When the young man said this, he lowered his head slightly, touched his chin and pondered for a moment, and finally said: "However, the Xiangfu family has a big business, and the master family should not be angry because of a plate, so the situation I just said is only the worst possibility." ”

Faced with the young man's help, analysis, and comfort, Xiao Qiang finally couldn't help but say in a trembling voice: "I'm just a maid who serves people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, why does Childe bother to help me so much?" ”

"Because you helped me first." The young man replied quickly.

After he said this, he walked very quickly, and at the same time another sentence floated from behind him: "You hurry up to the kitchen and get another fruit!" You must know that the punishment for concealing and failing to report is much heavier than taking the initiative to ask for a crime. ”

Xiao Qiang suddenly understood, but the young man had already walked away. At this moment, there was another sound of footsteps beside him, and it turned out that a maid with a tray was approaching not far away. This maid was also in a hurry, and the thing she was holding in her hand was actually the maid at the banquet.

Fortunately, the young man had already walked away, and all the debris on the ground had been cleaned up at this time, so Xiao Qiang stood under the Liufeng Pavilion empty-handed, but he didn't make the maid feel much hearted. At most, when she was a lazy maid who was busy, the maid nodded slightly at Xiao Qiang's face as a greeting, and after passing by, did she slander anything in her heart, for she didn't know that Xiao Qiang broke the banquet fruit, it was insignificant.

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On that day, Xiao Qiang and the young man met for the first time in the Liufeng Pavilion, although they did not know each other's names and identities, but they left a deep impression on each other.

Because in addition to the special and bizarre intersection, a relationship was established in the hearts of the two at the same time, and on the same day, Xiao Qiang, who was busy with kitchen work, peeked at the banquet scene and found that the young man was actually sitting next to his young master! She has been working in the Prime Minister's Mansion for some years. I never knew that the old man had a fourth son, so what did that young man mean when he sat next to the young master?

Afterwards, she asked the older qualified servants in the Prime Minister's Mansion and learned that the one who pulled herself in the Liufeng Pavilion would not fall apart; After that, he patiently and carefully helped himself cover his lies; Then he appeared next to the venue and sat next to Shi Sangongzi as the son of Xiangye... But because the jade crown was destroyed by his own touch, the young man who only used a blue scarf to tie his hair was surnamed Cen Mingchi.

Surprised, she listened to the very senior servant woman in the house take the initiative and said with regret that the prime minister originally wanted to accept Cen Chi as a righteous son, so she chose today's day so that Cen Chi, who was the same age as Shi Sangongzi, would be crowned as soon as he walked with his son. Unexpectedly, something seemed to have gone wrong halfway, and the plan like this could not be continued.

No need for others to remind her of anything, Xiao Qiang already knows. What is the problem of the halfway wreckage?

In this way, her heart felt even more sorry for the young man. But at the same time, she remembered what he had said, and the servant woman was extremely embarrassed, and her heart was full of regret, but she did not say a word of gossip about the matter.

Cen Chijing fell heavily against Xiao Qiang that day. There was a bruise on his back from the stone steps of the pavilion, and in addition to sitting still, other actions, including sleeping and turning over at night, would affect the pain of the bruise. This hidden wound and pain made him endure it for more than half a month before it gradually subsided, and he remembered what happened in the Liu Feng Pavilion for more than half a month.

Since the end of the feast. Although Cen Chi failed to enter the Shi family as a righteous son according to the Prime Minister's wishes and became the fourth son of the Shi family, he also started from that day. He lived in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a long time.

No one seems to know what happened at the Prime Minister's family banquet, which ruined the Prime Minister's good intentions, but did not ruin the Prime Minister's mood. The prime minister treats Cen Chi as seriously as always, and as one of the 'perpetrators' of that not very good thing, after being apprehensive, she gradually admires the lying ability of the young man named Cen Chi.

I don't know what method he used. The prime minister did not question or be annoyed by this destructive change.

In the days that followed, not only was the Prime Minister calm as usual. Even Cen Chi's own reputation was not affected by the almost cloaked outfit at that family banquet, but because of the days he spent in the Prime Minister's Mansion accumulating day by day, his reputation was quietly and slowly rising.

Things are going in a good direction, because this young man has the utmost talent, which is enough to break through the disadvantages of a qiē on him and on the surface.

Although Cen Chi acted in a low-key manner, low-key to the point of being one of the guests in the Prime Minister's Mansion, even if his talent showed that he could be competent in many things that the Prime Minister needed to help, he never took the initiative to ask for help, but was very passive and only did what the Prime Minister took the initiative to invite. His behavior may seem a bit arrogant, and he will miss many opportunities to earn rewards for his merits, but his behavior has remained the same, and has never changed. However, the strange thing is that Cheng's attention to him has never become lighter.

