A group of people were taken away, and only three people were left in the hall.

Zhong Xuanlan looked at Prince Mu and said, "You go and play with Xuanli." ”

Seeing her tired expression, Prince Mu nodded, pointed to Wang Xuannian, who was bowing his head, and said, "I'll take him with me." ”

Zhong Xuanlan nodded.

Prince Mu dragged Wang Xuannian away when he didn't react.

Zhong Xuanlan shook his head, went back to the quiet courtyard, freshened up and went to sleep.

The afternoon sun is extremely hot, and the warm wind in the garden blows into the square pavilion, knowing that it is calling and making people irritable.

At this time, there were two people sitting in the pavilion.

Wang Xuannian wanted to leave here, but this person didn't allow it, so he was silent.

After a long time, Prince Mu, who had a serious face and was not childish at all, said, "How do you want to reconcile with her?" ”

Wang Xuannian pursed his lips and was silent.

Prince Mu guessed: "You like her, right?" ”

Wang Xuannian's expression changed, and he was silent.

"No, you should say that you like her, right?"

Wang Xuannian's hand hidden in his sleeve grabbed his sleeve tightly, his body was stunned, his little face was tense, and he didn't answer.

Prince Mu said to himself: "She danced in the city that day, and I don't know how many people's hearts she entered. Over the years, even if her rumors are not good, there are still people who love her. King Ling is one, and so is this king. But this king just went out to play, and she got married, hum, if this king is here, you will never be her husband. This king helped you rescue your family, how about you and her? ”

Wang Xuannian shook his head.

"Don't you want to save your family? She has always been ruthless in dealing with the people who calculate the Zhong family, and your family is likely to be exiled, don't you really think about it? ”

Wang Xuannian shook his head, he wanted to live for himself once, he didn't want to lose her, even if he couldn't plead, he didn't regret it.

"You,"

"Lord Wang, you are here, brother-in-law, are you okay?" Zhong Xuanli walked forward with a smile and touched Wang Xuannian's head.

Wang Xuannian shook his head and said, "I'm a little tired, so I'll leave first." He wanted to go to the man, desperate to stay with her.

After Wang Xuannian left the pavilion and walked towards Shuangxuan Courtyard, his heart was very uneasy, and he didn't know how to let her let his family go?

When I walked into the courtyard, I opened the door with trepidation, but I didn't see the figure, and I was very disappointed.

After telling Chun Zhi to retreat, he sat alone by the window, lying on the windowsill, looking at the door, waiting for the man's return.

Until the evening, Chun Solstice came to send a message to him to go to the dining room to eat, and he didn't wait for the man.

In the dining room, the three of them were drinking tea and chatting. Zhong Tinghao listened with a smile, Prince Mu was talking about the Wang family, Zhong Xuanli was not happy to hear these words, and he was gagging.

Zhong Tinghao saw him coming, and said, "Son-in-law, you are here, let's eat." As he spoke, he walked to the dining table.

Zhong Xuanli stepped forward and pulled him to sit down beside him, and said, "Brother-in-law, let's eat." ”

Wang Xuannian nodded stunned, very disappointed in his heart, he didn't see Zhong Xuanlan.

During the meal, Prince Mu said a word or two from time to time, and Zhong Tinghao responded.

Zhong Xuanli looked at the absent-minded Wang Xuannian, shook his head helplessly, and served him vegetables from time to time.

Wang Xuannian looked at Prince Mu opposite, dissatisfied, kept his head down, and ate it like chewing wax, if there was no Zhong Xuanli's picket vegetables, I am afraid it would be rice.

After the meal, Zhong Xuanli took Wang Xuannian to see off Prince Mu.

After Prince Mu left, Zhong Xuanli took Wang Xuannian to the gate of Qingyou Courtyard, and asked Uncle Zhong to know that Zhong Xuanlan had gone out.

After getting Uncle Zhong's consent, he took him to sit on the stone bench under the osmanthus tree.

In the evening, the residual heat is still there, the wind blows the osmanthus tree, sizzling, the fragrance of flowers wafts faintly, and the fragrance is fragrant.

Zhong Xuanli took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, glanced at Wang Xuannian, sighed, and said, "Today's one is Prince Mu, the grandson of the Queen Mother." Losing his parents since he was a child, his sister treated him as a younger brother, and it will never be possible between them. ”

Wang Xuannian was stunned, raised his eyes to look at Zhong Xuanli, and said hoarsely, "Thank you." "Thank you for being with me, thank you for comforting me.

Zhong Xuanli said: "I can't help you with your family's affairs, but if you want to go see them, I can arrange it." ”

Wang Xuannian nodded, he knew that the person in charge of this family was Zhong Xuanlan, and only if Zhong Xuanlan agreed, his family could come out.

