The county lord of Qingyang slowly stirred in the pot with a soup spoon, and a slight smile appeared on his little face.

The smile was very shallow, but it was so innocent.

She's not stupid, she's just a little lacking in her mind. But the rumors that she was a fool still spread in the circle of nobles in Beijing, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds.

No one dared to call her a fool on the surface, but behind the scenes, she chewed her tongue.

Just like she said.

--That day, when she and Ling Wushuang and Xuanyuan Mo entered the palace for the first time, chasing butterflies and playing in the imperial garden, she heard and heard two palace people walking past her, and said something that she didn't expect that the daughter born by the eldest princess was a fool.

At that time, she was slightly stunned for a moment, but in an instant, she regained the bright smile on her face, and when she raised her eyes, she found Yu Wenming Xuan standing in the wind by the lake, with fluttering clothes.

"County lord, the slave maid dares to swear to the sky, the slave maid has never thought of the princess like that. In the hearts of slaves and maids, the county lord is the smartest and kindest master! Ruan Cui's heart was sore and painful. County Lord, how can you not be heartbroken when you are so delicate and clear? How can people not feel sad and cry for what you just said?

Yu Wenmingxuan stood at the back door, listening to all the conversations between the lord and servant of Qingyang County.

He felt that if he listened to it again, he would cry.

When he saw Ren'er for the first time in Xuanyuan Palace, he only thought that Ren'er was a cute and lively little girl. She never thought to talk to him was a fool, an idiot.

Even if he listened to some gossip about people being fools at the palace banquet in the evening, he only laughed sarcastically.

Which one is a stupid fool, I am afraid that there are more than one or two people here.

Turning around, he stepped into the inn and went up to the second floor to his room.

"Xuan'er, what are you ......" Prince Rui walked out of the room, just in time to see Yu Wenmingxuan's eyes flushed and he wanted to enter his own room, and asked with some concern. Uncle Huang, I feel that Ling'er has become like this now, and it is completely my responsibility! Prince Rui followed Yu Wenming Xuan into the room, and heard him stand in front of the window with his back to him and say this. Sighing, Prince Rui sat down on the chair next to the table and said, "It's useless to say anything now, treat her well in the future!" ”

Be nice to her?

He also wanted to, but the problem was that people didn't want to be close to him at all now.

After a long time, Yu Wenming Xuan turned to look at Prince Rui and asked, "Uncle Huang, do you think Ling'er is a fool and an idiot?" ”

Prince Rui frowned: "In your heart, have you always treated the little girl as a fool?" Yu Wenming Xuan smiled bitterly: "I, how could I think of her like that, and how could I look at her like that?" She is beautiful, arguably the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. She is simple-minded, kind, cute and lively, I like her like this, and I also said to the royal sister that I will like her like this for the rest of my life, and I will only be good to her for the rest of my life! ”

"Isn't it superfluous for you to ask me that?" Prince Rui glanced at him, his voice was light, and he asked Yu Wenming Xuan rhetorically.

The corners of Yu Wenmingxuan's eyes slid down slightly and moistened, and said, "Uncle Huang, you, you didn't hear the conversation between Ling'er and her girl just now, if you heard it, your heart must be very painful, very painful!" Saying that, Yu Wenming Xuan lowered his eyes to calm his emotions, then raised his eyes, looked at Prince Rui, and said: "She obviously knew that someone was calling her a fool behind her back, but she, but she was not sad at all, but listened to these words with a very calm mind. Also, she obviously doesn't know how to boil porridge, but she has to make porridge for Mama Gui herself, saying that Mama Gui is sick because she is looking for her, and the conversation between her and her girl sounds like a normal girl! Every word she said, every word burned my heart and made me want to slap myself a few times. ”

It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, but they haven't reached the sad place.

