Your Majesty, he is as beautiful as a flower

The sweet-scented osmanthus forest in the suburbs of Beijing is in the golden autumn and September, when the sweet-scented osmanthus blooms most prosperously.

In the sweet-scented osmanthus forest, there are many pavilions built of straw, big and small, for flower-appreciators to rest their feet.

Cheng Wanqiao sat alone in the pavilion, drinking osmanthus tea, as if waiting for someone.

A luxurious carriage stopped in front of the pavilion, when Rong Hui saw the carriage, he put down his teacup and stood up.

I saw a woman wearing a pink skirt alighting from the carriage. It could be seen that she had been well-dressed. This person was Wu Xuefang.

Wu Xuefang stepped up to the pavilion, blessed her body, "I have seen Your Highness."

Cheng Wanqiao raised her sleeves, "Miss Wu, you don't have to be polite."

Wu Xuefang had a smile on her face. Ever since she received the message from Cheng Wanqiao inviting her to enjoy the flowers, she couldn't hide her joy, "How could Your Highness think of inviting me to enjoy the flowers?"

Cheng Wanqiao said truthfully, "I have something to tell you."

Wu Xuefang felt a little disappointed, "I see."

Cheng Wanqiao gestured to the tea on the table, "Why don't you sit down and try this sweet-scented osmanthus tea."

"En." Wu Xuefang sat down, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, she said with a smile: "The scent of flowers is strong, the taste is sweet, it's a good tea."

"As long as you like it."

Wu Xuefang looked at the flourishing osmanthus flowers blooming around the pavilion, "Since we have come to the Osmanthus Garden, it would be a pity to just sit here and not go for a walk."

"What Miss Wu said is that it's better to walk." Rong Hui got up, made a gesture of invitation, and walked side by side in the Osmanthus Garden.

Only sweet-scented osmanthus is planted in the yard, and the light yellow sweet-scented osmanthus is covered with branches, and the fragrance is overflowing, and people walking in it are pleasing to the eye.

Cheng Wanqiao said: "A few days ago, the emperor's grandmother mentioned to me about the establishment of a concubine."

Wu Xuefang had already guessed what Cheng Wanqiao was going to talk about when he said he had something to say to her, and she asked, "Then what does His Highness mean?"

Cheng Wanqiao didn't beat around the bush, "I don't mean that."

Wu Xuefang pursed her lips, and pulled a smile from her face, "But His Highness has reached his age, and he will always be a concubine, isn't he?"

"I'm afraid it won't happen."

Wu Xuefang stopped and looked at Cheng Wanqiao, "What does Your Highness mean?"

Cheng Wanqiao also stopped, "Although it's a bit abrupt, I have known Ms. Wu for many years and grew up together. I want to make it clear to Ms. Wu."

Cheng Wanqiao hasn't gone to see the queen mother yet, but he thought that since the queen mother meant Wu Xuefang to marry him, he should tell Wu Xuefang first, and he said: "I already have someone I like, but because of my status, I can't give him Fame, in this life, I just want to spend it with him."

Wu Xuefang's eyes were red, and Cheng Wanqiao's words hurt her heart. She had admired him for many years, and had identified him in her heart since she was a child. During these years when he was away fighting, she often went to the temple to pray for him, and finally waited for him to come back But it was such a result, she was unwilling.

"Your Highness, have you ever thought about it, you are a nobleman, how can you not have a concubine for the rest of your life? If you still want to have a concubine in the end, why can't it be me? All princes and nobles in this world have three wives and four concubines. The person I like, I just accept it, and you also know that I am not a narrow-minded person, if you like, I will definitely not treat her badly."

Cheng Wanqiao said: "Miss Wu misunderstood, I said that he cannot be given a title because he is a man."

Wu Xuefang's pupils widened slightly, "This..."

She was shocked for a long time before she recovered, "How can Your Highness like men?"

Cheng Wanqiao smiled faintly, "Yes, I like it."

