The Red Mansions

Chapter 664 Jia Heng: Xianning, You Have a Heart

Chapter 664 Jia Heng: Xianning, you...you have a heart

Sotama Palace

After the dance between Princess Xianning and Princess Qinghe, Jia Heng stood up, handed over a handkerchief beside him, and said, "Xianning, princess, wipe the sweat off your face."

Princess Xianning took the towel, thanked her, and gently wiped the sweat from her temples and neck.

On the other side, the little princess also took the towel and wiped the sweat off her face.

Jia Heng took the tea cup at the side, handed it to the two sisters, and said softly: "This is poured just now, let's drink some tea."

The two took the teacup, sat down, and took a sip.

Princess Xianning looked at Li Chanyue at the side, and said: "Chanyue, you talk to your husband first, I'm going to take a bath, right now my body is sticky and I feel a little uncomfortable."

"Cousin, I..." The little princess originally wanted to say that I would also go to take a bath, but suddenly saw Princess Xianning's eyes were a little cold, with a restraint in her eyes, after all, it was the cousins ​​who grew up together, and the words came to her lips , turned around quietly, and said, "Then I'll wait for my cousin here."

After Princess Xianning left, only Jia Heng and the little princess were left in the huge hall for a while. Jia Heng looked at Li Chanyue, the princess of Qinghe, and said softly: "The little princess danced very well just now, it's not like It's like a beginner."

Quiet people are always introverted, and they may be more focused on learning things.

Li Chanyue lowered her head slightly, fixed her delicate eyes on her toes, and said in a soft voice: "Mr. Jia is overrated. I haven't learned it for a long time. I only know a little superficially. It's not as good as my cousin who went from elementary school to university."

Jia Heng said: "I don't think there is much difference, the dance is graceful, no distinction can be made."

Then, looking at the girl with crooked eyebrows, she asked, "What else does the princess do at home besides dancing?"

Li Chanyue thought for a while, with a serious look on her face, and said: "I usually just read books and look for some scriptures. By the way, the strange stories that Mr. Jia told last time were good, but I found them. According to the script, I found that the stories on the market are far inferior."

Back then in Luoyang and Kaifeng, Jia Heng often spoke scripts to Xiangyun and Xiaojunzhu.

Jia Heng said: "I made it up now, since the little princess likes to listen to stories, how about I tell you about it for the rest of my life?

"Yeah." Li Chanyue said dully, and suddenly said in surprise: "For a lifetime?"

"That's right." Jia Heng looked at Li Chanyue and said softly.

The handkerchief in Li Chanyue's hand twisted, her heart trembled slightly, and she said, "Mr. Xiao Jia..."

Is this a confession to her?

Jia Heng asked intentionally: "Why does the princess like to call me Mr. Xiao Jia?"

The little princess is a banner for Jinyang and him to hide from others. Before Jinyang asked him to "flirt" the little princess, now even Xianning creates opportunities for him.

Li Chanyue's brows and eyes were as gentle as water, her starry eyes twinkled, she stared at the young man opposite, and said softly: "I see that Mr. Jia is younger than me, so I have always called him that."

Just as he was about to speak, he was startled suddenly, looked at Jia Heng in a daze, and said in a trembling voice, "You... why did you come here?"

Jia Heng sat beside Princess Qinghe, and said with a serious expression: "The voice of the little princess is too soft, I can't hear clearly."

Li Chanyue: "???"

Does she speak softly?But if you can't hear clearly, you can't hear clearly, this...huh?What is this man holding her hand for?

At this moment, Li Chanyue's small hands suddenly fell into a pair of gentle palms.

The girl was very ashamed, she struggled lightly, but she couldn't get rid of it, so she simply let Jia Heng hold her, but her head drooped, her jade cheeks were dyed pink, gradually turning red like rouge.

However, while his eyes were erratic, he landed on the surrounding palaces, and a thought flashed in his heart, this is my cousin's bedroom, why did Mr. Jia...

Jia Heng held Chanyue's hand, remained silent for a moment, and asked, "Chanyue."

Sure enough, the little princess didn't reject him very much, otherwise, it would be impossible to be so peaceful while holding hands.

Hearing the young man calling her name affectionately, Li Chanyue felt her heart tremble slightly, with an indescribable feeling, she turned her pretty face and said angrily, "Mr. Jia, what are you doing... ?”

Talking and talking... how to get started.

But the bottom of my heart doesn't seem to reject it at all.

"Chanyue, we've known each other for a long time." Jia Heng looked at Li Chanyue who was facing him sideways, and touched the girl's smooth and delicate skin.

The little princess is definitely not ugly, with a white and greasy face, a pretty face, a gentle temperament, and a slightly thin body, and the clouds and mist between the gloomy eyebrows are like rain, although it is somewhat similar to the quiet charm of Daiyu when she is quiet. , but Daiyu can talk and laugh, and has a lively side hidden in her personality.

