"The second lady gently spared the third aunt like this." Coming out of Luoyuxuan, Aunt Zhou looked at Xiao Xi while holding the girl's hand.

She originally thought that Xiao Xiwei asked Hongyu to reveal the news to her, and asked her to come forward to make a big move, who would have thought, after a toss, but just let the third aunt ground.

"Otherwise, what does my aunt want?" Xiao Xi raised his eyebrows slightly and asked.

The smile on the corner of Aunt Zhou's mouth stiffened for a while, and after a pause, she said, "The concubine listens to the second lady for everything." ”

Xiao Xi pursed his lips and smiled, turned a corner at the intersection in front of him, and parted ways with Aunt Zhou.

She knew for a long time that the third aunt would not give Qian Xiao easily, and the reason why she went around in such a big circle was ultimately just to cut off the connection between the third aunt and Qian Xiao. Now that the spring is coming, there is no news from the northwest, the emperor's attitude towards the loyal and brave Houfu is the same as Chu Xizhi, openly and secretly, after losing Xiao Xile's chess piece, the attitude towards the Zhongyong Houfu is even more self-evident, at this moment, the Zhongyong Houfu really can't make any mistakes. Although Qian Xiao is not a person who is loyal and brave to wait for the mansion, there is a sentence that does not mean that the embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed in the anthill, and she really can't be careless.

Back at Shuyingxuan, the first thing Xiao Xiwei did was to ask Biyun to go to the concierge to spread the word, and let the mothers-in-law in the concierge pay close attention.

As soon as Biyun left, Ziyan returned.

"Miss, there is already news from His Highness. said that Qian Xiao has been frequently in and out of the Zuixian Mansion recently to invite candidates who came to the capital to take the exam, and advertised everywhere that he was the brother-in-law of the loyal and brave waiting house. ”

Xiao Xi raised his hand slightly and pinched his eyebrows.

"Your Highness has another word for the slave to bring to Miss." Ziyan raised her eyes and glanced at Xiao Xiwei.

Xiao Xi looked at Ziyan slightly.

"Your Highness said that if Miss Ruo is worried, just in case, it is best to let Qian Xiao have nothing to do with Zhongyong Houfu at all."

Xiao Xi's eyebrows moved.

As long as the third aunt is in Houfu for one day, it is impossible for Qian Xiao to completely draw a line with Zhongyong Houfu. Chu Xizhi's words, didn't she let her drive the third aunt out of the waiting house?

"Miss ......" Seeing that Xiao Xiwei had not made a sound, Ziyan hurriedly shouted in a low voice.

"I see, I'll talk about this later." Xiao Xi turned sideways slightly, casually picked up the teacup on the desk and put it to his lips, and when he lowered his head to drink, he found that the teacup was empty. Annoyedly, she put the teacup back on the desk and got up and went into the inner room.

As soon as the Lantern Festival passed, the days flew by, although the weather was still very cold, and there was a light snow from time to time, but the hardy branches on both sides of the path had poked out a little green shoot. At the same time, news came from the northwest that the Zheng family and the Northern Desert were in a stalemate with the men and horses brought by Zhong Yonghou. When the emperor heard about it, he immediately made an order to send his fourth son, King Shen Chu Yanzhi, to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to the northwest to support Zhongyonghou, and it was bound to take back the northwest and expel the Northern Desert Tartars.

However, these are not what Xiao Xiwei can worry about. What she is worried about is that since the beating year, the old lady's body is getting worse day by day, although the doctor said that he wants to drink medicine to recuperate, but now the old lady vomits dimly just by smelling the medicine, let alone drinking medicine, such a toss, the whole person has lost a lot of weight, and coughed up blood in two days. At the beginning, Lao Taijun still let people hide from Xiao Xiwei and them, until this morning when Xiao Xiwei went to Jingyuan to ask Lao Taijun for peace, she happened to bump into Lao Taijun coughing up blood, and she was completely panicked.

