Haruka had no choice but to retreat stupidly.

In the kitchen, there were one or two cooks who were busy washing vegetables and cutting meat, and when they saw the two of them coming in, they hurriedly wiped their hands and crawled on the ground: "I've seen the county lord, I've seen the lady." ”

"Get up!" Lord Simon glanced at the two of them expressionlessly, "You guys are busy with yours, I'm just here to ask your wife how to make lotus seed porridge." ”

"Yes." The two of them hurriedly got up, and one of them said respectfully, "County Lord, Madame, please." ”

As he spoke, he led the two of them around the screen and into a small independent stove room.

This stove room is obviously specially used to boil porridge, on the white jade table near the window, there are all kinds of colorful rice and various ingredients, the six pots of stoves are spotless, on the windowsill, a white magnolia flower with buds is inserted obliquely in the flowing gold wide-mouth bottle, exuding a faint fragrance.

"There are magnolia flowers everywhere in the Li Garden, presumably Mrs. likes it, right?" Lord Simon glanced at the white magnolia and teased, "Madame doesn't know, we don't have magnolia in the Western Regions, these flowers were sent from Daliang by the prince, I heard that this morning, the prince recruited a lot of florists and asked them to find a way to cultivate magnolia trees, so that the magnolia flowers of your Daliang can spread in the Western Regions, it seems that the prince is really attentive to his wife." ”

Since Shen Qingli lived in Li Garden.

The smile on King Pingyi's face didn't seem to have been restrained, even when he was discussing in the court, he was in a good mood, and he was like the old-fashioned and serious King Pingyi before.

Just intuitively, she felt that Shen Qingli was not happy.

So. She specially sent someone to Daliang to investigate, and only then did she know all the details of Shen Qingli.

There is a way that only by knowing each other and knowing oneself can one not be defeated.

"The climate in the Western Regions is extremely cold, which is not suitable for planting magnolia trees." Shen Qingli naturally heard her voice, quietly took the rice from the rice trough and washed it, and said, "Not all flowers can live without their homeland, and the prince is destined to be busy in vain." ”

Shen Qingli had long felt that this Simon County Lord came to her, not really to learn anything about lotus seed porridge from her, but to have another hidden secret.

Right now, it's just through magnolia flowers. It's just testing her.

"Madame really doesn't want to stay here?" Lord Simon also rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to help. took off the bamboo scoop hanging on the wall, scooped the water from the wooden bucket into the pot, turned his head and saw Shen Qingli's movements hesitate, and hurriedly whispered. "Madame, rest assured. I won't tell the prince. I know that Madame still has a child waiting to be fed at home, and I must be like an arrow, and maybe I can help Madame leave. ”

"Why does the county lord want to help me?" Shen Qingli was a little incredible.

"I'll help Madame. It's like helping myself. Lord Simon said in a voice that couldn't be lowered, "Madame doesn't know, the reason why I have not been married for a long time is because I am waiting for my brother His Royal Highness Ubu, and I can't watch his country fall into the hands of others. ”

"What can I do to help the county lord?" Shen Qingli saw her serious face, and couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope in her heart, there is no grudge in the world for no reason, if Lord Simon has nothing to ask for her, she doesn't have to go to great lengths to get close to her.

"Recently, you have invited a young gentleman surnamed Meng to your house?" Simon asked.

"Exactly." Shen Qingli nodded.

Outside, there was a faint whisper or two of the cook's voice.

"Don't hide it from Madame, this Mr. Meng is my younger brother His Royal Highness Ubu." Lord Simon gritted his teeth and simply told the truth, "If I help my wife escape from the Western Regions, can my wife persuade His Royal Highness Ubu to return to the Western Regions and inherit my Western Regions." ”

"Could it be that King Pingyi doesn't want His Royal Highness Ubu to return to the court?" Shen Qingli was a little surprised, most of her understanding of the political situation in the Western Regions came from the words Mu Yunting said to her on weekdays, and she didn't seem to have listened to it seriously, but when she heard Lord Simon say this, it seemed that His Royal Highness Ubu had a home difficult to return to.

"Yes." Lord Simon nodded solemnly and whispered, "On the surface, King Pingyi sent people to look for Ubud everywhere, but I suspect that he secretly wants to get rid of Ubu and seize power alone, so if Ubu wants to return to the court, he must use force. ”

"Don't worry, if the county lord can help me leave the Western Regions, my family will definitely help His Royal Highness Ubu return to the court." Shen Qingli hurriedly said, "It's just that Li Yuan is heavily guarded, how can the county lord help me leave the Western Regions?" ”

"In seven days, it will be my grandmother's birthday, there will be many people to congratulate you that day, I heard that Daliang will also send someone, I think that day Mu Da will also take action, when the time comes, I will send someone to answer Mu Da and find a way to send you out of the palace." Lord Simon swore and said, "In the past few days, in order not to arouse the suspicion of King Pingyi, I will not come to Li Yuan to look for you, and on that day, I will send someone to inform you, and you can wait in Li Yuan with peace of mind." ”

"Thank you, Lord Simon." Shen Qingli was overjoyed in his heart, and said busily, "Then it's decided, and I hope that the county lord will be careful in everything." ”

"It's just that I hope Madame takes care of herself these days." Lord Simon looked at her meaningfully, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said, "As far as I know, King Pingyi has never been a patient person. ”

"I see." Shen Qingli's mood suddenly darkened.

