Zhongli Ruoshui left Dingguo Hou Mansion.

She stood in front of the gate of the Hou Mansion for a long time, but after all she did not go to the Huaxi Villa.

She took Lin Xueer into the carriage and went to Sun Tuozi's small yard.

In the carriage, Lin Xueer was very surprised by Zhongli Ruoshui.

She is Zhongli Ruoshui's personal maid, but she cannot enter the study room in Dingguohou's mansion, so she doesn't know what happened. It's just that the lady's eye circles are so red, she may have suffered a lot from discussing Li Chen'an.

Wronged.

"The old lady doesn't agree either?"

Zhongli Ruoshui shook his head and looked out the car window.

"It's not that, I'm a little confused in my heart, please leave me alone."

Lin Xueer shut up, feeling increasingly worried.

Because the lady has always been a strong and tenacious person.

Even in the winter when the young lady was ten years old, when she was tortured to death by the disease, the young lady was not as depressed as she is now... The madam was also in the study, and she was afraid that the young lady and the madam would have a falling out because of Li Chenan.

Is it worth it?

Lin Xueer doesn't know.

I just feel a little aching in my heart.

It was already dark when the carriage arrived at Doctor Sun's small courtyard.

Zhong Liruo got off the carriage and looked up at the night sky. A bright moon had risen, like a jade plate, very bright and beautiful.

Yes, it just seems a little too cold.

Just like my own mood at the moment.

Li Chenan should have gone to Cheng Guogong's mansion by now.

How should I tell him about this?

Hiding it from him?

Let him spend the last days of his life with you?

tell him?

How could he marry a dying woman!

What should I do?

If I had known earlier, I would never have held the cultural gathering on March 3rd!

Without that literary meeting, he and I would never have known each other. He would still have stayed in Guangling City, running his tavern. Maybe Shen Qiaodie would have reconciled after seeing his changed appearance.

Or maybe, he would meet another girl in Guangling City, and then live his life comfortably and peacefully in that tavern as he thought.

He will not come to Kyoto.

He will not be involved in the struggle between many forces because of himself.

I can't help him!

By the way, the fourth princess Ning Chuchu seems to be interested in him!

Originally, she didn't want Ning Chuchu to see Li Chenan, but now... she has to promote this marriage between them. This should be the last thing she does for him before she dies!

Thinking of this, Zhongli Ruoshui felt a little more relaxed.

If Li Chenan becomes the consort of the fourth princess Ning Chuchu, I think neither Ji Tai nor Ning Zhixing will make things difficult for him anymore.

Zhongli Ruoshui took a deep breath and made a decisive decision in his heart——

After a while, I asked Doctor Sun for confirmation. If I was indeed as grandma said, I would immediately enter the palace and go to the residence of the fourth princess, Ning Chuchu!

"Knock on the door!"

Lin Xueer walked over and knocked on the door.

After a moment, the door opened and Xiao Wu stood in front of it.

When he saw Lin Xue'er, he was slightly startled. He raised his eyes and saw Zhong Li Ruoshui again, and immediately grinned.

"Beep, bab, bab..."

He exchanged a few words with Zhongli Ruoshui, and then took Zhongli Ruoshui and his master and servant to the backyard.

Sun Tuozi was sitting in front of the stone table in the courtyard drinking wine.

It's not peach blossom wine or Huapingchun, but the most common loose wine in Kyoto.

He heard footsteps, put down his wine cup and looked up, his eyelids suddenly twitched twice for no reason.

He stood up, feeling a little weird in his heart, because there was no reason for the third lady to come here alone at this time.

"Miss, please sit down!"

Zhongli Ruoshui said a blessing, his face was filled with a smile, and he was no longer as sad as before.

"Thank you, Grandpa Sun!"

She sat opposite Sun Tuozi. Xiao Wu ran to the kitchen and got two sets of bowls and chopsticks, but Lin Xueer did not sit down. She was still standing behind Zhong Li Ruoshui.

There are only two side dishes to accompany the wine on the stone table.

A plate of braised pork head.

A plate of sauced pig tails.

Sun Tuozi didn't ask, he just looked at Zhongli Ruoshui with a smile.

Zhongli Ruoshui did not go straight to the topic. She stretched out her hand and twisted a piece of pig tail, nibbling on it, and said: "I remember when we were in Shuiyunjian, Grandpa Sun liked this pig tail."

"I still remember Grandpa Sun saying that children should not eat. If they eat, they will fall behind others in whatever they do."

"So I didn't dare to eat at that time because I was afraid of falling behind others."

"But later, I saw how delicious you ate it, so I tasted it secretly, and realized that the sauced pig tail turned out to be so delicious... So it didn't matter if I fell behind others."

Sun Tuozi grinned, "The pig tails that Mr. An cooks every night are always missing one or two the next day. So you ate them secretly?"

"Hehe, Mr. An was the emperor's former chef, and his skills are indeed good... Even now that he is older, he is still the master chef in Juxian Pavilion."

"Well, this can be considered his blessing. Eat more, these pig tails are really made by him!"

"No wonder this smell is still so familiar."

"The sauced pig tail tastes more delicious when paired with wine. Do you want a drink?"

"good!"

Xiao Wu easily understood the colloquial language of their conversation. He was a little surprised at the master, then took a cup and poured a glass of wine for Zhong Li Ruoshui.

I took a sip of Zhongli Ruoshui's sketch. It was a little spicy and astringent. It was indeed much worse than Li Chenan's Huapingchun.

But that's not important.

The important thing is that wine can strengthen your courage!

So she drank the glass of wine in one gulp.

He called Xiao Wu, pointed to the wine glass, called Master Xiao Wu, and Sun Tuozi nodded slightly.

Zhongli Ruoshui ate a piece of pig tail and drank three glasses of wine.

Her face was slightly red, but it wasn't very clear under the moonlight.

She put down her wine glass and did not twist another piece of pig tail. She asked Sun Tuozi very seriously:

"Grandpa Sun, how long can I live?"

The wine cup in Sun Tuozi's hand was frozen in mid-air.

Xiao Wu opened his mouth in silence.

Lin Xueer, who was behind Zhongli Ruoshui, was shocked and vaguely guessed something.

It was clear that only ten breaths had passed, but it made Sun Tuozi and the others feel as if a whole year had passed!

He put down the wine cup, avoided Zhongli Ruoshui's gaze, and asked, "Did you go to the Hou Mansion today?"

"Um!"

"Grandpa Sun, tell me the truth, because I still have a lot to do. I have to know how long I can live so that I can properly arrange my affairs behind me."

"Your grandma asked you to come to Kyoto because she was afraid of this winter, because it is the fifth year since you last got sick!"

"..."

Zhongli Ruoshui withdrew his gaze and looked up at the night sky in the four corners of the patio.

The moon has not risen here yet, and there are many stars in the night sky here.

"So, it's only been two months."
To be continued...