Kunning

Today she came to learn the piano, not to quarrel, nor to show grievances, besides, Xie Wei didn't recruit her or provoke her, but he just thought of the title "Ning Er" for a while, which touched his heart, Suddenly I couldn't control it.

Crying in front of people is always humiliating.

Jiang Xuening hastily raised her sleeves, and wiped it on her face indiscriminately, her face was red and her make-up was dyed, like a cat, she said: "Sand got in your eyes, it's okay."

"..."

Xie Wei was suddenly speechless.

But Jiang Xuening cheered up, looking all right, she casually put the medical book aside, and asked him: "Sir, are you going to take a **** exam today? Are you going to play "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon"?"

Xie Wei looked at her, said "Yes", and said, "Yes?"

Jiang Xuening didn't speak, and just straightened the qin on the qin table.

She hasn't slacked off in the past few days.

In the past, she didn't play the piano because Xie Wei said that she was restless and wouldn't let her touch it; but in fact, she always knew that learning things under Xie Wei's hands should not be fooled, and she shouldn't be lucky, just because this person is good at playing the piano. Everything is true.

At this moment, she didn't think about anything, just stroking the strings and flicking the fingers.

It's another winter afternoon.

Because no one had informed Xie Wei of his arrival today, the charcoal basin in the side hall was still not very warm just after being heated, and the window sash was half open, and it seemed a bit cold. There was a wind blowing in, and the chilly sky was covered by the wind and fell on the corner of his blue Taoist robe. Xie Wei stood in front of the desk with a distance in between, watching Jiang Xuening play the piano.

Difficulty is real.

But being quiet is indeed a material that can be made.

The tears in the corners of the girl's eyes were still wet, her face was smudged with pink, her pair of twinkling eyes naturally drooped down, lightly covered by her thick eyelashes, it was a kind of seriousness that had never been seen in the past.

The five fingers are long and slender, which is most suitable for stringing.

Gong Shangjiao Zhengyu, the tune is accurate, the sounds are all in harmony, although the **** and listening connection are still a bit rough and shallow, but the general appearance is there, and it has faded away from the clumsiness when learning the piano in Fengchen Palace in the past.

The flowing sound of the piano swayed from the trembling strings.

There was no sound in the film hall for a while.

When the sound of the zither was about to end, Xie Wei moved his body and nodded slowly: "These days are indeed not wasted, and it looks rough. It is a joy to come to this side hall not to sleep. .”

This is to tease her about falling asleep when he was playing the piano last time.

Jiang Xuening opened her mouth and said, "That's an exception."

But just after he finished defending himself, when the words fell, the feeling of hunger in his stomach naturally surged up, and it turned into a soft cry of "cuckoo". She and Xie Wei were so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping could be heard, this originally slight sound was as obvious as thunder on a sunny day.

Jiang Xuening: "..."

Xie Wei: "..."

The four eyes met, one of them blushed in embarrassment and wanted to dig a hole into the ground, while the other looked at them silently, obviously not expecting it, and even a little funny.

Xie Wei raised a finger, pressed his thin lips lightly, still couldn't hold back his smile, and said: "It's indeed an exception. Why didn't you feel enough last time, and this time you didn't eat enough. Everyone who knows says you are eating The eldest princess is quite fond of and trusted by the princess in the palace, seeing your lack of sleep and food, I don't know, I'm afraid I thought you came to the palace to be tortured and imprisoned."

The surname Xie sometimes speaks quite badly.

Jiang Xuening secretly gritted her teeth, watching him silent.

Xie Wei asked, "Did you eat?"

Jiang Xuening gave a muffled "hmm": "I forgot the time when I read in the morning, and when I fell asleep without paying attention, I forgot to eat."

The palace is not a home, and the imperial dining room waits for no one.

Xie Wei wanted to laugh again.

If he followed his past temperament, he would be too lazy to deal with such trivial matters. As the saying goes, full food makes you sleepy. It is best for a student to have a three-point sense of hunger in order to stay awake and concentrate on hard work.

In other words, just hungry.

