Seeing that Mrs. Chen was so happy, although Chu Nian wondered why the people who had already gone to the border pass would suddenly come back at this time, he didn't show it, but just took Mrs. Chen's hand and said, "Now that my cousin is by my side, my aunt can save her worries." ”

Mrs. Chen didn't answer Chu Nian's words, but she smiled and added vegetables to Chu Nian's bowl, and her joy was overflowing, her son was going home, and as a mother, the smile flew to her eyebrows.

Chu Nian smiled lightly and finished eating all the dishes that Mrs. Chen had given herself, at this stall, the grandparents and grandchildren on the other side of the table had already drunk almost, and the two jars of walnut wine went down, Tao Jinyan was also slightly drunk, and there seemed to be a little softness in his eyes when he looked at Chu Nian.

Stunned by such a look, Chu Nian glared back at the pair of peach blossom eyes without hesitation.

At this time, I heard a shout from outside the door: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived——"

The family looked at each other, but Mrs. Chen was the first to react, got up and walked outside.

Chu Nian sighed helplessly, glanced at Tao Jinyan, and followed out.

Ming Xiu stood in the courtyard, and when he saw the old and young of the Chen family coming out, he hurriedly said, "There is no need to salute, Lone just came to visit Lord Chen." ”

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Old Chen, and when he saw Old Chen's slightly drunk face and Tao Jinyan's face on the side, which was already full of drunkenness, he couldn't help frowning.

At this stall, Old Chen greeted him: "Your Highness, look, you said that you took our Chu Nian to where you took so long to send us back, do you know how worried the old man is?" ”

Mrs. Chen felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly said, "Father." ”

Old Chen didn't pay attention to Mrs. Chen: "You kid, you said that you would help the old man take good care of Chu Nian, but you took care of everyone, do you think I shouldn't blame you?" ”

Ming Xiu didn't seem to care about Chen Lao's disrespect, so he shook his head and said seriously: "Chen Lao should complain about the orphan, and it is the fault of the orphan that he didn't take care of Nian'er." ”

As he spoke, he turned his eyes to look at Chu Nian, the affection in his eyes was undisguised, and he only felt sticky when he saw others, and Chu Nian couldn't help but blush.

"Now I know that I am wrong, how can I just admit my mistake? Who knows if you will elope directly with Chu Nian next time? ”

Mrs. Chen was dumbfounded, everyone in this family has forgotten that they are the prince or what?

Seeing that there was already tension between Ming Xiu and Tao Jinyan, Chu Nian hurriedly stepped forward to block between the two, and said in a round field: "It is clear that I abducted His Royal Highness the Prince, and I don't blame His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Tao Jinyan snorted coldly, and saw Chen Lao step forward to pull Chu Nian and Ming Xiu apart, "You girl, you haven't passed the door yet, you can say anything about running away or not, do you want to ......?"

"Lord Chen." Ming Xiu leaned over slightly and said, "I will definitely marry Nian'er in the near future." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked, and even Old Chen looked at Ming Xiu with a long mouth: "Your Highness, you can't say that, now that you have said so, if you don't want us to read it another day, won't she become an abandoned woman who can't get married?" ”

Before Chu Nian was promised to General Huaihua's family, because the Huaihua General's Mansion was destroyed, and the matter was also suppressed by the Queen Mother by means, she didn't want Chu Nian to be unable to marry, the Queen Mother felt that since she couldn't kill Chu Nian now, it was better to marry her directly to the Wang family, and naturally she would not give Chu Nian the hat of an "abandoned woman".

Before that, the Queen Mother opened Chrysostom to Chu Nian to find relatives, and it was over.

It was the first time that Chu Nian had heard Ming Xiu say that he wanted to marry him in person, especially when he swore that he was saying this in front of his relatives, Chu Nian only felt that something was inexplicably weird, she looked back at Tao Jinyan, and saw that his face was becoming more and more gloomy, and hurriedly hid behind Ming Xiu.

Ming Xiu turned around with a smile and faced Chu Nian: "Gu said that he would marry you, so he will definitely marry you." ”

The atmosphere froze slightly for a moment, and everyone looked at the two affectionately looking at each other, all with complicated expressions.

Chen Lao didn't want his granddaughter to marry someone in the royal family at all, who didn't know how ruthless the royal family was since ancient times, especially the emperor's harem, three thousand beauties, even if Chu Nian had a good mind, she wouldn't be bullied by others if she got married, but who knew that the emperor wouldn't give her grievances?

This kid has suffered enough in the first half of his life.

But if Chu Nian likes Ming Xiu, he is a grandfather, so what's the use of stopping him.

With a faint sigh, Old Chen, who had drunk too much walnut wine, turned around and staggered towards the back room: "Ming Xiu, since you have said so, if you want to marry my family Nian'er, come over and drink two cups with the old man." ”

Knowing that her grandfather was definitely going to make things difficult for Ming Xiu, Chu Nian couldn't help but laugh a little, she raised her eyes to look at Ming Xiu, and there was a faint worry in her eyes.

Ming Xiu patted Chu Nian's head soothingly, "It's okay, I'm just talking to my grandfather." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and followed in the direction of Old Chen, Tao Jinyan blinked, and was about to follow, but was stopped by Mrs. Chen, who probably guessed what her father-in-law was going to say, Mrs. Chen looked at Tao Jinyan with a smile and said, "Haven't you seen Nian'er for a long time?" Why don't you talk to Nian'er first? ”

Tao Jinyan's eyes rolled around, then nodded, ignoring Ming Xiu's meaning, turned his eyes to look at Chu Nian, and said with a smile: "Let's talk?" ”

Chu Nian glanced up at him, and said a little helplessly: "Since Mr. Jinyan has said so, wouldn't it be offensive for the little girl not to accompany him." ”

Mrs. Chen left with a smile, and told the maid to serve Chu Nian and the others some tea and snacks, and Chu Nian and the others led them towards the pavilion not far away.

