In the middle of the warm pavilion, four handsome servants Yi Yi sang a little song, and their bodies were enchanting. Wen Ruihao, Liu Baimei, and the three uncles each set up a table, with all the food and wine, and several beautiful maids around them embraced each other, and they were at ease.

Wen Ruihao came in from Lin Xi, and his eyes swirled on her. This girl is dressed in plain clothes, as fresh and lovely as a hibiscus out of the water, and her eyes are bright and deep, like the stars in the night sky. For some reason, four words came to Wen Ruihao's mind: beautiful and delicious.

Liu Baimei didn't ignore the slight frowning of Lin Xi's eyebrows, he subconsciously pushed the woman in his arms out and straightened his clothes.

As soon as Li Congwang saw Lin Xi coming, he hurriedly pushed away the bewitching woman beside him, and said with a smile: "Xiaoxi, you are here, I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Lin Xi sat on Li Congwang's side, and said in a low voice: "Third uncle, what do you have to ask me to come over?" ”

Li Congwang looked puzzled: "Today, the King of Chu and General Liu have made a special trip to thank us. ”

Lin Xi said disdainfully: "Third uncle, thank us, we still have to treat us, this deal can't be done." ”

"Hey, people come from afar, it's enough to have this heart."

"Third uncle, this heart is not the other, you have to be careful." Lin Xi said very politely.

Wen and Liu saw the nephew whispering head to head and exchanged glances.

Wen Ruihao leaned half of his body on the maidservant, his eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Last time, Miss Menglin was warmly entertained, and today I will send two deep-sea corals to the girl to enjoy, thank you girl!" ”

After that, Wen Ruihao raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Lin Xi rolled her eyes silently. Pi Xiaorou didn't smile and said: "The King of Chu is polite, it is really a little woman's luck to meet the King of Chu in the remote Zhuangzi." What to talk about without thanks. ”

Wen Ruihao smiled deeply. The words are full, but the eyebrows and eyes do not hide the ridicule of him, as if he is saying that the dignified King of Wei, the official road does not go, and he takes the small road, what is the intention.

This girl is much smarter than the fool.

Wen Ruihao slapped his palm twice, and the attendant behind him hurriedly brought the brocade box in his hand to Lin Xi.

"Swords with heroes. Jewelry for beauties. It's too simple to say thank you. Please accept this night pearl by the girl! ”

It's sending corals again, and it's sending night pearls, isn't this guy so much money that there's nowhere to spend?

Lin Xirumo's eyes were gently raised, and his bare hands touched the brocade box. smiled: "No merit is not rewarded." Two corals have been extraordinary. It stands to reason that I should have refused. But if I push back, I'm afraid that I will lose the face of the prince again, Xia Feng. Put it away for me. ”

Wen Ruihao didn't open it when he saw her, and his face was not a little happy, and he glanced at Liu Baimei carelessly.

Liu Baimei understood, raised her glass and said: "I heard that Miss Lin was a maid in the Prime Minister's Mansion by accident?" ”

Lin Xi suddenly became vigilant, and said smartly: "How can General Liu know that General Liu has seen me in the Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”

Liu Baimei was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The girl said she was smiling." ”

Lin Xixiang took a sip and said with a wicked smile: "General Liu, this is the first time this is the first time to come to the capital of Xin Kingdom?" ”

is such a cunning girl, throwing stones to ask for directions, hiding murderous intentions, Liu Baimei praised it in her heart.

"The capital of Xinguo, the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger, I have been fascinated for a long time, this is the first time I have come back, but it seems that I have been here in my dream, do you believe it?"

It was a plausible sentence, so that Lin Xi couldn't catch the slightest trick, and she smiled meaningfully: "I naturally believe it." ”

The eyes of the two met in the air, bursting out with a few fires, and they moved away in unison, and their hearts swelled with sourness. It turns out that there is a handle in someone's hand, and it feels like this.

Lin Xi really didn't have a good impression of these two Wei people, so he said a few polite words, and then retired under the pretext of excuse.

Li Congwang couldn't stay, so he had to let her go.

Wen Ruihao looked at Lin Xi's delicate and graceful back, took a sip of wine and said: "Brother Congwang, your niece is really good-looking, presumably your aunt is also a beauty who has captivated the country and the city." ”

Li Congwang said embarrassedly: "Brother Hao must have heard of the origin of this child, don't hide it from the two, what her parents look like, I have never seen it so far." ”

Wen Ruihao took a sip of the wine handed by the maidservant and said with a smile: "Don't talk about her, Brother Wang, I always hear you talk about how Wanhualou is, how about we go on a journey tomorrow?" ”

"Great!"

Li Congwang smiled proudly: "Tomorrow, I will be the east, please go to the Drunken Immortal Residence for dinner first, and then go to Wanhualou for a small gathering, and the two brothers will come here and return satisfied." ”

……

The cold wind is bleak, and the long street is lonely.

