As the sun progressed, the sun rose and the wind swept across the water surface of the lotus pond, causing ripples.

The sunlight, which had softened a lot, passed through the eaves, and the mottled light and shadow staggered on Qin Mo's newly made long skirt, and the maid standing behind her was gently shaking the splendid fan, and the wind sent by her was not cool.

"It's hot." Qin Mo lay on the fence without pulling a few feet, trying to shrink into the shadows in the corner, trying to avoid the sunlight that was still vicious to her. Unfortunately, it had little effect.

"Really, there is a Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet every year, and it's the same trick every year, boring and not new, it's better to stay in the room and hold the ice basin."

"No matter how afraid of the heat, you have to stop it in moderation." Knowing that his friend was afraid of the heat to the point of being angry, An Zaoyu persuaded him and didn't say anything more.

Sure enough, when he heard Qin Mo cut it, he was wilting and didn't even bother to quarrel.

An Zaoyu sat beside her, talking to Qin Mo with her back to the lotus pond, and the corner of her eyes just swept Jiang Changxi who walked into the pavilion with Jiang Wu.

"Sister Changxi is here." An Zaoyu mentioned.

Qin Mo lay on the fence and didn't move, his eyes staring straight at the rippling water, where the shadows of her and An Zaoyu were clearly reflected, his gaze shifted slightly, and he could see the elders who were talking and laughing in the pavilion.

She saw An Zaoyu leaning over suspiciously, and gently patted her head with the fan in her hand: "Hey, why are you so quiet today?" Sister Changxi is here, shouldn't you pounce on it? ”

Qin Mo brushed away her fan and said impatiently: "I'm not a dog, I will pounce when I see someone." ”

"You're weird." An Zaoyu raised her eyebrows and said, "The first few times I called you to go and play with Sister Changxi, you shirked it, and the reason for finding it was messy and what to practice calligraphy and embroidery." Say, are you having trouble with Changxi? ”

"Don't guess who's messing with her. We're fine. Qin Mo turned his head, not wanting to face An Zaoyu, but his gaze crashed straight into Jiang Changxi's eyes.

She seemed surprised, then smiled.

An Zaoyu beckoned to her, and did not expose Qin Mo's clumsy lie, and said with a little teasing: "Since that's the case, I'll go and call Sister Changxi to come over." The pavilion was full of elders, and she must have been bored there. ”

Qin Mo didn't stop it.

Jiang Changxi has a very good relationship with Qin Mo and An Zaoyu, and Mrs. Chen has known about it for a long time, so An Zaoyu came to look for someone, and Mrs. Chen did not hold on, but was very happy for Jiang Changxi to contact them.

If Jiang Changxi can become her daughter-in-law, whether it is with the Anhou Mansion or her own interpersonal contacts, the Chen Mansion can benefit from it. In particular, An Guogong served in the Ministry of Officials, responsible for the appointment, dismissal and evaluation of court officials every year.

Mrs. Chen looked at the backs of the two girls in the distance, and the abacus in her heart was very loud, and she was even more sure of Jiang Changxi's continuation of her youngest son.

"Really, you're too honest." When An Zaoyu rarely had broken thoughts, she remembered that Mrs. Chen had a little son on the left and a little son on the right, and was a little dissatisfied: "Even if you are an elder, you can't be your own son in front of other people's girls, and you don't want to spread the reputation of the girl's family." If you encounter this situation in the future, you can just find an excuse to go away, and don't pay attention to them. ”

An Zaoyu thought that it was okay, the people in the Fang Cai Pavilion were all their own elders, and no one would spread such words to the outside world.

Jiang Changxi let An Zaoyu read it, without explaining that she wanted to hit Old Lady Chen a little. But it doesn't matter, after today, Mrs. Chen's abacus has failed, and she will rest thinking like this.

Jiang Changxi has never resigned from the cold, and there is a possibility that he will lose his trust.

When he got closer, Qin Mo was still lying motionless on the fence, his eyes were confused, and he didn't know where to look, in short, he didn't pay attention to Jiang Changxi.

It was also said that there was no quarrel.

An Zaoyu snorted coldly in her heart, she didn't make superfluous guesses, it must be Qin Mo's own hypocrisy, otherwise how could her sister quarrel with her if she was so well-behaved.

"I heard that there is a jade paste made by the old imperial chef today, I have to go get some." An Zaoyu patted Jiang Changxi on the shoulder and gave her a 'come on' smile, Shi Shiran ran away and took away her personal maid.

An Zaoyu made room for the two of them so conspicuously, and Jiang Changxi naturally had to make a difference. She glanced at Qingrong.

Qingrong understood, looked around, felt that there was no danger and stepped aside, and did not eavesdrop on their conversation.

"Sister Qin." Jiang Changxi sat down beside Qin Mo, the sunlight with the outline of the eaves fell on her back, and the lifelike begonia flowers were embroidered and dyed a little thin, swaying in the breeze, "Are you angry with me?" ”

"Hmph, how dare you." The strength of the maid shaking the fan gradually decreased, Qin Mo snatched the fan, and shook it with his own hands: "Haven't you eaten?" It also takes a lot of effort to shake a fan. She glanced at Qingrong outside the pavilion, and the maid understood and hurriedly retreated.

