The evening breeze gently blows across the lake, causing layers of ripples on the surface of the lake, and the nearby feather insects dance happily on the gradually moving lake, attracting the carp in the lake to embrace each other, and jump out of the water from time to time to catch the feather insects, the scenery is natural and beautiful.

In the gazebo in the back garden, although the delicacies placed on the stone table by the maid were covered with silver-plated lids to prevent the heat from dissipating too quickly, the fragrance that was hidden in the lid still rushed out of it, infecting the nearby air with a layer of delicious aroma.

Some of the guests who had already arrived early were chatting nearby, and the occasional laughter and words came from the crowd, making the otherwise spacious back garden a little more crowded.

As Yu Shulan walked into the back garden, Nian Yingxi thought it was just a simple meal for a few of them, but she didn't expect so many people to stand in the back garden.

Several young and vigorous dignitaries were chatting on the path with some literati and calligraphy, and suddenly a clear smell penetrated into their noses, making them all look sideways, and when they saw Nian Yingxi walking beside Shulan, they couldn't help but be stunned, and whispered about Nian Yingxi's identity.

"Who is the woman standing next to Princess Sinan? Why haven't you seen it before when you came here? ”

"I guess it's a distant relative, but I didn't expect Princess Sinan to have such a graceful and beautiful relative!"

"The two bends seem to be frowning and not frowning, and a pair of eyes seem to be happy but not happy. I always thought that the woman in this poem was just made up by the poet out of thin air, but I didn't expect to realize the meaning of this poem so truly today! ”

Yu Shulan listened to these inexplicable praises, and felt a resentment in her heart, these limelights used to be hers, but now they have become Nian Yingxi's, if she had known that Nian Yingxi had taken off the veil to be so delicate and elegant, she would have died at the beginning, and she would not have taken off the veil of Nian Yingxi, now it is okay, now she really moved a stone to her own feet.

Feeling that Yu Shulan's body around her was uncomfortably stiff, Nian Yingxi almost snorted at indifference, she has never been a person who pays attention to skin, so she naturally doesn't care about what others say about her appearance, if she really cares so much, she wouldn't have been swaggering through the market all day long.

With a feeling of resentment and anger, Yu Shulan finally brought Nian Yingxi to the lake, and was thinking about finding a reason to leave for a while, not to be the green leaves of Nian Yingxi here, and it happened that at this time Xuan Yuchen walked in from the arch of the back garden.

Yu Shulan, who watched Xuan Yuchen come in, was like seeing a savior, suppressed her joy, turned her head and said slightly sorry to Nian Yingxi, "I didn't expect the prince to arrive so early, and the second lady is here to enjoy the scenery now, let me be with you first." ”

Nian Yingxi, who had already seen that Yu Shulan wanted to leave, didn't say anything, anyway, she didn't like others to stare at her like she was staring at her, so she simply smiled and nodded, watching Yu Shulan walk in the direction of Xuan Yuchen.

"May I ask whose daughter this young lady is? Why be alone here to enjoy the scenery? ”

A male voice pulled Nian Yingxi's gaze back from a distance, and Nian Yingxi couldn't help but frown when she looked at it head-on, because the man who spoke was none other than the man who had just recited poetry.

Nian Yingxi, who didn't want to deal with him at all, didn't even open his mouth, and directly looked over him and stared at the lake in a daze, hoping that this man would be able to turn around and leave.

However, this man is obviously not so thin-faced, but thick-skinned enough, seeing that Nian Yingxi didn't care about himself, not only did he not leave, but he actually pretended to be familiar with Nian Yingxi's side, as long as Nian Yingxi's gaze stopped somewhere, he immediately talked about it and explained it in detail.

Nian Yingxi listened to the endless words in her ears, and her hands under her sleeves gradually itched, if it weren't for the fact that there were many people now, she would have slapped this man into the lake, she really didn't expect that in such an era of being so conservative that she couldn't even cover her face, there was such a fatigue bombardment dogskin plaster, it seems that she despised this era.

"I didn't expect the second miss of the Nian family to be there, what a coincidence." Another male voice sounded, this time not only made Nian Yingxi a little surprised, but also interrupted the man next to her very appropriately, making him stop in time.

