leaf shadow by the pool

Chapter 4

Seeing that Ye Ying was in a daze at the peach tree again, He Linyuan didn't call him.Just watched him quietly.

Ye Ying is wearing a moon white body with silver and white dark lines today, with azure blue edges, and a blue belt tied around her waist with tassels on both ends of the belt, and a jade pendant hanging on the side of her waist.Thinking about it, that jade pendant was a crown gift from He Linyuan.It makes Ye Ying very good-looking and looks like a young man.

Ye Ying's fair skin and big eyes are watery, prettier than a girl's, and her eyelashes are quite long.He Linyuan just likes to see Ye Ying's big eyes open and blinking, like that little fox in the mountains, his eyes are both stupid and shrewd.

Ye Ying realized that she was lost in thought again, she couldn't help being a little embarrassed, so she quickly found something to say. "The peach blossoms are blooming well this year. The last time I came here, they haven't bloomed yet, but today they are already full of branches." Ye Ying said, looking at the lush peach blossom tree in the yard.

"En." He Linyuan looked at Ye Ying and said.

"This year you also want to send me some peach blossoms to make wine." Ye Ying walked towards the peach blossom tree with a smile.

"Well, okay, I'll give it all to you, and I'll send it to you in a few days." He Linyuan looked at Ye Ying under the peach tree and said.The pink peach blossoms on the tree also make the leaves reflect the peach blossoms on people's faces, which is very beautiful.

"Then I'll send you a few jars when it's ready." Ye Ying looked up at the peach blossoms on the tree, and reached out to pick one.Then he slowly turned his head to look at He Linyuan, and saw that He Linyuan was looking at him, calm on the surface, but his heart was about to explode.

Ye Ying didn't speak either.The two stared at each other in silence.

Ye Chen, who was standing behind watching the two of them, felt complicated, did you ask me to watch the flirting between you two! ! !I want to go back! ! !Ye Chen roared in his heart, but his face remained calm.

After a while, the silence was broken by the housekeeper of the He residence.

"My lord, General Ling is here to visit." Steward Zheng stepped forward and said.

When Ye Ying heard this, she quickly turned her head and coughed twice to ease the embarrassment.

He Linyuan said lightly, "Okay, I see. Ask him to go to the front hall, and I'll be right there." Zheng Butler went to greet General Ling Xichi when he got the words.

Ye Ying also said, "If you have something to do, do it first, then I will go back first. I just remembered that I still have something to do." Ye Ying finally remembered that he still had something to do.

Seeing Ye Ying leaving in a hurry, He Linyuan didn't hold back much.

"Okay," He Linyuan said briefly, perhaps also feeling a little embarrassed. "Do you want me to send someone to take you?"

"No, no. I just need Ye Chen to accompany me." Ye Ying waved his hand.

He Linyuan gave Ye Chen a complicated look.Ye Chen turned his head away from He Linyuan's eyes.

After leaving the He Mansion, Ye Ying took Ye Chen to Jubao Pavilion and picked things for Ye Hongxin.

When He Linyuan came to the front hall, he saw Ling Xichi dressed up, sitting on a chair drinking tea.

Seeing He Linyuan coming, Ling Xi stood up and said, "You counted it, I've been waiting for you for a long time." The two share similar interests and have a very good personal relationship.

"What do you need from me?" He Linyuan asked aloud.

"Oh, it's a long story." Ling Xi sat back and frowned and took a sip of tea.

As soon as He Linyuan heard the tone of his words, he knew that things were extraordinary.Immediately said sternly, "What's the matter?"

"Half a month ago, I was still fighting in the frontier. During the battle, I found a spy who secretly sent news of our battle to Xitu Kingdom, and I caught him."

Is there such a thing?He Linyuan murmured in his heart.

Ling Xichi went on to say, "I thought it was a spy sent by Xitu Kingdom, but I found out it wasn't when I pressed him. Guess who sent it?" Ling Xichi made a fool of himself.

"...how do I know that?" He Linyuan really wanted to strangle him to death.

"It's from Duan Zhiqi." Ling Xichi whispered next to He Linyuan's ear.

He Linyuan was shocked in his heart, it is possible that this period of Zhiqi wanted to rebel.Duan Zhiqi is the cousin of the current Holy Majesty, he was entrusted with the title of Marquis of Zhengyuan and stationed in the northwest area, but it is close to Xitu Kingdom.

"Originally, I wanted to secretly escort the spies back to Beijing, but the assassin succeeded halfway, and now I only brought back a corpse, and there is no proof of death."

