Li Chengxuan hurriedly explained: "After all, Yue'er was brought back by her son, and when she first recovered her identity, I, as an uncle, always have to be sympathetic to her." In this way, he had to live up to the queen mother's wishes. ”

He glanced at Xiling Yue as he spoke, and motioned for her not to answer.

Xi Lingyue had such a tacit understanding with him, she immediately pursed her lips and lowered her head. The evening breeze of late autumn was blowing, carrying the slightest moisture of the liquid pool, and the coolness suddenly started, she suddenly shivered, inexplicably thinking of the Qinglou woman named Linglong, and remembering the Queen Mother's rectification methods.

Then her heart was cold, as if she was blown to her bones by a cool breeze, and her closeness to the Queen Mother suddenly faded.

The Queen Mother still didn't say anything, but smiled, as if she didn't seem to care.

Qin Se has been by the Queen Mother's side for many years, and he knows her every expression very well, so he hurriedly answered: "The prince is really good at talking, I see that you obviously want to marry a wife, and you are afraid that Acui and Adan will make the new princess unhappy, so I found a reason to send people out." First, don't offend the Queen Mother, and second, benefit the county lord of Xichuan, you are really kind-hearted! ”

Qin Se's words were like a joke, which made the Queen Mother laugh out loud, and raised her hand to point at her: "You, you are more shrewd than the worm in his stomach!" After saying that, the Queen Mother looked at Li Chengxuan again, and finally expressed her attitude, "Yue'er first came to Chang'an, everything was unfamiliar, and someone had to take care of her and raise her." Your imperial sister is careless, it is difficult for you, who is an uncle, to think about her, but the godmother was unexpected. ”

Li Chengxuan's smile remained unchanged: "Erchen's uncle is no better than others, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a 'grace of recreation' for Yue'er." ”

"How embarrassed are you to say this, thick-skinned!" The Queen Mother stretched out a hand and almost hit Li Chengxuan's forehead.

The latter immediately dodged and laughed dryly: "There are juniors, you save some face for your sons." ”

The matter was revealed in laughter, and none of the four of them mentioned Acui and Adan again, and the Queen Mother did not ask about the acquaintance of Xilingyue and Li Chengxuan.

Xilingyue sensitively sensed that Li Chengxuan didn't want the Queen Mother to know about Zhenhai, so he interrupted her abruptly. But why he did this, she didn't seem to understand, but she faintly felt that Qin Se seemed to know something.

She thought about it all the way so absentmindedly, it was late at night, and several people also returned to Penglai Palace. Xilingyue and Li Chengxuan were taken by the palace maid to settle each other, and lived in two courtyards with opposite faces, while Qin Se stayed to serve the Queen Mother to rest.

Nothing was said all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Xilingyue didn't dare to stay in bed, so she got up early to accompany the Queen Mother to breakfast. As soon as she finished freshening up and walked out of the small courtyard, she heard a screaming sound of "Xiuxiu" coming from the opposite courtyard, which was as crisp and beautiful as a musical instrument.

She followed the sound to the gate of the courtyard and saw Li Chengxuan practicing in the morning. He was dressed in black clothes with sleeves and swayed with the wind, holding a sword in his hand, and his moves were also changing clouds and thunder, which was very exquisite.

Xilingyue saw that she was interested, lifted her skirt and stepped into the courtyard door, and before she got closer, Li Chengxuan had already put away her sword moves, and ordered the palace maid to bring the basin to clean her hands and wipe her face. Xilingyue thought that he had accepted the offer when he saw him, and was dissatisfied: "Why is the prince so stingy, and he won't let me look at it twice." ”

Li Chengxuan turned around in surprise and pretended to have just seen her: "It turned out to be Yue'er." ”

Yue'er? He never called her like this before, he always called her "Xiling". It's okay to make a show in front of the Queen Mother yesterday, why don't you change your mind now? Is it because there are a bunch of palace people next to it? Xilingyue held down the question and invited him: "Lord Wang, is this the end of the practice?" Then let's go, go and have breakfast with Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother. ”

However, Li Chengxuan refused: "I have just finished practicing the sword, and I need to take a bath and change clothes, so you can go first." ”

"Shower and change? Is that still too late? Xilingyue asked again, but there was no answer, and Li Chengxuan went straight back to the house.

