The psychic Xi ​​Lan

Chapter 177 Do You Love Me
At this point, Li Huai led a team of royal guards on horseback, and hurried towards Duke Ning's mansion.

Seeing the figure go away, Xi Lan's eyes dimmed slightly.

She knew that when the queen slandered her as a demon, Li Huai had promised Mrs. Rong Guo something.

This time I took the initiative to invite Li Huai to come over, probably because it has something to do with that incident.

But what is it?

"Brother Xiaolong, why don't we go back to the palace first?" Yan Ming said to her foolishly as he rode alongside her.

Naturally it meant to ask, but this time I'm afraid she will be disobedient again!

"It's still early, let's go around Shuiyufang, it won't be long, when we come back, the prince should be back too!" She didn't want to go back alone, so she might as well go out to see the hexagram related to Xue Ping'an refers to the place.

Yan Ming listened to Li Huai's instructions, and now seeing her change her mind, she felt a little embarrassed.

"I'm afraid this is not good? If the prince comes back and we haven't come back, wouldn't the prince want to blame his subordinates?"

Her expression didn't change, she had already rode to the front. "At that time, I will bear everything, what are you afraid of?"

Yan Ming had no choice but to ask the other five people to follow on horseback.

This Shuiyufang is the most mixed place in the capital, there are many vendors and outsiders, and it has the largest market and various workshops in the capital.

Xi Lan is not familiar with this area, so she wanted to find some clues from it. She asked Yan Ming to take all the streets around here. Keep it in mind.

At the same time, Li Huai had arrived at Duke Ning's mansion.

When he arrived, he saw that Baolu greeted him at the door, and immediately realized that it was not Mrs. Rongguo who invited him.

Baolu was very happy to see him. After all, she had been with Princess Chaoyang since she was a child, and she always regarded Li Huai as her son-in-law.

"My lord, the princess has been waiting for you for a long time!"

Li Huai didn't reply, since he's already here, there's no need to see him, besides, he also has something to say to Ning Wanzhu.

He was led by Baolu and entered through the gate.

Although Ningguo's mansion is not as grand as Prince Xu's mansion, the courtyards and pavilions are arranged in a unique style. Mrs. Rongguo is good at feng shui, yin and yang, and has strict requirements on the layout of the mansion.

Ning Wanxiu still lives in the yard where she lived before she got married. Li Huai often came here to play in the past. Every time he came, he would bring some gadgets he bought from the market, such as dolls, wood carvings, There are some not-so-expensive but chic headgear.

When Ning Wanzhui got married, all those things were left in her boudoir, and they are still there now.

"Ji Hai, I have something to show you!" Ning Wanshui happily ran over when he saw him and Bao Juan entering the courtyard.

Originally, he wanted to take him to see those old things from the past, but Li Huai stood hesitantly under the hibiscus tree at the entrance of the courtyard.

"Wan Zhu, shall we go outside for a walk?"

Li Huai didn't know what she was going to take her to see, but thought, it must be something very precious to her, but compared to their identities at the moment, it was a bit heavy, so it's better not to look at it.

Today is a very special day for Ning Wanzhuo. She wanted to see Li Huai, but she was afraid of other people's gossip, so she sent someone from the mansion to invite Li Huai in the name of Mrs. Rong Guo.

Seeing him coming so soon, she was very happy, but seeing Li Huai's unbearable and melancholy expression at this moment, she seemed to understand something in her heart.

However, she was only blunted for a moment, and then she returned to normal, pursing her lips and smiling, her face was as clean as jade.

Her smile was soft and charming, almost the same as when they were young years ago.

Li Huai once regarded such a smile as a treasure in the world.

When this smile disappeared for five years, when we met again, it was no longer as pure as the nostalgia once was!

Thinking of what he was about to say next, he suddenly felt bad about himself.

The two walked out of the courtyard, walking in the courtyard full of hibiscus flowers, Li Huai took a deep breath, and shouted in a deep voice: "Wanzhu..."

"Ji Hai, do you know what day it is today?" The other party looked at him expectantly with those gentle and pitiful big eyes.

He can sense the other person and doesn't want him to say what he is about to say.

They have known each other for so many years, and they know each other well.With a blink of his eyes, she knew what he was thinking.

"21 years ago today, this king was six years old, and you were five years old. We met for the first time in King Jin's palace." In the yellow double-breasted skirt, I want to reach out to pick the hibiscus flowers on the tree.

He happened to pass by, so he took the initiative to pick one for her and handed it to her, without saying a word, he wanted to leave with the little eunuch beside him.

Ning Wanzhuo chased him up and called him: "Little brother, are you the Seventh Prince Li Huai?"

He turned his head and looked at the eldest lady of the Duke's family for the first time.

"How did you know?"

"I heard the elder sisters in the palace say that the Seventh Prince will also come to the Jin Palace today, and I heard from them that the Seventh Prince especially likes purple, and it happens that my little brother is wearing a purple dress, so Wan Zhu made a wild guess..." At that time, She is still young, but she already knows how to be shy.

"You're smart." Maybe it's because of his childhood environment, Li Huai seldom talks to strangers, he talks less and thinks more, but he doesn't reject Ning Wanzhu.

He has a good relationship with all the princes in the palace, but the harem is full of various conflicts of interest, so he has learned how to beware of the people around him since he was a child; knowing people seems to be his inborn ability. When he saw Ning Wanzhu, he knew that this was someone he could trust!

From then on, Ning Wanzhuo would always follow her aunt into the palace. Because she was smart and sensible, coupled with her prominent birth, she directly became the companion of several princesses, but half of this was due to Li Huai's contribution.

