He was dressed in a moon-white brocade robe, with a dark gold pattern on the neckline.

Pursing her thin lips, her slender and gentle eyes looked at Mu Zhiling for a moment.

Mu Zhiling couldn't help but exclaim: "Brother Li? ”

When Zheng Li heard this, he raised his eyebrows and smiled with relief: "I didn't expect Xiao Wu to still recognize me, I thought that after so many years, you no longer remember me." ”

Mu Zhiling lowered her head and whispered a little weakly: "I remember it, but it's only been five years." ”

But if it was a previous life, she would definitely not recognize it.

Zheng Li was only less than twelve years old when he went to the southwest wasteland, and he was more than sixteen years old when he returned five years later, and his appearance had changed too much, and Mu Zhiling was only six or seven years old at that time, so of course he couldn't remember the face of Zheng Li, who was not very impressed.

Although I remember it now, I was full of astonishment when I saw it.

In his previous life, Zheng Li didn't appear at the autumn banquet, and she didn't see him at the banquet, so what did he do at the Mu Mansion?

"Brother Li, why are you here? I didn't see you at the banquet. Mu Zhiling couldn't help but ask.

Zheng Li looked down at her, a complicated color crossed his eyes, and he still said softly: "I'm also the same as Xiao Wu, I don't like that kind of scene, so I left early, so it's normal that Xiao Wu didn't see me." ”

Mu Zhiling was stunned, trying to make herself believe his words, but found that she couldn't even convince herself.

If she had been like in her previous life, she was really only eleven years old, and she would have believed him.

But now, she is a human being in two lives, how can she not hear that he is clearly lying to her.

looked at Zheng Li again, his face was thin, his eyes were deep but focused, and although there was a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, it gave people the illusion of rejecting people thousands of miles away.

She knew that he must have gone through too many hardships over the years, which made him more deep and stable than his peers. But she still couldn't figure it out, why did he suddenly come to the Yingguo Mansion?

Zheng Li suddenly sat down beside Mu Zhiling.

Mu Zhiling put away her previous doubts, stared sideways at the young man who was not yet seventeen, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Brother Li, is Princess Shen okay?" ”

Five years ago, she hurriedly prepared the medicine for the fetus and handed it to Princess Shen, but whether it could help, she didn't have any idea in her heart.

Zheng Li obviously didn't expect Mu Zhiling to suddenly ask like this, her body stiffened, tilted her head slightly, her face was bitter, and she tried her best to make her voice as smooth as just now, and said, "It's good, when I leave, my mother's body is not ...... Wrong. ”

Mu Zhiling looked at Zheng Li suspiciously, and her brows furrowed even more.

I haven't seen him for a few years, and now Zheng Li is no longer the warm teenager who would smile stupidly five years ago.

Hiding everything from her, did he think she was too young to deceive, or did he not want his painful experience to scare her?

In her previous life, she learned about Zheng Li from Song Yingzhao, but she vaguely learned that Zheng Li had too many inhuman encounters in recent years because of his father, but she didn't hear it clearly.

Sensing Mu Zhiling's sudden silence, Zheng Li turned his head and stared.

"I haven't seen you for many years, Xiao Wu has grown into a big girl." Zheng Li spat out meaningfully.

Mu Zhiling came back to her senses, couldn't help but sigh at his young age, and muttered, "Isn't Brother Li himself?" Speak like you're an adult. ”

The atmosphere instantly condensed, and once again fell into the cold silence it had been.

Suddenly, Zheng Li Teng got up, touched Mu Zhiling's untied head, looked soft, and said, "Brother Li is different from Xiao Wu...... Xiao Wu, this stone bench is cold, it's not good for your body, your body has always been weak, it's better to sit for a while. If you don't like those noisy scenes, it's better to go back to the boudoir and stay, Brother Li has something to go. ”

Mu Zhiling wanted to stop him and ask him what was the matter, or what was the matter with him coming to the Guogong Mansion, but she was silent.

If he wants to say it, he is afraid that he will say it sooner.

Mu Zhiling sat down by herself and walked towards the Begonia Garden.

She didn't have to go to the moon at night.

It's bound to rain later, the last thunderstorm of the year.

At that time, the rain will flow like a river, and everyone will be drenched.

When Mu Zhiling returned to Begonia Garden, Jin Qiao still knelt on the stone slab in the courtyard and cried in a low voice, her body twitching to the ground, and she looked extremely aggrieved.

Mu Zhiling couldn't help but be displeased: "What are you doing?" Those who do not know think that I have not treated you well. ”

Although she hasn't had a good face with Jinqiao over the years, she hasn't really felt sorry for her, and now she still thinks how harsh and ruthless she is as the master.

When Jin Qiao heard this, her body trembled even more, she fell to the ground, and choked up: "Miss, it's the slave's fault, it's the slave and the maid who make their own decisions, and it's the slave and the maid who make the young lady angry. ”

Jin Qiao had a few slaves and maids, which made Mu Zhiling disgusted for a while, and she said impatiently: "What did you do wrong?" Did I say I was going to get rid of you? Men should get married, women should get married, it has been an unchanging norm since ancient times, how can it come to your lips and be unseemly? You don't have to say any more, if you continue to kneel here, I will immediately let you out of the gate of the Mu family, and the people who want to take your place have already lined up at the east gate of the city. ”

Mu Zhiling said on her lips, and she was also thinking about finding a suitable time to let Jinqiao leave the Mu family.

I used to think that I would keep her by my side, let her suffer from my own cold treatment, and let her suffer a little, but over the years, I found that it was I who blocked my heart. Expelled her from the Mu family, such a punishment was a painful blow to Jin Qiao.

Jin Qiao staggered to her feet, her kneecaps were already stiff, and she almost fell, she stared deeply at Mu Zhiling's distant figure, and her eyes suddenly burst out with deep malice. The resentful gaze seemed to devour Mu Zhiling whole.

As soon as Mu Zhiling sat down in front of the desk, Cuiliu hurriedly entered the door and said in a panic: "Miss, where did you go just now?" The slave and maid have been looking for a long time but have not found you. ”

Mu Zhiling sat in front of the chessboard, looking at the eternal endgame by herself, looking up at Cuiliu and saying, "What are you looking for me to do?" You can't change your temperament. ”

Cuiliu gasped and said: "Miss, just now the slave was thinking that she was bored, so she turned back to look at the pitcher, but she didn't expect that the person who played the piano turned out to be the third miss." There was also Zhao Xiaowang who smashed the iron kettle with an arrow, and the slave was so shocked that he couldn't speak. When I went back and wanted to tell you about this, I didn't find it for a long time. ”

Mu Zhiling's expression turned bright, the chess pieces in her hand fell to the ground suddenly, and asked, "What did you say?" The person who plays the piano is not a musician, but a third sister? ”

Cuiliu nodded heavily and said, "Yes, the third lady played well, everyone present noticed her at that time, and Zhao Xiaowang even heard the sound of the piano and got up to throw the pot, the sound of the piano suddenly high-pitched, and Zhao Xiaowang smashed the pot." ”

Mu Zhiling only felt a chill down her spine, how could things have become like this......

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