Ruan Yu looked around, and there was no one else except her and the man in front of her.

Even Mingzhu and a few of them are nowhere to be found.

This made Ruan Yu vigilant, and his eyes were not very friendly when he looked at the man, and he asked, "Where is my maid?" ”

Before she could say anything, she felt the other side freeze for a moment.

And the other party's eyes looked at her, revealing scrutiny and incredulity, and a little imperceptible anxiety.

"Ah Yu." The other party's voice was low and hoarse, as if he was suppressing some feelings, "I'm back." He said.

Ruan Yu was stunned for a moment.

Ah Yu, this title is only shouted by the elders, representing intimacy. But from the mouth of the man in front of her, she didn't feel too awkward.

The man's eyebrows and eyes are deep, his jawline is clean and cold, his eyes are pitch black, and his eyes are mostly obscured by eyelashes.

It looks like he's happy, but he's not so happy.

However, Ruan Yu did not recognize this face.

She lowered her head in embarrassment and said under the gaze of the other party, "I'm sorry, we seem to ...... Don't recognize, right? ”

The other opened his mouth and was silent.

"Well, what's your name?" Ruan Yu was ready to try to remember.

The other party stared at her gloomily and spit out two words: "Lu Ye." ”

"Lu Ye......" Ruan Yu muttered and repeated, suddenly realized: "You are Lu Ye, Marquis of Xiliang?" ”

"Do you remember?"

"Ah......" Ruan Yu lowered her gaze, a little weak. She does not have a good memory, and her face is blind. It's not a big deal, but it feels rude.

She touched her earlobe,

"It's kind of ...... Impressions? ”

*

Actually, I don't remember it at all.

The little girl's voice was small and weak, and her tone was hesitant, obviously not deceiving people and pretending to be strong.

White lies.

Unable to say what emotions he had, Lu Ye smiled and diverted the topic: "A few of your maids have been taken to dinner, what do you want to find them?" ”

Ruan Yu nodded, it's okay to eat, she doesn't want to disturb them to eat, but it's a pity that those girls are jumping to see Xilianghou, and Xilianghou is there at this time, but she can't see them.

"It's okay, I'll ask." Ruan Yu looked around: "Xiao Yuanji is not here?" ”

The other side did not answer immediately. Ruan Yu wondered what was there to think about this kind of thing, and looked up with a puzzled expression.

"I thought you didn't want to see him." Lu Ye said.

"I don't want to see him." Ruan Yu subconsciously admitted, but it was wrong to think about it, "Do you know that I don't want to see him and call me over?" ”

Lu Ye was obviously asked, and he didn't speak for a long time, but the little girl kept staring at him, and she was bound to give him an answer.

Lu Ye smiled, "Old acquaintance, what's wrong with meeting you?" ”

Old, familiar, human.

What she just said was a bit of an impression. What do you mean by being a little impressioned? It means that I am not very familiar with each other, I may have met him, but I am not impressed.

This is an old acquaintance?

Then you have too many old acquaintances, and you walk around the street with old acquaintances.

Ruan Yu scolded a few words, but she didn't like to dismantle other people's platforms, so she laughed twice, and responded without embarrassment, and didn't dwell on this issue anymore.

"Do you want water?" Lu Ye asked.

Ruan Yu is dry mouth. This Xilianghou Mansion was twisted and turned, and after walking for so long, he said a few words to Lu Ye, he was really thirsty.

Ruan Yu nodded.

Lu Ye pointed under the shade of the tree, "Go and sit, I'll bring it to you." ”

He said this in a very natural tone, so naturally that Ruan Yu walked over and sat down without thinking much about it, and only after sitting down did he feel that something was wrong.

It's just a bowl of water, you can let the maid pour it, why do you want to do it yourself?

This is...... Special treatment for old acquaintances?

Let's take it as it is. Ruan Yu didn't bother to think about it so much, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from her forehead and neck.

After a while, Lu Ye came back with water, his eyes fell on Ruan Yu through the trees in the garden, and he saw her wiping her sweat from a distance, slowly and methodically. When I got closer, I realized how impactful this scene was.

The little girl's skin was very white, almost dazzling, and the goose-yellow dress looked well-behaved and soft. It's just that she is cold, with one action and one look, revealing a careless indifference, as if engraved in her bones.

This contrast is particularly seductive in her.

The little girl had a handkerchief in her hand, sliding from her neck to her collarbone, and I don't know if it was too hard or because her skin was too delicate, and the place where she rubbed it was a thin red.

Lu Ye froze there.

*

Ruan Yu tucked his ears with a handkerchief, and when he turned his head, he saw Lu Ye standing on the steps. The man's eyebrows were cold and hard, and the sunlight filtered through the mottled light and shadow under the eyelashes, like gold dust shattered into his eyes.

It gives the illusion of tenderness.