She remembered that in her previous life, Lao Taijun was holding on to her sick body, and as soon as she and Xiao Xile went out, she left in just three days. Although she was a bride at the time, she still went back to the house to see her in Jingyuan, and she still remembers the words she said with her grandfather's hand and her eyes sad and helpless, she said-When I was young, I always thought that we would come to a long time, but now that I am leaving, I find that I haven't even seen your appearance clearly......

Looking at the emaciated old lady at this time, Xiao Xiwei only felt very sad.

Grandmother she has been separated from her husband for most of her life, and others say that her husband is honorable and noble, and she is a glorious lady, but who knows the suffering in her heart?

"Wei'er......" The old lady forced herself to open her eyes.

"Grandmother, it's okay, the doctor will be here in a moment." Xiao Xiwei forced back the tears that flooded his eyes, squeezed out a little smile, and helped the old lady up with Mama Liu.

The old lady smiled and waved her hand, "It's the same whether you come or not, people are old, and they always have to leave......"

"Grandmother ......"

"Wei'er, you are a smart girl, grandmother doesn't worry about you, it's just ...... It's just that your father and your brother ...... Ahem......"

"Grandmother, don't talk about it." The tears that had just been forced back welled up again.

"Wei'er, you, don't blame your father, he ...... It's not that he doesn't love you, he just can't pass that level in his heart...... All the mistakes were my grandmother's fault, and I really shouldn't have relented in the first place...... Take the Li brothers and sisters into the mansion ......" The old lady was halfway through speaking, and suddenly raised her hand to cover her mouth and coughed heavily.

"Grandmother." Xiao Xi hurriedly shouted, and hurriedly reached out to stroke the old lady's back to smooth her down.

After a long time, the old lady stopped coughing.

When she spread out her palm, her palm was red.

"Grandmother......" Xiao Xi hurriedly reached out to hold the old lady's hand.

"Old lady......" Mama Liu hurriedly knelt beside the bed.

The old lady smiled weakly, looked at Mama Liu and said with a smile, "What's the panic, it's not the first time, people always have to die......"

"Grandmother, don't say such things, I'...... I was sad to hear it. Xiao Xi shook the old lady's hand vigorously and said.

"Silly girl." The old lady smiled, and her kind eyes gently pressed on Xiao Xiwei's body, "You really look like your mother, I still remember how she just entered the mansion." ”

"Really?" Xiao Xi tugged the corners of his mouth slightly.

The old lady reached out and stroked Xiao Xiwei's hair, "When your mother married in, everyone said that she was the daughter of a merchant and was not worthy of our loyal and brave waiting. He said that your father was forced to marry her by his father's orders. ”

Xiao Xi tugged at the corners of his mouth and didn't answer.

"At first, your father was indeed reluctant, but your mother had a characteristic, tranquil and quiet, like a bead quietly blooming in the water, which attracted people's attention unconsciously......" The old lady said this, and thought for a while, "During that time, your father walked to Fuqu Pavilion as soon as he was in the morning, and soon your brother was born. ”

Xiao Xi listened quietly to the old lady's statement.

This is the second time she has heard her mother's story from others.

It's just that the old lady seems to have fallen into memories and hasn't spoken again for a long time.

"Mother." A voice accompanied by hurried footsteps interrupted the old lady's thoughts. Xiao Yan, who received a message from his subordinates, hurried back, "Mother, how are you?" ”

"Father." Xiao Xi got up slightly and saluted Xiao Yan.

The old lady smiled, "It's nothing, look at you running so sweaty." ”

"Has the doctor been here?" Xiao Yan said, his eyes were looking at Xiao Xiwei.

"I've already ordered someone to invite it." Xiao Xiwei replied.

