Two or three feet away, a figure in a bright red unicorn robe was walking unhurriedly from the verandah, which blocked the sunlight above, and his beautiful face was obscured in the shadows.

Cen Yin looked at Liu Yingshuang not far away and Pan Wugongzi behind her with a faint expression, with a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth, but it gave people a feeling as sharp as a blade.

Behind him came two capable little chamberlains, who walked towards the pair of lovers with great confidence.

"What do you want to do?!" Pan Wugongzi strode in front of Liu Yingshuang, frowned and looked at Cen Yin not far away, wearing an azure crane pattern brocade robe to make his whole popularity Yu Xuanang.

Pan Wugongzi didn't know Cen Yin, but Liu Yingshuang did, her face was not very good-looking, she walked out from behind Pan Wugongzi, faced Cen Yin, and said with words: "Master Cen Governor, I didn't push Duanmu Fourth Girl!" ”

She dared to act, it was she who pushed Wei Ruxian, she admitted!

But Cen Yin can't put this kind of trumped-up charge on her!

When Pan Wugongzi heard this, he was stunned, but he didn't expect that the beautiful young man in front of him turned out to be the famous Cen Yin.

Cen Yin raised his eyebrows and stopped at the exit of the verandah, the bright sunlight shining on his bright red unicorn robe, and the unicorn woven with gold threads sparkled.

"It's your bad luck." Cen Yin's smile deepened.

"......" Liu Yingshuang's small mouth opened slightly, Cen Yin's response was completely beyond her expectations, her little face was flushed, and she blurted out, "You...... You are unreasonable! ”

Hearing this, the two little chamberlains almost didn't laugh, this girl was really ridiculous, and actually talked about the "truth" with their overseer. Is their East Factory a place to be reasonable?!

The two little chamberlains approached the two of them with cold faces, and Pan Wugongzi reflexively protected Liu Yingshuang in front of him, and said, "You ......"

Before the words fell, one of the squinted-eyed chamberlains had already pushed towards him, Pan Wugongzi quickly sideways to dodge, and at the same time, the other round-faced chamberlain had already kicked towards Liu Yingshuang's calf shin, without any pity......

"You dare!" Pan Wugongzi said angrily and pushed with the round-faced waiter.

He is a scholar, but he has also learned some kung fu, and he is not a scholar who is powerless, however, these two chamberlains are both agile and obviously practitioners, and he also has to protect Liu Yingshuang.

The two chamberlains sneered, they couldn't show their cowardice in front of the overseer, their movements were even more swift and merciless, and they pushed and kicked the ground three or two, and heard the woman's panicked scream: "Ah-"

Liu Yingshuang was pushed and lost her balance, and fell towards the lake on her side, seeing the lake below infinitely magnified in front of her eyes, she screamed in disgrace.

"Frost!" Pan Wugongzi was anxious, reached out to pull Liu Yingshuang, felt a tingling pain in the tibia of his right calf, he snorted, his face showed a painful look, and he also fell towards the lake with Liu Yingshuang.

At this moment, time seemed to slow down......

Wei Ruxian looked at the scene in front of her in a daze, stunned, her dark eyes flashed with a complex light mixed with heartache, helplessness and dazedness.

Han Xing was also stunned for a moment, blinked, and only then remembered that she had heard rumors about Cen Yin recognizing her cousin as her righteous sister.

She always thought it was a rumor, and thought that Cen Yin's congratulatory gift to Duanmu's house was nine times out of ten at the behest of her father...... Could it be that those rumors are not groundless, could it be that Cousin Scarlet is really the righteous sister of Lord Cen Duke?!

Han Xing looked at Cen Yin and then at Duanmu Fei, and always felt that the two of them did not match their painting styles, like, like a nine-tailed fox with a refined head and a fluffy little milk cat became a family.

It's not right, in fact, Cousin Scarlet is also a little fox, right?

So, here it is –

Isn't it a family that doesn't enter the door?!

Han Xing excitedly slapped his forehead with his right fist and slapped his left palm, feeling that he had the truth.

Duanmu Fei watched Han Xing's expression change wonderfully in a few breaths, and he didn't know what she was thinking.

"Help!"

Liu Yingshuang was desperately thrashing her hands and feet in the lake, shouting for help, her wet hair sticking to her pretty face, looking particularly embarrassed, and her whole mind was blank in panic.

"Frost ...... Ahem! ”

Pan Wugongzi, who also fell into the water, anxiously called Liu Yingshuang's name, but was poured into several mouthfuls of lake water at once, choking on the water continuously, and his handsome face was no longer calm, describing it as a mess.

