In the courtyard of Qiao Su Courtyard, under the branch of the February Su, Xu Mingwen sat there again and looked up at the sky stupidly, and the ink painting next to her was looking at her worriedly.

"Princess, Miss Rong!" Until Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan's voices came, although they didn't wake up Xu Mingwen, they sighed and looked at Xu Mingwen's ink paintings back to their senses, and saluted the two of them in surprise.

"When did your young lady start again?" And Xu Yourong let Mo Hua get up, and then asked in the direction of Xu Ming's wife.

"Well, it's since the eldest master of the Zhai family came." Although Mo Hua paused speechlessly, he still replied honestly.

"Alas......" and after hearing this, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan immediately sighed, it seems that Xu Mingwen really knows what is going on, otherwise she should not be in a daze here at this time, but will run to Tai Academy non-stop to find Zhai Yu to ask her face to face.

Because Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan understand, Xu Mingwen will cowardly avoid him for fear of liking Zhai Yu too much; But she will never allow herself to marry Zhai Yu in vain, she will ask him face to face, ask him, why he wants to marry her, even if he really agrees to marry her because of the compulsion of the family elders, then she will ask her face to face, whether she marries or not.

But look at the current Xu Mingwen, she still has the leisure to watch the sky in her own courtyard in a daze? That only shows one thing, that is, she knows the reason and knows why the Zhai family came to propose.

With a loud "bang", Xu Yourong kicked the green pine carved chair beside Xu Ming's wife. After Xu Ming's wife was awakened by this loud noise, Xu Yourong stood in front of her and said to her, "Sister Wu." Tell me what the hell is going on. ”

Xu Mingwen was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously wanted to pretend to be stupid, but looking at Xu Youshan, who also came up behind her, when both of them had insightful expressions on their faces, Xu Mingwen lowered her eyes and was silent for a while. Only then did he say slowly: "On the day of the wedding of King Li and Princess Dongji, I met Zhai Dagongzi in King Li's mansion, and it was also on that day. Zhai Dagongzi said to me......"

Xu Mingwen paused when she said this, and Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan, who were so engrossed in listening, were almost crazy with curiosity under her pause. So Xu Yourong urged: "What did Zhai Dagongzi tell you?" Sister-in-law, you can go on. ”

Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan were very anxious. Xu Mingwen hesitated for a long time before she continued in a voice that was almost inaudible: "Zhai Dagongzi told me that Mrs. Zhai's health doesn't seem to be very good recently, and what her old man has been worried about is Zhai Dagongzi's marriage, so his grandfather and father discussed with him, hoping that his marriage can be settled in advance, and when Zhai's grandfather and father asked him if he had a favorite girl, Zhai Dagongzi said yes." That's ......" Xu Mingwen stopped again when she said this, but this time Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan were overjoyed.

"So the girl that Zhai Dagongzi likes is you!"

"Hmm." Xu Ming's delicate face. At this time, he finally showed a red and shy look, and on a delicate and beautiful face like a flower, there was now a trace of joy that could not be concealed, but when Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan were also celebrating each other on the side of the great news, Xu Youshan was suddenly stunned for a while, and then asked Xu Mingwen with some puzzlement: "Then since this is the case, why didn't Uncle Tang and Uncle Grandma agree immediately yesterday?" ”

Yes, if this is the case, then when Zhai Yan, the eldest lord of the Zhai family, came to propose marriage yesterday, the old lady Xu Luo and Mrs. Zheng should have agreed immediately, why did they delay the answer? When Xu Yourong heard this, she looked at Xu Mingwen slightly strangely, but Xu Mingrong was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent again, and replied: "That's because I told my grandmother in advance, if the Zhai family really comes to propose, don't agree first." ”

"Why?" After Xu Mingwen finished speaking, Xu Yourong was the first to burst out, and said to Xu Mingwen: "Sister Wu, what are you thinking, of course such a once-in-a-lifetime thing is to hurry up and agree, I can tell you, if you miss this time, you may never find such a good candidate as the eldest son of the Zhai family, not to mention, isn't he the person you have in mind?" ”

I like someone in my heart, I hope that person can also like my own urgent and somewhat begging mood, no one understands it better than Xu Yourong, and this kind of liking a person, and that person also happens to like his own things, what kind of great luck is it, for the previous Xu Yourong, it is an unimaginable happiness. But now Xu Mingwen actually encountered this kind of miraculous luck, but her attitude of not grasping it really made Xu Yourong very anxious.

"No, it's because he's the one I have in mind, so I can't nod my head easily." But Xu Mingwen shook her head and said softly.

