Two hundred and twentieth chapters around the bend
"Here, wipe your face." Li Xingchen handed the clean towel to the girl sitting on the chair, trying to make his voice gentle.
The tables and chairs in this room had been deliberately overturned before. Later, Nan Chen's soldiers came in to search again, and the damage was even more complete. It was great that Li Xinchen could find such a still intact chair for her.
The girl came back to her senses, reached out to take the towel with slightly trembling hands, and gently wiped off the dirt on her face. For the first time, her fair face appeared completely in front of Li Xingchen. Fortunately, Li Xingchen had been amazed once before.
So I was mentally prepared at this time.
He reached for an apple and handed it to the girl. Li Xingchen forced a smile and said, "Can you tell me what your name is?"
The towel in the girl's hand almost fell off, but she still managed to keep calm and put it on the table aside. She took the apple, but did not eat it. Instead, she held it in her hand and said softly: "Mother said
Yes, your name cannot be told to others, no one can."
Li Xingchen laughed: "Then do you know where your mother is?"
Suddenly the girl's eyes dimmed: "I don't know... my mother told me not to come out at that time, and then left... maybe following that person, or maybe
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"That person? Your father, the Emperor of Xiliang?" Li Xingchen vaguely guessed something and asked tentatively.
"He is the emperor, he is not my father!" The girl suddenly got angry for some reason and slammed the apple on the ground.
Li Xingchen was stunned, and for a moment he didn't understand what this sentence meant. The girl seemed to be hurt, and started to cry: "He... he is a bad person, he said
Without me as a daughter...he is just an emperor!"
Vaguely understanding the relationship between this, Li Xingchen couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was most likely that there was some conflict between the father and daughter, but Li Xingchen couldn't care about this kind of thing, and he didn't have the heart to care about it.
He handed his handkerchief to the girl, picked up the apple again and stuffed it into her hand:
"Come on, stop crying and have something to eat."
Watching the girl wipe her tears, Li Xingchen sighed softly and walked straight to the door.
I don't know when, Xiao Shilian was standing at the door, but did not come in: "Why, did you ask anything?"
"I cried when I came up. What can I ask?" Li Xingchen snorted, "Where are you?"
Xiao Shilian smiled bitterly and said: "Those women are the same, and those men are also a bunch of drunkards. In the end, they said some scattered things, and I don't know whether they are true or false."
"Let's go and see the prisoner." Li Xingchen frowned, "By the way, have you found out the identity of this girl?"
"Don't tell me, I actually asked you this." Xiao Shilian said helplessly, while returning the jade pendant to Li Xingchen, he said, "Do you want to know?"
Li Xingchen glanced at Xiao Shilian in confusion: "Why, how complicated is this? Isn't it Xiao Kui's daughter?"
"This is complicated," Xiao Shilian did not say in a hurry, but instead gave it a try, "This little girl is Xiao Kui's daughter, but she is not Xiao Kui's daughter."
"How do you say this?" Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows immediately.
Xiao Shilian was not the kind of person who could keep secrets deep in his heart. Seeing Li Xingchen's curious look at this moment, he was already satisfied. He immediately lowered his voice and said: "It's true that this little girl is Xiao Kui's daughter, but Xiao Kui...
deny."
"ah?"
Xiao Shilian shrugged: "This girl is Xiao Kui's daughter, and she is also the daughter of Xiao Kui and the pseudo-queen Zhang, the legitimate daughter. But it is a pity that this fate is not good. She will not give birth to her sooner or later, but she will give birth to her later."
February. You may not know that there is a rule among the people, aristocratic families, and even the royal family in Jiangnan that a daughter born in February is unlucky."
Seeing the surprised look on Li Xingchen's face, Xiao Shilian said with a wry smile: "At that time, Xiao Kui was struggling to survive between the Northern Zhou Dynasty and our Dachen. He more or less thought that this daughter had brought bad luck to him, so
He simply gave it away and asked his brother Xiao Qi to help raise him. After Xiao Qi's death, who would have thought that Xiao Kui still refused to recognize him, so he could only transfer it to Zhang Ke's brother Zhang Ke to raise him. When this girl was young, she could be said to be...
Displaced."
At this time, the surprise on Li Xingchen's face had turned into shock, and Xiao Shilian stretched out his hand and waved it in front of him: "What about you? Although this girl has gone through many hardships, she seems to be living a good life now.
Damn, why, do you like it?"
After saying "Ah", Li Xingchen came back to his senses and asked subconsciously: "Then why is she by Xiao Kui's side now?"
Xiao Shilian shook his head: "It is said that Xiao Kui took his daughter back because of her outstanding appearance and Zhang's persuasion. As for why, I don't know..."
"In order to have options and capital when marrying other aristocratic families in the future..." Li Xingchen couldn't help but murmured.
"What did you say?" Xiao Shilian was startled. Li Xinchen's voice was soft and he didn't hear clearly.
Li Xingchen waved his hand quickly: "No, I mean this is interesting."
"There are many more interesting things. Xiao Kui is superstitious and is afraid that this girl will bring him bad luck, so he has not admitted that she is his daughter, so her name is not on the royal list," Xiao Shilian finished his time.
said, "Do you know what this means?"
Without waiting for Li Xinchen to answer, Xiao Shilian looked Li Xinchen up and down, and his smile became ambiguous: "It means that even if you take this girl home and hide it in your private room, no one will be able to care about it. After all, there is no clear document to prove that this is Xiao
Kui’s daughter.”
"Forcibly robbed women?" Li Xingchen blurted out.
Xiao Shilian was immediately surprised and asked: "Is this a civilian girl?!"
Suddenly Li Xingchen didn't know how to answer, and Xiao Shilian reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "To put it bluntly, this is your seizure. Logically speaking, you also have the right to dispose of it. I just discussed it with the master."
Well, we both come from aristocratic families, and we have people to serve us at home, but you, the only one around you is Li Ping, a tall and rough man, so you also need a maid to help take care of things..."
Li Xingchen couldn't help but sneer in his heart, you're trying to get this girl into your house in a roundabout way, it's for this reason.
You must know that Li Ping was not the only one around Li Xingchen to take care of him before. Li Lian'er did most of the things himself, and Li Ping couldn't help much. Now that Xiao Shilian has found someone to replace Li Lian'er, he will naturally have it.
More opportunities to be alone with Li Lian'er.
It's really a good calculation.
Xiao Shilian chuckled and said, "This way, Mr. and Master can feel at ease, don't you think?"
Li Xingchen rolled his eyes, "Thank you for taking such a long detour just to pick up my sister."