Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 360 358 - Miss Su Lives in the West Wing Room
the other side.

Xiaoqi walked towards Su Lanlan's house silently, but when he was about to reach Su Lanlan's home, he hesitated again. It took a lot of courage to hurt a girl directly.

He took a few deep breaths, looked at Su Lanlan's house not far away, and finally suppressed the messy thoughts in his heart forcibly, then puffed up his chest, and walked towards Su Lanlan's house.

Zhen Jiaerlang never retreats.

But just as he took a step, a peasant boy suddenly stopped Xiao Qi with a hostile expression on his face.

The peasant boy is about fifteen or sixteen years old. He is a bit taller than Xiao Qi, but his body is much thinner than Xiao Qi. He has a feeling of hunger that is unique to poor children. He growled at Xiao Qi like a trapped animal. :"stop."

Xiao Qi's entourage immediately stood in front of Xiao Qi, and the dog-legged Zhen Song immediately walked towards the farm boy with a sullen face.

Seeing Zhen Song, who was taller and stronger than him, walking towards him, the peasant boy couldn't help but backed up again and again, but in the process of backing up, his eyes were still fixed on Xiao Qi and said: "If you are a man, don't let others Intervene."

In the past, Xiaoqi might have been in the mood to have some fun with this peasant boy, but at the moment he was in a bad mood, he just glanced at the peasant boy lightly, then turned his eyes away, and let Zhen Song handle the matter .

Seeing this, the peasant boy said angrily: "Do you have the guts to win love, but don't you have the guts to face me? Let me tell you, Su Lanlan will not marry someone like you."

Su Lanlan?
Hengdao to win love?

Xiao Qi raised his eyes to look at the farm boy: "Who are you?"

"Who am I? Don't worry about it. You just need to know that I grew up with Su Lanlan's childhood sweetheart. Let me tell you, you'd better stay away from Su Lanlan. Do you think I don't know what you rich people think? , don't you want to bully Lan Lan just because she looks good, and I won't let you do it."

Xiao Qi was slightly taken aback, childhood sweetheart?

He had never heard of Su Lanlan.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

Xiao Qi asked with a bitter smile, "Do you like Lan Lan very much?"

The peasant boy who had always been like a thorny cat was a little embarrassed for the first time. He seemed a little embarrassed to admit it, but when he saw Xiaoqi standing in front of him, he stretched his neck and shouted: "So what."

Xiao Qi shook her head and said: "Not really, it's just...you may have misunderstood me, I actually like her as much as you do." Speaking of this, Xiao Qi paused, then said again sadly: "But even so, I might... "

Not finished yet.

The peasant boy couldn't bear it anymore.

"You fart."

The peasant boy jumped up and said, "Do you like Lan Lan? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? You rich people, one counts as one, and they all have the same virtue. They are used to deceiving people with sweet words and small favors. Like the new and dislike the old, and then ruthlessly abandon it after dislike, dare you say, I’m not right?”

Xiaoqi was dumbfounded.

Although he wanted to refute, he never likes the new and dislikes the old, but in fact, he really came here to abandon Su Lanlan.

Seeing Xiao Qi like this, the peasant boy became even more angry and excited. He didn't know where to accumulate his dissatisfaction with the rich, and dumped it on Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi listened silently.

At this moment, Su Lanlan walked out of the house, and she couldn't help but cast her eyes on Xiao Qi who was not far away, and a bright smile burst out on her face.

Xiaoqi and the peasant boy also saw Su Lanlan for the first time.

The cool wind floated, as if it had blown the hearts of the three of them, making them feel a little ups and downs.

Xiao Qi watched Su Lanlan walking towards them, and was able to keep calm, but at this moment, the peasant boy's face turned red, and for some reason, he whispered to Xiao Qi hurriedly.

"Don't let her come here, don't let her come here, let her go back, let her go back quickly."

Xiao Qi was a little puzzled, since this boy dared to stand in front of Su Lanlan with an angry face, why didn't he dare to face Su Lanlan?

He just wanted to tell the young man that it would be good if Su Lanlan came over, and everyone should say everything clearly today.

