People who think I'm ugly are so sweet

Seeing Xu Xilu's thoughtful look, Song Yanqing asked, "Do you need me to investigate this matter on your behalf?"

"No need," Xu Xilu said, "The little prince has helped me enough."

Song Yanqing pointed out: "If this matter is really caused by Concubine Xu Yuan, I'm afraid you can't do anything by yourself."

This little prince obviously wants to help, but he can still speak so badly, which is considered a talent.Fortunately, Xu Xilu had long been used to his knife-mouthed bean curd heart, and said with a smile: "Then I will find the prince again."

Today's Xu Xilu only had this smile with a bit of sincerity, Song Yanqing felt a little more comfortable, but said coldly: "Who do you think this king is, you can find him if you want?"

"Huh?" Xu Xilu pretended to be surprised, "So far, every time I want to find the prince, I have found it."

Song Yanqing didn't expect that she would lift a rock and hit her own foot with a single sentence, and said with an unnatural expression: "This, this is different——"

Xu Xilu pursed his lips and smiled, "My lord, there are many things at home, so I will take my leave first."

"Wait a minute." Song Yanqing said slowly, "In a few days, it will be the Lantern Festival."

There were too many things happening these days, the whole Xu Manor didn't have a good New Year, Xu Xilu almost forgot that this year is going to pass soon.

Song Yanqing coughed twice, and secretly winked at Xuan Mo.Xuan Mo, who has always been reticent, was forced to speak: "Like the Lantern Festival, every year on the Lantern Festival, there will be Kongming lanterns on Qingcheng Mountain, lotus lanterns on the Xunjiang River, and a lantern festival on Changxing Street. It's so lively, Mr. Xu Ergong Don't want to go and see?"

Xu Xilu looked at Xuan Mo with a look of shock, "Xuan Mo, are you... inviting me to go out with you on the Lantern Festival night?" I didn't expect Xuan Mo to treat him... He usually didn't notice it at all. ?Xuan Mo must have hidden too deeply!

Xuan Mo was speechless, looking at the instigator as if asking for help.Song Yanqing was also shocked by Xu Xilu's brain circuit, and said after a long time: "Xuan Mo is not free."

"Oh……"

Song Yanqing said in a benevolent tone: "I'm free that day, since you want to go so much, I will reluctantly go with you."

"..." Xu Xilu understood what was going on, but under such circumstances, he could only pretend that he didn't see anything. "Then... I would like to thank you, my lord." He thought for a while, and then said: "On the day of Lantern Festival, I will wait for my lord at Qinghui Tower, okay?"

Song Yanqing snorted coldly: "You are thinking of the Xie family in everything."

After Xie Ji's death, the number of dignitaries who went to Qinghui Tower suddenly decreased, for fear that if they went, they would have something to do with Xie.Although Song Yanqing didn't care about these things, after returning from Northern Xinjiang, the emperor entrusted him with more and more things to do, and he didn't have time to go to Qinghui Building to eat and drink.Xu Xilu made an appointment with him in Qinghui Tower, and he really meant to take advantage of him. After all, as long as Prince Duan made a start, he was ostensibly to cheer for Qinghui Tower, but in fact he was telling the nobles in Shangjing that he did not underestimate the whole world because of Xie Ji's death. Mrs. Xie, in this way, maybe three or four out of ten of the regular customers of Qinghui Building will come back.

Xu Xilu's mind was punctured, and he was a little embarrassed: "Then let's change places? The little prince can go wherever he wants."

"Let's just go to the Qinghui Building." Song Yanqing didn't care, "I really miss the taste of Tianchunniang a little bit."

After Xu Xilu returned to Xu Mansion, he went directly to Yinyan Pavilion.Apart from going out and sleeping these days, he is almost here, and only here, watching Xu An Ning get better little by little, he will not think wildly and disturb himself.

After Dong's death, most of Yinyan Pavilion's servants were sold out, and now only Xianxian and Xiaoyu left behind by Xu Qingyang are serving Xu Anning personally.Xu Xilu called the two of them to the main hall and asked, "Do you remember what Miss San ate on the day she suddenly fell ill?"

Xiaoyu said vaguely: "I don't remember clearly..."

Xianxian said crisply, "I remember, Miss San ate the meal from the big kitchen, and then drank a bowl of bird's nest."

