A faint smile appeared on Pei Yuanxiu's face, and he turned to look at Wu Yanqiu and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Wu." ”

"Don't dare."

Wu Yanqiu said these two words, and also looked at him cautiously, under the gaze of everyone, he waved his hand lightly, and immediately a few attendants came up behind him, and stepped forward to take the gift boxes.

He smiled and said, "Thank you for me, master." ”

"Don't dare," Wu Yanqiu said respectfully, and continued: "Actually, the master still has something to ask for. ”

"Oh? What's the matter? ”

"The host is very happy to travel to Yangzhou with Miss Li today, and I hope to have such an opportunity again."

“……”

"So, tomorrow, the host hopes to invite Miss Li to cross the river and travel to Yangzhou again."

“……”

Pei Yuanxiu and I were silent.

For a moment, my heart was pounding.

Pei Yuanhao, do you want to leave your son to cross the river and get together with him for another day?

Although this request is really understandable for a father, who has also been separated from Li'er for many years, I can fully understand his longing and love for his daughter, but - I still want to let Li'er cross the river, let her leave my side, and let her go with Pei Yuanhao?

I shuddered when I thought that I couldn't see a boat coming from Yangzhou just now, worried that Li'er would be taken away by him and never see each other again.

This time, Pei Yuanxiu didn't speak, but glanced at me.

Obviously, on this issue, he also seems to understand that he has the right to accept, but he cannot refuse a father's request.

But I, what should I do?

Accept? Or refusal?

At this moment, I was completely confused, and I didn't even have room to judge and think about the pros and cons, I only looked down at Li'er's blinking, starlight-like eyes.

After a moment of silence, I asked, "Li'er, do you still want to go?" ”

She blinked her eyes and immediately wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth, she didn't make a sound immediately, but looked at me, and then at Pei Yuanxiu. After being silent for a while, she said: "Mother, Daddy, you are allowed to leave your son, and you will leave your son." ”

“……”

When she said this, I didn't know how to decide.

Pei Yuanxiu, who has been with me, also seems to be in a state of turmoil, this one is obviously unexpected by me and him, and I didn't expect that it seems that Pei Yuanhao does not plan to return to the capital immediately, according to his current state, he will at least stay in Yangzhou for a while.

Why?

For the sake of leaving the child?

Or was there something else he had in mind?

Seeing that the word "Chuan" had been twisted out of my eyebrows, but there was no way to respond, Wu Yanqiu smiled again and said: "The master also said it, but I am afraid that in a hurry, the son and the lady are not good to consider." Let's let the two of you think about it tonight, and tomorrow, the lower official will still be waiting at the dock for Miss Li's drive. ”

“……”

I didn't speak, Pei Yuanxiu said, "What if you don't leave?" ”

"That is, it is not good for the lower officials to do things, and they have nothing to do with others."

Having said that, it is already obvious that Pei Yuanhao wants to get together with Li'er for another day, but he does not force anyone, he just makes this request, whether he agrees or not, it is all us.

After realizing this, Pei Yuanxiu and I both subconsciously glanced at each other, and then we both looked at the ship that sent Li'er back.

Pei Yuanhao, is this such a person?

Is he such a person who only makes demands and waits for others to make a decision?

No, he was never the same, he was born to be a judge, only he declares the right and wrong, right and wrong of others, only he can make the decision to give or take, how can he leave the right to judge himself to us, let us make the judgment of whether to let Li'er and him meet for another day.

But the situation in front of us is clearly so.

Pei Yuanxiu and I both frowned subconsciously and didn't speak for a while.

Wu Yanqiu smiled and said, "If the two of you have no objections, then the lower official will leave." ”

After speaking, he arched his hand towards us, smiled and nodded at Li'er, Li'er also nodded lightly, then Wu Yanqiu turned around and walked onto the big ship, and after a while, the ship slowly turned its bow and headed towards Yangzhou.

At this time, the sunset was slanting in the west, and the golden sunlight sprinkled covered the whole earth, and also covered the entire river, and the undulating river reflected thousands of golden lights, brilliant and dazzling, and the boat slowly sailed into the sparkling waves, and finally disappeared in the rising mist. I held Li'er's hand, still a little silent, and I didn't know what to say, but Pei Yuanxiu turned his head to look at us, and then smiled: "Let's go back first, and if we have anything to say, we will go back and talk about it." ”

I nodded, took Li'er by the hand, and walked with him.