Ruan Yu had a slight suspicion that he had been standing there for a long time.

Lu Ye lowered his eyelashes, walked over casually, put down the water, and sat opposite her.

"Thank you." Ruan Yu picked up the bowl and drank it in small sips.

The water is filled with honey and tastes sweet.

Ruan Yu originally thought that Xilianghou would be the kind of man who grabbed the five big and three rough and unruly with his beard, so she was really a little surprised when Lu Ye reported to his home.

It's far from the raunchy image she imagined, and it's even pretty good.

There's a bit of ruffian in the toughness.

And this Lord Xilianghou also specially added honey to the water she drank.

Ruan Yu has had dizziness since she was a child, and the doctor told her to eat more sweet, so she drank honey water. This Lord Xilianghou doesn't know if it's intentional or coincidental.

Ruan Yu glanced at him secretly.

Unexpectedly, the other party was staring at her, and the moment their eyes met, she didn't know who should be embarrassed first.

Lu Ye first retracted his gaze and asked lightly, "What disease do you have?" ”

"Huh?"

"What disease does the princess have?"

Ruan Yu's body is weak, and recuperating in seclusion is something that all the people of Dazhao know. But what the specific illness was, Lu Zhao didn't find out even if he used the spies under his hands.

Ruan Yu looked at him vigilantly: "Why do you ask this?" ”

Lu Ye put his arm on the table, looked at the sky lightly, turned to look at her when he heard the words, and raised his eyebrows: "Find a doctor to treat you." ”

Ruan Yu couldn't help laughing.

"Laughing at what?" Lu Ye knocked on the table.

"I'm tired of Xilianghou. I have been treated in the hospital for four years without results, and it is futile to try again. Ruan Yu lowered his head and continued to drink water, obviously not taking his words seriously.

Lu Ye sneered: "That's not necessarily, the hospital is all for the old pedantic, and good people have cured them of their damage." ”

"......" Ruan Yu glanced at him.

Well, old pedantic.

"Haven't told me yet, what disease do you have?" went around in a circle, and then went back to the original problem.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that you're weak and weak, just drink medicine slowly to recuperate, it's not a big problem." Ruan Yu stood up, "If it's okay, I'll go back to the house first." ”

Lu Ye raised his eyes to look at her, his slender fingers slowly knocked on the table, and then stood up. He is tall and has long legs, Ruan Yu thinks that he is relatively tall among women, but in front of Lu Ye, the top of his head can only touch a little below the shoulders of others.

The sense of oppression was too strong, and Ruan Yu couldn't help but take a step back.

Lu Ye said: "Since you are here, you will leave after eating." ”

*

In the flower hall in the southeast corner of the Xilianghou Mansion, several officials and their wives were gathering together to count the arrogance and rudeness of the Xilianghou Jugong.

Xilianghou invited them to dinner, which was originally a very happy thing. They came early in the morning, and Xilianghou appeared in the front hall, and in a blink of an eye, they disappeared, and they were left in the front hall. If you want to go out and take a walk, the design of this Xilianghou Mansion is like a labyrinth, and you will be dizzy when you look at it. I had to wait in the front room. At noon, a few maids came to take them to the flower hall, saying that it was time to eat.

It's good to eat, they're all starving.

However, when they arrived in the front hall, the cold dishes were all put on the table, and Xilianghou still didn't see anyone.

It's not too much to release pigeons!

"Alas...... Why don't we eat a little bit first to cushion our stomachs? A lady whispered.

Her husband immediately stopped: "The master hasn't come yet, how can this table be opened, just wait." ”

"Yes, yes, Xilianghou can't afford to offend now, even if there is excess, we can only endure it." Someone chimed in.

Xiao Yuanji couldn't get used to their timid appearance, snorted from his nose, put chopsticks and peanuts into his mouth, and said disdainfully: "He's just a moment." The tree is so windy, he doesn't know how to restrain himself, and someone will clean him up in the future. ”

He sat down in his seat and ate and drank, and when he had finished his own wine, he even went to get the wine from the table next to him.

No one answered his words.

If it was a few years ago, when the old Runan Marquis was still alive, the Runan Marquis Mansion was also the object of everyone's pursuit. But since Xiao Yuanji inherited the title, the Marquis of Runan's Mansion has become increasingly depressed, and everyone is just looking at the face of the old Marquis Runan and the princess, and they are just a little polite to Xiao Yuanji.

Footsteps could be heard on the stairs.

Everyone sat down with a wink at each other and looked up at the entrance. There is an ink screen in the entrance, and you can faintly see the figure of a person.

There are two figures, one is a little taller, and it should be Xilianghou depending on the figure. The other one was a little shorter, with a slender body, like a girl.

Huh? Could it be that Xilianghou has already married a wife?

