Since the opening of the banquet, Mei Zijin has been looking for Shui Qingqing during the banquet, but she has not seen her, and she can't help but worry.

Halfway through the banquet, Mei Zijin couldn't sit still anymore, so she asked Sanshi to go out of the palace and go to other places in the Three Princes' Mansion to find her.

After a while, Sanshi came back and told Mei Zijin that Shui Qingqing had left the Three Princes' Mansion and left.

Hearing that she had left, Mei Zijin didn't have the heart to stay at the banquet anymore, so she casually found an excuse to leave the banquet early.

As soon as he walked out of the palace gate, Mei Zijin asked Sanshi: "Where did she go?" Why didn't I see her during the feast? ”

Sanshi replied: "His Royal Highness arranged for Miss Table to accompany Princess Wuning in the warm pavilion of the apse......"

Hearing this, Mei Zijin's steps stagnated slightly, and he unconsciously crossed something strange in his heart-

For no reason, why did Li You arrange for Shui Qingqing, who was unfamiliar with the elite circle in the capital, to meet the princess Wuning, who lived in a simple place and didn't care about the world?

He didn't believe that Li You's move had no other deep meaning.

Suddenly, Mei Zijin remembered in her heart that Princess Wuning was one of the people who owned the gold box given by Empress Chen twenty years ago.

Shock flashed in her heart, Mei Zijin stopped and turned back, looking at the Three Princes' Mansion in front of her with deep and uncertain eyes, secretly wondering in her heart, could it be that the Third Prince Li You also had doubts about her identity? So deliberately lead her to Princess Wuning?

Could it be that her real identity is actually related to Princess Na Wuning?

Thinking of the deliberate approach of the third prince Li You to Shui Qingqing before, Mei Zijin became more and more sure of the guess in his heart, and his brows tightened unconsciously.

Mei Zijin then thought that Bai Haoqing had also left the table halfway, and a bad premonition suddenly surged in his heart, frowning and coldly saying: "Since she was asked to accompany Princess Wuning, why did she leave the table so early-what happened to the Nuan Pavilion?" ”

Sanshi walked away quickly while following his steps, and said, "I don't know why, not long after the banquet began, there was news of Princess Wuning's heart attack from the warm pavilion, and Miss Cousin and the others left first......"

Heart attack?

Mei Zijin's heart sank again, "Good end." Why did she have a heart attack, princess? ”

Sanshi also looked puzzled, "This subordinate doesn't know either." It's just that I heard that after this princess Wuning married into the Bai Mansion, it was only a few years after she moved back to the Wujing Palace, and she rarely came out for so many years, let alone the outside affairs, I don't know how to come to the Three Princes' Mansion for a banquet this year......"

Listening to Sanshi's words, Mei Zijin was even more aware of the speculation in his heart, and he was shocked in his heart-

If her guess is right, Shui Qingqing's life experience is related to Princess Wuning, then where did the hatred between her and Bai Lingwei and Mama Jin come from?

Mei Zijin was cautious, but just hearing that the third prince Li You asked Shui Qingqing to accompany Princess Wuning, he had already guessed many things in his heart.

It's just that these are just speculations in his heart, and there are still many incomprehensible things that confuse him.

For example, he had never heard that Princess Wuning had a child, if Shui Qingqing was not her daughter, what was the relationship between them?

Also, if her life experience is really related to the Bai family and Princess Wuning, why would she replace Sheng Yu as the Chongxi lady of the Hou Mansion? Why did it solve the poison of cold paralysis in the Western Desert......

More and more fog rose in Mei Zijin's heart, he wanted to go to Shui Qingqing to ask all the truth, but he also knew her character, but if she didn't want to say it herself, even if she killed her, she wouldn't get results......

Just as Mei Zijin was about to get into the carriage and go back to the Hou Mansion, the coachman who was driving the car told him, saying that Miss Biao had asked him to meet him in the Huiwei Building......

The carriage drove all the way to the Huiwei Building without stopping.

In the carriage, Sanshi asked Mei Zijin with a curious face: "Master Hou, what is the reason why Miss Cousin suddenly asked you to meet?" ”

What happened yesterday in the VIP room of Emerald Village, except for Mei Zijin and Shui Qingqing, no third person knew.

Therefore, the cautious Meizi knew it well, not only guessed what Shui Qingqing asked to meet her for, but also expected what she would say to herself after meeting......

His heart seemed to be pressed by a boulder, and Mei Zijin was at a loss for the first time.

The next moment, he made a sound to stop the carriage, ignoring the wanton wind and snow outside, even the umbrella that Sanshi held for him was pushed off, braving the wind and snow, and walked towards the Huiwei Building step by step.

