Although Zhuang Yun is young and doesn't understand many things yet, he knows that his grandmother will only smile when she sees him.
He didn't want his mother to be like this. He wanted his mother to be happy every day, all the time, and be happy without him.
"With Uncle Zhou by your side, your mother will not be like your grandmother, and Yun'er will be able to live her own life with peace of mind in the future." Yu Zheng patted Zhuang Yun on the shoulder and treated him as an adult.
Zhuang Yun looked at the two figures disappearing into the plum forest, and said with a serious face: "Uncle, don't worry, I will get along well with Uncle Zhou."
Afraid that Zhuang Yun was too preoccupied, Yu Zheng explained: "Don't think too much, your Uncle Zhou is a good man, Yun'er can just be herself as usual."
It is true that people should accommodate each other, but there is no need to deliberately give in to please.
When he got tired of playing pot throwing, he saw the two of them talking. Jiang Ning came over and said, "Brother-in-law, can you learn to ride a horse today?"
"Okay." Yu Zheng agreed, and finally asked Zhuang Yun: "Yun'er, do you want to learn together?"
"Yes." Zhuang Yun's eyes suddenly lit up as he recalled the feeling of riding a horse in Qiu Lie last year.
When he was free today, Yu Zheng talked to Jiang Shu and personally took Jiang Ning Zhuangyun to the racecourse.
Yu Yuan and Sun Yijun were still playing kettle. Jiang Shu covered her lips and yawned, and asked Chu Yu to help her back to the house to take a nap.
The sun is tilted to the west, and the light and shadow in the plum forest are mottled.
The blossoming red plums are grabbing the tail of winter and competing to bloom.
After walking into the depths of the plum forest, Zhou Bexu tentatively took Yu Lan's hand.
Yu Lan didn't dare to look at him and secretly blushed.
Gently squeezing the catkins in his hand, Zhou Boxu felt happy.
She had been holding him in the past, but now he finally dared to hold her hand.
After walking for a while in silence, Zhou Boxu stopped, raised his hand, broke off a branch of blooming red plum, and handed it to Yu Lan.
Yu Lan sniffed it close to the tip of his nose and asked slightly uneasily: "Do your parents agree?"
There was no chance yesterday, so she didn't have time to ask him anything.
"Yes." Zhou Boxu nodded and tucked Yu Lan's hair that was blown by the wind behind his ears: "When the morning session is over tomorrow, my father and I will go to report to His Majesty and ask him for a marriage."
Yu Lan breathed a sigh of relief and asked curiously: "How did you convince your mother?"
Taifu Zhou was easy-going and reasonable, and Yu Lan never worried. But Zhou's mother's test was really difficult.
Zhou Boxu coughed uncomfortably and briefly told what happened yesterday.
After hearing this, Yu Lan was startled. She opened her beautiful eyes and said in astonishment: "You, a wooden lump like you who can't turn, can actually use this method to threaten people?"
If it were Zhou Boxu in the past, he would definitely not use such ungentlemanly methods.
Facing Yu Lan's teasing, Zhou Boxu said in shock: "It's been ten years, everything will change."
Yu Lan's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he said slyly: "Then your feelings for me have also changed?"
Zhou Boxu was a head taller than Yu Lan, and Yu Lan raised her head slightly and looked into his eyes, half teasingly and half seriously.
Zhou Boxu lowered his head and looked at her, his lips moved and said: "Nature has changed."
Yu Lan's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he felt a little at a loss.
Zhou Boxu took a breath and said affectionately: "It has become deeper and stronger. It has to be you, but it can't happen without you."
Yu Lan was moved and angry at the same time. She punched him with her fists and said, "How dare you tease and scare me."
Zhou Boxu allowed her to beat him, and said with a happy smile: "I know I was wrong, so I will punish you as a princess."
Yu Lan's pink fist was soft, hitting Zhou Boxu's solid chest as if it were scratching an itch. It made his heart itch unbearably, and his eyes were dark.
Suddenly, Zhou Boxu grabbed Yu Lanhao's wrist, stared at Yu Lan's red lips with burning eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "Princess, I want to belittle you."
