Chapter 205: Accompanying
The next day, when Jiang Shu woke up, the snow had not stopped.
Seeing the vast expanse of white outside, Jiang Shu could not wait to put on her makeup and ran out with her hair down.
"Princess, it's too cold outside. Put on your poncho before going out." Chu Yu chased after her with a fox fur poncho.
Knowing that Jiang Shu would definitely not be able to hold back and want to go out to play in the snow, Chu Yu specially took out a hooded poncho.
"Give it to me." Yu Zheng reached out and grabbed the poncho that Chu Yu was holding, strode out of the house, and stepped on the thick snow to find Jiang Shu.
It had been a long time since she had played in the snow, and Jiang Shu happily stepped on the snow.
"Crunch-Crunch-" The soft snow was stepped into small pits, making a pleasant and relaxing sound.
Jiang Shu liked to hear it very much, and lifted the hem of her skirt to deliberately step on it.
"Don't move." Yu Zheng unfolded the shawl, put it on her with a stern face, tied it up, and put on the hood.
The snow-white and fluffy white fox fur hat reflected Jiang Shu's bright smile, like a beautiful jade shining, a flower in the snow, so beautiful that it made people's heart startled.
"Husband, let's play in the snow together." Jiang Shu pulled Yu Zheng and stepped on the snow in the yard.
Yu Zheng followed her closely, fearing that she would fall accidentally, and was ready to help her at any time.
Fortunately, Jiang Shu knew the limit and did not move much. After stepping on the snow in the yard, she went to the stone table to play with snow.
They played until Shuanghua Tanyu prepared breakfast and called her to come in for dinner. Jiang Shu went in with a sense of unsatisfied desire.
Because she was wearing thick clothes and was moving around, Jiang Shu was not frozen, but her cheeks and hands were a little cold.
Chu Yu brought her a hot water bottle for her to warm her hands, and soaked a hot cotton towel to iron her face.
After warming her hands and face, Jiang Shu began to eat.
The hot milk soup, served with small crispy cakes, bird's nests, etc., was a perfect match for the snowy winter day. Jiang Shu ate comfortably and felt warm.
After the meal, Chu Yu handed Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng a hot towel to clean their hands, and Shuang Hua brought warm tea for them to rinse their mouths.
After eating and drinking, Jiang Shu looked at the white snow outside the house with bright eyes, fascinated.
Chu Yu reminded her, "Princess, it's time to put on your makeup, otherwise Lord Zhou and the princess will be here soon."
"Then you should hurry up." Jiang Shu stood up and went into the inner room, sitting down in front of the dressing table.
Chu Yu and Shuang Hua divided the work, one doing the hair and the other doing the makeup.
The snow gradually stopped, and it was quiet and cold outside. Everything was covered with snow, and the ice and snow were vast, like clouds falling from the sky.
While Jiang Shu was putting on her makeup, Yu Zheng ordered people to decorate the plum forest in the back garden.
Zhou Boxu was the first to arrive among the people who received the invitation.
Not long after Jiang Shu finished putting on her makeup, Yu Lan and Sun Yijun also arrived one after another.
"Why is Yu Yuan so slow?" Sun Yijun stomped her feet and complained.
Yu Lan smiled and said, "It's okay. Let's
go to the back garden to enjoy the scenery and drink tea first." As they were about to go to the back garden, Yu Yuan came in elegantly.
"Brother Zheng, sister." Yu Yuan smiled and greeted them.
"Prince Yu." Zhou Boxu bowed his hands in greeting.
Yu Yuan laughed, "Lord Zhou."
Knowing the reason why Zhou Boxu appeared here, Yu Yuan looked at Yu Lan meaningfully, then patted Zhou Boxu's shoulder and whispered, "Try your best, Lord Zhou, I'm waiting to call you brother-in-law."
Zhou Boxu curled his lips and agreed with a smile, "Okay."
Although Yu Lan didn't hear what they were saying, it was not difficult to guess from their expressions that it was related to her, and her face blushed slightly.
"Let's go to the back garden." Jiang Shu was thinking about Yu Zheng's portrait of her, and she couldn't wait.
"Let's go." Yu Zheng took the lead, and the group went to the back garden.
Afraid that Jiang Shu would fall accidentally, Yu Lan and Sun Yijun held her on the left and right, and Chu Yu and others followed behind.
