Gong Yu replied hesitantly: "The dancing girl was escorted out of the mansion this morning."
"Really?" Dai Ruyan murmured in a low voice, then turned her head to look elsewhere and said, "This is a monastery, it's not proper for you to drag me like this."
"I asked for a peace talisman for you just now." Gong Yu stuffed the talisman bag in her hand into Dai Ruyan's hand, a little confused about what she said before, it was Dai Ruyan who was suspicious.
The distance between the two seems to be exactly one person's distance apart.
The snow on the trees in the mountains was boundless, coupled with the hazy mist, it was all white in the eyes, Gong Yu took a shallow breath and watched the white mist dissipate very quickly.
Occasionally, birds shuttled through the fog at a fast speed, as if they were very familiar with the forest and were not afraid of hitting the trees.
Gong Yu looked at the talisman bag that Dai Ruyan held in his hand, obviously he was not used to such a Dai Ruyan, it was cold and not warm at all.
"I...did I do something wrong?" Gong Yu approached and asked.
Dai Ruyan evaded slightly to the side and replied: "No."
"Then why are you unhappy?"
"I do not have."
Gong Yu boldly approached and looked Dai Ruyan straight in the eyes and said, "But it's obvious, A Yan ignored me just now."
Before he finished speaking, Dai Ruyan suddenly resisted and stretched out his hand to push Gongyu down, while on the other side was a slope as high as dozens of steps.
Gong Yu, who hadn't taken precautions, leaned straight to one side, and the feeling of weightlessness made Gong Yu's heart almost stop.
If it falls, it will really take a long time to heal the injury.
Just when Gong Yu came to his senses, his arm was suddenly pulled tightly, and when he was close to the familiar bosom, Gong Yu could clearly hear Dai Ruyan's heartbeat.
Bang bang and jumping as fast as your own heartbeat.
The drop caused by the rotation made Gong Yu a little nauseous, and when she realized it, the two of them had already fallen down the slope, and the maid and servant above shouted in panic, "It's not good, Miss Dai fell down!"
Escaping from the sense of weightlessness, Gong Yu breathed heavily, Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu worriedly and asked, "Where is the injury?"
Gong Yu hurriedly responded: "I'm fine."
"Really?"
"It's really okay."
Dai Ruyan hugged Gong Yu with a sigh of relief, Gong Yu smiled close to Dai Ruyan's heartbeat and said, "Fortunately, this is a lawn, otherwise we would have died for love like this."
"Nonsense." Dai Ruyan pressed his palm close to Gong Yu's cheek and said, "It's almost scaring me."
"Yeah, I was terrified too."
It was the first time for Gong Yu to see Dai Ruyan's resisting expression, and almost thought that Dai Ruyan had discovered his feelings for her, so she became disgusted.
If this is the case, then Gong Yu is really heartbroken.
"Then why was Ayan so indifferent to me just now?" Gong Yu looked into Dai Ruyan's eyes and asked.
Dai Ruyan didn't dodge, and replied with guilt in her eyes: "I... don't know either."
Not sure?
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan in a daze, her eyes were clean and clear, completely different from the alienated and indifferent eyes just now.
Not far away could be heard the footsteps of maids running hastily, Dai Ruyan quietly opened the distance, reached out and pulled Gong Yu to get up from the lawn.
Only now did Gong Yu catch a glimpse of the scratch marks on the back of Dai Ruyan's hand, the scarlet patch looked a little charming on that fair skin.
The maidservants rushed forward to support Dai Ruyan, Gong Yu followed closely, Dai's grandmother scolded the servants seriously.
Even Gong Yu, who was on the side, didn't dare to speak, after all, the tiger-headed cane that Dai's grandmother held in her hand still seemed to have a certain amount of weight.
Dai Ruyan turned his head slightly and said, "Don't be afraid."
"I'm not afraid." Gong Yu nodded and asked softly, "Does your injury hurt?"
"No problem, just apply the ointment and it will be fine in a few days."
When it was dark, Dai Ruyan left with Dai's grandmother in a sedan chair, and Gong Yu followed behind on a horse.
When walking back to the mansion, the old housekeeper who came out to greet him looked at Gong Yu whose clothes were messy and stained with weeds and asked, "Did your Highness encounter robbers on the road?"
Only then did Gong Yu look at the fine weeds on her body, and then realized that her right leg was a little sore and responded, "It's just that I accidentally fell."
"Then let the doctor take a look?"
"No, it's just that the leg seems to be scratched, please trouble the housekeeper to bring some ointment."
"Yes, Your Highness."
At night, Gong Yu sat cross-legged on the bed, rolled up her trousers to reveal the scarlet patch, which was indeed a bit scary at first glance.
Hastily applied the ointment, and Gong Yu lay on the bed. Because of the fire path under the hall, the bed was as warm as the floor heating.
The injury on the side of the leg was not serious, but Gong Yu couldn't sleep.
Dai Ruyan, who was in a bad mood, mentioned the dancer at that time, but the dancer appeared in the middle of the night last night, and Dai Ruyan's spies delivered the news so accurately.
But the identity of the dancing girl has not yet been ascertained, so why is Dai Ruyan so angry with herself?
What's more important is that Dai Ruyan said that she didn't know. According to Dai Ruyan's intelligence, how could she not remember something that was just a blink of an eye?
Gong Yu only felt a severe headache, tossed and turned, and fell asleep in a daze until the middle of the night.
After tossing and turning for a few days, her legs gradually improved. During the day, Gong Yu wanted to sleep more, but the sound of firecrackers outside started to ring from time to time in the morning.
Helpless, Gong Yu had to get up early, first to deal with the store's account books for the whole year, and then there were various trivial matters in the mansion.No matter how bad it is, Mr. Qin Hua urged Gong Yumo to waste his riding and shooting skills all day long.
It wasn't until the tenth day of the Lunar New Year that Gong Yu finally gave herself a vacation, and rode a horse early in the morning to prepare for Dai Ruyan's courtyard.
The snow piled up thickly on the street along the street, and the firecrackers that burst out from time to time frightened the horses.
Afraid of being thrown, Gong Yu led the horse for a walk, with the freshly made pastry in her arms, which was still warm right now.
Or after walking for a long time, even Gong Yu felt hot, when he stopped in Dai Ruyan's courtyard, the young man guarding the door said: "Why did His Highness Jiu come so early today?"
"It's all right, I'm here." Gong Yu handed the horse over to the servant, and she was able to lie without blushing.
Gong Yu entered the pavilion with the still warm cakes in her arms, and when she walked through the long corridor, she saw the frozen lake, and couldn't help shivering.
Although she has been to this courtyard many times, it is the first time for Gong Yu to look at this courtyard seriously.
It's just that Dai Ruyan's courtyard is really deserted in winter. Most of the trees in the courtyard have only bare trunks, and most of the houses and terraces are made of dark lacquered wood, which looks a bit lifeless.
The corridors are criss-crossed, as if the courtyard is not big, but there are dozens of corridors that can be turned back to any room.
Near the hall, Gong Yu failed to see Dai Ruyan for the first time, but just happened to see a maidservant coming out of the hall with a water basin.
"Your Highness Ninth, why did you come so early today?" The maid said again: "My young lady is still washing and grooming, I'm afraid I have to trouble Your Highness Ninth to wait a little longer."
Gong Yu was really a little afraid of this sharp-tongued maid.
Inside, Dai Ruyan suddenly said, "Biyu stop making trouble, let Xiao Jiu come in."
Although the servant girl was a little reluctant for a while, she still saluted and said, "Your Highness Ninth Prince, go in."
"That's good." Gong Yu smiled with her eyebrows bent, stretched out her hand and opened the curtain to block the wind, and entered the hall.
The inside of the hall was surprisingly cold, Dai Ruyan was sitting alone on the low couch by the window, holding a book in his hand, while burning incense, or the bright light outside the window made Dai Ruyan's face look a little pale.
"Why doesn't Ah Yan ask someone to set up a charcoal basin?" Gong Yu said sitting on the side.
Dai Ruyan looked at the book and asked, "Xiao Jiu feels cold?"
"It's not cold, I've walked all the way, and now I'm warming up." Gong Yu took out the pastry wrapped in oil paper and said, "Do you want to try this pastry, Ayan?"
Only then did Ruyan cast his eyes on Gong Yu and said, "You came early in the morning just to let me taste this pastry?"
"Well, I have nothing to do all day today, so I came here early in the morning."
