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The two of them swallowed a mouthful of noodles with great effort, and suddenly didn't want to pay attention to each other. They silently cleaned up the dishes, turned off the oil lamp and walked out. Suddenly, they saw the gatekeeper Xiao Hei lying on the ground with his limbs spread out and his belly facing the sky.
Yuan Cixian was startled and trotted forward. Before she got close, she smelled a strong smell of alcohol. She was stunned and then she noticed a jar of old wine with the seal bitten and the top of the wine was full of flowers.
this…
Lu Shiqing stepped forward and was choked when he saw this.
The jar of wine was originally placed at the door of the kitchen, and it was probably prepared by County Magistrate Zhu. He didn't realize that he and Yuan Cixian had reached the point of being a single man and a single woman drinking together late at night, so he pretended not to see it just now. Unexpectedly, the stupid dog was too lonely to watch the wind, so he stole the wine and drank it, and got drunk.
Yuan Cixian squatted down and patted Xiao Hei's belly, calling in a low voice: "Hei, wake up!"
The man surnamed Hei didn't move at all.
She sighed, and tried to pull its eyelids, pinch its claws, and scratch its body, but it was still in vain. She had no choice but to put her arms under its body and try to pick it up.
This effort failed to lift her. She looked back at Lu Shiqing, who was standing half a meter away with his hands behind his back, looking as if it had nothing to do with him and unwilling to get close. She had no choice but to do it again, inhaling, holding her breath, and silently repeating in her heart: three, two, one, up!
But I still can't hold her.
Yuan Cixian hesitated for a while, then turned back to look at Lu Shiqing who was waiting there with a slightly impatient look, and called him: "Minister Lu..."
Lu Shiqing looked straight ahead, not even in the direction of her and the dog: "What are you doing?"
"I can't hold Xiao Hei, can you give me a hand?"
He was so angry that he laughed, turned his head and asked in disbelief: "Are you talking to me?"
"What else?" She squatted on the ground with a pursed mouth, blinking at him pitifully.
Lu Shiqing immediately remembered how she had squatted in his bathtub like a mushroom. His heart softened inexplicably, but he still firmly refused: "Impossible."
Yuan Cixian squatted down and took two steps towards him, looking up and said, "Let's have a discussion..."
"No room for negotiation." He took a deep breath and said patiently, "Go back first and ask someone to come and pick it up."
She thought about it and it made sense. She said "Okay" and gave up. Just as she was about to follow him back, she suddenly remembered something and stopped him: "Wait."
Lu Shiqing stopped and looked back.
"Minister Lu, do you still remember that you swore a solemn oath to me just now?"
His heart skipped a beat, as if he had guessed what she was thinking. He wanted to pretend he hadn't heard her and was about to leave, but she grabbed his sleeve and said, "Take Xiao Hei home with you. If there's not a single hair of the dog on him, I'll trust you completely!"
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "Then you can believe it or not."
Yuan Cixian let go of his sleeves and said with lowered eyes, "I will return to Chang'an tomorrow. How can you bear to let me leave in anger?"
Lu Shiqing thought that if she wasn't angry, she wouldn't leave. He changed to a respectful title and said indifferently, "Being angry is harmful to your health. The county lady should think more positively. It's not worth it for me."
She pouted: "Okay, then you go back to your room first, I'll go hug Xiao Hei and see."
Lu Shiqing nodded slightly and said, "Please do as you wish." He did not stay any longer.
Yuan Cixian squatted back down and picked up Xiao Hei, but she didn't use any strength with her hands.
She was certainly not obsessed with Xiao Hei, nor was she intentionally so unsympathetic as to violate Lu Shiqing's bottom line. She was no longer angry about what happened during the day, but she was going back to Chang'an tomorrow, and wanted to test him before leaving.
She was not a fool, and could see that Lu Shiqing's attitude towards her had changed recently, but he rarely showed his emotions, so she was not sure how much he was attracted to her. If he could hug her dog because of her unreasonable behavior, she would probably know.
Yuan Cihan pretended to be very strenuous and counted silently with a little trepidation, determined to count to one hundred before leaving. But when she counted to one hundred and turned around and didn't see him coming, she felt a little unwilling and planned to count to one hundred again.
She repeated this several times until she even forgot how many hundreds she had counted to, and she only stopped when her legs and feet became numb.
Well, she gave up. Lu Shiqing was still very hard-hearted.
Yuan Cixian supported herself on her knees and struggled to get up. She tapped her calves with a sad face and was about to go home when she heard a sigh behind her. She was delighted and turned around suddenly. Sure enough, she saw Lu Shiqing standing not far away, frowning and looking at her.
She couldn't hide the smile on her face, and asked him excitedly, "Minister Lu, why are you back?"
