Before the Zen lecture began, Xiao Qiangdi's state of mind was already in distress.

This time, Xixin was sitting cross-legged on the futon facing Cen Chi, and Xiao Qiang suddenly had a feeling that when she saw Xixin in the morning, facing his back seemed to be more stable than facing his calm face at this time.

But when he pulled Cen Chi away in the morning, he also said that Xixin was sitting with his back to the guests, which made people feel a little rude! So what is the reason why I am a little afraid to see his face? He obviously gives people a very calm and gentle feeling, huh?

Xiao Qiang sat on the futon a little cramped, she couldn't help but want to take a closer look at Xixin's face with her head slightly bowed, but as soon as she looked up, she saw Cen Chi sitting in front of her looking back at her.

Cen Chi didn't speak, just smiled at her, and then turned around and sat upright facing Xixin.

Cen Chi could feel Xiao Qiang's nervousness, and Xiao Qiang could also feel the encouragement in his smile. With the power given by the person she likes, her heart suddenly became much more peaceful and calm.

The lecture officially began, and Xiao Qiang, who was sitting two steps behind Cen Chi, secretly clenched the inside of her sleeve. Most of her eyes fell on Cen Chi's shoulder, and she had already decided in her heart that she wanted to listen carefully to this Zen scripture.

She lost her father at a young age, and she should have been the most carefree and beautiful girlhood, but during that time, she served her mother who was haunted/lingering on the sickbed, worrying all day long, and finally failed to save the pace of her mother's death.

Fortunately, her young and troubled life did not distort her character, but made her cherish a peaceful life even more. Xiangfu needs an obedient girl, so she entered Xiangfu, lived in this deep mansion compound, did her duty every day, and grew up a little stupid.

Maybe her life will go on like this. When you get older, save a little money and leave the house. Find a simple village man to marry. Or ask the head of the prime minister's house to be the master, and promise to be a concubine to a reliable family in the city. With the careful skills of serving people that she honed in the Prime Minister's Mansion, it should be a matter of course to live a worry-free life in her husband's family for the rest of her life.

However, the Lord God of Fate made her meet Cen Chi.

It had been a few years since they first met, and she had known him for more than five years. However, the five years are not coherent, let's say that last year, he left the prime minister's house for a hike, and this is a year. But. This incoherent time made her miss him more and more, and she understood more and more clearly that she missed him in her heart.

Mr. Cen was almost the same year as Shi Sangongzi. Shi Sangongzi was weak in the crown year. The Prime Minister held a banquet, but the servants in the mansion were surprised to find that there was more than one protagonist of the banquet on this day. Everyone knows that Shi Xin must be the protagonist of this day, but they can't imagine the identity of the other young man standing next to him.

Seeing the young man without knowing it, the guests at the banquet paid more attention to him. Fortunately, there were two crown banquets of the prince of the prime minister's mansion, and the one where the young man appeared belonged to the family banquet, so although the guests were surprised, they did not publicize the matter too far.

But within the Prime Minister's Mansion, the reputation of this young man was engraved into the hearts of every servant, big and small.

Soon after this, Xiao Qiang was chosen by Shi Sangongzi for this young man. He was in charge of all the chores in the courtyard where he lived.

Maybe this is a man-made arrangement, or maybe this is the will of God, before Cen Chi attended the family banquet in the Prime Minister's Mansion. He met Xiao Qiang in the Willow Wind Pavilion next to the lotus pond in the South Garden.

On that day, the summer wind blew away the green willow sticks on the edge of the small lotus pond like a beauty's hair drooping, and also blew Cen Chi's men's hair crown that was not very suitable and good at tying up. Cen Chi, who raised one hand above his head and walked quickly without choosing a path, did not notice the oncoming man when he walked down the Liufeng Pavilion. is also in a hurry, and when he walks up the steps of the willow wind pavilion, he only cares about the skirt under his feet. There is no little Qiang in front of the road.

The two of them 'touched' together.

Facing a petite figure that crashed into his arms, Cen Chi was quick to move, let go of the hair crown he had been holding, and grabbed the man's arm in a different direction...... The dull sound of the body hitting the stone platform of the Liufeng Pavilion was then heard, a man snorted in pain and a woman screamed in panic, and finally the tray with a few plates of fruit fell to the ground, and the crisp sound of wood hitting the stone steps and porcelain plates shattered, accompanied by the "ding" sound of a metal object hitting the ground.

Liu Fengting, who had stubborn hair and lifted his robe and folded sleeves, the man and the woman collided together, and the things they were carrying were also broken together. Seem...... The fate of the two also intersected and hooked with their entangled hair at that moment.

Xiao Qiang was responsible for all the fruits delivered from the big kitchen to the banquet hall, not only all the fruits fell to the ground, but even the fine porcelain plates and trays containing the fruits were also broken and cracked, and it was difficult to remedy and cover up.

