To Ran Yunpo's surprise, after Xi Honglei was silent for a while, he reached out and patted his chest with a painful expression.
Xi Hong burst into tears without making a sound, and Ran Yunpo didn't speak either. For a moment, the room fell into an awkward and silent atmosphere.
Xi Honglei has been standing there, staring at Ran Yunpo quietly. Watching Ran Yunpo sitting on the chair with an expressionless face, watching Ran Yunpo's eyes fall on him intentionally or unintentionally and then turn to other places, Xi Honglei
Honglei suddenly smiled sadly and said, "I didn't expect that after going around so many times, I would still reach this point."
Xi Honglei's words reached Ran Yunpo's ears, forcing Ran Yunpo to face up to Xi Honglei's anomaly today. Thinking of what Xi Honglei said to him in the palace today, and looking at Xi Honglei's current expression of being
Like an abandoned woman, Ran Yunpo was very concerned about what Xi Honglei was thinking.
"Xi Honglei, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd? Why do I feel that after you come back this time, you are different from before?" Ran Yunpo looked at Xi Honglei inquiringly and asked.
"I think so too." Xi Honglei nodded in agreement, walked to Ran Yunpo and sat down. Holding the side of his face with one hand, Xi Honglei whispered: "Actually, when I left with Mu Yunmeng
, I have always been thinking about a question. That is, if I really don’t come back, will I be able to live the peaceful life that I have always longed for. I once asked myself, can I really be cruel, no matter what?
My mother, I don’t think about anything else, can she really leave alone and never see any of you again?"
"Then why did you come back?" This is the truth that Ran Yunpo has always wondered and wanted to know.
"I don't know, I just feel like there are too many things that I can't let go of." Xi Honglei shrugged her shoulders, feeling helpless at what she had done. "My mother is the only one in the world who will always be kind to me unconditionally no matter what.
I can't live without her. Your Majesty, you asked me two days ago if I agreed to marry you because I like you. I have also thought about this question seriously. "
Xi Honglei suddenly mentioned the question Ran Yunpo asked by mistake that day, making Ran Yunpo immediately startled.
"I once swore to the prince that I would never pester you or plot against you again. But..." Xi Honglei slowly lowered his head, looked at the solidified blood droplets on his fingers, and laughed at himself.
He smiled and said: "But I don't know why, today when I saw the room full of things about water-soluble smoke, I still felt uncomfortable."
Xi Honglei's words made Ran Yunpo a little at a loss. In Ran Yunpo's eyes, Xi Honglei was a smart and a bit too smart woman. Especially when he found out that Xi Honglei started to have a relationship with Leng Xiao, and started to have a relationship with Mu Yunmeng.
After they started to interact with each other, Ran Yunpo wanted to investigate every word Xi Honglei said. After seriously thinking about whether Xi Honglei's words were true or false, he decided what kind of expression and attitude he should use.
to treat.
"You said before that you had already made a choice when you returned to the capital. What was this choice?"
Xi Honglei blinked her eyes and listened to Ran Yunpo's question. She replied with a smile in her eyes: "The choice is, I found that in front of cowardly men, I still want to be with someone who can protect me. I don't want to
My future husband will be a man who wants me to take care of everything for him. I don’t want my future husband to be a man who will turn pale when he sees a poisonous snake."
Xi Hong tearfully bit her lower lip, looked at Ran Yunpo helplessly, and asked, "My lord, can you imagine the scene where I rushed forward to catch the snake, while Mu Yunmeng hid behind and watched?"
Xi Honglei's words made Ran Yunpo chuckle. Thinking back to the past, as long as someone with a little power in the capital could bully Mu Yunmeng, Ran Yunpo could easily imagine the scene Xi Honglei said. But...
...According to my and Shu Rumei's speculation, Mu Yunmeng should be Leng Xiao. Could it be that Xi Honglei also didn't know about Mu Yunmeng's true identity?
"Your Majesty."
"Um?"
"This time... you won't leave me alone again on the wedding day, right?" Xi Honglei suddenly stood up, walked to Ran Yunpo, bent down, and leaned forward. Xi Honglei was close.
Looking closely at Ran Yunpo's features, he asked softly.
"No." Xi Honglei's sudden approach made Ran Yunpo feel uncomfortable. Licking his lower lip, Ran Yunpo looked into Xi Honglei's eyes and asked, "Why do you ask?"
"It's nothing, I just want to be the Princess of Chu so much, and I feel a little nervous and scared." Xi Honglei pursed her lips and smiled, and before Ran Yunpo could react, he quickly planted a kiss on Ran Yunpo's lips.
Xi Honglei looked at Ran Yunpo's eyes that instantly widened, and stepped back with satisfaction. With his hands behind his back, Xi Honglei walked back and said to Ran Yunpo: "Your Majesty, there are some things about Mu Yunmeng and I that I don't want to let go of.
