comeback [rebirth]

There was silence in Jin'an Palace, Cen Yuan stopped the maid who wanted to report, and walked towards the backyard alone.

Sure enough, Jiang Zhaoyi turned his back to him, lying idle under the grape arbor, holding a book in his hand.On the other side, there was another court lady holding on to the fan, and when she saw Cen Yuan, she opened her mouth in surprise.

Cen Yuan immediately raised his hand to make a silent gesture to her, but Jiang Zhaoyi didn't hear his movement, and only focused on the book in his hand.

With his hands behind his back, Cen Yuan hopped lightly to the back of her, looking at the words on the book.

"'When I suddenly woke up, it turned out to be a dream scene, but my nose and mouth were drunk, and the smell of alcohol was still strong.'..."

--"Why!"

Jiang Zhaoyi only felt a voice explode next to her ears, and almost jumped off the couch in shock.Before she could turn her head, she heard the voice of her own son laughing from behind: "What am I focusing on as a mother and concubine? How can I read the original story?"

"Mother and concubine wants to ask you." Jiang Zhaoyi raised her hand and straightened her hair accessories, then turned around and looked, "Why did you come here suddenly? You didn't make a sound when you came, and you just stood there to scare people. You are almost as good as the crown, and you are still there." Always unprofessional."

Cen Yuan smiled but said nothing, Jiang Zhaoyi asked suspiciously again: "What's wrong?"

Cen Yuan still didn't answer, just stared at Jiang Zhaoyi quietly.After a while, he pursed his lips and smiled and shook his head, wanting to open his mouth to say something, but before he could speak, his throat felt dry.

Jiang Zhaoyi looked at his face, put away the scriptures, and sat up straight: "What's the matter?"

Cen Yuan shook his head again, picked a plum from the fruit basket beside him and gnawed on it.After swallowing two mouthfuls, he reluctantly opened his mouth: "It's been a long time since I've come to Concubine Mu, let me come to see you."

But even so, the voice was still a little hoarse.

Jiang Zhaoyi immediately realized what was wrong with him, and asked, "But you feel unwell? The previous injury hasn't healed yet, so I'll get someone to call the imperial doctor."

After saying that, she was about to get up, but was stopped by Cen Yuan.

Such things as rebirth must never be mentioned to the other party, Cen Yuan said lightly: "The injury is almost healed, but the wind blows a lot in the past two days, and the throat is a bit dry, and it's all right now."

Jiang Zhaoyi was still worried when he heard the words.

After all, it is her own child, how can a mother not know that the other party only reports good news but not bad news?

She sighed softly, and changed her position to sit on the stone bench.

"You, I know that people who are laughing and joking outside the palace are always unscrupulous, which makes people worry." Jiang Zhaoyi said, "I heard that Yan Xuan is back? If you have time, you can meet him and go out for a ride with him." You can shoot."

Cen Yuanxin said: This is not just seen.

As soon as he paused, Jiang Zhaoyi said again: "My concubine never asks you to be famous in the world, but it's better than not being in good shape all day long."

Cen Yuan said with a playful smile: "Young General Yan has won this battle, and my father handed over the southern army to him, so I'm afraid I don't have time to have fun with me. As for me, I just want to enjoy this short life."

Jiang Zhaoyi smiled and said, "Then after you get married, will you still be like this?"

Cen Yuan: "..."

He said with a dry smile: "Mufei, your news is really fast."

"I'm just a little girl." Jiang Zhaoyi said, "A few mouths are chattering, what else can I not know?"

The court lady who was shaking the fan just now said angrily, "Jiang Zhaoyi..."

Before she finished speaking, she glanced at the rumored second prince, then lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Ah Jing, that's fine, don't be embarrassed, I'm not blaming you." Jiang Zhaoyi called softly, "Go and fill a pot with the wine you just dug up, and leave us mother and son alone to chat."

The court lady who was called Ah Jing nodded in agreement, raised her head and glanced at the second prince, and walked away in small steps.

Cen Yuan asked, "What wine?"

Jiang Zhaoyi said: "What kind of wine is there besides the few jars of millet that you and Yan Xuan buried together back then?"

Millet is a kind of sweet wine made from special corn, and due to the habit of that corn, it can only be grown in a place called Changle County in the north. Therefore, this millet has naturally become the wine of Changle County. It is a pity that the production of special wine is very small.

During the autumn grain harvest period, Changle County is full of people, all in order to buy a few altars of millet and wine. After all, once the season is missed, you can only wait another year.

More than ten years ago, Cen Yuan's uncle and Jiang Zhaoyi's elder brother went to Changle County during the harvest season. After returning to Beijing, they sent someone to send a few jars of wine to the palace for Jiang Zhaoyi.It happened that Taixue had just finished class at that time, and Cen Yuan and Yan Xuan were both in Jin'an Palace, and they couldn't take their eyes off the smell of wine, but Jiang Zhaoyi read the two of them because they were still young, so they buried the wine, and later drink.

