Chapter 28 Descending Head (13/84)
In the next few days, Xu Buling spent time visiting relatives and friends. As Prince Su, he didn't have to visit others, but the princes, princes, generals and ministers on Kuishou Street could not help but come to ask about their well-being. He didn't like these occasions very much. Mrs. Lu was hospitalized as a guardian, and he just pretended to be cool next to him.
When he was drunk on New Year's Eve, he was actually a little panicked. He followed Mrs. Lu's butt all day long, hoping to determine what he did that night through clues.
But Mrs. Lu was as usual, and she still treated him as an ungrown child. She kept asking about her well-being all day long and sometimes she didn't listen to her words and even got angry.
After observing for a few days, he confirmed that nothing was wrong. He finally let go of his heart. It seemed like a dream. But he was still a little confused about how he could have such a dream. Could it be that a hormone outbreak in adolescence is really... He dreamed of Song Yufu, Xiao Manzhi, and Miss Ning, how did he dream Aunt Lu?
After thinking about it, Xu Buling could only laugh at him and pretended that nothing had happened. As long as he and Mrs. Lu did not destroy the hard-won and pure relationship.
At the end of the year, every household on Kuishou Street was busy. Mrs. Lu was the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family. I heard that the Xiao family came here in the beginning of spring. There were a lot of things happening recently, so I couldn’t accompany him at any time.
Xu Buling stayed at home on the seventh day of the first lunar month. After he was recuperating, he began to prepare for the plan to enter the palace to find the source of the Dragon Lock Gu.
This time, I entered the palace and basically fought with my back. I met the emperor secretly and tried every means to find out the detoxification method of the Dragon Locking Gu. It would be best to be able to escape without any loss. If I cannot reveal my identity, the emperor may not kill him, but by force, he will definitely not be able to take the risk. Maybe even King Su will be implicated and punished.
However, Xu Buling's Dragon Locking Gu has not been around for too long. Compared to waiting for unpredictable dangers, it is a way out to fight the two armies, with one sword at all and a vertical sword. This sword can at least bear it, which is better than being cut by a blunt knife to death.
If you enter the palace to find trouble for the emperor, you will definitely not be able to leave Changle Palace again. If you fail to alarm the enemy, you will definitely be on the list afterwards. If he happens to be in the palace, you don’t need to check it, so you have to get a certificate of absence.
So on the seventh day of the first lunar month, Xu Buling Haosheng dressed up and rode out of Prince Su's mansion on a chasing Fengmao, and went directly to Song Baiqing's residence in Chang'an City.
After Song Baiqing's first wife passed away, she had been living in the Imperial College. However, at the end of the year, the Imperial College was suspended. Song Baiqing took Song Yufu back to Zhuji Street, where she had studied hard. The father and daughter guarded the nursing home for the New Year.
Zhuji Street is not far from the Imperial College. There are scholars who come to Beijing to take the exam in the alleys around the street. Dayue has thousands of miles of territory, and students who come to Beijing to take the exam are like crucian carp trees crossing rivers. Because of the underdeveloped transportation, it takes a year or two to travel to Chang'an. Therefore, most of them live in Chang'an. They take the exam year after year until they are disheartened.
Xu Buling galloped to an alley on Zhuji Street. He looked from house to house. Before he could find the door sign of Songbaiqing, he saw a pretty woman in a winter skirt outside a yard in the distance. He held a small stool and sat at the door, muttering something...
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The sun in the first month shines on the old courtyards, dispelling the cold of the first month.
Several washed skirts were hung on the clothesline under the window. The chicken, duck, fish and meat that you want to entertain guests at night were ready and hung outside the kitchen. The yard was clean and cleaned and spotless.
During the Chinese New Year, Song Yufu changed into a new skirt, a moon-white jacket and a vermilion-pleated skirt, and a silver beaded hairpin was inserted in the bun, with a magpies engraved on it. Although it is a common dress for her daughter's family in the city, it is placed on Song Yufu, who has been well educated since childhood, but it has a bit of spirituality and elegance. It is a newly grown jasper in the small family.
Because Song Baiqing went out to visit friends, Song Yufu had nothing to do at home, so she moved a small stool and placed it outside the yard gate, sitting properly and basking in the sun. She laid this collection of poems on her knees, but she didn't seem to have the time to read it. Instead, she pinched a small doll and rubbed it and muttered:
"...Seme...return the hairpin to me...or I'll hit you..."
I don’t know where the brand new little doll bought it, but there was a small note on it, saying ‘Xu Buling’.
Well...falling your head?
