Chapter 34 Chapter Thirty-Three

One day, just after working on duty during the day, before he got to the tent, he smelled the faint fragrance and wondered in his heart, did Yutan overturn the jasmine powder box? Opening the curtain, what greets the eyes is a piece of white. On the table, on the ground, on the chairs, on the couch, as far as the eye can see, there are all jasmine flowers in clusters, and the tent is filled with its warm and leisurely atmosphere.The green leaves are crystal clear and elegant, like clear jasper, and the small flowers that are just blooming like snow are warm and white.I was immediately stunned there.I really don't know where he got all these flowers.A little bit of joy flows in my heart. Although such a method is old-fashioned to me, the person who is flattered will always be moved.I couldn't help but bury my face in the flowers and let out a long sigh!

I was in a daze, "Sister!" I panicked and turned around quickly, looking at Yutan behind me, but I didn't know how to explain the jasmine flowers all over the room.Yutan smiled and said: "This is what Eunuch Zhang sent over just now, saying that the girl asked him to bring back some fresh jasmine flowers when he went to buy them. Is there any use for my sister?" I hurriedly said: "There are many uses. Tea, soaking in a bath, and sticking it on the sideburns, isn’t it much better than dried flowers?” After taking a bath with jasmine, she tied her hair in a bun, took a sachet, stuffed a few flowers into it, and hung it on her waist.He walked quickly all the way, and when he arrived at the appointed place, he was already sitting on the hillside waiting.I tiptoed over, quickly covered his eyes, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Who am I?" He put his hand on mine, and asked with a smile, "Prairie fairy?" I snorted, "No! It's a cannibal. Monster!" He laughed, pulled my arm, and pushed me back onto the grass.He buried his head on my neck and sniffed, and murmured, "So it's Jasmine Fairy!" He raised his head and stared at me tenderly, our faces were so close, I could clearly see myself in his dark eyes.My heart began to beat vigorously and vigorously.He slowly lowered his head, and his warm and soft lips touched my lips. Suddenly, the picture of Si elder brother's cold lips caressing my lips flashed in my mind. My heart twitched, and I turned my head to avoid his kiss. .

He didn't mind, thinking that I was avoiding me because of shyness, he tilted his head and lowered his head to kiss my cheek with a light smile, and then lightly and shallowly printed it on my lips all the way.I closed my eyes and responded to his kiss meekly.His tenderness, pity, and love were all passed on to me through the lingering between his lips and teeth.My nervousness at the beginning slowly dissipated, and I felt as if I was on a cloud, dizzy, and physically and mentally weak. He hugged me in his arms and said softly: "Ruoxi, do you know how happy I am?" I put my head on his shoulder and blurted out: "Will you be happier than seeing my sister for the first time?" After asking, I immediately wanted to slap myself in the mouth ,I'm mad!He was actually jealous with his sister!

He was silent for a while, supported my body, stared into my eyes and said: "That's different! When I saw Ruolan for the first time, I was really pleasantly surprised. After Huang Ama gave me the marriage, I felt very happy. But When I lifted Ruolan's hijab, I knew I was wrong, I only wanted to have that clear laughter, but I didn't know..." He paused for a while, gently touched my cheek and said: " Ruoxi, I have already made a mistake, how can I make the same mistake again and again? You and Ruolan are five or six points alike, and I was really surprised when I first saw you. But since you made a big fuss At the tenth brother’s birthday banquet, I knew that you and Ruolan were different. In the falling leaves, you questioned us “why our own destiny should be determined by others”, and I still clearly understand your cold and stern expression. At the wedding banquet, The thirteenth brother took you away and made you come back frozen, but you didn't have the slightest complaint. I was actually very unhappy, and that's when I realized that you had already had a shadow in my heart before I knew it."

He gently traced my eyebrows with his fingers, and said: "All these years, do you know how much I miss you? But I want you to marry me willingly and happily. I don't want Ruolan's affairs to be repeated. Repeat. But your heart is always so unpredictable, I feel that you seem to have me in your heart, but I don't understand why you reject me. I don't know what I have to do to make you willing?" He suddenly Cover my eyes with your hands: "Don't look at me like this! Why do you always look at me like this? Four years ago when you were a little girl, you had such sad and compassionate eyes. What are you sad about? "

I shook my head and shook my head again, reaching out to hug him, and the two embraced tightly.Scenes from that year flashed in my mind, thinking about his good and his bad.Thinking of him making me stand in the study for half a day, thinking of him pinching my jaw coldly to force me to answer, I bite him on the shoulder suddenly.He hummed softly, hugged me and didn't move, I slowly let go, he looked at me suspiciously, I smiled half-smiled, half-satisfied, looked at him with raised eyebrows and said: "Gentleman It's not too late to take revenge!" He was startled for a moment, and then burst out laughing, his laughter was clearer than ever, and he swayed far away on the grassland with joy.

