The late summer night brought autumn coolness, the insects cooed uneasily, and the nightmarish fool woke up, just as the water ghost came back silently, and his misty eyes looked at her blankly, and suddenly, as if he had found something to rely on, he cried out loud.

"What's going on. The water ghost sat down on the edge of the bed suspiciously, touched his head comfortingly, and asked.

Murong Changxi sobbed for a long, long time before he came to his senses and said, "I dreamed, dreamed of when my mother concubine just left me. He was about to fall into the arms of the water ghost, but she took out a handkerchief to wipe his tears.

The water ghost said: "What did you dream about, you tell me." ”

Murong Changxi shook his head softly and said, "It's terrifying, it's terrifying, don't listen to Ling'er." ”

The water ghost smiled: "I haven't seen any demons and monsters, and there are so many people who have killed that they have to line up to turn into ghosts and find me to fill in my life." ”

Murong Changxi blinked blankly: "Ling, Ling'er, why are you killing people." ”

"Some of them are damned, and some of them have annoyed me, and I annoy them so much that they will never be able to speak. ”

Murong Changxi didn't seem to understand this kind of simple cruelty, so he shook his head stupidly and said, "Ling'er won't be wrong, the people who want you to do it must be bad people." The face is determined, and the words spoken are full of child's simplicity and absoluteness.

The water ghost laughed, "You say, after you tell the dream, you won't have the same dream again." ”

"Really~" Murong Changxi's eyes flashed with joy unconcealedly.

"When did I lie to you. ”

Murong Changxi thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he organized his language with great difficulty: "I don't remember many things in the past, but this matter, I still dream about it occasionally, I don't dare to tell others, not even my father." ”

The water ghost let him tightly circle her arm, remembering the long-ago but always seemed to have happened yesterday: "There is a maid Ju Ru who was picked up before entering the palace by the side of the concubine, she is very trusted by the concubine, and the concubine treats her very well, I have the impression that Ju Ru is also very good to me, often sends me a lot of delicious food, and will pinch the candy puppet for me." ”

Murong Changxi said and said, grinning happily, and then as if remembering something, that radiant face lost all its light little by little, and he said gloomily: "But, after the mother concubine left, Ju Ru disappeared." ”

"After a long, long time, well, I don't know how long it was, I accidentally entered a remote house, in that dirty and dark house, I saw her, she was very different from the old her, sitting in the jar, with a cloak scattered, and there was an old man next to her who was beating Ju Ru, poking Ju Ru in the face with a very small and thin needle, and asking her where the treasure was. ”

"I was very scared, I was very scared, and just when I didn't know what to do, the royal brother came out and rescued me, and told me not to tell anyone about this under any circumstances, not even my father, and then ...... I just threw my head and became stupid. ”

"I don't remember that I was so scared, but when I dreamed, I always dreamed in a daze, and sometimes I didn't think of anything, I only remembered what the emperor told me. ”

The more the water ghost listened, the more her eyebrows tightened, she looked at the puppy who was no longer afraid, only the sad puppy, and wanted to ask, but when it touched his sadness, she didn't want him to be more sad, touched his head and comforted: "Everyone has everyone's innate destiny, sometimes it's not you and I who can stop or anything, do you remember that Ju Ru, who appeared in your life and finally left, is already your fate with her, no matter how much, it's a blessing or a curse, it's not something you can interfere with." ”

There are some things to ask the stupid Murong Changxi, it is better to ask Murong Bixuan or Emperor Yongfeng, even more...... She investigates on her own.

Murong Changxi nodded as if he didn't understand, rubbed the cheek of the water ghost's arm, and then noticed that she was wearing peach-colored clothes, and couldn't help blinking her eyes full of stupidity and said, "Ling'er's outfit, is she going out?" "On weekdays, when she is at home, she mostly wears skin-friendly soft cotton or silk clothes.

