A rare flush appeared on Si Kouxi's face, who jumped down from the rocking chair. Si Kouyu on the side gently clenched his fist and put it on his mouth and coughed lightly, Si Kouxi immediately reacted and shouted: "Ripples, prepare some tea and snacks." End to the main hall. In response, I saw a little girl put down the things in her hand and walked in the direction of the back kitchen.

Si Kouxi immediately turned around to hide his blush, Lan Jing held back his smile and slowly followed, suddenly Si Kouxi turned around and almost bumped into Lan Jing who was walking with his head down, this turn made both of them stunned, Si Kouxi was the first to react, pointed at the tree with his finger and said, "There is another person, it's not good for him to stay in the tree!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a person fell from the tree, and a person quickly flashed to Si Kouxi's side and said, "Miss, this person is sneaky on the tree, so I knocked him down, look at who it is." ”

The man on the ground fell and squatted, grinning and constantly pumping cold air. Si Kouxi carefully looked at the man on the ground who looked like he was about to ascend to heaven, dressed in silk and satin, this dress was by no means an ordinary person, it should be said that this person must be a royal descendant, and this person's face is very similar to a person, although this face is not as resolute as that person, but the edges and corners of perseverance are very similar, Si Kouxi raised his eyebrows and looked at Lan Jing beside him, Lan Jing noticed her eyes, bowed slightly, and showed an unknown smile, as if to express apology.

Si Kouxi raised his head and looked unacceptable, and said with a smile: "Qi Shu, go and help the Nine Princes up." With that, he turned around and entered the room with a smile on his face.

Qi Shu stepped forward with a smile, leaned over, pulled up the person who was grinning on the ground, and said softly: "Ninth Prince, don't pretend if you don't have anything, hurry up and go in." ”

Lan Qiong touched her buttocks and said complainingly, "Although I haven't been beaten out of anything, it still hurts to fall down." After speaking, he twisted and twisted to keep up with everyone's pace with Qi Shu's support.

In the study

Si Kouxi fiddled with the tea set and made tea for everyone. It was the first time that so many people had come to Si Kouxi's courtyard, and it was so lively, especially with Lan Qiong here. Lan Qiong kept asking around Zhong Mou: "Hey, what is your name, how high is your martial arts, why didn't I even notice your arrival when you attacked me just now, or you can teach me ······ too"

Lan Qiong kept holding Zhong Mou and chattering, Si Kouxi couldn't bear it anymore, seeing that Zhong Mou refused to speak, he put down the tea set in his hand and said: "This is the director of this courtyard, his name is Zhong Mou, he has never accepted apprentices, so don't beg him, An An will take a sip of tea and rest and rest!" ”

Si Kouxi's most annoying and noisy environment, Lan Qiong's voice obviously made her impatient.

Lan Qiong looked discouraged and said pitifully, "Oh, okay. I had to sit down and drink tea with a teacup in my arms.

Lan Jing on the side gently put down the teacup and said with a look of enjoyment: "This tea, Miss Si Kou is really well-brewed, the fragrance of gardenias will fade if there is less flower, and the fragrance will be so strong that it is difficult to enter if there are more flowers, but you put it just right." ”

Lan Qiong put down the teacup, smashed it in her mouth and said, "That's it, the tea made by this sister-in-law has to compete with my brother, it's delicious." After saying that, he put his hand on the stove to boil the pot, and as soon as his hand touched it, it was scalded back.

Qi Shu on the side stepped forward, took the cloth to lift the teapot, poured tea for Lan Qiong, and said, "The prince will be punished for talking nonsense." As soon as she said this, Lan Qiong couldn't help but look at Qi Shu more. muttered in his mouth: "It's supposed to be, it's just a matter of time or time." ”

Lan Jing stroked the teacup and said, "Lan Qiong, don't talk nonsense. ”

Si Kouyu and Qing, who had never spoken on the side, couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard Lan Qiong's words, they were already wondering, why did the sixth prince suddenly propose to come to see Si Kouxi today, they only had one side, according to the personalities of the two, they would not meet, but now Lan Jing asked to see Xi'er, and Xi'er also met, plus the strange atmosphere between the two, it was difficult not to let them think about it.

