"I only knew that my mother ran away from marriage back then, but I didn't expect the truth to be so terrifying." Lime closed her eyes, her heart was shocking, she never thought that Hongxia Zuofeng was such a ruthless person, although she didn't have much affection for Hongxia father and son, she still couldn't help but be disappointed and sad, "How does your mother take you to live?" ”

"Since the eldest princess fled, her mother has become a suspect, and her portrait has been pasted all over the towns and cities of Shuochu, not only the emperor arrested her, but her father-in-law is also looking for her. They all thought that their mother knew where the eldest princess went. My mother gave birth to me in a remote village, and I worked for others every day to support the two of us. When I was twelve years old, my mother was captured by the emperor's spies, and I haven't seen my mother since, until a year later, the guillotine in Chu'an City ......" Qiu Chulin paused, his eyes were in a trance, "That was the last time I saw my mother......"

"After that, you worshiped Yan Qiyang as your father-in-law?" Lime asked.

"As long as I worship him as my father-in-law, he will collect my mother's body." Qiu Chulin said, "Although it is helpless for me to worship him as my father-in-law, he has the grace to raise me, no matter what, I will not hurt him." ”

"But he doesn't trust you anymore, and he could get rid of you at any time, are you sure you're still on his side?" Lime Road.

"My father-in-law is not a wicked man, he has never harmed the people in the slightest for so many years, but if the emperor is in power now, how do you think a person who can kill even his own sister will treat his people?" Qiu Chulin said, "I'm not on anyone's side, I'm only on the side of the people." ”

Lime was silent for a long time, and finally sighed lightly, "But I mistook you, thinking that as long as I separated you from Yan Qiyang, I could make you use it for me." I thought I knew you, but now I know that what I know about you is just the tip of the iceberg. ”

"Hongxia Yike has no imperial talent, and his temperament is cruel, and his desire is extremely heavy, if he inherits the throne, it will definitely be a big disaster for Shuochu, no less than the disaster of Suyan and Zhang Jian. You have the blood of the Shuochu royal family in your body, and you should do what you can for the people of Shuochu. Hearing Lime's words, Qiu Chulin raised the corners of his lips lightly, is this an affirmation of him?

"Originally, I was going to pull you into the water, but now why did you pull me into the water?" Lime smiled, "Although I have half of Shuochu's blood in my body, I am a person with a foreign surname after all, and I am not suitable to participate in the power struggle within Shuochu, whether it is for public or private, for others or for myself." ”

"Since you and I both want to make the other party do something unwillingly, why don't you make a deal?" Qiu Chulin said.

"Tell me about it." Lime Road.

"Although I can't help you deal with your father-in-law, I can do something secretly to save your father." Qiu Chulin said, "In exchange, I want you to help me protect someone, the Nine Emperor Prince Hongxia Yiming, and I will arrange for you to enter the palace instead of me and be his master for a few days." ”

"The Nine Emperor Princes are your students, and you want me to take care of him, this is obviously tying me to your boat!" Lime moved her eyes and smiled knowingly.

"Now that you tell someone that you are not in the same boat as me, will anyone believe you?" Qiu Chulin asked rhetorically.

"I promise you." Lime said, "Since you and I have become allies now, I can't trap you in injustice, and you can help me find out, what happened to my father and mother after they came to Shuochu, how about it?" ”

"You are so shrewd, where can I take advantage of you, then it is decided, I will take you into the palace tomorrow." Qiu Chulin raised his cup and drank the tea in the cup.

"Okay." Lime nodded and got up to see off the guests, "It's not too early, Childe has drunk a lot of wine, so let's go back and rest early." ”

Qiu Chulin followed and got up, but did not leave, he took a few steps closer to the lime, his eyes flowing on the lime's face with affection, "Do you know why I want to drink today?" ”

"I don't know." Lime frowned slightly, and she lowered her head, avoiding the fiery glare in his eyes.

"At that time, I was thinking about how I could keep your heart with me, and I thought about it, and suddenly I had a splitting headache, and it was very unbearable." Qiu Chulin said, and took a few steps forward, forcing the lime into a corner, "Fortunately, there happens to be wine at hand, which can allow me to take a few sips to relieve my headache." But I drank all the wine I had saved, and my headache didn't get any better, and I didn't come up with a good idea. I have no choice but to hold the wine jar to look for you, looking at you, the pain can be relieved, and if I look at you more, I will reduce it a little more. ”

"Childe is drunk, go back and rest early." Lime Road.

"Now I thought, since you can cure my headache, will that give me a good answer as well?" Qiu Chulin stroked her cheek and forced her to look at herself, "Ning'er, what do you say I should do to keep you?" ”

"Childe, bound by identity, you and I have been enemies from the beginning, and this cannot be changed." Lime pushed away Qiu Chulin's palm and looked directly into his eyes, his eyes were firm and cold, "In the past, I approached you to take advantage of you, but you know that I have other plans and still let it go, and you have your reasons." Today, you and I work together, use each other, and take what we need. When there is a conflict of interest between him and the other, you and I are our own masters, and it is inevitable that we will meet each other. Childe, I am not your lover, and I hope Childe will not fall too deep and hurt others and himself! ”

Every word of her was in the wood, and it was as hard as a sharp knife piercing the tip of his heart.

She saw it all clearly, because she kept her sanity and never invested a single thing.

From beginning to end, he was the only one trapped in this relationship.