Lin Bei held the reins in his hand, and watched deeply as the carriage of the Hou Mansion entered through the corner gate and disappeared from sight. The placket of his clothes fluttered in the wind, and his hair was a little disheveled, and he didn't notice it.

Standing quietly for a long time, lightly beating the horse's back, a person, a horse and a dog galloped slowly. At the crossroads, he slightly retracted the reins and hesitated.

A moment later, his dark eyes flashed, and he sped away with his feet between them. Seeing this, the black dog suddenly pounced like an arrow from a string, passed through several alleys, and went straight to the suburbs.

……

In Linjia Village late at night, the silence is still there, and the Zhuang family has already fallen asleep early.

Lin Bei stood in front of the tomb in the backyard of the Lin family with his back hand, his expression unknown.

"Childe, something is here!"

Qi Hui took out the roast chicken and roast duck in the baggage one by one and lit incense.

As soon as the qiē was properly placed, Lin Xi knelt on the ground three times, and then sat on the ground with Dongdong.

"Childe, it's cold on the ground!"

"No problem!"

Lin Bei waved his hand, signaling him to go farther, and a low voice slowly sounded from the backyard.

"Master, Gao Zizhan, the eldest young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion, has taken a fancy to Xiaoxi and is willing not to take a concubine for her. I have seen that man, he is a very good man, and if Konishi marries him, he should be safe and happy for the rest of his life. Just ......"

Lin Bei's face was calm.

"It's just that I like her too...... And...... It's been a long, long time. Master, I really want to marry her. ”

The tomb is lonely, and there is only the sound of wind around, and there is no response to him.

Qi Hui looked at Lin Bei's lonely back, and said cautiously: "Since the son likes it, why don't you tell the truth to Miss Xiaoxi." ”

Lin Bei patted Dongdong's head and sighed lightly: "What did you say?" ”

"Say that Childe likes her! Now the eldest young master of the Gao family has made it clear. If Childe doesn't say it again, it will be too late. ”

Qi Hui is really worried about his master. You say you like it, but you always refuse to say it. That aunt was confused, where did she know your mind son, didn't this let Gao Zizhan take the lead.

"What about after that?"

"Marry her!"

"What if my identity is revealed?"

"Say what if. It's better than being as obscure as it is now. ”

Qi Hui really didn't understand Childe's thoughts. Why is it always decisive in other things, simply and neatly, but when it comes to Miss Xiaoxi, the left one hesitates, the right one hesitates, and people are anxious.

Lin Bei's dark eyes were deep. Fell on Dongdong.

"The people of Wei are in the capital!"

"The dragon can't overpower the snake of the ground. I'm afraid he's a ghost. ”

Lin Bei sighed lightly: "You think too simply!" ”

"It's Childe who thinks too complicated."

"You're too loud!"

Qi Fei rolled his eyes, walked to the side and squatted down unconvinced.

Lin Bei's long eyebrows tightened, his eyes looked at the tomb, and he didn't move for a long time.

Dongdong seemed to feel the owner's mood down. Honestly lying on the ground. Occasionally, he glanced at Lin Bei with resentful eyes.

Quiescence. Deathly silence.

After a long time, Lin Bei stood up straight and stood with his hands in his hands.

"Master. You once said that one wrong step in life, one wrong step, but no one can regret it. I don't want to make a mistake, because if I get it wrong, it's doomed. If I can't protect her for the rest of my life, I'd rather watch from afar. ”

Qi Hui was anxious when he heard this, and endured it a few times, but he couldn't hold back in the end, and called: "Childe!" ”

Lin Bei was stunned, and his eyes looked at the familiar and unfamiliar monument in front of him without blinking. The words on the tablet were engraved by him one by one.

"Let's go!"

Qi retreated and said, "Childe, let's leave now?" ”

"Hmm!"

"But Childe hasn't said a few words yet?"

"Needless to say, what I want to say in my heart, the master has heard it!"

"So ...... we?"

"Retreat!"

"Yes, Childe!"

"I just want her to be well!"

There was a touch of pain on Izuchen's face, there seemed to be a light in his eyes, and the whole person was covered with a faint layer of melancholy.

Qi Hui had never seen such a son, and when he looked at it, his eyes couldn't move for a moment.

……

"Master, the eldest young master has been kneeling in the courtyard for two full hours."

Chen Ping lowered his head and said softly.

Gao Zecheng threw the pen irritably and sneered: "Let him kneel!" ”

"Master, the eldest young master is weak, and it's freezing outside, if something goes wrong with his knees, how can he get it!" Chen Ping watched the eldest young master grow up since he was a child, and he couldn't bear it.

Gao Zecheng got up and paced back and forth in the study a few times.

Zizhan Xinyi Linxi, according to Linxi's decency in front of the Queen Mother now, this family business is also compatible. The crux of the matter is that Lin Xi used to be a maid in Gaofu, and everyone up and down the mansion knew it. This has become a young grandmother, how to explain it in front of relatives and friends? His dignified face, where is he going?

