Because Xiao Tianhuang was waiting outside, Lou Yueqing didn't stay in the courtyard for too long, and said goodbye to the old city lord, Lou Yueqing came out, got into the carriage, let the coachman drive the carriage for a long time, and took Xiao Tianhuang for a while, and then returned to the city lord's mansion.

However, as soon as I arrived at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, I saw a ...... at the gate as soon as I got off the carriage Xue Zhen!

Lou Yueqing couldn't help frowning.

Xue Zhen had already walked down the steps, walked in front of her, knelt down on one knee, and said in a sonorous and respectful voice: "Subordinates see the princess!"

"Get up!"

"Princess Xie!" got up neatly and finished in one go.

Lou Yueqing frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"

Xue Zhen immediately replied: "Back to the princess, a few days ago, the prince ordered his subordinates to come to Pingcheng to wait for the princess, and escorted the princess back to Beijing all the way, I heard that the princess arrived in Gusu City yesterday, so I came to say hello to the princess, so I can take the princess back to Beijing!"

If it was before, there would be no need to go to such great lengths, but now that Lou Yueqing has a dual identity, she has left Liguo with such a momentum, and there are not many people staring at her along the way, and Chu Country is not peaceful now, so naturally she can't be sloppy.

Lou Yueqing was silent before asking, "You came alone?"

Xue Zhen immediately said: "Back to the princess, there are two thousand royal cavalry guards stationed outside Gusu City!"

Lou Yueqing: "......"

Xue Zhen suddenly handed her a note: "By the way, this is the flying pigeon biography from the prince to the princess that his subordinates received last night!"

Lou Yueqing raised her eyebrows, took it, opened it and looked at it, cough cough, the content is roughly urging her to hurry back to Beijing and stay on the road!

really understands her, she really wants to take Xiao Tianhuang to play slowly on the road!

folded the note in his hand, pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "Since everyone is here, let's live in the City Lord's Mansion tonight, and go back...... We'll talk about it tomorrow!"

Xue Zhen had no choice but to accept the order.

Lou Yueqing turned around and whispered to Xiao Tianhuang, who was wrapped in a veil behind her: "Go in!"

Xiao tilted his head and walked into the City Lord's Mansion with Lou Yueqing.

After sending Xiao Tianhuang back to the courtyard, Lou Yueqing asked where Ning Xuan was, and then went to the back mountain.

Sure enough, in the pavilion on the mountainside, I found Ning Xuan, who was sitting on the edge of the pavilion, leaning against the pillar, looking at the remnant sun in the distance like blood, as if he was in a trance, and he was still holding a jar of wine in his hand, which had already been drunk, and there was still an altar on the table that had not been opened.

Uh, this is a drink to drown your sorrows?

Feeling that someone was approaching, Ning Xuan turned his head and saw Lou Yueqing, his eyes moved slightly, he pointed to the jar of wine on the table, and said, "That's yours!"

Lou Yueqing chuckled, walked to the table, picked up a jar of wine on the table, pulled out the stopper wrapped in red cloth, sniffed lightly, raised her eyebrows, and looked at Ning Xuan: "Qingpu wine?"

Ning Xuan was serious: "Well, I went to Jinling some time ago and came back after robbing a few altars of Nangong Yuan!"

The corners of Lou Yueqing's mouth twitched slightly, a little sympathetic to Nangong Yuan.

It is said that this Qingpu wine can be described as a famous wine in Dongyou, it is made by a mysterious brewing master, but it is not something that can be obtained casually, and it may not be possible to get it if you have money and power, because the person who made the wine died more than fifty years ago, and the secret recipe for winemaking was lost, and these wines were accidentally found by Nangong Yuan many years ago, and it is said that it was dug out of the underground of the abandoned winery during the winemaking master's lifetime, and it has been buried in the ground for at least a few decades, and there are more than 100 altars in total。

Thinking of these old events, Lou Yueqing couldn't help but smile, picked up the wine jar, raised her head and took a sip, it was still the taste of the year.

She has hardly been exposed to alcohol in the past few years, but her alcohol consumption is excellent, and it is all practiced by liking drinking when she was young.

Carrying the wine jar to the opposite side of Ning Xuan, he also sat down against a pillar.