But Ning Er came to learn the piano, and he played it well just now, he must have put his heart into it, and the little girl at this age was growing up, so he showed mercy and opened the food box on the corner of the desk.

There was a small plate of peach cake on the top shelf.

Xie Wei brought it out and put it on the edge of the tea table, and while putting the kettle on the stove, he called Jiang Xuening: "Come and drink tea."

Ever since he opened the food box, Jiang Xuening's eyes followed him, almost falling on the small plate of peach cake.

The stomach is empty, and the heart is itchy.

Hearing him call her to drink tea, the first thought that popped into her head was: I can't go. Xie Wei is a husband, and she is a student, so she must be respectful; she has heard Xie Wei's rebellious words back then, and knows Xie Wei's secrets, and Xie Wei has thought of killing her to silence her. What if the tea is poisonous?

But that little dish of peach cake was there.

After all, Jiang Xuening still couldn't stand the little secret temptation, so she got up and moved over.

This is by no means for eating.

Xie Wei asked her to drink tea, how could she not obey?

Jiang Xuening said "Thank you sir", sat in front of the tea table, then glanced at Xie Wei, stretched out a paw silently, picked up a thin piece of peach cake from the small plate, and took a bite.

"..."

The moment the pastry entered the mouth, she paused suddenly.

The faint joy on his face also froze slightly.

Xie Weichu didn't pay attention to it at first, just took a teaspoon to pour tea out of the tea pot, looked up and said, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Xuening came to her senses and immediately shook her head: "It's okay."

But it's different from what I thought.

But if you stop and think about it, you will know what kind of status Xie Wei is now, where is he now, where can he expect to eat a certain taste? It's better not to reveal the clues, otherwise let him see it. Thinking of those things back then, God knows if it's just another thought and murderous intention.

She quickly buried her head and chewed slowly.

The soft ingredients of the peach slice cake slowly melt in the mouth. If you ignore the overly sweet taste, it can be considered delicate. Eating two slices is enough to fill your stomach and fill your hunger.

In front of Xie Wei, Jiang Xuening didn't dare to talk.

She ate one and took another.

Xie Wei looked at her eyebrows, but finally noticed something, and asked: "Isn't the dim sum made by the imperial dining room delicious?"

Jiang Xuening shook her head quickly.

Xie Wei's eyes fell from her to the plate of peach cake. He seldom used the pastry specially prepared for him in the side hall, and now he just took a piece and took a bite, when the pastry reached the tip of his tongue, his eyebrows slightly raised.

Jiang Xuening was flustered for some reason.

She dared not even raise her head.

Xie Wei slowly put down the unfinished piece of peach cake, and watched her quietly for a long time, until he heard the water boiling beside him, then he looked away, picked up the water and poured the tea set, and started slowly Make tea.

This time, Jiang Xuening knew what "can't eat".

Xie Wei didn't say anything else, just asked her about the literature she had learned a few days ago during the tea break, and quizzed her knowledge casually.

After a pot of tea had been steeped for four times, she was asked to practice the piano again.

But he didn't do anything anymore, and sat back in front of the desk, staring at the Zhu Zhu on the memorial for a long time.

After more than half an hour, he said to Jiang Xuening: "Although the attitude is there, the foundation is still too weak. People often say that hard work can make up for one's weakness. It's not completely right, but it can't be wrong. Let's go here today, don't relax when you go back. From tomorrow onwards, there will be a school exam for grammar, so it's better to come to the side hall at this time."

Jiang Xuening finally breathed a sigh of relief, got up and agreed.

Then he bid farewell to Xie Wei, and hurriedly retreated from the side hall with some caution, slipping away.

Xie Wei sat in this side hall for a while longer before leaving the palace with the memorial.

Xie Mansion and Yongyihou Mansion are only separated by a wall.

The difference is that Yongyihou's Mansion is on the front of the street, and Xie's Mansion is on the back of the street. The two mansions face east and west, back to back. Therefore, when his car drove back to the mansion, he had to pass by the Yongyi Hou's mansion, and he could easily see the heavy soldiers surrounded outside, all of them sizing up the people who came and went with cold eyes.

