Hualuo Chang'an

Luo Changxi asked repeatedly, but there was no movement at the place where the sound was made, and no one came out.

— There must be something weird.

She secretly took a breath, and slowly walked towards that place.The red maple trees in this area have already begun to shed their leaves, and a layer of red leaves has accumulated on the ground, which makes no sound when stepped on, just to cover up their tracks.Probably the person who was following her was so hidden from being discovered by her.

Not far away.

Before Luo Changxi took a few steps, he saw a light blue corner of his clothes.She clenched the Sun Devouring Knife in her hand, held her breath, and carefully walked around the bushes.

Saw.

But Luo Changxi was also stunned.

That light blue color was Ling Shuangxiu, she was sitting on the ground, her face was a little pale, and there was still a fine layer of sweat floating on her forehead, she didn't look well.But Ling Shuangxiu was not hiding behind the bushes alone, there was someone standing beside her, trying to help her up from the ground.

That person was Qu Yiliu who was frowning tightly.

It turned out to be them.

Luo Changxi was very surprised. After thinking about it, he took the Yang Devouring Saber back first, and then asked them, "Why are you here?"

Qu Yiliu glanced at her, but did not answer, and still frowned at Ling Shuangxiu.

But Ling Shuangxiu withdrew her hand from Qu Yiliu.

"It's my fault." Ling Shuangxiu was probably injured, and she seemed to be in severe pain, "I woke up early today, so I sneaked out alone to relax, who knew I lost my way. I only fell once yesterday. I sprained my ankle again today, and I really had no choice, so I yelled a few times in the mountain, hoping that someone passing by would hear me and help me. Coincidentally, Sister Qu was also practicing nearby, so she came here following the sound. Just came, Your Highness is here again."

Ling Shuangxiu's speech was extremely coherent, with almost no flaws.But Luo Changxi felt intuitively that this might not be the case.Ling Shuangxiu only "falled" once the day before, but today she "sprained" her foot again.

How can there be such a coincidence in the world?

Furthermore, why did Qu Yiliu happen to be nearby?

Qu Yiliu kept silent. Seeing that Ling Shuangxiu couldn't stand up, he squatted down, lifted the corner of Ling Shuangxiu's skirt, stretched out his hand and gently pinched her ankle, rolled up her trousers, and took a closer look. .

"It's okay." Qu Yiliu breathed a sigh of relief, and pulled Ling Shuangxiu's trousers and skirt, "I didn't hurt the bone. I probably sprained it because I walked in a hurry."

Seeing Ling Shuangxiu like this, Luo Changxi naturally couldn't go down the mountain either.

"I'll carry you back."

"No need." Qu Yiliu walked up to Ling Shuangxiu first, squatted down, and then said to Luo Changxi, "Your Highness should have other things to do, right? Let me take Miss Ling back. "

Ling Shuangxiu only hesitated for a moment, then leaned her body on Qu Yiliu's back.

"I'm going to trouble sister Qu again."

"Since you've already been in trouble, it's okay to trouble you a few more times." Qu Yiliu unexpectedly smiled, and then looked at Luo Changxi, "It's just...it's a pity."

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity that His Highness actually left behind the beautiful scenery of red leaves all over the mountain, but has to go down the mountain and leave."

Qu Yiliu seems to have something to say, but it is unclear.

Luo Changxi hesitated.

She was in a hurry to go down the mountain, but now she saw that Ling Shuangxiu was injured.Although there is Qu Yiliu, after all, the origin of this Qu Yiliu is unknown, and I am afraid that he has something to do with Eagle Fort.Although Eagle Fort is only targeting her for the time being, Ling Shuangxiu is her cousin, so I don't know if she will be involved.The day before, she was too busy to take care of herself and let Qu Yiliu help Ling Shuangxiu go back, she was indeed a bit hasty, but this time, she was really worried.

"I will go up the mountain with you."

"Your Highness..." Ling Shuangxiu, who was lying on Qu Yiliu's back, suddenly asked her, "Did Your Highness plan to go down the mountain to find Sister Ning?"

