Liu Ya sat in a quiet pavilion, waiting for Mo Kaichan to find Mo Qiutong, who had not followed for a long time, surrounded by clusters of green rhododendrons, she unhappily pulled the leaves that climbed to the vermilion pillar, the depression in her heart seemed to take root, and kept jumping in her mind, and she heard a familiar male voice with a shallow smile:

"'It hurts'. ”

As soon as ......the willow bud that pulled off the rhododendron leaf raised his eyes speechlessly, he saw Ji Huansheng in a green-gray brocade dress walking slowly from the left oblique arch, and he was still carrying a pot of wine in his hand.

"This is a new wine made from spring cuckoos this year, and the little guy in the pond knows that I prefer azaleas and specially sent it to taste, do you want to try it?" Ji Huansheng handed her the wine.

"When does anyone really think of me as a princess?" everyone pointed at her, Liu Ya pouted self-deprecatingly, took the wine and smelled a faint sweetness, as soon as she opened the cork, the soft smell of wine tightly wrapped around the sweetness that poured into her nose, and she took a sip into her throat, like the refreshing smell of the earth after the rain filled her teeth and cheeks, and then lasted for a long time.

"What about the princess? Do you think of yourself as a princess?"

Whether it is the inspection of the Southern Han Dynasty or the princess of the Western Desert, she seems to have been only doing willow buds all along—that is, herself.

"People, sometimes it's not just about doing what most people think is right, the princess obviously has willful capital, if she is not happy, she is still considerate of the other party, and put away the most damaging sentence, it is indeed too easy to bully. Ji Huansheng laughed.

"Is Ji Gongzi sowing discord—" Liu Ya suddenly grabbed his hand, pulled him to the vacant seat next to him, and after pulling him by the collar when he was caught off guard, he leaned over and kissed his lips, only to let go of it in a moment, and then raised his head and looked at the arch from the right with a smile, and the surprised faces of King Qing, who came with Mo Kaichan and Mo Qiutong, "The county lord Yihe and Yuwen Qiuye who took the chastity archway given by the emperor were also doing this kind of thing just now, but come secretly, how can it be fun to be above board!"

"Do you say yes? Liu Ya got up and just walked out of the pavilion without two steps, then turned back and tilted his head towards the stunned Ji Huansheng and smiled, "After I go back, remember to greet King Jie for me, thank him for his kind invitation, but the charity of the Southern Han Dynasty, I am a princess of the Western Desert, and it is really not suitable to be mixed in." ”

She took Mo Qiutong and Mo Kaichan and left from the left door.

Ji Huansheng picked up the wooden cork that fell to the ground, wiped the dust on himself, sealed the pot of wine that Liu Ya put down before leaving, picked it up and calmly stepped out of the pavilion, just as he was about to leave from the left door, the long-silent courtyard sounded King Qing's indifferent voice that seemed to imply a warning:

"This king hopes that Ji Gongzi will understand that this is just a 'misunderstanding' from beginning to end. ”

"I don't know about the matter between Lord Yihe and King Ye, but Princess Mo did kiss me. Ji Huan didn't reply.

King Qing watched his figure gradually disappear from sight for a moment, so he had to order, "Ah Sheng, pay attention to them, don't let Jingzhong gossip about it!"

**

Liu Ya came home and just wanted to take advantage of the sleepiness to sleep, but Liu Sigu came with her daughter Xue Jinxiu, and Xue Jinxiu was tired of running around and fell asleep, and was not woken up by the farce, but after knowing about it the next day, at the dust washing banquet, she secretly blamed her for taking the maid too seriously, but she didn't hear it, and at this time, Liu Sigu couldn't hide her blame as soon as she opened her mouth:

"Ya Ya, what kind of peach blossom pond do you go to, why don't you bring embroidery? She first came to Beijing, and she hasn't been around!" Liu Sigu has been raising Xue Jinxiu since she was a child, although she is just a businessman, she treats her daughter as if she is a noble lady, and she doesn't go out of the door on weekdays, but she knows how to read and know etiquette, but she doesn't know what the general situation is, and she has a squeamish attitude that looks down on people.

