Before leaving, Lu Jiayue went to No. 19, Jiazi Lane, Yanyi Fang, Yuan Xi's private residence.

The osmanthus trees in the courtyard are covered with snow, but the branches and leaves are still verdant.

There is a charcoal stove in the room, and there are stone daffodils on the table, and the fragrance of flowers is quiet.

Yuan Xi stood under the south window and waited for her.

He wore a silver-purple satin robe with white fox velvet trim, with a long jade body and handsome eyebrows, and he looked like a son of a family in the midst of splendid wealth.

His eyes were calm, but the moment he saw her, a light flashed.

"Come here." Yuan Xi smiled and beckoned to her.

Lu Jiayue stood by the charcoal stove, her eyes lowered, looking at the charcoal fire in the furnace, and did not step forward.

Yuan Xi walked over and took her hand.

“... What's wrong? Well? Hands are so cold..."

He held her cold little hands in the palm of his hand, but his gaze fell on her black green silk.

"Why don't you wear the hairpin I gave you, don't you like it?"

Lu Jiayue shook her head and wanted to answer him, but it was difficult to speak.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally mustered up his courage and said softly: "... Your Highness shouldn't give me a jade hairpin, that's not something you and I can give away. ”

When Yuan Xi heard this, the smile on his lips froze unconsciously.

After a moment of silence, he whispered, "You're going to have sex with me again." ”

Lu Jiayue didn't dare to look at him, and gently broke her hand out of his palm.

"I don't want to have a relationship with His Highness, and I don't want to have any so-called results with His Highness, my original intention is only to help His Highness..."

Yuan Xi sighed softly.

"Why are you so stubborn, don't you understand my heart for you?"

... What if you understand, and what if you don't?

She knew that there was a difference between her and him.

What's more, the original intention has been decided, and it is difficult to change it.

Lu Jiayue took a few steps back and bowed to Yuan Xiduan.

"I can't afford Your Highness's thoughts... I have come today only to tell His Highness a few things. ”

"One is to ask His Royal Highness to do me a favor and transfer Pei Yong, the chief soldier of Lanzhou, back to Beijing, his relationship with the Qu family, presumably His Royal Highness is also clear, I ask His Royal Highness to help, I just want to thank the old lady of the Qu family for her love for me. Liu Jitong, the secretary of the ministry, is a person who has left and right, and His Highness speaks, presumably he will not refuse..."

"The second is the spring in March, and please pay attention to the spring in your Highness..."

"Also, in two days, I will set off to visit my father in Yungui, the mountains and rivers are long, I don't know when I will come back, the affairs of the DPRK and China, please pay more attention to Your Highness."

There was silence all around.

Only the burning silver frost charcoal in the charcoal stove occasionally made a beep or two.

It was quiet for a long time.

Yuan Xi suddenly asked, "That's all there is to it...?" That's all you want to say to me? ”

Lu Jiayue nodded.

"You didn't refuse me that day... What is it? You ask yourself, do you really have no affection for me? ”

Yuan Xi's voice was a little hoarse, light and fluttering, falling on Lu Jiayue's ears, but it was extremely heavy.

She bit her lip tightly for a long time, and muttered: "It was because I was confused for a while, and I was distracted, so that His Highness could misunderstand..."

"I don't believe it!"

Yuan Xi said loudly and walked over to Lu Jiayue.

Lu Jiayue ran out of the door without hesitation.

He was still calling for her from behind.

"Katsuki...!"

But she did not stop until she got into her carriage.

She didn't feel and didn't believe that she would change her original intention, but why, there were tears in her eyes, blurring her vision?

*

On the day of departure, Ding Can came to Qu's house to pick her up.

Lu Jiayue only brought Xin Zhu by her side, leaving the two little servants at the Qu family.

was originally depressed, coupled with the cold weather, she was worried about her father Lu Mian's illness in her heart, so she didn't even say a word to anyone along the way.

Ding Can ordered someone to take care of all the food and lodging on the road very properly, and she didn't have to think about it at all.

