The Golden Hairpin

Wang Yun arrived in the evening that day.

Huang Zixia was having a drink under the window, and when he saw him coming, she did not get up, but nodded to him as a sign, and poured him a glass of wine and handed it over.

Wang Yun sat down in front of her and looked at the two peach blossoms on her pale face that had risen from drinking. He was a little surprised and said, "So you like to drink alone."

"No, this is the first time." She said, raising a pair of slightly dizzy and vague eyes to look at him, her voice was slightly blurred, "I heard that sometimes everything in this world is difficult, and I really can’t bear it. When staying, drink a little drunk and get drunk, maybe everything will turn for the better tomorrow."

Wang Yun looked at her dizzy face under the candlelight, above the peach-like color, her dew-like eyes were now shining, and they were more moving than the bright and clear gaze she usually had when she looked at him. hundred times.

He sighed, raised his hand to remove the flask from the table, and said, "Okay, then that's enough, you just need to sleep."

"The last time you drank, it was when you were at the Beijing Defense Department." She said, with a smile on her face. Her eyes were always looking at the candlelight swaying on the table, so the candlelight flickered in her eyes for a long time. The starlight in the autumn waves made Wang Yun unable to help but look at the star, as if she was attracted. So, I can't look away.

He remembered that Huang Zixian was brought over by Zhou Ziqin at that time and had a drink with a group of brothers from the Department of Defense. At midsummer noon, the weather was very hot. Although he helped her block most of the wine, she still had flushed cheeks and a peach-like face—perhaps because of the hot weather, perhaps because of her physique that is easy to drink.

As a result, only this time, she was caught by King Kui. In Wang Yun's memory, that was the first time he saw King Kui getting angry—because of such a trivial matter.

He had felt that something was wrong at that time, and now, looking at her dazed face in front of him, he suddenly understood that what was the reason for the restless panic in his heart at that time.

Huang Zixia looked up at him, shook his head, and said, "Don't worry, it's just a little light drink. I just want to drink, but I don't want to get myself drunk. The things I face now are so complicated. How can I avoid venting?"

Wang Yun looked at her silently and said softly: "If you really can't bear it, I'll help you."

"Thank you," Huang Zixian said, nodding, "but your Imperial Forest Army is busy with business, how can I let you let go of things over there and worry about me?"

"What is the relationship between you and me now, why do you see outsiders like this?" Wang Yun looked at her and said helplessly, "but I also know that I can't help you. At this point, I'm not even as good as Zi Qin. Anyway, he can be with you. Investigate the case and solve the mystery together, and I really don't have his skills."

"Why do you say that? Zi Qin certainly has his strengths, but you also have the ability that no one in this world can match."

"It's just..." He wanted to say, just in front of that person, his abilities counted. But there are some things that shouldn't be said, he just passed it in his heart, then shook his head and avoided the topic, saying, "I have a message to tell you, you will definitely cheer up."

Huang Zixia nodded at him and asked, "What?"

"I was on a routine patrol today, and I saw a person next to Dali Temple." A smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he looked at her tenderly, "Guess who it is?"

Huang Zixia looked at his smile, thought about it for a moment, and then couldn't help but ask: "Dicui?"

"Yes, it's Lu Dicui." Wang Yun nodded and smiled. "Although I am angry that Zhang Xingying framed you, I know that you always care about that girl Lu, so I let others go first, get off the horse and follow her quietly, wanting to go over and take a look. What is she going to do here."

Although Huang Zixia was anxious in his heart, but seeing him with a calm expression and knowing that it should be a good thing, she was relieved to hold back her eager mood, and only looked at him and looked forward to the following.

"I saw her wandering in the alley next to Dali Temple with a look of despair on her face. I was still wondering if I brought her to you in private, but I saw someone next to me and grabbed her by the arm. Pulled to the corner and asked her, why would you dare to wander here?" Wang Yun said, lowering his voice and asked, "Guess, who is this person?"

Huang Zixian really didn't know this, so she shook her head and said, "The people who appeared next to Siyamen and the people who knew Lu Dicui, but there are not many people...Is that Zhang Xingying's acquaintance?"

"It's Wei Baoheng." Wang Yun whispered.

Huang Zixian couldn't help but uttered "Ah", but Princess Tongchang's husband Wei Baoheng and Di Cui did know each other, and she was surprised for a moment, and asked, "Did Wei Baoheng take her away?"

"Well, Lu Dicui cried at the time, that she was a commission to commit a crime, and now even Zhang Xingying is dead. She is going to Dali Temple to surrender and surrendered. But Wei Baoheng persuaded her that it was meaningless, and finally took it away. She. But they didn't go to Guanghua, they went to Yongjiafang. Then I went back, and I didn't see where they were."

Huang Zixian frowned slightly before thinking about it for a moment, and then said: "Yongjiafang is where the Kui Palace and Zhaowang Palace are located. There are many daily contacts between officials and people. If you want to be Tibetans, it is really not a good place."

"Well, I have asked someone to inquire about this in private, and I will tell you in time if I have news."

Huang Zixia nodded. Later at night, she got up to clean up the food on the table, exchanged a few plates of pastries and fruits for him, took a knife, and cut him two oranges.

The orange juice was plump and stained her fingers. She got up and poured water in the basin to wash her hands. When she turned around and took a seat, he saw under the candlelight, he had been looking at herself, with the fire reflected in his eyes, bright and scorching.

She couldn't help but bowed her head, avoiding his gaze, and asked: "Sweet?"