After saying this, without waiting for Yu Lan's reaction, Zhou Boxu bowed his head and kissed Yu Lan.
This was their first lip-to-lip kiss.
Yu Lan felt an electric current rush through her body quickly from her lips, feeling numb and numb, making her whole body weak and weak, and the plum blossoms in her hand fell to the ground.
"Hmm..." A soft groan escaped from Yu Lan's throat.
Zhou Bexu's body trembled when he heard this. He put his arms around Yu Lan's waist and deepened the kiss.
A breeze came, blowing down the plum blossoms and dancing around them.
Zhou Boxu's kiss was very raw. He had no experience and relied entirely on instinct.
Yu Lan responded gently, and the two of them locked lips and tongues.
"Princess..." After a lingering kiss, Zhou Boxu held Yu Lan in his arms and gasped.
Although he is inexperienced, he is still a man. If he continues to kiss her, he may lose control of his emotions.
Yu Lan leaned on his chest, listening to his fierce heartbeat and joking: "Your heart is beating a drum."
The heart is like a beating drum, that's what they say.
Zhou Boxu kissed her forehead gently and said in a low voice: "It likes you."
Yu Lan curled up the corners of her lips upon hearing this, kissed Zhou Boxu's heart through her clothes, and said softly: "I like you too."
How could Zhou Boxu withstand such teasing? His ears turned red.
At this moment, Zhou Boxu had only one thought in his mind, to marry Yu Lan home as soon as possible.
Just kissing and hugging is too tedious.
The sunlight gradually dimmed, and both of their legs felt numb standing up.
"It's time to go back." Yu Lan left Zhou Boxu's warm embrace.
Zhou Boxu was a little reluctant and led her back slowly.
When he walked out of the plum forest to the lake pavilion, Yu Lan saw that no one else was there, only Yu Yuan and Sun Yijun were fishing.
"Where are Yun'er and the others?"
Yu Yuan stared at the lake and said without looking back: "I went to the racecourse to learn to ride a horse."
"Ah, I caught a fish." Sun Yijun exclaimed as he pulled up the fishing rod, and a koi swung its tail vigorously, causing water to splash in the west.
Yu Yuan was thrown away and said dissatisfied: "You scared away my fish."
Sun Yijun chuckled: "As agreed, whoever catches the fish first will listen to whoever does it later."
Yu Yuan was unconvinced and said: "It doesn't count this time. They disturbed me by talking just now. Let's start again."
"You can't win if you try it again." Sun Yijun put the fish back into the water and threw the rod again.
Seeing the two of them arguing like children, Yu Lan laughed and shook his head, and left with Zhou Boxu.
Both of them were familiar with the layout of the palace, so they went to the racecourse by themselves without any servants leading the way.
"Drive--" Zhuang Yun shook the reins lightly and carefully rode on the pony.
Zhuiyun followed closely beside him to protect his safety.
Zhufeng followed Jiang Ning, protecting and giving advice at the same time.
Yu Zheng was sitting on the corridor outside the venue drinking tea. When he saw Yu Lan and Zhou Boxu, his dark eyes flashed.
Within an hour, the lipstick on Yu Lan's lips was gone.
Yu Lan walked to Yu Zheng and sat down next to him, while Zhou Boxu went to the racecourse to replace Zhui Yun.
After protecting Zhuang Yun and jogging twice around the racecourse, Zhou Boxu asked him: "Do you want to try a big horse?"
The tame pony is only suitable for fun and experience. If you really want to learn to ride a horse, you still have to switch to a mature horse.
Zhuang Yun frowned and said, "I don't dare."
He is only eight years old and is not as tall as an adult horse. He is also a beginner and does not know how to control a horse. He dare not get on a big horse.
"Don't be afraid, I'll be with you." Zhou Boxu took the pony back to the stable and asked his servant to change it to an adult horse.
Looking at the horse that was taller than him vertically and bigger than him horizontally, Zhuang Yun felt a little frightened, but more of an expectation to conquer.