"Hmm. ”

As soon as she responded, Murong Changxi pitifully tugged at her arm and exclaimed aggrievedly, "Ling'er can't hide from me to go out to play." ”

The water ghost knocked on his forehead helplessly and said, "It's a big night, what can you play when you go out, it's okay." ”

Murong Changxi pouted and said, "Big night, what's the matter?" ”

"Not your relatives yet. The water ghost raised his eyebrows, but he was wronged.

Murong Changxi was puzzled: "Is it my cousin, what's wrong with them~"

"It's a lot of fun. The water ghost motioned for him to lie down obediently again, and she went behind the screen to change her clothes, saying, "Be careful not to get too close to them." ”

Murong Changxi innocently looked at the direction in which she was changing clothes and said, "But, my cousin treats me very well." ”

The water ghost said: "He's okay, but your two cousins, if you stay away, it's not a safe place." ”

Murong Changxi tilted his head stupidly, looked at the lady who came out after changing his clothes, and wondered: "What is restless." ”

The water ghost smiled and said: "In the eyes of many people, it was me who climbed you, but they wanted to be crooked, obviously you climbed me." ”

"Hmm!" Murong Changxi, who understood, nodded hurriedly and said, "Being able to marry Ling'er is the greatest luck in my life." ”

"My Demon Sect is rich and rivals the country, of course, wealth cannot be revealed, and others don't know how rich the Demon Sect is. The water ghost sat on the edge of the bed, pulled the hairpin from his hair, raised the loose hair, and slowly looked back at the silly puppy in the bed and said, "They all ignore my own excellence, and only think about you who are more prominent, and think that they are ...... Whoever is born in the rivers and lakes can marry a prince and a general. ”

And, the most ridiculous thing is that they only thought of Murong Changxi's noble identity, but they didn't think of his stupid stubborn disease, if he wasn't stupid, she wouldn't need to marry him, or ...... It was not her turn to marry him at all. So, under all kinds of confusion, some girls with big hearts thought that they could marry as high as her.

But the nobles in Beijing treat family affairs as simple as Lu Yongyu thinks, the higher the position, the more they have to calculate the family affairs of their children, and help themselves sit higher and more stable, always find the so-called right person, the random door does have some status in the rivers and lakes, but these statuses cannot be compared with the same noble family in Beijing.

Especially Situ Yusen, who is the only son of the king of Yunnan with a different surname, the king of Yunnan wants to marry the princess, that is, Emperor Yongfeng also wants to use his in-laws to stabilize the power of the king of Yunnan for his own use, so calculated, even if Situ Yusen is interested in Lu Yongyu, it is impossible to marry Lu Yongyu as a wife, if Situ Yusen dares to shout for Lu Yongyu and the king of Yunnan, the means of the king of Yunnan are more ruthless, and he will tell his son to smash the happy and rebellious fox, and go to Huangquan to drink a bowl of soup to be sober and sober.

Murong Changxi blinked his eyes as if he didn't understand it, those translucent and clean eyes, just like this, looked at the water ghost with the light moonlight on his back, his heart was pounding and his face was full of crimson, and he replied shyly: "I don't care about anything else, Ling'er marries me, I will be very happy and happy, and in the future, I will not make Ling'er regret marrying me." ”

The water ghost pushed the curtain-like hair into his ears and stared at him with a smile: "No matter what the future holds, before I am still your princess, if you dare to do those ridiculous things that are sorry for me, I will make you more stupid." ”

Murong Changxi smiled sincerely and pulled the hand of the water ghost, and teased her white and slender fingers around the fingertips and said: "Ling'er doesn't like what I do, I don't do it, Ling'er keeps me away from whoever I want, I will stay away from whomever Changxi listens to Ling'er." ”

"My father said that Ling'er was wronged by marrying me, and asked me to treat Ling'er well. ”

"Changxi only likes Ling'er, at the beginning, now, and in the future, it will not change in this life. In the depths of his eyes, there was a seriousness that made her heart move, but the moist stupidity made her heart sour and sad, only to see him take her hand, hold her hand with ten fingers, put it to his lips, kiss the back of his hand gently, and naughtily stretched out his tongue and licked it.

