Is the question of "who is who" important in the current context?

But Xiao Mingche asked very seriously, and doubts flashed several times in his condensed eyes, but he was more on guard.

Li Fengming repeatedly exhaled his calmness, and at the same time stared at him like a ghost.

In the stalemate of her gaze, she slowly calmed down and began to try to peel off the cocoon. "You care a lot about the phrase 'my people'. Why? ”

Xiao Mingche's expression remained unchanged, and he still looked at her coldly: "This is different from what we said on the night of the wedding." ”

Li Fengming's mind turned quickly, and he began to sort things out from the night of the wedding.

On the night of the wedding, the moment the hijab was lifted, she noticed Xiao Mingche's resistance to herself.

She is accustomed to taking advantage of the trend, and immediately opens up and is honest, explaining that she is forced to come to her relatives to save her life.

It was she who took the initiative to "just be a superficial husband and wife in front of people, and don't interfere with each other later".

She also said that if there is a suitable opportunity in the future, she will try to get out of Qi without affecting Xiao Mingche's interests.

Therefore, with the previous situation, there should be no such thing as "who is who" between Li Fengming and Xiao Mingche.

finally figured out the crux of the problem, Li Fengming confirmed again: "I just blurted out 'my person', which makes you suspect that I have changed my mind now and covets you?" ”

Xiao Mingche's silence obviously represents acquiescence.

"I misunderstood you for a while."

Li Fengming shook his head in frustration, smiling helplessly: "Don't worry, the agreement of 'not intruding on each other' will not change, and I don't have any interest in you." ”

Xiao Mingche's guard eased slightly: "In this case, why are you angry and out of control?" ”

Could it be because I feel sorry for you? Li Fengming sneered and chuckled: "Of course, it's because your situation is closely related to me. ”

That makes sense. Xiao Mingche bowed: "It seems that I have suffered a loss in front of the emperor today, and my interests have also been damaged." ”

"Exactly," Li Fengming thought about it and immediately corrected his previous mistakes, "We are not familiar with each other, just this fight, I was impulsive and reckless, please forgive me." ”

Her polite and friendly attitude at the moment, Xiao Mingche is very useful.

"It's okay, the two countries have different feelings, I can understand."

He bowed his head and said a long list of rare words: "I have heard that the Wei girl can enter the prime minister, and even take charge of the family. You are a princess, and your temperament is very different from that of Daqi women, which is also human nature. But in front of others, it's better to be restrained. ”

Although his expression and voice were cold, Li Fengming had always been able to understand what others were saying and knew that he meant to remind.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness. Seriously, this is the second time we have really gotten along, and it is really difficult to truly trust each other due to the lack of understanding of each other. Why don't you take this opportunity to sit down and talk? ”

The two of them are so unfamiliar that it is necessary to have a relatively in-depth exchange.

Xiao Mingche turned his head to look at the window lattice that had climbed up to the night: "It's okay to talk, but you can't do it again." ”

Li Fengming's laughter was soft: "Don't worry, I never attack others' strengths with my own shortcomings." You let me admit it. ”

Although neither of them did their best, she could feel the difference in strength between them.

The level of martial arts is such a thing, and you will know it in your hand after handing it over, and it is not interesting to be reckless.

She has only focused on self-protection since she was a child, and she is not a top master.

In front of a true expert like Xiao Mingche, who has been on the battlefield, unless she fights with her life, she has no chance of winning.

She was out of control and reckless in anger before, and she never made the same mistake a second time.

*****

When Li Fengming opened the door of the study and ordered someone to send Chaguo in with a graceful smile, everyone was a little confused.

In the evening, when the Huaiwangfu couple came back from Xiangxue Garden, they withdrew from everyone and entered the study with unkind expressions.

Then there was a suspected fighting sound in the study, mixed with a suspected quarrel that could not be heard clearly.

It hasn't been an hour before and after, but I let the tea fruit in, as if I want to make tea and talk about it at night......

After the two maids came out after delivering the tea fruit, they gave each other a snickering look: Perhaps, this is what people often say "bedside fights and bedside fighting", right?

In the study, Li Fengming and Xiao Mingche didn't know anything about the outside world, so they sat opposite each other by the window and began to "make tea and talk".

