Chapter 41: Kindness at home
Qi Lichen coughed lightly, and wanted to avoid Xi Duyun's question, but Xi Duiyun reached out through the begonia window to hold Qi Lichen's face, forcing Qi Lichen to look at himself: "Say, I haven't seen you for two days, do you want me." β
Xi Duyun's eyes were bright and moving, Qi Lichen was stunned by her question, and nodded unconsciously: "Yes." β
His voice was low, a little tired, and a little hoarse, and Xi Duyun smiled contentedly, and when he was about to let go, he caught a glimpse of Xu Zhi, who was standing on the path at a loss.
Xu Bu has always been light and light, but at this time, he looked at this side with some embarrassment, to be precise, he looked at Xi Duyun standing in the small way: "I'm sorry, I left a book on the carriage, and I was about to turn back to get it, I don't want to disturb the two of you." β
There was a pause in his tone, thinking that he was embarrassed, Xi Duyun held Qi Lichen's face, feeling like he was holding a hot potato.
Xi Duyun pursed her lips, withdrew her hand as if nothing happened, and said calmly: "The tired son is worried about his sister." β
Xi Duyun gave way out, and Xu didn't know how to arch his hand and ran away. When Xu didn't know how to finish teaching his homework and left, he asked his subordinates to come and say goodbye to Qi Lichen and Xi Duyun, and didn't come over to say goodbye in person.
I don't know how long I left, the maid led Xi Duyu to eat, Xi Duyu combed her double bun today, and held two rabbit hairpins wrapped around flower hairpins, and the rabbit fur also shook when she ran, which was very cute.
"Sister! Away from my brother! Xi Muyun ran in front of the maid, and when he got to the door, he threw himself into Xi Muyun's arms.
This girl grew taller, Xi Muyun was "bumped" by her and took a few steps back, Qi Lichen silently reached out to support Xi Muyun's waist, held her steady and silently took her hand back.
Xi Muyun looked back and saw that he had already sat down on the seat and handed Xi Muyun a look: Come over and eat.
"If you don't pay attention to the light rain, you're getting taller again, so come over and eat. The next time you can't run so fast, what should I do if I fall? β
Untied Xi Muyu's cloak and handed it to the maid, Xi Muyu kissed Xi Muyun's cheek and ran into Qi Lichen's arms.
Xi Muyun shook his head, sat down and gave Xi Muyu a piece of shredded taro, although this girl lived in the house, she still maintained her previous eating habits, Qi Lichen indulged her and instructed the kitchen to take care of her taste.
There is a hollow carved mahogany screen in the lobby, which separates the scenery outside the door, Xi Muyun hasn't looked at the house he lives in, even if Qi Lichen has the help of his teacher, he doesn't have so much silver to buy this mansion.
Not to mention the furnishings of this room that seem to be worth a lot of money, and ...... These maids add up to a lot of money. Xi Muyun thought of Bai Ye, who often came to the house to help, and his heart chuckled.
"Childe, let me ask you one thing, this mansion, do you ask someone to borrow money to buy it, such as White Night."
Xi Muyun has the impression that Qi Lichen and Bai Ye have a very good relationship, and the two often stay together, seeing that Bai Ye's clothes are a bit wealthy, the person Qi Lichen can think of is Bai Ye.
"Poof" Qi Lichen squirted out a mouthful of rice, but fortunately, it was deflected in time and did not spray into the food on the table.
Xi Muyu's mouth was full, and when Qi Lichen squirted out the rice, she also avoided it with a disgusted expression. The picture was too vivid, Xi Muyun couldn't help but laugh at them, and the maid looked at the three masters with a complicated face, and couldn't bear to look at them directly.
"You're mistaken, I bought this mansion with my own deposits, and!" Qi Lichen bit the word very hard, "Even if you want to borrow money, it should be Bai Ye who asks me." β
Bai Ye didn't know, because of Xi Muyun's question, Qi Lichen didn't give Bai Ye a good face in the next few days.
After Xu Buzhi came to the house to teach, he came with him on the second day, as well as the fifth prince Gu Jianglin. Xu Buzhi went to Xi Muyu's study, and his subordinates took Gu Jianglin to Qi Lichen's residence.
