Mr. Zhihou invited Qingya to sit in the main hall. She looked around on the chair, and Cuihe stood next to her. The maid of the government offered a cup of tea, and she took it.
Although King Yong and King Qi were both princes, the main hall of the Qi State Mansion looked extremely grand. The tables, chairs, and desks were all made of high-quality wood, and the ornaments were extremely exquisite. Even the tea sets were rare.
She sat down with her servant girl's arms and waited for him quietly.
For a moment, Mrs. Da was seen wandering in front of the door. She had a head full of pearls and emerald green, and she was wearing a double-layered skirt with moon-white embroidery and lily patterns on her shoulders. Only plush armholes.
When she saw someone in the main hall, she came over and asked, "Who is this girl?"
"My daughter is the daughter of the Li family in the west of the city, and my father is Li Shi, the capital of the horse army."
After hearing this, Mrs. Tai was very happy and gently sat on the chair next to her: "But the Bohai Li family, cousin of King Yong?"
"Exactly!"
"What a beautiful girl!" She looked at the woman in front of her carefully.
Qingya looked at her dress and how easy-going she spoke. She only knew that she was Wanyanliang's elder, but she didn't know how to address her, so she just pursed her lips and smiled, and casually replied: "Thank you!"
"You know, I am also from Bohai. I come from the Bohai family, and your aunt is a cousin. According to the rules in the clan, you have to call me cousin!"
Qingya suddenly realized after hearing this, and realized that the woman in front of her was Wanyan Liang's biological mother, Mrs. Da Tai. She immediately stood up with some respect and bowed her head an inch: "Mrs., could it be... …,”
"My little girl is stupid and doesn't know the dignity of the Madam. She deserves death!"
The madam immediately stood up, took her hands, helped her over, and sat her down: "Good child, please get up quickly, come and sit down! It's normal that you haven't seen me. I always live in the Guofu Buddha Tang, don’t go out much.”
"I see!"
"I heard Brother Ying talk about you earlier, and I also heard Yuan Gong talk about you. He always said that he liked a girl from the Bohai family. I, an old woman, thought about what kind of girl made me so cold and cold. I thought of him like this, and now I look at him! What a beautiful person he is."
She is very easy-going and amiable. She is not at all proud of having an excellent son, nor does she have any airs of respect as an elder. With such a bright smile, it is not an exaggeration to say that she looks like a young woman.
"My wife is so ridiculously complimentary, Qingya is so ashamed that she doesn't deserve it!"
Mrs. Nada looked at her carefully again and saw that she had a plump face, fleshy bones, watery eyes, thick and small lips, and some flushing on her cheeks. The more she looked at her, the more she liked her.
"I see you have a little bit of happiness on your face, and your eyes are as gentle as water. You will definitely be a noble person in the future!"
Mrs. Tai said again: "I wonder how old Miss Li is this year? Is there any matchmaker?"
She thought of the agreement with King Yong and hesitated: "My daughter is 12 years old, my daughter..."
Mrs. Tai clapped her hands and thought about it: "I actually forgot that your Li family plans to let you enter the Yongguo Mansion and marry your cousin?"
She answered more and more unconfidently, burying her head very low: "Yes, that's what daddy meant."
After hearing this, Mrs. Tai looked regretful, looked at her reluctant expression, and sighed: "Actually, the affairs of my daughter's family really shouldn't be so hasty, but if you really like Yuan Gong, He will definitely do something and ask your Majesty for a good fate."
"Actually, I'm not in a hurry, I'll just follow the king's arrangements!"
"Speaking of which, I actually forgot... is your mother the Nalan clan or the Wugulun clan?"
"It's the Uguron clan!"
The madam immediately clapped her hands and couldn't hide her joy: "No wonder you are so knowledgeable about etiquette. She is actually the niece of the Prince Consort. Such a well-educated and sensible girl is very much like the style of a noble family."
After hearing this, she felt a little embarrassed, so she nodded and the two of them sat together and talked for a long time. The madam raised her finger and pointed at the furnishings, and enthusiastically served some expensive pastries of good quality and invited her to She tastes.
After a while, Wan Yanliang walked in from the corridor. He was surprised when he saw the two of them, and strode forward: "How come my sister is in the main hall!"
Qingya bowed respectfully: "I have met the king!"
The madam saw her standing up politely, and became even more kind. She clasped her hands together and said, "I was just about to go out! I saw a girl waiting in the main hall, so I came to take a look! I didn't expect it. It’s such a coincidence that I met my future daughter-in-law.”
He immediately sat on Qing Ya's body, looked at her cheek and said with a smile: "Sister, you are satisfied with this little wife!"
"Why are you dissatisfied? If I have such a little daughter-in-law, I will be extremely happy!"
"Yuan Gong! I see that this girl is very sensible. When spring comes, I will ask the Holy One for a decree! Let Miss Li be included in the government and be a wife."
He looked at her, feeling a little disappointed after hearing what she said. The eyelashes in her eyes went from curved to flat, then drooped. Her little eyebrows seemed like willow leaves about to fall. In such a situation, he was also at a loss. Guilt piled up in my heart.
