On the night of the ninth day of the ninth month of September, it was already very cold.

The noise of the prince's wedding in the palace has gradually dissipated, and it is the dead of night at this moment.

The bright moonlight shines through the osmanthus tree in the palace and falls on the ground paved with large bluestone, reflecting the mottled shadows of the trees. Occasionally, the sound of my father-in-law beating the watch came, which made the night even quieter.

Su Xiaorou supported her chin with her hands, sat in front of the stone table outside the Taihe Hall in a daze, looking at the rockery pond not far away, feeling upset.

The prince got married today, and the bride turned out to be Su Xiaorou, the daughter of Su Xiangfu? What's going on? Is there still a Su Xiaorou? Impossible.

She couldn't understand that after she had been gone for so many days, the marriage between their Su family and the prince was still held as scheduled.

And who is the bride? Could it be......

A little light flashed in her heart, as if she had caught a clue.

At this moment, I heard a clear voice ringing in my ears: "What day is today?" It seems that some people are happy and some are sad. ”

As he spoke, the man sat down on the stone bench opposite Xiao Rou, it was the second prince Li Rui.

"What makes some people happy and some people are sad? The second prince's words were not understood by the little comb. Xiao Rou was thinking about it, and just came up with a little eyebrows, but was interrupted by Li Rui, she couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and her tone was a little cold.

"Of course so-and-so is happy and the little comb is sad." Li Rui looked at her and said teasingly.

"What am I worried about? Today is the happy day of the prince's wedding, and it is too late for the little comb to be happy. Su Xiaorou said with a faint smile.

"Then you say, why don't you rest in the dead of night, but sit here alone in a daze?" Li Rui asked, his soft gaze seemed to contain something unclear.

"I'm thinking about something, I'm a little homesick." Su Xiaorou said, lowering her head.

"But you look like you're jealous because the prince is married." Li Rui looked at Su Xiaorou studyingly, as if he wanted to see her deep inside.

"Jealous?" Su Xiaorou was taken aback, would she be jealous? For the sake of the prince who is going to run away from marriage? Not really.

So her eyebrows raised unconsciously, and her good-looking apricot eyes were rounded: "Second prince, don't talk nonsense, I'm not jealous." I just wondered in my heart, what kind of person is that princess? ”

"Crown Princess, I don't know what it looks like, I've been wearing a red hijab. But I'm said she's a beautiful woman. Li Rui said.

"I'm asking, is the crown princess really the daughter of Su Xiangye's family?" Xiao Rou asked depressedly.

"Little comb, are you alright? Your question is really a little worrying about whether you were stimulated to talk nonsense today. Ordered by the father, the daughter sent by Su Xiangye and Mrs. Su in person is not the daughter of their family, so what is it? Li Rui smiled and teased.

"Oh." Su Xiaorou sighed, stopped speaking, and silently looked at the moon shadow in the distance in a daze.

Li Rui looked at Su Xiaorou's silhouette, he felt that this girl was like a mystery, a little naïve and a little strange, which made him unpredictable but always attracted him.

"Little comb, can you stop being in a daze like this. You really look like a sad and frustrated person. Finally couldn't help it, Li Rui opened his mouth to break the silence.

"I'm a sad and frustrated person, I can't go home or leave the palace now, I can't even wear a girl's clothes, I have to dress up like this every day, I'm so annoyed." Hearing Li Rui's words, Su Xiaorou came back to her senses.

"You want to leave the palace?" Li Rui asked.

"Of course, I suffocated to death every day in the palace." Xiao Rou pouted and said, she didn't seem to have any fear of this second prince who met by chance in the imperial garden.

"Little comb, when you tell me this, it's really a blind cat meeting a dead mouse - you've found the right person, and I'm going to leave the palace tonight, do you dare to follow me?" Li Rui showed his teasing smile again.

"Second prince, you abuse words, who is a blind cat and who is a dead mouse?" Su Xiaorou laughed out loud, feeling that her mood seemed to be much better.

"Maybe I'm a mouse, you're a cat, just waiting for you to catch me." Li Rui said in a low voice, and asked with a straight face: "Are you going with me?" ”

"I ......" Xiao Rou couldn't make up her mind for a while, hesitated and didn't speak.

"Please, miss, if you want to go, you can go with me, although I Li Rui likes the most beautiful women, I still know the way of a gentleman, and I won't treat you well. If you don't want to go, go back to bed and don't get sick here, but I'm sure you'll love the place I'm taking you to. Li Rui said.

"Okay, I'll go with you, but you'll have to bring me back before dawn." Xiaorou stood up, she was still thinking about the unknown crown princess, thinking that she must find a chance to find out who she is when it dawns?

Li Rui took Su Xiaorou to the west gate of the palace, and the guards guarding the palace gate seemed to be accustomed to Li Rui's departure from the palace, and when they saw that they just respectfully shouted "Second Prince", they didn't say anything more.

The two of them quickly left the heavy gate of the palace, and Su Xiaorou couldn't help but think in her heart: There was no way to get out of the palace so many times before, it turned out that it was so simple to follow the prince out.

