"It turned out to be Miss Qi," Xue Zhen held Li Yuejiao's hand, looked at Qi Zhiqing's eyes, and said flatly, without respect, only faint impatience, "What a coincidence."

As he spoke, he tilted his head and looked behind Qi Zhiqing, as if he was looking for something.

However, behind Qi Zhiqing, only the little girl who was cowering noticed that Xue Zhen was looking at her, hurriedly avoided her gaze, lowered her head and didn't dare to speak.

"Why is Miss Qi here by herself? I just saw the prince enter the Cheng Building, do you need me to send you over?"

Xue Zhen's gaze fell on Qi Zhiqing's face again, still in such a light tone, without any sincerity, but with a little mockery.

Cheng Lou?

Chu Zhi didn't know where it was, so he wondered what King Huai was doing in the "city tower"; But Li Yuejiao's expression changed slightly, and she was a little disdainful.

She has been here for a while, and she already knows that Chenglou is the largest flower building in Anhua County.

Xiao Ningchen is really ...... How long has it been since my mother? It's not to raise an outer room, or to visit a flower building.

It's disgusting.

Qi Zhiqing was even more angry by Xue Zhen's attitude.

She naturally knew what place Chenglou was, and she also knew that Xiao Ningchen went there for a red girl.

Qi Zhiqing knew that her current identity was embarrassing, for fear that she would be robbed of the opportunity before the big thing was done, so she decided to lose her self-esteem and go to Chenglou to set up the "princess" in person.

It's just that just now, before she could reach the door of Chenglou, she was stopped by King Huai's attendants, and told him respectfully but coldly:

"Please respect yourself and see who you are."

Qi Zhiqing felt humiliated, so she was so angry that she had no choice but to come back, and slapped her girl twice on the street.

Now that she sees Li Yuejiao again, she only has deep hatred.

Why did she come to such a position because she was born noble, she was a craftsman and a businesswoman, but what kind of "first-class fate" could she become?

Such an emotion made her feel even more dazzling when she saw Xue Zhen holding Li Yuejiao's hand again, and after glaring at the hand they were holding viciously, her gaze moved to Xue Zhen's face again, and there was no longer the kind of restraint in her eyes.

In its place, there is a palpable indifference and hatred.

Xue Zhen is not a keen person in the relationship between men and women, so he has repeatedly faced Qi Zhiqing's enthusiastic gaze before, but he only regarded it as an ordinary thing and did not take it to heart.

But now, seeing that she had murderous intent, he became alert, and the hand that pressed on the saber became a grip on the hilt of the sword, so as to prevent her from breaking out and hurting others.

"The little girl thanks the general for her kindness, where has the prince gone, how can the little girl put her beak?" Qi Zhiqing snorted and looked at Xue Zhen with a mockery, "The little girl is just the outer room of the prince, she is not as noble as Mrs. Li, and she understands etiquette, so she can talk to a foreign man on the street."

This is not at all subtle and provocative.

Xue Zhen and Chu Zhi frowned together.

Li Yuejiao didn't want to have any extraneous branches, grabbed Xue Zhen's hand, and smiled indifferently:

"Yes, only by understanding etiquette can you do it right, Miss Qi finally understands this truth, which is really a good thing. In that case," she looked at Qi Zhiqing's very irregular clothes, "Don't wear it like this in the future, the noble lady Gangxu, that is, the prince and I, all avoid vegetarianism, not to mention the girl's current identity?"

Qi Zhiqing was even more annoyed, but her eyes were on the light green clothes and moon white skirt on Li Yuejiao's body, and the plain clothes on Xue Zhen's body, and then looked at Chu Zhi staring at her clothes dissatisfied, as if she even had a good draft in her head, so she knew that it was not good for her to continue on this topic.

She dared to wear it like this, naturally because she was instructed by King Huai, but King Huai didn't tell her that now in Anhua County, there is another servant of the Ministry of Officials.

Thinking about it, Qi Zhiqing proudly raised her chin, stretched her voice with a smile, and said:

"Yes, little girl, thank you for your teachings. In this way, I will not disturb the prince and his wife, and I will retire first."

After that, she rolled her eyes at Li Yuejiao, and when she turned to leave,

didn't forget to slap the girl again, scolding:

"Waste, what are you doing standing still? Not leaving?"

The girl secretly wiped a handful of tears and followed Qi Zhiqing pitifully.

The clouds on the side were concerned, looking at the girl who was thinly dressed and shivering from the cold, and felt sad.

They are all slaves and maids, she has a good life, she has a good master's family, but that girl ...... I'm just afraid that I will be rubbed to death by Qi Zhiqing, right?

Li Yuejiao looked at this scene and sighed, but she couldn't do anything.

At this moment, in the crowd in front, I don't know who guessed a rather difficult lantern riddle, causing a burst of noise in the crowd, Qi Zhiqing, who had just walked through the crowd, was squeezed by the crowd that suddenly became lively, and her body was crooked, but fortunately she was helped by a woman wearing a patched and torn jacket that looked like a beggar.

As soon as Qi Zhiqing stood firmly, she first saw the woman holding her, the pair of black and dirty hands, and immediately felt unlucky, and scolded regardless of it:

"Are you blind? You are also worthy to help me?"

With that, he spat at the beggar's feet.

Spit fell on the beggar's shoes.

Li Yuejiao saw it clearly and became angry again.

This Qi girl, why is she so ignorant? In the past, I was a little clever, and I knew how to decorate with decency, but now why is it that I don't even have decency, so I am purely evil?

The beggar was stunned by the scolding, bowed her waist and retreated, Qi Zhiqing scolded and scolded, pinched the girl, and walked away.

