They haven't known each other for a long time, but this girl's voice and appearance are so deeply engraved in their minds. When he saw her for the first time, he felt his heart flutter for her, and her hazy tears were deeply engraved in his mind.

It's just that she is his nephew's fiancée, how ironic and ridiculous, originally he was willing to continue to wait, but he didn't want to wait now, he just wanted to protect her well, and be able to hold her in his arms without any doubts. Protect her, comfort her.

He was originally a witty royal family, but when he saw her raise his eyebrows, he couldn't think of anything.

In front of him, there were only her eyes that were as wet as stars.

"When the prince was stabbed with a sword, he knew that there was nothing to do. Xiyue smiled, looked up at him and said honestly.

She hurts a lot, so why should she have to wronged herself and say that she doesn't hurt?

The corners of Nangong Yanchen's mouth, who was waiting for her to say "it doesn't hurt" strongly, moved, and the persuasion of "you don't have to endure it if it hurts" was held in her mouth, and she couldn't spit it out anymore. How did he forget, this little woman, no matter when, is so naughty, different from other women.

It's just that her mood still doesn't improve.

"You're in a lot of pain. After a long time, he said reluctantly.

"Naturally, it hurts. Xiyue looked at the door, those noble ladies who were recruited into the palace by the emperor and became very flustered after an accident were persuaded by the palace maids, and even Xue Bairu looked at Xiyue lying on the bed unwillingly and left.

She recalled Xue Bairu's jealous eyes before leaving, and snorted, "Lord don't worry, I protect the Queen Mother, even if it hurts, what is it compared to the comfort of the mother?"

She looked taken for granted, Nangong Yuchen's face slowly softened, and she regained the reserved dignity of the royal family.

Xiyue seemed to be in great pain, and slowly leaned against the head of the bed, her long black hair was softly draped over her shoulders, but those eyes were exceptionally clear.

Seeing that no one noticed them, Nangong Yanchen couldn't help but stretch out his hands and hold her shoulders to help her lean more comfortably.

"I want to talk to the royal brother and the queen mother about our relationship. Xiyue didn't expect Nangong Yanchen to suddenly say such a thing, she opened her eyes wide and looked directly at Nangong Yanchen.

Nangong Yuchen seemed a little embarrassed, but he continued, "I can't wait, I want to be able to stand by your side and protect you in the future, I don't want something like this to happen today." ”

Xiyue lowered her head, wanting to avoid it, she also wanted to be with him as soon as possible, but is the emperor really sincere to him, won't he doubt him too much, and besides, marrying his original niece and daughter-in-law, his reputation ......

But Nangong Yuchen didn't plan to let Xiyue go today, "I know you have a lot of worries in your heart, and you also have a lot of things you want to do. If you are worried about me, it is completely unnecessary, and you don't have to worry that the imperial brother will suspect me, since he can rest assured that he will hand over the military power to me for more than ten years, then it can be seen that he is absolutely at ease with me. And we grew up together since childhood, or I am the royal brother, raised by one hand, I can't have any objection to him, and the royal brother also completely trusts me. He looked at Xiyue fixedly, not allowing her to escape anything.

"As for my reputation, it's already stinky anyway, and I'm more careful that you're with me, it will ruin your reputation. As for the queen mother, as long as it is a woman, she will allow me to marry home. ”

Xiyue listened to his words, and laughed out loud, but she accidentally pulled the wound again, and she couldn't help but "snort" again, Nangong Yuchen saw her frowning, and hurriedly supported her, "It's okay, Xiaoxi." ，

Xiyue shook her head and said to him again, "Okay, I promise you." Nangong Yuchen hadn't reacted to what Xi Yue said, and when she realized that she had promised herself, the corners of her mouth immediately grinned, Xi Yue had never seen him smile like this, and he smiled so stupidly. If it weren't for her own wounds, Xiyue would probably be smiling from ear to ear.

"Today, I originally wanted to dissociate myself from the third prince, and if I hadn't been assassinated, I would have asked the queen for a reward when I offered a gift. Xiyue looked directly at Nangong Yuchen, "I promised you, I will definitely do it." ”

When Nangong Yanchen heard this, she couldn't help but hold Xiyue into her arms, "I've never disbelieved you. "I just don't have confidence in myself. It's just the latter sentence, Nangong Yanchen can't say it, it's funny to say, he is a person who has walked through the sea of swords and fires, and has never been afraid of anything, since he met this little woman, he has always been worried about this and that, not like himself at all.

It wasn't until Nangong Yuchen let go of Xiyue that she said casually, "Someone pushed me." ”

"What?!" Nangong Yanchen immediately looked angry, "Who is it, I'm going to avenge you." ”

"I was pushed out. Of course, it was my own idea to pounce on the Queen Mother from behind. Xiyue calmly looked at Nangong Yuchen with an angry face, and smiled. No matter what time it is, this man can always put himself first, which is perhaps what every woman expects.

