After Li Rong finished speaking, he raised his hand and poured water into Pei Wenxuan's mouth. Pei Wenxuan almost choked to death. He struggled to push the cup away and said anxiously, "What are you doing!"
"Are you energetic?"
Li Rong smiled and stood up. He said to the people beside him, "Help him up. Let's go."
With that, Li Rong got into the carriage first. The people beside him helped Pei Wenxuan onto the carriage and then left.
The carriage set off and left. Li Rong sat in the seat, wearing the dancer's dress and Pei Wenxuan's clothes. His posture was calm and elegant. His every movement had an indescribable charm.
Pei Wenxuan entered the carriage. When he saw Li Rong's appearance, his expression calmed down. Soon after, he shifted his gaze away and pretended that he had not seen anything. He went to the opposite side of Li Rong and lay down with his eyes closed.
"Why don't you ask where I'm taking you?"
Li Rong saw Pei Wenxuan pretending to be dead and asked with a smile. Pei Wenxuan didn't open his eyes and said indifferently, "Anyway, you won't drag me to death."
"You're so confident?"
Li Rong chuckled. "You trust me very much now."
"You can kill me now and marry me tomorrow. Maybe you can wear this Persian dancer's dress for a long time."
When Li Rong heard Pei Wenxuan's dislike of the dress, he couldn't help but look down and then said, "I think this dress is very nice. Why do you have so many opinions?"
Pei Wenxuan was about to speak when Li Rong immediately reminded him, "Don't mention vulgarity to me. I remember when I was young, you told me that this dress was very suitable for me and had a unique style."
This sentence made Pei Wenxuan speechless. He couldn't spit out or swallow his words. After a long time, he said, "I don't think it's possible now."
Li Rong sneered, "Pei Wenxuan, you were a playboy when you were young, but now you're just like those old men."
When they were young, Pei Wenxuan was not like Su Yongqing, who everyone knew was a gentleman. The outside world said that he was a little taciturn, and even old-fashioned.
But in fact, he would also accompany her to look at the lanterns during the Lantern Festival. He would watch her play and dress up as these Persian dancers, wearing a veil and joining the crowd to dance. At this time, he would still praise her with a smile, saying that no one was prettier than her. After the dance, when the cold wind blew, he would quietly put his hand on her shoulder and use his wide sleeves to protect her from the cold.
Then she blinked and asked him, "Aren't you angry?"
Pei Wenxuan looked at the person in his arms with a smile that wasn't a smile. "Seeing the peony bloom in Huajing, I couldn't be more happy. Why would I be angry?"
Li Rong raised his eyebrows. Pei Wenxuan knew that this was a warning, not allowing him to tease her. So he straightened his face and gently said, "I was a little unhappy, but seeing that you're happy, I'm not unhappy. Moreover, reasonably speaking, "Pei Wenxuan's tone was serious," everything that belongs to His Highness belongs to His Highness. I shouldn't interfere. I just want to accompany you. "
These words made people happy. Li Rong said, "Everything that belongs to me is mine. What about you?"
Pei Wenxuan saw the joy in Li Rong's eyes. He twirled his fan and walked on the bustling streets of Huajing with the girl in his arms. He blocked the people around Li Rong and said with a smile, "Apart from morality, family, and old friends, everything that belongs to Pei Wenxuan belongs to His Highness."
"Morality, family, old friends," Li Rong repeated. He was quite unhappy, "Apart from these, what do you have left?"
"If I don't get rid of these," Pei Wenxuan said helplessly, "I only have His Highness in my life. Wouldn't I be a disloyal, unfilial, and unjust person? Does His Highness like this kind of person? "
Li Rong thought about it. He also didn't like this kind of person. Moreover, she knew in her heart that if there were such feelings, she wouldn't be able to afford it.
She said it for fun, but Pei Wenxuan was used to speaking seriously. She didn't ask any more questions. She just stopped walking.
Pei Wenxuan saw her stop and turned his head to look at her. Li Rong opened her arms and gently raised her chin, "Forget it. Since you can give me so much of yourself, I will reluctantly treat you a little better."
As she said this, she looked at Pei Wenxuan's coat and said, "Put on the coat for me."
Pei Wenxuan heard this and paused. He stared blankly at Li Rong. No one knew what he was thinking. Li Rong saw that he was in a daze and couldn't help but urge him, "Hurry up."
