Last year, in this door today, the peach blossoms on the human face are red, and the human face does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze.

Smelling the familiar medicinal fragrance, stepping on this bluestone path again, the scenery is still the same, but it has long been a matter of people, just like the peach blossom on the human face, thinking of her time here, I once thought it was bitter, but now I taste it, and every bit of it is sweet.

It's a pity that she used to be too obsessed, and here, she missed the most important thing in her life. If everything could have come from along, she would have been honest with him from the beginning, believing that she would not have come to this day with him.

Walking in the footsteps of the past, strolling among the flower paths, looking up at the sky, a few floating clouds drifting by, Mengxi unconsciously remembered a song he had heard in his previous life:

If loss is suffering, are you afraid to pay;

If confusion is suffering, you will not choose to end;

If the pursuit is suffering, will you choose to be obsessed?

A lot of things are only seen clearly later,

But I can't find the way I came,

There is a kind of love, which is obviously deep love, but can't say it, and obviously wants to give up, but can't give up.

Knowing that it is suffering, but he can't avoid it, knowing that there is no way forward, his heart has long been unable to recover.

I once thought that she could laugh at the falling flowers, roll the clouds, and look back at the twilight, but everything has never been light......

"Oops! In less than a year, how did the originally dense bamboo forest become so sparse and decadent! ”

Zhiqiu's exclamation interrupted Mengxi's reverie, and when she came back to her senses, she found that before she knew it, they had come to the edge of the bamboo forest, and the sparse bamboo shadows were swaying in the wind, making a rustling sound, and suddenly complaining to her, the former owner, and still whimpering and wailing in the wind.

Looking at the bamboo forest that was no longer lush, Mengxi felt distressed for a while, this was finally cultivated by her one hand, and she didn't want to be so depressed in a blink of an eye, and she also looked up at the red beads in surprise.

Seeing the pity on Mengxi's face, Hongzhu's face changed slightly, and her body paused and said:

"II...... Miss Li didn't know that this was all caused by those bandit-like officers and soldiers when she raided her home last year...... Later, the second master was not in the house, and the old lady didn't have the heart to control these, but the second master sent a letter this spring to take care of this bamboo forest, and after several twists and turns, he found the gardener you hired at the beginning, and finally saved these. ”

"I often hear people say that everything has a fate, and half of it is not up to anyone, and it is true."

"Miss Li, don't be sorry, you see, new shoots have sprouted on those bamboo roots, and the gardener said that in less than two years, this place will be more lush than before."

Seeing a sense of helplessness in Mengxi's tone, Hongzhu hurriedly opened his mouth to comfort again, and a few people said, stepping into the path between the bamboo forests, and immediately felt refreshed. After crossing this path, it is her pharmacy, thinking of the pharmacy, Mengxi unconsciously remembered that a year ago, Xiao Jun suddenly came to the backyard to look for her, and did not want his new perfume to attract him to this bamboo forest, in order to prevent him from continuing to explore, he temporarily used a beauty trick and threw himself into his arms, that broad chest was really thick and warm......

"Miss Li, the things in this room were all put away by the second master before the house was raided, and they were only retrieved not long ago, the second master took a lot of effort, and he couldn't restore the old appearance, for this, the second master also scolded several batches of craftsmen......"

The three of them came to the pharmacy and saw Mengxi stunned at the door, and Hongzhu hurriedly explained. When Mengxi heard this, his expression was stunned, and then he showed a smile, knocked Hongzhu's head with a folding fan, and said with a smile:

"Didn't you see that I was a man, called Childe."

Seeing that Mengxi was happy, Hongzhu also became naughty, and said in a long voice:

"Yes, Male...... Child! ”

Mengxi shook his head with a smile, raised his feet and walked towards the hut, seeing that Mengxi was about to enter the house, Zhiqiu persuaded:

"Childe, it's not too early, let's go over quickly, it's late, the second master and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince finished playing chess, and I can't find you in a hurry."

Seeing that Mengxi had already entered the house, Hongzhu also persuaded him:

"Yes, Gongzi Li, I'm afraid it's one night later, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the second master should come over."

