Although Li Jizong was willing in his heart, he still pretended to be very calm on the surface.

"What are you doing at the City Lord's Mansion?"

Sun Qingyue explained: "Today is my father's birthday, and there is a birthday dinner held on this day every year, and I, as a daughter, of course, need to attend. ”

Li Jizongqi said: "Then you just go, why do you have to let me accompany you?"

Sun Qingyue sighed and said, "You must be very strange, why do I live in such a dilapidated place since I am the daughter of the city lord?"

Although Li Jizong didn't understand why Sun Qingyue diverted the topic, he still nodded and said, "It's really a bit unreasonable. ”

Sun Qingyue shook her head and smiled bitterly, and said: "I am a concubine, my mother doesn't even have a name, she was excluded and bullied by all the aunts, not long after I was born, my mother and daughter were driven out of the City Lord's Mansion and arranged to live here." My mother suffered such a major blow and died of depression within a few years. ”

I didn't expect Sun Qingyue's life to be so pitiful, Li Jizong said: "Then you must have suffered a lot over the years, right?"

Sun Qingyue smiled and said: "It's not as bitter as I imagined, the dumb uncle is my mother's servant before her death, he has always taken care of me and treated me very well, my father is in the love of flesh and blood after all, he will also send someone to send some money every year, and his life is passable." ”

Li Jizong frowned and said, "With all due respect, your father is worthy of being a father. ”

Although he has never met the city lord Sun Kangcheng, and he doesn't know much about him, a man who abandons his wife and daughter, no matter how he looks at it, has a big problem with his character.

"It doesn't matter. ”

Sun Qingyue smiled bitterly and said: "Which man like my father is not a group of wives and concubines? He can't be so fair to every woman, he will only like women who can please him more, at this point, my mother is much worse than other aunts, plus those aunts secretly use all kinds of despicable and shameless means, which makes my mother even more displeased with my father, and it is only a matter of time before she is kicked out." My father may not have liked me, but fortunately he has not treated me badly over the years, at least giving me the status of 'princess'. ”

Li Jizong thinks about it. If it weren't for Sun Qingyue's identity as a "princess", those guards would not have given special treatment.

I just found that when Sun Qingyue mentioned her father, although she didn't have much resentment, she didn't seem to have a trace of emotion, as if she was talking about a stranger.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of the misfortune she has encountered since childhood that her mind has become more mature.

"My father has many children, just like the women who treat him, he prefers obedient children, excellent children, but he is busy with official business, and rarely has access to children, so it is only at the annual birthday dinner that he gathers all the children, nominally to celebrate his birthday, but in fact to examine them and understand their abilities. Of course, those of us who are children also know very well that in order to be favored by our fathers, we will do our best to express ourselves. ”

Li Jizong sighed: "It seems that it is not easy to be a child of a rich family. ”

In order to get their father's attention, these children must fight openly and secretly, just because if they disappoint their father, then his life is very likely to plummet.

"Who's to say it isn't. ”

Sun Qingyue nodded lightly and continued: "For me, every time I attend my father's birthday dinner, it's like a nightmare. Compared to those brothers and sisters, I was nothing good, I was compared in every aspect, even in dress, I was inferior to them, and I was ridiculed in all kinds. Each time it was the worst one, and I could tell that my father was becoming more and more disappointed in me, and if he failed again at today's dinner, I feared that my monthly routine might be cancelled and my place could be taken back the next year. ”

After listening to Sun Qingyue's words, Li Jizong had mixed tastes and didn't know what to say.

Sun Qingyue left the City Lord's Mansion since she was a child, and of course she couldn't enjoy the high-quality resources of the City Lord's Mansion, and her older brothers and sisters were pampered since childhood, and their educational conditions were far better than Sun Qingyue's. It is natural that they can't compare to them.

No wonder she spent so much time dressing up just now, just hoping not to be ridiculed as much as possible.

No wonder she values money so much, just because once the financial resources are cut off, life will be more difficult in the future, and she must save money to prepare for a less optimistic future.

No wonder seeing the carriage damaged, she was in a hurry to run away, not only because of the money, but because the carriage was her façade, the only thing that could match her identity. When attending a birthday party, if you ride in a carriage full of holes, I am afraid that you will be mercilessly ridiculed by others at the beginning.

You can imagine how stressful it is to survive in an environment like hers.

Li Jizong thought for a while and said, "Then ...... you let me accompany you?"

Sun Qingyue said so much to him, and even told herself almost all her secrets, it must have been intentional. It's just that no matter how you look at it, it seems that she can't help her.