Nian Yingxi was surprised, because she didn't actually need to look at people, she could hear who this person was when she heard the voice, it was not as indifferent as just now, this time she turned her head and smiled at the thin and gentle figure, and said familiarly, "I didn't expect Li Pei Gongzi to come too, I really haven't seen him for a long time." ”

The man who was interrupted was originally annoyed, but when he heard Nian Yingxi call the name of the descendant, he immediately changed his previous attitude, turned around with a smile, and saluted with his hands in fists very politely, "Li is in charge!" ”

Li Pei first smiled at Nian Yingxi, and then lowered his eyes before saying to the man, "Sun Gongzi doesn't need to be so polite. ”

The man surnamed Sun got up along with Li Pei's words, looked at Li Pei and then at Nian Yingxi behind him, and asked implicitly after a long time, "Is it Li Dangjia who knows?" ”

"I should say it's an old friend." Li Pei smiled and wiped the body of the man surnamed Sun, and walked to Nian Yingxi's side, "It's just that I haven't seen you for a long time, and I feel very cordial." ”

"I see." Although the man surnamed Sun was very reluctant to be happy with Nian Yingxi, he could only back down, "Li Dangjia's friends are really extensive, which makes Xiaosheng admire, since this is the case, Xiaosheng will not bother more." As he spoke, he walked towards the crowd, looked back at Nian Yingxi standing beside Li Pei from time to time, and couldn't help sighing.

The annoying 'fly' was finally sent away, and Nian Ying thanked Li Pei politely, "Thank you really for Li Pei's relief, otherwise I really don't know what to do." ”

"It's just a gesture." Li Pei smiled and said in a warm voice, "And it just so happens that my family's jewelry is escorted by his family's dart bureau, and he doesn't want to offend me, a big customer, so he will let it go so easily." ”

Nian Yingxi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing lowly, no wonder she was still wondering how happy such a difficult person was to see Li Pei, it turned out that she didn't dare to offend Li Pei.

Nian Yingxi's laughter attracted Li Pei's sideways eyes, in his eyes, it was the first time she laughed so happily, and it was also the most beautiful, her laughter was accompanied by a breeze like a silver bell, and the broken hair on her forehead floated over the pair of eyebrows and eyes that were bent like a moon and scattered on her lips, so she wanted him to reach out and gently help her tuck behind her ears.

Li Pei never thought that Nian Yingxi would be so charming when she took off the veil, in fact, he thought: even if her face when she took off the veil was not so perfect, he would still miss it to this day, because what he liked about her was not the beauty on the surface, but the innate aura in her body.

Li Pei's nostalgic gaze made Nian Yingxi slowly retract her smile, she was careless for a while, she actually forgot Li Pei's thoughts about herself, pulled her lips and was thinking about saying something to open up some distance between each other, but she didn't expect Li Pei to open her mouth in front of her, "Li Pei has no other shallow meaning, and Li Pei has already heard about Miss Nian's affairs, Li Pei just doesn't want to lose Miss Nian's rare friend, of course, Li Pei will quickly face up to his identity and the future identity of Miss Nian's second." ”

Nian Yingxi listened to it for just one meal, and replied fluently, "This joke Li Pei Gongzi said is really funny, we have always been friends, haven't we?" Her impression of Li Pei can be said to have been good, otherwise she wouldn't have expressed her emotions so defenselessly in front of him just now, coupled with Li Pei's heartfelt words just now, even if she is a heart made of stone, she will be moved by the man in front of her.

It's just that her emotion is just that she can't predict it now if she doesn't look at him and is speechless, and she doesn't know anything about herself.

Although Li Pei is modest, he is also extremely smart, he naturally understands that Nian Yingxi's words just now are nothing more than an affirmation and a denial, of course, there is still friendship between him and her, and the negation is naturally his feelings for her that have not been fully expressed, although his heart is still somewhat unable to let go, but he has been gloomy since he heard the news that she was going to enter the palace, but it has dissipated a lot.

Nian Ying was happy to see that the uneasiness on Li Pei's face finally disappeared behind that gentle smile, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief for him, "Li Pei, you are a real man, I wish you to find your own happiness." Although these words were a little sour and a little hypocritical, she still didn't mind confessing at all, just because Li Pei was a good man, and because the truth in Li Pei was too precious.

Li Pei was stunned for a moment, probably didn't expect Nian Yingxi to call his name without adding any suffix, but soon he returned to his previous gentleness, and said jokingly to Nian Yingxi, "I hope to inherit the auspicious words of the future queen of Xuanguo, but when the time comes, Li is very entangled in whether to let the queen mother give gifts......

Nian Yingxi didn't expect that Li Pei, who has always been gentle and elegant, would also joke, surprised and smiled, since she passed through, she may only be really happy at this moment, because at this moment she can talk to her friends like an ordinary person, instead of living in the dire situation before, without saying a word, she must first consider the consequences and gains and losses.

On the other side, Xuan Yuchen, who took Yu Shulan to constantly shuttle between the guests to greet him, heard the laughter by the lake, and when he saw Nian Yingxi, who did not pretend at all but was completely real, he was a little stunned and even thought that he had seen a fairy, at this moment he felt as if he had never seen a woman like Nian Yingxi, even if he didn't put any rouge gouache on his face, he couldn't resist the beauty that came with his body.