The prince is very fierce

On the branches under the moon, you can occasionally see maids and a few young girls from the Lu family walking around in the courtyard of the deep house. When they meet, they will call out "aunt" shyly, and then hide in the courtyard, secretly watching the beautiful girls from behind the door. The young man in white passed by.

The boudoir where Mrs. Lu lived when she was a child was in the back house of the Lu family. It was occupied by girls who had not left the palace and could not go out more than once a year. It’s not because of the influence of Neo-Confucianism. The worst possible person for the legitimate daughter of the Jinling Lu family to marry in the future is a wealthy family of the same size. She has the possibility of becoming a queen. For the sake of reputation, she must not let her young lady go crazy on the street like a wild girl. , I have to be taken by my elders when I go out, so I have to pay attention to my bearing and appearance since I was a child.

Mrs. Lu took Xu Buling to a courtyard. When she opened the small door, she saw a delicately decorated embroidery building. The courtyard was clean. Apparently people came to clean it up from time to time. Plants were planted on the courtyard wall near the back alley. There is an osmanthus tree and a swing next to it.

After revisiting her old place, Mrs. Lu's eyes showed a little daze. She walked into the courtyard and looked around. She said softly: "It feels smaller. I used to think this courtyard was so big..."

Xu Buling walked behind him and couldn't help but smile as he watched Mrs. Lu spinning around in the yard.

Under the bright moonlight, the light was not too dim. Mrs. Lu, wearing a dark green dress, stood in the courtyard. The winter night was slightly cold, her chest rose and fell while breathing, her red lips opened and closed to exhale a faint mist, and her peach cheeks were a little bright red. The eyes under the long eyelashes were slightly raised, looking at Xiu Lou in front of her, her charming profile was very moving. His hands were still folded on his waist, but he no longer had the dignified temperament of the past, and the naughty temperament of his childhood had not recovered, so he looked a little stupid.

Xu Buling was originally looking at the yard, but at this time his eyes unconsciously stopped on the side of Mrs. Lu's face, then moved down, along the snow-white neck to some places where he shouldn't look...

"I have lived here since I can remember. If I am not allowed to go out every day, I will try my best to escape..."

Mrs. Lu was completely unaware and walked in the yard with Xu Buling. While explaining to Xu Buling, she also recalled the past. As he spoke, he walked to the wall, looked around, took out the ladder from behind the old osmanthus tree, and leaned against the wall:

"I asked Yue Nu to secretly get this ladder from somewhere else. I asked Yue Nu to hold the ladder underneath. I climbed up to the courtyard wall and looked out. As a result, my father happened to be passing by in the alley. He saw it and gave me a scolding. When Yue Nu heard the noise, he turned around and ran away, leaving me on the ladder without daring to go down. He watched helplessly as my mother ran over and caught me..."

Thinking of the mischievous times when she was young, Mrs. Lu pursed her lips and smiled, holding on to the ladder and climbing up.

The ladder is not big, so the little girl can climb it and play. Mrs. Lu is already an adult and has a lot of capital. In addition, she has a gentle temperament and does not exercise often. It is still difficult to climb the ladder, and her legs are shaky.

Seeing this, Xu Buling stepped forward and raised his hand to hold the ladder: "Don't worry, Aunt Lu. I'll catch it if it falls."

"How could it fall? I've climbed it many times..."

Mrs. Lu has been staying in the boudoir all year round. Apparently she hasn’t done this kind of climbing up and down for a long time. She slowly climbed to the top of the ladder, held her hand on the wall, and looked outside the high wall. Her eyes swept across the endless deep courtyard. And the lights of Qinhuai in the distance, I don’t know what I’m thinking about.

Xu Buling held on to the ladder and looked up at Mrs. Lu above. Due to the height difference between them, the only things he could see were the embroidered shoes and the bottom of her skirt. Wearing thin pants, you can't actually see much, but the angle is obviously a bit inappropriate.

"cough-"

Xu Buring coughed lightly and looked away, with a slightly strange expression.

Mrs. Lu was startled by the coughing sound, and she looked away and looked down. Then she remembered that she was no longer a girl of several years old, and that the person below was not Yue Nu but Xu Buling. She was slightly panicked, and she was busy trying to tighten her skirt to prevent it from being exposed. However, her hands left the courtyard wall and she couldn't stand firmly. She fell off the ladder with a "ah-" sound.

Xu Buling was a little amused, and he opened his arms to catch Mrs. Lu who was in a hurry: "As expected, it fell."

Mrs. Lu's face turned a little pale. After she recovered, she turned slightly red. She broke away from Xu Buling's arm and patted her skirt: "I haven't stood firm yet..." As she said that, she looked at the swing next to her. She looked like she wanted to go. Reminiscing about my childhood, but worrying about breaking it.

Xu Buling walked to the swing frame, raised his hand to hold the hemp rope and tried it. It was very strong, so he smiled and said: "Aunt Lu, come here."

Mrs. Lu glanced left and right to see that no niece or maid was peeking, then she slowly walked to the swing and sat down. She held the rope of the swing with both hands and swung it tentatively a few times.

Creak——

The swing that has not been moved for a long time makes a slight sound, and the skirt and embroidered shoes are swaying in the air. The shadow of the life here can still be vaguely seen.

Xu Buling pushed Aunt Lu gently and recalled: "There is also a swing in the sea of ​​flowers in Suzhou, placed in a small wooden house, but I don't seem to have played with it when I was a child..."

"When your mother came to Jinling, she liked this swing very much. She said at that time that she would get one when she returned home... I remember that my family didn't let me go out and run around at night, so I begged your mother to help her get out of the hospital. He turned over on the other side of the wall and carried me out. I was very envious at the time and wanted to learn how to fly over the wall. Unfortunately, I failed in the end... Ever since your mother went to Suzhou, she didn’t know how she got here. It’s been so long. Already..."

Mrs. Lu said this and sighed softly. After staying in Chang'an and marrying into the Xiao family, although she did not live a hard life, like Xiang'er, her future path was clear and she had nothing else to do except live out the rest of her life.

She missed the courtyard she lived in when she was a child, and also missed the big sister who took her around, but it was already gone, and there was no use missing it. Just when her life was gradually losing its color and becoming like a pool of stagnant water, Xu Bu Ling's arrival changed everything.

This is why Mrs. Lu clings to Xu Buring almost every step of the way, because apart from taking good care of Xu Buring, she has nothing else to do in her life. All her feelings are pinned on Xu Buring, including her own thoughts and All my wishes have long since been spent in widowhood.

At this time, sitting on the swing again, recalling the innocent and "high ambitions" of herself when she was young, Mrs. Lu was shocked to realize how much she had changed, and she was almost a completely different person...

Seeing that Mrs. Lu was silent, Xu Buling looked down at the hem of her skirt and embroidered shoes. She seemed to be in a bad mood and said softly:

"Aunt Lu is only in her twenties and is still a young girl. It's too early to be sad."

Mrs. Lu sighed quietly, raised her eyes to look at the embroidered building in front of her, and said softly:

"Your Majesty, what should I do in the future?"