Chapter 173 I saw the words on the Kongming lantern and I liked them very much
(The prince discovered Ningning's rebirth in Chapter 101)
"You're the one who's going to get you down!" Xie Shi'an spat. "Why are you coming here to confess now? What were you doing before?! When Ningning first came to our house, I treated her badly, but I later apologized very actively! Do you think yelling like this counts as an apology?"
Wen Rulei swallowed his grievances and asked sincerely, "Xingluo, what do you want me to do in order for you to forgive me?"
Wen Xingluo walked up to him.
She personally tidied up Wen Rulei's messy hair, then leaned close to his ear and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Unless you die."
Wen Rulei's face suddenly changed and he looked at her in disbelief.
The girl stepped aside obediently, her soft and gentle face full of spring light, her round almond eyes as clear as a pool of peach blossoms in spring water, as if the four vicious words just now were just his illusion.
Wen Rulei's lips moved.
He was just a little harsh on Xingluo, why did she hate him so much?
They were clearly siblings, and the blood feud from their previous life hadn't happened yet, but she wanted him dead...
His face was filled with hurt, and he murmured, "Xingluo, why are you making things difficult for me? If I really die, you will be sad and upset..."
Xie Guanlan didn't want to listen to his nonsense anymore.
He signaled the guards to throw out the Wen brothers and sisters along with Wen Qingsong's tablet.
The Pear Garden was finally quiet, and Fushan reminded him, "Master, it's time to set off."
Although Xie Shi'an was very afraid of Xie Guanlan, he respected him more than anyone else.
Seeing him about to leave, he couldn't help but quickly stepped forward, "Brother..."
He had a lot to say, but he felt it would be pretentious to say it out loud.
The young men and women looked at each other and left the theater one after another, considerately leaving space for them.
Xie Shian clenched his fist and said, "Brother, next time we transport food and fodder, I'll personally escort it to the front lines to find you! I promised you that I would be your vanguard, so don't go back on your word!"
Although Xie Guanlan had agreed before, when the moment really came, he was reluctant to let his younger brother go to the battlefield.
In the Zhenbei Palace, it is enough to have him risk his life for the country alone.
He said, "You are still young."
"Not young anymore!" Xie Shian retorted, "Brother, when you were my age, you had already won more than a dozen battles! I don't want to be protected by you forever, I must go and fight alongside you!"
Xie Guanlan smiled and said, "Go downstairs and help me look after the Night-Showing Jade Lion."
After Xie Shian left, Xie Guanlan looked at Wen Xingluo.
The girl stood quietly not far away, her hands hidden in her sleeves already clenched into her palms.
Her round almond-shaped eyes were very red, just like the little rabbit she had sewn with her own hands.
Xie Guanlan called out, "Wen Ningning."
Wen Xingluo was afraid that she would burst into tears as soon as she opened her mouth.
She didn't want to cry in front of Xie Guanlan.
It's embarrassing.
So she tried her best to hold back her tears and just said "hmm" in a low voice pretending to be calm.
Xie Guanlan suddenly walked up to her.
He grabbed the back of the girl's head with his big hand and pressed her face into his arms without hesitation.
He whispered, "Wen Ningning is a self-respecting and strong girl who values her reputation more than anything else. But in my arms, Wen Ningning can cry. I will help you keep the secret."
In just a moment, Wen Xing burst into tears.
The delicate and white fingertips tightly grasped the young man's robe.
But she was still too stubborn to cry out loud, and tried her best to suppress her trembling body.
Her voice choked with sobs, "You lie... You always lie!"
Xie Guanlan lowered his eyes to look at her little head buried in his arms, "In exchange, I'll tell you a secret. I saw the two words you wrote on the Kongming lantern, and I really like them."
Without waiting for Wen Xingluo's reaction, he took a deep breath of her hair, turned around and strode away.
Wen Xingluo was stunned for a moment, then quickly rolled up her skirt and ran downstairs.
By the time she hurried to the outside of the Pear Garden, the army had already galloped away in the night.
Snow and hail obscured the view, and the army holding torches formed a long, dark dragon.
She could no longer see the familiar figure.
Snowflakes fell on the girl's eyebrows and eyelashes. She exhaled a small ball of hot air, and her eyes became redder.
Xie Guanlan...
He must come back safely.
Xie Shian strolled over with a lantern in hand and stood shoulder to shoulder with her in the snow. "I don't know when my elder brother will be back. Forget it, I decided to go find him next month."