The promenade was suddenly cleared, but it seemed that the Yingge Yan language outside was very lively, and by the weeping willow silk lotus pond, Zhong Min'er, the little county lord of the Kangjia Palace, looked at the east imperial garden under the cover of Meng Xiaolu.

Qin Mo looked in the direction of Zhong Min'er's look, the clear water's edge, the shade of the willows, her second brother Qin Shixiao, was long and jade, with a gentle smile, even the son who was as elegant as a lotus in An's early years couldn't cover his brother's elegance.

Qin Mo was blocked in her chest in one breath, and her heart ached because she couldn't go up or down.

"What's wrong with my brother, what are you doing to look down on him!" Qin Mo asked with a slashed face, angry with grievances, and there was also hatred for Jiang Changxi who didn't know how to grasp it: "Didn't you see Zhong Min'er seeing my brother like a pug with meat buns, he couldn't wait to pounce and take the person away, you said let it go, but it was very free!" ”

Jiang Changxi was a little surprised. She knew that Qin Mo would definitely be angry because of her rejection of Second Brother Qin. She was surprised by the regret in Qin Mo's tone for her sake.

Maybe Qin Mo didn't realize it himself. But her words rushed out of her mouth, but Jiang Changxi felt thorough.

Jiang Changxi smiled gently, his eyebrows crooked: "Thank you, Sister Qin." "It's all this time, and I'm still thinking about her.

Qin Mo was furious: "I'm scolding you!" What do you thank me! ”

Jiang Changxi didn't explain much about this, she turned around and faced the lotus pond like Qin Mo, and across most of the lotus pond, she saw Qin Shixiao who was talking to An in the early years, and her eyes were full of apologies: "Second Brother Qin is a good brother." ”

"But he's not your brother!"

"I know. But I can't treat him as someone else except as an older brother. "Whether it's a husband or a sweetheart, there's no way to do it." Sister Qin, I'm sorry. Second Brother Qin, he is really good, but I don't like him. ”

"Why? I don't understand, you think my brother is very good, why can't you like him? Obviously, as long as our family goes to propose, you can marry my brother, why can't you all of a sudden? Obviously, she wants Jiang Changxi to be her sister-in-law so much. Obviously, the second brother also asked her if it was good for her eldest sister to be her sister-in-law. She doesn't care about her eldest sister, who will be older than her in the future, why can't she be.

"I don't understand that I like this kind of thing. How can one person like another? It's obviously a very ordinary encounter, it's obviously a very ordinary relationship, but when I realized it, I already liked him so much. Jiang Changxi thought of the person who firmly occupied her heart, so arrogant and arrogant, so gentle and considerate. Thinking of him, her whole heart was soft, her eyebrows and eyes were dyed with shyness and excitement, and there was still the usual calm that seemed cold.

Qin Mo watched her changes, slightly surprised in his heart. That was the expression that Jiang Changxi didn't have when he mentioned her second brother, so gentle, so nostalgic, so expectant, the sun fell on her face beamingly, and the light was so radiant that people couldn't take their eyes off it.

That's Jiang Changxi's love for another person, do you like it?

It turned out that it was not that she didn't like her second brother, but that she already had someone she liked. And that person is really not the second brother.

"Who is that person?" This is probably Qin Mo's last obsession.

Before Jiang Changxi could answer, the conversation between the two was interrupted by the shrill report of the chief eunuch, and the queen, the palace maids, and the princesses and princes surrounded the Empress Dowager Liu into the imperial garden, and the palace maids and eunuchs who accompanied them hurriedly moved the yellow chaise longue and the long case, put melons and fruits, snacks and tea, and invited the Empress Dowager Liu and the masters to sit down.

Jiang Changxi saw from a distance the eldest princess of Heyang, who was walking beside the Empress Dowager Liu, and the two brothers Han Weiqi and Xiang Liangqing, who were walking very casually behind.

Across a whole lotus pond, weeping willows, pavilions and water pavilions, there are many people, Han Weiqi saw Jiang Changxi on the pavilion corridor at a glance, the anger between his eyebrows and eyes instantly converged, and the shallow smile on his lips was so gentle that Xiang Liangqing shivered.

But in the next second, Yu Guang swept Qin Mo's back was not stiff, and he actually looked away a little weakly and left quickly.

Qin Mo didn't notice Han Wei's shallow smile, let alone Xiang Liangqing's abnormality, she hurriedly pulled Jiang Changxi away, she didn't have time to find An Zaoyu, and saluted the Queen Mother and others on the stage with everyone.

"It's all excused." Empress Dowager Liu raised her hand, with a loving smile on her well-maintained face, not a sharp momentum, but an indescribable softness, which made Empress Dowager Liu feel kind and kind, making people subconsciously think that this was a very easy old lady to get along with.

Among the people, the Empress Dowager Liu has the highest status, naturally sitting at the top, the first on the left and right sides sit the queen and the eldest princess of Heyang, and the queen is naturally the fourth princess, and behind the eldest princess of Heyang, Han Weiqi and Xiang Liangqing are standing left and right.

This is the most familiar arrangement for everyone present, but what is surprising is that the two girls who are waiting next to the Empress Dowager Liu are all dressed in gorgeous clothes, beads and green rings, dignified and elegant, and they are the second and third girls from the Liu family.