The back garden was very wide and vast, and the ground was covered with thick white snow, like a soft carpet.
Tall and short trees were wrapped in silver, stretching their branches to their heart's content, showing the most beautiful posture.
The cold and quiet lake surface was like a piece of unpolished jade, and the pavilion in the middle of the lake was covered with snow, like a pearl dotted on it.
The group walked into the plum forest, where the white snow and red plums were closely nestled together, and the snow was whiter and the plums were redder, the beauty was warm and shocking. There
was a square table with a painting table on the open space in the plum forest, and several charcoal braziers were lit.
Sun Yijun looked around the table and said with envy: "You guys really know how to enjoy life. You can walk in the snow, enjoy plum blossoms, drink tea and paint without leaving the house." The
capital is covered with snow everywhere, but it is hard to find a second place as big as the backyard of Prince Jing's mansion with such a good view.
If Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng hadn't invited them, they would have to go to the plum garden in the north of the city or the plum forest outside the city to enjoy such scenery.
Of course, it's not that there are no plum trees in other mansions, but they are far less numerous and magnificent than those in Prince Jing's mansion.
When they arrived at the plum forest, several people had no intention of drinking tea or warming themselves by the fire, and strolled in the plum forest to enjoy the scenery.
Yu Zheng held Jiang Shu's hand and walked slowly to the east.
Sun Yijun and Yu Yuan had a snowball fight, and chased each other to the west with laughter.
Yu Lan walked towards the depths of the plum forest, and Zhou Boxu followed silently.
After walking for a long time, neither of them spoke, and there was only the faint sound of boots stepping on the snow.
Seeing a branch of gorgeous red plum blossoms in full bloom, Yu Lan stopped and reached out to pick one.
However, the branch was too high, and she couldn't reach it even if she stood on tiptoe and stretched her arm.
Zhou Boxu approached suddenly, reached out from behind Yu Lan, picked a plum blossom and handed it to her.
Yu Lan held the plum blossom close to her nose, and the cold and faint plum fragrance penetrated into her nose, but she had no intention of feeling it. Because Zhou Boxu was too close, so close that she seemed to be able to feel his body temperature, and her heart was pounding.
"What's the smell?" Zhou Boxu suddenly spoke.
What other smells can plum blossoms have?
Yu Lan turned around and presented the plum blossom to him: "Smell it yourself."
Zhou Boxu lowered his head and sniffed it very carefully, staring at Yu Lan with burning eyes and said: "It smells the same as you."
Yu Lan loved the scent of plum blossoms, and usually fumigated his clothes with plum scent. Zhou Boxu compared it carefully, and the smell was exactly the same as the plum blossom he had just picked.
"Do you like it?" Yu Lan's fair face flushed slightly.
"Yeah." Zhou Boxu nodded and looked at her steadily.
Yu Lan stuffed the plum blossom in her hand into his arms: "Here you
go." If you like it, just smell it slowly.
Zhou Boxu raised his hand, but did not take the plum blossom, but held Yu Lan's hand.
Yu Lan was startled and stepped back subconsciously.
Zhou Boxu reacted very quickly and held her waist with his other hand.
"Princess." Zhou Boxu exerted a little force and pulled Yu Lan into his arms.
Yu Lan trembled physically and mentally, her eyes staring at Zhou Boxu's broad chest, not daring to look up at him.
Although she has been a mother for many years and is not young anymore, she has not experienced much in the affairs of men and women.
Especially when facing Zhou Boxu, her state of mind seemed to stay in the past, when she was seventeen or eighteen years old.
"Your hands are cold, let me warm them for you." Zhou Boxu's broad palms wrapped around Yu Lan's soft and tender hands, transferring the warmth of his palms to Yu Lan's hands.
The warmth that did not belong to him seeped in from the back of his hands, spreading to his limbs and bones, causing Yu Lan's heart to burn and his ears to heat up.
Zhou Boxu lowered his eyes and stared at Yu Lan's shy face, which he felt was more beautiful than a red plum blossom in the snow. With a
deep and dark gaze, Zhou Boxu lowered his head and gently kissed Yu Lan's smooth forehead.
Yu Lan looked up in astonishment: "You...you don't want to follow the rules and regulations?"