At that time, the carriage had just left the boundary of the Three Princes' Mansion not far away, and there was still a long distance to the Huiwei Building on the long street.

But Mei Zijin insisted on walking over.

Sanshi couldn't, so he had to let the coachman drive the carriage back to the Hou Mansion first, and he also threw down his umbrella and braved the wind and snow to accompany him.

Along the way, the wind and snow were mixed together, and the cold hit people, but it couldn't compare to the cold meaning between Mei Zijin's eyebrows.

And his whole body was not only covered with snow and frost, but also filled with a faint layer of sadness, his steps were unusually heavy, and he walked slower and slower......

On the other side, in the quiet and elegant room near the window in the second room of the Huiwei Building, Shui Qingqing also ignored the cold of the wind and snow outside, and ordered Xiaoxi to open the window by half, and let the cold wind pour in to blow away the depression in her heart.

She looked eagerly at the path below, waiting for the sandalwood carriage in which Mei Zijin was riding to appear.

The wine jug in front of her was mostly empty, if it weren't for Xiaoxi to stop her, I was afraid that this pot of wine would be poured down by her.

Shui Qingqing couldn't help but think that when she was eight years old, she went down the well with her adoptive father for the first time, she looked at the black bottom of the well and the thin hemp rope hanging down, and was afraid, her adoptive father handed her the wine bag and said, "Take a sip and you'll not be afraid!" ”

My adoptive father said that wine is a good thing, it can relieve worries and strengthen courage, and when you encounter things that you are afraid of, things that are troublesome, you will pass by drinking.

It was the first time she had learned to drink from her adoptive father, and she was still drinking a sore throat.

In the end, she did have the courage to go down the thin hemp rope into the dark and deep well, but she fell drunk at the bottom of the well, and it was her adoptive father who carried her out......

Later, when she was older, she began to learn from her adoptive father to slaughter livestock, pigs, horses, sheep and cattle, and even fierce wild dogs and sand wolves......

She vividly remembers that the first time she lifted the knife, she also drank alcohol......

Therefore, drinking to strengthen her courage has become her habit.

But today, she has drunk most of the pot of wine, and she is still timid......

After waiting for Mei Zijin to come for a long time, Shui Qingqing was very desperate and upset, and was about to pour himself another wine, but the corner of his eye was to see two figures walking on the street in the distance, one in front and one behind, covered with snow, it was the two Mei Zijin master and servant.

With a shock in his heart, Shui Qingqing didn't expect him to come on foot in the snow, while letting Xiao Er start serving, while rewarming the wine in the wine jug, waiting for Mei Zijin to arrive.

It seemed as if a season had passed, and there was finally the sound of heavy footsteps at the door.

Shui Qingqing suppressed the panic in her heart and whispered to Xiaoxi: "You can quit for the time being!" ”

Xiaoxi didn't ask anything, nodded obediently and retreated from the small door.

The next moment, the door opened, and Mei Zijin slowly walked in with the wind, snow and cold.

Shui Qingqing sat at the table and did not get up, but took the pot and poured hot wine on the empty seat opposite, and said softly: "Master Hou came with the wind and snow, first drink a cup of hot wine to warm up." ”

Mei Zijin took off his body, handed it to Sanshi, and also told him to exit the house.

From the moment he entered the house, Mei Zijin's deep eyes have been falling on Shui Qingqing, who is sitting precariously, looking at the red wine on her cheeks, and the faint aroma of wine surging in the room, his eyes are getting deeper and deeper, and he sat down opposite her without saying a word, raised his head and drank the wine in the cup.

For a while, the quiet wing room was quiet and calm, and only the occasional sound of firecrackers outside the window and the sound of wind and snow blowing through the eaves of the window lattice were left in my ears.

Time, at this moment, seems to be at peace......

Since yesterday's incident like the Jade Village, Shui Qingqing didn't sleep all night, thinking of Yun'er, thinking of the resentment of the Sheng family against Mei Zijin, and thinking of what was going to happen in the future, she felt that she had to end the emotional entanglement with him that she shouldn't have.

And during the long time she waited for him to come, she silently recited what she was about to say to him in her heart a hundred times. But when he came to her, he sat down in front of her, but she didn't know how to speak.

She didn't speak, Mei Zijin didn't say anything, she drank wine by herself, and the snowflakes accumulated in her hair gradually melted after entering the house, dripping down her sideburns.

Shui Qingqing wanted to take out a handkerchief to wipe him several times, but she withdrew her hand and held back......

Xiao Er also retreated after serving the food, Shui Qingqing stared at the dish in front of her with blank eyes, and mustered up the courage to grit her teeth and speak: "Master Hou, I have something to say to you......"

