Tranquility

After a tiring journey, everyone went back to their rooms with the guys after the meal.

Unwillingly, Shu Hongyu returned to the room with two pears in one hand and Tang Yu in the other. Anyway, the dude is leaving tomorrow, so he is not in a hurry.

And Xie Baiyun went out for a walk, eating and inspecting the environment.

When he returned to the house, Tangning had already written two posts and was instructing the staff to send them to the two adults in Bao Yuan.

Xie Baiyun drove Xiao Er away, and said distressedly: "Why do you do this, I have written countless posts along the way, and very few replies."

Tangning shook her head, "They are of higher rank than me. According to the rules, I have to visit. I don't write because I don't understand etiquette. If they don't reply, they can't be called rude."

For Tangning, who had been underestimated all the way, the rules of the officialdom could not hurt him anymore. The so-called calm and calm came from such a little bit of tempering.

After a while, the buddy came up with a few people carrying a large wooden barrel half a person's height.

"My lord, I have already sent you your post. This is a reply from Mr. Pei from Xiyuan."

The guy didn't mention the East Court. Obviously, the East Court didn't reply. Tangning wasn't surprised. She accepted the post and asked Xiao Er to put the barrel behind the screen.

"My lord, I have to tell you about something small. Each guest room can only have one bucket of water..."

"What, a bucket of water, already so short of water?" Tangning frowned deeply.

"Your Excellency, you don't know that our Lianhua Town is much better than other towns. Because we have more wells here, everyone has not cut off the water, but alas, this day, it has been dry for several months, and our place has been dying since the beginning of spring. It hasn't rained a few times, and I have enough water to cook and drink, but I can't do laundry and bathe.

Luckily, there are two deep wells in our inn so that the adults can take a cool bath, but who would have thought that so many people came all at once today, including women from the east and west courtyards.Think about it, how many people eat and wash is not enough, no, these two wells have just bottomed out, and it will take several days to store water. "

Speaking of which, Xiao Er looked around, winked and said: "The female family led by Mr. Pei in Xiyuan is still a princess, and the one with big ostentation has only a dozen maids."

"Which princess?" Tang Ning was thoughtful. There was no information in the past. Tang Ning knew that King Zhong only had a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses. The daughter was named Fushou Princess and was five years older than him.But according to common sense, the princess should have married long ago, and she should use her husband's name when she goes out.

This guy was afraid that he would be dissatisfied with the water shortage, so he carried out the princess, but when he inquired just now, Yi Cheng didn't talk about the princess, there must be some reason for this.

The buddy wondered: "This little one doesn't know, the little one just saw a few rough envoys."

Tangning came back to her senses, and didn't expect the assistant to know anything. No matter what princess she was, she couldn't control him. There was still a headache ahead.

Tangning looked at Xie Baiyun in a dilemma. There was only one bucket of water, how could the two of them wash?

Xie Baiyun looked at him and chuckled, "Would you like to take a bath with me?"

"This..." Tangning was embarrassed.

"Or do you want to wash like them?" Xie Baiyun pointed out the window.

Tang Ning leaned over to take a look. In the courtyard outside the window, there were three coachmen guarding a small bucket in a circle. Each of them dipped a towel in water and was wiping their bodies.

Tangning's face turned blue, she glared at Xie Baiyun bitterly, opened the door silently, and went downstairs.

After a while, the man brought up another big wooden bucket, and then divided the original water into two halves.

Xie Baiyun glanced at Tangning with a half-smile, and started to untie his belt.

Tangning smiled back and began to undress.

The weather was so hot that they would stop to rest whenever they encountered a water source along the way, but as the weather continued to be dry, the water source became less and less. They hadn't found a water source for two days, and there was no stop in the middle.

So Tangning hadn't showered for two days, and her body was so sticky that it was unbearable for a moment.He wouldn't wrong himself to wait for Xie Baiyun to finish washing before washing.Besides, in the bathroom of a modern university, everyone is honest with each other, and everyone is a man, so there is no need to be pretentious.

Even though she thought so in her heart, Tangning couldn't help but sneak a few glances at Xie Baiyun before stepping into the bathtub.After all, he was someone he liked, Tangning's heart speeded up uncontrollably, and when he pretended to look over casually again, he was caught by Xie Baiyun who was standing in the tub.

"Why are you blushing?" Xie Baiyun smiled.

Tangning knew that he did it on purpose, but he couldn't help but blushed even more. He hurriedly stepped into the tub, knowing that he had been seen all over, so he simply smashed the tub and said calmly, "It's too hot here. Do you feel particularly stuffy, so stuffy that I can hardly breathe?"

Xie Baiyun looked ambiguously from top to bottom, and said perfunctorily, "Yes."

Tangning knew what Xie Baiyun was looking at, because he was also looking at him.Wheat-colored skin, protruding collarbone, strong pectoral muscles, and even abdominal muscles, but the most critical parts are blocked by the edge of the wooden barrel, looming, tempting people to look down.

