Several handmaidens also stepped forward to help. However, at this moment, a loud "bang" sounded, and it was several people who bumped into Xilingyue's body between crowds, causing her to drop the painting jar to the ground.

The jar was so strong that it rolled twice on the ground, intact, but the scrolls in it were not spared, and all of them were scattered on the tiles. It had just rained last night, and some places had not yet dried, and several scrolls rolled down into the water stains, and they were immediately stained.

Xilingyue exclaimed in surprise, and hurriedly ran to check the scroll, Li Heng followed behind her, and also said urgently: "Quick, open it and see if it's dirty!" ”

However, Xiling Yue quickly picked up the scrolls scattered in front of him, held them all in his arms, and did not open them for inspection. On the contrary, Li Heng helped pick up the two, opened the first one first, glanced at it casually, and said with a smile: "Such a good painting, no wonder you are nervous." ”

After that, he opened the second one, but was snatched by Xiling Yue, who looked panicked, and even his tone became stumbling: "Don't bother the world...... I...... I'll check it myself. ”

But Li Heng had already seen the beginning of the scroll, his face suddenly became very heavy, and he stretched out his hand towards her: "Take it." ”

Xilingyue hugged the scroll tightly, lowered her head and stopped talking.

Ah Luo and the maidservants watched in confusion, not knowing what was going on. Li Heng glanced at them and said coldly, "You guys retreat first." ”

The maidservants didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly left the courtyard. Ah Luo glanced at Xilingyue in confusion, but in exchange for her eye knife, she had to follow and leave.

It wasn't until only Xi Lingyue and Li Heng were left in the courtyard that the latter stretched out his hand to the former again, and his tone became as cold as ice: "Bring it, don't let me say it a third time!" ”

Xiling Yue had no choice but to stretch out her hand tremblingly and hand the scroll to Li Heng.

Li Heng opened all the long scrolls on the stone case in the courtyard, and the more he looked at it, the more his face sank, as if he was annoyed and disappointed. He looked at it for a long time, and finally raised his head: "How are you going to explain?" ”

"I ......" Xiling Yue looked ashamed and speechless.

Li Heng sneered, lost his demeanor in an instant, threw the painting scroll on her, and said sarcastically: "It turns out that you have known me for a long time." ”

Xilingyue still lowered her head, looking at the scroll that fell to the ground.

Don't blame Li Heng for being angry, he will be angry if he changes others. Just because there are several portraits on this painting scroll, from top to bottom, they are Li Qi, the envoy of the festival, Mrs. Gao, the prince Li Heng, the tooth general Pei Xingli, and several concubines around Li Qi. These portraits are brightly coloured, and the faces of the characters are so vivid that they are as if they were real people.

Looking at the level of detail of the portrait, it will take at least a month to complete, but she and Li Heng only met seven or eight days ago. The existence of these portraits shows that she has long known the appearance of the prince Li Heng, but she deliberately pretended not to know it in Jinshan Temple......

Seeing that Xilingyue had not spoken, Li Heng was even more annoyed in his heart, and asked coldly: "The chance encounter in Jinshan Temple, are you making a show?" ”

"Yes! I'm making a show. Xilingyue raised her head, and she didn't have a word of defense, but admitted frankly, "I bought this portrait as early as when I received the invitation to the hairpin banquet, and I have known you for a long time." ”

"That's ...... in Jinshan Temple"

"I calculated it in advance. I know you've been pretending to be a servant, so I guess you want to spy on the girls, so I waited until the last day, and deliberately wore green to get your attention. It was also God's help, I happened to meet you halfway, so I made the mistake and played the wrong scene, so that you can impress me! Xiling Yue finished in one breath.

The more Li Heng listened, the more his face sank, and at the end, he showed suspicion again: "Then my attack in Jiang's Mansion is also your masterpiece?" ”

Xi Lingyue didn't dare to admit this matter casually, and hurriedly said: "We don't know about your attack, but I am deliberately concerned about you." ”

Li Heng saw that she confessed, and his heart was even more uncomfortable, so he felt a burst of anger and wanted to be angry. But he couldn't help it in the end, and asked coldly: "Is this Jiang Gong's idea?" ”

"No," Xiling Yue immediately denied, "I won't tell you, it's all my own idea, my father and mother don't know about it, only my maid Ah Luo knows some fur." ”

Li Heng couldn't believe it: "How old are you, you have such scheming methods?" ”

Xi Lingyue deliberately chuckled: "For the sake of the future, a woman can use any means." The prince doesn't know that the calculations in the inner house are not inferior to men. ”

"Really?" Li Heng showed a hint of sarcasm, "It's hard for you, you are willing to be so attentive to me." ”

As he said this, his expression gradually became bitter. From the curiosity of seeing Xilingyue for the first time, to the excitement of seeing her again, and the amazement of her yesterday...... The thoughts of the past few days have all started because of her, and he thought that he had found a partner who could be together for life, but today's accident finally broke all his expectations.

After tasting the taste of love, having joy and fantasy, and then seeing the bloody reality, it is not a blow to Li Heng.

Xiling Yue saw that his face was pale, and she also apologized in her heart: "Everything is my fault, I can't live with the world...... I didn't have the face to participate in this hairpin banquet, so today I went to say goodbye to my wife. ”

"No need," Li Heng held back his emotions and said coldly, "Withdrawing halfway will damage your reputation, so if you want to participate, you can participate." ”

With that, he brushed his sleeves away.

On the evening of the same day, Mrs. Gao really didn't ask Xilingyue to have dinner with her, it should be Li Heng who said something to her. Xiling Yue was at ease, but when he remembered all the incidents in the palace of the Jiedu envoy, he was worried again, and he had no choice but to lose sleep again.

In the second half of the night, Xiling Yue finally felt a little sleepy, and was about to close her eyes, when she suddenly threw something out of the window and smashed it on the screen. Xilingyue got up when she heard the movement, and went over to check with the candlestick, and saw that it was a small paper ball, she quickly opened it, and there was only one sentence on it.

In the cubicle on duty, Ah Luo asked in a daze, "What's wrong?" ”

Xilingyue hurriedly replied: "It's nothing, I'll get up at night." ”

Ah Luo didn't take her seriously: "Oh, then you can go by yourself." ”

Xiling Yue walked out of the house with a paper ball and followed the prompts to the patio at the back of the courtyard. She looked left and right, but saw no one coming, just in case she burned the paperball, thinking that if it was a trap, she pretended to be sleepwalking!

As soon as she thought of this excuse, she saw a man come out from behind the tree, and with a sweep of his sleeve, extinguished the candlestick in her hand. The surroundings were dark, and only the lantern in the front yard flowed a glimmer of light, which made Xilingyue barely see Pei Xingli's appearance.

(End of chapter)