From Xiao Qi's point of view, Su Lanlan has this boy's love, so he can feel less guilty.

It's just that when Xiao Qi thought of the love he had with Su Lanlan a few days ago, his heart ached again inexplicably.

But before Xiao Qi could say anything, seeing Su Lanlan getting closer, the peasant boy turned his head and ran away in a panic, which completely confused Xiao Qi.

Su Lanlan walked up to Xiao Qi, first greeted Xiao Qi with a smile, then followed Xiao Qi's gaze, and asked mischievously: "Who were you talking to just now? I saw you in the courtyard before I didn't expect it to take so long."

As she said that, Su Lanlan blushed, snorted softly and said coquettishly dissatisfied: "You said that you don't have much time to see me, and you still chat with others. Hmph, I don't think you think about me at all."

Xiao Qi was a little startled, and ignored Su Lanlan's coquettish words, but asked in surprise.

"You don't know that person just now?"

Su Lanlan was also slightly taken aback: "Should I know him? Who is it?"

Xiaoqi described the appearance of the peasant boy to Su Lanlan in detail, and Su Lanlan thought about it seriously, and then suddenly realized: "You are talking about Brother Xiaoli from the alley, how do you talk to him? gone."

This…

Xiao Qi saw that Su Lanlan's expression did not seem to be fake, and couldn't help asking: "You...Aren't you childhood sweethearts?"

Su Lanlan burst out laughing.

"What kind of childhood sweetheart, I haven't talked to him a few times in general. If this is a childhood sweetheart, then the children in the whole alley are also childhood sweethearts?"

Xiao Qi became even more confused. If it was true as what Su Lanlan said, why did the farm boy just nudge so much in front of him.

"He also told me to stay away from you." Xiao Qi said.

When Su Lanlan heard this, her brows raised immediately, and she couldn't help feeling a little more unhappy: "Why does he say that, it's really inexplicable, a person in an alley who looks up and down, meddles in other people's affairs, Isn't that annoying?"

And the peasant boy who had already run far away secretly looked back at this moment. When he saw Su Lanlan and Xiao Qi chatting with each other, he squatted in the corner in frustration.

He beat his head bitterly.

Why did he run, why did he run, he asked himself madly in his heart.

But he actually knew the answer, he was timid, he didn't dare to express any affection to Su Lanlan, and he didn't dare to let Su Lanlan see any clues, he didn't even have the courage to say a few words to Su Lanlan.

He hates his temper, hates that every time he faces Su Lanlan, even if he just passes by from a distance, he can feel nervous and weak.

But he just couldn't afford it.

The peasant boy finally couldn't help crying, he seemed to see that the girl he had been secretly infatuated with since childhood was about to become someone else's.

At this time, on Xiao Qi and Su Lanlan's side, Xiao Qi took a deep breath, and finally said his reason for coming today with a calm face: "But I really want to stay away from you."

The words fell.

Su Lanlan thought she had heard wrong.

But when she saw Xiao Qi's serious expression, she suddenly panicked. She really liked Xiao Qi and this man who suddenly fell from the sky and broke into her world.

She likes his handsomeness, his erudition, his thoughtfulness, his pampering, and his smell.

In the short time of contact, Su Lanlan had already tied her heart firmly to Xiao Qi. In her heart, she didn't think there was a man better than Xiao Qi in the world, but in fact her The circle of life also prevented her from getting in touch with peers who were better than Xiaoqi.

So she is proud to marry such a man.

"Are you angry?" Su Lanlan pinched a corner of Xiaoqi's sleeve pitifully, her big eyes were full of panic: "I really just talked to Brother Xiaoli for a few words, I...I...I I will never say a word to the man next to me again, don't be angry, okay?"

Xiaoqi didn't speak.

Su Lanlan became even more frightened. The moisture in her big eyes gradually accumulated, and soon turned into tears and flowed down one by one, but she was afraid that after she cried out, Xiao Qi would be even more angry and forceful. Suppressed sobbing.

