Chapter 18: The Beginning of the Dawn

The next day, the General's Mansion.

In the Nuan Ying Pavilion, "Madam, there is a saying...... Don't know whether to talk about it for a husband? ”

Lian Huaying spread out the cotton towel and hung it on the edge of the wooden basin, turned around and said, "Does my husband have anything to say to me?" ”

"No, I ......"

Seeing that Jimo Liyun looked like she wanted to speak early in the morning, she couldn't help but quip: "Could it be that Chengfu Jun did something to be sorry for Ying'er?" ”

"Well, ma'am, where do you want to go?" The latter looked helpless.

"Confess and be lenient~"

“…… Madame, do you think there is anything strange about Xiao Er? "After a long time, Mo Liyun was still entangled.

"I thought my husband wanted to say something." Lian Hua Yingjiao laughed and said indifferently: "What can be strange about Xiao'er?" ”

"Well, I can't tell......"

"If you can't say it, don't say it, although Xiao Er has indeed stopped being as playful as before since she returned to Kyoto, and she is willing to study, but what's wrong with this?"

Lian Huaying stepped forward, tidied up his collar for him, and said with a smile: "Could it be that the husband still wants Xiao Er to be angry with you from time to time like before, and the husband will be happy?" ”

"For the husband, he jumped up and down and jumped ......" couldn't help but lack confidence between the words.

"Okay, no, no, no, Ying'er was so angry that she jumped up and down." Lian Huaying pretended to make amends, and then reminded: "It's time for the husband to go to the appointment, lest the third brother have to punish you for drinking and eating when he arrives first." ”

"That's what Madame said." Jimo Liyun seemed to remember something, and smiled heartily, "After so many years, the third brother is still the same temper as before......"

Before the words fell, his face changed suddenly, and after waiting for the footsteps on the verandah to stop, he said in a low voice: "For the flies in the house, Madame really can't rub her eyes, so let's send it away at will, there is always a husband." ”

People who practice martial arts are already deaf and clear-sighted, and even Huaying obviously noticed the movement outside the door, and the light in her eyes flashed, and she said: "The affairs in the house, the husband doesn't have to worry, Ying'er can save it." ”

Jimo Liyun stroked her sideburns and sighed: "Mrs. Hard, once the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is over, those who don't please will have more troubles, I have to let people look at Xiao Er more, don't let her sneak out." ”

"I know, Xiao Er doesn't know how safe it is now." Speaking of her own daughter, even Hua Ying's heart was full of joy, "Speaking of yesterday's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, thanks to her cleverness." ”

"yes, thanks to ...... By the way, madam, do you know the old man in Xiao Er's mouth? ”

"I've never heard her say that." Lian Huaying shook her head, and said with a relieved face: "Xiao Er used to always sneak out to play, maybe she really has any circumstances that we don't know." ”

"Perhaps......"

Jimo Liyun nodded in agreement, the worry in his heart has not diminished at all, but he really can't bear to say some kind of doubt to break his wife's smile, his heart is always just his own speculation, so let's put it aside for the time being.

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The afternoon sun is the most beautiful, but the sky is clear and the breeze is cool.

Outside Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Xiao Xiang was covering a thin blanket on the recliner in the courtyard, and her movements were extremely cautious, for fear of waking up the people nested in the rattan chairs.

In fact, Xiao Huang didn't fall asleep, but she closed her eyes for too long, long enough time to go through the whole night again.

I still remember that yesterday before the palace banquet ended, Nangong Qijue asked Emperor Xia Yu to resign because he had important tasks.

Chasing the red figure towards the outside of Qiongxia Palace, Xiao Huang didn't have time to think about anything, so she said that she wanted to go outside to breathe, and then without waiting for Lian Huaying to say the words "Mother will accompany you", she got up and hurriedly ran out of the back door.

Soon after Nangong Qijue left the banquet, he found that someone was following him all the way, and he couldn't help but have a bad taste for teasing cats in his heart, so he didn't use light skills, but walked slowly.

It's just that the road under my feet is getting more and more deviant......

Going around and around, Xiao Huang didn't know how long she had been following, and suddenly she had a shake, and the red clothes in her field of vision disappeared, she stood in place, and her heart suddenly wondered, why did the person disappear, did she lose it?

Just as she was thinking this, a sudden gust of wind came from behind her, and she came back to her senses, and noticed the environment she was in—a few meters to the right was the broken wall of an abandoned palace, with broken bricks and weeds, and no lights illuminated her except for the stars in the night sky.

The things around her flashed in front of her eyes one by one, and Xiao Huang had a strange sense of sadness in her heart.

Looking around in the moonlight, she saw that there were several large trees growing next to the wall, although the branches were bare, and there was no trace of green, but the trunks of the main body were still quite thick.

She walked under one of the big trees with a little more branches, and while observing carefully, she muttered to herself: "The branches on the left are more luxuriant, and the right one is shorter, then this direction is probably the west side of the palace, and the Qiongxia Hall is the south hall of the palace......"

After inspecting the situation of several trees in a row, "Then take this place as a starting point and go all the way down to the upper left to find the Qiongxia Palace." ”

Ninety degrees in place, Xiao Huang was about to leave, and the figure standing not far away under the stars suddenly appeared in his eyes.

The night breeze blows, the ends of the hair float gently, the starry sky is so quiet, the eyes are so heavy, like a leaf and a little water, like a fairy coming out of the Moon Palace.

It turned out that he hadn't left yet, Xiao Huang couldn't help but be inexplicably happy, and the boredom in his heart was thrown away in an instant.

Similarly, Nangong Qijue looked back at the person in front of the wall, who was so petite in this ink-shrouded heaven and earth, but it was as clear as a crystal, and there were spots of light scattered alone in the darkness.