These words already implied that Gong Yu planned to stay here all day today.
Gong Yu was sitting upright, and saw a maidservant coming in from outside, placing tea and fruits, Dai Ruyan said: "Bi Yu, it's getting cold in this hall."
"Yes, Miss." The maid replied and left.
Dai Ruyan put down the book, reached out to pick up a piece of pastry and took a sip, Gong Yu nervously poured the tea and asked, "How does it taste?"
"Well, it's soft and delicious, but a little too sweet."
Gong Yu had guessed that Dai Ruyan might not like sweets, but she didn't expect to put a little sweetness in it, but she still felt it was too sweet.
Gong Yu, who doubted her sense of taste, took a piece of pastry and tasted it.
Well, I'm sure it's just Dai Ruyan unilaterally thinking that it's too sweet.
Although the pastries are good, but because of the journey along the way, there are many scattered, and there is no appearance.
Dai Ruyan at the side looked at it and said: "The taste of this pastry is somewhat different from the usual ones, and the style is also very soft."
When Gong Yu heard this, it was as if she had been praised, the corners of her mouth could not close, and she said begging for praise: "I made these in the morning."
"Did it early in the morning?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with a little surprise and said, "No wonder you look a little tired, I thought it was because you didn't sleep well."
"It's okay, I just want Ayan to taste it." Of course Gong Yu was embarrassed to say that she was too excited, so she didn't fall asleep.
"I've never heard that Xiao Jiu can make pastries, this is the first time." Dai Ruyan ate another piece to save face.
"I know a lot." Gong Yu took a sip of tea and said, "And she can make dumplings, what kind of stuffing does Ah Yan like to eat?"
Dai Ruyan obviously didn't expect that Gong Yu would really ask such a question, and seemed to think about it seriously: "Is there anything else in dumplings besides meat?"
"Yes, even vegetables and fruits are fine, as long as you want to put it, there is nothing that cannot be used as stuffing."
"Little Nine."
"Ok?"
"Where did you learn this?" Dai Ruyan asked in surprise.
Gong Yu hurriedly explained: "I've been bored in the mansion recently, so I was thinking about what to learn."
Dai Ruyan didn't seem to think much while drinking the tea, Gong Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and took another sip of the tea, only to realize that the taste of the tea seemed to have changed again.
Sweet, not the kind of bitter tea that can kill people at all.
The wind was blowing outside the window, Dai Ruyan didn't eat much of the cakes he brought, but the rest went into Gong Yu's stomach.
It was still early, and the fog outside was heavy, Gong Yu had nothing to do and asked, "Ayan, do you want some dumplings?"
"I just ate pastry, I don't plan to eat at noon." Dai Ruyan looked at the book motionlessly, answered quietly, and then immersed herself in the book.
Gong Yu looked at it with a vicissitudes of life, but Dai Ruyan just didn't look back at herself, as if the book was some treasure worthy of attention.
The forgotten Gong Yuman fell innocently on the spacious low couch, and seeing the peach blossom sachet tied around his waist by Dai Ruyan from the side, he felt better again.
The mischievous Gong Yu stretched her arms, gently pulled Dai Ruyan's loose skirt through the low table and smiled, "Sister Dai, you are so boring."
But Dai Ruyan seemed to know that Gong Yu did it on purpose, so he just read the book on his own, and ignored Gong Yu's small movements.
Gong Yu grabbed Dai Ruyan's skirt with one hand, and crawled from under the low table to Dai Ruyan's face, and then she exposed her head and heard Dai Ruyan say: "If you move again, everything on this low table will be destroyed." collapsed."
"What kind of good book is this? Ah Yan is ignoring me after reading it?" Gong Yu turned her head and asked.
Dai Ruyan looked down at Gong Yu who seemed to be trapped by the table, stretched out his hand and gently pulled Gong Yu out of his body and said, "Hurry up and come out, if the maidservants see this, they will have to laugh at you."
Gong Yu simply leaned on Dai Ruyan's body and said, "Then let them make jokes."
Although Dai Ruyan would occasionally hold her in her arms in the past, Gong Yu was innocent at that time, so she dared to say any nonsense, and she didn't shy away from being close.
Right now Gong Yu is leaning against Dai Ruyan's soft body, and she can even sniff the faint fragrance with the tip of her nose, she is not feeling well.
Seeing Dai Ruyan stretching out his hand to flip through the book, the back of the hand was still covered with gauze, Gong Yu turned back and asked, "Is the injury still not healed?"
"It's almost healed, I just applied some ointment, so I still wrapped it with gauze." Dai Ruyan's voice rang softly beside her ear.
And following Dai Ruyan's words, Gong Yu could vaguely feel the softness behind her, her face turned red instantly, and she wanted to distance herself a little.
But Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand to gently hug Gong Yu, leaned slightly closer, put his arms around Gong Yu and said: "Don't move around, didn't you just say you want to read my book?"
Now Gong Yu was completely held in Dai Ruyan's arms, she didn't dare to move at all, like a caught little rabbit, panicked, her little heart was beating thumpingly.
The sound of pages turning could be heard softly, Gong Yu breathed gently, looking at Dai Ruyan's flipped books, only to see that the ancient texts described above were obscure, and Gong Yu couldn't even recognize many characters.
Gong Yu looked dazzled, but she also paid some attention, turning her head slightly to see Dai Ruyan's focused expression, her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly turned her head to look out the window.
The snow outside the window did not know when it started to fall again, but the room was already warmed up, probably because there was an underground fire path in the hall, and even the low couch was much warmer.
Occasionally, the snow would be heard as if it had slipped from a dead branch, with a few slaps, and it disappeared when you listened carefully.
Outside the half-open window, some maidservants were cleaning the snow in the courtyard, and the sound of brooms could be heard faintly, which showed that the courtyard was quiet.
Dai Ruyan beside him suddenly said, "Why are you silent?"
Gong Yu withdrew her gaze and lay in Dai Ruyan's arms, looked up at Dai Ruyan and said, "I was thinking about Ayan, it's so quiet."
"Don't like quiet?"
"No, I really like it." Gong Yu blinked and said with a smile: "I am already very noisy, if the surroundings are not quieter, Ah Yan won't be able to hear me."
Dai Ruyan smiled and said nothing, just took the thin blanket at the side to cover Gong Yu, lightly held Gong Yu's light-colored hairband with his fingertips and said: "It's only Chen Shi, so it's naturally very quiet."
Gong Yu felt that Dai Ruyan was the most talkative at this time, so she brought up the matter of the dancing girl.
"On the night of New Year's Eve, there was a Chinese dancer who forcibly passed out outside my mansion. I didn't want to cause death, so I had to ask someone to carry the dancer into the mansion to take care of her. The dancer was sent away early the next morning. Follow her secretly."
"Does Ayan know what happened later?" Gong Yu deliberately asked, although Dai Ruyan should have known about it.
Dai Ruyan paused to flip through the book and answered softly with her fingertips: "What happened to the dancer from the country?"
Gong Yu was a little surprised by Dai Ruyan's answer, and said, "The dancer from the country was killed a few days ago."
"It's rumored in the capital that the assassination sect did it, but there's no real evidence, so the government has no choice but to let it go."
Dai Ruyan looked at the book and said, "What truth did the people sent by Xiaojiu find out?"
"I didn't get any news. I just secretly followed the guards and reported that the country dancer was killed after she entered Brother Wuhuang's mansion and came out."
"So Xiao Jiu suspects that it is His Royal Highness Fifth?"
Gong Yu shook her head and stretched out her hands to straighten the thin blanket covering her body, shaking her head, "No, I don't think Brother Wu Huang would be able to do such a murderous thing."
Dai Ruyan put down Gong Yu's hairband, looked down at Gong Yu and said, "But sometimes the less a person looks, the more likely that person is the murderer. Especially in the emperor's house, anyone will have Blood, it's unavoidable."
"But why did Brother Wuhuang kill that country dancer?" Gong Yu didn't think of the reason, and couldn't help but frown, after all, she still couldn't bear to drive out the girl at that time.
"If you can't figure it out, don't think about it."
Dai Ruyan gently rubbed Gong Yu's eyebrows with her fingertips, and said in a low voice, "Anyway, the truth will be forgotten sooner or later."
"Why isn't Ayan curious?"
"This capital city is full of secrets, from the emperor to the common people, if they are all curious, I am afraid there will be no rest days."
