At the beginning of the banquet, the atmosphere was ignited by a rain of lanterns.

In the water pavilion, several noble ladies vied with each other to flatter Xue Guifei.

"Fang was shocked for a moment, thinking that it was going to be water, who would have thought that there would be such a hand, it was really whimsical, the concubine Niangniang had a good thought, which opened the eyes of us laymen."

"Don't say it, I really can't see how these lanterns fell on the water, which fairy did Niangniang ask for help!"

Xue Guifei tilted her head, the phoenix hairpin swayed lightly, looking at the night view of the lake from afar, the lights were bright, and she smiled at everyone:

"It's not just for the sake of looking good, there's something strange hidden in it, and some people will have a headache later."

Concubine Shu sat quietly on the side, turned her face when she heard the words, and said:

"Tonight's battle for gold and jade hibiscus has something to do with the hibiscus lanterns all over the lake?"

"Sure enough, my sister is smart," Xue Guifei praised her, supported the golden group soft pillow with one hand, and was helped up and upright by the lady, kneeling at her feet to smooth out the tiny folds on her skirt.

"Go ahead, recruit all the sons and daughters of each family to come to them, tell them not to be greedy for fun, and this palace needs to explain what the rules are tonight."

Xue Guifei softened, and half of the palace people guarding the four corners of the water pavilion agreed and retreated to call people

Yu Shu and Xue Rui were called back as soon as they walked to the center of the corridor.

Hearing that it was Xue Guifei who was going to announce the rules tonight, the men and women who were scattered in the flower room and on the lakeshore to watch the lanterns walked back one after another.

The two were caught in the crowd and could not avoid being seen. Loosen the hands that are held together.

When she arrived at the bridge, Yu Shu looked up and saw Jingchen standing there alone, looking at the situation, she was obviously waiting for her.

At tonight's banquet, there are many people, and Yu Shu doesn't want to have anything to do with Jing Chen, lest he really listen to the instigation of someone above, and use the name of the gentleman's hibiscus banquet to do something out of the ordinary.

However, she couldn't avoid it, so she had to bite the bullet. Walk over head-on.

Xue Rui saw Jingchen as well. So he took two quick steps under his feet, crossed in front of Yu Shu, and blocked Jing Chen's gaze, and said first:

"I haven't seen you for many days. Is Daozi good? ”

Jing Chen misplaced his gaze on Xue Rui. The head of the jaw gestured: "Everything is okay." Don't worry about Lord Xue. ”

Yu Shu listened in the back, and sighed in his heart, he was in Beijing for half a year. I wanted to go down the mountain to join the WTO, and Jingchen, who couldn't even take care of his own food and clothing, also learned to speak politely at this time.

"How is Miss Shuiyun's legs and feet recovering, didn't Daozi get a pair of tiger bones a few days ago, I asked for a few old medicines there, and I heard the imperial doctor say that it is best to make medicinal wine, and I asked people to send medicinal materials over, there should be one or two things that can be used."

Xue Rui waved his hand lightly behind him while speaking, Yu Shu saw it, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly walked aside, got off the bridge, and didn't look at Jingchen much, so he didn't see the sight of the two men behind her.

As soon as she left, Xue Rui's face lightened a lot, stretched out his hand to the side, and said to Jing Chen:

"I have a few words, please here."

Jingchen nodded, didn't ask much, and walked away from the crowd with him and walked to a quiet place.

Xue Rui looked at the quiet and peaceful man in front of him, and thought that Yu Shu had fallen in love with this person, and suffered several times, but in exchange for being in prison for a while, it was difficult not to be a little cold.

"Although I don't know the details, I also know that you broke off your friendship with Ah Shu before, since you have cut off your robe and broken your righteousness, you didn't care about it before, why are you here to entangle it now?"

Xue Rui didn't make a detour and asked bluntly.

Jingchen's impression of Xue Rui has always been mediocre, but knowing that he takes care of Yu Shu a lot, and the two are commensurate with brother and sister, he didn't feel unhappy in the face of Xue Rui's cold words, but reminded him that he was sorry for Yu Shuliang.

Jingchen's guilty heart rose again, but to Xue Rui, he really had nothing to say, so he had to say expressionlessly:

"I forgive you for the inconvenience of explaining the events of that day, but I will definitely ask her for forgiveness for my mistakes."

Seeing his insistence, Xue Rui frowned and said in a deep voice:

"You don't want to say it, and I'm not interested in hearing it, but as for your forgiveness, I have to advise you not to trouble her again. If you make her uneasy because of you, I, the eldest brother, will never spare you. ”

He really wanted to say these things to Jing Chen from the position of a man, but because he couldn't reveal the secrets he knew, and he couldn't let Jing Chen notice his intimacy with Yu Shu, he could only retreat and warn Jing Chen as a brother.

He couldn't stop Jing Chen from trying to save Yu Shu's mind for the sake of the misfortune, but if he turned a blind eye, he couldn't do it.

Jing Chen looked at Xue Rui, who had stern eyes, and could sense his protection of Yu Shu, and for some reason, he felt a little uncomfortable.

This feeling is familiar, he recalls thinking of one thing, he practiced on Longhu Mountain, and since the age of seven he has known his life experience, because the head of the family and the master told him that in order not to cause trouble to others, he hardly gets along with his brothers and sisters, and when he was a child, he often accompanied a wild monkey who loves to eat sour fruits on the back mountain day and night.

Later, the monkey disappeared, and one day he saw the fifth senior brother holding the monkey to the big kitchen to find food, he recognized it, and stepped forward to get close, but was stopped by the fifth senior brother, saying that the monkey loves to catch people, let him not touch it, otherwise he will scratch him, and the senior brother will be scolded by the master, and the monkey will also be put in a cage.

Jingchen has not been in contact with many people since he was a child, so he has a vivid memory of the mountain monkey who is in the animal life road and is not afraid of his calamity.

And Yu Shu is a human being, knowing how terrible he is, but he still takes care of him in the days of his amnesia.

For him, Yu Shu's significance is far from being comparable to that monkey.

When he was a child, he could not be close to that monkey because of his senior brother's words, but now he will not retreat because of Xue Rui's few warnings.

Yu Shu is the only person in his nineteen years of muddy and dream-like life who can't give up and doesn't want to give up.

And not just because she's a lifebreaker.

"Don't worry, I won't make trouble for her again," Jing Chen told Xue Rui, and silently recited in his heart:

This time, he will definitely protect her and not let her down and be sad.

"I hope you do what you say." Xue Rui said coldly.

The two men with their own hearts faced each other for a moment, and stopped the topic very tacitly, one took the first step, and the other followed.

At this moment's time, dozens of guests had gathered outside the Water Pavilion, all quietly listening to Xue Guifei presiding over tonight's banquet.

As soon as Xue Rui approached, he heard a series of surprises bursting out of the crowd in front of him, some people gasped, and some people shouted, I don't know what the nobles inside said, causing such a big reaction.

Xue Rui was about to pull someone to ask, when he saw Feng Zhaomiao withdraw from the crowd, walked quickly to his side, and smacked his tongue at him:

"Brother Rui, do you hear it, there is a good show to watch tonight, these two golden jade hibiscus, the female guests are the same as in previous years, as long as they compete for each other, they can get one of them. We gentlemen are miserable, seeing that there are no countless hibiscus lanterns on the lake, it is said that there are as many as six thousand six hundred and sixty-six, but only one wick is carved with pure gold, who can find it tonight, can get the remaining one. (To be continued.) )