"I know what you're going to say."

Interrupting her words coldly, Mei Zijin raised his head and looked at her fixedly, his deep dark eyes flashed with a strange light, and he picked up a piece of fish meat and put it into the bowl, and while pulling out the fish bones, he asked rhetorically: "Do you want to know, how did I answer the words of the third prince in the end?" ”

Shui Qingqing's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at him in a daze.

Previously, Mei Zijin was annoyed that the third prince Li You held her hand in public, and couldn't help but reprimand. But the third prince asked him, if one day he met a true love woman, and this woman happened to be in a relationship with him, would he seek true love against morality, or would he abandon his love for the sake of reputation?

At that time, after hearing the cross-examination of the three princes, Shui Qingqing fled, and subconsciously, she didn't dare to listen to Mei Zijin's answer.

Unexpectedly, now he mentioned it again in front of her.

Facing her stunned eyes, Mei Zijin's eyes were firm, and she said word by word: "Men and women are unmarried, my Mei Zijin loves calmly and is fearless, and I will not abandon true love because of the misunderstanding and gossip of the world!" ”

Shui Qingqing's expression was shocked, she didn't expect Mei Zijin to answer the third prince so fearlessly.

The sad heart welled up with emotion, and it was even more painful.

She smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, but many things are easy to say, but when we really face them, they are far more difficult than we imagined...... I don't want to drag Hou Ye down, Hou Ye can only be an undefeated god of war admired by all the people, but he can't become a joke after tea and dinner in the world, it's not worth ......"

Wise and quick-witted like Mei Zijin, from the moment I heard her meet here, I understood what she was going to do, and I understood her worries and worries even more.

Hearing this, he looked at her with deep eyes, and said with a solemn expression: "I know all the concerns in your heart, but people live for themselves, not for others, so why do we need to care about other people's misunderstandings and eyes?" ”

"Of course Master Hou can not care, because in the end, it is not Master Hou who will be blamed and scolded, it will only be me."

Pressing the pain in her heart, Shui Qingqing smiled coldly: "Does Master Hou know that on the day I got married and came to the Hou Mansion, what did I hear along the road while sitting in the sedan chair?" ”

"Everybody is waiting to see my jokes, to see how I'll continue to pester you when I enter the house. is waiting for the death of the eldest son, what kind of ugly ethical misdeeds will be done between the widowed sister-in-law and the younger brother-in-law...... Master Hou, I miss your affection for me, but I know it's impossible, why do you want to do it? Just like Hou Ye leading his troops to fight on the battlefield, knowing that the future is the end of the road, will Hou Ye still rush forward with his soldiers? ”

Summoning up the courage to say these words, Shui Qingqing's body trembled slightly, her voice was irrepressibly sharp and out of control, and her cheeks, which were flushed from drunkenness, turned pale again.

She wants to persuade Mei Zijin to let go of herself, and let go of this relationship that has not yet erupted......

Looking at her anxious and helpless appearance, Mei Zijin's cold face became more and more gloomy, and there was a trace of heartache in her heart, her eyes stared at her for a moment, and she gritted her teeth and said coldly: "I only ask you, are you rejecting this relationship because you dislike me, or are you just worried about the eyes of the world and unwilling to accept me?" ”

This question stopped Shui Qingqing.

Ask herself, she didn't dislike him, she just thought that she was going to take Yun'er away and break with the Hou Mansion later, so she didn't want to fall deeper and deeper into this relationship with him......

She took the wine in front of her and drank it in one gulp, and replied stiffly: "Both!" ”

Although she had long expected her to say this, when she heard this moment with her own ears, Mei Zijin's heart was still suffocated by pain.

The next moment, he suddenly got up and came to her, reached out and pinched her chin, forcing Shui Qingqing to no longer escape from his eyes, and said hatefully word by word: "If you really hate me, why do you hide from the mask assassin and secretly send me an antidote to save my life?!" ”

"And if you really care about the eyes of the world, when you heard the gossip on the street, you wouldn't have walked into the Hou Mansion wearing linen and filial piety."

"When have you been afraid of something! From the moment I saw you in the mourning hall, I knew that you were different from other women - in your eyes, only what you wanted to do, and never lived by the gaze of others. So, everything you just said is your excuse. ”

"Ben Hou can tell you clearly, no matter who you are, no matter what purpose you have in mind, Ben Hou has made up his mind!"

After that, Mei Zijin stretched out his arm, took Shui Qingqing into his arms, gritted his teeth and said firmly: "Ben Hou recognized you, even if the future is the end, I will take you to the past." ”

The moment he slammed into his chest, Shui Qingqing's whole body shook suddenly, and her heart was even more numb by his domineering and strong words.

