After getting out of the carriage, I couldn't help but raise my head to look at the plaque on the door of the domineering and exposed Meng Mansion. The majestic Mengfu word is plated with gold lacquer, just looking at the front door, you can think of what kind of status he Meng Lord is in the court, looking left and right from the main entrance, the high wall that cannot be seen at the end at a glance, seems to be the luxury of another palace in this place where people come and go.

This huge front entrance, I raised my head and looked straight up to the sky to see how high it was.

I see.

I kind of understood the purpose of his special invitation to come.

"Girl, please come in." The man who drove me had been sitting next to the coachman, and he came around the other side of the carriage and was very polite to me.

I bowed to him in return, and he walked in front and turned back from time to time to greet me, leading me straight to the back court of the Meng Mansion, turning two corners, walking through a long corridor, and walking under a foyer shaped like a rockery. I didn't expect that after that cave-like courtyard, the back garden of this Meng Mansion can be compared to the palace, and it is even better.

He turned around and greeted me again, leading me around the rockery and from the bridge to the lake pavilion.

There was an old man in the pavilion, sitting at a stone table. The man asked me to stop first, and he walked over and bowed to the side and whispered to the old man, "Master, someone has brought it." ”

The old man did not move, but the man turned back and explained to me, "Girl, my lord, please come over." ”

I glanced at him, and he was already waiting, and it looked like he wanted me to go alone. Although I muttered in my heart, I still walked over generously and stood in front of the old man.

The old man was about sixty years old, and although he had a smile on his face, he looked very kind at first glance, but he could not hide his anger between his eyebrows. It seems that there is a fierce god hidden under the skin of this kind old man.

"Lord Meng?" When I saw him sitting there, he didn't look at me the whole time, not even out of the corner of his eye, so I greeted him first.

"It's the old man." He said, then he slowly turned his head, looked me up and down, then turned his head again, and raised his hand to signal me to sit on the stone bench opposite him, "What is the girl's name?" ”

"Neon." With that, I'll sit down generously.

Although he didn't look at me, I looked straight at him, but I didn't expect him to be a little angry, but also a little appreciative, he fiddled with a jade plaque in his hand, "Niyin girl." Now that you know who I am, you should know why I asked you to come, right? ”

"Although I don't dare to say that I must guess, I can probably imagine that Xu thought that his daughter was bullied and wanted to get some justice for her." He invited me to come, not only because he knew that Mrs. Meng was messing around my place that day, but also because of something.

"Although the old man is because of his daughter, he is not like Miss Niyin thinks." His smile became more and more elusive, and then he handed the jade plaque in his right hand to his left hand, and extended his free right hand to me.

I didn't know what he was going to do, but I guess he really couldn't hurt me, so I didn't try to hide, but watched his hand slowly reach over.

Closer, closer......

Suddenly, he stopped. His hand hung in the air for a while, but he laughed, then turned his hand down, turned over a teacup on the stone table, and placed it in front of me, then picked up the teapot on the table, added tea to the teacup in front of me, and then added tea to the empty teacup in front of him, he smiled and put the teapot back on the table, and then said unhurriedly, "The old man just wants to make amends to Miss Niyin on behalf of his daughter." ”

I was slightly distracted, and I quickly reacted. Although this old man said that he wanted to make amends on behalf of Mrs. Meng, in fact, the move just now was to give me a dismissal.

I also smiled and lowered my head and quietly stared at the tea in the teacup in front of me, thinking to myself that since I entered the gate of his Meng Mansion, I don't know if there would be any poison in this tea, and I was worried about his way.

Yun Hui is the only daughter of the old man, and he has regarded her as the pearl of his palm since he was a child, even if he wants the moon in the sky, the old man will try his best to get her it. Naturally, she was spoiled, her temper was really bigger, and when she started her temper, she didn't care about it, she couldn't help it, since the old man was spoiled, she should naturally make amends for her. "Although Master Meng is talking about making amends for his daughter's crimes, he inevitably has another meaning, as if to warn me that his baby daughter is spoiled and cannot be bullied by others, even if he makes amends to me for this crime, I have to weigh whether I should accept it or not.