For example, Daiyu said in the original book that Baoyu was a dumb goose, Baochai asked Daiyu where the dumb goose was, Daiyu ran left and right with a handkerchief, and raised the handkerchief to Baoyu's face, "Fly away, fly away."

The lively and lovely girl makes people smile.

But the little princess never behaved like this, perhaps because of the loss of her father since she was young, she has a soft and weak temperament, which is a character developed by lack of security.

Li Chanyue was stunned for a moment, her starry eyes flickered, she didn't understand what Jia Heng meant, she nodded her head, and gave a soft "hmm".

She and Mr. Jia... have indeed known each other for a long time, longer than her cousin has known him. At that time, Mr. Jia came to her house every day, not looking for her, and he only talked a few times alone.

I don't know since when, she has been secretly looking at Mr. Jia...

Jia Heng said: "I remember that Chanyue was not very happy with the matter between me and His Highness Jinyang, right?"

Today is a rare day, and I can take advantage of the situation to untie the knots of the past.

"I..." Li Chanyue's eyes lost focus, her pink lips moved, she wanted to say that I didn't, but what the young man said was the truth.

Jia Heng asked: "What happened later? Chanyue gradually stopped objecting, why?"

In fact, he could vaguely guess the reason. The little princess may have fallen in love with him later on. This is often the case. If you pay too much attention to a person, you will easily become fascinated unconsciously.

"Mr. Jia, after thinking about it later, I can't take care of your affairs." Li Chanyue's starry eyes drooped slightly, and she sighed faintly.

Jia Heng said: "It's not that I can't take care of it, it's that you shouldn't take care of it."

"Ah?" Li Chanyue was surprised for a moment when she heard the words, her starry eyes were shining, and she fixedly looked at the young man opposite.

Jia Heng sighed lightly, and said: "Chanyue, His Royal Highness Jinyang has brought you up through hardships. She has been alone all these years. From the youthful and beautiful age of you and your cousin to the age of thirty, she is still beautiful. , but in order to pull you to grow up, how much effort did you put in, and you left her alone and helpless for the rest of her life?"

"I...I don't." Li Chanyue's heart was shaken when she heard the young man's words, she slightly pursed her pink lips, it was indeed not easy for her mother for her all these years.

"I didn't want my mother to be lonely, I will be with her in the future." Li Chanyue murmured.

"But you always want to marry, and you will have your own husband and heirs. After the little princess gets married, there will only be one person in the big princess mansion. In the next 30 or 40 years, is it just waiting for you as a daughter?" Come once a month, talk?" Jia Heng asked with deep eyes.

Listening to the young man's words, Li Chanyue seemed to see a scene of her own mother's loneliness in front of her eyes, her eyes were gloomy, and her heart was filled with sorrow.

But now she has figured it out, she and Mr. Jia and mother are together, and they will never be separated.

Jia Heng sighed softly, and said: "The little princess grew up with His Royal Highness Jinyang, and the relationship is very deep. At the beginning, there were some who couldn't accept it at once."

"Mr. Jia, I was not used to it at first." Li Chanyue seemed to have found some psychological support, and quickly said in a low voice.

Such a young man who is about the same age as her... It was really unacceptable at first, and it was also unacceptable for the rich second generation to see their father find a young mother who was about the same age as him.

Jia Heng said softly: "Well, it's good to think about it now, but what will the little princess do in the future? The little princess is not too young, and she will be fifteen this year. I think it's time to decide on life early, so I won't delay any longer. , and become an old maid.”

Hearing this, Li Chanyue's jade face turned red, she was filled with shame and annoyance, she turned her pretty face, staring at Jia Heng with starry eyes, and said: "Mr. Jia...Your meddling is too lenient."

Now if you hold her hand and say that she wants to marry, is there such a shameless person in the world?

The more the girl thought about it, the more angry she became, she couldn't help breaking away from Jia Heng's hand, and turned her head aside, for some reason, bursts of grievances arose in her heart.

Jia Heng stretched out his hand again to grab the slender catkin of the little princess, and asked, "I don't care too much, do I? If Chanyue gets married, as an elder, I will give Chanyue a check. A while ago, Jin Yang is still asking for my opinion."

Li Chanyue frowned, looked at Jia Heng dumbfounded, and said in astonishment: "Elder?"

Where did this come from?

Jia Heng said: "Should Chanyue call me..."

As she spoke, she leaned closer to Li Chanyue's curly hair and whispered something.

Because he had too little contact with the little princess before, he didn't have much feeling for the little princess. Now it is Jin Yang's entrustment, but he has to give the little princess some warmth, even if he may have more desires and less affection at the beginning.

In fact, what Jin Yang said is also right. After a long time in the future after marriage, will the little princess feel that she is just a shield for him and Jin Yang?

