Chapter 232 Du Zhengming Yongning Side Story 6
Since the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet, the dynamics between Yongning and Du Zhengming have shifted.
Every day, you could see Du Zhengming sending people to deliver things to the palace.
Sometimes it's a bunch of flowers, maybe not very expensive, or just wildflowers by the roadside.
Sometimes it's a painting: koi fish, a young girl, autumn light...
Sometimes it is a poem.
When the first snow fell in the twelfth lunar month, Yongning received a red cloak with a white fox fur collar.
The dress is red, with koi fish embroidered in gold thread.
Yongning liked it very much, but at the same time, he was also puzzled as to why it was a koi fish.
After thinking it over, she decided to leave the palace to visit Du Zhengming, whom she hadn't spoken to since the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet.
It's been almost three months now.
During these three months, she treated Du Zhengming the same way he had treated her before, only accepting gifts and not reacting.
Xie Yunyu and Xiao Ling came to visit in the middle of the trip. Xie Yunyu instructed Yongning to delay his treatment for a period of time, at least three months.
Let him experience what Yongning felt back then.
Yongning did as instructed.
But today, she thought it had been more than two months, and she couldn't hold back any longer, so she went to see him.
If I don't look at him soon, I'll forget what he looks like.
Wearing the koi-patterned cloak and carrying a bunch of winter plum blossoms picked from the palace, Yongning happily went to Dali Temple.
This time, Yongning rode in the princess's carriage, but there were very few people following her.
Upon arriving at the entrance of the Dali Temple, the guards quickly turned around to go inside and report, but Yongning's guards stopped them.
"Your Highness is here to see Du Shaoqing, so please don't make too much of a scene."
The guards at the door stopped in their tracks upon hearing this, but each of them did their best to conceal the gossip on their faces.
The events that took place in the palace on the day of the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet gradually became known to the public.
Afterwards, two more young masters from prominent families came to cause trouble for Du Shaoqing, but Du Zhengming turned them away.
The Dali Temple was only a small place, so the news spread quickly to everyone.
It was only after inquiring that they learned that Du Shaoqing had single-handedly disrupted Princess Yongning's banquet for choosing a husband.
Everyone suddenly realized that the person who had given Du Shaoqing the gifts was Princess Yongning.
Everyone was very curious when they saw Princess Yongning coming to see Du Shaoqing.
Yongning didn't care what the people at Dali Temple were thinking at all. He entered Dali Temple in a very open manner and went straight to Du Zhengming's office.
Du Zhengming was looking down at the scroll on the table when he suddenly sensed something was off about the light and shadow at the doorway, as if someone was there.
He assumed it was one of his subordinates, the temple manager, and looked up.
But then he saw the person he had been longing for day and night, wearing the red koi fish cloak he had given her, standing at the door with a beaming smile.
Du Zhengming thought he was seeing things; he'd been having this dream a lot lately, and it was even hallucinating.
He rubbed his eyes, sighed, and lowered his head to continue reading the case file.
Yongning laughed when she saw his silly look.
Upon hearing the laughter, Du Zhengming muttered to himself:
"I'm even experiencing auditory hallucinations."
Upon hearing this, Yongning spoke up, "Du Shaoqing, why don't you bow to me?"
Du Zhengming heard Yongning's voice clearly this time, and was so shocked that he suddenly stood up.
Then he walked quickly toward the door.
The closer I got, the clearer it became; it really was her.
Du Zhengming hurriedly walked to a spot three steps in front of Yongning and stopped.
He stared intently at Yongning's face.
Seeing his silly look, Yongning laughed happily, tilted her head and looked at him, saying:
"What's wrong with you? Are you stupid?"
Du Zhengming snapped back to his senses, took a deep breath, and within a few breaths, he regained his composure.
He bowed to Princess Yongning and said, "Your subject greets Your Highness."
Yongning stepped forward and reached out her slender white hands to hold Du Zhengming's hands.
"You may dispense with the formalities."
This was the first time the two had real physical contact.
Du Zhengming felt a pair of warm, soft hands against his skin, making him want to hold them.
