The Moon Over Tang Dynasty

Chapter 103: Meticulousness and Overcorrection

As if I had just closed my eyes, the early morning light faintly filtered in from outside the curtains, a bird landed on the green hut and chirped happily, and there were voices and footsteps in the distance...

Pei Xingjian opened his eyes, and what caught his eyes was a peaceful sleeping face, with a strange blush on his cheeks, and a black arc shadow fell on the long eyelashes like a small fan, which was too beautiful to be true. of. He looked at it quietly for a long time before lowering his head and pressing a gentle kiss on the white porcelain forehead. She didn't even tremble her eyelashes, but when he stood up carefully, she suddenly shrank into his arms again. Pei Xingjian felt that his chest was instantly filled with the heat brought by this small movement, and he almost wanted to lie down again so that she could sleep in his arms for a while. After being stunned for a moment, he finally tucked the quilt in carefully, put on the regular clothes he had prepared last night, put away the colorful threads placed in front of the bed, and walked out with gentle steps.

An hour later, he had finished practicing as usual, washed and bathed, and had breakfast. When he returned to Qinglu, it was still quiet inside. Pei Xingjian shook his head and smiled, rolled up the outer curtain and walked in. The light in the tent was much brighter, but Liuli was still sleeping soundly. Pei Xingjian sat by the bed and looked at it for a long time before calling softly, "Liuli."

The long eyelashes trembled, and Liuli opened her eyes in a daze. At first, there was an unfocused confusion in her eyes, and then she saw Pei Xingjian sitting by the bed. She blinked and a smile slowly bloomed on her face. A joyful smile.

Pei Xingjian felt hot and lowered his head to kiss her, but Liuli immediately covered her mouth, "It's so early in the morning, I haven't brushed... I haven't rinsed my teeth yet." He looked outside again, "What time is it? How long have you been up? "

Pei Xingjian couldn't help laughing, "It's almost noon."

Liuli got up in a flash, looked down, and swooped back in. She blushed and said, "You, get out first."

Pei Xingjian's eyes darkened, he reached out and held her in his arms with the quilt, lowered his head and kissed her. He didn't let go until he felt that the body in his hands had softened, and said with a smile, "I'll help you get dressed." ”

The clothes Liuli will wear today are placed on the bedside, a green damask woven flower string, a high-waisted short jacket with tooth-colored vermilion piping, six pomegranate skirts, an apricot-yellow halo shawl, and a white small handkerchief-sized piece. However, as soon as Pei Xingjian got it in his hand, Liuli snatched it away from him, and his face was so red that he could almost bleed.

Pei Xingjian looked at Liuli with a confused look, and Liuli looked at him almost pleadingly, "Keep your promise, can you go out first?"

Seeing him helplessly and amusedly shaking his head, turning around and walking out, Liuli let out a long breath. This is the little underwear she made for herself. She didn't wear it yesterday because she was wearing a big dress according to the rules, so she'd better wear it on weekdays to feel at ease. some. At this time, women had strapless bras, short bellybands and long underwear, but no underwear. It was only after she arrived at Anjia that she made a few pieces by herself, washing and drying them on weekdays. Like a thief, let alone asking him to put it on for me...

Her hands and feet were still a little weak. Liuli managed to put on all the clothes properly. She rolled up her hair and put on a pair of flat silk shoes. When she went out, she stumbled and almost fell out. She grabbed the curtain and stood. After a while, he felt better, and slowly walked outside Qinglu step by step.

Outside Qinglu, the sun had risen high, and the strong light made Liuli unable to open her eyes for a while. Fortunately, a hand immediately reached out, held her hand tightly, and led her slowly toward the room. Go. Just when walking, there were still waves of discomfort. Liuli tried to walk steadily and not to show any abnormalities, but the hand that was held too tightly still revealed some differences.

Pei Xingjian glanced at Liuli and frowned slightly, "Does it hurt?"

 “Not bad.”

