Chapter 022: The Undispellable Mist
"I'm sorry, I won't be rude." Yun Xiao smiled and apologized sincerely.
The benefactor cared so much about her, she really blamed him at the beginning, and she shouldn't find fault with some meaningless details, as long as the other person is sincere, then, she has made this friend, and what is the identity and name, she will not ask again. Besides, his identity and reputation are still hidden from him, how can he be qualified to ask others to be honest with him?
"Sit in a private room?"
"Okay." Yun Xiao bowed her head lightly and followed him into the private room.
Xuanyuan Rui freely pulled out a chair and placed Yun Xiao to sit down first, and then sat on the opposite side.
Throwing away all the calculations, now I just want to take a look at Yun Xiao and admire her smile. Since she left the capital, this chess piece has always lingered in his mind, and even he can't figure out why he left a large mess of state affairs in the imperial court to come to Mocheng to personally direct the chess game he has laid out.
For a long time, it was inconvenient for him to interfere with this kind of yin damage plan, and it was all his subordinates He Jiu and Shui Li who did it. At this moment, under his deep eyes, there was a layer of fog that could not be dispersed, and he was extremely reluctant to clarify what was hidden in the fog?
Yun Xiao admired his gentlemanly demeanor and was surprised by his performance, he was a gentleman who was as gentle as jade.
In the few days she got along in the other courtyard, his warmth and thoughtfulness made her heart warm, and she unconsciously became closer to him, turned her eyes to look at the private room where she was, and asked in a low voice: "Engong, have you chartered this inn?" β
"The girl is very clever, yes, I want to entertain a distinguished guest here."
"That'...... Am I an uninvited guest? So, I shy away. Yun Xiao stood up and prepared to leave.
"There is no need to shy away from it." Xuanyuan Rui grabbed her, looked at her panicked look, and frowned, "Stay by my side as a sister, don't leave me." β
"Sister?" Yun Xiao was surprised, he sent a righteous brother with a good character for nothing, how could he not admit it?
Hurriedly knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and saluted, "Little sister to meet my brother." β
"Get up quickly, call me Rui." I didn't expect her to be so serious, and she really worshipped him as her brother-in-law, Xuanyuan Rui didn't feel good in his heart.
"Brother Rui!" She whispered.
Hi! Why did she add an extra brother?
"Don't like me to call you Brother Rui? That...... What's the right thing to call you? β
"I don't mind being called." Xuanyuan Rui pulled his lips helplessly. His heart is really sweet and sour, bitter, salty, and full of flavors now.
Because she was wearing men's clothes, she was doing a man's courtesy, but in Xuanyuan Rui's eyes, her figure was extremely feminine. Pulled her closer, lifted her face, eyes fell on her pink lips, and wanted to bow her head and kiss it.
"King Sheng has arrivedβ" Xin Luo shouted downstairs.
"Huh? Your guest is King Sheng? I, I'm evasive, right? Yun Xiao panicked when she heard the news, it turned out that Brother Rui's distinguished guest was King Sheng, and at this moment, she didn't want to see him.
Looking at her departing figure, Xuanyuan Rui's mind struggled painfully over whether to collect this chess piece, and the chess piece treasured her, if she didn't accept this chess piece, she had to be thrown at this time.
Finally, he stopped her panicked steps and pulled her to his side.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Seeing that she cared so much about King Sheng, Xuanyuan Rui felt very unhappy.
Xuanyuan Wei, the lord of Mocheng City, strode into the inn, he was wearing a cyan wind with a gold silk embroidered placket on his shoulders, and he was wearing ink-colored frosted leather boots, his face was cold, and his noble appearance showed the royal style, which was daunting.
Tong! Tong! Tong!
He stepped on the wooden stairs to the second floor, stepping on the tip of Yun Xiao's heart every step.
