Mei Rui bit her lip tightly, as if she had broken through the secrets of others, she felt that something was wrong when she saw Fu San'er from the moment she saw her, she really didn't expect to meet Lu Zhi here. Judging from this situation, he must not want to be known about this time.

Before he knew it, pretending that he didn't see anything and turning back was the best way, Mei Rui made up her mind, and when she was about to take a step, Lu Zhi's usual voice that didn't show the slightest emotion followed the cold wind into her ears, which made her feel excited.

She heard him murmur, like a hazy mist, unpredictable and confused: "Everything is awake, and the survivors are injured." ”

Mei Rui remembered that this was a mourning poem, and Lu Zhen's voice was originally clear, but it was a little heavier than those ordinary chamberlains, between the rigid and the soft, and the iron painting was as powerful as a silver hook. When this poem came out of his mouth, it seemed ambiguous and intriguing.

Who is he mourning, there is no doubt, only the emperor in the coffin of Nasine, the cold wind blew Mei Rui's scalp numb, she heard the sound of rustling, it was Lu Zhi who bent down to put the river lamp into the pool, and the hem of her clothes crossed the dead grass on the bank, she clenched her teeth, ready to take advantage of this time to leave quietly.

The night was too dark, she couldn't see the road under her feet, and it happened that a dead branch was in front of her, and she stepped on it with her feet, and the branches in the winter had already been blown away by the wind, dry and crisp, and the sound of stepping on it was very crisp, and even Mei Rui's heart chuckled.

In Merlin, where there was no one around, the sound of dead branches breaking could naturally not escape Lu Zhen's ears, and his low shout came in the air, which made Mei Rui stiffen: "Who?" ”

There was a flood of beasts behind, but there was no way to escape, even if she ran her legs now, but she would be trapped on the shore because there was no boat to cross, listening to the footsteps behind her getting closer and closer, and the terrifying momentum pressed the moonlight into a drowsiness. After thinking about it for a while, Mei Rui stepped out from behind the tree, and the corner of the man's crimson robe jumped into her drooping eyes, with the cold light of the silver moon, which seemed unkind.

She buried her head, saluted him, and whispered, "I've seen Lord Protector." ”

Lu Zhi stood in front of her, with her hands behind her back, because she was facing down, he could only see the top of her hair, she combed her bun, and the side of the bun was hairpinned with beaded flowers, revealing the delicate white and delicate texture behind her ears, like the fresh bamboo shoots that had just been peeled off. The look in his eyes darkened, and he asked in a cold voice, "What are you doing here?" ”

Mei Rui felt that if she could, this sentence should be asked by her, she raised her eyes slightly, and the shore where Lu Zhi was standing just came into view, and a river lamp floated away in the dark and dreary water, and the fire was about to be swallowed up by the gluttony in this night, and the corners of her lips pursed, and then she replied: "The season is close to the new year, and the slave maid came here to put a lamp to make a long-cherished wish, but unexpectedly met the guard." The slave didn't dare to disturb, and when she was about to leave, she was noticed by the guards, and asked the guards not to blame. ”

She revealed her intentions and intentions like a moon and moon, without concealment, the corners of Lu Zhi's mouth were slightly loosened, and after her eyes looked at her again, she asked again: "Since it is to release the river lantern to support her long-cherished wish, what about the river lantern?" ”

Huaizhu is still in the future, where will she have a river lamp, Mei Rui settled down, and said directly: "I accidentally fell into the house and never brought it out." ”

Lu Zhi sneered and said: "I didn't bring a river lamp, so why put the lamp, just find an excuse to prevaricate me, and you need to think about it, otherwise it will be too perfunctory and have a reputation as a bachelor." ”

This man! Mei Rui was choked by his words, thinking that he heard the words when he was messing with Zhao Chun on the palace road, and kept it in his heart for her to remember, just waiting for the opportunity to hate it. It's really a little belly, I didn't expect him to be so handy when he said mean things, Mei Rui's ears were hot, and she felt that her ears must be red, but she did not make up nonsense in this matter, so she also replied stiffly: "The words of the protector are wrong, it is human nature to have omissions, the slave and maid are upright, and they did not use excuses to prevaricate the guard, the guard is so suspicious of the slave and maid, it is the protector ......"

Her words paused here, obviously hesitating and not knowing whether to say the words or not, Lu Zhi looked at her with a light expression, and said for her quite understandingly: "Is it because I have a narrow temperament and live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain?" ”

Mei Rui was startled by him and raised her face: "The slave didn't mean that. ”

The moonlight broke through the thin clouds, it was the season when the cold plum was about to bloom, and the dark fragrance floated to illuminate the bright colors that flickered between her eyebrows, which was completely different from the light blue smoke and rain at the beginning. Lu Zhi was a little distracted, and when the emperor mentioned to him that he wanted her to be the emperor, he asked people to find out all her life, because he knew her well.

He knew the relationship between her and the Queen Mother, and with Zhao's heart, if he had the intention to use her, he would never let her go in a corner of the Literature Museum, so she must not have much to do with Zhao before that. But now that she was suddenly brought to the table in front of the palace, the Zhao family would not let go of this great opportunity to win her over, based on the safety of the little emperor, he was bound to give her a dismount.

