到了大年初六,絳梢與羅頌棠悶悶地在剛開工的洛水堂發呆,下著大雨。她見衛付海與一個素淨可愛的姑娘在湖心的涼亭裡談笑,心裡更不是滋味。71Please respect copyright.PENANAlwYAR2FzV1
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她差遣瑰瑜去竇府,希望竇姜能來接她進宮,見湘春公主。71Please respect copyright.PENANA9CQDZ1SOPa
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然而竇府的人則說他已進宮服侍太子,不克前來。她心裡埋怨著竇姜,向頌棠道:「他一點兒誠意也沒有!平時也只叫我別想太多。平時相處的習慣,這種大事我要怎麼別想太多?」71Please respect copyright.PENANAMHQ7ZSpAO6
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頌棠安慰著她,給她倒茶:「郡主辛苦了,要不,跟茶樓借個車馬?」71Please respect copyright.PENANA3Iwjx7UOv2
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「不,今日便罷了。」絳梢轉了轉眼珠,望向湖面的雨點漣漪,道:「橫看成嶺側成峰,遠近高低各不同。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAmBwkMvDi3A
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「郡主如此風雅,今日有什麼雅興?」71Please respect copyright.PENANAqjD7COyNno
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「妹妹,我是不是被框住了?」絳梢呢喃:「我不喜愛這些規矩,所有繁瑣的規範!士農工商、君臣父子……。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAr3EQ171Iz8
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「依我看來,郡主不必擔心這個啊。」羅頌棠道:「郡主總是會做出……難以料想的妙舉!文采、巧思、天賦,個個都是難以望其項背。」71Please respect copyright.PENANASVK1qq3O5z
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回顧這幾個月,絳梢確實作了不少絕妙詩詞。意識到自己的進步,她才面色稍緩。71Please respect copyright.PENANASTCQHcwGhr
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「同輩女子之間,也不見有誰如郡主一樣,整日埋在書堆當中的!」羅頌棠道:「而郡主最令我佩服的,是察言觀色、處事待人。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAVikD4gVZcy
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絳梢看著羅頌棠,心想這ㄚ頭果然細心,不得不佩服她的觀察力。絳梢確實喜愛研究人心,然而這番思考,並不似其他普通人只是為了療癒自我,而是一種深沉的探究、打量與批判。71Please respect copyright.PENANAUCX2tJVi6Y
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她知道,大多數人覺得自己在思考,其實只是在整理偏見。不過真正的學問,要經歷了風風雨雨,才能看清世間面目。71Please respect copyright.PENANAo2PcCy90X1
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日子悶悶地過了。到了春分,便是霜降與汪祥鯉的大婚,京城喜氣洋洋,春意萌發,然而絳梢愈是不回府了。71Please respect copyright.PENANAp05kruQT90
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竇姜談及國家大事可謂滔滔不絕,然而說到兒女私情卻常常無言以對。就連孤男寡女共處一室,也是妥妥正人君子的舉措,完全不似以前汪祥鯉那般邪魅霸道的上下其手。71Please respect copyright.PENANAOMolikwXHz
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「今日是我們在一塊兒的第四個月了,你沒有甚麼要說嗎?」絳梢拉著竇姜撒嬌。71Please respect copyright.PENANA83myRl6LCL
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「是嗎?」他放下《中庸》,眨了眨眼,喉結滾動了一下,只道:「沒有呢。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAWJGpGiNr0k
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絳梢不甘心:「那你說說,你覺得我們還會在一起多久嘛!」71Please respect copyright.PENANAeH7mcTqp36
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「我不知道。此時此刻相當珍貴,但我不確定未來還有甚麼。」他理性地分析。71Please respect copyright.PENANATDg7FHFmQr
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絳梢看著無辜白淨、面如冠玉的他,心裡百般無奈。然而身邊的人,上至湘春公主、祹王妃等,下至瑰瑜、紗瑜,都認為竇姜是個好男人。宓劍也說,伴侶能成長進步,方才是佳偶成雙。71Please respect copyright.PENANAA7Whpc1Z03
