Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

"girl!"

He Lanting went to visit his former classmate's home yesterday. The two talked about the past and the present, and had a great time. They stayed at his classmate's home late at night. This morning, they had breakfast and went to visit their teacher. At noon, they declined the teacher's wife's invitation to stay for dinner and rode back on horseback.

Along the way, I smelled the fragrance of osmanthus wafting from every house and courtyard, and recalled the osmanthus wine I drank with my classmates last night. Suddenly, I remembered the osmanthus forest in the southwest corner of my own house. Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, and now should be the best season for osmanthus. So when I reached the southwest corner gate, I dismounted, let Heng Zhi lead the horse into the house through the side door, and I entered the corner gate and walked alone towards the osmanthus garden.

Who knew that just when he walked not far from the garden, he saw a man standing stealthily at the door, looking around curiously, and looking back into the garden from time to time.

He hadn't seen who this person was yet, but he saw that person suddenly shouted "Miss" as if he had seen a ghost, and then ran into the garden like a rabbit. The voice sounded familiar, and He Lanting thought so, but suddenly a light bulb went off in his head. Isn't this the voice of Xueyun, the maidservant beside Lin Xi? Then the Miss she called must be...

Thinking of Xueyun's quick and short "girl", He Lanting was startled and quickly quickened his pace and ran towards the garden.

Lin Xi thought to herself that something was wrong the moment her foot slipped, and she quickly spit out the flower branch in her mouth, folded her hands behind her head, bent her waist and knees, and tried to adjust her body into a bow shape to protect her important parts. However, she fell too fast, and before she could adjust her posture, she fell to the ground in an instant.

However, the expected pain did not come, and she fell on her buttocks, sinking into something soft.

The moment Xueyun saw Lin Xi slipping from the tree, her heart jumped into her throat and she ran towards this side like crazy, wanting to catch her young lady.

However, the garden gate was at least two meters away from the osmanthus tree where Lin Xi was. How could she, who had grown up in a large mansion, run so fast in an instant? Therefore, before she reached the osmanthus tree, Lin Xi fell to the ground with a thud, which frightened her so much that her eyes were red and tears welled up in an instant.

"Don't cry, I'm fine." Without waiting for Xueyun to stumble over to her, Lin Xi crawled out from a pile of dry grass, with some grass leaves still stuck to her messy hair.

"Miss..." Xue Yun's crying stopped abruptly. She watched Lin Xi nimbly emerge from the haystack. Her mind went blank for a moment before she realized that nothing was wrong with her girl. She wiped the tears from her face and ran to Lin Xi.

"It's really horrifying. It's such a blessing, such a blessing." After helping Lin Xi up and examining her carefully, Xue Yun was relieved to confirm that she had no other injuries except for some scratches on the back of her hands and the back of her neck.

Lin Xi did not expect that she was so lucky. Although she knew that she reacted in time and would not be seriously injured even if she really fell, who could have thought that the servants who were resting in the garden would pile the cut dead grass under the tree, which just saved her.

Lin Xi patted the grass leaves on her body, picked up the flower branches that fell on the grass and looked at them. Seeing that the flower buds on them were still alive, she breathed a sigh of relief. Xue Yun tidied her dress for her and said with lingering fear: "Girl, don't do such risky things next time. Let's go back."

"Okay, let's go back." Lin Xi comforted Xue Yun, glanced at her casually, and took Xue Yun out of the garden.

After the two figures gradually disappeared, He Lanting appeared from behind the thick branch. Just now, after hearing Xue Yun's exclamation, he also ran over here, but he was far away. When he was about to run under the tree, Xue Yun had already helped Lin Xi up. Seeing that the two were about to turn their heads to look over here, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he dodged and hid behind the tree.

With just a quick glance, Lin Xi's appearance was engraved in his heart. Compared to her pale and shaky appearance when they quarreled two months ago, she seemed to have lived well in the past two months. She was light and her eyes were bright. Although she was a little embarrassed because she fell into the haystack, her face was ruddy and there was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, just like a dewy rose in the morning light, bright and full of vitality.

Perhaps this is her original appearance, bold and confident, making people unable to take their eyes off her, and making him feel ashamed and dare not meet her.

A gentle breeze blew by, bringing with it a shower of flowers that fell all over Helan Ting. His thoughts couldn't help but go back to half a month ago, when he had become famous for his poem "Donglin Fu" at an elegant gathering and had become famous in Jiankang, and was summoned into the palace by the current emperor.

In the East Hall, the over-40 Emperor Hui Xiao Chong had a kind face and admiring eyes. He called He Lanting to stand up as if he was looking at his own youngster. "The He family is Pingchuan, it's really as rumored, with orchids and jade trees, and beautiful as jade, and has the demeanor of your father."

He Lanting was tall and slender, wearing a jade-colored wide-sleeved gown, a jade crown on his head, snow-white skin and black hair, and he was truly a noble and elegant person. After hearing the praise from Emperor Hui, he did not show the slightest bit of arrogance, but bowed respectfully, then stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed to accept your praise. I have not been to the palace for many years, and Your Majesty is as elegant as ever."

Seeing Helan Ting's actions, Emperor Hui's eyes were filled with satisfaction, and his face was even more amiable. "When you entered the palace with your father, you dared to pull my sleeve and ask me to take you on a horse. Now, after only a few years, why are you still separated from me?"

"When I was young, I felt deeply your majesty's kindness and wanted to be close to you, so I acted so rudely and haven't entered the palace for many years. Now that I have finally seen your majesty, your majesty is so extraordinary that I naturally admire you with all my heart." He Lanting showed a trace of embarrassment of a young man whose embarrassing story was exposed, and then as if he had finally mustered up the courage, he boldly raised his head and looked directly at Emperor Hui, his clear eyes full of admiration.

Emperor Hui did not feel offended by being stared at directly. Instead, he generously allowed Helan Ting to look at him. Then he smiled heartily and waved Helan Ting to come forward. "You are really a good son of He Bairen. You have inherited his ability to be good at dealing with people. I heard that you are good at reading and writing fu. The poem "Donglin" has surpassed Jiankang's talent by half. Even a young child can recite the line 'The phoenix flies in Donglin, willing to look after the marquis of Wanhu'."

He Lanting just bowed and said he dared not. Seeing his humble attitude, Emperor Hui asked him some more ideas about governing the country. He Lanting expressed his opinions one by one. Emperor Hui listened and nodded repeatedly. It was not until the sun was setting that he finally waved his hand and said loudly: "Although it is a bit immature, it is rare at your age. Three years ago, when you went to my house to study, I wanted to give you the position of the prince of the Duke's Mansion, but Bai Ren said that you still had many shortcomings. Now it seems that it is just right. Go back. The decree to confer the title of prince will come down tomorrow."

He Lanting was stunned when he heard this, but it was not because of the honor of being canonized, but because he suddenly remembered what Xie said to him before she raised the ruler that day.

"But I know that you are a very arrogant person." "Your father said that you still have many shortcomings." These two sentences spoken by different people strangely overlapped at this moment.

It turns out that from the beginning to the end, father and mother are the people who understand oneself best.