admiration

Xiao Zhi laughed as hard as he could, but didn't say any more accusations, obviously it wasn't the first time he was treated differently by Xiao's mother.

Mo Yanchi couldn't help but chuckle, and after being coldly glanced at by Xiao Zhijin, he took a chestnut cake guiltily, and ate it quietly and obediently with his head down.

It is true that Xiao's father and Xiao's mother have a good relationship. Ever since Xiao Zhiju could remember, the two seldom quarreled.Firstly, Xiao's mother is soft-tempered and often accommodates Xiao's father, and secondly, although Xiao's father often makes troubles for no reason, he still loves Xiao's mother and cannot bear to make her sad.

Even though Xiao Zhi was in it, he was still envious.

The two were talking about those ordinary trivial matters alone, Xiao Zhijin didn't interrupt anymore, seeing that it was getting late, he took Mo Yanchi and left, letting the two of them rest.

Mo Yanchi eats a lot, now he has digested a lot, he can't help but feel sleepy, he yawns constantly when he goes out, and finally he simply pulls Xiao Zhijin's sleeve and walks with his eyes closed.

"I'll carry you on my back." Xiao Zhiju said, with a helpless and doting tone.

Mo Yanchi was about to refuse, but suddenly the lantern flashed in front of him, and he almost nodded his head: "Okay."

Xiao Zhijin squatted halfway, and before Mo Yanchi could react, he carried him on his back: "You can lie down and sleep for a while, I will call you when you arrive."

"Actually, it's only a few steps..." Mo Yanchi murmured, still laying his head on Xiao Zhijin's shoulder, listening to his breathing, and fell asleep peacefully.

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When he got up in the middle of the night, Mo Yanchi was a little dazed, suddenly forgot where he was, and sat there for a long time in a daze, only then did he realize that he had returned to Beijing.

The Zhuangyuan Mansion was very big, Xiao Zhijin had no reason to sleep together with Mo Yanchi anymore, he asked the maid to clean up the two rooms when he came back, and after sending Mo Yanchi back, he reluctantly left.So when Mo Yanchi woke up, there was no one around him.

Looking at the empty place around him, Mo Yanchi couldn't help but feel empty and no longer sleepy.

He put on some clothes and walked to Xiao Zhijin's room by the moonlight. Seeing that the candles in the room were brightly lit, he was about to raise his hand to knock on the door when there was a sudden conversation in the room, which made him stop involuntarily. .

The people in the room were so focused on talking, they didn't even know that someone outside the door was listening to their conversation.

Xiao Zhijin left for a few days, and Xing Yan was watching in the middle of the capital. During the day, there were people coming and going in Zhuangyuan's mansion, so it was difficult for him to call Xing Yan, so he had to take advantage of the darkness and have a good talk together.

Without Mo Yanchi, Zhu Qiming is proud of himself, but this is within Xiao Zhijin's control.The only thing that is uncertain is Dai Yan.

Since Xing Yan knew Dai Yan's identity, he sent many people to investigate him, but he didn't know anything except what happened before Dai's demise.Where Dai Yan has been for more than ten years, and how much power he has in his hands, has been well hidden, and it is impossible to find out at all.

Xiao Zhijin was not in a hurry, he frowned and said: "These things can be investigated slowly, sooner or later the truth will come to light, right now call more people back, watch Chi'er, Dai Yan plans to take action against him."

Xing Yan was rarely serious, and when he heard it, he failed again, and jokingly said: "Yes, yes, I will definitely protect your heart."

Xiao Zhijin glared at him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, obviously satisfied with this title.

Xing Yan joked countless times, and every time he saw his expression, he would roll his eyes, but then he smiled and felt sorry for Xiao Zhijin.Compared with the relationship between a man and a woman, his path is very difficult.

"Are you...plan to hide like this for the rest of your life?" Xing Yan asked cautiously.

Xiao Zhijin's smile froze, and he sighed: "Otherwise, it's not something glorious."

He smiled bitterly, and Xing Yan was not easy to force, and persuaded: "I know your feelings for him, but His Royal Highness is right, don't get into it too deeply."

"These things are not something I can do just by thinking." Xiao Zhijin said.

Xing Yan didn't understand love, so he stopped talking, shook his head and said: "It's up to you, after all, it's the path you choose. But it's better to hide, you can relax."

"That's right, my best brother is Duanxiu, and the one I like is myself, so no one can accept it." Xiao Zhijin laughed at himself.

"What about the broken sleeve, everything you do is worthy of this feeling." Xing Yan said.

Xiao Zhijin smiled silently, and was about to speak when a maid's voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness, why are you here?"

The two people in the room suddenly looked at each other, got up and walked out.

Xiao Zhi could not suppress the trembling of his hands, he raised his hand and opened the wooden door, with a glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that Mo Yanchi hadn't heard the conversation just now.

The door opened slowly, Mo Yichi stood there in a daze, saw Xiao Zhijin coming out, suddenly his feet went limp, and he fell straight to the ground.

Xiao Zhi subconsciously went to help him up, but Mo Yichi stepped back to avoid his hand.

Xiao Zhijin paused, looked away, and said with difficulty: "Help Your Highness down to rest."

The maid blessed her body, helped him up, looked at the two of them suspiciously, and hesitated to speak.The maid who didn't know the truth only thought that the two had quarreled, she didn't dare to say anything, she lowered her head and took Mo Yanchi away who had lost her soul.

