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When Qiaoxi woke up, she found herself lying on Xiao Buyi's bed.

Xiao Buyi was not lying beside her, she was the only one on the bed. When she saw the two maids sleeping at the desk, Yuan Qiaoxi was a little stunned and slowly sat up. She found that she was wearing a dress on the bed with a quilt covered with a quilt, which was very warm. But she didn't know when she fell asleep in a hazy way.

I only remembered that I was waiting for Xiao Buyi, and after thinking about it, I lay down by the bed in a hazy way. Unexpectedly, I fell asleep in a good mood. Yuan Qiaoxi woke up, and the two maids were also surprised, and they both stood up and said, "Miss, wake up."

"Where is him?" Yuan Qiaoxi blushed again, and Xiao Buyi was not easy to say the words "She" from her mouth.

"Young Master Xiao went out in the morning." A maid said quickly.

"He is awake, why don't you wake me up?" Yuan Qiaoxi said anxiously.

"Young Master Xiao won't let us wake you up." Another maid covered her mouth and smiled, "Miss, Young Master Xiao really cares about you. When he saw you fall asleep, he carried you to the bed and carefully covered you with a quilt. He was sleeping aside until dawn, and then went out. He asked us to take good care of you. We waited for you until now. We were so sleepy that we fell asleep."

Yuan Qiaoxi's face turned red again, and she lowered her head and said, "He, have he and I been in the same bed all the time?"

Both maids laughed secretly, but nodded, "Yes, Mr. Xiao and the lady are sleeping in the same bed." They both grew up with Yuan Qiaoxi, and this lady has no majesty, so they are treated like sisters. They are not as serious as the lady.

Yuan Qiaoxi blushed and was at a loss, and muttered to herself, "Then I, then I..." She was so embarrassed that she couldn't say anything. She thought that even if she had settled with Xiao Buyi in this way, she was still young and had only a little understanding of these. It was the first time to wait by a drunk man. It was rare to talk to a man. This time she slept on the same bed with a man. That was something that would have to change her mind in a hurry.

But after knowing that this happened, Yuan Qiaoxi was not only shy and panic, but also relieved. She was not clear about many things, but also knew a lot of things. She understood that her father looked very low-key and even a little cowardly. But if she really decided something, no one in the Yuan family could stop her. She came to take care of the drunk Xiao Buyi, which seemed accidental, but was with her father's acquiesce. This situation should be under the consideration of her father, right? When Yuan Qiaoxi thought about this, she felt shy again, and her hands had never been touched by a man. This time she was held by a man and she still had a bed and pillow, but why didn't she feel anything?

When the maids saw the lady's shame, they didn't dare to say anything more this time. They all knew that this lady was thin-skinned and just joked at the right time. In this matter, if you make more jokes, it would be that the servants would not know the rules.

Yuan Qiaoxi stood up, and the maid gave her warm water to dress. She didn't say much. After finishing up in Xiao Buyi's room, she looked around and became familiar with her in the strange world. The door rang twice, and the maid kept saying, "Master."

Yuan Lan waved her hand and asked the maid to retreat, sat opposite Yuan Qiaoxi with a smile on her face.

Yuan Qiaoxi was a little nervous and asked in a low voice: "Dad, are you asking me for trouble?"

"Qiaoxi, what do you think of Xiao Buyi?" Yuan Lan asked straight to the point.

Yuan Qiaoxi lowered her head, "Dad, my daughter dared not make decisions without authorization."

Yuan Lan sighed softly and said, "Qiaoxi, I know I treated you badly before, but you know the reason. I have always spoiled her, which will inevitably make you dissatisfied."

"Father," Yuan Qiaoxi stood up, "I am still young, so I should ask my sister to do anything wrong? Father, Qiaoxi will not complain."

Yuan Lan waved his hand and asked Yuan Qiaoxi to sit down, and then said, "I also know that you are well-behaved and sensible. Although Ruoxi is older than you, it looks worse than you. But if you think that if you have chosen Xiao Buyi for you, you have no choice, then you are a little wrong. After all, you are the biological flesh and blood of the father. The interests of the Yuan family are certainly the factors that I need to consider, but your happiness is also a matter of concern for my father. Father will not be too domineering to ignore your choice, otherwise I was not too angry when Ruoxi objected to me introducing Xiao Buyi to her. This child is used to willfulness and only thinks that I must have chosen badly, but there is only one opportunity and only one choice. There is no medicine for regret in this world. You and Xiao Buyi have been together for one night, and I think there is some understanding of him. If you think it is not good to marry him, as long as you shake your head today, father will never force you."

Yuan Lan's eyes were burning, but Yuan Qiaoxi couldn't even raise her head, and she was like a mosquito, "Dad, does your daughter have the choice to shake her head?"

Yuan Lan was stunned, "Why?"