The autumn wind blows in September, and the sky and the earth are even more vast. Under the double training of Ba Prince and Min Min, I have been riding a horse well.You can gallop alone in the blue sky and green grass, and enjoy the feeling of flying in the wind mixed with sunshine and grass fragrance. Both Minmin and I love the feeling of riding a horse to extreme speed, with the whistling of the wind in our ears, the kind of carefreeness that cannot be described with words, it seems that you can roam freely in the world, and there is nowhere to go in the world, without any constraints.Eighth Brother does not deliberately pursue the pleasure brought by speed as we do.I often lag behind and laugh to see Minmin and I gallop on horseback.The two often compete. Although I lose most of the times, it feels better to win Minmin once in a while.

Minmin and I always laughed and laughed. When she got up, she sang Mongolian ballads. joy and joy.Because I love this world so much!Since ancient times, my laughter has never been so much, so bright!Only in this world, only on the back of a galloping horse, can I truly forget everything for a while, and I am me!Instead of Ma Ertai Ruoxi. When Minmin was around, I always kept a distance from Eighth Brother. Although I knew in my heart that the lie would be broken one day, but now I don't want to face it.With a smile on his lips, he looked at me teasingly, but he didn't force it anymore, but his eyes never left me. When I laughed, he looked at me dotingly; when I was proud, he praised me. When I praised Minmin for singing well, he smiled and shook his head slightly disapprovingly at me.Sometimes I'm really afraid that Minmin will see it, give him a glance, and he will smile and look away, but when I accidentally glance over him, I will still meet his smiling eyes.

After working on duty in the evening, I went to the tent row, thinking that after taking a shower, I would go to have dinner with my eighth brother.The prince walked towards him slowly.I hurried to the side of the road to greet him.After he asked me to get up, he looked me up and down and said with a smile, "Miss, you seem to be very busy these days?" He stared at me and said: "I heard people say that the girl and the eighth brother have been very close during this time, and the two often ride horses together outside." I smiled and replied: "I don't know what foolish person you are listening to, the prince. , My eighth master and I have been in contact with each other for a long time, so why are we so close now? Besides, the emperor approved me to learn how to ride a horse. Eighth elder brother only taught me because he saw that I was eager to learn and live up to the emperor's grace. That's all. After all, those sergeants took my identity into consideration, and they were afraid of something going wrong, and they all held the idea of ​​'not seeking merit, but seeking no fault'. They dare not let go of the courage to teach me."

The prince smiled and stared at me without saying a word.After I finished speaking, I bowed my head and stood quietly.After a while, he nodded with a smile and turned to leave.After I bent over to see him off respectfully, I hurried back to my tent. After the meal, the two quietly drank a cup of tea.I said, "First I met the prince!" He put the teacup down and listened carefully.I was a little embarrassed, staring at the teacup, and said: "He has some doubts about you and me." After hearing this, he laughed and said, "What should I do? If you are suspicious, just be suspicious! I didn't intend to hide it from him at all. Anyway, immediately I'm going back to Beijing, and we have to deal with our business after we go back. He is just jealous that you are in front of Huang Ama. After all, sometimes if you are willing to say a word, it will save us a lot of thinking about Huang Ama. Ma means."