Li Rui looked at Su Xiaorou's expression and asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

"I'm thinking, if I want to go out of the palace in the future, I'll find you the second prince." Su Xiaorou smiled. After leaving the palace, she felt that her eyes suddenly opened up and she was in a good mood.

"Hehe, no problem, you can come to me at any time. Now, you're going to get closer to me, because I'm going to take you flying. Li Rui smiled, and then took Su Xiaorou's hand.

Su Xiaorou only felt that her body was gently pulled by Li Rui, and the person rose into the air. She was so frightened that she exclaimed: "Second prince, are we really flying?" ”

"Look at you so stupid, then I'll tell you a little bit, this is the light skill of the legend in the martial arts. Has the prince never shown it in front of you? Li Rui hugged Su Xiaorou lightly, and the person had already swept dozens of feet away like a flying swallow.

"Oh." Su Xiaorou replied and stopped talking.

In fact, she is not unfamiliar with the word light gong, her three elder brothers are all people who have practiced martial arts since childhood and are strong in kung fu, and she has heard her brothers say things like practicing light gong before. But she wasn't interested in it at all, so she never paid attention to it.

Unexpectedly, tonight with the second prince Li Rui personally experienced a light skill, Su Xiaorou felt both novel and a little nervous, and couldn't help but close her eyes, not daring to look at the ground under her.

I don't know how long it took, she heard Li Rui say, "It's here." ”

I felt that Li Rui took her body and fell gently, and the person was already standing firmly on the ground.

Su Xiaorou opened her eyes and saw that there was a large bamboo forest in front of her.

I saw the bamboo branches swaying, the bamboo leaves swaying, and the moonlight drifting with the night mist, as if I was in the green cloud mountain.

She was stunned by the scene in front of her, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Wow, what a beautiful bamboo forest." ”

"I knew you'd love it here, come with me." Li Rui smiled slightly, and took Su Xiaorou to a path in the bamboo forest.

As the path twisted and wenged inward, when Li Rui stopped with Su Xiaorou, Su Xiaorou felt as if she was standing in a quiet and beautiful manor.

The garden is surrounded by a green bamboo fence, and in the middle is an elegant three-story bamboo building.

In addition to bamboo branches, grapes and pomegranates are planted on both sides of the bamboo building, and there are several leafy osmanthus trees planted behind the house, and there is a shallow pond moored in front of the bamboo building.

At this time, I saw a young boy in Tsing Yi with a round head and a round face, thick eyebrows and big eyes coming out of the bamboo building, about nine or ten years old.

Seeing Li Rui, he looked excited, and ran over quickly: "Brother Rui, why are you here, Bao'er thought you wouldn't come tonight, and you almost dozed off." As he spoke, he looked at Su Xiaorou curiously.

"Since I was instructed, when did I not come here on the ninth night of the ninth month of September?" Li Rui glared at the kid with a smile, then pointed at Su Xiaorou and said, "This is Sister Comb." ”

"Sister Comb?" The child touched his round head and looked at Su Xiaorou a little strangely, probably he couldn't understand why he asked him to call this man dressed as his sister. However, he still called out obediently: "Hello Sister Comb, I'm Bao'er." ”

Su Xiaorou looked at his funny appearance, felt very cute, and smiled at him gently: "Hello, Bao'er." ”

"Sister, you're so beautiful." Seeing Su Xiaorou's sweet smile, Bao'er immediately said sincerely.

"You're cute, too." Su Xiaorou smiled again, she already liked this little boy with a tiger head.

"It seems that the charm of the little comb is really infinite. Boa knows how to appreciate beautiful women. Li Rui pretended to sigh and said.

Bao'er embarrassedly pretended to be weird, stretched out her left hand and made an inviting gesture and said, "Brother Rui, Sister Comb, please go upstairs." ”

Taking Li Rui and Su Xiaorou to a room on the third floor, Bao'er pushed open the door and said, "Brother Rui, Sister Comb, you guys talk slowly for a while, and I'll make tea for you." With that, he went downstairs.

Su Xiaorou looked up and saw that this house was very well decorated.

The furniture inside is all made of bamboo, bamboo tables, bamboo benches, bamboo curtains, and against the bamboo window, there is a bamboo guqin made of zuò.

Seeing the qin, Su Xiaorou felt itchy for a while.

She has been familiar with ancient music since she was a child, cherishing the piano and loving music, so she couldn't help but walk over and sit on the piano bench and pluck the strings gently, and the guqin immediately emitted a crisp and pleasant sound.

Accompanied by the melodious sound of the piano, Su Xiaorou's hands were lightly raised, and her thoughts were far away, as if she had returned to the happy days when she was at home in the past, and she was intoxicated for a while, as if she had forgotten where she was.

Until the end of the song, Li Rui leaned on the side and looked at the picturesque poetic woman playing the piano, listening to the beautiful and soft dingdong qin music, and it turned out to be a leisurely and fascinated look.

Su Xiaorou came back to her senses and couldn't help but say, "Second prince, I want to ask you ......"

But I didn't want to think that at this time, Li Rui also opened his mouth and said, "Little comb, I want to ask you ......." ”

Both of them stopped their words at once, looked at each other and smiled.