Chapter Seventy-Eight: Defenseless

Lan Chu blinked, looking at the end of winter, he only felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong, Li Xiaonuan looked at the two of them, smiled with a narrow face, stretched out another finger, and continued:

"Third, it's strange to say, those princes and grandsons, all of them are extremely smart, and they are all confused, one by one, as if they have fallen into evil, they all want to do the emperor's job, in order to become the emperor, they can do anything"

Late Winter nodded hurriedly,

"What the girl said, I've heard it in the play, it's scary."

"That's right, it's the same as sung in that play, these princes and grandchildren, one by one, I can't wait for you to kill me, I kill you, what kind of benevolence, righteousness and shame, brothers and sons, all thrown away to the edge Alas, it has been said in the history books, there is no family affection father and son, this emperor, the people around him can't believe it, brothers and sons can't believe it, there is no one in the world who can be trusted by him, you say, such a person is not pitiful? It's such a poor person, it's okay to be idle, but I still have to do so much work every day, poor oh."

Li Xiaonuan sighed for a long time.

Cheng Ke listened to Li Xiaonuan's words dumbfounded, and just wanted to rush in to cover her mouth, stretched out his hand and dragged Zhou Jingran to go out, Zhou Jingran shook Cheng Ke's hand, turned his head, smiled strangely, looked at Cheng Ke and shook his head, signaling that he didn't have to mind, took half a step forward, still leaning in front of the window and continuing to look inside, Cheng Ke turned around twice anxiously and hatefully, and didn't dare to drag Zhou Jingran away, so he had to lean against the window and look into the house.

Late winter and Lan Chu looked at each other, looked at Li Xiaonuan suspiciously, and said:

"This must be the girl's invention."

Li Xiaonuan coughed lightly, took a dried apricot and threw it into his mouth, and while biting the dried apricot, he laughed, laughed for a while, and then said slowly:

"Lan Chu's words remind me of a joke, do you want to listen to it?"

Late Winter and Lan Chu glanced at each other, and said with a smile:

"The girl is going to arrange us again?"

Li Xiaonuan grinned and said:

"No, I'll tell you a joke about our countrymen, let's go in the countryside, when it's hot in summer, after dinner at night, everyone gathers outside to enjoy the shade and gossip, tired for a day, and talks about the good days of this rich and noble family, and a well-informed old man in the township said, 'I heard my grandfather say, if the emperor is hungry, he will take out a ginseng from his bag and take a bite, and a bite can take care of it for several days' The old man next to him said, 'I also know this, if the queen is hungry, she will shout, 'Palace maid, Bring me a persimmon to eat.''"

Li Xiaonuan stiffened his face and said seriously, and when he heard half of it at the end of the winter and Lan Chu, he fell down on the couch with a smile.

Outside the window, Zhou Jingran couldn't stand laughing, almost slid to the ground against the wall, Cheng Ke covered his mouth with his hands, his shoulders shrugged with laughter, he couldn't straighten his waist, he only reluctantly beckoned Luo Chuan and Qingping, and helped the two of them to walk out to the corner gate.

Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran returned to the Suo Luo Pavilion before they let go of their voices, only laughing breathlessly, laughing for a long time, Zhou Jingran straightened up, looked at Cheng Ke and said:

"That girl is really this Li Xiaonuan, the longer she gets, the better she looks...... You can't take your eyes off it. It's fun, it's so transparent, it's even rare."

Zhou Jingran was halfway through speaking, and laughed again,

"Do the emperor's work...... Poor hahaha, it's interesting to hear someone say that for the first time, if the eldest brother hears this......"

"If King Cheng hears this, this girl will die"

Cheng Ke glanced at Zhou Jingran, pulled the corners of his mouth and said, Zhou Jingran was slightly stunned, and waved his hand, as if he was going to wave something bad,

"Forget it, don't mention him, just mention him and make people frustrated, Xiao Ke, this girl, I want it, I'll let someone come to Mrs. Li to propose marriage when I go back."

Cheng Ke slowly retracted his smile, squinted slightly at Zhou Jingran and asked:

"To be a concubine? Can the emperor agree? Can the concubine agree? ”

Zhou Jingran smiled bitterly and shook his head,

"It's not that you don't know, this concubine has already decided on the candidate, and I have no way to do this, but the side concubine, my father promised to let me be my own master, although the name is a little worse, um,"

Zhou Jingran groaned, thought for a while, and then said:

"I'll carry her into the house a day earlier, except for this position, I won't let her go half a point of grievance."

Cheng Ke's face darkened a little, squinted his eyes, looked straight at Zhou Jingran, pursed his lips tightly and was silent for a moment, before he asked word by word:

"You want her? Or do you want me? ”

Zhou Jingran's smile froze on his face suddenly, and he coughed suddenly like choking after a while, jumped up, turned around a few times in place, pointed at Cheng Ke with his finger, and said angrily and with a smile:

"What are these words? This is what it is."

"If you want her, from now on, let's return to the bridge, the road to the road, if you want me, just get as far away from her as possible, with me, you'd better not even think about it"

Cheng Ke stared at Zhou Jingran, stubbornly and absolutely, Zhou Jingran raised his hand and stroked his forehead, looking at Cheng Ke with a stubborn face,

"Xiao Ke, let's not talk about our cousins, who else is closer to you and me than the two of us in the past ten years? What else can we do in this world that can make us return to the bridge and the road to the road? Yes? Just such a trifle? But a little girl, look at you......"