This is not fair to the little princess, this is not a kitten or puppy, but a real person.

In short, taking advantage of the lingering thoughts of enjoying the singing and dancing just now, tease and tease the little princess, and simply cultivate the relationship, otherwise the mind will be lightened, and the interest may be lost again.

Xianning has always been extremely intelligent, Xu Shi was vaguely aware of this, and just now created the opportunity for him and the little princess to spend time alone, of course it was also because the two grew up together, they had a deep relationship and did not avoid Chanyue much.

Hearing this, Li Chanyue's bright eyes widened under her curved eyebrows, and she said in disbelief, "You...what are you talking about? I didn't call you..."

Jia Heng looked at the girl's side face which was as clear as snow, and suddenly asked: "Chanyue, that day, on the boat to Luoyang... was it you who peeked?"

Hearing this, Li Chanyue felt as if there was a "bang", and there was a thunderbolt in the clear sky. Fleeing, he said in a trembling voice, "You... Mr. Jia, I don't know what you're talking about."

What happened that day...Mr. Xiao Jia is really shameless to ask her?

Jia Heng looked at the shy, angry and flustered girl with a jade face, and stretched out her hand to pinch Li Chanyue's smooth and round chin, perhaps because she sweated a little from dancing just now, the little princess's chin felt soft to the touch, and said: "Dare you dare to admit it? Who was watching on the boat that day?"

Li Chanyue was stared at aggressively by the young man, YouQi's naked words sounded in her ears, her heart was beating non-stop, her curled eyelashes concealed her panic, and she said in a trembling voice, "You... Mr. Jia, what are you on the boat with?" I'm getting off the boat, I'm tired now, I want to go back and rest...huh?"

Jia Heng moved closer.

After a while, Jia Heng looked at Li Chanyue, whose rosy cheeks were dripping with snow, and her mouth was slightly breathless, tightly clutching the corner of her clothes, and said, "Chanyue, your mother told me about cumming earlier. I said it."

Otherwise, I don't know how to tease this somewhat dull girl.

Li Chanyue's jade face was as bright as the sky, her lips were moist and shiny, and she said angrily: "Even if I said it before, before I even passed the door, you can... treat me like this?"

As he said that, he felt a little angry.

Jia Heng said: "Then you want to wait after passing the door?"

Li Chanyue was at a loss for words for a while, but she didn't know how to answer, waiting to let him be frivolous after passing through the door, how could she say such words?

Jia Heng looked at the girl with a quiet expression, reached out and pinched Li Chanyue's cheeks, the touch between her fingers was very pink, and said in a warm voice: "Chanyue, we will live together in the future, and now I want you to get used to it in advance."

Li Chanyue was ashamed and annoyed when she heard the words, she just stared at Jia Heng, what did she pinch her cheek, did she treat her like a child?

It's just that, at the moment, there is some joy in my heart, but there is also some indescribable sadness.

She had a vague feeling that Mr. Jia didn't seem to like her very much compared to his cousin.

Girls are inherently insecure and sensitive to the subtle emotions between people.

Jia Heng picked up the teacup, looked at the girl with a dazed face, and said softly: "Okay, don't think about it, the days will be long."

You can only cultivate your relationship slowly, otherwise, if you really want to marry someone who doesn't have much relationship and live in Rongguo Mansion, it will be an unstable factor after a long time.

"gentlemen."

While the two were talking, Princess Xianning opened the beaded curtain from the hall and entered the hall. The girl had just taken a bath and changed into a blue dress with wide sleeves and flowing light, with a slender waist and high girdle. , Said: "Cousin, you go take a bath."

Seeing the two sitting side by side, Mr. Presumably understood what she meant earlier.

Li Chanyue also recovered from her trance, raised her eyes, looked at Princess Xianning, and said softly, "Cousin has taken a bath? I've gone too."

Princess Xianning nodded and said, "Go ahead, I asked the female officer to prepare hot water."

Li Chanyue responded softly, and finally couldn't help but sneak a glance at Jia Heng, seeing the young man Cha also cast her gaze, her heart skipped a beat, she quickly dodged her gaze, and walked away through the curtain as if fleeing.

At this moment, Jia Heng turned his eyes away from the little princess, his face regained his composure, and he sighed softly.

"Chanyue has a quiet personality. It would be great if you get in touch with her more in the future." Princess Xianning sat down beside Jia Heng, and she saw the color of memories on her rosy and rosy face, and said: "When I was young, she She is timid and doesn’t like to talk to others. She only smiles more when she sees her aunt. I was naughty when I was a child. After playing with her a lot, she is more lively. She is willing to talk to me about anything. But these two years have grown older, and my mind is heavy again."

Listening to Princess Xianning's narration, Jia Heng nodded and said, "It's good to be quiet."

