"But, why didn't Brother Qin go back to Anguo after that, why didn't he come back to us?" The eldest grandson asked anxiously.

"My good sister, if you think about it carefully, didn't Qin Xi come back to die at that time? Have you ever wondered what would happen to him if someone found out? Changsun Hong patted Changsun Wanran's shoulder and asked her to calm down a little.

When the eldest grandson heard this, she gradually recovered, and she asked, "Brother Qin, where have you been in the past five years?" ”

"Ning Guo." Qin Xi responded calmly.

"Ning Guo?" The eldest grandson looked at Qin Xi Wanran, then looked at the jade dye on his side, and continued to ask: "Did Brother Qin know Nanyu in Ningguo, then does Brother Qin know which family Nanyu is?" My brother and I have always wanted to help Nanyu find a home. ”

"Nanyu ......" Qin Xi first gently twisted the name, then looked at Yu Ran, and said with a smile: "This name must be your favorite very much." ”

Yu Ran raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in surprise: "Why do you think so?" ”

"Because it's good." Qin Xi smiled again.

Yuran blinked, and suddenly smiled, "Nice? Kindness...... This reason is somewhat strange. ”

"If it was before, you would definitely explain to others that good sounds are good sounds, and why can't you like good things." Qin Xi said.

"Ah, it sounds like I'm a person who likes to use strong words." Tamamazu smiled.

Qin Xi's tone was gentle, "As long as you can think of an explanation, then everything can be true, this is what Nanyu said." ”

"Oh, I think I'm probably still a very boring person, right?" Yuran's eyebrows moved slightly, and he said funny.

"You can't say that." Qin Xi also shook his head with a smile.

Yu Ran and Qin Xi's small talk was too natural and peaceful, this casual and quiet feeling made people unable to insert a single sentence for a while, as if this was the style they should have had between their conversations.

"Qin Xi, how long have you known Nanyu?" Changsun Hong looked at the two of them and asked a little strangely.

This time, Qin Xi didn't even have to think about it and responded: "Five years." ”

In five years, from the time when the Qin Mansion was destroyed, that is, from the time Qin Xi escaped from Anguo to hide in Ningguo, Qin Xi and Yuran got to know each other.

"At the beginning, the person who saved me and left me in Ningguo was Nanyu." Qin Xi's tone remained unchanged, and he continued.

"Is it Nanyu?" The eldest grandson Hong was surprised. Is it such a coincidence?

Qin Xi nodded, "She lives in the mountains, and there is no one else in the family, she saved me, so I have lived in Ningguo for five years." ”

Living in the mountains? No one else in the family?

In fact, when Yuran heard these two sentences, she felt very strange and awkward in her heart. Something didn't sound right, she felt.

When Changsun Hong met Qin Xi, both of them were in their early tens, and now Qin Xi and he are both twenty-three, do the math, if you exclude the five years when Qin Xi was absent, they have been together for eight years.

In the past, Changsun Hong could see the truth of Qin Xi's words at a glance, but now, Changsun Hong looked at Qin Xi again, but he didn't get anything.

However, Changsun Hong didn't think that Qin Xi's words to Nanyu were true.

At this moment, the eldest grandson Hong finally asked the doubts in his heart. There seemed to be a fine light in his eyes, his expression was slightly condensed, and he asked: "Qin Xi, you told me that you would come back to Anguo, is it really because you told me that you guessed that the Xiangwang Mansion was in trouble, or because of Nanyu, did you already know that Nanyu was in the Xiangwang Mansion?" ”

This time, Qin Xi just looked at Changsun Hong quietly and didn't say a word.

"What the hell is going on, Brother Qin?" The eldest grandson saw that the atmosphere sank suddenly, so he hurriedly crossed between the two.

In the end, Changsun Hong couldn't resist Qin Xi's calmness, he grabbed his hair with his right hand, and only after a while did he pretend to be careless on weekdays, he waved his hand helplessly and said, "Forget it, if you don't say it, I won't ask." Anyway - it's good that you're not dead. When he said the last sentence, Changsun Hong's eyes were deep, and his tone was quite serious.

"But since Gongzi Qin is a person who should have died, and now he appears in Anguo, or even in a place like Xiangwangfu, wouldn't it be bad if he was seen?" Yuran, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

"You have always called me Qin Xi." Qin Xi said with a smile.

Yu Ran raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Oh, is it? I don't remember. ”

"But five years have passed since that incident, and it should be ...... No one will find out, right? A trace of worry flashed on the eldest grandson's face.

"It's hard to say." Changsun Hong also found it difficult to do, he was just surprised by Qin Xi's return alive just now, but he forgot about another more complicated thing for a while. If it is really as Yu Ran said, Qin Xi was recognized by someone with a heart, it is equivalent to giving An Jun's eldest grandson Yan a great opportunity to get rid of the Xiang Palace.

Eldest Sun Hong thought about it, his eyes hesitated between Nan Yu and Qin Xi, and finally he lowered his eyes, his right hand clenched into a fist, and the next moment he said as if he had decided something: "Or ...... Qin Xi, will you take Nanyu back to Ningguo? If you leave now, no one will find out. An Ning is not getting along with each other now, but it is the safest in Ning Country. ”

Yuran listened and was slightly stunned.

