Fragrance with blue sleeves

At the end of March, the weather gradually warmed up, and the faces of the ministers also improved a lot when they went to court.

Bai Xingjian and Su Qi still called each other brothers and sisters, drank wine, tasted tea, wasted their lives, and forgot all the beauties in the capital, so that one day Su Qi strangely told Bai Xingjian , there are more and more maids in the palace looking at them laughing...

Bai Xingjian ignored Su Qi's strange discovery, thinking about another thing in his mind: he remembered that the beginning of April was Ye Tianxiang's birthday.

Sure enough, within a few days, the emperor took the initiative to ask Ye Qing how he planned to celebrate his birthday this year.

Ye Tianxiang replied, "I plan to hold a family banquet. If you ministers have time to show your face, why not come to Yefu to enjoy the flowers and drink on the third night of April." Then he looked up at Baililan, "I don't know if the emperor will Are you coming?"

Bai Lilan shook his hand, "Forget it, from the first day to the third day of the junior high school, I will accompany the queen mother to the Chaoling Temple to pray for blessings. I'm afraid there will be no time. If all the ministers have nothing to do, they should go to the Ye Mansion to kill him. If not, you can be free."

At this time Su Qi bumped into Bai Xingjian secretly, Bai Xingjian whispered, "I will go."

"Then I'm going to the West Market. You'd better not prepare a gift." After the court, Su Qi pulled Bai Xingjian and ran to the West Market.

Bai Xingjian finally chose an authentic landscape painting by Shi Qianbi, a famous artist from the former dynasty. The framed seal and inscriptions are exquisite, and it is tied with a silk ribbon and put in a long box, which is easy to carry with you.

In the night of the third day of junior high school, the weather was always a bit chilly. Bai Xingjian was careless and dressed thinly. Su Qi was afraid that he would be cold, so he asked the servant to find him a robe. It fit Bai Xingjian's figure very well, Su Qi clapped his hands and praised it, saying that it was a new dress just made, but it was more suitable for Bai, so it was a present for Bai Xingjian's birthday this year.

Bai Xingjian was sitting in the carriage of the Su residence, only carrying the long box, and when she heard Su Qi's words, she gave him a supercilious look, "My birthday is in August, it's too early, and I won't be able to wear this dress by then, but you Take it as a birthday gift."

Su Qi smiled, did not refute, and weighed the gift he had chosen, a pair of amber glass cups, which would change color if wine was added to them, they were very beautiful, and it seemed that the price was not cheap, Su Qi was willing to spend such an unjust sum of money, Bai Xingjian was also hard to understand.

"It's for your future husband-in-law, so why not give it up~" Chess player Su stroked the glass cup, squinting and smiling.

"Let's fight you!"

When we arrived at Yefu, the sky was a bit dark, and the sky was full of stars, but the moon was not seen in the third year of junior high school, but the stars were even more dazzling.

Because of the emperor's two words earlier, most of the famous ministers in the court came, brought gifts according to the occasion, cupped their hands and greeted each other, and then went to the banquet to enjoy the scenery.

When Bai Xingjian handed the scroll to Ye Tianxiang, Ye Tianxiang nodded very calmly, and said "Thank you, Mr. Bai", nothing special.On the contrary, when he saw the two glass cups given by Su Qi, his eyes lit up, and then the corners of his lips twitched, and he smiled maliciously, "Master Xie Su, Ye Mou's newly-married acacia wine cup has been found."

"Master Ye wants to get married?" Su Qi's heart tightened.

"There will always be opportunities to use it." Ye Tianxiang raised the wine glass in his hand, and did not answer directly.

After the two of them were seated, Su Qi couldn't help complaining: "You treat me so well, you must have taken a fancy to me..." The corner of Bai Xingjian's right eyebrow twitched.

Ye Tianxiang, as Minister of the Ministry of War, naturally would not treat these ministers who could command the wind and rain to make millions of people obey with a single word in the court.

