In Yu Shu's reassuring voice, Xue Rui finally calmed down, and his arm strength relaxed, but he still hugged her, sitting motionless on the chair, his eyes closed, and calming down.

Besides, the people at the table downstairs, I didn't see Xue Rui come back for a long time, so I asked Feng Zhaomiao to go out to find someone, and Xi Wen saw Yu Shu when she went downstairs, thinking that she and Xue Rui should be together at this time, and she was displeased, so she interjected:

"I saw Brother Rui go up to the third floor, you go look for it."

Feng Zhaomiao put down the wine glass and went out, it just so happened that there was no one in the corridor at this time, he went upstairs unimpeded, and when he walked to the door of the second room, he looked inside, and saw Xue Rui and Yu Shu hugging each other, and he was stunned on the spot, standing there stupidly, neither entering nor retreating.

Yu Shu soon found Feng Zhaomiao outside the door, and he didn't rush Xue Rui away, but asked him casually:

"Is there a stall downstairs?"

Feng Zhaomiao was stunned and said, "No, no, they asked me to come to Brother Rui to go back to drink." ”

Yu Shu looked down at Xue Rui and said to him, "When you go back, just say that Brother Xue has something to do and leave first, so they don't have to wait." ”

"Oh, oh," Feng Zhaomiao turned around obediently, and as soon as he lifted his foot, he realized that something was wrong, and he turned his head sharply, almost flashing his neck.

"Brother Rui, what's wrong with him?"

Yu Shu patted Xue Rui's back and said, "It's okay, I've drunk too much." ”

"Hmm." Feng Zhaomiao's eyes glanced around, and couldn't help but fall on the two of them, and as soon as a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind, he recalled a scene: During the Lantern Festival, the night when this restaurant just opened, in this dark corridor, Rui Ge took Lianfang's men downstairs.

Feng Zhaomiao patted his head and suddenly realized, he said that something strange, it turned out that the two of them got along!

"Zhaomiao, after you go down, remember to help me call a guy to come up."

"Ahh Feng Zhaomiao scratched his head. He glared at them again. I walked away dizzily.

Yu Shu didn't specifically tell him not to talk nonsense, Feng Zhaomiao, she still believes in this person, on the surface she is sloppy, but in fact, she is very thoughtful, and she has always thought that Xue Rui is the first to look forward, I believe that he will not cause some gossip to Xue Rui.

Soon. Gui Qi went upstairs, and Yu Shu asked him to make a pot of thick tea, soak it in an ice spring, and then bring a basin of clean water up, wipe Xue Rui's hands and face with his own hands, and break up his tight hair. Loosely bundled.

And Xue Rui didn't say a word from beginning to end, and let her put it away until she cleaned it up, took a cup of warm tea, and handed it to him.

"Big brother, take a sip of tea and suppress the shock."

Xue Rui took a deep breath, as if waking up from a dream. The body is still somewhat stiff. But he obediently took the cup and held it in his hand. Take a sip slowly.

Yu Shu instructed Gui Qi to guard at the staircase, close the door, return to Xue Rui and sit down, hold down the back of his other hand, look at his bloody face, and say:

"Are you feeling better?"

"Hmm." Xue Rui in turn held her hand, looked at her deeply sideways, and said apologetically, "I scared you." ”

Yu Shu pursed the corners of his lips: "Yes, it scared me, I thought you had a stroke after drinking too much." ”

Hearing her deliberately ridiculed, Xue Rui couldn't help laughing, "Where is the stroke like this." ”

Yu Shu glanced at him, "Then tell me, what's wrong with you?" ”

“”

"Don't want to say?" Yu Shu leaned closer to him, narrowed his eyes and said, "I met the county lord Xiwen upstairs, could it be that you secretly did something unsightly behind my back and her?" ”

Xue Rui clenched her hand hard, and couldn't bear to scold: "Nonsense again, I'm just talking to her for a few words." ”

"Say a few words to make you angry like that? Then I have to ask the county lord for advice, where did she learn the ability to make people angry to death! ”

Yu Shu didn't want to force him, but she was really frightened by Xue Rui's appearance just now, knowing that Lu Dao was provoked by Xi Wen, how could she not be annoyed, if Xue Rui was so angry, she couldn't spare that stinky girl.

Xue Rui looked at her beautiful face, arrogant because of anger, as if he had seen a bird in the icy northern country when he was a teenager, with soft and rich feathers, it looked weak and harmless, but if anyone dared to step on its territory, it would expose its sharpest claws and beak, and would not hesitate to give the enemy a head-on blow, fierce and charming.

As soon as his heart moved, he had an urge to confide in her the pain that had been piling up in his heart for three whole years.

"Ashu, don't you want to hear about my past, shall I tell you about it?"

Of course, Yu Shu nodded and said okay, knowing what Xue Rui was going to talk about must be related to his previous gaffe.

Xue Rui held the teacup in one hand, held her in the other, leaned on the back of the chair, hesitated in his heart for a moment, in the end, he couldn't suppress it, and said:

"When I was fourteen years old, I took the exam, and three years later, I was given the test, and the scenery entered the two lists. At that time, he was young and beautiful, the title of the gold list, he was arrogant, and he never put anyone in his eyes, even if he was a prince, he had to call me a brother and a brother, and he respected me for three points. ”

Yu Shu listened carefully to Xue Rui's reminiscences of this past, and imagined how proud the young Xue Rui was, his life experience, talents, and appearance, all of which were candidates for the top, enough to look down on his peers in the capital.

