If you don't go to the house, you are not a gentleman

Fan Xi sneered and looked at the rows of small characters on the tea set.

Laughing at fame and fortune, I just want to live in peace and contentment, but I can't help the world.

Fan Xi groaned coldly in his heart, and held the lid of the pot again, which was still engraved: Merry Falling, Wangchuan Three Ways, Mei Blooms at the beginning of spring, and there is nowhere to keep promises.

The indifference at this moment turned into astonishment.

Could it be that An Le had already guessed that he would reject that cup of plum blossom tea?

In a daze, Fan Xi got a cup of tea for himself, holding a white jade teacup in his hand. It was originally a pair, but An Le had already broken the other one, and the fragments were still lying in the snow.

Looking down at the floating red plum petals, suddenly, the clear tea magnified the last three sentences at the bottom of the teacup: but lamented that life would be difficult to count, only walking with hands behind hands, laughing on the road to the underworld——

Laughing into Huangquan Road.

Fan Xi stared blankly at the last sentence, his hands trembled slightly for a moment, and the tea water rippled.

It seemed that An Le could still see a slightly sly smile in front of her eyes, but her beautiful thin lips said, "If His Highness pushes me to go on the road, I will also walk on the road to Huangquan with a smile."

bump!

Fan Xi suddenly punched the table, and the teacup was pinched almost to pieces.

The servant girls outside the door were frightened, but no one dared to go in and have a look.

While the servants were whispering, a tall and indifferent woman came slowly.

A servant girl saw her and hurriedly said: "Emei, Your Highness is angry again."

Emei frowned slightly, and said to the closed door, "Your Highness—"

It took a long time for a muffled response to come from inside the door, "Who?"

"Emei."

"……Come in."

Emei gently pushed the door open, and closed the door again after entering.

Fan Xi was sitting in front of the table, he heard Emei's footsteps, but he did not raise his eyes, just looked down at the bright red petals floating in the teacup.

"Emei, the tea is cold."

Emei said: "My maid, go warm—"

"No need, it will be cold to swallow in the end."

Emei glanced at the small characters engraved on the teapot.

"Your Highness." Emei hesitated for a long time before saying: "Your Highness, why don't you go and see Prime Minister Mo Zuo."

Fan Xi didn't respond.

Emei continued: "Every time your Highness encounters troubles, you will go to talk to Mo Zuoxiang. I heard that the flower pond yard in Zuoxiang's mansion is very beautiful. Your Highness should go and sit down—"

"Mo Xinwang also has his own business to attend to." Fan Xi interrupted.

Emei is silent.

Fan Xi suddenly changed the subject and said, "Emei, how many years have you been with me?"

Emei replied: "Four years."

Fan Xi said: "Don't you miss your hometown? I remember your hometown is in Jiangnan, right?"

Emei lowered her eyes and said: "His Royal Highness, after all, no one will ask the maid to go back. What are you going to do?"

Fan Xi said, "Jiangnan is warmer, so the tea won't cool down so quickly..."

The two were silent again.

Finally, Fan Xi whispered: "Go down first."

Before Emei left, he said: "Your Highness, Prime Minister Qu You is in charge of the imperial examination this time, and Prime Minister Mo Zuo should not be too busy."

"..."

Emei finally sighed and backed away.

Fan Xi was silent for a long time, and finally picked up a pen.

……

Zuo Xiangfu.

Lanyue lay on Mo Xianwang's left knee, and said in a daze, "My lord..."

Mo Xinwang touched Lanyue's head and said, "What's wrong?"

"What are you doing?"

Mo Xin looked at and pointed to the next chessboard that was being fought.

He smiled and said, "I'm playing chess."

Ruoyang came running from one end of the corridor, "My lord, His Royal Highness the Third Prince has arrived."

Mo Xinwang seemed to have expected it a long time ago, "Please come in."

Fan Xi followed Ruoyang and stepped into the elegant pavilion.

He lowered his head and glanced at the chess game that Mo Xinwang was pointing at.

The black and white sides are tied.

Fan Xi suddenly asked, "Are you black or white?"

Mo looked forward to the same smile, "I am both black and white."

"Why are you willing to let Qu Wen take charge of the imperial examination this time?"

"I also get tired sometimes."

Mo Xinwang let him search for topics indiscriminately, and waited patiently for him to get back to the main topic.

The two children had already retreated, so Fan Xi took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, the ink on it was still wet.

Mo Xinwang took over and unfolded.

Fan Xi said: "What do you think he means?"

Mo Xinwang pointed to the last sentence and said with a smile: "It means provocation."

Fan Xi raised his eyebrows, he couldn't read any provocative meaning from the sentence "Laughing into Huangquan Road".

"How to tell?"

Mo Tanwang's smile deepened, "If he really wanted to 'laugh into the underworld', he would not have escaped."

Fan Xi said: "He almost hit the road."

Mo Xinwang shrugged his shoulders and said, "According to what I know about him, he is not such a person. How could such a carefree person be willing to die like this? It's just a provocation."

"Is it just provocative?"

The corners of Mo Xinwang's mouth turned up, and his eyes also changed. Fan Xi had never seen him smile like this.

"Your Highness, this is still an acrostic poem."

……

Going northwest from the capital, in front of the Tianshan Mountains is a mountain range covered with snow-colored tips. It is famous for the colorful plums blooming on the mountainside, and it is praised as "Mei Xueling".

There are three ridges in Meixueling, and the one that Anle went to was the opposite ridge.

The trees at the foot of the mountain were verdant and overgrown with weeds, and there was no trace of human habitation at all. After a little effort, An Le only walked for a short distance.

Gradually, there is a green and strong bamboo forest in front of you, and the moss is all over your feet, and you will slip and fall if you are not careful.An Le was very familiar with this section of the road, and soon reached the mountainside.

The mountainside is another scene.

The large flat land and the beautiful scenery of a paradise, although there are no peach blossoms flying around, but the few red plums are very eye-catching, and a sense of arrogance blows towards the face.Looking from a distance, you can still vaguely see the cornices of the pavilion.The crisp sound of Feng Duo is next to my ears.

An Le couldn't help but feel at ease, after all, this is where he stayed for nearly 15 years.

The little boy in front of the door couldn't help being overjoyed to see An Le.

"You, are you back?"

An Le patted the boy on the head, "Yes, I'm back. Where's my master?"

"Sir is in Yige."

An Le heard the words, smiled and walked towards Yige.

After bypassing many attics, the aroma of plum blossoms does not dissipate, lingering in the nostrils, especially refreshing.

Yi Pavilion is not high, only two floors.But there are many wind bells hanging on each floor, and the crisp sound of the wind blowing past washes the ears.

An Le flew and landed on the railing on the second floor.

With the doors and windows open, you can have a panoramic view of the room.An Le smiled and looked at the thin and elegant figure with his back turned to him, playing chess alone.

Immortal in white clothes, detached from the worldly leisure, every gesture is full of ease and yearning for ease.

"Why, after only so many years, have you forgotten the principle of respecting teachers?"

When a clear voice came, An Le narrowed her eyes with a smile.

"master--"