The handsome young man turned his gaze to her, walked slowly to her and stared at her for a moment, without speaking.

Li Ximu looked at her for a while, and saw that he didn't speak, so he had to ask out loud, "What's the matter?" ”

Only then did the handsome young man retract his gaze and replied in an arrogant tone: "It's okay, I just want to see what the person who can bring Brother Yue into the Mingyue Pavilion looks like." ”

Li Ximu was even more puzzled.

I saw that the handsome young man giggled twice, with an innocent face, and continued: "But I don't look good, and I'm not much better than me?" ”

When the handsome young man said this, his face was full of doubts: "But why did Brother Yue let you live in?" ”

Xicui snorted coldly again, obviously disdainful: "I said that this person should still be a little self-aware, don't think about not being your own every day." ”

When Li Ximu heard this, the doubts in her heart deepened, and she just wanted to ask, but she heard Xicui say to her: "Miss Li, you are the one who lives in Mingyue Pavilion, and Xicui thinks that you are as noble as Gongzi!" Other people in this mansion naturally think the same way, and those who are indiscriminate are difficult to get close to Gongzi, let alone live in, and they are lying here every day without knowing it! I'm not ashamed! ”

When the handsome boy heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Miss Ben can't do things in your turn to call the maid to talk nonsense!" Brother Yue knows that he will not spare you! ”

"Yo yo yo, what about Brother Huanyue, I haven't even seen my son's face for so many days, who is your name?" Xicui naturally didn't let her.

Li Ximu was surprised, it turned out that this handsome young man was a girl, it was estimated that she was the lover sister of Yue Lu Xin, no wonder she came to her, but she was still young and choked by Xi Cui.

The little girl was not angry, and when she heard Xicui's words, her eyes suddenly turned red, the water flashed, and her red pink lips pursed. I stomped on my feet and ran out.

Xicui ran to the door and looked around, covered her mouth and said with a smile, "Hey! I didn't even say a couple of sentences before I ran away! I haven't said enough yet! ”

Li Ximu put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and walked to the door, Xicui saw that Li Ximu came out, and hurriedly asked, "Is the pear girl eating?" Xicui is going to clean up. After saying that, he went back to the house and went to work.

Ri Ximu only caught a glimpse of the figure disappearing around the corner of the cloister.

"Xicui, who is that girl just now?" Li Ximu was a little curious after all, thinking that although the girl was dressed as a man, she was still gorgeously dressed, and her demeanor seemed to be trained by a big family, no matter how loose the rules of this mansion were. Xicui is just a maid, so she shouldn't be so blatantly choking with her.

Xicui quickly put the dishes and chopsticks on the table into the food box, closed the lid and replied, "Pear girl." How could she be our son-in-law, it's too late for our son-in-law to hide from her! ”

Li Ximu was even more puzzled when she heard this, and pulled Xicui to sit down at the table nearby: "How do you say this?" Why did your son-in-law hide from her? ”

Xicui sighed and said, "After all, she is also a poor person, there is a small country near the northeast, I don't know if you know Miss Pear?" ”

Li Ximu nodded: "It seems that I have heard that it is called Suguo." ”

"That's right! It's a plain country. It is said that today's Jinqu Continent is divided into five major countries, in addition to our Zizhu Country in the middle, there are also Longao Kingdom in the east, Hongxi Country in the west, South Country in the south and Fengdu Country in the north, this Su country is sandwiched between this Longao Country and Fengdu Kingdom. After Xicui finished speaking, she stretched out her hand and poured a glass of water for Li Ximu and herself.

Li Ximu picked it up and took a sip. Motioned for her to continue.

Xicui didn't have any image, took a big sip and continued: "I heard Gongzi say that the current Long Aoguo is experiencing civil strife. It seems that they have a rebellion initiated by King Xuanling, these years, it is naturally the people who have suffered all their lives in the war, but the fief of King Xuanling is close to Suguo, and he was hit by the general of Long Aoguo's Zhenguo and retreated again and again. In the end, an agreement was signed, guaranteeing that there would be no further rebellion during his lifetime. Xicui paused and said. But this King Xuanling was born unwilling to have only that small piece of fiefdom, and this civil strife could not be achieved, so he naturally wanted to expand his territory elsewhere, and when he found a reason, he asked for a decree to start a war against Suguo, and the monarch of Longao Country was a faint monarch! As soon as he heard that he could expand his territory, he immediately agreed and allocated 30,000 soldiers and horses to King Xuanling. ”

Li Ximu was very worried, it is still difficult for a small country to take care of itself, and once it encounters foreign invasion, it is almost in danger of destroying the country.

Li Ximu asked again: "That girl has something to do with the crisis in this country?" ”

Xi Cui nodded: "She is the youngest princess of Su Kingdom, Murong Yunxu. ”

Li Ximu was surprised, that girl was actually a princess, thinking of her constant wiping of tears when she left, thinking that Xicui's words were probably never dared to be said to her.

Xi Cui continued: "Although the emperor of Nasu Kingdom is not brutal, but he is cowardly and incompetent, as soon as he heard that Long Aoguo was going to attack them, he sent people to Fengdu Kingdom to ask for help, saying that he would marry this princess to Fengdu Kingdom. said that she was a princess, but she was just a princess of Suguo, who would still treat her as a princess when she came out of Suguo. ”

Sure enough, the world is hot and cold, and the princess of the former scenery has finally fallen victim to politics.