In an instant, the wall that Xiao Zhi was carefully protecting completely collapsed when Mo Yanchi avoided it.

Xiao Zhi panicked, which made him how to face Mo Yanchi in the future.

Xing Yan didn't know when he left, but Xiao Zhijin only knew that the moment he raised his eyes, the sky was already bright, the birds were crisp, and the fragrance of flowers was overflowing. When it hurts, she shed tears.

Xiao Zhijin was startled, and hastily closed the door, locked himself in the room, and sealed everything.

He thought that he would be exposed, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly, so fast that he had no time to catch his breath, and those shady things were known by the people who were least willing to tell.

Xiao Zhijin leaned against the door, holding his head, feeling extremely remorseful.

Near noon, someone knocked on the door outside, Xiao Zhijin heard Xiao's mother's voice in a daze, he couldn't hear what she was saying, Xiao's mother just muttered a few words, seeing no one opened the door, thinking that Xiao Zhijue was not there, and left.

The originally silent room was like a small stone thrown into a pool, causing ripples and slowly returning to calm.

Xiao Zhi didn't want to move at all, he kept the same posture, and stayed there for a whole day, his heart was so stuffed that he felt uncomfortable, but he couldn't vent it.

He didn't dare to slack off the big plan, but it was too late...

There are not many people in Zhuangyuan's mansion, and there are only a few masters to serve. It's fine if Xiao Zhijin didn't show up for a whole day, and even Mo Yanchi was silent. If they didn't hear voices in the room, those servants would I thought the two ran away again.

It is really puzzling that people never show up in the house.

Mo Yanchi also stayed up all night, he stared at the lantern brought back from the Wangxiang Terrace, and looked at it for a whole day.

He didn't get up until the noise outside stopped again and the room was dark, he got up, took the lantern out of the room, and walked towards Xiao Zhijin's room.

The road was silent, and it seemed that his footsteps were extraordinarily heavy. Mo Yichi walked slowly, hesitating every step, but he still stepped forward.It was obviously not far away, but Mo Yanchi walked for a long time.

He stood outside the door, raised his hand to knock on the door, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Zhijin... I have something to tell you."

It was not too late to respond, the room was quiet.

Mo Yanchi waited for a long time, but when no one opened the door, he took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

The candles on the table had already been burned out, but Mo Yichi could still see clearly that there was no one in the room!

Mo Yanchi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly heard footsteps behind him, and hurriedly looked back, only to find that it was Mother Xiao.

Xiao's mother was restless all day long and couldn't sleep, she got up and went out for a walk, saw Xiao Zhijin's door was open, she thought he was back, so she came to have a look, but it turned out that Mo Yichi was here.

She was also obviously surprised: "Chi'er, why are you here?"

"I... have something to do with him." Mo Yanchi was inexplicably guilty, and did not dare to look at Mother Xiao.

"Well, hasn't Jin'er come back yet?" Xiao's mother looked in, but she didn't see anyone else, and complained dissatisfiedly: "Really, something is so urgent, and you don't say a word when you go out."

Mo Yanchi's heart skipped a beat, and he nodded perfunctorily: "Maybe I have something to do, Aunt Xiao, you should rest early, I'll go back first."

"Okay, you should go to bed earlier." Mother Xiao nodded, didn't stay any longer, and went back feeling the moonlight.

Mo Yichi turned around and closed the door, sat in the room and waited for Xiao Zhijin.He originally thought that Xiao Zhijin was really in a hurry, so he left without saying goodbye. He didn't want to wait for a few days.

During the period, Xing Yan came once, reported to Xiao's father and Xiao's mother that he was safe, and left in a hurry. When Mo Yanchi found out and came, he had already left.

Mo Yanchi looked downcast, and hid in Xiao Zhijin's room again, waiting for him day after day.

It was not easy for Xiao Zhijin who had disappeared for several days, he hid here with Xing Yan, busy day and night, afraid to close his eyes and think of Mo Yanchi and the panic in his eyes again.

Xing Yan didn't dare to persuade, Mo Yanchi backed off, not to mention Xiao Zhijin, even he felt chilled when he saw it, but it was not Mo Yanchi's fault, Xiao Zhijin couldn't stop himself, who is to blame?

In order not to worry Xiao's father and Xiao's mother, he went to Zhuangyuan Mansion, and when he came back, he found that Xiao Zhijin was lying on the table and fell asleep. He woke up when he heard footsteps. tired.

Xing Yan suddenly remembered what Ming Shu said: some things need to be figured out by oneself, otherwise it would be a waste of time for others to speak out.

He didn't know if this kind of time belonged to "you have to figure it out yourself", Xiao Zhijin was almost stunned, thinking that Xing Yan couldn't listen to what he said, so he simply chose to remain silent and watch quietly.

Fortunately, Xiao Zhijin did not forget the purpose of entering Beijing. After a few days of insanity, he remembered that Emperor Hongzhi was going to hold a banquet, so he arranged for people to guard the Zhuangyuan Mansion, went to wash himself, and then got into the carriage and entered the palace.

After a few days of sleepless nights, without thinking about tea and food, Xiao Zhijin seemed to have lost a lot of weight, with things hidden in his heart, and he had no energy.

Seeing this, those officials who were eager to flatter him ran over to express condolences, not wanting to be shut down, Xiao Zhijin sat where Mo Yichi used to sit, drinking silently, as if no one was around.

The officials talked and found that Xiao Zhi was cold and indifferent, he didn't even look at them, cursed a few words in his heart, and left with a smile on his face.