For several days, the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion was very lively, and the relatives and friends who walked around a lot on weekdays, or did not have much contact with each other on weekdays, all came to visit the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion. It seems that the rumors have become a fact, and they have confirmed the identity of Ling Xiao, the ruler of the country.

Of course, Ling Xiao was not idle, he took care of the Ling clan up and down, and he also sent someone to his hometown to pick up Uncle Ling to come to the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, seeing that Leng Qiuye became Ping's wife, it was done.

No matter how lively the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion is, listening to Yuzhai seems to be the same as usual. And Ling Xi hadn't been out of the room for several days, except for Ginkgo, she didn't see anyone, and she stayed in the room all day. The food that Ginkgo biloba delivered to her room every day, she only tasted a few bites, and the whole person lost a lot of weight.

"Miss, you are talking, you are like this, I look so worried." Ginkgo said distressedly.

Ling Xi still looked out the window and didn't say a word. She looked at the birds flying in the sky, maybe only like these birds, can leave freely and without concern, but unfortunately she is not a bird, and she can't be a bird.

"Go out for a walk, you haven't left your room in days."

Suddenly, Ling Zhu's voice came into the room, and I saw that one of Ling Zhu's feet had already stepped into the door.

Ling Xi looked at Ling Zhu and said weakly: "I don't want to listen to Yuzhai, there are so many people coming and going in the Hou Mansion these days, it makes people upset to watch, brother doesn't have to worry about me, I'm fine." ”

After speaking, Ling Xi leaned against the window and continued to look at the sky, how many people knew on her seemingly calm face that she was trying her best to hide her entanglement and uneasiness.

Ling Zhu slowly came to Ling Xi's side, helped her up from the window, and then said softly: "Then let's go outside, go to Yicheng to breathe, and see the bigger sky." ”

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Ling Xi's carriage stopped in front of a teahouse in Yicheng, she slowly got off the carriage and followed Ling Zhu into a private room on the second floor. Ling Xi looked at the stage, wasn't this the play she was dragged by Ling Zhu and pulled to watch on the night of the Shangyuan Festival?

The gongs and drums sounded on the stage, and a pair of men and women walked up to the stage, it was still the story of the young master of the official eunuch and the daughter of the rich family, but as soon as the rich daughter cried bitterly at the beginning, she looked extremely resentful.

Ling Xi looked at Ling Zhu who was listening to the play intently, she couldn't help but sneer, it turned out that it was fake to come out to breathe, and it was real to bring her to the teahouse to watch the play, but why was it this play?

"My brother really has a heart, I know that I haven't finished watching this play that night, so I specially brought me to take a look, I don't know, I still think my brother is trying to hint at me?"

Ling Xi deliberately tested Ling Zhu, she thought it should not be a coincidence.

"On the day of Shangyuan Festival, you left early, you didn't finish watching this play, this play has a total of two folds, the upper fold drama says that the rich girl and the young master eloped for love, but the lower fold said that after the rich girl eloped with the young master, their love was not recognized by the young master's family, and the young master's family even humiliated the rich girl by saying that she was a concubine for his wife, but the rich girl would rather become the concubine of the young master for love, but their love only lasted for a few years. After that, the young master cruelly abandoned the rich girl and married the daughter of a high-ranking official. The rich girl can no longer go back to her parents' house, and her husband's family is gone, and she is lonely. Ling Zhu watched the opera downstairs and talked to Ling Xi seriously.

It turned out that the purpose of letting her come to the play was to provoke herself, or she was afraid that she would do something stupid and lose the reputation of the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion and the Anguo Marquis Mansion, but I don't know if this is Jiang Shuangxue's meaning or Ling Zhu's worry. Suddenly, an indescribable sense of disgust arose in Ling Xi's heart, and she was a little angry, looking directly at Ling Zhu.

"This is what my mother told you to tell me, is it afraid that I will follow the example of that rich girl and run over the wall in the middle of the night to my lover? That's what you're pulling me out for today? ”

Ling Xi couldn't suppress the anger in her heart any longer, and she questioned Ling Zhu. At this moment, what is she in their eyes, is it still a daughter and a sister? Or that she is already an object related to the rise and fall of the family's honor and disgrace, her emotions are not important, and of course her feelings are not important.

Ling Zhu was silent, he kept looking at the stage downstairs, as if he had no intention of answering Ling Xi's words head-on.

Ling Xi was completely angry, she walked towards the door excitedly, she didn't want to stay here for a moment, she didn't know the person in front of her, it was so strange that it made her feel terrible.

"That's what my mother wants me to tell you just now, and what I'm going to tell you today is that I'll ask Dr. Yan to recommend me to join the army on the Xihua border."

Ling Zhu's small voice came faintly from behind Ling Xi, Ling Xi was stunned, she couldn't help but stop, turned around slowly, she looked at Ling Zhu, a moment ago she felt that Ling Zhu was terrifyingly strange, but at this moment her heart twitched unconsciously, Ling Zhu was going to the battlefield, for her, no, for her and Ye Muzhi.