Xiao Yan frowned, "Why is it so slow?" How do you manage the house? ”

Xiao Xi pursed her lips slightly and didn't speak, but the old lady reached out and held Xiao Yan's hand, "What do you blame her for, she's just a child, it's good to be able to do this." ”

After listening to the old lady's words, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered that Xiao Xiwei was only sixteen this year. At that moment, he swallowed all the words in his mouth, "Mother, actually, I have one more thing to tell you. Today's ......" Xiao Yan opened his head, and suddenly remembered that there was still a Xiao Xiwei standing beside him, and couldn't help but close his lips.

The old lady glanced at Xiao Yan, then turned her face to Xiao Xi and said, "Wei'er, I want to eat the dim sum of the Drunken Immortal Building." ”

"Then I'll go and buy it for my grandmother." Xiao Xiwei blessed the old lady, turned around and walked out as if he hadn't heard anything.

The old lady deliberately supported her, presumably she also knew what her father was going to say, but what was it that she couldn't let know?

She was thinking when the carriage suddenly stopped.

"Why did it stop?" Biyun said in surprise.

Ziyan frowned, lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.

Originally, Ziyan would urge the carriage to continue on its way, but who would have thought that Ziyan did not move at all after getting off the carriage.

"Purple smoke." Biyun opened her mouth and shouted.

There was no movement outside.

"What the hell is this purple smoke doing. Miss, I'll go down and take a look. Biyun muttered, and also lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.

Like Ziyan, Biyun was silent after getting out of the carriage.

Xiao Xi's eyelids jumped suddenly, and he subconsciously put his right hand on the red gold silk bracelet he was wearing on his left wrist. She remembered that Chu Xizhi said that as long as she pressed this bracelet, silver needles would shoot out of it.

The curtain finally moved.

Xiao Xi raised his hand slightly, and the three silver needles were quickly set out.

The visitor was taken aback, so he reacted quickly and turned his face away, and the three silver needles were nailed straight to the carriage.

"Are you trying to murder your husband?" Chu Xizhi slowly turned his face, a little unable to come back to his senses.

"You, how could it be you?"

"It's not me, who else can I be." The way of pity. After that, he moved his gaze to the red gold silk bracelet on Xiao Xiwei's wrist, and smiled bitterly, "Originally, I gave you this bracelet just in case, but I didn't expect that it almost cost me my own life." ”

Xiao Xiwei's face turned pale, "Yes, I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to be you." You, are you hurting somewhere? With that, she reached out and hurriedly picked up Chu Xizhi's clothes to check if he had been injured by silver needles.

Above his head, Chu Xizhi's low laughter suddenly sounded.

Xiao Xiwei realized that he was picking Chu Xizhi's clothes, and at the moment, the whole person seemed to have been burned by fire, and hurriedly let go of his hand and wanted to retreat, but was taken into his arms by Chu Xiyi, "Finally compensated for the false alarm I just had." ”

Xiao Xiwei twisted his eyebrows and stretched out his hand to push Chu Xizhi, and after not pushing away a few times, Xiao Xisheng simply gave up, "Ziyan and Biyun, where did you get these two girls?" ”

"I arranged for another carriage for them to go to the Drunken Immortal Mansion to buy snacks." The way of pity.

"Why don't you stay in the capital and come here to do something, aren't you afraid of accidents?" Xiao Xi frowned slightly.

Chu Xizhi smiled, stretched out his hand to pick up a wisp of green silk in Xiao Xiwei's ear at will, and played with his fingers, "Wei'er, the palace has been sorted out, and you will be able to move in in about two days." ”

"You're here to tell me this?" Xiao Xi raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Chu Xizhi, but the corners of his lips pursed slightly overflowed with a few smiles.

Chu Xizhi's jade-like eyes stared at Xiao Xiwei, and suddenly, he lowered his head sharply and kissed him fiercely. Xiao Xiwei was stunned for a moment, then reached out and hooked Chu Xizhi's neck, allowing Chu Xizhi to attack the city and plunder the land between her lips and teeth. Chu Xizhi, who originally just wanted to taste it, because of Xiao Xiwei's action, all the restraint that was still a little bit was thrown out of the clouds, and the kiss became more and more intense, and a pair of big palms involuntarily untied Xiao Yiwei's jacket on his upper body, and poked into it......

