Originally, Li Qianxiao didn't plan to have dinner at Yun's family, but he stayed because of Yun Ruoyan.
After dinner, Mrs. Liu said that she was tired, so she apologized to Li Qianxiao, and Mrs. An took care of her and went back to rest.
Because it is early summer, the air at night is refreshing, the sky is full of stars, and the sky is relatively clear.
Li Qianxiao took a night tour of the back garden with Yun Lan, Yun Ruoyan, Yun Ruoyao and others.
There are pavilions, lakes and various flowers in the back garden.
Luminous moonstones are inlaid on the side of the stone path, at the corner of the pavilion, and in the flower garden, reflecting the whole garden like a fairyland.
As soon as they came to sit down in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, someone came to report the matter to Yunlan. After hearing the report, Yun Lan also apologized to Li Qianxiao, saying that she had something to deal with and needed to leave for a while.
But Li Qianxiao couldn't wish for it. With Yun Lan, the minister of the court, he had to put on the crown prince's airs, and he was quite tired.
After Yun Lan left, the sisters of the Yun family stopped being restrained, and sat next to Li Qianxiao one after another, and began to chat with him amusingly. Yun Ruoyan sat alone on the other side of the pavilion, neither able nor willing to participate.
Li Qianxiao wanted to sit by Yun Ruoyan's side, but was entangled by Yun Ruoyu.
Li Qianxiao has often come to Yun's house to play since he was ten years old, and he often invites Yun Ruoyu and others to go out together, so they are very familiar with each other.
So even if he was a little annoyed by Yun Ruoyu, he still had to be patient.
"Brother Prince, why haven't you come to play with us for so long?" Yun Ruoyu asked angrily.
"I went to Yue country some time ago, and I just came back not long ago." Li Qianxiao replied.
"What are you going to Vietnam for?"
"Don't mention it." Li Qianxiao said angrily, "It's not that my little uncle gave me trouble!"
Uncle Huang? Isn't it Limo? As soon as Yun Ruoyan heard these three words, she immediately pricked up her ears.
"His Royal Highness King Yu!" All three of Yun Ruoyu called out at the same time.
"His Highness King Yu is such a powerful person, what trouble would he cause?" Yun Ruoyao asked suspiciously.
Yun Ruoyan also changed her sitting position involuntarily, preparing to listen attentively.
But Li Qianxiao suddenly changed the subject, and said to Yun Ruoyan, "Master Yun has already left, why is sister Ruoyan still so reserved?"
Several people looked at Yun Ruoyan at the same time, seeing that she was sitting very upright, they all sneered in their hearts, pretending to be a lady, just like others don't know that she is ugly!
"Yes." Yun Ruoyu followed Li Qianxiao's words and said, "What's wrong with sister today? Why are you so skillful and dignified?"
She was a little bit weird, "Yesterday's eloquent teeth are gone, is it because you are wearing the clothes of everyone's ladies, and you can't even speak?! I don't know who is showing this look!"
Originally, Yun Ruoyan didn't want to look for trouble, but only thought that the prince Laoshi would leave quickly so that she could go back to Tinglanyuan to practice. I didn't expect this Yun Ruoyu to be the one who has nothing to do. If you don't want to slap her in the face, she will stick it out. I really feel sorry for her if you don't slap her.
She thought of Yun Ruoyu's shy scene in the hall in the afternoon, and she couldn't help wanting to stimulate her.
She said softly: "Sister, I laughed. My sister is not as lucky as you. She has known His Highness the Crown Prince very early and can get along like a friend. This is the first time that my sister has had close contact with His Highness the Crown Prince. She is impressed by His Highness's demeanor, so I'm a little nervous."
"Sister Ruoyan, you're out of touch." Li Qianxiao immediately stood up when he heard Yun Ruoyan say this, "It stands to reason that we should have met a long time ago, but it's not too late to meet today. I will come to you often."
As he spoke, he bypassed Yun Ruoyu and came to Yun Ruoyan.
Yun Ruoyan was sitting on the side near the lake. The moonstones inlaid in the lake and on the pavilion shimmered the lake surface, and at the same time projected Yun Ruoyan's beautiful figure on the sparkling lake surface.
Li Qianxiao stood there looking at the lake and became dazed.
"Your Highness, what are you doing standing up, please sit down!" Yun Ruoyan sneered in her heart, but said to Li Qianxiao with a smile on her face.
Just as Li Qianxiao's gaze moved away from the beautiful figure on the lake, he immediately met Yun Ruoyan's beautiful smile. His manly heart seemed to have fallen into a warm lake, and he followed the lake willingly. Ups and downs.
The eyes are placed on Yun Ruoyan's body as if they are entangled by countless filaments, and they don't want to move away.
Yun Ruoyan patted the stone bench beside her and motioned for Li Qianxiao to sit down, and Li Qianxiao sat down obediently.
Yun Ruoyao pulled Yun Ruoyu's sleeve and motioned her to look, but Yun Ruoyu bit her lip and stared at Li Qianxiao without blinking.
She didn't understand that the prince brother who had always been close to her didn't even look at her today, but instead became interested in that ugly girl Yun Ruoyan.
She must have been deceived by Yun Ruoyan's false appearance. She wanted to rush up and tear off the tulle that covered the birthmark on Yun Ruoyan's face, so that her prince brother could see Yun Ruoyan's face clearly. true colors.
But because of her father Yun Lan, she dared not act rashly.
