On How a Sworn Enemy Becomes a Lover

Xi Xian stayed in this posture, drinking tea with his head down, and Mo Er cooperated with him in tilting the teacup to save him effort.

It was hot in summer, and Mo Er asked people to open the door to breathe. When Linglong and Mo Lu came, Mo Er was feeding tea to Xi Xian in this posture, and this scene fell into the eyes of the two of them unexpectedly.

exquisite:"……"

Mo Lu: "Ah!!!!" She covered her eyes and shouted angrily, "I'm going to be blind!!!"

Linglong also coughed as a reminder: "Brother"

Mo Er was in his spare time, so he didn't care at all, Xi Xian suddenly got excited and pushed Mo Er's hand away. He used so much force that he knocked down the teacup in Mo Er's hand.

The porcelain cup fell to the ground and shattered all over the floor, the sudden sound made Linglong laugh out loud.

The washed face is also a little thinner.

Mo Er thought so.

"Mo Lu, why did you and the princess come here?" Seeing that Xi Xian blushed so much that she was caught by her parents to have a tryst with a little girl, Mo Er didn't rush to add fuel to the flames, and kindly changed the subject for him .

"I went to Qingchun Garden to look for you. You were not here. The palace servants told me that you might have come to Xixian's place. On the way here, you met Linglong sister, so you came here with me." Mo Lu's voice was crisp, No worries, no worries at all.

Mo Er was puzzled: "Why are you looking for me?"

Mo Lu hesitated: "I've heard it all, I don't need to marry Daliang far away." She stuck out her tongue delicately and blinked her beautiful eyes, "I knew that the second brother was kind."

She has changed her name to Second Brother, she really is a little girl, happy about little things and sad about little things.

As Mo Er thought about it, a wry smile escaped his lips, he paused for a while, and after much deliberation, he didn't know how to open his mouth so that he could gently break the girl's dream.

"Why, you're shy." Mo Lu laughed heartlessly.

Mo Er's hesitation had another meaning in Mo Lu's eyes. She mistakenly thought that Mo Er didn't know the reason of the matter, so she kindly explained: "The envoys from Daliang are here today, and I overheard their speech. It is said in the book; Diji does not need to marry the crown prince."

Mo Lu imitated Ma Yan's speech, his tone of voice was lifelike.

The words came to my lips a few times, and I swallowed them all again. Give Mo Lu some more time, the last part of the girl's dream, and leave some good memories, so that when the dream ends, there will be nothing left.

"As long as you are happy." Mo Er's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of waking Mo Lu.

"Okay, Xiaoliu, isn't Zilian still waiting for you to pick the lotus pods? If you don't go, they'll all be gone." Linglong deliberately sent Mo Lu away, giving an excuse.

Mo Lu laughed happily and ran away. Before he left, he said that he would pick the lotus pods, take out the lotus seeds, boil tremella and lotus seed porridge, and send them to Mo Er.

Mo Er just smiled and told her to be careful, but Mo Lu ran too fast, so he didn't know if he heard this sentence.

Without Mo Lu, Linglong suppressed her smile: "It's not that simple! Second Prince."

Mo Er was noncommittal: "Then what does the princess think the facts are?"

Linglong snorted softly: "I don't like to guess, but the purpose of my coming here today is not for Xiao Liu, but I have something important to discuss with my brother. I wonder if the second prince can avoid suspicion."

Now that Linglong mentioned it, it's not easy for Mo Er to stay, so he turned around and wanted to leave first, but Xi Xian didn't care, and stopped Mo Er who wanted to leave, "Mo Er is not an outsider, besides, there is nothing you and I can't see others , just say it."

Obviously, Xixian's dependence on Mo Er is already extraordinary, Linglong couldn't help feeling tense.

Relying too much on external things is not a good thing after all, maybe you can't see anything now, but after a long time, it will definitely come back and cause endless troubles.

In particular, Mo Er is not a simple person who is easy to get along with, and his elder brother still looks like a lazy person who can't be mentioned, so he doesn't know anything about being cheated in the end.

But thinking about it, her expression didn't change at all, and she said coldly: "I also told you two days ago, since you agreed, give me the Xijiahu Talisman!"

Each of the eight Jiuyue families has a tiger talisman. I don’t know how many years it has been passed down. Anyway, since the beginning of Jiuyue, the tiger talisman has existed. It symbolizes power and status. Only those who have obtained the tiger talisman can rule the family’s soldiers .

"I always thought you had the Tiger Talisman!" Xixian didn't see the Tiger Talisman at all, Linglong asked him for it, and he was also taken aback for a moment.

"Not in your hands?" Linglong was not sure, and asked, "Didn't father give it to you?"

Xi Xian took it for granted: "Don't even think about it. Father is so optimistic about you, why would he give me the tiger talisman? I always thought it was in your hands."