Seeing the two of them struggling in embarrassment in the lake, Wei Ruxian, who came back to her senses, was frightened, her pretty face turned pale, she subconsciously looked left and right, and shouted: "Come on, save ...... quickly"

If something happens to Liu Yingshuang and Pan Wugongzi, Liu Rong will never let her go!

Wei Ruxian wanted to find someone to save the two of them, but was stopped by Duanmufei's backhand.

"What are you afraid of?" Duanmu Fei looked at Wei Ruxian without blinking, "Can your situation be worse than now?" ”

"......" Wei Ruxian's mouth opened and closed, unable to speak, and many pictures flashed in her mind like a marquee, and her little face was dazed.

"Help, save ......"

Liu Yingshuang and Pan Wugongzi choked several mouthfuls of water in a row, and their bodies seemed to be sinking at any time.

Duanmufei's other finger pointed to the two people on the lake, and asked Wei Ruxian seriously, "How do you feel now?" Feeling happy? ”

Duanmu crooked his little face and looked at Wei Ruxian without blinking.

Wei Ruxian's temperament is too cowardly, and her brain is a little unclear, although Duanmufei doesn't like to get along with people with this kind of temperament, but just now Wei Ruxian backhanded herself who was about to fall into the water, which is enough to represent that her nature is not bad, but weaker, so Duanmufei deliberately dialed the other party a few words.

As for whether the other party can listen to it, it's up to her.

Wei Ruxian looked at Duanmufei for a while, and then at the two people in the lake, her expression revealing panic, unease, and dazed...... Until there was a hint of an imperceptible smile on his face, there was an indescribable joy in his heart.

Her already watery eyes became more moist, and a line of crystal tears flowed from the corners of her eyes......

Liu Yingshuang in the water was still screaming for help, only to feel that her body seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, her hands and feet were becoming weaker and weaker, fear spread rapidly from her heart like wildfire, and her heart seemed to be choked by something, and she was almost desperate......

Is she going to die here?!

"Reflection...... Frost ......" Pan Wugongzi was fluttering, and he was still trying to stretch out his hand towards Liu Yingshuang, obviously the distance between the two was less than three feet, but it seemed to be thousands of miles apart, and each other's hands couldn't touch each other.

Duanmu Fei looked down at the bushes of reeds swaying in the wind by the lake and the green lotus fields not far away, his eyes flashing slightly. The reeds are suitable for shallow ponds, but the water near the shore of the lake is not deep, and if they step on it, they can touch the ground.

However, Duanmu Fei didn't intend to remind them, she smiled at Cen Yin and blessed her body, her delicate eyebrows and eyes bloomed like that pink lotus, and her smile was bright and lovely, "Thank you, Lord Governor." ”

Cen Yin bowed slightly at her, turned around and returned along the verandah.

Han Xing took Duanmufei's little hand and walked in the other direction, muttering in his mouth: "Cousin Scarlet, let's stay away from those people with broken brains......"

The devil knows what they're going to do when their brains cramp, and lo and behold, Cousin Scarlet was a little closer just now, and she almost fell into the water!

The two cousins walked away hand in hand, ignoring Wei Ruxian and the two who were fluttering in the water.

Han Xing shook Duanmu Fei's little hand as he walked, and said with a smile: "Cousin Scarlet, you have been caught by this palace, now you have to help this palace find Dangui and Sister Yunhua!" ”

Duanmu blinked stupidly, and then he remembered that they were still playing peek-a-boo.

Well, that seems like a lot of fun!

"Then let's split up?" Duanmu rubbed his little hands and said, looking eager to try.

Han Xing responded crisply, and the cousins returned to the place where the four of them had separated before, followed by a direction that they had chosen separately, and went to find someone separately.

Duanmu Fei walked briskly along the lake, and she remembered that Yunhua had walked in this direction before...... Hmm, where will Sister Yunhua hide?!

Duanmufei's gaze slowly scanned around, passing the rockery, old trees, and pavilions in front of him...... Skimming the surface of the lake, I saw Liu Yingshuang and Pan Wugongzi on the other side of the lake.

The two of them were still in the water, but apparently they had realized that the water was not deep, and they were standing in the lake at the moment. Their wet hair was dripping with water, and their soaked clothes were sticking to their skin...... It's like two chickens in soup.

