On the morning of July 7, 978, Ling Qi and I entered Kaifeng City.

"Will Niangniang go back to the palace directly? Today is the last day of the half-year covenant. As soon as I entered the city, Ling Qi opened his mouth to ask me.

"It's not the last day, so let me go shopping again when we have some time."

"Hmm." Ling Qi didn't refute, and quietly followed me around.

"Come with me to pick out a suit."

"I went back to the palace later, what kind of clothes do I want, why spend time here?"

"I like it, I'm willing."

Ling Qi didn't say anything more, just took me straight to the largest tailor shop in the capital.

After picking out a set of clothes, someone led me to the room in the courtyard, where I could try to see if the clothes fit, while Ling Qi, as a man, could only wait outside.

Actually, I had a plan early in the morning, and I was going to take advantage of the gap between trying on clothes to secretly get rid of Ling Qi and go to the Longxi County Mansion.

After changing my clothes, I pushed open the window, and after a cup of tea, all that was waiting for Ling Qi in this room was my silver taels and old clothes.

It's Li Yu's birthday, and I still need to do something.

"Madame is back." When she saw me, she was not very surprised, as if she knew that I was coming back.

"Hmm. It's back. ”

Xiaoxiao still lives in my old yard, and there seem to be a lot more flowers and plants in the yard now than when I left.

"Sir, does he still write letters often?"

"One day or two days, as before."

"Give it to me."

"Okay."

After a while, Xiaoxiao put a box in front of my eyes.

"I'm going to eat sauce elbow."

"Xiaoxiao, let's call Aunt Zhu to do it."

"Okay."

After Xiaoxiao left, I took out all the letters in the box, opened them one by one, and they were the same as before, some were just a few sentences, some were poems, and some were words waiting for me to compose.

"You know it's not me, you know."

When the letter was finished, Ling Qi was pushing the door in, with an angry face, I didn't plan to hide, I knew he could guess that I was here.

"I didn't want to run." I locked the box and opened my mouth.

"I know."

"I just want to come back and see."

"I know."

"I'd like to stay a little longer."

"I know."

After that, we didn't speak, just looked at each other quietly until Xiao Xiao came up with a sauce elbow.

"Why don't you have something together?" Aunt Zhu's craftsmanship is very good. "In order to break this embarrassing situation, I decided to buy Ling Qi with a sauce elbow.

"Don't eat it."

"Are you sure?"

"Hmm."

"Don't eat and pull down."

I looked at Ling Qi and remembered that three years ago he had disobeyed Zhao Kuangyin in order to save my life, and now it has only been a few years, and he can stand on the opposite side of me for Zhao Guangyi.

Perhaps we have always been on the opposite side.

"Please also invite the mother to go back with me after eating."

"Go back, where are you going?" Hearing the word "go back", Xiaoxiao on the side couldn't hold back anymore.

"Back to the palace, of course."

"Why did you go back to the palace?" Xiao Xiao looked me in the eye and asked with a sad face.

"How do you think your current eldest lady came to be? Out of thin air? "Ling Qi replied to this question for me.

Li Xiaoxiao didn't answer, still looking at me, in fact, after all these things, he should have guessed something.

"Don't say it, do me a favor, I'll go back with you when it's over." I looked at Ling Qi.

"What's the busy?."

"I want to celebrate Li Yu's birthday as the eldest lady."

"Are you crazy?"

"Well, crazy."

"I'm not going to mess around with you."

"Then I'll go out directly, and within a few hours, the news that there are two eldest ladies in the Longxi County Mansion will reach the emperor's ears."

"Is the mother going to threaten me?"

"It's a discussion."

Half an hour later, Ling Qi compromised, and he and Xiaoxiao decided to accept my plan.

Before the banquet began, I asked Xiaoxiao to ask the eldest lady to come over alone, and said that Li Yu had prepared a surprise for her alone.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I asked Ling Qi to tie her up.

"You stay here and watch her, and I'll be back when the feast is over."

"No, I have to follow you."

"Don't worry, I won't run, I'll be back when the banquet is over."

"In case ......"

"No in case, don't forget, she's still there." I glanced at the woman next to me, who was staring at me.

But it doesn't matter, that's exactly what I want, to make her sober and watch me appear in front of her, and the reason why I'm so blatant is because I know she's not going to talk about today.

She really loves Li Yu, and from the way she looks at Li Yu, she knows that since she loves Li Yu, how can she be willing to expose the fact that she is impostor.

"I've wronged the eldest lady, as long as tonight passes, you are still you, and you are still the eldest lady of this Longxi County Mansion."

"Why should I believe you?" The woman in front of her suddenly spoke.

"It's not dumb, Madame is really well disguised this time! However, I don't seem to need your trust, and you are not qualified to negotiate terms with me. ”

"You shouldn't have come back."

"Don't worry, I'll leave right away."

I smiled and threw the medicine in my hand to Ling Qi, this was the medicine given to me by Father-in-law Li, and he said that if I got into trouble, he could save my life.

After a while, the woman fell asleep deeply, and I asked Ling Qi to carry her to the bed, and I walked to the front yard with Xiaoxiao.

"After a while, you'll say I'm a little uncomfortable, and tell them not to bother."

"Little understands."

I locked myself in my room and waited quietly for the banquet to begin.

After all, the people who serve in the front yard are the personal maids beside the eldest lady, although we look the same, but after a long time, they will definitely find something wrong, just like a little glance can see that the woman is not me.

In the evening, Xiao Xiao pushed the door in, and said that the banquet was about to begin, and the lord and the other ladies had arrived, and they were waiting for me.

"Xiaoxiao, do you regret coming to Kaifeng with me?"

"Mrs. said that she laughed, Xiaoxiao can follow Mrs. in this life, and I don't regret it."

"I should have let you go out of the palace with the little barbarian, and I wouldn't have lived this kind of life here."

"I've been in a little novel, and I've followed Mrs. all my life."

"Xiaoxiao, promise me to live well."

"Hmm."

"Even if I'm gone, you can keep our yard alive."

"Little wants to guard Madame."

"I'm going to enter the palace, and I won't come out again after this time."

"That little one can follow in."

"The palace is a place to eat people, I don't want you to go in again, promise me, you will stay here, guard our courtyard, and not go anywhere."

"Madame......"

I waved my hand to stop Xiao Xiao's next words, got up and walked out the door.

After all, it's not certain that I'll survive tonight.

Actually, I'm gambling, I'm betting with my life for tonight.