After receiving the officials of Dali Temple, Xie Yunxi sat alone in the study, and he picked up the unfinished recital to see if he had started writing. This case involves a person with the status of the prince, so it is natural to hand it over to Dali Siqing. In the past few days, the officials of Dali Temple have been sorting out the case together with the arresters, but as for the trial, Xie Yunxi took him down and handed him over after the trial in Kaifeng Mansion a few days later.

At this time, Alai came to Xie Yunxi's study with a bowl of supplements: "Little Wangye, this is Xiao Wang...... The tonic that Mademoiselle gave you, she said...... "Alai looked a little nervous.

Bronze immediately took the dishes and chopsticks in her hand and presented them to Xie Yunxi. Xie Yunxi saw that she was nervous, and said gently: "Alai, am I so terrible? ”

Alai squeezed his hands and said, "Miss Nalan said that the whole house knew that you spent the night in her house, and called her 'Little Princess' instead, which she was very troubled by, and asked you to tell the kitchen not to stew any more supplements, there are too many of them for her to drink." ”

Xie Yunxi laughed out loud after hearing this: "Those people in the back kitchen all watched me grow up, and they were also very concerned about my affairs, they just cared. You don't understand these things when you come to Fuzhong, don't worry, I'll explain it to them. ”

Alai found that this little prince was not as serious as he seemed to be, so he put his mind at ease and said, "I will explain to Miss Nalan, the slave and maid retreated." ”

Nalan Zhishui stood quietly at the door, she was embarrassed to send the tonic soup into the house, so she asked Alai to deliver it. When Alai went out, he breathed a sigh of relief, but was pulled by Nalan Zhishui, and they looked at each other and smiled and ran away.

Xie Yunxi had already noticed the Nalan Zhishui outside the house when he was inside the house, and he reached out to take the tonic soup and ate it alone. Bronze looked at him from the side, and his unnatural expression made Xie Yunxi not only ask: "You have this expression, do you have something on your mind?"

"Did you really spend the night in Miss Nalan's room?"

Xie Yunxi heard that he also came to inquire about himself, looked up at the bronze, and said bluntly: "Yes, and we have done everything we should do." ”

The bronze "popped" and froze in place. He thought of what Yazhi had said in the Buddha hall in the morning, and he was at a loss for what to do.

Xie Yunxi narrowed his eyes with a smile, tugged at the bronze sleeve, and said in a playful tone: "What, are you jealous? Why don't I go to your room tonight?"

Bronze took a step back and said to Xie Yunxi, "Little Lord, don't be kidding...... I think you're going a little too far. ”

"Oh, I her off yesterday and went to her house to clear up some misunderstandings, and we didn't do anything. Xie Yunxi explained to him, and when he remembered last night, the inadvertent smile on his face made Bronze see it. Last night, after Xie Yunxi turned off the lights, he let go of Nalan Zhishui, and since she didn't want to, he didn't force her. He dressed Nalan Zhishui, and she hid in the innermost part of the bed, ignoring him again. Xie Yunxi didn't want to leave her too far, so he simply lay down, but he slept on the outskirts of the bed and kept a distance from Nalan Zhishui.

Nalan Zhishui hid under the quilt like a frightened kitten, she was a little afraid that the person in front of her had no intention of sleeping. Xie Yunxi also concentrated on her situation, and the two of them remained silent for a while, and finally Xie Yunxi spoke to break the quiet atmosphere. From the simple conversation at the beginning, they talked to each other and answered each other, and finally stopped when Nalan Zhishui fell asleep, Xie Yun closed his eyes when he saw that she was sleeping peacefully, and when he woke up the next day, he found Nalan Zhishui holding his arm and leaning on him. Xie Yunxi had never looked at this girl so closely, he turned slightly and hugged Nalan Zhishui, smelling her fragrance, feeling her soft body, his heart was happy but it was a kind of torment. Xie Yunxi kept this action until Alai had no intention of breaking in.

"By 'excessive', I mean that you have been tempting Young Master Yazhi. Bronze frowned: "Although you are my master, I should be on your side, but I want to say a word for him." ”

Xie Yunxi was just eating, and he didn't pay attention to Bronze's words at all.

