Eastward Flow

Chapter 15

After seeing off Zhong Lishuo's house, Yang Yuting walked towards Xinghualou at the south gate with the gift box.As soon as he stepped into the Xinghua Building, the little second who recognized him graciously led him to the private room on the third floor.Yang Yuting's face was full of pride, and as soon as he lifted the curtain of the private room, he hurriedly looked for Le Zhengying.At a glance, he saw the dignified and elegant Minister of the Ministry of War with his hair in a bun.

Before he was allowed to say hello, he heard a man say: "You still know how to bring a gift when you are late. I haven't seen Yuting for a year, but your brain has started to grow."

Yang Yuting turned his gaze over and saw a young man with a short beard and a jade crown in a brocade suit sitting across from Le Zhengying.Yang Yuting glanced at him, Shi Shiran walked to Le Zhengying's side, and said with a smile, "Jianjian, it's not very kind of you to bury me on the first day of the new year."

As he spoke, Yang Yuting took the gift box and placed it beside Le Zhengying, lifted his robe and sat on his knees, looking at the two people sitting across from him and said hello: "Sister Su, Cui Jian, Happy New Year both of you."

Sitting opposite him and Le Zhengying were Su Yanqing, the current commander of the Golden Robe Guard, and Cui Jian, the governor of Zhongzhou.The four of them were good friends they met when they recaptured the imperial capital. The governor of Zhongzhou finally returned to the imperial capital at the end of the year, so they came out to catch up on the old days during the New Year's Eve.

Su Yanqing, who commanded [-] gold-robed guards, had an extremely cold, upright and solemn face. She didn't talk too much, so she nodded when she saw Yang Yuting.Compared with her indifference, Cui Jian, who has a fair face and only a short beard, looks very enthusiastic with a smile on his face, "There is a New Year gift for New Year greetings, so is that the New Year gift you gave me?"

Cui Jian looked at the gift box brought by Yang Yuting, self-evident.Le Zhengying looked at Yang Yuting beside him, ignored him, poured a glass of warm wine, and placed it in front of Yang Yuting.Yang Yuting took the wine, but he was not polite, and he drank it all in one gulp.With the drink in his arms, a warm current surged into his heart.Yang Yuting waved his hand and said, "Hey, I sent someone to deliver your New Year's gift to your house yesterday, and now I'm asking you for a lottery. What's more, this gift is not mine."

"Oh, it's possible that the little girl gave it to you again." Cui Jian took the wine, took a sip, and smiled teasingly.

"No, no, this belongs to a little brother." Yang Yuting shook his head and set his eyes on Le Zhengying, smiling.

"Have you started messing with your little brother again?"

"I didn't. Speaking of which, Ah Ying, this matter still has something to do with you." Yang Yuting purposely put it off, and looked at Le Zhengying expectantly.

"Yeah." Le Zhengying didn't plan to answer him at all, and ate the good beef pot in Xinghualou like Su Yanqing.Xinghualou's beef pot is a must, I'm sorry if I don't eat more.

"Could it be that someone asked you to give it to Ah Ying? Ah Ying's peach blossoms have found you."

Yang Yuting was the only one who couldn't see how much he thought about Le Zhengying.So the discerning Cui Jian worked tirelessly on teasing Deputy Commander Yang, who was young and in love.

Yang Yuting didn't wait for Le Zhengying to ask how she had something to do with him, and thought that Cui Jian's talkativeness would definitely divert the conversation, so he hurriedly said: "No, neither. Ah Ying, I just saw your brother That’s right, that’s Le Zhengsu.”

Le Zhengying finally put down his chopsticks and looked at him straightly, "Is this for you?" Could it be that he is the Lord Jinpaowei from last night.That's not right, that's an adult woman, but Yang Yuting looked left and right, and she didn't look like a woman anywhere.Le Zhengying, who understood what was going on in her heart, looked at Yang Yuting in front of her and said solemnly: "Could it be that you are the lady who explained Ah Su's confusion last night? You went to Yulong Pavilion in women's clothes?"

As soon as she said these words, not only Cui Jian laughed, but even the taciturn Su Yanqing also laughed.Because they all thought of one thing. In a gambling game the year before last, the strong and majestic Commander Yang Yuting put on women's clothes and danced an extremely fragrant snake dance in the spring breeze after losing a game. .

That night, the coquettish man in different clothes became famous, and many good-looking young men were asking for his name.As a result, Yang Yuting also brought out a wave of cross-dressing.

As soon as Yang Yuting saw them laughing, he knew what this group of people who knew everything was thinking, and was so angry that his teeth were about to gnaw.Unfortunately, he had nothing to do with Le Zhengying, so he just stared at her, pretending he didn't hear, and said the matter to himself, "Your brother didn't give me a gift, but I wanted to help her find someone Woolen cloth."

Le Zhengying, who had figured it out for a long time, looked at Yang Yuting with a smile, and saw that he was angry and holding back, showing an expression that I understood.

Cui Jian was even worse, he almost didn't write the phrase "I understand, I understand, you can't stop the transvestite attack and put on women's clothes again" on his face.

