The girl cleansed her face and combed her hair very gently. In addition to her white blouse, she still put on the servant's city cloth robe. She also pulled up her black hair like them and covered it with a dark blue cloth - this is not home, this is
Dressing up is the easiest way to get around. If you meet someone, you can also have an explanation.
After packing everything, Ji Wanyou came to the window and gently opened the two windows.
Stepping on the lacquered wood bench with her walking shoes, the girl climbed out of the window with cautious and unfamiliar movements.
Outside the window was a narrow narrow path. After exiting the narrow path, Ji Wanyou quickly ran out of the yard while there was no one in the yard.
The sky at this time was only dim and bright.
Due to the sudden and sensational incident at the mausoleum last night, most of the people in the palace were alarmed. After such a fuss, they still had to discuss it secretly after midnight, so there were many people who stayed up almost all night - so
At this hour, fewer and fewer people were getting up and walking around.
Ji Wanyou came all the way to a garden in the north of the palace.
As soon as I entered the garden, I saw a nun who looked like a steward leading three or five palace maids to give instructions on cleaning matters.
"For what?"
When the nanny saw Ji Wanyou wearing a servant's robe, she raised her eyebrows and asked.
Ji Wanyou reacted quickly, lowered her head, and asked as loudly as possible: "May I ask this aunt, is there a lotus pond in this garden?"
"Yes, yes, but why do you ask?" Mammy looked at the person and said, "I think you belong to an adult's family, our garden is not just for anyone to wander around.
It is no small matter to disturb the nobles' enjoyment of the scenery."
"Don't worry, the little one will never wander around and look around."
Ji Wanyou hurriedly took a few steps forward, took out a piece of silver from her sleeve, and pushed it over while saying, "My lord loves Lian, so he told me to pick a few back early in the morning... and I asked my aunt to make it convenient."
Grandma looked at the exposed half of the delicate neck of the person in front of her, her eyes flashed, and she secretly sighed in her heart, "Whose family's master is so dishonest, and he has to bring a maid with him to the imperial mausoleum for a few days?"
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But it wasn't her turn to ask questions about this kind of thing.
So he just took the money and said in a lukewarm tone: "Let's go quickly while there is no one in the garden."
"Thank you, aunt."
Ji Wanyou raised her hands and bowed in salute, then walked quickly into the garden. Only when she was out of sight of the palace people, she gently stroked her heart and breathed a sigh of relief.
She walked all the way to the southwest, and sure enough she saw a lotus pond deep in the garden.
When the morning light first appears, the lotus leaves in the pond are green and round, and the green lotus lies quietly among the green leaves in the clear water, like a fairy who has just woken up, graceful and elegant. From time to time, the cool morning breeze blows by, blowing the roundness on the lotus leaves.
The dewdrops swayed and rolled into the water.
Ji Wanyou didn't have much thought to appreciate the beautiful scenery at this time.
She looked around under the pavilion by the pond.
There was no one around, and it was as quiet as a fairyland with no one around.
Could it be that she had misunderstood?
When he mentioned the lotus pond, didn't he mean to see her?
Or did she come too early?
When Ji Wanyou was thinking about whether to leave, she suddenly heard a voice behind her——
"Miss Ji."
This voice is extremely gentle, with a pleasant smile, and when it is carried into the ears with the morning breeze, it seems to have indescribable tenderness and affection.
Ji Wanyou's eyes were filled with joy and she turned around.
A young man wearing a tooth-white t-shirt embroidered with green bamboo patterns and a jade crown with his hair tied up was walking towards her.
"Master Zhan." Ji Wanyou blessed him and said softly: "I thought you wouldn't come here..."
"I don't think Miss Ji will come." Zhan Yunzhu said with a smile: "Fortunately, there is a tacit understanding between Miss Ji and I."
Ji Wanyou's heart skipped a beat - so, he really wanted to see her, not that she was overthinking it.
"Speaking of which, why did Miss Ji come here with you in such a disguise?"
Hearing him ask this, Ji Wanyou thought about her own dress, and said a little uneasily: "I wanted to go out for a walk with my father, but my father refused, so I followed him secretly... I look like this now... don't I look like that?
Weird?"
"No." Zhan Yunzhu shook his head slightly and looked at her seriously: "She still looks good."
Hearing this compliment, Ji Wanyou's cheeks immediately turned red, and she pursed her lips with a smile: "Don't lie to me, I've looked in the mirror."
Zhan Yunzhu said with a smile: "I am as honest as a mirror and don't tell lies."
The smile on Ji Wanyou's lips deepened, but she couldn't help but feel a little confused. She always felt that he seemed to be extraordinarily different today... In the past, his expressions were always vague and implicit, so she was never sure what his thoughts were.
What happened today?
"...Actually, I have been thinking a lot recently. I have always...wanted to give something to Miss Ji." When Zhan Yunzhu spoke again, there was a rare sense of hesitation in his tone. And this hesitation
In it, it is like the caution and uneasiness of young people when facing emotional matters.
Ji Wanyou had never seen him look like this before, and was a little stunned for a moment.
Until I saw him take out a pearl hairpin from his sleeve.
The body of the hairpin is red gold, the top of the hairpin is made of sapphire leaves, the petals of a lotus are carved on clear white jade, the red gold branches and stems are extended, and a few small white pearls are embedded at the top.
"I bought this hairpin by chance. It's not worth much money. I might not think it's worthy of you, so I haven't been able to give it away."
Hearing this voice, Ji Wanyou almost held her breath, looked at the pearl hairpin between his slender fingers, and asked in a low voice: "Is this... for me?"
"I just wonder if Miss Ji is willing to accept it?"
There seemed to be brilliant fireworks blooming in the girl's heart, a smile appeared on her cheeks, and she nodded lightly: "I like it very much."
The things he gave her sounded like they were thoughtful things, so there was no reason why she wouldn't like them.
But this intention...is it true?
Ji Wanyou didn't have time to think, and she had already taken the hairpin. Its body was warm and cool, and seemed to have a trace of the warmth of his palm.
She slowly held the beaded hairpin tightly and heard his gentle but firm voice coming from above her head.
"Now that my official position is low, I can offer very little, but in the future, I will definitely give you the best."
At this moment, Ji Wanyou was even a little distracted.
Is this... a promise to her in the future?
Is the abnormality today because I want to express my feelings to her?
If the relationship between the two of them had been hazy in the fog in the past, making her uncertain but unable to help but fantasize about it, now it seemed to be completely clear.
His thoughts were clearly displayed in front of her...
The next moment, she seemed to smell the faint fragrance of agarwood on his body. As he gently held her in his arms, the fragrance lingered in her nose and entangled in her breath.