Gong Yu lightly held Dai Ruyan's hand, carefully avoiding the gauze-wrapped hand and asked in a low voice: "Does Ayan have a secret too?"
The hall was very quiet, Dai Ruyan didn't reply immediately, but Gong Yu's confused and waiting face was reflected in his eyes.
"Yes, everyone will have a secret." Dai Ruyan's eyes were as clear as clear water, but there was something hidden in the words that Gong Yu couldn't touch or grasp, but could clearly feel. Should it be called a thing, an object, or a human existence.
Gong Yu felt that Dai Ruyan's clear eyes might be filled with endless darkness, and there were many secrets hidden in it, maybe it was a forbidden place that no one could peep into except Dai Ruyan.
Gong Yu blinked, touched Dai Ruyan's hand and said, "That's right, actually I have a secret too."
"And there's more than one."
Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's hand lightly, with the other hand stroking Gong Yu's curved brow, delicately brushed the corner of Gong Yu's upturned mouth with his fingertips and asked, "What will Xiao Jiu's secret be?"
"I won't tell you." Gong Yu said with a smile.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well, because Ayan also has a secret that she didn't tell me."
Dai Ruyan rested on the pulp of Gong Yu's cheek and lightly pressed the dimple, looking at Gong Yu with tender eyes and whispering:
"But my secret is not as interesting as Xiao Jiu's."
"Ayan praised me like that, and I wouldn't say it." Gong Yu stroked Dai Ruyan's palm with her fingertips, smelling the ointment faintly and asked worriedly: "Will the wound on the back of this hand leave a scar?"
"Probably not, I have been applying ointment every day for the past few days."
Gong Yu lay on Dai Ruyan's arms and said: "It's okay, even if Ayan's skin is damaged, I will never leave."
Dai Ruyan smiled, tapped Gong Yu's nose with his fingertips and said, "Slick tongue, who did you learn this from outside?"
"No." Gong Yu touched her nose and responded mischievously: "I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart, doesn't Ayan feel my heart?"
"I don't have any intentions, but I saw a little slippery head."
"I'm not young anymore." Gong Yu counted and said, "It's time for me to accept a concubine this year."
"Concubine?"
Dai Ruyan poked Gong Yu's cheek with her fingertips as if lost in memory and said with emotion: "I didn't expect it to be three years in a flash."
"Yeah, so why am I not considered a child?"
Gong Yu felt that it was necessary to mention that she was not a child.Provincial Dai Ruyan always treats herself like an elder treats a younger generation.
Dai Ruyan didn't think about it but said very suddenly: "No matter how old you are, you are still a child in my eyes."
"It doesn't matter now or in the future."
Such sudden domineering words made Gong Yu inexplicably feel a little sweet.
The hopeless Gong Yu felt as if her ears were burning, Dai Ruyan lightly held Gong Yu's hand with her fingertips and said in a soft voice: "But it's about time for the concubine."
Hey?
"What's the time?" Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan blankly, thinking that she was just joking.
"Naturally, we should find a beautiful concubine for Xiao Jiu." Dai Ruyan pinched the soft flesh of Gong Yu's palm lightly with his fingertips, and said solemnly.
Gong Yu inexplicably felt that the sense of crisis was rising, and quickly took Dai Ruyan's hand and said: "Don't! I just mentioned it indiscriminately."
"I heard that there are quite a few noble women in the capital who are at the right age for marriage. Although it is not appropriate to be married to the royal family, concubines are fine."
"Sister Dai, I was wrong..."
Looking at Gong Yu's soft tone, Dai Ruyan raised the corner of his mouth lightly and said, "If you don't take a concubine now, sooner or later someone will give you a concubine, and it will be even more difficult to guard against."
"Besides, Xiao Jiu often wanders around the capital. I heard that there are many young girls in the capital who love Xiao Jiu."
Gong Yu felt that according to Dai Ruyan's words, the situation was obviously starting to become unfavorable, and quickly said: "I don't want to be a concubine, if I want to marry, I can only marry you, Ayan."
"Since ancient times, the princes and nobles have had wives and concubines in groups. Even if I marry you, I still have to find a few concubines."
"Even if I don't want it, I have to look for it?" Gong Yu's heart was broken.
Dai Ruyan smiled calmly and nodded: "It is also the duty of the royal family's children to extend their heirs."
"I do not want."
Gong Yu silently pulled the thin blanket to cover her face and decided to play dead to the end.
The words of both of them stopped, Gong Yu couldn't see Dai Ruyan's movements, so he had to pull off the thin blanket silently.
Dai Ruyan raised his hand and picked up the book on the side and looked at it for himself, probably letting go of the topic just now.
Gong Yu leaned sideways and stretched out her hand to touch the sachet worn by Dai Ruyan, she sniffed it close to her nose and said, "This peach blossom is quite fragrant now."
His eyes fell on that jade pendant, although Gong Yu wanted it several times, but Dai Ruyan seemed to attach great importance to the jade pendant, so Gong Yu didn't mention it for a long time.
Putting down the sachet in his hand, Gong Yu reached out to grab the jade pendant, unexpectedly the jade pendant was very warm.
It is delicate and smooth in the hand, and the color is clear. It is really a good piece of jade pendant. After playing with it a few times, Gong Yu lost interest, so he put down the jade pendant.
Dai Ruyan said: "Stop playing?"
Gong Yu lowered her body to the other side of the low table, with her upper body resting on Dai Ruyan's pillow, no small movements could hide from Dai Ruyan's eyes.
Of course, Gong Yu didn't think about hiding anything, but when Dai Ruyan said it like this, it would still be somewhat embarrassing.
"It's not fun." Gong Yu stretched out her hand and rubbed her eyes and said, "There is nothing left and right, and Ayan just reads and ignores me, so I will go back."
"Really want to leave?" Dai Ruyan looked down at Gong Yu and said.
"Well, it's still early at the moment, I'll ride a horse to visit the royal brothers first, and if it's not good enough, I can go to the Taifu's to eat and drink." Gong Yu started to play tricks, and made up things.
Dai Ruyan put down the book, held Gong Yu's cheek with both hands and asked gently: "Are you angry?"
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "No."
"Then you said just now that you would stay here with me for a day."
"I just said that I have nothing to do all day today." Gong Yu argued.
Dai Ruyan pursed her lips slightly, stroked Gong Yu's cheek with her thumb and said in a low voice, "Xiao Jiu is not good today."
This complaining voice was so cute that Gong Yu's heart almost melted.
Gong Yu suppressed a smile and said with a serious face: "A Yan is a foul for being cute."
"But Ayan always reads books, I will always disturb Ayan here."
"Then I won't read the book, just look at Xiaojiu, okay?" Dai Ruyan smiled slightly, pinching Gong Yu's cheek with his fingertips, as if coaxing a child.
However, Gong Yu resisted Dai Ruyan's beauty attack at all, and her blushing face was only short of nosebleeds.
Gong Yu hurriedly closed her eyes and replied, "You...I'm not a child, you can read as long as you read."
"Then Xiaojiu will stay here with me all day today, okay?"
Normally, Dai Ruyan's voice was a little cold, but suddenly with such a sweet tone, Gong Yu felt that she might suffocate if she stayed for a long time.
"I... just promise you." Gong Yu replied in embarrassment.
It's just that when Dai Ruyan was reading, it was really too quiet, and the low couch was extremely warm, so Gong Yu took a nap.
When he woke up again, it was still white outside the window, and Dai Ruyan's movements had not changed, and he was still reading.
Her stomach was rumbling, Gong Yu reached out and touched her stomach and muttered: "Sure enough, those pastries can't fill my stomach at all."
Sitting up, Gong Yu stretched her waist, only to see Dai Ruyan blinked her eyes slightly, and the other side remained motionless.
"Ayan, I'm hungry." Gong Yu leaned closer and said.
Dai Ruyan just closed the book and said: "Then let someone set up a small stove."
"Okay."
This small stove is a small hot pot. After the maids put the things in place, Gong Yu sat aside and placed the meat, while Ru Yan only ate fish fillets, and preferred vegetables.
The stove was steaming hot, and the chicken legs that Gong Yu put in were too slow to cook, so he could only eat the meat slices first, and had no time to take care of the vegetables for the time being.
Dai Ruyan didn't intend to drink the fruit wine in the silver jug at the side, so Gong Yu couldn't bring it up either.