The moment the two of them turned out from behind the screen, some people exclaimed quietly, and some people turned pale.

Xiao Yuanji is the one with a pale face.

Lu Ye and Ruan Yu appeared in everyone's sight one after the other.

After Lu Ye walked out of the screen, he paused and watched the girl come out, the corners of his mouth were hooked very shallowly, and he quickly flattened it again, and glanced at the guests present: "I'm sorry, I'm late." ”

“……”

The guests didn't feel Xi Lianghou's apology, and even the cold behind them.

"Is this Mrs. Hou?" A middle-aged lady asked.

The guests turned their eyes to the woman beside Xilianghou.

The woman looked very young, about eighteen or nineteen years old. The skin is very white, almost pale, and the body and posture give people a sickly feeling, reminiscent of the pure white and delicate pear blossoms on the branches, but not too thin. Delicate fit, pure and delicate sick and weak beauty.

The eyes of the officials present were straight.

Lu Ye narrowed his eyes and said "tsk", and quietly blocked in front of Ruan Yu, and hooked his lips playfully: "Yes." ”

*

Ruan Yu's reaction was a little slow and half a beat, and it was only when the guests were more emotional that they realized that they had been misunderstood.

She is Mrs. Hou, but not Mrs. Xilianghou, but Mrs. Marquis of Runan.

"Oh, when did Master Hou marry his wife, why didn't he tell us? It's a pity that I didn't drink the Hou Ye's happy wine, I wonder if I will make up for a round? "There are officials joking.

"Yes, yes, I don't know which daughter Madame is?" How many adults in the court want to marry their daughters to Xilianghou, but they didn't expect to be preempted, it's a pity.

The guests had different thoughts, speculating about the impact of Hou Ye's marriage on their positions, but they all congratulated with smiles on their faces.

There is only one exception.

From the beginning, Xiao Yuanji's face was ugly when Ruan Yu appeared behind Lu Ye, and now it is even more difficult to see the extreme. He sat in his seat exuding low pressure, but no one paid attention to him.

Including Ruan Yu.

She was now looking up at Lu Ye and whispering something. And Lu Ye leaned forward, because his back was facing him, he couldn't see Lu Ye's expression.

The atmosphere between the two of them seemed very good.

*

"Well, I think everyone seems to have misunderstood." Ruan Yu and Lu Ye came to the screen, and there was a partition door on the right side, so that most of the guests' vision would be blocked, and they could speak boldly with confidence.

"Can you explain it to them?" Ruan Yu proposed.

Lu Ye lowered his eyelids and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Master Hou?"

Lu Ye stared at her with dark eyes for a while, pursed his lips, as if he was not very happy, straightened up and looked at her with a lack of interest: "Okay." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was suddenly another person next to him.

Xiao Yuanji grabbed Ruan Yu's wrist and pulled her, sneering: "Is the princess going to steal people in front of Ben Hou!" ”

Ruan Yu was directly dragged in a daze, her brain couldn't keep up, and she staggered forward and was dragged forward by Xiao Yuanji.

"Don't get me wrong, this is Mrs. Runanhou, not Mrs. Xilianghou." Xiao Yuanji turned his face sideways to look at Ruan Yu, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, pinched Ruan Yu's chin and forced her to open her mouth, "Madame, shouldn't you say a few words to explain and explain?" ”

There was a coercion in his tone, vicious.

Ruan Yu's first reaction was shame.

There were so many senior officials and wives of the DPRK and the Central Committee present, so many pairs of eyes looking at jokes, watching how Xiao Yuanji was crazy and how he dragged her to shame.

Enough is enough, enough is really enough!

"Xiao Yuanji, let go!" Ruan Yu's eyes were very red, her body trembled slightly, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You get out of here." ”

"Get out?" Xiao Yuanji seemed to have heard some big joke, his eyes widened in disbelief, he dragged Ruan Yu's hand and increased his strength, glared at her and yelled: "You told Lao Tzu to get out?" Lao Tzu is out of the way, so that you can live with him, right? You put on a cold face at home all day long, but you talk and laugh with him! Want me to? I have worshipped heaven and earth with you, why should I go? It's also him who wants to get out! ”

Xiao Yuanji's last sentence was roared, and Ruan Yu's eardrums hurt.

Not only the eardrums, but also the wrist hurt as if it was about to break, and I panicked for a while.

She is not afraid of Xiao Yuanji, she is not afraid of anyone. What she fears is that in the next few decades, she will be entangled with such a person. She stepped into the abyss and never came up again.

She was out of breath.

Ruan Yu pressed her chest, gasping for a while, tears lingering in the corners of her eyes. The soles of the feet are weak and dizzy.

Xiao Yuanji was still thundering, but she couldn't hear or see clearly. Voices and sights blurred. She thought it was good.

At least you don't have to watch yourself lose face anymore.