 “Are you hungry?”

 “Some.”

 “Would you like to take a bath?”

Liuli finally raised her head and looked at him in surprise. Pei Xingjian's face was calm and calm, "I have asked them to boil the hot water. You can take a bath in the past. The breakfast in the kitchen has been prepared. After dinner, you can Do you want to rest at home or go out in the car?" He turned around and looked at her face carefully, "Let's rest at home today. If the weather is good tomorrow, I will tell the carriages and horses to prepare, and we will go to Qujiang. How about taking a break?"

Liuli looked at him, her brain a little short-circuited. Shouldn't she be the one to arrange these things and take good care of him?

 There are servants cleaning the yard in front. Walking back from the front yard with the green hut, passing through a screen door and two halls that separate the inner and outer yards, you will find the upper room. Along the way, from time to time, you can meet male servants wearing brand-new natural robes and maids and maids in blue shirts and white skirts. When everyone sees them, they salute respectfully, "I've seen Alang, Madam."

Liuli was walking in this completely unfamiliar yard, looking at these unfamiliar faces, and hearing this very new title, she felt dazed in her heart and could hardly believe that this was her home. Fortunately, as soon as he entered the courtyard of the upper room, A Ni and Xiao Tan came up with two other maids who did rough work. They saluted them with smiles. Liuli looked at these familiar faces and then Finally, I feel a little more at ease.

The bathtub in the clean room was filled with water of the right temperature. When she walked into the west room of the upper room refreshed, Xiaotan was setting the dining table. On the table was a hot plate of two jade noodle tips and one. A bowl of vegetable porridge, a bowl of wontons, two pancakes, two plates of pickles, and a plate of mutton... the large iron pear wood dining table with curved legs was half full. Liuli couldn't help being startled, "How can I eat so much?" Xiaotan laughed, "Alang said that he didn't know what you like to eat, so he asked the kitchen to prepare a few more things. If you love eating, let the kitchen cook again. ”

Liuli hurriedly waved her hands and knelt down on the bench that was more than a foot wide. She hadn't eaten much seriously since yesterday, and she was really hungry at this time. The cook in the kitchen was a gift from the Su family, and she was very skilled at cooking. Although it was a homemade trick, she made it extremely delicious. After eating a little bit, I feel eighty percent full. As soon as he put down the bowl and chopsticks, he saw Pei Xingjian striding in from outside. When he saw Liuli, he asked, "Have you eaten yet?" He walked over and looked at it again and said with a smile, "You're not picky, you just ate too much." A little less.”

Liuli nodded with a smile, "Don't worry, husband, I am not picky about words or clothes, and I eat very little so that I can maintain a tight diet."

Pei Xingjian stroked his chest and let out a long breath, "Being a husband is really good luck!"

Liuli smiled and asked, "Where were you just now?"

Pei Xingjian looked indifferent and said, "It's nothing. It's just that some purchasing matters have been taken care of."

Liuli suddenly didn’t know how to communicate. If he had done all these things, what else could he do? Is it really true that you sleep when you are full and eat when you wake up? And you still eat what he prepared?

Pei Xingjian looked at Liuli's stunned look and laughed, "I've moved into this house for more than ten days. Is it possible that I don't have to live in this house? I'm just used to dealing with these little things. After a few days, you'll have a good rest, no matter how hard you work. It won’t be too late, now the accountants and stewards in the mansion are all in place, so you don’t have to worry about any major expenses. If you want to take care of the affairs of the inner courtyard, just take care of it, if you don’t want us to buy a few more trustworthy people.”

Looking at Pei Xingjian, the words he said in the past seemed to ring in Liuli's ears again, "I will never let you work so hard" "I will never let you bear this"... She suddenly understood that Pei Xingjian was definitely serious. Yes, he really doesn’t want to see himself worrying about housework, but doesn’t he understand that as his wife, some things are her natural responsibility? Maybe it's not that he doesn't understand, it's just that the scars from the previous events were too deep, so that now it's obviously a bit too much! Liuli sighed inwardly, smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Pei Xingjian smiled obviously more cheerfully, "I have prepared something for you in the study, do you want to see it?"

