C95 (1/2)
The capital was getting hotter and hotter, and the empty ground was painted with a layer of the blazing sun's rays. The cage was extremely restless, and it was very common to hear of a family's children facing the sun playing around and dying from the heat.
Xue Ronghua's body was covered with a thin layer of pink rosewood, but she still felt a burning sensation on her face that turned into a drop of sweat flowing down. Little Zhui stood at the side and fanned her with all her might, she was also sweating profusely.
Xue Ronghua received the fan, and handed it over to her, ”Fan yourself. It's really too hot today.”
”Miss, I'll go to the kitchen later and bring a bowl of iced green bean sand here to relieve the heat.”
”Give me an extra bowl,” Xue Ronghua picked up the handkerchief and wiped her sweat, ”Prince Duan will come as well.”
”Does Prince Duan still want to come over in such a hot day?”
”His skin is deep and his flesh is thick, so it can't be exposed to the sun,” Xue Ronghua pursed her lips and smiled, ”Just go and get a bowl of it, and bring over some small snacks like a jujube paste mountain medicine cake.”
I don't want the Ice Sour Wine. I just need a jug of Ice Cream.” A hearty laughter came from outside the door. Chu Zongge, dressed in a buddhist robe and holding a folding fan, walked over with a smile.
”Then we won't give it to him,” Xue Ronghua said snappily as she rolled her eyes. ”We'll keep it for ourselves.”
Little Zhui secretly laughed and quickly went down.
Chu Zongge placed the bottle on the table, as if he was offering a treasure. ”Don't you want to drink Ice Cream Wine?
Xue Ronghua laughed, ”If you want to drink it, drink it yourself. This wine is so cold, it's bad for the stomach.”
”Are you a woman or are you supposed to look out for your body?” Chu Zongge put down his fan and poured himself a cup, ”I'm fine now.”
Xue Ronghua curiously opened his fan, ”You always hold this fan, I really don't know what treasure is inside.” All she saw on the snow-white fan was a line of cursive script: ”In the middle of a lake.”
Xue Ronghua curled her lips and said: ”Holding this kind of sentence in your hand, makes you seem petty.”
”It's just a fan. If I had to worry about so many things, wouldn't that be too much of a burden?”
”Why don't you take out some of the Three Friends of the Winter of the Year's fans?”
”The drawing of bare flowers and plants is boring, it's better to write poems,” Chu Zongge looked at her solemnly. ”Another one, the word Ying Ying often reminds me of your smiling face.”
Xue Ronghua was startled, she raised her sleeves to cover her face, ”…”
”Now that the matters of the Prince Jin have been resolved, you can discuss the marriage with me, right?” Chu Zongge affectionately pulled her hand.
”How can the matters with the Prince Jin be resolved? The Empress Chen and the Crown Prince are still in the middle of the Changchun Palace blowing. We don't even know what the things the Noble Consort Kang has given him are …”
”Why would you care about such trifling matters?” Chu Zongge lightly kissed her lustrous white, jade-like fingers. ”I just want to hold hands and live together forever.”
Xue Ronghua retracted her hand with a blush, ”If this is known to me for a long period of time, how could it be possible for it to happen in the future? Don't be anxious.”
”How can I not be anxious?” Chu Zongge's smile carried a hint of pleading, ”A quasi wangfei is always outside the palace and not in my residence.
”It's not like you're in a hurry to marry me back,” Xue Ronghua said as she reached out to stroke his head. ”I'm already a cooked duck, I can't fly anywhere else.”
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew in from outside the window, seemingly responding to their words. Xue Ronghua's sleeves fluttered in the wind like a butterfly.
Chu Zongge watched her silent face without batting an eyelid, and slowly walked closer.
”Miss, the cold green bean sand is here.”
Chu Zongge immediately went back to his original position and smiled calmly.
”Why are you laughing so strangely?” Xue Ronghua took a spoonful of the Icy Jade Sands from Little Zhui's hands and gulped it down anxiously.
”Can't you even smile in your Prime Minister's Mansion?” Chu Zongge curled his lips, ”Then after I enter the Prince Duan Palace, wouldn't I have to keep a gloomy face?”
”This matter hasn't been settled yet.”
While the two of them were arguing and teasing each other, Little Zhui whispered into their ears, ”Miss, an order has come from the palace, saying that Consort Hua is already four months old, please enter the palace to take care of it.”
”Why is it that this Consort Hua always wants to find me to enter the palace? I have never given birth to a child, so how should I take care of her?”
Chu Zongge asked curiously: ”Does Consort Hua always look for you to enter the palace?”
”This is the third time. The second time, I was sick, so I didn't go.”
Little Zhui laughed: ”Consort Hua has no one to rely on in the palace, you must be trying to curry favor with Miss.”
Little Zhui did not understand the reason, so she could only reply with a smile.
Chu Zongge said: ”Very well, why don't you follow me into the palace tomorrow?”
Xue Ronghua nodded, ”Is Zhu Tong still well with you?”
”It's pretty good. Take everything seriously, but you don't really like going out to play.”
Xue Ronghua was curious, ”She is very unruly, she wants to barge into every place she goes, why don't she play when she's already in the palace.”
”How can you casually play around in the palace?” Chu Zongge said with a smile.