In the brightly lit Xiangyun Garden, Song Xi had already finished washing up and was sitting on the edge of the bed wearing tulle, but Pan Yueqing sat in front of the case for an hour with the file in hand, and he didn't have the consciousness of being a groom official at all.

"Husband......" Song Xi called him softly, and the satisfaction in his heart was still not reduced by being left out, "It's late at night, why don't you go to bed?" ”

Pan Yueqing only moved slightly at this time, glanced at the drowsy night outside the window, and asked Pan Yan on the side: "Is Madame asleep?" ”

"Sleep, when the porter brought the news that you were resting here, Madame went to sleep." Pan Yan was a little unsure of his master's thoughts.

"Well, you guys should step aside." Pan Yueqing closed the file and handed it to Pan Yan, "Send it to the study." ”

The maid on the side was about to take off Pan Yueqing's clothes, but Song Xi hurriedly took over the work and said with a smile: "You all go down, I'll come." ”

Seeing that Pan Yueqing did not refuse, the maid bowed and retreated.

The two of them were the only ones left in the room for a while.

Song Xi's heart was hot, and when she thought of what would happen next, she was full of joy, and she had been looking forward to it for too many years by taking his surname. The man in front of him is still the boy who read at night with a firm gaze, but it is a little different, the curve of his Adam's apple and the curvature of his eyebrow bone have become more obvious, and he is no longer immature and thin.

"Actually, we haven't seen each other for more than two years." Song Xi's fingers fell on Pan Yueqing's chest, unbuttoning his coat one by one, and his white and slender fingers rubbed against his chest from time to time, "You are an official, and you didn't come to the door again after saying goodbye to your father, and the last time I saw you was the teacher appreciation banquet." After that, you ascended all the way from the Jinshi of the Hanlin Academy, and finally became Shang Shuling, and sat down with Cheng. I am always happy and proud to receive these messages...... But then, the decree of marriage came down......"

Song Xi had clear tears in her eyes, half tilted her head to look at Pan Yueqing, after many years, she still couldn't understand the emotions in his eyes, and she didn't understand whether he liked this situation or not: "Qingyang, I once learned to embroider and paint for you, and I once boiled soup and sent you an umbrella, don't you care?" Obviously, we grew up together, and you also called me Xiaozi, why ......"

Pan Yueqing lowered her eyes slightly and looked at her, as if she was recalling something.

"Is it because the decree cannot be violated?" Song Xi thought that as long as he said yes, whether it was true or false, she was willing to believe it and endure it, as long as he said yes.

"Why do you want to marry me? Would you rather be a concubine? Pan Yueqing didn't answer, but asked instead, "I'm different from Li Pi, behind him is the entire Li family, countless elders, and inexhaustible connections." I don't have these, and even the current glory is not guaranteed, like an ice fortress, it will collapse at any time, why should you ......"

Song Xi shook her head and leaned into Pan Yueqing's arms, the temperature and heartbeat in her ears were what she dreamed of: "I have admired you since I was a child, I like the sound of you reading aloud in the academy, I like you to face your father's questions calmly and fluently, I like your steady and steady appearance at every step, and I like your firm ...... that is different from the world."

Pan Yueqing was silent for a while, and then pushed her away: "If you really like me as you say, you should know that our ancestors of the Pan family have never taken concubine......s so far."

"But this is not a family rule for the score." Song Xi grabbed Pan Yueqing's wrist and said softly, "Qingyang, the people of cloth are different from the ministers of rank, you don't have to feel ashamed. ”

He felt ashamed, but not to the Pan family, but to Tong Shanshan.

"That's it. At this point, as long as you keep to yourself, we will not embarrass you. Pan Yueqing pushed Song Xi's hand away and took a step back slightly, "You rest earlier......" said, buttoning the button while preparing to go out.

On the night of the cave room, he didn't have any ideas, did he want to leave?

"On the wedding night, I am a woman, I have first asked for marriage as a concubine, and my reputation has been damaged, and now you are leaving, how do you want me to be a person in the future?" Song Xi choked up slightly, "I turned my back on my family just to marry you, I didn't care about my face, I just wanted to marry you, and even turned against my friends in my boudoir...... Now I have nothing, all to marry you! Are you going to do this to me now? ”

Pan Yueqing turned his back to Song Xi and said in a flat tone: "But I have a wife." Such affection should not be given to a family person, there are so many men in the world, why do you have to waste it on me? I am not the only outstanding person without a family, Li Pi is alone, why not ......"

"My father just wants me to marry Li Pi!" Song Xi cried sadly, "Li Pi and that alien barbarian girl are not clear, as the prime minister, but he is in charge of the Jingkang Department where the three sects and nine streams gather, how can such a man compare to you?" ”

Pan Yueqing agrees with Li Pi's statement that he is not as good as himself, but during this time, Li Pi's targeting of himself seems to have a real reason.

"Even so, you are even willing to be a concubine rather than the prime minister's wife?" Pan Yueqing couldn't understand Song Xi, they only saw each other more before the age of thirteen, and after the girl's family and Xu, the man must not be abrupt, and he has not met a few times over the years, why do they have to get married?