"Uh-huh......" a soft groan spilled from between her red lips and teeth.

Chu Xi was stunned, and suddenly woke up from his love and desire, and he hurriedly reached out to help Xiao Xiwei up from his arms. At this time, the person in his arms was half-dressed, his cheeks were crimson, and his watery eyes were soaked in a layer of water vapor and staring at him ignorantly. Seeing Chu Xizhi's throat tightened and his mouth was dry, he hurriedly turned his face away, and casually took off the cloak on his body and wrapped it around Xiao Xiwei.

At this time, Xiao Xiwei also shook his senses, and his pretty face was hot and hot.

"Ahem." Chu Xizhi raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed dryly, "What, in fact, I came here to tell you another thing." ”

"What?" Xiao Xiwei has not yet woken up from the embarrassment just now.

"This time, my father, he intends to let your father invigilate the exam." Chu Xizhi looked at Xiao Xi and said in a low voice.

"What!" Xiao Xi sat up from Chu Xizhi's arms slightly, "Are you mistaken?" Although my father is now a squire in the military department, he is actually a real general! How is it possible to have him proctored? ”

Chu Xizhi stretched out his hand and stroked the hair between Xiao Xi's forehead, "Wei'er, do you remember that you asked me to check on Qian Xiao?" ”

The corners of Xiao Xi's eyebrows jumped unconsciously.

"At first, I thought that this Qian Xiao was just a villain who swayed through the city in the name of the loyal and brave Houfu, but I didn't expect that the person I sent to accidentally found that he had quietly met with a person." Chu Xizhi pursed the corners of his mouth, "That person, I think you should remember." Lu Haiyang, the concubine of Lu Guogong. ”

Xiao Xi's eyes sank suddenly.

Of course she remembered Lu Haiyang. In that year, the prince's plot failed, Lu Guogong and Lu Haichuan, the prince of Lu Guogong, committed suicide, but Lu Haiyang, the son of Lu Guogong, led the remnants of his strength to the fourth prince Chu Yanzhi.

She didn't think about it in the past, but now it seems that she is afraid that Lu Haiyang will stand in Chu Xi in the morning. In this way, it is not difficult to explain why Chu Xizhi was able to collect the prince's power in such a quick time.

"What are they going to do? Borrowing money to suppress the loyal and brave Houfu? Xiao Xi said coldly.

"Now there are only two ways, or let your father think of avoiding this proctoring, and the other way is ......"

divorced the third aunt and completely severed the connection between Qian Xiao and Houfu.

Xiao Xiwei silently completed Chu Xizhi's unfinished words in his heart.

"Wei'er, you can't hesitate any longer at this time." Chu Xizhi held Xiao Xiwei's hand and said word by word.

Xiao Xi raised his eyes slightly and looked at Chu Xizhi, and pursed the corners of his lips with difficulty, "It's a pity, the third aunt is ...... She didn't hurt me. ”

To Chu Yanzhi, to the Li family, and to Xiao Xile, she can be ruthless! Because they all turned their backs on her, framed her, and wanted to kill her, but the third aunt didn't do any of this.

"Wei'er, the last thing people like us should have is soft-heartedness." Chu Xizhi shook Xiao Xiwei's hand hard.

Xiao Xiwei looked at Chu Xizhi, and the corners of his lips curved slightly, "Xizhi, if I really forced the third aunt away, then what's the difference between me and Xiao Xile of the Li family?" Is this me what you like? ”

Chu Xizhi was stunned at first, and then looked at Xiao Xiwei with a firm look in his eyes and said word by word, "No matter what you become, you will always be my micro." ”