Xiao Chai looked at the woman beside him for a long time.

It's been a long time, enough for him to recall Pei Yao's evaluation of this woman when she was there.

- 'Pan Ruohui is a smart man. ’

- 'Smarter than you?' ’

Hearing this, Yao Wei smiled meaningfully, and then said, yes.

Yao Wei said that Pan Ruohui was smarter than her, because-

The first person she guards against is the person she loves the most. ’

Xiao Chai retracted his gaze and wanted to take a sip of tea, but when he touched the cold tea cup, he retracted his hand again.

He asked Pan Ruohui: "Who is the person you love the most?" ”

A question for no reason, Pan Ruohui answered quickly.

"Naturally, it's you." She said, her tone firm.

Xiao Chai smiled.

He glanced at her deeply, and said: "I love the concubine's heart for me, I understand that the years are long, and in the future, I will do my best to repay the concubine with this heart." ”

With that, he held out his hand to her. Pan Ruohui was overjoyed, handed his hand up, and held it with him.

This night, Xiao Zhu stayed in Chenghui Palace.

The lights were dim, and in the warm tent of the hibiscus, Pan Ruohui saw that he clenched his fists with five fingers, loosely on his forehead, and didn't sleep for a long time with his eyes open, so he knew that he had something in his heart.

After thinking for a moment, she snuggled up to his side, opened her mouth softly, and asked, "Your Majesty can't sleep, but I don't know what troubles you have, is it a family affair or a state affair?" ”

"What about family affairs, and what about state affairs?"

Pan Ruohui smiled faintly: "If it is a state affair, the concubine will not dare to say much, but if it is a family matter inside and outside the palace, the royal family, the concubine still dares to ask." ”

Xiao turned his head and looked at her.

She smiled and said, "Even if the concubine can't relieve His Majesty's worries, it's better than you holding back your heart alone?" ”

After a while, he asked, "A few days ago, did you hear about your brother and sister in Lingcheng?" ”

Pan Ruohui knew in his heart, "You mean...... The brother wanted to dedicate the younger sister Pan to the king of Chu, but in the end, not only did it fail, but the sister also left a lesson for her aunt Princess Ning because of her mistakes, and the brother set off in a hurry to return to the dusty capital? After a pause, looking at Xiao Zhu's face, she then asked: "Your Majesty is so troubled, isn't there something else in this, which is not enough for outsiders?" ”

The inside story? Hmph, Xiao Chai sneered in his heart, that is naturally very unique.

He pondered for a moment, frowned and closed his eyes, and said, "I'm the third brother——! Now, around him, he really can't splash water! ”

Pan Ruohui knew that over the years, because Jiang Yi's sister who was married to the concubine of the king of Chu was not effective, Xiao Zhu's here has never broken off the idea of sending people to Xiao Di's side, but it is always useless. This time, even Pan Xi, who looks like Pan Tian, can't succeed, probably completely cut off this road.

She pondered for a long time and said with a smile: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry so much. ”

Xiao Chai frowned, opened his eyes and looked at her, "Concubine Ai has a way?" ”

"Your Majesty knows better than your concubines that everything needs a time, and it is natural for my brother to do this out of time, and it is natural for him to end up with a failure."

He frowned and pondered, "You mean ......"

She smiled: "Since the way to the King of Chu to send people away is no longer possible, then ...... Why don't you think about the people around King Chu? ”

"The people around him?"

Pan Ruohui nodded, "The concubine remembers that Li Moyan, the cousin of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the nephew of the Queen Mother, and the Marquis of Mangyuan, is now over the age of the crown, but because he has been following the King of Chu all these years to do things, he has delayed his life's events, and he has not yet married. ”

"Li Lone?" Xiao Zhu was very familiar with this name, and he snorted: "That's the first-class henchman around him......

Pan Ruohui saw that he was interested, so he struck while the iron was hot and continued to speak: "A few days ago, Sister Shufei was ill, and the old lady of Jingguo Mansion entered the palace to ask An to visit, and the concubine saw that there was a girl in the Qin family who was born very well, and her temperament was also gratifying. ”

Li Lian, the daughter of the Qin family......

Xiao Zhu pondered silently for a moment, and his eyebrows, which had been frowning for a long time, finally gradually loosened.

On June 23, Xiao Di took Pei Yao to worship the Duke of Qi in the temple outside the city, and only came back the next day.

"The Queen Mother is in such a hurry to let him enter the palace, is something wrong......?"

Pei Yaowei stood in front of the mansion gate, watching Xiao Di leave, suspicious in her heart, and muttered such a sentence on her lips, Qingchen around her heard it, but corrected it seriously: "Niangniang, you said something wrong!" The Queen Mother is the mother of Her Royal Highness, you are the wife of Her Royal Highness, you should call the Queen Mother to be the Queen Mother! ”

Pei Yao scratched her nose gently, "You'll pick this useless thorn!" She looked in the direction Xiao Di had left, sighed lowly, and entered the door.

Xiao Di went for most of the day, and it was almost sunset, so he returned home.

He went straight back to the Bath Light Hall and sat down behind the bookcase, surrounded by an air conditioner.

Instant rain came in with tea and observed it for a long time before he spoke carefully: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Isn't it...... What happened? ”

Xiao Di raised his eyes to look at her, and the instant rain was caught off guard for a while, and he was excited by his gaze.