Zhong Xuanli stood up suddenly and said, "Maybe there's a way." Brother-in-law, let's go. With that, he dragged Wang Xuannian out.

Wang Xuannian was stumbled by him, almost fell, and after stabilizing, he said, "Second brother, where are we going?" ”

Zhong Xuan said: "You'll know when you arrive." ”

It didn't take long for the two to come to the gate of a courtyard.

Wang Xuannian looked up and saw that there was a dilapidated plaque on the old door that read "Xinyi Garden", "What is this place?" ”

Zhong Xuanli said while opening the door: "In the past, when my mother was still here, I liked to come here to play, and everything here was taken care of by my mother. ”

There was a "clang" and the door was kicked open.

Zhong Xuanli received Wang Xuannian's worried gaze, shook his head, and said, "It's okay, just let someone fix it later." After speaking, he pulled Wang Xuannian and walked inside.

Wang Xuannian found that there were bamboo houses, fences, fields, ponds, small bamboo forests, and groves in the courtyard, just like a pastoral life.

Zhong Xuanli said: "Brother-in-law, let's clean it up tomorrow and celebrate my sister's birthday here, how about it?" ”

Wang Xuannian said suspiciously: "Birthday? ”

Zhong Xuanli explained: "On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is my sister's birthday, we are here to celebrate her birthday and please her, if the courtesy is successful, your family will be released." ”

Wang Xuannian frowned slightly, he wanted to repair this place, sincerely celebrate her birthday, and didn't want to use it to please her.

Wang Xuannian didn't respond to Zhong Xuanli's words, but said, "Can I go in and have a look?" ”

Zhong Xuanli nodded and said, "I won't go, I'll wait for you at the door." ”

Wang Xuannian nodded.

Zhong Xuanli looked at Wang Xuannian's back, a little distracted, he didn't know what he thought, shook his head slightly, walked out of Xinyi Garden, and sat at the door waiting for Wang Xuannian.

Here, Wang Xuannian walked into the bamboo house, there was a cabinet on the left and right in the house, a bamboo table and two bamboo chairs were placed near the window in the innermost, and there was a small door on the left side.

Wang Xuannian approached the window, slowly pushed open the window, and saw several peach trees in the backyard, a stone table and stone bench under one tree, and a swing on the side.

The corners of Wang Xuannian's mouth hooked slightly, and he wanted to go to the backyard to have a look, but when he passed by the cabinet, he touched the foot of the cabinet, and two books fell from the cabinet.

Wang Xuannian squatted down to pick up the book, but saw that the cover of the book was written "Zhong Xuanlan", and the other was written "Zhong Xuanli".

Wang Xuannian touched the three words "Zhong Xuanlan", opened the page of the book with curiosity, and the crooked and weak handwriting came into view, slowly flipping through it, the handwriting began to become neat and immature, and then the pen was strong and powerful, and the edge was exposed, and then the next one was already blank, touching the last page of handwriting, the words are like their people, Lan'er, how old are you to write?

Wang Xuannian looked at Zhong Xuanli's again, his book was written by a few years old, writing three pages a year, and it was only five years old that it was gone.

If it is calculated in this way, Lan'er should be nine years old.

Wang Xuannian hooked the corners of his mouth and raised slightly, Lan'er is really powerful.

Wang Xuannian put the book back in its place and walked to the backyard.

The backyard is depressed, but it's also not overgrown with weeds, and apparently someone cleans it up from time to time.

Four peach trees surround the slightly larger peach tree in the middle. There is a stone table and a stone bench underneath it.

Wang Xuannian came to the stone table and found that the name was engraved on the tree, the word "Haoyi", which should be the name of his father-in-law and mother-in-law. looked around, saw the crooked words "Xuanlan is three years old", hurriedly walked over, reached out and touched the handwriting on it, is this what she planted?

Wang Xuannian looked around and found that these four trees were planted by Lan'er and his sister and brother when they were three or four years old. If my mother-in-law were alive, there would have been thirty or forty peach trees in the open space behind it, and it would have become a peach forest.

Zhong Xuanlan walked into the courtyard and saw the person standing under the peach tree, slightly stunned, is the two of them really suitable?

In the past, her mother sat on the stone bench with her, watched her father and younger brother planting peach trees, touched her head, and said gently: "

The peach is dying, scorching its glory.

The son is home, and it is appropriate for him to live in his room.

The peach is dying, and there is a frenzy.

The son of Yu Gui, suitable for his family.

The peach is dying, and its leaves are blooming.

The son of the family should return.

