Beauty in the world

8.

When I returned to the bedroom with the congratulatory gift that I had agreed to give to King Zishan, I saw Su Wenwen playing with the candlelight seemingly bored.

My daughter Su Wenwen has been fond of playing with fire since she was a child.

"Why didn't you accompany your husband?" I put the gift on the table, and just as I was about to sit down, Su Wenwen stood up suddenly, which shocked me.

"I haven't talked with dad for a long time." Su Wenwen hugged my hand, blinking her peach blossom eyes.

I couldn't help knocking her head hard.

"Oops—" Su Wenwen cried out in pain, quickly covered her head with her hands, but looked at me with flattering eyes.

Su Wenwen said: "Father, I think you have been alone for so many years, you should find someone and get married well—no, get married and have children."

"Hmm." I didn't hear the first part of her sentence clearly, I just vaguely felt that she was persuading me to start a family and start a business.

"Father. Look at me. I'm only two years younger than you, and I already have a family. It's not too early for you. If you are later, it will be too late."

I reached for the teapot, poured myself a cup of tea, and then couldn't hold back the "bang" and slammed the teapot onto the table in front of Su Wenwen.

"Yeah. Keep talking." I always felt that Su Wenwen was trying to hide something from me.

"So Dad, if you find a new mother in the future, remember to find someone who won't kill me!" Su Wenwen threw herself into my arms.

"Rolling, you are a woman, you should have married earlier. Dad is different from you. Dad is getting married at this age, it is still too early." I tugged at her hair lightly, and added after a long time: "It's still a little girl. A flower. You know."

9.

Su Wenwen closed her mouth.

10.

On the day of King Zishan's birthday, King Zixian, Su Wenwen and I all got up early in the morning.

Considering that King Zixian is my own son-in-law after all, I didn't choose too many expensive gifts, I only chose a string of beads brought in tribute from the south.

The beads of the bead chain are also pleasing, round and lovely, presumably the maker has put a lot of effort into it.

On the contrary, my virtuous son-in-law said that King Zishan loves ancient trees the most, so he sent someone to send a priceless ancient tree to King Zishan in advance.

Xu Shi saw that King Zishan finally held a birthday banquet this day, and the weather was fine.

I didn't want to, but when I went to Prince Zishan's mansion, it started to rain lightly.

When the carriage curtain was pulled open, I inadvertently stretched out one hand, but was freed by the other hand, which came to hold my hand through layers of tassels.

That hand was very good-looking, with well-defined and slender joints, probably the hand of a young man.

I frowned, if it wasn't for Wenwen sitting in the middle, wouldn't this be eating tofu?

I got out of the carriage following the direction of that hand, and then I stumbled and fell into someone's arms.

The person I bumped into was holding a blue-black paper umbrella and was wearing a black robe.The material of his robe is good, and there are dark patterns on it when you look closely.My eyes stopped on his chest, and suddenly I found that my hand had inadvertently scratched a piece of clothes on his chest.

I coughed, stretched out my hand to fix it for him, and looked up to apologize, but saw a familiar face.

The one who greeted us in front of the palace was actually the young master who kindly gave me a ride.

11.

"Brother Su." Brother Young Master called out in a low voice, looking at me intently.

To be honest, his voice is still very nice, low and deep, hitting my ears and hitting my heart.

He is undoubtedly a man who can make people feel good about him.

It suddenly occurred to me that I knew such a person with a deep voice, good fingers, and focused eyes before.

I paused in my heart, and then remembered that I still don't know the name of this son.Seeing his extravagance, he doesn't look like an ordinary person standing at the door.Could it be a housekeeper?

But these days, who hires such a young housekeeper.

"What a coincidence." I smiled at him a few times, and hurriedly pulled Su Wenwen back.

Although Su Wenwen likes to play with fire and is a bit silly, she is still very loyal when she should be.She saw my embarrassment, so she hugged my arm very naturally, and said with a sweet smile, "Father, let's go in first."

But Su Wenwen seemed a little nervous, and she lowered her head after saying that.Something was wrong with King Xian, he had a nervous smile on his face as soon as he got out of the car.

Hearing what Su Wenwen said, he also turned to me: "Yes, my father-in-law, I think the third brother should have been sitting in the hall long ago."

The first emperor had ten sons and three daughters, and two sons and two daughters were born to the empress.These two sons are the current emperor and King Zishan.The two daughters are the eldest princess Shiyue who has married to another country and the third princess Mochizuki who disappeared in the early years.

King Zixian is the seventh son of the first emperor, born of the empress dowager's distant relative Concubine Shu.

The first emperor loved the empress the most, but he still had a lot of love for his mother and empress' distant relatives.Concubine Shu was weak, and she passed away after giving birth to her son, King Xian.Out of pity for Concubine Shu, the late Emperor still cared for King Zixian.

"Yeah." I didn't think much about it, only when Su Wenwen finally knew that she was gentle and virtuous when she was away from home, and was about to bid farewell to the young master and get out of this embarrassing situation, I heard the young master say: "The palace is very big, it is easy to go the wrong way, I lead you in."

I smiled back very politely: "Being respectful is worse than obedience."

12.

In fact, when Su Wenwen was young, to be precise, when she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, I had a short relationship, a lover.

The other party is a man who is about my age, maybe a few years older than me.

He is the only son of a wealthy family in the capital, so he is different from me in every way.In terms of food and clothing, even the people I came into contact with before him, there is no one who can match him.

Maybe that's why he caught my eye so much.

He probably never met anyone like me either.

Many times we walked together in the autumn morning, frost hit the branches and hung on the tip of the grass, just holding hands, looking at each other, there was endless heartfelt heart.

That time was the most frivolous age of my life.

Thinking about it now, I just feel absurd and ridiculous.

How heartfelt and affectionate is it that will come to the end to make up for it?

13.

But this is how the world is.

What you loved, what you hated, will eventually turn to dust.

Obliterated in your memory.

It's just a matter of timing.

14.

King Zishan deserves to be a romantic figure today.

The furnishings in the courtyard and the carvings on the rooms have all been carefully designed and arranged.

The young master kept staring at me for some reason, showing a little nervousness in his expression.

"Brother Su, what do you think of this courtyard?" When passing by the fish pond, the son finally spoke.

I leaned against the mahogany railing with my back, Su Wenwen and Su Wenwen who were behind me had no idea where they were going at this moment.

It is estimated that Su Wenwen saw something interesting and dragged King Zixian away.

I have some sympathy for my virtuous son-in-law: "It's average. Quite expensive."

"Brother Su doesn't like it?"

"Why don't you like it?" He handed over a sachet, the style of which was still a few years ago.

It's also really strange that such an expensive person like him should wear such a shabby sachet by his side.

But maybe rich people are always a little eccentric, and the problems in their minds are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

15.

A few years ago, a man coaxed me to make a sachet for him.

But I'm a man, how could I be such a sophisticated woman.

For this reason, the man was depressed for a long time.

I was kind, impatient to see his lost face, so I casually braved the rain and bought one from the street for him.

"Seeing a sachet is like seeing a person."

16.

Brother Gongzi motioned me to open the sachet to have a look.

As soon as I pulled the two strings, a piece of jade slipped into my hand impatiently.