The water ghost's cheeks burned slightly: "I just came back from going out and haven't washed my hands yet." ”

The fool laughed profusely: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Ling'er is sweet." ”

In his heart, is she very good in any way, the water ghost was a little helpless and a little happy, she raised her hand and touched his white and flawless face and said: "You are good these days, your knees are good quickly, we can go to see Concubine Hui with Murong Bixuan soon." In a few days, she will have to leave Beijing to attend the wedding of Qixia Villa and Ultimate Gate, and she can't wait for Murong Bixuan, who is always anxious to see her mother, because of these things.

"Hmm!"

**

When there is a slight disturbance in Beijing, gossip spreads not fast like the speed of light, like the prince of Yunnan who specially asked the imperial doctor for the cousin of the Xi Palace, or like a certain cousin who was injured or something, no one can stop it, and it has become the bibimbap seasoning of the people.

On this day, Murong Bixuan brought his younger brother's favorite pastries on the first floor to see Murong Changxi's knee injury.

Murong Changxi was so happy that he almost threw himself out of bed to be grateful, but Murong Bixuan saw that the lion and tiger cubs playing with him were cute and cute, so he said, "This rare darling, where did you come from." ”

"Beards, Ling'er said that the Divine Doctor Valley is full of mountains and mountains. Murong Changxi said while eating pastries on the bed, pointing to the lion tiger that looked no different: "This is a mustache, this is a big beard, this is a long beard." ”

"......" Murong Bixuan was embarrassed by the strange name he had chosen, and he said, "How about sending one to the imperial brother." ”

Murong Changxi frowned distressedly and said, "If you give it to the imperial brother, it's not impossible, it's just that Changxi has been with them for a long time, and it's been so hard to raise them to be so lively and cute——"

"—Alright, a box of golden lotus seeds. "My brother moves his ass, and as an elder brother, I know what he's thinking.

Murong Changxi immediately smiled and said, "Since the imperial brother likes this and this, then give it to the imperial brother~~"

"......" has been following the ghost of wealth and water for a long time, and his simple brother has been completely polluted.

And at this time, the maid rushed in recklessly and reported: "Niangniang, cousin girl, she-" The words were halfway spilled, and the maid suddenly came over, and there was no water ghost in the room, only Murong Bixuan and Murong Changxi looked at her suspiciously.

When the maid was hesitating what to do, Murong Bixuan said, "What's the matter?"

When the maid with cold sweat on her forehead was thinking about something to fool the past, Murong Changxi urged: "Say it quickly." ”

This...... Where can the ugliness of the house be publicized, the maid was so anxious that she couldn't faint on the spot, but it happened that the water ghost came back with the agarwood with the sweet soup, and the maid said as if she had seen driftwood: "Niangniang, the slave has something to report——"

The water ghost heard the voice from afar, and said, "You stand down first." ”

"Yes. ”

Agarwood took the maid to retreat to understand the reason at the suggestion of the water ghost.

The water ghost handed the sweet soup she taught agarwood to Murong Changxi and Murong Bixuan respectively, and said to Murong Bixuan: "You came by chance today, and you have a good mouth." ”

Murong Bixuan looked at the cool bird's nest in the bowl and the white and cyan things like winter melons and said, "This is?"

"Sugar winter melon, similar to candied fruit, after cooking the soup, the sweetness is locked in it, you can eat it and see it. ”

Before the water ghost finished speaking, Murong Changxi, who couldn't wait to take a big bite, said happily: "It's delicious!"

Hearing this, Murong Bixuan tried to take a bite, especially the sugar winter melon, the sweet and not greasy taste, so that he, who doesn't like to eat sweet soup on weekdays, actually thinks it is delicious, he smiled: "I didn't expect my brother and sister to have this hand." ”

"Brother Huang, Ling'er is very powerful. Murong Changxi proudly showed off.