He Linyuan wondered if Zheng Yuanhou's strength had reached such a level that he dared to put eyeliner beside Ling Xichi.

"I'm returning to Beijing this time to let the emperor pay more attention to the movements of Marquis Zhengyuan. The emperor ordered me to come and tell you that you must pay close attention to the situation in the court and China and Duan Zhiqi's movements." Ling Xichi said seriously.

Ling Xichi then said, "I'll go to the mansion of Facial Paralysis later and tell him about it." Facial Paralysis is what Ling Xichi called Yu Ze, who made Yu Ze always keep a straight face, as if the whole world It's the same as having nothing to do with him.

"Yeah. It's good to let Yu Ze know." He Linyuan replied lightly.

"Speaking of what you were doing just now, I've been waiting for a while." Ling Xichi asked He Linyuan curiously.

"I didn't do anything, I just met someone and chatted for a while before you came." He Linyuan turned a blind eye to Ling Xichi's smile, turned his head and took a sip of tea to cover up his embarrassment.

"Who is it? It's the second young master of the Ye family?" Ling Xichi guessed.Seeing that He Linyuan didn't answer, it was an acquiescence.

"You have so many confidantes and friends, I haven't seen you care so much about that kid like you do for that kid from the Ye family. Could it be that... You've fallen in love with Miss Ye family, and you want to please your future brother-in-law."

"... nothing." He Linyuan was speechless

"Didn't you say you were going to Yu Ze's mansion? Then go quickly, it will be sunset soon." He Linyuan saw off the guests in disguise.Hurry up and go to Yu Ze's mansion, let Yu Ze clean up Ling Xichi for him.

Yu Ze, Ling Xichi, and He Linyuan were classmates for ten years, and Yu Ze and He Linyuan were disciples of Prime Minister Zuo.But... Yu Ze and Ling Xichi can be said to be Huanxi lovers. There is always an ambiguous atmosphere between the two, but they will quarrel within less than half an hour of being together. It is really a low-level show of affection.

It was very difficult for He Linyuan to be caught in the middle. Ling Xichi and Yu Ze still asked He Linyuan to help mediate from time to time, and He Linyuan couldn't hide even if he wanted to.

He Linyuan and Ling Xichi chatted for a while.

"It's evening so soon, so I'm leaving, so there's no need to send it off." As soon as the words fell, Ling Xichi had already arrived at the door.He Linyuan also let him go.

Ye Chen took a long time to choose a tea set. It was made of Hetian jade with the pattern of the four gentlemen in the flower. It feels warm to the touch. The most interesting thing is that as long as the hot water is poured on the cup, there will be poems related to the four gentlemen. , this poem will disappear when it gets cold.

Ye Chen was very satisfied with this tea set.Ye Ying ordered people to put it on properly, using very festive colors.Ye Ying returned to the mansion with this set of tea sets.

On the way back to the room, I ran into Ye Yi on the way

"Big Brother" Ye Ying greeted Ye Yi.

Seeing Ye Ying holding something in his hand, Ye Yi asked Ye Ying what it was.Ye Ying didn't intend to hide it from Ye Yi, so she told Ye Yi honestly that this was a congratulatory gift for Ye Hongxin.

Ye Yi didn't ask too much, the two brothers had a good relationship since they were young.Ye Yi still likes his little brother very much.There is a four-year age difference between the two of them. Ye Yi helped take care of Ye Ying when his parents were busy when they were young. Ye Ying is also very close to her elder brother and can basically say anything to Ye Yi.

"Shuyi made you a dress, go and see if there is anything you need to change, I said earlier, it will be my father's birthday in a while." Mo Shuyi is Ye Ying's sister-in-law.

"Okay, I'll go back to my room to pack my things and go see my sister-in-law."

Ye Yi patted Ye Ying on the shoulder before leaving, "You're going to start a family soon, not too old or too young. This way, someone will take care of you."

When Ye Ying heard this, she was a little speechless. He couldn't tell Ye Yi that he liked men, so he could only obediently agree.

Ye Ying went back to her room, put the tea set away properly, changed her clothes and went to find Mo Shuyi.

When Ye Ying arrived at the door, it happened that Ye Yi's eldest son ran out. Seeing Ye Ying, Ye Zhao quickly called "Uncle" in a polite manner.

Ye Ying hugged Ye Zhao and asked Ye Zhao, "Did you go to school today?"

Ye Zhao has always liked Ye Ying, and Ye Zhao stretched his arms around Ye Ying's neck, "No, the master is busy today, and has assigned homework, let us learn by ourselves, and go to school tomorrow."