"Why?" Xu Yourong looked at Xu Mingwen even more puzzled, but Xu Youshan asked with some understanding: "Sister Ao, do you not believe that the person he likes is you?" ”

Xu Mingwen shook her head again, and when Xu Yourong was about to go crazy, she said in a softer voice: "I can't believe it." ”

Of course, she understands what kind of luck she likes when she likes someone, and when that person can like herself, at least if Xu Mingwen really didn't understand it before, but now Xu Mingwen can't understand it anymore, during this time, she can't bear to force Zhai Yu to do anything he doesn't want to do, but she didn't restrain herself, she was afraid that she would really miss him to a point where she couldn't bear it anymore, and she would do things that even she despised herself, so she tried her best to make herself reasonable, On the other hand, under this kind of reason, it is even more painful.

But it was in this kind of bone-shattering situation that Xu Mingwen herself thought that she and Zhai Yu were like this, and she was just a passer-by that Zhai Yu accidentally met in the Divine Capital, and when he would not represent any important identity in his later life, he suddenly told her that he also liked her.

This kind of great luck, which is like pie in the sky, instantly knocked Xu Mingwen unconscious. But then came a sense of disbelief and anxiety about gains and losses, whether this was just a big dream she accidentally had. Tomorrow after dawn, all this happiness will burst like a bubble, and then the hard truth will come?

is such a close follow, the worry of gains and losses, which makes Xu Mingwen anxious, and originally she wanted to directly let herself forcibly treat this as a dream, and ignore it, for fear of taking such a dream seriously. After the dream is broken, she will no longer be able to hold on to the collapse and do something that she will regret. But in the few days when she was in a trance, she was in the plum banquet of the Beiding Palace. Nie Suhyun and Xu Yourong met, and after Xu Mingwen also knew what happened to the two of them, Xu Mingwen was shaken again.

Therefore, Xu Mingwen struggled and struggled, and finally one day. When I went to Weizhou Courtyard to find Xu Yourong. But I inadvertently heard from Xu Chen, who rarely returned home that day, that after Mrs. Zhai was not in good health recently, and Zhai Yu had returned to Huanchuan, she was completely shaken.

can be shaken and shaken, but Xu Mingwen still doesn't believe that this kind of pie will hit her head, but she still went to say hello to Mrs. Zheng first, although it may be useless, but it is better than when this thing really happened. She was caught off guard when she could fight. And this kind of preparation is just a fluke mentality, and it really came true in the end.

Xu Mingwen lowered her eyes shallowly. But her shallow sadness was still perceived by the people around her, how much do you have to like this, so you can't believe it? Xu Youshan didn't expect it, because Xu Mingwen and Zhai Yu have known each other since they have known each other, in fact, it has only been a short time, but how could Xu Mingwen have such deep feelings for Zhai Yu?

Xu Youshan was puzzled, but Xu Yourong, who was beside her, suddenly said: "Sister Wu, don't think too much, sometimes you think too much, and in the end it's just embarrassing yourself, and you ask yourself, is Zhai Dagongzi the kind of person who will go against his will and say that kind of thing to someone he doesn't like?" Listen to what's going on in your heart, do what it says, and you're done. ”

After Xu Yourong finished speaking, Xu Mingwen was stunned, yes, what kind of person is Zhai Yu, the young god of war who was bleeding in the battlefield when he was young, resolute and unyielding, although he can marry someone he doesn't like for the word "filial piety", but he will never be oppressed by anyone and say anything against his will. Xu Mingwen was stunned, but Xu Youshan looked at Xu Yourong in surprise, but in the end she decided to be silent, after all, in terms of emotional matters, she would never have her own eldest sister to understand.

And then there was silence in the courtyard of Qiaosu, the winter wind was cold, and the sound of Su's emerald green leaves in the wind in February was the only sound in the courtyard for a long time.

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After staying in Qilinfang for an afternoon, what Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan did was to accompany Xu Mingwen and be silent for an afternoon, and Xu Ming's struggle, although Xu Youshan couldn't understand it too well, but the complexity of feelings was also understandable to Xu Yourong now, so she silently stayed by Xu Ming's side and didn't say a word.

And when the sun finally began to sink in the west, Xu Youshan and Xu Yourong should also go back to Chu Wangfu and Dongyang Lane respectively, so they went to greet Mrs. Zheng and several elders before leaving Qilin Fang in Xu Ming's personal send-off. It's just that before Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan left, Xu Yourong still told Xu Mingwen a sentence: "Don't do anything that makes you regret." ”

Xu Mingwen nodded heavily, and Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan finally left with a little relief.

Chu Wangfu, Po Wei Houyun.