After getting out of the car and entering the mansion, Jianshu quickly walked towards him and said in a low voice: "Besides Mr. Gongyi, some of our people also said that they saw Mr. Dingfei coming out of Hengyuan Casino early this morning. But fish and dragons were mixed in that place, so I didn’t pay attention at the time, and lost people.”

Xie Wei stood in the corridor without speaking.

There was a voice of laughing and talking from the side door not far away. It was someone who greeted the concierge and walked into the mansion again.

Jianshu heard it, turned his head to look, and laughed: "Old Tao is back."

He is the cook in the mansion, and he cooks well.

Old Tao Bang was big and round, white and fat, but his face was full of joy. He was carrying a vegetable basket in one hand and a fish in the other. Seeing Xie Wei standing on the porch, he hurriedly went over to salute, and said, "Your Excellency is back. , I bought a fresh big carp today, it’s in full bloom! The pastries I made a few days ago were eaten by Mr. Daoqin secretly. I also bought a few catties of glutinous rice and a catty of peach kernels. You can try to make some peach cakes !"

Xie Wei looked at his full basket, lowered his gaze, and nodded.

Jiang Xuening walked out of the side hall of Fengchen Hall in a swipe, until she reached the gate of Yangzhi Zhai, she leaned on the edge of the door and looked back, seeing that no one was following, she breathed a long sigh of relief.

I almost fell ill after eating a peach slice cake!

I am so courageous, even dare to eat what Xie Wei gave me, and dare to think that it was made by Xie Wei himself, I don't even want my life!

Fortunately, the other party didn't notice and escaped safely.

She patted her chest lightly.

When Yao Xi and You Yue came out of Yang Zhi Zhai, they happened to see her like this, but what they remembered was the way she turned around to look for Zhang Zhe that day, and hatred surged up for a moment, so she said with a faint smile: " Didn’t Miss Jiang go to learn the piano, why does she look like a thief when she comes back, isn’t she being trained by Mr. Xie again?”

Jiang Xuening turned around and saw her.

Over the past few days, Yao Xi's hostility toward her has gradually emerged, but there are many people who hate her, so who is Yao Xi?

She hasn't reached the point where she needs to pay too much attention.

Jiang Xuening didn't get angry when she heard the sarcasm, who said that she played the piano well today, which barely deserves Xie Wei's compliment?

It's not light at all.

She raised her eyebrows and smiled, with a leisurely look, and said: "That will disappoint Ms. Yao. Today I can finally play the piano. I just got Mr. Xie's affirmation. I will definitely work harder in the future, and I will live up to what Mr. Xie said to me painstakingly taught."

People in the world may not see their friends doing well, but they will certainly be happy to see their enemies doing badly.

If the person you hate is having a bad life, even if you can't see him, you will feel secretly refreshed when you hear the news from afar.

Jiang Xuening is undoubtedly Yao Xi's enemy.

But not only was she living a good life, but she also told others that she was doing well in front of her face. The relaxed smiles on her brows were like needles, piercing people's hearts to bleed!

Yao Xi choked and did not speak.

You Yue was scared a long time ago, and now she keeps her mouth shut and pretends to be a gourd, not saying a word.

Jiang Xuening clapped her hands and walked briskly away from them.

You Yue looked at Yao Xi's face, and said softly: "Maybe her face is swollen to look fat, who doesn't know that she is famous for being ignorant? Learning the piano depends on talent, so stupid that she doesn't even know fingering, thank you How could the husband praise her? It's just saying it on purpose to disturb your heart."

Yao Xi took a deep breath and turned around with a flick of her sleeves.

Just walking to the entrance of Yangzhi Zhai, his eyes glanced away inadvertently, but his footsteps stopped: just now, a sachet was dropped at the place where Jiang Xuening was standing.

You Yue followed her gaze, bent down and picked up the purse naturally, turned it over and saw that on the moon white background, delicate peonies were embroidered with dark blue silk thread, the stitches were fine and beautiful, very beautiful.

"Isn't this Jiang Xuening's?"

Feeling a little disgusted in her heart, she curled her lips and raised her hand to throw it into the corner of the flower tub next to her.