Dai Ruyan eats slowly, so Gong Yu will put the well-cooked fish on a small plate aside.
The temperature in the hall was already high, and Gong Yu began to sweat after eating, so he looked at the silver pot and asked, "Ayan, can I drink fruit wine?"
This question couldn't be more cute.
Dai Ruyan didn't think but said: "Of course, this fruit wine was prepared for you."
"I see that you haven't moved all this time, and I thought you were no longer interested in fruit wine."
amount……
If I knew it earlier, why would I be so stupid to ask?
In any case, Gong Yu poured a small glass of fruit wine and tasted it, only to find that the taste of the fruit wine was very sweet, not like wine at all, but a bit like a mixed drink.
It's no wonder that women drink a lot, but Dai Ruyan shouldn't like this sweet fruit wine very much, after all, Dai Ruyan doesn't seem to like sweet things very much.
Gong Yu had only drank two cups, Dai Ruyan suddenly said: "I can't drink any more."
"This fruit wine is not intoxicating, and it should be fine to drink a few more glasses." Gong Yu obviously didn't want to put down the glass while holding the glass.
"Who says you can't be drunk?" Dai Ruyan reached out and took away Gong Yu's wine glass, then took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Gong Yu's forehead, and said softly, "Your face is blushing right now."
"Maybe it's too hot in this hall." Gong Yu really felt a little hot.
Dai Ruyan got up and pulled Gong Yu, Gong Yu asked a little puzzled: "Ayan, where are we going?"
"Go outside and walk around."
Hey?
As soon as he went out, although the wind and snow outside had stopped, the temperature difference was too great, and the palace jade seemed to have fallen from the warm desert into the ice bank.
At the beginning, she still felt comfortable, Gong Yu held Dai Ruyan's hand tightly, and did not want to take her eyes off Dai Ruyan for a moment.
"Is it cold?" Dai Ruyan turned his head to ask.
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "It's not cold, it's very comfortable now."
"You, for those who are not good at drinking, it is best not to have three cups of fruit wine, otherwise you will have a headache when you get drunk." Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's warm hand lightly and walked aimlessly along the corridor with.
Now that she can see nothing but Bai Bai, Gong Yu smiled and said, "So this wine is generally not intoxicating, but it can be quite intoxicating, right?"
"Ah."
"Ayan, where are we going?"
"Where do you want to go?" Dai Ruyan looked sideways at Gong Yu.
Gong Yu stopped and thought for a while and said, "I want to go to the sky."
"And the bottom of the sea."
Dai Ruyan was slightly taken aback and said softly, "Xiao Jiu, are you drunk?"
"I'm not drunk." Gong Yu smiled and the white mist that came out of her big mouth breath quickly dissipated.
"I want to go to a place where there is Ayan, no matter where is good." Gong Yu's heart seemed to be beating a drum, some were afraid that Dai Ruyan would find out, and some were looking forward to Dai Ruyan's discovery.
Dai Ruyan stopped and reached out to support Gong Yu and said: "Then it won't be possible to go anywhere?"
"Why?" Apparently Dai Ruyan didn't notice it at all, Gong Yuping asked after recovering from loss.
"Stupid, of course we will always be together." Dai Ruyan whispered with her arms around Gong Yu.
Is this a response?
Gong Yu ecstatically smiled and asked, "Really?"
Dai Ruyan touched Gong Yu's reddened cheeks from the cold with her fingertips and said, "We are grasshoppers on the same rope after all, aren't we?"
As if falling from a height in an instant, Gong Yu stared at Dai Ruyan in a daze.
This sentence is just a joke that Gong Yu used to say, but Dai Ruyan did not expect Dai Ruyan to remember it so clearly.
But this response was obviously not the one Gong Yu expected.
Gong Yu tried her best to ease her emotions, but she still couldn't help feeling uncomfortable after the gap, she lowered her head slightly and asked random topics: "If Ayan leaves the capital, then I will follow along."
"Maybe, I won't leave the capital." Dai Ruyan said this suddenly.
"Ayan, why did you suddenly change your mind?" Gong Yu remembered asking Dai Ruyan this question at that time, but Dai Ruyan only said that he wanted to escape from the capital, and did not say where he was going.
Why did he suddenly decide not to leave the capital again?
Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand and tightened the cloak tied around Gong Yu's body and said with a smile, "Maybe it didn't change suddenly."
"I don't understand." Gong Yu said truthfully.
"It's okay if you don't understand." Dai Ruyan lightly poked Gong Yu's flushed cheek with his fingertips, and said seriously: "Anyway, your rope is in my hands, no one can hurt you."
"This Xiao Jiu can always understand, right?"
Gong Yu suddenly felt that Dai Ruyan seemed to be more domineering in her gentleness than before, and what she said inadvertently always made Gong Yu unconsciously attracted.
"Don't be in a daze anymore, if you don't go back, your chicken legs will be overcooked." Dai Ruyan walked forward holding Gong Yu's hand.
Due to the wind and snow, the walking was much slower, and Gong Yu, who had felt a little hot before, gradually felt cold now.
Dai Ruyan looked flimsy in her vegetarian clothes, but her palms were warm.Gong Yu felt that sometimes she was very close to Dai Ruyan, and sometimes she felt that she was far away from Dai Ruyan.
This feeling of closeness seems to tie Gong Yu's heart, just like Dai Ruyan said, it becomes a rope, and the other end of the rope is in Dai Ruyan's hands.
Gong Yu sped up a little bit to catch up with her predecessor, Ruyan, and said calmly, "Ah Yan still didn't tell me why she didn't want to leave the capital all of a sudden?"
Dai Ruyan seemed to be in a very good mood, clasped Gong Yu's hand tightly, turned his head and said, "Does Xiao Jiu want to know?"
"Well, I want to know."
"But I won't tell you." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with a smile in his eyes and said mischievously.
Gong Yu's heart was pulled by such a representative like Yan Shengsheng, and her heart beat violently. She couldn't help but followed her steps and asked:
"why did not you tell me?"
"Because... this is my secret."
Dai Ruyan's eyes were full of seriousness looking at Gong Yu, and his fingertips lightly hooked Gong Yu's fingers, changing different corridors around, as if he was playing.
The maid who followed Dai Ruyan fell behind a lot, and Gong Yu trotted along with Dai Ruyan, and sometimes quickly shuttled through the complicated and intertwined corridors and corridors.
Gong Yu, who was still confused at first, suddenly felt that this labyrinth-like corridor might be Dai Ruyan's game place.
Because of the trot, the cold air rushed into her nose, Gong Yu felt a little uncomfortable, but her body couldn't help following Dai Ruyan back and forth.
After entering the hall, Dai Ruyan took Gong Yu back to the low couch, the small stove was still bubbling and rolling.
Gong Yu holds the fish soup served by Dai Ruyan, and sips it, Dai Ruyan likes to eat fish very much.
It's just that Dai Ruyan can eat fish fillets slowly, but Gong Yu likes to watch it very much, and she will watch it for a long time.
When it was getting dark outside the window, Gong Yu was already full, Dai Ruyan drank the fish soup and asked, "Are you full?"
"Ah."
In fact, Gong Yu felt that she was exhausted, but Dai Ruyan only ate a bowl of fish soup this afternoon.
The maid quietly came in and lit the candlesticks, and then cleaned up the broken dishes, while Gong Yu sat beside him holding the little rabbit in her hand.
Dai Ruyan was still looking at the book, but it seemed that she was about to finish it.
After the maidservants left, Gong Yu dawdled and got closer, leaning against Dai Ruyan quite self-consciously.
Seeing that Dai Ruyan still didn't respond, Gong Yu deliberately tilted her head to block Dai Ruyan's sight of reading.
The whole person was hugged lightly by Dai Ruyan, and Dai Ruyan's voice sounded next to his ear, saying: "Hey, don't move around."
Gong Yu's trick succeeded, so she nestled in Dai Ruyan's arms contentedly, the little bunny in her hand was very comfortable to hug.
"I don't even understand your book." Gong Yu looked after her and said confusedly.
"This is an ancient script, and it's not a common script in Gongguo. It's normal if you can't understand it."
"Then what's written on it?"
Dai Ruyan turned another page and said, "It's mostly the art of war, and some records of events in the court."
"Isn't this book boring?"
"For Xiao Jiu, it's probably boring."
Gong Yu reached out and rubbed the little rabbit's face, maybe because the little rabbit was too fat, so the face could be pulled very big, Gong Yu couldn't bear it.
