After saying a few words, Yuanyang's eyes turned red and he looked like he was about to cry.
Shen Zhixi gave up in a hurry, patted her hand and said that we would talk about the marriage later.
When we returned to Ningcheng Houfu, it was lunch time.
After dinner, Wan Ying was taken to play in the yard, leaving Shen Zhixi sitting alone at the table drinking soup. There was a half-eaten cake in the morning on the corner of the table.
Suddenly, Qi Yuan's voice sounded behind him.
"How are you? How are your in-laws?" He said with a smile and sat down opposite Shen Zhixi.
Shen Zhixi put down the spoon and looked at him without speaking.
"Why, the queen doesn't want to see you?"
Shen Zhixi still didn't speak, just stared at Qi Yuan. The bruise on the corner of his mouth had faded, but there was still a small blood scar under his eyes.
"What are you doing, quarreling again? I heard that Uncle Guo didn't send you back in person."
“……”
"No, what's wrong with you talking?"
"Why are you looking at me like this? I'm disfigured again?" Qi Yuan frowned and immediately reached into his arms to take out the small mirror. After looking at it carefully, he raised his eyes to reveal even more doubts.
Just as he was about to ask again, Shen Zhixi suddenly spoke.
"You...how much do you know about your life experience?" Shen Zhixi asked him.
He wrinkled his face and raised the corners of his mouth with a look of surprise, "Are you stimulated by something? Why are you asking this for no reason? Don't you know that I can't even remember what happened before I was picked up by your mother?"
"Well, I remember my mother said that when she took you back, you were about five years old and a wandering child. You were still wearing thin summer clothes in the middle of winter. There were injuries all over your body, as if you were beaten for a long time. and……"
"stop!"
Qi Yuan put the mirror back and looked at Shen Zhixi seriously.
"Why are you saying this to me all of a sudden?"
"I saw it in the palace today..."
Shen Zhixi paused and hesitated, making Qi Yuan anxious.
"Say it."
"...Me." Shen Zhixi gritted his teeth and said in a different way: "I want to check on someone."
"Check who?"
"The concubine Yu in the palace is the concubine of the Minister of Rites."
"Oh." Qi Yuan didn't ask the reason. He nodded and said, "Then check it out. I'll ask someone to check it out later."
After a moment, he asked again: "You want to investigate that Concubine Yu? Why are you talking about my life experience for no reason?"
Shen Zhixi lowered his eyes, picked up the almost cold soup bowl, and replied casually: "It's nothing, I just remembered it suddenly."
"Weird, inexplicable."
After leaving such a sentence, Qi Yuan got up and went out.
Shen Zhixi held the bowl but didn't take a sip of the soup for a long time. He thought for a long time before whispering to himself.
"Yuejing City is really an interesting place."
There are many secrets, including her mother's, the Marquis's mansion, the palace...
And that Princess Zhaoheng, was the knife mark on her wrist really caused by self-inflicted wounds? Why did her first sleep remind her of the girl in Cumulus Alley?
"Mother."
Wan Ying came in from the door and stumbled towards Shen Zhixi.
Shen Zhixi immediately put down the bowl, squatted down and reached out to her, "My little Aying is tired from playing. Her face is red and her head is covered with sweat."
After a period of recovery, Wan Ying's illness was mostly gone.
"Mom, kite, Ying wants to fly the kite."
Wan Ying threw herself into Shen Zhixi's arms, hugged her neck and kissed her face. This was Wan Ying's usual trick. She would hug and kiss anyone like this no matter what she wanted or what she wanted to do. Come and ask for it coquettishly.
"fly a kite."
"Mom, Ying wants to play."
Shen Zhixi kissed Wan Ying on the cheek, but also asked curiously: "Why does A Ying suddenly want to fly a kite?"
"I'm sorry, miss, it's me who said that." Yuanyang came in from the door and added with a grimace: "I just said that if you are in Yanzhou at this time, you can go out and fly kites. There are many and beautiful kites. Ah Ying Then she asked me what I had, and I said there were butterflies, rabbits, and the like, and she shouted that she wanted a butterfly kite."
"Butterfly kite." Wan Ying also repeated it.
"Mom, Ying wants a butterfly kite. Mom is the best. Mom loves Ying the most."
"You are such a good person." Shen Zhixi poked her little nose, pretending to be angry, "Every time you ask for something from me, you know how to say something nice. Now you know how to call me Aying. On weekdays, you just give me playing dumb."
After that, he let out a long sigh.
"Okay, I'm exhausted from being bored in this small yard all day long. Going out for a walk to relax will also help with your recovery. Yuanyang, ask someone to prepare things for the carriage and horses. We will go out to the city tomorrow to go out and fly a kite."
"Okay, great."
Yuanyang was also happy and ran out the door with a smile.
The happiest person was undoubtedly Shen Wanying. She hugged Shen Zhixi and kissed her face again. She felt better and ate more dinner.
At night, people from below came to report that the queen fainted due to excessive sadness in the afternoon and woke up at night.
Song Lianzhou also left the palace very late. After coming out, he rushed to the general's mansion.
The next day, after getting up early in the morning and preparing hiking equipment, kites, lunch and other things, the group went out.
Qi Yuan sent someone to set up an outing location early in the morning. There is a small hill next to the stream with green grass, which is perfect for flying kites. There are also a few big trees nearby to provide shade. You can spread a blanket on the grass and rest on the spot. .
Qi Yuan took people with him and kept them in the dark.
As soon as they arrived, Wan Ying said it was too hot, so Fang Rou took her back to the carriage to change clothes.
After Yuanyang spread the blanket, Shen Zhixi was about to sit down when the sound of horse hooves was heard not far away. He turned to look...
"Miss, Uncle Song Guo is here."
"I saw."
Shen Zhixi couldn't tell what his mood was, but he instinctively looked in the direction of the carriage. He came out today and didn't show any respect to Wan Ying. Although Song Lianzhou had known for a long time that Wan Ying was his child, he really wanted to see her. What a taste of Qing.
"come over."
Song Lianzhou stopped at the edge and said to Shen Zhixi.
Shen Zhixi lost his breath, gritted his teeth and stood up. When he came to him, he stretched out his hand to pull her onto the horse. Although she didn't understand his intention, he would not give up until he achieved his goal. He was afraid of getting entangled, so she just Can get on a horse.
Immediately, Song Lianzhou took her on horseback and ran in the other direction.
Finally, we stopped in front of an abandoned wooden house in the woods.
"Do...what?"
Song Lianzhou didn't reply. After dismounting, he took her down, pulled her and pushed the door in, then closed the door with a bang. He turned around and stared at her, approaching her step by step.
"Song Lianzhou."
Shen Zhixi stepped back step by step and said in a hurry: "Don't you want to see Wan Ying? She didn't put on a disguise today. Don't you want to see what she really looks like?"
"There's no rush." Song Lianzhou smiled and approached step by step, "I still have a whole day to see her, but for now I'll send Xie Muyun's spies away. They are surrounding her like flies, which makes me upset."
He glanced sideways and saw a bundle of dusty hemp rope in the corner.
He took a few steps to pick it up, and when he came back, he smiled and said to Shen Zhixi again: "Scream."
"What's...what's it called?"
"Of course I'll say something that will make Xie Muyun believe that I'm bullying you."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand towards Shen Zhixi, trying to tie her up.
"Call."
"No... no barking."
"No shouting? You asked me to cooperate with you in the show. Now I take the initiative to implement the plan for you, but you refuse?"
"you……"
"Call."
"what is it call?"
"Call for help and beg me to let you go."
