Listening to his words, the corners of Hong Zhou's mouth slowly raised until it formed a faint smile. He picked up a cup of tea without drinking it. He just stared at the clear tea soup and said, "You are so frivolous about Xianyue.
You hurt her so miserably, but you thought I wouldn't kill you, Brother Si, are you a little too naive?"
"Maybe, but I believe in my own feelings more." At this point, Hongli had completely lost the anxiety he had just come in. He sat casually in a chair and said with a half-smile: "How long will you prepare to perform?"
Hong Zhou also sat down, pretending to be confused and said: "I don't quite understand what Brother Si is saying. What is acting? What am I acting?"
"Still pretending!" Hongli glared at him and said angrily: "If you were really angry, you wouldn't be so leisurely making tea here, especially after seeing me as an enemy, you would invite me to drink tea.
In the past, as long as you felt a little unhappy,
The tea brewed will be bitter and astringent. How can it be as sweet and delicious as it is now? Moreover, the brewed tea is the white tea I drink most. It is obvious that you are waiting for me." At this point, he said: "Why?
Now, are you still going to call me Fourth Brother?"
Hong Zhou no longer explained the smile on his face, sat down opposite Hong Li and said, "My parents are the ones who gave birth to me, and my fourth brother is the one who knows me."
"Okay, now you can tell the truth. You were obviously very angry in Chengqian Palace that day. How did you figure it out later?" Hongli asked curiously.
Hong Zhou played with the tea cup in his hand and said: "Actually, I had already figured it out when we were in Chengqian Palace. At that time, fourth brother, you scolded me and said that for the sake of a woman, I even ignored the friendship we grew up with over the years;
It was this sentence that made me wake up. When I looked up at the colorful paintings on the beam, every bit of my relationship with my fourth brother was in my mind.
Flashed in the sea. Yes, Xianyue and I have only known each other for a few days, and we have only met a few times, but I have known you for a lifetime. When I was a child, you stood up for me and fought for me. If even you can't believe it, then in this world,
There was no one else worthy of my trust. So, at that time, I believed that you were not frivolous."
While Hongli was pleased, he also said strangely: "Since you believe what I said is true, why do you still make such a gesture to fall out with me?"
Hong Zhou flicked the tea cup in his hand and said, "Nala Xianyue deliberately provoked you and my brother. If I didn't pretend to be like that, how could I make her think that I was tricked and continue to act?"
His words made Hongli burst into laughter, and he pointed at him and said: "You guy, you have made so many calculations all at once, and you have had a hard time hiding it from my fourth brother. If I hadn't come here today, would you have done it?"
I’m still going to keep hiding it.”
"Fourth brother knows that I never lie to you. Even if you don't come today, I will go to you and explain this matter to you another day. But I really didn't expect that Xianyue would be such a person and pretend to be
If she is slandering someone else instead of fourth brother, I will really fall into his trap." At this point, Hong Zhou's expression became gloomy. It was obvious that Xianyue's deception had always made him feel uncomfortable. After all,
This is the first woman he has fallen in love with in many years.
Hongli didn't know the anguish in his heart, and comforted him: "It is a good thing for you to be able to see her true face earlier."
Apart from nodding, Hong Zhou didn't know what else he could say. After a while, he finally regained his energy and said, "By the way, how did you deal with that matter?"
"Huang Ama was also aware of Nala Xianyue's character and ordered her to become a monk. But Yingge grabbed the letter Mingyu had written to me and threatened me to ask Huang Ama to take back the order and accept Xianyue as his direct descendant.
If I don't agree, I will make Mingyu's letter public, and then Mingyu will have a reputation of being a clandestine brother and not abiding by women's ethics. Even if Mingyu is alive, his whole life will be ruined."
Hong Zhou frowned greatly when he heard this and said eagerly: "Fourth brother, have you agreed?"
Hongli nodded and said: "Yes, but it is not the direct Fujin, but the side Fujin. Huang Ama has also nodded, and the marriage decree will be issued in the next few days."
"The Yingge father and daughter are obviously hiding a conspiracy. How could you, fourth brother, fall into their trap!" Even so, Hong Zhou also understood that it would be extremely difficult for Hong Li to watch the reputation of the woman he admired be ruined or even lose her life.
It can't be done.
"Don't worry, I have discussed with E Niang that marrying Xianyue is not necessarily a bad thing. Maybe we can know Yingge's actions through her. And isn't there you? You are so good at acting, if you don't act
It would be a waste to go down."
"Fourth Brother's idea is really good. I don't care. The left-right drama has already been played out. But Fourth Brother, it really doesn't matter to you. You don't like Xianyue at all, and she is so scheming. I'm afraid that Fourth Brother
I may not be able to control her."
Hearing what he said, Hongli laughed and said, "Don't worry, it'll be fine, and the matter is settled now and can't be changed." Before Hong Zhou could say anything else, he stood up and said, "Okay, I should go.
"
Hong Zhou said in surprise: "It's so fast. Why don't you stay and have dinner before leaving?"
"Now Yingge and the others think that our brothers have turned against each other. If I stay for dinner, I will tell them the truth. Not only that, we brothers will no longer be able to contact each other openly like this. If there is anything, please send me a letter."
?”
Hong Zhou nodded and said, "Okay, I have a sense of discretion. Fourth brother, walk slowly."
Just as Hongli said, the marriage decree came down within a few days. In addition to Hongli's two Fu Jins, Yinzhen also pointed out a direct Fu Jin for Hong Zhou, Wu Zhaku, who was the deputy capital.
The daughter of Wushitu.
On the surface, because Xianyue was about to marry Hongli, the relationship between the two brothers became more and more distant. Even if they occasionally spoke a few words, they were tense and there were no good words.
Xianyue was undoubtedly unwilling to commit herself to Fujin, but she had no choice but to do so. She didn't love Hongli, she just felt that her family background and appearance would make her inferior to Mingyu, and she was unwilling to do so.
Compared to her, the other person is more entangled, this person is Mingyu. If she had received this order before the Xianyue incident, she would have been very happy, but now as long as she thinks of Hongli's actions at that time, she...
At the beginning, she was willing to marry Hongli, not because of his elder brother's status, but because of him as a person. But now this reason seems to have disappeared. So, will she still marry?
She doesn't want to, but the imperial edict has been issued. Even if she doesn't want to, there is nothing she can do. Resisting the edict is a capital crime. Not only will she die, but her family will also be in trouble.
Just when they were troubled, the door was suddenly pushed open, but the person who came in was not the nanny or the manager aunt who was responsible for teaching them the rules, but Ling Ruo.
She hurriedly stood up and saluted, "My slave, please see your noble concubine. May your concubine be blessed with good luck."