Yang Yuting couldn't see it, and continued: "She wanted to find someone who helped her in the Yulong Pavilion last night, and she promised that he would bring gifts to her, so she must do what she said. Ah Ying, look at you Brother, what a kind person, he is always there. Think about it on my birthday last year, you said you would come for a drink, but you still didn't come. Tsk tsk... can't you be as cute as your brother. "

Yang Yuting had thought about the absence of the birthday banquet for a long time, and he felt desolate when he thought that he was full of expectations and wasted.Le Zhengying raised his glass and drank one, pretending he didn't hear him complain.

"So, she is really a good girl. Who do you think she is looking for?" Cui Jian joined the topic and asked curiously.

Yang Yuting looked at Le Zhengying, Le Zhengying thought about his younger brother's expression last night, thought for a moment, and then told the truth.

Explaining the whole story, Le Zhengying said again: "My family, Asu, has not had much contact with people since she was a child, and there is nothing I can do for her. Since she sincerely wants to thank her, Yang Yuting, I first thank you sincerely." Please, please help find it."

He knew that this matter would make Le Zhengying willing to talk to him.Thinking of this, the joy on Yang Yuting's face increased a bit, and he said with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's right, who asked me to be your friend, she is your younger brother."

Starting with this, the four of them spent the afternoon leisurely chatting about household chores and court affairs.

It was already noon when we left.Cui Jian still had an invitation in the afternoon, so he went to the next destination, Su Yanqing returned home, and Yang Yuting, who was still on duty, sadly went to the Department Office at the south gate.

Le Zhengying walked with him for a while, and threw a sachet to him before parting.The free and easy Minister of the Ministry of War left a sentence, "This is your new year's money." He drove the horse towards the house.

Yang Yuting, who stayed where he was, held the sachet, opened it carefully, and took out a round and white jade ring, and immediately beamed with joy.He put the jade ring back, ready to put it on after tying the rope, and returned to the Department Office with the small gift box he brought to attract attention.

With Le Zhengying's entrustment and gifts, Yang Yuting asked the people below to ask them one by one as soon as he arrived at the department office, but unfortunately, no one was found.Until the person in charge of the storeroom saw how active he was, he casually mentioned that the people in Princess Jingming's house had taken several sets of primrose dresses with the oracle and left.

The clever and witty Yang Yuting immediately realized that it must be their playful little princess who came out to play.He just thought, how could the golden-robed guards patrolling at the south gate be so slack at the feast that they listened to the shakuhachi.

After thinking this through, Yang Yuting ordered the golden robed guard to deliver the things to the little princess's palace, and then happily went to ask Le Zhengying for credit.

Just as he was talking to Le Zhengying, "Let me just say, such a leisurely person must not be from my South Gate, and he also knows Lin Mengdie, so he must be the little princess."

When he swore that he had found the right person, the little princess frowned at the little gift box.

She thought of that all too familiar face, and also of the last words the other party said, Xuan Jingning was very torn whether to send the things to the eldest sister.

Le Zhengsu is a person who keeps what he says.It's not easy to send someone to find her here.But what worried her was that if Le Zhengsu could find her through this, wouldn't the others be smarter and discover the Queen's trace early last night.

Thinking of this, the little princess was a little scared, and her proposal was a bit nonsense.

Biting her lower lip, the little princess glanced bit by bit over the box full of snacks and the dagger engraved with martial arts, and finally stopped at the thank you letter with a few words spread out on the table.

"A small gift is not a respect. Thank you for your kindness. I wish you good health and a happy new year."

No matter how you look at it, he is a very down-to-earth person, and he doesn't seem to have any other plans.What's more, Miss Huang also likes to collect weapons.

After such twists and turns, the little princess put Zhong Lisuo's New Year ceremony on the Queen's desk.

"That's the thing, Miss Huang, you just accept Le Zhengsu's kind intentions." Looking at Miss Huang who was still handling state affairs, Xuan Jingning said expectantly.

The queen looked up and looked at the boxes of small snacks that had been pulled out, and unexpectedly found that they were all foods that suited her own taste.When her eyes fell on the dagger, the queen's bright eyes even flickered for a moment.

The empress stopped her gaze on the spread letter paper, and the youthful and handsome handwriting fell on it, which was very beautiful.

Seeing the words were like faces, in an instant she thought of the startling glimpse on the Yulong Pavilion.

A very beautiful person, thought the Empress, as beautiful as His Royal Highness.

Somehow, the queen said: "Then take it." She ordered the servant to put the dagger and the boy's letter into her treasury, intending to continue handling government affairs.

The earth dragon in Zhaohui Hall was very warm, so warm that the empress thought of Emperor Zhao's frail back.She paused for a moment, and seemed to hear that gentle face whispering in her ear: "I am also happy with what kind of song this is."

Then, the queen raised her head, looked at the little princess who hadn't left yet, and said, "Ning'er, do you know what the song by Lin Mengdie is called?"

She looked at her younger sister and said, "Ask someone to buy the sheet music and give it back to that child." It's good that there is another person in this world who likes shakuhachi and looks similar to His Highness.

So what fell into the Queen's eyes was the astonished look of the little princess.