As soon as she heard that the prince would come over, Mengxi's body froze, all that was left here was her and his memories, and she didn't want the prince to come here. Nodding at Hongzhu, he reflexively walked out of the hut and walked back.

When the group came to the living room, Xiao Jun was still playing chess, Ouyang Di stood on the side and watched, seeing that the black and white ones in the chessboard were almost full, Mengxi frowned unconsciously, she didn't know anything about Go, so she naturally didn't like it.

Xiao Jun and the prince saw her come in, motioned for her to come and sit, slowly came to the two of them and sat down, Mengxi looked at it with a fan, and then Zhiqiu, who came in, saw that Hongxing had changed a plate of fresh lychees, washed his hands, stepped forward to pick up one, and peeled it.

Seeing Mengxi sit down, Xiao Jun raised his head and commanded:

"Hongzhu, serve tea to Li Gongzi."

"Second master, you're welcome, you just concentrate on playing chess."

Hearing this, looking at Mengxi's leisurely demeanor, Xiao Jun lost his mind for a while, which reminded him of two years ago, when his cousin came here to play chess, Mengxi seemed to be sitting in this position to watch, at that time she sat upright, one board at a time, and after a game of chess with her cousin, the clothes on her back were stained on her body, and the tension was ...... I still remember it vividly, but in the end, I realized that she didn't know how to play chess at all, thinking of this, the corners of Xiao Jun's mouth rose, revealing a smile......

In a trance, a 16-son dragon chased and killed by Xiao Jun was instantly escaped by the prince, Xiao Jun came back to his senses, and unconsciously shook his head and admitted defeat:

"His Royal Highness's chess skills are extraordinary, and the grass people are ashamed of themselves."

When the prince heard this, he laughed and said:

"Xiao Jun is too modest, before the end, how can he say that he won or lost, just now a big dragon of this king, the piece of armor that was almost chased and killed by you did not leave ......"

The prince said, looked up at Mengxi and said:

"I've never played chess with Xi'er, is Xi'er interested in a game?"

Hearing this, Mengxi's expression froze, and he looked at the prince embarrassedly, a lychee that had just been put in his mouth was stuck in his throat, and his face turned red for a while.

Xiao Jun had already turned sideways, gently patted Mengxi's back with one hand, picked up a cup of tea with the other, and brought it to Mengxi's mouth and said:

"Xi'er, don't be nervous, take a sip of tea and press it."

After feeding Mengxi a sip of tea, Mengxi finally swallowed the lychee and let out a heavy breath.

Fortunately, this one is smaller, if it is a bigger head, it must not be choked to death? Mengxi patted her chest with her hand, secretly rejoicing.

"Come, Xi'er, take another sip and just go well."

Mengxi took another sip and swallowed it gently, feeling much more comfortable, so she pushed Xiao Jun's hand away, smiled gratefully at him, and said:

"Mengxi is fine, thank you Second Master."

Seeing that Mengxi was fine, Xiao Jun sat back, caught a glimpse of the prince still sitting there, and when he thought about it, he said casually:

"I'm also very strange, Xi'er's medicinal skills are unparalleled in the world, and her writing is first-class, why can't she play chess?"

"This ......"

Hearing this, Mengxi was dumbfounded, it was not easy to say that she was a person who had crossed over, in her era, Go was only a personal preference, and it was not popular, to say that checkers was almost the same.

"Xi'er doesn't know how to play chess?"

He just tried his best to win Xiao Jun in front of her, how difficult it was!

Originally thought that she would appreciate her chess skills when she watched from the side, and appreciated that he always surpassed Xiao Jun, but she never thought that she was a layman, listening to Xiao Jun's words, looking at their intimate behavior, the prince was frustrated for a while, and asked again unconvinced.

Mengxi nodded in response, not wanting to dwell on this topic, his eyes swept around, and seeing that there were no outsiders, he turned his head to look at Xiao Jun and asked:

"Mengxi heard that the old lady sent someone to investigate and wanted to buy Zhang Xiu back, is there a result?"