After a long time, Yuan Qiaoxi's blushing face did not fade, and even spread to her neck, "My daughter dare not hide it. My daughter was already in the same bed with Xiao and Mr. Xiao last night."

As soon as she said that, she looked like she was soft on the chair, and she really tried all her strength.

Yuan Lan was slightly stunned and laughed in an instant, "What can I do in the same bed? Xiao Buyi is so confused after drinking, to Qiaoxi?"

"Dad!" Yuan Qiaoxi almost started shouting, but even if she shouted, she was not louder than normal people.

"Actually, I can tell you a secret," Yuan Lan smiled and said, "After you hear it, you must have another opinion on Xiao Buyi."

"Yeah." Yuan Qiaoxi nodded.

"Last night, Xiao Buyi was probably not drunk." Yuan Lan said lightly: "I know that he has a great alcohol tolerance, and there are few people. Although he drank a lot of alcohol last night, he was far from drunk."

"Aren't you drunk?" Yuan Qiaoxi suddenly looked up and said shyly: "Why did he pretend to be drunk?"

"He pretended to be drunk, of course it was not for you. He didn't know you would come. He pretended to be drunk just to get along with the merchants." Yuan Lan dispelled Yuan Qiaoxi's doubts, "The world said that Qu Yuan's world is turbid and I am clear, and everyone is drunk, and I am very proud of me, but I did not realize that his way of dealing with the world is not so clever. Xiao Buyi can do it as drunk but not drunk. If you don't know whether to distinguish between drunk, that is truly a smart way of dealing with the world. Fan Zhong believed that the country was wise to protect himself, and businessmen could become famous in the world with a huge amount of money. He was able to be smart because of his smart work, outstanding literary strategy, and great achievements. He could be as good as the world.

Why, it is because he doesn't know how to advance and retreat. He is not tolerated by Goujian. He dies by the sword? Xiao Buyi is righteous but not circumspect. Flexibility and change are what I admire most. He can be messed with everything, but he will not be messed with. Even if he had a bed with his daughter last night, I think he was a humble gentleman and kept him politely, so your relationship with him has not yet been fixed. A man like him is not common in this world. Although he does not want to affect you, he can't help but tell you that if you miss him, if you want to find a man who is so appropriate and understands women's minds, the chance is too small."

Yuan Qiaoxi couldn't help but hear that Xiao Buyi was not drunk

After all the things I had last night, I suddenly realized.

"Daughter. If you don't like Xiao Buyi's character, that's helpless," Yuan Lan saw her daughter lowering her head, and there was an elusive smile on her lips. "Now in the world, the strong are prey on the weak, the gentry and the high families of the Chinese families now take it as their responsibility to win over young talents. Our Yuan family is not the first among the seven surnames of Runan, and it is nothing in the eyes of others. Gao Shilian won over Li Shimin early, but Li Yuan was interested in Chai Shao, and all used marriage as a means. Qiaoxi must have heard of this person, Wang Shichong, the governor of Jiangdu County, must have heard of it?"

"Yes, that's not a member of the Wang family of the Chinese people in Jiangnan? He was a Hu native. Later, his mother married the Wang family and then changed to the Wang family. You seem to have a good relationship with him, my father?"

"My relationship with him can only be regarded as superficial skill," Yuan Lan shook his head and said, "Wang Shichong is a cunning person, very eloquent, good at military tactics, and familiar with laws and regulations. I know he must not be a thing in the pool, but I have never felt at ease with him, just because this person is capricious. If he wins over this person, he will probably sell the Yuan family. I just heard that he defeated the 100,000 troops of the thief commander in Huai River. The emperor was very happy and summoned him to the Dongdu to face the saint. The Wang family is now very powerful. Now all the merchants follow the leader of the Wang family. We must not work hard anymore, but we are afraid that after the world is in chaos, it will be difficult to protect ourselves. Qiaoxi, since you don't like Xiao Buyi, I will summon others quickly..."

He said this, he had already stood up and was about to walk out the door. Yuan Qiaoxi also stood up, "Dad..."

"What's the matter?" Yuan Lan asked knowingly.

"My daughter has never said she doesn't want to." Yuan Qiaoxi lowered her head again, her voice trembling a little.

"I haven't said I don't want to do it, what does that mean?" Yuan Lan sighed and said, "I know you are thinking about your father, and most of it is wronged, I..."

"I didn't say I didn't want it, that's I'm willing." Yuan Qiaoxi stomped her feet and said annoyedly: "Dad, you deliberately..."

Yuan Lan laughed, "I just want to confirm it."

"What should I do if Sister Ruoxi?" Yuan Qiaoxi asked in a hurry when she saw her father going out.