There were tears in Wu Xuefang's eyes, but she still forced a smile on her face, "So that's it, I said why His Highness is so alienated from me, so it's..."

"I don't want to delay Miss Wu, and I don't want to betray my beloved. In this world, many things are open and clear, which is good for anyone."

Warm tears finally welled up in her eyes and ran across her face. Wu Xuefang lowered her head and wiped it with a handkerchief, "Yes, Your Highness is right."

Cheng Wanqiao took a deep breath, "Ms. Wu is both talented and beautiful, and she is also very considerate. In the future, she will definitely find a lover and spend the rest of her life with her."

"This is my business, Your Highness don't have to worry about it." Wu Xuefang wiped away her tears, and after a while, she raised her head again, her face was a bit smudged, "Thank you, Your Highness, for confessing to me. In the future, I will stop This yearning for His Highness."

Cheng Wanqiao nodded, "Okay."

Wu Xuefang took another look at the sea of ​​flowers, and there seemed to be nothing interesting about it, "The fragrance of the flowers is delicious, but it's not pretty after all, so I'll go back home first."

"Miss Wu, go slowly." Cheng Wanqiao watched her go further and further into the carriage, and then listened to the carriage go away.

After making it clear, he felt relieved, and the next step was to go back to the queen mother's words.

"I think sweet-scented osmanthus is pretty. Would you like to admire it with me, Your Highness?"

Cheng Wanqiao followed the voice and looked over, the corners of his lips unconsciously curved up, "Why did you come?"

Yuchen had already come to the front, he gently touched his chest with the jade bone fan in his hand, "You are soft-hearted, I am afraid that if the girl cries and makes trouble later on, you will agree to marry her."

Cheng Wanqiao smiled helplessly, "Since I promised you, I won't go back on my word."

"Follow me and take a look, always rest assured."

Cheng Wanqiao looked at him, "Are you still enjoying the flowers?"

"Why don't you appreciate it? It would be a pity if you don't appreciate such a beautiful flower."

Cheng Wanqiao walked forward side by side with him, "Tomorrow, I will enter the palace and confess to the imperial grandmother."

"I'll go with you."

"No, I'll go alone."

-

At night, Cheng Wanqiao was processing official documents in his room, and all matters in the army were presented to him in the form of documents. There were a lot of them without reading yesterday, so he thought about reading them tonight.

There was a knock on the door, and Cheng Wanqiao yelled to come in. Someone pushed the door and entered. He thought it was someone from the house bringing tea, but he raised his head when he heard the footsteps were wrong.

I saw that the person who came was wearing a purple mid-sole, and was very thinly dressed, with all the black hair down to his waist, hanging down his back and chest.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is getting cooler and cooler, why is this person not afraid of the cold.

Cheng Wanqiao put down the brush in his hand, and said softly, "Put more clothes on."

Yuchen walked to the desk, "Take it on and take it off, I'm free to trouble you."

Hearing this sentence, Cheng Wanqiao always felt that something was wrong, after thinking about it, his ears turned red.

He said embarrassingly: "It's not early, go to bed early."

"I would like to rest earlier, but the quilt was warm last night, but today it is cold, making it difficult to fall asleep."

"Then what do you want?"

Yu Chen said: "I want to ask Your Highness, how long will I be left alone in the empty room?"

Cheng Wanqiao smiled helplessly. He glanced at the official documents on the desk. Originally, he planned to finish them in bed tonight, but now he might not be able to.

He stood up, "It's getting late, I should also rest."

Yuchen took his hand, "Your Highness thinks, in the future, will you live in your wing room or my main room?"

Cheng Wanqiao's ears were red. What he said meant that they would have sex in the future, "You decide."

"That's the main room."

"it is good."

-

The next day.

After Cheng Wanqiao got off the court, he immediately came to Yi'an Palace. The eunuchs in the palace led him into the main hall. He walked up to the Empress Dowager, knelt down, cupped his hands and said, "Grandson has seen the imperial grandmother."