Speaking of Zhang Xiu, Xiao Jun's expression froze, and he shook his head, he really didn't want to mention this woman, and when he saw the red beads on the side, he replied for Xiao Jun:

"No, I heard that Xiu'er was sold to a brothel in a remote town in Jiaozhou, and the old lady sent several waves of people to investigate, but they didn't find it, I don't know if she is dead or alive."

Hearing this, Zhiqiu asked suspiciously:

"Didn't you say that you were sold into Linglong Fang, why was you sold into a brothel again?"

"Li Gongzi didn't know that when the Xiao family found Linglong Fang, Miss Xiu had already been bought......"

Seeing that the prince also looked at him suspiciously, Hongzhu talked eloquently about the Xiao family's search for Xiu'er.

It turned out that after all, Xiu'er had some appearance, when the Xiao family found Linglongfang, Xiu'er had been favored by Yizhou Mansion Yin and bought it back, and wanted to be a concubine, but when she returned to the house, Mrs. Zhou did not allow the master to accept her as a concubine on the grounds that Xiu'er was from a lowly background, and she was not allowed to make a room in the end.

In Linglong Fang, Xiu'er's arrogance has long been straightened out by the old bustard, although it is a room in the Zhou Mansion, but it is better than being humiliated by prostitutes in Linglong Fang, the old bustard's beating and scolding is much stronger, and he lives wholeheartedly, and carefully serves Mrs. Zhou every day, that Xiu'er is already beautiful, and was born in the Imperial History Mansion, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, since it is not as good as ordinary women, people are trained by Linglong Fang's enchanting abnormality, Zhou Lao Ye is very fond of it, grace, Xiu'er did live a comfortable life.

As the saying goes, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, that Xiu'er was a person with a high heart, and was afraid of being beaten in Linglongfang, so she had to be restrained, and when she arrived at Zhou's mansion, she was cautious at first, seeing that she was obedient, Mrs. Zhou did not embarrass her, but after a long time, she gradually became dissatisfied, and always thought that she was the daughter of the imperial history, and the body of a daughter, she should be the grandmother of the house.

With this kind of thought, the ruthless temperament was exposed, that Mrs. Zhou was kind, but not a soft one, seeing Xiu'er arrogant, he taught him a few lessons, and was sued by Xiu'er to Master Zhou, and the troublesome Master Zhou gradually became cold to Mrs. Zhou, and within a month of Zhou's mansion, he tossed a backyard to the bottom.

Seeing Xiu'er like this, Mrs. Zhou gradually developed the heart to get rid of her, knowing that the master was spoiled and the master couldn't move her at home, so she discussed with her mother's brother, and when Master Zhou went out, she quietly asked her brother to take Xiu'er out of Yizhou and sell it, which is said to be sold to a brothel in a remote town in Jiaozhou......

After Hongzhu finished speaking, he continued:

"That Mrs. Zhou's brother was afraid that Miss Xiu would be found by Master Zhou, and he refused to say where Miss Xiu was sold.

remembered that in King Yan's courtyard, Xiu'er told herself that King Yan was going to sell herself into a brothel...... I don't want the world to be unpredictable, she was the last to enter the brothel, she could have spent her old age in the Zhou Mansion, but because of a vicious and restless heart, she ended up like this.

Is it fate? Is it lucky? If it is the crown prince who loses this time, what will happen to himself and Xiao Jun, thinking of this, Mengxi shuddered unconsciously and said faintly:

"It's pitiful to think she's ......"

"Pathetic! Her heart has been eaten by dogs, and it is almost ...... to say that she is hateful."

Seeing that Mengxi was pitiful to Xiu'er, without waiting for her to finish, Zhiqiu gritted her teeth and said, it wasn't for Xiu'er to buy Cuiping, how could the young lady and the second master go through so many tribulations, if it wasn't for Xiu'er who recognized Mengxi who followed the prince south, Zhixia wouldn't have died, thinking of Zhixia, Zhiqiu still hated Xiu'er.

The hall fell silent for a while, and after a long time, Xiao Jun sighed and said:

"As the saying goes, poor people must have something to hate, Zhang Xiuluo ......"

As she was talking, the little maid knocked on the door and came in to reply:

"Back to the second master, the old lady instructed the servant to invite Li Gongzi to go to the Shouxi Hall."