Si Que opened his eyes, and his naturally cold and indifferent face slowly broke into an obedient smile after seeing You Yuji: "Sister is back."
You Yuji's smile became more gentle, and she asked softly, "Why are you sleeping here?"
She lowered her hand from the side of his face, tilted her wrist, touched the water surface with the back of her finger, and said, "The water is getting cold."
Si Que looked at You Yuji with bright eyes and said, "I just dreamed about my sister. It's great to have her by my side both in dreams and in reality."
"Come out soon." You Yuji was amused by him and turned her head with a smile, then turned around and walked out.
The moment she turned around, the smile on Si Que's face instantly disappeared, and his expressionless face returned. Perhaps because he had told so many lies, he could already make up lies instinctively and could easily come up with lies that could make You Yuji laugh.
He stood up and stepped out of the tub. Water dripped down his cold white chest slowly, forming a puddle of water at his feet. He took a large, soft cotton towel to wipe the water off his body, and his eyes inadvertently fell on the round neck. The clean room was filled with steam, and the round bronze mirror on the table was covered with a layer of steam, so the reflection was not clear.
He looked into You Yuji's round bronze mirror, and through the unclear surface he looked at his own throat.
After a long time, he withdrew his gaze.
The second fake death pill is in Si Lang's hand.
Si Que frowned, with a hint of unremovable hostility in his eyes.
He put the cotton towel in his hand heavily on the table.
You Yuji and Si Que had dinner together. Nanny Gu, who was by the princess's side, asked You Yuji to go over to invite Princess Huarong to visit the palace in a few days.
Chen Lingyan's marriage was becoming a headache for the princess. She knew her daughter was not smart enough and had some flaws in her character. So when choosing a husband for her, she couldn't help but think more. She didn't ask for the best of the best, but a kind and tolerant heart became the primary consideration.
The young master of the Cui family was adopted by Princess Huarong. Although Princess Huarong treated the child well, he was not her own child after all, so she probably wouldn't be too partial to him and become a wicked mother-in-law. Moreover, although Princess Huarong had a bad temper, she was also Chen Lingyan's aunt. With this relationship, at least she wouldn't treat him harshly.
Cui Ling, the young master of the Cui family, grew up under the care of the princess. He is a kind, modest, polite and filial person, and the princess knows him well.
After the princess and You Yuji finished talking about hosting the banquet for Princess Huarong, she kindly took You Yuji's hand, put her hand in her palm, and said, "Have you figured it out?"
You Yuzhi knew that the princess was asking about the relationship between her and Chen Anzhi.
In order to avoid suspicion in the palace today, she used Chen Lingyan's marriage as an excuse, which inevitably made the princess think that she still cared about everything in the palace.
You Yuji didn't want to say anything more, so she lowered her eyes and said softly, "I haven't thought about it yet."
The princess looked You Yuji up and down, not sure if she was really still hesitating or just trying to fool her. After a while, she nodded and said, "I'm tired too, you can go down."
"All is well, Princess." You Yuji bowed, stood up and walked out.
When she reached the door, she met the princess's maid. The pungent bitter smell of the medicine hit her. The maid was holding a tray with a bowl of medicine and a small dish of candied fruit on it.
You Yuji withdrew her gaze, stepped over the threshold and walked out.
Before You Yuji walked out of the princess's courtyard, she ran into Chen Anzhi. Chen Anzhi saw her from a distance and continued walking forward, thinking about what to say.
The two people met face to face. Chen Anzhi paused slightly, but You Yuzhi did not stop at all, as if she did not see Chen Anzhi, and passed by him silently.
Chen Anzhi turned sideways and looked at You Yuji's back as she walked away. He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say for a moment.
The winter night wind blows on my face, feeling cold.
Only when You Yuji's figure was completely submerged in the night did Chen Anzhi turn around and continue walking forward. After entering the house, he saw his mother drinking medicine. He frowned and sat down beside his mother, asking worriedly, "Mother, how are you? Why haven't you recovered completely?"