"You know the rules of the Nalan family better than anyone else, now that you have succeeded, don't force Young Master Yazhi to say what he doesn't want to say. ”

Xie Yunxi said lightly: "What would you do if I liked a girl with you?"

"I would opt out. ”

"You don't have to worry about who we are. ”

"I will still withdraw, and it is impossible for a person to live without his surroundings. ”

"Why? It's not good to compete fairly with me?"

Bronze heard this, and suddenly was silent for a while before replying: "Not everyone dares to compete with you, and this world is not absolutely fair. You are noble, and I am just an ordinary person, if it weren't for my mother to enter the house to be your nurse, I'm afraid my mother and I would have starved to death. I have served you since I was a child, and the palace has raised me, so how can I have the heart to compete with you fairly?"

After hearing this, Xie Yun said with a smile: "Have you met someone who really makes you desperate." ”

"You just didn't notice. Bronze whispered.

"Yes, is it someone from the house? Tell me, I'll help you talk about matchmaking. ”

Bronze didn't speak, just looked at Xie Yunxi silently. He put away the empty dishes and chopsticks and said softly: "You always act on your own ideas and never consider the feelings of others. Even if you treat me like this, it's the same for Young Master and Miss Yazhi. ”

Bronze left the study with a word, Xie Yunxi looked at his departing back, and had to admit that he had already understood in his heart that if Yazhi took action, no matter what he did, this marriage would not be successful. It's like Yazhi gave it to himself, and if you want to blame it, you have to blame your pride, provoking the idea that he wants to compete with Yazhi, but Yazhi doesn't want to do that. He sighed, moved his pen and began to finish the recital.

Bronze did not return to the study in time after packing up his things, but took a walk in the corridor in the lake in the courtyard, and then he sat on the edge of the corridor with his feet hanging from the lake. He took the bronze mask and placed it beside him, looking down at his own reflection in the lake. He looks clean and delicate, with a pair of narrow eyes under the willow eyebrows, delicate facial features like his mother, and a soft appearance of a Jiangnan person. On the right side of his face, from the bottom of the eye to the side of the mouth, there was a reddish-brown burn scar of different shades. Since childhood, Xie Yu has only returned home for a long time, Xie Yun thought about it and personally served food for his father. Bronze persuaded him to hand it over to his subordinates, but he insisted on doing it, and inadvertently knocked over the hot tea tree black chicken soup, and Bronze hurriedly protected Xie Yunxi, with several burns on his face and body.

He picked up this bronze mask, and although he was rewarded after that, he became Xie Yunxi's personal bodyguard, and had the opportunity to read, write, and practice martial arts, and since then this mask has followed him, and in the name of this mask, he forgot his original name. Xie Yunxi's habits and preferences, including Xie Yunxi's few friends, are all familiar with bronze. He knew Xie Yunxi's people better than Yazhi.

"I want to get married and still look like this ghost. Bronze muttered, and he immediately put on his mask. He saw Nalan Zhishui and Alai playing with butterflies in the courtyard in the distance, and he regretted what he said just now, it was rare for the two of them to be so happy today. Since Nalan Zhishui moved into the mansion, Bronze hadn't seen her as happy as she was now. Alai's full name is Fang Yulai, Xie Yun heard that Nalan Zhishui was coming to Fuzhong, so he personally chose a little maid of the same age as her and taught her to read and learn the piano. Let her have some topics with Nalan Zhishui, so that she won't get bored in the house.

Nalan Zhishui, who was originally happy, suddenly had a sudden change in her face, and she turned around and wanted to run away, which made Alai feel very surprised. Because she saw the figure of Nalan Rongque.

"Hello. "Nalan Rongque finished solving the matter of the medical hall and immediately came to the palace, he wanted to solve the problem that had not been solved in the past two years.

Nalan Zhishui didn't answer her father's call, she didn't know how to face it for a while, and ran away if she wanted to.

"Zhishui!" Nalan Rongque called again, and Nalan Zhishui didn't look back in a panic.

"Nalan Zhishui, you don't plan to have my father, do you?" Nalan Rongque frowned and said such a sentence sternly. Nalan Zhishui had never seen his father so angry and stood in place in fear.