Luo Changxi was slightly taken aback, but still nodded.

"Then your highness, let's go down the mountain quickly."

"Can……"

"Your Highness assassin should go down the mountain quickly and bring Sister Ning back." Ling Shuangxiu looked at her steadily, "Otherwise, His Highness will definitely regret it in the coming day."

Regret?

Luo Changxi was taken aback again.She felt that Ling Shuangxiu seemed to have something in her words, but for a while, she couldn't fully understand what Ling Shuangxiu meant.She knew that Ling Shuangxiu had been extremely intelligent since she was a child, with a delicate mind, and she was extremely measured in her words and actions.So this time, should she believe what Ling Shuangxiu said?

Ling Shuangxiu didn't say much anymore, she just put her arms around Qu Yiliu's neck, lowered her head and whispered something in her ear.Qu Yiliu nodded, and stopped talking to Luo Changxi, but walked up the mountain with Ling Shuangxiu on his back.

Luo Changxi stood for a while.

She watched the two go further and further away, gradually turning into a black spot.

At this time, a strange idea suddenly popped up in Luo Changxi's mind.

If Qu Yiliu is not a hostile person, and if Ling Shuangxiu is not a descendant of the Ling family, then it seems that these two people are very suitable for each other.

Just as Luo Changxi thought about it, he quickly woke up again.

She must be crazy.

Yes, you must be crazy to think that.

Luo Changxi shook his head, trying to put this thought behind him.She really didn't have any extra thoughts to take care of others at the moment, and she was still in a hurry to go down the mountain to find Gong Yining.

By the time she went down the mountain to the small town, the sky was already bright and the fog had cleared.

Luo Changxi bought a horse, no longer delay, and regardless of the injury, he galloped towards Beijing.Along the way, her thoughts were racing, and she had even thought about the words in her heart, and even planned what she would do if Gong Yining got angry and sad and closed the door to her.

But all this is useless.

Because when she arrived at the Ranxiang Building on Shihua Road, she didn't see Gong Yining.Not only did she not see it, Qin Yuniang also told her that Gong Yining was not in the Ranxiang Building, nor was she planting flowers.

"Miss left Beijing early this morning."

Luo Changxi didn't quite believe it. It wasn't the first time she had heard this remark. She believed in her heart that Gong Yining was avoiding her.

"Let me see her." Luo Changxi paused, and then said, "Even if you give me a chance to talk to her outside the house, I have something very important to say to her."

Qin Yuniang smiled wryly and said: "My family did not lie to His Highness, the young lady is really not here."

"Where did she go?"

"Yesterday, the second son of Nangong's family came to find Miss and invited her to go out to Beijing." Qin Yuniang smiled, "Your Highness knows that my lady has always been a playful person and likes to join in the fun, so she agreed and left early this morning. gone."

"The second son of the Nangong family..." Luo Changxi thought for a while, as if he had never heard Gong Yining mention this person before, so he asked one more question, "Who is it?"

"Your Highness doesn't know?" Qin Yuniang seemed a little surprised, but she quickly laughed again, "It seems that even a lady with a temper like this is sometimes shy. This Mr. Nangong is from Nangong, one of the four great families of martial arts. The second son of the family, Nan Gongsong. He has admired the young lady since he was a child. Although the young lady always puts on an awkward and annoying posture, it is very interesting for the two of them to get along like this. Now that they are both grown up, Gongyi The Nangong family and the Nangong family also have a tacit understanding, and I am afraid that they will discuss marriage soon, so they will naturally get closer."

"Dear...something?"

"That's right. Mr. Nangong came yesterday. Although the young lady had a serious face, she was very happy in her heart. The two of them wandered around Chang'an City for half a day, and they didn't come back until dark. Today they left early in the morning. I'm afraid that along the way..." Qin Yuniang chattered, talking very excitedly, and couldn't help showing a meaningful smile when she said this, "...Maybe, when they come back, Mr. Nangong will come to propose marriage. "

Luo Changxi was suddenly disappointed.

This feeling of disappointment came inexplicably.

