Within three days, the news that the army was about to return to the court spread throughout the city of Kyoto, from the nobles of the family to the common people, all of whom were rejoicing.

When Su Xun saw Shui Li hurriedly walking into the room with joy on his face and telling the matter, his expression was indifferent. She sat in front of the rosewood bookcase, took the pen and raised her eyes, her delicate face did not fluctuate much, and she answered gently, and then reached out to the blue glass bowl placed on the side, took a piece of rose caramel made yesterday, put it in her mouth, and lowered her head, as if she was depicting the peach blossom picture in front of her without distraction.

It looks indifferent.

"Girl, don't you want to take a look that day?" Shui Li has always been straightforward, and when she saw the girl like this, she couldn't help but ask with a puzzled face. After serving by the girl's side for three years, she has already felt this temperament clearly, and naturally knows that the girl is looking forward to the return of the second brother every day. This army has returned to the court, and the girl will definitely want to go and see it.

Su Xun was not in a hurry to answer, she had caramel in her mouth, the delicate jade pen fell carefully, methodically colored a peach blossom, looked at the painting carefully, put the pen on the rosewood bat pen holder, and then said slowly: "No, Mr. Li happened to come to the house to give a lecture that day." ”

Mr. Li was invited by his mother, Tao, to teach her to read and write, a female gentleman with excellent talent and good painting, or specially invited from Xiangshan Women's College. However, this Mr. Li mainly lectures at the academy, and only goes to the Rongguo Mansion every three days to teach her. Unfortunately, that day happened to be the day when Mr. Li came.

This reason is sufficient, and the girl is also serious, but as soon as the words come out, let alone Shui Li, even the lotus mist who was studying ink next to the bookcase couldn't help but glance at Su Xun, with an incredible face. Who doesn't know that the girl hates lecturing the most on weekdays, every day, either sick or late, but there has never been a time when An An listened to Mr. Lecturing, and it is also thanks to Mr. Na Li that he is a gentle woman, not caring with the girl in general, and never losing his temper, if he is a strict teacher, the girl's suffering can be endured.

Su Xun saw that the two maids looked at him in unison, and knew that this excuse was indeed a bit rotten. She sighed secretly and pursed her lips slightly, her second brother came back, she was not happy, but as long as she remembered that Xiao Rui came back with her second brother, she was a little inexplicably panicked in her heart.

After seven years, even if he knew that he had saved himself, but thinking of the cruelty and cruelty of this person when he grew up, Su Xun still couldn't help but feel afraid, and he didn't want to have anything to do with him in the future, just hoping that he would not remember himself and gradually disappear into her life. But when I think about it this way, I feel a little lost in my heart.

It's weird......

Su Xun reached out and took a piece of starch candy and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it twice to dispel the strange feeling in his heart, but at this time, he saw Shui Li take out a letter with a look of embarrassment, and said, "Girl, but Miss Baozhu sent a letter to ask you to taste the new dishes in Pinxian Ju that day, did you want the slave to push it?"

Pinxianju is a newly built restaurant in Kyoto City in recent years, and its luxury Cheng dù is comparable to Guilinju, and the characteristic of this restaurant is that it gathers delicacies from all over the world, and there is a new dish every seven days, which is quite favored by her and Lu Baozhu, and the two often meet to taste new dishes together.

However, Lu Baozhu made an appointment with her on this day, but he had other plans, because the street where the restaurant was located was the place where the army had to pass when returning to the dynasty. Thinking about it, Lu Baozhu probably can't wait to see his second brother.

Su Xun took the letter, opened it, and saw the beautiful font flying, and knew how happy the person who wrote the letter was. But the happier Lu Baozhu was, the more uneasy she became.

Hey, I really owe her......

……

After lunch, Su Xun specially followed Tao back to Yuxiu Courtyard, but he told his mother about the idea of going out.

Tao, who was wearing a dark red gold thread embroidered cloud pattern Luo skirt, saw her daughter confessing so honestly for the first time, she stroked the cloud bun with her hand, and a pair of beautiful eyes gently swept her eyes at the obedient appearance of standing on the side with her head bowed, and after thinking about it, she said: "Remember to wear it when you go out this time, and you must wear the hat outside." ”

What is the so-called thing when going out this time, how can Dow not know a thing or two. Since childhood, the relationship between the second son and his daughter has been close, and the two have not seen each other for seven years, and it is understandable that the daughter can't wait to meet. Tao also knows that according to his daughter's personality, if he blindly goes against the will, he is afraid that he will act secretly and will not tell him again. Instead of waiting for her to sneak out, it is better to respond to it herself, and make arrangements. And this time, her daughter made an appointment with Lu Baozhu to meet in the private room of the restaurant, which also made her feel a lot more at ease.

