Vol 2 Chapter 439: Encounter in the garden

On this day, Zhao Yingqiu and Yan Ningshuang came out of the old concubine's Shou'an Hall.
"Why have you always been inconsistent lately? The old princess asked you just now and you are still distracted." Zhao Yingqiu asked Yan Ningshuang with concern.
Yan Ningshuang shook his head and said nothing.
Zhao Yingqiu sighed, and stepped forward and took Yan Ningshuang's arm: "Ningshuang, you will be returning to Beijing in three days. Unfortunately, I am not going back with you this time. I don't know if I still have the same in this life. For the chance of family meeting, can you bring me a few letters to my mother and my sisters in the family?" Zhao Yingqiu has been given a marriage, so she will stay in Yunyang City to be married.
Zhao Yingqiu's words made Yan Ningshuang's complexion darker. Those who wanted to stay couldn't stay, but those who didn't want to stay stayed. It was really good luck.
"Okay..." Yan Ningshuang replied, pursing her lips.
"Thank you, Ningshuang." Zhao Yingqiu said gratefully. Seeing that Yan Ningshuang was not in good spirits, she thought about it and proposed, "Why don't I accompany you to stroll around in the garden?"
On weekdays, Yan Ningshuang likes to stroll in the courtyard of the Yanbei Palace. Of course, she is not going to see the flowers and plants. She just wants to try her luck and see if she can meet the person she wants to meet. Unfortunately, she never did so, so now Yan Ningshuang The enthusiasm for visiting the yard is also lacking.
Seeing Yan Ningshuang shook his head, Zhao Yingqiu said again: "I heard that Young Master Xiao asked him to get more than a dozen pots of camellia, and put them in the greenhouse at the back of Tingyuan for people to take care of. Don't you also like camellia? Why don't we go and take a look. "Tingyuan Garden is one of the three major gardens in the Yanbei Palace, because it is far from the Zhaoning Palace where Xiao Jing lives west, so Yan Ningshuang rarely goes there on weekdays.
Yan Ningshuang was a little moved when she heard the words, but couldn't help but wondered: "How did you know that Young Master Xiao let someone get a camellia into the mansion?" She paid attention to Xiao Jingxi's news most often. There is no reason Zhao Yingqiu knew she didn't know.
Zhao Yingqiu smiled helplessly and said, "I heard the maid in the Shou'an Hall just when we went to treat the old princess. Didn't you hear? If you don't believe me, ask your maid."
Yan Ningshuang looked back at her maid Ping'er. She brought this maid from home. There are many rules in the Yanbei Palace. She and Zhao Yingqiu each brought only two of their own maids by their side, or the old princess was afraid that they would not The convenience is particularly allowed.
Ping'er nodded quickly: "Yes, Miss, the slave and maid also heard it. You were thinking about things and didn't pay attention."
Yan Ningshuang thought that she was really absent-minded when she was in the Shou'an Temple, so she cheered up and nodded: "Let's take a look."
The two took them to Tingyuan.
The Yanbei Palace didn't restrict Yan Ningshuang and Zhao Yingqiu's actions too much. They were generally women who did not go to the outer court, but they could still stroll around in the inner court except for a few palaces. However, it is unclear whether anyone is responsible for watching them in the dark.
The warm house in Tingyuan is filled with precious flowers and plants. Although it is called the warm house, it is actually a relatively large yard with small bridges and flowing water, and the arches are built like a Jiangnan garden.
The overall architectural style of Yanbei Palace is more than majestic, but lacking in exquisiteness. The towering trees and flowers among the buildings are rare, because the previous kings of Yanbei did not like these fancy things. Tingyuan is still the job. After Xiao Yan, the king of Yanbei, married his wife, he was specially rectified for the princess. So things like these flowers and plants are kept in several gardens.
Camellia, afraid of the wind and welcoming the sun, was placed in the courtyard outside the greenhouse. As soon as Yan Ningshuang entered, she saw a tall figure wearing an ink-colored gown standing in front of a pot of eighteen bachelors with her back facing them, seeming to be enjoying the flowers .
Yan Ningshuang stared at the figure in a daze for a while. After reacting, her face was suddenly full of joy. She ignored the presence of Zhao Yingqiu, and quickly walked a few steps behind the man, and called out in surprise: "Xiao...Young Master Xiao. "
Upon hearing this, the man turned to look at Xiang Yan Ningshuang. At first he was a little confused, and then a smile slowly appeared on his face: "This lady...recognizes me?"
Yan Ningshuang couldn't help but stunned after seeing the man's face clearly. This man was not Xiao Jingxi, although their backs were somewhat similar, and they looked at the same age. Although this young man's appearance can be considered handsome, but compared with Xiao Er Young Master, it is much worse, and when he laughed, he looked a little bit ridiculous with a joke.
When Yan Ningshuang saw that she had admitted the wrong person, she couldn't help making a big blush. Although she couldn't help herself when facing Xiao Jingxi, she was bolder and more courageous, but it was not like that in front of other men.
"I'm sorry, I...I admitted wrong." Yan Ningshuang took a step back quickly.
The man raised his eyebrows, his eyes swept over her unscrupulously, and then looked at Zhao Yingqiu, who was walking behind Yan Ningshuang. After thinking about it, his face showed a dazed expression: "I remember. , I heard that two beauties from the capital have lived in the mansion, are you?"