The water surface has reached Liu Yingshuang's neck, and the surrounding lake water is rippling, gushing to her mouth from time to time, she can only tilt her head hard, and hold Pan Wugongzi's hand tightly with one hand.

The two tried to walk to the shore with difficulty, but before they could take a step forward, Liu Yingshuang was easily pushed back two steps by a bamboo pole, and the next moment, the lake water overflowed her nose, and she coughed and fluttered in the water again.

"Frost!"

Pan Wugongzi hurriedly turned around and took two steps in the direction of the center of the lake, and the lake water suddenly rose from his heart to his shoulders, and the huge buoyancy made it difficult for him to walk.

Liu Yingshuang, who was fluttering, grabbed Pan Wugongzi as if she had grabbed a piece of driftwood, and clinged to Pan Wugongzi's body tightly. Pan Wugongzi stumbled and almost stumbled into the water......

On the shore, there were a few attendants holding bamboo poles, looking at this scene with indifferent expressions. Like eagles teasing chickens, whenever they saw them approaching the shore, they pushed them back into the deep water with bamboo poles, and watched them flutter in embarrassment, and the cycle repeatedly.

Pan Wugongzi angrily scolded the waiter on the shore, his face was white with water blisters, and his eyes were red with anger, and Wei Ruxian was gone.

Duanmu Fei glanced at it casually, then looked away, and continued to search for Yunhua's whereabouts, thinking in his heart: There should be no one to hide behind those bushes; The draft of the caravan is not deep, and there should be no one; Sister Yunhua shouldn't be able to climb trees......

Hey?!

Duanmu Fei blinked suddenly, could that little waiter be gesturing with himself?!

Not far away, a young waiter in Tsing Yi standing outside the pavilion showed a flattering smile at Duanmu Fei, and pointed in a certain direction with his right hand.

Duanmu Fei looked in the direction he pointed, and his eyes fell on the rockery more than ten zhang away.

But just now Yunhua and Dangui were obviously going in other directions, could it be that one of them took advantage of Hanxing to find himself just now and killed him again?!

Duanmu's scarlet eyes lit up, his eyes narrowed into two lines with a smile, and the corners of his mouth arched his hand at the little waiter in Tsing Yi not far away, thanking the other party for showing him a clear way.

The little chamberlain in Tsing Yi smiled happily, realizing that he was really clever, and showed his face in front of the overseer's righteous sister.

Duanmufei slowed down her steps, walked cautiously to the rockery, and looked towards the rockery with bated breath, and sure enough, she saw a lilac-colored figure shrinking in a corner, looking at the other side of the rockery with her back to her......

Duanmu smiled even more happily, and said crisply: "Sister Yunhua, I found you!" ”

Yun Hua was startled, his body stiffened, and then he slowly turned around, his gentle face was a little surprised and helpless.

"Sister Scarlet."

Yunhua felt that he was hiding well, and he was sure that Hanxing had searched the rockery and left, so he hid back here with confidence, thinking that this place was the safest, why was he found by Sister Scarlet so quickly?!

It's weird.

Wait a minute! Yunhua thought of something, and Duanmufei's mysterious words echoed in his ears: "Everything in this world is inseparable from arithmetic. ”

Could it be that Sister Scarlet is calculated by arithmetic?!

Yun Hua was a little off track when he was not careful, and his eyes were full of "admiration" when he looked at Duanmu Fei.

Duanmu Fei was seen by Yunhua The hairs on the back of her neck stood upside down, and she always felt that something happened that she didn't know, and she was about to ask, when there was a burst of girls talking and laughing behind her, as crisp as a silver bell.

Duanmu Fei looked back, only to see dozens of zhang away, seven or eight girls walking towards this side, not only Hanxing and Dangui among them, but also the third princess Shuyun, the fifth princess Chaolu and the other three girls, a group of girls standing together, a purple and red, more delicate than the flowers in this garden.

With their arrival, the surroundings suddenly became a lot more lively.

Han Xing said with great interest: "Sister Yunhua, Cousin Scarlet, Sister Three Emperors and Sister Five Emperors, they also want to play peek-a-boo with us." ”

"More people are fun!" Dangui happily stroked his palms and said, "I'll find this round!" ”

With Dangui's self-recommendation, the second round of hide and seek began.

As soon as Dangui blindfolded and began to count, the girls scattered like a flock of frightened birds, each looking for a place to hide.

This garden is so big, as long as you stand on the edge of the lake and look around, you can see Liu Yingshuang and Pan Wugongzi who are still soaking in the lake, as well as the attendant standing on the shore holding three bamboo poles in his hand.

