Chapter 23: Getting in the way

Xiao Jingyi walked quickly, looking at him without the slightest intention of stopping.

"Wait for me!"

Gu Nuan puffed out his cheeks and shouted at Xiao Jingyi's back.

"It's because you have short legs and can't keep up."

Xiao Jingyi spit out a sentence lightly, but deliberately slowed down his pace.

Whew!

Holding on to the tree pole, Gu Nuan's cheeks were red and panting, on the other hand, Xiao Jingyi seemed to be a fine person, leaning lightly against the tree with her back and looking at her lightly.

Gu Nuan lowered his head and couldn't help but complain: "This guy doesn't breathe, right?" ”

"Ahh

Gu Nuan touched his head, his eyes widened, he looked at the face that was close at hand, and said angrily: "Why are you beating me?" ”

Xiao Jingyi pointed to his ears and said lightly: "Those who don't breathe are called dead, and there are also young and old orderly, and they want to call their brother." ”

Gu Nuan smiled, gritted her teeth, and couldn't help but think that she was 20 years old, and she was actually asked to be called brother by a 15-year-old child, no matter how she said it, it had caused a certain blow to her heart.

"Why did you help me today?"

Gu Nuan was taken aback, but he didn't expect him to ask like this, smiled, and replied: "It's just that I'm not used to bullying the weak by relying on our identity, not to mention that we are friends, and friends are in trouble, so we naturally have to help each other." ”

Friend!

The corners of Xiao Jingyi's lips opened slightly, murmuring in a low voice, and his thoughts gradually pulled into the distance.

"Stay away, he's a bad master!"

"It's you who killed your mother!"

"Weirdo, let's not play with you!"

The voices swept through his head, looping every night, over and over again, in agony.

"Little brother, what do you want?"

Although she was reluctant to call her brother, she Gu Nuan could bend and stretch, and seeing Xiao Jingyi silent for a long time, Gu Nuan couldn't help but reach out and poke his arm.

Xiao Jingyi came back to his senses and said lightly.

"Thank you."

Then he walked slowly forward.

This change of face is coming soon!

Gu Nuan didn't expect this guy to be grateful, so he couldn't help but smile, looking at the figure in front of him, Gu Nuan rubbed his legs and quickly followed.

The two walked to a pond, a breeze caressed their faces, and Xiao Jingyi stopped.

With a "bang", Gu Nuan lowered his head, counted the stones under his feet, and accidentally hit Xiao Jingyi's waist.

Rubbing his somewhat reddened nose, Gu Nuan raised his head and looked at the person in front of him with a puzzled expression, a little puzzled.

Xiao Jingyi caressed the fence, watching the lotus flowers in the pond swaying, the waves were faint and traceless, and his heart was full of thoughts.

Gu Nuan was a little curious, and following his line of sight, there was nothing special except for the lotus flowers in a pond.

Just as he was about to ask, he heard Xiao Jingyi's voice coming, faintly without a trace of emotion.

"Once you enter the palace, it is as deep as the sea, why do you enter the palace?"

It seemed that he didn't expect him to ask this question, and for a while Gu Nuan didn't know how to answer, as if he had expected it, Xiao Jingyi snorted coldly, and then said, "It was your father, King Yuan, who sent you in." ”

Gu Nuan was taken aback, expecting that he would be wrong, and hurriedly explained: "No, it is me who wants to enter the palace." ”

Xiao Jingyi's face changed, as if he was a little deviated from his thoughts, he turned around, looked at Gu Nuan fixedly, and asked with some puzzlement: "Then why did you enter the palace?" ”

The palace is no better than the outside of the palace, there are traps everywhere, if there is no one to protect him, he can't protect himself, how can she be a little girl?

"Of course, it's because the dim sum in the palace is delicious."

"Dim sum?"

Gu Nuan nodded affirmatively, Xiao Jingyi was a little incredulous, and then relieved, she was just a child, how big was her ambition?

Gu Nuan's palms broke out in a cold sweat, and the corners of her mouth smiled a little stiffly, her intention to stay in the palace, no matter who it was, could not be easily mentioned, and Xiao Jingyi could not do it, at least not now.

……

"Princess, the slave maid heard that the Taifu made a big fire today."

The hand pruning the flower branch paused, and with a "click", the branch and leaf broke in response, leaving only a beautiful peony.

Fingertips gently brushed the peony stamens, a pair of Qianqianyu hands were lined with petals and were exceptionally white, Xiao Yuling gently put down the scissors in her hand, picked up the handkerchief on the side and wiped it, and threw it casually.

"Do you know what's going on?"

"It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a conflict with the county lord and was punished by the prince."

Xiao Yuling's face changed, and it was Gu Nuan again, it seemed that she had missed a good show today.

It's just that the prince's brother actually lost to Gu Nuan, which is really a bit unreasonable.

Xiao Yuling rolled her eyes, smiled faintly, and said, "Go and prepare some pastries, this palace will go to see the prince's brother in person." ”

"Yes, the slave will prepare."

Xiao Yuling picked up the scissors and played with them in her hand, the cold knife surface reflected Xiao Yuling's face.

Stroked her sleeves, Xiao Yuling walked into the palace unhurriedly.

The breeze was slight, and the peony petals behind him shattered, leaving only a single flower branch, standing alone.

"Get out! Get out of here. ”

"Smack!" Xiao Jingheng overturned the table with both hands, the paper, ink and pen were scattered to the ground, the vase on the table was shattered, and the palace maid serving the tea trembled with fright and did not dare to make a sound.

The word "Book of Poetry" seems to tell his history of humiliation, engraved on his face, Xiao Jingyi slumped on the chair, where is there still a little bit of the prince's demeanor?

"Slave (slave) see princess."

Xiao Yuling nodded, listened to the sound coming from the house, frowned, waved his hand, and said, "You guys go down first." ”

"Yes."

Xiao Yuling slowly pushed open the door, the ground was full of ceramic fragments, she stepped on the ground carefully, and there was a creaking sound under her feet, and finally came to Xiao Jingheng, but the other party did not appreciate it, and did not give a good face at all.

"What are you doing here?"

Xiao Yuling put down the food box in her hand and was not annoyed.

"This is the prince's brother's favorite pastry."

Although Xiao Jingheng was still angry, his face softened a lot.

"No, you don't."

Xiao Yuling picked up the paper inkstone on the ground, gently placed it in front of him, and said unhurriedly: "Isn't it just a 500-word scripture, my sister will copy it for you, but don't hurt your body because of an outsider." ”

Xiao Yuling slowly walked behind Xiao Jingheng, put her hand on his shoulder, leaned down, and said softly: "You are the prince of a country, and it is inevitable that you will lose your grace if you are worried about a child, if you can't hold your breath now, it will inevitably fall into people's tongues, as for Gu Nuan, there will be more time to clean her up in the future." ”

Xiao Jingheng was shocked, what Xiao Yuling said was unreasonable, and now was not a good time.

"Tweet, Tweet......"

Gu Nuan sniffed and sneezed several times in a row, it was not because someone was saying bad things about her behind her back.