The two are now grasshoppers on a rope, and they really need to give each other a bottom, otherwise in the future "cooperation", it is inevitable that there will be a conflict between the bull's head and the horse's mouth.

But neither of them can fully open their hearts, and each has things that they can't or won't tell the other.

Fortunately, it is a marriage of interests, and the two have a private agreement, neither party really regards each other as their partners in this life, but there is no need to pour beans on a bamboo tube.

Xiao Mingche was not curious about the reason why Li Fengming was forced to marry, and Li Fengming didn't care why he was very resistant at first sight.

The two tacitly chose a gentle topic, starting with the Empress Dowager.

Earlier, Uncle Jiang, the steward of the Huaiwang Mansion, had sent a letter to inform Xiao Mingche that the Empress Dowager had woken up after a serious illness in winter, and she was a little more confused than before, and her temperament had also changed.

Xiao Mingche saw the old lady with his own eyes today, and only then did he know that Uncle Jiang was tactful in his letter.

"She didn't laugh and didn't call me by name. There is no morning and dusk, and I am only seen twice a month. ”

Xiao Mingche had no resentment or resentment, and calmly stated the past facts. Li Fengming was stunned when he heard this, and he stopped biting the pastry.

"In the years you lived here, Grandma didn't call your name once?"

Seeing him bow, Li Fengming was suffocated and couldn't bear to ask again.

*****

Before coming to Heqin, Li Fengming only had a vague understanding of Xiao Mingche's situation.

His biological mother Qian Baoci was born in a medium-sized family, but because of her outstanding appearance and soft temperament, she has a small reputation in Yongjing City.

Qian Baoci entered the palace by draft after becoming an adult, and won the favor of Emperor Qi with his outstanding beauty and gentle temperament, and became pregnant when he entered the palace.

Emperor Qi was overjoyed, and made an exception to make an exception to make Qian Baoci even Jin Si and others, and named Zhaoyi.

It's a pity that Qian Baoci gave birth to Xiao Mingche a few days after giving birth to Xiao Mingche, and unfortunately died due to postpartum blood collapse.

Soon after, Emperor Qi chose Qian Baoci's cousin Qian Baonian to enter the palace, still sealed Zhaoyi, and handed over Xiao Mingche to Qian Baonian to raise.

When Xiao Mingche was nine years old, Zhaoyi Qian Baonian was pregnant, and the Empress Dowager took him to the Dicui Mountain Palace.

Most outsiders believe that the Empress Dowager is old and lonely in the palace; In addition, the old lady was also worried that Qian Baonian would treat Xiao Mingche poorly after she became pregnant, so she took him to raise him personally.

According to this statement, the old lady should love the young Xiao Mingche very much. But now that Li Fengming listened to his few words, he already understood that the rumors were wrong.

From the age of nine to sixteen, Xiao Mingche lived in the palace and no one cared about him.

Grandma, who only sees him twice a month, doesn't smile at him, doesn't call him by name, obviously doesn't shush him.

As for what happened to him before he was nine years old, it is even more unimaginable.

Even though Li Fengming has now fallen to the point of relying on relatives and foreign countries to save her life, she is still sure that between herself and Xiao Mingche, Xiao Mingche is definitely more pitiful.

Although she was tired of carrying heavy expectations in the first 17 years of her life, she received full love and careful care from her parents and relatives.

Whether the love and care was genuine or fake, she had received it before "that incident" happened.

Even after "that incident" happened, when some people became mud bodhisattvas themselves, they still tried their best to find a way for her to make peace.

But Xiao Mingche didn't have anything. Whenever he is, he only has himself.

*****

After taking a deep breath, Li Fengming pretended to be idle and smiled at the person opposite, and his tone was much gentler. "Well, let's talk about today."

"What do you want to say?" Xiao Mingche picked up the teacup.

Li Fengming said: "Since you have received the news in advance that 'Lian Zhen may be in trouble', and you have done an excellent job in dealing with it in the first step, it stands to reason that you should not suffer such a big loss today." I can't figure it out. ”

Xiao Mingche stopped drinking tea, and his cold eyes were puzzled: "Who told you that I got the news in advance?" ”

Li Fengming's gentle pity disappeared in an instant, and he was incredibly dumbfounded. "Didn't I write to tell you? Didn't you reply to me, 'Got it, thank you?'?! ”

"Oh, your letter," Xiao Mingche lowered his eyes lightly, put the teacup to his lips, and his voice was vague and slightly weak, "I didn't open it." ”

Li Fengming closed his eyes and forcibly resisted the urge to splash hot tea on his face.