Jiang Zhaoyi looked at the land under a vine not far away, and saw that the color there was obviously darker than the surrounding area, obviously it had just been turned over.

"I think you two were so young back then, and it took a long time to dig up the ground. You always thought that Yan Xuan was not helping."

"..." Cen Yuan showed resentment, even the tips of his ears were red.He raised his hand and touched his nose, and said, "How long ago did it happen."

"In the eyes of the concubine, it's like blinking." Jiang Zhaoyi said, "I still remember that Yan Xuan was the third time to come here at that time, and he didn't talk much, even when he was bullied by you—— "

"Concubine Mother!" Cen Yuan shouted, "Why did I bully him!"

"You're still quibbling." Jiang Zhaoyi lightly tapped his forehead with her fingers, "He's an honest child, and he doesn't say a word when you talk about it, and he doesn't try to help you, but in the end you think he's arrogant Standing and not working, let Yan Xuan do all the work after that."

Now that he was accused of sophistry, Cen Yuan simply sat down on this "accusation": "Who said that, didn't I bury the wine together with him."

He recalled what happened at that time, and said again: "Besides, I didn't intend to bully him at that time."

"Why is that?" Jiang Zhaoyi said, "Don't cheat on what you did yourself back then."

Cen Yuan was about to refute, but when he opened his mouth, he suddenly didn't know what he wanted to say.

At that time, because Yan Xuan didn't get along with him for a long time, even in Jin'an Palace, she always behaved very cautiously, and at the same time, she didn't hide her feelings.

At that time, Cen Yuan was outspoken, and he never thought carefully when he threw out his words, so whenever Yan Xuan was chanted, he would show a bewildered expression, clutching his clothes subconsciously, as if he wanted to leave.

And Cen Yuan naturally read his thoughts at a glance, almost like an instinctive reaction, and immediately opened his mouth to keep him.

If Jiang Zhaoyi hadn't brought it up again today, he would never have delved into the reasons behind those retentions.But if he really asked him to explain, he didn't seem to be able to explain why.

Fortunately, Jiang Zhaoyi was not really waiting for his answer, and did not mind his silence.At the same time, the maid who just went to get the wine just came back, put down the jug and cup, and left voluntarily.

"Seeing that your throat is uncomfortable, you shouldn't be allowed to drink it, but if you do, you will definitely fight with me." Jiang Zhaoyi poured wine into the two wine cups, and the fragrance of Su Li's wine immediately filled the courtyard. overflowing.

Jiang Zhaoyi handed Cen Yuan a cup and said, "I promise you a cup now, and you will take the rest back home, and take some to Changping Mansion by the way."

Cen Yuan came back to his senses, and smiled: "It's still my concubine who understands me."

Jiang Zhaoyi said: "Don't be poor."

Cen Yuan said "yes" with a smile, picked up the wine cup and took a sip: "As expected, the reputation is well-deserved, good wine."

Jiang Zhaoyi also took a sip and said, "Let this wine sit for a few more days, it will taste even better."

Cen Yuan was noncommittal, he shook the wine glass in his hand, the transparent wine swayed lightly in the glass, crystal clear ripples appeared on the surface, and the reflection on the liquid surface was also scattered.

In his last life, after his mother passed away, he dug out all the wine buried in Jin'an Palace, brought it back to his own mansion and kept it until he ran to the cemetery one day, and brought a jar with him.

——Even though it is the same wine, the taste is completely different.

Seeing that Cen Yuan's eyes were lax and his whole body was unresponsive, Jiang Zhaoyi hurriedly said, "If you still feel uncomfortable, go back early."

The latter woke up like a dream, shook his head and said, "It's okay."

He drank the rest of the wine in one gulp, and suddenly asked: "By the way, Concubine Mu, have all the people in your palace changed?"

Just now when he entered the gate of Jin'an Palace, he found that the people here were no longer faces he was familiar with.He thought it was arranged by Lou Yuanbai according to his instructions, but when he thought of Yan Xuan's reminder to him, he became a little uncertain.

Jiang Zhaoyi said: "People came suddenly last night, saying that those maids in Jin'an Palace had been working for a long time, and they had no faults or mistakes in the past few years, so they were rewarded to go out of the palace, and a new batch of people in the palace were rewarded."

"Where is this person from?" Cen Yuan asked.

"It's Fu Shanggong who is in charge of the palace people." Jiang Zhaoyi said.

"..." Cen Yuan paused for a moment. Although he knew the possibility was extremely low, he still asked, "Among the new group of people, is there a maid named Bi Ling?"

"I don't think so in my impression." Jiang Zhaoyi said, "Is there any problem?"