"You haven't been home for two years, don't you miss home?" Nalan Rongque paced in front of her.

Seeing that Nalan Rongque was coming, Bronze immediately greeted him and greeted him, he wanted to relieve Nalan Zhishui. At this time, Nalan Zhishui had a chance to sneak back to the room. Nalan Rongque read his intentions early, and did not embarrass him, explained him some things and left.

Nalan Zhishui was panicked by her father's sudden appearance in the mansion, and the last time she saw her father was two years ago. Before she left home, she said negative things that hurt herself and hurt her father, and she was so unprepared that she didn't know how to deal with it, and she forgot that the door was not closed.

"You seem to be happy here. A familiar voice came to mind, and the startled Nalan Zhishui stood up.

"Daddy...... I didn't...... Daddy, you drink tea......"

Nalan Rongque entered the room, sat down calmly, and said softly, "Stretch out your hand." ”

Nalan Zhishui had no choice but to stretch out her hand, she thought that her father was going to punish her, but she didn't expect that she was just taking her pulse. Nalan Rongque carefully checked her cold illness, and only said a sentence after a long time: "Your cold illness is fine, don't overuse 'Cold Water Luoshen' in the future, it will damage your body." ”

"How did Dad know that I used this trick?" Nalan Zhishui wanted to change the subject.

"I heard Ya Zhi say today, I have seen his illness, and he is fine. Nalan Rongque looked at Zhishui, her mind couldn't escape her father's eyes.

"It's great that he's okay. ”

"Where's your wedding bracelet?" asked Nalan Rongque straight to the point.

She stumbled and said, "Didn't you tell your father...... I dropped ......"

"Lie!" Nalan Rongque's serious tone carried a hint of anger: "Did you give it to Ah Zhi, right? Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?"

Nalan Zhishui's lie was punctured by her father, and she was speechless.

"You gave a wedding bracelet to Ah Zhi, why are you arguing to marry Yun Xi?" Nalan Rongque's calm face, which did not eat the fireworks of the world, now exuded a trace of anger.

"I ...... Is that...... Brother Yazhi won't give me an answer......" Nalan Zhishui pinched his fingers and said.

Nalan Rongque's expression became angry: "So you are angry and say that you want to marry Xie Yunxi?"

"I just... Momentarily angry... I've been in town for three days, and my father doesn't come to me......," Nalan Zhishui's voice trembled.

When Nalan Rongque heard this, he clenched his fists and said angrily, "Angry for a while?"

Nalan Zhishui walked over and pulled the corner of her father's clothes, she wanted to be coquettish but couldn't say: "Daddy, I'm sorry......"

"You promised to tell me that you gave me a wedding bracelet, and you don't need him to answer at all, and you will get married when you are old. The whole family between you and Yazhi is in the eyes, do you know that you are the tower keeper of this generation, your knowledge and talent are higher than your sister's, and the tower keeper is not married, do you know? But not only did you steal the cinnabar of the tower, treat your lifelong events casually, leave home willfully, and now you are entangled between two men, what do you want?" Nalan Rongque stood up, shook off her hand, and said helplessly: "I told you a long time ago, you have grown up, and you can't fight with your brothers and have too close contact with your brothers as you did when you were a child, do you remember?"

"I remember what Daddy said......"

"As soon as I entered the house, I heard people gossiping, what happened last night, you can explain it. ”

As soon as Nalan Zhishui heard Nalan Rongque ask about last night, she inadvertently blushed, and her resigned appearance made Nalan Rongque feel a cloud of anger in her heart that could not be suppressed, and she slapped her backhand and said coldly: "How can I have a shameless daughter like you." ”

Nalan Zhishui suddenly felt that her face was hot, she fell to the ground, she was so big Nalan Rongque hit her daughter for the first time, and after a moment of trance she cried and said, "Daddy...... You hit me......"

Nalan Rongque looked at his daughter who was sitting on the ground crying, and the anger in his heart turned to distress. has spoiled her since she was a child, protecting her and never letting her be hurt, this slap has deeply hurt Nalan Rongque's heart. He squatted down to help Nalan Zhishui, and with his other hand gently touched the slightly swollen left side of her face, and then wiped away her tears. Nalan Zhishui suddenly hugged Nalan Rongque and cried: "Daddy...... Don't hit me...... It's me who did it wrong, and it won't be like this again......"

