set of flowers

Under the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the lantern taken from the boat illuminated the two sitting opposite each other. The old friends recalled the past, talked about the years spent together, and talked about their respective development after parting, occasionally interspersed with the current situation and the future.Hua Qianshu didn't want to mention family affairs, and once made it clear that he didn't want Zhuge Xingyun to explore his background, so Zhuge Xingyun also deliberately avoided these questions.

"After the year, I will leave the capital." Hua Qianshu announced calmly.

"where to?"

"Everywhere. It's even possible to look outside the border."

"still coming back?"

Of course he has to come back, at least he will come back for a reunion at the end of the year.But Hua Qianshu insisted, "Who knows?"

Can you not go?Can you let me go with you?Can you go back to Beijing for me?Can you send me a letter? ... Zhuge Xingyun couldn't ask these words, because he knew that his own existence was not enough to make Hua Qianshu willingly give up a little bit of freedom—otherwise, Hua Qianshu wouldn't avoid seeing him for ten years, let alone He has kept his real name hidden until now.He looked away, looking at the warm yellow light from the lantern.

Looking at the lonely Zhuge Xingyun, Hua Qianshu's heart tightened, but he had no intention of comforting him, so he stood up and said, "I should go back."

Most of the street market was dark, Hua Qianshu thought it was getting late.

Zhuge Xingyun raised his head, suddenly remembered that he would rest tomorrow, got up and asked, "Can Xingyun accompany you on the trip tomorrow?"

Hua Qianshu leaned against the column and asked, "Xiu Mu?"

"Yes."

"If you are in a hurry, I will take you to play."

Hearing this, Zhuge Xingyun smiled and replied: "Okay."

Hua Qianshu raised the lantern and waved his hand: "Tomorrow, I will come to your house." A little absent-minded, he got on the boat and was about to urge the boatman to leave. Following the boatman's suspicious eyes and looking at Zhuge Xingyun, he realized that he almost Leave Zhuge Xingyun behind.

Embarrassed, Hua Qianshu summoned Zhuge Xingyun to board the boat and landed, and the two parted ways.

To be honest, Hua Qianshu was not at ease with Zhuge Xingyun, so while walking forward, he also paid attention to whether there was anyone following behind him, and after confirming that he was not being followed, he walked towards Huafu with confidence.Habit knocked on the back door, went to another courtyard, and saw that the light in his room was still on, he was surprised for a moment, opened the door and entered, and saw two little ones sleeping on his bed.Hua Qianshu picked up the quilt from under the bed, and carefully covered the two little dolls in different sleeping positions, but Hua Xinghe and Hua Feiyue's heads were not in the same direction at all, and the quilt was difficult to cover, so Hua Qianshu had to lightly Carefully moved Hua Xinghe, let him sleep on the soft pillow next to Hua Feiyue's head.Hua Xinghe showed signs of waking up, but he half-opened his eyes, muttered "Daddy" and fell asleep again.

It turned out that what my sister-in-law meant when she said that the child would always wait for him to come back... It was just that when he returned home after a night out, the twins would have already woken up.He thought that teaching their siblings every day, or playing with them would be enough fatherly love. After all, compared to him, his father was always busy in his childhood, and he didn't have much time to spend with their brothers.However, looking at these two small faces, Hua Qianshu felt that he had to do more.

"Are you waiting for daddy to say goodnight? Little ones?" Hua Qianshu murmured.He leaned his back against the headboard of the bed, looked at the twins, pressed his fingertips on the soft palm of Xinghe's embossed flower next to his head, Hua Xinghe subconsciously retracted his five fingers, and then slowly let go.Hua Qianshu couldn't help showing a loving smile, his soothing mood was accompanied by the tiredness that had been left behind before, he raised his head and fell asleep quickly.I don't know how long it has passed in the dark, the moment his head left the vertical board and fell to the point of gravity, Hua Qianshu opened his eyes and yawned, only to see the sleeping children rolled into the bed at some point, Hua Feiyue leaned against the side panel of the bed, her feet came out from under the quilt, while Hua Xinghe slept on Hua Feiyue's pillow.Hua Qianshu tidied up the quilt for them again, his hand carefully crossed over Hua Xinghe and picked up the back of Hua Feiyue's head, and moved the vacated pillow under her head, then he lay down on the vacant place, got into the already Sleeping in the warm quilt of the children, I slept until dawn.

