Hualuo Chang'an

Luo Changxi was bored in the county prince's mansion to recuperate from his injuries for a few days, counting the days, he was getting closer and closer to Autumn Hunting.

In the past few days, she only complained about her illness and thanked guests behind closed doors. She didn't even go when Luo Mingde summoned her.Although he didn't go, Luo Changxi could probably guess why Luo Mingde was looking for her.It is estimated that the news that "the King of Chengning is actually a woman" spread, and Luo Mingde became angry again.Or, what about the autumn hunt or the son-in-law?

In short, no matter what it is, Luo Changxi doesn't want to listen to it.

Luo Mingde actually let her go, and didn't call her again, but only mentioned that she should come to the palace after recovering from her illness.

Luo Changxi was happy to be at leisure, and continued to suffer from "sickness".

However, although she was "ill", she still thought about the word "Qu".After thinking about it, Luo Changxi felt that instead of guessing behind his back, it would be better to meet that person first, and just treat it as a sniff.Thinking about it, it has been more than a month since she returned to Beijing, and it was time to fulfill the promise made many years ago.

Naturally, this matter was still left to Jing Qing, but as a result, Jing Qing posted a post to the other party very carefully.Soon, there was a reply over there, saying that they would come to visit the next day.

Luo Changxi didn't hide it from Gong Yining who came to Chengning County Prince's Mansion every day to "visit sick".

Gongyi listened and was very interested.

"How about I meet her with you?"

"Inappropriate." Luo Changxi refused, "After all, you are the owner of Jinyu Casino."

"What are you afraid of..." Gong Yining curled her lips, "Anyway, she doesn't know who I am. Su Wuniang knows that I am a flower planter, but she doesn't."

"But if she and Su Wuniang are the same way, don't you know?"

Gongyi thought about it, and it was right.

But she is the most curious person, how could she let such an opportunity go for nothing?

Gongyi rolled her eyes, and immediately thought of a theory.

"Then let me hide behind the screen, just like the first time I went back to see Chen Yu, you are also hiding behind the screen, right?"

Luo Changxi understood what she meant, and gave a cold snort as a response.

The next day, Qu Yiliu came early.

Luo Changxi wore a very casual casual clothes because of his "recovery from illness", loose and loose, how comfortable he was, his long hair was just tied casually, and his posture was leisurely and lazy.

But Qu Yiliu...

It seems just the opposite.

Gongyi Ning took a peek behind the screen and came to this conclusion.

In fact, Gong Yining had only seen Qu Yiliu twice before from a distance, and he didn't see it clearly, and this time he had a thorough look at this person's face.Qu Yiliu's appearance was good, with an oval face, natural willow-leaf eyebrows, bright eyes, wearing a very simple short dress, her expression and movements were graceful, without any affectation.Like Luo Changxi in the past, she also tied her long hair with a headband casually, but it was tied high, making her look more energetic, refreshing and capable.

Seeing Luo Changxi's appearance, Qu Yiliu was also taken aback, and then smiled and said, "Your Highness is really 'restoring'?"

"really."

When Luo Changxi was "ill", Jing Qing and Gong Yining alone put two maids in the Prince's Mansion of Chengning County, for fear that Luo Changxi would be inconvenient when he was not around.But Luo Changxi was used to taking care of himself after all, but he always forgot those maids who could help.When Jing Qing and Gong Yining were around, she called them, and if they weren't there, she would do it herself.

But at this time...

Gongyi Ning was hiding behind the screen, so naturally she couldn't shout.

Luo Changxi finally remembered those maidservants, called a girl named Hong Ling, and ordered her to pour tea and refreshments for Qu Yiliu.

Although Qu Yiliu knew Luo Changxi's identity a long time ago, she was open-minded and straightforward, so she was not too restrained, and she spoke and acted as usual.

"I haven't seen you for five years. I didn't expect His Highness to become more polite, and even sent me a special post."

Qu Yiliu smiled.

These words seem to be old, Gong Yining can't understand, but Luo Changxi does.

"I was an opponent five years ago, so naturally I can't be polite. Five years later, I'm half a friend, so I must be polite."

Speaking of it, the old story between Luo Changxi and Qu Yiliu five years ago can be regarded as "no acquaintance without fighting".

