Chu Xun's expression was miserable, a line of tears flowed from his eyes, he covered his mouth and cried lowly, Chu Xianzhao pursed his lips and said nothing, no matter how she cried and made trouble, Chu Xianzhao still did not speak, looking at her quietly, as if there was another world hidden in her jewel-like eyes.

She finally quieted down, wiped her tears, sighed, if she was so noisy in the past, he would have stepped forward to hug her and whispered comfort, this time after he came back, it seemed that the whole person had become different, the two of them faced each other quietly, looking at her brother's serious expression, I don't know why she had a sad feeling.

She took out a small bag from under the desk and slowly pushed it to her on the table, Chu Xianzhao squinted through the thin slit and saw that the red fish jade pendant was placed in it intact, emitting a faint red light.

He took the jade pendant into his arms, stood up, bent down and saluted, preparing to leave the princess's mansion, when he walked to the pear wood gate, Chu Xun's voice came from behind him: "Did she give it to you?"

Chu Xuanzhao's figure stiffened, the wind blew, and the falling flowers fell on his shoulders one after another, he lowered his head, as if he was thinking about something, for a long time, he didn't look back at her after all, let his eyes burn behind him.

After he left, Chu Xun drank all the osmanthus tea in the cup, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "Brother, no matter how much you love that woman, she is still an unclean woman, and what she has done is intolerable, even if you hate your sister, I will not let her continue to harm you...... I'm going to pluck her out of your heart once and for all!"

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"Ayu, my mother has something to tell you. The old bustard sat beside Su Nianyu with a smile on her face, holding her slightly cool hand, Su Nianyu rubbed the corners of her tired eyebrows, and chuckled: "Mom, you have been taking care of me all these years, just say anything." ”

"When you were away a few days ago, the government brought a lot of people to inspect the building, but we were terrified, they said that you were some kind of assassin murderer, and they arrested several people to investigate. The bustard patted his plump chest and sighed in a low voice.

"I'm sorry Mom, for worrying you. ”

The old bustard gently stroked her long hair: "I'll just say, our Ayu people are beautiful and have a good heart, how can they be murderers." ”

She was silent.

"By the way, Ayu, you and the third prince of Chu have disappeared for so many days this time, where can you be happy. Her teasing made Su Nianyu's face blush, and the old bustard saw her shyness and chuckled: "What are you shy, mother told you, I already saw that the third prince of Chu was interested in you, so I thought about talking to you when you came back and sending you to the palace, how about it." ”

The story of Su Nianyu and Chu Xianzhao has already spread all over the streets and alleys of Lin'an City, and the sisters and sisters in those green buildings are so jealous that they are about to burst into flames, biting their handkerchiefs and being stunned, they can't figure out why the prince just fell in love with her, she doesn't look like a national beauty, those narrow eyes make her look too scathing, the man she likes will fall into her eyes and can't extricate herself, if she hates it, she will scold two foxes in a low voice, those overly smart eyes don't look like they will honestly stay by their side, maybe they will run away with your property and little white face that day。

"Mom, what are you talking about? Su Nianyu is so beautiful and delicious in front of outsiders, beautiful as a flower, but in front of her mother, she is like a docile kitten, subconsciously leaning on her with her head down, and the old bustard scolded with a smile: "I see you playing those men on weekdays, how can you be ashamed to talk about your life events like a yellow flower girl today." ”

Su Nianyu lowered her head and didn't answer for a long, long time.

She thought back to the young man in white at night, many times, many times she could kill him, but every time she saw his face, the sword in her hand couldn't help but fall off, she couldn't find any reason to kill him, those beautiful eyes were always watching her, neither near nor far away. It wasn't until in front of the dark boulder that the boy held her face and told her that he would take her out, and that boyish face made her feel extremely reassured, until he chopped the boulder and lay on the ground and she felt the heartache again, and she cried so much that the boy's face stained with rain trembled, and the rain fell on her big sleeve like tears.

He clung to her sleeve and leaned against her and fell asleep peacefully, what did he say before he passed out?

"Sister Yu...... I...... I said I would take you out...... Don't be afraid...... We are free. ”

The room was silent, the autumn sun was sparsely shining on the two of them, and the old bustard sighed: "Mom also ran into a man a long time ago......"

Su Nianyu suddenly came to her senses, she had never heard her mother tell her previous story in the warm building for so many years, but she vaguely heard those sisters in the past say that her mother had a man, who was the kind of person who really loved each other, and the kind of love that forgot each other after a night could not be compared.