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Sitting side by side, the twins visit their sleeping father.Hua Feiyue raised her right hand, put it next to Hua Xinghe's ear, leaned over, and asked in a low voice, "When did Daddy come back?"

Hua Xinghe shook his head.With the same movement, he moved close to Hua Feiyue's ear and asked: "The sun is drying our buttocks, should we wake up Daddy?"

Hua Feiyue shook her head - she wanted to express that she didn't know, Hua Xinghe thought she said no.

The two of them were still sitting upright until the servant girl came in with the washing utensils, turned around and walked over and called out, "Masters, are you up yet?" They raised their index fingers together and booed the two servant girls. The maids who noticed were also silent, and after a closer look, they found that the second young master was also there.

Xifeng and Xiyue looked at each other, seeing that the twins were serious, and didn't know what to do for a while, but fortunately, Hua Qianshu stretched his waist soon, and it seemed that he wanted to get up, and the four of them waited quietly. Until Hua Qianshu opened his sleepy eyes and found two cute dolls with their eyes wide open, he sat up, rubbed the heads of the twins with a pair of big palms, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? So serious... I Is this resurrection from the dead?"

Xifeng gave a "bah" and said, "It's unlucky."

Xie explained: "The grandsons are afraid that they will make you rest!" She put down the washbasin, moved the washbasin stand, and called the two grandsons to wash up.

Hua Qianshu pinched the twin's cheeks lightly, and asked, "Will Daddy take you to Wangchun Tower for breakfast later?"

"Okay—" They threw themselves into Hua Qianshu's arms and replied in a drawn-out tone.

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Normally, Hua Qianshu likes to go through the back door sneakily, but whenever he brings the twins in and out, he will go in and out through the front door openly, in order to prevent the twins from mistaking him one day and letting outsiders know that they are descendants of the Hua family.Although the child is young, Hua Qianshu dare not be perfunctory. After all, the younger brother Hua Qianyu can still keep the memory of being tortured by him when he was two years old.Their family has a long history, there are these precedents, and Gemini is indeed smart and sensitive, he must avoid making mistakes that will make him regret his whole life.

It was still early, although Hua Qianshu had a conversation with Zhuge Xingyun first, but today is still long, he thought it would not be too late to go to Zhuge Mansion to find Zhuge Xingyun later, not to mention that if the destination is Changxiyuan, the night will be more atmospheric.

He took Gemini to finish breakfast, and taking advantage of the good weather today, he took Gemini to go shopping in the market, watch various street performances, and take a boat tour on the lake to see the scenery of late autumn.After coming down again and again, it was time for the meal, but they ate a lot of food along the way, which made the twins hold Hua Qianshu and kept saying that they couldn't eat any more.

Hua Qianshu, who was holding the hands of the twins, squatted down, raised their hands high, and asked, "Then... have you gone back?"

The two twins nodded together, Hua Feiyue yawned uncontrollably, wiped away the tears from her eyelashes, and asked, "Tomorrow... can we play next time?"

Hua Qianshu smiled: "What about tomorrow night? Are you interested in visiting the night market again?"

Hua Feiyue rolled her eyes with a smile, answered a long "yes", and then quickly yawned again, she seemed tired.Hua Xinghe next to her was very energetic, although he didn't respond, he jumped up and down a couple of times following his sister's voice, apparently happily agreeing.

Hua Qianshu let go of the hands of the twins, embraced Hua Feiyue first, and hugged her into his arms while standing up, then held Hua Xinghe again with one free hand, and walked towards the home not too far away , and the two personal maids followed.Along the way, Hua Xinghe's excitement was obvious, because he was more like jumping back than walking.

After the little ones went to bed, Hua Qianshu turned to Zhuge's mansion. After seeing Zhuge Xingyun, after asking how he was, he couldn't beat the drowsiness, so he yawned and found a bed, took off his clothes and fell asleep - he always You can't drag people around the flower street with your tired body.By the time he finishes his afternoon nap, Shen Shi has arrived.After getting up, he saw Zhuge Xingyun sitting at the round table with a book in his hand.Zhuge Xingyun put down the book in his hand, looked at Hua Qianshu, and asked, "Where did you go this morning?"