When the maid brought Gu Jianglin in, Qi Lichen was standing in front of the mirror, not knowing what he was thinking. The maid glanced at Qi Lichen, and after serving tea to Gu Jianglin, she retreated.
"Your Highness, do you think I'm dressed very shabby?" Qi Lichen walked around in front of Gu Jianglin, and his tone was not a joke.
Although Gu Jianglin was a little puzzled, he still looked at Qi Lichen's dress very seriously: "The materials are exquisite, but the color is a little deeper, the pavilion master has a cold face, and outsiders will inevitably look a little stereotyped, and it will not be cold." β
Gu Jianglin is a gentle person, and he speaks tactfully, Qi Lichen glanced back at the bronze mirror, the man's eyes in the mirror were slightly drooping, his lips were slightly pursed, and his well-defined face looked extremely cold.
"His Royal Highness came to the cold house, making the Qi Mansion shine, I don't know why His Highness came." Qi Lichen beckoned Gu Jianglin to sit down, Qi Lichen couldn't remember how long he hadn't seen a guest, not because he didn't have any guests, but because he didn't want to see him.
After Qi Lichen moved to the mansion, someone came to visit the house, but Qi Lichen just dealt with it hastily, and the hospitality was annoying.
"When I was in the palace, I often heard about the deeds of Qingyu Pavilion, and I was very curious about the pavilion master. Speaking of which, the Pavilion Master may not believe it, the purpose of my visit to Qingyu Pavilion was not to investigate those who were behind the pursuit of me, but to you, the Pavilion Master. β
Gu Jianglin, the five princes of Zhaoguo, is the most capable and controversial prince among the princes.
Qi Lichen had long noticed this talented prince, but he didn't expect this prince to also pay attention to him.
The orchids on the table bloomed a tree, and the fragrance filled the room, Qi Lichen picked up the scissors to prune the excess flowers and leaves, and did not hesitate to start with a neat hand.
"Thanks to His Highness's concern, I didn't know that I had the charm to fight like this, and I could get His Highness's blue eyes."
Qi Lichen didn't move his expression to prune the potted plants, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, Xi Muyun said well, even if talking to people without smiling will make the person you talk to unhappy, but he is very happy in his heart, although this approach is a bit naΓ―ve.
"Your Excellency should be the first pavilion master of Qingyu Pavilion, since the establishment of Qingyu Pavilion, there have been many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and a lot of thorny troubles have been cleared for the imperial court, I have always admired Your Excellency, and I don't want to see dignity one day."
His tone was sincere, not deceptive. Gu Jianglin is such a noble identity, it is unexpected that he is not arrogant, Qi Lichen did not expect that he would use an honorific title on himself, put down the scissors and picked up a cut orchid and played with it in his hand.
"Your Highness misunderstood, what I did was just for my own selfish desires, but I didn't mean to think about the court at all."
A country built on the hatred of the country and the hatred of the family, Qi Lichen did not pray for the end of the country for a day, saying that he was for the Zhaoguo was simply an insult to him for all these years.
"I also have a word for Your Highness, when many disasters broke out in the place where the remnants of the dynasty were located, and the court turned a blind eye, why did Your Highness dispel public opinion and draw his own money to support the remnants, so now the Holy God has banned you for half a year."
Qi Lichen didn't look directly at Gu Jianglin, and the afterglow didn't move away from Gu Jianglin for a moment. The disciples of Qingyu Pavilion all hate the Zhaoguo royal family, and they are only "kind" to this fifth prince.
If it weren't for Gu Jianglin's help back then, when they were saving the flower building, without Qi Lichen's orders, Bai Bing and they would have hacked Gu Jianglin to death. The prince acts, either for power and profit, or for his personal future.
The people in the Hou Sect will not do anything completely unfavorable to themselves, even when Qi Lichen was the crown prince, he also had a calculation against his imperial brother and brother.
Gu Jianglin pondered for a moment, took the orchid in Qi Lichen's hand and asked, "It's beautiful, right?" β
He carefully plucked together the flowers and leaves that had been cut off the table, with a faint smile on his face.
"The remnants of the previous dynasty are like these flowers and leaves."