"I'm going to take a look at Uncle Ning today!"

Ning Xuan was not surprised when he heard this.

Lou Yueqing said again: "He looks a little older than before!"

Ning Xuan was noncommittal, and said lightly: "He is already not young!"

Ning Feng is almost sixty years old, and with the blow of losing Duanmu Xixi two years ago, he is ten years old, and he looks like a seventy-year-old man, with gorgeous hair and vicissitudes in his eyes.

Lou Yueqing raised her eyebrows, looking at Ning Xuan's indifferent face, thoughtful.

The two phases were silent.

After being silent for a while, Lou Yueqing asked softly, "Ning Xuan, in fact, in your heart, you have always complained about Uncle Ning, right?"

Ning Xuan's face moved slightly, he lowered his eyes to absorb the emotions in his eyes, pursed his lips and said nothing, his hands clenched subconsciously, whether he didn't want to answer this silence, or acquiesced, they actually understood.

Lou Yueqing took a sip of wine, and then said with a wry smile: "Actually, I understand that you have always had a grudge against my master, just because you don't want Uncle Ning to be difficult, and because of me, so you have been enduring, but because of your mother, you have always been dissatisfied with the matter of my master and Uncle Ning, Uncle Ning buried my master in the Ning family cemetery, and planned to be buried with her in a hundred years, although you agreed, but you became more and more dissatisfied with Uncle Ning, but you never said it!"

Back then, Ning Feng and Duanmu Huanxi were in love, but Duanmu Huanxi was bound by his own background and his reluctance to marry into the Ning family, so he did not marry Ning Feng, and even cut off the love thread to avoid him, but Ning Feng could not be alone, because he was the heir of the Ning family, and there was the entire Gusu City behind him, coupled with the layers of oppression from his parents, he married Ning Xuan's mother.

After marriage, although he was not bad to Ning Xuan's mother, but he never forgot Duanmu Huanxi, Ning Xuan's mother knew that her husband did not have her in his heart, and he had been depressed in his heart, and after two years of marriage, he died with regret after giving birth to Ning Xuan, and after she died, Ning Feng did not remarry, but has been waiting for Duanmu Huanxi.

Later, Ning Xuan grew up a little, Ning Feng and Duanmu Huanxi met again, the former lovers, and never forgot each other, naturally it was inevitable that the old love would be rekindled, so it started again, although Duanmu Huanxi was still reluctant to marry Ning Feng, but in fact he was already Ning Feng's wife, Ning Xuan was naturally dissatisfied, at first he was very unkind to see Duanmu Huanxi, and even hated, and was punished by Ning Feng many times for this, and he was stubborn and refused to admit his mistakes, and then slowly began to ignore it, but Duanmu Huanxi was always unwilling to marry Ning Feng later, because Ning Xuan didn't like it。

And now, Ning Xuan is reluctant to marry a woman he doesn't like, in addition to someone in his heart, there is another reason, that is, what happened back then, his mother died with regret for this, and he is afraid that he is not willing to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Ning Xuan heard this, his eyes moved slightly, he raised his head and took a sip of wine, and then said lightly: "I know that she can't be blamed for this!"

Lou Yueqing smiled lightly, nodded, and said softly: "Intellectually this is the case, but there are some things that make no sense to talk about!"

Although it is true that Duanmu Hanxi is not to blame for his mother's death, but Ning Feng is because of his obsession with Duanmu Hanxi, which caused his mother to die of depression and regret, and it can be regarded as indirect responsibility, it is understandable that he will blame Duanmu Hanxi, after all, there is no reason at all in this kind of matter.

Ning Xuan smiled bitterly and didn't speak.

Lou Yueqing suddenly looked at him and said seriously: "Ning Xuan, in fact, I have always wanted to ask you a question!"

Ning Xuan raised his eyes and looked at her: "What's the problem?"

Lou Yueqing asked directly: "What do you like about me?"

Ning Xuan was stunned, obviously he didn't expect her to ask this suddenly, he liked her, and even loved her deeply, but he never told her, this was something they knew by heart, and now that she suddenly asked like this, he didn't know how to answer, and he couldn't even react for a while.