"If you want to go, go tomorrow, and I will send someone to inform Young Master Murong tonight. Liu Ya couldn't help but yawn.

Fourth Aunt Liu was almost by her pretending to be confused, "We are all newcomers, I don't know what the rules are, if we accidentally offend those who can't be offended, wouldn't it be bad, you are Xiu'er's cousin, when you have free time to take the sixth princess and the regent prince to go shopping, wouldn't it be good to bring Jinxiu with you, Xiu'er will go out with you, the fourth aunt is a hundred hearts!"

"There are no rules to scare people in Beijing, and if you want to walk back and forth safely, you just need to carry a 'self-knowledge'. ”

Hearing this, Xue Jinxiu's face turned red and then turned black again, all the dissatisfaction in the past few days finally reached its peak, and he couldn't control his self-rushing, "Liu Ya, what do you mean?"

Even Liu Sigu also heard the inappropriateness in her words, "Yes, Yaya, what do you mean by this? You are doing well, what's wrong with your cousin? In terms of knowledge and appearance, my family's Xiu'er will never lose to those real noble ladies! You only need to help Xiu'er a little, so that Xiu'er can also live a good life, maybe we can repay you a bigger favor in the future!"

"The fourth aunt asked my mother to find relatives for Jinxiu before, my mother chose several sons, I don't know much else, but the little son of the prefect's family and the second son of Ming Yi Bofu, I have been in contact, I feel that Jinxiu is quite a good match with them, and the prefect's wife and Bofu are also quite satisfied with Jinxiu, why did the fourth aunt refuse, and then go to Beijing?" Liu Ya swept them casually.

Of course, she felt that Xue Jinxiu could fly to a higher branch under the backdrop of Liu Ya, who had become the princess of the Western Desert, but Liu Sigu's careful thinking naturally couldn't be taken out and said, she turned her face away and said, "I also know that my sister-in-law has worked hard for Jinxiu for a while, but Xiu'er and I both feel that they don't fit in with each other——"

"Then the fourth aunt can tell me, which of the noble families in Shangjing is in line with your eyes?" Liu Ya couldn't hold back the ridicule that was about to overflow the corners of her lips, if those thoughts that didn't have 'self-knowledge' were just her fourth aunt's insistence on going her own way, she could also care a little about Xue Jinxiu, but the problem was that even Xue Jinxiu herself was so self-conscious that she wanted to use her to climb better branches, so don't blame her for ruthlessly shattering their illusions.

"Isn't it because Xiu'er went out to meet and got to know each other before she found out!"

"Okay, then starting tomorrow, I'll follow wherever I go. ”

Hearing Liu Ya's words, Liu Sigu was satisfied, and happily responded, pulling Xue Jinxiu to leave, but Xue Jinxiu talked to Liu Ya with something to say, and asked Liu Sigu to go back first, and Liu Sigu also hoped that the two of them would exchange feelings, so they left by themselves without suspicion.

When the door closed and the footsteps were far away, Xue Jinxiu hooked her lips disdainfully and said, "It's just a while, and the weak and well-behaved willow buds in everyone's eyes will say things with a condescending face, I thought you would pretend to be eighty years old?"

"What's the matter? You're jealous of my face, and you can't hide it at last?" Liu Ya looked at her amusedly.

"Who's jealous of you?!"

"You. Liu Ya looked at Xue Jinxiu, who gritted her teeth, "I still remember one summer, my father came back, and the fourth aunt brought you here, and my father called the children in the neighborhood to play hide and seek at home in order to be lively, and during the hiding, you said to the Xi family brothers and sisters, 'Liu Ya calls you dead fat pigs at home', I still remember it clearly!"

Oh, yes, oh, there was a New Year's Festival, my aunt brought my cousin here, and it just so happened that you hadn't left yet, and when the elders let us play in the garden, you took advantage of me to go to the toilet and said to my cousin, 'Liu Ya said, I hate you the most as a cousin, and I don't want to play with you' or something, I originally wanted to go back and tell my cousin not to bully you, but I heard this.

