"Heh......"

Seeing Mu Yan's serious appearance, Xia Hou couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

"Look at you, girl, why are you so restrained? I ask you this question just to understand your mind. I know that he was not very happy with the first two marriages, and he will be unhappy to give you to him this time. I'm afraid you'll be wronged by him, so I want to find out. Oh, it seems that your personality has changed a lot as Yan'er's kid said!"

Yan'er? Mu Yan's head turned quickly. "The Seventh Prince's child's heart, don't listen to his nonsense. ”

"Hmm!" Xia Hou nodded, "I don't listen! ”

"Huh?" Mu Yan was puzzled, and his little face was confused.

When Empress Xia mentioned Shen Yan, she smiled very gently. "You also know that kid is very wild, and it is rare to come back once. But every time he came back, he would pestering me and telling me a lot of interesting things he had encountered outside, and where he had helped someone. But this time he came back, but he didn't say anything to me, and his little face was a little unhappy. I asked him several times what was wrong, and he finally muttered, I knew that Mu Yan's girl had become like this, and he should have done it first!"

“......”

Hearing these familiar words, Mu Yan was full of black lines. Xia Hou didn't care at all, and continued: "At that time, I was thinking, I have also seen that girl Muyan, she is arrogant, Ah Li is already very unhappy to marry her, how can this kid Yan'er fall in love with her? This doubt has always existed in my heart, until I saw you today, I was shocked that you have really changed." As for the reason, I won't inquire into it, at least you now, I like it very much. ”

Mu Yan was embarrassed, and he held back for a long time before saying, "Xie Niangniang praises." ”

"Mother?"

The summer queen raised her eyebrows. "You are married to Ah Li, you should call me the queen mother with her, why do you still call Niangniang?"

Mu Yan has always been under a lot of pressure on the intricate relationship spectrum, and he can't wait to shoot himself to death with a brick at this time. blushing and quickly changed his words.

"Thank you, thank your mother for complimenting. ”

Xia Hou saw her embarrassment, so she patted her hand and comforted: "Girl, don't be so restrained. It's just the two of us at this time, and no one will blame you if you have anything to say. To tell you the truth, the reason why I asked you just now if you regret it is actually just to think, if you really regret it, then it's just right! I will go back and let Ah Li write a letter of resignation to return your freedom, and then go to Your Majesty to seek the holy decree and give you to Yan'er!"

"......" Mu Yan couldn't keep up with the thinking pattern of this summer queen, and said, "You are really joking." ”

Sure enough, Xia Hou also smiled. Sighing: "Yes, although the idea is good, it can only be a joke." ”

Speaking of this, the summer queen faded away from the ridiculous appearance and turned her head to look out the window. Mu Yan looked at her from the side of her face, and she didn't know if it was her illusion or what, she obviously saw her laughing, but why did she feel an imperceptible sadness from her smile?

At this time, Empress Xia moved, and Mu Yan hurriedly got up and went over to help her. When she and Shen Li entered the house just now, they happened to see two maids helping her to the bedside. Her eyes were sharp, and when she saw the skillful movements of the two maids, she knew that this was definitely not a leg injury or anything like that. Later, Shen Li strode forward, picked her up directly and put her on the side of the bed to lie down. This made Mu Yan even more sure that most of the legs of this summer queen had been injured for a long time.

Finally, Mu Yan couldn't help it, and blurted out like a ghost: "Queen Mother, your legs are ...... How did it hurt?"

As soon as these words came out, he saw Xia Hou's expression stiffen, and Mu Yan couldn't wait to cut off his tongue at the moment. But fortunately, Xia Hou didn't care much about it, and quickly soothed her expression, which made Mu Yan'an breathe a sigh of relief.

"From the moment you and Ah Li entered the house just now, I saw the look of surprise in your eyes. There are so many rumors out there, you must have heard a lot of them, right?"

Mu Yan felt bitter in her heart, she really hadn't heard of it. Otherwise, how could she be so shocked and curious! Fortunately, Xia Hou didn't embarrass her, and said with a smile: "Okay, since you have asked, I'll tell you a story! But this story is a secret, and even Your Majesty doesn't know it, so you have to promise to keep this secret for me, and I will tell you!"

"Hmm!"

Mu Yan nodded like pounding garlic, she was curious, but her mouth was very tight. What should be said and what should not be said, she knows the measure.

"Good~"

Xia Hou smiled with relief, and her eyes drifted out of the window again. There was silence for a long time, and then he began to tell the story as if he had fallen into a memory.

Time passed quickly, and the sky quickly darkened. When Shen Li came back, he saw his mother and daughter-in-law holding hands, a picture of deep love between mother and daughter.

"Yan'er, I don't have a daughter under my knees, Ah Li has already moved out of the palace to become independent, and Yan'er has not returned all year round. You, when you have time in the future, you can go into the palace to talk to me, okay?"

"Well, the queen mother is relieved, I will come to visit you often. ”

*

On the way back, because the sedan chair could not be carried into the imperial city, there was a section of the road that had to be walked by yourself.

Shen Li's Xianqing Palace, where he had lived since he left the summer, immediately returned to his previous coldness. Walking in front alone, his whole body was drenched in cold, and he didn't let people approach. Mu Yan followed behind him and looked at his back, and suddenly remembered what Xia Hou said to her just now.

She said, "Smoke, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and Ah Li is no exception. The most difficult thing to escape in this world is nothing more than seven emotions and six desires. If you don't believe me, I'm the best example of that. When I entered the palace, I was pampered by three thousand. Some people say that Ah Li's mother was angry with me like this. I live a casual life, and I never care what others say about me. Just by looking at Ah Li's attitude towards me now, you can see that he respects me. Even if his mother died because of me, I took care of him for so many years, and it finally made him change his opinion of me, didn't it?"

Mu Yan didn't know what she meant by telling her these things at first, but later she realized that Xia Hou had the intention to enlighten her, hoping that she wouldn't just look at the surface in everything. Shen Li is not a bad person, his indifference is all to protect himself.

Thinking of this, Mu Yan took a deep breath, looked at the back in front of him, and didn't know where he got the courage, so he suddenly reached out and held him. She could clearly feel the other party's body stiffen, obviously not expecting her sudden move. The footsteps stopped, and the person walking in front turned his head inexplicably.

The autumn night was cold, and she was not very warm in her clothes, so her little hands were already cold. She originally thought that even a hot-blooded young man like her would have cold hands, and Shen Li's indifferent and withdrawn perverted man was definitely in a state of ice. But who would have thought that this warmth at your fingertips was all about?

"Mu Yan?"

Shen Li didn't figure out what the current situation was, and called her name softly.

Mu Yan raised his head to look at him, only to see the person with an outstanding posture, fluttering clothes, and he didn't feel anything on weekdays. At this moment, there is an indescribable noble and chic, and he is gorgeous. The eyes of the slanted flying phoenix who didn't know how many celebrities in the boudoir in Beijing had fallen out, there was an unpredictable light.

Mu Yan instantly withdrew his hand, dropped a sentence of "It's okay", lowered his head and hurriedly walked forward. Shen Li froze in place, glancing at the hand that had been touched by the cold just now, and a ghostly light flashed in his deep eyes.