As he spoke, he smiled again when he saw that I had not touched the tea in front of him, and raised the teacup in front of him, pretending to be puzzled and asked me, "What?" Is Miss Niyin afraid that the old man's tea has been poisoned? Is it going to kill you? ”

He looked up and laughed, and drank the tea in his cup in one gulp.

The people in the world are sophisticated, and I understand more or less after such a long time of training, and naturally I know that he is embarrassing me, let me know that I can't drink the cup of tea in front of me, and I won't drink it.

I guess he guessed that I would end up on my knees in fright and begging for mercy.

I only understood his mind for a moment, and after watching him drink the tea, I said with a faint smile, "How come, the people in the palace naturally saw that you Lord Meng invited me to come, I'm afraid that if I make a mistake, you Lord Meng will not be easy to explain." ”

After that, I raised the teacup and took a sip, savored it, and continued, "It's really a good tea, but it's not my taste, I prefer light, and I like to brew it in the morning when it's first dewed, and the water is medium-ripe, and it can be brewed for a while." Instead of boiling the tea in this way, it is too strong, but it loses its clear taste, the tip of the tongue is full of bitterness, there is no sweet aftertaste, and it is too monotonous. ”

Master Meng was not in a hurry, he listened to me quietly, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly burst out laughing. This laughter is different from what it was just now, but it is full of boldness.

"I don't know Master Meng, what else can I teach?" I asked softly.

"It's really the old man who is pedantic, mistakenly thinking that the Niyin girl is like those vulgar warblers and swallows around the world, vulgar and vulgar fans." I didn't expect this Lord Meng to have a very high evaluation of me, he was not angry at all, and praised him, after this contest, he suddenly became a lot, "Don't hide it from the girl, it is the old man's precious daughter who entrusted the old man to persuade the girl to retreat." ”

"Retreating?" I didn't react for a moment, but when I understood, I couldn't help but laugh, "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

"That's it." Master Meng waved his hand, "Miss Niyin is not a vulgar fan, how can she be confused by interests, so it seems that the old man is more willing to believe the statement that came out of the palace." ”

Rumors from the palace? Although I don't know what exactly came out of the palace, I can guess about half of it, most of it is because those talkative subordinates, when I was in a coma with internal injuries in a hurry, saw Won Hyuk guarding me, so I mistakenly thought that what I thought was true, and just spread it out.

I also responded calmly, "Don't hide it from Lord Meng, a few days ago, I was in a coma due to internal injuries caused by an accident, and I really don't know what kind of rumors have been circulating in the palace." ”

"The girl really doesn't know?" Master Meng asked rhetorically, probably because he saw my reaction and made him sure of himself, and without waiting for me to answer, he continued, "The people around Shizi have been rumoring for many years that Shizi is looking for a woman who has been in love for many years and can't ask for it, and even handed over the woman's portrait to his henchmen to find her. Even the old man once thought that this was the gossip that the subordinates in the palace were bored, after all, he was a dignified son and the future monarch. What kind of woman do you want, you don't take the initiative to send it to you. ”

I don't remember, but this is the first time I've heard something like this. I do know that Won Hyuk once inquired about my whereabouts, but I don't know that this matter has been more exaggerated from the mouths of others, and the rumors that Master Meng has heard are even exaggerated to the point that he himself cannot believe it, and I can also think of why Mrs. Meng came to me in a rage and smashed my residence.

At this point, I had to explain, "I think Master Meng is mistaken, I ......"

Before I finished my words, he waved his hand to stop, and Master Meng said, "It's not that the old man is mistaken, not only the palace, but even the entire wooden city, who doesn't know the rumor that the prince is looking for a woman." When I first heard that Miss Niyin entered the palace and lived in the palace, the prince was obedient to you, even if Yun Hui was big-minded, how could she not care about the palace anecdotes that were passed on and talked about among the palace people. ”

"What Master Meng meant, I think I understand." It turned out that he said so much just to sue me, telling me to pay attention not to get too close to Won Hyuk.

