The next morning, the sky was overcast, and it rained heavily. Towards noon, the rain began to fade.

Huaxi went to the fence early in the morning, studied the recipe he proposed with Yu Heng, changed the two spices, and tested it three or four times, and the final effect was finally much better than the day before yesterday. It wasn't until almost noon that Yu Heng reminded Huaxi that he was going to have a banquet, and Huaxi remembered the matter of Susukino Zongqi's post, and she didn't want to go, but Yizhen ordered her to go with her yesterday, thinking that she didn't want to refute Zongqi and the faces of King Tai, King Zhinan, and others, but she didn't want to go to the banquet alone, after all, there were people she didn't want to see at the banquet.

"Girl, the road is slippery on rainy days, so it's better to take a sedan chair."

"There's Lao Gong."

Yu Heng sent Huaxi to the door, saw her get into the sedan chair, turned his head and instructed Li Quan, "Go and let someone send a message to Mulan." ”

Huaxi quit Yu Heng, hurriedly went back and changed his clothes, "Prepare a sedan chair and go to Bibo Building." ”

As soon as the words fell, Cui Ming came in and said that Miss Mulan asked to see her.

"County Lord, the hour is coming, do you see it or not?" Cui Ming reminded Huaxi, "The princess who doesn't invite you to see her, do you want to find an excuse not to see you?" ”

Huaxi thought for a while, "She is pregnant, she must have something to ask for, you quit her once, and she may come to bother me again at the banquet later, and besides, this rainy day makes people wait outside for a long time, in case there is a mistake, it is not good to explain to Princess Zhidu and Yu Heng." It's better to see and leave, and go and invite people in. ”

Cui Ming promised to bring Mulan in.

"Meet the county lord." Mulan wants to salute Huaxi.

Bai Lan had already been informed by Huaxi, and as soon as Mulan finished speaking, she stepped forward to support Mulan. Mulan was stunned for a moment, and then heard Huaxi say: "No courtesy, sit down, the girl is a double person, I can't afford to lose something." Shouldn't you also go to the feast, why did you come to me at this time? Huaxi and Mulan are not familiar with each other, and the incident between her and Yu Heng hurt Yizhen, which made Huaxi even more disgusted, so her attitude towards her was very indifferent.

Mulan didn't care about Huaxi's attitude, and said embarrassedly: "Mulan wants to go over with the county lord." ”

Huaxi looked at Mulan and smiled, "I know that the girl is looking for me, so you might as well say it directly." ”

Mulan was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "It's still the county lord Minghui, and I can see at once that Mulan has something to ask for." Mulan recently got a method of massage with essential oils, I heard that the county lord originally had an incense shop in Dahua, and the shop also had a method of massaging people with incense dew, so I want to ask the county lord to help me see, is this feasible? ”

Mulan took out the prescription, but Huaxi didn't react, and didn't let the maid pick it up, but just asked Mulan: "When it comes to sesame oil, I think Yu Henggong is also an expert." The girl didn't go to look for Yu Henggong, how did she find me here? ”

As soon as Huaxi asked, Mulan looked sad, "Don't hide it from the county lord, my cousin can't tolerate anyone else except the princess in my heart, my cousin and I, it's just my wishful thinking, my cousin doesn't want to see this child, and I still want to ...... I can't return to this child, and I don't want to lose this child, so I will find the princess that day and cry and beg, I just want the princess to leave me a little thought......"

Mulan Napa wiped her tears, "Fortunately, the princess raised her noble hand, that is, with my aunt's pity, let me stay in the palace." I know my cousin has a grudge against me because of this, no, I should say that he has long been angry with me. I want to honor my aunt for this party, how dare I go to him again to ask for his suspicion. I couldn't find the right person to ask this side, so I had to ask the county lord. ”

Huaxi remained silent, glanced at Cui Ming, Cui Ming understood, walked to Mu Lan's side, and took a square from a few to invite Hua Xi to take a look.

Huaxi swept over at a glance, and most of the techniques and acupoints mentioned above were massage techniques and acupoints, as for the sesame oil used, it was also some of the effects of relieving meridians and activating the meridians and reducing fatigue, and the proportion was not large, and there was no specificity. She changed hands and gave Fang to Cui Ming and returned it to Mulan.

"It's going to work." Huaxi said to Mulan.