She didn't hold out much hope and asked again: "The news of Luoshan's victory spread quickly in Beijing, and it was your people who contributed to the troubles behind it, right?" ”

Xiao Mingche groaned slightly, but he still didn't hide it from her: "That's right." ”

This answer barely gave Li Fengming a trace of comfort. It can finally show that he is not a straw bag with a handsome face.

"So, you let people spread this news in advance because you learned from other channels that Lian Zhen would be in trouble, and it might implicate you?"

"I didn't know that Lian Zhen would be in trouble," Xiao Mingche explained simply, "Spreading the news of Luoshan's victory in advance is actually to guard against Brother Hengwang." ”

Li Fengming patted his heart and gave himself a good breath: "Listen to what you mean, between the prince and King Heng, you are on the side of the prince?" ”

Xiao Mingche shook his head and took a sip of tea: "Earlier, the marriage alliance with the Wei State was proposed by the crown prince, and Brother Heng Wang objected. "He never stood on either side.

"As a result, your father chose you to marry me. King Heng can't tear his face with the crown prince, let alone dare to contradict your father too much, so he will settle this account on your head? ”

Seeing him nod again, Li Fengming sighed lightly. "In this way, you are simply a betrayal."

Previously, the prince's faction proposed a marriage between Qi and Wei, and Emperor Qi allowed it, but King Heng was dissatisfied, but he put this account on the head of Xiao Mingche, who was designated by the Holy Will to marry.

Now, King Heng's faction wants to use Lian Zhen to make trouble for the Lian family, the prince obstructs it, and Emperor Qi has the heart to protect the Lian family, so he punishes Xiao Mingche for the prince who has made war exploits, as an explanation to all parties.

Look, isn't it just to take the blame for others wherever you go?

Xiao Mingche was at ease with this: "Although I was angry with Brother Heng because of my family, but thanks to you, I was promoted from the prince of the county to the prince." ”

"Each other, I also owe it to you that I was lucky to save my life."

Li Fengming smiled bitterly, and then said: "Today in front of the emperor, why don't you defend yourself?" Over the years, you have been to the south many times, but you have only been temporarily assigned to 'oversee the army on behalf of the Son of Heaven'. Regardless of whether Lian Zhen is greedy for military salaries or not, as long as you are not involved, you should not be held responsible. ”

The so-called "supervising the army on behalf of the Son of Heaven" is just a temporary assignment of a royal family to boost morale.

The identity of the overseer, to put it bluntly, is just a symbol, there is neither a military charm nor a golden order, and it is impossible to transfer troops and generals, let alone inquire into the accounts of the border army.

"If you bring this fact to the table today, and add the credit of Luoshan's victory, the hat of 'Overseer's negligence' can no longer be put on your head. Your father is nothing more than deceiving you into keeping silent, and then pushing you out to calm down. Why don't you say it? ”

Xiao Mingche stared at her in surprise, and asked instead of answering: "Who told you so much?" ”

This is by no means Xiao Mingche's fuss.

It must be known that Li Fengming has been in the palace of Dicui Mountain for a few months, and in addition to the queen mother on weekdays, all he can see is the female relatives who came to visit the old lady.

The world of a woman in Qi is as big as her own back house, even if she occasionally hears a few words about the court's major events from her father, brother or husband, she may not be able to understand many of the mysteries.

He didn't understand why Li Fengming knew so much and could see things so thoroughly.

"Because I have a brain, it's not easy to get off the hook when listening to people. As long as it's not too complicated, just listen to a few clues and think about it, but no one needs to tell me one by one. ”

Li Fengming picked up a piece of peach blossom cake, and suddenly blessed his soul.

"You haven't answered me yet, so why don't you defend yourself today? Was it because you were caught off guard and didn't think about it, or did you do it on purpose? ”

"On purpose."

It was about the atmosphere of the conversation between the two that was getting better, and it was somewhat affected by Li Fengming's lazy state, and Xiao Mingche's whole person was much relaxed.