When Qin Xi heard this, he shook his head.

"Why?" Eldest Sun Hong frowned in surprise.

"If I take Nanyu away now, then soon the Xiangwang Mansion will be the next Qin Mansion." Qin Xi said.

The eldest grandson's eyes widened slightly, and she asked, "Brother Qin, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Qin Xi, even if you and Nanyu are in the Xiangwang Mansion, it won't help." The eldest grandson said with a deep look in his eyes.

Qin Xi chuckled, and then he bypassed the eldest grandson Wanran, walked in front of Yu Ran, and made a gesture towards Yu Ran as before, as soon as he got up, Qin Xi saw Yu Ran's slightly strange expression, he smiled and said: "Although I have thought that you will definitely not agree to leave like this, but because it is related to me, I still want to implore you to stay in Xiangwang Mansion with me temporarily, is it okay?" ”

"What can't you do?" Yu Ran pinched the folding fan in her right hand, originally shrunk her hand in the long skirt sleeve, but now she suddenly raised her arm, and she pulled the sleeve of her right hand with her left hand, and the small half of the lotus root arm was naturally exposed because of the slipping off of the sleeve. The tip of her folding fan tapped Qin Xi's shoulder, and then said funny, "What are you doing?" It's the first time I've ever seen someone give me such a big salute. You used to be the eldest son of Taifu, I don't dare to be this. As you said, I'm not going to agree to leave, so you're going to do it too much. ”

"Where Qin Xi is inconsiderate, I hope Nanyu will still bear with me." Qin Xi said with a smile.

"Oh, definitely." Yuran nodded, and responded matter-of-factly.

Changsun Hong was stunned by Qin Xi's salute to Yuran, but he also heard the two talking about themselves word for word, and he asked helplessly: "Did I say yes?" ”

"Compared with whether you agree or not, I think what you need to consider more is whether His Royal Highness the King of Xiang agrees." Yuran's eyes had long been attracted by the subtle sound outside the courtyard, and what she could see was a person standing by the wall of the courtyard gate, not showing his figure, but she could see the shadow left on the ground.

When Yuran saw it, he almost guessed who was coming.

Although the eyes of the others also moved to the jade dye, sure enough, the next moment they saw that Sun Yi, the eldest son of the king of Xiang, walked out from the side.

Changsun Yi's gaze swept over everyone, and finally landed on Qin Xi's body.

Qin Xi took a step forward Sun Yi, and he gave another look at Changsun Yi in the way he gave the jade dye just now, and then, Qin Xi opened his mouth and said, "Lord Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Indeed." Eldest Sun Yi also said, his expression was a little sentimental, and it seemed a little complicated, "I didn't expect to see the people of the Qin Mansion again, and I didn't expect you to survive in the first place." ”

"My father has always said in the past that the prince is my father's best friend, so no matter what happens in the Hunan Palace, I can't sit idly by. Now, my reasoning coincides with my father's. Qin Xi responded.

Before Changsun Yi opened his mouth to Qin Xi, he first asked Changsun Wanran to go back.

The eldest grandson Wanran didn't refuse, after all, she listened to Qin Xi and her father's tone, and knew that what they were going to talk about next might not be a trivial matter, so as a woman, she couldn't help, and she shouldn't stay here anymore.

The eldest grandson glanced at Yu Ran, she pulled Yu Ran's sleeve with minimal movements, and whispered to Yu Ran, "Let's go back first." ”

"Go back?" Yu Ran tilted her head, and was about to agree after thinking about it, but another hand gently grabbed her arm. Yuran turned around and saw that the person who was pulling her was Qin Xi.

"Like, you go first." Changsun Yi also saw it, and he said.

When the eldest grandson heard this, her expression darkened, and then she let go of the hand that was tugging at the sleeve of Yuran's clothes, she lowered her head, raised the corners of her lips to Yuran a little stiffly, and said, "Then I'll go back first, Nanyu, you should go back and rest early." ”

Yuran nodded, "Okay." ”

Seeing the eldest grandson Wanran walking out of the courtyard, the eldest grandson Yi spoke again: "Your father will not want you to be in danger, and he will definitely not want you to go to troubled waters again. ”

"The quagmire is very deep, and it's not like I can really be alone as long as I think I'm gone." Qin Xi quickly replied.

"Actually, I saw your father the night before the accident in the Qin Mansion." Eldest Sun Yi slowly walked in front of Qin Xi, his eyes were complicated.

Hearing this, Qin Xi raised his eyes suddenly.

Changsun Yi continued: "Your father actually guessed what would happen in the Qin Mansion a long time ago, and he also told me at the beginning, hoping that if I could, please be able to protect you. It's just that what we didn't expect was that the next day, the first king sent people to the Qin Mansion, and even covered everything up with a fire in the end. We all thought you didn't make it out, that you died on that day five years ago. But since you're all right now, you should be just as your father had hoped for you—get out of here and never get involved. ”