As a single dog, Murong Bixuan always felt that these words were a little prickly in his ears, he opened his mouth, and before he could speak, the water ghost had already said: "Do a little too much, you take advantage of the cold and take some into the palace for your father to taste, I don't often do it, cherish it." ”

"......" This eviction order was issued a little quickly, hey, he only ate two bites of sweet soup.

In the end, Murong Bixuan still took the double portion of the packaged sweet soup, and entered the palace with the mustache of the lion tiger cub who was still ignorant and only knew how to sell cuteness.

As soon as Murong Bixuan left, Agarwood came in and reported: "Niangniang, Lu Yongbi hurt Lu Yongyu's ...... Face, just now, Lu Yongzi had already returned. Lu Yongyu and Lu Yongbi, the two sisters, always took advantage of Lu Yongzi's absence to cause trouble, she knew what her mother cared about more, so she said: "Situ Yusen didn't come this time, but ...... I still invited the imperial doctor. Although it is still the same imperial doctor or the familiar formula, but the unhappiness in the eyes of this imperial doctor, she has seen it with her own eyes.

The water ghost said, "Is the wound serious?" ”

Agarwood said: "It looks terrible, it's not serious, take care of it well, it shouldn't leave a scar." ”

The water ghost helplessly raised his forehead and said: "How can Lu Yongbi be stupid like this, since he wants to start, then poke it in the throat, what's the point of disfigurement." ”

"...... Niangniang, not everyone is like you...... Ruthless.

The forehead of Agarwood couldn't help but tremble a few times, and said half sighing and half pity: "Lu Yongbi always cares about that bit of sisterhood, although she is willful and rude, her mouth is full of malice, but at best she is just a spoiled child at home, no matter how scheming she is, she can't beat Lu Yongyu, who is calculating every step of the way." ”

The water ghost shook his head and said, "There is nothing hateful about the poor people. ”

Agarwood said: "I have learned, if it weren't for the verbal stimulation of the bribed maids, Lu Yongbi would not have ......."

The water ghost twisted his eyebrows and said: "Those girls who have been bought, all of them are sold, and the rest is up to Lu Yongzi's thoughts." ”

Sure enough, as smart as Princess Xi, it didn't take long for Lu Yongzi to come to say goodbye in person, and took his sisters back to the random door, and the vigorous and resolute strength made Lu Yongyu, who was full of calculations, have no time to react, and the person has already left the capital.

After that, Situ Yusen actually came to King Xi's Mansion to find someone.

The water ghost said that they had returned to the random door, and he still didn't believe it, so he had to look for it in the mansion before he was willing to die, so she sneered: "Situ Yusen, Xi Wangfu no longer has a status in the capital, that is also the prince, is it a teahouse where you said to come and go, Lu Yongzi brothers and sisters have indeed gone home, believe it or not, maybe you can catch up now." ”

The ridicule in her words made Situ Yusen's face darken, although he usually has little communication, he has always been held high and flattered in every way, when has he ever encountered such a faceless person, he couldn't suppress his anger and said: "As long as this son thinks, what is the difficulty of turning your Xiwang Mansion into a teahouse." "It's just a fool's accommodation, he wants it, will Emperor Yongfeng not give it.

The water ghost snorted as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world: "I'll wait and see how powerful the Yunnan Royal Mansion is." ”

"You!" Situ Yusen looked at her with a faint smile full of sarcasm on her lips, but inexplicably felt that he had seen it somewhere, but saw that she had turned away disdainfully, and asked the little servant to deliberately close the door of the mansion.

A luxurious carriage passing by here suddenly erupted into a burst of exaggerated laughter, and under Situ Yusen's puzzled gaze, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing a face with oily hair and powder: "Situ Shizi, can you have a drink?" ”

**

At the end of summer, the afterglow lingers reluctantly on all things, playfully teasing the lotus flowers that are still in bloom, picking out the refreshing coolness of the starting point, wrapping around the silver wind chimes hanging on the gazebo, sending out the clear and green like the broken branches and buds, and the melodious and ethereal flute sound ushers in the dripping rain from high and low.