Sure enough, as he expected, the Queen Mother invited her to Xingqing Palace on the second day, and he had not yet understood her temperament, and he didn't know how his previous alarm bell rang, so he was careful about her every move. But she probably hides a proud bone and does not allow others to slander or question, otherwise how could a person who looks gentle and gentle on weekdays be stabbed like a thorn in his body twice in a row.

He thought she was very interesting, and what he thought when he was poked was too, his eyes were all flustered and ashamed, his beautiful ears were faintly red for some reason, and her clean face was hard not to be excited, Lu Zhi slightly hooked the corner of his lower lip: "Then what do you mean by our family daring to ask the bachelor?" ”

He was souring her again, and Mei Rui was so annoyed that both sides of her face were hot, and she only had one sentence in a hurry: "You are very good." ”

Lu Zhi seemed to be more interesting, he tucked his hands in his sleeves, and there was a smile in his eyes, and he deliberately teased: "Bachelor's words are vague, you might as well say it really, how can our family have a good law?" ”

Mei Rui didn't expect him to be so frivolous, what Huaizhu had said to her before exploded in her mind, and suddenly suspicions arose, she trembled and thought, didn't he really look down on her? Otherwise, why do you want to say such a thing, she is not unsympathetic, there are also many strange books in the collection of literature, she has read it, and she is also embarrassed by the feelings in it that are as deep as the sea but have not been able to keep together, but these things fell on her, which made her a little dizzy.

She stumbled a little when she spoke, and her words were not very neat: "The character of the protector is extraordinary, the elegance is profound, the pillar of the country, and the blessing of Dajin......"

Lu Zhi heard her say a bunch of compliments, all of which were words that he was used to hearing on weekdays, and he also felt tired, he stopped drinking her, squinted his eyes slightly, he had a white fox fur around his neck, the whole person was as white as flawless, the moonlight gilded him with silver light, he slightly turned his face sideways, and turned back into the unkind Lu Hujun: "Fang Cai should have never seen me, you know?" ”

She nodded hurriedly, and after listening to his chuckle, she walked away from her, and she didn't know if she had entered the forest, but she disappeared anyway, and she was really a spirit from somewhere, specially to steal people's hearts.

As soon as the cold wind passed, Mei Rui was blown and shivered, Huaizhu's voice happened to come into her ears, she turned her head to look at the road she came from, Huaizhu was running towards her with two river lanterns, and after a while, she was in front of her, panting, and exhaled a large cloud of white mist: "Rui Rui, why did you run in?" The little father-in-law, who had been discussed with me, somehow did not come today, but was replaced by another person, and he told me that you were waiting for me by the shore, but when I got there, I did not see your shadow, so I asked me to look for it. ”

Mei Rui glanced behind her, vaguely at Fu San'er's figure, she pulled the corners of her mouth, and felt a little stiff: "I was standing on the shore and was very bored, so I walked inside, I didn't expect you to worry." ”

"It's okay!" Huai Zhule laughed, and showed the river lamp in his arms to her with his chest straight, "Look, I tied it with my own hands, it looks good, right?" ”

She handed the plum blossom to Mei Rui, and smiled: "Look at Rui Rui, this is the plum blossom I painted for you." ”

Huaizhu's painting is actually not good, but it paints the thin trunk of the plum tree, Mei Rui is happy to see it, and leaves what happened just now, and takes Huaizhu's hand, only to realize that her hand is amazingly cold, and she is distressed: "Why is it so cold, is it because of the wind blowing the river lantern?" ”

"Oh, that's nothing." Huaizhu smiled, took her hand and walked to the shore, through this piece of merlin, she groped out the flint from her arms, lit the fire, and lit the river lamp between the two hands, Huaizhu arched Meirui with her shoulder: "Remember to make a wish!" ”

Mei Rui responded with a smile, bent down and sent the river lamp into the pool, as did the Huaizhu beside her, the two lamps were getting farther and farther together, and the trembling firelight seemed to be blown out by the wind in the next moment. Mei Rui raised her eyes and looked farther away, the moonlight reflected the waves, and between the sparkling water, the river lamp that Lu Zhi had put in earlier was gone.

She was actually very curious about what kind of long-cherished wish such a person would have, his status and status, like her terrible praise just now, was powerful all over the world, and he was a very popular minister, and it seemed that there was nothing else he could see.

She still thought about this question when Huaizhu pulled her onto the boat, Fu San'er held the rod on the bow of the boat, looked at her with some weakness and some worry, and she smiled at him very kindly: "It's hard work." ”

Fu San'er hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand, and said with a wry smile: "Auntie, where is this, the villain doesn't dare." ”

Mei Rui didn't answer, but it was very calm afterwards, Lu Zhi was busy with affairs, and there were only a handful of times when she saw him, and every time she appeared, it was for some of the little emperor's things, as if the sultry spirit under the moon that night was not the same person as him, her face was not red and her heart was not beating, and she was even stingy to give her a look.

The previous worries were put down again, and Mei Rui was much calmer in front of the palace, but there was a sense of loss hidden in her heart, and she couldn't tell what it was like. One day, when she was reviewing her homework for the little emperor, she suddenly remembered the question she had thought about before, as well as Lu Zhen's words of mourning.

So she looked at the little emperor who was pinching the book with a sad face, and asked in a ghostly manner: "Your Majesty, what kind of friendship does he have with the first emperor?" ”