Dou Lianyi glanced at Qin Mu a little blankly, completely unaware of what he meant by that sentence.

Seeing that Qin Mu didn't reply, he seemed to be suddenly interested in the plate of fried balls in front of him, and he was slowly holding the jade chopsticks and putting one into the bowl.

Dou Lianyi thought about it again, and suddenly realized: "If Qin Gongzi is worried that there will be important things to talk about when the time comes, and it is inconvenient for outsiders to be present, I will always only bring Bai Zhi or Yuzhu by my side, I trust them very much, so Qin Gongzi doesn't have to worry about this." ”

The fried balls rolled around in the bowl, a bit like Qin Mu's mood at this time.

"It's also offensive, I once heard that Miss Dou fell in love with Lu Gongzi at first sight, and he didn't marry him, so she didn't hesitate to make a fuss with Dou Xiang and father and daughter, and she hasn't been back to Xiangye's mansion for many years, I don't know if it's true or not?"

As soon as the words fell, Qin Mu raised his eyes to look at Dou Lianyi, his gaze swept over her face as cool as moonlight.

"Qin Gongzi's topic jumped a little unexpectedly," Dou Lianyi was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, shook his head and said: "But if this news is false, I won't be a joke in the capital for so many years." ”

A wisp of light smoke was rising from the incense burner placed next to her, and Dou Ripple, who was lined with low eyebrows, looked very calm and calm, as if this matter had long been a thing of the past for her.

If it weren't for the glimpse of Dou Lianyi's fingers clenching the tea cup with slight force, Qin Mu might have really been deceived by the understatement she showed.

He looked away, and instead stared intently at the West Lake vinegar fish that had just been served by the subordinate, and a smell of vinegar came to his nose.

It really made him feel uncomfortable.

"I don't know when infatuation became a joke?"

I don't know why Qin Mu's eyebrows and eyes looked a little angry at this time, which made Dou Lianyi feel a little strange.

She followed Qin Mu's gaze and fell on the plate of innocent West Lake vinegar fish, and a guess faintly popped up in her heart.

It's just that Dou Lianyi didn't ask, but changed the topic and quipped: "Why does Qin Gongzi look like he's fighting me?" ”

Before Qin Mu could speak, Dou Lianyi lowered his eyebrows and smiled lowly, and said with emotion: "But this matter has been a long time, who wouldn't make one or two such stupid mistakes when they were young?" Now that I think about it, I just think of it as a joke to amuse myself and others. ”

"This sounds like Miss Dou, you have no feelings for Lu Gongzi," Qin Mu said softly, while quietly observing the change in the expression on Dou Lianyi's face, "But I don't know what happened to make you have such a change, Miss Dou?" ”

The autumn afternoon sun fell on her back through the window screen of the rain hall, although the sun was a little warm on her body, but the grievances and hatred in her heart that could not be with outsiders still made Dou Lianyi feel chilled to the bone, and she didn't open her mouth after a long time.

Seeing this, Qin Mu didn't force it, he had almost gotten the answer he wanted from Dou Lianyi's reaction.

Since he resisted like this, he thought that what he had just seen at the side door of the Junwang Mansion was something else.

Thinking of this, Qin Mu, who had been aggrieved for a long time, finally hooked the corners of his mouth with some satisfaction, raised his hand and patted it, and motioned to his subordinates to bring up the other desserts one by one.

There are honey peanuts that Dou Lianyi loves to eat, as well as candied cherries and sweet cakes of osmanthus, and the table that is already left is full.

Then Qin Mu comforted Dou Lianyi warmly: "Forget it, since the food is in front, we won't mention those unhappy pasts, not to mention that people are not sages, who can do nothing, Miss Dou, don't care too much." ”

Hearing this, Dou Lianyi also came back to his senses, and the sorrow in his eyes disappeared, and he smiled instead, picked up the jade chopsticks, and said to Qin Mu: "Okay, today we will only talk about food, nothing else." ”

When most of the dishes were eaten, the two of them were a little full, and when they were tasting the pear blossom stuffing, Qin Mu suddenly opened his mouth and asked seemingly casually: "By the way, Miss Dou, this time General Xiao's celebration banquet, presumably the county prince's mansion has also received an invitation, I don't know if Lu Gongzi is ......."

"Hmm."

Dou Lianyi knew what Qin Mu wanted to ask in her unfinished words, she nodded, and for some reason explained a sentence specifically for this: "Because the eldest princess will also appear at this celebration banquet, I will agree to go with him." ”

Qin Mu also knew about this, so he just raised his eyebrows with some confusion and asked, "Miss Dou has a relationship with the eldest princess?" ”

If it were someone else, Dou Lianyi was afraid that she wouldn't explain too much, but looking at Qin Mu's slightly frowning appearance, she actually whispered in a ghostly voice: "Qin Gongzi doesn't know, the eldest princess and my mother are close friends, I have been taken care of by the eldest princess since I was a child, but I haven't seen the eldest princess for a long time for some reasons, so I don't want to miss this opportunity this time." ”

After a long time, Qin Mu didn't speak again, just lowered his eyebrows, and kept playing with the wine glass in front of him with his slender fingers, so long that Dou Lianyi couldn't sit still.

Although she didn't feel that she had done anything wrong, seeing Qin Mu's silent appearance still made her feel a little strange in her heart.

"If Qin Gongzi has nothing to say, I'll go back first?"

Qin Mu raised his eyes and watched Dou Lianyi get up, and did not make a sound, but motioned to Qin Yun, who was standing aside, and asked him to send people away.

"Yes, Qin Ye."

Dou Lianyi, who was following behind Qin Yun, hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "That, ...... are you?"

"Miss Dou calls me Qin Yun, I am the housekeeper of Fengxue Pavilion, if Miss Dou has something to look for Qin Ye and can't find it, you can also let me talk."

Qin Yun introduced himself with a smile while leading the way in front.

Dou Lianyi pursed her lips, listening to the sound of the soles of her shoes stepping on the fallen leaves on the path, the smell of the grass and trees on both sides was blown by the autumn wind, and the smell made her faintly depressed and degraded.

"Qin Yun, will you Qin Ye go to General Xiao's celebration banquet this time?"

Standing at the gate of the Wind and Snow Pavilion, Dou Lianyi stopped for a while, and couldn't help but ask.

Qin Yun also stopped, and responded politely: "Miss Dou said with a smile, this is a banquet in the palace, how can we Qin Ye go?" ”

"But the last time Lord Shangshu's banquet, didn't Gongzi Qin go?"

"That's because Qin Ye was invited to go because he was kind to Lord Shangshu, and as for General Xiao's celebration banquet, where is the place to go if you want to."

Hearing Qin Yun's explanation, Dou Lianyi also felt that it made sense, so he didn't say anything more, just nodded and said softly: "I see, then I know." ”

(End of chapter)