"If I can make a good feat on the battlefield, I believe that Your Majesty will be wise and martial and will not treat me poorly, even if the third sister becomes the queen and has the heart to embarrass us, I can also earn a stable environment for my mother and fourth sister and Mengqi."

Ling Zhu's words were like nails, nailed to Ling Xi's heart word by word, and Ling Xi's eyes quickly moistened.

"It is fate for a military general to go to the battlefield after that, and it is also a glory for the horse leather shroud, which is my glory. I haven't been able to go to the battlefield before, it's not that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death, I'm just worried that if there is an accident, my mother and you will be helpless in the Pingyuan Hou Mansion. The glory of the family should not be exchanged for a woman's marriage, if the fate of the family must be a trade-off between you and me, I hope that it is because of my courage to kill the enemy to level the great future of the Yuanhou Mansion. ”

Ling Zhu stretched out his hand to Ling Xi's face, which was already full of tears, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Ling Xi's eyes.

"When a man goes to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, it has always been for his own future, and so am I. I have prepared men's clothes and coils for you in the carriage, and the coachman will send you to the Xihua border to find Mu Zhi, he is not the official young master in the play, he is a person who can be entrusted for life. You will go out of the city today, don't go back to the Hou Mansion, and your mother will not give you a chance to go out of the gate of Tingyuzhai in the future. After saying that, Ling Zhu withdrew his hand from Ling Xi's face, and after he glanced at Ling Xi reluctantly, he walked straight out of the teahouse.

Ling Xi stood on the teahouse in a daze, Ling Zhu gave her freedom, and the most important thing was to give her a reason to leave with peace of mind, so that she had a reasonable explanation for the entanglements of these days. But at this moment, Ling Xi was not happy about it at all, but her heart ached faintly, and she dragged out of the teahouse with heavy steps and stepped into the carriage.

Ling Xi opened the curtain of the carriage, the gate of Yicheng was in front of her, Ling Zhu had prepared enough coils for her, and when she found Ye Muzhi at the border, no one could hinder her happiness anymore. Her love will be able to blossom and bear fruit, of course, she will bring a bad reputation to the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, but when Ling Man sits on the throne of the queen, Ling Xiao will not think of her again, and the gossip in Yicheng will soon be forgotten. As long as she gets out of the castle tower in front of her, her love will be consummated. It's just that behind this love, there is too much pay, and Ling Xi is about to suffocate.

The carriage stopped in front of a steamed bun stall in front of the city gate, and Ling Xi, dressed in men's clothes, stepped out of the carriage. Coming out of the city, Ling Xi wanted to take one last look at Yicheng, and of course he had to prepare enough dry food for the long distance in the future.

"Mother-in-law, I want a few steamed buns."

Ling Xi slowly looked back at the streets of Yicheng, this is where she grew up from childhood to adulthood, leaving this time, I don't know when she will be able to come back. Maybe it's three or five years, maybe it's a lifetime.

The old woman in front of the stall looked at Ling Xi, and after a while, her tears flowed. Ling Xi was a little at a loss, she thought that she was seen by the old woman dressing as a man.

"Mother-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Ling Xi pretended to be calm and asked.

"Don't blame the little boy, the old body just saw the little boy and remembered my little son, depending on the age, the little boy is the same age as the old son. Today he just left the city and went to the Xihua border barracks to join the army, the old body doesn't know when he will be able to see my little son again, and when he sees the little boy, he can't help crying, the little boy is not strange. The old woman said slowly, and she wiped the tears from her face with her hands.

"It is also a good thing to kill the enemy on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions, and to shine on the lintel." Ling Xi comforted softly.

Originally, there were no tears on the old woman's face, but as soon as she heard Ling Xi say this, her face immediately became wet again.

"Killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, that's all the generals' business, how many people survived, and in the end they all died in a pile of bones. The old man has three sons, the eldest son died on the battlefield of Nanchang Kingdom, the second son died on the battlefield of Beirong, and it was not easy to stop fighting, and now there is another war on the border of Xihua, and my youngest son also went to join the army. ”

"Then why go to the army?" Ling Xi asked puzzled.

"At a glance, I knew that the little boy was born in a rich and noble family, so he naturally didn't have to serve in the army. But we are civilians, and as long as there is a war, the men of the family have to serve in the army. Now I don't know if my youngest son will be able to come back, leaving our family orphans and widows, and I don't know how to live in the future. If there is still war in the future, my young grandson will probably not be able to escape the fate of going to the battlefield. The old woman cried as she wrapped the steamed bun and sent it to Ling Xi's hand.

Ling Hope looked at the city gate not far away, her eyes were full of anticipation, but soon there was a throbbing pain from her heart, and her hand was tightly covering her chest, unable to calm down for a long time. She stood there looking dejected, and she didn't know how long it was, she dropped a piece of silver, got into the carriage without looking back, and said softly: "Go back to the Hou Mansion." ”