"Miss Niyin still doesn't understand what the old man means." But he was still selling Guanzi, "I thought that the girl was also a greedy and vain person before entering the palace, but I didn't expect to see it with my own eyes today, so that the old man suddenly realized, why there was a scandal in the palace that the son of the world could not ask for." ”

"What does Master Meng mean?" I think he's almost done with his top hat, and it's time to tell me what he means by saying so much.

"Miss Niyin is not a mundane thing that can be obtained as a prince, it should be that Yun Hui is too worried, with the girl's talent, if she wants to occupy a place next to the prince, Yun Hui will definitely not be the girl's opponent." The smile on his face grew deeper.

I finally understood the purpose of saying such a long paragraph, no matter how stupid I was, I could still think of it, how could he, a dignified Lord Meng, have the leisure to talk to me about the rumors of the palace?

"I thought Master Meng was trying to persuade me to dispel those thoughts and stay away from Yuan as soon as possible...... I mean the son. I stiffened a little, I was used to calling their names, but I didn't change it for a while, and I almost called Yuan He's name in front of Lord Meng, but the flaw was too obvious, I couldn't guarantee that he didn't hear it, and I deliberately pretended to be okay and continued, "I didn't expect Lord Meng to really have a heartfelt concern for the prince." ”

He was trying to persuade me?

He also obviously told me that his daughter Meng Yunhui would not be my opponent. This is probably encouraging me to accept Won Hyuk's so-called "request" for many years.

Then when he invited me today, apart from tempting me, did he still want to win me over? Is it because he thinks that if I am with Wonhyuk, I will be more useful to him than her daughter, right?

I can't help but want to laugh, this Lord Meng really "loves" his daughter.

On the way back, I thought about today's experience and felt a chill all over my body. I rejected Master Meng's offer to send someone to take me back, saying that I wanted to go around again, so I walked aimlessly on the street alone.

After meeting Master Meng today, I realized that I am really pathetic as human beings, in addition to using each other in their world, I really don't know what kind of relationship can maintain the balance between one person and another.

When I found out that I had fallen in love with Yuan Jue hopelessly, I used to really want to be a person who could live and die with him and be gray-haired together, not like I am now.

But now I feel really lucky, I'm afraid to be like that, I'm afraid to be like that......

Thinking of Yuan Jue, my heart hurts, I can't breathe, I was afraid that I would faint on the street like this, so I found a corner where no one was leaning against the wall and slowly sat on the steps, holding my chest.

It felt like it was going to tear me apart, and this time it hurt more than the last time, why? Why does it still hurt so much?

I lay on my knees, passed out in pain several times, and woke up with gritted teeth. But the more it hurts, the more it hurts, the more it hurts, and the pain becomes unbearable......

Am I going to die? Ten years ago, when I was in my career, I said that I had 16 years of life, but now it's only another 10 years, and I still have six years to go. How...... How......

"Little Sycamore." I heard what vaguely seemed to be a phoenix calling me.

I thought, I'm going to die here like this, I didn't know that it was so painful to die. If I had known earlier, I would have lived well and not died.

"Little Sycamore." I still hear the voice of the phoenix, she is calling me.

What to do, I heard the voice of the phoenix, how could I hear the voice of the phoenix? Am I really ......

"Little Wutong ......" is still her voice, which is clearer and more moving every time.

Until her hand gently touched my head.

I realized, it's true! It's not a dream! Phoenix really sensed my desperate call, and she came to my rescue.

I looked up, tears welling up in my eyes. I vaguely saw her leaning over in front of me.

I miss her so much, really so. Maybe I know that I don't regret what happened, but now, I'm really tired.

I endured the sharp pain in my heart, and before I lost consciousness again and fell into darkness, I smiled slightly, "Little Phoenix..." )