What is she disappointed about?Just because Gong Yining first said she was interested in her, then turned around and left with another man?But if this is the case, Gong Yining can think about it and marry other men, and she won't have any strange thoughts about her in the future, shouldn't she breathe a sigh of relief?

why...

Rather disappointed?

Luo Changxi couldn't figure it out, she lowered her eyes and thought for a while, but said nothing.

Qin Yuniang seemed a little suspicious, so she asked, "I don't know what your Highness wants to do with Miss? Do you want to leave something for her? Or, after Miss comes back, I will..."

"No need."

Luo Changxi felt very tired. She was already mentally weak, but she held her breath and ran down the mountain. After running for so long and so far, she finally got such news.

"Your Highness?"

"Where did they go?"

"This... I don't know about this either." Qin Yuniang took a peek at Luo Changxi's face, and then said, "However, Mr. Nangong's sister, Nangong Ya, has a very deep relationship with Mrs. Ye. In Yanxi Village under Qingshui County in Nanzhou. If His Highness wants to find it, you can follow this direction and try to find it all the way."

Nangong Ya?Miss Ye?

Luo Changxi vaguely remembered that Gong Yining had mentioned to her that a good sister of hers was married to a woman.Thinking of this, Luo Changxi couldn't help asking again: "Is Nangong Ya married to a Miss Ye?"

"Yes. It was last year."

"Oh."

"Your Highness, would you like to find my lady?"

"Not going." Luo Changxi turned around and walked out the door, "I'll wait until she comes back."

Luo Changxi was so exhausted that he got on his horse and went back to Chengning County Prince's Mansion on Futai Street.

None of the servants in the Prince's Mansion expected her to come back so early. A few maidservants hurriedly brought her tea and water, helped her change clothes and freshen up, and then sent some people to bring up some snacks.

Luo Changxi also felt a little hungry, and glanced at the table, but first saw a lotus cake.

"This hibiscus cake..."

"This hibiscus cake is made according to the method of Jinjiang Chunlou." The maid named Hongling in the room explained, "Miss Gongyi said that His Highness likes to eat this, so she specially bought a lot for the small kitchen to taste. Said to let His Highness eat according to the learning."

"Ah."

Luo Changxi took a piece and tasted it. It tasted really good, almost exactly the same as Jinjiang Chunlou.

Just after eating something, Luo Changxi suddenly heard a crackling sound from the inner room.Immediately afterwards, the voice of one servant girl scolding another servant girl was heard.

Luo Changxi frowned, and glanced at Hong Ling who was standing beside him.

"What's going on? Go and see."

"Yes."

I don't know if this disturbed Luo Changxi's mood, she immediately lost her appetite to eat, so she simply threw away her chopsticks and took a sip of hot tea.

Hong Ling came out quickly, holding an extremely exquisite brocade box in her hand.

When Luo Changxi saw the box, he was stunned.

"Your Highness, it was a little girl who accidentally cleaned the house and left this box..." Hong Ling said halfway, seeing Luo Changxi's gloomy face, she felt a little timid in her heart, lifted the box tremblingly, bowed her head and said, "This box... ...It fell to the ground. Neither of the maidservants dared to open it, so the maid took it out on her own initiative... Your Highness, please punish me!"

Luo Changxi didn't speak, she took the box directly.

The box was long and thin, about a foot long, and contained a golden hairpin in the box.The head of the hairpin is in the shape of a flower mosaiced by dozens of small peacock blue gemstones, which are radiant and dazzling.

However, even if it was thrown to the ground by two maidservants, the golden hairpin was not damaged at all.

……

"This is for me?"

"Yes. Did you know? I have a hairpin that is almost the same as this one, except that the gemstone on the head of the hairpin is red. I went out a few days ago and saw this peacock blue one again. Do you think it's a coincidence? ? After much deliberation, only you are worthy of it."

……

Luo Changxi covered the box and put it in his arms.

"It's okay."

Luo Changxi stood up, thought for a while, twisted another piece of hibiscus cake, and took a bite.

"Ask someone to prepare the horse for me."

"Your Highness?"

"I'm going out of Beijing."