Summer is approaching, and even the wind blowing by seems to bring a bit of heat.

In the garden of the county lord's mansion, a pond of lotus flowers bloomed overnight, and the pink petals held the morning dew, just like a delicate picture.

On the pond, there is a wooden bridge, which just crosses the bank of the clusters of lotus flowers, and stepping on the bridge to enjoy the lotus is just like being in the lotus pond, which can be reached at your fingertips.

"Is this koi also prepared by Madame?" On the wooden bridge, Li Xiao fluttered by, looking at the koi fish shuttling between the lotus leaves, and asked.

"Yes, Mrs. said that the prince loves fish play the most, so he raised a pool of fish!"

It was Qiao Pi who replied.

After getting along for a few days, although the little girl was a little less afraid when facing Li Xiao, she still had a little restraint.

"Oh? It turns out that the prince still has such a preference! Li Xiao said this carelessly, but there were already ripples in her heart. Her gaze wandered to the corner of her eye, and she glanced at Qiao Lian as if unintentionally, and then asked, "Have you been in the Guogong Mansion for a long time?" ”

Qiao Lian nodded lightly and returned with a bit of promise: "Well, it's been five years!" ”

"Five years?"

Li Xiao was stunned, five years? That is, she arrived at the Guogong Mansion when she was six years old.

This was completely unexpected by Li Xiao.

The reason why he asked so much was because after a few days of observation or light and darkness, Li Xiao found a trace of abnormality.

She found that this pity did not seem to be an ordinary maid.

First of all, her hands and feet are not good, and she is not very clever, especially those slender little hands are not at all like those who work often.

And then there is the trace of delicacy on her body, which is like a child in a scholarly family.

I thought she had just arrived at the Guogong Mansion, but I didn't expect that it had been five years!

That's even more confusing.

No matter how she looked at it, the child in front of her didn't look like a maid who had been a maid for five years.

"You used to be with Madame, too?" Li Xiao hid her surprise and asked again.

"Yes!"

"Mrs. Wei must love you very much, right?" She asked again.

After listening to Li Xiao's words, somehow, Qiao's face suddenly changed, and she waved her hand in panic: "No, no!" ”

Eleven years old, still a child, will not panic at all.

So, her denial turned into no silver here.

Qiao's sleeves slid down as her arms swayed, revealing her arms.

"What's going on!" Li Xiao grabbed it and asked.

Li Xiao's movements were a little rude, which made Qiao Lian can't help but exclaim: "Ah! ”

She struggled to shake off Li Xiao's shackles, but Li Xiao grabbed so hard that she couldn't shake it off.

"Ah, Lord County, I..."

Li Xiao grabbed Qiao Lian with one hand, and slowly lifted her sleeves with the other. As a result, the bruises that occupied almost her entire arm were all exposed in front of Li Xiao.

"How did these injuries come about?" Li Xiao asked with a little anger.

"Yes, it is, I accidentally fell!"

Fall? This excuse made Li Xiao not know what to say for a while.

She was silent for a moment, her face darkening considerably.

Then he asked, "Did someone bully you?" ”

When Li Xiao asked her, an insolent face flashed in her mind inexplicably.

"No, no!" Qiao Lian shook his head and denied it.