Su Xun saw that her mother actually agreed, but she was a little uncomfortable, she was stunned for a moment, blinked, and said, "Mother, is this a promise to my daughter to go out?"

In fact, Su Xun will honestly explain that she wants to go out this time, but because she is still struggling to go or not in her heart, and finally has a headache, so she simply said the matter and saw what her mother said. Naturally, she originally thought that her mother would definitely be inaccurate, but who expected that she would agree.

Seeing that his daughter's big eyes were wide open, but she didn't want to believe it, Tao reached out and poked her head lightly, and said, "Look at your appearance, go and go, go back to your own yard, save me from changing my mind." ”

When Su Xun heard this, she pursed her lips, but she wanted to persuade her mother to change her mind, but in the end, she thought that she could go out to eat delicious food openly, yes, after hesitating for a moment, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mother, that daughter will go back first", and slowly walked out of the house.

When Tao saw his daughter slowly going out, he beckoned to the red note standing aside, and when she came over, he gently ordered: "Go and explain to the guards that day, you have to follow the prison carefully, and you are not allowed to make any mistakes." ”

"Yes, Third Lady. ”

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On the day of going out, Su Xun had been dressed up for a long time. However, other girls go out to dress up beautifully, but she makes herself look ordinary. The dress was a plain dark dress, and there was no embellishment on the double bun on the head, and at the end a gray tulle hat.

Then, estimating that the hour was not early, he took the two maids into the carriage and went to Pinxian Residence.

On the carriage, Su Xun carefully opened the curtains of the car, and saw that there were many people on both sides of the road, bustling, probing their brains, probably waiting for the army to come back.

When I arrived at Pinxian Residence, the first floor was also full of people, talking to each other, and it was very lively. Su Xun got out of the carriage, saw so many people, and looked at him inquiringly, so he didn't stop all the way, and hurriedly went up to the second floor, and went straight to the private room that Lu Baozhu had set.

In the private room, Lu Baozhu had already arrived, sitting at the table of the eight immortals of red beech, drinking tea absentmindedly, glancing at the door from time to time, and then looking out of the window.

Today, she was obviously carefully dressed, wearing a pink carved silk and lotus pattern smoke skirt, with a bun on her head, decorated with gilded Nanzhu hairpins, and the little round face with bulging cheeks could even be seen to be smeared with some incense powder, which really took a lot of effort.

As soon as Su Xun opened the door and saw Lu Baozhu's dress, he immediately pursed his lips and said in his heart: Hey, I am dressed so beautifully today, and the second brother can't see it. Thinking of the second brother who left in a hurry back then, he didn't have time to talk to Baozhu and didn't break her thoughts, Su Xun felt a trace of worry in his heart.

"Yuanyuan, you're here. When Lu Baozhu saw Su Xun coming, he immediately stood up and greeted her, looking her dress up and down, and said, "Why is it dressed like this every time you go out, don't be so careful." He said this, but looking at the thin little body, his eyes were full of envy. I think that at the beginning, she and Yuan Yuan were both small meat dumplings, but later after Yuan Yuan fell seriously ill, Ren couldn't get fat no matter how she ate, which really made her envious for a long time. At the moment, although she can't control her mouth, she has begun to control it as much as possible, after all, she will be in time next year, and if she is too fat, I am afraid that someone will look down on her.

"Isn't this so that I can come out to see you?" Su Xun replied casually, took a few steps inside, and only took off the hat when the maid closed the door. Hao's wrists are light gauze, on the slender jade neck, the face is obviously not powdered, but the color is just right, the apricot face is peachy, the eyes are clear, and when it comes, the room seems to be bright.

Lu Baozhu on the side couldn't help but gasp when she saw it at first glance, and wailed, "It's only been a few days since I saw it, why do I think you've become beautiful again?" Especially this face shape, this pointed chin, really made her envious.

When Su Xun heard this, he didn't answer, but he reached out and pinched Lu Baozhu's round face, looked at her, didn't smile, and said seriously: "Or, let's change?"

Lu Baozhu slapped Su Xun's hand away with a smile and was about to speak, but at this time, he heard a few excited shouts outside.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

Suddenly, Lu Baozhu's hand tightened, his face could not hide his joy, and without saying a word, he took Su Xun's hand and walked to the window, poked his head out, and looked straight down, for fear of missing something.

Su Xun stood there, still worried in his heart, and only lowered his eyes slightly.

As the sound of horses' hooves approached, I saw the neat procession slowly coming from a distance.