You know, because I think those are trivial matters that are insignificant and there is no need to let you know. I am already the Princess of Chu appointed by the emperor, and this is something that cannot be escaped. I don’t want the prince to do it because he is Mu Yunmeng.
And what kind of prejudice do you have against me? From now on until we get married, I will stay in Prince Chu's Mansion honestly until the day I get married. So, Prince, please forget about Shui Rongyan and the relationship between you and her.
Everything. I hope that next time you paint, it will be my portrait, not the water-soluble smoke deep in your memory."
Xi Honglei's bold kiss and Yun's obvious words made Ran Yunpo's mind go into chaos. Clenching his fists, Ran Yunpo watched helplessly as Xi Honglei walked out of the room, and then walked in with a blushing face.
Standing awkwardly in the corner, he looked at himself and said: "Your Majesty, this is my room..." Ran Yunpo only felt that the Xi Honglei in front of him was someone he had never known before.
Standing up quickly, Ran Yunpo strode out of the room and closed the door forcefully. Breathing in the fresh air outside the door, Ran Yunpo looked back at the room where his eyes were filled with red tears, and he felt extremely complicated.
Can he believe what Xi Honglei said? Can he believe it? Does Xi Honglei, who is as cunning as a fox, look like the person who would say such things to him?
But no matter what, Ran Yunpo had to admit that his heart was indeed in turmoil because of Xi Honglei's words.
The other courtyard that Xi Honglei went to today was a place that Ran Yunpo had almost forgotten. When he finally went there, he just took a look after learning about Shui Rongyan's death. And recently
There are so many things that make Ran Yunpo so busy that he no longer remembers that there is such a place in his house. If he hadn't found Xi Honglei there today, Ran Yunpo wouldn't even know when he would go there next.
Everything in the house is about water-soluble smoke, and it is the best memory left by water-soluble smoke for Ran Yunpo. To this day, Ran Yunpo cannot deny that water-soluble smoke really makes him happy.
I was really happy.
That kind of happiness is not the happiness when being praised by the father or being affirmed by the ministers, but simply the happiness from the heart when facing a woman who has nothing to do with Chao Gang and has nothing to do with power.
But since when did Ran Yunpo no longer remember that happy mood and what it felt like?
Sticking out the tip of his tongue, Ran Yunpo slowly licked his own lips, licking the lips that Xi Honglei had just kissed. Such boldness was something that even the water-soluble smoke could not achieve. How could Xi Honglei dare to do this?
After Ran Yunpo left, Xi Honglei still stood there. The blush on his face slowly dissipated, and Xi Honglei kept banging his head against the wall in annoyance.
It was just a momentary impulse, a momentary thought. Before Xi Honglei had time to think about the consequences of doing this, he had already done it. For no reason, Xi Honglei just wanted to take a gamble on whether Ran Yunpo would really like it.
Bet on yourself and bet on whether the idea in your heart is correct.
Raising his hand and patting his forehead, Xi Honglei shook his head and told himself to calm down. Walking to the bed, Xi Honglei climbed onto the bed. Holding the quilt in his arms, Xi Honglei buried his head in the quilt.
, wailing in a low voice with some pain.
Her wedding to Ran Yunpo was approaching day by day, and even if she wanted to escape, there was nothing she could do. Xi Honglei now felt like garbage thrown into the garbage dump after being used by Mu Yunmeng, and she felt desolate in her heart.
Only Xi Honglei knows what she can do. The only one she can rely on is herself...
The late night was spent with Xi Honglei tossing and turning on the bed. When he woke up in the morning, Xi Honglei first went to the ground to relax his muscles and bones, and then tried his best to appear in high spirits before appearing in front of Ran Yunpo.
"My lord, do you have anything else to do today?" Sitting at the dinner table, Xi Honglei asked Ran Yunpo inarticulately while eating.
Ran Yunpo looked at Xi Honglei eating and she didn't look like a lady at all. Instead, she looked a bit like her ninth brother Ran Yunhao. He could only point to the corner of Xi Honglei's mouth in disgust, indicating to her that there were rice grains there, and then replied
: "Something's wrong, what's wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing. I just thought that if the prince is fine, he can teach me how to practice. Then, prince, why don't you call General Song to teach me? I really have nothing to do in the mansion alone. Over there in the Xi Mansion
I want to check it out with me after you finish your work."
Xi Honglei's well-behaved style made Ran Yunpo a little uncomfortable. Nodding hesitantly, Ran Yunpo said: "Well, I will send someone to call Song Zixuan first. I will try my best to come back in the afternoon and accompany you back to Xi Mansion."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ran Yunpo's answer made Xi Honglei smile happily. She lowered her head and continued eating her breakfast. Xi Honglei didn't notice Ran Yunpo's expression when he looked at her at all.