From the corner of Yun Ruoyan's eyes, she looked at Yun Ruoyu's small face wrinkled like a chrysanthemum, her hands were tightly clenched on both sides of her body, trying to control herself.
It seems that this fire is not enough!
Henceforth, she slanted to lean on the pillar of the pavilion, and said in a lazy and enchanting voice: "Brother Prince, Ruoyan is tired, can you send Ruoyan back to Tinglan Garden?"
"Yes, of course."
Yun Ruoyan and the others didn't bring their maids by their side, it was nearly half a cup of tea away from Tinglan Garden, and to be able to walk with beauties all the way was something that Li Qianxiao couldn't wish for.
Li Qianxiao stood up from the stone bench, and Yun Ruoyan stretched out her slender hand towards him, with the posture of a weak and sick beauty.
Li Qianxiao immediately grasped the catkin exuding the luster of white jade, and said with pity in his tone, "Sister Ruoyan is weak, and I asked you to accompany me to the garden at night, it really shouldn't be."
There was a slight smile on the corner of Yun Ruoyan's mouth, and she looked at Yun Ruoyu again from the corner of her eye, seeing that her face had already turned purple, she felt almost relieved.
"Brother Prince, don't say that, it's Ruoyan's bad health that has disturbed His Royal Highness's mood." She was helped out of the pavilion by Li Qianxiao, and just as she stepped on the steps, she sprained suddenly.
"Oops!" She screamed, her body fell to one side, and Li Qianxiao quickly hugged her in his arms.
"Sister Ruoyan, are you okay? It's all my carelessness." Li Qianxiao couldn't stop blaming himself, his tone and eyes were full of distress.
"Enough!" At this moment, Yun Ruoyu who had been standing in the pavilion suddenly yelled.
Li Qianxiao looked at her in bewilderment, only to see her rushing towards Yun Ruoyan's face with a stride.
"Ah!" Yun Ruoyan screamed, and hid in Li Qianxiao's arms.
"What are you doing!" Li Qianxiao grabbed Yun Ruoyu's wrist and shouted angrily.
"I, I want to tear off her mask." Yun Ruoyu looked at Li Qianxiao with red eyes, "Brother Prince, she is just an ugly monster, don't be fooled by her disguise."
"What kind of disguise?"
Yun Ruoyan huddled in Li Qianxiao's arms, and said pitifully, "Sister Ruoyu, I know you like Brother Prince, and I didn't want to rob you. I just asked Brother Prince to send me back to Tinglanyuan. If you don't want to, my sister won't..."
Yun Ruoyan made a gesture to leave Li Qianxiao's embrace, but Li Qianxiao hugged her even tighter.
"Sister Ruoyan, don't worry about her messing around, it's because I have spoiled her all day long." He said as he threw Yun Ruoyu away, and Yun Ruoyu stumbled into Yun Ruoyao's arms.
"Sister Ruoyan, let's go."
Li Qianxiao didn't even look at Yun Ruoyu, half supported Yun Ruoyan and continued to walk out of the pavilion, but Yun Ruoyu shouted behind him: "Yun Ruoyan, do you dare to take off the veil on your face? Do you dare to show your birthmark to the prince's elder brother? You are ugly, this is a fact that no amount of pretense can change."
Li Qianxiao stopped when she heard her yell, and Yun Ruoyu continued as if seeing hope: "Brother Prince, don't you wonder why she wears a veil and dare not show her true colors? ?”
Li Qianxiao glanced at Yun Ruoyan in his arms, turned his head and frowned and said, "Isn't wearing a veil on your face a popular dress for you girls recently?"
Shortly after Li Qianxiao picked up the lotus leaf-shaped veil that Yun Ruoyan had lost, he sent someone to investigate, hoping to find out its owner through this veil.
But the investigators went back and reported that many wealthy women like to wear veils of different shapes and colors on their cheeks, which is a recent fashion.
"No, no." Yun Ruoyu said hastily: "Others do it for decoration, but Yun Ruoyan does it to cover up the ugly birthmark on her right face. If you don't believe me, you can ask Sister Ruoyao and Sister Qianying."
Li Qianxiao glanced at the two people who had been silent at the side, and Yi Qianying couldn't help but took a step back, as if unable to speak.
Yun Ruoyao didn't answer this question directly, but just said: "Don't you know if you take off her tulle?"
"I do have a birthmark on my face." Yun Ruoyan said suddenly at this moment.
"Ha, you admit it." Yun Ruoyu clapped her hands and said, "You know you can't hide it."
"But it's healed." Yun Ruoyan suddenly said something that made the three sisters startled, "The birthmark on my face has healed.
"What did you say, okay?" The three sisters asked almost at the same time: "The birthmark on your face is healed!
"Yes, I took the antidote elixir that my father found for me, so the birthmark on my face is slowly getting better. Although there is still a little mark, it will disappear completely soon."
"I don't believe it, we don't believe your nonsense, unless you take off the veil." Yun Ruoyu said relentlessly, obviously a few days ago, the old grandmother saw her ugly scar in Xianglan Garden, how could it be so Will it be ready soon? ! impossible! !
But they don't believe it, some people do!
Yun Ruoyan looked up at Li Qianxiao, and said, "Brother Prince, it's not that I don't want to take off the veil, it's just that there are still some marks on my face, I don't want you to see them, and I have left bad memories. If you You must see it, and I will take off the veil."
As she spoke, she actually stretched out her hand to lift the veil on her right cheek...