Seeing his nephew crying like a five- or six-year-old child, Prince Rui got up and walked behind him, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and comforted: "Ling'er has a delicate heart!" Don't be sad, if you know her good, cherish her, and don't let her be wronged again. As for her now that she has lost the previous warmth with you, don't push her too much, when she passes the current hurdle, she will definitely change back to her previous Ling'er. ”

Thinking that day, when he heard the imperial brother say that Lan Guifei's mother and son secretly assassinated her, and caused her to be seriously injured and die, his heart hurt so much that he wanted to slaughter Lan Guifei's mother and son with his own hands, but also wanted to find a place where no one was crying to vent the pain in his heart.

But the imperial brother was sitting beside him, as the imperial brother, he could only endure it, endure the pain in his heart, and hold back the tears that were about to gush out of his eyes.

He can't add a block to the emperor's heart.

After all, the royal brother had told him a long time ago that he should not like the woman, that the woman was his beloved woman, and that he didn't want to see the two brothers make trouble for a woman.

So, he didn't lose his temper in front of the imperial brother.

However, when he left the palace and returned to the palace and stayed alone in the study, he wept for a night.

What a beautiful woman, but she passed away early.

Looking back on it now, his heart still aches slightly.

Mama Gui was awakened by a cough, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a small pot in the hand of the county lord of Qingyang and put it on the table.

"County Lord, you sit down and rest, the slave and maid come to serve the grandmother with porridge!" Ruan Cui held a small tray with two plates of side dishes on the plate, as well as two small porcelain bowls and spoons, chopsticks and other items, she placed these things on the table one by one, and reached out to take the spoon of rice and soup in the hand of the county lord of Qingyang, and served porridge to Mama Gui. "I'm not tired." The only words that answered her were the three simple words in the mouth of the county lord of Qingyang.

Mama Gui saw that the little face of the county lord of Qingyang was white, black, and beautiful, like a little cat at the moment, her eyes, nose, and heart socket were all sour.

"Ruan Cui, you, how can you let the county lord do those rough things, you see, look at what the county lord has become!" Mama Gui's voice no longer sounded so weak and weak, and after sleeping for almost a day, she felt that she had recovered a lot, so she spoke much more easily, "Mama, don't blame Ruan Cui, I want to make porridge for you to drink." Speaking of this, the county lord of Qingyang looked down at the porridge bowl he was holding in his hand, and slowly walked towards Mama Gui: "But I can't boil it well, and I don't know if you can eat it." There was a hint of embarrassment and embarrassment in her voice, how could Mama Gui not know the meaning of her words, and said with a smile: "The porridge boiled by the county lord must be delicious, Mama must finish eating them." ”

A smell of burnt food overflowed from the porridge bowl that was not yellow and black, which made the county lord of Qingyang even more embarrassed to bring the porridge bowl in his hand to Mama Gui, she paused, her face was full of color, and she lowered her eyes and stopped walking forward: "Mama, I seem to have boiled the porridge!" Otherwise, I'll do it for you again! ”

Ruan Cui helped Mama Gui to sit on the couch, her eyes moistening again.

She stood aside, lowering her eyes and biting the corners of her lips to prevent herself from crying because of her sadness.

Mama Gui glanced at her, then looked at the porridge bowl served by the county lord of Qingyang, and said with a smile: "The county lord boiled the porridge very fragrantly, look, the greedy grandma is about to drool!" The county lord of Qingyang raised his head and said in a small voice: "Mama, are you telling the truth?" Mama Gui nodded with a smile: "Of course it's true, I don't believe Mama will drink all the porridge from you!" ”

"It's delicious!" Mama Gui took the porridge bowl and drank it very deliciously one by one, the county lord of Qingyang looked at her, suddenly walked to the table, picked up another empty bowl, and said, "I want to taste it and see if it is delicious!" Seeing this, Ruan Cui hurriedly stepped forward to take the bowl from her hand, and said pitifully: "County master, the slave maid saw that Mama Gui ate your porridge very fragrantly, and felt her stomach growling, can the slave and maid eat the bowl with Mama Gui?" ”

The remaining porridge in the pot can hold another bowl at most.

Ruan Cui followed Mama Gui, her mind was natural and delicate, she did this because she didn't want the county lord of Qingyang to be affected again, and then go to the backyard to cook porridge.