"Okay, I'll think about it, I'll think about it."
Qingya had heard these four words many times. She also wanted to marry him and never leave him. And he also wanted to marry her, not to mention in order to consolidate his power. The two had known each other for several years, and they still had some affection. But facing the facts, they had to find another way.
She thought of the many dangers she had to face, which made her even more sad.
The lady also saw the two people's expressions in her eyes, patted him on the shoulder and said: "I know this situation is still very tricky, but if the two people are in love and are as strong as a rock, they will find a way."
When the two of them heard this, they sighed a lot, especially Qingya. She turned her head and glanced at the handsome face of King Qi, and she frowned in pain.
He replied: "My daughter has her own plans. I will take her for a walk today, so I won't tell my sister!"
After hearing this, the lady nodded in agreement.
"Madam, I will leave first!"
"Go! Come and sit here as often as you can when you have free time!"
The wife picked up the exquisite tea cup and took a sip of tea. She looked at the two people walking out side by side, her eyes full of charity and joy. For a moment, she lowered her face and muttered silently: "My consort's niece... she is really a good girl." !”
After leaving the country, the two of them were freer, and they reached a private agreement to ride to the old place in the south of the city.
That was the place where royal nobles specialized in riding, shooting and hunting, and it was also the place where she first met him.
There is a large hillside grassland here. When spring comes, the ground is covered with green grass. There are also several small streams crisscrossing the grassland. At the end of the grassland is a large poplar forest.
But now is the season when fallen leaves return to their roots. The entire paddock is bare, the grass has turned yellow, and there is still some snow mixed in between the grass roots.
Wan Yanliang rode a white horse of his own. The saddle, hooves and knees of the horse were all covered with warm flannel. The two of them rode the same horse. He gently hugged her waist from behind and dragged her forward. Live that rein.
The guard Qi Shili rode a black horse, Cui He rode a horse alone, and the two of them ran behind.
Wan Yanliang rode a horse, galloping in the wilderness with good posture. The horse's hooves crossed the melting streams, passed through the poplar forest, and then rested on the grass.
After a while, he felt a little tired, so he let the horse walk slowly. Cui He and Kai Shili were already far away.
He put his arms around her waist like this and drove his horse slowly in the grassland south of the city under the setting sun. The sun shone little by little, lingering on the snow and in the small stream. The rushing water was like a winter song, far away. The dim scenery is also hazy and beautiful, and the skyline is faintly discernible outside the jade-studded mountains. In such a quiet period, the rare freedom seems to have forgotten the worldly life and found a piece of silence.
She looked sideways at him, and the dim sun outlined his handsome face, as if all the beautiful scenery at this time was not as good as his.
He was concentrating on riding his horse, but he accidentally caught sight of her affectionate eyes and smiled at me and said, "Why are you looking at me like that!"
The two of them talked like a man and a woman from a commoner family, without their previous status titles.
"Your Majesty..."
"Ahem, here we go again, you and I are still so restrained." He interrupted her immediately.
"Yuan Gong, you are so good-looking, there must be many girls who admire you!"
After hearing this, he pursed his lips and smiled and shook his head: "No, I have been intangible with emotions and anger since I was a child. I have a cold face. Even girls are afraid of me. You are the only one who is not afraid."
"The ladies in my house were all arranged by my sister and maid. I had never seen them before the marriage."
As he spoke, he looked into the distance, his eyes so confused and empty, and how gentle he turned his cheek.
"Yuan Gong, you are not cold, you are just stern. I know your heart is warm."
He suddenly smiled: "Only you would think so, Qingya."
"I haven't seen you out for half a month. What's wrong? I haven't written any more letters!" He pulled up the reins and the horse stopped.
After hearing his inquiry, she lowered her head in regret and said, "I..."
"What's wrong? You stopped talking in the middle of what you said? Let me listen to what you said?"
He looked at her without speaking for a long time, then he felt that something was fishy, and quickly held her shoulders: "Just tell me! Why are you hiding it in front of me?"
"I am temporarily staying in Yongguo Mansion, and it is really inconvenient to travel!"
Before she could finish her words, he became furious and wanted to get off his horse.
When she saw this, she grabbed him with both hands: "Don't be impulsive first, wait until I finish explaining in detail!"
"That day, I invited you out. I wanted to tell you, but I really didn't have the courage. In fact, you know, I grew up in my cousin's mansion since I was a child. Now that my brother has returned, my father has arranged for me to go there again. Oh! Daddy, he wants me to be completely under the control of my cousin."
"Of course I didn't want to, but since my sister was pregnant, I couldn't argue with my father, lest my sister would be unhappy, so I went to the Yongguo Mansion. My cousin entered the house on his own, so he arranged for many people to look after him and not let him. I'm leaving the house."
"I was lucky enough to deceive those guards before running out to see you. I just wanted to tell you this in person."
After hearing this, he couldn't accept it and became more impulsive: "You are so wronged, why don't you let Cuihe come to find me? I can tell Wulu!"
His voice became louder and louder, which frightened her. She sat upright on the horse and clutched the silk tightly.
