Chapter 208 – The Color of Xia

The table in the corner that was settling the bill was just to the left of Zhao Su’s table.

Zhao Su watched as Ning Jade and his companions walked over this way, quickly retracting his body and burying his head.

The emperor looked twice: “Who is this?”

“My cousin.”

Zhao Su said quietly. She didn’t expect to meet Ning Jade here, since Aunt Ning left the house, she hadn’t paid much attention to them, only knowing that Ning Jade still came up to the house occasionally, and of course Marquis Qingyun had no prejudice against him. And Zhao Sum will sometimes meet with him outside, has not been to the Ning family Zhao Su do not know, but she is not past.

With the Ning family mother and son is just like that, well water does not offend the river water is quite good, so she did not want to meet him here.

The emperor twisted his head and said, “Did you apologize to him for something?”

“Sister Su?”

What could Zhao Su have done to apologize to someone? Before she had time to explain, Ning Jade had already walked up to her side, and after seeing her face clearly to make sure it was correct, she said, “You’re here too?”

Zhao Su pulled a hard smile and straightened her back, “What a coincidence, Cousin Ning.”

Ning Jade looked at the emperor, probably originally just taking a casual look, and arched his hands to lower them. But when he saw that the emperor who looked back at him was as young and stable as a mountain, he paused for a while before putting his hands down. “Dare I ask who this gentleman is?”

“Oh, this is Mr. Huang.” Once upon a time, although Ning Jade lived in the Marquis of Qingyun, the emperor has been to the Marquis many times, but even so, the distance to meet the emperor is still separated from many rules and groups of guards, unless the emperor summoned, otherwise he is not qualified to see the face of heaven. Zhao Su from the good nature of the pseudonym, had to exchange pleasantries: “Cousin also out to play today?”

“It just so happens that I’m on vacation, so I came out with a few of my colleagues. I haven’t seen you for a long time, how are you doing in the palace? Can you still get used to it?”

Ning Jade also arched his hand towards the emperor, but the other party did not look at him, so he looked at him again.

The emperor seemed to be really did not see, a calm and collected, the food came up, he first raised to Zhao Su clip a chopsticks of fish, but also carefully pick the thorns.

“I’m fine, I don’t have a lot of work to do every day, and I’m not tired.”

Hearing Zhao Su’s reply, Ning Jade retracted her gaze from the emperor’s chopsticks, nodded and replied, “Then you guys enjoy your meal. Since I’m not busy, I’ll visit you again some other time.”

Zhao Su because Aunt Ning had mentioned the marriage between her and Ning jade, the heart has been pinch should, even if Ning jade has not shown what makes her unhappy, she is not willing to contact him too much.

At the moment in order to maintain the surface decency, she grinned, as a response. Then she looked to the table next to her, “There are still people waiting for cousin, you should quickly go over there and catch up later.”

Ning jade nodded, back to the next door, the other two people pulled him to inquire up: “Ning brother in the capital still have relatives? ……”

“Come and order some food, it’s not early, eat early we still have to go back to the city.” Ning jade interrupted their inquiry, looked back at Zhao Su after receiving the menu.

Zhao Su turned around and explained to the emperor, “It’s the son of my cousin’s aunt who lived in my house before, I have nothing to do with him.”

The emperor didn’t seem to care and didn’t ask any questions.

Zhao Su could not wait, because she did not want to stay here more, burying their heads in their mouths to eat, they pointed to leave earlier.

Their table dishes early, a moment after the meal is finished, next door is still talking, Zhao Su got up to see Ning jade look over, they nodded at him, said goodbye, and the emperor went out.

The two scholars at the same table saw them go out and get into the carriage, so they said: “These two are on the same carriage, seems to be a good relationship. Since they are relatives, why don’t you recognize that gentleman?”

“That’s right, this cousin of brother Ning looks generous and not bad, should be from a low background, right?”

Ning jade slightly helpless: “I have not gone to visit the door for a long time, I do not know the recent situation.”

Finished through the window, he also took a glance at the plain carriage, before retracting his gaze.

……

The encounter with Ning Jade is obviously just a small episode, the capital is so big, a head does not see the head up to see the ground, Zhao Su on the carriage does not care about this matter.

She is out to play today, said to say to test the paper kite, how can she really so honest? Just now during the dinner time, I sent flowers to buy her several kites on the street.

On the embankment, the emperor rolled up his sleeves and took out the eagle that she had given him. Han Jun to help, he waved his hand and let him stay far away to go, more simply even Zhao Su that a few also tied up the line.

Zhao Su is happy to be free, sitting on the grass, hands propped up behind him, squinting at him, he is wearing a very slim-fitting blue robe today, lining his skin color is whiter, and his features are more three-dimensional.

Belt and bundle out of his strong waist, cuffs a stroke, his tight forearms also revealed a section to, with the hand movements, arm muscles a road also followed the spirit of the drumming, looking like an unconventional flower season young man.

The two of them had a conversation.

“Your Majesty, why do you like paper kites so much?”

The emperor wrapped silk thread around the kite: “Who told you I like it?”

“Si Xi said, he said you like to study this for a while.”

“So you sent this?” The emperor took the time to glance at her, tied the knot, and then handed it to her.

Zhao Su caught the large butterfly and stood up, “I also know that this thing isn’t worth much, but I don’t have any other way. What kind of treasure haven’t you seen before? I am digging a gold mine for you, I’m afraid you don’t care about it. Besides, isn’t this proof that you still like it.”

“What did I say that I like? But is to see you this brain is hopeless, lazy toss just.”

The emperor threw the eagle up into the sky, tugged a few steps into the wind, and the large eagle floated up into the sky.

Zhao Su eyes unblinking watched it fly up into the sky, and have the momentum of the roc miles, suddenly excited to grab his arm and shake up: “You see, I’m not lying, right? I told you that it will definitely be able to put up ah!”

The skin without clothes touched each other, as if two pieces of charcoal fire collided.

Zhao Su’s palm was hot, and she hastily scattered her hands. When she looked up to see the Emperor staring at her, the heat from her palm spread to her cheeks.

The emperor looked at her lowered head for a long time before turning back to look at the sky.

In the sky, white clouds drifted, and the eagle that had its neck feathers embellished with vermilion brush had already become a palm-sized one. In May, the midday sun was also a little hot, and his cheeks were also slightly colored by the sunlight.

Suddenly he lifted his lips, brought his head down heavily, and lifted his hand to glean at the top of her head.

“Take it!”

He shoved the thread in his hand to her, then put up the butterfly in her hand and said towards the grassy slope not far away, “Let’s go up there, it’s windy there!”

Zhao Su by his grip, the bottom of the heart is even more mixed feelings, in a panic agreed to a mouth, and then clutched the line, ran in his direction.

Along the way there are a number of scattered growth of acacia trees, the rich fragrance of the flowers into the nostrils, in a trance back to when I was a child, in the golden sunshine, that period of childhood without any worries.