The county lord of Qingyang stared at her for a while and said, "Okay! ”

Whether the porridge is good or not, she can tell a little bit from the color.

Half yellow is not yellow, half black is not black, there is a burnt smell, and the taste is definitely not as delicious as the porridge that her mother fed her when she was sick before.

Ruan Cui put porridge in the bowl and shed tears as she ate.

"Ruan Cui, why are you crying? And Mama, why do you shed tears while eating? If it's unpalatable, don't eat it! Don't worry about mine. The county lord of Qingyang pointed his fingers, looked at Ruan Cui, and then looked at Mama Gui, and when he said the back, his voice became smaller and quieter.

Mama Gui raised her hand and wiped it from the corner of her eyes, and said, "The county lord's porridge is really delicious." Mama is sick and has no taste in her mouth, so it's just right to drink this slightly burnt porridge! Even if the county lord gives me another bowl, I can still eat cleanly. Ruan Cui followed: "It's delicious!" Look, I'm done drinking a bowl and I want to keep drinking! She showed the empty bowl in her hand to the county lord of Qingyang, and smiled happily.

The county lord of Qingyang grinned, smiled slightly, and said, "If you haven't eaten enough, I'll make it for you again!" ”

Clinker, as soon as the words in her mouth fell, Mama Gui and Ruan Cui burped one after the other.

"County Lord, you hear we're all full!"

Mama Gui smiled and looked at the county lord of Qingyang.

"Okay then, when you want to eat it later, let me know, and I'll make it for you."

Mama Gui and Ruan Cui smiled and nodded "um". Immediately afterwards, Ruan Cui cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, picked up the small pot and walked out of the room.

About two or three quarters of an hour later, Ruan Cui walked into the house with a bowl of soup and medicine: "Mama, it's time for you to drink the medicine." During this period, the county lord of Qingyang has been sitting beside Mama Gui with his head down, playing with his fingers, and silently.

And Mama Gui didn't deliberately find something to say to her.

just sat quietly on the couch with her.

"Bring it here!" Mama Gui looked at Ruan Cui and stretched out her hand, "Mama, you just drink it directly, I have already used a fan to fan the decoction medicine to make it less hot!" ”

Hearing Ruan Cui's words, Mama Gui moved the soup bowl from Fang Zhi's mouth, and said with a soft look in her eyes: "You are becoming more and more attentive now!" Ruan Cui's face was a little shy, and she replied: "It's all grandma who teaches well on weekdays." After drinking the decoction, Mama Gui handed the medicine bowl to Ruan Cui, and then watched Ruan Cui's back disappear at the door of the room.

The county lord of Qingyang, who had not spoken, looked up at Mama Gui at this time, smiled slightly, and said, "Mama just drank the decoction, let's sleep again, I'll sit here with you!" Mama Gui said softly, "um", slowly closed her eyes, and after a while, there was a thin sound of sleep. But although she was sleeping, she seemed to be still worried that the county lord of Qingyang would return to the Mingcui Courtyard, and she would be touched by the scene and fall into the longing for the eldest princess, and she would be sad and sad. If she couldn't think of a good way to soothe the county lord of Qingyang, she couldn't really stretch her forehead, which had already given birth to a lot of wrinkles.

The smile on the face of the county lord of Qingyang disappeared the moment Mama Gui closed her eyes.

She looked at Mama Gui blankly and muttered, "Mama, I know that my porridge is not delicious, but you and Ruan Cui want to make me happy, but you and Ruan Cui drink that pot of porridge very fragrant." She tried her best to suppress her feelings, so as not to let her muttering disturb Mama Gui to rest: "Actually, I miss my mother very much, but I don't want you and Ruan Cui to worry about me, so I have to squeeze out a smile to show you." ”

The sun finally set in the west, and after the last day, it abandoned everything in the world, taking away its own light and warmth, leaving only the night to fall slowly.

Ruan Cui sent the medicine bowl back to the kitchen of the inn, and when she went up to the second floor to enter the guest room, she heard the whispering voice of the county lord of Qingyang, she stopped, retreated to the side of the door, and secretly shed tears against the wall, she didn't raise her sleeves to wipe it, just the tears in her eyes dripped down drop by drop.