"Really?" Dai Ruyan murmured in a low voice, then turned her head to look elsewhere and said, "This is a monastery, it's not proper for you to drag me like this."
"I asked for a peace talisman for you just now." Gong Yu stuffed the talisman bag in her hand into Dai Ruyan's hand, a little confused about what she said before, it was Dai Ruyan who was suspicious.
The distance between the two seems to be exactly one person's distance apart.
The snow on the trees in the mountains was boundless, coupled with the hazy mist, it was all white in the eyes, Gong Yu took a shallow breath and watched the white mist dissipate very quickly.
Occasionally, birds shuttled through the fog at a fast speed, as if they were very familiar with the forest and were not afraid of hitting the trees.
Gong Yu looked at the talisman bag that Dai Ruyan held in his hand, obviously he was not used to such a Dai Ruyan, it was cold and not warm at all.
"I...did I do something wrong?" Gong Yu approached and asked.
Dai Ruyan evaded slightly to the side and replied: "No."
"Then why are you unhappy?"
"I do not have."
Gong Yu boldly approached and looked Dai Ruyan straight in the eyes and said, "But it's obvious, A Yan ignored me just now."
Before he finished speaking, Dai Ruyan suddenly resisted and stretched out his hand to push Gongyu down, while on the other side was a slope as high as dozens of steps.
Gong Yu, who hadn't taken precautions, leaned straight to one side, and the feeling of weightlessness made Gong Yu's heart almost stop.
If it falls, it will really take a long time to heal the injury.
Just when Gong Yu came to his senses, his arm was suddenly pulled tightly, and when he was close to the familiar bosom, Gong Yu could clearly hear Dai Ruyan's heartbeat.
Bang bang and jumping as fast as your own heartbeat.
The drop caused by the rotation made Gong Yu a little nauseous, and when she realized it, the two of them had already fallen down the slope, and the maid and servant above shouted in panic, "It's not good, Miss Dai fell down!"
Escaping from the sense of weightlessness, Gong Yu breathed heavily, Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu worriedly and asked, "Where is the injury?"
Gong Yu hurriedly responded: "I'm fine."
"Really?"
"It's really okay."
Dai Ruyan hugged Gong Yu with a sigh of relief, Gong Yu smiled close to Dai Ruyan's heartbeat and said, "Fortunately, this is a lawn, otherwise we would have died for love like this."
"Nonsense." Dai Ruyan pressed his palm close to Gong Yu's cheek and said, "It's almost scaring me."
"Yeah, I was terrified too."
It was the first time for Gong Yu to see Dai Ruyan's resisting expression, and almost thought that Dai Ruyan had discovered his feelings for her, so she became disgusted.
If this is the case, then Gong Yu is really heartbroken.
"Then why was Ayan so indifferent to me just now?" Gong Yu looked into Dai Ruyan's eyes and asked.
Dai Ruyan didn't dodge, and replied with guilt in her eyes: "I... don't know either."
Not sure?
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan in a daze, her eyes were clean and clear, completely different from the alienated and indifferent eyes just now.
Not far away could be heard the footsteps of maids running hastily, Dai Ruyan quietly opened the distance, reached out and pulled Gong Yu to get up from the lawn.
Only now did Gong Yu catch a glimpse of the scratch marks on the back of Dai Ruyan's hand, the scarlet patch looked a little charming on that fair skin.
The maidservants rushed forward to support Dai Ruyan, Gong Yu followed closely, Dai's grandmother scolded the servants seriously.
Even Gong Yu, who was on the side, didn't dare to speak, after all, the tiger-headed cane that Dai's grandmother held in her hand still seemed to have a certain amount of weight.
Dai Ruyan turned his head slightly and said, "Don't be afraid."
"I'm not afraid." Gong Yu nodded and asked softly, "Does your injury hurt?"
"No problem, just apply the ointment and it will be fine in a few days."
When it was dark, Dai Ruyan left with Dai's grandmother in a sedan chair, and Gong Yu followed behind on a horse.
When walking back to the mansion, the old housekeeper who came out to greet him looked at Gong Yu whose clothes were messy and stained with weeds and asked, "Did your Highness encounter robbers on the road?"
Only then did Gong Yu look at the fine weeds on her body, and then realized that her right leg was a little sore and responded, "It's just that I accidentally fell."
"Then let the doctor take a look?"
"No, it's just that the leg seems to be scratched, please trouble the housekeeper to bring some ointment."
"Yes, Your Highness."
At night, Gong Yu sat cross-legged on the bed, rolled up her trousers to reveal the scarlet patch, which was indeed a bit scary at first glance.
Hastily applied the ointment, and Gong Yu lay on the bed. Because of the fire path under the hall, the bed was as warm as the floor heating.
The injury on the side of the leg was not serious, but Gong Yu couldn't sleep.
Dai Ruyan, who was in a bad mood, mentioned the dancer at that time, but the dancer appeared in the middle of the night last night, and Dai Ruyan's spies delivered the news so accurately.
But the identity of the dancing girl has not yet been ascertained, so why is Dai Ruyan so angry with herself?
What's more important is that Dai Ruyan said that she didn't know. According to Dai Ruyan's intelligence, how could she not remember something that was just a blink of an eye?
Gong Yu only felt a severe headache, tossed and turned, and fell asleep in a daze until the middle of the night.
After tossing and turning for a few days, her legs gradually improved. During the day, Gong Yu wanted to sleep more, but the sound of firecrackers outside started to ring from time to time in the morning.
Helpless, Gong Yu had to get up early, first to deal with the store's account books for the whole year, and then there were various trivial matters in the mansion.No matter how bad it is, Mr. Qin Hua urged Gong Yumo to waste his riding and shooting skills all day long.
It wasn't until the tenth day of the Lunar New Year that Gong Yu finally gave herself a vacation, and rode a horse early in the morning to prepare for Dai Ruyan's courtyard.
The snow piled up thickly on the street along the street, and the firecrackers that burst out from time to time frightened the horses.
Afraid of being thrown, Gong Yu led the horse for a walk, with the freshly made pastry in her arms, which was still warm right now.
Or after walking for a long time, even Gong Yu felt hot, when he stopped in Dai Ruyan's courtyard, the young man guarding the door said: "Why did His Highness Jiu come so early today?"
"It's all right, I'm here." Gong Yu handed the horse over to the servant, and she was able to lie without blushing.
Gong Yu entered the pavilion with the still warm cakes in her arms, and when she walked through the long corridor, she saw the frozen lake, and couldn't help shivering.
Although she has been to this courtyard many times, it is the first time for Gong Yu to look at this courtyard seriously.
It's just that Dai Ruyan's courtyard is really deserted in winter. Most of the trees in the courtyard have only bare trunks, and most of the houses and terraces are made of dark lacquered wood, which looks a bit lifeless.
The corridors are criss-crossed, as if the courtyard is not big, but there are dozens of corridors that can be turned back to any room.
Near the hall, Gong Yu failed to see Dai Ruyan for the first time, but just happened to see a maidservant coming out of the hall with a water basin.
"Your Highness Ninth, why did you come so early today?" The maid said again: "My young lady is still washing and grooming, I'm afraid I have to trouble Your Highness Ninth to wait a little longer."
Gong Yu was really a little afraid of this sharp-tongued maid.
Inside, Dai Ruyan suddenly said, "Biyu stop making trouble, let Xiao Jiu come in."
Although the servant girl was a little reluctant for a while, she still saluted and said, "Your Highness Ninth Prince, go in."
"That's good." Gong Yu smiled with her eyebrows bent, stretched out her hand and opened the curtain to block the wind, and entered the hall.
The inside of the hall was surprisingly cold, Dai Ruyan was sitting alone on the low couch by the window, holding a book in his hand, while burning incense, or the bright light outside the window made Dai Ruyan's face look a little pale.
"Why doesn't Ah Yan ask someone to set up a charcoal basin?" Gong Yu said sitting on the side.
Dai Ruyan looked at the book and asked, "Xiao Jiu feels cold?"
"It's not cold, I've walked all the way, and now I'm warming up." Gong Yu took out the pastry wrapped in oil paper and said, "Do you want to try this pastry, Ayan?"
Only then did Ruyan cast his eyes on Gong Yu and said, "You came early in the morning just to let me taste this pastry?"
"Well, I have nothing to do all day today, so I came here early in the morning."
