People who think I'm ugly are so sweet

The maid lightly opened the lantern, added some wicks, and then quietly retreated out.

Song Yanqing stood by the window, with a pair of dark eyes staring at the surrounding lights, he held a jug instead of a cup, and drank from the jug to his mouth.Standing in front of him, Xu Xuanying looked desolate and uneasy.After taking the last sip, Song Yanqing slammed the jug under her feet as if she couldn't bear it anymore, "What do you mean?"

Xu Xuanying was startled by the heavy impact, which made him unconsciously take two steps back, "My lord..."

"What are you afraid of? Can I still eat you up?" Song Yanqing said viciously, with mist in her eyes, "I sent someone to invite you to Xu's mansion, but you never responded once. Instead, you took the initiative to ask to see me today and let me Guess, your mother forced you to come here?"

"My lord," Xu Xuanying lowered her eyes and knelt down in front of Song Yanqing, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have rejected my lord's invitation. I just beg my lord to forgive me once."

"Forgive you, how? Don't forgive you, so what?"

Xu Xuanying bit her lips, and Zhang Shi's advice to him for many years sounded in her ears again, and said in a low voice: "I just want... I just want to go back to the past with the prince."

"Once upon a time?" Song Yanqing seemed to have heard some big joke, he looked at Xu Xuanying in disbelief, "You are engaged to Lin Ruyun, are you going to regret the engagement now, or let me be your secret lover? "

"No, that's not the case!" Under Song Yanqing's watchful eyes, Xu Xuanying felt her self-esteem peeling off bit by bit, "My lord, you and I have been classmates for ten years. From the first moment I saw you, I have always loved you." On the top of my heart, although I was forced to marry, I...my heart for you has never changed. "

Under the flickering lights, Song Yanqing's thoughts returned to her childhood.He was spoiled lawlessly by his mother since he was a child, with no one in his eyes. In the entire palace, only his father occasionally treated him badly.At that time, he hated Taifu Zhang, who was teaching for being stubborn and conservative, and the homework he assigned was obscure and difficult to understand. He contradicted him a few words in class, but the words were so ugly that he fainted from anger.After his father found out, he wanted to punish him with ten boards, and even the queen mother didn't dare to intercede for him, but Xu Xuanying, who was usually so weak and useless, stood up and tried to protect him like an old hen protecting her cubs.He broke his head in front of his father, just to take the ten boards for him. In the end, his father thought that he was loyal and commendable, so he agreed to his request, and each of them received five boards.

Later, he recuperated in his mother's Fenghua Palace, and begged his mother to take Xu Xuanying over.The two injured children were lying on the bed together. He looked at the scars on Xu Xuanying's back and felt so uncomfortable that he couldn't help himself.He took Xu Xuanying's hand, twisting everything and said: "Xuanying, you can call me by my name from now on."

Xu Xuanying was taken aback, "It's absolutely impossible, Your Highness!"

"I say yes!" He said aggressively, "Don't you dare to disobey my order?!"

Xu Xuanying couldn't resist him, so she could only yell out expectantly: "Yanqing..."

Song Yanqing looked at Xu Xuanying's pale side face, and tried hard to connect him with the little face when he was young, but he felt that it was a bit inconsistent, and he suddenly felt a splitting headache. "You get up first."

Xu Xuanying raised her head abruptly, surprise flashed in her eyes, "My lord... Did your lord forgive me?"

Song Yanqing asked him back: "This kiss, do you really want to get married?"

Xu Xuanying clutched the hem of his clothes tightly and remained silent.

Song Yanqing smiled suddenly, "Someone told me that if I really like you, I should tell the emperor brother and the queen mother, and your mother will let you go only if they open their mouths."

Just hearing such appalling words, Xu Xuanying's eyes widened, "My lord, don't listen to other people's slander!"

"Slander? Do you think it's slander?" Song Yanqing laughed lightly, mocking herself, "If I told you, would I have really thought about it?"

"My lord!" Xu Xuanying's body trembled like a sieve due to fear, "You can't really—"

"After I went to Fenghua Palace to meet my mother, I saw her sitting there, smiling at me, and suddenly couldn't say anything. Since you have given up, why should I work hard alone?" Song Yanqing helped Xu Xuanying Standing up, "Actually, maybe I have no right to blame you at all."

I don't know whether it was because of excessive shock or fear, tears slipped from the corners of Xu Xuanying's eyes unconsciously, "No, my lord, I am the one who is sorry for you, it is I—"

Song Yanqing interrupted him, "It's useless to talk. From now on, you and I will be like brothers and sisters, respect each other, love and respect each other. On the eighth day of July, I will go to the Xu Mansion to watch the ceremony. Your mother probably won't either. I'm making things difficult for you."

Zhang's goal had been achieved, but Xu Xuanying didn't feel relieved at all, instead she felt inexplicably chilled.Probably everyone in the world is like this, the one who gives up is always much easier than the one who is given up.Xu Xuanying watched Song Yanqing's hands leave her shoulders, but turned her back, "If there is nothing else, you can step back."