Bai Xingjian and Su Qi sat together, after a banquet, they didn't eat much, they just kept drinking.Su Qi was originally looking at those dancers, and was looking directly at the adults opposite, and was about to smile and ask Bai Xingjian to come and appreciate it, only to find that something was wrong with Bai Xingjian.

"Why do you drink so much wine? You don't have to work so hard to get back the money for that painting, right?" Su Qi said in surprise, smelling the wine in the glass, it smelled quite strong, "Tsk, it's still a strong wine from the Western Regions , you don’t drink so much at home, today enough is enough, give it to me!”

Bai Xingjian put down his wine glass and smiled weakly, "I'm happy."

"You're so happy!" Su Qi looked around, because they were seated against the pot of phoenix bamboo, which was more or less concealed, so she raised her eyebrows and cursed in a low voice, "You're not happy! It's just that Ye Tianxiang wants to get married What! Just masochistic!"

"Give me some self-esteem, don't say it out there?" Bai Xingjian couldn't close her eyes, and smiled scatteredly, "Zixuan, you know that I have loved him so much for seven years, and I am glad that he is not married. I always have some fantasies I thought he would notice me one day... In the end, it turned out to be a good thing, and what I got in exchange was not a word of getting married..."

Su Qi sighed and helped him up, "It's his birthday anyway, do you want to make trouble? Then he probably noticed you."

Bai Xingjian felt that this cold joke needed to be cheered on, and wanted to laugh, but the corner of her lips curled up, and she leaned on Su Qi's body, still holding the wine glass in her hand.Su Qi rolled his eyes and snatched the wine glass from his hand, "I'll call Ye Tianxiang and say we're leaving early."

"Don't bother, I'll just go by myself, you keep it..." Bai Xingjian shook his head and said in a daze, "Don't call him..."

"Tsk tsk." Su Qi shook his head, and called a maid to call Ye Tianxiang.

Because the banquet was held in the courtyard, everyone was in charge of their own affairs, some went to enjoy the flowers in the garden, some toasted each other, and some continued to stare at the dancer's skirt obsessively, so Ye Tianxiang's departure was not affected. focus on.

"What's wrong with him?" As soon as Ye Tianxiang came over, he noticed that something was wrong with Bai Xingjian.

Su Qi sighed, "As you saw, I'm drunk. I want to take Yueming home first, do you mind?"

Ye Tianxiang groaned deeply and said, "Mind."

Su Qi opened his eyes wide.

"It's said that a good night is worth a thousand gold. It's still early, and Mr. Su must not have enjoyed himself to the fullest. Why don't I send Mr. Bai to the guest room to rest for a while. After the banquet is over, Mr. Bai will probably be more awake. By then, Mr. Su Wouldn't it be better to go back with him again?" Ye Tianxiang explained, his expression was still calm, but it was rare for Su Qi to find him pleasing to the eye.

Su Qi rolled his eyes, knowing that although Ye Tianxiang acted unruly, he was actually very reliable, so he nodded boldly, "Okay, then I will leave Yueming to you. I'll leave it to you, Mr. Ye."

Ye Tianxiang nodded with a smile, and reached out to take Bai Xingjian, "I'll take him to the guest room."

Su Qi nodded, watched him leave, and sat down to continue admiring the dancers from the Western Regions and the rare royal wine.

The night is blurred, and the red dresses and neon skirts in front of you are even more charming; the flowers are in full bloom, and the delicious wine in the glass and the gluttony on the plate are competing to attract the appetite of the guests.Su Qi was slightly drunk, and sat sideways in his seat in leisure time, savoring the gluttonous feast exchanged for a pair of expensive glass cups.

It's three o'clock at night, so it's easy to get together and get together.Most of the people were in the same state as Su Qi, bid farewell in a dazed way, and lifted the curtain to get on the soft sedan chair of their own carriage.

Su Qi found the carriage in his house. Seeing his drunken appearance, the coachman stretched out his hand to help him, "My lord, be careful." Su Qi nodded lazily, and fell asleep leaning against the carriage as soon as he got on the carriage, feeling dazed. I wondered if I forgot something, thought about it, failed, and discarded it.