I stared at the teacup in my hand, frowning slightly, without speaking.He stood up and pulled me up too.I was absent-mindedly studying the ink, and he wrote quietly, because Kangxi always thought that his handwriting was more than soft and not strong enough, and he often said that he should practice calligraphy hard.But I don't think he is very caring, more often it is just a way of meditation. He finished writing a piece of paper, but didn't continue, just stared at the paper pensively and remained motionless for a long time. I couldn't help but poke my head over curiously: Yin Tai, Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, Gali, Jiang Qi, Admiral of Gansu Province, Shi Yide is the admiral of Jiangnan. General Pan Yulong Zhensui. Nian Gengyao, governor of Sichuan. It's fine to see other people's names, anyway, I don't know the relationship between these people, but when I see Nian Gengyao, I can't help saying in a low voice: "Nian Gengyao", the eighth elder brother glanced sideways. Staring at me in a daze on the paper, I stretched out my arms and sat on his lap with my arms around me, resting my head on my shoulders for a while, then asked in a low voice, "Why do you always care so much about the fourth child?" ?” My heart was beating violently, and while I was thinking quickly, I replied, "Probably because of the thirteenth brother! You also know that I have always been on good terms with him, so I paid attention to the matter of the fourth brother." I don't know if he believes it or not, but I don't have a better excuse. He didn't speak, so I quickly changed the topic and asked: "Is this the emperor's latest official dispatch?" He said: "Exactly, but Nian Gengyao's transfer order has not been issued yet! I'm afraid he will wait until he returns to Beijing. I asked: "Is this transfer beneficial to you or not?" He chuckled twice and said, "It's not bad, it's not bad! Fortunately, the fourteenth brother came in time, otherwise it would not be on this list now." I endured After a while, I still couldn't hold back, I felt that I didn't feel guilty, so I hurried to hide?So he asked, "Is Nian Gengyao's appointment good or bad for you?" After hearing this, he didn't answer immediately, but just hugged me tightly.After a while, he smiled and said, "If you don't ask, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well tonight. If you ask, I feel relieved." I gave him a bad look and didn't speak. He laughed and said: "It's just a slave in clothes, and now I think too highly of him when talking about good and bad! It's just to let the fourth brother get some sweetness, one is to follow Huang Ama's wishes, and the other is that we can get along well. After all, this He also helped us a lot in Beijing last time." I frowned slightly, staring at Nian Gengyao's name without saying a word, thinking to myself, Si elder brother help you? Brother Ba smiled and said: "What are you thinking about? But I want to know, you have never paid attention to these things, how did you know about Nian Gengyao?" I sighed in my heart, how could I not know the ups and downs of life Where is the general?But now he really doesn't know his reasoning, his background is humble, and his official rank is low, so he still can't be ranked in the Forbidden City!I had to continue to borrow Thirteen.He smiled back and said: "I heard that the thirteenth elder brother mentioned him a few times, and praised him as 'intelligent, open-minded, eloquent, good at writing, and very capable of handling affairs'." The eighth elder brother smiled slightly, nodded and sighed: "Based on his background, he was promoted to governor of Sichuan in less than 10 years. Although he has the help of the fourth brother, he has indeed won the face of the fourth brother." It's a pity to be by my side! Otherwise, as long as you have some cleverness and thoughtfulness, Huang Ama would value it even more. I don't need to be envious of the fourth child here." When I heard it, I felt a little bit unhappy, he was comparing me to the fourth elder brother's concubine, Nianshi.I have always wanted to forget for a while, and forget the other women around him, but I always think of it in an inadvertent moment.I didn't speak, just snuggled into his arms quietly, buried my head in his chest, but couldn't help thinking in my mind, would other women of his sit in his arms like this?All kinds of thoughts are endless in my heart, but my mouth whispers softly: "My heart is a rock, I can't turn it around. My heart is a bed, I can't roll it." While chanting, he stretched out his hand and interlaced his five fingers, holding them tightly , Read: "Death and life are in agreement with each other, and you will talk to Zicheng. Hold your hand and grow old with you." He was silent for a long time, heaved a heavy sigh, bowed his head and said word by word in my ear: "I will definitely live up to my love!" It's not that I haven't been in love, but at that time it was "I remember when I was young, you loved to chat and I loved to laugh, sitting side by side under the peach tree, the wind was blowing in the treetops and the birds were singing.I do not know how to fall asleep, I know how many flowers fall in my dream. 'Simple, relatively playful, when the taste is bitter, it is already the end of the song.But now my sweetness is always mixed with a little bit of bitterness. After the laughter, there is still regret and infinite worry. Happy times always pass by extra money, and it is already the end of September, and Minmin returned to Mongolia with her Ama a few days ago.And we will return to Beijing in two days.Thinking of the high red walls of the Forbidden City, I am more and more nostalgic for this vast world.Think more about time staying at this moment and never going back. The eighth elder brother also felt my infinite attachment, and specially took me on horseback for a big circle around all the places where we had left footprints.From the afterglow of the sun until the night is dark and the sky is full of stars.On the grassland in September, the night was already very cold. He wrapped me tightly with his cloak and held me in his arms.I said I wanted to dismount again. He reined in and lifted me off the horse.The two walked arm in arm and side by side.I pondered for a long time in my heart, but it was always difficult to speak.But today I have to say, everything I have done in these three months is for today, how can I not speak up?Deliberately and carefully weaving a web of love, just want to hold his heart.But how afraid I am that the final answer will not come true!After several hesitations, he still couldn't speak. The eighth elder brother stopped in his tracks, looked down at me tenderly and asked, "Ruoxi, what do you want to say?" I bowed my head and remained silent for a while, while he waited quietly, wrapping the cloak again for me occasionally.I took a deep breath, looked down at the uppers of my shoes and asked, "If I ask you to do something for me, would you agree?" He held my hand tightly, and said softly: "Ruoxi, do you still need to ask me such a question now?" He stopped, raised my head with his hand, looked into my eyes and said, "But there is I will do my best to fulfill your wish." I turned my head and looked into the endless night.good!You are the eighth prince of the Qing Dynasty, and now you are at the peak of your power, there are probably few things in this world that you can't do for me now.But my request is... I turned my head and stared at him, and said slowly: "What if I want you to give up fighting for the dragon chair?" The smile on his mouth completely disappeared with my words.The deep black eyes were three parts shocked and three parts confused.I stared closely at his eyes and asked word for word: "Maybe you agree to this?"