This is the case once, and twice as well, no matter how stupid you are, you should know what you have in mind, right? What's more, I'm well-behaved, not stupid, but it's a pity that what disappoints you is that my cousin is much smarter than the Xi family brothers and sisters, he didn't believe your nonsense, and told me to beware of you bad boy before leaving!"

Xue Jinxiu's eyes flashed with a hint of panic that had been recognized, but then he sneered indifferently, "I did say those things, but you figured it out, I'm not jealous of you, I hate you, okay! Since I was a child, I thought that your well-behaved appearance was terrible, but they all seemed to be blind, praising you to everyone, always saying that you are good in front of me, you are good, what does it have to do with me? Why do I have to follow them to praise you, I think you are good?!"

"You can try to be better than me, better than me, but you do one thing in front of me, and another set in front of others, do you think that all the elders are like your mother's eyes, and can only see your good? They say that I am good in front of you, but they are borrowing me to tell you, don't learn more and get worse, but unfortunately, over the years, you have not made the slightest progress, and you still think that I have come to this day because of good luck, but do you really think that in this imperial city that eats people and does not spit out bones, only superficial kung fu can survive?"

Liu Ya sneered, "If that's the case, I'll give you a chance to try it and see if this imperial city is as simple as you think!"

"I won't be polite to you, he won't thank you when I fly higher up the branches!" she turned away.

Liu Ya looked at the innocent door that was angry and was slammed, and her brain was swollen and painful, but before she could climb into bed to rest, the door was closed, and it was pushed open with a bang, and Liu Sigu's anxious and panicked voice rushed in:

"Bud, Bud, go save your cousin!!"

“......”

Liu Sigu's action was so big that even Mo Qiutong and Mo Kaichan, who were taking a nap next door, were woken up.

The little guy who reported said, " Listening to the messenger, Young Master Xue has been in Piaoxiang Courtyard these days, messing with a girl named Ruling, but today he doesn't know why he wants to rob the Oiran who came back from visiting relatives, and then he got into trouble with Xu Yibo, the sister-in-law of the fourth master of the Yongguo Mansion who had set up a picturesque relationship early, and rushed to redeem himself for Ruhua, a mere female branch actually auctioned for 10,000 taels, that Xu Yibo is not a reasonable person, provoking Young Master Xue to buy Oiran is not interesting or anything, he actually clamored to buy the entire Piaoxiang Courtyard, and when the bidding went to one million taels of silver, Xu Yibo abstained, and Young Master Xue realized that he had been tricked, so he moved his hands and feet and smashed Xu Yibo's calf！”

Liu Ya wanted to sneer, but he couldn't laugh at anything, Mo Kaichan said with a disgusted face, "He deserves it!"

"How can the prince regent say that? Then, that's Yaya's cousin, Yaya Wow, you must save your cousin!" Liu Sigu opened her throat and cried, "Your fourth aunt and I only have such a baby, if you don't save him, it's equivalent to asking for my life!"

"How does the fourth aunt want me to save him? Do you know what the Yongguo Mansion is? It's the maiden home of the Queen Mother of this imperial city!" Liu Ya said weakly, "Originally, if you want to live peacefully at the feet of the Son of Heaven, you must wake up your spirit and be cautious in your words and deeds, and when you go out, you will meet a person who dares to make trouble openly, which one doesn't have a strong background? He is good, spending a million taels of silver to play with others, it's really amazing! When did the Xue family become so rich, just throw it away for a million taels of silver?"

"No, no matter what, you can't die without saving! That's your cousin, it's your own cousin!" Liu Sigu snorted and tearfully wanted to grab Liu Ya's hand, but was blocked by Mo Kaichan in disgust without a trace, and she had to cry back and forth with a whimper.

