"You're calling me?" Holding back the strong fluctuations in his heart, Ning Xi pretended to ask calmly.

Shu Heng put away his smile, frowned, and turned back into the unsmiling man that Ning Xi was familiar with: "The girl likes to compete with dogs for names? ”

After speaking, the eyes that looked at Ning Xi became subtle.

Ning Xi was stunned, and glanced at the dog blankly, she seemed to understand something, and said slowly: "This dog is called Xiaoxi?" Or did you raise it? ”

Shu Heng's eyes were more puzzled, but he still nodded out of politeness. Just seeing Ning Xi holding Xiaoxi in his arms, his brows furrowed even deeper.

Seeing this, Ning Xi thought that Shu Heng probably didn't like the dog that a strange woman was holding him, so he immediately returned the dog to him.

Shu Heng, who had retrieved the dog, was obviously in a much better mood, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he had a smile that was difficult to get from all his efforts in his previous life, but at this moment he showed it so lightly, it was really not as good as a dog, Ning Xi thought to himself.

Ning Xi didn't want to stay longer, and left in a hurry, she was a little proud after she was reborn, and she forgot that on such a day as her grandfather's birthday, how could she be missing Shu Heng, the youngest marquis in Beijing.

At this time, Ning Xi was completely disturbed by Shu Heng's appearance, and he didn't think about why Shu Heng, a foreign man, appeared in the backyard of Ning Mansion.

Shu Heng, who was left behind by Ning Xi, quietly looked at Ning Xi's departing back, his eyes were as deep as a spring water, unpredictable, and when Ning Xi's back was completely out of his field of vision, he retracted his gaze, buried his head and looked at the white dog in his arms, the curvature of the corners of his mouth became larger, his right hand stroked its head, and murmured: "Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi" The doting voice was like calling his lover.

On the second day, Ning Xi moved back to the British Mansion, only brought some of his subordinates over, and the rest stayed in the Eldest Princess's Mansion. Ning Xi's move back to the British Mansion naturally quickly reached the ears of the Queen Mother, and it was not surprising that Ning Xi was summoned by the Queen Mother.

In Ning Xi's impression, her grandmother was not kind to her, except for the New Year's holidays, when she would enter the palace to ask about her situation as usual, she rarely met her at other times, so she didn't know anything about her grandmother.

Ning Xi entered the Yanshou Palace with a nervous mood, and after saluting, he stood aside obediently with his head down, although the Queen Mother was over fifty years old, but due to proper maintenance and everything went smoothly, she looked only in her forties.

The Queen Mother picked up the teacup and took a sip before raising her eyes to look at Ning Xi.

"I heard you've moved back to the British Mansion." The tone was light, and I couldn't hear the joy and anger.

Ning Xi bowed his head and replied: "The courtier's health has not been very good before, thinking that the eldest princess's mansion is quiet and suitable for recuperation, so she has never returned to the British Mansion, and now that her health is very good, she should go back to fulfill her filial piety for her parents." ”

"You're filial." Obviously, the Queen Mother's tone has not changed, but for some reason, Ning Xi felt the Queen Mother's displeasure.

Ning Xi buried his head lower and did not speak.

The Queen Mother saw Ning Xi's weak appearance, and her heart was even more annoyed: "That's it, it's okay for you to go back, follow your aunt to learn how to take care of the affairs of the house, and it will be useful for you to marry another family in the future." ”

If other unmarried women heard the Queen Mother's words, they would have blushed a long time ago, but Ning Xi is a person who has experienced marriage after all, not a real unmarried girl, and she didn't feel anything wrong after hearing it, so she responded obediently.

The queen mother nodded, just at this time the emperor walked in, and when she saw the emperor Ning Xi coming forward to salute, there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, the emperor's uncle in her previous life took care of her, and she has always been very grateful for this.