"Yeah." He responded, raising his hand and handing her a slice.

Huang Zixia took a bite, the sweet and sour taste, after a long aftertaste, and slightly bitter.

She ate in silence, her eyelashes half-hidden her expression in a hazy shadow under the slightly swaying light on her drooping face.

Wang Yun felt a sweet mood mixed with anxiety in his heart, and couldn't help but said: "Your wedding gown will be made by the most famous Jinxiu Workshop in Chang'an. There are more than a dozen embroiderers working day and night. When it’s finished, it will be delivered to you in the next few days."

Huang Zixian's hands trembled slightly, and a drop of orange juice fell on the table. She paused, pulled the Sipa next to it, wiped it off, nodded lightly, and said, "I'm sorry...other girls, they cut their wedding dresses for themselves..."

"My wife is different, and ordinary people can do it. What's so rare? You have more important things to do." Wang Yun said, with the softest curve in the corner of his lips, and said softly, "Now Kui Wang’s case was handled by the prince. If you can help him, it will be a great contribution to the Wang family. There are countless women who can do wedding dresses, but this matter is in the world, who is it? Woolen cloth?"

Huang Zixia didn't want to mention something, but since he had said so, she said softly: "Today, I went to the Liang's wood workshop and heard what the carpenters said, Zi Xia...I really miss you. Everything I do."

"I said, don't have such a separation between you and me. After all, your business is my business. We are about to become a husband and wife, and we are one and the same." Wang Yun looked at her with gentle and bright eyes, "Zi Xia, also There is one thing, I must ask you to promise me before marriage."

Huang Zixia hesitated for a while, wondering what he wanted to promise before marriage, whether he completely forgot about Li Shubai, or gave up everything he was good at after marriage?

However, she was sitting in front of him at this moment, under his gaze. Her expression moved slightly, and she could only forcefully suppress all the hesitation in her chest, and responded: "Please order from the Prince."

He stared at her drooping face, and said softly: "Zixia, after we get married, we must not become a married couple with the same eyebrows and respect. I think a couple is a couple, a bird of love, entwined for the whole life, a couple Together, we are going to be the most intimate couple in the world, so...you can no longer be so calm and self-contained, so polite and restrained."

His voice was gentle, and his tone was so stern, that Huang Zixia only felt endless guilt and sadness in his heart. But after all, she only fluctuated for a moment, and she quickly suppressed the sorrow of her throat, bowed her head to him, and replied hardly: "Yes."

Although the season is still cold, spring is here after all. Zhou Ziqin sighed as he rode a horse through the avenues of the capital.

The willow trees on the roadside have already bloomed with small green buds, and the grass buds on the roadside have begun to grow. They are hidden among the gray dead leaves. From a distance, there is only a thin layer of green.

"It's already early February, and the wind seems to have softened." He muttered to himself, passing under the hanging willow silk and heading towards Yongchangfang.

The child holding the paper kite ran past him, cheering to find an open space to put the paper kite. Zhou Ziqin turned around and saw the butterfly kite in the hands of a child, and immediately shouted: "Hey, you! That child, yes... it's you, come here!"

The child took his butterfly and ran to him nervously, and asked timidly, "Brother, what's the matter with you..."

"What's the matter, did you do this with the paper kite? Take it!" He said, taking his paper kite and weighing it in his hand, and put it on his index finger to show him, "The head is heavy and the body is unstable. , It’s strange to put it up! I'll help you adjust it."

He said, took out the knife on the horse, trimmed the small wooden stick on the kite, and then threw it to him with satisfaction: "Go, with my years of playing truant to put the kite out of school, your kite can definitely fly high. Stable again!"

He was still smug, and a high-five laughter came from the alley: "Zi Qin, you are still so childish, you haven't changed at all."

Zhou Ziqin turned his head to take a look, and quickly jumped off his horse: "Lord Wang."

Wang Yun smiled and said, "Just like Zi Xia, call me Yunzhi."

Zhou Ziqin didn't care. He looked at the children who ran away and said, "You used to be in Langya, but you have only arrived in Beijing in recent years. Of course, you don't know my reputation.

"I know, as soon as Master Wei talks about you, you have angina. All four or five nephews of his family were damaged by you." Wang Yun joked, but kept on foot, motioning for those behind him to follow.

Zhou Ziqin saw the people next to him, and immediately understood: "Is it a gift to Chong...Ms. Huang?"

"Well, we are going to Shu area next month, so many things have to be arranged before leaving Beijing." Wang Yun smiled and pointed to the cage and said, "These things must be seen by Zi Xia first. ."

Today, the clothes sent here are four seasons clothes and all kinds of drapes, silk kerchiefs, cloth towels, and bedding. The most important one, of course, is the wedding gown that cost a lot of labor.

Huang Zixian opened the cage in the inner hall for inspection, and discussed with the woman who came with Jinxiufang whether the size, length, etc. need to be modified. But it happened that there was nothing wrong with this wedding dress, as if it was made next to the body. The woman exclaimed and said, "The Prince Wang has a really good vision. It's almost the same, so we measured her size and made it.

Huang Zixia only bowed his head and said nothing, and stroked the delicately embroidered Zhai Bird with his fingers. Her father used to be the governor of the Shu region, Wang Yun was the commander of the Yulin Army, and her father Wang Lin was Shang Shu. Naturally, her wedding gown was Zhai Yi. Pairs of Zhai Birds are lively in the turquoise Luo Yi, and they are even more solemn and gorgeous when paired with flower hairpins.