He looked at her rational and resolute eyes, like a fish in his throat, and there were a thousand words in his chest, but in the end he only spit out one sentence, "Rest early, wait for me in front of the house tomorrow morning." ”

Lime looked at his lonely back, and sighed in his heart, the longer he stayed in Shuochu, the deeper he would fall, and his movements needed to be accelerated, so as not to mislead others and himself, and leave him sad in vain.

In the early morning of the second day, when Lime came to the front of the mansion, the carriage to enter the palace had been prepared, and Qiu Chulin had been waiting for a long time.

"Something happened to Maicheng, I need to rush back to deal with it, and I'll leave tomorrow. The emperor is greedy, if he knows your identity, it will definitely be unfavorable to you, remember to be careful when you enter the palace. Qiu Chulin followed Lime into the carriage, he behaved calmly as usual, as if nothing happened last night, "I saw your master by the emperor's side yesterday, he assumed the name of Baizhu, unveiled the emperor's list as a traveling doctor, and entered the palace to treat the emperor. With your master in the palace, I can rest assured. ”

"I remember." Lime nodded.

Entering the palace gate, the carriage needed to be parked outside the palace, and Lime followed Qiu Chulin behind him in this huge palace for a long time before finally coming to the residence of the Nine Emperors, Yuning Palace.

Outside Yuning Palace, Qiu Chulin stopped and whispered in Lime's ear, "Remember what I said, be careful in everything." ”

"Hmm." Lime nodded, and then followed Qiu Chulin into Yuning Palace.

The Yuning Palace is very spacious, and the first thing that catches your eye is a martial arts training ground.

The Nine Emperor Princes, Hongxia Yiming, was driving wooden stakes in the martial arts training ground, and when he saw Qiu Chulin, he happily ran to him and bowed deeply, "Student meet the master!" It's been a long time since the master has come to teach me, and I miss you! ”

"Really?" Qiu Chulin leaned down, wiped the beads of sweat from his face for Hongxia Yiming with his own hands, and said with concern, "I didn't see you a few days ago, I heard that you were sick, and today I see that you are quite energetic, but okay?" ”

"It's all done!" Hongxia Yiming said happily, and then wrinkled his little face again, looking very sad, "It would be better if I didn't drink that black medicinal soup anymore." ”

"Manly man, a bowl of medicinal soup makes you miserable so much?" Qiu Chulin looked at him with a smile, raised his hand to furrow for him, and asked, "On the days when the master is away, can you practice well?" ”

"Absolutely! I've practiced everything the master taught, and if the master doesn't believe it, he can test me at will! Hongxia Yiming looked proud and proud, and suddenly noticed the lime beside Qiu Chulin, he pulled Qiu Chulin's sleeve, stared at the lime, and asked blankly, "Master, is this the master?" ”

"Ahem......" Lime blushed instantly, glanced away, and coughed lightly to hide her embarrassment.

"Yi Ming, don't talk nonsense, this is a lime girl. These days, it is not convenient for the master to come and teach you often, so let the lime girl teach you for some time. The master gives you a sword book, and if you don't understand something, you just ask you Master Lime. Qiu Chulin took out a sword book from his bosom and stuffed it into Hongxia Yiming's hand.

"I'm not talking nonsense, the master is strong in martial arts, and the hero is in the world, only a fairy-like woman like Shi Niang can match it." Hongxia Yiming's eyes looked back and forth between the two of them, nodded and said, "And a good-looking woman like Shi Niang, except for the master, no one in the world can match it." Therefore, the master and the master must be the most suitable pair in the world! ”

Although the children's words were unscrupulous, they made the two people who listened to them red-faced.

Lime couldn't say a word, her cheeks flushed, and she felt embarrassed and embarrassed.

Qiu Chulin was secretly happy in his heart, but because of last night's incident, he couldn't show it, so he endured it very hard.

In the end, it was Hongxia Yiming who broke the silent and embarrassing atmosphere, "Master, are you also a martial arts practitioner?" Can you beat the master? ”

The lime called by this "Shi Niang" was even more embarrassing, she shouldn't be, shouldn't be, shouldn't be, and didn't know how to speak for a while.

He also thought that she was really invincible and omnipotent, and it turned out that children were her weakness. Her stunned appearance made Qiu Chulin, who was watching the play on the sidelines, really can't help it, and she broke the gong with a "poof".

"Your master lime is very good at the exercises, if you really fight, I'm afraid I won't be an opponent." Qiu Chulin touched Hong Xia Yiming's head, and said, "The master still has something to do, so let's go, you have to listen to your lime master." ”

"Did the master just come and leave?" It is indeed a child's heart, as soon as he heard that Qiu Chulin was leaving, Hongxia Yiming immediately showed reluctance.

"Hmm." Qiu Chulin smiled and nodded, and said a few more words to the two of them before leaving Yuning Palace.

In the days that followed, Lime was in poor spirits, and she was almost tormented by the child who surrounded her all day and called her "Master".

She had patiently told him more than once that she wanted to call her "master", but the child still said happily as if she couldn't hear her, "Master, what do you want to eat for dinner?" The rock sugar lotus seed soup in the imperial dining room is not bad......"

In terms of seniority, she is obviously his cousin, but she has to be called a teacher by him all day long, and Lime feels that if she stays in this Yuning Palace for a few more days, she will really suffer from madness.

But the facts proved that she was not as fragile as she imagined, and in less than half a month, she completely accepted the title of "Shi Niang".

But it's not so much about accepting as it is about forcing yourself to ignore the title.