Mulan got up and saluted Huaxi: "Thank you Lord County"

Huaxi said: "But I remind the girl, now that you have a body, it is best to avoid contact with essential oils and rouge gouache, so as not to damage the fetus...... If the girl is fine, let's go to Bibo Tower first, and I will go to find Princess Yizhen. ”

Mulan originally wanted to go with Huaxi, but when she heard Huaxi say that she was going to find Yizhen, she smiled, "Remind the county lord again, Mulan will leave first." ”

Mulan went out and got into the sedan chair. As soon as she entered the sedan door, a hot air came to the surface, because she was pregnant, Princess Zhidu specially ordered someone to prepare a charcoal stove under the seat in her sedan chair early. Although the autumn rain outside the sedan chair was rainy and the cool breeze was blowing, the heat in the sedan car did not make Mulan feel the slightest warmth, she pulled up her collar and wrapped her hands around her lower abdomen, "Don't be afraid, my mother will definitely keep you, I will definitely ......"

"Girl, where are you going now?"

Mulan came back to her senses, "Go back to Tinglan Courtyard, Bibo Lou sent someone over to say that I was unwell and couldn't go to the banquet." ”

Huaxi asked Cui Ming to guard at the door, until Mulan's sedan chair left far away, and ordered someone to go to the Shuying Pavilion to see if Yizhen was gone, and got the letter, so he left to the Shuying Pavilion first, and then went to Bibo Building with Yizhen.

At that time, Susukino Zongqi walked from the Li Lake to Bibo Tower with an oil-paper umbrella, and met Yin Yuanye, Ouyang Zheng and Yin Chengli from the sedan chair.

Susukino Zong bowed his head and said, "King Tai, King Luoxi, and King Li, go to Bibo Tower so early?" ”

"The three kings are invited, how can this king not arrive earlier?" Yin Yuanye smiled lightly, "I didn't expect the three kings to come to the Li Lake to enjoy the rain so Yaxing?" ”

"On rainy days, there are few people, it's quiet, and you can walk around and think about things alone." Susukino Zongqi smiled and stretched out his hand to signal, "Two please"

Yin Yuanye didn't dig deeper, the two entered the Bibo Building with a smile, and Yin Chengli followed. And Ouyang Zheng didn't follow in, standing at the door and looking not far away, a light smile crossed the corner of his lips.

A warm sedan chair came from the far left and right of the rain curtain, the double sedan chair on the right arrived first, and Yi Zhen got down from the sedan chair first, "Ouyang Shi, why don't you stand here and not go in?" ”

Ouyang Zheng got out of the way and said politely: "I just saw the princess's sedan chair coming, so wait here, the princess will ask first." ”

"Jingxian, let's go" Yizhen nodded and stepped into the door first.

Huaxi got down from the sedan chair, glanced at Ouyang Zheng, heard Yi Zhen call her, hurriedly followed, passed by Ouyang Zheng's side, and heard him whisper: "A few days ago, I hunted and hit a fire fox, the fur is good, and when it is sold, I will let someone send it to you." ”

Huaxi paused, glanced at Ouyang Zheng, lowered his head and said "um".

"Let's go"

Ouyang Zheng and Huaxi were about to enter the door, when someone behind them shouted: "Huaxi, Huaxi-"

The two looked back, and it turned out that it was Le Yi and Filip who had arrived. Filip jumped down from the sedan chair and rushed towards Huaxi, "Huaxi, my second brother and I went hunting, and we hunted a lot of things, and we couldn't bring them back to Zhinan." Catch Ming'er back to Tiandu, and I'll have someone send you to the house. ”

Huaxi nodded, "Thank you, Filip"

Ouyang Zheng arched his hands towards Le Yi and Fei Li, "Two kings, four kings." ”

"Ouyang Shi." The three of them said hello.

Filip called Huaxi and walked inside, Ouyang Zheng's eyes were slightly downcast, but Le Yi stepped forward and explained: "Filip has a temper, rarely talks to people, it is rare to fall in love with the lord of Jingxian County, and I hope the world will forgive me for the rudeness."

"Oh?" Ouyang Zheng raised his hand and motioned for the two to go in together, "Wang Yan is serious, please"

The four of them entered the Bibo Building with their front and back feet.

During the banquet, Filip was placed opposite Huaxi, and from time to time he would toast and talk to her, while Ouyang Zheng next to him was expressionless, didn't even look at her, and lowered his head to drink, but Huaxi could feel the faint chill on his body, and he was a little absent-minded even when he drank and ate. It wasn't until Yi Zhen called her that she woke up, "What's the matter?" ”

"The King of Thailand toasts the two of us with a drink." Yi Zhen whispered.

Huaxi hurriedly raised his wine glass, raised it towards Yin Yuanye, and then covered his face with his sleeves and drank it all.

"The county lord is bold in drinking today, and there is no more alcohol left in the past after three or two glasses, hehe" Yin Yuanye shook the empty wine glass in his hand and said with a smile, "Thank you for the county lord's face, three days later, we will leave for Dahua, I don't know if the county lord can come to see him off?" ”

"Leaving in three days?" Huaxi looked at Ouyang Zheng in surprise, why didn't he tell himself? Huaxi wanted to get a positive answer from Ouyang Zheng, but Ouyang Zheng remained silent and still lowered his head to drink.