Cen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly shook his head: "It's nothing, it's just that Lou Yuanbai said that he has a distant cousin who entered the palace."

He immediately changed the topic: "It turns out that those sisters watched me grow up, so that's good."

"If you come to this Jin'an Palace, I will definitely help take care of it." Jiang Zhaoyi said, "These newcomers are too eager to do everything for me. Just now I want to go in person Turn out the wine, and they all volunteered to not let me touch it." Jiang Zhaoyi patted the scroll, "No, I can only read the storybook to relieve boredom."

"Mother Concubine, you just enjoy yourself." Cen Yuan squatted beside her, and said kindly, "It is also a blessing to have such an approachable master like you."

"How old are you, and still look like when you were a child." Jiang Zhaoyi shook her head helplessly, and patted the other person's face: "A mouth is still so poor."

Cen Yuan smiled, then quarreled with Jiang Zhaoyi for a while, and left the palace after lunch.

Outside the palace, he watched Lou Yuanbai transfer the wine he brought out from the palace to other carriages, and asked, "The little general is still in the palace?"

Lou Yuanbai understood that the young general was referring to Yan Xuan, and replied: "I have been waiting outside for two hours, but I have not seen General Yan leave the palace, so he must be still in the palace."

"I think so too." Cen Yuan said.

The new official took office, and I guess he was busy.

He glanced at the sky and said: "Then go back to the residence directly today."

The sound of the wheels grinding on the stone brick road gradually sounded, Cen Yuan woke up so early, and he had just eaten and drank enough, so he couldn't help but feel a little sleepy.He was half lying on the couch, and his eyelids gradually closed with the shaking of the carriage.

Just when he was confused, Lou Yuanbai suddenly asked outside the car curtain: "Your Highness, is there anything in your wine that you want to send to General Yan Shao?"

Cen Yuan reacted a little too late, subconsciously said: "How do you know?"

"As soon as you left the palace, you asked him if he had left the palace. This subordinate just guessed like this." Lou Yuanbai said, pausing for a long time before slowly continuing, "This subordinate dares to think, Your Highness It would be great if you could be kinder to the Major General."

Cen Yuan: "..."

This is said, why does it seem that he is like a jackal and a leopard in normal times.

Cen Yuan suddenly lost all sleepiness, lifted the curtain of the car, and said loudly in Lou Yuanbai's ear: "You really want to report to Changping Mansion, don't you?"

"..." Lou Yuanbai was speechless for a while, and then he insisted as if he couldn't read the person's face: "The main reason is that my subordinates have heard that His Highness had the closest relationship with General Yan Shao before, but my subordinates I have been with you for so many years, I only saw that you have come and gone sporadically a few times, and you are not very happy."

Lou Yuanbai didn't hear the response behind him, so he continued: "The major general came to visit you before, so it can be seen that he cared about you very much. At that time, the subordinates thought it was strange, but now it seems that the rumors are true."

If I really want to say it, I just went to the morning court, and after talking with Yan Xuan, the two of them have actually "dissolved their suspicions".But at this moment, Cen Yuan didn't explain to Lou Yuanbai, he just put down the curtain, retreated to his seat and sat up straight.

At this time, the cars and horses were driving on Yong'an Avenue, and the voices of roadside vendors shouting and people chatting noisyly entered the carriages through the gaps in the curtains, making the originally quiet space linger with the atmosphere of fireworks.

Cen Yuan tilted his head, and sighed silently amidst the din after a while, lifted the curtains of the car and looked in a certain direction.

He still remembers it clearly—after coming out of the palace gate, walk onto Yong'an Avenue, turn into the second alley on the right, walk twenty steps along the path between Ruidefang and Ningdefang, and turn inside the wall. The most convenient way to reach the courtyard where Yan Xuan lived in Yan Mansion.

There were more and more people around, and since Cen Yuan didn't respond, Lou Yuanbai didn't say anything more.However, Cen Yuan's thoughts did not stop, and he was pulled to a distant place amidst the endless voices of people.

——It's not as bustling as the other places, and the incense burner in the house burns calmly and calmly.

Taifu Liu was reading the "Book of Songs" slowly before the case, while Cen Yuan was lying on the case, staring down at the book, but he was groggy and his eyelids were drooping.

He scratched his face and unconsciously glanced at the table next to him.

There was a person in front of the table next to him who was dressed in white and sat upright. Because he was still young, his face was not as deep and steady as before, and there was an obvious childishness in the corners of his eyebrows and the tails of his eyes.But because of his mother's background, that person has already grown a handsomeness that is different from ordinary people, and it becomes more and more hazy in the white mist ignited by the agarwood incense, making it difficult for people to tell whether this place is heaven and earth.

Cen Yuan was only eight years old, he was attracted by the winding scenery in front of him, and couldn't help but be in a trance.