Shui Qingqing's mind was blank, and the psychological defense line that he had finally built not only did not prevent him from continuing to enter, but because of his firm words, he collapsed and fell into it even more......

Mei Zijin hugged her for a long time and didn't let go, Shui Qingqing struggled out of his arms with the last shred of reason, and said with red eyes and trembling words: "There are so many women in the world, why does Lord Hou take a fancy to me?!" I don't want Lord Hou to mistake the momentary freshness for love and mistakenly think that he is in love with me...... Actually, it's not, it's not really like ......"

Deep and firm eyes looked into her flustered eyes, Mei Zijin said in a deep voice: "On the way here, I abandoned the carriage and walked all the way in the snow, and I thought about it all the way. I know what I mean, it's not curiosity, it's really like. ”

Shui Qingqing held back her tears and laughed sadly: "Doesn't Master Hou care about my broken body and my collusion with assassins...... My uterus is damaged, and it will be difficult to have children in this life. On the day of the search, the Assassins were hiding in my bedroom, and you know that I have been in contact with the Assassins - why do you do this to me when you know that I have lied to you? ”

"Because you didn't listen to the assassin in the end, but saved me!"

Mei Zijin looked at her with fixed eyes, and smiled with relief: "A woman who is reluctant to take my life, I am also reluctant!" ”

Looking at the man in front of her who was smiling in front of her for the first time, Shui Qingqing fell into a dream that was so beautiful that people forgot all the troubles of the world, and she never wanted to wake up again......

Later, Mei Zijin was called away by Sanshi because of an emergency, Shui Qingqing looked at the bowl in front of her in a daze, he personally smoked the fish meat of the fish bones for her, and she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.

Because she grew up in the Western Desert since she was a child, she didn't say that she ate fish, but she rarely even saw it.

After arriving at the Hou Mansion, she tasted the deliciousness of fish for the first time at the family banquet set up by the old lady, but because she ate fish for the first time, she was almost stuck by the fish needle, and she was so scared that she wanted to eat it but didn't dare to eat it again......

Unexpectedly, all this was seen by him and ...... Keep it in mind.

The empty heart was filled at this moment, and Shui Qingqing thought helplessly, today, she asked him to meet outside, originally to cut off the feelings in his heart, but she didn't want to let herself fall deeper and deeper in the end......

In the future, how will she be......

Xiaoxi came in from outside, looked at Shui Qingqing's tangled and painful appearance, hesitated for a while, and finally stepped forward to pluck up the courage and said softly: "Miss, why is this difficult?" In fact...... Miss followed Hou Ye, but it was a good destination, why should Miss refuse ruthlessly against her will......"

Hearing this, Shui Qingqing came back from the pain, looked at Xiaoxi in disbelief, and said in shock: "Those words just now...... Did you hear it all? ”

Xiaoxi waved her hand in a panic and said urgently: "Miss, don't misunderstand, I didn't eavesdrop on your conversation with Hou Ye just now...... It's just that I followed Miss and saw it very clearly, knowing what Hou Ye thought about Miss, and I guessed what Miss asked Hou Ye to come here for today......"

Xiaoxi is not stupid, since the incident of Bai Junfeng, she has noticed Mei Zijin's maintenance of Shui Qingqing.

And on the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, he suddenly came forward to save Shui Qingqing, which made Xiaoxi confirm the guess in his heart.

Before, when she returned to the Sheng family in the second year of junior high school, the lord and wife of the Sheng family asked her about Shui Qingqing's affairs in the Hou Mansion, and even focused on the relationship between Shui Qingqing and Mei Zijin.

In fact, because of Sheng Yu's relationship, Xiaoxi did resent Mei Zijin as Shui Qingqing expected, but later saw the white eyes and suffering that Shui Qingqing endured after marrying into the Hou Mansion for her own young lady, she realized that she may be able to live well in this life, but because she is the stand-in for her own young lady, it is even more miserable......

Therefore, even if she resents Mei Zijin, Xiaoxi also hopes that Shui Qingqing can be with her and get love and a true home......

After hesitating for a moment, Xiaoxi plucked up her courage and said, "Miss is worried that if she is with Master Hou, she will let the old lady blame her, so that she will ...... Thus revealing your true identity? ”

Hearing this, Shui Qingqing was completely shocked, looked at Xiaoxi nervously, and said with difficulty: "Xiaoxi, you ...... Didn't you already know, I ...... No amnesia?! ”

Xiaoxi nodded lightly and did not hide it.