The Chen family is a scholarly family, and Chen Lao's taste is also extraordinary, just say that the furnishings in this yard, rockery ponds, pavilions and water pavilions are the same, and at this moment, there are a few lotus flowers in the pond, competing for victory, and a few brocade carp are looming among the lotus leaves.

Chu Nian and Tao Jinyan sat down in the pavilion, the maidservant poured warm tea for the two, Tao Jinyan took a sip, accompanied by a hint of hot cool breeze, and seemed to have woken up most of the wine.

He looked at a sunflower that was growing well not far away, "Chu Nian, you say, who is better than me and Ming Xiu?" ”

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, "No one is better, you and Ming Xiu are unique in this world." ”

"Really? Then why did you choose Ming Xiu? ”

Chu Nian was dumbfounded, she didn't see what Tao Jinyan meant to her, only when he had encountered some blows and setbacks recently, so he came to her for comfort.

However, when it comes to this issue, Chu Nian is also confused, Ming Xiu is jealous and domineering, and she doesn't know very well why she chose Ming Xiu.

After a while, she suddenly remembered that she had tacitly communicated with Ming Xiu before, just like the time she jumped off a cliff, as long as she looked at her, Ming Xiu understood what she was thinking, and even believed her without hesitation.

Perhaps, what she expects is this trust.

Tao Jinyan didn't mean to let Chu Nian go, he still looked at Chu Nian with anticipation, Chu Nian had no choice but to half-lower his eyes and fiddle with a piece of pastry under his hand: "What I choose is not whether it is good or not, what I choose is suitable or not." ”

"Then Ming Xiu is suitable for you?" Tao Jinyan seems to be a little unwilling, whether it is as the young head of the Tao family or as Mr. Jinyan, he has a group of women to follow wherever he goes, and his charm as a man has not diminished since he can remember.

Until I met Su Nian for the first time......

Tao Jinyan's thoughts drifted away, he couldn't hear Chu Nian's words clearly, and when he came back to his senses, he saw Yiren half-lowering his eyes, his long eyelashes falling on his reddish cheeks, and a pair of red lips under his small nose pursed slightly.

The pastry in her hand had already been crushed by her.

Tao Jinyan wanted to hear the reason why she chose Ming Xiu.

"What did you just say?"

In fact, when Chu Nian was halfway through speaking, he had already found that Tao Jinyan was distracted, and he didn't listen to him, Chu Nian also felt that he didn't need to show affection to Tao Jinyan, so he stopped halfway through the conversation, and seeing that Tao Jinyan came back to his senses at this moment, Chu Nian lost the interest in continuing to talk, so he laughed with a little teasing: "Why do you ask me so?" But which girl did you fall in love with, but that girl didn't take a fancy to you, so you came to me to find comfort? ”

Which girl? Tao Jinyan glanced at Chu Nian with some anger, and when he saw that the man was still ignorant and snickered, he couldn't help but grit his teeth and said: "I fell in love with a girl, but it was ten years ago, and that girl still doesn't know about my existence, by the way, her surname is Su." ”

Su Zi was jumped out by Tao Jinyan gritted her teeth, Chu Nian's face was stunned, and after a while, she came back to her senses and thought that there were many girls with the surname Su in the world, so she was also relieved.

Tao Jinyan may know her true identity, but when she is Su Nian, she really doesn't recognize Tao Jinyan, and now she and Tao Jinyan are only half enemies, at most they are only close friends, and Tao Jinyan can't be her.

Thinking of this, Chu Nian smiled more and more happily, until Tao Jinyan's face was slightly red, and after a while, she restrained her smile.

"If you fall in love with a girl from any family, just tell me directly, and I can help you come up with ideas, but in the future, you don't want to contradict Ming Xiu at will, I don't want to see my sweetheart and best friend so awkward."

Friend? Tao Jinyan smiled happily, how could there be such an unreasonable woman in this world? He confessed so obviously......

Tao Jinyan extinguished the fire, after all, he was just an obsession with Su Nian when he was a child, and this obsession has existed for many years, and now he has become Chu Nian's Su Nian, he just wants to protect her, except for seeing Ming Xiu extremely unpleasantly on weekdays, he feels that he really has nothing to think about Chu Nian.

That's it, so far, it's too late for him to find her.

Seeing that Tao Jinyan stopped talking, Chu Nian looked at Tao Jinyan with some curiosity and said, "But I'm really surprised, Mr. Zhenyan will also be rejected?" Why don't you tell me which girl is so arrogant that even Mr. Jinyan can't look down on her? ”

Tao Jinyan smiled bitterly, of course she didn't like it, and she still asked him which girl he was.

"Whew-" Tao Jinyan took a deep breath and stood up: "It's getting late today, I'm afraid that if I go back late, my family should worry about me again, I'll go back first." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and walked towards the road he came, leaving Chu Nian alone in the pavilion and the second monk was puzzled, where did she provoke Tao Jinyan?

At this stall, seeing that Tao Jinyan was really leaving, Chu Nian suddenly remembered something and hurriedly chased after him.