Although Tang Ning looked at Xie Baiyun with some embarrassment, it was more of the excitement of spying on him, and this person was her favorite, which made her heart beat faster.But on the other hand, when Xie Baiyun looked at Tangning like that, Tangning was very ashamed.

This kind of emotion is a kind of willfulness between lovers-I can bully you, but you can't bully me, because you are confident that the other party will tolerate it.

Ever since the incident with the First Prince's Mansion, Tangning, who had become enlightened, would always feel from Xie Baiyun that she was held in the palm of his hand and cherished.No matter how small things were, they would always make Tangning feel the same touch and sweetness.So he responded that Xie Baiyun wanted to pamper him, so he let him pamper him and let him be tolerant.And Xie Baiyun could also tell from this attitude that Tangning felt his affection and was happy to be pampered.

So, when Tangning stood in the barrel and looked at Xie Baiyun, Xie Baiyun read from it that I can look at you, but you cannot look at me.He laughed and looked away, puffed out his chest on purpose, and started to take a bath naturally, as if he wanted to be picked by you.

When the water source was extremely scarce, the two took a bath much slower than usual. With the initial buffer, the two finally returned to normal, and even sat in the wooden barrel chatting. Unfortunately, the ambiguous atmosphere also dissipated.

Although there was only half of the water, it was enough for Tangning to scrub herself up and down with soap locust. When she came out of the barrel refreshed and put on a clean thin shirt, the itching on her head became more obvious.

He hadn't washed his hair for two days. Ancient people's hair was long and tied in a thick bun. Covering it made his hair a bit rancid. This made Tangning, who always loved cleanliness, unbearable.

So Tangning stared at his own bath water and fell into deep philosophical thinking: which one was more unacceptable to him: not washing his hair for three days in hot weather or washing his hair with his own bath water.

This question was not answered until Tangning fell asleep.

Despite the hot weather, Tangning, who hadn't touched the bed for two days, slept very deeply this time, and when she opened her eyes, it was dawn.

Xie Baiyun was no longer in bed. Tangning thought she had slept until noon, so she quickly took out her pocket watch and saw that it was only 06:30 in the morning. It was early morning.

After a night's rest, Tangning was refreshed. Seeing the post on the table, she remembered that she was interrupted by the staff yesterday and forgot about it.

Stretching, Tangning leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, lazily picked up the post and looked at it.

The first thing to look at is a good handwriting, but this handwriting is too neat. Although the strokes are strong but without edges and corners, the person surnamed Pei should be a very gentle person.

Looking at the content again, it is said to be visiting after breakfast.Tangning thought about it. In the past, they only stayed in the inn for one night in order to rush on their way. They hurried to the road in the morning when the weather wasn't too hot.

But the journey has been really hard recently, and the water and food are getting less and less as we go further. Besides, it is very close to Yongzhou, only five days away, and it is still early before his entry date. For the sake of everyone's health, they can rest for a day.

Of course, there is another reason that cannot be said, that is, he is about to separate from Xie Baiyun, and while the meeting is still here, spend as much time as possible with him.

Just thinking about Xie Baiyun, Tangning felt her hair loosen suddenly. Turning her head, it turned out that Xie Baiyun loosened her hair for him.

"What are you doing to remove my hair? If you don't think it's dirty, I still do." Tangning was a little annoyed.

"Don't move." Xie Baiyun turned Tangning's head back, letting his neck press against the back of the chair, and tilted his head up.A head of blue hair hangs down the chair.

Tangning felt a coolness on her scalp. A wet towel touched her forehead and ran down her hair. The sound of cool water could be heard in her ears.

"Where did you get the water? It's very cool."

"Don't worry about where the water comes from, as long as there is water to wash your hair, don't move, I will serve you personally today, and I will definitely make your black hair clean from the inside to the outside, from top to bottom. net."

Xie Baiyun was in a particularly good mood. Tangning had been suffering for several days because of her hair, and they were going to separate today. Before he left, Tangning could relax for a day. All the hard work before was well worth it.

Xie Baiyun didn't say anything, Tangning wasn't stupid. Thinking about it for a while, they didn't come across any water source along the way, and it was impossible for Xie Baiyun to go to the place ahead where the disaster was more serious.The only way is to fish from other wells in Lianhua Town.

But judging from what the buddy said yesterday, the people in Lianhua Town are also very short of water. No matter how many wells there are, the whole town will have to use them, and the wells in the town are not the deep wells of the post station.

It is too extravagant and unconscionable to use the drinking water that other people use to save their lives to wash their hair.

Tang Ning stood up abruptly and turned around. Xie Baiyun didn't mind, she was slapped in the face.

"Did you fetch water from another well in town?"

Xie Baiyun wiped his face with his sleeve without any aristocratic demeanor, and said, "You know that there is always more water in the well in the morning than in the evening."