It was the day before Luo Changxi was going to go to southern Xinjiang. She rode a horse alone in the outskirts of Beijing, and wandered all the way to the foot of Hongye Mountain. Luo Changxi met Qu Yiliu.

It is the time when the autumn is high and the air is refreshing, and the red maple is everywhere.

Qu Yiliu tied a white horse under the red maple tree, while he reclined on the boulder under the tree, with lazy eyes and untied long hair scattered all over the ground.She rested her head in one slender white hand, and carried a delicate red wine gourd in the other hand, raising her head to take a sip from time to time, with a leisurely posture.

Luo Changxi took a look, and felt that his eyes were like a picture scroll.

There is such a woman...

She can combine two completely different temperaments of casualness and femininity in her body.

——It is breathtakingly beautiful.

Luo Changxi stopped his horse and looked at it for a while, feeling amazed in his heart, but he didn't intend to stay longer, and turned around to leave.

But Qu Yiliu stopped her.

"Hey, do you want to try my wine?"

Luo Changxi was slightly surprised, and looked carefully again, only to see that the woman was only carrying a wine gourd in her hand, without any other wine jug or wine glass. Could it be that he just gave her the wine gourd he had drunk? Passers-by drink?

"What kind of taste?"

Qu Yiliu smiled and stood up from the boulder.

"Let's have a fight." She stuffed the wine gourd, hung it around her waist, jumped off the boulder, and walked in front of her white horse, "Whoever reaches the top of the mountain first, wins. Winners drink, losers stay on the sidelines, how about it?"

Simply a strange person.

But at that time, Luo Changxi only hesitated for half a minute before agreeing.

"it is good."

Maybe it's because the red maple on the Red Leaf Mountain is too beautiful, or maybe it's because the woman's temperament is too attractive.

Luo Changxi suddenly wanted to make friends.

But she never expected that Qu Yiliu was trying to cheat.Luo Changxi was still waiting for her to get on the horse, but as soon as she got on the horse, she gave a light reprimand and galloped towards the top of the mountain!

Luo Changxi was young at that time, and he still had a youthful temper. He was angry from the heart, not only hurriedly chased after him, but even thought of a bad move on the way.Luo Changxi himself is very good at equestrianism, and he can also distract and stumble while riding a horse. Not only can he easily pass Qu Yiliu's horse, but he also blocks it with wrong steps and ties him up with trees and vines, which also makes Qu Yiliu suffer.

In the end, it was naturally Luo Changxi who reached the top of the mountain first.

Although Qu Yiliu played tricks at the beginning, but at this moment, he showed a bit of admiration, and really untied the wine gourd from his waist and handed it over.Luo Changxi was triumphant, and was about to reach out to take it, but Qu Yiliu suddenly turned back and took the wine gourd back.Luo Changxi was furious, and jumped up from the horse to grab the gourd.

After the two horses competed, they started fighting again.

You come and I go, and there is no distinction between top and bottom.

At the end of the fight, there was some sympathy for each other.

In the red maple forest, the two rode their horses against the wind, talking happily over wine.

"I bought you a drink today, is it your turn to buy me a drink tomorrow?"

"Not tomorrow." Luo Changxi said with a smile, "I will leave Beijing tomorrow, and I can only wait a few more years. If I can come back alive, it doesn't matter if you drink Chang'an all the time."

Blink of an eye is five years.

Now, both of them are no longer the same temperament as before.

Luo Changxi has become more calm, and he no longer looks at people and things as he did five years ago.

But what about Qu Yiliu five years later?

Is she really a "half friend", or is she a hidden "rival"?

Qu Yiliu laughed even harder after hearing Luo Changxi's words: "What? Your Highness only considers me a 'half friend'? Could it be that Your Highness still remembers the fight back then? Well, just treat it as 'half a friend'." ’, but what about the wine? Your Highness said that when you return, you will invite me to drink all over Chang’an, so you must be deceiving me, right?”

"I owe you first." Luo Changxi remained calm, "I'll buy you a drink after I recover from my 'illness'."

"it is good!"

The two didn't say anything more, Qu Yiliu sat for a while and said that he would not disturb Luo Changxi's "recovery" and left early.But before leaving, Qu Yiliu thought about it and said something meaningful.

