After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Xiao Yansui sneered in her heart, but her complexion did not change at all. There was still a faint smile on that exquisite face, only those eyes that were as bright as stars seemed to flash a ray of light quickly.

As the people in the Xingyuan Garden appeared one after another, Xiao Heng didn't have much time to stay here when he saw that he was already looking for two Tanhua envoys. After pondering for a moment, he just reminded Xiao Yansui in a low voice: " After all, Li Tan was born in the East Palace, even if his reputation is not obvious, Liu Niang, you have to pay attention to yourself."

Xiao Yansui listened, nodded, and said calmly: "I know it well."

Xiao Heng took another deep look at his sister, and said softly: "That's good, I'll go there first."

"Well, be careful when picking flowers along the way." Xiao Yansui reminded casually.

"Naturally, don't worry," Xiao Heng replied softly, then turned and left.

Xiao Yansui was still thinking about what happened just now, and her heart was a little complicated. After feeling a little gloomy for a while, she picked up a branch of apricot blossom, casually sketched a few mathematical formulas on the ground to wake up, and waited for her to hold the branch. When I looked up again, I found that Li Tan had disappeared in just a blink of an eye.

There were quite a lot of people in the Xingyuan Garden, so Xiao Yansui temporarily put down the idea of ​​looking for people directly, and just found a quiet, warm and sheltered place, and sat down by himself.

Xiao Heng and Zhao Junzhuo, as the envoys to explore the flowers, had already left on horseback.Du Erlang, who stayed in the apricot garden, sat with fellow Jinshi for a while, and a group of people found topics and wrote poems, which was very lively.

The two envoys couldn't come back for a while, and after finding an excuse to escape, Du Erlang went directly to the place where Xiao Yansui was just now.

"Xiao Liuniang." Du Erlang greeted her with a smile. It is well known that Xiao Heng rarely goes out as a guest. Du Erlang only thought that she was shy and shy by nature. There was no shy reaction on Xiao Yansui's face, he just waved calmly, pointed to the seat next to him, and made a gesture of "please sit down".

Even before Du Erlang opened his mouth, Xiao Yansui, who was bored here, took the initiative to laugh and said, "Why did you come out by yourself?"

Du Erlang rubbed his nose, smiled lightly, and said logically: "Xiao Sanlang is not here right now, I have to help him take care of his sister."

After hearing this, Xiao Yansui just smiled, but didn't directly refute anything, but replied casually: "Thank you very much."

"It's okay, it's okay." Du Erlang responded with a few sentences. Although the two of them knew each other before, they were not familiar with each other after all. In addition, there seemed to be no reliable topics to continue talking between the two of them. Weirdly chilled out.

Xiao Yansui glanced at Du Erlang innocently, and continued to remain silent without saying a word.

After all, she was just a cardamom girl. Xiao Yansui glanced at Du Erlang, who was also embarrassed and speechless, and kept silent with confidence. Here, don't you find it meaningless?"

"It's okay!" Xiao Yansui replied simply. She is actually quite used to sitting down alone and distracted. After all, due to the limitations of the times, as a person of later generations, she

In the Tang Dynasty, when the industry had not even begun to develop, most of the time, Xiao Yansui was forced to sit there and think about things. After all, almost no one around could keep up with her thoughts. .

After a long time, Xiao Yansui has already gotten used to it anyway.

After a word, the two looked at each other speechlessly for a while.

In the end, it was Xiao Yansui who took the initiative to speak again, staring at the expression on Du Erlang's face, he couldn't help but asked with some doubts: "What do you want to tell me?"

"No, nothing." Du Erlang shook his head directly.

Xiao Yansui didn't care when she heard it, she just let out a casual "hmm",

But this time, before Du Erlang could find the content to continue speaking, not far away, a slightly surprised voice suddenly sounded, "Sure, you are indeed here."

Xiao Yansui and Du Erlang raised their heads at the same time.

Seeing Li Tan, Xiao Yansui smiled and waved at him, "I saw you just now, but you disappeared after a flash."

There was a flash of light in Du Erlang's eyes. After recognizing Li Tan's identity, he found that Xiao Yansui and Li Tan's words seemed very familiar, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

After Li Tan greeted Du Erlang, he walked to Xiao Yansui's side, and continued to laugh softly as if there was no one else present: "I just heard that one of the two flower hunters today is your elder brother Xiao Heng, and the other person is Zhao Junzhuo from Luoyang City, and I heard someone mention that Xiao Sanlang did not come here today alone, so I thought of you."

Although Du Erlang's eyes had been restrained, he still quickly sized up Li Tan and Xiao Yansui, and then he found a reason to leave.

Xiao Yansui stared at Du Erlang's back for a while, then looked away, and continued talking to Li Tan with a smile.

Looking at the way she narrowed her eyes just now, she obviously thought of something, but Xiao Yansui never mentioned it on her own initiative, so Li Tan was tactful and didn't ask too much.

Today's Xingyuan Garden is very lively, but after meeting Xiao Yansui, seeing that she didn't intend to leave the secluded place and go to sit and laugh with others elsewhere, Li Tan also sat down. In this small corner, there were only the two of them sitting together and whispering softly, but they didn't feel the slightest coldness.

"Why are you yourself again today?" Xiao Yansui blinked and asked with a smile.