The old bustard said softly: "Do you know that I once loved a man? He was only a petty officer at the time, that is, sixteen or seventeen years old, when the turtle called me to serve him, and specially gave me an extra dozen taels of silver, I was worried that he was one of those men with a fierce face and a face full of meat, and only in this case would he give us more money." Later, I mustered up the courage to go up to him, but found that although he was dressed in military uniform, his face was clean, and he looked exactly like those boys, and when he saw me, he was also shy, and he kept his head down and did not say a word, and his companions pushed him in front of me in a noisy......"

At that time, the old bustard's piano skills were a must, coupled with her own slender and beautiful, taciturn, if it wasn't for the money enough, she didn't want to receive guests, she gently took the little officer's hand and took him to her room...... Later, she learned that this hairy boy's shyness was pretended, and after closing the door, he was extremely warm to her, but also very gentle. In the days that followed, the little officer always went to her, and gradually she opened her heart, and told him all the sad things she had done, that her father had abandoned her and her mother and found another woman, that her mother had sold her to a brothel for her dowry, and that he had fallen silent on his shoulder, and wept for her naked body in her arms.

"Then I really fell in love with him, he was neither fierce nor cold, but until he said that he was going to elope with me, he startled me, and I immediately pushed him away, he is a man who wants to go to the battlefield to make achievements, how can he give up a bright future for a woman. I was afraid that he would be immersed in the pleasure I had given him, so I did not see him for several days, and he always came to me, crying outside my room and begging for me to see him. The bustard's eyes were a little empty.

"And then?"

"Later, his family came to the door, until that moment I didn't know that he was not an ordinary petty officer, he was a noble family of the Yin State, his ancestors used to have a blood relationship with the Chu royal family, his father was Zhang Zhengshu, the imperial court captain, a tough and rigid person, after learning that his child was messing with the Qinglou woman, he chose to take his anger out on me, he asked the people of the government to take me to the yamen, to beat me with fifty sticks in front of the child's face cane, and to tattoo words on my face and send a military prostitute in the barracks......" Her voice gradually choked.

The boy couldn't bear her to be treated like this, in front of many people in the yamen, knelt down in front of his father and begged his father to spare her life, and he was willing to be assigned to the military camp, and he would not return to Lin'an after three years of fighting in the iron brigade...... She hugged Su Nianyu gently and cried lowly, she should have gone with that boy at the time, otherwise he would not have died on the battlefield, but she was arrogant at the time, and her bloody skirt was stained with wine all day long, and that little officer didn't look like he could be entrusted with his life.

Later, she left the previous flower building and founded the warm building on Baihe Street, she recruited many girls who were abandoned by her family like her as Qin Ji, and trained them personally, but also felt sorry for their experience, if there was a guest who took a fancy to the girl inside, she would take a good look at the guest's character, and if the girl was willing to be with him, she would persuade the guest to ransom the girl.

She pillowed on her mother's shoulder, and thought for a long, long time, the daffodils on the windowsill were in full bloom, and the graceful fragrance was overflowing in the room, and she liked the small white flowers that bloomed in the garlic, and several daffodils snuggled tightly together, just like the girls in their buildings, the fragrance was so clean and graceful, and behind the richness was a faint bitterness.

She slowly recalled her mother's story, as if a thin knife had cut a very small and very small hole in her heart, and the blood slowly dripped out of it, which was not fatal, but listening to the echo of the blood dripping into her chest, it was so lonely that people couldn't help but want to cry. It turns out that a person can only love one person, will the little officer in the story think of his mother at the moment he dies on the battlefield, think of the touch of her fingers brushing his cheeks, think of her love words, and look for people by touch in the next life.

"Ayu, you are much better than your mother, you can be liked by such a good child, if you can be happy, your mother will be very happy. ”

But Su Nianyu's mind was extremely confused, she didn't know if Chu Xianzhao liked her, she didn't know if Chu Xianzhao should like her, her soft heart beat extremely fast, and she looked at the blooming narcissus and smiled wordlessly...... The dead child, saying anything like he would protect her, finally brought him back to Lin'an himself.

Did you enter the palace, he also told himself that if he and he could get out alive, he would redeem her and arrange an errand for her in the palace...... Bringing a Qin Ji into the palace, although this may cause him a lot of trouble, he will actually give himself a choice, and sure enough, this child makes people feel very warm.

When a child no longer lives for himself, but thinks about the lives of others, he has grown up.

"Well, Mom, give me a few days to think about it. She looked up and said with a smile.