You can't talk to others about this kind of thing, but you can't think of a solution to it, and so many people have seen it, and if you don't care about anything, it's definitely not okay. But she couldn't think of any way to get it back, so she could only be silently distressed in the room by herself.

"Zhiqing, when you came out to eat, why didn't you even eat dinner?"

Just when she was distressed, she suddenly heard Xiahou Muqing's knocking on the door and the voice of concern.

"Mother." She tried her best to suppress the panic in her heart, and pretended to be calm and said to Xiahou Muqing: "I'm not hungry today, I don't want to eat, you don't have to worry about me, I'm fine." ”

But although she was trying her best to suppress it, her voice was still trembling irrepressibly, and Xiahou Muqing could hear her voice and expected that it was not good.

Since this is the case, then she can't ignore her daughter, so she knocked on the door again and asked, "Zhiqing, do you have something on your mind, if something happens to you, tell your mother, don't lock yourself in the room by yourself!" ”

Du Zhiqing said again: "It's really okay, mother, you don't have to worry about me." ”

But the tremor in her voice deepened.

Hearing her panicked voice like this, Xiahou Muqing added a layer of doubt, and asked in a solemn voice towards the door: "No, you definitely have something wrong, what happened to you, you tell your mother, don't hide it from your mother, open the door quickly!" ”

Seeing that this matter could not be concealed from her shrewd and wise mother, Du Zhiqing had no choice but to get up and open the door wide, at this moment her eyes were already red, and her eyes were helpless, and she said to Xiahou Muqing in a choked voice: "Mother, I really don't know what to do......

"What happened to you, kid?" Seeing her expression, Xiahou Muqing couldn't help but worry, and hurriedly pulled her to the chair to sit down, and asked her with concern: "Don't worry, if there is anything to tell your mother, your mother will help you find a way." ”

"Mother." Du Zhiqing took Xiahou Muqing's hand, lowered his head, and said in a trembling voice: "My reputation is ruined, I'm afraid it will affect the reputation of you and your father, and even the reputation of the entire Luanxiang Pavilion, what should I do, I can't be this sinner......"

"What are you talking about?" Xiahou Muqing didn't understand what she was saying, looked at her, and said with his eyebrows: "What ruined the reputation of the festival, what happened, you tell your mother carefully from beginning to end, and you are not allowed to be ambiguous." ”

Du Zhiqing hesitated, although he was afraid that his mother and father would be worried and distracted by this matter of his own, but he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to tell Xiahou Muqing the cause of the whole thing in detail.

"That's it." After telling Xiahou Muqing the whole thing from beginning to end, she pressed her temples at a loss, and said in a panic: "He doesn't know the rules of grabbing thorn flowers, and Wan Dai and I have stopped him, but he didn't listen." ”

"When he handed me the wattle flower, I was already panicked, and I couldn't even refuse, so I took it, and now everyone saw it."

"They all think that I have signed a marriage contract with him, and if I don't marry him, I'm afraid that my name will be drowned out by the gossip of the neighbors, what should I do, mother......"

Ran Xiahou Muqing looked at him with such a worried look, not only did he not worry, but he breathed a sigh of relief, smiled lightly, and said, "What big thing happened to me at that time, it turns out that you were worried about this little thing." ”

Hearing this, Du Zhiqing couldn't help but be surprised: "Mother, isn't this a big deal, my daughter's reputation is about to be ruined!" ”

Xiahou Muqing just smiled peacefully, poked his daughter's forehead, shook his head, and said softly: "Say that you are a stupid girl, you are really, the rules of grabbing thorn flowers are just a legend of the rivers and lakes, you still take it seriously." ”

"According to the traditional rules, it is not necessary for a daughter to marry three books and six ceremonies, how can it be said that because she loses a game, she will marry herself."

"The competition for the thorn flower is a saying, where did you hear that you lost to him, so you have to sign a marriage contract with him."

"What?" Du Zhiqing was surprised: "Mother, what do you mean is that the rules of grabbing wattle flowers are just a legend of the rivers and lakes, and there is no need to take it seriously at all, right?" ”

"But ......" she was still puzzled, and secretly confused: "That doesn't make sense, even if it's just a legend, then why has there never been a man and a woman in our Muzhou City who have ever competed together to grab the wattle flower, isn't it because of this?" ”

"And when he finished grabbing the wattle with me, everyone else looked at us with very strange eyes, and I heard them talking about something. If we could really act as if nothing had happened, they wouldn't look at us like that! ”

Xiahou Muqing just shook his head slightly, patted Du Zhiqing's shoulder again, and smiled peacefully: "Don't worry, it will definitely not cause any big damage to your reputation, at most they will just talk about it, and there will be no slander." ”

"In our Muzhou City, the legend of snatching wattle flowers has been more popular recently, but the legend is just a legend, and you don't really have to follow this rule."