Lou Yueqing tilted her head and said with a smile: "In the past, in addition to being good-looking, I didn't have a likable whole body, I had a bad temper, I was unreasonable, I caused trouble everywhere, and I was ruthless, I think you should like a gentle and understanding girl, but why do you like me like this?"

Before the age of fourteen, she was indeed like this, even the master said that she did not have the reserve and self-knowledge of a girl's family before, and she was very arrogant and informal, and that kind of girl did not seem to be the type to be likable.

Ning Xuan couldn't answer.

He watched her grow up, since she was eight years old, he watched her grow up little by little, at first he didn't want to see her, because she was brought by Duanmu Xi, but slowly, he began to accept her, often took her to wander the rivers and lakes everywhere, at first he just treated her as a little sister, but this relationship, but I don't know when it started, it changed, but what he liked her, he couldn't say.

In fact, at the beginning, he didn't realize that he was in love with her, until she suddenly disappeared, her life and death were unknown, and Duanmu Hanxi refused to tell him about her situation, he slowly saw his mind clearly, and when he noticed it, this heart could not be recovered.

Ning Xuan pondered for a long time, did not answer, but looked at her and raised her eyebrows and asked, "Then can you tell me, what do you like about Rong Zhi?"

Lou Yueqing was asked.

opened her mouth, but she couldn't answer it, this question was not easy to answer, and she hadn't thought about it.

couldn't help laughing, and said helplessly: "It's me who embarrass you!"

Ning Xuan suddenly looked at her seriously and said, "Xiaoyue, I also have a question for you!"

"Huh?"

He asked, "How am I worse than Rong Zhi, and why did you choose him instead of me?"

Lou Yueqing smiled lightly and said softly: "Ning Xuan, in my eyes, you are an elder brother, and I have regarded you as my brother since I was a child!"

Ning Xuan frowned and pursed his lips to look at her.

"You are good to me, just like my second brother treated me when I was a child, I have always regarded you as a brother, but Rong Zhi ...... He is the only man in this world who makes me tempted, in fact, I can't understand why I am tempted by him, maybe this is fate!"

Before, she never thought that she would have a tempting day, let alone that she would be willing to give up everything to marry a man and stay with him for the rest of her life, but after meeting him, all this quietly began to change.

He may not be the only one who loves him, but she firmly believes that no one in this world will love her more than him, just as in her heart, no one or anything can make her give up on him.

They are two destined people!

Hearing this, Ning Xuan's heart was a little suffocated, and after a while, he nodded with a wry smile, and sighed weakly: "I understand......"

But I'd rather not understand.

From the beginning, he didn't have a chance, because his position had already been set, and he could never be the one she loved.

Lou Yueqing looked at him and said earnestly: "Ning Xuan, you should find a girl who is in love with you, you shouldn't continue to be alone, I know that you don't want to marry someone you don't love for the sake of responsibility, and you don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, but there are so many good girls in this world, there are countless better than me, you go to find it with your heart, you can always meet someone who makes you happy, and you should also get married!"

Usually a man is already married at the age of twenty, and at his age, most of them have already had a group of children, but he is still alone, without a wife and concubines, let alone children, he should not be like this.

She didn't want to persuade him, after all, he was like this because of her, and she didn't want to say too much about such things, but she really couldn't bear him alone.

Hearing this, Ning Xuan couldn't help but smile lightly: "You may not know how good you are, so you think that there are many people who are better than you!"

Lou Yueqing smiled and said softly: "It's not that I'm really good, it's because you put your heart on me, and you can't see the good of others that you think I'm incomparable, but Ning Xuan, there is no best person in this world, the reason why I think it's good is because of preference, so I condone it, and when you meet someone who makes you tempted in the future, you will find that she is unique in the world!"

Ning Xuan was noncommittal.

Indeed, before he realized that he was in love with her, he felt that she was more special than any vulgar fan, even when he was angry, he was very likable, and after understanding his mind, he only felt that all the girls in this world were less than one ten-thousandth of her, and in his eyes, there were no other women, and he really didn't pay attention to other people.

But so what, she was unmatched.