"Mama, without my mother, I feel so lonely, I really feel so lonely. Mama, am I really a fool? I remember everything my mother said to me, but I, but I still care a little about the strange eyes that look at me. And Brother Moon, is he unwilling to play with me anymore because I'm a fool? But he told me many times along the way, saying that he was delayed in entering the palace to play with me because he helped the old man find a doctor. You say, do I want to believe Brother Moon, do I want to forgive him? That day, I watched him hug the little tiger and seemed to really like the child. I like that kid too, he's so smart, he's so young, he's so old......"

As he spoke, the county lord of Qingyang suddenly burst into tears, and gently held Gui Mama's hand: "Mama, mother, she is dead, can she really not come back to life?" She left me alone and went to find my father, and I was happy to think that my father would come. I haven't met him, but I know that my father must know that I exist, and if he lives, he will definitely like me very much. For the sake of my father's happiness, it's better to let my mother stay by his side. I will slowly hide my mother in my heart and miss her forever! ”

"I, I'm not crying anymore. I'll never shed a tear again. I want to make myself happy, and live every day as happy as before, so that you don't cry with me! But, it's easier said than done......" Mama Gui's eyes never opened, but two tears slowly flowed from the corners of her eyes.

County Lord, do you know what you said, how sad Mama is for you?

--You're not stupid, you're not stupid at all. Those who look at you with strange eyes are the stupidest and dumbest people in the world! If the eldest princess knows that you are very sad, but you don't let yourself be sad, how sad it must be! If you want to cry, you can cry, Mama is lying here, say whatever you want, Mama will listen to everything you say.

His Royal Highness the King of Leisure is a good person, and Mama will not look at the wrong person at such an age.

If you want to forgive her, forgive him, don't be yourself.

County Lord, although the eldest princess is gone, you have to remember, remember that you are not alone now, you and me and Ruan Cui, as well as His Royal Highness King Xian, as well as your emperor's cousin and cousin-in-law. Each of us likes you very much, and we can't bear to make you unhappy.

"Mama, why are you crying too? Are you unhappy? Raising his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of Gui's eyes, the county lord of Qingyang asked Gui Mama softly. She didn't hear Mama Gui open her mouth to speak, nor did she see her eyes open, she looked at Mama Gui silently for a long time, easily opened Mama Gui's hand, turned around, walked lightly, covered the door and went out.

Ruan Cui heard the sound of the door, and hurriedly hid around the corner of the corridor, she didn't want the county lord of Qingyang to know that she was outside the door, and heard those sad words.

So that it will not be able to come down.

It wasn't until the door closed that she walked out and saw that the county lord of Qingyang had already entered her room.

She walked quickly, pushed open the door of her and Gui Mama's guest room, leaned her back against the door panel, and tears flowed down her face.

"Crying for what? The county lord is sensible, no longer like a child, and generally ......" Mama Gui sat up with her hands on the soft couch, looked at Ruan Cui, and halfway through her words, she couldn't talk anymore. "Mama, the county lord is sensible, she is no longer like a child, she only knows how to play carefree, but is this really good for her? Don't you think she is like this, but it makes people look very sad? She is forcing herself to be sensible, forcing herself to be happy, such a she, I, I look uncomfortable, this is here, this is uncomfortable! Ruan Cui put her hand on her heart, trying her best to suppress her feelings, crying so that she was not sad.

She was afraid, afraid that if she was not careful, her voice would be too loud, and it would spread to the next room, and then make the poor little master sad.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk" knocked on the door three times in succession, and then Yu Wenmingxuan's voice came into the main room of Qingyang County: "Ling'er, it's me, you open the door, can I say a few words to you?" Prince Rui's words comforted, Yu Wenmingxuan's mood calmed down a lot, and he came out of Rui

In the guest room where the king lived, he walked directly to the main gate of Qingyang County, wanting to say a few words to him and then go back to the room to rest.