Take the boat by water, take the carriage by land, although the journey is not fast, but it is not slow, and come to Guiyang Mansion, where the Yungui Bu Political Division is located, it is the third day of the first month of March, the Shangsi Festival.

Lu Mian had received the news in advance and was waiting in the office of the Chief Secretary's Office.

Ding Can went to Yungui to supervise local affairs, and since he wanted to settle in Yungui first, he accompanied Lu Jiayue into the office.

In the distance, I saw a middle-aged man standing under the door of the main hall, thirty-six or seventeen years old, wearing a straight jacket of stone blue pigmented satin, with a clear face and an elegant bearing.

It is Lu Jiayue's father, Lu Mian.

"Daddy!"

Lu Jiayue threw herself into Lu Mian's arms and cried loudly.

This is the reunion of life and death after two lifetimes.

Lu Mian hugged her only daughter tightly, and there were tears on her face.

Ding Can stood aside and looked at the scene in front of him with relief.

The little girl really misses her father... Even though he was crying, his heart must have been very happy.

After crying for a long time, Lu Jiayue gradually stopped crying.

But he was still clinging to Lu Mian's arms and refused to come out.

Lu Mian smiled helplessly, she could only let her go, and bowed to Ding Can.

"The little girl is stubborn and ignorant, so she must have caused a lot of trouble to Lord Ding along the way?"

Ding Can hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile: "Lord Lu doesn't have to be polite, little girl ---" said, feeling that it didn't seem appropriate to call Lu Jiayue like this in front of Lu Mian, so he changed his words again, "The niece of the Lu family is very sensible and has not caused any trouble with me, please rest assured Lord Lu." ”

Lu Mian breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's fine." ”

In fact, when he first heard that his daughter was traveling on the same road as Ding Can, the commander of Jin Yuwei who came to Yungui to supervise affairs, he was secretly worried in his heart.

Jin Yuwei's people have always been majestic and incomparable, and his daughter walks with him, so don't cause any trouble.

When I saw Ding Can at this time, I was very surprised.

First, I didn't expect the famous Jin Yuwei commander to be so young, at most he was in his twenties, and secondly, I didn't expect him to be so handsome, and his words and deeds were modest and polite.

After another greeting, it was almost noon, and the three of them had lunch together in the office.

At the dinner table, Lu Mian listened to his daughter calling Ding Can his second uncle one after another, and her attitude seemed to be very close to him, and she couldn't help but have doubts in her heart.

After the meal, Lu Mian and Ding Can discussed the local affairs of Yungui and Guizhou, while Lu Jiayue sat on the side, cleaning up the things brought from Kyoto.

There are fabrics, tea, pen, ink, paper and inkstones, all of which were prepared for her father Lu Mian.

The things were cleaned up, and Lu Mian and Ding Can were still discussing.

“... Since Taizu subdued Yungui with heavy troops, the great toasts of all dynasties have been loyal to the imperial court, but now this great toast Muaza is violent by nature and refuses to be bound by the laws of the imperial court..."

"Then according to Lord Lu's eyes, how much of anti-will he have?"

“... It's hard to say, now he just refuses to pay taxes, and wantonly hurts the people and loots property... Last month, I went to see him with the envoy of Yungui Xuanfu and asked him to make up the taxes, but he did not refuse..."

"Lord Lu wants to salute first and then soldier, but it's okay... It's just that he has already rebelled, but he still has to secretly investigate and cut off the source of the disaster in time, so as not to cause trouble for a long time. ”

"What Lord Ding said is very much... It's just that when it comes to spying secretly, the soldiers in my office ---"

"Lord Lu, don't worry, since the Holy Lord has let me come all the way, he has asked me to do this investigation..."

As he spoke, Ah Li came in.

Ding Can looked back at him, "It's all ready?" ”

Ah Li nodded.

"The spies are scattered... It's just..."

Ding Can frowned unconsciously, "There are no outsiders here, just say it." ”

Ah Li turned his head and glanced at Lu Jiayue, and said in a low voice: "The dozen or so people who followed King Jin all the way are now hidden outside the office, but they need to be disposed of separately?" ”

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