Nalan Rongque rubbed her in his arms, gently touched her head, and said helplessly: "Tell Daddy, who do you like? One of them begged to get out of the marriage, and the other wanted to die." ”

Nalan Zhishui's body trembled slightly when she heard what he said, and she raised her eyes to look at Nalan Rongque: "Brother Yazhi, he ...... I...... I like Yun Xi now. ”

"He's fine. You remember what you said today, I have promised you and Xie Yunxi about the marriage, and I hope you can be responsible for today's words. ”

"Daddy...... I know. ”

"Will you regret it?"

"Won't"

"Your mother kept talking to you before she died, you and Ah Zhi haven't been home for so long, wait for him to finish this case and go home to visit your mother together." Nalan Rongque regretted the marriage between the two of them yesterday and Xie Yu, he knew in his heart that the people of the Nalan family would only like one person in their lives, she transferred that love to Xie Yunxi, and she didn't want to see Yazhi when she left home, but she was still reluctant to leave home, but she really left all her family members this time. Nalan Rongque calculated that she would return to Nalan's house in the future, but as for the reason, there was no way to know, he was a little worried in his heart, and silently prayed not to hurt his daughter. This marriage is done, and it should be regarded as a punishment for yourself.

When night was about to fall, Xie Yunxi stepped into the busy back kitchen, and began to tell their subordinates in the back kitchen that he would take charge of dinner today and stop talking about last night's events. Nalan Rongque ordered tonight's meal to Bronze, and had a special advice for Yazhi's dinner, Xie Yun decided to come to the back kitchen after hearing it, and he was relieved to take care of everything.

It wasn't until dinner that Xie Yunxi came back from the back kitchen. A thin figure came into his sight, and he was about to make his way down the hall. Xie Yunxi hurriedly stopped him: "Yazhi, you're back." ”

Yazhi turned to look at Xie Yunxi and replied softly, "Yes." ”

Xie Yunxi saw that he had restored the makeup of the Nalan family, his eyes were as gentle as usual, and he looked like he had a good complexion. But somehow, there was a hint of coldness between his gestures and his expression, which was in stark contrast. It's very different from when he goes out in the morning. And what caught his eye the most was that there was a shallow slap mark on the left side of Yazhi's face.

Xie Yunxi also wanted to come forward to take a look, but was dodged by Yazhi, he said: "Yunxi, hurry up, I'm hungry." ”

There was a very strange thing that surprised Xie Yunxi, Yazhi never refused him from today onwards, and came back to eat, words like this have never come out of Yazhi's mouth, but his words made Xie Yunxi feel closer to each other. Xie Yunxi didn't say anything, and led Yazhi to the hall.

In the hall, Nalan Rongque and Nalan Zhishui were waiting for them, Yazhi walked in front, and when she saw Nalan Zhishui first, she couldn't help but be shocked, and glanced at Nalan Rongque in a blink of an eye, her eyes were full of worry. After waiting for Xie Yunxi to sit down and instruct the next person to serve the food, he raised his eyes and saw that Nalan Zhi's slightly swollen face was the same as Yazhi, and he not only muttered in his heart.

At this time, Nalan Rongque said solemnly: "Yun Xi, although your marriage has been decided, but you have not yet married, I hope you will not do anything beyond the bounds, I know that you are young and vigorous, and sometimes it is difficult to control, but you still have to behave." ”

When Xie Yunxi heard this, he hurriedly explained: "Sir, yesterday I was afraid that her body would have problems again, so I stayed in Zhishui's room, and we didn't do anything excessive. ”

"Really?" asked Nalan Rongque. Ya Zhi glanced at Xie Yunxi, because he wanted to know the answer.

"Sir, I can't fool you. Xie Yunxi looked at Nalan Rongque with a fiery look and said with a smile.

"Well, trust you, don't bully my daughter. Nalan Rongque saw Zhishui tugging at the corners of his clothes, so he gave him the steps down, and then said to Yazhi: "Ah Zhi, you also have to remember what I said." ”

Yazhi immediately answered him.