A gust of night wind blew, with a hint of coolness. Yun Xiang, who was asleep, unconsciously hugged his body tightly.

"No...... No! She was screaming in a dream, her feet kicking in an irregular slight way.

The scholar lit a bonfire, thinking that he had already baked his clothes half-dry.

When he saw Yun Xiang dreaming, he hurriedly took off his coat and gently draped it on Yun Xiang's body.

"Nope! Don't go! Just as he was cloning Yun Xiang, Yun Xiang grabbed his wrist and told him to get rid of it.

"Second Miss Mo, I'm not leaving, don't worry." The scholar said.

Gradually, Yun Xiang fell into silence again, and the hand holding him loosened.

The scholar touched her forehead and felt that it was hot, and secretly screamed in his heart.

But in this barren wilderness, in the middle of the night, how to treat Yunxiang and reduce fever?

He found that her clothes were completely wet, and it was hard to guarantee that she would not get a fever when the cold wind blew in such wet clothes.

So without much thought, he began to untie her loose clothes, and took off the soaked coat and put on the clothes that he had dried himself.

His original intention was to let Yun Xiang wear his own clothes first, and then dry her wet clothes by the fire and then change them back, so that he didn't know it.

Unexpectedly, Yun Xiang woke up leisurely at this time.

She opened her hazy sleepy eyes, and the raging flame gradually became clearer, and the scholar sitting by the campfire became clearer and clearer.

He held up a dead branch with a woman's tunic on it. Yun Xiang frowned, only felt that this shirt was very familiar, and only after a second look did he suddenly understand, wasn't that his own clothes?

Thinking of this layer, I can't help but look at my body again, it turns out that I am wearing the coat of a scholar.

"You ......" she wanted to sit up, but if she did, the clothes she put on her body would not cover her body thoroughly, so she could only hold on to her clothes with one hand and prop herself on the weeds under her with the other, and then asked, "You prodigal, how can you take off my clothes?" ”

The scholar glanced at her and hurriedly comforted: "Miss Mo Er, don't be angry, just because your clothes are all wet, it is difficult to ensure that there is no wind evil invading, so I have the courage to change the girl's clothes ...... below."

"How dare you ......" Yun Xiang bit his lip and was speechless for a while. Her cheeks were red, and she could only bury her head and cry.

The scholar panicked, hurriedly put aside the "drying rack" made of tree branches, hurried over to stroke her back, and just stroked it, Yun Xiang sat up again, and shouted: "Good you are a disciple, take advantage of the danger of others, even if I die, I will never cheap you!" ”

She was about to lift herself up and slam into a rock beside her. "Girl, stay!" The scholar hurriedly hugged her, but Yun Xiang was willing to give up, so he had to struggle vigorously.

"You let go! Today, I have repeatedly lost my ugliness, and the face of the Mo family has completely ruined me, what does it mean to be alive! ”

Yun Xiang struggled and cried.

The scholar locked her firmly with both hands like a chain, but he gritted his teeth and didn't let go, and he didn't forget to comfort: "Second Miss Mo, I was too abrupt in Xia Tang today, but I only hope to save your life." If it falls into the hands of those thieves, we are afraid that we will not even have a chance to kill ourselves. ”

Hearing this, Yun Xiang was stunned for a moment and stopped struggling, but grief and shame were mixed, and they all came to her heart for a while, only to make her turn over the river and the sea, and the tears flowed sideways.

Yun Xiang covered his face with his hands and cried: "I...... Even if I die, how can I see my father...... Woowoo woo ......"

The scholar also let go of his hand, knelt on the ground on one leg, and couldn't help but praise: "The girl is really a chaste woman, rare in the world." I really admired it. ”

"Phew! You flamboyant disciple! Yun Xiang scolded and said, "You said that you admired my brother-in-law for a while, and you said that you admired me for a while." Hum! If my brother can listen to it, a stick will not beat you! ”

The scholar smiled innocently and said, "It is true that I admire Miss Mo, and it is also true that I admire Miss Mo." Praise from the bottom of my heart, the big girl can't beat me with this, right? ”

Yun Xiang peeked at him, wrapped his body around the scholar's clothes with his hand, sat up straight and asked him, "Then you say, I am a little worse than my female brother?" ”

The scholar was still smiling, but it was difficult to listen to Yun Xiang's question. "It's ......," he scratched his cheeks, not knowing how to answer.

Yun Xiang's face sank, and he asked again, "What?" Is it really incomparable? ”

"Not really." The scholar hurriedly clarified, and then sighed: "A woman like Miss Mo is indeed rare in the world, and it must not be compared with other women. She will repay her kindness, repay her grievances, and will not cling to the powerful at the top, and will not oppress the small people at the bottom. A person like her is rare among men, let alone women. ”

Yun Xiang sank his face, sat unhappy, and didn't speak.