However, he controlled his thoughts because he saw that Princess Yongning was followed by a group of people.
One of the guards and the other an old woman were staring at him menacingly.
Du Zhengming instantly stopped having inappropriate thoughts and became dignified and upright.
She stood up and looked at Yongning, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Yongning reached out and gently supported Du Zhengming's arm, and the two entered the government office together.
Bai Zhi and the nanny followed them in and stood guard at the door, while the rest of the people stayed outside.
Du Zhengming stayed with Yongning in a daze, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
Until Bai Zhi placed the bunch of winter plum blossoms she had brought on the table.
Du Zhengming gradually came to his senses and looked at Yongning's beautiful face, his ears suddenly turning red.
The Dali Temple was a place of serious criminal justice, and because the old woman was keeping a close eye on them, neither of them dared to say anything excessive or do anything out of line.
The two asked each other about their recent situations, and Du Zhengming accompanied Yongning to see the green plum tree in the backyard of Dali Temple.
As we walked through Dali Temple and headed towards the back, everyone we encountered on the road bowed respectfully.
After the two of them left, they all took off running.
They all went back to their superiors to gossip... no, to report.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review is quite old; he knows these things well enough and doesn't bother to get involved.
Huan Zian couldn't hold back any longer and immediately got up and went to the backyard upon hearing the news.
He secretly hid behind the artificial hill, watching the two interact.
Finally, I went back with a big, doting smile and left my review:
He is a promising young man.
Yongning's open and aboveboard visit essentially brought their relationship into the open.
The news naturally reached the palace quickly, but all parties within the palace remained silent.
Sometimes, silence is the answer when it comes to matters in the palace.
The next day, when Du Zhengming went to the morning court, he found that his colleagues who usually worked with him were all more polite to him.
Du Zhengming didn't care and kept a cold face, continuing to investigate the case and send things to Yongning as usual.
Time flew by and the Lantern Festival arrived.
Du Zhengming invited Yongning to watch the lanterns together, and Princess Yongning gladly accepted the invitation.
The bustling streets are brightly lit with lanterns, and the beauties remain as before.
The two walked and stopped frequently, because there were so many people around, and Du Zhengming was worried that Yongning would be squeezed.
He reached out and half-encircled the person in his arms.
But as Yongning was walking, someone bumped into her and she fell straight into Du Zhengming's arms.
In an instant, Du Zhengming was enveloped in the soft, fragrant embrace of her, and his entire body went numb with icy indifference.
The woman's unique fragrance wafted into my nose.
It gave him an urge to get a nosebleed.
Seeing that he was holding her and not moving for a long time, Yongning lifted her head from his embrace.
Du Zhengming's face was flushed, as if he were drunk.
Yongning smiled slyly.
It seems that not having the guards clear the way when we went out today was the right thing to do.
Go back and add chicken drumsticks to Bai Zhi's dish.
Yongning looked up at Du Zhengming with a beaming smile, dazzling Du Zhengming once again.
"Du Shaoqing, can we go now?" Yongning asked with a smile.
Du Zhengming then realized what was happening and awkwardly let go of her hand.
Yongning laughed, then suddenly reached out and took Du Zhengming's hand, saying:
"Let's go, there are a lot of people, we don't want to get separated."
As Du Zhengming was led by a pair of delicate and soft hands, he felt his soul tremble and his spirit soar.
The world around me instantly turned black and white, and the noisy sounds gradually faded away, leaving only this soft hand in the world.
Du Zhengming walked forward with his hands and feet moving in unison, unaware of his own actions.
Seeing this, Bai Zhi, who was following behind them, lowered her head and smiled.
Du Zhengming's heart was suddenly filled with a feeling he had never experienced before.
No wonder people have written countless poems and essays to praise love for thousands of years.
It turns out that love is not a trivial matter, but a change in one's state of mind.
It brings fulfillment to the soul, heals flesh and blood, makes the heart throb, and makes people unconsciously addicted.
Du Zhengming couldn't help but reach out and grasp Yongning's hand. Yongning felt it and looked up at him. The two smiled at each other.
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