The Empress Dowager was chanting sutras with her eyes closed, twisting the beads in her hands. When she heard the voice, she opened her eyes and saw Cheng Wanqiao. She said, "It's Wanqiao, get up."

Cheng Wanqiao didn't get up, "Grandson is guilty, please punish Grandmother."

"Oh? What is the crime?"

Cheng Wanqiao said: "That day, the imperial grandmother asked her grandson if she had someone she liked, but the grandson said no, and lied to the imperial grandmother."

The Empress Dowager put the Buddhist beads in her hand on the low table beside her, and the maid immediately offered her a cup of tea. She took a sip of the tea and said, "So, you have someone you like in your heart."

"Yes, the grandson shouldn't lie to the imperial grandmother."

"Then tell me why you lied in the first place."

Cheng Wanqiao knelt on the ground with her back straight, "Because the person my grandson admires is a man, I have some concerns."

The Empress Dowager shook her hands, and the teacup in her hand was about to fall off, but fortunately, the maid at the side was quick and took it in time.

The Queen Mother settled down, "You said, you have a crush on a man?"

"Yes."

"who is it?"

Cheng Wanqiao lowered her head, "Grandson can't tell, please forgive me, Grandmother."

The queen mother thought for a moment, then said: "Then let me guess."

Cheng Wanqiao looked at the bluestone slabs on the ground, only to hear the Queen Mother say: "It must be the god from Yixiang Mansion."

Cheng Wanqiao didn't admit it, nor denied it. The queen mother said to herself: "That man has also been seen by Aijia. He is indeed a rare handsome man in the world. I am afraid that no one can resist such a beauty. I heard that you still asked your father Please order to stay in Yixiang Mansion, and I heard you said that you like a man, even my old woman who lives in this deep palace should have guessed it."

Cheng Wanqiao thought in his heart that what he did was so obvious that even the Queen Mother had guessed it.

The queen mother thought of something, and sighed softly, "That girl Xuefang has been treating you with all her heart, what do you want her to do in the future?"

Cheng Wanqiao said: "The grandson is not his beloved."

"I just feel sorry for her. I've been looking forward to you for so many years, but in the end it's all in vain."

"Miss Wu has a sweet heart, and she will definitely meet someone better than her grandson."

The queen mother looked at Cheng Wanqiao who was kneeling on the ground, "What are you still kneeling for?"

Cheng Wanqiao said: "The grandson lied to the imperial grandmother, and he has not received the punishment, so he dare not get up."

The Empress Dowager looked at him with emotion in her tone, "You have been the most honest one since you were a child. Although you are the most inconspicuous, you are also the most unsuspecting one. Your deception this time is not malicious, so I will not punish you." .”

Cheng Wanqiao raised his head. Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother would not pursue it. He cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Grandmother."

"However, you must not spread the matter between you and the emperor, otherwise you will lose face of your father."

Yuchen is a distinguished guest of the royal family and a god that cannot be profane. It is unethical for the two of them to be together. If it is rumored, it will make the royal family lose face.Cheng Wanqiao is well aware of the pros and cons, "Grandson, remember."

The queen mother closed her eyes and said: "I have said everything that needs to be said, so you can do it yourself."

"Yes."

Cheng Wanqiao came out of the palace, and as soon as he left the palace gate, he saw a luxurious carriage parked under the palace wall. The carriage he drove when he came to court earlier in the morning was simpler than this one, but it has disappeared.

He recognized that luxurious carriage, it was the carriage from Yixiang Mansion, and it was this carriage that he took when he took Yuchen out on weekdays.

He stepped over and found that the person sitting on the shaft of the car was Yuchen's guard Lang.

It is conceivable who is sitting in the carriage.

He climbed onto the shaft of the car and opened the curtain, and sure enough, he saw Yu Chen.

Cheng Wanqiao bent down and sat in, "Why did you come?"

Yu Chen calmed down and said, "I plan to break in if you don't come out before noon to ask for someone."

This really seemed like something he could do, Cheng Wanqiao said helplessly, "The imperial grandmother didn't blame me."

