A tear slipped through the corner of Xiao Jinxuan's eyes, and then she couldn't bear the drunkenness anymore, and fell asleep with her eyebrows locked.

And the last few words she said, because her voice was too small, and Zhou Xianrui was sitting opposite her, and there was still a distance between them, so she only vaguely heard what to do, and she didn't know what to do, as for the rest of Zhou Xianrui, she didn't hear it clearly.

Seeing that Xiao Jinxuan fell asleep drunk, Zhou Xianrui shook his head helplessly, stood up and walked to the other party's side, looking at Xiao Jinxuan's tear-stained face, he stretched out his hand and gently wiped away the tears for her one by one.

Then, I saw Zhou Xianrui think for a while, and then he hugged Xiao Jinxuan in his arms, and then walked to the red sandalwood cloud pattern soft couch that he usually used to rest in the study.

Xiao Jinxuan was carefully placed on the couch, and Zhou Xianrui immediately sat aside, helping the other party gently smooth out the messy hair on his forehead, and then chuckled.

"You Nizi, why are you so difficult for yourself, do you know how reluctant to give up in your heart when you are sad and crying. I knew this earlier, when I was in Yangzhou, I should have made the decision for my seventh brother, proposed to Xiao Heng directly, and welcomed you into the Imperial Palace. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Zhou Xianrui stood up and brought the silver ratskin cloak hanging in the study. Then he drank Xiao Jinxuan Shicai, and the remaining half pot of wine was also in his hand, and then he returned to the soft couch from the beginning.

After putting the cloak on Xiao Jinxuan's body thoughtfully, Zhou Xianrui picked up the wine glass and poured himself a drink with a lonely expression.

"Fourth Miss, this king remembers that the first time we met, it was at your Xiao family's plum banquet, you actually walked to this king and borrowed the golden dragon sword from me, although I didn't say anything at that time, but I was very surprised in my heart, and secretly sighed that you girl is too bold and doesn't know whether to live or die."

"Later, we officially met, in front of the Yin Yamen, when you beat the earth-shattering drum and confronted Song Peng, in fact, the king had already arrived at that time, but he was hidden in the dark and did not appear."

Speaking of this, Zhou Xianrui chuckled, raised his head and drank another glass of wine, looking at Xiao Jinxuan's sleeping face, he continued with tenderness in his eyes:

"You can't think of it, in fact, your girl's performance that day, this king has seen all of them, maybe since then, you have locked the king's gaze, I later insisted on sending you home, saying that I was worried about your safety, in fact, only I know, this king wants to look at you more, hoping to understand you better."

The woman she admired was sleeping in front of her, and Zhou Xianrui buried the pain of lovesickness in his heart for so long, but now it is due to deep love, and all of it is confided.

And it is not surprising that he keeps calling Xiao Jinxuan a girl, instead of the honorific title of Miss Four.

After all, the age difference between the two of them is ten years old, Zhou Xianrui will call it that, it is really not too much, if it weren't for his incomprehensible feelings for Xiao Jinxuan, the other party would really be a little girl in his eyes.

A few glasses of wine were drunk unconsciously, Zhou Xianrui closed his eyes, but he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his mouth.

"Jinxuan, do you know that this king's feelings for you will not be less than that of the seventh brother, but this king knows that in your heart, I am afraid that there is no place for me Zhou Xianrui. You and I are allies and confidants, but we can never be husband and wife. ”

Zhou Xianrui opened his eyes slightly wet from the corner of his eyes, and then held Xiao Jinxuan's white hand in the palm of his hand, and said with an affectionate face:

"So this king doesn't ask for anything else, as long as you can get happiness, I will be at ease, and I have married a concubine, how can you bear it if you are committed to being a concubine, we may be destined to have no fate in this life, I just want to let me meet you earlier in the next life, and I will be lucky to keep you alone."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Xianrui opened the lid of the wine jug, raised his head and drank all the remaining spirits in the jug, and the overflowing wine juice went down the corners of his mouth, slid through his neck, and flowed to the placket, but he lost his former calmness, and he didn't care about it, just blindly mixed the acacia with bitterness, and swallowed it all together with the wine.

Then he glanced at Xiao Jinxuan deeply, then stood up and left the study without looking back.

In the early morning of the second day, a ray of sunlight entered the study, and outside the study, all kinds of birdsong chirping also held their clothes and shouted together, even Xiao Jinxuan, who was drunk last night, couldn't help frowning and was woken up.

As soon as she woke up, Xiao Jinxuan felt a splitting headache, and she couldn't help but gasp a few times.

After a long pause, Xiao Jinxuan opened her eyes, and then looked around in confusion, when she found that the surrounding environment was very unfamiliar, not her forsythia courtyard, Xiao Jinxuan's confused consciousness instantly sobered up, and then she slowly remembered the events of last night.

Thinking of her gaffe yesterday, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help but sigh in annoyance, and secretly warned herself in her heart that this wine can make mistakes, and she must not get drunk again in the future.

While thinking like this, Xiao Jinxuan got off the soft couch, and the cloak she was wearing slipped to the ground, she subconsciously bent down to pick it up, not wanting her head to sink so badly, she almost didn't fall to the ground after stumbling.

Fortunately, her hands and feet have always been sharp, and she immediately stood on the edge of the soft couch again, but after this hurry, she still made a lot of movement in the study, and even the hairpin on her head fell to the ground.

Almost as soon as she stood firm, she saw the door of the study opened, and then a dignified woman with an elegant temperament walked in from the outside.

This woman is wearing a blue cloud skirt, her hair is combed into a fairy bun, and she is wearing a goldfinch step, dressed gracefully and luxuriously, but she does not show kitsch at all, and looks very stable and peaceful.

