set of flowers

A new scene was built in Hua Qianshu's other courtyard, and there was a small pool among them.The small pond is only as big as an adult can wrap his arms around, and there are three similarly reduced rockery on the side, with jagged and strange rocks of different heights, piled up like a natural scene.The land is built low, and the pool water is guided from the first pool in the main courtyard, and the drawn water flows down from the rockery. The water flow is not strong, but it makes the rockery come alive instantly.The mountains and water are paired with the green grassland and the small flowers that grow on the green land as if the stars dotted the night sky, which can be described as a wonderful workmanship.

Next to this miniature world, there is a large flower pot, on which a lilac tree is planted, with lilac flowers blooming on it, and further to the side is a wooden staircase, which connects to the gazebo.The stairs have high legs and long arms, so if you walk in a hurry, you can climb up in two steps.There is a one-legged wooden table under the roof of the bucket-point pavilion supported by four columns, surrounded by five round drum stools.At this time, one person sat on each of the two stools across the table, and two servant girls waited beside them.

Hua Qianshu took a sip of hot tea, and said, "Brother, do you know why I stayed with Yu Hao?" The eyes that looked at Hua Qianmo but slackened seemed to hide sadness and affection.

As if anticipating what Hua Qianshu would say next, Hua Qianmo's eyelids twitched.

After a moment of silence, Hua Qianshu put down his teacup and said calmly, "I like men, brother, I can't marry a woman."

The maid Xie bit the tip of her tongue and served tea for the two of them.

Hua Qianmo didn't look shocked at all, picked up the teacup, blew on the cup of hot tea, and responded calmly: "Then marry him."

Hearing this, Hua Qianshu trembled, and the hot tea overflowed from the porcelain cup in her hand.

Xi Xifeng and Xifeng looked at each other, one of them was biting the tip of his tongue, the other was pinching his thigh, trying to keep his expression serious.

He sighed and lowered his head: "Brother, although my heart belongs to a man, my body only responds to women... I don't want to betray my wife, so I won't marry anyone, and I won't tell Yu Hao, I love him."

Hua Qianshu looked up, with tears in his eyes, looking pitiful.

Hua Qianmo clenched her teeth, resisting the urge to push Hua Qianshu down on the ground after flipping the table and beat her up.He took a deep breath and tried to calmly say: "Since that thing can't be controlled by your mind - cut it off."

The servant girl Xifeng couldn't help letting out a snort, then pursed her lips, pinched her thigh hard, holding back her laughter and tears.She lowered her head and tried her best to pull down the corners of her mouth so that the corners of her mouth would not rise too high, but Xi Xi, who was affected by her, had a gradually grim expression because of excessive suppressed laughter.

First there were the elder brother's cold and heartless words, and then there was the maid's uncooperative laughter, Hua Qianshu's brows twitched.

Hua Qianmo asked: "Speaking of which, will anyone really be deceived by your rhetoric?"

Hua Qianshu put away her whole body, resting her elbows on the table, resting her head on her palms, resting her wrists on the tips of her ears, and raised her chin slightly, still maintaining a cynical attitude.He said: "What you love and what I wish, why do I look like a flower picker in the mouth of my elder brother?"

"You love me?" Hua Qianmo really felt that talking to his second brother gave him a headache, "In this case, please don't say any seductive words before others take the initiative to invite you to spend a good night together, and please tell them clearly that you will not accept it." As a concubine, let alone married—is it possible?"

Hua Qianshu hesitated.

"Do you want someone to give you another pair of children?"

Thinking of her two little ones, Hua Qianshu reluctantly agreed.Hua Qianmo is three years older than him, although the age gap is not too big, but because Hua Qianmo has a strong sense of responsibility since childhood, she often takes care of him in every possible way, and even teaches him carefully.At the beginning, he didn't want to be an official and chose to go into business. Although Hua Qianmo didn't like this decision and asked him to think about it again and again, it was Hua Qianmo who gave him support despite all difficulties.Because of this, Hua Qianshu respected him very much.