"Then that's the end of the matter?"

Although the Queen Mother didn't make it clear, it could be heard from her words that she would no longer care about his marriage, Cheng Wanqiao said, "That's right."

But it won't last long, as long as he stays in the capital, he will still be able to talk about marriage, even if it is not Wu Xuefang, he may be the daughter of other ministers.This time it was only mentioned by the Queen Mother, if the next time His Majesty issues a decree to refer to the marriage, it will be an imperial decree, but it will not be so easy to deal with.

Cheng Wanqiao looked at Yuchen, "I've already made up my mind, and I will ask for orders to go to Chizhou to garrison in a few days."

Yu Lingxi is in Chizhou, and far away from the capital, so even the current Holy Majesty will not be able to influence his marriage at that time.

Yu Chen asked: "Your Highness is willing to let go of everything in the capital?"

"In this capital city, I have nothing to worry about. It would be better if I left."

Now that he is winning the limelight, the crown prince regards him as a thorn in his side. The third prince has been sowing discord, trying to make him fight the crown prince, and he wants to gain the fisherman's advantage.He has no intention of being on the throne, and he tries to avoid these two imperial brothers as much as possible. If he can leave the capital, he can avoid getting himself involved in this dispute.

Yuchen reached out and took his hand, "In the future, I will be your concern."

Cheng Wanqiao smiled lightly, in fact, from the day they met, Yuchen had become his concern.His other hand also covered his, "Why is your hand always so cold?"

Yu Chen said: "Phoenixes are divided into red and white. The red phoenix is ​​like fire, while the white phoenix is ​​like ice."

When he mentioned this, Cheng Wanqiao remembered that he was the descendant of the divine bird White Phoenix, "Then I must have accumulated blessings in several lifetimes to be able to be your partner."

"Your Highness's words of love are pleasant to hear."

Cheng Wanqiao said: "It's probably near Zhu Zhechi."

The carriage passed by the Chuancheng River, Yuchen raised the curtain, and saw an ancient tree covered with red silk, which happened to be the marriage tree in front of the Yuelao Temple. He noticed this tree at the Mid-Autumn Festival last time. Across the Chuancheng River, but there were so many people at that time, and the place was surrounded by devout men and believers, so he didn't join in the fun.

"Your Highness, I have a place I want to go." Yu Chen said.

"where?"

Yuchen, who was driving the carriage outside the curtain, said, "Lang, stop."

The carriage stopped, Yu Chen said: "Your Highness will know later."

Cheng Wanqiao followed him out of the carriage, crossed a stone bridge, and came to the Marriage Tree in front of Yuelao Temple.

At this time, there was a wind, and the wind was blowing the wooden signs hanging on the trees. The wooden signs collided with each other and clanked, and the red silk tied to the tree trunk fluttered with the wind.

It is said that as long as the two people's names and birthdays are written on the wooden sign, they can grow old together.

There is an old man at the entrance of Yuelao Temple who specializes in selling red silk and wooden plaques. Just such a piece of red silk and a wooden plaque are not cheap. They charge one tael of silver. If customers say it is expensive, the old man will definitely say that the wooden plaque is red silk. All of them have been enshrined in Yuelao Temple for three years, and those with spiritual energy are naturally more expensive.

Yuchen asked for a sign, and there was a desk beside it for people to sit down and write their names.

Cheng Wanqiao was watching his writing, seeing that he wrote down his birthday accurately, he was curious, "How do you know my birthday?"

Yuchen picked up a pen and dipped in ink, "Didn't Your Highness write it down last time when it was counted as a marriage?"

Only then did Cheng Wanqiao remember that on the day of the Mid-Autumn Temple Fair, he did write it down, but he didn't expect him to write it down.Looking at the sign written by Yuchen again, he was slightly stunned, only to see Gengzi Xingyue written next to his birthday, isn't this the other half's birthday that the quack magician counted for him that day?

"Are you born in the year of Gengzi?" Cheng Wanqiao asked.