Xiao Qi had prepared a lot of cruel words, and was ready to let Su Lanlan beat and scold him, but seeing Su Lanlan like this made all his preparations useless.

"Don't cry yet." Xiao Qi said to Su Lanlan.

Su Lanlan pinched the corner of Xiaoqi's clothes and said aggrievedly: "Then don't ignore me."

Xiao Qi took a deep breath, nodded, and planned to make a detour: "Don't cry, tell me what you are doing today?"

Su Lanlan glanced at Xiaoqi secretly, sobbed twice, and then began to ramble: "I pestered my mother for some money, and bought a ball of silver thread. I want to embroider...the wedding dress more Better, since you said last time that you liked silver embroidered dresses..."

The chattering voice was soft and gentle, but the affection in it was like silk threads, entangled around Xiao Qi's body.

Xiaoqi suddenly had an urge to hold Su Lanlan in his arms.

He knew that Su Lanlan had been looking forward to the day when she would get married in a red wedding dress.

But when he thought of what Xiao Liu said to him yesterday, he couldn't help but stop his figure again.

Xiao Qi opened his mouth again, and the words he had thought up before came to his mouth, but he couldn't say them for some reason.

Maybe it's because he really likes it, maybe it's because she really likes it.

In the end, Xiao Qi still didn't say anything, he turned around and ran away with an 'ah'.

……

The sunset gradually penetrates, and the sun sets.

Xiao Qi came to sit on the eaves of the city gate again. For the first time, he experienced the dilemma in his life. He looked into the distance and couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

Brother, Xiao Qi doesn't know what to do.

He misses his brother.

At the same time, in the back house of Duke Zhao's mansion, Zhu Yuying started to ponder after learning about Xiao Qi. After pondering for a while, she called the nurse Ye Shi.

Zhu Yuying smiled and ordered: "Please run for a while. Since Xiao Qi has provoked the girl, she must not let the girl understand. You can take the sedan chair over there yourself, and it will be considered as a face for her family. Just carry it in through the small door like this, and if her parents want to stop her, tell her parents that the man was taken away by Duke Zhao's mansion, and if her parents have any appeals or dissatisfaction, let them talk to the housekeeper tomorrow."

Ye Shi nodded in response.

Zhu Yuying sighed and said: "Let's talk about this girl, since she entered our house, she is a member of our family, you remember to teach some rules, and make it clear to the girl that before the mistress enters the house, It can only be a housemaid, and after the mistress comes in, she will show her face again, which can be considered as a reassurance for her, and she won't be a maid for the rest of her life, but you let her keep in mind one thing, the mistress has no children At that time, she had no children and grandchildren, remind her not to think about it for a while, and it will kill her life."

Ye smiled and said: "Your Highness, I understand, don't worry, I will tell her what I need to tell her, and I guarantee that she will be honest and won't give birth to any moths."

"Heh, is the huge Duke's Mansion still afraid of her being a moth?" Zhu Yuying pouted and said, "I'm afraid I feel sorry for the seventh master in our mansion. No matter if you beat him or sell him, it's not your seventh master who will hurt you." Are you energetic? It's not worth it."

"Your Highness is still very thoughtful. After I carry her into the house, I will talk to her for a while." Ye Shi said.

Zhu Yuying nodded, and asked Mrs. Ye to go down to carry her.

Afterwards, Zhu Yuying turned her head and told Xiaoying: "Wait for Xiaoqi to come back later, you ask him to come to my place, a manly man who encounters some relationship problems, so indecisive, how can he do it, I hope in the future Little thing like March, don't let me bother you so much."

……

I don't know how long it took.

The sky slowly darkened.

Xiaoqi on the tower had to get up and go home.

He drooped his head, no longer had the liveliness and energy of the past, and walked silently towards the house step by step.

But when he returned home, he didn't know if it was his illusion, or what, he always felt that whether it was the porter or other servants, he looked a little weird.

But he was not in the mood to care about this, and went straight to his own courtyard.

The courtyard is a little different from the past.

The West Wing, which has never been occupied, was actually used, and there were two red lines hanging on both sides of the West Wing. Xiao Qi frowned and asked the nearby maid, "What's going on?"