In the past two days, Situ Kong will come to Li Yuan to see her, eat with her, and chat with her, although there is no excessive behavior, but every time she looks at her, it makes her feel very uneasy.

In terms of affairs, she is also a person from the past.

As a high-powered man, in the face of the woman he likes, of course, he will not be limited to eating and chatting together, she doesn't know how long his patience can be maintained, not to mention Situ Kong's uncertain temperament.

"What do you know?" Situ Kong suddenly appeared at the door and walked in with a smile at the two.

Scared the two of them out of the way.

"Lord Wang!"

"Sir!" The two hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

"No courtesy, no courtesy." Situ Kong walked up to Shen Qingli, helped her up, and saw that she was wearing a floral apron around her waist, looking very homely, and a long-lost warmth suddenly passed through his heart, and said softly. "I heard that Li Niang personally cooked porridge today, and she rushed back early to feast on her mouth, but I don't know how this lotus seed porridge is boiling?"

When he lowered his head, he saw that there was no spark in the stove, and said with a smile: "Li Niang, you shouldn't be able to do lotus seed wrinkles, right?" Why didn't even the fire come alive? ”

"It took some time to peel lotus seeds, and I hope Mr. will wait a little longer." Shen Qingli hurriedly bent down to make a fire, but he couldn't light the fire and broke it, and Situ Kong laughed when he saw it. "Forget it. I'll do it anyway! Li Niang, I can't imagine that after so long, you still won't use fire. ”

Shen Qingli had no choice but to get up and step aside.

Lord Simon stood aside and grimaced. looked at Situ Kong, who was squatting on the ground and making a fire, expressionlessly. The bottom of his eyes gradually became cold.

Situ Kong skillfully lit the fire. Chong Shen Qingli smiled and said, "Li Niang, I remember that you have good cooking skills, so why don't you work hard to make a few good dishes." Let Simon also taste our Jingzhou specialties. ”

"It seems that I am the one who has a good mouth today!" Lord Simon's face immediately filled with a smile.

"Then I'll be ugly." Shen Qingli had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Where's Haruka? Why didn't you see Haruka coming in and waiting? Situ Kong asked again.

Shen Qingli and Lord Simon glanced at each other.

Shen Qingli hurriedly said: "I didn't let her in, she can't help." ”

"Okay, then I'll give you a hand today and be your little servant." Situ Kong smiled heartily, "If Simon learns lotus seed porridge, go and wait outside, you are my and Li Niang's guests today." ”

"Forget it, I'm also a junior anyway, so I'd better leave it for you to start!" Lord Simon smiled, "Otherwise, I would have eaten this meal with a guilty conscience." ”

Situ Kong laughed and had to let her stay.

After the dishes were ready, the three of them went to the main hall to sit down and eat.

"Li Niang works hard to make these dishes, so she should eat more." Situ Kong didn't care about Simon's presence, and vigorously put vegetables into her bowl, and in his gestures, he was full of spoiling.

"Thank you, sir, I'll just come by myself." Shen Qingli pushed back.

Situ Kong insisted on putting her in a bowl: "It's all your favorite dishes, and you make it yourself, eat it!" ”

Lord Simon frowned, just eating the dish in the bowl without saying a word.

I have never seen Situ Kong treat people with such enthusiasm, especially to women.

At this time, Chunxiang's voice came: "The slave has seen the princess. ”

As soon as the words fell, the county lord of Rosewood had already arrived in front of the three of them, and when he saw Situ Kong, he smiled coldly: "I said that the prince has not been back to the house in the past few days, and I thought that the prince was busy with state affairs!" But I didn't expect the prince to be so happy and happy, I couldn't think about it, the prince, the master of ceremonies went to Zhengyang Palace to discuss the matter of his aunt's birthday, and I don't know why the prince has time to see him. ”

Shen Qingli and Simon glanced at each other, then lowered their heads and lowered their eyes silently.

"You go back first, and I'll be there later." Situ Kong said coldly.