"The sound of the flute...... "where she seems to have heard it."

The water ghost, who was checking the account book in front of the table, raised his head from his thoughts, and heard Murong Changxi, who was sitting obediently reading a book, laughing: "It was Wen Shizi, who lives next door." ”

The water ghost said: "That Wen Shizi, who is famous for his broken sleeves." "Wen Wei, the eldest son of King Qiping with a different surname, is said to be the first beautiful man in charge of the small pavilion.

Murong Changxi blinked his eyes and said, "Ling'er, what is the broken sleeve, I haven't seen Wen Shizi wear clothes with broken sleeves." ”

The water ghost smiled: "Then what do you know about this Wen Shizi." ”

"Hmm. Murong Changxi thought about it seriously: "Although he has lived next door to me for a long, long time, we have nothing to do with each other, and I haven't seen him much, he seems to be often away from home, but if he is at home, he can hear such a flute, isn't it very good, and my father has also praised him." ”

"It's ok. The water ghost listened carefully, and felt that this soft tune was suitable for singing a water tune, but her singing voice had never been good, so she would not be ugly to the fool.

So, the two of them listened to the sound of the flute, and each quietly read the account book and read the book, and occasionally chatted for a sentence or two, and the atmosphere was so harmonious and peaceful that it seemed that it could go on forever.

After dinner, the house doctor came to treat Murong Changxi's knee and confirmed that the knee injury was completely healed, Murong Changxi was so happy that he jumped up and jumped up on the spot, pulled the water ghost and turned around and hugged him, and kissed the water ghost on the cheek: "Ling'er Ling'er, we can finally go to see Aunt Hui, inform the royal brother tonight, let's leave tomorrow~~"

"Good, good. ”

The next day, the sky was cloudless after a light rain.

Although Murong Changxi can ride a horse, his skills are not very good, if he rushes a little, he may not be able to keep up, he is very grinning and sticks to the water ghost, and shouts coquettishly: "Ling'er Ling'er, ride together, I will be very obedient and obedient, and I will not move." ”

The water ghost really couldn't grind him, so he said: "If you dare to move on the horse, I will throw you down and tell you to run." ”

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Murong Bixuan, who just wanted to say that he could ride with him, turned his words around and said, "Then let's go." ”

Between the green and fresh breeze of the mountains and rivers, the sound of horses' hooves is crisp and urgent, Murong Changxi is satisfied to ride with the water ghost, happy and happy, wrapping around her waist, and actually falling asleep deeply, if it weren't for the water ghost's neat skills, this thing would have fallen off the horse and paralyzed, how could he come to the foot of Shou'an Temple smoothly.

This temple is on the 3,000 steps, in the lush and verdant green, occupies a wide area, but the overall structure is very solemn and solemn, and the majestic bell rings very rhythmically in the hearts of the people who pass it, so that people subconsciously solemnly respect.

And whenever there is no temple celebration, this place is deserted, and the surroundings are all guarded by expressionless tall and mighty royal guards, waiting for Murong Bixuan and Murong Changxi to take out the holy decree, they carefully and carefully inspect before letting them go.

Then, a middle-aged temple nun who seemed to be familiar with Murong Bixuan came out to greet them, and then entered the triple courtyard, and the middle-aged temple nun led them into front of a low flat building, pushed the door and raised her hand to signal for invitation.

Murong Bixuan walked in first, and then Murong Changxi couldn't wait to lead the water ghost to walk in, and heard Murong Bixuan suppress and excitedly call the plain woman kneeling on the futon in front of the Buddha and said, "Mother concubine......"

“...... Aunt Hui!" Murong Changxi burst into tears instantly, and all the complicated feelings in his heart appeared on his face, and he couldn't care about the water ghost around him anymore, so he rushed over unruly, and hugged the pure woman who bathed in Buddha tightly.