Hua Qianshu sighed, regretfully said: "Brother really looks more and more like father."

"Isn't it good to be like your father? If Qianyu learns your virtues, I'll lock you up in the ancestral hall and let you eat a year of fasting and recite scriptures for a year."

Hua Qianshu put down his hands, and suddenly straightened his sitting posture. He felt wronged for himself: "Qianyu didn't learn well, why did I suffer?"

Hua Qianmo sipped the tea quietly, without any explanation.

Hua Qianshu let out a long sigh and shook his head: "Partial, partial."

Two peach trees were transplanted in the gazebo a month ago. Maybe they haven’t adapted to the new environment yet. In August, they can’t bear a few fruits, and they are still small. The taste is sour and can’t be eaten, but they hang on the branches The heads are like a few small lanterns, especially lovely against the lush dark green peach leaves.

Outside the pavilion, there is a strong fragrance from the lilac flowers all over the tree, and the gentle wind blows away the fragrance of the flowers, making the tea smell under the tip of the nose clearer.

The autumn wind is just right, and the sunshine is just right, which suddenly makes people want to go out.

Hua Qianshu put down his teacup and said, "I'll go to Huamanlou."

Speaking of Huamanlou, Hua Qianmo couldn't help sighing silently, and warned: "Don't mess around."

"It's natural."

Hua Qianshu was about to leave, when Fang left his seat, he heard someone rushing over, turned his head and saw that it was Leyuan who was supposed to stay in Changzhou, he was surprised for a moment.

Le Yuan walked up to the gazebo, clasped his fists and bowed to the two young masters, then took out a folding fan and two letters from his bosom.

Hua Qianshu pushed the familiar folding fan away with her index finger and thumb, and the four big characters "Huo Shu Yin Hua" appeared on the fan, which was obviously written by herself.He sat back in his seat, tore open the envelope with "One", took out the letter paper, and opened it.

Seeing Hua Qianshu's serious appearance, Hua Qianmo asked Le Yuan: "Who sent the letter?"

Le Yuan shook his head: "That person was handed over by the servant. I didn't see the person who came. It is said that he is a burly man. The person who came passed the message through the mouth of the servant, and asked me to quickly return the letter and the fan to the original owner. And told to pay attention to safety."

"be careful?"

Hua Qianmo pondered, thought it was Hua Qianshu's peach blossom disaster again, but that person actually named Le Yuan to hand over the letter, obviously not only knew the name, but also knew that Le Yuan could use this information and Hua Qianshu's The token confirmed that the visitor was not causing trouble.In addition, it was clearly stated that this trip was dangerous... This matter must be no small matter, and it is no wonder that they found Le Yuan, who is excellent in martial arts.

"How?" Seeing that Hua Qianshu had finished reading the letter, Hua Qianmo asked.

"It's my little brother."

Hua Qianmo was shocked: "Qianyu? What happened?"

Since the matter is solemn and he chooses not to show his face, it must not be just an ordinary letter from home.

"Nanxia and his party were followed and assassinated."

Hua Qianmo's face turned pale in an instant, and he asked anxiously, "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine for the time being, and I'm about to go back home." Hua Qianshu squeezed the index finger and thumb of the letter paper a little tighter, "This letter is to ask my father to hand over another letter to the emperor, and ask for the emperor's understanding. Allow them to return to Beijing early."

Hua Qianmo asked Le Yuan: "When did the letter arrive in your hands?"

"Sishi nine days ago."

For nine days, life and death are unpredictable... Worried about being blamed for resisting the order, but not afraid of being accused of "selfishness" and entrusting the letter to his father for forwarding, he must be afraid of the spy in the palace.

Hua Qianmo thumped the table and stood up, suppressing her heartburn and said to Hua Qianshu: "Letter to me, I'll go find my father."

……

Near noon, some men rode into the city on horseback and went straight to Huafu.

When Boyin conveyed the news to Wei Zhongliang, Wei Zhongliang was teasing the red parrot in the cage with a straw stick. The parrot jumped around in the cage and sometimes bit the stick, but it didn't make any sound.The reason why Wei Zhongliang likes this parrot is precisely because of its birth defect that cannot speak.