"I need you to help me!"

Sun Qingyue said bluntly: "Tonight's banquet is extremely important to me, I am really in a messy mood now, I am really worried that it may be over, I hope you can accompany me, I don't know why, although you have always looked unreliable, and you always like to come to ......"

"Wait. Li Jizong said speechlessly: "Please ask me to help, if you don't bring it, it will hurt me,"

Sun Qingyue smiled and said, "No, I mean...... I don't know, but I don't know why, if you stay with me, I'll be more sure-footed, and maybe I'll be able to behave better. Anyway, the result is already very bad, no matter how bad it is, it can't be much worse, so you can go with me. By the way, at the banquet every year, the children can bring an entourage, you can be wronged and play my entourage for the time being. ”

"There's nothing wrong with taking you on a trip, but ......"

Li Jizong hesitated and said, "You don't know, I'm wanted, go with you, isn't this a self-arresting net?"

Nowadays, his portraits are all over the city, and there are guards everywhere who have captured him, and they can't escape in a hurry, unless they are afraid that their lives are long, otherwise I'm afraid no one is so stupid and takes the initiative to deliver them to the door.

"It turns out that you are also afraid of times. ”

Sun Qingyue smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's the guards who arrested you, and there is no one in the City Lord's Mansion who wants you, and no one will know you." You pretend to be my entourage, as long as you keep a low profile and don't cause trouble, no one should be able to think that you will be Li Jizong. ”

The most dangerous place is the safest place.

Li Jizong knew that since Sun Qingyue offered to let him accompany him, he should have considered it. After listening to her analysis, I feel that it makes some sense. Besides, he was about to go to the City Lord's Mansion, which could be said to be a very good opportunity. I don't count whether you can get Gulan stones, but at least you can understand the situation first.

"Okay, I'll barely walk with you. ”

Sun Qingyue said with a look of surprise: "You agreed?" I thought that Li Jizong would definitely think twice about taking such a big risk, but I didn't expect to agree so quickly, which made her very moved.

It seems that he didn't guess wrong, Li Jizong is a very righteous person.

"Then how about you help me see this dress?" Sun Qingyue brought up the old matter again, and looked at Li Jizong with expectant eyes, hoping that Li Jizong could give her good advice.

Li Jizong said in a philosophical tone: "It doesn't matter what you wear, the key is to be strong inside." ”

"That's right. Sun Qingyue nodded.

At this moment, the sky has darkened, and even if you want to change, I am afraid that there is not much time. Then, Sun Qingyue walked into her room again, and when she came out, she held a set of clothes in her hand and said to Li Jizong: "Then you can change this clothes." ”

Looks like she's prepared.

Li Jizong changed into this shirt, lowered his head and looked at it, and said with a disgusted expression: "This is the entourage's clothes?

Sun Qingyue smiled and said, "Didn't you just say that it doesn't matter what you wear, the key is to be strong in your heart?"

Li Jizong was stunned, the current world is really fast. Come on, so be it.

When the two of them came out of the room, they saw that the dumb man had parked the carriage in the courtyard. After the repairs, the carriage was obviously much better, of course, compared to the previous one, it was still much worse.

Sun Qingyue sighed and said, "I'm definitely going to be ridiculed again, no matter what, let's go." ”

The city lord's mansion at night, at this time, the lights are on, as bright as day. Horse-drawn carriages of luxury came and stopped on the side of the road. Coming out of the carriage, the man was well-dressed and heroic. The woman's thrush painted lips are beautiful. Everyone is dressed up to attend, competing for beauty, meeting each other and calling each other brothers, sisters and sisters, talking and laughing, and the scene is very lively.

A short time later, another carriage slowly came.

Compared to their luxury cars, this carriage is so shabby. Even, it is clear that there are several patches on the carriage. Docked together, especially abrupt, especially dazzling.

"Is this a carriage from any of the people?" a man teased deliberately.

"Down, bah! At first glance, it was the little slut's car, who came to attend his father's birthday banquet, and I don't know where to get such a broken car, and I was embarrassed to drive in, which really disgraced the face of our city lord's mansion. The girl next to her sneered.

"It's just that this little slut can't do anything, I really can't understand why my father gave her a name. ”

"Her status, I can't see it long, Dad is becoming more and more disappointed in her now, it is very likely that Dad will take her name back today and let her fend for herself. ”

At this time, Sun Qingyue walked out of the carriage and could see at a glance that these brothers and sisters were all full of contempt and disdain for her.