"On the day of the autumn hunt, I gave it to him and he accepted it, but he didn't say anything."
There was a hint of melancholy in Wen Zhixi's eyes.
Although she is not yet of marriageable age, many people have come to propose marriage to her in the past two years, and her mother also intends to choose a gentle and dignified husband for her, with whom she can grow old together.
My mother said that if I married the Fifth Prince, I would have to take care of him all my life, and any children I would have in the future would also be a burden.
If he is unpopular, his children will be even less favored.
The fifth prince has lived alone outside the palace for more than ten years. He has long been an abandoned child.
Mrs. Wen San would not let her daughter fall into such a fire pit.
Chu Li has always known that her third aunt disagrees, but she is just a middleman and cannot make the decision. She only said:
"I know what you mean."
"When I recover from my injury, I will go to see my fifth brother and get some information for you."
As for the rest, she couldn't help.
"Thank you, cousin!"
Wen Ya bit her lower lip and said hesitantly, "Sister, is it inappropriate for you to have private contact with the Fifth Prince?"
Wen Zhixi frowned and said in a deep voice, "I just asked my cousin to pass on a message. I didn't overstep my authority. I have never been alone with him in private. The last time we met was at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet five years ago. How can this be considered a private relationship?"
"If your words get out and ruin my reputation, I won't forgive you."
"Wen Ya doesn't dare!"
Wen Zhixi looked at her:
"I know about the Seventh Prince. You are unhappy, but you should also open your eyes and take a good look at the relationship between the Wen family, the Duke's Mansion, and the General's Mansion. Don't be sold out one day and help count the money."
The general's mansion that is on fire today is the best example.
Wen Ya lowered her head, pursing the bitterness from the corners of her mouth.
The hierarchy of legitimate and illegitimate children.
Whatever my elder sister says is right.
Even if you like a disabled person.
She just wanted to be the Seventh Prince's concubine and only asked for a concubine position. She was not greedy. What did she do wrong?
About an hour later.
Qin Muyu woke up, with gauze wrapped around his legs, and walked with difficulty to see Chu Li.
The two met, and neither of them was in danger of death. Qin Muyu breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes were red:
"Ahri, are you a fool? With such a big fire, are you going to die?"
Chu Li sat on the bed, unable to see anything, but felt at ease when she heard his voice.
"You saved me when I was a child. If you hadn't carried me back from the mountain, I would have been eaten by wolves."
Qin Muyu was stunned for a moment:
"In the mountains?"
"Have you forgotten? That year, when Uncle Xiaoyao came back to the capital to report, he stayed for half a month and took us kids out to play. I was in danger in the mountains and you carried me out."
Qin Muyu recalled carefully and asked doubtfully:
"Ahri, you forgot that I found you on the roadside, not in the mountains."
Chu Li suddenly looked up, "No, it was in the mountains. I rolled down the slope and broke my leg. How could it be on the side of the road?"
"But I found you on the roadside."
How is this possible?
Chu Li couldn't have remembered it wrong.
If not him, who else could have saved her?
It's obviously him.
"Ah Li, you must have remembered it wrongly," Qin Muyu said, "Not long after that, you rolled off the roof and injured your head. You became confused and lost your mind for half a year. You almost lost your life. Your brain was affected, so you must not remember things from your childhood."
Chu Li was stunned.
How is this possible?
Matters of life and death are too profound to be wrong.
It was clearly him who carried her out on his back, and was bitten on the thigh by a wolf!
"Ali, the most urgent thing is to take good care of your eyes. Don't think about anything else first!" Qin Muyu said solemnly.
Chu Li's thoughts faded slightly.
Or maybe it’s because the eyes are blind, lacking vision and color, that the thoughts in the brain become extremely sensitive and impetuous.
I stopped thinking about it and asked, "What do you think of the fire in the general's mansion?"
"The Dali Temple has closed the case. Wang Heng, who was working in the kitchen and accidentally started the fire, has been burned to death. There is no evidence, so the fire has been attributed to an accident."
After Qin Muyu finished speaking, he was silent for a moment.
Even he himself didn't believe what he said.
When he heard the news of the fire, he was suddenly drugged and fell to the ground.
Someone wants to kill him.
Chu Li stroked the corner of his eyes in self-blame, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have had a conflict with Fang Haiyang, nor would you..."
"Ahri!"
Qin Muyu interrupted her, "In life, whether in the martial arts world or in the imperial court, as long as you are alive, you are always in a vortex. Even someone like Prince Xiaoyao finds it difficult to protect himself, let alone you and me."
"Even without you, the General's Mansion would sooner or later be drawn into factions and entangled in disputes due to the struggle for succession."
Just because it was her, he was willing to do many things.
Even though I know it will be difficult, I am willing to do it.
At this time, outside the door, a servant said respectfully: "Your Highness the Ninth Prince, the eunuch from the palace is here."
Qin Muyu stood up and said, "It is inconvenient for the Ninth Prince to stand up. Please invite the person in."
Soon, a eunuch came quickly with a whisk in his hand. He bowed and looked at the Ninth Prince, then said anxiously in a pinched voice:
"Fortunately nothing serious happened. The Emperor must have been worried to death!"
"Ninth Prince, the Emperor said that you have an eye injury and cannot move around easily. You should stay at the Wen family for the time being. The Emperor will send a royal doctor to treat you every day. You can return to the palace after you recover."
"Thank you, Grandpa."
The general's mansion was burned down and rumors were spreading in the city, but Chu Li could not care about or hear about the chaos for the time being.
Night comes.
She heard the night watchman's sound.
Boom! Boom——
It’s the second watch.
She was half asleep and had a very realistic dream. In the dream, she limped into a grass pit and two wolves with bared fangs and dark green eyes surrounded her.
At the critical moment, a young man rushed over.
He only had a dagger in his hand, and the stab was not deep enough, but instead angered the two wolves.
The wolf was so wild and ferocious that it tore off a piece of flesh from his leg.
But she couldn't see his face clearly.
He was holding a bloody knife, his body was covered in blood, he was breathing heavily, and his eyes were three times more vicious than a wolf's.
But he turned and walked away.
Who is it?
who is he?
Isn't this something she experienced as a child?
She wanted to chase after him, but her legs were broken and she couldn't catch up. She watched him go into the mountains and walk further and further away.
Don't go!
There are more wolves in the mountains!
Don't go.
"Mu Yu...Qin Mu Yu..." Chu Li suddenly woke up, touched the soft bed under him, and realized he had been dreaming.
The dream was too real, and the boy’s face was too blurry to be seen clearly.
Seems true and false.
Chu Li was sweating all over and his throat felt dry. After taking the medicinal food in the evening, his throat was filled with an unpleasant bitter taste.
She felt the edge of the bed and carefully reached for the low table beside the bed, looking for a glass of water.
suddenly.
bass--
The sound of the cup rubbing against the table and moving slowly.
The cold cup touched the back of her hand, and her back stiffened.
Suddenly, the room was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. The wind rustled outside the window, and her breathing became as tight as a bowstring. The already quiet night suddenly felt a little more oppressive.
"Uncle..."
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