Chapter Eighty-Four: The Assassins
Li Hanchen moved to the side, and his tone was light: "It's different." Back in the day, you were a little girl, and I was alone, so I didn't pay much attention to that. Now that I'm married and you've grown up, it's time to avoid suspicion. β
"Starting a family?" Xiahou Ji frowned at him, his eyes showing doubts: "Brother Achen just accepted a concubine, how can he be considered a family?" β
Li Hanchen unconsciously stroked the red rope on his hand, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up: "In my heart, the day I married her and entered the door, I would have a family." β
"Even so, Brother Achen will marry the princess!" Xiahou Ji didn't control her emotions, and her voice was a little louder.
"Wait until next spring, she will officially become my princess."
"What? Brother Chen, do you mean that you are going to officially marry her as your princess? β
"Well, what's your opinion?"
"I disagree!" She suddenly hugged Li Hanchen and sobbed: "Brother Chen's princess can only be a concubine." Everyone knows that Brother Achen is happy with her heart, and she has been there for a long time. β
"Let go." Li Hanchen broke her hand and spoke to her in such a serious tone for the first time: "I am the same age as your brother, and I have never thought anything more about you, not in the past, and not in the future." I'm not your lover, don't waste your time on me. If you insist on that, then we won't meet again. β
Xiahou Ji couldn't help it, and her eyes contained tears, which instantly turned into big droplets of tears.
"Brother Achen has only been with Xu Chaowan for a few months, does he like her so much? She's stubborn and paranoid, I don't believe Brother Achen will like her! β
Li Hanchen frowned: "You are wrong." I've been with her for a long time. Ever since I left her for the barracks, I've been missing her a lot. At that time, I was already with her unilaterally. β
"I disagree. I'm going to tell my dad and ask him to ask my brother-in-law for a marriage!" β
Li Hanchen was a little displeased: "You don't have to mess around." You know my character, what I decide, and no one can stop me. β
"Woo woo woo ......" Xiahou suddenly cried loudly, and the cry spread outside the car, and the people around couldn't help but look inside.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Outside, Kitty Hawk's worried voice could be heard.
There was no answer in the car.
Li Hanchen saw her crying pitifully and aggrieved, but there was no comfort in the end.
If you comfort her at such times, what you have just said to her will be in vain.
The carriage jolted all the way and slowly drove into the distance.
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In the past few days when Li Hanchen was not at home, the two passed on the meaning of lovesickness to each other on letterheads.
This year's snow has been heavy for a long time.
It was night, and the winter wind outside the house was cold, and there were three thousand snowfalls.
In the room, Xu Chaodui knelt in front of the desk, and replied to the letter under the candlelight, and his usually cold eyebrows were a little warmer in the dim light.
"Little lady." Vanilla pushed the door open and entered the house with the cold air, and came in with freshly brewed hot tea.
She put the tray on the bookcase, stood in the distance and patted the snow off her cloak, rubbed her hands together, and sighed, "This year's snow is really hard to see, and when the snow melts, it will be very cold." β
Xu Chaowan put the pen on the jade carving pen mountain, poured two cups of hot tea, and beckoned her to come over for tea.
Vanilla grinned as she held her teacup with a happy smile on her face.
"When the snow melts, you can build a snowman and have a snowball fight with Huaiyi in the yard."
Vanilla smiled and nodded: "Little lady, when will they come back?" The servants are a little impatient. β
"Don't worry, I'll be back."
Time flies.
In the middle of the night, there was a sound of rustling outside the house. Xu Chaodui had always been shallow, and was awakened by this subtle voice.
Bang bang bangβββ
She was about to get up and check when there was a slight knock on the door.
She put on her coat and walked to the table, grabbed the celadon teapot with her backhand, and walked slowly to the door.
Who could it be in the middle of the night? It doesn't matter who he is, if he's a bad guy, smash his head into the flowers!