When the scholar saw her expression, he said, "However, when it comes to appearance, the second girl is by no means below the eldest girl." ”

"Humph! I know I'm not as good as her, so why do you say such things to coax me? Yun Xiang became more and more unhappy, and turned his head to the other side.

The scholar smiled: "The second girl has the beauty of self-humility, which is far inferior to the eldest girl." In short, the three girls of the Mo family have their own victories, and it is difficult to distinguish between high and low. There is only one, and the second girl must be on par with the eldest girl. ”

"You say." Yun Xiang raised his head and asked with a serious face.

The scholar asked: "Think about it, the second girl, if the eldest girl falls into this situation, how will she behave?" ”

Yun Xiang thought for a while and said, "I must be looking for an opportunity to take revenge and kill all those thieves and bandits!" No! It was to torture them to death with extreme cruelty. ”

The scholar nodded with a smile and said, "This is exactly where Second Miss Mo is inferior to the eldest girl." ”

Yun Xiang glared at him, and said very unconvinced: "Dancing with knives and guns like her, is it a woman's doing?" ”

"No, not really." The scholar said: "There is a kind of tenacity in the big girl. Even if she is defeated, she will not seek relief by self-judgment. ”

"Huh?" Yun Xiang bit his lip, and his heart was ashamed.

"The second girl doesn't have to fight with others like the big girl, but the big girl's arrogance and tenacity are worth borrowing." As he spoke, the scholar couldn't help but stretch out his hand and hold Yun Xiang's hand tightly, making her body tremble, and the scholar continued: "In this way, the second girl is no worse than the eldest girl." ”

Yun Xiang crossed his knees, sat dumbfounded, put his chin on his knees, thought deeply, and didn't say a word.

The scholar only smiled slightly, and then returned to the campfire to continue roasting her clothes.

……

This night was destined to be long for Yunxiang, but it was also long for Mo Yunxiao.

Zhao Ji's bedroom is extraordinary, and the incense in the form of a rui beast is guarded in four directions, emitting a faint lychee-flavored aroma.

The candles covered with various colors of lampshades burned to their heart's content, and the light flames formed a colorful blurry halo through the lampshades, giving Mo Yunxiao a feeling of a nightclub in the eighties and nineties.

She sat alone in front of the bookcase, on which were the four treasures of the high-quality study. She didn't need to look at it, she could smell the faint aroma of the ink blocks, and she couldn't help but sigh: "If you can bring these back to paint, I'm afraid it will be the most extravagant thing in the world." ”

Zhao Ji walked slowly with a lantern, Mo Yunxiao's heart tightened, and she shouted reflexively: "Don't come here!" ”

Zhao Ji immediately stopped, hesitating.

Looking at him, Mo Yunxiao's heart calmed down a little. She thought for a moment and asked, "What if you and I ...... tonight Nothing has happened to you and me, how can I explain to the Queen Mother tomorrow? ”

Zhao Ji shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I don't know." ”

"You have been with the Queen Mother for so long, don't you know how to deal with it?" Mo Yunxiao asked.

Zhao Ji was not in a hurry, lifted the lantern in his hand, blew out the candle flame in one breath, then put it on the table, sat down himself, and poured a glass of residual wine that had not been drunk during the day.

Mo Yunxiao just looked at him and didn't speak.

He took a sip of wine, moistened his throat slightly, and then asked, "Why do you think the Queen Mother gave you to me?" ”

Mo Yunxiao's cheeks turned red and said, "The fire ...... that day"

"Nope." Zhao Ji shook his head, put down the wine glass in his hand, and said: "If it's just a reward, just give some gold and silver cloth, how can I make you a talent?" Hmph, don't say that you are the daughter of a merchant, even if you are a national minister, you may not be able to get a talented person. ”

Mo Yunxiao raised her eyebrows, and she was very angry, especially the sentence "Don't say that you are the daughter of a merchant......", is the daughter of a merchant not as good as the daughter of a national minister?

So she sneered and said, "Yes, how can our merchant's daughter be able to cling to your royal minister." ”

Zhao Ji looked at her, and saw that there was a faint frost on her cold face, and couldn't help laughing, and said, "Helu, don't mind you, you know that I don't mind your background." ”

"Humph!" Mo Yunxiao knew that it was not suitable to dwell on these words at this time, so she said again: "Didn't you say the Queen Mother?" Why bother with me. ”

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "Yes, it's the Queen Mother." Helu, do you remember the day when the Queen Mother told me about being in the same boat? ”

She nodded dumbly.