"Even if you don't marry the person who won you, it's not a big deal, and it won't have any bad effect on you in the slightest."

"And this rule is aimed at external men, only external men like women in the inner city propose marriage, women will propose to compete with men to grab wattles, this rule is not aimed at people of the same sect."

"Jian Chen is not an external man, although he came back from other places, he can also be regarded as a disciple of Luanxiang Pavilion. Although the two of you compete to grab wattle flowers, although it does not conform to the original rules, if you are a brother and sister of the same school, it is understandable, you can rest assured. ”

"However, in Muzhou City, it is very rare for men and women who are not relatives to compete to grab wattle flowers, and when others see you and Jian Chen, they will naturally have some discussions about the relationship between you, but the discussion is only a discussion, and they will not teach any messages that damage your reputation."

"If the matter is over, you don't have any movement, and the discussion will stop here, at most, they will just have you and Jian Chen together, and they don't have any other ideas."

After a long time, the matter will pass, and no one will talk about it again. It's just a small thing, and it's all right after it's over, and you can't worry about it. ”

"This ...... Is it true, so if this thing is over and we don't do anything, it will naturally go away, and it won't cause any bad effects, right? Listening to Xiahou Muqing's explanation, Du Zhiqing's anxious heart finally let go of a little.

"That's right." Xiahou Muqing nodded and said: "Originally, it was just a trivial matter, why just talk about marriage because of a competition, it's okay at all, it's you stupid girl who thinks things too complicated." ”

"Alas, that's good, that's good!" This time, she finally put her heart at ease, patted her chest, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said with relief: "It really scared me to death, I thought something big would happen, it turned out to be just a legend." I thought that my reputation would be ruined in this matter, and my father and mother and Luan Xiangge would be affected by me. ”

"Oh, that's not right." She suddenly thought of something again, and hurriedly gathered her mind again, raised her head, and asked Xiahou Muqing: "Even if it won't damage my reputation, all this is still seen by those people, and they still talk about this matter." ”

"And the identities and names of the two of us are relatively prominent in Muzhou City. Even if it doesn't damage the reputation, will there still be some gossip about the two of us, and in the end, won't someone still talk about it? ”

Xiahou Muqing didn't see a look of worry, but said softly: "It's okay, they are just talking at most, and they can't hurt you at all." And after the incident, you have no movement, and this will be the end of the matter. You don't have to worry about it, just do what you have to do. ”

"Ugh." Du Zhiqing sighed, still blinked with some distress, and said in a low voice: "Even if it doesn't cause much damage, there will still be some rumors about the two of us." ”

"It's all to blame on him, impatient and rash, I won't listen to anything I say, and it's all to blame for such consequences. I really thought that he would change his personality for me, but it turned out to be the same, and I really don't want to pay attention to him in the future! ”

Xiahou Muqing looked at her like this, couldn't help but shake his head, and said with a smile: "You were still clamoring to play with him a few days ago, why don't you want to pay attention to him now?" ”

Du Zhiqing shook his arm, pouted and said, "I like to play with him, but I didn't expect him to be so stubborn, if it weren't for his recklessness, how could these things happen?" ”

Xiahou Muqing just whispered: "Today's incident is indeed what he did wrong, but you don't have to completely deny him because of his mistake." ”

"With his temperament, if he knew the truth of this matter, he would definitely do something, and he would definitely not be indifferent. You and him can do whatever you want, and you don't have to worry about it. ”

"Alright." Xiahou Muqing didn't talk about this topic anymore, stood up, and said to Du Zhiqing: "You can solve this matter between your juniors yourself, and my mother won't get involved." ”

"There's a prepared meal in the kitchen, you haven't eaten that night, I'll ask someone to bring you some later, you can eat some."

"Well, okay." Du Zhiqing just nodded and didn't say anything.

"Well, since it's okay, then the mother will go back first." With that, Xiahou Muqing left Du Zhiqing's room.