When Nalanyu and Li Ye arrived at Huamanlou on Xuanwu Street, it was getting late and there were already lights on Huamanlou.
The guard at the door was the second prince's personal bodyguard and also the royal guard of the imperial city. When he saw two military horses galloping towards him, he knew they were one of his own but did not stop them.
When the two of them got off their horses and Nalan Yu handed the ropes of the two horses to them, they recognized Nalan Yu and didn't dare to stop them.
After taking a look at Li Ye who was wearing a bamboo hat, the guard whispered a few words in Nalan Yu's ear. Nalan Yudian took the lead and asked Li Ye to step up and enter the flower-filled building.
Li Ye visited Huamanlou in White Jade City five years ago, where he met Hua Tianxia and Hua Luoyu.
In his image, he liked the small bridge and flowing water outside the gate of Huamanlou.
The two brushed off the wind and snow on their cloaks and walked inside.
I saw that the Huamanlou in the imperial city had ulterior motives and actually copied the small bridge and flowing water.
The difference is that the small bridge and flowing water here must first pass through the lobby on the first floor, instead of outside the door of Huamanlou like the small bridge and flowing water in White Jade City.
"There's no other cave in the world. It's true that the goddess is talented." Li Ye praised softly as he walked away.
The two jumped onto the small bridge and looked up. They saw that the entire flower-filled building was a circular building with three floors and a large garden in the middle.
There are several small pavilions in the garden. The pavilions are all connected by cloisters, so they are not afraid of wind and rain.
There are countless rockeries, countless ponds, and countless flowering trees in the garden. However, it is already winter and most of the trees in the garden are withered. To suit the occasion, sporadic evergreen cedars are dotted around the flowers.
What's even more magical is: directly in front of a two-story platform in the middle of the garden, there are several plum blossoms that have bloomed their buds, and there is a hint of cold fragrance floating in the wind and snow in the sky.
"Such a big hand smile, this flower girl is really rich!" Nalan Yu laughed loudly.
Li Ye also nodded. Seeing plum blossoms in the snow is naturally a happy event.
The elegant halls around the first floor are all open-plan. In order to enjoy the snow, the invited guests pushed open the carved door japanese to reveal all the facilities inside.
But it is a very elegant facility, with tables, chairs, benches, tea tables, etc., and a brazier burning in the middle for warmth.
The pavilions in the garden were also filled with guests, and there were even literati sitting in the pavilion, where naturally a brazier was lit.
At a glance, the entire flower-filled building is filled with white snow, but it also gives people a warm and spring-like feeling.
While the two were looking around, a maid from the building came up, greeted Nalan Yu, and said, "Master, do you have an invitation?"
Nalanyu was stunned, looked at her and smiled: "You are Hua Xiaoniu's new recruit, go and call your host. If she doesn't have time to call Hua Luoyu, that's fine. Just say that she has an inn." People are looking for her."
Nalan Yu waved his hand helplessly, thinking to himself, when did I need an invitation when I came to this shabby building?
The maid was startled, nodded and said: "Sir, please wait a moment, I will go and invite the landlord."
Li Ye looked at Nalan Yu's appearance, frowned slightly, and said, "Brother, you are too domineering."
Nanayu turned to look at him and grinned: "You mean, I have to be more refined?"
Li Ye nodded and smiled: "If you want to chase Sister Hua, you have to dress yourself more elegantly. Don't act like a savage. It didn't frighten Sister Hua, but it frightened the maids in this building."
Nalan Yu frowned, shook his head and said, "You and I are both practitioners, not white-faced scholars, so why do we pay so much attention to it?"
Li Ye sighed and said, "It's not yours after all, isn't it? That's your territory, do whatever you want. This is Sister Hua's territory, you have to..."
After speaking, Li Ye shook his head and sighed softly.
Nalanyu looked at the crowds of people in the building and knew, "I'm just a rough guy, I can't learn what you do."
Li Ye was angry and replied: "Don't you know how to treat others calmly?"
Nalanyu was very happy, patted her arm, and said with a smile: "I almost forgot that you are from the Buddhist sect."
Hearing this, Li Ye smiled, but because the purple bamboo hat on his head had not yet been taken off, Nalan Yu could not see his expression clearly.
While the two were talking, they saw the maid from before walking over with Hua Luoyu, who was wearing a red embroidered cotton skirt with piping.
When he saw it was Nalan Yu, he was first surprised, then angry, and walked over and gave him a push.
He smiled and said: "It turns out that the uncle is here. Please tell me where you want to sit. You came too late and there is no good place to wait for you."
Nalan Yu was so angry at Hua Luoyu's scolding that he was about to get angry when Li Ye, who was standing beside him, pointed to the garden and said, "A pavilion will be fine!"
After speaking, he walked towards the garden and saw snowflakes falling from the sky, falling on his black cloak and purple bamboo hat, instantly forming a landscape in the garden.
Nalanyu was stunned and opened his mouth: "Wait for me!"
Hua Luoyu behind him tugged on his cloak and asked, "Who is this person? How rude!"
Nalan Yu turned to look at her, grinned and said, "This is my brother!"
After saying that, he quickly followed Li Ye in the garden, and the three of them walked to an empty pavilion in the garden.
"Who are these two guys in black cloaks? How come you are so unreasonable and why Luo Yu didn't take care of them?"
Hua Luoyu, who was sitting on the balcony in the middle of the garden, frowned.
"Master Hua doesn't know those two people either? Do you want me to find someone to drive them out?" The second prince Xia Yunjie, who was sitting in the first place, also saw the movement in the garden.