Unexpectedly, when Yao Xi saw it, she snatched it directly and held it in her hand to watch.

You Yue was a little puzzled: "Do you want to return it to her?"

Yao Xi's thoughts were floating, but her eyes were full of gloom, she said: "It's just a small sachet, why worry?"

You Yue stopped talking.

Yao Xi stared at the sachet for a long while, then put it in her sleeve casually, and said: "It's not too late to return it to her when you come back. Seeing that she hangs it every day, maybe it's an important item. If you lose it, you can't find it and worry about it." That's fine too."

You Yue then laughed: "That's good."

Jiang Xuening just left, they picked up the sachet, didn't bother to call her back, and went straight to the Royal Garden.

A few days ago, the tiger's hoof plums planted in the palace had already bloomed.

The Empress Dowager's cold weather is also a little bit better. The Empress invites all the concubines in the imperial garden to enjoy the plum blossoms in order to celebrate. Because of Xiao Shu's face, the accompanying readers of Yangzhizhai can also enjoy it. Take a look and join in the fun.

Of course, Yao Xi and You Yue don't want to miss this kind of thing.

In the plum garden, the tiger-hoofed plum blooms early, and the wintersweet also grows small buds.

People walk in the garden, which is a bit interesting.

You Yue was born in the uncle's residence in Qingyuan, she is very humble, she likes to make friends with people, not to mention encountering such a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, she insists on flattering and flattering in front of the concubines, but Yao Xi is not very used to it.

She was born as a lady, so she disdains this.

Therefore, halfway through the banquet, he simply kept quiet and left everyone to enjoy the plum blossoms in the garden outside.

The plum garden is quite large.

Yao Xi said that he was admiring the plum blossoms, but looking at it, in this already somewhat cold day, he couldn't help but think of Zhang Zhe he saw in the Palace of Compassion and Ning that day, as well as the memory of Zhang Zhe in his father's study. Seeing the letter of resignation, I felt more hatred in addition to sadness, and it went deeper without knowing it.

It's a bit barren everywhere.

A secluded pavilion that few people come to usually stands in the middle of the plum grove, and the surrounding plum trees are planted in clumps, which seem to be dense.

It's just looking gloomy, which makes people a little scared.

Yao Xi was not very courageous, she came to her senses as soon as she got here, and wanted to turn around and walk back. But he didn't think about it, and after walking back for a few steps, the sound of footsteps accompanied by low voices of conversation came from the other side of the plum garden.

"If Ai's family hadn't seen the clues about Yang Zhizhai that day, how would you deal with yourself if you let that little court lady be tried in court because of your lack of thoughtfulness and careless mouth to reveal the truth?! "

"It's my niece who is confused and out of character."

"Everything is easy to think about, especially in the palace. No one is a fool! He didn't even know the reality of the opponent, so he acted rashly, which really disappointed the Ai family."

"..."

"Jiang Xuening is fine now, you have made such a strong enemy for yourself for no reason; there is also Jiang Xuehui coming in outside, although she is not top-notch in appearance, she can compete with you in academics, and it is very likely that she is the one who owns the square embroidered handkerchief of Yu'er." Master, you are not just confused!"

"My aunt taught me well."

Empress Dowager Xiao walked in front, and Xiao Shu followed behind her.

One's face was full of anger, which could not be suppressed, and some stern reprimands, but the other lost the calmness of the past, bowed his head and listened quietly.

Neither of them followed the palace man.

Obviously, such words are not suitable for the palace people to follow up and listen.

The footsteps gradually approached.

Yao Xisu has a good relationship with Xiao Shu, and they walked very close, even though she couldn't recognize the voice of Empress Dowager Xiao, she could also distinguish Xiao Shu's voice, when she first heard what the two of them were talking about, she felt cold sweat protruding from her head. The heart beat wildly in the chest.

Never dare to show up at the moment.

Seeing the overlapping branches of a clump of plum trees next to it, which can hide people, he held his breath and quickly hid behind it, not daring to take a breath.