Seeing that Xingluo didn't say anything, he couldn't help but look at her.
Seeing her red eyes, he felt distressed and curious, "Ningning, big brother sent me away just now. Could he have taken the opportunity to beat you up? Why didn't you ask me to come up and save you?"
Wen Xingluo: “…”
She opened her mouth to say something, but when she met Xie Shian's sympathetic eyes, she finally closed her mouth.
never mind.
Fourth brother is not yet in love, and she can't communicate with him.
…
As the New Year approaches, Chengdu has seen several more snowfalls.
Xie Shian did what he said and really escorted the food and supplies to the front line to find Xie Guanlan.
Chen Lezhi couldn't stay idle in the Zhenbei Palace, and didn't want to go back to Hanzhong, so he simply followed him.
The weather was too cold and Baihe Academy had already been closed for the holidays. The old empress dowager was afraid that Wen Xingluo would be too lonely in the mansion, so she called Xie Yanchen back from the charity cemetery on the outskirts of the city to keep Wen Xingluo company and entertain her.
The warm room of the palace.
Wen Xingluo was sitting on a couch by the window practicing calligraphy when Cuicui came in excitedly, holding a large bunch of freshly picked plum blossoms. "Miss, do you think these red plum blossoms are beautiful? There are so many, I can make two portions for the Consort Dowager and the Princess!"
“It’s beautiful.”
Wen Xingluo sniffed deeply before placing the plum blossoms into a pink and blue vase with two magpies on branches, and then took out a pair of scissors to carefully trim them.
Xie Yanchen sat opposite, grinding medicine in a medicine mill, and said, "It's snowing so heavily, I wonder what the situation is like at the front."
In order to prevent the wide sleeves from getting in the way and getting stained by the medicine, he wore armbands.
Wen Xingluo noticed from the corner of his eye that there was a brand above his wrist. Just as he was about to take a closer look, Xie Yanchen had already ground all the herbs and removed the wristband.
She didn't take it personally, thinking she had misjudged him. "That place is further north, so it's probably colder than here, and the snow will be heavier. Fighting on their familiar territory might be disadvantageous to my brother and the others."
"Brother is very powerful, he will definitely win." Xie Yanchen was full of confidence. "By the way, Ningning, Chen Lezhi has gone to the front line, why don't you follow him?"
"Lezhi has practiced martial arts since she was young and grew up in Chang'an. She's more suited to the harsh winter in the Western Regions than I am. If she goes there, she might be able to help my elder brother and the others. I'm just a girl and can't stand such cold weather. If I go there, I'll only cause trouble for everyone."
Wen Xingluo had a rough idea of his own weight.
She had glimpsed Le Zhi's body before going to bed. The girl looked thin, but in fact she had a body full of muscular muscles and was extremely strong. With such thin arms, she could actually wield an iron spear weighing hundreds of pounds!
And she...
Her two hands combined were not as strong as Le's one.
If she went to such a cold place, who knows how sick she would become.
She didn't want to cause trouble for Xie Guanlan.
Xie Yanchen mixed dozens of medicinal juices together and said, "It's better not to go. It's just right for us to chat in the mansion and relieve boredom."
He poured the prepared medicinal juice into the teacup and handed it to Wen Xingluo with a smile, "Try the Hibiscus Pearl Heavenly Fragrance Soup that Second Brother personally prepared. After drinking it, not only will your skin be as delicate as pearls, but your whole body will also emit an alluring fragrance. This was custom-made by Miss Xiangjun at a high price. She said it was to be used as a beauty-enhancing medicinal meal for the girls in Hua Manlou."
Hibiscus Pearl Heavenly Fragrance Soup?
Wen Xingluo took it curiously and was about to drink it when he glanced at the bubbling black soup. Suddenly, he asked inexplicably, "Second brother, am I the first person to try this medicine?"
"Of course." Xie Yanchen said proudly and tenderly, "How can I let such a good thing be given away so easily to outsiders? Of course I want my sister to be the first to smell good."
Wen Xingluo: “…”
She remembered that her second brother had said that he had invented a medicine that could make people speak the truth. He excitedly demonstrated it himself, but he did vomit after drinking it. However, what he vomited was not the truth, but the food he had eaten.
He vomited everything he ate for three whole days.
Wen Xingluo looked again at the sticky and strange thing in his hand.
Suddenly I don’t feel like drinking anymore.
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