As soon as she saw him, Li'er immediately waved her hand happily: "Daddy." Then he ran over.

Pei Yuanxiu waited for her to run in front of her, stretched out her hand and stroked her hair bun, where I carefully tied two pink silk silks, which matched her moon-white and pink-trimmed little skirt today, and her little face was pink, red and tender, beautiful and playful, extraordinarily sweet.

Pei Yuanxiu looked at her for a while, and then smiled: "Li'er is so beautiful today." ”

Li'er's eyes narrowed with laughter, but she immediately said, "Beautiful every day!" ”

"Yes, it's beautiful every day."

He smiled, rubbed Li'er's hair, and then looked up at me again.

The moment we looked at each other, my breath suffocated, and he seemed to be suffocated for a moment.

At that moment, it was as if even the wind in the air, the water under his feet, and all the qiē around him froze for a moment, but immediately, it was as if nothing had happened.

"Early."

"Early."

The two greeted each other with a smile.

Li'er, who was standing between me and him, looked up at me, looked at him again, and I smiled at him, but after greeting him twice, he felt a kind of emptiness and deprivation, as if he had no idea what to say or do.

Then, all three of them were speechless.

As soon as we were silent, the maids and attendants who followed behind us did not dare to speak, not only did they not dare to speak, but they did not even dare to take a breath of air, they all lowered their heads and looked at the two of us cautiously.

I'm not in charge of things in this house, so I won't care about the skills of these attendants and maids to listen to the gossip in the corner, but these days I sleep in a separate room with him, and everyone has already seen the clues, and what's more, I should know the relationship between me and Pei Yuanhao in the past, whose daughter Li'er is, and so on. Now the emperor is in Yangzhou, and he crosses the river every day to pick up his son to get together, which will inevitably cause many people to speculate; And last night, Pei Yuanxiu and I met late at night, but the tense relationship still hasn't eased in the slightest, and what's more, I came out of his room almost dejected.

In their opinion, the relationship between the son and the wife, if not sabre-rattling, will not be such peace and security in front of them.

Perhaps, everyone is waiting for an outbreak at some point.

But this time, Pei Yuanxiu and I still disappointed some people, and after both of them were silent for a while, he spoke first: "The carriage has been prepared for them, let's go." ”

"Okay, let's go."

As soon as the words fell, I took Li'er's hand and walked out with him.

After getting into the carriage, the carriage began to wobble forward.

It's exactly the same carriage and the same people as yesterday, but the difference is that Li'er no longer climbs up and down like yesterday, excited and happy, sitting between me and Pei Yuanxiu, blinking and looking at me with big eyes, then looking at him, and finally lowering his head and fiddling with the skirt heaped on his knees.

Only three men remained in the carriage, breathing heavily, and the monotonous sound of wheels touching the stone pavement.

Time has never been so hard as it is now.

But luckily, it's not too far.

When the carriage stopped, there was the sound of the murmuring outside, and I could clearly hear the sound of my heart pounding and sinking.

Pei Yuanxiu still got out of the car first, and after hugging Li'er, he turned around and stretched out his hand to me.

I sat in the carriage, looked at the hand, looked at his still gentle eyes and calm face, and after a moment of silence, still put my hand in his palm, and he held it hard, and then the other hand took my waist and carried me out of the carriage.

When I got out of the car, because I was dizzy all the time, my feet were a little weak, and he immediately reached out and grabbed my waist hard, and I immediately stumbled into his arms.

Li'er looked at us, then turned his head away.

As I crashed into his arms, I looked up and met his eyes.

There seemed to be a lot of things to say in those familiar, gentle eyes, but they all silently turned into the light of struggle, only that hand, when it hugged me, it was extraordinarily hard, and it was also extraordinarily hot, and there was even an illusion that my body would be ignited in the next moment.

I reached out to his chest and pushed him away with a slight force.

Then, she smiled at him.

He didn't smile, but his eyes darkened a little.

After pushing him away, I turned my head, and as yesterday, the ship docked on the dock early, and today the fog on the river was bigger and thicker, and with the continuous ups and downs of the river, the fog seemed to be uneasy and turbulent, and almost half of the delicate ship was hidden in the mist, like a pavilion looming in the clouds, which would be carried away by the wind and the clouds at any time.

Wu Yanqiu was there with a few people, and as soon as he saw us, he immediately walked over.

Li'er looked at them with a smile, but for some reason, I seemed to see a faint dimness in her eyes.