Xu Xuanying has always known that Song Yanqing has always been a soft-spoken person since she was a child.I have made him angry before, and every time he said fiercely that he would never talk to me again, but as long as he said a few soft words, he would forgive himself with an unhappy face.Looking at his slender back now, Xu Xuanying knew that as long as he stepped out of the boat, he and Song Yanqing would never return to the past. "My lord," Xu Xuanying asked him blankly, "you have sent people to look for me several times, but you have never come to the Xu Mansion to look for me in person. You once said that as long as you come in person, it is impossible for my parents to stop you Next. So, Xuanying dared to ask, why didn't you come?"

Song Yanqing frowned slightly, "Is there any point in saying this now?"

Xu Xuanying looked at him with tears in his eyes, "My lord, as a nobleman, it is really condescending to come to a courtier's house, even if it is for me, you are not willing. Have you ever thought about it, in fact, you treat me like a child You may not like it as much as you imagined, it’s more a matter of habit and gratitude. But even so, I don’t regret it.” After speaking, Xu Xuanying bowed deeply to Song Yanqing and walked out of the boat slowly.

Sitting alone, Song Yanqing felt as if a piece had been dug out in her heart, leaving it empty.He had never felt this way before, and he couldn't help but look down at his chest.Don't you like it?This is not liking, then maybe he will never be able to truly please anyone in his life.

Suddenly, a loud bang broke his disorganized mind, and then he heard another burst of noisy human voices, mixed with the screams of several women.

Song Yanqing looked out the window, "Xuan Mo."

A taciturn man walked in, "My lord."

"What's going on outside?"

"Go back to the lord, someone fell into the water on a nearby painting boat." Xuan Mo said, "I heard that it is the young master of the Xie family."

Could it be Xie Ji's son?Song Yanqing put away those sons and daughters who had loved each other just now, "Go, go out and have a look."

At the beginning of spring, the weather had not yet fully warmed up, and the water in the Xunjiang River was bitterly cold. The moment Xu Xilu plunged into it, he felt every cell in his body screaming in protest.In the past, in order to keep in shape, he often went to the swimming pool to swim, and he was proficient in various swimming styles.Now, looking at the dark bottom of the river, he didn't care about swimming at all, he just wanted to rush to Xie Qingsu's side as quickly as possible.Seeing that he was about to touch Xie Qingsu's clothes, Xu Xilu couldn't help shouting: "Xie Qingsu! Catch me!"

In the panic, Xie Qingsu only felt that everything around him became blurred, only the voice of that person was real.Xie Qingsu stretched out his hand towards the man's fingertips——

The sound of falling into the water could be heard one after another, and several guards of the Xie family jumped into the river to save people.With the concerted efforts of everyone, Xie Qingsu was finally rescued.Xie Qingshen, who had heard the news and dared to come, put two fox cloaks on the two of them, and his eyes were reddened, "What are you doing! Where is the doctor?!"

Xu Xilu was shivering from the cold, his hair was sticking to his face, but Xie Qingsu had literally passed out. "Get out of the way, get out of the way—get out of the way!" Xu Xilu roared, and finally drove away all the people around Xie Qingsu, recalled his poor first aid knowledge, put the person flat, and untied him He found the position on his chest, pressed it evenly and steadily, then took a deep breath, lowered his head to meet Xie Qingsu's lips——

After repeating this several times, Xie Qingsu spit out a mouthful of river water, coughed several times, and finally opened his eyes.

"Wake up! Mr. Xie is awake!" Someone shouted, and everyone gathered around again. Xie Qingshen was the first to rush over, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.If Xie Qingsu really had something wrong, he might have to hang himself in Xie's ancestral hall to apologize. "Third brother, you are trying to scare me to death!"

The field of vision gradually became clearer, Xie Qingsu saw Xie Qingshen's magnified face in front of her eyes, and also saw the person who was hugging her, her already pale face became a little paler.

Seeing that Xie Qingsu's expression was wrong, Xu Xilu thought that he was still in some discomfort, so he hurriedly asked, "Xie Qingsu, you—"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xie Qingsu raised his hand and slapped Xu Xilu's face with a crisp sound.At this moment, the air seemed to freeze, and Xu Xilu himself was also stunned, covering his slapped face in a daze, with five points of sullenness, four points of amusement, and one point of grievance in his heart.

Xie Qingxin was the first to react, and scolded: "Why are you standing there? Hurry up and help the two masters in!"

With the support of his servants, Xu Xilu stood up wrapped in a fox cloak, but when he was about to turn around, he heard a faint chuckle.He followed the prestige and saw Song Yanqing standing facing the wind on a painting boat very close to them, staring at him openly, looking like he was watching a show.

Xu Xilu let the others go in first, and saluted Song Yanqing across the Xunjiang River, "My lord."

Song Yanqing looked him up and down, teasing: "How does it feel to take advantage of Xie Qingsu?"