These words already implied that Gong Yu planned to stay here all day today.
Gong Yu was sitting upright, and saw a maidservant coming in from outside, placing tea and fruits, Dai Ruyan said: "Bi Yu, it's getting cold in this hall."
"Yes, Miss." The maid replied and left.
Dai Ruyan put down the book, reached out to pick up a piece of pastry and took a sip, Gong Yu nervously poured the tea and asked, "How does it taste?"
"Well, it's soft and delicious, but a little too sweet."
Gong Yu had guessed that Dai Ruyan might not like sweets, but she didn't expect to put a little sweetness in it, but she still felt it was too sweet.
Gong Yu, who doubted her sense of taste, took a piece of pastry and tasted it.
Well, I'm sure it's just Dai Ruyan unilaterally thinking that it's too sweet.
Although the pastries are good, but because of the journey along the way, there are many scattered, and there is no appearance.
Dai Ruyan at the side looked at it and said: "The taste of this pastry is somewhat different from the usual ones, and the style is also very soft."
When Gong Yu heard this, it was as if she had been praised, the corners of her mouth could not close, and she said begging for praise: "I made these in the morning."
"Did it early in the morning?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with a little surprise and said, "No wonder you look a little tired, I thought it was because you didn't sleep well."
"It's okay, I just want Ayan to taste it." Of course Gong Yu was embarrassed to say that she was too excited, so she didn't fall asleep.
"I've never heard that Xiao Jiu can make pastries, this is the first time." Dai Ruyan ate another piece to save face.
"I know a lot." Gong Yu took a sip of tea and said, "And she can make dumplings, what kind of stuffing does Ah Yan like to eat?"
Dai Ruyan obviously didn't expect that Gong Yu would really ask such a question, and seemed to think about it seriously: "Is there anything else in dumplings besides meat?"
"Yes, even vegetables and fruits are fine, as long as you want to put it, there is nothing that cannot be used as stuffing."
"Little Nine."
"Ok?"
"Where did you learn this?" Dai Ruyan asked in surprise.
Gong Yu hurriedly explained: "I've been bored in the mansion recently, so I was thinking about what to learn."
Dai Ruyan didn't seem to think much while drinking the tea, Gong Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and took another sip of the tea, only to realize that the taste of the tea seemed to have changed again.
Sweet, not the kind of bitter tea that can kill people at all.
The wind was blowing outside the window, Dai Ruyan didn't eat much of the cakes he brought, but the rest went into Gong Yu's stomach.
It was still early, and the fog outside was heavy, Gong Yu had nothing to do and asked, "Ayan, do you want some dumplings?"
"I just ate pastry, I don't plan to eat at noon." Dai Ruyan looked at the book motionlessly, answered quietly, and then immersed herself in the book.
Gong Yu looked at it with a vicissitudes of life, but Dai Ruyan just didn't look back at herself, as if the book was some treasure worthy of attention.
The forgotten Gong Yuman fell innocently on the spacious low couch, and seeing the peach blossom sachet tied around his waist by Dai Ruyan from the side, he felt better again.
The mischievous Gong Yu stretched her arms, gently pulled Dai Ruyan's loose skirt through the low table and smiled, "Sister Dai, you are so boring."
But Dai Ruyan seemed to know that Gong Yu did it on purpose, so he just read the book on his own, and ignored Gong Yu's small movements.
Gong Yu grabbed Dai Ruyan's skirt with one hand, and crawled from under the low table to Dai Ruyan's face, and then she exposed her head and heard Dai Ruyan say: "If you move again, everything on this low table will be destroyed." collapsed."
"What kind of good book is this? Ah Yan is ignoring me after reading it?" Gong Yu turned her head and asked.
Dai Ruyan looked down at Gong Yu who seemed to be trapped by the table, stretched out his hand and gently pulled Gong Yu out of his body and said, "Hurry up and come out, if the maidservants see this, they will have to laugh at you."
Gong Yu simply leaned on Dai Ruyan's body and said, "Then let them make jokes."
Although Dai Ruyan would occasionally hold her in her arms in the past, Gong Yu was innocent at that time, so she dared to say any nonsense, and she didn't shy away from being close.
Right now Gong Yu is leaning against Dai Ruyan's soft body, and she can even sniff the faint fragrance with the tip of her nose, she is not feeling well.
Seeing Dai Ruyan stretching out his hand to flip through the book, the back of the hand was still covered with gauze, Gong Yu turned back and asked, "Is the injury still not healed?"
"It's almost healed, I just applied some ointment, so I still wrapped it with gauze." Dai Ruyan's voice rang softly beside her ear.
And following Dai Ruyan's words, Gong Yu could vaguely feel the softness behind her, her face turned red instantly, and she wanted to distance herself a little.
But Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand to gently hug Gong Yu, leaned slightly closer, put his arms around Gong Yu and said: "Don't move around, didn't you just say you want to read my book?"
Now Gong Yu was completely held in Dai Ruyan's arms, she didn't dare to move at all, like a caught little rabbit, panicked, her little heart was beating thumpingly.
The sound of pages turning could be heard softly, Gong Yu breathed gently, looking at Dai Ruyan's flipped books, only to see that the ancient texts described above were obscure, and Gong Yu couldn't even recognize many characters.
Gong Yu looked dazzled, but she also paid some attention, turning her head slightly to see Dai Ruyan's focused expression, her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly turned her head to look out the window.
The snow outside the window did not know when it started to fall again, but the room was already warmed up, probably because there was an underground fire path in the hall, and even the low couch was much warmer.
Occasionally, the snow would be heard as if it had slipped from a dead branch, with a few slaps, and it disappeared when you listened carefully.
Outside the half-open window, some maidservants were cleaning the snow in the courtyard, and the sound of brooms could be heard faintly, which showed that the courtyard was quiet.
Dai Ruyan beside him suddenly said, "Why are you silent?"
Gong Yu withdrew her gaze and lay in Dai Ruyan's arms, looked up at Dai Ruyan and said, "I was thinking about Ayan, it's so quiet."
"Don't like quiet?"
"No, I really like it." Gong Yu blinked and said with a smile: "I am already very noisy, if the surroundings are not quieter, Ah Yan won't be able to hear me."
Dai Ruyan smiled and said nothing, just took the thin blanket at the side to cover Gong Yu, lightly held Gong Yu's light-colored hairband with his fingertips and said: "It's only Chen Shi, so it's naturally very quiet."
Gong Yu felt that Dai Ruyan was the most talkative at this time, so she brought up the matter of the dancing girl.
"On the night of New Year's Eve, there was a Chinese dancer who forcibly passed out outside my mansion. I didn't want to cause death, so I had to ask someone to carry the dancer into the mansion to take care of her. The dancer was sent away early the next morning. Follow her secretly."
"Does Ayan know what happened later?" Gong Yu deliberately asked, although Dai Ruyan should have known about it.
Dai Ruyan paused to flip through the book and answered softly with her fingertips: "What happened to the dancer from the country?"
Gong Yu was a little surprised by Dai Ruyan's answer, and said, "The dancer from the country was killed a few days ago."
"It's rumored in the capital that the assassination sect did it, but there's no real evidence, so the government has no choice but to let it go."
Dai Ruyan looked at the book and said, "What truth did the people sent by Xiaojiu find out?"
"I didn't get any news. I just secretly followed the guards and reported that the country dancer was killed after she entered Brother Wuhuang's mansion and came out."
"So Xiao Jiu suspects that it is His Royal Highness Fifth?"
Gong Yu shook her head and stretched out her hands to straighten the thin blanket covering her body, shaking her head, "No, I don't think Brother Wu Huang would be able to do such a murderous thing."
Dai Ruyan put down Gong Yu's hairband, looked down at Gong Yu and said, "But sometimes the less a person looks, the more likely that person is the murderer. Especially in the emperor's house, anyone will have Blood, it's unavoidable."
"But why did Brother Wuhuang kill that country dancer?" Gong Yu didn't think of the reason, and couldn't help but frown, after all, she still couldn't bear to drive out the girl at that time.
"If you can't figure it out, don't think about it."
Dai Ruyan gently rubbed Gong Yu's eyebrows with her fingertips, and said in a low voice, "Anyway, the truth will be forgotten sooner or later."
"Why isn't Ayan curious?"
"This capital city is full of secrets, from the emperor to the common people, if they are all curious, I am afraid there will be no rest days."