Empress Dowager Xiao continued to walk forward, passing by the clump of plum trees, and said: "Although you are a rare and intelligent person in the Xiao family, but you are still young, you have experienced too little, and you don't think enough. Zhou Quan, didn't think of enough contingency measures, and almost fell into a passive position in the palace that day. And you did it privately without even telling the Ai family! Can't the Ai family see what you want?"

Xiao Shu said: "Ah Shu is ashamed of my aunt's teaching."

Empress Dowager Xiao sighed, and said: "Your Majesty has personally experienced the Pingnan King's Rebellion, and has been suspicious ever since. He is not close to the biological mother of the Ai family. People from the Xiao clan don't even choose a concubine because they are afraid. But Yu'er has a gentle temperament and is closer to me. I know you are also ambitious, and look at the capital. Daughter, no one is more worthy of being the mother of the world than you."

Yao Xi hid behind the tree and didn't dare to move for the time being. Although she told herself not to listen to it if she wanted to survive, she couldn't close her ears.

It was Xiao Shu who framed Jiang Xuening for Yang Zhizhai that day!

For Shen Jie, the king of Linzi, for becoming the future queen!

Then Xiao Shu said: "Auntie means..."

Empress Dowager Xiao said coldly: "As long as the Holy Majesty is still here, he will not tolerate Xiao's daughter becoming the Princess of Linzi if he wants to make Yu'er the emperor's younger brother. You have to be calm."

Xiao Shu said: "Are you going to watch other people take over?"

At this time, the footsteps of the two were a little far away, and the voice was also a little far away.

Yao Xi swallowed, didn't dare to wait any longer, quietly walked around the plum bush, and was about to leave.

But who wants to be flustered and prone to mistakes.

When she bent over in a hurry, she accidentally bumped into a plum branch, and the plum blossom trembled suddenly, and there was the sound of the branches colliding.

"Who is there!"

Empress Dowager Xiao turned her head and put it far away, she could only see the plum branch moving, she subconsciously shouted loudly!

Yao Xi immediately knew that she had leaked her whereabouts, so she ran away in a panic.

It's just that the fear is extreme, and evil thoughts also come up.

Her eyes were full of cruelty, and with a thought, she reached into her sleeve, touched the sachet she had just picked up, and threw it on the ground. Then he walked out of the plum garden quickly, turned around to other places, and then returned to the plum appreciation feast.

There were a bunch of concubines admiring plum blossoms in the palace, and there was Empress Dowager Xiao, so Jiang Xuening didn't like to join in the fun.

In Liushui Pavilion, Fang Miao was pulled by Zhou Baoying to sit there and play chess.

She walked over and sat by the side, peeling and eating the peanuts brought by the palace servants, while watching the two of them compete on the chessboard.

Those who went to admire the plum blossoms did not return until it was dark.

Seeing the chess game in Liushui Pavilion, everyone came over to see how much Zhou Baoying would win against Fang Miao in this round.

Xiao Shu was also among them.

Seeing that Jiang Xuening had already peeled a bunch of peanut shells, Xiao Shu smiled lightly, her eyes flickered, she raised her hand and handed a sachet to her, saying: "I just picked something up outside, look It looks a little familiar, it belongs to Miss Jiang Er, right?"

Jiang Xuening was startled, and raised her eyes.

The sachet hanging between Xiao Shu's fingers is exactly the sachet that You Fangyin embroidered for her with silk and satin from the silk farmer when she made her first business deal. The dark blue peony is very unique and beautiful. .

Looking down at his waist again, he didn't know when it was empty.

She raised her eyebrows slightly, took the sachet from Xiao Shu's hand, she was not thankful, she was still a little indifferent, and said flatly: "It's mine, I don't know when it left it, but I'm sorry."

The side of the sachet was hooked by something, and it was a little fuzzy.

Jiang Xuening felt a little distressed when she saw it, and stroked it lightly, before frowning and hanging it back on her waist.

Xiao Shu quietly looked at her expression, observed her behavior, and easily felt the indifference of not wanting to talk to her, but other than that, she was very calm.

You Yue was a little confused watching from behind.

Yao Xi's heart was beating like a drum when she saw this scene, and she almost lost her footing.