His attitude made Xilingyue quite uncomfortable, but remembering that the two were in the palace, he didn't care too much, so he went to the dining hall to accompany the Queen Mother to breakfast. Who knew that she came early, and after waiting for a long time, she saw the Queen Mother, Qin Se and Li Chengxuan coming together, and she suddenly felt like she was being played.

However, the breakfast in the palace was very delicious, with many types and exquisite methods, and Xiling Yue quickly diverted her attention and discussed various delicacies with Qin Se. After the meal, the two women stayed behind to continue to talk with the Queen Mother, and Li Chengxuan went to the Jixian Palace Academy under the pretext of looking for two ancient books.

When the queen mother learned the news, she was quite disappointed, and complained to Qin Se: "I finally entered the palace, my heart is wild, and I can't sit still for a meal with me." ”

Qin Se smiled and comforted: "The prince is going to Jixian Hall to do learning, this is a good thing." ”

"A good thing?" The Queen Mother wanted to speak and stopped, but suddenly changed her words and asked Xilingyue, "I heard that your uncle brought back a woman from Zhenhai, surnamed Zheng?" ”

Xilingyue's heart tightened when she heard this, remembering that Zheng Wanniang was Li Qi's concubine, lest the Queen Mother be murderous to her, she hurriedly replied: "There is some misunderstanding here, there is nothing between her and the prince." ”

"Oh?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, "Then tell me what's going on?" ”

Sure enough, her old man was very interested in Zhenhai's affairs and was able to find the topic quietly. Xi Lingyue remembered Li Chengxuan's hint last night, so naturally she didn't say anything, and was thinking about how to avoid the serious, her stomach was like an emergency, and she made two "cooing" sounds at the right time, and a feeling of hunger came immediately.

This movement was so loud that both the Queen Mother and Qin Se heard it, and the latter hurriedly smiled and said, "It seems that the county lord is hungry, and we should have lunch." ”

Xilingyue took the opportunity to answer: "Huh? Didn't Mother say she was coming for lunch? Why hasn't it arrived yet? ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a clear voice outside the hall: "It's coming!" I knew from afar that Yue'er missed me. It was the eldest princess who stepped into the hall while laughing.

When Qin Se saw the visitor, he joked: "This is the mother-daughter connection." ”

However, the eldest princess did not answer.

Xiling Yue breathed a sigh of relief. With the eldest princess by her side, she no longer has to rack her brains to find various topics, she just needs to echo it. It's not that she's cold-blooded, it's just that when she thinks of Linglong's death and the scene next to the Taiye Pool last night, she really can't get close to this maternal grandmother.

Fortunately, the eldest princess opened the chatterbox, and Xiling was very relaxed after the moon, just gags from time to time, and the day passed. In the evening, Li Chengxuan also returned from Jixian Hall Academy, and after dinner together, Xiling Yue wanted to go back with the eldest princess.

The eldest princess quietly persuaded her: "I know if you are used to living, but the Queen Mother is your grandmother, she loves you, and you just have to bear it." If you leave, do you want Qin Se to take away all your favors? ”

It turned out that the eldest princess was so hostile to Qin Se. But Xilingyue knew in her heart that she couldn't be compared with Qin Se. Although Qin Se and the Queen Mother are not related, they have been with her old man for nearly ten years, and this relationship is not comparable to her granddaughter who returned home halfway. It's like...... Her feelings for her father-in-law's family are deeper than those for the eldest princess and his wife.

(End of chapter)