On the luxurious bed, the pure white goose down quilt is light and soft, wrapping the girl's body lying on her side, outlining a graceful curve.

Shangguan Xue slowly opened her eyes, her pupils reflected the dark bedroom, and she unconsciously hugged the pillow in her arms a little tighter.

Dreaming again.

What a disgusting dream.

Shangguan Xue rubbed her eyes and sat up, leaning on the head of the bed with her knees hugged, her sharp chin lightly resting on her forearm, and rubbing her temples for a while.

She couldn't remember how she came back, she only vaguely remembered drinking in the tavern, glass after glass, the more she drank, the more confused she became, and then somehow there was a quarrel around, and someone threw things in this way, and when she came back, she fell asleep and didn't wake up until now.

To put it bluntly, yesterday was a broken drink.

She woke up after being drunk and broken, her body was very tired, but her spirit would be extraordinarily sober, she tossed and turned in bed for nearly half an hour, but she still couldn't fall asleep again, so she simply got up.

The sky was about to be bright and faint, and the luminous torch of the Ruling Mansion bloomed all night, mixed with the brighter twilight on the horizon, becoming the main color of dawn.

Shangguan Xue slowly took off her pajamas, revealing a large area of snow-white skin, like an incomprehensible scene, she went into the bathroom and filled the bathtub with water, and took a shower to sober herself up.

After taking a bath, she went to have breakfast, and when she walked through the garden after eating, she found that Shangguan Ba had gotten up earlier than her.

Not to mention, compared with his sister with a weak temperament, the honest and honest Shangguan Ba is easier to get acquainted with people, no, he is talking and laughing with Paladin and Baixa at this time, and he is laughing very happily.

Shangguan Ba was so tall that Paladin needed to tilt his head when he spoke, and he asked with interest: "Hey, I heard that you are Shangguan Xue's younger brother?" ”

"Uh-huh!" Shangguan Ba chicks nodded like pecks of rice.

Paladin: "How old?" ”

Shangguan Ba: "8 years old." ”

"This 8?!" Baiza's eyes widened in surprise as he looked at the two-meter-tall giant in front of him.

Seeing this scene, Shangguan Xue was angry, stepped forward quickly, jumped up and kicked Shangguan Ba's knee, kicking and scolding: "How many times have I told you, you idiot!" You are 18! 18！ 18！ ”

Shangguan Ba shrank his head, stretched out his hands, and began to count his fingers: "Oh... 18...That's not much different, 8 years old and 18 years old, isn't it 1 year old. ”

"Aha!" Paladin and Baixa burst into laughter, "Your brother is a genius at arithmetic!" ”

Paladin deliberately teased him: "Ba, are we good at doing a pen business?" I'll give you 8 taels of silver first, and then 1 tael of silver, and then you pay me back 18 taels of silver, anyway, you didn't lose anything, did you? ”

"1 tael... 8 taels... 18 taels..."Shangguan Ba snapped his fingers, counted for a while, and nodded honestly, "Well, it's okay." ”

"Aha!" The two burst into laughter again.

Shangguan Xue was so angry that she kept rolling her eyes, and she couldn't speak.

Baixa laughed so hard that tears broke out of his eyes, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, pointed to his head, and asked in a low voice, "Is your brother real... Only... Got a problem here? ”

"What's your business, dwarf." Shangguan Xue gave Baisa a fierce look, and then walked over and kicked and scolded Shangguan Ba, "Go back to the room!" Don't come out and be embarrassed! ”

Shangguan Ba was obedient to Shangguan Xue, said goodbye to Paladin and Baiza with a smile, and walked to the house with a promise.

At this time, a slender and bony hand fell on Shangguan Xue's head from behind, touched her little head, and Ye Lingchen's laughter followed: "Xue, bullying your brother again?" ”

Shangguan Xue didn't speak for some reason, just stood there with her eyes down, her hair was messed up and she didn't pay attention to it, like a puppet fiddling with randomly.

Paladin had dealt with many Far Eastern merchants, and he was already familiar with all kinds of etiquette, so he gave Ye Lingchen a good advice: "Young Master Ye, Lord Archon has something to go to the royal city, in the past few days in Twilight City, if there is anything we can serve, please feel free to give orders." ”

Ye Lingchen smiled heartily: "It's okay, I'll arrange it myself." I made an appointment with Mr. Motel yesterday to go to his mansion for dinner to-day, so that Mr. Paladin would not have to worry about it. ”

Hearing the news, Paladin's eyes were a little erratic for a while.

Motel, whose full name is Motel Regnome, is one of the eight "Inquisitors" in Twilight, who wields the power of justice in the city, and is also the distant cousin of the current "Left Hand of the King" Stine Delin Regnome.

Among the eight officials of Danyu City, Baixa and Lugo are all under Chino, which is the so-called "lineage".

And this Motai, although he is an official in the same city as Chino, can only be said to be Chino's colleague, not his subordinates, let alone a "descendant" - in other words, they work together on the surface, but they may not work together in secret.

When Chino was away, Ye Lingchen met with Mo Tai privately, and Paladin didn't know if it was a bad thing.

Of course, no matter what Paladin muttered in his heart, a grandson of the emperor and a dignified four-clawed golden dragon, even if he came from a foreign country, his status in Dogurand was far from being comparable to that of a caravan steward.

Moreover, because of Chino's personal relationship with Lorna and Resakhar, among the five royal families, the closest relationship with Chino is the Regnom family, and it is not so worrying to have this relationship.

Therefore, Paladin didn't say much, just smiled politely: "Since this is the case, then I wish Ye Gongzi a happy dinner." ”

Coincidentally, as soon as Ye Lingchen mentioned Mo Tai, Mo Tai came to the ruling mansion, and as soon as he saw Ye Lingchen, he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Ye Gongzi." ”

Ye Lingchen also smiled back: "Mr. Motai, didn't we make an appointment to have dinner together?" Why did you come here in the morning? ”

"I have an appointment with Ye Gongzi, of course I can't sleep early in the morning." Mo Tai politely made a gesture of please, "I heard that Ye Gongzi wants to visit Twilight City today, I am very familiar with the roads in the city, why not let me be your guide?" ”

"Mr. Motai is so enthusiastic, I won't shirk it, let's go and talk together." Ye Lingchen walked to Mo Tai's side, he saw that Shangguan Xue and Shangguan Ba were also following, and waved his hand to them, "You don't have to follow, stay in the ruling mansion and make some new friends." ”

After Ye Lingchen finished speaking, he talked and laughed with Mo Tai and left.

Mo Tai's entourage was about to leave with him, when a cold voice suddenly came from behind him: "Hey, dwarf. ”

The guard turned his head and found that his vision was empty, and he looked left and right for a long time, until he lowered his head and saw Shangguan Xue.

He was a little confused and pointed to himself: "Are you calling me?" ”

Shangguan Xue snorted lukewarmly, her gaze seemed unusually deep for some reason, and she said in a low voice: "Help me secretly pass a word and tell your family, don't let Ye Gongzi drink." ”