Through the bamboo bushes, there is a wind pavilion water pavilion, carved railings and jade masonry, covering a huge area. Tonight's family feast will be held in this water pavilion. The people in the house have already hung lanterns in the water pavilion, and the red one is extremely festive.

Men and women are not allowed to sit at the same table when they reach adulthood, although it is a family banquet, but there are still foreign guests in the end, so it is divided into two halls. When Song Ran was walked up to the water pavilion by Li Yuwei's hand, he happened to see King Chengwu standing at the water's edge to blow the wind. His back is magnificent, and his long hair is tied up high with a silver crown, and he looks like a graceful and suave person.

Song Ran called: "Lord Wang." ”

He turned his head and his gaze fell on the woman beside Song Ran.

Li Yuyu's body stiffened for a moment, and she saluted him: "Little girl Yuyu, I've seen the prince." ”

His gaze was so unscrupulous that her breathing slowed down, and it took a long time to hear his voice: "Excuse me." ”

His voice was clear, but it was not as scary as expected, and he asked Song Ran, "Why isn't the clothes the one you came?" ”

Song Ran looked calm and said, "Shicai accidentally fell into the water, so I went to change it." ”

King Chengwu frowned: "It's so decent, how can it fall into the water?" ”

Li Yuyu listened to his questioning tone, and was shocked when she was cold, this prince had a kind of non-angry and self-authoritative aura on his body, so that she didn't dare to look directly, only looked at her feet intently.

Song Ran noticed her stiffness, shook her hand, and said, "Blame myself for being careless, I saw that the koi fish in the pool were plump, so I wanted to get closer and take a look, who knew that the edge of the pool would be so slippery." ”

After listening to her explanation, King Chengwu laughed: "Aren't there enough fish in this king's mansion for you to see?" And he said, "In a few days, this king will give you a few tails." ”

Song Ran bent his eyes and said, "Thank you, Lord Wang." But she said in her heart that there was no place to raise fish in her house.

King Chengwu glanced at the two of them again, and said lightly: "The banquet will start soon, come over quickly." ”

Song Ran noticed that the woman beside her secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

They bypassed King Chengwu and walked towards the west hall, and not long after, Taifu also came to urge King Chengwu to take the seat, his gaze was withdrawn from the backs of the two women, and then entered the hall.

In the end, it is a big family, and the ladies, aunts, and young ladies in this Li Mansion, plus the guests who were invited to come, filled the small hall. After several elders led by Mrs. Taifu left the table one after another, the young girls were no longer restrained, and the flower order was carried out, and the atmosphere was lively.

As the night deepened, and the wine was in the middle of nowhere, Song Ran looked up and found that Li Yuyu was gone.

She herself was drunk, and when she saw that no one was paying attention to her, she also got up and left the table and went outside to get some air.

The lantern of the water pavilion illuminated her shadow into the water, and she stood near the water, only to feel that the world reflected underwater was strange, and a kind of loneliness suddenly arose in her heart.

The hall behind her was staggered, and she only felt noisy. When he raised his eyes, he saw a bamboo forest under the water pavilion, and remembered that when he passed by, there were stone tables and stone benches, so he walked over casually, wanting to slow down.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked through the bamboo bushes, I heard the sound of talking. The man's voice, although gentle, was inexplicably repulsive.

"Is that what the girl invited me to say here?"

Song Ran realized that he was afraid that he had broken the private meeting between men and women, and he turned his head to leave, but because of the next voice, he suddenly paused.

It was Li Yuyu's voice, a little trembling, but very firm: "Lord Xiao." ”

Li Yuyu walked in front of the man and raised her face: "If you don't say these words today, I'm afraid you won't have a chance to say them in the future." Since two years ago, when you helped me in Huafu Temple, I ......" she took a deep breath and finally gently revealed the secret that had been hidden in her heart for two years, "I am devoted to you." ”

The man's voice became slightly stern: "Miss Li, you are about to marry into the Chengwu Palace, these words will be forgotten in the next place, please forget it in the next place." ”

The woman laughed, the smile was desolate, and Song Ran was stunned when she heard it.

"But what if I want to 'hide it in my heart and forget it every day'?"

The man was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "There is also such a person in my heart, although it has nothing to do with Fengyue, but it is also engraved in my heart, unforgettable." ”

He gently held her shoulder and said, "Miss Li, Xiao Yan is not unintentional, but he has it in his heart, not you." Do you understand? ”

Song Ran's spiritual platform was empty for the word "Xiao Yan", and his body seemed to be thrown into the air, and then smashed down heavily. It was as if a rolling thunderbolt was coming towards her chest, making her almost unsteady on her feet.

The wind Xiao Xiao blew through the bamboo forest, she staggered backwards, Xiao Yan turned back vigilantly: "Who?" ”

He let go of Li Yuyu and chased after her.

These words must not be heard by anyone, otherwise he and Li Yuyu will not be able to tell each other. Li Yuyu also chased out with a pale face, she had not yet come out of Xiao Yan's rejection of her blow, and fell into the horror of being broken again.

Song Ran couldn't outrun Xiao Yan, and he tripped and fell halfway, he grabbed her arm and picked her up, for fear of being seen by the people who patrolled the Li Mansion, so he covered her mouth and dragged her behind a rockery.

With great strength, he pressed Song Ran heavily on the rockery, raised one hand to support the rockery, and the other hand covered her mouth and nose to prevent her from calling for help, and by the moonlight, he could vaguely distinguish her eyebrows.

He has always had a good memory, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes: "It's you?" ”

It was the woman he met in the bookstore a few days ago, and the girl he saw from afar when he strayed into the peony garden.

