The rain is still falling, but it's lighter. The rain feet were still jumping, and the water flowed down the slippery stone slab from west to east into the drainage groove, as if struggling to splash a basin of water.

Xia Xue'er and Xia Xing stood under the carved gallery, staring at each other as if they were petrified. Xia Xue'er smiled gently, seemingly relaxed, but in fact, the jade hand hidden in the sleeve robe had already clenched into a fist, as if she was trying her best to hide her heart beating randomly from nervousness, while Xia Xing put away her cynical appearance on weekdays, and her eyes were like a hoe in the hands of a farmer's uncle, analyzing her sister's heart and digging out her slightest change.

I don't know what's going on, he's been telling himself not to take it lightly, and he believes every word that comes out of his sister's mouth, and he actually thinks that what she just said makes sense!

Cuizhu, Dongmei and Qiu Ju, the three girls are all standing at the door, lined up, holding their breath and looking at this pair of confronting brothers and sisters! None of them had ever seen such a brother and sister, one was thoughtful, only smiling in the face of a question, and the other was rare and serious, only weighing the credibility of the other party's words.

Needless to say, the outcome is already predestined.

After about half a burnt incense, Summer was unsurprisingly defeated.

"Okay, I'll barely believe you!"

Xia Xue'er raised her eyebrows, and emphasized as a matter of course: "What do you mean by barely believing me?" You should have believed me! ”

It's not that she is cheap and obedient, but she has to do enough to act. Xia Xing's understanding of his sister Cheng Dù is not something that ordinary people can imagine, who knows if he said this to test her again?!

Xia Xing shrugged his shoulders, "Miss, whatever you say is what you say!" After that, he took the lead in leaving the battle circle of the two.

"Is there anything to eat?"

"Breakfast is ready, slave maid will bring it over!"

"Go quickly, Young Master Ben is starving to death!"

Xia Xue'er exhaled lightly and couldn't help laughing again. The second brother is looking for steps for himself! In this way, the anger is gone, and the suspicion is dispelled, right?!

Cuizhu was very efficient, and it didn't take long for two girls to come in with trays. The breakfast is very simple, but it is also exquisite, a bowl of eight-treasure golden cinnamon porridge for one person, and a plate of rose sweet cake.

The brother and sister rarely sat together for breakfast, and no one spoke during the banquet, it seemed that they were really hungry. But Xia Xue'er could feel the second brother's eyes peeking at her from time to time, and she seemed to be holding back a smile. Finally, when Xia Xing's eyes fell on him again, Xia Xue'er couldn't help but raise her head and met the smiling Danfeng eyes, so that he couldn't hide.

"Say it!"

The straightforward opening remarks made Xia Xing a little unresponsive for a while.

Xia Xue'er simply put down the spoon, folded her hands on the table, stared at Xia Xing who was sitting opposite, and said with a deaf look: "Didn't the second brother have something to say to me?" I'm full, you say. ”

"Have you already known the Sixth Prince?"

"Mu Feiyang?" Although Xia Xue'er didn't know why the second brother asked like this, she still said calmly: "No, how can you ask like that?" ”

Xia Xing simply put down the spoon, pushed the porridge bowl aside, looked like he was about to ask something, looked at his sister and said, "Don't pretend!" If you didn't know each other in private, how could he not hesitate to argue with the emperor over the matter of ascending to the Immortal Tower? You asked him for help with that, right? ”

Xia Xue'er really didn't know that Mu Feiyang would quarrel with his emperor's father over this. She originally thought that it would not be so difficult to hand over this matter to Mu Feiyang, after all, it was just a restaurant, even if it was really related to the rivers and lakes, before there was any bad trouble, the emperor who was in charge of everything that day would not be able to deal with this matter personally, at most he would just open his mouth and ask.

"Why? Isn't it just a restaurant, as for paying so much attention to it? ”

"Don't really say it, our Emperor Xià attaches great importance to this matter, not only did he not let any institution interfere, but he even ordered the eldest brother to arrest people, and your shopkeeper was directly thrown into the dungeon without even a trial, except for the six princes, no one is allowed to check it!" Xia Xing's eyes revealed a strong sense of inquiry, and he directly pulled his sister's sleeve and asked, "To be honest, did Dengxian Lou do something shady with the people of the rivers and lakes?" ”

Xia Xue'er smiled helplessly, her brother is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, this is a gesture that is bound to ask something before she is willing to give up!

"My good second brother, just put your heart firmly in your stomach, how could your sister, a jealous and hateful person, collaborate with others to do something so-called disgraceful! You can't trust your sister, you have to believe in the valley lord of the Netherworld, don't you? Didn't you say that he was your idol? How could I, the disciple he personally taught, or the successor he personally chosen, be heinous? ”

"It's also oh......" Xia Xing's face was tangled, as if he had been enlightened, and he seemed to be even more puzzled, so he only said to himself: "But how can this make His Majesty pay so much attention to it?" ”

"Dengxian Tower is the largest restaurant in the city, earning millions of gold and silver every year, maybe he is red-eyed!" Xia Xue'er is talking serious nonsense, anyway, what she said is not unreasonable, but the emperor definitely didn't bite the matter of Dengxian Tower for this reason.

All people want is an explanation that they think is reasonable, and who cares when it comes to the truth?

Xia Xue'er looked at the second brother with a thoughtful look on her face, and took a deep breath, she didn't care about the emperor's thoughts now, she just wanted to know what happened to her benefactor, after all, it was not a good thing to quarrel with the emperor, especially for an unfavored prince like him, which would only add suffering to his throne.

"Don't you dwell on why he cares? Let's talk about what happened to Mu Gongzi first? ”

"He, no matter how unfavored he is, but after all, he is a prince, what big thing can happen, that is, he was sent to the south to suppress bandits by a holy decree of the emperor!"

South? Why Southside? If it's a punishment, wouldn't going to the north be more able to hone people? The environment in the north is already difficult, and the weather has not warmed up there just after March, and I heard my father say that the north has not been very peaceful this year, and there are constant wars. It can be seen that the emperor's approach has other intentions. But why go south?

"Is this year's bandit strict?"

"Occasionally, there are one or two, but it's not particularly bad. It's just that most of the local officials are conservatives and peacemakers, and as long as they don't make too much noise, the suppression of bandits is just a formality, and no one is serious. ”

Xia Xue'er was a little indignant, the second brother was telling the truth, and he broke the root cause of the rampant bandits and the long-lasting trouble. It's just that our emperor is not much different from the local officials, since there is no big movement to affect his ruling prestige, then he naturally will not make up his mind to go to the bandits!

Thinking about it, he muttered to himself, "Looks like I'll have to be prepared, too." ”