Gong Yu lightly held Dai Ruyan's hand, carefully avoiding the gauze-wrapped hand and asked in a low voice: "Does Ayan have a secret too?"
The hall was very quiet, Dai Ruyan didn't reply immediately, but Gong Yu's confused and waiting face was reflected in his eyes.
"Yes, everyone will have a secret." Dai Ruyan's eyes were as clear as clear water, but there was something hidden in the words that Gong Yu couldn't touch or grasp, but could clearly feel. Should it be called a thing, an object, or a human existence.
Gong Yu felt that Dai Ruyan's clear eyes might be filled with endless darkness, and there were many secrets hidden in it, maybe it was a forbidden place that no one could peep into except Dai Ruyan.
Gong Yu blinked, touched Dai Ruyan's hand and said, "That's right, actually I have a secret too."
"And there's more than one."
Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's hand lightly, with the other hand stroking Gong Yu's curved brow, delicately brushed the corner of Gong Yu's upturned mouth with his fingertips and asked, "What will Xiao Jiu's secret be?"
"I won't tell you." Gong Yu said with a smile.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well, because Ayan also has a secret that she didn't tell me."
Dai Ruyan rested on the pulp of Gong Yu's cheek and lightly pressed the dimple, looking at Gong Yu with tender eyes and whispering:
"But my secret is not as interesting as Xiao Jiu's."
"Ayan praised me like that, and I wouldn't say it." Gong Yu stroked Dai Ruyan's palm with her fingertips, smelling the ointment faintly and asked worriedly: "Will the wound on the back of this hand leave a scar?"
"Probably not, I have been applying ointment every day for the past few days."
Gong Yu lay on Dai Ruyan's arms and said: "It's okay, even if Ayan's skin is damaged, I will never leave."
Dai Ruyan smiled, tapped Gong Yu's nose with his fingertips and said, "Slick tongue, who did you learn this from outside?"
"No." Gong Yu touched her nose and responded mischievously: "I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart, doesn't Ayan feel my heart?"
"I don't have any intentions, but I saw a little slippery head."
"I'm not young anymore." Gong Yu counted and said, "It's time for me to accept a concubine this year."
"Concubine?"
Dai Ruyan poked Gong Yu's cheek with her fingertips as if lost in memory and said with emotion: "I didn't expect it to be three years in a flash."
"Yeah, so why am I not considered a child?"
Gong Yu felt that it was necessary to mention that she was not a child.Provincial Dai Ruyan always treats herself like an elder treats a younger generation.
Dai Ruyan didn't think about it but said very suddenly: "No matter how old you are, you are still a child in my eyes."
"It doesn't matter now or in the future."
Such sudden domineering words made Gong Yu inexplicably feel a little sweet.
The hopeless Gong Yu felt as if her ears were burning, Dai Ruyan lightly held Gong Yu's hand with her fingertips and said in a soft voice: "But it's about time for the concubine."
Hey?
"What's the time?" Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan blankly, thinking that she was just joking.
"Naturally, we should find a beautiful concubine for Xiao Jiu." Dai Ruyan pinched the soft flesh of Gong Yu's palm lightly with his fingertips, and said solemnly.
Gong Yu inexplicably felt that the sense of crisis was rising, and quickly took Dai Ruyan's hand and said: "Don't! I just mentioned it indiscriminately."
"I heard that there are quite a few noble women in the capital who are at the right age for marriage. Although it is not appropriate to be married to the royal family, concubines are fine."
"Sister Dai, I was wrong..."
Looking at Gong Yu's soft tone, Dai Ruyan raised the corner of his mouth lightly and said, "If you don't take a concubine now, sooner or later someone will give you a concubine, and it will be even more difficult to guard against."
"Besides, Xiao Jiu often wanders around the capital. I heard that there are many young girls in the capital who love Xiao Jiu."
Gong Yu felt that according to Dai Ruyan's words, the situation was obviously starting to become unfavorable, and quickly said: "I don't want to be a concubine, if I want to marry, I can only marry you, Ayan."
"Since ancient times, the princes and nobles have had wives and concubines in groups. Even if I marry you, I still have to find a few concubines."
"Even if I don't want it, I have to look for it?" Gong Yu's heart was broken.
Dai Ruyan smiled calmly and nodded: "It is also the duty of the royal family's children to extend their heirs."
"I do not want."
Gong Yu silently pulled the thin blanket to cover her face and decided to play dead to the end.
The words of both of them stopped, Gong Yu couldn't see Dai Ruyan's movements, so he had to pull off the thin blanket silently.
Dai Ruyan raised his hand and picked up the book on the side and looked at it for himself, probably letting go of the topic just now.
Gong Yu leaned sideways and stretched out her hand to touch the sachet worn by Dai Ruyan, she sniffed it close to her nose and said, "This peach blossom is quite fragrant now."
His eyes fell on that jade pendant, although Gong Yu wanted it several times, but Dai Ruyan seemed to attach great importance to the jade pendant, so Gong Yu didn't mention it for a long time.
Putting down the sachet in his hand, Gong Yu reached out to grab the jade pendant, unexpectedly the jade pendant was very warm.
It is delicate and smooth in the hand, and the color is clear. It is really a good piece of jade pendant. After playing with it a few times, Gong Yu lost interest, so he put down the jade pendant.
Dai Ruyan said: "Stop playing?"
Gong Yu lowered her body to the other side of the low table, with her upper body resting on Dai Ruyan's pillow, no small movements could hide from Dai Ruyan's eyes.
Of course, Gong Yu didn't think about hiding anything, but when Dai Ruyan said it like this, it would still be somewhat embarrassing.
"It's not fun." Gong Yu stretched out her hand and rubbed her eyes and said, "There is nothing left and right, and Ayan just reads and ignores me, so I will go back."
"Really want to leave?" Dai Ruyan looked down at Gong Yu and said.
"Well, it's still early at the moment, I'll ride a horse to visit the royal brothers first, and if it's not good enough, I can go to the Taifu's to eat and drink." Gong Yu started to play tricks, and made up things.
Dai Ruyan put down the book, held Gong Yu's cheek with both hands and asked gently: "Are you angry?"
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "No."
"Then you said just now that you would stay here with me for a day."
"I just said that I have nothing to do all day today." Gong Yu argued.
Dai Ruyan pursed her lips slightly, stroked Gong Yu's cheek with her thumb and said in a low voice, "Xiao Jiu is not good today."
This complaining voice was so cute that Gong Yu's heart almost melted.
Gong Yu suppressed a smile and said with a serious face: "A Yan is a foul for being cute."
"But Ayan always reads books, I will always disturb Ayan here."
"Then I won't read the book, just look at Xiaojiu, okay?" Dai Ruyan smiled slightly, pinching Gong Yu's cheek with his fingertips, as if coaxing a child.
However, Gong Yu resisted Dai Ruyan's beauty attack at all, and her blushing face was only short of nosebleeds.
Gong Yu hurriedly closed her eyes and replied, "You...I'm not a child, you can read as long as you read."
"Then Xiaojiu will stay here with me all day today, okay?"
Normally, Dai Ruyan's voice was a little cold, but suddenly with such a sweet tone, Gong Yu felt that she might suffocate if she stayed for a long time.
"I... just promise you." Gong Yu replied in embarrassment.
It's just that when Dai Ruyan was reading, it was really too quiet, and the low couch was extremely warm, so Gong Yu took a nap.
When he woke up again, it was still white outside the window, and Dai Ruyan's movements had not changed, and he was still reading.
Her stomach was rumbling, Gong Yu reached out and touched her stomach and muttered: "Sure enough, those pastries can't fill my stomach at all."
Sitting up, Gong Yu stretched her waist, only to see Dai Ruyan blinked her eyes slightly, and the other side remained motionless.
"Ayan, I'm hungry." Gong Yu leaned closer and said.
Dai Ruyan just closed the book and said: "Then let someone set up a small stove."
"Okay."
This small stove is a small hot pot. After the maids put the things in place, Gong Yu sat aside and placed the meat, while Ru Yan only ate fish fillets, and preferred vegetables.
The stove was steaming hot, and the chicken legs that Gong Yu put in were too slow to cook, so he could only eat the meat slices first, and had no time to take care of the vegetables for the time being.
Dai Ruyan didn't intend to drink the fruit wine in the silver jug at the side, so Gong Yu couldn't bring it up either.
Dai Ruyan eats slowly, so Gong Yu will put the well-cooked fish on a small plate aside.