This is because whenever the prime minister asks for something, he never disappoints. This is the upper limit of his inner ability that other Shangbin staff can't imitate, and it is also the cause of his arrogance.

The fame of the genius guest has spread far and wide.

However, this news only spread throughout the interior of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and only stayed in the scope of this deep mansion compound, because the mansion has strict rules prohibiting subordinates from making noise about matters related to the guests in the mansion outside the mansion, so as not to distort words and add to the trouble.

However, Xiao Qiang never expected that only a few months after the Liufeng Pavilion incident, Cen Chi had just become Mr. Xixi, the third prince of Shi, and it was when all kinds of rumors about him were transmitted most frequently among the people of the prime minister's mansion...... And the object she wants to serve is Cen Chi!

For a while, there were all kinds of rumors in the mansion that bombarded this small courtyard, among which the most embarrassing thing for Xiao Qiang was that there were rumors that Shi Sangongzi arranged for her to serve Cen Chi closely, including ...... Warm the bed?!

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Although life in the small courtyard is not as complicated as rumored, such rumors still embarrassed Xiao Qiang for a long time, but in this matter, Mr. Cen, who is rumored to be amazingly talented, did not say a word.

However, after getting along for a while, Xiao Qiang had a feeling from the bottom of her heart, and understood why Cen Chi didn't explain a word about Fengchuan, just because his actions were the best explanation.

His routine is as simple and regular as his life, and every day is absolutely early to bed and early to rise. And when he fell asleep at night, he did not allow Xiao Qiang to come near his bedroom, and he never called Xiao Qiang to serve him all night. It's not because he's afraid of any scandal, it's that when he's resting, he doesn't like to have extra sound interference.

However, his habit is to defeat rumors in a way that 'adapts to change', and although the effect of this method is slow, it is more thorough than a direct explanation.

However, Cen Chi's nature seems to be like this. Regarding the rumors in the small courtyard, he didn't bother to think of any countermeasures, but because of this episode of Xiangfu's life, his character image was expanded. At the same time, this also explains why Shi Sangongzi arranged such a secluded single courtyard for him, but the Prime Minister's Mansion had enough servants, but only arranged a serving maid for him...... It really has nothing to do with all that mess!

After getting along like this for a few months, perhaps influenced by Cen Chi's style of acting, Xiao Qiang finally strengthened her heart, and like him, she didn't participate in any rumors, didn't express her position, didn't explain.

A slap didn't make a sound, and gradually these rootless wind rumors faded away.

Although the external rumors are scattered, there is a mystery in Xiao Qiang's heart that has existed for a long time, which is swelled because of the improvement of self-courage, and is eager to find answers day by day.

Finally, one day, Qiang plucked up the courage to ask about the crown.

She was a little surprised, Cen Chi did not hide this matter from her. And what surprised her the most was the answer. After Cen Chi explained frankly, she was shocked to know that she asked him that day, and in his reply, the so-called "she helped him first" was her bump.

She knocked his jade crown away, so that he could not complete the crown ceremony, and failed to become the righteous son of Shi Gongyi—this is what he is happy to see!

Xiao Qiang was really frightened by the answer given by Cen Chi, but Cen Chi did not explain much about it.

Shortly thereafter, Cen Chi temporarily resigned to Shi Gong and left the Prime Minister's Mansion to travel.

I don't know if it's because of the pressure on my heart, or because Cen Chi left the courtyard, and Xiao Qiang, who still stayed in the courtyard to be responsible for the daily cleaning and maintenance of the flowers and plants in the courtyard, fell into a long period of silence again soon after getting rid of the entanglement of rumors.

In the five years that followed, Cen Chi often did this, staying in the prime minister's mansion for a few months, and then taking a break from traveling.

He doesn't often live in the Prime Minister's House, but every time he leaves, he always comes back. And every time he comes back from a long trip, Xiao Qiang always feels a slight change in his body, and this change is focused on his eyes.

In the course of five years, if at the moment of the first meeting, there was still a trace of childishness in his eyes that had not faded cleanly, then now he can really be called deep and deep in his eyes. The contours of his face are clearer, and the natural blades of the years depict a sharp water chestnut with a more mature charm on his upright face.

When she looks at such a face, she occasionally can't hold back her drunkenness, but it is not the same as the shame she felt when she was scorched a few years ago.