Sensing that she was about to lose her breath, he hurriedly removed his hand. She gasped for a moment and raised her eyes. The coolness in his dark eyes made him feel shocked.

He slowed his tone, "Why is the girl here?" But he still maintained the posture that trapped her, and his breath smelled each other, and a faint smell of wine came from her.

"I am a guest invited to a family banquet, and men and women are not kissed, and the son will not let go."

He calmed down, and there was a dark light in his eyes: "If the right person is right, how much did the girl hear?" ”

"I happened to pass by here to sober up, and when I heard someone talking in the bamboo forest, I didn't want to disturb Yaxing, so I didn't stop for a moment. If you disturb Childe, I'll make a difference here. ”

She didn't want to say more to him, and couldn't help laughing at herself in her heart, when he gave away books a few days ago, she thought she had met a good person, but she didn't expect that this "good person" would be Xiao Yan.

It's a good family with a narrow road, and it's a good creation to make people.

Her reaction like this, Xiao Yan didn't believe that she didn't hear anything, and she was in a dilemma for a while.

Song Ran saw that his expression was uncertain, and smiled coldly: "Is the son thinking, do you want to kill my mouth?" His eyebrows jumped, and he heard her say again, "I came to the banquet with the prince, if I die or lose it in this Li Mansion, do you believe that the prince will lift the Li Mansion." ”

His expression was stunned, he didn't expect that she was actually King Chengwu's person, thinking of King Chengwu's temperament, he did what she said. Let her go, keep a certain distance, and said, "Xiao has no intention of offending the girl." ”

She seemed to be extremely disgusted by his touch, straightened her robe, and said, "Lord Xiao, don't worry, I won't risk offending the Shangshu of the Criminal Department of the current dynasty and poke out today's matter." It won't do me any good to poke it out, and I'll have to guard against your revenge. You're not tired, I'm still tired. ”

Xiao Yan paused again, and then smiled faintly: "Shicai also said that he didn't hear it, the girl didn't admit herself." ”

If she hadn't heard anything, how would she know that he was the secretary of the Criminal Department.

What the girl said, Xiao believed it. This matter is related to Miss Li's reputation, and I don't think the girl will arrange it at will. ”

Song Ran frowned, and in his mouth, she arranged it at will?

Suddenly, a lantern shone over, and she closed her eyes in a daze, only to hear a hesitant voice calling, "Lord Xiao? ”

Song Ran looked up and saw a small guy standing in front with a lamp, and two men and a woman standing behind him.

That woman was naturally Li Yuyu, one of the two men looked at the figure of King Chengwu, and the other she didn't see too clearly, but she heard Xiao Yan say respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Wang." ”

Her figure was sluggish.

She and the prince had met before, and when Xia Xiaoqiu took her to the tiger camp to see the willows, she pretended to be a brocade and said a few words to the prince. It's been a long time, and the prince may not remember her, but he can't be completely assured.

She lowered her head wistfully and came out from behind the rockery, but Xiao Yan looked calm, and even had a faint smile on her face.

Song Ran walked behind King Chengwu and said, "Lord Wang." ”

"The banquet was dispersed, and I didn't see you, and I heard that the people said that they saw you coming here, so they came to look for it, but I didn't expect it...... Even Lord Xiao found it together. ”

He came out with the prince, and bumped into Li Yuyu on the way, seeing her looking flustered, and asking her what happened.

I didn't expect to see such a scene.

His eyes couldn't help but be a little more playful, and he completely misunderstood the truth of the matter.

He thought that Li Yuyu must have bumped into the two of her tryst here, so she was so flustered.

However, there is nothing to make a fuss about when a man is unmarried and a woman is unmarried, and dry firewood encounters a raging fire.

The prince's voice was very young, and there was also some smile: "Lord Xiao said that he was sobering up, it turned out that the girl from the private meeting came." ”

The lights were dim, and he couldn't see Song Ran's appearance clearly, but vaguely felt that this girl had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, standing beside Xiao Yan, but she was a pair of talented and beautiful people.

Song Ran was busy explaining, but Xiao Yan spoke before her: "It's all because Xiao Mou has a shallow amount of alcohol, and he fell here without paying attention, all thanks to this girl passing by and pulling Xiao Mou." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Song Ran, as if he was seeking her confirmation.

Song Ran hurriedly nodded in agreement, and said softly: "Lord Xiao is still weird, the little girl has been pulling for a long time." As she spoke, she raised her eyes to look at Li Yuyu, only to see that her whole person was like a string that was about to break, her lips were pursed and almost lost her blood, Song Ran waited for her to speak, but she didn't say anything after all.

Li Yuyu has experienced a painful struggle, instead of asking Song Ran to tell King Chengwu about today's events, it is better for her to confess herself, this is the only chance, a chance to say no to this marriage. A fine layer of sweat broke out in her palms, and her heart was torn apart by this choice. Xiao Yan raised his eyes to look at her, those eyes were extremely quiet, as if Mount Tai would not make any waves if he collapsed in front of him, and there was no trace of her in it.

She finally swallowed the words back into her stomach.

She will marry into the Chengwu Palace, and slowly kill this heart that admires him.

Song Ran's gaze withdrew from Li Yuwei's face, and she suddenly found that she also had a scrupulous gaze on her body. The prince was wearing a moon-white robe with white bamboo leaf patterns embroidered on the hem, he looked a little weak, it was almost summer, but he still had a dark blue coat with a white fur collar pressed on his shoulders.

bumped into his eyes, and for some reason his heart tightened inexplicably, and his body also took a beating to King Chengwu.

Fortunately, King Chengwu did not doubt what he said to her, and said, "I see. And he said, "If the man has found it, then go back." ”