Outer courtyard.
As soon as Chu Li walked out, he saw a crowd of people kneeling outside the gate. Governor Li's face was like an eggplant hit by frost, looking extremely painful and ugly. There were also many people pointing and watching.
"Ari-nii-nii!"
Qin Muxue strode forward and pulled her aside. "How was the interrogation of that man going?"
Chu Li whispered: "I have already confessed, but Li Zhifu and his people..."
I have been kneeling outside the door all night.
With so many people watching, wouldn't it have a negative impact?
"My uncle said that this is what they deserve and we don't need to care. Besides, with the Regent here, we don't need to worry about it." Qin Muxue was already speaking for the Regent.
Qin Muyu came over and looked at her with a serious look.
Does she like the Regent?
When did you fall in love with it?
Why doesn't he know?
Doesn't he have any chance at all?
He curled his fingertips, the taste of greenness in his heart, like a newly ripe fruit, neither sweet nor sour, painful to eat, but he was reluctant to throw it away.
But he understood that Ali had no romantic feelings for him, only an unbreakable friendship. If he forcefully took that step, it would make both of them awkward, and in the end they might not even be able to be friends.
After this incident, he realized more clearly that he could not protect her.
"Ahri."
He bit the tip of his tongue lightly, "What are you planning?"
Chu Li said: "I want to live openly, whether it is Chu Li or the Ninth Prince, even if it is a crime of deceiving the emperor, I have not done anything wrong, I should not hide."
From the beginning, her thinking was wrong.
She doesn't hide.
She wanted to walk in the sunshine. When she missed her mother, she would go to see her. When she missed her eighth brother, she would go and play with him. She could do whatever she wanted.
"But your identity will be used to make a fuss. What if..."
"With the regent here, no one else dares to make a fuss."
Qin Muxue took over.
"I believe the Regent will be able to protect Brother Ahri."
Qin Muyu: "?"
"Brother, you can't give Sister Ali the life she wants. None of us can give it to her. Only the Regent can protect her. We grew up together. As long as she lives well, we can rest assured, right? We are not children anymore. The sayings of love and happiness are just lies in the storybooks. I only know that poor couples suffer from many sorrows."
I can't protect Brother Ali, so no matter how much love I have, it's all empty talk.
It’s better to let go.
Love is not expressed with words.
Qin Muyu looked at his own sister in surprise.
Since when did she start speaking to the Regent in this way?
Ahri didn't say a word!
Even if, even if Ahri has no romantic feelings for him, as long as she doesn't admit that she likes the Regent, or if the Regent bullies her in the future, he will definitely not stand idly by!
As for future planning, Chu Li had just come up with a rough idea in his mind. Before he was done planning, Qin Muxue pulled him aside:
"The Regent is indeed a good man."
"You see, he is clean, focused, and can protect you."
"Besides, you two are both unmarried, isn't that just a coincidence? He's a man, and you're a woman, isn't that destiny?!"
Bang!
The palms of your hands clap against the backs of your hands, and they hit it off.
Chu Li opened his mouth in confusion: "?"
no.
Who could tell her when did Mu Xue and the Regent become so close?
At this time, there was a solemn sound of movement in the air. As the man walked over, he seemed to have his own aura. Everyone lowered their words and looked at him.
"Xiaojiu." He raised his hand.
Chu Li was stunned, "Me?"
There are so many people, why are you only calling her?
Qin Muxue tugged at her clothes and said, "I'm calling you, come over here."
There were Chuyi and his six companions, Jingying and other secret guards, Xiao Yexing and others in the courtyard, a total of more than twenty people. The gate was not closed. With so many people outside, what could not be said directly?
"I'm not going."
"But he called you."
"I didn't hear that."
"..."
She was still a little panicked, always feeling that Chu Dichi's personality had changed too much, two extremes, giving her an unreal illusion.
Even though he was so gentle, his dark eyes were always unfathomably deep, as if there was a wild beast hiding in them that would pounce at any time and reveal its true nature.
Things that are beyond our grasp are often uncertain.
People who can't figure out the bottom of things often feel insecure.
"Maybe he has something to ask you."
"But I'm fine."
"He likes you, so would he hit you?"
"Who said he likes me?"
"He just likes you! If you don't believe me, go ask him in person."
“Ah? This…”
Isn’t this a bit bad?
"I bet fifty taels, do you dare to ask?"
"Even if you bet a hundred taels, I wouldn't dare."
"What if I bet a small gold bar?"
Chu Li was stunned. Everyone in the entire imperial capital knew that she liked gold, and she had loved it since she was a child. Wasn't Qin Muxue deliberately making things difficult for her by saying this?
How could this person be like this!
The two little girls were whispering in each other's ears, pinching their clothes and acting shy, ignoring Chu Dichi aside.
Jingying stepped forward and said, "Master, are you going to deal with Magistrate Li and the others?"
"No rush."
Chu Dichi had just arrived in Jiangnan, and he was thinking about the person right in front of him day and night. How could he have the time to waste on unimportant people?
The person in front of me is still more pleasing to the eye.
He saw the girl over there wearing a crescent-shaped white silk dress with red trumpet creeper embroidered on her bodice, which set off her slender swan-like neck. Every inch of her skin was as white as a peeled egg. She had a small and thin frame, and her face was not even as big as his palm.
She was whispering to Qin Muxue.
The way she pinched the corner of her clothes and whispered looked just like a playful and lively child, with a pair of eyes blinking and shining.
Why does he like it so much?
"Xiaojiu, let me tell you about the identity arrangement."
"oh!"
I thought it was something else.
Scare her!
Chu Li then trotted over with confidence, the pearl earring on her earlobe swaying.
"I've called you several times." Chu Dichi raised his hand and kissed the round pearl on her cheek.
"I was talking to Mu Xue just now, so I didn't hear it."
"It's okay. If you don't hear me, I'll shout a few more times."
"Uncle, I've thought it over. My uncle is stationed in Mobei all year round and rarely returns to the imperial capital. If a daughter suddenly appears and is said to be born in Mobei, no one will be suspicious."
Chu Dichi naturally took her hand and said, "This is inappropriate."
"Your mother is Concubine Wen, so it's best if you don't get involved with the Wen family anymore. I have a better plan for your identity."
"What arrangements?"
"Come, I'll tell you slowly."
He led her over there and walked leisurely past Qin Muyu with such a casual posture that he didn't even glance at him.
Qin Muyu looked at him with jealous eyes and a little annoyed. He wanted to chase after him, but he had no reason to do so.
Ahri!
His Ahri!
His little childhood sweetheart!
It felt like he was an old mother who had carefully cultivated and cared for the flowers for more than ten years, but in one day, the Regent took away both the flowers and the pots!
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