"But why is she here now?" Li Ximu was very puzzled, could it be that this month, Lu Xin still has any relationship with Su Guo?

Sympathy appeared in Xicui's eyes: "There is a legend in the Fengdu Kingdom, I don't know if the pear girl has ever heard of it?" ”

"What legend?"

"Everyone in the world knows that there is a very beautiful Jiuming Lake in the country of Fengdu, which is called a sacred lake by the people of the country of Fengdu, and that legend is about that lake."

Xicui's tone of voice was mysterious, and Li Ximu was naturally very curious about the legend she said.

Xicui didn't sell Guanzi either, and said eloquently: "Legend has it that there were two major spirit beasts in the Fengdu Kingdom before, the dove and the phoenix. The dove and the phoenix are born with the same egg, the phoenix is extremely beautiful, and the dove is highly poisonous, one day the dove and the phoenix met the phoenix on the shore of this lake at the same time, at first sight, the phoenix was impressed by the beauty of the phoenix, but disgusted with the dove that is full of poison, the dove is very inferior, love but dare not speak, know that the phoenix and the phoenix Pannia are reborn as one, the dove can no longer suppress the pain in the heart, in the lake mournful chirp, according to legend, the mourning is tearful, break people's soft intestines, break people's hearts. ”

Li Ximu was moved by this story in his heart, but listened to Xicui continue: "Fengdu Kingdom uses doves as totems and is good at poisoning, and it is rumored that their emperor injured his face in a poison study. ”

"It doesn't matter if the man hurts his appearance, it's just his skin." Li Ximu disagreed.

Seeing that she didn't think so, Xicui hurriedly said, "He hurt his whole face!" Whoever marries such a man is miserable. ”

Li Ximu didn't dwell on this question anymore, and said her guess: "Is it that Princess Wanxu also heard about it and didn't want to marry her?" ”

Hidden dangers

When Xicui heard this, she sneered and said: "But isn't it, Gongzi happened to come back from Fengdu Country at that time, and I met her dressed as a man on the way, she said that she was going out to play, so she had to let us take her, and then she came back." ”

Li Ximu thought of the quarrel between the two of them just now, and felt that such a child, who had not grown up, had to face the heat and coldness of the world alone, which made her a little concerned.

Xicui saw Li Ximu's expression, and knew that she was sympathizing with the princess, and said lukewarmly at the moment: "Miss Li, don't look at her at a young age and feel sorry for her, for such a shameless woman is not worth it!" ”

Li Ximu was puzzled, and looked at Xicui with puzzled eyes.

"That princess still looks like a child who hasn't grown up, why do you have such a big prejudice against her?" Li Ximu felt that it was indeed pitiful for such a young girl to be burdened with such a heavy task.

Xicui didn't explain anymore, got up and picked up the packed food box: "You will know later, this person has different ideas, even if you say it now, you may not agree, if the pear girl is tired, she will see her in the middle and rest, Xicui will go down first, and you will come in a while, you can call me if you have something." ”

Li Ximu nodded in response, and Xicui helped to cover the door and leave.

There is a wind, a slight breeze.

Backyard, in the water pavilion. One piano, one incense case, one person. Yue Luxin is still wearing a red shirt, her hair is loosely curled, leaning on the edge of the pavilion at will, her half-closed eyebrows and eyes reveal a trace of laziness and look very uncomfortable, and the slightly open collar reveals a delicate collarbone and delicate texture, rendering his informality and wanton frivolity.

At this time, a person came to the water pavilion and called softly: "Childe." ”

"Huh?" The half-closed peach blossom eyes opened, reflecting the blue sky and clear water, which was particularly breathtaking.

The person who came was Uncle Lin just now, and he only heard him say, "I have asked Xicui to take care of that girl." ”

"Xicui?" The corners of Yue Luxin's lips were hooked, and she chuckled lowly: "Hehe, Uncle Lin is too worried, that girl was only saved by me on the road." ”

Uncle Lin frowned, his eyes refined: "Why did that son let her live in Mingyue Pavilion?" ”

"Uncle Lin, you don't need to worry about that woman, I have my own arrangements, Xicui just let her stay by her side, but you don't need to monitor, just pay attention to her safety." Yue Luxin stood up and stretched out her hand to pluck the strings in front of her, and the melodious sound drifted far away.

"Yes, Childe, then I'll go down first." Uncle Lin bowed to Yue Luxin and retreated.

Yue Luxin got up and stood with her hands in her hands, looking at the large areas of lotus flowers in full bloom in the lake, among which there are still many flowers that have not yet bloomed, Yue Luxin is still in a good mood, and with a wave of her sleeves, she saw that the lotus flowers in the lake have bloomed one after another.

Spring blooming pink lotus, think of a wonder that can only be seen in his other courtyard.

It's just that what he didn't notice was that this inadvertent move was all collected by a pair of eyes not far away.

After Xicui left, Li Ximu sat there for a long time, thinking about why he woke up and appeared in the imperial capital half a month away from his hometown Jinzhou, and he couldn't think of any clues, and he couldn't help but feel bored.

With a faint sigh, he got up to open the door and stepped into the courtyard.

There was a faint sound of the piano, and Li Ximu walked in the direction where the sound of the piano came. When I came to the lotus pond in the backyard, I saw the red from afar.