The servant girl smiled lightly and said, "Master Qi, Miss Su has moved in."

"Miss Su?"

Xiao Qi raised her eyebrows and said, "That Miss Su?"

The servant girl was probably used to getting acquainted with Xiao Qi in the past, so she boldly smiled and said, "Master Qi, you said it was Miss Su."

Xiao Qi realized immediately, he raised his foot and walked towards the west wing room, but as soon as he reached the door, Ye Shi, who had been teaching Su Lanlan the rules in the room, came out to stop Xiao Qi.

"Qi Ye, you'd better go see Madam now, this old slave still has some things to explain to Miss Su."

"My sister-in-law wants to see me?"

Mrs. Ye nodded and said, "I've been waiting for Master Qi, so please don't delay." Having said this, Mrs. Ye smiled and said, "As for Miss Su, since people have entered our house, they will not run away." Yep, Qi Ye will naturally have the time to speak later."

Xiao Qi thought about it, it was the truth, and she had a lot of doubts in her heart, so she went to see Zhu Yuying.

When Xiaoqi saw Zhu Yuying.

Zhu Yuying didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "There are some things that your elder brother should have told you, but since your elder brother is not at home, then I have to tell you. You have a girl you like, this sister-in-law understands, but you want To marry this girl, my sister-in-law might as well tell you bluntly that it is impossible. Your elder brother has arranged your marriage for you, and the main wife can only be that girl of the Chen family. You can't take that girl from the Chen family lightly. Of course, if you can coax the girl from the Chen family to be happy and at the same time feel sorry for the girl you like, then the sister-in-law doesn't care. It could be Miss Qingsu, do you understand?"

Xiao Qi nodded. He actually understood these things, and that's why he didn't want to take Su Lanlan as his concubine. Xiao Qi raised her head and said, "Sister-in-law, actually...you don't need to take her home."

Zhu Yuying rolled her eyes: "Look at your worthless appearance, the girl that Zhao Guogong's younger brother likes doesn't need to give up and be patient."

"Can…"

Xiao Qi didn't say what he said later, it's not like he didn't think about this kind of way to have both ends before, but the concubine is just a concubine, which is very different, and since childhood, Zhen Wu and Lao San didn't have a concubine's room, Xiao Qi heard that Under the eyes, naturally he is not interested in the concept of a concubine's room.

And he knew very well that Su Lanlan had always been looking forward to wearing a wedding dress, and was always looking forward to being married by a Ming media. How could these hopes be realized if she became a concubine?
He likes Su Lanlan, so how could he let Su Lanlan do this.

Zhu Yuying couldn't help but cast a sideways glance at Xiaoqi and said, "It's nothing to worry about. You still feel sorry for her first, but how can you still lose her in the future? It's her blessing to be in our house. If you are hypocritical, you are not a good person when you talk about it, and you, if you like it, you like it, if you don't like it, you don't like it, what kind of mother-in-law and mother-in-law are procrastinating, it really makes you stay with women like us for a long time , When your elder brother comes back, I must let your elder brother take you to live in the barracks for a while, so that you can practice your temperament."

Xiao Qi wanted to say something else, but Zhu Yuying waved her hand and said: "Okay, go back, think about what you should do in the future, if you don't understand, and it's inconvenient to tell me, then write to your elder brother."

"Okay." Xiaoqi turned and left sullenly.

That night, Xiao Qi stayed in the West Wing.

He and Su Lanlan didn't do anything, but hugged each other tightly.

Su Lanlan felt Xiao Qi's heartbeat to ease her nervousness and fear when she first entered the wealthy mansion, and Xiao Qi gently said "I'm sorry" to Su Lanlan when she woke up like a dream in the middle of the night.

Su Lanlan's eyes ached when she thought of the newly embroidered wedding dress today, and she couldn't help shedding tears. This kind of wedding dress brought in through the small door at night was completely different from the excitement and celebration of the wedding she had imagined.

But she shook her head and replied softly, "It doesn't matter".

At least the person is still the same person.

……

(End of this chapter)