"Boom! Boom! Boom!" There were three knocks on the door. "Who's knocking on the door?" asked a female voice in the room.
"It's me, Mei Yuanchen." Mei Yuanchen replied.
"Princess, this is the Second Young Master of Yuanchen." Zi Teng approached Xia Chengyi and asked, "Do you want to open the door?"
Originally thinking that his brother would pay his respects to his mother when he came back, Xia Chengyi went to his mother's room early in the afternoon to wait. Finally, he waited until his brother came over, and was about to settle the old score with him for the tail feathers of Owl Xuanfeng being clipped. Unexpectedly, my mother actually favored my brother and accused me of being stupid and ignorant. Xia Chengyi couldn't bear such grievance, so he turned around and went back to the boudoir, asking the girl Ziteng to lock the door. She refused to see anyone, and even refused to use the dinner. At this time, I heard Mei Yuanchen knocking on the door. I was depressed. I didn't want to see him, but then I remembered that he was my adopted brother, so I said to Ziteng, "It's not him who made me angry, why should I be angry with him? Just open the door." "
Mei Yuanchen came to Xia Chengyi's boudoir for the first time, and his expression was quite reserved. Seeing that Xia Chengyi still had an angry look on his face, he was sitting in front of the dressing table sideways. He walked forward and said warmly, "Yiyi, don't get angry. I'll persuade Chengxuan to come and apologize to you later, okay?" Xia Chengyi didn't. Looking at him, he replied, "You are just bragging, how could he listen to you!" Hearing that Xia Chengyi actually replied to her words, Mei Yuanchen felt happy and said, "It's true. Anyway, I will definitely find a way. Just let him apologize to you. Don't be angry first. Don't you like birds? I bought you a peacock clay doll from the market. Do you want to take a look?" After saying that, he came from behind. He took out a small brocade box and handed it to Xia Chengyi. Xia Chengyi heard that it was a peacock and a clay doll, and he liked both. He immediately turned around and saw Mei Yuanchen handing over the brocade box and looking at him with a smile. He lowered his head and reached out and said, "Just show it to me." "Mei Yuanchen saw it and quickly put the brocade box in her hand.
Xia Chengyi opened the brocade box and saw inside a beautiful bird that was two inches tall and about three inches long with a long green tail. A smile appeared on his face and he praised softly, "This bird is really beautiful. I I haven't seen it yet!" Mei Yuanchen looked a little dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer the question. Xia Chengyi asked, "Is this bird called a peacock?" Mei Yuanchen came over in time and smiled, "Yes, there is a name under the clay puppet." Xia Chengyi turned the clay puppet over and saw that there was " With the word "Peacock", he looked up at Mei Yuanchen, then at the clay doll, and said softly "Thank you". Since their acquaintance, Mei Yuanchen has seen that Xia Chengyi has always been more aggressive than gentle. When he saw that her speech seemed to be quite different from usual, he felt strange and replied, "What's the matter? If you like it, I’ll give you another one next time I come back.”
After bidding farewell to Xia Chengyi, Mei Yuanchen took back another brocade box from his servant and went straight back to Yuqiong Langyuan. When they arrived at the corridor, with the lights flickering, they saw Haitang waiting there in a pink jacket and skirt. She hurriedly walked forward and said happily, "Baitang, it's still cold, why aren't you in the house?" Haitang saw Mei Yuanchen coming back. , was very happy, and hurriedly greeted him. It was difficult to wait for him here, so he replied, "The room is a little stuffy. I came out for some fresh air and I saw you back." Mei Yuanchen hadn't seen her for half a month, and he was most concerned about her. , seeing her at this moment, he naturally went to hold her hand, pulled her and said happily, "Let's go back to your room to chat!" Haitang was held by Mei Yuanchen, feeling nervous and happy in her heart, and he pulled her Go inside.
"Haitang, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Mei Yuanchen said hurriedly as soon as he sat down. Haitang poured a cup of hot tea for Mei Yuanchen, and then sat down slowly. Seeing his excited face, she felt very happy in her heart, and said stickyly, "It's been fourteen days." "Yes, we have never been separated since childhood. So long!" Mei Yuanchen sighed, thinking that she must have been very lonely in the palace for the past fourteen days, and she felt pity for her. She couldn't help but ask, "Are you okay here?" "What's wrong with that? Okay." Haitang lowered her head and replied softly. Ever since her parents left the palace, Mei Yuanchen always felt that Haitang was the person closest to her, and she was extremely attached to her, and she always had unspeakable feelings.
"Begonia, I brought you a small gadget, see if you like it." Mei Yuanchen said, taking out the same brocade box from his sleeve pocket and handing it to Haitang. Haitang felt happy again. She pursed her lips and gently took it, looking at it carefully. Seeing that she didn't open it, Mei Yuanchen smiled and said, "Why not? Just open it and see if you like it." Haitang looked up and saw Mei Yuanchen's eyes blazing, so she hurriedly lowered her head and said "Oh." . Opening the brocade box, I saw an exquisite female clay doll about three inches tall inside. I was so overwhelmed with thoughts that I was so confused, "What's wrong with you now? You hold my hand again and give me a clay doll. Is it possible?" Doesn't he know that sending a female doll to a girl's house is a sign of courtship? He is not yet sixteen years old, but he is not yet old enough to get married. Mr. Kuang and his wife have not made it clear when we will get married." Just as he was thinking about it, Mei heard that Yuan Chen asked, "Do you like it?"
Haitang gently held the clay doll in her hand and hummed, "Yeah."
Mei Yuanchen heard that Haitang also liked clay dolls, and said happily, "That's good! Every time I come back from now on, I will give you one, okay?" Haitang's face became more rosy, and after hearing Mei Yuanchen's question, he answered simply The word "um". Mei Yuanchen was sitting opposite her on the small square table, only three feet apart. Through the light, he could clearly see Haitang's face at this moment, but he felt his mind wavering. "What's wrong with me?" Mei Yuanchen pinched himself hard, blaming himself and not knowing what to say.
Haitang was panicking, and when she saw Mei Yuanchen sitting silently for a long time, she asked, "Why did you suddenly stop talking?"
"I don't know what to say, so I'll just listen to you, okay?" Mei Yuanchen smiled awkwardly.
For more than ten days, Haitang only chatted with Xia Chengyi in the palace, and her days were extremely boring. Thinking back to the past, it was really fun to spend time with Mei Yuanchen every day, doing his laundry, grinding ink for him, making him his favorite snacks, bickering with him to tease him, and letting him teach me how to read and write. Unconsciously, he looked towards Mei Yuanchen, and saw that he was also looking towards him, making eye contact but then hurriedly avoiding him.
For a moment, there was no sound in the room, and the two of them felt that their feelings for each other were strange, and it was hard to explain.
A gust of wind blew toward the two of them from the window, seeming to bring a little bit of warmth. It was like spring had arrived before winter had even left.