"Your Highness doesn't need to say another date to ask me out."

"Why?"

"In a few days, I will have a chance to meet His Highness."

Qu Yiliu smiled slyly, but didn't say why.Luo Changxi was not a curious person, so he just nodded and sent someone to send Qu Yiliu out.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Qu Yiliu left, a servant girl rushed up to report that Miss Ling's family had arrived.

Gongyi, who was hiding behind the screen, became playful and couldn't hide at all, trying to scare Ling Shuangxiu.

But when Ling Shuangxiu came in, she was stunned.

"what happened?"

Luo Changxi noticed her complexion and wondered.

"Who is it..." Ling Shuangxiu is a smart person, most of the time she is calm and indifferent, but at this time, a look of confusion and mistyness appeared in her eyes, "Who is here?"

"What?" Luo Changxi didn't understand at all.

"Who was here just now?"

Ling Shuangxiu came back to her senses, with an anxious face, and asked Luo Changxi anxiously.

Who?

Luo Changxi was also stunned, just now...

"Who else!" Gong Yining jumped out from behind the screen and said with a smile, "Of course it's me!"

"It's you……"

"That's right." Gongyi Ning said with a smile, "How do you know there is someone else in this room besides her?"

Ling Shuangxiu had a strange expression on her face.

But she has always been a dignified and dignified person, so she quickly restrained her confused and anxious look, and said to Gongyi: "I remembered, I was going to tell you about this at the dinner last time. But when Chen Yu came, we all went to see the beauty, and we forgot to tell you since then."

Luo Changxi also nodded: "I don't remember explaining to her either."

The more Gong Yining listened, the more confused she became.

"what?"

"Shuangxiu is very talented, she can smell many smells that other people can't smell." Luo Changxi explained.

Gongyi Ning's eyes widened: "You mean...she can smell my body?" After asking such a sentence, Gongyi Ning subconsciously raised her arm and sniffed carefully: "It doesn't smell. I I seldom use those powders for incense.”

Ling Shuangxiu burst out laughing.

"How can there be such an exaggeration as 'innate talent'! I have been in poor health since I was a child, and I can't go out, and I don't like piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, or female celebrities. When I was wearing it, I liked to tend some flowers and plants. After smelling a lot, I can gradually distinguish some very subtle smells." Ling Shuangxiu laughed again, "In the end, my parents laughed at me, saying that I have a dog's nose, and I smell nothing. spirit……"

Gongyi Ning thought about it, and laughed too.

"Actually, not everyone has a scent." Ling Shuangxiu explained to her again, "But I have seen that most women have a faint smell on their bodies. The smell is not the smell of powder or incense, but The innate 'feminine fragrance'. This fragrance is very weak, and everyone's fragrance is different. Ordinary people can't smell it, and they can't feel it."

The more Gong Yining listened, the more amazed she became.

"Ah, this is amazing."

"How to say?"

"This is much better than listening to the sound and distinguishing the breath." Gong Yining said in shock, "No matter who is hiding in the dark, you can feel it just by smelling it. Isn't it great?"

Ling Shuangxiu was slightly taken aback, and said again: "It's not that powerful. However, the woman's words..."

"Yes." Gong Yining nodded and smiled, "If a female snitch and female assassin suddenly comes to the Prince's Mansion of Chengning County...you will be exposed if you smell it!"

This time Luo Changxi also smiled.

Gong Yining laughed and joked with Ling Shuangxiu again, and then remembered that Luo Changxi should take the medicine, so she hurriedly went to the small kitchen to get the medicine.

Seeing Gong Yining leaving, Ling Shuangxiu took another look at Luo Changxi.

"Before me, besides Sister Ning, really... no one else came here?"

"Huh?" Seeing that she was asking seriously, Luo Changxi asked back, "Then, when you came in, didn't you meet anyone at the door?"

"No." Ling Shuangxiu shook her head, "I didn't go through the main entrance, but came in through the side door."

"Oh." Luo Changxi nodded, "That means there is no one else, only Gong Yining is here."

"yes……"

"Yes."

Ling Shuangxiu smiled.

But Luo Changxi faintly felt that there seemed to be a kind of desolate loneliness in her smile.