The easternmost room in the upper room is the study room. You can see it by lifting the curtain. In the room, next to the south window is a tall desk with straight legs and a mud support. On it are placed pens, inks, paper and inkstones. To the north is a six-volume desk. Behind the screen is a couch with a screen placed against the wall. There is a desk on the couch, a few books piled randomly, as well as a few books, a hidden bag and other items. This is probably where Pei Xingjian usually reads. There were several bookcases standing side by side on the wall facing the door, and next to the door was a half-meter-high four-legged sandalwood cabinet. Liuli glanced at it several times, but didn't see anything prepared for him, but the six The curved sandalwood screen looked familiar—it was the hunting picture clip she first made for Pei Xingjian!

Liuli couldn't help but go up and take a closer look. She turned around and said with a smile, "Did you actually make another screen for the set I gave you? The plain ebony is exactly the right match for this valerian clip."

Pei Xingjian smiled and said nothing, Liuli was startled, and suddenly realized that she had lived in the Su family for so long, and had been to the study outside the warehouse and other places, but had never seen the hunting picture screen. Didn't he buy it as a birthday gift at all? of? Was he plotting against people from the beginning? Is this the surprise he is planning to give himself?

Liuli was about to glare at Pei Xingjian, but Pei Xingjian came up, took her hand, walked to the wall, and opened the door of a bookcase. Liuli looked inside and couldn't help but be stunned.

I saw that this bookcase was divided into three floors. On the first floor were more than twenty three-inch-high white porcelain amphora. On the second floor were neatly rolled cooked silk, desk paper, and hemp paper. The bottom layer is filled with large and small brushes. Liuli didn't care about anything else. She picked up the white porcelain bottles and opened them one by one to look at them: Sure enough, they were all kinds of paints that had been prepared! There are common green pollen and ocher gypsum, as well as rare gold mud and mica powder. You can tell at a glance that they are extremely finely made.

Liuli looked at these familiar colors and couldn't believe her eyes. There were not many types of paints for painting at this time, and most of the finished products purchased on the market were crudely made. Since Liuli came to Anjia to work as a painter, he often had to buy paints by himself to wash, clear, fly, drop and grind them. , can it be used seriously in paintings. Later, when I entered the palace, I saved a lot of effort because the paints prepared in the palace were quite detailed and thorough. She had hardly written a book in the past six months after leaving the palace. Although busy, it was also because the things at hand were really difficult to use. Unexpectedly, he quietly prepared such a complete set...

Liuli held several jars in his hands and looked at them for a long time, then dipped his fingers in paint and looked at the light carefully for a while. Then he came back to his senses and asked Pei Xingjian, "How did you get these?"

Pei Xingjian just smiled lightly, "It's nothing, I just annoyed a few more friends."

Liuli couldn't help but sigh, "You don't know, these things look simple, but they are really troublesome to make, but they are really well made, and you can't buy anything like this anymore. There are so many, and they are enough for me to use for several years." !”

Pei Xingjian raised the corners of his mouth even higher. How could he not know how troublesome it would be to do this? The jars of cinnabar here were made by himself. He bought good cinnabar and grinded it finely, added glue, and splashed it with water. He had to go back and forth several times to get the colors of first cinnabar, second cinnabar, and fat cinnabar. The first time he tried to paint all the paint, he had a headache as to why she preferred painting instead of writing. But now when he saw her eyes sparkling and her smile blooming, he suddenly felt that she really liked painting. It's also a good thing.

Liuli was seen holding the jar filled with Zhu Bi, her eyes rolled a few times, and she suddenly smiled and said, "Keep your promise, can I draw a portrait for you?"

  p.s. Zhu Bi: The color used to paint flesh color in traditional Chinese painting.

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