Liu Ya was not only dizzy, but even her ears were dissatisfied, if she continued like this, she would definitely have a short life for several years, and said helplessly, "Fourth aunt, remember the four words "don't take an example, and next time, how the law is disposed of, I will no longer care about this mess that you have connived at yourself, I have the title of the luxurious princess of the Western Desert on my head, but I am not a god, I don't have so many powerful spells to save Xue Runcong again and again!"

Liu Sigu was busy wiping away tears and nodded.

When Xue Jinxiu heard the news and came back from the back garden, Liu Ya was already ready to go out, Mo Kaichan and Mo Qiutong wanted to follow, she said funny, "They are confused, are you also stupid? What is his identity Xue Runcong, he wants you to go with a sixth princess and a regent prince, what is the place of Piaoxiang Courtyard, if you go, where will you put the face of the Western Desert royal family?"

"However, my sister's face looked very bad. Mo Qiutong said worriedly.

Mo Kaichan touched her forehead again, to make sure that her body temperature was still within the normal range, she had been busy checking the information of the six doors recently, and she always slept very late at night, and it seemed that some eyebrows had gone to bed early last night, and today she took them to wander again, and she had not rested well, and she had to rescue Xue Runcong, so she was so angry that her face was not good, "You don't seem to have any friendship with the Yongguo Mansion." ”

"Don't worry, I'll go to the Shilang Mansion to ask my cousin to accompany me, you stay here and help me take a good look at this home, okay?

"My sister's business is our business, no matter how dirty it is, we don't dislike it, we can't help my sister, and I want to accompany my sister!"

Liu Ya accepted their intentions, and set off with the black crow in a carriage for the Ministry of Servants.

Mo Qiutong and Mo Kaichan watched the carriage go away, and when they turned around, they saw Xue Jinxiu, who didn't want to have any contact with her, but she actually said:

"Liu Ya has really bought people's hearts like this since she was a child, and the royal family of the Western Desert is controlled by her!"

Mo Qiutong frowned, but heard Mo Kaichan sneer, "Don't you still rely on Liu Ya to climb high branches? Looking down on her while using Liu Ya is really disgusting, that is, Liu Ya allows you to point fingers in front of her for the sake of relatives, and change someone else, what do you think you are?"

Xue Jinxiu's lofty posture collapsed in an instant, a little face turned red and white, white and black, staring at Mo Kaichan deadly, and listening to him, a young man who was only thirteen years old, sneered in a tone that was a hundred times more mean than the old woman in the back house, as if looking at an ant, and sneered:

"Whether it's your mother or your brother, you can make a face! Which of the noble families who can stop at the feet of the Son of Heaven will look down on you? They are ten times more shrewd than abacus, how can they look at a hypocritical woman like you differently just because you are Liu Ya's cousin? Where did you come from, go back, don't know how cruel the reality is, and blame Liu Ya for being better than you and better than you!"

He looked at her gaze as cold as ice condensed on the eaves of the cold winter and snowy night, the words she wanted to refute, all were blocked in her throat, goosebumps seemed to be scared reminded her not to hit the stone with an egg, Liu Ya has the ability to gather the people around her since she was a child, she really doesn't know that a weak little bean sprout, there is anything better than her? Why do the people around her only see Liu Ya's efforts, but not her efforts? Everyone praises Liu Ya for liking Liu Ya, but treats her as nothing, she hates it very much:

"What do you know?" Xue Jinxiu struggled to squeeze out these words from between her teeth, then turned around and ran away.

"Is it because she doesn't know anything, okay! Is the Xue family's ancestral shameless?" Mo Qiutong was really speechless, he only saw the superficial scenery of others, but ignored the efforts behind others, he would only be resentful of God's injustice, and he would not be attached to himself who thought he had worked hard, but in the world, apart from his background, which success is really easy?