Yuan Lan snorted coldly, "A dou of rice to raise a benefactor, and a bit of rice to raise an enemy. She thought everything was natural, but she didn't know how to be grateful for people. If that's the case, what's the use of me to raise her?"

Yuan Qiaoxi shivered, "Dad, Sister Ruoxi didn't mean it, she might just be unable to think about it for a moment."

Yuan Lan sighed and shook her head and said, "Qiaoxi, don't think too much, just solve everything for your father. You can clean up here and go back home first. If you can't hurry up, take your time."

Yuan Qiaoxi said oh, and when she saw her father leaving the room, she didn't rush to turn around. She just simply cleaned up Xiao Buyi's room and when she tidied up the pillow, she was a little shy again. She patted the pillow, remembering that she saw Xiao Buyi last night, and there was a warmth and smile on the corners of her mouth...

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Xiao Buyi went out early, afraid that Yuan Qiaoxi would be embarrassed when she woke up. He also had a good impression of this girl who loved to blush.

It was still early when he came to Li's mansion. This Li's mansion was not a mansion in Li Jing or a mansion in Li Min, but a place where Li Yuan lived. This time he came not to see the future Emperor Taizong, but mainly to meet Li Xuanba.

As the Taifu Shaoqing, he is now inconspicuous and just raises horses, but his official rank is not worse than that of Li Yuan. When he comes to Li's mansion, he can't be said to be a high-ranking person, or even give Li Yuan a face. After all, although Li Yuan is related to the emperor, he Xiao Buyi and Yang Guang are also real relatives. What's more, if you talk about the popular people in front of the emperor in the past few months, Xiao Buyi will definitely be ahead of Li Yuan.

At first, he just wanted to sell horses or hug Li Yuan's thighs. Even if Li Yuan had a bad temper with himself, he considered to win over Li Shimin in advance. Li Shimin is still very young now. I also heard that after becoming Emperor Taizong of Tang, he would not be annoyed even if Wei Zheng pointed at the nose and scolded him. He would not be the same as Yang Guang. Don't say scolding Yang Guang, even if you don't match his mind, he might chop your head. Li Shimin and Yang Guang are finally a better-tempered king, right? But there are many things in the world that don't think of others.

The will was diverted. He wanted to win over Li Shimin, but offended his prospective brother-in-law. Li Yuan wanted to ask Li Jing for horses, but now the moonlight was also sent to his underworld. He couldn't say he wanted to win over him now. It seemed that his relationship with the father and son was getting farther and farther away, and he had a grudge. This was amazing. Although he had nothing now, he felt that it was still unwise to offend the future emperor. After all, he was here and having a relationship with the two was also a potential idea.

When he arrived at Li's mansion, he found that the gate was actually open. The servants in the courtyard were busy traveling. Xiao Buyi was a little hesitant. He didn't know what they were doing. Whether he was disturbing him when he was hesitating, he said behind him: "I don't know if he is working here?"

The voice was gentle and quiet. Xiao Buyi turned around and saw a man standing tall and gentle with a gentle face. When he saw Xiao Buyi turning around, he said in surprise: "Is sir Xiao Shaoqing from Taipu Temple?"

Xiao Buyi knew that his clothes had betrayed him and smiled and said, "That's right, don't you know your surname?"

The man was under thirty and looked quite mature. Xiao Buyi called Brother Tai because of this.

The man's eyes were surprised again, "I heard from Xuanba that Lord Xiao was humble and open-minded, and very handsome. He was the only person he had seen in his life. Now it seems that he knew it was not a false statement."

"Brother Li said that?" Xiao Buyi's heart moved and thought to himself that Li Xuanba looked up to him.

The man smiled and clasped his fists and said, "I am so lucky to see Lord Xiao today. I am so happy to see Lord Xiao. I heard from Xuanba that I am not only funny, but also have a good understanding, so Xuanba wanted to invite Lord to come over and answer questions and answer questions?"

Xiao Buyi had already confirmed something after hearing this. Li Xuanba and Li Jiancheng had a good relationship, otherwise he would not have known that he was coming for Li Xuanba. "I only heard him say that the land is good. Didn't he talk about the disadvantages of my land?" Xiao Buyi lowered his voice and said mysteriously.

Li Jiancheng was slightly stunned. When he saw the smile in Xiao Buyi's eyes, he suddenly said, "Yes, of course, there is. He said that Lord Xiao is a bit too smart, so he looks a little stupid, which is the so-called great wisdom and foolishness, so I must not be confused by Lord Xiao's illusion."

Xiao Buyi couldn't help but shake his head, "Brother Li is so funny."

"Please follow me," Li Jiancheng called Master Xiao Buyi. When he saw him young, he was not polite. He took his hand and walked into the Li family's mansion. When the servants saw him, they all said respectfully: "Hello, eldest son."