Lou Yueqing mentioned the topic just now again and said: " Uncle Ning is old, the only thought he has in his life now is to see you be able to marry a wife and have children, I know that although you have not blamed him, but you have always complained about him, but as a husband, he can give everything to your mother, as a father, he has never treated you badly, there is no way to give your heart to your mother, that is not something he can decide, in fact, you have not married now, you should be able to understand him, in this case, don't let him leave with regrets, you should know that he wants you to marry a wife and have children, in addition to wanting to hold grandchildren and continue the bloodline of the Ning family, he also hopes that you can have someone to accompany you, so as not to let you die alone, and you should not live like this for a lifetime, Ning Xuan, a person like you, you shouldn't live like this for a lifetime, you should find a girl you like and like you, marry her, have children, and grow old with her for a lifetime, that's the life you should have!"

After that, seeing that Ning Xuan was deep in thought and didn't speak, she smiled knowingly, stood up, put the empty wine jar in her hand on the table, and left silently.

He should have listened to it.

In fact, she persuaded him that she also had her own selfishness, at least Ning Xuan put her down and was willing to marry a wife and have children, so she could have less burden.

Not long after Lou Yueqing left, Ning Xuan came back to his senses, looked at the empty pavilion and the empty wine jar on the table, stared for a moment, and smiled lowly.

But I don't know what I'm laughing at.

After Lou Yueqing walked down the mountainside, she turned around and went to the place where Duanmu Xixi lived before, which was at the foot of the mountain.

I stayed in it for a while, and when I saw that it was almost dark, I went back to where I lived.

After dinner, Lou Yueqing went to take a bath, and after the bath came out, she looked around the house and didn't see Xiao Tianhuang, she looked out and saw her under the corridor, her figure was hidden in the night, and she didn't really see it, but she felt that she was not happy.

Lou Yueqing turned around and went back, and soon walked out again, with an extra piece of clothing in her hand, walked to Xiao Tianhuang's side, and put it on her.

Xiao Tianhuang came back to his senses, saw Lou Yueqing, and the corners of his mouth pulled slightly: "Sister!"

In the night, I couldn't see her face clearly.

Lou Yueqing smiled softly, and while putting on her coat, she said softly: "Now that it's autumn, it will be cooler at night, your body is delicate, you have to put on clothes when you come out at night, otherwise how can you feel the wind and cold?"

In the night, I vaguely saw the corners of her mouth curled, and nodded: "Remember it next time!"

Lou Yueqing put her clothes together, then stood side by side with her, and asked softly, "Why are you standing here alone?"

Xiao Tianhuang didn't hide it, and said, "I'm thinking about the future!"

"Huh?"

Xiao Tianhuang curled the corners of his mouth and muttered: "I was thinking about where to go and what to do in the future, but I always couldn't figure it out, and I felt that my front was hazy, and I couldn't even see the road clearly......"

I feel that I am in the confusion of reaching out and not seeing my fingers, and I can't see what is in front of me, for fear that there is a cliff in front of me, and I can fall down as soon as I lift my feet.

Lou Yueqing heard this, Wan Er smiled, turned to Xiao Tianhuang, stretched out her hand to take Xiao Tianhuang's hand, looked at her and said softly: "If you don't understand, then don't think about it first, and then think slowly later, no matter what you want to do and where you want to go, my sister will help you, if you don't want to go anywhere and don't want to do anything, just stay with your sister, you can rest assured, your sister will protect you, and no one will dare to hurt you again!"

Hearing this, Xiao Tianhuang didn't speak, lowered his eyes and lowered his head, couldn't see his expression clearly, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Lou Yueqing said softly: "Okay, it's not early, go back to bathe, rest early, tomorrow we will leave here and go back to Chu State!"

After speaking, he pulled her and was about to turn around and walk to the door and go back to the house.

Xiao Tianhuang suddenly spoke: "Sister!"

Lou Yueqing paused and looked back at her: "What?"

"I ......" voice paused, and she seemed to hesitate.

Seeing that she wanted to speak and stopped, Lou Yueqing turned around: "What do you want to say?"

Xiao Tianhuang bit his lip, thought for a while, and asked, "If I don't go back to Chu with you, will you be unhappy?"

Lou Yueqing was stunned for a moment, twisted her eyebrows, and looked at her silently, but she didn't expect her to ask this, so she guessed the reason why she asked like this.

But there was no need to guess, she whispered: "Sister, I don't want to go to Chu State!"

To be exact, I don't want to go to Chujing.