The princess looked at Chen Anzhi and felt a warm feeling in her heart.
No matter what, Chen Anzhi is her own flesh and blood, and he is also filial and obedient, but...
At this point, the princess didn't blame Chen Anzhi that much, but only blamed herself as a mother for not teaching him well. She looked at Chen Anzhi lovingly and said, "You have grown up, and your mother shouldn't interfere too much in many things. It's just..."
The princess sighed.
"Mother," Chen Anzhi frowned, "How has my son upset you recently?"
The princess frowned and said, "You have been married to Yuji for some time. How can you stay in the concubine's room every night instead of staying at her place? This is not right."
When Chen Anzhi heard his mother mention You Yuji, his face immediately fell. He said, "My mother knows that she forced me to sign the divorce agreement. How can I stay in her house? A son cannot force her. This is not what a gentleman does!"
The princess opened her mouth, speechless for a moment.
"I didn't ask you to force her! She's still in the mansion, so there's still room for things to turn around. You were the one who acted foolishly during the wedding, and you should have apologized and coaxed her. Who in the mansion doesn't say good things about her? She's a kind and generous person. If you take a step..."
"Alright!" Chen Anzhi suddenly got angry, "I am a prince, and I still want her to apologize?"
The princess was stunned and looked at Chen Anzhi with some strangeness.
Even though Chen Anzhi had done many foolish things over the years, he was always filial and obedient. How could he have ever contradicted her in such a tone
Chen Anzhi was also stunned after he finished speaking, not understanding where the irritability that suddenly arose in his heart came from. He quickly stood up and said guiltily: "Mother, my son spoke out of turn!"
The princess stared at Chen Anzhi for a long time, disappointment slowly emerging in her eyes. She rubbed her forehead, picked up a piece of candied fruit from a small dish to relieve the discomfort in her chest and abdomen, and said, "Mother is tired, you go."
Chen Anzhi walked out frustrated. He stood in the cold wind of the courtyard, lowering his head in annoyance. He didn't know what was wrong with him. He couldn't control his emotions and spoke to his mother in such a tone.
That night, Chen Anzhi did not look for Hongzan, but went to his understanding cousin to complain.
Fang Qingyi poured him a cup of rice wine and handed it to him, smiling slightly and saying, "Maybe you have been too busy lately and you are anxious for the moment, don't think too much about it. When your aunt calms down tomorrow, you can go and apologize seriously."
"That's right." Chen Anzhi nodded dejectedly and took the rice wine handed over by Fang Qingyi.
Fang Qingyi looked at him lovingly.
In a blink of an eye, it was the winter solstice, which was also the day to invite Princess Huarong and her family to visit the palace.
Early in the morning, You Yuji woke up and carefully took her ankle away from Si Que's grasp. She frowned slightly and looked at Si Que, and the slight complaint slowly disappeared when she saw his pale face. She leaned down and covered him with the quilt.
"Sister." He still had his eyes closed, half asleep and half awake.
"Yeah. It's still early, you should continue to sleep for a while." You Yuji said softly while tidying up his black hair.
Si Que reached out from under the quilt, hooked his hands around You Yuji's waist, and pulled her into his arms. He pressed his face against You Yuji's neck, rubbing it lovingly.
You Yuji let him hold her for a while before she reached behind her waist and touched his hand. She whispered, "Sister can't accompany you. We have guests in the mansion today. We have to get up early."
Si Que's hands were still tightly around her waist, with no sign of letting her go.
"Aque?" You Yuji lowered her voice and gently shook his wrist that was restrained on her lower back.
Apparently, on this slightly cool winter morning, the soft and warm embrace was too tempting, and Si Que still didn't want to let go.
You Yuji frowned and looked at him, with a smile of gentleness and helpless doting in her eyes. She no longer persuaded him to let go, but raised her chin in his embrace, opened her soft and bright red lips and slowly moved to his ear, holding his white jade earlobe in her mouth, and gently licked his earlobe with the tip of her pink tongue.
