Lu Yunxi listened to Si Tingyan's explanation, and asked a few more questions, put his hands on the table, leaned over, and looked at Si Tingyan.

"The county lord. Li Er took a plate of candied fruit, put it on the table, glanced at Cheng Yan twice, and said in a low voice, "You use some dried fruit candied fruit, so that you can rest for a while." ”

Hearing this, Lu Yunxi remembered.

Even if the Xu family is famous, but with Cheng Yan's identity, Xu Gongzi will never dare to offend easily.

But just now, Xu Gongzi humiliated Li Er so much between his words, but Cheng Yan didn't say a word.

Thinking about it, Lu Yunxi couldn't help but look over her head and glanced at Cheng Yan twice.

Cheng Yan put her hands on the table, holding the teacup that had always been white, her head lowered, her eyelids drooped, and she didn't move.

Seeing this, Li Er grabbed Cheng Yan's wrist and gently tapped the back of her hand twice, "County Lord, today's events are all because of me, and the County Lord doesn't have to take it to heart." ”

Cheng Yan slowly turned her head away, stared at Li Er, and squeezed out an indifferent smile, "Where is it because of you?" Xu Mo is clearly coming for me. ”

"The county lord and that Xu Gongzi know each other?"

Lu Yunxi didn't know why, and asked in surprise.

Si Tingyan on one side put one hand on his lips, coughed softly, didn't look over, just looked at Lu Yunxi, and shook his head slightly.

Seeing this, Lu Yunxi was even more puzzled.

Cheng Yan saw Si Tingyan like this, but smiled lightly, looked at Lu Yunxi, and nodded lightly, "Xu Mo used to be a family matter that His Majesty discussed for me. ”

"What?" Lu Yunxi stood up suddenly, stared at Cheng Yan condescendingly, and said "ah" in surprise, "Relatives?"

It turned out that a few years ago, Cheng Yan had not yet gone to the border pass, and she was still living in the palace at that time.

One day, the saint invited hundreds of officials to a banquet, and Cheng Yan was also a guest.

That day, at the banquet, it was the first time Cheng Yan saw Xu Mo.

He was dressed in white, with a smile between his eyebrows and eyes, and sat in the hall, nodding slightly at everyone from time to time.

It's hard to believe that he is such a gentleman!

Cheng Yan sat beside the saint and looked at Xu Mo from afar, but she was a little curious about him.

I have never heard people say that the son of the Xu family is as gentle as jade, and when I saw it that day, it was really unusual.

The saint glanced at Cheng Yan several times during the banquet, and seemed to have something to say.

When the banquet was halfway through, he saw the lord of the Xu family beside Xu Mo standing up and saluting the saint, "Your Majesty, the Xu family now has some face in the capital. The grass people want to ask to marry the county lord Cheng Yan, I wonder if Your Majesty can agree?"

Hearing this, Lu Yunxi couldn't help but look over her head and look at Cheng Yan.

With the power of the Xu family, if there is no one to rely on in the court, it is indeed like a tree without roots.

If the Xu family marries the county lord, it can be regarded as a surrender to the court, and it will be possible to protect the glory and wealth of the Xu family in the future.

From this point of view, the move of the head of the Xu family can be regarded as wise.

At that time, Cheng Yan was still a woman who had not yet left the cabinet, and when she heard this at this moment, she was overjoyed, her face was slightly red, she turned her head sideways, and looked at the white-clothed boy twice.

Xu Mo ignored Cheng Yan's gaze, and poured two glasses of wine by himself, both of which were drunk in one go.

Looking at it like that, he didn't seem to care whether His Majesty would agree to the proposal of the lord of the Xu family.

The saint only thought about it for a short time, then laughed and stood up, "Even if you don't say it, Uncle Xu, I already have this intention." Lord Cheng Yan saved my life, and I have always wanted to find a good match for her. The eldest son of the Xu family can be regarded as a good person. ”

In this way, the lord of the Xu family and the saint decided on the marriage of Cheng Yan and Xu Mo in the palace.

I thought that I had finally found a lover and would have something to rely on in the future.

At first, Cheng Yan was overjoyed.

But I didn't want to, and after less than a month, rumors spread in the capital.

It turned out that Xu Mo was originally a person who lingered in fireworks, even if he was married to Cheng Yan, he still sang songs in the Qinglou every night. even told the Qinglou woman that Cheng Yan was just a chess piece that he married home and put it to see, and it was nothing at all.

There are many such rumors, and Cheng Yan has become a joke in the eyes of everyone.

With Cheng Yan's temperament, where can she endure it so easily?

One night, she left the palace and went to the Qinglou where Xu Mo frequented alone.

She hid at the door of the private room, watching Xu Mo and the Qinglou woman kissing me and me in the house, and heard him tell the Qinglou woman in person, saying that Cheng Yan's appearance was average, and she couldn't even compare to the woman here.

Cheng Yan was annoyed for a while, and she couldn't care about much, so she pushed open the door and rushed in.

Seeing that Cheng Yan came to the door, Xu Mo didn't panic.

He snorted coldly a few times, and even the hand holding the woman in the Qinglou didn't take half a point.

"The lord of a country is also eavesdropping on the corner of the wall in this green building. Xu Mo picked up the wine glass on the table, took two sips of the wine in the glass, and stared at Cheng Yan, "Since you are here, I might as well tell you." I married you just to be able to smoothly obtain the Xu family's property, if you want me to have any love for you, I advise you to forget it earlier!"

After being so humiliated, Cheng Yan could no longer stay in the capital, and on the second day, she told His Majesty that she was willing to guard the border pass, so she left Beijing.

After listening to Cheng Yan's words, Lu Yunxi's eyes were also tightly closed.

She drooped her eyelids, her eyes moving slightly, "No wonder the county lord has been staying in the border area all these years. ”

Cheng Yan laughed lightly a few times and drank a cup of tea, "Over the years, I thought that I had almost forgotten those things at the beginning, but when I saw him today, I realized that I hadn't forgotten it at all." ”

After speaking, Cheng Yan put down the teacup in her hand, shook her head helplessly, raised her eyes, and glanced at Lu Yunxi.

Lu Yunxi let out a long sigh, "A person like Xu Mo, in my opinion, it is a blessing that the county lord did not marry him." ”

Cheng Yan didn't answer again, just didn't let it happen, and glanced at Li Er, "After the incident of that year, I left the capital, and the lord of the Xu family did not punish Xu Mo for this. I heard that almost, Xu Mo lost his identity as inheriting the Xu family's family business. Come to think of it, he was also angry with me for these things. Today, it is plain and indifferent to Li'er. ”

Li Er sat beside Cheng Yan, stretched out her hand, put her tender white fingers on the back of Cheng Yan's hand, raised the corners of her lips, smiled indifferently, and said in a low voice, "County Lord, if I hadn't been protected by you, in a place like the capital that eats people and doesn't spit out bones, I would have been eaten with nothing left." If the county lord said this, it would be a torment for Li'er. ”

Cheng Yan squeezed out a few smiles, don't look over, glanced at Lu Yunxi and Si Tingyan, then stretched out her hand and made a gesture of invitation to the two, "Don't mention these things, the two of you, you don't want to get drunk today." ”