Zhao Yingqiu guessed his identity and immediately pulled Yan Ningshuang on her knees and saluted: "I have seen Young Master Xiao Xiao."
It turned out to be Xiao Jingyue, the third son of the Xiao family. No wonder that Yan Ningshuang couldn't help but look disappointed when he looked at his back and looked a little like Xiao Jingxi.
Xiao Jingyue's gaze stayed on Yan Ningshuang, naturally seeing the disappointment in Miss Yan's eyes, and his smile couldn't help but bring some interest.
"Who did Miss Yan recognize me just now? I look a lot like that person?" Xiao Jingyue asked with a smile.
Yan Ningshuang did not have a good impression of the third son of Xiao Jingxi who was similar to Xiao Jingxi, and even a little disliked the similarity between the two, and her face returned to the indifference that she had with other men in daily life: "I was wrong. , It's not like it actually."
Xiao Jingyue refused to let her go. He still smiled and said: "You just called'Young Master Xiao'. The only person in this house who can be called Young Master Xiao is my second brother Xiao Jingxi. Miss just now Is it him who is calling?"
Yan Ningshuang pursed her lips and said nothing.
Zhao Yingqiu hurriedly helped Yan Ningshuang get out of the siege: "I didn't expect to meet Xiao San Gongzi. We were rude and interrupted your flower viewing. Please forgive Xiao San Gongzi."
Xiao Jingyue chuckled and blinked: "Why are you bothering? I'm just thinking that I'm boring to enjoy the flowers by myself. The two ladies are just here."
Seeing this person's words and deeds, Yan Ningshuang felt more and more that she was fainted by admitting that this person was mistaken as Xiao Jingxi. She didn't want to socialize with Xiao Jingyue, so she said, "I'm a little uncomfortable, so I'll go back."
When Zhao Yingqiu saw her saying that she was leaving, she quickly said, "Then I'll accompany you back." Then she smiled apologetically to Xiao Jingyue, "San Gongzi, we are lost."
Xiao Jingyue still looked at them with a smile and didn't stop him. He just waited until Yan Ningshuang turned around and said slowly: "My second brother doesn't visit the garden very often on weekdays, because his body is not good enough to blow the wind. But he There is a small flower house near Zhaoning Hall. The flowers and plants in it are all taken care of by him himself. Do you want to check it out?"
Yan Ningshuang stopped immediately, and the smile on Xiao Jingyue's face couldn't help but become more obvious and meaningful.
Sure enough, Yan Ningshuang turned around and asked, "Isn't Zhaoning Hall not allowed to be entered?" She hasn't been there, but Xiao Jingxi's Zhaoning Hall clearly does not have more guards than other places. , But only if someone gets closer, they will be blocked by someone who suddenly doesn't know where they are coming out, and they can't get close at all.
Xiao Jingyue didn't know where he changed a folding fan, and while turning it in his hand, he smiled and said, "I don't want outsiders to enter, am I an outsider?"
Yan Ningshuang really took the bait: "Then Third Young Master Xiao can take us in?"
Xiao Jingyue tapped his chin with a folding fan, and blinked, "If the beauty wants to go, I can naturally take you there."
Yan Ningshuang regained some luster in her eyes.
Xiao Jingyue looked at the sky again now: "It's almost noon now, and I will have dinner soon. My second brother is not in the house now. But Miss Yan really wants to do it now. If I go, I am also happy to accompany you."
Yan Ningshuang wanted to go to Xiao Jingxi’s flower house because it was a drunkard who didn’t want to drink. Hearing that Xiao Jingxi is not in the house now, he quickly said:
Since the second son Xiao is not in the house now, let’s wait until he comes back. Otherwise, it would be inappropriate to rush over."
Xiao Jingyue looked at her for a while, smiled and slowly unfolded the folding fan and slowly fanned it: "Since this is the case, let's wait until my second brother comes back. Where are the two living now? I will send someone to find you. "
Zhao Yingqiu glanced at Yan Ningshuang and stopped talking, but Yan Ningshuang still told Xiao Jingyue where he was now.
Xiao Jingyue took notes with a smile, Yan Ningshuang and Zhao Yingqiu said goodbye to him and left Tingyuan.
Xiao Jingyue stood in the courtyard with a smile and watched their backs disappear into the corner of the courtyard’s corridor. He smiled and stretched out his hand to pluck a camellia on the tip of his nose and sniffed, intoxicated and muttered softly: "Sure enough, the flowers are still Others smell it!"
After leaving Tingyuan, Zhao Yingqiu softly persuaded Yan Ningshuang: "Ningshuang, this Young Master Xiao is looking at something...we better not contact him too much."
Yan Ningshuang thought of Xiao Jingyue's appearance, and felt that this person looked a little unreliable, but she still didn't want to let go of the opportunity to approach Xiao Jingxi: "We came to Yanbei on the will of the Queen Mother, what else can he do to us? When the time comes, bring a few more people around and it will be fine."
Seeing this, Zhao Yingqiu sighed and stopped talking.
Yan Ningshuang glanced at her, hesitatingly said: "If you don't want to go... then I'll go by myself."
Zhao Yingqiu heard the words and thought for a while: "I'll still be with you? If anything happens, I can take care of it."
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