Wishful Things

Following his memory, King Yan approached a courtyard.

In front of the courtyard, a woman brought a maidservant and was about to lock her up—this courtyard was tidied up in advance, and it was the dignified main courtyard of the mansion, but today the prince insisted that he would live in the Mingjian Hall by name.

"In terms of location and lighting in Mingjian Hall, how can it compare to this place?" The servant girl said in a low voice: "They all said today that the prince thought that the former princess died prematurely in this courtyard, and he disliked this courtyard as unlucky, so he didn't want to live in it..."

"That happened many years ago, and the yard has been repaired more than once, even if there is really something dirty, it should have been cleaned up long ago..."

The mother-in-law turned around as she spoke, and suddenly saw King Yan standing not far away, her expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly knelt down to salute: "My lord..."

The servant girl also knelt down, her face pale and bloodless.

"Stand back."

There was no emotion in the man's calm voice.

"Yes... the servant girl will leave."

The mother-in-law got up and hurried away with her maid.

After walking for a while, he suddenly stopped and looked back.

The servant girl was still in shock, looked at the mother-in-law and asked, "Nurse, what's the matter..."

The woman held the key in her hand, shook her head after all, and continued to walk forward.

She was frightened for a moment, otherwise she should have asked the prince if he needed the key to the yard...

But now they are all gone, one more thing is worse than one less thing, and the prince may not just want to go in, maybe he is just passing by.

Hearing the sound of footsteps going away, King Yan came to the courtyard wall, stepped on the wall, jumped onto the top of the wall, and jumped into the courtyard.

After looking around the courtyard for a while, he came to the hall and bedroom, and felt that what he saw was more unfamiliar than familiar.

But there are still subtleties, and there are still traces that overlap with his memory.

The Golden Crow has quietly slid to the west mountain, only separated by a tightly closed carved window, the outside is golden and dim, and the room has been plunged into murky darkness.

Yan Wang sat down slowly in a huanghuali comb-back chair, as if trying to feel the old shadows of the past.

The sky was getting darker, the darkness devoured the last ray of yellow, and the room was completely dark. The man sitting there seemed to be one with the silent silence.

After an unknown amount of time, the man left the inner room and walked out step by step.

The full moon was already hanging high, and the moonlight set off the courtyard more and more peacefully.

Under the courtyard wall, a plum tree quietly accepts the baptism of the moonlight.

The plum tree that was originally planted by the hostess of this yard has not been pruned for a long time, and no one remembers to take care of it and water it. Only relying on the care of the sun and rain, it has survived so brutally and recklessly.

The tall and tall man stood beside the plum tree and never left until late at night.

...

The next day, the morning sun broke through the clouds, and the sky and the earth were bright and prosperous.

Xu Mingyi came to the princess mansion early in the morning.

Lord Zhen Guo led the army to go to the expedition. Princess Yufeng was afraid that his friend would be in a panic at home alone, so he sent a special post yesterday, asking his friend to come to his house as a guest.

"You said it was a guest, but you are asking me to help you look after the children."

In the yard, Xu Mingyi played shuttlecock with the eldest princess for a long time, complaining to his friends who were sitting on the side porch drinking tea and watching.

"Xie Dingning has been particularly uneasy recently. If someone doesn't pay close attention, she will run out. I just want to find someone to tire her out. Why don't you kick her?" Princess Yufeng looked at her friend who came over, without any guilt.

"tired."

Xu Mingyi threw the shuttlecock in his hand to Ah Kui.

Ordinarily, it is more appropriate for Ah Zhu to do this kind of work, but considering the safety of the game, it is obviously more appropriate for Ah Kui.

"Really tired?" Princess Yufeng handed a cup of tea to her friend, blinked her eyes and suggested, "Then why not, go to my yard and let's listen to the music?"

Xu Mingyi took a sip of tea: "Then I'd better kick the shuttlecock with you."

Her grandfather had just led the army out of the capital, so it would be strange for her to feel uneasy if she indulged in such extravagance.

"Wu Hao came to the capital, and you don't even dare to listen to the little song?" Princess Yufeng seemed to have discovered some great secret: "Xu Zhaozhao, I didn't realize it. If you are a man, you are a very strict wife!"

"...Besides these things in your mind all day long, is there anything else you can do? Even if you put some water in it, it would be good to help you wash it." Xu Mingyi took a tangerine and peeled it in his hands as he spoke.

When Princess Yufeng was about to answer the conversation again, a servant girl came over and said, "Princess, His Royal Highness King Yan is here, saying that he is here to see His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."

Xu Mingyi paused when he peeled the orange.

It really came.

"King Yan?" Princess Yufeng reacted for a moment, then turned her head to look at her mother who was having fun playing shuttlecock with Ah Kui, and beckoned: "Xie Dingning, come here quickly, your second brother sees you coming!"

"Second brother?"

The eldest princess immediately dropped the shuttlecock in her hand and looked around: "Where is the person?"

Princess Yufeng looked at the maid who sent the message: "Hurry up and invite people in—"

The servant girl responded and hurried to go.

Xu Mingyi and Princess Yufeng stood up from the cushions, and tidied up their dresses and grooming each other.

Not long after, King Yan appeared in the sight of everyone with an attendant.

Facing this prince who was very unfamiliar to most people, everyone saluted one after another.

"Where's my second brother?"

The eldest princess began to ask anxiously.

When Mother Jiang was about to speak, she saw that King Yan had already walked over with his hands behind his back, and asked with a smile, "Dingning, do you recognize Second Brother? You can't even recognize anyone. Next time I come back, I won't buy you candied haws."

The eldest princess looked at him in a daze, and couldn't help asking, "...are there candied haws?"

King Yan took out the candied haws hidden behind his back, and the eldest princess reached out to take it, but he suddenly moved away, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Now do you know who I am?"

"It's the second brother! I can hear your voice! Why do you have a beard all over your face now?"

King Yan immediately smiled when he heard the words, and then handed over the candied haws in his hand.

The eldest princess took a bite with a smile, lifted her chin triumphantly, and raised the candied haws in her hand in the direction of Princess Yufeng.

Princess Yufeng snorted lightly.

Relying on having the backing of the second brother, show off to her.

But she is not allowed to eat candied haws on weekdays, is it because of her teeth?

What I have to say is that this kind of hard work puts on a black face and does not allow your children to eat sweets. As a result, the relatives who come to the door bring a box of caramel, which makes the children smile. At this time, if you stop it, it will be disappointing. So you can only watch the child eat, and when she takes a bite, your teeth will unconsciously clenched...

It really makes people feel so complicated that they don't want to be a mother anymore in this life.