When they arrived at Su's mansion, the butler came out to greet him, and seeing Su Qi drowsy alone in the car, he turned around and asked the driver suspiciously, "Have you sent Lord Bai to the mansion yet?"

The driver hurriedly shook his head, "No, the only person in the car is an adult."

The butler looked suspiciously at his sleeping master, and thought that Lord Bai went there in a carriage with his lord, and he had never heard that lord Bai was on good terms with any lord in the court and would borrow someone else's carriage to return home... He After thinking about it, he shook his head, and decided to leave the master's affairs alone, "Send the young master in."

Su Qi was helped out of the car by the coachman, and a maid helped him back to the room. He staggered all the way, and the moment he fell on the bed, Su Qi had an idea: "Damn it! Yueming!" But he hasn't finished thinking about it yet. Things fell into a deep sleep.

——Bai Xingjian, you were sold by your brothers just like that.

Yefu.

After Ye Tianxiang finished the party, a group of maids were cleaning up the mess in the courtyard. He walked across the front hall and rubbed his forehead.

"Master, it's so late, you go to bed first, I'm here." The housekeeper reminded respectfully.

Ye Tianxiang nodded and was about to go back to the room when the butler behind him suddenly thought of something and said, "Master, didn't you leave a guest in the guest room? Do you want to send someone to look after it?"

Ye Tianxiang was taken aback for a moment, stopped and turned around, "He didn't leave? Did no one come to pick him up?"

The butler shook his head in embarrassment.

Ye Tianxiang pondered for a while, and finally said, "I see, you can continue to tidy up, I'll go to the guest room to check, there is no need to call anyone."

The housekeeper agreed, and continued to order people to tidy up the courtyard. Ye Tianxiang turned around and walked to the guest room.

Pushing open the door of the guest room, there was a smell of alcohol on the shop floor, and the smell of incense burning in the room. He ordered someone to light the spices to sober up, but the person on the bed was still lethargic.

"Master Bai?" Ye Tianxiang walked to the bed and called tentatively.

no response.

"Master Bai?" Ye Tianxiang called out again, and patted him on the shoulder at the same time.

The person on the bed just muttered, but still didn't wake up.

"It seems that I really don't know how to drink, why did I drink so much today..." Ye Tianxiang frowned and said to himself, "Could it be that he really wants to earn back the money for that painting..."

The person on the bed was indifferent, and hadn't woken up for a long time because of the alcohol and sleepiness.

Ye Tianxiang hesitated for a moment, leaned down, and kissed Bai Xingjian's lips. At first, it was tentative and gentle, like a feather brushed across his face, and then increased the intensity. Passing the soft lip line, Bai Xingjian seemed to feel something, and opened his mouth slightly, which happened to deepen Ye Tianxiang's kiss.

Ye Tianxiang squinted her eyes, got up and looked at the door of the guest room, and after confirming that it was locked, she reached out to untie Bai Xingjian's belt...

【Omit】

"Master Ye..." Bai Xingjian said, his voice was hoarse, obviously he had drunk too much.

"Well, Master Bai is awake?" Ye Tianxiang seemed to have just noticed the movement on the bed, put down the scroll and looked up, his expression was as distant as ever.

"Master Ye, can you explain what happened last night..." Bai Xingjian couldn't help but smile wryly. Could it be that he had sex after drinking?

"Master Bai doesn't understand? It's just sex." Seeing his appearance, Ye Tianxiang knew what he was asking, and smiled casually, "Didn't Master Bai really enjoy last night?"

It was obviously such an evil and charming face, but at this moment, it made people feel a little sad.Bai Xingjian smiled wryly, lifted the quilt to reveal the blood on the bed sheet, and said, "My lord is so interested, does it count as adultery?"

Ye Tianxiang chuckled lightly, and turned his eyes, "If Master Bai doesn't like it, you can tell me to Dali Temple. Hasn't Dali Temple Qing always been on good terms with you? Master Su should be very happy when encountering such a thing. Outraged? Yemou is also willing to write the pleadings for Master Bai."