"I'm afraid the emperor already knows about it," Boyin said, "What should I do next?"

Wei Zhongliang was not in a hurry when he heard this, he put the cattail stick in his hand in the birdcage, turned to face Boyin, and said, "But let's see what your Majesty will do."

Boyin hesitated to speak, and asked after a while, "What about Wei Lan?"

"Lan'er?"

Wei Zhongliang sighed, as if feeling sorry for Wei Lan, but his words directly ignored Wei Lan's life and death: "For Your Majesty, is the fourth prince important, or Prince Gong? If the relationship between the prince and His Majesty It's not as good as outsiders can see, before Lan'er is executed, the prince can only ask for more blessings—compared with the prince, it's time to pay attention to Wang Meng's movements now."

"Yes, my lord."

"Go back."

"Fourth prince over there..."

Wei Zhongliang frowned, and said coldly, "At this point, kill everyone if you can, and don't leave extra clues if you can't kill... I believe you can make a good judgment on the situation."

"Yes!"

After cupping his fists and knelt down, Boyin withdrew.

……

Tearing open the envelope with the word "二", seeing the word "Father Emperor", An Qingxuan knew that the person who wrote the letter was An Mingxi.The letter carefully and objectively listed what happened in the south, without any reference to the inferences of An Mingxi and Hua Qianyu.At the end of the letter, An Mingxi apologized for resisting the decree, and emphasized that the decision to return to Beijing was due to his concerns about his own safety. While asking An Qingxuan to punish him, he also asked An Qingxuan not to blame Hua Qianyu.

When reading the letter for the first time, An Qingxuan was glad that An Mingxi was sure of returning alive; when he read the letter for the second time, An Qingxuan saw that An Mingxi was unfamiliar with him.

An Mingxi's words were too polite, and his words were more like a subject apologizing to the Lord than speaking to his father.Perhaps in An Mingxi's mind, as a father, he cared more about whether his subjects resisted the order than the life and death of his son.

After reading the letter for the third time, An Qingxuan carefully put the letter back into the envelope and put the envelope on the table. After a moment of distraction, he raised his eyes and asked, "Are the two of you in the prime minister's residence now?"

After making a bow, Hua Jueming replied: "The letter was sent back by the servant, and it is still missing."

The four fingers pressing on the envelope slowly curled up. An Qingxuan looked at the word "二" on the envelope and asked, "Aiqing has three sons, what is the relationship between the three sons and Qing?"

Cassia Hua couldn't answer for a while.

"Why don't you answer? Do you think I asked too much?"

Hua Jueming raised his arms and lowered his head in a bow: "I dare not, I just don't know how to answer."

"Jaeming," An Qingxuan raised his head, looked at the beam above his head, and asked, "Even you don't believe me, do you?"

"I"?

Hua Jueming put down his hands, straightened up and said to An Qingxuan: "Your Majesty is a good emperor."

An Qingxuan could only sigh: "But, we used to be friends."

Huacai Ming remained silent.

"However, even talking about family matters now... well, my friend can't do well, and this father can't do well."

Hua Jueming raised his arms again, unable to speak.

"Ha," An Qingxuan laughed at himself, "After all these years, Hua Jueming, you still look like this, you can't even say a word to please the monarch."

"Your Majesty's family affairs, I have never understood, and if I say too much, it is just an insincere lie."

An Qingxuan looked at Hua Jueming's respectful appearance, and was silent for a long time, only to see that Hua Jueming was completely motionless.An Qingxuan closed his eyes and sighed silently, then opened his eyes: "Come on, if you see Xi'er, tell them to come and see me at ease."

"Yes." Hua Jueming bent down even lower, as if to express his gratitude.

"Go down." An Qingxuan rushed forward with four fingers.After Hua Jueming left the imperial study, An Qingxuan said to Wan Ba, who was standing by, "Prince Xuan Gong enters the palace."