"What? Don't you want me to have a drink? The lord of Rosewood didn't seem to be angry at Situ Kong's attitude, but Ying Ying stepped forward, her eyes fell on Shen Qingli, and said, "The prince's vision is really good, this sister is really good-looking, in this way, one more person to serve the prince, I will be relieved, I heard that Cuizhi's girl has been unwell recently, and she can't serve the prince, no wonder the prince is in a hurry to admit newcomers to the palace!" It's just that this sister is so familiar, have we met somewhere? ”

Only then did Shen Qingli remember that Cuizhi had always been by Situ Kong's side, but she didn't expect that she would become Situ Kong's person......

Seeing that Shen Qingli was silent again, the county lord of Rosewood sneered at the county lord Simon: "It's still Simon who knows the current affairs, and he got acquainted with Mrs. Li so quickly." ”

When Lord Simon heard this, he just smiled faintly: "The princess said that she laughed, I came to ask my wife about the lotus seed porridge method, and the prince just left me for dinner." ”

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Situ Kong's face sank, put down his chopsticks with a snap, got up quickly, and said coldly: "Go, follow me back to Zhengyang Palace." ”

The county lord of Rosewood snorted at Shen Qingli before he carried his skirt and followed.

Lord Simon frowned and said in a low voice: "The princess likes the prince, but unfortunately the prince's heart is not with her. ”

Shen Qingli sighed lightly and didn't squeak.

After eating, the two tacitly left Li Garden and walked around.

Li Garden is located in the depths of the palace, is a secluded place, in front of the palace and the main courtyard of the palace across a lotus pond, on the left is the boundless imperial garden, on the right across a few rockeries, is a forest of palaces, behind is a lush bamboo forest, and then behind live some female officials in the palace.

Shen Qingli secretly complained.

No matter which way you want to escape, it will not be easy.

"If you want to escape, run from the Imperial Garden." Lord Simon took a few steps towards her and said, "Aside from the Imperial Garden, there is a hillside beyond the wall, and the hill is full of trees, making it easier to hide. ”

"Well, then let's go to the Imperial Garden and have a look!" Shen Qingli couldn't wait to say, she didn't want to stay here every minute!

It was late at night.

The lights on the second floor of the study of the Yongding Marquis Mansion are still flickering.

"Shizi, the letter has been delivered to the green waist, she said that she will personally go to the palace to find out the whereabouts of the young lady, and please rest assured." Feng Liufeng stood in front of Mu Yunting and said angrily, "Once the green waist finds out the exact news of the young lady, his subordinates will definitely go all out to rescue the young lady." ”

In broad daylight, Situ Kong dared to snatch the young lady by force, is it really unreasonable, is there no one to bully the big beam?

"No." Mu Yunting stood in front of the window, stood with his hands in his hands, and said slowly, "Once you have news of the young lady, come back and report to me immediately, and you must not act without permission." ”

How cunning Situ Kong is!

How can they easily rescue people?

Thinking that his woman was trapped in a foreign palace at this time, Mu Yunting's heart immediately pinched, it was all his fault, how could he put her in such a situation......

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but slam his fist on the wall, letting the blood flow out of his fingers, Feng Liu hurriedly stepped forward and exclaimed, "Shizi, you have to take care of your body!" ”

Mu Yunting waved his hand at him, strode out of the study, and returned to the inner garden.

The bed was empty, and there was no one waiting for him there, talking to him, chatting with him, Mu Yunting sat on the edge of the bed in despair, his mind was full of Shen Qingli's smile......

Yiqing Garden.

Mama Xu lifted the curtain and walked in, and saw that Su Shi was sitting on the bed and not sleeping, so she stepped forward and picked out the candle, frowned, and said, "Madam, it's late at night, it's time to rest." ”

"Where's the master?" Su asked faintly.

"The lord is in Lixiangyuan." Mama Xu said angrily, "Recently, that woman has always tried her best to pester the master, it's really shameless, saying that she just wants a child, but the master actually agreed, and ran to her house when he was free, even ignoring the rules of the house." ”

"Rules are dead, people are alive, if the master doesn't take it to heart, what can others do." Su Shi smiled coldly, "This Tian family has a good relationship with Erlang's daughter-in-law, and he is not able to show off in the mansion, thinking that he has found a backer!" ”

"Now that this backer is difficult to protect himself, how long will the Tian family still be publicized?" Mama Xu pursed her lips and said, "Madam, this time the second young lady is really intelligible. ”

Last time, he was plundered by King Jin and almost lost his innocence.

Fortunately, there was also a Shoumiya sand who saved her.

Look at how she proves her innocence this time.

"It's been so many days, even I don't believe that Situ Kong will not touch her." Su Shi sneered, "Even if Erlang looks at the child's face and rescues her, she won't have the face to stay in the Yongding Marquis Mansion." "What's even more ridiculous is that the Huangfu clan actually said that Shen Qingli stayed in Jingzhou to handle the relocation of the Shen family's grave, so he didn't come back for so many days, are others stupid? (To be continued......)