"How many dishes are there for the meal that day?"

Xianxian counted on her fingers: "There are stir-fried two melons, steamed hairy crab, braised hoof with soybeans... Oh, and some plums are also sent over."

Sure enough, they are all cold things.Xu Xilu asked again: "Where did the bird's nest that Miss San use come from?"

Xianxian said: "It was sent by the madam. She said that these bird's nests were given by the second lady... the concubine Yuan in the palace gave it to the third lady."

"That's all Madam said, did you say anything else? For example, the taboo of using this bird's nest?"

Xianxian recalled for a moment, then shook her head: "The bird's nest was sent by sister Zhu Ping from Shi'anyuan. She told the lady to use more, so don't take advantage of the kindness of the concubine Yuan, and I didn't say anything else."

Xu Xilu nodded, and said to Xianxian: "You've done a good job. From now on, you have to pay special attention to the third lady's meals. For three meals a day, you have to ask Dr. Pan first, and then give them to the third lady. Do you understand?"

Xianxian said confidently: "Don't worry, Second Young Master, Xianxian will definitely take care of Third Miss properly."

"As for you," Xu Xilu looked at Xiaoyu and said in a cold voice, "Since you can't even remember what you ate on the day Miss fell ill, you probably didn't put much effort into serving you. I heard that the big kitchen is short of manpower. Just go back and pack your things, and leave Yinyan Pavilion."

Xiaoyu knelt down with a thud, "Second Young Master, Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu knew it was wrong! I will do my best to serve Third Miss in the future!"

Xu Xilu didn't want to talk to her, so he waved his hand, and several servants came in and dragged Xiaoyu down.After that, he went to Xu Anning's room.Xu Anning was half lying on the bed, holding a book in his hand, and was reading it seriously, when he heard Xu Xilu's footsteps, he said, "Second brother, I thought I heard crying just now, it was Xiaoyu's voice."

Xu Xilu said softly: "Xiaoyu is not doing well, so I sent her away."

Xu Anning never asked about Xu Xilu's decision, as long as she knew that everything her second brother did was for her own benefit, that was enough. "Second brother, Dr. Pan said that I suffered a sudden illness because I ate something bad. What did I eat that made me like this? Second brother, can you tell me that I just stop eating from now on."

Xu Anning's health is not going well, if she is told that her sister, who was born with her mother, is suspected of poisoning her, she will definitely be stimulated and will not be able to recover from her illness with peace of mind.The court judge said that now Xu Anning must rest and rest, not to worry too much.Xu Xilu weighed it over and over again, and said, "I'm still investigating this matter, and there must be a result soon."

Xu Anning nodded obediently, "The second brother found out, you must tell me."

"En." Xu Xilu patted her head and said, "It's still some time before dinner, why don't you sleep for a while?"

Xu Anning shook his head and said helplessly, "I've slept for a long time today."

Xu Xilu looked at her, for some reason, he always felt a little disobedient, until his eyes fell on the book in Xu Anning's hand, his pupils shrank, and he said in a normal tone, "Anning, is this book... nice?"

Xu Anning smiled and said, "It's pretty."

"Then you tell the second brother what the book said."

Xu Anning was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head, bit his lips, and said in a voice as low as a gnat, "Second Brother, I'm sorry."

"Why do you have to apologize?!" Xu Xilu stood up abruptly, angry and anxious at the same time, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Xu Anning opened his eyes blankly, and said guiltily: "I, I don't want my second brother to worry about me anymore...Second brother, it's An Ning's mistake, it's An Ning's fault..."

Xu Xilu closed his eyes, suppressed the anger in his chest, wiped his face, and said, "I'll go find Doctor Pan."

After Pan Huai saw Xu Anning, he walked out of the room with Xu Xilu, and said, "Miss San's eyes are probably the sequelae of the lingering poison."

"She..." Xu Xilu said bitterly, "Will it always be like this?"

"As long as the residual poison is cleared quickly enough, there is still a glimmer of hope." Pan Huai said, "It's just that the third lady's eyes will be blurred in the future. After all, she is not as good as ordinary people."

Xu Xilu clenched his fists tightly, as if forcibly holding back.In the end, he let go, "Got it."