"It's just that I didn't sleep enough." Isn't lunch break a common thing?Is it my fault that I didn't come here sooner?

Hua Qianshu stretched, and then got out of bed, Gu Zuo casually asked: "Have you been waiting long?" Zhuge Xingyun, who had been looking forward to him for a long time at home and waited for him to sleep, felt that he was in the wrong, but Zhuge Xingyun avoided these problems, and just said: "Fortunately, if you are sleepy, go to sleep."

Hua Qianshu shook his head, then asked: "Have you ever been to Flower Street?" At the same time, she put on her coat.

Zhuge Xingyun's face turned half black in an instant, and he said decisively: "I won't go."

Hua Qianshu said with a smile: "I think so, that doesn't seem like the place you would go." After speaking, he approached Zhuge Xingyun, raised Zhuge Xingyun's chin with his left index finger, and said, "Do you know? The hosts are not only women, but also men... If you are not interested in women—”

Zhuge Xingyun held his waist with his left hand, and his left wrist with his right hand, and pulled him closer, saying: "I'm not interested in anyone other than you."

Hua Qianshu narrowed his eyes slightly, hooked the corners of his mouth, and said lazily: "I'm interested in everyone—didn't you say that you want to accompany me? Don't worry, I won't mess around, just go and listen to the music... You can get to know me better if you look at the scenery a little more, right?"

Zhuge Xingyun was defeated, but he still agreed.

Walking on Flower Street, before arriving at Changxi Courtyard, a few passing officials greeted Zhuge Xingyun. Afraid of being remembered by these people, Hua Qianshu opened a folding fan to cover half of his face, showing his landscape painting side.After entering the east gate, the man who was chatting with others not far away found Zhuge Xingyun at the gate, interrupted the conversation, and then walked towards the two people who were walking in. After he approached, Zhuge Xingyun stopped. Waiting for someone to pat him on the shoulder, he said to him: "Yo, Your Excellency Siqing will come to such a place, as expected, after living for a long time, you can see everything." The male companion noticed the man's The target person was also surprised and approached.

Zhuge Xingyun closed his eyes and called out, "Zicong."

Wang Zicong immediately withdrew his hand, smiled and said: "Okay, I won't play with you anymore, are you here to investigate the case?"

"No, just...accompanying friends."

"Friend?" Wang Zicong seemed to notice Hua Qianshu beside Zhuge Xingyun at this moment.

Hua Qianshu, who covered her face with a folding fan, nodded to him as a greeting.

Wang Zicong also nodded to Hua Qianshu.Standing behind Wang Zicong, Huai Gongming invited: "There are many people in the east seat today, and there is no empty table at the moment. Do you want Siqing and this young master to sit at the same table with us?"

Before Hua Qianshu could make a choice, Zhuge Xingyun simply refused: "Friends are afraid of strangers, so I can accompany you alone."

Why does that sound so weird?Wang Zicong teased: "Why, if we have more people involved, are you still jealous?"

Zhuge Xingyun did not hesitate: "Yes."

Wang Zicong froze, acting surprised, Huai Gongming grabbed his arm, nodded to the two in front of him, and pulled him away.Hua Qianshu looked at Zhuge Xingyun, wanted to scold someone, but didn't know what to scold - there are so many officials in the capital, and there are some connections between the officials. Chong, one pass ten, ten pass one hundred, while he can't hide his identity as the second son of Hua, at the same time, he also loses the face of the Hua family.Thinking of this, Hua Qianshu was even more reluctant to take the fan away from her face.

"Don't you want to leave? Let's go." Hua Qianshu turned around and said.As he was taking a step, Zhuge Xingyun pulled him back and said, "Didn't you let me know you better? Have you repented?" Obviously, Zhuge Xingyun was not as obedient as Hua Qianshu thought.

Hua Qianshu will not break his promise easily, but he also has a way to prevent himself from being exposed.He stopped a young servant, gave him a piece of silver, and asked him to go to the street to buy him a mask, and he would pay for the errands when he came back.During the period of waiting for the mask, there are also more seats.But for them who came here with the intention of watching a performance, this was not a good location.When the errand boy came back panting with a copper mask, Hua Qianshu picked it up and admired it for a while. After praising his aesthetics, he not only rewarded him with the rest of the money he brought back, but also gave him an extra ingot of silver.