When Pei Wenxuan heard this, he came back to his senses. He took off his coat and put it on Li Rong. The moment he pulled the coat in front of Li Rong, the fireworks of the Lantern Festival were set off. The people on the street, men and women, all looked up at the sky together. Li Rong was no exception. She hurriedly looked up and saw the fireworks falling into her eyes. It was at this moment that Pei Wenxuan quietly held her hand. The moment everyone looked up at the fireworks, he lowered his head and kissed her lips.
The kiss disappeared in an instant like the fireworks, but Li Rong was shocked and stood there for a long time. After all, Pei Wenxuan was used to being cautious and a little old-fashioned. She never dared to do this in front of others.
However, the other party was still calm. He held her hand and said with a smile, "Your Highness, let's go."
Li Rong didn't say anything. She let him pull her. He walked in front, and she stepped on his footsteps. After a long time, she whispered, "There are so many people. Why did you kiss me?"
Pei Wenxuan walked in front. She couldn't see his blushing face. She only heard his usual elegant and honest voice, tinged with an indescribable charm. He whispered softly, "Rongrong, I'm very happy."
He didn't explain too much. He only said that he was very happy.
As for what he was happy about, what he was happy about, and why he lost his composure at that moment, even he couldn't explain it.
Recalling Pei Wenxuan at that time, Li Rong looked at the person with his eyes closed. She couldn't help but sigh and say, "Time makes people old."
"You say it as if you're not old."
Pei Wenxuan heard her reminiscing about the past. He was annoyed and turned to the side, muttering, "Old woman."
Li Rong snorted softly. "What an old man."
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. He didn't know if he drank too much, but when he heard Li Rong say these things, he felt uncomfortable in his heart.
If he didn't mention how beautiful the past was, he wouldn't realize how embarrassed he was now.
When Li Rong reminded him, he remembered that he hadn't had the same state of mind as when he was young for many years. That kind of calm, gentle, calm, hopeful, and fearless state of mind.
He remembered that when he was young, he also had many hobbies. He could draw and write poems. When he was in the mood, he could play the zither and dance with a sword. He was a very qualified son of an aristocratic family.
On sunny days, he would climb the mountains or ride a boat to his heart's content. At that time, he felt that everyone in the world was very good and everything was very beautiful, especially Li Rong. Every time she smiled, he felt that there would be no more winter in this world.
However, he didn't know what happened to him. Li Rong quarreled with him and separated from him. His mother passed away. Li Rong and Su Yongqing got together. Qin Zhenzhen died in the harem. Li Chuan's temperament changed greatly. The more power he had, the higher his position, the stranger everything became.
He felt tired every day. Everything was tiring. Every day, after finishing his work, his biggest wish was to find a quiet place. He didn't want anyone to ask him to close the door and be alone. He was afraid of meeting the people around him. Every time he met someone, he either had to quarrel with them, carefully curry favor with them, or maintain vigilance. Even if it was Li Rong, when they met, she would ridicule and abuse him endlessly.
Day and night, year after year, this repeated. The more tired he was, the more irritable he became. After this cycle, he lived like a trapped beast. Every day, he ran around. Only when he looked back now did he realize that his head was broken and bleeding. He was unrecognizable.
When he heard Li Rong talk about such a beautiful past, he couldn't sleep anymore. He just stared at the shaking wall of the carriage without saying a word.
Li Rong sipped her tea. Seeing that he seemed to be asleep, she took the account book from the side and flipped through it. After a while, she suddenly heard Pei Wenxuan say, "I'm very annoying, aren't I?"
Li Rong paused. After a while, she said slowly, "Aren't I also very annoying?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. Li Rong looked down and flipped through the book. She said flatly, "I always quarrel with you and always say that you're wrong. Everyone is the same. You don't have to feel inferior. "
Pei Wenxuan listened to Li Rong's words and didn't know what to say. Li Rong knew that he might have thought of something and couldn't calm down. She advised, "You drank so your brain isn't working well. Don't think too much and quickly go to sleep. Tomorrow, we'll go to Jiu Lu Mountain to find Qin Lin. According to the time, the news of the Yang Family being besieged will reach the frontlines very soon. When that time comes, the Yang Family will definitely cause some trouble. Chuan'er will probably have to go there very soon. Before that, we have to persuade Qin Lin to accompany Chuan'er to the frontlines. "
Pei Wenxuan listened to Li Rong calmly discuss the situation with him. He listened to Li Rong's words almost habitually. He responded, "I know Qin Lin well. The one I'm most afraid of is actually Cui Qinghe … Tomorrow, we'll see what happens at Jiu Lu Mountain. Don't worry."