Huaxi felt a little lost in her heart, so she had to respond: "Fifth Sister Xiao is leaving, I will go to see her off when I arrive." ”

Peeking at it again, Ouyang Zheng sat there and still didn't see any reaction, Hua Xi wondered, why did this person suddenly ignore himself? Isn't it for the sake of Fili? After thinking about it, hum, ignore it, ignore it, it's better to go, and you can be quiet.

Yu Heng, Le Yi and Fei Li, even Susukino Zongqi and Xun Rou also saluted Huaxi, Huaxi didn't know if she was angry, she didn't shirk a cup, they all drank it all, but Ouyang Zheng still didn't see it, and his eyes never fell on her.

Yizhen sensed that something was wrong with Huaxi, pulled Huaxi's sleeve, leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Are you going to drink today?" Okay, huh? ”

Huaxi's cheeks were red, her eyes were bright, as if they contained a puddle of water, and she chuckled, "Auntie, don't worry, this little wine is nothing." You can't get drunk if you drink too much......"

Seeing that Huaxi was red due to drinking, with spring in her eyebrows and a smile like a flower, Yizhen said secretly, this girl still doesn't smile safely

Yi Zhen turned her head and accidentally glanced at Fili opposite, saw that his eyes were straight, and found that when she looked over, she was busy drinking, but her face was red to the root of her ears.

Yi Zhen shook her head, "You are cold on weekdays, and you have a lot of smiles after drinking, but it is even more seductive...... Do you have something on your mind? ”

"No, no, what can I do." Huaxi lowered her head and took another drink.

Yizhen said helplessly: "You still say that you have nothing to worry about?" Wine is drunk as water, and cattle drink as well. I don't think I'll ask you today, until you sober up. Don't drink it, I'll send you back."

Yi Zhen raised his glass and said to Yin Yuanye and Ouyang Zheng: "Today, I will borrow Yu Heng's place for the King of Thailand and Ouyang Shiyang, and I will take Jingxian here to wish the mission a smooth journey." ”

"Thank you, princess," Yin Yuanye and the three of them raised their glasses to thank them.

After Yi Zhen finished drinking, he said to Susukino Zongqi: "I think there are other arrangements behind Zongqi, so we won't stay here much." It just so happened that Jingxian was unwell, so I sent Jingxian back. ”

"Well said, aunt walks slowly"

Yizhen stood up, "Everyone, use it slowly, I'll leave first." ”

Yizhen asked Bai Lan to help Huaxi up, but Huaxi waved his hand, and he got up and blessed everyone. When leaving the table, Huaxi glanced at Ouyang Zheng again, and this time Ouyang Zheng also looked up, the two of them looked at each other, and for a while they felt as if they had a thousand things to say, but they couldn't say anything...... The two tacitly staggered their gazes at the same time, Huaxi retracted his gaze, turned around and sighed lightly, and left with Yizhen.

Yizhen passed by Xun Rou's side and said, "Xun Rou, you can also go together."

Yi Zhen spoke, Xun Rou didn't dare to be disobedient, and hurriedly got up and said, "Yes" After saluting everyone, he also left.

Out of Bibo Building, the rain outside was still falling, and when it was blown by the wind, Huaxi's wine woke up for most of the time, and he couldn't help but shiver.

"Are you alright?" Yizhen asked softly.

Huaxi replied: "It's okay, my aunt and Miss Xun don't have to send me, with Bai Lan with me, I'll take a sedan chair back by myself." ”

"Okay, you go back and rest early" Yizhen instructed Bai Lan to take good care of Huaxi, and called Shang Xun Rou to leave in a sedan chair.

"County Lord, let's get on the sedan chair" Bai Lan asked Huaxi to get on the sedan chair.

"No, you can walk back with me."

Huaxi didn't sit in a sedan chair, put on a cloak and a hood, held an umbrella by herself, and walked along the path by Li Lake with Bai Lan to her residence.

The rain silk was woven into a rain curtain in the sky, enveloping the Li Lake, and the fog was boundless.

Huaxi stood by the lake with an umbrella, looking at the rain curtain, leaning the umbrella handle back slightly, and letting the rain fly over diagonally and hit her face, which was cool and sober. But for some reason, after waking up, my heart was empty, and it seemed that something was missing.

"County Lord, be careful about the cold." Bai Lan came over with an umbrella, "Let's go back"

"No, stand a little longer......" Huaxi felt sour, and waved his hand, not wanting Bai Lan to see it, "You step aside, I want to see the scenery here again, and I'll leave later." ”

"Yes, Bai Lan is waiting for the county lord over there. The county lord had something to do and called out to me, "Bai Lan retreated."