"Miss, in fact, since the first day you entered the Hou Mansion, the slave and maid have suspected that you have not lost your memory...... And last night, what you said with the masked man in the courtyard, the slaves and maids heard it......"

Shui Qingqing's brain was roaring, and cold sweat was pouring out of her body, and she was drenched with sweat.

After a long time, she smiled bitterly: "Now that you know, I don't need to hide it from you anymore - I really don't have amnesia, but many things in the past...... It's inconvenient to mention it to anyone, so I can only pretend to have amnesia. And I married in place of your young lady, not only to maintain the marriage between the Sheng family and the Hou Mansion, but also for my own purposes......"

Xiaoxi nodded lightly again and said softly, "I believe Miss's words." Miss has her own difficulties, and she is also sincere to the Sheng family, otherwise she would not be reluctant to use those good things, so she would send them back to the Sheng family and give the two young ladies a dowry - Miss is a good person who knows how to repay her kindness. Therefore, the slave maid thought, even if the master and the lady knew about you and the marquis, they would not blame you. So, Miss relaxed, don't embarrass herself anymore. ”

Xiaoxi's heart-warming words moved Shui Qingqing, and the tears that she had endured for a long time finally rolled down.

"Xiaoxi, don't you blame me for deceiving you? I'm really struggling...... When I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely tell you everything......"

Thinking of the child mentioned by the masked man that night, Xiaoxi wanted to ask her, is her child related to Aunt Bai and Xiao Shizi?

But when the words came to her lips, thinking of Shui Qingqing's words, she finally endured it and didn't ask anything anymore.

The master and servant, after being honest with each other, still live as usual.

Xiaoxi served Shui Qingqing to tidy up her clothes, and went downstairs together to leave the Huiwei Building and return to the Hou Mansion.

And after they left, the door of the next wing suddenly opened, and Bai Lingwei's pretty face that was so angry that she appeared at the door, her sharp eyes stared at the figure in the distance, her face was distorted and hideous, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Behind him, Bai Junfeng, who had a sinister and smug face, slowly paced out and sneered: "Sister, my brother didn't lie to you. Now you can see it clearly - the widowed sister-in-law cheats on the little uncle, you can't be wrong! ”

Bai Junfeng's words of fanning the flames fell into the heart of Bai Lingwei, who was full of anger, and she was even more sad like a fire.

The sharp nails were deeply pinched into the carved fence, Bai Lingwei's whole body trembled with anger, and she said hatefully: "The shameless little widow and prodigal hoof, actually went out of the house to a banquet, and seduced Master Hou here in private, see how I clean you up!" ”

Seeing Bai Lingwei's hateful look of wanting to eat Shui Qingqing alive, Bai Junfeng was also resentful in his heart, and said coldly: "To tell the truth, I also listened to my sister's idea at the beginning, in order to relieve my sister's worries, I lost my official position, and I was still alive by that slut's iron, leaving a scar of shame on my thighs - this revenge, my sister has to help me avenge it." ”

It turned out that when Shui Qingqing left the Three Princes' Mansion, he was quietly targeted by Bai Junfeng, who happened to be passing by.

He followed her all the way to the Aftertaste Building, and couldn't help but wonder why the person who had just finished the banquet came to the restaurant to eat again?

Suddenly, he thought that when Shui Qingqing left the Three Princes' Mansion, he had asked the maid beside her to quietly send a message to Mei Zijin's coachman, and he already thought of something in his heart, on the one hand, he asked people to go to the Hou Mansion to report to Bai Lingwei, but on the other hand, he booked a private room next door to Shui Qingqing, waiting for Bai Lingwei to come and 'catch the adulterer' together.

And Bai Lingwei, who was already jealous because Shui Qingqing and Mei Zijin went to the Three Princes' Mansion for a banquet today, heard the news that Bai Junfeng asked people to take it there, and she could still sit there, so she immediately took a carriage and rushed to the Huiwei Building non-stop.

In the end, I saw Mei Zijin enter Shui Qingqing's house next door under the snowstorm.

At that moment, Bai Lingwei almost went crazy......

Listening to Bai Junfeng's words, Bai Lingwei gritted her teeth and said with hatred: "My brother's shame is my shame - so, I will definitely not let her go!" ”

When leaving the Huiwei Building, Bai Lingwei ordered all the dishes in the Huiwei Building in one go, saying that she was going to pack them and take them back to the Hou Mansion, and asked the shopkeeper to send two Xiao Er back to the Dingguo Hou Mansion for her.

Xia Chan saw that she had ordered so many dishes, and she didn't know what she meant, Bai Lingwei sneered proudly: "Wait, there will be a good show to watch soon!" ”

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