He was the one who went to the emperor and recommended Ning Wanzhuo to study with him in the palace. The emperor soon recruited Ning Wanzhuo into the palace. Sometimes they played very late and had no time to leave the palace, so Ning Wanzhui lived in Luxi directly. Court.

And in the palace, among the princes in each palace, there are always some mischievous ones, and King Wen is one of them. their hair, and take pleasure in it, and gather it up and arrange it neatly.

Presumably, this is how Wang Wen’s habit of collecting later came about. It happened that once, he met Ning Wanzhui in the imperial garden, and ran up to pull her hair. He was tall, so he went straight up and fought with King Wen.

"Stop beating, seventh prince, fourth prince, stop beating!"

"Seventh brother, are you crazy? I'm your fourth brother!" Wen Wang is two years older than Li Huai, and Li Huai has always had a good relationship with him, respect and love.At that time, being pressed on the ground by Li Huai and holding on to his collar, he was angry and annoyed.

"Li Rong, you said you would never bully her again! You swear!"

"Okay, let me go! Let me go first!"

Only then did he let Li Rong go under the persuasion of everyone.

Hearing that Wang Li Zhi was so big, how could he have been so angry? When he got his freedom, he pointed at him and said, "Li Huai, just wait, I'll go and tell my father!"

From then on, Li Wei didn't dare to bully Ning Wanzhuo anymore. When they were a little older, when he saw Ning Wanzhuo, he would sourly call her the seventh sister-in-law.

At the age of 15, Li Huai already had his own palace. Seeing that his third and fourth brothers were all marrying princesses one after another, he also longed for one day to be like them.

So, he dragged Ning Wanxiu up to the highest loft of Luxi Pavilion, and wrote on the wind chime with his own hands: I don't regret the deep love in this life, I'd rather be alone and wander alone.

Hanging the wind chime under the eaves of the attic, he took Ning Wanzhu's hand and said affectionately to her: "Wanzhuo, when we get older, Ji Hai will ask Father to give us a marriage!"

"Ah."

Ning Wanzhu nodded and smiled lightly. At that time, they both thought that no one would be able to separate them in this life.

But two years later, the emperor smashed his favorite sapphire pot in front of him, and told him categorically: "The one you want to marry in this life will never be her!"

Only then did he realize that all his favors were inferior to his father's words.

His father did what he said, in order to stop his thoughts, they were not allowed to meet again, but they would always think of various ways to meet each other; he thought that as long as he became better, his father would take back his order, so his In two years, he almost finished reading all the books in the imperial study room, day and night, sleepless and restless.

Suddenly, Wan Zhui fell ill and fell asleep for a time.

He stood outside the Nangong City Gate, waiting for the imperial officials who were going to the Duke's mansion to see a doctor. He heard from them that she was going to die soon, so he rushed into the palace to find his mother and concubine, hoping that she would ask her father to change her order.

"Huai'er, you and Wanzhu are destined to have nothing to do in this life, you'd better let it go..."

"No, Huai'er doesn't believe it, I don't believe in destiny! Huai'er wants her, only her! Concubine mother, please go and beg Father, Huai'er begs you!" He grew up to be an indomitable man, but for the sake of the one he loves, he forgot that there is gold under his knees, and almost cried and knelt in front of his mother and concubine, begging bitterly.

The concubine mother, who used to be satisfied no matter what he wanted, slapped him heavily on the face.

"Huai'er! Do you know that if you continue like this, you will really kill Wanzhu?"

He stood there for a long time like a lightning strike, half understanding in his heart, but he would rather not understand.

"Huai'er, you already knew that you are different from others. You don't have the fate to be together forever. If you really love her and do her best, you should let her stay away from you!"

What the mother and concubine said back then has been engraved in his heart for many years, like a brand, lingering.

He appeared in the Ningguo mansion in a daze, but was blocked by Mrs. Rongguo outside the courtyard.

"Prince Xu, please go back!"

"Ma'am, just let me see her again! Just one time?"

"I can let you in, but if I tell you that if you go to see her now, she may really not wake up, will you still go?"

At that time, how much he hated the legendary Mrs. Rong Guo that people said!

He didn't believe what she said, but he didn't have the courage to take a step closer, because he was afraid that Wan Zhu would really be unable to wake up like this!

He reluctantly left, but sent people to Ningguo Mansion to inquire about the news from time to time. Miraculously, Wan Zhui really got better gradually. He wanted to see her, but every time he hadn't arrived at the Duke's Mansion, he would think of Mrs. Rongguo's words. Thinking of it once, he hated what Taoist people did.

"Ning Wanzhu, the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion, is beautiful, gentle and elegant, and her name is De Haozhen. She is actually the best candidate for marriage and marriage. She is specially named the Princess of Chaoyang. , the eternal frontier..."

On that day, his father ordered him to be a peace envoy to go to the Duke's mansion with the peace edict.

At that time, she hadn't seen her Ji Hai for half a year, and when she saw her again, she waited for him to give her a marriage letter together.

However, her groom is not him.

"I won't marry! I won't marry! Ji Hai, you said that you will marry me!" She yelled at him heart-piercingly, hoping to get him some warm words.

But he just pinched the imperial decree and lowered his eyes without saying a word.

"Ji Hai, can you say a word? Can you say a word? I beg you!"

His chapped lips finally moved, and he said to her in a hoarse voice: "Wan Zhu, you said that no matter what I say, you will listen, right?"

"Well... I said it!"

"Then I said, let you marry and go to Mongolia?"

(End of this chapter)