With a "creak", the door opened from the inside, and the county lord of Qingyang looked at him quietly, and said, "Brother Moon, I am not good during this time, so I shouldn't ignore you." He smiled slightly, stepped aside, and invited Yu Wenmingxuan into the room to talk.

But Yu Wenmingxuan was stunned because he heard what she said.

She was finally willing to talk to him.

Although her expression and tone of voice were not as casual and natural as before, they were much better than the expressionless face and strong sense of alienation in the past few days.

"Brother Moon, what are you doing standing at the door? Do you want to be a fool like me? Seeing Yu Wenming Xuan enter the house, the county lord of Qingyang turned to look at the door, blinked his eyes and asked him, "Don't say that you are a fool!" You're not stupid at all, you're smart, and you're special, specially smart. Yu Wenmingxuan didn't think much about what the county lord of Qingyang said, he strode into the door, a palm wind, the door closed, he took the county lord of Qingyang into his arms, and looked at her with lowered eyes: "Remember, you are not a fool, you are the smartest and smartest Ling'er of Brother Moon!" ”

"Am I really not stupid? And is it Brother Moon's smartest ling'er? The county lord of Qingyang raised his head to meet his gaze and asked, "Then why does Brother Moon like Xiaohuzi but not Ling'er?" The little girl turned out to be in a mood with her because of Xiaohuzi, and after thinking about the question of the county lord of Qingyang for a while, the pent-up depression in Yu Wenmingxuan's heart in the past few days suddenly disappeared.

Laughing: "How so? Brother Moon likes Ling'er very much, as for Xiaohuzi, he is a very cute little baby, I just hugged him, and don't you like to hug him too? ”

"Well, he's cute. I also like him very much, but you didn't come to the palace to play with me for two days, I thought, I thought you liked Xiaohuzi and didn't like me anymore, so, so I was very sad, very sad! The county lord of Qingyang said, and involuntarily shed tears: "I thought that Brother Moon ignored me and didn't like to play with me anymore, so I missed my mother and wanted to tell my mother that I was very sad." But, but now that there is no mother, my mother has gone to find her father, and she can't accompany me anymore......"

Raising his hand and helping people wipe away the tears on his face, Yu Wenming Xuan said softly: "Little fool, you can also eat the vinegar of the little tiger, so ashamed!" ”

"Jealous?" The county lord of Qingyang just burst into tears, and then blinked his glass-like big eyes, looking at Yu Wenmingxuan, the halo circulating in his eyes was full of doubts, Yu Wenming Xuan raised his lips and smiled, and said: "Jealous, you think I like Xiaohuzi and don't like you." ”

"Oh."

The county lord of Qingyang nodded as if he didn't understand.

"And oh, although your mother went to accompany your father, but you still have Brother Moon, I will always accompany you, and accompany you to see a lot of flowers, didn't we say it a long time ago?" Yu Wenmingxuan's words were overflowing with tenderness, "Well, Brother Moon must always accompany Ling'er, and accompany Ling'er to see a lot of flowers!" The county lord of Qingyang looked up at Yu Wenming Xuan for a while, and said: "But when my heart thinks that my mother can no longer accompany me, it will be very painful." With that, the halo of light that overflowed from her glassy eyes gradually dimmed.

"Brother Moon, do you still have something to say to me, I'm tired."

Without waiting for Yu Wenmingxuan to talk to her again, she had already walked to the soft couch, lowering her eyes and no longer talking.

Yu Wenmingxuan looked at her slender and weak back with pity, and snorted: "Ling'er, you, you ......" But the words were still stuck in his wait.

He has already said what he should say.

He didn't know what else he could say to stop her from grieving the loss of her mother.

"Brother Moon, you can rest, I'm fine." Sitting on the couch, the county lord of Qingyang whispered to Yu Wenmingxuan. "Okay." Yu Wenmingxuan responded, stood silently for a while, and then turned to leave.

Prince Rui lay on the couch, always feeling uneasy, as if something was about to happen, and that thing was going to happen and it was related to him.

What will happen?

He tossed and turned, but he couldn't think of a reason.

He sat up and said to himself, "Rou'er, it can't be that you're going to encounter any danger, right?" ”