Gao Zecheng took a long breath and said, "Go, call people in!" ”

Chen Ping was overjoyed and said, "Yes, master!" ”

……

"Father!" Gao Zizhan called out calmly.

Gao Zecheng twisted his eyebrows: "You have made up your mind?" ”

"The heart has been decided!"

"A path to the dark?"

"Father's fulfillment!" Gao Zizhan put down his robe and knelt down.

"You-"

His temples jumped suddenly, Gao Zecheng slapped the case, and said angrily: "You are the eldest young master of my prime minister's mansion, a famous family, rich and noble, and you will be ...... in the future."

"Father, before my mother died, she told me that marriage is only up to me." Gao Zizhan said calmly.

Gao Zecheng looked at each other angrily.

Gao Zizhan looked back at the past without fear.

Such a confrontational scene and a condensed atmosphere still appeared in the days before and after Cui's death. The air between father and son condensed, as if the sound of cold water and ice could be heard.

Xu is Cui's two words, which made Gao Zecheng think of something, and the anger disappeared from his eyes little by little.

He waved his hand tiredly and said, "You go back and rest first, let me discuss this matter with your grandfather!" ”

Gao Zizhan's body did not move, and his tone was still calm and indifferent: "Father, mother once told me that in this life, fame and fortune, wealth and glory, in the blink of an eye, it is the greatest happiness to be able to stay alone." ”

Gao Zecheng's heart fluttered, and his expression was a little gloomy.

……

The night was falling.

Gao Zizhan's robe fluttered in the night breeze, and his deep black eyes were as bright as starlight. The slightest loosening on his father's face just now was evident to him.

"Big brother!"

On the side of the path, Liu's mother was holding a lantern, and Narcissus was holding Jasmine, looking at her fixedly.

Gao Zizhan smiled lightly, stepped forward and pulled Jasmine's cloak, and said softly, "Why are you here?" ”

"Brother, do you really want to marry Linxi?"

Gao Zizhan nodded truthfully.

Gao Jasmine's expression changed greatly: "Brother, that Linxi was originally a descendant of our family, and she is not worthy of you." ”

"Jasmine, brother...... Love her! ”

"Brother, she's just good-looking, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and female red needles and chisels don't work. Brother, she is an illegitimate child, if you marry her, you will be laughed at by the world. ”

Seeing that the eldest lady's tone was getting harder and harder, Mother Liu was secretly anxious, and gently pulled her sleeve.

Gao Zizhan stroked his sister's head and sighed softly: "Jasmine, if Jinchen is not from the Cui family, are you still willing to marry him?" ”

"Is this ......," Jasmine Gao asked.

Gao Zizhan slowly lowered his head: "It doesn't matter who she is or what she was born in. The important thing is that I like her. Jasmine, do you understand? ”

Mother Liu couldn't help but interject: "Young Master, Lin Xi, this child's slave and maid knows, the slave and maid next to her don't talk much, only one point, if she marries in and becomes a young grandmother, how can she serve the public?" ”

Gao Zizhan smiled and said, "Mother Liu thinks far-reaching. The status of women in the inner house is given by men. If I can serve the people, she will be able to serve the people. I don't show her face, who dares to show her face. ”

Liu's mother was speechless, and she didn't say a word for a long time. She is a person from the past, and she has seen a lot of love between men and women in the world, and the eldest young master can say this, it seems that he is sincere. The eldest lady wants to persuade her, but she can't persuade her.

Narcissus secretly glanced at Liu's mother, not daring to make a sound.

Gao Zizhan saw that Jasmine bowed her head and said nothing, and raised her head to Liu's mother, and Narcissus said: "Hold more eldest misses, and always persuade on the side in everything." ”

Liu and Shui knew that the eldest young master was beating them with this, and their heads hung deeper.

……

Xia's winter is cold.

As soon as Gao Zecheng got into bed, he took the person into his arms, and stroked her shoulder for a while and said, "Xiao Wang's affairs, are you busy?" Does the Wang family have something to say? ”

Xia Shi was a little tired and said, "The Wang family took the silver, so naturally they have nothing to say. But it was the old lady who fell ill all at once. ”

Gao Zecheng sneered: "That's a conscience." She got people in, and this kind of thing happened. If she is not sick, how can her father explain it? How's that little brute doing now? ”

Gao Ziwei knelt in the ancestral hall for a day and a night, and finally fainted to the ground, which shocked Zhu and cried loudly.

Xia sighed: "It's a little cold, take a few patches of medicine and you'll be fine." ”

"It's okay in this way, it can be seen that it's cheaper for him, and when the illness is cured, I'll kneel again!"

Gao Zecheng closed his eyes lightly, and sighed again: "You have been busy for the past two days, and I haven't bothered to talk to you." There's something I want to discuss with you! ”

"Just say it, master!"

"Zizhan took a fancy to Lin Xi of the Xiaoyao Mansion and wanted to marry her, I looked at ......"

"No, you can't!" (To be continued......)

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