"But," Qiu Guhan frowned, his face worried, "Grandpa doesn't want me to show up." My mother also said that some men like my sick appearance, if I am seen by those men, I am afraid that I will not be able to live in peace in the future."

"It's okay, it's okay." Xia Lili patted her chest, "In my Xia Lili's territory, no one dares to tease you"

"But what about me after I leave your territory," Qiu Guhan sighed lightly, "My family is not very rich, and if I really get into trouble with some disciples, it will be difficult for my family." ”

Xia Lili looked at his face carefully, and felt that he was reasonable, so she thought for a while and said, "Then I will keep your identity secret and not let others know who you are." ”

"Paper can't hold fire." Qiu Guhan shook his head, "I live in the mountains, and I was still selected into the four beauties, and it won't make any difference if you keep it secret alone." Unless, unless no one else sees what I look like. ”

Xia Lili tilted her head slightly: "That, how about you put on a veil?"

Qiu Guhan said: "Isn't it more eye-catching that I am the only one who wears a veil?"

Xia Lili was dumbfounded: "That, then you are disguised"

Qiu Guhan thought for a while, and said a little shyly: "Lili, I think, can we hold a mask banquet All the guests wear beautiful masks, no one can be sure who the others are"

"The mask banquet is good, oh good" Xia Lili's eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands in approval before he finished speaking, "This is a good idea, I hold a birthday party every year, and I have played all kinds of tricks, but the idea of everyone wearing a mask has not been used by anyone so far, it must be very fun."

"Rong Rong," she ran behind Qiu Guhan and hugged his neck affectionately from behind, "You're quite smart, you deserve to read books every day, and you have quite ideas." ”

Qiu Guhan quietly pulled her hand away: "Then it's decided." Go and tell my grandfather and my mother, don't let them know that I came up with this idea. ”

"Uh-huh, I'll go now." Xia Lili ran outside excitedly, "You wait for my good news." ”

Xia Lili has been gone for a long time.

When she came back, she was a little tired, but her cheeks were red, and she was very excited: "I finally convinced Uncle Sima." Three days later in the afternoon I will send someone to pick you up, and you will stay at my house for a few days, and then I will send you back. You have a good rest these days. ”

Qiu Guhan smiled: "Hmm." ”

Because she had to prepare for a birthday party, Xia Lili didn't stay long and went back on the same day.

Feng Jinghua has been very busy in the past few days, and he didn't care much about Qiu Guhan, and he didn't object after knowing that Qiu Guhan was going to participate in Xia Lili's mask banquet, so the matter was settled.

On the afternoon of the day before Xia Lili's birthday, the Xia family really sent a carriage and more than a dozen attendants to pick up Qiu Guhan.

Qiu Guhan still wore a plain skirt in green clothes, put on a hat, went down the mountain accompanied by clouds and clouds, and sat in the carriage of the Xia family.

In the imperial capital of the Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger, the Xia family can also be regarded as a famous family, in recent generations, there have been people in the court as officials, although the official position is not particularly high, but the official fortune is extremely stable, and has not encountered major disasters and changes for decades.

Therefore, the Xia clan is prosperous and quite prosperous.

Xia Lili's father, Taoli Hou Xia Muze, was admitted to the champion at the age of nineteen, married Princess Kangping at the age of twenty, and successively served as a doctor of Taixue, a scholar of Hanlin University, and a waiter of the Ministry of Rites in his official position.

Although Xia Muze is not a high-ranking official, as a concubine and has disciples all over the capital, he is extremely famous, even if he is a prince and nobleman, he will sell him a little face.

Xia Lili is Xia Muze's only daughter who was middle-aged, born and natural, and thousands of favors were collected when she was a child, and the world said that she was a gift from God to the world, and extraordinary husbands and women can touch it, and nobles above the prince and prince cannot match.

No one would doubt that Xia Lili would definitely marry a top nobleman in the future, so the daughters and sons of each family were polite to her, and no one dared to tease her.

Who can marry such a beautiful Xia Lili, and whether Xia Lili will be a concubine or a queen in the future, no one can make a conclusion.

But many far-sighted people are trying their best to let their children make friends with Xia Lili, so as to facilitate the light of Xia Lili in the future.

Because, Xia Lili's birthday banquet is a social event that the daughters of famous families and children in the imperial capital will yearn for.

Qiu Guhan is the Xia family who entered from the back door.

Xia Lili personally ran to pick him up and enter the door.

Although the banquet will only be held tomorrow, the backyard of the Xia family has been cleaned up and prepared, there is not a single fallen leaf on the ground, not a single withered flower on the branches, there is not a single speck of dust in the house, and even the pool water seems to have been cleaned, and every qiē is clean and shiny.

The two of them walked in the back garden, and the back garden became the Nine Heavens Fairyland, and the two of them were the Nine Heavens Fairy, and everyone else became mortals who trespassed into the Heavenly Fairyland, even if they exhaled, it seemed that they would defile this fairyland.

Xia Lili twittered about her back garden, with arrogance between her eyebrows.