A servant who was nearly fifty years old walked into the study, saluted the crowd, and said, "The master has returned, and I am waiting for you in the study." ”

When Lan Jing heard this, he put down the teacup he was playing with and got up to meet General Si Kouzhan.

The group also got up and walked to the door, Lan Qiong suddenly turned around and said, "Sister-in-law, I will come to play with you again." After speaking, he jumped up and down to follow Lan Jing's group.

Si Kouxi looked at the backs of the four men, and couldn't help but smile happily on his face, two of them were his brothers who had guarded him all his life, and two of them would become his family in the near future.

When the four of them arrived at the study, Lan Jing proposed to Si Kouzhan the idea that he wanted to marry Si Kouxi. Suddenly the whole study fell silent, in fact, Lan Jing's temperament to this old general is also very difficult to control, he is not like some people who have no force, Si Kou Zhan is definitely a wise and brave person in his heart, in the early years of Si Kou Mansion has been coveted by many families, he still maintains the prosperity of Si Kou Mansion, and has avoided one disaster after another, it is difficult for him to be sure whether Si Kou Zhan will agree to his request.

The first to break the silence was Si Kouyu, who said bluntly: "Qing and I are indeed willing to support you, but this does not mean that my sister will marry you too." There was obviously a bit of reluctance in that tone. He wanted to continue, but was stopped by Si Kou Zhan.

Si Kou Zhan stared into Lan Jing's eyes and said, "You have already discussed this matter with Xi'er, if Xi'er agrees, then I will not object." ”

Lan Jing didn't expect Si Kou Zhan to be so refreshing, and he couldn't react for a while, and only after being a little stunned did he express his gratitude to Si Kou Zhan. Hearing that it was Si Kouxi who agreed, the Si Kou brothers stopped objecting, and several people left after chatting about the marriage plan.

Si Kouxi watched Qi Shu and Jia in the room busy sorting out the books that were thrown away by Si Kouxi, Si Kouxi was actually quite sorry in his heart, his habit of throwing things, especially books, was really difficult for the two sisters to clean up. Si Kouxi simply didn't look at it, pulled a small snack, and asked boredly: "Uncle Zhong, what do you think of these six princes?" ”

Everyone on the side stopped what they were doing, Zhong Mou looked at Si Kouxi with an inquiring face and said: "Miss, as far as many princes and nobles are concerned, the sixth prince is undoubtedly the best candidate among them, far away from the court for the time being, and there is no wife and concubine at home, Miss should have nothing to worry about in the mortal world when she marries, and the sixth prince is far better than Mu Xi back then." ”

Others may not know, but Si Kouxi knew very well in her heart that it was not only the He family, her father and Uncle Zhong who opposed her aunt and Mu Xi being together, but in the end, everyone couldn't survive her aunt, so she married Mu Xi. Back then, in Si Kouxi's opinion, Mu Xi loved her aunt very much, but why did the people around her expect that they would not be able to last long.

Si Kouxi said suspiciously: "Why, what can Uncle Zhong see?" ”

Zhong Mou pointed to his eyes and said, "You can look at the eyes, Mu Xi's eyes were full of desire back then, but Lan Jing's eyes were not desired, and so was his younger brother." But it's strange to say, since there is no desire to ascend to the dragon throne, why should the Si Kou family help? ”

Si Kouxi listened to what Zhong Mou said, lowered his head and said, "Maybe it's for self-preservation!" After speaking, he looked at the warm sun outside the window, and couldn't return to his senses for a long time.

Si Kouxi's words suddenly made the others fall into a lament, the most terrifying thing in the struggle for imperial power may not be the life-and-death struggle, but the desperate participation in it for the sake of his own life, which made the original struggle even more tragic, so that those who had no intention of doing it had to be involved, and the people of Si Koufu and the Lan Jing brothers were both people who had to participate in it.