The child remembers that this poem is called "Tao Yao". Mother is lucky, do not have to marry other countries like other royal women, mother is just like the Book of Poetry said, March peach blossoms bloom with a beautiful vision to marry, after marriage family happiness, children complete. My mother wants my daughter to do the same. ”

Wang Xuannian turned around and saw the person he was looking forward to, he was very happy in his heart, he looked up, there was a look of nostalgia in her eyes, did she think of something?

Wang Xuannian didn't know what to say for a while, and asked, "Do you like it?" ”

Zhong Xuanlan retracted his thoughts, looked at Wang Xuannian and said: "Peach trees can be used as peach charms to ward off evil spirits, peach blossoms can be made into peach blossom crisp, wine, rouge, peaches can be made into preserved fruits, fruit wine." ”

Wang Xuannian was speechless, could it be that in Lan'er's opinion, the value of this peach tree is that it can make money?

Zhong Xuanlan didn't say anything more, took a small hoe and walked under a tree and began to dig.

"Lan'er, what are you digging?" Wang Xuannian didn't mention today's incident, squatted down and stretched out his hand to help turn out the excavated soil.

"Dig for wine."

The two of them worked for half an hour and dug out ten jars of wine.

Zhong Xuanlan instructed: "On the winter solstice, let people move the nine jars of wine to the warehouse and put them, and tell the guards to throw a jar and go to the border to drink the northwest wind." The remaining jar is divided into ten bottles, half of which is kept at home, and the rest is taken to the restaurant to bid. ”

"Yes."

"Let's go." Zhong Xuanlan led Wang Xuannian away.

The corners of Wang Xuannian's mouth rose slightly, and he followed Zhong Xuanlan away, and when he arrived at the door, he always felt that he had forgotten something, but he didn't think about it, shook his head slightly, and continued to walk forward with Zhong Xuanlan.

Zhong Xuanli came out from behind a tree, pouted, and walked towards Xuanli's courtyard.

Zhong Xuanlan and Wang Xuannian returned to Shuangxuan Courtyard, and after each bathed and freshened up, no one spoke, sitting on a chair by the window drinking tea, silent.

The room was silent, as if you could hear each other's heartbeats. Wang Xuannian was a little uncomfortable with such an atmosphere, and wanted to say something, but he was stupid and didn't know what to say.

Zhong Xuanlan had been waiting for Wang Xuannian to ask about today's matter, but he didn't ask. Zhong Xuanlan put his left hand on the table to support his head, frowned slightly, knocked on the table with his right hand, and after the sound stopped, he told Wang Xuannian what the Wang family had done in more than three months.

"Xuan Nian, do you remember our contract?"

Wang Xuannian was slightly stunned, and after a while, he nodded, raised his eyes to look at Zhong Xuanlan, and waited anxiously for her words.

"I want your brother and sister-in-law to be exiled, and your mother to go back to Lujia Village to live an ordinary life, as for your sister, it's up to her own choice. If you don't agree, let's leave. ”

When Wang Xuannian heard the word "harmony", he shouted to Zhong Xuanlan: "I won't reconcile." ”

Zhong Xuanlan was stunned, a usually well-behaved person would lose his temper.

Wang Xuannian took advantage of Zhong Xuanlan's stunned moment, leaned forward across the table, holding Zhong Xuanlan's head.

Zhong Xuanlan looked at him in surprise and raised his eyebrows.

Wang Xuannian closed his eyes and kissed him.

Zhong Xuanlan looked at the person who kissed her, her eyes rolled slightly, her eyelashes fluttered, her face was crimson, her heart was itchy, and she wanted to poke his face, but she felt clumsy, kissed carefully, gave up the idea, closed her eyes and responded slowly......

At this time, Wang Xuannian sat in Zhong Xuanlan's arms angrily, wrapped his arms around her waist, smelled the fragrance on her body, and his heart, which had been floating for a day, landed safely at this moment.

"Little one, there is not much in my life that I care about except business and business. When my grandfather saw that I liked to calculate everything, and I was afraid that I would lose the most precious things, he told me," Zhong Xuanlan pointed his left finger on Wang Xuannian's left chest and said: "The heart is the most calculating, if you get it, you must cherish it, don't wait until you lose it to regret it." I see it in your eyes, but I can't respond to you right now, and you still have a chance to leave. If one day I fall in love with you and you are leaving, then I would rather destroy it than allow others to have it. ”

Wang Xuannian was stunned and silent for a long time, just when Zhong Xuanlan thought he was asleep, Wang Xuannian spoke: "Then can you try to get along with me?" ”

Zhong Xuanlan recalled the time they spent together, and it was indeed less, and said, "Okay." ”

Wang Xuannian smiled, but thinking of his family, was he doing the right thing? The smile on his face converged little by little, and he raised his head and glanced at Zhong Xuanlan's face, I want to live for myself once, Lan'er, you won't let me down, right?