Compared with the pampered and spoiled princess, the weak temperament of the little princess is not annoying.

After thinking for a while, he looked at Princess Xianning and said, "Your Highness is also very kind to Chanyue, cousins ​​are closer than real sisters."

"Sister Chanyue was obedient and cute when she was a child." Princess Xianning saw a smile in her eyes and said, "I never expected to live together in the future, just like when I was a child. Sir, don't neglect her too much in the future."

Jia Heng paused, and couldn't help but sighed.

Princess Xianning took Jia Heng's hand and asked, "Why are you still wronged, sir?"

With her and Chanyue marrying him together, is this still a sigh?Just now, the eyes are usually hung on Chanyue.

"It's not wronged. I feel that I owe you a lot. I worry about wronging you and the princess." Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then said slowly.

A princess, a princess, just as Emperor Chongping said, if you don't make great achievements, you really can't stop Youyou's mouth, and let the two of you also receive strange eyes.

The smile on Princess Xianning's face was slightly fixed, and her clear eyes were touched, she nestled her head in Jia Heng's arms, and said: "Xianning has never felt wronged when he met Mr. in this life. Although cousin Chanyue didn't say anything, I know her In fact, Mr. Zhong Yi, even if you think about it, you won’t feel wronged.”

Jia Heng stretched out his hand to brush the girl's snowy shoulders, and was silent for a moment.

"Mr. is busy with state affairs now, and I can't let go of so many children's affection in my heart. You don't have to worry about me, sir." Princess Xianning's eyes were ecstatic, and she said softly: "I used to be like a boy when I was young, but later my concubine took care of me more strictly. , plus my father was busy with state affairs at that time, so I can't always make my father worry about it."

At the beginning, not long after Emperor Chongping ascended the throne, he was anxious about state affairs. Concubine Duan Rong was born at the age of eight or nine, and brought back the character of Princess Xianning. But under the girl's cool and well-behaved appearance, there is a shadow of "rebellious" character, which just becomes the source of "chaos".

Jia Heng took Princess Xianning's hand, held the delicate catkin, and thought, he must thank Concubine Rong.

Developed Xianning's contrast of being cold before others and being like-minded after others.

Princess Xianning leaned her head in Jia Heng's arms, and said leisurely: "Sir, brother Wei Wang entered the palace yesterday and said that he wanted to invite Mr. to a banquet to discuss the matter of Wucheng soldiers and horses. He asked me to tell Mr. , I didn't answer."

She can also guess a little of Brother Wei's thoughts, but since she agreed to her husband at the beginning, it is not easy to get involved.

Jia Heng said in a low voice: "After the court meeting, I will go to the yamen to ask about the matter, deal with the matter at hand, and talk to King Wei at the yamen of Bingmasi in Wucheng for a while."

Jingying, Jinyi Mansion, Military Weapons Supervision, and Wucheng Bingmasi are all going to visit these few days, so to speak, it's just these two days, taking a break from their busy schedules and rolling around in the land of gentleness.

In other words, after working hard for two months outside, can't you enjoy yourself when you come back?

Princess Xianning's greasy cheeks were flushed, her cold voice trembling, she asked: "That's fine, by the way, sir, why are you looking for your father?"

Jia Heng said: "To discuss the matter of preparing captives, these need to be prepared as soon as possible, and we can't come to an emergency and see what happens."

Princess Xianning nodded, looked at Jia Heng with shining eyes, and said firmly: "Sir, this matter is indeed the most important. When the time comes, I will go with you."

If the husband wins the war against the captives, her marriage with him will be settled.

Jia Heng nodded, and said softly: "Well, when the time comes, go to Datong and take you there."

Following Jia Heng's teasing, Princess Xianning's clear eyes were already foggy, and she said winkingly: "Sir, I just changed..."

I can't hear the words behind, last time in Kaifeng, the girl knew about Jia Heng's hobby.

Jia Heng took Princess Xianning's bare hand, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Xianning, this is a palace after all, there are so many people."

"The maids and officials in the palace are carefully selected by me. They will not come in outside." Princess Xianning said, took Jia Heng's arm and walked towards the inner hall.

The two came to the inner hall, and the hall was quiet. It was evening, and the sky was full of sunset clouds. The golden-red sunset glow passed through the window, and the yellow curtain was lowered from the golden hook.

Jia Heng said seriously: "Xianning, it seems that the workmanship is better than before."

Much improved than before.

"I asked the female workers from the Shangyi Bureau to weave it. Their workmanship is better and the pores are larger..." Princess Xianning narrowed her clear eyes under her beautiful eyebrows, her jade cheeks were slightly red, and her pink lips spoke softly. Feeling delicate and trembling, I can no longer hold on to myself.

"Xianning, you...you have a heart." Jia Heng paused, and whispered...

After that, the material was verified on the spot.

(End of this chapter)