"Sister Hua and those two are so unreasonable. Sister Luoyu doesn't care." Sitting next to the second prince was naturally the charming Dongfang Yu'er.
The two had just gotten engaged, and today's party was initiated by her and Hua Tianxia.
"Those two people in the garden are so unreasonable and disgusting!" A girl in a purple skirt shouted in the Accord on the first floor. Next to her sat a girl and a boy.
The speaker was Wang Shuanghua, the granddaughter of the left prime minister Wang Mingyi. The young man next to him said, "Shuang Hua, do you want me to drive them out?" This young man was the right prime minister's grandson Long Potian and his granddaughter Long Qiuyun.
Long Qiuyun, who was wearing a white dress next to her, smiled and said: "Brother, don't worry about it, Sister Hua is watching here.
Hua Tianxia, who was on the balcony in the middle of the garden, replied to the second prince: "Take a look before talking.
"Where did this wild boy come from!" Jiang Haitian, the grandson of Shangshu Jiang Shangyun, yelled angrily in the Accord.
"This is an elegant place, why did you let these two savages in?" A girl sitting next to him was also very angry. But it was Linghu Shanshan, the granddaughter of Zhongshu Linghu Kuangyu.
"Get this kid out of here!"
"I can't stand it anymore!"
...
All of a sudden, a group of princesses and ladies who had arrived earlier began to speak out against Li Ye and Nalan Yu.
Li Ye, who had already walked to the pavilion, could not hear the condemnation of this group of people. He would not let go of his consciousness to pry into other people's privacy.
The three of them walked into the pavilion and saw that four stools had been placed in the pavilion, surrounding the stone garden table in the middle.
What's amazing is that the four stools are actually covered with red cotton cushions, which may make the visitors afraid of the cold. The attentiveness and consideration are enough to show the nobility of the building.
Nalanyu picked a chair and sat down, took out the fire stick and lit the small red clay stove on the table.
Hua Luoyu filled the kettle on the side with spring water and put it on the small stove to boil the water.
Li Ye also sat opposite Nalan Yu, facing the balcony in the middle of the garden.
It's just that there are still dozens of feet between the two, and there are countless branches and cedars in the garden, so that both sides can't see each other clearly.
Hua Luoyu also sat down next to Nalan Yu, turned to look at the situation around her, covered her mouth and said with a smile: "If those guys know that you are sitting here with all your might, I'm afraid you will scare them to death. Quite a few people.”
Nalan Yu laughed and said, "I'm not a tiger."
Hua Luoyu glared at him and said angrily: "You are more ruthless than a tiger, and only my sister can control you."
"Go! That little flower girl is just someone who dislikes poverty and loves wealth. Don't think I don't know who is sitting on the balcony!"
Nalanyu spat out some water and walked out of the pavilion.
"You are the only one who dares to do this in this imperial city! I'm really afraid of you. No trouble is allowed here today!"
Hua Luoyu covered her mouth and smiled. In fact, in her heart, she wished Nalanyu would cause trouble, and she was also a person who was not afraid of trouble.
Nalanyu turned to look at her and shouted, "Why do I feel like you want to trick me?"
...
Li Ye smiled as he watched the two bickering. He took out the tea leaves and put them into a purple clay pot. He reached out to pick up the boiling water on the pot and wanted to warm the pot and wash the tea.
Hua Luoyu couldn't help but be a little surprised when she saw Li Ye's familiar movements.
Looking at Nalan Yu, he asked: "Na San Dao, who is this brother of yours? Why does he look familiar to me?"
"He?" Nalan Yu was stunned.
Without waiting for Nalan Yu's answer, Li Ye gently took off the purple bamboo hat from his head and placed it behind him.
Looking at Hua Luoyu, he smiled and said, "Long time no see, sister Luoyu."
"Your kid is..." After five years of separation, even Hua Luoyu couldn't believe who the person in front of her was.
"He, my brother, Li Ye came back from Prajna Temple." Nalan Yu howled.
"Sister Luoyu, I am Li Ye, a disciple of Prajna Temple." Li Ye solemnly introduced himself.
Cackling! Hua Luoyu couldn't help laughing. While laughing, she stood up and walked to Li Ye, reaching out and pinching his face gently.
He smiled and said, "Yes, it's true! By the way, why is your boy getting more and more beautiful as he grows older? I remember that my face used to be gray."
Li Ye gently pushed her hand away and said with a smile: "Sister Luoyu is getting more and more beautiful, so naturally I will grow up and change too."
Hua Luoyu sat back on her chair, patted her chest and laughed for a while, then said: "Well, don't tell my sister first, let her hurry for a while, we will just sit here and have a few cups of tea. Brother Li Ye, what are you going to do?" Don’t you want someone to bring you a pot of charcoal fire?”
Li Ye shook his head and said with a smile: "How can practitioners be afraid of these cold winds?"
Even on Fangcun Mountain, Li Ye rarely lit a fire to keep warm, not to mention that in this imperial city, the buildings were full of flowers.
Hua Luoyu was startled for a moment, then she stroked her clothes and praised, "This is so good. It's not like the young masters and ladies in the Accord, who were all wearing leather jackets and kept shouting that it was cold and they wanted to light a fire."
While the three of them were chatting freely, on the open stage on the second floor of the building opposite the hall, literati from the imperial city performed on the stage, and for a while, the sound of singing echoed in the garden.
At this moment, Li Ye finally understood one thing.
This is the human world.