Cheng Ke pursed his lips tightly, squinted his eyes and stared at Zhou Jingran, without saying a word, Zhou Jingran fell down on the armchair, looked at Cheng Ke helplessly, thought for a long time, spread his hands and said:

"Anyway, that girl is still young, let's talk about this in a few years, and when she is older, it's okay, right? ……”

Cheng Ke stared at Zhou Jingran, still didn't say a word, Zhou Jingran waited for a long time, saw Cheng Ke with a gloomy face, but didn't say a word, he jumped up angrily again, pointed at Cheng Ke, stomped his feet and shouted:

"Okay, okay, okay, I want you, I want you, you bastard"

Zhou Jingran gritted his teeth and scolded in distress, Cheng Ke breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the chair with a relaxed face, ignored Zhou Jingran, who was still jumping to his feet and scolding him, picked up the cup, and drank tea leisurely.

After the ancient mansion finished doing the rituals, Mrs. Li sent Gu Xiao over to accompany Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran, wandering around Shangli Town.

Li Xiaonuan still went to Ruixuan Hall early in the morning to say goodbye, and after eating, she stared at Gu Yunhuan tightly, stared at her and went to Cuiwei Hall with her, she didn't go, she didn't go.

If Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran didn't go out occasionally, Li Xiaonuan would have dragged Gu Yunhuan to the small Buddha hall behind him with Mrs. Li.

Gu Yunhuan had a headache, walked out of the gate of Ruixuan Hall, paused, looked at Li Xiaonuan and said hatefully:

"I have a headache, I'm sick, I have to go back and rest"

Li Xiaonuan looked at her with a smile and said idly:

"I also have a headache, I'm sick too, let the end of winter go to the ancestors for us, and invite a few doctors to come for a consultation."

"You"

Gu Yunhuan pointed at Li Xiaonuan, stomped his feet angrily, Li Xiaonuan raised his eyebrows, looked at Gu Yunhuan with a smile, Gu Yunhuan became angry,

"I look at you on weekdays, and you're also an informed and interesting person, why have you changed your personality in the past few days? Where did you learn this...... Don't like it? ”

Li Xiaonuan stepped forward with a smile and dragged Gu Yunhuan's arm, and said softly:

"Second sister, you're not on the side, I'm very scared of those housekeepers, all of them are so powerful, if you're not on the side, I'm so nervous that I can't even read the numbers clearly, good sister, Xiao Nuan can't do without you."

Gu Yunhuan was dragged by Li Xiaonuan and walked helplessly towards Cuiwei Hall.

Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran lived for ten days in a row, and they didn't even have the intention of leaving, so they only made Li Xiaonuan so anxious that they were angry, and they didn't dare to reveal anything, so they just lay in bed every night, chanting the Buddha and begging the Bodhisattva, and hurriedly sent the two back to the capital.

At the time of Shen Zheng, Li Xiaonuan was in the garden behind the small Buddha hall, and was directing the little girl to plant an orange plant, Lan Chu's forehead was oozing with sweat, and he slipped in carefully, standing behind a rockery at the entrance of the garden, beckoning Li Xiaonuan, Li Xiaonuan's eyes swept the surroundings, and slowly paced over.

Lan Chu looked at Li Xiaonuan with anxious eyes, put it to her ear, and reported in a low voice:

"Today, it was my turn to do needlework in the pavilion on the edge of the Hanlian Courtyard, I just saw the second lady with the waiter, went out to the front yard, I took the path from the side to meet the past, the second miss didn't seem to see me, and the reason ignored me, the waiter looked at me strangely and said, 'I'll accompany the girl to the front yard to inspect', I quickly ran over to report the girl."

"Has Young Master Cousin come back?"

Li Xiaonuan asked with a frown, Lan Chu was stunned and shook his head,

"I don't know."

Lan Chu didn't know, Gu Yunhuan must have known about the inspection, this excuse is really nondescript, it's the front yard, you want to inspect it?

He meows a cat and looks like that Cheng Ke came back early today, okay, how can he come back early? Li Xiaonuan only felt that the blood vessels in his head were throbbing suddenly, this Gu Yunhuan was really dizzy

Li Xiaonuan raised his hand to signal Lan Chu to wait, hurriedly turned around and entered the house, looked for Cuilian, and said in a low voice:

"Sister Cuilian, when the old ancestor wakes up in a while, please ask my sister to report for me, and the second sister will send someone to call me over, and let's take a look at the dried fruits that are ready to be taken away by the young master, and I will come back when I go to see it."

Cuilian hurriedly stood up and agreed with a smile on her face.

Li Xiaonuan took Lan Chu and walked out of the courtyard gate of Ruixuan Hall with steady steps, turned a corner, took Lan Chu, carried his skirt, and ran away in the direction of the Suo Luo Pavilion in the front yard.

When he arrived at the corner not far from the Suo Luo Pavilion, Li Xiaonuan stopped his steps and commanded Lan Chu breathlessly:

"In front of the Suo Luo Pavilion, the mother-in-law on duty in the outer gatehouse is a person from our house, you pretend to be naïve, just say that you are looking for the second lady, see what they say, Bodhisattva bless, if you can get to the front, everything will be fine"