"Impossible, after that day, I never saw him again..."

The memory went back to the night before Patriarch Xi left for the expedition, when she was going to marry Mo Yi the next day, her father specially asked her to enter the study, because his father didn't like to play with words all his life, so the study was rarely used on weekdays, only occasionally she and Xi Xian Made a serious mistake, it will only be used when they are forced to stand inside.

That day my father seemed very tired, and also a lot older, different from the omnipotent man in my memory.

At that time, it seemed that the Tiger Talisman of Xijia was placed on the desk.

Her father asked her, "Do you want it?"

Linglong remembered saying, "I don't want to."

The father's long sigh, already full of helplessness and sadness that was almost overflowing, forced her tears to keep rolling in her eyes, but she forced it back.

"Linglong, you are more governor than your elder brother. If you are a boy, then father will not be so embarrassing. However, if you want, father can give it to you."

Along with it, the position of Patriarch Xi was also given.

"It's a pity that I'm a daughter!" As a woman, in troubled times, life is like duckweed. If you say you don't hate, you are just deceiving yourself, but loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, etiquette, righteousness, and shame have long been buried in your bones, and you won't be less because you are a woman. What, "That doesn't make sense, Father."

The master of washing the house is invincible: "I can't allow others to talk about the matter of washing the house. I say it can be done and it can be done."

"Still not!" It's impossible not to be tempted, but she is not only herself, but behind her is Xijia, and Dongyue. Even if she knows in her heart that her father is really nervous about herself, she is also very nervous about herself, but She does not allow herself to be selfish.

He glanced enviously at Xijiahufu, and immediately retracted his eyes, because after taking another look, he didn't have the courage to refuse.

Who can not love freedom!

"Linglong, it's my father who is ashamed of you. Don't be born in my father's house in the next life." Patriarch Xi was heartbroken, holding his face with his hands, but a tear slipped quietly.

"Linglong, you are not like Xi Xian, you are always well-behaved, sensible and obedient, and you are also exquisite in appearance, like her mother, and not like an ordinary girl, who likes to embroider flowers and sigh, it's okay to be sad, but you always look at me Books, practice martial arts, tactics and formations are no worse than men, and even ordinary generals are not as good as my Linglong, like me.

Inherited all the advantages of me and your mother, I am such a good daughter, my father can't save you from the sea of ​​suffering, can't give you freedom, happiness, it is the father's fault, if there is an afterlife, don't be your father's daughter, it's not worth it . "

After enduring tears for a long time, she finally shed her tears: "In that case, father, being born in father's family is Linglong's blessing, and besides, it's not about life and death. I just married Mo Yi, and it's not about jumping into the fire."

"Linglong!" Xi Xian shouted, waking Linglong awake.

Xi Xian sighed: "Why are you crying!"

After Xixian said this, he felt that something was wrong. He stretched out his hand to touch it, and his fingertips were full of tears. When did she cry? She is not a person who likes to cry. Why is she crying more and more frequently now?

"Isn't it just washing the tiger talisman? When will I stop talking, I will definitely do what you have to do. After two days, I will feel better. I will go back and ask to see who father gave the tiger talisman to. Okay." Find it for you."

Linglong: "Does my brother feel ashamed of me, so he should delegate power to clean up the family?"

Before Xi Xian could speak, Linglong's words were fired one after another like cannonballs, making Xi Xian dizzy.

"Brother, you don't need to feel guilty. You were falsely accused of killing Han Lin and imprisoned in the Penalty Department. I never helped you. After the battle of defending the city, you were seriously injured and died. I never said a word to you. Mo Once I wanted to kill you, I was clear in my heart, but I never reminded you, and I never begged him to forgive me. You were seriously injured and sick, and I never even came here. Never said a word to you."

"As you said, I look down on you the most. You are useless, willful and arrogant, impulsive and irritable. You don't see a single good point in your body. To put it badly, you only have a face to see people."

Xixian listened silently, quiet and introverted, without the rage that Linglong imagined, which made her feel even more sad and ridiculous. She sacrificed everything, love, freedom, and dreams, in exchange for the current situation?

Father was burdened by himself, died because of himself, washed his family, Dongyue, too many innocent people died under the iron cavalry of Liang Liang, obviously trying to keep them, but in the end they died because of himself.

I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.

Irony, so ironic.

She has been busy for a long time, what is she asking for, she can't sleep peacefully every night, as soon as she closes her eyes, there are those heroic spirits who died tragically, they always ask themselves: Miss, why?

Why?what is this?

Yu Jie had released enough of the grievances in his heart for a long time, and finally felt better, but it was not enough.

"Brother, I'm a little envious of your good luck. Mo Er first ran around and settled Han Lin's death for you. Then, in front of the civil and military courts, he gave up his identity and begged Weiss to save you. Then he threatened Mo Er again. One, use the excuse of eradicating the stubborn forces of Yayue to rescue you from the Criminal Division again. Do you know that Mo Er is behind your back and warning those palace people who neglect you on weekdays? It's over."