"No matter how much it is, it is water for others to save lives. Besides, how much more it can be, it is the well water saved overnight. During the day, the sun is so strong, and the surface water evaporates quickly. The well water needs to replenish the surface water, and there is no water at all." Tangning was so anxious that she even spoke modern words.

"There are more than 20 wells in the town. I only draw a little water from each well, and the savings will be more. And I saw that the bottom of the well was not dry. I also gave some money to the well guard. Here it is, use it and waste it.”

Although the well water hadn't bottomed out, it was almost there. As a feudal privileged class, Xie Baiyun didn't have any compassion for the common people at all.Just like people who live in the east and west courtyards, the yard is full of clothes to dry. They don't care whether the people outside are just guarding a well to drink water. They only care about whether there are clean clothes to wear today.

And the reason why Xie Baiyun got up before dawn, spent so much time looking for it one bite at a time, and slowly accumulated a bucket of water, was entirely because of Tangning's attitude.

"You're deceiving yourself and others! Even a small amount of water is life-saving water for others. Maybe this little bit of water can make a person die of thirst." Tangning didn't buy it at all. He knew how hard Xie Baiyun had worked, and he was also very moved. But this is a matter of principle.

Xie Baiyun did not expect Tangning's reaction to be so intense. In his opinion, how could a person die of thirst with such a little water? Can I change this bucket of water back?"

This time, Tangning was also stunned.He looked at Xie Baiyun stupidly, only to realize that the person opposite him was in a mess. The clean clothes he put on last night were already covered in dust, his lips were already dry, and his eyes were bloodshot. It was because of Tangning's blame. , Helplessness and frustration appeared on the face that was originally in high spirits.

At this time, he is so vicissitudes.

Xie Baiyun saw that Tangning herself had no idea, so she silently picked up the water and went out.

Tangning just stared at Xie Baiyun's back in a daze, and disappeared lonely at the door, leaving him with his hair loose and standing there foolishly.

Tang Ning suddenly realized that Xie Baiyun, who was usually with him and could not tell the age difference, was actually 31 years old. From 31 to [-], the best years of his life were spent for him, but what he gave him in return was nothing. Too little too little.

This kind of Xie Baiyun ran all over Lianhua Town just to make him comfortable. Even after driving for two days, he only woke up after two hours of sleep. well, and even have to argue with the well keeper.

He did all this just for himself.

Such Xie Baiyun, all the people in Lianhua Town can condemn him, but he can't.

It's all for himself, what right does he have to blame him.Xie Baiyun is the person he likes. If he did something wrong, they should bear it together.

Having figured it out, Tang Ning suddenly chased out the door, ignoring that her hair was loose like a lunatic, and saw Xie Baiyun's back at the gate of the post station.

"Thank you Baiyun!"

Xie Baiyun paused, turned around in a daze, looked at Tangning and shouted like a madman, "Xie Baiyun! Xie Baiyun!"

This was the first time Tangning called his name, and it was the first thing that came to Xie Baiyun's mind.

Xie Baiyun didn't have a handwriting. With his status, the only male elders who could give him a handwriting were the emperor and his father.The emperor doesn't need to count on it, his father doesn't remember what he looks like for a long time.

That's why Xie Baiyun didn't have words, and Tangning always shouted words to those close to him, so in order to show respect for Xie Baiyun, he would call him Brother Xie, Brother, and Prince, but he never called him by his name.

It turned out that Tangning's name sounded like this, this was what Xie Baiyun thought of later.

Xie Baiyun wanted to laugh, from the bottom of his heart.

So he just smiled as he watched Tangning run up to him, smiling all the time.

"What are you laughing at?" Tangning wondered why he was smiling like this when he turned around just now.

Then he came to a sudden, stroked his hair, and said bitterly: "Do you dare to laugh at me shouting in the street like a madman with my hair on?"

Xie Baiyun smiled lightly and told Tangning to turn around. He gently combed his long hair with both hands, and the black hair was wrapped around his fingers into a bun.

Tangning turned around, touched the hairpin on her head, looked at Xie Baiyun's loose hair, and said, "You look pretty like this."

Xie Baiyun said in that characteristic playboy tone: "That's right, this son is good-looking no matter what."

"You can look good on someone like you, let alone me," Tangning said again.

Then, under Xie Baiyun's slightly stunned gaze, he pulled out the hairpin on his head.

Then Tangning stepped forward to pick up the bucket and said, "This water is dirty, who else can drink it for? Why don't we water it for the pear trees in the yard."

Before he could finish speaking, the bucket was taken from the side, and the other hand was held up. Xie Baiyun tilted his head and smiled, "Come with me."

Two handsome men, one white and one blue, both with loose hair, holding hands, looking so harmonious from the back.

The two people, who didn't care about other people's eyes, didn't notice that at the gate of the inn, a woman dressed in plain colors and wearing a veil hat just watched them silently, knowing that they had disappeared from her sight.

"Princess." The maid next to her reminded her in a low voice.

"Go in." The woman sighed softly.