What the hell is going on?!

The girls were inevitably a little surprised, looking at each other, although they didn't know what was going on, but seeing these chamberlains so enthusiastic and unavoidable, they could guess that these two people did not fall down.

These girls are also smart people, one by one to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, they all treated them as if they didn't see them, they didn't ask much, they played by themselves, the third princess and the fifth princess couldn't suppress the curiosity in their hearts, and wanted to find Hanxing to investigate, however, Hanxing had already disappeared.

The two princesses missed the best opportunity to hide, and were immediately found by the found Dangui. The victorious Dangui was in high spirits, and continued to search in the garden, and without a cup of tea, he found three more girls, including Duanmu Fei.

Duanmufei simply hid in the pavilion to enjoy the coolness, and the little waiter in Tsing Yi who was guarding the pavilion saw that the opportunity had come again, so he hurriedly served Duanmu Fei herbal tea, and found fish food for her, and quietly reported his name, and was busy for a while.

"Father-in-law Xiaoluo, thank you very much."

After drinking the herbal tea, Duanmu Fei felt a lot more relaxed, and his little face was flushed with a healthy flush, as if he had smeared rouge, and his spirit was flying.

Xiao Luozi was flattered, and said again and again: "The fourth girl of Duanmu is polite." "If you can serve tea for the righteous sister of the overseer, no matter how many people ask for it, you can't ask for it.

Xiao Luozi smiled more and more diligently and flatteringly, and was about to ask Duanmu Fei again if he wanted to have some melon and fruit snacks, but before the words came out, he heard an extremely sharp and penetrating voice not far away: "What are you doing?!" Let the old grandson come ashore! ”

Duanmu Fei put down the herbal tea in his hand, smelled the prestige, and saw that there were four or five more women beside the three waiters holding bamboo poles, led by an old woman who was nearly sixty years old, with gray hair and a thin body, she was wearing a rust-colored ingot-patterned brocade gown, and only a pair of jade flat squares with ruyi patterns were worn on the neatly combed round bun, and a pair of cloudy eyes on the wrinkled face were almost about to breathe fire.

Next to the old woman was a beautiful woman of twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed beautifully, and the woman described her as enchanting and charming, and looked domineering, and said:

"What happened to my niece, why didn't you let her come up!"

"If you don't let my niece and Pan Wugongzi come up again, I will go to my master, and then you eunuchs won't be able to eat and walk around!"

Duanmu Fei recognized that beautiful woman at once, isn't this Liu Yingshuang's aunt Liu Rong?

Mrs. Pan and Liu Rong sang and spoke in harmony, their voices sharper and more domineering, however, the three chamberlains ignored the two at all, and only coldly gave three words: "Please take care of yourself." ”

Duanmufei quickly withdrew his gaze and didn't bother to pay attention to it.

At this time, Han Xing and several other girls who were found by Dangui also came over, ran to see the excitement with great interest, and accidentally talked about the two or three things about the Wei family and the Pan family about the substitution marriage.

Originally, those things were just rumors, but at this moment, looking at the appearance of Pan Wugongzi and Liu Yingshuang holding hands with each other and refusing to let go, I knew that the rumors were not false.

Moreover, seeing that Mrs. Pan and Liu Rong are so "deed", this Pan family's style is really worrying!

The girls played peek-a-boo for a while and left, leaving the hustle and bustle of the garden behind.

The next day, some rumors about Pan Wugongzi and Liu Yingshuang spread all over the palace.

It is said that yesterday afternoon, many people took advantage of the passing to go to Tianlai Lake to watch the excitement.

It is said that Pan Wugongzi and Liu Yingshuang finally soaked in the lake until it was dark before they were fished up.

It is said that Pan Wugongzi had a fever as soon as he went back, and he was also frightened.

It is said that Wei Yongxin was so angry that he personally ran to the emperor to complain about the state of the inner servants, but Wei Yongxin knelt outside the emperor's palace for most of the night and did not see the emperor's holy face.

These rumors spread widely, almost everyone knew about it, and later, some people even rumored that Pan Wugongzi and Liu Yingshuang jumped into the lake to be martyred, but it added some after-dinner topics to everyone.

Near noon, Duanmu Fei and Hanxing returned to Qingliang Hall from Xiaoran Hall after class, the two talked and laughed, and when they walked halfway, they saw a familiar figure in an octagonal pavilion next to a bluestone path, slender and graceful.