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孟春、仲春、季春。日子一長,絳梢更覺得自己不喜愛竇姜,更常往皇宮裡去,索性當起湘春公主的琴師。71Please respect copyright.PENANAuArVwxOKpO
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一個明媚的午後,她與湘春公主辦了小茶宴,愜意一番。公主邀了太子朱漓元、琉王府郡主朱舞花。71Please respect copyright.PENANA9azJUFhQ4f
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茶芳流瀉,瀰漫著整個房間。71Please respect copyright.PENANAzWRiOeBDlw
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舞花與絳梢同是王府郡主,然而一身渾然樸素,毫不比湘春公主那淡青綢緞、金絲刺繡的典雅端莊,亦不比絳梢那赭紅綾羅、烏亮紋路的明豔動人。71Please respect copyright.PENANATuO2cQ73cV
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絳梢的目光最終落在皇太子漓元身上,偷偷打量著他。絳梢從來沒見過他的面容,今天他竟罕見地露面。71Please respect copyright.PENANAryGqYRk9Dv
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太子漓元披著一件樸實素白的錦緞披風,然而裏頭是一件黑壓壓的常服,用烏亮的絲線暗繡著莊嚴的紋樣,氣魄攝人,果然有皇子之富貴榮華、文人之裊裊仙氣,更有蛟龍待飛之霸道深沉。高壯挺拔、氣韻非凡。一雙丹鳳眼帶著些許浪漫風流的媚態,似劍的眉宇又好似心懷天下,白淨的臉龐竟比竇姜秀氣個百倍。71Please respect copyright.PENANArELy4KJ1Jb
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皇太子未有妻室,平時不喜見人,只在屏風後休憩,或以羅扇遮面,誰知他竟是如此俊俏。71Please respect copyright.PENANAumHKMP08f0
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絳梢故作鎮定替他倒上熱茶,笑道:「小女子久仰大名,今日才得以見殿下面目。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAgtKxxW2e4g
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「郡主好,久仰大名。」漓元用那俊俏的丹鳳眼掃了她一眼,坐在她的對面,一身陰柔媚惑的紙墨薰香散了開來。禁慾的黑色領口扣著精細的金玉之飾,更顯皇族華貴。71Please respect copyright.PENANAClvUL6Mopz
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他緩緩啜了一口茶,笑道:「我聽聞郡主與我的竇公子交好。近日過得如何?」71Please respect copyright.PENANAd6b1cAbFQQ
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「唉,待我很好!不過,個性上比較木訥。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAWIPhMWMkR6
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「竇公子是有些呆呆的。」漓元挑起劍眉,眼裡閃過一絲玩味,道:「很可愛啊。不太高,傻傻的,拿書跑腿時又身手敏捷,像白貂一般。可不是可愛極了?」71Please respect copyright.PENANAAoLdtt8uLa
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太子漓元伶牙俐齒,談笑風生,絳梢被逗開心了。湘春公主問她要不要去花園,絳梢見太子不去,便也不去了。舞花隨公主去,房裡只剩他們兩人。71Please respect copyright.PENANAgvRGV6jtGR
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漓元把錦緞披風解了開,嫌棄道:「這天氣熱死了!便是把樓蘭薰香燒完,空氣也不舒服!」71Please respect copyright.PENANAzLcx27XYAA
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他慢條斯里地整理著布料,禁慾的黑色立領下是白皙完美的肩頸線條。71Please respect copyright.PENANA4Dx2tod8HL
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褪去披風,絳梢才見他身形之精實,黑色布料緊貼著精壯的胸膛、手臂,她的心跳不禁加速。71Please respect copyright.PENANAZuRUxtnbXo
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漓元的丹鳳眼掃了她一眼,見到她在看自己,疑惑地挑起劍眉。絳梢一慌,趕緊撇開眼。71Please respect copyright.PENANAPQawMblqb1
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「殿下,小女子……有事,先退下了!」絳梢意識到自己紅了臉,急躁地撇過頭奪門而出,留下疑惑的漓元。71Please respect copyright.PENANAiSiQDwbTTj