Especially those sparkling eyes, after she turned around and saw herself, her indifferent eyes instantly became bright and shining.

Because of this face, he has naturally seen that kind of gaze a lot, thinking of this, Nangong Qijue suddenly felt a trace of irritability in his heart, and even the little interest that had sprouted at the beginning couldn't help but gradually dissipate.

"Hey, wait!"

Seeing that the person he had chased all the way was about to leave, Xiao Huang restrained his thoughts and ran forward quickly.

Seeing this, the hidden guard in the shadows tightened the scabbard in his hand, the master has always not allowed others to get close, is this woman looking for death?

However, unexpectedly, Xiao Huang stopped three steps away from Nangong Qijue.

It wasn't because she knew each other's preferences, but because she felt that they had only met for the first time, so it was polite to keep a distance of three steps to talk.

Xiao Huang didn't expect that her good habits saved one of her lives, and didn't give Nangong Qijue a chance to slap her on the broken wall.

That ...... You haven't answered my question yet. After a long pause, Xiao Huang said.

In Nangong Qijue, she could always feel an indescribable sense of familiarity, so she ignored for a moment how inappropriate her stubborn tone was for strangers.

The mood that had been slightly better because of her behavior suddenly became gloomy again, "What question should Ben Du answer to you?" ”

The cool sound was in her ears, Xiao Huang seemed to be able to feel the layers of ice slag on her body bubbling out, she stabilized her mind and asked, "What's your name?" Also, we ...... Isn't it seen somewhere. ”

As soon as the words came out, she herself was a little dumbfounded, how could this ...... It's like the usual way of accosting people before.

"Heh, are you seducing the Governor in this way?" Nangong Qijue turned around, and her slender fingertips quickly pinched her chin.

Leaning down to look at him, he said darkly: "However, has anyone told you?" None of the previous governors of criminal and private affairs are real men? ”

The words were full of disdainful ridicule, Nangong Qijue thought that he would see a look of disgust and disgust on the face in front of him, but he only caught the confusion that flashed in the woman's eyes.

"You're a woman?!" The doubts in his eyes dissipated, and Xiao Huang suddenly asked, with a hint of surprise in the last note.

"Huh?" With a frown, Nangong Qijue looked at him several times with an inquiring gaze, but there was no hint of teasing him in his dark and translucent pupils.

Don't...... He didn't say it clearly enough?

Someone can't help but have a little doubt about themselves, but whoever hears this, as long as he is a normal person, he can guess nine times out of ten, but unfortunately Xiao Huang is not in the range of "normal".

For a little white who has never been in love, she only understood the physiological structure of men after studying medicine, not only that, as long as she is a living person - the kind that can run and jump, even if it is a woman, she has never had intimate contact, except on the operating table, let alone a man.

Moreover, from a biological point of view, it is not a man, but naturally a woman, so her reaction at this moment--I didn't expect Nangong Qijue to be a woman, no wonder he is so good-looking-for her, it is incomparably normal.

Unconsciously, Xiao Huang's thoughts gradually wandered into her own world, and coincidentally, her sight was not empty, so in the eyes of others, she was staring at someone in a daze.

Obviously, Nangong Qijue also discovered this fact, and seeing that she was actually looking at herself, she couldn't help but look more and more stiff......

Suddenly, Xiao Huang, who was in a false sleep, opened his eyes and looked at the sky in the cracks of the branches of the plane tree, as if he had flashed the scene of Nangong Qijue stepping away with a gloomy face.

Only a few echoes swirling in his mind, "When are you qualified to ask, the Governor may consider answering you." ”

And Xiao Huang at that time was naturally stunned in place and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

In this way, the only thing she did in her life made her think about it in the future, and she wanted to find a hole to get into - "hookup", and failed.

In fact, she also thought about it carefully, although Nangong Qijue's appearance can indeed make people easily ignore his gender, but he does not have the slightest femininity.

What's more, if she can't see such obvious male characteristics as the Adam's apple, then there is no such species as men in this world.

As for the words that were not men, she thought, it was just an excuse that Nangong Qijue used to prevaricate her at that time.

Why...... I can't escape two words, and it happens to be what she lacks.

The so-called "qualifications...... Is it? Unconsciously, he muttered.

"Miss, are you awake?" As if he heard a slight movement behind him, Xiao Xiang of the kettle was warming the kettle next to the stone table, put down the cup in his hand and walked over.

"Well, Xiaoxiang, you go and help me prepare a set of clothes, the kind last time is fine."

"Oh, okay."

Seeing her enter the house, Xiao Huang called lazily again: "Ruochen? If the wind? ”

Ruochen Ruofeng is two of the ten maids "rewarded" by Emperor Xia Yu, because the row numbers are similar and almost the same age as Xiaoxiang, so she asked Lian Huaying for it.

"Miss, Ruochen was called by the housekeeper this morning." After a while, Ruofeng appeared in front of her panting with a broom.

Xiao Huang picked up the water on the table and took a sip, "What do you say?" ”

"I heard that I went out of the house to help with the purchase and procurement."

"Really?"

What do I need to procure? So much so that a housekeeper can't get an idea, and he has to call a second-class maid in a young lady's room?

Xiao Huang added some water to the cup, and said without expression: "Okay, I know, today I will take Xiaoxiang out of the house to buy something, the new season's procurement is busy, you go to the front hall to listen to your mother's instructions, go down." ”

"Yes, miss." If the wind is in order, he salutes and withdraws.

Xiao Huang glanced at the figure around the corner, and his hand couldn't help but move, it seemed that ...... Some people really can't stay long.