1059 Rose, I will accompany you to burn incense
The next morning, the emperor sent someone to announce his decree and summon Feng Qingchen to the palace immediately, but he came to nothing. The Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen went to burn incense and pray before dawn.
"Burn incense?" The emperor's hand trembled and ink spilled on the white paper, ruining an article he had just written.
"In reply to the emperor, yes." The eunuch who announced the decree wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Even though he was kneeling on the ground, his legs couldn't help shaking.
I haven’t seen the Ninth Prince enter the temple or burn incense in all these years. Why did he accompany Feng Qingchen to the temple so early in the morning?
"Did he say when he would be back?" The emperor put down his pen, and his personal eunuch hurried forward, offering a snow-white towel for the emperor to wipe his hands.
"I asked, and he said he went to the Moon-Watching Temple outside the city, and I'm afraid he won't be back until dark."
"Wangyue Temple? What is that place?" The emperor looked confused. He originally thought that Feng Qingchen was afraid of trouble and took the opportunity to avoid it, but he didn't expect that she really went there to burn incense.
"It's probably some unknown temple. I've never heard of it. I specifically asked around and found out that Moon Watching Temple is a nunnery. The vegetarian dishes there are quite famous. There's a field of roses in the backyard that are in full bloom. Many ladies like to go there to enjoy the flowers." The eunuch's subtext was that the Ninth Prince took the beauty to enjoy the flowers and eat vegetarian dishes. As for burning incense...
If you want to burn incense, you will never go to an unknown nunnery outside the city.
"Old Nine is quite leisurely and elegant." The emperor said sarcastically. He walked back to the table and saw that the elegy he had just written was a mess. The emperor waved his hand impatiently and asked the eunuch to leave.
The personal eunuch was used to guessing the emperor's mind. Seeing that the emperor was unhappy, he whispered to comfort him: "Your Majesty, Concubine Su loves you so much. If Concubine Su knew that you were so sad for her, she would not be at peace even if she left."
"Princess Su, it would be best if she couldn't bear to leave me and refused to go."
The person is dead. Everything that person did before was good. Thinking about Concubine Su's every frown and smile, the emperor hated Feng Qingchen, the culprit, even more. He killed his beloved concubine, and still had the leisure to appreciate the flowers. He really didn't take him, the emperor, seriously...
Feng Qingchen was tortured by the Ninth Prince last night. In order to understand that the Ninth Prince was injured, she had to let him do whatever he wanted and cooperate with him in various poses. She didn't fall asleep until dawn, but...
Before she had slept for an hour, she was dug out of bed by the Ninth Prince Uncle. In a daze, she let the Ninth Prince Uncle dress and wash her, and then he carried her to the carriage and continued to sleep. She slept until she left the city.
The road outside the city was too bumpy. Even though she was lying on the Ninth Prince, Feng Qingchen still couldn't sleep well. She yawned and rubbed her eyes. Feng Qingchen asked vaguely, "Where are we going so early in the morning?"
"Leave the city. I will accompany you to burn incense." The Ninth Prince knocked on the carriage, and the carriage slowed down. Soon, the servants handed up water and a mirror.
"Wash up first." There were still traces of sleep on Feng Qingchen's face. He looked like a kitten, so cute.
"Yeah." Feng Qingchen nodded obediently. After washing up, he felt much more sober and his brain could function normally.
"Accompany me to burn incense? When did I say I wanted to burn incense?"
"You haven't had breakfast yet, so eat something first." The Ninth Prince took out a plate of pastries and a pot of water from the carriage. People who are familiar with Feng Qingchen know that Feng Qingchen likes to drink water instead of tea.
"Hmm." Feng Qingchen picked up a piece and ate it. It was red date cake, a good thing for replenishing blood.
"You haven't told me yet, what kind of incense do you want to burn?" Although he was eating, Feng Qingchen would not forget his business.
She was a fool. Even if she wanted to burn incense, she wouldn't go out so early in the morning. She was very tired last night.
There's no way, a man who has been hungry for too long is really scary.
“There is a Moon-Watching Temple outside the city. I heard that the vegetarian food there is very good. There is also a rose field in the backyard, which is in full bloom now.” The Ninth Prince had a calm expression, leaning on the low couch, exuding a lazy and leisurely aura, which was quite in line with the relaxed and comfortable feeling one should have when going out for fun.
Feng Qingchen listened with longing on her face, and was secretly delighted that the Ninth Prince had finally come to his senses and knew to take her on a date.
In fact, this is another example of the Ninth Prince's art of speaking. The Ninth Prince just said "I heard" from beginning to end, and he did not say in his words that he would take Feng Qingchen to eat vegetarian food and appreciate flowers, but when Feng Qingchen heard it, coupled with the Ninth Prince's look, she couldn't help but think that the Ninth Prince was going to take her out to play.
Feng Qingchen completely ignored the vegetarian dishes. Her focus was on the rose field. She seemed to have never seen a rose before, and even if she had seen one, it didn't seem to be called a rose, but a Chinese rose.
"What does a rose look like?" Feng Qingchen would never believe it. The Ninth Prince knew that roses represent love. You have to know that the saying that roses represent love came from abroad. The Ninth Prince probably just took her to appreciate the flowers.
"It's similar to roses, but the flowers in that field are particularly bright red. Many noble ladies in the capital city would go there to enjoy the flowers. As for the name of the rose, it came from the Cui family, and later the field was called the Rose Field." Seeing that Feng Qingchen seemed to be particularly interested in the rose field, the Ninth Prince explained a little more.
Uh... Cui family, Lan Yilin, that naive little girl who traveled through time, so this is how the rose field got its name, Feng Qingchen just felt very upset...
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" The Ninth Prince raised his eyelids slightly and asked worriedly.
If the Third Prince is not found today, it will be the Emperor's turn to trouble Feng Qingchen. The Emperor did blame Feng Qingchen for Concubine Su's death.
"No. I'm just looking forward to the rose field." Feng Qingchen smiled quickly. Thinking of the symbolic meaning of roses, he looked at the Ninth Prince and said, "Ninth Prince, can you pick a rose for me from the rose field?"
Having lived two lifetimes and having no shortage of suitors, Feng Qingchen has never received any flowers. She feels quite miserable. It would be nice if she could fulfill her dream at this time.
Even the Ninth Prince didn't know what roses represented.
"You like flowers?" The Ninth Prince looked surprised. In his impression, Feng Qingchen didn't seem like a woman who liked flowers.
"No woman doesn't like flowers." Especially roses given by her loved one.
Feng Qingchen looked at the Ninth Uncle with resentment. She was also a woman. No matter how strong she was, she was still a vain girl in nature and would look forward to receiving roses from her lover.
"You don't look like someone who likes flowers and plants. Do you have the time to take care of them?" The Ninth Prince was very skeptical. In his impression, people like Wang Jinling would take a break from their busy schedules to play with flowers and plants to please themselves...
This is the generation gap!
Feng Qingchen was speechless...
The flowers she was talking about were completely different from the flowers that the Ninth Prince understood. Feng Qingchen was extremely frustrated. She no longer had the energy to explain to the Ninth Prince, so she waved her hand.
"Forget it, I don't want it anymore..."
It’s just a flower. I lived for more than 20 years in my previous life and never received it. So if I can’t receive it in this life, then I won’t receive it.
"It's just a flower. If you want it, I'll give it to you." The Ninth Prince was unwilling to make Feng Qingchen unhappy because of a flower. Let alone one flower, even if he wanted all the roses in the flower field, he would have people pick them...