Although she has been suffering for many years, Concubine Hui, who looks younger than women of the same age, could not hide her doting smile and touched Murong Changxi's head, looked at Murong Bixuan, who was still enduring with tears in her eyes, and said in a low and soft voice: "I haven't seen you for many years, you brothers still love to be coquettish like this." ”

Murong Changxi ran to the water ghost crying and laughing, and pulled the water ghost to Concubine Hui like a treasure: "Aunt Hui, Aunt Hui, this is my lady Ling'er~~"

The water ghost smiled solemnly, "Aunt Hui." "If she treats a fool well, she is willing to give her face.

Concubine Hui looked at Princess Xi, who was rumored to have become the former Demon Sect Master, and said with a smile: "It's a good one." ”

"Ling'er is very good, very good. Murong Changxi hurriedly nodded like garlic, "Very good, very good, it's mine for the rest of my life." ”

It seemed nonsensical, but Concubine Hui understood the meaning of his deep love in his words, and gently pulled the hand of the water ghost, and then put the gold-inlaid white jade bracelet on her wrist with an annual calendar into her unusual woman's weak wrist, and said with peace of mind: "Changxi is handed over to you." ”

The water ghost hesitated for two seconds, and finally responded to her expectant gaze: "I will take good care of him." ”

Murong Changxi reluctantly pulled Concubine Hui and said a few words, before returning the rest of the time to Murong Bixuan, as if he was afraid of missing something, he held the hand of the water ghost tightly, and walked slowly to a kind of water lily in front of the jar, silent for a long, long time, and suddenly laughed lonely and sad: "Actually, I used to want to come secretly." ”

The water ghost touched his hand holding her with his other hand, and listened to him: "But my father said that I would hurt Aunt Hui like this." ”

"Say, as long as the royal brother comes back. Murong Changxi said, stupidly raised his eyes full of tears to look at her, and asked pleadingly: "Ling'er, is it time to 'get right'." ”

The water ghost said: "Well, your imperial brother is very powerful, and he will not let his mother suffer again." "Although the events of that year are a long time ago, and those who know the truth are estimated to have died as white bones, if you want to investigate thoroughly, it is not impossible to do so.

Murong Changxi wiped his tears and smiled stupidly: "That's good." ”

**

In the Buddha Hall.

Concubine Hui seemed to be unable to see her own son no matter how she looked, and sighed: "I really grew up." ”

Murong Bixuan smiled and said, "Changxi has married a daughter-in-law, how can I not grow up." ”

Concubine Hui said angrily: "You still know that Changxi has married a daughter-in-law, why don't you find a daughter-in-law for your mother." ”

Murong Bixuan looked away a little weakly and said, "Didn't I wait for my mother to pick one for me that you like the most." ”

"If you are still looking forward to those upside down, the scriptures and Buddhas of these years are in vain. Concubine Hui gently patted Murong Bixuan's hand and said, "Now for my mother, I only think that you are safe and happy, which one you like in your heart is good." ”

Murong Bixuan opened his eyebrows and deliberately teased: "If the son has a crush on a man, then-"

"-For the mother, don't you have another son? Concubine Hui didn't wait for him to finish, and took the teasing with a smile.

Although he knew that it was just a joke, this still made Murong Bixuan's heart warm, and he said: "If he has someone he likes in the future, he will definitely bring it to his mother and concubine to take a good look." ”

Concubine Hui bowed, looked at him with a thick worry in her eyes, and said: "Your father didn't treat me harshly, and the temple nuns here treat me kindly, I don't see any place to be embarrassed, you and Changxi don't need to worry about me, just live a good life outside." ”

Murong Bixuan shook his head resolutely and said, "Although the mother concubine said so, for the sake of the son, the mother must not be allowed to suffer unjustly. "He will make amends to those who want his mother's life while he is away."