Li Yuejiao was about to let the clouds go over and give the beggar some money, but who knew that the beggar actually walked straight to them.

"Madame, Shizi." The beggar woman came over, thinking about the bowl in her hand at Li Yuejiao, and really smiled like a beggar, "Happy New Year, Wishing you prosperity, Mrs. Shizi is in good health, and the family is happy."

*

The sound is familiar.

Li Yuejiao took a closer look, and only then did she recognize that the beggar woman turned out to be Chen Sanniang, so she couldn't help it, and laughed immediately.

She pretended to take some loose silver taels out of her purse and threw them into her broken bowl:

"Good wishes, and I also wish the third mother a prosperous New Year."

Xue Zhen had already recognized her, with a smile on his face that had receded with anger, and he bowed his head:

"Happy New Year."

Chen Sanniang shook the broken bowl in her hand, glanced at Xue Zhen, and said to Li Yuejiao:

"It's still a lady, it's not like the prince, she only opens her mouth, and she is very stingy."

Li Yuejiao pursed her lips and smiled, Xue Zhen choked, and reluctantly took out the money and threw it into Chen Sanniang's bowl.

Chen Sanniang immediately said loudly, "Thank you, madam, thank you for the reward."

Chu Zhi on the side only thought that Chen Sanniang was really a beggar, and when he saw this, it was the custom of Anhua County, and he was particular about pleasing the head, so he signaled Zibian to pay for it.

Before Zi Fang could move, he was stopped by Xue Zhen.

He whispered to Chu Zhi, who was confused, "The spy of the General's Mansion is just a joke, how can Brother Chunliu take it seriously."

Chu Zhi knew that he was not in charge of the affairs of the Zhenbei Army, so he naturally didn't ask, just smiled and stood aside to watch.

Chen Sanniang sighed unhappily: "Madam, look at the son of the world, the Great New Year's Month, stopping me from getting rich."

Li Yuejiao was about to speak, but Xue Zhen asked indifferently on the side:

"How much have you gained? Isn't that enough?"

Li Yuejiao didn't understand, but Chen Sanniang reluctantly withdrew the bowl and sneered:

"The prince has good eyesight."

After that, he took out a beautifully embroidered purse from his sleeve, put it in Yuntuan's hand heavily, and said with a smile:

"Miss Yuntuan, take it and play with it."

As soon as the weight hit Yun Tuan's hand, Yun Tuan was startled, didn't dare to accept it, and turned his head to look at Li Yuejiao.

Li Yuejiao reacted for a moment, only to understand that the purse was touched by her from Qi Zhiqing, and she frowned at the moment:

"How good is that? Isn't that ......?"

"Keep it." Xue Zhen spoke on the side

, laughed quietly, "It's all King Huai's money, doesn't he always like to say that it's a family, an elder?" That's the elders' New Year's money."

Li Yuejiao looked at Xue Zhen in shock, surprised that he could say such a joke.

Chen Sanniang winked at Li Yuejiao and whispered, "I'll go to Madame's house to see Madame later."

Then, continuing to carry her broken bowl, she walked away.

Li Yuejiao looked at her back, smiled helplessly, let go of Xue Zhen's hand, took the purse from Yun Tuan's hand, divided half of the silver taels, stuffed it into Xue Zhen's hand, and said with a smile:

"Since it's the New Year's money given by the elders," the word elder was bitten hard by her, "The prince should also take some."

Xue Zhen met her gaze and smiled.

Li Yuejiao clearly saw that the complicated sorrow hidden in his eyes had dissipated a lot at this moment.

He took the purse, put the money in it, handed it to the clouds, and said:

"Let's go, the one who loves to sing is gone, why are the three of us still here to show people?"

As he spoke, he looked at Chu Zhi and asked:

"Brother Chunliu has avoided me for four days, and will he continue to avoid me today?"

Chu Zhi smiled and said:

"The Holy Command cannot be disobeyed, there must always be a charter. Zhong Jing should be considerate of being a brother, right?"

When Xue Zhen heard him say this, he didn't say much, but only advised:

"Brother Chunliu, please pay attention to yourself, if necessary, just go to the General's Mansion to find me, I will do my best." new

Chu Zhi nodded: "This is natural, thank you Zhong Jing."

Xue Zhen said, took Li Yuejiao's hand again, and smiled at her:

"Ma'am, let's go."

Li Yuejiao said "um" and saluted Chu Zhi:

"Just now, thank you for your help, farewell."

After that, he followed Xue Zhen and left.

Chu Zhi stayed where he was, looking at the backs of Li Yuejiao and Xue Zhen leaving, as well as the hands they were holding, and a moment of loss flashed in his expression.

*

Xue Zhen pulled Li Yuejiao and walked to the other end of the lantern festival, and after making sure that Chu Zhi couldn't see it, he let go of her hand and said apologetically:

"Sorry for the offense."

The temperature of the palm of her hand suddenly disappeared, causing Li Yuejiao to pause, tilt her head to look at him, and ask:

"Now, does the son of the world want to play a loving husband and wife with me? Or are they a husband and wife who look like each other?"

"......," Xue Zhen did not answer.

Li Yuejiao didn't speak, but he didn't answer, so she kept looking at him, the dimples on her cheeks were deep, and she had a smile that couldn't be said to be gentle or playful.

After a long time, Xue Zhen finally spoke:

"It's too cold."

Li Yuejiao didn't understand:

"What?"

"Girl's hands, it's too cold," he told in a slightly incoherent voice, "it's very cold in the north, and the girl will not always talk to those people in the streets."

Li Yuejiao looked at his evasive gaze, couldn't hold back, and smiled.