Seeing Ning Xi, the emperor was not surprised, and said with a smile: "Xi'er said something to the queen mother, I am very happy to see the queen mother's appearance." ”

Hearing this, the Queen Mother glared at him secretly, and Ning Xi only now realized that his uncle had the ability to open his eyes and tell nonsense, and he was indeed a person who had to face a bunch of old foxes in the court every day.

"The talented courtiers just told the Queen Mother about their recent situation."

"Really? Then you must enter the palace more often to accompany your grandmother. ”

Although the queen mother did not announce her, she could not enter the palace, but the emperor said that Ning Xi could not be more serious with her, so he responded with a smile.

"You just moved back to the British Mansion, there are a lot of things, and the mourning family will not leave you, just go back." The queen mother waved her hand, Ning Xi had a smile on her lips, and just thought about it, but she didn't want the emperor to interject: "You haven't entered the palace for a long time, go see the queen." ”

Although Ning Xi didn't understand what the emperor meant, he still nodded, and then withdrew.

As soon as Ning Xi left, the Queen Mother lowered her face, and her tone was a little displeased: "What nonsense are you talking about in front of her, the mourning family has always disliked her, do you think she didn't notice it, why do you bother to cover it up for me." ”

The emperor sighed and walked in front of the queen mother: "Xi'er, after all, she is the daughter of the imperial sister, and the queen mother, you should take care of her more in front of the imperial sister." ”

The Queen Mother's face became even more gloomy, "I didn't agree with her marrying Ning Zhiyi at the beginning, Ning Zhiyi has nothing to do except that face, but she wants to go her own way, and in the end she went with Ning Zhiyi, she doesn't care about me, the old mother, why should I care about her daughter." ”

After speaking, the Queen Mother's eyes were filled with tears, it was the baby she grew up in the palm of her hand since she was a child, and it was folded in the British Mansion, how willing did she be, maybe what she hated the most was that her daughter's favorite person was not her but Ning Zhiyi, whom she had always looked down on.

The emperor knew that the imperial sister was the rebel in the heart of the queen mother, so he no longer persuaded him, so as not to hurt the queen mother, and he would take more care of Ning Xi in the future, which could be regarded as worthy of the imperial sister.

On the other side, when the queen heard that Ning Xi was in Jin, she raised her eyebrows, if she hadn't heard this name, she would have forgotten this person, Ning Xi was her niece on the surface, but the two had hardly been alone, how could she remember to come here.

The queen couldn't help but look at the second prince Li Yu, who happened to be in her palace.

Li Yu said lightly: "I heard that the county lord of Pingle was summoned into the palace by the imperial grandmother, and the emperor seems to have passed the Yanshou Palace. ”

Hearing Li Yu say this, the queen understood that the reason why Ning Xi came to Fengyi Palace was because of the emperor's orders.

"In that case, Yu'er, you should avoid one or two."

Li Yu, who has never liked to have a relationship with women, shook his head and said, "Since you are a relative, there is no need to be too rusty. ”

The queen thought about it for a while, and felt that what Li Yu said was also reasonable, so she didn't ask any more questions and called Ning Xi in.

In fact, Li Yu's words were just a rhetoric, he had only seen the emperor before, the emperor didn't know that he was in Fengyi Palace, at this time after calling Ning Xi to see his mother, he had to doubt his father's intentions, I was afraid that he didn't want to see him avoid Ning Xi.

Ning Xi didn't expect that the second prince was also in Fengyi Palace, and he was a little surprised in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and stepped forward to salute the two.

"Why do you want to see me like this, just call me second cousin."

The queen knew that her husband valued Ning Xi very much, so she was naturally happy that the two of them had a closer relationship, so she also accosted: "You two are cousins, so it is natural to be called brother and sister." ”

Of course, Ning Xi would not disobey these two people who were higher in status and seniority than herself, so she responded with a smile.

After sitting in Fengyi Palace for a while, Ning Xi found an excuse to leave, and Li Yu took the initiative to ask to send her out of the palace.