She just asked even though she knew the answer.
Lu Shiqing said nothing, took a few steps forward, lifted the corner of his robe, squatted down, and reached out to hug Xiao Hei. His movements were stiff and slow, almost measuring an inch.
When his hand was only inches away from Xiao Hei's fur, Yuan Cixian's heart was pounding for some reason, and he hurriedly reached out and grabbed his arm: "Okay, okay, forget it."
Lu Shiqing paused, looked up at her with a slightly questioning look.
Yuan Cixian saw that he had really been fooled, and felt a little guilty in her heart. She smiled at him and pulled him up: "I was just joking with you. Even if you don't want to hug me, I won't be angry with you anymore. Let's go back."
He followed her without saying a word, and when he saw her off to the Moon Gate, he said, "I have to meet some officials tomorrow morning, so you can leave on your own and don't need to say hello to me."
Yuan Cixian nodded and said, "Please take care of yourself on your journey. I will wait for you in Chang'an."
Lu Shiqing nodded slightly, turned around and walked away, then turned back after a few steps and said, "By the way, Cao An got the news that there has been progress in the assassination case."
Yuan Cixian took a few steps forward and asked, "How is it?"
"The person the murderer really wants to frame is not Princess Shaohe, but the Second Prince."
After he said that, he really went back. Yuan Cixian filtered these words in his head several times, chewed them all the way into the room, and suddenly let out a low "ah".
Shi Cui, who was waiting in the room, was frightened by her and asked what was going on.
Yuan Cixian looked nervous, closed the doors and windows and said, "Shicui, we can't see Mr. Xu anymore."
*
The next day, Lu Shiqing left the house early in the morning and did not return until dusk. When he stepped into the courtyard, he saw Yuan Cihan pacing in the corridor, looking like she was waiting for him.
He was slightly stunned and asked her: "Why are you still here?"
Yuan Cixian looked up when she heard the voice, saw him, walked down the stone steps in two or three steps, and said with a smile: "Minister Lu, I will not go back to Chang'an."
To be precise, it wasn't that she wouldn't go back to Chang'an, but that there was no need to go back to Chang'an anymore. After listening to Lu Shiqing's account of the progress of the assassination case last night, she quickly figured out the links.
This incident seemed like someone wanted to frame the second prince, but the ultimate goal was to push the Yuan family and Zheng Zhuo into a fire pit. Now was an extraordinary period, and she must not have any contact with Zheng Zhuo, including Xu Shan, lest she be caught by the suspicious saint. Not only did Xu Sanniang's matter have to be put aside, but someone had to be sent to remind my brother as well.
Since she couldn't see Xu Shan even if she returned to Chang'an, she naturally chose to stay with Lu Shiqing and continue to train him.
However, she would not tell him the truth.
So she said, "I've thought about it over and over again, but I still can't bear to leave you. I'll accompany you to Huainan, and then return to Beijing with you, okay?"
Lu Shiqing pursed his lips in silence and frowned: "There are a lot of troubles in Huainan waiting for me to deal with. You'll delay things if you go there."
She curled her lips: "You have been annoyed by me all the way, are you not used to it yet?"
He choked, snatched a stack of documents from Cao An's hand behind him, left a word "It's up to you", and walked towards the study while reading with his head down.
Cao An followed him into the house, turned around and closed the door, then asked him in a low voice: "My dear, have you made a plan for the county lady? She suddenly decided not to return to Chang'an, but you leaked the news of the assassination case?"
While Lu Shiqing was busy writing, he said calmly, "You have also found out about the Xu family in Xunyang a few days ago. She must want to return home because of Xu Sanniang. Since 'Xu Shan' is not in the capital, I should delay her. What's the harm in using a trick?"
His tone sounded very businesslike. Cao An nodded and said, "My lord, you are wise." After saying that, he coughed.
Lu Shiqing felt uncomfortable when he heard his slightly ambiguous cough. He waved his hand to signal him to leave, then leaned back in his chair and let out a sigh.
Just as Cao An thought, he certainly wasn't without selfish motives. When Yuan Cixian squatted at the door of the kitchen last night, counting with his head down, he was almost in agony all the way.
He saw through her temptation from the beginning, so he was angry at first, just as he had been every time he felt that she was not sincere towards him.
He knew that if he turned back, it would mean that he had fallen into her trap, and his thoughts would be exposed to her. He didn't like being led by the nose, but he couldn't control his steps back. So he thought it through carefully while going back and forth.
He chose not to avoid the unavoidable. But he was also selfish. Since he couldn't extricate himself, he would not let Yuan Cixian be free from it and control himself freely.
Last night was his surrender and also his counterattack.
From now on, she won't be able to escape for even a moment.
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