However, it was also fleeting, almost like an illusion, Wu Yanqiu had already led people to us with people, and after saluting respectfully, he smiled and said, "Thank you, madam." Thank you, Childe. ”

I wasn't in the mood to speak for a while, only hooked the corners of my lips.

Pei Yuanxiu said: "Today, where does your master plan to take Li'er to?" ”

"It's still playing in Yangzhou. The two of them also know that Yangzhou is so big that there are countless beautiful scenery, and ordinary people can't finish those beautiful scenery in ten days and half a month. ”

"When will you send your son back?"

"It's still the same as yesterday, but when it's time to leave, I will definitely send Miss Li back to Jinling safely."

Pei Yuanxiu nodded, lowered his head and said a few words to Li'er, Li'er also nodded and agreed, and then walked to Wu Yanqiu's side.

Originally, they should have gotten on the boat, but Wu Yanqiu didn't immediately turn around with Li'er, but looked at me with a smile and said, "Madam, the master has a word for the lower official to ask Madame." ”

I was stunned for a moment.

"Madam, would you like to go with us today?"

“……”

My eyebrows furrowed slightly.

This question has already been asked yesterday, and everyone knows my answer, and it is unlikely to change in a day, but he actually asked Wu Yanqiu to ask it again.

I glanced at Wu Yanqiu, then raised my head and looked at the ship behind him.

The fog did not disperse, but as the river became thicker and thicker, and even dispersed to the dock, the figures of some people in the distance began to blur, and it was even more difficult to see who else was on the ship and what they were doing.

But at this moment, I clearly felt that there was a pair of eyes quietly watching me in the mist.

Not in a hurry, not even in the past gloomy and ruthless, only as cold as the morning mist, just looking at me.

And, as if covered in fog, my eyes were a little trance-like, I looked at the ship, looked at the eyes, saw the sparseness behind all the prosperity, and finally looked at the ups and downs, the constantly rushing river.

Suddenly, I remembered what Pei Yuanxiu said last night.

At the beginning, they met Du Yan and they crossed the river on the river, I can't imagine how fierce the battle took place that night, and how many scars were left on the Yangtze River, just looking at the surging and endless river, I couldn't help but feel some emotion in my heart.

At that time, I only knew that Pei Yuanhao sent people south, and Du Yan and they tried to cross the river, but I didn't know how many thrilling things happened in it, and even now, maybe it has been submerged in the turbulent river, and under Du Yan's cold and cool face, no one will pursue or inquire.

But that's how the world is.

Even if it has been annihilated, even if no one cares, the world is unconsciously affected by these things.

Now that I think about it, if it hadn't been for Du Yan and their forced crossing of the river, Pei Yuanxiu would not have blocked the north-south exchanges on the river after that, and the tragedy of Gu Ping and his family would probably not have ......

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Nor will it.

In this world, there would never be a paper that could hold the fire, and the things that Gu Qi did, the seventh sister-in-law poisoning her husband, until she finally committed suicide with her daughter, these things will not change because of the blockade on the river.

As for - Han Ruoshi.

Her persistence and love for Pei Yuanxiu, wouldn't she have it if she hadn't experienced that night?

Of course not.

Or what Pei Yuanxiu said is right-

She is the daughter of Jiangxia who has disappeared from the door, and he is the former prince who has gone away.

This kind of encounter was destined to happen in the first place, and it would not be cut off because of the turbulence of the river, nor would it be terminated by my appearance.

At the end of the day, it's me who isn't sober.

It shouldn't be me.

It's just that Li'er was by his side at that time, even if I knew that I shouldn't appear in front of him, between him and Han Ruoshi, or Han Zitong, but if God let Yiqiē come again, I still had no choice, I had to show up and find my daughter.

Perhaps, this is the unavoidable choice given by fate.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile faintly.

I think I am very receptive to God's arrangement, and I also understand that the fairness between many things is not so comfortable, but even so, God does not seem to have the slightest mercy on me, and these choices given to me are often without a way out.

How ridiculous.

How sad.

I laughed again.

I had been silent, with a faint, almost cold smile on my face, while the people around me, especially Pei Yuanxiu, seemed to be nervous at this moment, looking at me with burning eyes.

Before I could react, Li'er's face was already full of expectant smiles, and she looked back at me: "Mother, do you want to go with me too?" ”

“……”

"Shall we go together? Yangzhou is fun. ”