Chapter 319 The marriage sign of non-absence(1/2)
The entrance to the boudoir.
The hazy halo of the two lanterns fell on the little girl with her head lowered holding a red umbrella below.
Time passed bit by bit.
For some reason, one person and one umbrella did not move for a long time.
"Miss, are you back? Why aren't there lights in the room?"
Cai Shou's tentative call came from outside the courtyard wall, as well as the footsteps of several maids.
Li Guoer was startled where he was, and the red umbrella in his hand almost fell to the ground.
She looked around, her eyes moving, like a little fox sticking its little head out of its nest to look at the wind, slightly panicked and alert.
Li Guo'er responded, "Back, back!"
She turned around and was about to enter the house. The oil-paper umbrella she held open in her hand was too big to fit through the door and almost hit the door frames on both sides.
Li Baoer quickly braked and put away the red umbrella.
But just as she walked into the building carrying the red umbrella, she suddenly turned back and jumped back to the door lightly.
She put this "inexplicable" love letter from an "inexplicable" person, no... it was a red umbrella, and put it back in its place.
As if she had not moved, the little girl with plum blossom makeup raised her chin, put her hands behind her waist, and returned to the boudoir upstairs in a slight hurry...
Cai Shou walked into an elegant boudoir with four maids and a platter of pastries.
Li Guo'er was sitting in front of the dressing table, with her back to the visitor, taking off her makeup seriously.
She took off the gold, silver and jade ornaments on her temples with her delicate hands. The bronze mirror reflected a charming face decorated with plum blossoms, her complexion as usual.
Cai Shou handed the plate in her hand to the other maids and looked sideways at her young lady.
She walked to the dressing table, took a wooden comb, and combed her shoulder-length hair.
Cai Shou glanced at the bronze mirror, then lowered her head to look at the young lady with a curious look on her face:
"Why is the lady's face so red?"
Li Guo'er said calmly: "I drank a few more drinks during the dinner."
Cai Shou nodded: "Well, the wine the young lady drank tonight was a bit strong. The young lady rarely blushes."
She lowered her eyes slightly: "This wine is strange."
Cai Shou suddenly asked: "By the way, miss, why is there a red umbrella leaning on the door downstairs? Is it yours?"
"Well, it doesn't seem to be raining today. That umbrella looks quite exquisite. Is it another gift from a young talent?"
Li Guo'er's pretty face showed a look of confusion: "What umbrella?"
Cai Shou was stunned and said:
"Isn't it Miss's? It's strange. When we went to attend the poetry meeting in the evening, there didn't seem to be an umbrella at the door of the building. Could it be that some maid left it behind..."
"Really? I just walked in too quickly and didn't pay attention."
Li Bao'er nodded, squinting at the cold and beautiful face in the dressing mirror, and asked coldly: "You didn't touch it, did you?"
Cai Shou shook her head: "I haven't moved. I just passed by and it felt weird. It's late at night and there is a red umbrella at the door. Over there, this kind of thing is a bit unlucky..."
Li Guoer interrupted in a calm tone: "Then just throw it away."
"oh."
Cai Shou was not surprised at all by the lady's indifferent tone and way of handling the matter, so she turned around and went out to throw her umbrella.
"etc."
Cai Shou turned around in confusion: "What's wrong, Miss?"
Li Guo'er picked up the comb, pulled her hair to one shoulder, looked at the bronze mirror, tilted her head to comb it, and said casually:
"Forget it, just leave it there, don't move, don't worry about it."
"Are you waiting for that ignorant maid to take it for yourself?" Cai Shou scratched her head and said in a somewhat admiring tone, "Young lady is so kind and doesn't criticize the servants harshly."
Li Guo'er didn't say anything, as if he was acquiescing.
At a certain moment, she secretly glanced at the silly little bun-faced maid in the glasses.
Immediately, Li Guo'er seemed not to be interested in the matter at all, and chatted with Cai Shou about other topics.
Not long after, after taking off makeup and changing clothes, Li Bao'er stood up and walked towards the bathtub behind the screen. Cai Shou and two maids wanted to go downstairs to pick up the hot water bucket.
Li Guo'er suddenly stopped: "Cai Shou."
"Ah, what's wrong, miss." Cai Shou obediently turned around.