“…… Your Highness? ”

In the middle of the night, he took the teacup, forced his mood, and let out a sigh.

"Empress Dowager Liang saw the girl of the Qin family, felt good, and intended to marry Mo Yan."

His voice landed, and his face changed in an instant, and the sandalwood tray fell off from his hand, smashed on the ground, and bounced twice.

"To my cousin...... Marriage? ”

Xiao Di nodded, and then said: "Empress Dowager Liang told the queen mother this meaning, and the queen mother knew that she had bad intentions, so she suppressed the matter for the time being, and only shirked it and said that Mo Yan seems to have a marriage contract. ”

Instant Rain's heart is very chaotic.

Li Lin naturally has no marriage contract, but if there is no marriage contract, he is bound to marry the girl of the Qin family, otherwise refusing to marry and not giving the Qin family face is equivalent to having a bad relationship with him. The relationship between the Qin clan and the Chu Wangfu was already delicate, if this matter was added again......

"Your Highness, can't you lie that your cousin has a marriage contract, vacate this matter first, and talk about it later?" Instant Rain asked anxiously.

Xiao Di shook his head.

"The Qin family is interested in marrying. If it is to refuse to marry and lie that there is a marriage contract, then the Qin family will know the truth in the future, and it will be the same evil. For the sake of the present day, the silent word must be married. The difference is only in who to marry. Either she is a girl of the Qin family, or she has to be someone who can be trusted by this king. ”

He looked at Instantaneous Rain fixedly, and said slowly: "Instantaneous Rain, this choice is entrusted to you by this king." ”

In the evening, when the meal was being passed in the Hebi Palace, Qingchen came back from outside and quietly called Pei Yao to the inner room.

"Niangniang, the slave has inquired clearly!" She said: "The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, sent Her Royal Highness into the palace today to discuss the matter of marrying the Marquis of Mangyuan!" ”

Mangyuan Hou, Li Lonely?

Pei Yao's heart moved slightly, and asked her to speak in detail, and in a few words, she told her about the intention of the Queen Mother to promote the marriage between Li Lin and the daughter of the Qin family.

Before her words landed, Pei Yao was silently pondering, and then she heard the words of the people outside, and Xiao Di came over.

She greeted the door, and when she saw Xiao Di's face was gloomy, she knew that what Qingchen said was eighty percent true.

"Your Highness."

Xiao Di nodded lightly, the dinner here has been passed, and with a wave of his hand, he sent all the people serving in the hall down.

"Your Highness is not in a good mood!" The two sat down, her face was relaxed and happy, but she didn't know what was going on, and asked him tentatively: "The queen mother of Shicai passed you into the palace, is there something wrong?" ”

He looked at her for a moment, and his stomach was full of anger, but it gradually eased.

It just doesn't make sense.

Xiao Di's face loosened a little, and asked her, "You don't know what's going on?" ”

Pei Yaowei lowered her eyes and raised her eyebrows, pretending to be stupid and shaking her head.

Xiao Di didn't like to investigate the truth of her answer, but patiently told her about Li Lian.

"Xiao Chai is going to stuff people around Mo Yan—" he said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid I can't hide from this matter." ”

Pei Yao frowned.

Can't hide?

She didn't expect Xiao Di to say this.

"The matter...... Can't you hide from it? She asked, "Do you do that?" ”

Xiao Di knew what she was thinking, so he explained to her: "The Qin family already knows about this matter, and they also intend to marry this in-law. Unless Mo Yan can really arrange a marriage contract now, ......"

Pei Yaowei took over the end of his words: "It's to make enemies with the Qin family." ”

Xiao Di nodded.

"Then, can't you find someone to promise Li Lin first?"

Xiao Di's expression moved slightly.

Of course he looked for it, but the only person who could give him peace of mind to send it to Li Lian was unwilling.

"You don't want to?"

In the bath light hall, Xianyu lowered his head and thought for a long time, and when he raised his eyes again, his eyes were red, but his gaze was extremely firm.

"Yes, slave...... Unwilling. ”

"Don't you have a cousin in your heart?" Xiao Di asked, "Why are you still unwilling?" ”

Instant Yu forced a smile, his face was miserable, "Your Highness knows why." ”

There was silence in the temple for a long time.

She said: "Your Highness, you are the master of the slave, the life of the slave is yours, and you should be loyal to you in this life." But please agree that the would-be slave will not marry for life, and will remain by your side and serve faithfully. ”

Xiao Di frowned, "Instant rain ......"

Instant Rain spoke abruptly and interrupted him hurriedly: "Your Highness, I can't be by his side to be loyal to you. ”

His eyes darkened, and he didn't speak again.

Instant Yu lifted the hem of her skirt, knelt in front of him, and kowtowed three times: "Your Highness, the slave and maid know that you are a good master, and you want to fulfill the wishful thinking of the slave and maid, but in this life, the slave and maid must first keep this loyalty, if this is the case...... I had to sacrifice something else, slave and maid...... Also willingly. ”

"But please do it!"

Instant Rain's resolute expression faded away little by little, Xiao Di breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the tea cup on the table, and poured a big sip.

"For a while, I couldn't find someone reliable." He said to her, "The girl of the Qin clan, Li Lian...... You have to get married. ”