Mo Kaichan narrowed his eyes, and a bumpy figure jumped out of the secret place with a flick of his fingers, and respectfully bowed his head to him to listen to the order:

"Magpie, keep an eye on her, don't tell her to be bad to Willow Bud. ”

**

When Liu Ya went to the Minister's Mansion, Jiang Zhiyu was talking about workplace affairs with a few noble children, knowing her intentions, he hurriedly sent his friends away and rushed to Piaoxiang Courtyard with her, and when they arrived, the entire mess of Piaoxiang Courtyard had already stood two traces of the figure she had seen earlier in Taohuatan, Xue Runcong was suppressed in a corner next to him, and there was a little boy in the hall who was loudly scolding the doctor who didn't know the severity, and on the other side stood the old bustard and the picturesque and a few small maids in the courtyard that she had seen before.

"It's such a trivial matter, why do you need the princess and Jiang Shao to go on a special trip?"

Hearing this, Xue Runcong, who was stunned, reacted and said in surprise, "Cousin!" But as soon as he saw Jiang Zhiyu, his surprise was only shocked.

"Alas, even if this thing is a bastard, we don't want to admit it, it's also a relative who can't be tampered with, he made mistakes in a fool's way, we are brothers and sisters, so we naturally have to clean up the mess. Jiang Zhiyu swept over Xue Runcong coldly, and smiled without smiling.

"What's more, I'm only here this time as he-" Liu Ya pointed at Xue Runcong with his chin before saying, "-cousin. She walked to the hall and looked at the doctor's removal of Xu Yibo's calf injury pierced by the woman's golden hairpin, the doctor was carefully applying anesthetic to him, but the injury was already red and swollen around him, and if she didn't pull out the golden hairpin, she was afraid of the risk of infection, she squatted down and said, "Let me come!"

"This-" The anxious and sweaty doctor looked at her at a loss, and then looked at King Qing and them who were standing on the other side.

But before King Qing's jaw responded, Xu Yibo already said disdainfully, "I don't want that guy's cousin to touch me!"

"Eighth brother. Xu Congyao, who had been standing beside King Qing and had never changed his expression, scolded lightly, "Don't be rude." ”

Liu Ya didn't expect that the fox-like man she had seen in Peach Blossom Pond was actually from the Yongguo Mansion, "It's okay, the quarrel between the two parties was originally the one who did it first, although I also think that being that guy's cousin is not worth publicizing, but he is no longer my cousin, I know a little about medicine, but Xu Bashao doesn't have to suffer from pain anymore, can Xu Bashao give me a chance to make amends?"

"You're very different from that guy. Xu Yibo saw that her expression was sincere, and her distorted white little face finally nodded, just now after listening to King Qing's words, she also understood what her identity was, but she didn't use her power to bully others, and taught him to look at this girl again, looking at the appearance of only thirteen or fourteen years old, but he knew the general situation unusually, "Are you the kind of cousin who is a cousin of three thousand miles?"

The crow handed the medicine box he was carrying to Liu Ya, who rolled up his sleeves.

Liu Ya took a silver needle and inserted it into several acupuncture points on Xu Yibo's legs, making him temporarily unconscious, and replied while taking care of the injury, "He is the only son of my father's own sister, Xu is so, he is used to growing up, and when he first came to Beijing, he didn't know the rules, so he recklessly bumped into you, you are smart, you will use tricks to scare him, but he has always been a well-developed limb, how do you know that you wanted to give him the stairs down, isn't this annoyed to get up and do it!"

Her fingers were as white as shallots, and as beautiful as jade carvings, and her movements skillfully and quickly pulled out the golden hairpin to stop the bleeding and bandage, watching her treatment was like looking at a picture scroll, because she was smiling shallowly, and had been speaking softly without hurrying, as if she was just trying to distract others from the bloody face.

"Alright. Liu Ya picked out a few bottles of medicine from the medicine box and handed them to the little guy in the Yongguo Mansion.

"It really doesn't hurt anymore. Xu Yibo moved his legs.

"Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, then—"

"If you only need to misunderstand and prevaricate about everything, why are there rules in Beijing, and everyone will do it because of the healing of the injury. Liu Ya indifferently interrupted King Qing's words, put away the medicine box, and motioned to the black crow to catch Xue Runcong, who had only shown his happiness a moment ago!