Seeing that the summer vacation is coming soon, the weather is already very hot. Although there is no air conditioning, the ice basin in the pearl house has never been broken. The faint fragrance of cold plum is Mingzhu's favorite taste this summer. At this moment, Mingzhu, who had just finished taking a nap, was eating ice cream in the house.

"Princess Qiyu, Lord Li, the waiter of the Hanlin Academy, asks to see you."

The sound of the announcement from outside the door made Mingzhu's brain knot. Who is [Lord Lee, the attendant of the Hanlin Temple]? It took her a while to react, and it turned out to be Li Xiuyuan. The pearl that turned the corner sighed a little about the impermanence of the world. I remember when I participated in any activities before, people introduced Li Xiuyuan and generally said [at this time, the second son of Master Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites]. Now that I think about it, Li Shangshu, who was sent out by the imperial brother to serve as an idle officer, is probably [Li Shilang's old father in Hanlin Academy] now, right?! I don't know what he's going to think now.

Mingzhu pondered Li Xiuyuan's intention for a moment, and didn't figure it out: "Invite him to the flower hall later, I'll come in a while." ”

It's too hot in the summer, and Mingzhu usually wears extra cool clothes at home. Now that we're going to meet guests, I have to clean up a little.

When Li Xiuyuan walked into the flower hall, a burst of coolness suddenly made people feel refreshed, and after a while, it was dispelled, and the heat brought in from outside.

"Childe, please use tea." The little maid respectfully served a cup of golden silk chrysanthemum tea with ice.

Li Xiuyuan looked down at the thin porcelain cup with light on his hand, and the fine water droplets hung on the outer wall of the tea cup, and the wisps of cold were so cold that they were cold to the palm of his hand. A golden and gorgeous golden silk chrysanthemum stretches its petals in the yellowish tea, and three small Xiaoice balls the size of little fingertips float directly above the flower. It's like a flower that has just bloomed to its most beautiful posture in the morning, just plucked gently, and put it into this cup of tea with dewdrops.

On the flower table behind the empty seat opposite Li Xiuyuan, there is a cluster of orchids, with a noble posture and buds waiting to be released. Its blooming flowers, green and white, a touch of spring color like the sunset, so unadorned free floating in the belly of the pot. The carving is clumsy, concise and atmospheric, showing the fairy spirit of this bush of orchids to the fullest.

Seeing this orchid, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but look back behind him, according to the usual rules of the flower hall, the position of the flower table should be symmetrical. This time, Li Xiuyuan didn't know what to say. In this scorching summer, in the withered branches and flowers on the flower table behind me, there are plum blossoms stretched out!! The sparse buds stand as cold as winter, and the fragrance of cold plums permeates the heart. If you look closely, there are no dead branches?! It's actually carved from topaz!

With these two foundations, Li Xiuyuan carefully looked at the layout of the flower hall. It doesn't matter if you look at it, the more you look at it, the more frightened you become. I saw that there was no luxury in this flower hall, but there was no luxury in it. At first glance, there has never been a place that deliberately reveals wealth.

But if you look closely, is it the "West Departure Letter" hanging on the wall? ! I don't know what the material of such a big sea-blue fish tank is on the Bogu shelf?! What's the point of the aquatic plants and corals arranged in the fish tank?! What kind of colorful fish are the thumb-sized swam fish that shuttle in between?! Why did the smoke on the black jade lotus incense seat entangle in the lotus pond and not rise?! Why is there a faint Buddha light behind the white jade Guanyin statue? ……

"Your Highness."

Li Xiuyuan was interrupted by the sound outside the door, and when he looked up, he saw Princess Mingzhu walking in with a smile.

"Ministers, see Princess Mingzhu."

"No courtesy." Mingzhu accepted his salute safely, but it didn't mean to be businesslike. It's just that the two of them are not familiar with each other, and if they are too casual, it will make people uncomfortable.

After the ceremony, Mingzhu asked straight to the point: "I don't know what happened to Lord Li's visit today?!" But what happened to Li Molian's school?! Other than that, Mingzhu really couldn't think of anything he could do when he came over.

However, Li Xiuyuan shook his head when he heard this, and hesitantly organized the words: "In the next ...... I would like to ask Your Highness to keep me a matchmaker. ”

Hearing this, Mingzhu seemed to grasp something, but subconsciously shirked: "This...... This palace has never done these things to protect the media. "This is true, Mingzhu is different from those married ladies in Beijing, she never introduces marriage to anyone. It's not that I don't like gossip, but I just don't want to take that responsibility, if the introduction is agreeable, it's just that, in case the husband and wife don't get along in the future, I'm afraid the first person to complain is the matchmaker. Why bother?!

