bookcurios Chapter 117 Goodbye, Love
Chapter 117 Goodbye, Love
Beitang Yi felt a little depressed.
On second thought, it is better to have something than nothing. Besides, he probably made someone unhappy today. He also likes the stone she gave him.
Thinking of this, Beitang Yi became happy again, and the corners of his lips raised almost imperceptibly.
On the other side, after paying the silver, Mu Lianzhi dragged the shop owner to a corner and talked to him for a while. Finally, he took the rosewood brocade box containing the Huanglong jade and happily paid the bill.
Without staying for long, she took her things and left with her people, leaving behind a bunch of reluctant eyes.
After going out, Mu Lianzhi went to several tailor shops and chose one and ordered two sets of mandarin duck quilts with covers. She also ordered a few sets of high-quality sheets and quilt covers for herself before packing up and going home.
……
Mu Lianzhi was very happy that day.
As night fell, she went to the next yard, carrying a basket containing a modified cross-stitch pillow that she used to pass the time. As she expected, Beitang Yi was not there.
She didn't know whether he would come over, but knowing that he was back, she wanted to come over and try her luck.
After embroidering for a while, she felt pain in her eyes, so she put away the basket and stood up to stretch her muscles.
"Oh, it's so hard to live without a cell phone at night~"
No wonder the ancients went to bed early and got up early.
In this long night, not sleeping and not paying for candles and oil lamps will cost you your life.
After strolling around, Mu Lianzhi inadvertently raised her hand and saw the emerald green jade bracelet on her left wrist, and she couldn't help but touch it with joy.
This was also a benefit in ancient times, as she had the freedom to own gold, silver, pearls and jade. In modern times, for jewelry of this quality, she would only be worthy of wearing a B+C product that has been acid-washed.
There is gain in loss.
After walking around the brightly lit and antique room for a few rounds, Mu Lianzhi really enjoyed the feeling of freedom and unfetteredness. How wonderful it would be if she was not a widow in a marquis's mansion, if this was her home.
She might even fall in love with life here.
She was distracted for a moment, turned around, and went back to the soft table. Bored, she picked up a few pieces of paper, took a brush, dipped it in ink, and began to paint on the paper.
When Beitang Yi came over, it was almost midnight.
He walked hurriedly, holding a wooden box in his hand. He originally thought that she would not come, so he decided to go and see her. When he heard that she was coming, the lights in the east courtyard were on all the time, and he almost flew away.
Without letting his men follow him, he took a few big steps and entered Simu Pavilion.
"Zhizhi~"
He opened his mouth and was about to call her name, but when Beitang Yi's eyes fell, he saw a quiet and boneless figure lying on a small table with a crooked posture, but he was holding a pen in his hand, writing something seriously.
She was wearing a plain white loose strapless tulle dress, her hair was casually tied to one side, and she pinned a patterned pink crystal bead hairpin on it. Under the soft light, she had a kind of beauty of a peaceful and quiet life.
The familiar feeling is back.
Beitang Yi slowed down his pace and walked around behind her.
When he lowered his head, he saw that the huge piece of paper was filled with large and small "静" characters. Some were crooked, some were missing strokes or dots, and some had the wrong direction of arcs. In short, either the horizontal stroke was long or the vertical stroke was short. They all looked a bit strange, but strangely, they could all be seen as the character "静".
There are also a few patterns of flowers or cats inserted in the empty space between the words. I don’t know if they are flowers or cats. At first glance, they look quite beautiful.
Is she painting?
After looking for a while, Beitang Yi spoke cautiously:
"Are you jealous again?"
"Uh?"
The characters of this era are very similar to traditional seal script. After trying many, he was concentrating on thinking about how to write the word "静" in this era, when he was suddenly startled. The tip of Mu Lianzhi's pen poked directly on the paper, and the half-written word "静" in modern font turned black.
"Why didn't you make any noise when you came back? You scared me~"
Turning back, Mu Lianzhi couldn't hide the joy in her eyes. Before she could finish her words, she was hugged from behind as she sat up straight.
"I'll teach you how to write."
Then, the paper on the table was taken away, and her little hand was grasped by a strong big hand:
"Relax, you can hold your hands a little higher. When writing, your hands should be light and steady, and you should use your wrists and arms to generate strength. If you do not use the right posture for a long time, your hands will become stiff and tired..."
As he spoke, Beitang Yi had already written the word "Jing" on the paper.
Looking at it, Mu Lianzhi couldn't help but sticking out her tongue. It looked very much like a modern character in her memory, but she didn't expect that when she picked the one that impressed her the most to write, she couldn't even write the character "月" at the bottom correctly.
While she was comparing and thinking, two more lines of neat small characters appeared on the paper.
Looking at the scribbles, Mu Lianzhi felt a headache. After looking back and forth for a few times, she finally picked out a few of the most familiar words and understood them instantly:
"I wish to be a pair of wings in the sky and a pair of branches on the ground."
Her heart suddenly felt like it was hit by something. She turned around and her lips happened to brush against the man's. They were both slightly startled, and then Beitang Yi lowered his head again and pressed deeper on her lips:
"Well, it has our name, and it looks like us, right?"
It was destined that she was supposed to be his!
Their eyes met and they both smiled. Mu Lianzhi put down her pen and Beitang Yi held her in his arms.
"You bumped into me today. Are you overthinking it again?"
"I am only accompanying the princess on official business."
"They have been out for the past few days and just came back this morning. They can't stay for a few days. Once the contract is drafted and signed, they should go back."
Pulling her little hand and playing with it for a while, seeing that she was still wearing the jade bracelet she bought today, Beitang Yi couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips again:
"I saw you put it on and touched it when you left, so I wondered if you were responding to me saying you would come over today, but I also thought you would be a little annoyed and not come over, so I thought I was overthinking it."
After all, this little woman has a bad temper and is a little hard to coax~
This time he was a little cautious.
"Humph~"
Before Mu Lianzhi could say anything, a wooden box was suddenly stuffed into her hands:
"You really don't like conch pearls? If you like them, I can get them."
He didn't want her to be unhappy because of these material things.
"pearl?"
When Mu Lianzhi opened the box, she saw it was full of pearls. The box was divided into six compartments, and the pearls were of six sizes and grades. Each one was shiny and round, and most of them had no holes.
"Well, didn't you say you liked it? I'll go look for it in the warehouse when I get back."
He also went to some big collectors' houses to buy some, otherwise, he wouldn't have come back so late:
"The largest of these four is a first-class Dongzhu, used exclusively by the Empress Dowager. His Majesty happened to buy it for me when I was on duty. I don't know if you like it, but it's quite precious, so I brought them all to you."
"Zhizhi, whatever you want, whatever others can give you, I can give you."
Even the royal family is no exception.
When he came back, he noticed that the Silla prince also asked the shop owner about Pearl. He always felt that the prince treated her a little differently, just like a foreign prince treating a young widow in a secluded boudoir...
Does he still want to take her away?