According to the senior servant women in the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are three sons in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and today the youngest third son is holding a crown banquet, which is also the third time that the Prime Minister's Mansion has held such a family banquet.

Prior to this, Xiao Qiang was fortunate to see the second family banquet of the Prime Minister's Mansion, although the second son of Shi was born stupid, but the pomp and circumstance of that family banquet was not small. It's just that Xiao Qiang has just entered the mansion at that time, and she is not qualified to serve the guests at the banquet, at most she will do the simple work of adding firewood to the stove, and then look at the air to peek at the freshness.

This time, Shi Sangongzi held a crown banquet, and she knew that Shi Xin, as Shi Gong's most beloved son, was very important to this crown family banquet. In addition to the fact that she had seen the pomp and circumstance of Shi Ergongzi's crown banquet, which made her unforgettable, but also because in this banquet, she had accumulated some experience and was approved by the organizer to let her be responsible for delivering the fruits needed at the banquet.

She was very careful all the way, and she could take a few more steps by herself, and she also chose the route of the Liu Feng Pavilion, where few people usually stayed, as the way from the large kitchen to the banquet hall.

Today, she has been responsible for sending more than a dozen fruits to the venue, and nothing happened. There was a subconscious annoyance in her heart that rose to the top of her head.

However, just as she was about to scold, she saw his frowning brow, and then found that she was still lying on top of him! Her breath suddenly stopped, and the anger that was about to rush above her head suddenly ignited into a fire, but it burned her own face red, and burned all the way to the base of her ear.

Just like that, he was treated as a meat pad, lying in his arms and staggering for a few breaths, before Xiao Qiang came back to his senses. She jumped to the side like a cat that had been trampled on her tail, but she didn't stand up immediately, but still sat on the stone steps of the Liufeng Pavilion, with mixed feelings, or ashamed or annoyed and a little frightened to look at the young man lying on the stone steps next to her with a frown.

At that time, Xiao Qiang didn't know Cen Chi's identity, and only felt that although this young man was reckless, but if he looked closely, although his appearance was a little worse than the handsome and handsome spirit of his third son, his face was also very positive. After his frowning brows were relaxed, the brightness in his eyes could also show that he was not frivolous, and Xiao Qiang's mood finally calmed down a little.

The young man glanced at Xiao Qiang, who had flashed to the side, and then he sat up with his backhand on the stone steps, but he didn't stand up immediately like Xiao Qiang, but slowly stretched his frowning brows, and asked casually, "How are you?" Didn't break anything, did you? ”

Xiao Qiang moved her lips, but found that she couldn't say a complete word for some reason, and finally she could only stiffen her neck and shake her head. At this moment, she saw the young man sit up, his clothes removed, and the steps showing on his back, and her brow twitched. Then she thought that she was going up the stairs just now, and the other party was going down the stairs, so they bumped into each other, with his physique, he should have pressed her to the ground, but now ......

She suddenly understood a question in her heart, she was both grateful and guilty, and finally opened her throat, and said in a trembling voice because of her fright: "You...... Are you okay? ”

The young man noticed what her gaze was pointing at, but he just reversed one hand and rubbed his back, and casually said "It's okay."

Then he stood up and approached her.

Just as her heart suddenly became nervous, he squatted down next to her, but instead of helping her up, he picked up something that was resting on the ground beside her, and sighed with some regret after looking at it a few times: "This fall is broken enough, and I can't wear it." ”

Xiao Qiang turned her head and saw that the young man was holding a men's hair crown in his hand, with a big pit on the crown and a corner of jade left on it. She looked down again at the spot where he had picked up the crown from the ground, and saw a cluster of dark blue glass-like slag, which was clearly the remnants of a piece of blue jade embedded in the crown. Her heart tightened, and she suddenly expected a trace of the strictness of things.

Xiao Qiang raised her eyebrows slightly, and her gaze fell on his black hair, which had lost the restraint of the jade crown and was scattered casually on his shoulders. I don't know for what reason, she quickly thought that he was the guest of honor at today's family banquet in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and her heart was in awe.

Without hesitation, she only moved her body, then knelt down towards the young man, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "The maid is guilty, breaking the son's hair crown, causing trouble to the son, please punish the son!" ”

With her shoulders stretched out very straight, but her head buried low, such a kneeling position would feel uncomfortable, but it was more important to express her remorse and not adulteration. However, her hands on the ground were not as firm as her confession, and they trembled slightly when they pressed against the smooth stone steps.

"What kind of son, what kind of son am I!"

The young man's voice came, with a hint of impatience, but it was moving into the distance. Xiao Qiang raised his head when he heard the sound, and saw that the young man had already walked to the fence in the pavilion, sat down next to the pavilion pillar, his eyes had already been cast, and said: "Don't kneel on the ground, there is no mattress there, just now, it's not enough for you to hurt?" ”