Li Jiancheng casually ordered several things to his servants, all of which were related to the memorial service. Li Jiancheng explained to Xiao Buyi: "Mr. Xiao, today is the day of my mother's worship. My servants are preparing. I am afraid that Xuanba and I will not be able to accompany you in a while. But after the time, Jiancheng wants to invite Lord Xiao to have a drink.

"Oh, then it's a coincidence that I came here." Xiao Buyi apologized: "Please forgive me, the eldest son."

"Mr. Xiao doesn't know, why is that strange?" Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "Besides, many people are taboo when encountering this. Please don't mind."

The two of them walked while talking and came to a room. Li Jiancheng gently knocked on the door and said, "Is Xuanba here? Lord Xiao comes to look for him."

He asked, but there was no voice in the room. Li Jiancheng pushed open the door and looked at it, shook his head and said, "Xuanba is not here, please wait here, I'll go find him."

Xiao Buyi nodded and felt quite bad about Li Jiancheng. When he walked into Li Xuanba's room, he found that the room was very strange and simple. Because except for a bed and a table for people to rest, he could not see the rest of the living atmosphere. The room was filled with books, bamboo slips, and even a large turtle shell!

The embroidered slates are piled up like a mountain, and the books are scattered everywhere, as if Li Xuanba would read whatever he thought of when he was studying. It is hard to imagine that he is such a sick person who loves reading so much.

When Xiao Buyi saw the turtle shell, he thought of the Book of Heaven in his heart. He felt a little funny in a flash. When he was bored, he flipped through several books, but most of them didn't understand it. As for astronomy, geography, dizziness, and astrology, he looked dizzy. A piece of rice paper was spread on the table with a few words written on it. Xiao Buyi took a look and immediately recognized it, Huang, Sui. Wu. Wan.

When he saw a few words on the desktop, Xiao Buyi didn't know why, but he felt very strange. Every time he felt this way, he thought of some doubts, but he couldn't find them out. Xiao Buyi locked his eyebrows and was just thinking about the source of the doubt.

There is no problem with the study room, there is no problem with the books. The large characters on rice paper are iron hooks and silver strokes, and the strength is penetrated by the back of the paper. Xiao Buyi does not understand calligraphy. At first glance, he also thinks that this person wrote very well. This is Li Xuanba's study room. It means that these words written by Li Xuanba. When Xiao Buyi thought of this, he suddenly thought of the doubt!

These words are actually simplified Chinese characters, which are a few simplified Chinese characters he once wrote in front of Wude Hall!

At that time, he wrote about land in the present and his achievements for thousands of years. Long live our emperor. If he had to write an ancient word, it would have been a little difficult to say that he would write an ancient word immediately, it would be difficult to write something that would break his head. In front of Wude Hall, the first eight words were written awkwardly, and later a few words were written like a ball of ink by him. Except for the two words of Wude, the rest must have been guessed by Yu Shinan according to the number of words, but he never dreamed that Li Xuanba could remember the few words he wrote and copied the gestures of these simplified Chinese characters. He was not in Wude Hall, so how could he remember these few words? His calligraphy was excellent. Why did he write these simplified Chinese characters? What did he want to study?

When Xiao Buyi looked at the few words on the rice paper, his doubts became even stronger. When he heard the door ringing, he turned his head and looked over and found that Li Xuanba was also looking at him, his cheeks were like fire, but his eyes were calm.

Seeing Xiao Buyi standing in front of the rice paper, Li Xuanba walked slowly over, "I heard that Brother Xiao is here to find him. I happened to arrange something. I have neglected Brother Xiao, so please don't be surprised."

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "I came as promised, but I don't know what the inconvenience of my aunt's sacrifice is. I want you to forgive me."

Li Xuanba slowly shook his head, "Brother Xiao is too polite, but I really want to worship my mother. My brother and father are waiting, I..."

"Then you go." Xiao Buyi said: "Brother Li really has no time. Why not come and visit me again next day."

"Please wait for a moment," Li Xuanba shook his head and said, "Actually, I'll ask Brother Xiao to wait for the memorial service."

Li Xuanba had some kind of begging in his tone, but Xiao Buyi was not easy to refuse, so he could only nod. Li Xuanba was happy and hurried out. Xiao Buyi had never seen Li Xuanba be so anxious and rushed. He couldn't help but be curious, his eyes fell on the rice paper, and he was puzzled.

After the servant presented the fragrant tea, he left Li Xuanba's house. When Xiao Buyi drank the tea coldly, there was another sound of the door. Li Xuanba's light cough came over, and he was the only one who came in, and Li Jiancheng did not follow him.

"I know Brother Xiao must be very surprised that I wrote these words?" Li Xuanba must have finished the memorial service, and after coming in, he did not hide it and directly expressed Xiao Buyi's doubts.

Xiao Buyi nodded, "It's good if Brother Li knows."
To be continued...