She was born so beautiful, and of course the place where she lived must be worthy of her, so ah, her back garden is notoriously beautiful.

Qiu Guhan barely spoke, just listened with a smile.

Today is his fifteenth birthday.

His birthday was only one day away from Xia Lili.

He returned to Tianzhou for exactly one year. He's still alive, and that's the best birthday present for him.

It didn't take long for him to come to the courtyard where Xia Lili lived and walked into the side room.

Xia Lili was very happy, patted the table, cabinet and bed she had carefully prepared, and smiled: "This room is beautiful, looking out of the door and window, it is all flowers." Also, I live in the main house next to it, there are no men in this courtyard, and no men are allowed to come in, and no disciple will tease you. ”

Qiu Guhan smiled: "Thank you." ”

Xia Lili reached out and tore off his veil and pouted: "When it's only us, don't cover your face, I like to see your face." ”

Qiu Guhan touched his face: "My face is thin and my complexion is not good, what is there to like?"

Xia Lili touched his face and grinned: "I don't know why I like your face, I just like it anyway." ”

Touching and touching, touching his dark and deep gaze, Xia Lili actually blushed, and glanced around: "Anyway, when there is no man, you are not allowed to block your face, I want to see your face." ”

Then she thought of something, and ran to the wardrobe in a hurry, and opened the cabinet door: "Look, I have prepared a lot of beautiful clothes for you, you can wear them as you like." And oh, you can use my jewelry as you like, in short, live in my house, you can live as if you wanted. ”

Qiu Guhan looked at her silently, why should she be so good to herself

Yourself, what's so good?

Yahuan came in from outside: "Miss, all the masks used for the banquet have been prepared, do you want to take a look?"

"Look, of course it depends on it" Xia Lili excitedly took Qiu Guhan's hand, "Let's go pick out our favorite mask first, put it away, and let tomorrow's guests wear the rest." ”

Several large boxes of masks were laid out in unison.

The masks of the drama, the modeling masks of animals, the imitation of human faces, and the masks of novel paintings are all exquisite, and there is no similarity.

After Qiu Guhan looked at it once, he picked up a man's fake face mask: "I want this." ”

Xia Lili chose a butterfly mask, and when she saw his choice, she was a little surprised: "Why did you pick a man's face?"

Qiu Guhan smiled: "It's just fun." ”

In fact, there was a pure white human face mask that he had brought with him in the hem of his skirt, and he would paint that mask with the appropriate pattern tonight and wear it tomorrow.

At this time, it was already evening, Qiu Guhan and Xia Lili had dinner, and after chatting for a while, they both went to sleep.

The next morning, when the sun was not yet hot, the Xia family was already very lively, and the daughters of famous families and nobles who came to the banquet from all over the world were all dressed up brightly, holding generous gifts, like incense winds, floating into the backyard of the Xia family.

"Rong Rong, I'm going to receive guests, do you want to come with me" Xia Lili appeared at the door of Qiu Guhan's room and asked with a smile.

Qiu Guhan knew that she was born beautifully, but at the moment he saw Xia Lili, he was still stunned.

The Xia Lili he saw before, without powder, never deliberately dressed up, in Xia Lili's words, "Miss Ben was born so perfectly, where is the fat powder and gold and silver decoration", but this time Xia Lili was dressed up.

Apply a little powder, and the shade is appropriate. The hair is embellished with gold and jade, and the ears are drooping pearls. A gorgeous multicolored feather coat, a charming light floral fragrance.

It was so dazzling that he could barely open his eyes, but he was too attracted to close them.

And at this moment, Xia Lili is still as proud as usual, but she has lost her usual brutality and willfulness, showing the elegance and calmness of a famous lady.

Such a summer pear, even if it is put in the sky, will overshadow the fairies, goddesses, and celestial maidens.

"Why do you look at me like this" Xia Lili smiled, there is no color in the world, "Do you think I'm beautiful?"

Qiu Guhan smiled slightly, and said sincerely: "In the world and underground, there should be no one more beautiful than you." ”

He has seen many stunning beauties, but at this moment, he really thinks that no one is more beautiful than her, whether dead or alive.

Xia Lili smiled, and she was full of brilliance: "I know why I like you, because you really have a vision, and you know how to appreciate beauty." ”

She put on the butterfly mask in her hand: "You can't let others see such a face casually." ”

Then she asked, "What about your mask, put it on for me to see?" ”

Autumn Bone Han put on the man's mask in his hand.

Xia Lili looked at it carefully: "Well, the body of a beauty, the face of a man, it's so interesting." ”

Qiu Gu Han said: "I also think it's funny. Maybe there will be a lot of guests like me, with men wearing women's masks and women wearing men's masks. I'm not going to be an eye-catcher when I'm in the middle of the guests. Lili, you go get busy first, I'll go out quietly later. ”

Xia Lili stuffed a whistle into his hand: "Okay, I'll go first, if there's anything, you whistle." On my turf, I see who dares to bully you. ”

Xia Lili went out.

After sitting in the room for a while, Qiu Guhan also walked out of the courtyard and hid into the back garden