After sending Pan Huai away, Xu Xilu went to Xu Anning's side and said softly, "It was the second elder brother who was wrong just now, and the second elder brother shouldn't be angry with you."

"Second brother, please don't say that." Xu Anning hurriedly said, "I know that second brother is worried about me, so An Ning doesn't blame second brother at all."

Looking into Xu Anning's eyes, Xu Xilu felt that his heart was being pulled. "How do you feel now?"

"I, I can still see a lot of things!" Xu Anning tried her best to put on an optimistic and playful look, "Although it's just a blurred shadow, it's still not a problem to recognize people! Besides, didn't Dr. Pan say that? As long as you take good care of your body , the situation will definitely improve!"

Xu Xilu knew that Xu Anning's words were not only for himself, but also for comforting him.He couldn't say anything anymore, he could only smile lightly, "It will be fine."

While Xu Anning was convalescing, other people also came to see her a few times. The most frequent one was Lin Ruyun, who also sent a lot of precious medicinal materials; I didn't say much else; Mrs. Zhang and Xu Xuanying only came once, and went back after a few polite words.When Xu Changying heard about this, he wanted to visit him at home, but since Xu Anning wanted to rest, they couldn't disturb them, so they specially asked Yu Rongbei to bring some supplements to the barracks and hand them over to Xu Xilu.

Xu Xilu accepted the tonic and said: "I thanked my sister and brother-in-law on behalf of my third sister. There is one more thing, I have to ask my brother-in-law for a favor."

Yu Rongbei said bluntly: "We are all a family, why are you being polite, just say it straight!"

"I want my brother-in-law to go to Cangzhou and pick someone up for me."

In a blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival.Xu Xilu was only concerned about Xu Anning's condition, and at the same time he had plans in his heart, and he was not in the mood for festivals.But if he agreed to Song Yanqing's matter, if he dared to go back on his word, even if he fled to the ends of the earth, the little prince with high eyes would arrest him and scold him severely.What's more, it's good to go out for a walk, so that he won't always think of certain people and certain things intentionally or unintentionally.

Xu Taihe originally wanted to hold a family banquet at home and spend the Lantern Festival with the family, but not only Xu Xilu, Xu Xuanying also had appointments with people outside, Xu Anning was ill in bed, and Xie had a cold war with him for a long time. Shi hastily ate a meal, didn't even eat the Lantern Festival, and went back to the room alone.

It was night, and Xu Xilu deliberately changed into a new frost-colored dress, paired with a white fox fur, which looked bright and refined.Xing Nong smoothed his sleeves for him, jokingly said: "Second Master is really a rare look in the capital, this time going out, don't provoke any men or women again."

Xu Xilu said, "Why did you say 'again'?"

Jiudong interjected: "The last time you went out dressed as a woman, didn't you make the two noble sons of the Shen family and the Xie family jealous of you?" Everyone thought that the red-dressed woman who appeared in Qinghui Tower on the Moon Festival had disappeared mysteriously, and only a few Few people know her true identity, and Jiudong is one of them.

It was obviously only a few months ago, but now thinking about it, it seems like a lifetime ago.Xu Xilu was stunned for a moment, then said: "Xing Nong, bring my mother's jade pendant and put it on for me."

Although the Lantern Festival is not as good as the Moon Festival, it is also an extremely lively day.Changxing Street is filled with lanterns and festoons, and there are many street vendors selling lanterns. You can buy a puzzle for a few pennies, and if you guess it correctly, you will be given a lantern.Many people crowded in front of the stall to guess lantern riddles. Normally, Xu Xilu would join in the fun, but tonight he was sitting in the carriage, and he never looked out the window until he arrived at Qinghui Tower.

Xie Qingshen knew in advance that he and Song Yanqing were coming tonight, so she made a special trip to wait in the building, and when the waiter said that Xu's carriage was coming, she went to the door to greet her in person.

"Xilu." Xie Qingxin greeted him with a smile, "You seem to be looking good again."

Xu Xilu smiled and flattered each other with him: "You're not bad either."

Compared with the bustle of other places, Qinghui Building is much deserted.In the lobby on the first floor, only a few people were drinking. When Xu Xilu passed by, he could hear a few people discussing: "Didn't you say that the guests who come to this Qinghui Building are either rich or expensive? I thought it was a fairy place, It’s nothing more than looking at it now.”