Si Que's hand pressing on You Yuji's lower back froze.
You Yuji stepped back and watched the blush slowly spread from his earlobe.
Si Que opened his eyes and met You Yuji's smiling eyes. She blinked at him gently and said, "Are you finally awake?"
You Yuji took the opportunity to sit up and easily pushed away his restraining arms. She took the clothes beside the pillow and put them on, then quickly got out of bed.
Si Que looked at You Yuzhi's back as she was getting dressed and leaving, and slowly touched his earlobe.
Soon, there were some small footsteps outside. It was You Yuji's maid coming in to help her wash up. Si Que was completely sleepless. He sat up and glanced at his wrinkled pajamas thrown on the corner of the bed.
He hasn't decided yet whether to go to Si Lang to ask for the fake death pill today.
He opened the drawer of the bedside table and fished out a copper coin from under the booklet. He threw the copper coin high into the air and it landed on the back of his hand.
He took his hand away from the copper plate with cold eyes and glanced at the copper plate.
Reverse side.
Not going.
He lay back on the bed, casually touched You Yuji's heart under the pillow, held her in his arms, and went to sleep.
Princess Huarong and her family would not arrive until almost noon. The reason why You Yuji got up earlier than usual was because she wanted to deal with the You family's affairs before the princess and her family arrived.
Therefore, she didn't even go to the flower hall.
Today, Lin Yingying went home to visit her mother again. Cuiyu and Chunxing didn't have much to talk about in the flower hall, so they went back after sitting there for a short while.
Madam Jing stood beside You Yuji, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart that if the young master wasn't so young, if he could help deal with these things, the lady would be much more relaxed. She couldn't help but think that if the lady was in the You family, the young master would learn faster by following his sister. Unfortunately, You Yuji married to the Jinnan Palace, and it was not convenient for the young master to follow her...
It was almost noon when Princess Huarong and her family arrived.
Prince Jinnan was also at the mansion today, and the two families sat together for dinner. Everyone knew about Chen Lingyan and Cui Ling's marriage, except Chen Lingyan, who knew nothing about it and happily ate the winter solstice dumplings.
Princess Huarong didn't talk much. Since he wasn't her own son, she didn't care much about his marriage.
After the two families had lunch, the men stayed in the living room to talk, while the women went to the plum forest in the backyard together, stood in the plum pavilion on the rockery, and admired the red plum blossoms after the snow.
"There's nothing good to see." Princess Huarong felt a little bored and turned around to walk downstairs.
Cuiyu hurriedly found Merlin, and trotted up with her skirt lifted up. When she passed the corner of the rocky mountain, she bumped into Princess Huarong. She had to stop in order to avoid bumping into Princess Huarong, and had to grab the rocks on the rockery to avoid falling down.
She didn't fall, but when she grabbed the rocks, some snow splashed onto Princess Huarong.
"presumptuous!"
Cuiyu had never seen Princess Huarong, but she could guess her identity by looking at her clothes. She was so frightened that her shoulders trembled and she knelt down immediately.
You Yuji quickly chased after her, glanced at Cuiyu, and hurriedly said to Princess Huarong: "Princess, calm down. I will help you change your clothes, okay?"
The maid took a handkerchief and wiped the snow off Princess Huarong's clothes. Fortunately, it was not fresh snow and was not that wet, so no trace could be seen after a simple wipe.
Princess Huarong finally calmed down, but still glanced at Cuiyu with displeasure.
You Yuji followed her gaze and looked at Cuiyu, and said in a lightly reprimanding tone: "What's the hurry? There's no rules."
Cuiyu was already extremely anxious. She raised her face and revealed her red eyes: "Sister, Yingying was kidnapped by bandits on the way home!"
The author has something to say: Chen Anzhi: I am the one you guys are looking for when something happens to your man! ! ! ! Why are you looking for your sister! ! ! !