As soon as Xu Youshan returned to the Chu Palace, the first thing she did was to go back to Bowei Houyun, but on the way, she still immediately sent Chu Dai to inquire in person, to see if Xie Jing had come back, and I didn't know what had happened recently, although Xie Jing had been idle, but he seemed to be busier recently, but his old injuries were not completely healed, so Xu Youshan had been worried that his wounds would deteriorate and recur like last time, so Xu Youshan had been paying attention to his health when Xie Jing was busy recently.

But after Xu Youshan had already returned to Bowei Houyun for a while, Chu Dai had not returned, Xu Youshan frowned slightly, and just when she was about to ask the Wu Lin clan to send someone to find Chu Dai, Chu Dai finally came back.

"Let you go and see if the prince has come back, you can delay for so long, Chu Dai, are you little girl too lazy recently." Xu Youshan laughed and teased Chu Dai, but Chu Dai lowered her head and said nothing. This made Xu Youshan, who was smiling, slowly begin to sink her eyes, and then asked Chu Dai, "What's wrong, did something happen?" ”

Chu Dai bit her lip slightly. Finally, he suddenly raised his head, looked at Xu Youshan and said, "Princess, the prince has already returned home, but he is ...... In the ramie fast. ”

In the room where there was laughter and laughter a moment ago, as soon as Chu Dai's words fell, there was an instant silence, and there was a trace of condensation in the atmosphere. In Chu Dai's eyes, Xu Youshan, who has reached the end of this year, still has that childish little face. It was also from the last moment of leisure, and he was a little stunned for a moment, and that completely unexpected look made Chu Dai dare not look down anymore.

"Oh. Is it. "But what was even more unexpected was that. After a long, long silence, Xu Youshan smiled shallowly and spit out such a sentence, although her current smile is really a little too gentle in this situation, but it is undeniable that even Wu Lin looked at it and felt that the smile seemed to be a little too natural, and in addition to laughing. Wu Lin didn't feel unhappy or anything like that.

"Since the prince is in Ramie Zhai, then we don't have to wait. Chu Dai, you go out and let Yuedai start preparing the dishes, move faster, the dishes should be richer, this afternoon my eldest sister and I were accompanying my sister-in-law, but my sister-in-law's mood was not too high, we didn't eat anything all afternoon, and now we are really a little hungry. "In the recent period, as long as Xie Jing is in the house, no matter what he is doing, even if he is dealing with business, Xu Youshan has always eaten with Xie Jing, whether it is breakfast or dinner, but it seems that today, it will be different.

Xu Youshan didn't care how Wu Lin and Chu Dai looked at her in surprise, Xu Youshan just smiled and said with a calm expression, as if the incident of Xie Jing in Ramie Zhai that Chu Dai had just reported was something that had nothing to do with her at all, or that Xie Jing was in Ramie Zhai, it was normal, and it was so normal that it should not be surprised at all.

And the fact is that Xie Jing and Xu Youshan were fake marriages, but Leng Xinyun was Xie Jing's veritable side concubine, before that, among Xie Jing's many concubines, in addition to Wang Nishang, he has always been very fond of Leng Xinyun, in a month, Xie Jing spent the night in Ramie for about ten days, so Leng Xinyun, who has always been favored by Xie Jing, what happened to Xie Jing in her Ramie Zhai, this is the most normal thing.

Of course, Wu Lin and Chu Dai also understand these, but they have been different recently, since Xie Jing secretly returned from Fan Yang's serious injury, the relationship between him and Xu Youshan has begun to change slowly, although in the end they went hunting in Xunshan, Xie Jing and Xu Youshan returned after being attacked and disappeared together in Maple Leaf Valley, and the changes between the two have only become significant, but in fact, as early as when Xie Jing was seriously injured and secretly returned, the mode of getting along with Xu Youshan was already changing.

And all of this fell into the eyes of Wu Lin and Liu's mother, who were closest to Xie Jing and Xu Youshan, and it was precisely because of this that Wu Lin's family gradually blurred the fact that Xie Jing and Xu Youshan were sham marriages; will gradually forget the existence of Luohuaxuan and Ramie; will gradually feel that Xie Jing only spends the night in Bowei Houyun and Kongshan Juli, which is the most normal situation.

Yes, the recent Xie Jing, except for Bowei Houyun, will only spend the night in the empty mountain curie, and in the empty mountain curie, it is also because there is an urgent matter to report, so Xie Jing must deal with it overnight, so he will spend the night in the empty mountain curie, otherwise Xie Jing will return to Bowei Houyun, although he and Xu Youshan are resting in the inner room and the warm pavilion respectively.