"No, I don't know what we were talking about before. I think we made an appointment one month in advance, and there was no room. Now it's good, there are only a few people, and it's not as lively as the Chuxiang Pavilion next door!"

The two went upstairs without looking sideways, and the private room upstairs was empty.Xie Qingxin first ordered two bottles of Tianchunniang and some side dishes to accompany the wine, and said: "Before the little prince comes, I will have a few drinks with you for my brother."

Xu Xilu could see that he was in a bad mood, and he thought it was true. He was alone in the deserted Qinghui Building during this festive season when relatives and friends should gather together, so it was inevitable that he would feel sad.Xu Xilu didn't say much, and poured wine for the two of them, "Qingxin, I'd like to offer you a toast."

Xie Qingxin took a few sips, put down the glass, and said slowly: "A few days ago, I received a letter from Qingsu."

Xu Xilu's hand holding the cup tightened suddenly, "En."

"Everything is fine with him and his aunt, and he has buried his uncle in the Xie family's ancestral grave. He also said in his letter that he has received an order from the Holy Majesty and will leave for Huaishui soon." Xie Qingsu and Xu Xilu, One is his younger brother and the other is his best friend.Xie Qingxin was so thoughtful, how could she fail to see the faint affection between the two.Seeing that Xu Xilu seemed unmoved, he couldn't help but say for his younger brother: "Qingsu went to Huaishui, firstly, to complete the unfinished work of his uncle, and continue to investigate the corruption case of Huaishui on behalf of the Holy One; secondly, I also want to find out the murderer behind the murder of my uncle, so as to comfort his spirit in heaven. Now, everyone in Shangjing regards the Xie family as a scourge, and he is also afraid that you will be implicated, so..."

Xu Xilu nodded clearly, "He doesn't believe me, nor himself."

Xie Qingxin called helplessly: "Xilu..."

"He said he wanted a word from me, so why don't I just want a word from him?" Xu Xilu smiled "heh" and drank the wine in his glass, "Actually, that's fine too." In this way, Xie Qingsu can do it without any worries. what he should do.Just like he chose to stay that day, maybe he and Xie Qingsu are not the kind of people who put their children's love first.That day, under the withered peach blossom tree, Xie Qingsu stood in the snow and asked him to walk with him. This was probably the most willful and impulsive time in Xie Qingsu's life.

He still missed it after all.

But Xu Xilu knew that even if he did it again, he would make the same choice.

The world is in peace with the law of both ends, and the Tathagata will live up to the emperor.

The two had their own concerns and drank a lot of wine in silence.At this time, a manager of Qinghui Building came forward to report: "The landlord, Second Master Xu, Prince Duan just came, saying that the prince has been temporarily called into the palace by the Queen Mother, and he may not be able to attend the appointment tonight, so Second Master Xu does not have to wait for him."

For some reason, Song Yanqing couldn't come, Xu Xilu was relieved. "In that case, I will go back first."

Xie Qingxin said with a hint of alcohol, "I'll see you off."

Xu Xilu came back in a carriage, and when he passed Xunjiang, he suddenly said, "Stop."

The carriage pulled over and stopped, Xu Xilu got off the carriage, and looked at the lanterns on the river, feeling that this scene seemed familiar.He didn't let his servants follow him, and walked alone by the river, he saw a small vendor selling lotus lanterns, and he seemed to have seen the owner's enthusiastic face before.

"Young master, do you want to guess the lantern riddles? Guess the lantern riddles for two yuan once, and if you guess correctly, you will be given a lotus lantern worth five yuan. Do you want to try it?"

"No need," Xu Xilu said lightly, "just get me one."

Xu Xilu walked to the shore with a lotus lantern in his hands, attracting many passers-by's stares.

The last time he and Song Yanqing put lamps here, not only did none of the wishes they made come true, but they did the opposite.This time, he didn't bother to make any more wishes, he just said a name silently in his heart, then bent down and put the lotus lantern into the river, watching it merge with other people's lanterns, drifting away with the river.

Xu Xilu looked at it for a long time before he came back to his senses.Just as he was about to get up, his feet slipped. Seeing that he was about to fall into the river, he suddenly smelled a faint fragrance of medicine, and then he felt a pair of slightly cold hands holding his waist, and a chuckle sounded beside his ear ,"caught you."