"That's it." Zhao Ji sighed again and said: "Since ancient times, it has been common for the palace to fight openly and secretly, and for thousands of years, I don't know how many red faces have fallen like petals in this deep palace. Empress Dowager Xiang understands this, and it is precisely because she understands this that she wants to put me, the helpless King Duan, on the throne, and put you, a rootless palace maid, by my side. ”

"Huh?" Mo Yunxiao gasped, stood up unconsciously, and said, "What do you mean...... The Queen Mother wants me to be her eyes and ears and watch over you. ”

"It means that." Zhao Ji's face was unwavering. He poured another glass of wine, drank it, and said in a slightly bitter tone, "But not exactly. When the Queen Mother saw that you were beautiful and had no city, she wanted to take it for her own use, but also let you serve me with all your heart. In this way, you have to be rich and rich, I have to be beautiful, don't you and I have to thank the Queen Mother for her kindness? ”

Mo Yunxiao sat down dejectedly, speechless for a long time. She suddenly felt a little bit of "The Legend of Zhen Huan". If she really enters the palace and becomes the emperor's woman, I'm afraid that she will be crushed if she doesn't survive three episodes.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shiver.

"Nope! I'm going out! Mo Yunxiao hurriedly got up, trotted to the window, pushed the window and looked, only to see the guards outside patrolling around, the lights were near and far.

She stomped her foot heavily, frustrated. Zhao Ji was not in a hurry, and also stood up and walked slowly behind her.

"Helu, I can send you out." He said suddenly.

Mo Yunxiao was stunned for a moment, hurriedly turned around, looked at him, and said, "But didn't you just say that there are guards outside, and I will ...... when I see me."

Zhao Ji said with a smile: "The right talent is in a hurry, and I have no master." Now that the Queen Mother is gone, time is calm, I can naturally send you out. ”

After he finished speaking, he strode towards the gate of the palace, pushed open the door, and the little eunuch who was guarding outside hurriedly said, "What do the officials command?" ”

Zhao Ji said: "Find Zhang Di." ”

"Whoa." The little eunuch answered and went.

He closed the door again and walked back, and said to Mo Yunxiao: "Later, I will ask Zhang Di to take you out, just like last time, don't make a noise." ”

"But you ......" Once Mo Yunxiao had a chance to get out, she couldn't bear it in her heart, and asked carefully: "You let me go, tomorrow the Queen Mother will not be red, and she will be angry, how are you good?" ”

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "The soldiers are just going to block the water and cover the earth, you don't have to worry about me." ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and stroked her cheek. Mo Yunxiao panicked in her heart, and moved her steps back, avoiding his hand.

Zhao Ji was a little embarrassed, so he had to scratch his head with his raised hand, and said with a smile: "It's not too early, you rest and rest, Zhang Di is coming." ”

"Hmm." Mo Yunxiao nodded, then returned to the table and sat down, and the two of them were speechless before Zhang Di arrived.

Mo Yunxiao sat at the table with her head down; Zhao Ji stood in front of the window, looking at the bright moon in the night sky.

After a while, Zhang Di's voice came: "The official family is fine." ”

"No need to be polite, come in." Zhao Ji said.

"Whoa." Zhang Di answered and walked in.

He just walked in, Mo Yunxiao also raised his head, the two looked at each other, Mo Yunxiao smiled a little embarrassedly, as if to say: "Zhang Neiguan, I'm going to trouble you again." ”

Zhang Di snorted and looked at Zhao Ji in a flash. Zhao Ji just looked at him with a smile and didn't speak.

Zhang Di looked at Zhao Ji, and then at Mo Yunxiao, who was smiling shyly, and then guessed eight or nine points.

"Official, you call me ......" Zhang Di looked embarrassed, pointed at Mo Yunxiao, and wanted to say the second half of the sentence but didn't dare to say it.

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "Exactly, send her out." ”

Zhang Di's anger was provoked all of a sudden, and he strode over and said, "Lady of the Mo family, what kind of ecstasy soup did you pour into the official family, so that the official family indulged you so much?" Is this Ouchi Imperial Palace a place where you can come and go! ”

"I ......" Mo Yunxiao was about to argue, but Zhao Ji came to relieve her first: "The incident happened suddenly, and I had to do it as a last resort." ”

"Humph! Well, you can just come with me. Zhang Di left in a hurry after dropping this sentence.

Mo Yunxiao also took two steps forward, and when he saw him go out, he turned his head to look at Zhao Ji again. Zhao Ji smiled and said, "You don't want to be like him." ”

Mo Yunxiao suddenly hugged Zhao Ji, leaned his face on his solid chest, and listened to his vigorous and powerful heartbeat.

"I'm leaving." After Mo Yunxiao finished speaking, she ruthlessly let him go and snatched the door out, without looking back once.

Zhao Ji caught up a few steps, only looked at her and Zhang Di's distant backs, and didn't say a word.