Li Xiuyuan seemed to have known it for a long time, and his words were much clearer at this time: "Actually, I may be in love with that girl." The main reason for coming here this time is to ask His Royal Highness to make peace for our families. ”

"Perhaps?! Where is there [maybe] such a thing as a match?! If it's just a little favor, Master Li still doesn't want to be so good at mobilizing the public. At this time, Mingzhu already had a faint guess in her heart, so she was not very optimistic about this fact.

Li Xiuyuan was already very distressed, and when he saw the princess asking, he opened his mouth and confided: "Presumably, my previous marriage situation was once rumored in the capital, and Her Royal Highness the princess should already know about it." ”

Mingzhu nodded, nonsense, she had been standing in the crowd watching the joke at that time. Until now, she feels that Li Xiuyuan deserves it today.

"Actually, I also feel that all the rights and wrongs are caused by me. The lives of ripples and mercy should also be on my head. Over the years, I have also been introspecting. But people always have to look forward, the eldest girl of the Zhao family is a very good girl, and I was defeated by her at first. Now that I am in such a situation, I also have a great responsibility......"

Hearing this, Mingzhu was a little unhappy: "Such a situation?!" What do you mean?! Is there anything Xiaolian is having a bad time now?! Even if there was a little gossip, it didn't affect her anything. Her relatives and friends around her knew that she was good, and she was treated no differently than before. And she was a gentleman in kindergarten and also did well. Parents are also very satisfied with her, and even many people are interested in proposing to her family. Tell me, what's wrong with her now?! ”

When Li Xiuyuan heard these questions, he panicked, and a bitterness permeated his heart. Yes, Xiaolian really doesn't have anything bad now. Judging from her mother's reaction that day, the meaning of her daughter's protection is so obvious. No matter how much suffering she has, the people around her only recognize her golden heart. Only yourself......

After a long time, Li Xiuyuan found his voice, and said with a hoarse dry smile: "Your Highness is right, Xiaolian is very good no matter when." ”

Mingzhu frowned a little dissatisfiedly when he saw him call [Xiaolian], but he didn't say anything in the end.

"It's just that it's down, my heart, my heart is happy with her......" After being quiet for a while, Li Xiuyuan said Zhao Bailian about sending him a food box before: "...... That's why I said that she and I might be in love. ”

Mingzhu thought for a while: "What you said, this palace doesn't dare to help you determine anything, after all, you need to go back and ask Xiaolian what she means to know." But what if she really has an interest in you?! To put it mildly, who would dare to really believe you now?! ”

"I," Seeing that Li Xiuyuan had the intention to argue, Mingzhu intercepted his words and said quickly: "The former Wang Lianyi's personality is indeed very bad, but she is your wife after all, but she was bullied so badly by a concubine. Xiaolian's identity is not as high as she was at the beginning, and her personality is not as strong as her. Even if there is no pity for the snow, it will be said that there will be a mercy for the frost and rain in the future. Even if you say that once you wake up, you will no longer take concubines in the future. But what about your home?! No one can tell you about your life circumstances, you are also a few romantic figures among young officials, if one day you are taken by a noble girl, it is possible for your father and mother to give you a flat wife. You said it yourself, how dare this palace protect such a medium for her?! ”

Speaking of which, in fact, Mingzhu's opinion is exactly the same as what Mrs. Zhao meant. No one dares to bet that they couldn't shelter their wives and children from the wind and rain before, but can they really change their past mistakes in the future? Therefore, even if they all know that Zhao Bailian may really have affection for Li Xiuyuan, they don't want her to regret it in her long life in the future.

"I can get rich!"

"What?!" Mingzhu couldn't believe it.

When the words finally came out, Li Xiuyuan had no scruples, as if he had unloaded a thousand pounds of burden, but he was relaxed. "I said I could join the Zhao family."

This decision really caught Mingzhu off guard, and she didn't think about the feasibility of this matter. If Li Xiuyuan is into the past, it was given to Zhao Bailian. Then his child will be surnamed Zhao in the future, and presumably the Zhao family will be very happy. He will also not be able to have an affair with another woman for the rest of his life, because he is generally at risk of being divorced if he is discovered. This kind of renunciation, unlike a woman, can leave with a dowry, but a pure pure house. Property, children, and even official positions will leave him. For Li Xiuyuan, a famous son-in-law and a young high-ranking official, joining the family is equivalent to pressing everything on him.