"Okay, but when are you going to talk to the emperor about us? Nangong Yanchen scratched her nose, although she said that her tone was tough just now, but she still cared about Xiyue's opinion, if she didn't agree, she wouldn't say it, at most she was disappointed for a while, "As long as you want, the sooner the better." ”

Xiyue got this answer and smiled with satisfaction.

The next day, for some reason, the fifth prince suddenly pleaded with the emperor and asked for a certain reward for Xiyue, so the emperor and the queen mother gave Xiyue a knighthood.

Countryman.

It is easy to be an official, but it is difficult to be knighted.

Although this is the smallest title among the women's titles, it is also unobtainable to the daughters of ordinary officials. And the Queen Mother liked Xiyue's deference and honesty very much, so she also gave her a fief.

In the past few days, Xiyue has been recuperating in the palace, of course, this is specially requested by Nangong Yuchen, so that he doesn't have to climb over the wall every day, but unfortunately, he often has to face difficulties from his future uncle.

Although it is said that foreign men are not allowed to enter the harem, but now it is a special situation, so the emperor specially allowed Xiyue's father and brother to come to visit, but they could only come alone, and they could not stay too long, and Nangong Yuchen hit the muzzle of the gun like this.

Originally, Xiyue was chatting with her eldest brother to hear what had happened in the capital recently. At this time, Nangong Yuchen walked in, his attitude towards Xiyue was still as "courteous" as ever, serving tea and water without pretending to be someone else's hand, this kind of getting along, the two of them had long been accustomed to this mode of getting along, and Xiyue thought that his brother was not an outsider, so he did not deliberately hide it in front of him.

In the eyes of others, it may be that Xiyue is too unruly and lets the dignified prince serve her, but the Bai family has always been short-sighted, Bai Shengrui saw that Nangong Yuchen was so attentive to his sister, and the alarm bell in his heart was loud, and he immediately thought of the recent rumors in the palace that the fifth prince fell in love with the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion and wanted to rob people with the third prince. Sure enough, looking at the appearance of this fifth prince is uneasy and kind.

Bai Shengrui smiled and said to Nangong Yanchen, "I don't know how the fifth prince has time to come here, I heard that the emperor has sent you a lot of tasks recently." "The subtext is that since you have been busy with official business recently, don't bother my sister casually, she needs better cultivation, and don't think about seducing my sister at will.

It's just that the two of them obviously didn't understand Big Brother Bai's hints, or they understood but didn't want to pay attention to it.

Xiyue just said to Nangong Chen, "Fifth Prince, if you have anything important, go and get busy first, I have a lot of people in the palace here, you don't have to worry." ”

Brother Bai said that he was very satisfied, it seems that his little sister doesn't have much affection for this fifth prince, doesn't she drive people away as soon as she hears her words. In fact, Xiyue was just worried that Nangong Xichen would not only have to deal with the things handed over to him by the emperor recently, but also take care of himself, and his body would be unbearable, so he wanted him to go back to rest as soon as possible.

Nangong Yuchen shook his head, I will stay here with you. Bai Shengrui couldn't bear it at this time, originally he was very opposed to his sister marrying into the royal family. Because there are too many dark sides in the royal family, and her sister is too simple, she is worried that she will be easily framed and fall into the quagmire. Now the matter of the fifth prince liking Xiyue is also closely spread in the palace, but she saved the queen mother, and the emperor heard about it, and he just smiled lightly, this rumor is always there.

And this time, if there is another rumor outside the palace that the fifth prince and the third prince are fighting for a woman, no matter what, the reputation of his sister will definitely be damaged, but the fifth prince and the third prince may have no loss, after all, men always have a romantic time. In this era, men are always more tolerant than women, and any fault is always pushed on the woman first. When the time comes, there will be rumors outside the palace that his sister is a fox spirit and a fox charmer, if these two men abandon their sister irresponsibly because of this rumor, how will the sister live, and there is no way to find a good in-law in the future.

Bai Shengrui immediately said to Nangong Yanchen, "Fifth Prince, I want to ask you for advice on something, I don't know if you have time to come out and solve my doubts now." ”

Nangong Yuchen's movements in his hand paused, thinking, after all, this is his future brother-in-law, and he still has to please him. So he nodded and followed Bai Shengrui out.

As soon as he walked to the door, Bai Shengrui thought that the people in the room here couldn't hear their voices, and immediately said to Nangong Yanchen, "Fifth Prince, I don't know what kind of thoughts you have for my little sister. ”

When Nangong Yanchen heard Bai Shengrui's words, he immediately bowed to him, and there was a hint of respect in his tone, saying, "I have a lot of love for Xiaoxi and want to marry her." ”

Bai Shengrui frowned tightly, and regardless of the fact that the prince in front of him was the most noble prince in the dynasty, he said coldly to her, "You should know that Xiaoyue is the fiancée of the third prince now. ”

Although it has not been made clear, this is what everyone knows in their hearts, "If you say now that you want to marry Xiaoyue, do you know how much it will affect him?"

