Just when she was lost in thought and speechless, there was a sound of horse hoofbeats in front of her. When she turned around, she saw that it was Li'er riding back.

From a distance, she waved to me and shouted: "Mom!"

I saw that there seemed to be something red in her hand, which was very dazzling in the air, and a warm smile appeared on her face. I watched her riding her horse until she ran in front of me, then stopped with a pull of the reins, and a smile appeared on her face.

I have shed a thin layer of sweat and am stained with some dust, but I look healthier and rosier.

She held a cluster of small red flowers in her hand and brought them to me: "Mom, I just saw this by the river. I give it to you."

The little flower was still wet with dew and exuded a delicate fragrance. I took it over in surprise, and my eyes were bent with laughter: "Li'er is so good."

She also smiled and suddenly saw Han Zitong behind me and said, "Aunt Zitong, you are here too. Are you chatting with my mother? I didn't even see you."

Han Zitong seemed to have come back to his senses at this time, and forced a smile: "Li'er."

"I didn't know Aunt Zitong was here just now. I only picked a bouquet of flowers. Wait a minute, Aunt Zitong, I will pick another bouquet for you."

After saying that, the girl actually turned the horse's head again and ran forward.

I originally wanted to tell her to take a rest after running for so long, but seeing that she was still in high spirits and going to pick flowers for Han Zitong, it was not easy to stop her. I just chased after her and told her to be careful, waiting for the girl to run away again.

After disappearing, I turned around and saw Han Zitong staring at me blankly. The anger on his face seemed to have faded a bit.

Come to think of it, the filth between adults should be avoided by children, not wanting those clear eyes to see the filth of the world.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile and walked to her side.

She immediately frowned, as if she saw some venomous snake and beast approaching her, and said in disgust: "What are you doing here?"

Looking at her look, I couldn't help but smile - in my life, some people hate me and some are afraid of me, but she seems to be the first person to be so obviously disgusted. However, I don't hate her, even though

She was indiscriminate, even though I almost died at her hands that night.

So, he said with a smile as if to strike up a conversation: "Li'er's equestrian skills are really good. Who taught him? He disappeared in no time."

Han Zitong raised his head and looked at the vast grassland that seemed to have no boundaries. His eyes were a little dazed, and he murmured for a while: "I'm good at equestrian skills... so what if I'm good at equestrian skills? No matter how far I run, I'm still within this wall."
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I was stunned for a moment, but before I could speak, she suddenly turned her head and looked at me: "I heard that your friend came to the house a while ago, and there was a guy who flew around like a bird, right?"<

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"...Yes."

"What's your name?"

"Ye Fei."

"Ye... Fei..." She murmured the name, and suddenly there were several loud calls above her head. When she looked up, she saw a few wild geese flying past. Han Zitong watched the wild geese fluttering their wings and flying high, slowly.

Flying far away slowly, and finally getting smaller and smaller, turning into tiny dust in the sky. She murmured: "Fly...if you can fly, it's not that bad. Like these birds, you are not afraid of the tallest wall."

I looked back at her.

Her eyes looked a little blank. Although this woman was so aggressive and murderous when she first appeared, her expression now makes me feel that she seems to be more fragile than her frail sister.
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"Miss Zitong?"

I subconsciously called her, and Han Zitong suddenly came back to his senses and looked at me. His face was solemn, he turned around and left without saying anything.

I stood there, watching her retreating back, feeling a little stunned for a moment.

The way she looked at the sky just now was so blank and lonely, which made me feel very familiar. But if I think about it carefully, I can't remember where I have seen it before. It just makes me feel sad.

After a long time, I realized that the look in her eyes at that time was exactly the same as the look in my eyes when I was in the palace and looked at the palace walls around me.

It's just that it's not the visible wall that traps her.

When Li'er ran back after a while, Han Zitong had already left the racecourse. The little girl was holding a handful of red flowers in her hands, but she pouted in frustration: "I went to pick them specially."

I smiled and said: "Your Aunt Zitong has something to do when she rushes back."

"Oh..."

"Come." I said and walked up and took her off the pony. The child ran a few laps and was panting. There was sweat on her forehead. I took a handkerchief and gently wiped her clean. I smiled.

He said: "Are you exhausted?"

"Haha, I'm not tired." She said and looked at me excitedly: "Mom, you saw it, I ride a horse very well, right?"

"Well, very good."

I really didn't expect that she was really good at riding a horse. Although it was just a short pony, it was really not easy for such a young girl to control it. I heard that she had poor health when she was a child.