She pulled the door open a crack and looked out, just in time to bump into a swarthy and emotionless eye.
She was shocked, and subconsciously raised the teapot in her hand, but heard a familiar female voice outside the door: "It's me, Hanyue." β
She exhaled lightly, opened the door and was about to ask her, only to see Hanyue holding a man in black who was a head taller than her.
She looked closely, and those peach blossom eyes were still warm on this winter night.
"Miss Xu, we need your help." Hanyue looked at her solemnly.
Seeing the two of them dressed, Xu Chaodui quickly understood, and turned sideways: "Please come in." β
The door closed, Han Yue quickly helped Fu Yanjing to sit on the chair, took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it over: "Childe, I'll give you medicine." β
Seeing Fu Yanjing covering his hands, Xu Chaowan looked concerned: "Cousin, you are injured." β
Fu Yanjing shook his head slightly, and his voice was calm: "Small injury, no problem." β
Xu Chaowan had a stomach full of doubts and wanted to ask, but seeing that now was not the time, he only said, "Cousin, I'll go get you a medicine box." β
"Not necessarily." Fu Yanjing stopped him, "They will chase after them soon, I'll hide and leave." β
At this urgent moment, Xu Chaowan naturally didn't ask anything, she opened the door and looked out.
Fortunately, the snow was heavy, and the footprints were almost covered.
When I looked up, the sky above the front yard was faintly illuminated by the light of the fire. She immediately closed the door and extinguished the candles, and the room was plunged into darkness.
After a while, there were chaotic footsteps and a whisper of vanilla in the courtyard: "This is the courtyard where our little lady lives, you can't break in." β
"Please forgive me, girl. There are thieves breaking into the palace, and we have come to search for it on the orders of His Majesty. β
"That's right. But our little lady has already fallen asleep, and the weather is so cold, what if she gets up and gets cold? β
As he spoke, the sound of hurried footsteps had already entered the house, and then there was a knock on the door.
Xu Chaodui returned to the couch where there was still residual warmth, and only after Fu Yanjing and Han Yue flew up to the beam of the room did he ask: "Who disturbs people's dreams at night?" β
The tone is lazy, mixed with the displeasure of being woken up.
A respectful male voice came from outside the door: "Concubine Lin, there are thieves in the palace, and we have come to arrest the thieves on the order of the Holy Lord, and we are offended." β
"Oh?" The last note was slightly raised, and she asked, "Do you suspect that the thief is in my room?" β
The general at the head was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly replied: "I don't mean that." We were just ordered to search from house to house, and we hope that the concubine will not be embarrassed. β
"Okay." The candlelight in the house was lit, and in a short time the door was opened, and the candlelight illuminated the faces of the people outside the house who were blown by the wind and snow.
The girl's clothes are thin, her slender figure is hidden in a thick cloak, and her good-looking eyebrows are full of tiredness.
She said, "Your Excellency, since you are ordered to do so, please come in." β
The general nodded, and was about to go in, but the girl suddenly covered her face with her hands and sneezed.
"Little lady!" Vanilla exclaimed, hurriedly ran forward and said, "You can't be cold, right?" If the prince knows, the servant will be punished! β
The general's feet were stunned when he heard this. He knew that the girl in front of him was King Lin's favorite concubine, and King Lin was the saint's favorite younger brother.
If you enter the house and search, it's okay to find out, but I'm afraid that people haven't searched out, and the concubine is still cold, and King Lin must be dissatisfied.
It is rumored that King Lin dared to be rude to the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty above the hall, what is he a little person?
Thinking like this, he glanced into the house, saw nothing unusual, retracted his foot and said to the person behind him: "The thief is not here, go search elsewhere!" β
After speaking, he hugged his fists to Xu Chaodui and said, "I'm disturbed", and left in a hurry with a team of people.
Vanilla muttered dissatisfied: "I still don't believe it when I say it." If we enter the thieves in the palace, I will go and brush the bucket for a month! β