In the team, the eye-catching is the man who is wearing a suit of armor and is about forty years old, his face is grim, his eyes are deep, sitting on a high-headed horse, he looks heroic and majestic, it is the main general who led the army this time, Xiang Yunxiang of the second room of the Xiang family. He was followed by a lieutenant general, but there was a particularly young man, wheat skin, handsome face, very familiar if you looked closely, but it was his son Xiang Lin. At this moment, he smiled brightly, his back straightened, and because he was wearing a military uniform, he looked more handsome and extraordinary.

The onlookers saw that there were still young people with such a face in the ranks, and their eyes looked at him, and even some bold people exclaimed: "What a handsome young general." ”

In the private room, Lu Baozhu looked at the team without blinking, heard the screams, and was quite disapproving, muttering straight in his mouth: "What is there to scream, the handsome ones are still behind!"

When Su Xun heard this, she couldn't help pursing her lips, but she didn't dare to agree in her heart: this is really in the eyes of a lover, even if that person is her second brother, she has to admit that in terms of momentum and appearance at the moment, Xiang Lin is probably really slightly better.

Thinking so, his eyes are still searching expectantly.

But no matter how you look, when the team walked away, they never found that familiar figure.

There was a sudden silence in the private room, Su Xun frowned slightly and withdrew her eyes, as for Lu Baozhu, she was a little unwilling, she suddenly leaned out most of her body, looked out, and said straight in her mouth: "What about people?"

However, this slammed sudden, but accidentally knocked down a round white-glazed jade porcelain vase on the table next to him.

The vase fell quickly, but unfortunately, a young man wearing a moon-white brocade robe with gold trim stood at the bottom.

Seeing the vase falling straight down, it was about to hit the man, but the man didn't seem to notice.

"Be careful, get out of the way!" Su Xun's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but scream. Lu Baozhu was completely stunned, and looked at the vase in a daze.

At this moment, without hurry, there was a hand that caught the vase steadily, and it was a tall man beside the young man, who seemed to be this man's guard. It's just that the vase was caught, and there was water spilled out of it, but it still splashed out, wetting the top of the man's head.

The young man also raised his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he slowly looked up.

Seeing this, Su Xun and Lu Baozhu naturally quickly turned their heads, closed the window with a "click", walked to the table and sat down with palpitations, patted their chests with their hands, and said in unison: "I'm scared to death!" Then, the two looked at each other, but they couldn't help but laugh "poof".

Under the eaves, the young man slowly withdrew his eyes, stretched out his hand, wiped the water dripping from his face with his sleeve, and there was an innate nobility in his demeanor, and then looked at his appearance, but it was somewhat similar to today's Shengshangjiahe Emperor, it was the crown prince Xiao Jingxuan.

The crown prince Xiao Jingxuan was calm and calm, and slowly wiped, as if he was not frightened at all by what happened just now.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, do you want to go down and investigate those two?" on the side, his personal guard Mo Zhan frowned, and his face was stern.

When Xiao Jingxuan heard this, his hand paused, and his mind couldn't help but think of a pair of water-cut eyes that he inadvertently bumped into in a hurried glance just now, his face did not fluctuate, as if he thought about it for a while, and then shook his head and said, "No need." ”

However, he was not in a hurry to leave, until he saw the thin figure wearing a hat and hurriedly walking out of the restaurant, and then he lowered his eyes and turned to leave.

Su Xun naturally didn't notice this gaze, and when she saw that there was no second brother in the team before, she almost had an accident, so she didn't want to stay for a long time, and said goodbye to Lu Baozhu, and then she boarded the carriage and was wondering if she should go back to the house to see if the second brother had returned.

Thinking about it, she subconsciously gently opened the curtain with her hand and looked out, at this time, there happened to be a Zhulun canopy car passing by.

A fair-skinned and slender hand lightly hooked the lilac embroidered gold thread silk curtain, and in the dark inside, the handsome face was expressionless, and a pair of dark eyes were cold and deep.

The face is like a crown of jade, like a painting, so strange and familiar, and it is this first sight that makes Su Xun tremble, and immediately put down the car curtain, and said in his heart: Yes...... Xiao Rui.

"What's wrong with the girl?" Mizuri asked worriedly when she saw that the girl seemed to be a little panicked.

Su Xunzheng regretted that she was too panicked, in fact, now that she is wearing a hat, her appearance is different from when she was a child, Xiao Rui must not be recognizable, but her appearance just now may have attracted his attention.

Thinking about it, she pouted depressedly, shook her head and replied, "...... It's nothing. ”

At the same time, Xiao Rui glanced at the carriage passing by, and slowly lowered the curtain, the corners of his lips lifted lightly.

Inside the car, Su Jueyuan, who was wearing a royal blue robe, couldn't help but wonder when he saw Xiao Rui like this: "Xiaobai, what did you see? While leaning over, he also went to lift the curtain to look outside, but he heard the man reply lightly, "It's nothing." ”

It's nothing......