When the two walked towards the palace gate together, Ning Xi deliberately trailed Li Yu a few steps behind.

After walking a distance, Li Yu suddenly stopped, turned his head, and said with a smile: "Cousin doesn't have to care about the red tape in the palace. ”

Ning Xi looked at the man in front of him who didn't even smile in his eyes, and his heart suddenly suddenly, he was afraid that he didn't want to play tricks in front of him, so he didn't shirk it, and walked up a few steps to Li Yu's side, revealing a playful smile: "Then Ning Xi is better to be respectful than to obey his fate, and ask my cousin to forgive me." ”

Li Yu put his hand into his fist and laughed a few times: "I saw that you were talking and behaving appropriately in Fengyi Palace, and I thought you were a restrained character, and I didn't want to have a lively side." ”

"Ning Xi hasn't seen the queen for a long time, it is inevitable that she is a little restrained, and there are many etiquettes in the palace, although the mother doesn't care, but after all, she still has to abide by the rules, right?"

Li Yu raised his eyebrows, did not speak, looked at Ning Xi for a while, and then continued to walk towards the palace gate, the girl next to him is really the rumored lord of Anle who is not good at words and has a weak temperament, heh, those rumors before don't seem to be groundless, if this woman has been pretending to be a cowardly lady before, why is she exposing her temperament in front of him now?

If Ning Xi hadn't lived again, now she is indeed a kind and weak woman, but with the tempering of Mrs. Houfu for more than ten years in the previous life, her temperament has already become resolute, and she is much more tactful.

Ning Xi said goodbye to Li Yu at the gate of the palace, looked at the back of Li Yu leaving, and secretly listed Li Yu as a dangerous person in his heart.

Li Yu is from the middle palace, smart since childhood, coupled with a warm temperament, very much loved by the emperor, and has a good reputation among the courtiers, although Ning Xi did not have many opportunities to meet Li Yu in the previous life, but her intuition told her that this person is by no means easy to get along with, when I saw it today, sure enough, after getting along, Li Yu's behavior is not wrong at all, and he seems to be polite but alienated, and his smiling face makes people never guess his thoughts.

On the way back to the British Mansion, the carriage suddenly stopped, Ning Xi, who was resting with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes, and Erui asked the groom when he saw this: "Why did the carriage stop?" ”

The groom outside the car hurriedly returned: "The road ahead is blocked by the carriage, and I can't pass for a while." ”

As soon as the groom finished speaking, a female voice sounded outside the car.

"The slave maid is the maid of the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion, this time I am accompanying my young lady out to pray for the old lady, I don't want to come back when the carriage broke down, and now the little maid in the house is moving the carriage to the side of the road, and please take care of it for a while."

A mocking smile gradually appeared on the corner of Ning Xi's mouth: "I haven't heard that Zhongyi Hou has a younger sister, isn't it that I haven't been out for many years?" ”

At this time, Tan Qing replied with a glance: "Zhongyi Hou does not have a sister, but the old lady has a cousin by her side. ”

Ning Xi patted his forehead, and suddenly realized, "Look at my memory, how did I forget this stubble, it turned out to be Miss Cousin of the Zhongyi Hou family." ”

The maid outside the car heard this, her face turned red, her family cousin because she grew up in the Zhongyi Hou Mansion since she was a child, she has always called herself Miss Zhongyi Hou's family, although those young ladies of the family disdainful of this kind of behavior of the young lady, but for the sake of the Zhongyi Hou, but will not be debunked, I don't want to be so sarcastic on the street today, and I don't know who is sitting in the car.

"Let's go the other way."

After speaking, the carriage moved slowly, Ning Xi lifted the curtain on the side of the car, and glanced at Ouyang Ling, who was wearing a hat and being surrounded by several maids and standing on the side of the road, the coldness that appeared in the corners of his eyes slowly dissipated, and after all, they never crossed paths again in this life.