' were in full bloom. First, he sent a jade bottle to wish you peace, and secondly, it was used to decorate flowers. The orchid grass on it is the hand of Tao Yu, who burns pottery in the dry country. It is most suitable to use grass to line flowers.
"Tao Yu?" The cinnabar was very surprised. He looked carefully at the words inscribed on the bottle, but it was indeed Tao Yu's "Yu Zhuo pen". This Tao Yu is a famous purple sand master in Qianqing Country. How can he burn pottery?
"That's probably why this bottle is precious." The green jade interface said, "What's more, it's right, hehe..."
"Dad girl, how can you be so ignorant!" Zhu Sha stared at Lu Yu angrily, but a happy smile couldn't help but appear on his face.
The cinnabar walked around the hall of "Drunken Fuxuan" and took a look. The two little eunuchs here, Ran Jiu and Lian Xi, had already brought back some things in the other courtyard where they lived before. Linglong, Lvyu and others put those things into categories. When cinnabar saw that they were busy, they paced to the backyard. The backyard was planted with precious yellow hibiscus and three-color hibiscus, which were very pleasing. He raised his eyes inadvertently, but the face of cinnabar sank.
Even the whole heart has sunk.
Not far away, there are strips of bamboo forests, gently swaying branches and leaves in the breeze, thin shadows, and some purple markings on the emerald tree trunk.
That turned out to be the "Purple Bamboo Forest"!
The heart of cinnabar was hit with a coolness, and he subconsciously took a step back.
What's going on?
Why is "Zui Fuxuan" and "Purple Bamboo Forest" so close?
Cinnabar suddenly remembered that at the night banquet that day, it was Bai Yin who proposed to move the cinnabar to "Zui Fuxuan". It turned out that he had a plan for a long time?
This Bai Yin, what exactly does he want to do?
"What are you thinking about?" Suddenly, a low voice came from behind him, which made the cinnabar turn around quickly. What he saw was the haunting and hateful figure.
"Bai Yin!" The cinnabar blurted out.
"Your face seems to be ugly," Bai Yin raised his lips, "Is I terrible?"
"It's terrible!" Cinnabar patted his chest and sighed for a long time, "If people are scared, they will scare people to death!"
"Oh?" Bai Yin tilted his head and looked at the cinnabar. Today, this guy was wearing a silver forehead. The wet pearls set off his evil face more handsomely. The silver-white long shirt was tied with a wide gold belt, and a blouse embroidered with silver flowers on the outside made his figure more slender and straight. This guy stood with his hands on his hands, and his clothes flew gently in the breeze. He even looked like a gentle scum.
"What are you doing?" Cinnabar was wary. This guy's belly is full of bad water. He can't give him any good face until he figure out what he thinks.
"If you move into the new palace, I will naturally come to visit." Bai Yin said, looked up at the back garden and asked, "What do you think of this new palace?"
"Okay, it's very good." Cinnabar sneered, "Especially when I go to the Purple Bamboo Forest to find you in the future, it will be more convenient."
Why can't Bai Yin hear the extrastrings of the cinnabar words? He laughed and said, "How about it? Have you finally realized the king's thoughtfulness?
"What a shame!" The cinnabar stared angrily, "You have a plan, don't you? You old fox!"
Bai Yin was not angry. He just raised his eyebrows and smiled faintly. He took out something and raised it in front of him.
"This is a gift prepared by the king."
"The gift you prepared for me?" The cinnabar looked at Bai Yin in disbelief and looked down. But in Bai Yin's hand was a square brocade box, with autumn-colored satin noodles, and he couldn't see what was inside. Zhu Sha looked up at Bai Yin and saw that there was no teasing and ridicule on Bai Yin's face. Zhu Sha hesitated to reach out his hand and was about to touch the brocade box, but quickly looked up at Bai Yin. The smile on Bai Yin's face did not change, and it didn't look like there would be any deception on the cinnabar. The cinnabar then picked up the brocade box at ease.
I took it curiously, and the cinnabar slowly opened the brocade box. However, there is a bracelet woven from cyan emerald with five-color lines in the brocade box. In the center of the bracelet, there is an oval stone, which is light green in color and brown markings with dots on it, which looks very delicate.
"It's so beautiful!" Zhusha picked up the bracelet and looked at it again and again, and put it on his wrist. The bright color was lined with the delicate and white skin of cinnabar, and there was an indescribable beauty.
"The most special thing is this." With that, Bai Yin suddenly opened his arms, pulled up the blouse, and surrounded the whole cinnabar in the blouse.
"Ah! What are you doing!" Cinnabar squated and hurried to push Bai Yin, "Bai Yin, you frivolous guy, I know you are uneasy!"
"Don't quarrel." Bai Yin held the cinnabar tightly in his arms and said, "Look at this bracelet."
The cinnabar struggled, so I had to look at the bracelet as Bai Yin said.
The light outside was blocked, and the eyes of the cinnabar were originally dark. Who would have thought that the stone on the bracelet emitted brilliance, and a small stone lit up the space in front of him.
"It's amazing!" The cinnabar screamed.
"This is called mica stone," Bai Yin held the cinnabar, his black eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his lips rose slightly. "Although it looks bland in the strong light, it can emit a bright halo in the dark, and the most interesting thing is that it will attract fireflies around the left and right, so that you will not be afraid to walk at night."
You won't be afraid to walk at night...
The heart of cinnabar suddenly moved. She was clinging to Bai Yin's arms at this time. Hearing his powerful heartbeat, she felt the faint cold fragrance from his body and his hot body temperature. His chest trembled slightly because of his words. Although it was bright in front of him, what he could see was only this little space. The temperature seemed to rise suddenly, the face of cinnabar was getting redder and redder, and his heartbeat became stronger and stronger.
This is... What's wrong?
The cinnabar was completely stunned by its own reaction.
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" A familiar call sounded, and the cinnabar heard the sound of hurried footsteps.