Get into the carriage__Because we originally only came to pick up the children, so we only took a carriage, and those brocade boxes could only be piled up in the carriage, there were too many things, as soon as we got on the carriage, we saw that almost half of the carriage was piled up, and the three of us were naturally squeezed to the other side of the carriage.

Li'er still held me with one hand and Pei Yuanxiu's arm with the other.

But this time, none of the three spoke.

Pei Yuanxiu and I, although we were as always helpless, were helplessly silent, even Li'er didn't seem to be in the mood to speak, but it was not a low mood, on the contrary, her eyes flashed with a brilliance that was almost as brilliant as the river reflecting the sunset.

It seems that something is being remembered.

The three of them, with their own thoughts, sat quietly in the carriage. But this kind of quietness seems to be a kind of quiet that hides a strange surge, because there seem to be more than three of us in this carriage.

The brocade boxes piled up on our side, with the breath of that person, with his perception, stood cold and silent in front of our eyes, as if the fourth invisible person in the carriage was peeking at us coldly, peeking at each of our hearts.

……

Back in the house, as soon as I got out of the carriage, a group of attendants and maids ran out to greet him.

The head-on ones were the maids who had confessed to Han Zitong before.

As soon as they saw me, their faces were slightly embarrassed, and they hurriedly came up to call Mrs. and helped me get off the carriage.

After standing still, I looked at Pei Yuanxiu.

He still had the same smile on his face, lowered his head and stroked the top of Li'er's head, and then said to me with a smile: "You take Li'er back to rest for a while, she must be tired and hungry after a day of playing." We'll talk about it later. ”

I nodded, "Yes." ”

After saying that, I took Li'er inside, and he walked a few steps behind us, and when we were about to go to the study, I heard the maids whisper to him, "Childe, Miss Zitong has instructed us to clean up Childe's previous room." Childe ...... tonight"

I quickened a few steps, and before I could hear her, I walked away with her.

After she went back, she went to bathe first, and the maids prepared dinner for her, but apparently the girl's excitement had not passed, and she couldn't eat too much, so she barely swallowed half a bowl of soup and rice under my "intimidation", and was forced to drink a bowl of fragrant drink, so that it was counted.

When the maids had packed up their things and left the inner courtyard, and only she and I were the only ones left in the room, I sat down on the couch and beckoned to her gently, and the girl came running with a smile and nestled into my arms.

Her bathed body exuded a faint floral scent, and her hair was wet and greasy in my shoulder sockets, bringing a sticky coolness.

I said softly, "Li'er, did you have fun today?" ”

She didn't answer, but nodded twice in my arms.

I asked again, "What's the best way to be happy?" ”

She thought quietly for a while, then raised her head and said to me, "Mother, Yangzhou is so beautiful." ”

"Really?"

"It turns out that Yangzhou is so big, as big as Jinling, and the streets there are also very lively__ more lively than Jinling."

"Did you go shopping?"

"Hmm. We also went to the teahouse to drink tea and listen to a story. ”

...... storytelling? Storytellers tell stories.

"What's the story that man told?"

"Qin Qiong's three backers are kings!"

"What else?"

"Three Heroes Battle Lu Bu!"

I smiled, and said that most of the storytellers in the teahouse were talking about these jokes, and the ups and downs of the heroic stories that swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger, but it felt strange to listen to this from a little girl.

I laughed and said, "Doesn't that sound good?" ”

Li'er pouted and said, "It's still good, those big heroes are amazing!" It's just that __ keeps calling around, and it's weird that it's boring. ”

I smiled.

She added, "So, the man gave the steward of the teahouse a piece of silver, and asked the storyteller to tell some other stories." ”

I was stunned for a moment before I reacted, and the "person" she said meant Pei Yuanhao.

was a little surprised, but it didn't seem to be surprising, Pei Yuanhao didn't tell her about her identity, nor did she have the slightest idea of recognizing her, and she didn't even call her a basic name, so Li'er called him "that person".

I laughed and said, "What story did he ask that person to do?" ”

She thought for a moment before she said, "Tell the story of a mirror." ”

"The story of the mirror?"

"Yes," Li'er nodded and said, "The owner of that mirror is a princess, called __"

I watched her think hard, but maybe I saw too much and heard too much today, a small story, and she didn't bother to memorize it, so she didn't think about it for a long time.

"......" I was silent for a moment and said, "Is it Princess Lechang and Xu Deyan?" ”