Lightly placed on the table and pushed it in front of Xia Zhixue's eyes, Shen Liu said: "This is what my brother asked for from my mother, saying that when my mother got this step shake that day, she also got such a Raushzi, I just hurriedly stuffed it to me when I went out, and only told me to give it to you, as for how my mother got your mother's things at that time, he said that he would find a time to ask."

Stroking the box with her bare hands, Xia Zhixue opened the box tremblingly.

The lotus flower lights a candle, takes a few steps forward, and closes the door.

Holding a pair of tassel earrings in the box gently in the palm of her hand, Xia Zhixue's voice choked: "I annoyed Liu Er and thanked Brother Shen Yun, saying that Xia Zhixue was grateful to him."

Looking at her fragile appearance, Shen Liu sighed deeply in her heart, this girl didn't know how many things she was hiding in her heart, she knew in her heart that her brother was interested in her, not to mention whether she had the heart to welcome her in, even if she had this mind for her, she had never seen it.

But today she can be regarded as seeing it, the prince is afraid that Xia Zhixue is not pure-minded, and it is hawthorn sour plum tea, she is a little worried about her brother.

"This kind of words of thanks, you need to say it yourself to be sincere, so let's do it," the left and right are the brothers of the same mother, how can Shen Liu not help his brother: "In a few days, it will be my father's birthday, and the family will have a banquet for guests, I see that my mother is also planning to invite the prince, but you went with the prince and thanked him in person."

Begging Ouyang Huaiyu to take her out? Xia Zhixue couldn't open this mouth, and in the face of Shen Liu's sincere eyes, she couldn't say a word, so she had to nod and deal with this situation: "When the time comes, I will definitely go when I have time." Words can't be said too deadly.

Shen Liu was a girl from another family in the end, and she only stayed in the palace for one day before leaving.

Xia Zhixue sent her to the door, and before getting into the carriage, she glanced back, and saw that everyone else had walked to the door of the palace, so she gently tugged on Shen Liu's sleeve: "Liu'er, Hou Ye's birthday, I'm afraid I won't be able to go, so I won't trouble the prince." took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to her: "Please also ask the girl to hand this letter to Brother Shen Yun."

"Okay, I don't want to embarrass you, but if you are free, you will go to the house to talk to me, I like to talk to you." Accepting the letter and loading it, Shen Liu stepped on the carriage with one foot, turned around, a gust of spring breeze stirred her broken hair, against the spring sun, Shen Liu smiled at Xia Zhixue: "Zhixue, I will be your confidant."

Last night, she stayed in Xia Zhixue's room, and the two talked a lot, many things that even her mother had never said, all of them were told to Xia Zhixue, she always listened quietly, interjecting a few words from time to time, but always said that in her heart, she understood her.

Waving his hand at Shen Liu: "When I'm free, I'll go see you."

Seeing that the carriage was gone, the lotus reminded the people who were still standing and refused to move: "Girl, it is windy today, and the wind has been standing for a long time, so I have a headache carefully."

Xia Zhixue woke up like a dream, turned around, and entered the door.

Reliving a life, she only has revenge in her heart, and only Lotus is her henchman, she pretends to be deaf and dumb, pretends to be crazy and stupid, for only one step at a time, step by step. Shen Liu was a confidant she didn't expect, obviously she understood a lot about herself, so she didn't say anything, just patted her hand: "The road ahead is difficult, take care." There were only eight words in the note she stuffed into her.

Raising her eyes and glancing at the hot stamping plaque in the palace, Xia Zhixue stepped up the stairs: "Let's go."

The door to the Gaomen compound slowly closed behind her.

……

"Lord Wang," Hua Cheng said in a deep voice outside the door of the study, "The slave has something to report."

"Enter." A deep, temperatureless male voice emerged from the crack in the door.

"Squeak-" With a sound, Hua Cheng lowered his head and presented three invitations with both hands.

"Who's?" There are thousands of invitations received in the palace every day, who doesn't want the emperor's favorite brother to support the scene? Generally, Hua Cheng will deal with it by himself, and if he can't be the master, he will come up.

Hua Cheng said in a low voice: "It was sent over from the Hou Mansion of Heshun," raised his eyes and glanced at Ouyang Huaiyu's face, before continuing: "Hou Ye's birthday, invite you and Miss over."

Throwing the pen in his hand on the table, he picked up one and glanced at it with one hand across the sandalwood table: "Those two are theirs?"

After a cursory glance, he threw it on the table, Ouyang Huaiyu took the black satin and silver thread embroidered handkerchief on the side to wipe his hands and threw it on the ground.

Hua Cheng said cautiously: "Yes." The prince is already unhappy.

The corner of Ouyang Huaiyu's left lip hooked: "Then send it to them." He wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Heshun Houfu.

With one foot stepping on the handkerchief thrown on the ground, Ouyang Huaiyu went out with his hands behind his back.

Hua Cheng didn't dare to make a sound, and when there was no sound, he straightened up and sighed, the third lady was afraid that she would be inexplicably angry again.

"Invitation?" Lotus said that the girl was resting, and asked him to wait for a while, and her two round eyes looked at the thing in his hand.

Hua Cheng felt that she was very much like a kitten, and smiled: "Yes, it was sent from the Shunhou Mansion, and your girl and the yard next to it are all there." The ones over there have already been delivered. ”

Squatted down and sat beside her, and put the invitation on the steps: "Your girl is also considered to be in many disasters."

"If you can't speak, don't speak." Lotus rested her chin on the palm of her hand, her elbow staring at her knee, and she glanced at him.

What did he say wrong again to make this little ancestor unhappy? Hua Cheng couldn't think of it, she just felt that this girl was as temperamental as her master.

"Sister Lotus," was Hua Cheng thinking about how to talk to the person next to him when Da Lian came over with a mess of things.

Lotus stood up and greeted her: "What's the matter?" But what are the instructions from the butler's side? "Da Lian is the housekeeper's daughter, and she is different from them on weekdays, and she doesn't come to this courtyard often. Because she fell into the lake last time, I don't think their father and daughter have a good impression of the Hou Mansion, why did they come today?

Da Lian smiled and put the things in her hand on the ground: "It's not summer coming, the prince is sympathetic to the girls, I'm afraid of heat stroke, saying that our girls are more angry, and they are active on weekdays, so let me find some lotus seeds and let the girls go to the fire."

looked back, and his eyes were crooked: "Brother Hua Cheng is also here, the prince just told me, look at you and let you go back quickly, saying that it is to send an invitation, even if it is to Bianjing."

The prince has sprinkled fire on him. Hua Cheng pursed his lips and stood up.

"I saw that my sister was happy with what she said to Brother Hua Cheng, so I didn't disturb your interest." Dalian smiled.

Lotus put the things in the courtyard and said, "What do you say, the two of us are just chatting a few words, where can we say that we are happy?"

Hua Cheng touched his nose and sneered on his face.

"That's fine, I'll go. Daddy is waiting for me to do something else. Da Lian beckoned to Hua Cheng: "Brother Hua Cheng is together, the prince is with my father now."

"Okay." Hua Cheng stood up and looked at her twice as he passed by the lotus.

"This kid, I didn't mess with you, and I used to speak so ugly." Lotus looked at the gate of the courtyard and talked to herself, and when she turned around, she saw Xia Zhixue leaning on the pillar and looking at her with a smile in her eyes.