"My father forcibly charged me with this crime, and I knew that I was at the end of the story, and when I arrived at 'Xia Wang's Scholar', he would let me participate appropriately as compensation."

*****

There is no scientific examination in Qi State, and the selection of talents depends on the triennial "Xia Wangzhi", which Li Fengming knows.

But she never expected that Xiao Mingche, as a prince who had opened a mansion, just wanted to get the opportunity to "properly participate in Xia Wang's selection", and he still needed to use bitter meat tricks.

At this moment, Li Fengming didn't care about Xiao Mingche causing her to be trapped here for three months.

A down-and-out prince who doesn't have a mother's pain and a father's love, has no support behind him, how lonely and difficult is that?

He had no choice, so he could only use this stupid and tragic way to throw himself into the net again and again, in exchange for opportunities, and only then did he get to his current position step by step.

Li Fengming never thought that His Royal Highness the dignified King of Qi Huai would become like this.

"I'm in awe of you. If the two of us are more miserable, then you are really worse," she clenched her fists sideways, with mixed feelings, "It's a loss." ”

Xiao Mingche didn't think about whether he was miserable or not, but the corners of his lips were almost invisibly curved: "You girl's family, why are you competitive in everything?" "Even whoever is miserable has to be compared.

"Laughing at what? Don't you also say that Qi Wei is different. In Dawei, the girl's family and the man's responsibilities and rights are equal, and whoever is stronger is in charge of the family. I've been used to competing with people since I was a child, so let's change it slowly. ”

Li Fengming took the wet towel on the table and wiped his hands, listened to the faint sound outside, and asked casually, "It's almost time, aren't you sleepy?" ”

Xiao Mingche quietly straightened his back: "Do you want to know about 'Xia Wang'?" ”

"Yes. We don't have this in Dawei," Li Fengming's eyes lit up, and he suddenly became energetic again, "Would you like to talk about it?" ”

"If you want to know something, you ask."

Xiao Mingche was unexpectedly generous, which made Li Fengming feel a little weird.

But she really doesn't know enough about many things in Qi Guo, and there is no suitable person to ask in the past few months. It is rare that Xiao Mingche is willing to speak, and of course she will not miss this God-given opportunity.

The two asked and answered, and talked for another hour.

At the end, Li Fengming couldn't resist the sleepiness, blinked his eyes and muttered with sleepy tears: "How do I feel, you didn't 'hit it off with me at first sight and had a good conversation', but you just didn't want to go back to your room to sleep, so you deliberately dragged me to talk all the time." ”

Xiao Mingche was silent for a moment, and then he was slightly embarrassed: "I called you into the study in the evening, I wanted to talk to you about the bedroom." ”

At the beginning of the establishment of the Dicui Mountain Palace, the function of Changfeng Garden was only to plant rare flowers and trees, raise exotic beasts in captivity, and not live in people.

When the first emperor built a new garden on the south side of Dicui Mountain, Changfeng Garden was idle.

It wasn't until Xiao Mingche was brought to the palace by the Empress Dowager that he repaired it a little and simply built the main courtyard and the south side courtyard.

Therefore, in addition to the main courtyard bedroom, only the side courtyard servant room can live here.

Xiao Mingche is now a prince, even if he is willing, others dare not let him live in the servant's room. But it doesn't seem appropriate to let Li Fengming go to live in the servant's room.

He couldn't think of a way to do both worlds for a while, so he could only drag her to chat.

"If I don't notice the weirdness, are you going to drag me like this until dawn, and everyone won't sleep?" Li Fengming covered his sleepy and tearful eyes with his hands.

"Hmm."

"Xiao Mingche, you really ......"

She forcibly swallowed the word "something" and lay on the table helplessly: "Although I don't want to do anything with you, I still want to ask, what am I so disgusted by you?" ”

After a period of awkward silence, Xiao Mingche gave the answer: "You are too good-looking." ”

What kind of appalling reason for disgust is this?!

"I'm sorry for you! I'm guilty of being too beautiful! Li Fengming was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, and he collapsed and shouted.

"Let's just sleep with a quilt just like we did on our wedding night, okay? I will never force your hands on you, I swear. ”

There are countless beautiful men in the world waiting for her to be lucky, and she is afraid that she will be crazy to force this dog man who dislikes her for being too good-looking.