The umbrella in Huaxi's hand slid to the ground, and the heat in his eyes couldn't stop gushing out.

Tears and rain wet my face and heart......

She looked into the distance, pressed her hand to her chest, and muttered to herself: "It's not promising, didn't you want him to go a long time ago?" Now that you're leaving, what are you upset about? ”

"I don't remember when I said I was leaving?"

Huaxi's body froze, and there was a plain oil-paper umbrella on top of her head at some point.

The person behind him continued to ask, "Are you here just to get rainy?" ”

Huaxi's stiff body didn't dare to move, and his subordinates touched his waist, trying to take the handkerchief from the purse, but the hectic made the purse slip from the waist. Huaxi hurriedly leaned over to pick it up, not wanting the person behind her to be faster than her, so she quickly leaned over and picked up her purse and stood up straight.

"Give it to me" Huaxi turned her back and didn't look at the person behind her, and snorted.

The person behind him laughed sullenly twice, "Oh, give"

A handkerchief was handed to Huaxi, Huaxi took a look, it was the dragonfly silk handkerchief in his purse, reached out and dragged it over, lowered his head to wipe the rain and tears on his face, and then turned around, "Bring something"

Ouyang Zheng pursed his lips and smiled, with a bit of pleasure, "I thought you would never look back......"

"Ouyang Zheng, bring something"

"What's that?" Ouyang Zheng pretended to be confused.

"You knowingly asked...... Huaxi looked up and down, and saw that he didn't have a purse in his hand, and wondered, "Where is the purse?" Apparently you just caught it? ”

"I don't know, I only got your Pa ......" Ouyang Zheng looked at Huaxi and asked, "Why did you drink so much wine just now?" ”

"Many? Not much...... When did you see me drinking too much? Don't you keep your head down and drink? As soon as the words came out, Huaxi felt that something was wrong, "You divert the topic, what about my things?" ”

Ouyang Zheng still shouldn't, just looked at Huaxi, and asked, "What did you say when I came?" ”

Seeing that Ouyang Zheng didn't admit that he had taken the purse, Huaxi pursed her lips, "What I said seems to have nothing to do with the world?" Why do I have to tell the world? ”

Ouyang Zheng snorted lightly, "Really? I thought you blamed me for saying goodbye...... This time I went back, I was not on the same road as the King of Thailand, something happened to Beijing, and he was busy going back to cook. And I'm going to go to Qingduoshan first...... Then he went back to Dahua, so he didn't set off with him. ”

"What does it matter to me whether you leave or not, why do you have to explain it to me?" Huaxi muttered, like a mosquito and a fly.

"You girl is hard-mouthed," Ouyang Zheng grabbed her shoulders and asked her to turn around.

The two faced the Li Lake together, looking at the green mountains in the distance and only a light gray hazy curve, like two people leaning side by side.

Ouyang Zheng's hand holding Huaxi's shoulder did not let go, but tightened her to let her close to him, "I will leave on the first day of August, you take good care of yourself, don't come out in the rain again...... And those two little distances from the land of Zhinan, especially that Fili."

Huaxi rolled her eyes and snorted, "You're not me, why should I listen to you?"

"Not now, in a few days." Ouyang Zheng snorted lightly, "I will propose to King Xin before I leave." ”

Huaxi wanted to push Ouyang Zheng away to no avail, and said angrily: "I don't agree, and my father won't agree either." ”

"Then you just say yes." Ouyang Zheng looked down at Huaxi, "If you dare to respond to the small proposal of Zhinanguo, I can also snatch you back at the ends of the earth."

Huaxi heard him pull on Le Yi and Filip, a smile hung on the corner of his lips, with a hint of sweetness, but he sneered: "You are in Dahua, can you still manage my Xiyue's affairs?" Besides, when is King Zhinan going to propose marriage to me? ”

"Go back and ask your father, you will know" Ouyang Zheng remembered the situation when Fei Li and Huaxi were laughing, his face sank, and said, "You Bo Yehuaxi can only be my Ouyang Zheng's wife in this life."

Looking at his dark eyes, Hua Xi knew that he was not joking, and couldn't help but be stunned, Ouyang Zheng had always expressed his heart implicitly, and had never declared so domineeringly that he must marry her.

Hua Xi laughed twice to hide his restless mood, and then sighed lightly, "A generation is too long, many people and many things will change with time and distance, you swear and promise today, maybe he will be stranger to the end of the world because of all kinds of external forces, and when he says goodbye, it may just be a green mound and a pinch of loess." ”