The temperature in the hall was already high, and Gong Yu began to sweat after eating, so he looked at the silver pot and asked, "Ayan, can I drink fruit wine?"
This question couldn't be more cute.
Dai Ruyan didn't think but said: "Of course, this fruit wine was prepared for you."
"I see that you haven't moved all this time, and I thought you were no longer interested in fruit wine."
amount……
If I knew it earlier, why would I be so stupid to ask?
In any case, Gong Yu poured a small glass of fruit wine and tasted it, only to find that the taste of the fruit wine was very sweet, not like wine at all, but a bit like a mixed drink.
It's no wonder that women drink a lot, but Dai Ruyan shouldn't like this sweet fruit wine very much, after all, Dai Ruyan doesn't seem to like sweet things very much.
Gong Yu had only drank two cups, Dai Ruyan suddenly said: "I can't drink any more."
"This fruit wine is not intoxicating, and it should be fine to drink a few more glasses." Gong Yu obviously didn't want to put down the glass while holding the glass.
"Who says you can't be drunk?" Dai Ruyan reached out and took away Gong Yu's wine glass, then took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Gong Yu's forehead, and said softly, "Your face is blushing right now."
"Maybe it's too hot in this hall." Gong Yu really felt a little hot.
Dai Ruyan got up and pulled Gong Yu, Gong Yu asked a little puzzled: "Ayan, where are we going?"
"Go outside and walk around."
Hey?
As soon as he went out, although the wind and snow outside had stopped, the temperature difference was too great, and the palace jade seemed to have fallen from the warm desert into the ice bank.
At the beginning, she still felt comfortable, Gong Yu held Dai Ruyan's hand tightly, and did not want to take her eyes off Dai Ruyan for a moment.
"Is it cold?" Dai Ruyan turned his head to ask.
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "It's not cold, it's very comfortable now."
"You, for those who are not good at drinking, it is best not to have three cups of fruit wine, otherwise you will have a headache when you get drunk." Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's warm hand lightly and walked aimlessly along the corridor with.
Now that she can see nothing but Bai Bai, Gong Yu smiled and said, "So this wine is generally not intoxicating, but it can be quite intoxicating, right?"
"Ah."
"Ayan, where are we going?"
"Where do you want to go?" Dai Ruyan looked sideways at Gong Yu.
Gong Yu stopped and thought for a while and said, "I want to go to the sky."
"And the bottom of the sea."
Dai Ruyan was slightly taken aback and said softly, "Xiao Jiu, are you drunk?"
"I'm not drunk." Gong Yu smiled and the white mist that came out of her big mouth breath quickly dissipated.
"I want to go to a place where there is Ayan, no matter where is good." Gong Yu's heart seemed to be beating a drum, some were afraid that Dai Ruyan would find out, and some were looking forward to Dai Ruyan's discovery.
Dai Ruyan stopped and reached out to support Gong Yu and said: "Then it won't be possible to go anywhere?"
"Why?" Apparently Dai Ruyan didn't notice it at all, Gong Yuping asked after recovering from loss.
"Stupid, of course we will always be together." Dai Ruyan whispered with her arms around Gong Yu.
Is this a response?
Gong Yu ecstatically smiled and asked, "Really?"
Dai Ruyan touched Gong Yu's reddened cheeks from the cold with her fingertips and said, "We are grasshoppers on the same rope after all, aren't we?"
As if falling from a height in an instant, Gong Yu stared at Dai Ruyan in a daze.
This sentence is just a joke that Gong Yu used to say, but Dai Ruyan did not expect Dai Ruyan to remember it so clearly.
But this response was obviously not the one Gong Yu expected.
Gong Yu tried her best to ease her emotions, but she still couldn't help feeling uncomfortable after the gap, she lowered her head slightly and asked random topics: "If Ayan leaves the capital, then I will follow along."
"Maybe, I won't leave the capital." Dai Ruyan said this suddenly.
"Ayan, why did you suddenly change your mind?" Gong Yu remembered asking Dai Ruyan this question at that time, but Dai Ruyan only said that he wanted to escape from the capital, and did not say where he was going.
Why did he suddenly decide not to leave the capital again?
Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand and tightened the cloak tied around Gong Yu's body and said with a smile, "Maybe it didn't change suddenly."
"I don't understand." Gong Yu said truthfully.
"It's okay if you don't understand." Dai Ruyan lightly poked Gong Yu's flushed cheek with his fingertips, and said seriously: "Anyway, your rope is in my hands, no one can hurt you."
"This Xiao Jiu can always understand, right?"
Gong Yu suddenly felt that Dai Ruyan seemed to be more domineering in her gentleness than before, and what she said inadvertently always made Gong Yu unconsciously attracted.
"Don't be in a daze anymore, if you don't go back, your chicken legs will be overcooked." Dai Ruyan walked forward holding Gong Yu's hand.
Due to the wind and snow, the walking was much slower, and Gong Yu, who had felt a little hot before, gradually felt cold now.
Dai Ruyan looked flimsy in her vegetarian clothes, but her palms were warm.Gong Yu felt that sometimes she was very close to Dai Ruyan, and sometimes she felt that she was far away from Dai Ruyan.
This feeling of closeness seems to tie Gong Yu's heart, just like Dai Ruyan said, it becomes a rope, and the other end of the rope is in Dai Ruyan's hands.
Gong Yu sped up a little bit to catch up with her predecessor, Ruyan, and said calmly, "Ah Yan still didn't tell me why she didn't want to leave the capital all of a sudden?"
Dai Ruyan seemed to be in a very good mood, clasped Gong Yu's hand tightly, turned his head and said, "Does Xiao Jiu want to know?"
"Well, I want to know."
"But I won't tell you." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with a smile in his eyes and said mischievously.
Gong Yu's heart was pulled by such a representative like Yan Shengsheng, and her heart beat violently. She couldn't help but followed her steps and asked:
"why did not you tell me?"
"Because... this is my secret."
Dai Ruyan's eyes were full of seriousness looking at Gong Yu, and his fingertips lightly hooked Gong Yu's fingers, changing different corridors around, as if he was playing.
The maid who followed Dai Ruyan fell behind a lot, and Gong Yu trotted along with Dai Ruyan, and sometimes quickly shuttled through the complicated and intertwined corridors and corridors.
Gong Yu, who was still confused at first, suddenly felt that this labyrinth-like corridor might be Dai Ruyan's game place.
Because of the trot, the cold air rushed into her nose, Gong Yu felt a little uncomfortable, but her body couldn't help following Dai Ruyan back and forth.
After entering the hall, Dai Ruyan took Gong Yu back to the low couch, the small stove was still bubbling and rolling.
Gong Yu holds the fish soup served by Dai Ruyan, and sips it, Dai Ruyan likes to eat fish very much.
It's just that Dai Ruyan can eat fish fillets slowly, but Gong Yu likes to watch it very much, and she will watch it for a long time.
When it was getting dark outside the window, Gong Yu was already full, Dai Ruyan drank the fish soup and asked, "Are you full?"
"Ah."
In fact, Gong Yu felt that she was exhausted, but Dai Ruyan only ate a bowl of fish soup this afternoon.
The maid quietly came in and lit the candlesticks, and then cleaned up the broken dishes, while Gong Yu sat beside him holding the little rabbit in her hand.
Dai Ruyan was still looking at the book, but it seemed that she was about to finish it.
After the maidservants left, Gong Yu dawdled and got closer, leaning against Dai Ruyan quite self-consciously.
Seeing that Dai Ruyan still didn't respond, Gong Yu deliberately tilted her head to block Dai Ruyan's sight of reading.
The whole person was hugged lightly by Dai Ruyan, and Dai Ruyan's voice sounded next to his ear, saying: "Hey, don't move around."
Gong Yu's trick succeeded, so she nestled in Dai Ruyan's arms contentedly, the little bunny in her hand was very comfortable to hug.
"I don't even understand your book." Gong Yu looked after her and said confusedly.
"This is an ancient script, and it's not a common script in Gongguo. It's normal if you can't understand it."
"Then what's written on it?"
Dai Ruyan turned another page and said, "It's mostly the art of war, and some records of events in the court."
"Isn't this book boring?"
"For Xiao Jiu, it's probably boring."
Gong Yu reached out and rubbed the little rabbit's face, maybe because the little rabbit was too fat, so the face could be pulled very big, Gong Yu couldn't bear it.
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