But that's it, in this kind of situation that has almost lasted for a long time recently, when Wu Lin and Liu's mother have gradually regarded some abnormal situations as normal, they will be so stunned when the most reasonable phenomenon returns.

"Chu Dai, hurry up."

And looking at Chu Dai, who was already stunned, Xu Youshan smiled and scolded her, and then Chu Dai also came back to her senses, and then after glancing at Xu Youshan worriedly, she hurriedly saluted and retreated, and went outside to inform Yuedai, who was already on standby in the small kitchen of Bowei Houyun, so that she didn't have to wait, and now hurry up to cook, today, Xu Youshan eats alone. Yue Dai was stunned immediately after hearing Chu Dai say this, and after Chu Dai let out a long sigh, after telling Yue Dai about Xie Jing's ramie at this time, Yue Dai only frowned fiercely, and actually didn't ask anything anymore, and immediately started to stir-fry without saying a word.

Chu Dai and Yue Dai in the small kitchen were preparing the dishes without saying a word, but Wu Lin stood under Xu Youshan, looking at the person with his eyes closed and his expressionless face gently leaning on the back of the peach embroidered tassel hanging behind him, and sighed from the bottom of his heart.

And although Xu Youshan has her eyes closed, she can feel Wu Lin's worried eyes, but now she feels very tired, after all, she has been accompanying Xu Mingwen in Qiaosu Courtyard all afternoon, which is actually not an easy thing, because Xu Mingshan's sadness is too obvious, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan are just silent next to them, and they can also be clearly felt.

In that kind of sadness, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan will naturally be depressed, and such a depressed mood lasted for an afternoon, even if she didn't do anything in the afternoon in Qiaosu Courtyard, she still felt tired, and now after returning to Bowei Houyun, she felt even more tired, but she only regarded this as the consequence of being completely relaxed after coming back, so Xu Youshan didn't want to pay attention to anything now, and just wanted to sleep in the dark after eating the delicious meal cooked by Yuedai.

Today is not the winter solstice, but Wu Lin and Liu's mother feel that it is cold, and tonight's Chu Wangfu, except for Bo Wei Houyun, is as usual, there is no abnormality, even in the ramie Zhai, it is the same as usual, what to do, except for when Xie Jing came back with Leng Xinyun at the beginning, the little maids who had just been transferred in the ramie were low in surprise, and the other old people did not change their faces, what they were doing, just after Xie Jing and Leng Xinyun walked over, they continued to do.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, tonight's Bowei Houyun is no different from the past, but within the high red wall, it is silent, because Xu Youshan went to bed early tonight to rest, and the entire Powei Houyun also calmed down early, only the rare bright moon, silently sprinkled the moonlight on the ground.

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The next day, before the hour, Xu Youshan woke up unmoved, and then she looked at the top of the tent on the bed for a long time, until the sky was bright outside the window, Xu Youshan was still lying motionless on the bed, and Yuedai, who kept vigil for her last night, didn't come to disturb her today, that is, Xu Youshan had been lying on the bed, and the whole Bowei Houyun had been quiet.

And in such silence, there was a slight commotion in the courtyard, followed by the servants asking for peace one by one, Xie Jing came. But despite this, Xu Youshan was still motionless, Xie Jing in the courtyard, looking at Bo Wei Houyun so quiet, raised his eyebrows and asked Wu Lin on the side: "The princess hasn't gotten up yet?" ”

Wu Lin replied respectfully as usual: "Back to the prince's words, yes, the princess has not gotten up yet. ”

Regarding Xu Youshan's situation, Xie Jing still doesn't know about waking up before midnight every day, he only knows that Xu Youshan will get up very early every day, and he has always thought that Xu Youshan has the habit of getting up early, and he didn't think about anything else at all, but despite this, Xu Youshan didn't have a late time, for example, when she first married into the Chu Palace, after the first month, Xie Jing didn't have to spend the night in the clouds after Bowei every day, and he also heard the rumor that Xu Youshan slept until three poles in the sun. Although it was Xu Youshan who was already taking a nap, Xie Jing didn't know, so he thought that Xu Youshan would also get up late.

Therefore, at this time, Xie Jing didn't have any strange look when he heard Wu Lin's say that Xu Youshan hadn't gotten up yet, and after answering lightly, he glanced at the main room lightly, and turned to leave.

And not long after Xie Jing left, Xu Youshan suddenly raised her voice and called: "Yuedai." ”

"Princess, Yuedai is here." Before Xu Youshan's voice landed, Yue Dai appeared from behind the bergamot blue tourmaline emerald screen embroidered with moon white plum blossoms, and bowed to Xu Youshan in reply. (To be continued.) )