Because the woman was carrying a mahogany tray in her hand with a cup of tea on it, she came in with her head down, so she didn't find Xiao Jinxuan standing in the room for the first time.

Therefore, when he saw this woman, he opened his mouth and said: "Lord, you are awake, the concubine heard that you drank wine last night, so I specially prepared a sobering tea, you can drink some." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman raised her head with a smile, and when she saw that there was no Zhou Xianrui in the room, only Xiao Jinxuan was standing beside the soft couch with an embarrassed expression, her expression couldn't help but stiffen, but she returned to a dignified demeanor.

"It's me who is abrupt, because the prince often sleeps in the study after being busy, and I just heard the sound, I just think that the prince got up, so I don't want to disturb my sister, and I ask my sister not to laugh if I am rude."

When Xiao Jinxuan heard this, she immediately waved her hand, bowed to the woman, and quickly explained: "Princess Rui, you misunderstood, I and the prince are not the kind of relationship you think, and it was an accident that I stayed in your mansion yesterday, so don't worry about it." ”

Xiao Jinxuan was a princess in her previous life, so when she saw the woman's clothing in front of her, she immediately recognized the identity of the other party.

For this Rui princess, in fact, Xiao Jinxuan had heard of her name in her previous life.

This princess's surname is Shen, her name is Shen Yunqing, and it is very coincidental to say that the other party is the niece of Xiao Jinxuan's second aunt Shen, who has been a famous talented woman since she was a child, and it is even more rare that she is also very generous and virtuous.

In his previous life, after Prince Tai ascended the throne, he excluded dissidents, suppressed Zhou Xianrui, and finally took the other party's life.

As soon as the news of Zhou Xianrui's death was reported back to the Rui Palace, the Rui princess ended her life with a glass of poisoned wine and went with her husband.

This incident caused a sensation in Beijing for a long time, Xiao Jinxuan was still embarrassed by Shen Wenqing's loyalty and fortitude, and now she was reborn, she didn't expect to see this princess Rui who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside in this situation.

And Xiao Jinxuan's explanation was indeed true, but Shen Yunqing listened to it, but shook her head and said with a smile:

"Sister don't be nervous, since you are committed to the prince, then we will be sisters in the future. Although I am the princess, I will never oppress you with my identity, the palace is peaceful, and the prince can feel at ease, so as long as you remember to abide by your duty and do not do anything beyond the bounds, the concubine will definitely love you like the prince. ”

As soon as she heard the other party's words, Xiao Jinxuan only felt that her head hurt even more, and just when she didn't know how to explain, fortunately Zhou Xianrui finally came.

After Zhou Xianrui left the study yesterday, he drank a lot of wine alone, so he got up late this morning, but he didn't expect that his princess would go to the study one step ahead of him, and after being slightly surprised, he asked in a deep voice:

"Wenqing, why are you here, do you have something to do with this king?"

When Shen Wenqing heard this, he smiled and said to Zhou Xianrui Fuli: "The concubine has nothing important, but I heard that the prince drank last night, so I brought sobering tea, but I didn't want to disturb this sister, there are new sisters in the house, I don't know where the prince wants to be placed, Wenqing should hurry up and arrange it." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhou Xianrui knew that the other party was thinking badly, and glanced at the sobering tea that was put on the table by Shen Yunqing, and he stepped forward to take it and held it in his hand.

"Wen Xin, you misunderstood, this is the daughter of the Shuai Mansion, and she is also Miss Xiao Si that I mentioned to you before, she is my honored guest, and she had something to talk to me about last night, so she stayed overnight, not as you think."

As he spoke, Zhou Xianrui had already walked to Xiao Jinxuan's side and handed over the cup of sobering tea.

"Fourth Miss, drink this tea, you were not drunk last night, ** in the past, you must be very unwell now, you will be more comfortable after drinking this tea."

Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan hurriedly pushed the tea to Zhou Xianrui again, and glanced at Shen Wenqing apologetically.

"Your Royal Highness, this tea is prepared for you by the princess, how can Jinxuan take it to drink, I didn't return last night, and I don't know if the marshal mansion can notice it, so I will go back first, and I will say goodbye to His Royal Highness and Princess."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Jinxuan walked directly to the door, but she didn't want to be stopped by Shen Wenqing, who was standing next to the door.

Seeing that Xiao Jinxuan first denied it, and then Zhou Xianrui also said that there was no other relationship between the two, Shen Wenqing would also realize that he had made a mistake.

Although she was very surprised why a daughter of a family like Xiao Jinxuan would come to Rui Wang's Mansion at night, Shen Wenqing would not ask more about what Zhou Xianrui had never told her.

Because she knew that what she should know, Zhou Xianrui would inevitably say it to her, and what she didn't say should not be asked by her.

And seeing that her husband, who has always been very cold to women, actually personally held tea for Xiao Jinxuan, Shen Wenqing was stunned, but also knew that if the other party was asked to leave like this, Zhou Xianrui might not be at ease.

So after stopping Xiao Jinxuan, Shen Wenqing said kindly:

"I have long heard that Miss Jinxuan has made meritorious contributions to the snow disaster, and Xiangping came to play a while ago, and praised you with me, it is also the honor of this concubine to meet Miss, I am saying that this sobering tea is not a rare thing, you drink this cup first, and I will prepare for the prince's share."

When Zhou Xianrui heard this, he cast an approving look at Shen Wenqing, and then handed the teacup to Xiao Jinxuan.

Under the difficulty of being gracious, Xiao Jinxuan could only smile, and after thanking Shen Yunqing for the second time, she drank all the tea in the cup.

Then she was dragged by Shen Yunqing and personally sent out from the back door of the palace.