Although Li Tan also had a smile on his face, there was a hint of worry hidden in it. He shook his head slightly and said, "My elder brother has been very busy recently..."

After all, Li Chu was the eldest son of the crown prince, so naturally he did not keep much information about the crown prince Li Heng from him.

As for Li Wenning, she is at the right age for marriage now, and at the flower feast in Xinghuayuan, many of the high-ranking Jinshi are also young men of aristocratic families who are of the right age. Say a few more words if you are pleasing to the eye, and there will be rumors tomorrow that the third daughter of Prince Li Heng has a crush on who...

Although the aristocratic women of the Tang Dynasty were always tough and didn't care about such small things, the situation in the East Palace was complicated recently, and even Li Wenning and Li Tan, who were not involved in it, also felt a kind of treacherous atmosphere that was about to come. Seeking stability in everything, Li Wenning naturally didn't want to show any limelight at this time.

Xiao Yansui nodded if she had realized something. This situation is exactly the same as what Xiao Heng told her just now. The only deviation is that the Crown Prince's East Palace may still be high-spirited and ready to overthrow Li Linfu. , while his grandfather Xiao Song felt that Huangfu Weiming's situation might not be good as a frontier general fell into such a chaotic situation in Chang'an City.

Not long after, there was a sudden commotion from the crowd gathering place in Xingyuan Garden.

Although he didn't get up, Xiao Yansui subconsciously poked his probe over there.

Li Tan was beside her, but he stood up directly and looked around through the gaps in the trees, his face was slightly condensed, then he turned around and told Xiao Yansui softly: "It's Li Linfu who has arrived."

"Oh..." Xiao Yansui remembered that Li Linfu was the examiner of Jinke, and Li Linfu would definitely come to today's flower feast.

From a distance, Li Linfu still had a solemn face. However, being surrounded by a group of new scholars and the pillars of the country, his face, which was always extremely strict and prudent, seemed to melt a little today.

And beside Li Linfu, there was a middle-aged man with an extremely stern face and a well-dressed suit. Just by looking at his steps, one could tell that this man must be a practicing family member, and he seemed to be Li Linfu's effective guard.

Xiao Yansui also stood up, greeted Li Tan, and said with a smile: "Have you been here before, let's go somewhere else?"

Li Tan's expression moved slightly, and a faint smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

——He naturally understood the meaning of Xiao Yansui's move.

Although the place where the two of them are now is secluded, it is not very far from the crowd on Li Linfu's side. Maybe someone just started there, and maybe a large group of people came here in a big way. up.

Xiao Yansui is not afraid of anything, but Li Tan is from the East Palace after all, if he meets Li Linfu head-on, maybe Li Linfu knows that he is not valued by Prince Li Heng, so naturally he won't be bothered to target him, but who can guarantee, absolutely not Will there be some unexpected situations?

Xiao Yansui walked away from the crowd, Li Tan followed immediately, and replied at the same time: "I have been here, every time after the announcement of the rankings, the first flower-seeking banquet attended by Jinshi is in this apricot garden middle."

A gust of cold spring breeze blew by, and the trees full of white and light apricot blossoms fell down. The February spring breeze is like scissors, which is true.

Xiao Yansui and Li Tan happened to pass under a tree of apricot blossoms, and they were in the rain of flowers all over the sky. Xiao Yansui reached out to pick up a bunch of petals, looked at them carefully, and said firmly: "I think the apricot trees here are If the flowers bloom too much, the fruit may not bear fruit."

Hearing this, Li Tan smiled unconsciously, his steps slowed down almost unconsciously, he turned around and lowered his head slightly, he looked like a teenager, his brows were clear, and there was only a smile in his eyes Gentle, he raised his hand as if nothing had happened, and after gently brushing a few apricot blossoms on her shoulders, he said with a smile: "The apricot trees in this apricot garden are the most gorgeous when they bloom every year, and the ones that bear fruit are the most beautiful." At that time, there were a dozen or so small and astringent fruits on each tree, and a bite would make your teeth sour."

"Have you tried it?" Xiao Yansui looked at Li Tan curiously and asked.

"..." Li Tan also blinked, and said innocently: "When I was young, I took a bite."

"Actually, there are ways to eat sour apricots," Xiao Yansui said with experience.

Li Tan also smiled and said: "Sour apricot is naturally fine, but if it is small and astringent, it may not be suitable for eating."

Of course, Xiao Yansui agrees with this kind of rhetoric. Obviously, there is a problem with the variety of apricot trees here-maybe in this apricot garden, what people want from the beginning is the apricot tree for ornamental purposes!

Xiao Yansui and Li Tan were in the apricot garden, walking away from the crowd, talking and laughing, they were quite at ease.

And after the two of them intentionally avoided Li Linfu and the others, after a while, Xiao Heng and Zhao Junzhuo, who had picked a lot of flowers, finally rode back to welcome today's No. [-] Scholar.

Today, after completing the task of being an envoy to visit flowers, and having fun with the people around him, Xiao Heng wandered around the crowd, and saw Du Erlang, who was smiling and not showing any signs of illness, but he never saw his sister.

Thinking that Xiao Yansui might still be sitting and waiting for him in the secluded place before, Xiao Heng, Du Erlang and Zhao Junzhuo gave a little signal, then got away to look for her.