Bai Xingjian was stunned, as if his lovesickness for so many years was washed away by that sentence, and his heart was inexplicably sore. Seeing that he was silent, Ye Tianxiang continued to read the book on his own. After a long time, Bai Xingjian let go and clenched his fists. The palms of his hands had already been deeply scratched by the nails, and he said with tears, "Master Ye is too worried. Xingjian is just born with a body that is not suitable for dealing with men. It's not... that he doesn't like it. Dali Siqing, I hope you can help hide it from me." point." After saying that, he couldn't help but smile wryly, but when he looked at it, there were tears in his eyes.

With a calm expression, Ye Tianxiang said, "That's fine." Then, he got up and went to the door to order someone to prepare water for a bath.

【Omit】

"Master Bai, do you know what you said last night?"

"What, what?"

"When I touched you, you yelled 'Tian Xiang'. I thought you knew who I was, but I found out later that you were just raving..."

Bai Xingjian was shocked.

"I'm surprised, what kind of talent I am, Ye Tianxiang, can make Mr. Bai not forget even in his dreams..."

Ye Tianxiang only said something lightly, but Bai Xingjian's heart started beating. She couldn't help biting her lower lip, and tried her best to calm her beating heart: he wouldn't know those thoughts of hers...

Fortunately, Ye Tianxiang didn't continue, but was satisfied with Bai Xingjian lying in his arms peacefully, and after cleaning his body, he let go and said, "Let's soak for a while."

Bai Xingjian leaned to the other side of the bath, peeking at Ye Tianxiang's reaction, but saw Ye Tianxiang seemed tired, leaning against the edge of the bath with squinted eyes, from Bai Xingjian's point of view, he happened to see a picture of him Side face, with a fine stream on the forehead, wet black hair scattered behind, long eyelashes as thin as a crow's feather, not to mention the towering nose bridge, the curved lip line, and the finely sculpted face shape, It's not femininity, nor fortitude, but it just happens to be a neutral beauty with a bit of evil spirit, which makes people unable to move their eyes away.

Bai Xingjian knows that he and Ye Tianxiang are not the same kind of people. He is well-behaved, fulfills his duties, and may marry a wife and have children in the future, and live an ordinary life; while Ye Tianxiang is both good and evil, calm and fearless, destined to look down on all living beings, laughing and talking frivolously, The legendary reputation and infamy left in the history books make people admire it for no reason.

Just like what happened last night, he knew he needed to let it go, because for Ye Tianxiang, this might just be an ordinary one among thousands of spring nights, and he is also an ordinary existence among thousands of beauties, so he would not let Ye Tianxiang Xiang stopped and looked back.

It's just me, knowing this, but I would rather be a stupid and blind moth, rushing towards that unreachable light again and again, even if in the end, I will be the one who will be burned, and even pay my life for it.

Bai Xingjian silently looked at the man in front of him who put down his guard and rested quietly, couldn't help tracing his outline with his eyes again and again, and couldn't bear to look away.After a long while, he closed his eyes, leaned against the edge of the pool, and sighed: Just as Su Qi said, how could he fall in love with such a person? Moreover, he has been in love with him for seven years...

The steam in the pool was dense and warm, and Bai Xingjian didn't sleep well all night, and slowly fell asleep unconsciously. When he woke up, he found that he had returned to the bed in the guest room, and the familiar tassel curtain was still in sight. .

He looked under his body, all the quilts from last night had been replaced, and the ones he was using now were brand new and clean, even he had changed into new obscene clothes, he couldn't help feeling that Yefu's servants were doing their duty very well.

After soaking in the hot spring, he felt a little dizzy in his head, and when he barely sat up, he felt empty in his stomach. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that he drank too much wine last night, didn't move his chopsticks, and didn't eat breakfast this morning, so he couldn't help but feel hungry.

Because of hunger, people's sense of smell is much better. Bai Xingjian vaguely smelled the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus cake from "Zhenxitang". Looking around, he found a food box with painted and painted gold on the table in the guest room.