"I told you that my mother was blind when I was a child and was not allowed to take care of the housework, and my grandmother also passed away early, so I didn't have a decent marriage until I was seventeen years old," Xue Rui laughed at himself: "Probably I don't look down on other people's young ladies and think that I am worthy of the best female talent in the world." ”

Flashy and young, Kyoto smoke clouds, in and out of the Dust Fragrance Pavilion, staying in Fangcao Garden, and then the talented Oiran Yantou, it didn't shake the obsession in his heart.

"And that year, the Furong Gentleman's Banquet, the queen mother personally presided over it, and in the Dingbo Pavilion, the first appearance of the ten princesses pampered in the deep palace made me stunned. Her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all incomplete, she can listen to a sound and can play strings, she can set a full plate with a son, she is very smart, and she is born with flowers and moons, and she is fragrant and beautiful. ”

When Yu Shu heard this, the tenth princess suddenly appeared. Unprepared, she was stunned. Then he looked at Xue Rui's face, and before the little sour water in his heart came out, he was replaced by doubt-

It's just because Xue Rui's face is by no means infatuated and reminiscing, but complicated that she can't say.

"If you can be shocked, the tenth princess must be a stunning beauty," Yu Shu was a little puzzled on his face, and couldn't help asking, "How old was the tenth princess at that time?" ”

The tenth princess was behind Liu Tan. Liu Tan is only sixteen or seventeen years old, wasn't the tenth princess only thirteen years old three years ago, so old, what's the point of view?

Xue Rui could probably guess what she was thinking, so he told her: "When the tenth princess was born, she was now the crown prince. At that time, the big mention was personally calculated, saying that she was jealous and wanted to be incognito for three years, so when she was three years old, she was included in the jade, although she was ranked after King Jing, but she was older than King Jing, and that year was twenty-eight years old. ”

Yu Shu could see that Xue Rui did not miss the dead princess beauty. I don't care about eating idle vinegar. Shaking his hand, he asked:

"And then?"

"After the Furong gentleman's banquet. I tried my best to find out a lot about the ten princesses, and the more I listened, the more I fell in love, so I told my grandfather my thoughts, and wanted to ask him to be the master, and ask for grace for me in front of the emperor. ”

Here, he paid attention to Yu Shu and saw that there was no displeasure on her face, so he continued: "But my grandfather reprimanded me and didn't agree. ”

He is the grandson of the Xue family, and he will inherit the family business and maintain the lintel in the future.

How could Xue Lingnan give up his grandson, who had high hopes, not only did he agree, but also taught Xue Rui a hard lesson with his family method, trying to dispel his thoughts.

"I was young and vigorous at that time, and I had no intention of pursuing a career, and after studying for more than ten years, I had long been bored, so my grandfather's beating did not warn me, but made me more and more determined not to be that mediocre courtier. It's ridiculous that I never thought that if it weren't for my grandfather's position as a minister, who would take me seriously, and if I was poor and white, what would I be. ”

Xue Rui laughed at himself again, sarcastically mocking himself unceremoniously, Yu Shu didn't feel good when he listened, and he could see that he was regretting his rebellion back then, but he grew up like that, his mother was not around to teach, only a strict elder urged him every day, where would he not suppress it, finally there was a chance to break free from the shackles, of course he would not give up.

"In the middle of October of that year, the Holy Servant served the south of the city, and I was ordered to accompany him, so I seized this opportunity."

The Son of Heaven was slightly served, that is, to inspect the people's situation, Xue Rui deliberately led the way to the trouble, and he was lucky, he met a family crying on the street, blocking the intersection, there was a suspenseful murder case, he solved the case on the spot, and timely instigated the eighth prince who saw the stitches to expose his identity, and the emperor sent someone to arrest the bully and murderer, attracting the streets to kneel and worship, shouting the Son of Heaven Shengming, the emperor's grace is mighty.

"After the saint returned to the palace, the dragon face was happy, and I made a promise, and I took the opportunity to reveal my admiration for the ten princesses, so as I wished, the saint promised me to wait until the New Year's Festival, and then issued a decree for the ten princesses to marry, and there were many people present at the time, and the matter leaked out, my grandfather was the first to hear the news, but Chrysostom said that he was helpless against me."

Yu Shu looked at the guilt on his face, as if he had fallen into some kind of memory, and there was no sound for a long time, so he couldn't help but say again:

"Let me tell you the truth, before I went to Huazhen Garden, I heard people tell me about the story of you and the tenth princess, but I don't understand how the golden branches and jade leaves that are raised by such glory and noble are gone."

Xue Rui came back to his senses, his face gradually became cold and hard, and he held Yu Shu's fingers involuntarily and forced, and said in a low voice:

"At the end of winter, one day in the first month, my aunt and concubine Niangniang's birthday, the third sister entered the palace with several county lords and ladies to celebrate her birthday, because the foreign ministers were not allowed to enter, another table of family banquets was set up in the house, just opened, I heard the news from the palace, and the little eunuch who came to call said - the tenth princess was pushed down by Jin Xun from the West Palace Guanhai Tower and drowned." (To be continued.) )

PS: (It's very itchy to know that the decryption is distributed up and down separately, but the fruit still won't stay up tonight, and it will be served tomorrow.) Also, call out: ask for a pink ticket on the day after the end of the month! ）