The little boy bowed his waist and thanked him.

Putting on this copper mask, Hua Qianshu felt much more secure.

"Are you so worried about being recognized?" Zhuge Xingyun asked.

The voice from behind the mask was a bit muffled: "A male favorite is not a good name... If I justify myself and say that you are my male favorite, Si Qing's reputation will be ruined."

From this sentence alone, Zhuge Xingyun can infer that Hua Qianshu's status is extraordinary. After all, if he is a man from an ordinary family, he will not take it for granted that he will be believed if he declares that Dali Temple Minister is his favorite man.But Zhuge Xingyun didn't explain this point clearly, he just said: "Why can it only be a feeding relationship? Can't it just be that I like you?"

This sounds the same... Hua Qianshu found it difficult to explain, so he kept silent and pretended to be fully committed to the performance.I don't know how long it took, someone in the crowd called out: "It's the oiran!" Everyone heard the sound and looked for the person, and finally focused their attention on the second floor.

Hua Qianshu and Zhuge Xingyun also looked at it.Seeing the well-dressed Luo Ling holding the hydrangea, Hua Qianshu knew about the upcoming activities.

The performance on the stage has not stopped yet, but most people are cheering for Luo Ling. The dancers have no intention of dancing, but they still bite the bullet and continue to perform. The musicians play more happily as the atmosphere rises.

Zhuge Xingyun looked at Hua Qianshu who was looking up, and asked: "Who is she?" The people around were making loud noises, and he didn't hear it. The extra question was just to attract Hua Qianshu's attention, but it didn't work Not good, Hua Qianshu just replied the word "Oiran" and was speechless, and Hua Qianshu's expression could not be seen through the mask...

Zhuge Xingyun closed his eyes, poured tea for himself, and didn't hear what was going on around him. When he came back to his senses, he found that Huakui was standing next to him with a hydrangea ball in his arms. Someone cheered and hissed by his ears. He was baffled. Seeing Hua Kui handing him the hydrangea, he asked, "This is..." He looked at Hua Qianshu, who was speechless, holding his face and waiting for him to respond, but through the messy words of the people around him, he knew something. Probably, so I pushed the hydrangea back and declined.Hua Qianshu shook his head, said sorry, and then said to Luo Ling: "He doesn't understand the style, why don't you give it to me?" At the same time, several people shouted similar words.

Luo Ling didn't seem to hear anyone else's words, he hesitated for a while looking at the mask on Hua Qianshu's face, and asked, "Is it a tree official?"

Hua Qianshu nodded and said, "It's an honor to be remembered by a beauty."

Luo Ling held the hydrangea ball in one hand, covered his face with the other, turned slightly sideways when he closed his eyes, and squinted at Hua Qianshu when he opened his eyes again: "Luo Ling won't serve the same official within a month, please forgive me." , she bowed.

This seems to be the same as his practice of not sleeping out twice in three days——Hua Qianshu replied: "Then...wait for the next time."

Luo Ling nodded, and after looking at Zhuge Xingyun, who was shaped like a piece of wood, she put down her hands and turned around as if about to leave. After taking a step, she turned her head again and cast a gaze full of amorous feelings, waiting for Zhuge Xingyun to look at her , only the meaning of turning around.

"Okay." Zhuge Xingyun said suddenly.

Luo Ling turned to him slowly, with doubts on his face.

"Dare to ask the girl's name?"

"Lorraine."

"Miss Luoling," Zhuge Xingyun stood up, bowed slightly to her, then raised his head, "Hydrangea, I'll take it."

……

"You're only curious about the oiran because her name is the same as your mother's concubine?"

An Mingxi nodded.

Hua Qianyu fell back, leaned on the back of the chair, and said, "There are so many people with the same name in the world...By the way, Mingxi is much prettier than these courtesans."

"Yes yes yes." An Mingxi replied indifferently, his eyes fell on the black and white words, obviously he didn't want to take Hua Qianyu's praise to heart.

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