He looked around and saw that there was no one else in the room, so he got out of bed and saw his clothes on the head of the bed. He touched them, and they were obviously washed and dried with charcoal fire. He changed them with warmth. Clothes, washed his face in a basin beside him, got up and sat down at the table.

Open the lid of the food box, and sure enough, there are various pastries of "Zhenxitang", such as lotus cake, sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and lotus seed cake. A little more warmth, the aroma curls up.

Bai Xingjian was very hungry, so she picked a piece with her hands and tasted it, and it was indeed a delicious delicacy worthy of the reputation of "Zhenxiutang". Just when she thought that the pastry would make her mouth dry, she saw a small bowl of jasper lotus seeds in the food box He took a sip of the soup, and it was just right, so he took a few more sips.Eating and eating, he suddenly stopped, startled in his heart: Ye Tianxiang asked someone to prepare these, and it is impossible for ordinary people to be so careful and appropriate. Does this mean that he For myself, it's still a little different...

After breakfast, Bai Xingjian pushed open the door of the guest room, several maids were waiting at the door, and when they saw him coming out, they saluted him one after another, one of them looked the most mature, came forward to give him a blessing, and said, " Mr. Bai, my young master has ordered him to go out to work now. If Mr. Bai wants to go around after breakfast, he can ask us to lead the way. If he wants to go out, the carriage is ready at the door."

Bai Xingjian nodded, and replied, "It's hard for your young master to be thoughtful, so I'll trouble you to lead the way to the door. I've already disturbed the family, so I should go back."

The maid glanced at him, seeming a little surprised, but said nothing, and responded, "Young master, please."

Bai Xingjian followed her all the way to the side door of the Yefu, and there was indeed a carriage waiting, the driver saw him, and came down to salute, "Mr. Bai, where are you going, just tell me Lao Zhang."

Bai Xingjian hurriedly excused him, and said, "Please, Uncle Zhang, just take me back to the White Mansion."

The coachman agreed, lifted the curtain of the carriage to let him in, then sat in his own seat, twitched his horse's buttocks, and galloped to Baifu.

The maid watched the carriage go away at the door, and a maid who seemed to be of a lower status couldn't help but asked, "Sister Hong, how did the young master know that this young man must be going back to his house? I thought he would stay behind." Come down and take a look at Yefu!"

The maid shook her head and said, "This is the young master's business, let's take care of it. In short, it's good that the task assigned is completed, let's go." Then, she turned and went back to the mansion, and the low-ranking maid obediently followed her in, but I didn't see a trace of strange expression on her face: Young Master Bai seems to be a little special to him, could it be that Young Master Bai is...

As soon as Bai Xingjian returned to the mansion, the butler came out to greet her and said anxiously, "Master, where did you go last night? Master Su also came to look for you this morning. I said you haven't come back yet."

Bai Xingjian was taken aback, and hurriedly explained, "Uncle Li, it's fine, I attended the Minister of War's birthday banquet last night, so I rested at the Minister's Mansion."

"So young master, didn't you go to court today? Young master Su seemed a little worried when he came back from court just now, saying he didn't see you, young master." The steward welcomed him into the mansion, rewarded the coachman of Haoye mansion, and continued.

Bai Xingjian was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that there was still the matter of going to court, and couldn't help but smiled wryly, "It seems that I was too drunk last night, so I forgot about it, I hope the emperor will not blame me."

An hour ago, the Imperial Palace, Chaoyang Hall.

Emperor Baililan looked at the officials below, feeling that something was missing, and realized that Bai Xingjian was not there when he saw Dali Siqing alone, and the whole morning court was so quiet, naturally Ye Tianxiang was not there.

After the court ceremony, Baililan was alone in the hall, and with a wave of his hand, a black figure appeared, "Xuanyuan, how was the banquet at the Shangshu of the Ministry of War last night?"

Xuanyuan, the head of the shadow guard, replied respectfully from the side, "Go back to the emperor, Shang Shuxing's right servant shot Mr. Bai and Mrs. Bai drunk at the night mansion."

When Bai Lilan heard this, she smiled and shook her head, "Come on, these two people, let them go once." The matter was never pursued.