Wei Ruxian got up from the pavilion and walked out slowly, looking at Duanmu Fei and Hanxing who were walking towards this side with a worried expression.

This octagonal pavilion is the only way from Xiaoran Hall to Qingliang Hall, and it seems that Wei Ruxian is waiting here on purpose.

Of course, Han Xing also saw Wei Ruxian, frowning slightly, with a faint expression. There is a way, if she doesn't talk more than half a sentence, she has always looked down on Wei Ruxian's weak and abrasive character.

"Your Royal Highness the Fourth Princess, the Fourth Girl of Duanmu."

Wei Ruxian blessed the two of them, and then gritted her teeth, the eyes on the slightly pale little face were dark and dark, like the dark tide surging under the seemingly calm sea, a pair of small hands pinched the handkerchief in her hand, and said with all her strength, "I have decided, I want to withdraw from my family." ”

"......" Hanxing raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, although they had already guessed that this marriage would be withdrawn sooner or later, but they didn't expect that it was Wei Ruxian who took the initiative this time. Is it because of yesterday?!

Wei Ruxian's eyes became more complicated, she raised her eyes to look at the blue sky behind the two, her eyes were a little dazed, and she said to herself: "I want to be redeemed, so I am devoted to this marriage......"

Looking back on the past, her home was also home, and her parents respected each other like guests, but Liu Rong appeared inexplicably, and her father seemed to be enchanted with her, and their home gradually changed and became no longer her home...... It's as if the loving father in my memory is fake.

Once, she dreamed that her father would one day come to his senses and tell her and her mother that he was wrong.

However, this dream came to naught.

Mother is gone, and there is no turning back!

She was the only one left in the house.

She endured Liu Rong's abuse of her, her humiliation, and her harshness...... She told herself that she was already engaged anyway, and sooner or later she would get married, and when she left the Wei family, she would be redeemed.

Without a cold bone, how to get the fragrance of plum blossoms!

However, her hopes were dashed once again!

Liu Yingshuang wants to snatch her marriage and shatter her last glimmer of hope......

She had sworn to keep the marriage until yesterday.

Thinking of the scene that happened yesterday, Wei Ruxian's eyes flashed slightly, and her voice was bitter like Coptis chinensis, "However, I figured it out, even if I got married, my life in the Pan family would not be better in the future than in the Wei family...... By that time, I'm afraid there will be no more 'salvation'. ”

Once married, there was no turning back.

"So, I want to quit."

Wei Ruxian eagerly looked at Duanmufei's eyes, the handkerchief in her hand was pinched tighter, and there was a trace of uneasy soul hidden in her seemingly firm eyes, as if she was seeking Duanmufei's recognition and support.

Wei Ruxian's whole body was as tense as a full bowstring, but in contrast, Duanmu Fei was as relaxed as a cat.

She looked at Wei Ruxian a few steps away with a smile, and felt that the other party was not a rotten wood, so she euphemistically mentioned: "Miss Wei, there is something to give." Since you have 'given up', you can't 'go without returning', don't you say? Duanmufei's tone was meaningful, "As the saying goes, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man." ”

If Wei Ruxian withdraws from the marriage, it will be as Wei and Pan want, and the other party should always have some expressions to appease, right?

Wei Ruxian's eyes lit up, and she suddenly understood Duanmufei's hint.

Yes.

The woman is afraid of marrying the wrong man, even if she can't marry into the Pan family, she can't let her father and Liu Rong arrange her marriage at will.

It's not just a family matter, she may be able to ask her father for a Zhuangzi again, get back her mother's dowry, or even move out of the Wei Mansion......

There is give-and-take.

Since they wanted to rob her of her relatives, they should have made up for it.

Wei Ruxian's eyes gradually became firm, and she felt as if the fog that permeated her surroundings had dissipated all of a sudden, and her eyes suddenly opened up, and she had an idea in her heart.

"Thank you, Fourth Duanmu girl."

Wei Ruxian thanked her and left in a hurry.

Looking at her back as she walked away quickly, Han Xing sighed and said with a little embarrassment: "It depends on whether she can stand up on her own this time...... "It's impossible for others to live for her!"

Duanmu Fei smiled slightly, took Han Xing and continued to walk forward, she said everything she should have said, and the rest was up to Wei Ruxian herself.

After returning to the Qingliang Palace, Duanmu Fei took the sachet made for his sister and the prepared herbal medicine bag, and hurriedly went out to the northeast corner of the West Palace.

She was going to go to Cen Yin.

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