Yuchen put down his pen, "That's right, but I'm not twenty years older than you, but two hundred years older than you."

No wonder, that day the quack warlock couldn't believe the hexagram he had calculated, but Yuchen asked Lang to reward him ten taels of silver, so the hexagram was accurate.

That is to say, when they met on the day of the Mid-Autumn Temple Fair, they knew that they had a destined marriage.Cheng Wanqiao asked, "Why didn't you tell me that day?"

"At that time, Your Highness was undecided. If I said it, it would only increase His Highness's troubles." Yuchen got up from behind the desk, came under the tree, and handed him the sign with the names and birthdays of the two people, "You come here Tie."

Cheng Wanqiao took the sign and saw their two names written together, a warm current spread in his heart.Only after he decided to become a partner with Yuchen did he realize that no one in this world is more important to him than Yuchen, he is his only concern in the world.

Most of the signs on the marriage tree were hung low, and the high places were still empty. Cheng Wanqiao flew up, landed lightly on the trunk, tied their sign to the highest trunk, and tied a knot.

After confirming that the wooden sign was tight, he jumped and landed lightly in front of Yuchen.

Yuchen glanced at the sign that was still dangling on the tree, and finally landed on Cheng Wanqiao, "Okay, go home."

"Ah."

The carriage continued to move forward steadily, Cheng Wanqiao sat in the carriage thoughtfully, Yuchen said that he deliberately did not mention his birthday on the day of the Mid-Autumn Temple Fair, because he didn't want to add to his troubles, so he should have known his intentions a long time ago, That……

"What is your highness thinking?"

Cheng Wanqiao came back to his senses, and he didn't hide it, "I'm thinking about the day when I was drunk."

Yuchen braced his chin leisurely, "Oh? Let's hear it."

The two of them have opened up their hearts, and there should be nothing to say, "It seemed that you were the one who was drinking, but I was the one who was drunk."

"That's right, Your Highness has a poor capacity for drinking, I knew it early on."

Cheng Wanqiao: "So, you know I'll be drunk."

"Of course, with your highness's drinking capacity, you will be drunk within ten glasses."

"I can't remember what happened after I was drunk."

"Didn't I say that, I exchanged my feelings with His Highness, and then I couldn't help it."

Cheng Wanqiao asked again: "Then how to get into the room?"

"I hugged it." Yuchen looked at him with a smile in his eyes, "If Your Highness can't remember, I can hug him again tonight."

Cheng Wanqiao pursed his lips lightly and smiled faintly.

"Is there anything else you want to ask, Your Highness?"

Cheng Wanqiao thought for a while, "Also, on the day I went to the military camp to celebrate, I broke into your room by mistake. You should have known that I was outside."

Yu Chen leaned forward slightly, and was very close to him. He lowered his voice, "Not only did he know that you dared not knock on the door, but he also pushed down the screen on purpose."

Cheng Wanqiao was not surprised at all, after all, the screen fell very abruptly at that time, and with Yuchen's temperament, the chance of him accidentally knocking over the screen was almost zero.

So, all of this is under his control, he knows that he is outside, he deliberately pushed the screen to make a sound, in order to lure him in.

Fortunately, because he offended him that day, he felt uneasy all night, but in fact he fell into his trick.

"Will Your Highness annoy me?" Yu Chen asked again.

Cheng Wanqiao looked at him who was close at hand. Although he knew that this was carefully planned by him, after knowing the truth, he didn't feel annoyed at all. He said softly, "No."

"But what I do in the future, His Highness will not be annoyed."

Cheng Wanqiao answered without hesitation, "No."

Yuchen moved closer, tapped his lips, and whispered in his ear: "Your Highness must not remember what you and I did the night before yesterday. Tonight, I will repeat it for Your Highness. Guaranteed that there is no deviation in the slightest."

Cheng Wanqiao's ears turned red in an instant, and his heart beat fast. With a shy expression on his face, he replied jerky, "Yes."