Speaking of which, Mo Shuyi saw Ye Ying coming in with Ye Zhao in her arms, and hurriedly greeted her, "Zi'an."

"Sister-in-law." Ye Ying put Ye Zhao down.

"Oh, Xiao Zhao, hurry up and do your homework." Mo Shuyi said to Ye Zhao, who took a piece of pastry from the table before leaving.

Mo Shuyi finds out the clothes sewn for Ye Ying.It was a brocade with reddish cloud patterns on it and dark cloud patterns at the waist.The neckline and cuffs are bounded with silver silk, which looks delicate and not flashy.

"Xiaoxi's has already been changed, it's up to you, let's see what else needs to be changed." Mo Shuyi compared the clothes to Ye Ying's.

"I think it's pretty good, there's no need to change it." Ye Ying looked down.

"Then how about it, you go back and wear it, if it doesn't fit you take it back and change it." Mo Shuyi folded the clothes and handed them to the maid. "Send it to Zi'an's room."

"Yeah." Seeing her sister-in-law like this, Ye Ying couldn't refuse.

Mo Shuyi asked Ye Ying some more questions, and it was time for dinner.The two went to the dining hall together.

After dinner, Ye Ying felt bored, so she took Ye Chen out to the street.

Ye Ying took Ye Chen to look around, and bought anything interesting.

Ye Yingzheng saw a kneader's kneader, and he could knead it himself.Ye Ying thought it was fun, so she begged for a piece of noodles from the hawker, and kneaded it wholeheartedly.

After an hour passed, Ye Ying finally made it.

Ye Chen looked at Ye Ying from the side, and glanced at his mouth, the second son is hopeless.

After Ye Ying finished pinching, she held up the mask and asked Ye Chen, "Does it look like it?"

"It's quite similar." A pleasant voice interjected next to it, startling Ye Ying.

He Linyuan took the dough and looked at it and continued to say, "But here we have to knead like this." He Linyuan continued to knead the dough that He Linyuan had kneaded at Ye Ying.

When He Linyuan spoke, Ye Ying's face was already blushing. Ye Ying could only lean sideways, not daring to look at He Linyuan. As for the suggestion of the person opposite He Linyuan, Ye Ying didn't listen to it at all.

"Hmm..." Ye Ying roared in her heart, she was caught doing bad things, but He Linyuan still saw her.You shouldn't come out today, and you shouldn't pinch dough.

He Linyuan squeezed for a while, and squeezed the dough until it looked a little more like it before returning it to Ye Ying.

Ye Ying took the masker, looked at it carefully but still lowered her head. "Why did Master He come out today?"

"I have free time today, so I went out for a stroll. I happened to see you sitting here." He Linyuan also sat down.What He Linyuan didn't say was that he was the one who secretly followed Ye Ying.

Ye Ying immediately turned her head to look at Ye Chen, and asked why you didn't tell me when he came.

Ye Chen received Ye Ying's gaze and returned it with his gaze, but I didn't see it either.

Ye Ying gave up communicating with Ye Chen, and obediently sat and played with the doughnut.

He Linyuan also wanted a piece of noodles from the hawker.

"What do you want?" Ye Ying asked curiously.

"You pinched me, and I think I'll pinch you too. That's only fair, what do you think?" He Linyuan looked at Ye Ying and smiled.

"..." Ye Ying blushed again.He just buried his head in silence and still turned his face away with his hands.

After a while, He Linyuan also pinched it. "Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Ye Ying looked at the doughnut in He Linyuan's hand, which looked a lot like me.Thinking of Ye Ying like this, she felt quite narcissistic.

"I'll take you back."

"Oh" the voice was a bit reluctant.I don't know if He Linyuan heard it or not.

He Linyuan and Ye Ying stood up, and they gave the peddler money.The two walked side by side.

When they arrived at Ye Mansion, He Linyuan pulled Ye Ying.

"?" Ye Ying looked at He Linyuan suspiciously.

"Let's exchange." He Linyuan exchanged the dough between the two of them on his own.

Ye Ying was stunned for a while, staring blankly at the dough made by He Linyuan in his hand.

When Ye Ying came back to his senses, he wanted to ask He Linyuan why he wanted to exchange faces, but he didn't know when He Linyuan turned around and left.Ye Chen watched He Linyuan walk away and didn't remind Ye Ying.

Ye Ying returned to the mansion with a complicated expression while holding his mask.Ye Ying lay on her back on the bed, holding a mask in her hand, looking back and forth.A smile appeared on his face, after watching for a while, Ye Ying put the mask in a glass box and locked it up.