Nangong Yanchen raised his head at this time and looked directly at Bai Shengrui, "I won't give anyone a chance to slander Xiaoxi." ”

There was a sneer on the corner of Bai Shengrui's mouth, "You say no, you won't, do you know that this kind of thing hurts women more than men, I hope that the fifth prince can take the reputation of the little sister first." ”

Nangong Xuanchen naturally knew this, so he kept waiting, although he was waiting for Xiyue to take the initiative to withdraw from the marriage, but he didn't wait for a good time to explain his mind to the imperial brother, and Xiyue had no friendship with the third prince, which made him think that as long as he and the imperial brother proposed, he could marry Xiyue.

Nangong Yuchen lowered his head, "I will bear all the blame myself." ”

Bai Shengrui stared at him tightly, and saw that his eyes were firm, "Okay, then I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer." Then he went into the room again and went to see his sister.

After Bai Shengrui left, Xiyue asked Nangong Yuchen curiously, "What did my brother do when he called you out just now?"

Of course, she wouldn't simply think that Bai Shengrui was discussing something with Nangong Yuchen.

Nangong Yuchen's hand gently brushed her hair, "It's nothing, it's just worrying about your body, just ask me." ”

Xiyue pursed her lips, of course she knew that Nangong Yanchen didn't tell her the truth, but as long as he didn't want to say it, she wouldn't force him to persecute him, and the two of them would never discuss how to harm themselves.

Bai Shengrui returned home and told all about what happened in the palace today and his father. After listening to Bai Shengrui's words, Prime Minister Bai sighed slightly, in fact, in his heart, it is much better to marry the fifth prince than to marry the third prince, there is no need to fight for any power, Xiyue can also live a stable life, and in the end she still said to Bai Shengrui, "Let's see what the fifth prince will do next." ”

Xiyue rested in the palace for several days, and was finally able to go out for a walk.

Xiyue sat in the exquisite and gorgeous stone pavilion in the imperial garden, looking at the green and cool lake not far away, she has been in the palace recently, the food has been a lot better, and she didn't exercise much because of her injury, and if she doesn't go back, I'm afraid that she will gain a few pounds again. The emperor and queen have also come a few times, and the third prince can be regarded as coming almost every day, but he was blocked by himself, and he is not in the mood to deal with this person now.

There is a breeze on the lake, which is refreshing and pleasant.

The slender palace maids who were like flowers in the distance laughed in groups, making people's hearts rejoice.

A handsome and tall young man in brocade clothes came with flowers and willows, he looked up against the sky and saw the moon in the pavilion, and his somewhat cold phoenix eyes became much gentler.

"You are not in good health, how can you blow the wind here?" Nangong Yuchen stepped forward and habitually untied the red cloak on his body and draped it on Xiyue's body.

His attitude was natural, obviously because he had been in the palace for the past ten days, and he had often watched Gu Xiyue become proficient.

Xiyue is not wrong, in her last life, she was taken care of by her own man, it can be said that her man's love for herself has reached a very high level.

Seeing that she was leaning on herself as a matter of course, Nangong Yuchen pursed the corners of her mouth quietly.

"I have said goodbye to the Queen Mother, and I will leave the palace today, so I will take a final look at the scenery in this palace. ”

"The Queen Mother told me. Nangong Yuchen's hand tightened, and seeing that Xiyue smiled at herself, she didn't say anything more, just that she had already explained to the imperial brother that the holy decree of marriage should arrive at the Prime Minister's Mansion in a few days, and if she wanted to see this little woman, she could go over at night.

He was a very silent young man, and he would only say a few more words in front of Xiyue. Crossing Xiyue's shoulder and looking at the stone table in front of him, he saw a chessboard on it, on which the black and white chess pieces were staggered, and the fight was inseparable.

Nangong Yuchen pressed his hands on Xiyue's slender shoulders, close to her back, felt her move slightly, knew that he was a little rude, but he still leaned over and pressed on her back, he liked this intimate feeling. Stretching out his slender and white fingers, he picked up a white jade chess piece in front of him.

With a crisp sound, the white jade chess pieces landed on the chessboard.

Xiyue's eyes lit up, and she didn't care about Nangong Yuchen's faint burning breath close at hand, picked up a sunspot, and pointed it in another place.

Nangong Yanchen's eyes fell on her white fingers and pitch-black chess pieces.

It's black and white, it's really beautiful.

"It's your turn. Xiyue turned her head and said with a smile to Nangong Shuchen, she thought that he had been on the battlefield for more than ten years, and these things should have been forgotten long ago, but I didn't expect his chess skills to be so superb, and he really deserved to be his own man, and he had no shortage of intelligence.

Nangong Yanchen saw the girl in front of her smiling like a flower, beautiful, but when she saw her clear eyes, she felt that her heart was dirty, so she silently let go of her shoulders and sat opposite her to play against her.

His heart was not here, but soon, he was defeated by Xiyue's men.