I was worried for a while, but now that I see her so healthy, so happy, and even so smart and capable, I just feel as happy as falling into honey, so sweet that I can't speak.

Just when she and I were having a sweet time, a person hurriedly walked over from the other side of the mansion. I recognized it at a glance, it was Butu.

Shouldn't he be working with Pei Yuanxiu? What are you doing here?

Just as I was wondering, I saw Butu running over as soon as he saw us. When he ran in front of me, he bowed respectfully: "Mrs. Qingying, Miss Li."

I smiled and nodded to him: "Butu, long time no see, what's the matter?"

"Young master, please ask your wife to go to the front hall to talk."

"Master?"

I became more and more confused, why did Pei Yuanxiu ask me to go to the front hall? So I asked, "If he has something to say, he can tell me at any time."

Butu's expression showed a bit of solemnity. He glanced at Li'er and said with a forced smile: "It's probably something important."

I vaguely felt something. Li'er in my arms was still looking at me with big eyes. At this time, he suddenly said: "Mom, I want to go too."

"Uh-" Before I had time to say anything, Butu had already laughed and said: "Miss Li has been running away for so long, it's time to go back and have a good rest. Oops, this sweat will smell like sweat later.

Miss Li, I don’t like the smell of sweat on people’s bodies.”

When Li'er heard this, he raised his arm and smelled it, and immediately said in a panic: "I want to go back and wash it!"

Butu waved, and two maids walked over and carefully took Li'er over. By this time, I also understood, whispered a few instructions to Li'er, and watched her obediently follow the two maids away.

, then turned back to look at Butu, and he said cautiously: "Mrs. Qingying, please."

I nodded and followed him forward. After leaving the racecourse, I entered the garden of the mansion first. It was a bright spring here. Several attendants passed by and they stopped and saluted us in a polite manner. Although Butu only appeared for a moment,

I can also vaguely feel that his status around Pei Yuanxiu is not low, and he does not often appear in the house. He is obviously not a housekeeper, so what is the important thing for him to invite me?

As I walked, I said, "Isn't it time you told me what is so important?"

Butu followed me about half a step behind, hesitated for a moment, and said, "We have guests arriving."

"Guests?" Could it be that this morning, Butu told Pei Yuanxiu at the gate of the inner courtyard that some people were coming this way, could they be those guests? However, the guests who came here were naturally Pei Yuanxiu's guests, why did they call me?<

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"Where are you from?"

"Visitors from Xichuan."

"...!"

I felt like I was suddenly struck by lightning, my back stiffened, and I looked back at him in disbelief: "Whose guest is this?"

"Xichuan."

"...Nishikawa."

I muttered these two words, and suddenly I felt as if the blood in my body had solidified, and my limbs were cold. It took me a while to come back to my senses.

A visitor from Xichuan?

Nishikawa?!

It's not that I haven't thought about that place these days. On the contrary, because Shen Xiaokun told me that it was someone with a Shu accent who wanted to kidnap Li'er, it made me feel more solemn. I knew that I was with

There is no break between Xichuan and Xichuan. Even if we used death as a boundary at the beginning, we could not draw a clear line. What's more, now, I am surrounded by Pei Yuanxiu and Yao Lao, and the current situation has become a three-legged confrontation. Sooner or later, Xichuan and I will meet again one day.

But I never thought that this day would come so quickly.

And——

I raised my somewhat pale face and looked at Butu: "Who is he from Xichuan? Why do you have to see me?"

Butu hesitated for a moment and did not answer. He only said in a deep voice: "The guest is in the front hall. You will know as soon as Madam leaves."

"..."

I took a deep breath, turned around and walked towards the front hall.

I walked very fast along this way. Although I didn't fall, I knew very well that my steps were completely disordered, just like my heartbeat. Even my breathing was disordered. When I walked through the long corridor,

Afterwards, the front hall was right in front of us, and several maids were exiting from it. When they saw me, they immediately leaned over and saluted: "Mrs. Qingying."

I no longer had the intention to talk to them, so I nodded hastily and walked forward slowly.

Reaching out to lift the curtain, everything in the front hall comes into view.

On the other side of the slightly swaying beaded curtain, I saw Pei Yuanxiu's back, and below him, a straight figure sat there. The sunlight shone in from outside the door, clearly outlining his outline, making him look young and handsome.

, broad forehead, straight bridge of nose, lightly pursed lips.

Everything is so familiar.

The hand holding the bead curtain trembled slightly, and the bead curtain immediately fell down, making a messy clattering sound. Upon hearing this sound, everyone in the front hall turned around.
Chapter completed!