"Xiaoyun knocks on the prince." Yun Xiao followed behind Xuanyuan Rui and bowed down to give a salute, if it wasn't for Brother Rui to stop her, she would have been hiding a long time ago.
"You? What are you doing at the inn? Xuanyuan Wei glared at Yun Xiao fiercely, in order to find this kid, he had to turn the Beifu upside down, but this kid slipped out of the Beifu and ran to the inn to meet King Zhao.
"I, I'm here to see Brother Rui, Brother Rui is my brother-in-law." Yun Xiao pinched the corners of her clothes, very nervous.
"Brother-in-law?" Xuanyuan Wei's cold eyes swept Xuanyuan Rui's glance, and a nameless anger ignited in his chest, "Nonsense, boldly fleeing slaves, daring to leave the house without permission." β
"Come on, take the fugitive slave back to Beifu, take strict care of him, and don't let him out of the house again."
"Subordinates obey!" Xin Luo waved his hand and ordered his subordinates, "Take it away immediately!" β
The two guards stepped forward and took Yun Xiao down the stairs one by one, and she was pulled out of the inn and sent back to Beifu without even having a chance to turn back.
Xuanyuan Rui stood on the carved corridor on the second floor and watched Yun Xiao being taken away, and smiled indifferently, "Brother Huang, why bother to be angry for a minion." β
"What made me here?" Xuanyuan Wei asked coldly, Xu was because of Xiao Yunzi, his expression was not as calm as when he first arrived, it seemed to add a little arrogance, and his tone was still cold.
"The junior brother is here to discuss state affairs with General Yun, and by the way, visit the imperial brother, the imperial brother, sit down and talk." Xuanyuan Rui gently let the air-conditioned Xuanyuan Wei into the private room, the two sat down, and the guards served the teacup.
Xuanyuan Wei's eyes are still cold, for ten years, all the emperors and relatives have been very distant from him, the eldest prince, why did King Zhao come this time?
Xuanyuan Rui looked at the arrogant elder brother in front of him with deep eyes, a trace of ridicule was hidden in his eyes, and his tone was quite concerned, "The day before yesterday, I was shocked to hear that the imperial brother entered the palace to assassinate my father, and the younger brother was deeply shocked. β
"It was a traitor's conspiracy, and my brother didn't assassinate my father." Xuanyuan Wei told him coldly, his coldness was in stark contrast to Xuanyuan Rui's warmth and open-mindedness.
"The younger brother believes that it was not the royal brother's doing." Xuanyuan Rui hooked his lips and smiled, poured tea with his own hands, and cordially reached out to the imperial brother to make tea.
"What's wrong with my father?" Xuanyuanwei's attitude was a little more amiable. The only thing he worries about is his father's injury, if something happens to his father, he will blame himself for the rest of his life.
"My father injured his lungs, lost too much blood, and was still delirious and couldn't breathe, but fortunately, he was out of danger and would be healed in a few months, the royal brother didn't have to worry, if my father came to his senses, the truth would be revealed."
Xuanyuan Rui's tone is sincere, this is his consistent style, he is cunning and quiet, tactful, favors and seeks people's hearts, and has won many allies, so he can turn his hands into clouds and rain in the court.
"Father, the emperor asked the third emperor brother to escort him." Can't be filial piety in front of his father, Xuanyuan Weitu was sad and sad, and the cold frost was even heavier.
"The eldest brother, the younger brother will protect the health of his father." This is a sincere sentence that Xuanyuan Rui said today, he has sent his henchman Min Congzhi to guard the Changqiu Palace day and night, and will never allow anyone to harm his father again.
"There are three of us brothers, with the imperial brother as the elder, but the father and the emperor don't know why they are cold to the imperial brother, after the murder of the emperor, the father's body is not as good as before, and he needs to be raised slowly, the imperial brother had better not return to Beijing to anger the father's bad mood." Xuanyuan Rui sprinkled salt on the laceration of Xuanyuan's heart with disdain.