Song Yufu's little doll was full of relief in her eyes. Whenever a passerby passed by, she quickly picked up the poems and books, and quietly recited a few words, "Isn't it a good idea to learn and practice it from time to time?" After the person left, he began to repeat it again.
Stepping on—
The crisp sound of horse hooves comes from far to near.
Song Yufu quickly put the doll on her legs, held the poems and books and started chanting scriptures, and looked very serious. But soon, she found that the doll was taken away by someone.
“Hey~!”
Song Yufu suddenly became anxious and raised her head quickly, but saw Xu Buling standing in front of her with a tall horse, her face as if she was frost and snow, looking at the doll in her hand.
"ah--"
Song Yufu was so scared that the three souls left the seven souls. Her little face turned pale. Then she remembered something, her face turned red again, she pursed her lips and lowered her head weakly, and turned around on the small stool, as if she wanted to find the neighbors she knew around her.
Unfortunately, the alley is empty, and only Xu Buling is bathed in the sun.
"Down with me, you are so toxic."
"No...no..."
Song Yufu hurriedly looked up, her eyes full of weakness, and muttered in a low voice: "Crown Prince Xu, I... I'm just making fun of it, I didn't give you an injection... Don't take it to your heart, return the doll to me..."
As he said that, he wanted to reach for it, but Xu Buling couldn't reach it with just lifting his hand, so he could only retreat, stand up and lean against the door frame, his eyes full of tension and embarrassment.
Xu Buling looked at the tortured doll for a few times, then hung it next to the saddle:
"Go out for me."
“Go…where to go?”
"Yingchun Tower, I won't come back tonight."
"ah?"
Song Yufu's face turned red, her hands curled up on her chest, and she shook her head like a rattle.
It is natural that young men and women go out for shopping, so she can't refuse. But what if she doesn't come back at night? The lonely man and the widow stay outside all night. Even if she doesn't know anything, she knows what will happen. Will she still marry again or not...
Furthermore, Yingchun Tower is a brothel. She is a girl with a scholarly family. How can she go to any place...
Xu Buling frowned slightly: "Don't be too lazy."
"I won't go."
Song Yufu bit her lower lip, plucked up the courage to glar at Xu Buling, and then prepared to run back to the yard to close the door. Unfortunately, her slow movements were no match for Xu Buling, who was agile.
Xu Buling stepped on the threshold on the other side to block the retreat: "Miss Song, you are disobedient today and follow me. The last time you kissed me at the Bell and Drum Tower will spread throughout the streets and alleys tomorrow."
The tone and style of a careless tone is exactly the same as the playboys in Chang'an City.
Song Yufu was both ashamed and angry, put her hands around her waist and said slightly disgusted:
"Crown Prince Xu, how can you be so unrestrained? Besides, you have taken advantage of it and... threatened me..."
"What advantage do I take?"
Xu Buling spread his hands and eyes full of inexplicable knowledge: "You forcefully kiss me, but I will take advantage of you, why? Are you beautiful than me?"
Song Yufu blinked her eyes and thought for a while, and it seemed that she could not find an excuse to refute.
"I...I am my daughter's house...you are a man..."
"What's wrong with men? Men can't keep themselves clean and keep themselves clean, and men can be taken advantage of by unscrupulous ladies?"
"Oh~ Prince Xu, why are you...you are like this..."
Song Yufu couldn't say anything about her pain, so she put her toes on the spot and said annoyedly: "Just think I'm taking advantage of you, I apologize, but... I really can't go out for the night with you..." After saying that, he almost couldn't hear it.
Xu Buling's eyes were dull: "What's the use of apology? Either I'll kiss you, let's have a look, or accompany me to Yingchun Tower to take a walk, you can choose it yourself."
Song Yufu's face turned red and she shook her head like a rattle. Obviously, she didn't want to choose any of them.
Seeing this, Xu Buling didn't say much, and raised his hand and pinched Miss Song's chin, leaning over to prepare for an intimate contact.
Song Yufu was pressed against the door frame and tiptoed. Seeing Xu Buling's cheeks getting closer, her head was stunned. She hurriedly covered her mouth with her hands and said in a muffled voice:
"Shut up... I... I'll accompany you... You are not allowed to bully me..."
Xu Buling was satisfied only then and let go of his hand and walked out of the alley:
"Don't worry, I don't like cucumber egg seeds."
"Um?"
Song Yufu obviously didn't understand, but she didn't dare to ask. She ran back honestly and wrote a note on the table. She ran to the bronze mirror and dressed up a little, then locked the door reluctantly...
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Chapter completed!