"You returned home early today. Did you see anything... anyone?"
"What so and so people?"
Li Guo'er stopped in front of the screen, turned around and smiled lightly, her tone as relaxed as usual: "Ouyang Lianghan."
Cai Shou shook her head:
"Didn't Mr. Ouyang just come here during the day recently, taking the angels from Luoyang with him?
"Speaking of which, he hasn't been to our house privately for a long time."
She sounded regretful:
"He didn't even come to thank me, young lady. Hey, why did the young lady ask this? Could it be that she misses him too?"
When Li Guo'er heard the words "Xie Xiao Niangzi", she frowned slightly, then quickly recovered and curled her lips:
"The ghost misses him."
After saying that, he walked into the screen without looking back, took off his clothes and took a shower.
Cai Shou left with the maids.
Hearing the footsteps of the maids disappearing temporarily at the top of the stairs, Li Guoer was standing on a ball of pale pink high-waisted skirt that had fallen off around her ankles. She raised her crystal white calves and kicked away the thin lining hanging around her ankles.
Shirt...she stopped and continued to take off her clothes.
The calm and indifferent expression on his face immediately disappeared, replaced by a look of suspicion mixed with a hint of embarrassment.
Li Bao'er only wore a set of pink and green light bellybands and trousers, twirling her delicate chin with her fingers, pacing and spinning around the tub.
The pace is a bit messy.
There is no doubt that the handwriting on the red umbrella is Ouyang Lianghan's. Li Guo'er can read and write, has a photographic memory, and even imitates other people's handwriting, all with ease.
She would never mistake that guy's handwriting, and it was definitely not an imitation of someone else's, because even the subtle details of his writing habits were exactly the same.
Besides, who in Prince Xunyang's palace would be so bored that he would imitate Ouyang Lianghan's handwriting and write something like this for her.
Is it the old man who eats arsenic because he thinks he will live longer?
So, all the evidence points to a possibility...
This was written and delivered by Ouyang Lianghan himself.
Moreover, tonight, he happened to come to Prince Xunyang's Mansion to participate in the night plan.
Li Guo'er couldn't help but think of Cai Shou's words just now. She turned around and looked at the closed window. Outside was the boudoir of sister Xie's family next door:
"Could it be that I sent it to the wrong place? Are you stupid and went to the wrong yard?"
She stopped slowly, frowned and shook her head:
"But Sister Xie is not in the house, so why are you sending me a love umbrella? And you're saying that...that kind of thing about Meng Lang. You're really shameless."
When I think of the sentence "You are so beautiful, I will never forget it", a young girl who has not yet left the palace feels her cheeks feel a little hot.
During the Yuan Dynasty, on the night of Xie Lingjiang's birthday party, Li Guoer and his family did not attend, and did not know what happened. After the birthday party, Xie Lingjiang immediately returned to Jinling.
And not long ago, when I met the little maid with a bun face on the corridor, she was in a state of anger that she didn't admit, and she didn't care about Cai Shou's thoughts about looking for a book.
At this moment, Li Guo'er thought for a long time and was puzzled:
"However, has your relationship reached the stage of sending love gifts? This princess can see the thoughts of sister Xie's family at a glance, but she seemed to have been shrinking before, and there was no progress. Why did she suddenly
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"Also, the maids and servants in the palace should know that this is my princess's boudoir. Did he find it on his own?
"And in the evening, Cai Shou clearly went back to the boudoir to look for books. The time overlapped with the time you came to Ye Mou. Didn't you see her? How could you have walked into the wrong yard? Could it be some coincidence?"
The little girl with plum blossom makeup couldn't help but bite her lip and said to herself:
"Ouyang Lianghan, did you do it on purpose or accidentally...wait a minute."
Li Guo'er, who was hesitating to guess, suddenly remembered a past incident.
"When we met face to face for the first time, you seemed to have given me a red oil-paper umbrella as a gift. We met by chance on the mountain path of Donglin Temple. You gave me and Cai Shou an umbrella to protect Cai Shou from the rain..."
The sudden coincidence of contact made the expression on Li Guo'er's pretty face become inexplicably complicated. Her eyes gradually turned to the red umbrella placed at the door downstairs, and she was attracted by it.
"Are you here to give me a red umbrella again? Why does it look so intentional...
To be continued...