To put it mildly, even if he is a cuckold in the future, this wife can't just say that he can take a break!! Thinking of this, Mingzhu couldn't help but say: "After this is a big deal, everything is out of my own hands!" As a sister-in-law, I'm afraid that the family will not have a good time. But think about it. ”

Li Xiuyuan's eyes flashed Zhao Bailian's calm and beautiful face for a while, and the picture of her family punching and kicking Li Molian flashed for a while. He said firmly: "To my family, I am just a tool to shine on the lintel." For this, my first marriage has been sacrificed. The second marriage of a woman is still up to herself, and this time, I also want to follow my own heart. I just ask Her Royal Highness the princess to help me! ”

Mingzhu felt a little sore in her head, rubbed her eyebrows, waved her hand and said, "Since this is the case, this palace can think about it, you can go back and wait for news first." ”

Waiting for Li Xiuyuan to walk away, Mingzhu raised his head and asked the rose on the side: "I remember that Xiaolian is in the morning class today?!" ”

"Your Highness, Miss Zhao is the second class in the morning."

"What time is it?!"

"Shen Shi hit"

It's four o'clock in the afternoon, and it's not too early to say it's too late...... Mingzhu thought about it, there is no need to be in such a hurry?! It's not that Zhao Bailian is in a hurry to get married, and it doesn't matter if it's two days late.

So, the next day, after Mingzhu finished his class, he took the rose to Zhao Bailian's dormitory.

"Mingzhu is an afternoon class, right?! Why don't you go back home with An Ning Yining, but have time to come to me to play?! Zhao Bailian gave Mingzhu a plum blossom tea that she dried by herself.

"The plum fragrance is crisp, and there is a little cool taste, is it mint?!" Mingzhu took a sip of praise and praised.

Zhao Bailian smiled and nodded: "Well, use mint and plum blossoms to cellar together, and after the final drying, pick out the mint." ”

"Today, Ah Ci took the two children to the hall to watch a play, I don't like to listen to those babbling and fighting, so I will go around with you."

The two casually exchanged two sentences, and Mingzhu turned to the topic: "Yesterday, Li Xiuyuan came to ask me to protect the media for him. ”

[Smack!] The lid of the pot slammed on the edge of the tea cup, and a whole set of brand-new Ru kiln small pots has since been a small shortage.

Such a simple and bland sentence instantly shattered Zhao Bailian's indifference. It took a long time before she forced a smile and said, "Really?!" I don't know which woman Lord Li has taken a fancy to this time?! ”

Mingzhu looked at her face seriously and said, "He asked me to go to your house for her to propose." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Bailian's face turned even paler. Sure enough, his frivolous behavior is still underestimated. Which family's family affairs are not the words of the matchmaker on the orders of their parents?! Is he relying on himself to like him and planning to force him to marry?!

Thinking about it, Zhao Bailian said with tears in her eyes: "Don't say it Mingzhu!" This kind of family matter, my Zhao family can't climb high! ”

"You don't like him anymore?!"

This question finally made Zhao Bailian burst into tears: "What if you like it?!" It's just that I'm blind at a young age, and no matter how I do, I will never let our Zhao family be ashamed!! You want me to be his step-room and have children for the treacherous Li family?! He dreams!! ”

"What if it's a fuss?!"

"Huh?!" Before Zhao Bailian's resentful emotions could be fully vented, she was interrupted by Mingzhu's words. "How is that possible?!" Zhao Bailian, who had never been on a roller coaster, had the feeling of being on the top of the track for the first time.

"Anyway, I heard Li Xiuyuan say this, since you don't like him so much, then forget it. I'll send someone back to him, and you don't have to take it personally. "Mingzhu Yile, get up and look like you're about to go out.

"No, I don't, you wait first." Zhao Bailian hurriedly grabbed Mingzhu and said hesitantly: "That, although he is not the eldest son in the family, he is also the second son. It's really okay to get involved?! ”

Mingzhu shook his head, and did not give Zhao Bailian any guarantees, but said truthfully: "His family doesn't know it yet, but he decided so himself." I think if you really want to be with him, he's taken another big step. Then the remaining difficulties may not be so difficult. ”

It's like a morning star holding the sun, and the whole night will be brightened.