"Mm." Li Rong heard this. She flipped through the account book and said, "Go to sleep. I'll wake you up when we reach the Princess' residence. "
Pei Wenxuan saw that Li Rong didn't want to continue talking, so he didn't say anything else. He closed his eyes and fell asleep in a daze.
In his sleep, he didn't know why, but he dreamed of the three years he spent observing mourning in Luzhou. At that time, even though he didn't have an official position, he was still carefree. When the wind was warm, he would take a pot of wine and a flute and ride a boat down. He would find a shady place and sleep on the lake for an afternoon. When he returned, he would take some lotus seeds and give them to the children he met along the way. When the lotus flowers bloomed, he would also take a lotus and give it to the little girls he met along the way.
He couldn't help but laugh in his dream. Then, he heard fireworks explode in his dream. Then, he saw the 18-year-old Li Rong, dressed in a Persian dancer's costume and wearing a veil. She blended into the crowd and imitated the movements of those people.
Her waist was slender and as agile as a snake. When she moved, the sequins hanging from her waist swayed gently, outlining a kind of seductive charm. Her eyes were bright as she looked at him through the crowd. Even though half of her face was covered, he could still see the proud and agile smile of a cat.
He looked at the girl through the crowd and couldn't help but laugh.
For some reason, the girl walked in front of him. She was wearing his clothes and looked at him with a smile.
"Pei Wenxuan." She called his name. After calling his name, she didn't say anything and just looked at him quietly.
Then, a young man appeared beside her. That person had a gentle expression and stood quietly with her. That person had the same eyebrows and eyes as Pei Wenxuan, but his temperament was completely different.
"Pei Wenxuan." Li Rong laughed. "I'm leaving."
After saying that, Li Rong held hands with Hand and slowly disappeared. Pei Wenxuan vaguely heard someone call him: "Lord Pei? Young Master Pei? Pei Wenxuan? Dog Pei! "
Pei Wenxuan slowly opened his eyes and saw Li Rong looking down at him. He patted his face and said: "Did you faint or fall asleep? Hurry up and get up. Let's go. "
Pei Wenxuan came back to his senses. He pretended to be calm and nodded and slowly got up.
Li Rong looked at him and saw that he was awake. He said: "I'll go down first. You take your time."
After saying that, Li Rong got off the carriage. Pei Wenxuan took a moment to get up and also got off the carriage.
Then, the two of them looked up and saw the plaque of the Princess Residence.
This was the place where they had lived for many years. The two of them were very familiar with it. After experiencing life and death and standing in front of the door, they felt a sense of vicissitudes.
The two of them looked at each other. Li Rong smiled: "You're back."
Pei Wenxuan also smiled. He lowered his head and said gently: "Let's go in."
Li Rong rarely came to the Princess Residence. When she came, the entire Princess Residence was immediately lit up and became noisy.
Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan went to the backyard together. Pei Wenxuan was arranged to another room. Pei Wenxuan looked at the familiar yet strange place. He listened to Li Rong's familiar instructions: "Plant a peach tree here. Move the red maple over there to the East Garden. Change all the incense in the room to the Luo family's cyan wood. And that vase …"
Li Rong wanted to change a lot of places. They walked all the way to the entrance of the backyard. The attendant said to Pei Wenxuan: "Gongzi, this way please."
Pei Wenxuan nodded. He said goodbye to Li Rong: "Your Highness, this subject will go rest first."
"Okay." Li Rong nodded casually. She turned her head and said to the housekeeper: "And that Chinese rose over there …"
Pei Wenxuan listened to Li Rong's words. He turned around and walked down the corridor. He looked at the moonlight falling on the corridor and listened to Li Rong's chatter. After walking a few steps, he stopped. He turned around and saw Li Rong was still wearing the dancer's clothes. She was wearing his robe, but she was very imposing as she ordered people around.
She looked very different from when she was young, but it didn't seem to be that different.
Pei Wenxuan looked quietly for a moment. He couldn't help but laugh.
He suddenly said: "Your Highness!"
Li Rong turned around and saw Pei Wenxuan standing in the corridor.
He looked at her and suddenly said: "Actually, your clothes look very good."
Li Rong was stunned when she heard this. Pei Wenxuan put his hands in front of him and bowed. He said gently: "Your Highness, rest well."
At that moment, Li Rong was dazed for a moment. She felt like she was looking at a twenty-year-old Pei Wenxuan, but it also didn't seem like it.
She couldn't help but pat her face.
"I have to sleep early."
She murmured.
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