Xixian's heart was churning, steam was rising from his face, and he forcibly observed Mo Er's reaction secretly.

Mo Er was not much better either, he did it by himself, and it was another when he was told in public, especially from Linglong's mouth, he felt ashamed no matter what.

But he is more able to put on an air, his face does not show mountains and dews, and he is calm.

In fact, I was already panicked.

"Princess is serious." Mo Er forcefully saved face.

Linglong snorted softly: "Really? Do you want me to tell my brother about your heroic appearance when you warned the palace people?"

"Forget it, Linglong, don't make fun of him, your face is even reddened by you." In fact, his face was redder than Mo Er's, and his words were not convincing at all, "Linglong, you are my sister, this is the end There is no way to change it in your life, I know you are suffering and feel wronged, but Linglong, you choose the path, and you have to go through the hardships."

At the end, Xixian swore: "I also chose my own path."

"What's your brother's path like?"

Xixian shook his head: "I'm not on the same path as you." Seeing Linglong didn't believe it, he thought for a while: "I'm stupid, so I can't say it well, but you and my brother and sister have never been on the same path since we were young. You have a broad mind and a gap in your heart. I am narrow-minded and have nothing in my belly, you want to be the people of Liming, and I want to wash the house."

Mo Er raised his eyebrows and glanced at him quickly, but Xixian was staring at Linglong and didn't notice.

The ink color in Xixian's eyes was very heavy, and the light and shadow flowed and sank in it, and then turned into nothing, Linglong seemed to see the shadow of her father.

The fluctuating and tumbling heart seemed to be poured into a handful of hot spring water, lazy and unwilling to move.

"Brother" she calmed down, the angry words just passed through her mind again, not only regretted again and again, she wanted to apologize, but she couldn't open her mouth, she was the same arrogant person as Xixian, and never apologized.

After calling out brother, he was at a loss, biting his lip and feeling uneasy.

Xi Xian didn't care at all: "It's nothing, I know Linglong is suffering, and she just talked nonsense for a while."

He has never been a good brother. Since he was a child, he would take advantage of his two years older, rob her of food and books, and beat her up in the name of sparring while his father was not paying attention, and even used Her name is her top bag.

Blood is thicker than water, Linglong seems to understand the meaning of this sentence.

On the other side of the Xuande Hall, Ma Yan, who had asked General Fubo for instructions, specially assisted thirty soldiers to attend the meeting alone in order to show his sincerity.

"I don't know where the second prince is?" Ma Yan mentioned Mo Er intentionally or unintentionally.

Mo Yi said calmly: "I have already sent someone to call."

When Mo Er came, Ma Yan drank three pots of tea, and his mouth was drooping!

"Didn't Chang Gui go half an hour ago? Why did you come so late?" Mo Er just saluted, and before he sat down, Mo Yi's question was thrown away.

Mo Er smiled helplessly, Chang Gui went very early, but he also ran to Qingchun Garden, but when he learned that he was in Xixianna, when he rushed over, he was delayed for a while, but the most time-consuming thing was Make a mess of it.

Xi Xian insisted on coming with him, but Mo Er talked badly, persuaded him for a long time, and finally dispelled his idea, at the moment, he was playing chess with Linglong.

"Qingchun Garden is too far away, so it takes some time to go back and forth." Mo Er explained.

Mo Yi was obviously dissatisfied, and sneered: "Put the matter of Xixian aside, you can run faster than anyone else, so you don't waste your time, but when it comes to Ouyue's matter, you think the road is far away, so you will waste your time!"

Mo Er respectfully knelt down and pleaded guilty.

And Ma Yan added fuel to the flames: "King Ouyue, calm down!! It's not the second prince's wish to waste time. If you think he is slow, you might as well move him closer."

Mo Er almost didn't put "You can shut up!" on his face, it's really not a big deal to watch the excitement.

However, Mo Yi was just making use of the topic, and quickly returned to the main topic: "Second brother, do you know Daliang's peace negotiation conditions?"

"Know"

Mo Yi: "Then what is your opinion?"

Mo Er couldn't figure out how much Ma Yan had talked to Mo Yi this time, so he pondered for a moment: "I personally agree to the terms I negotiated."

"Oh! Since you agree, then you don't object to going to Beijing as a hostage!"

Mo Er was stunned, and looked at Ma Yan in a blink of an eye. Ma Yan looked helpless, and this time he really shot himself in the foot, and the gain outweighed the loss.

"I am willing." Mo Er gritted his teeth.

But Mo Yi snorted softly: "That won't work, even if you want to go, the second child, Gu will not let you go."

"What does King Ouyue mean?" Mo Er asked to remove the condition of entering the capital as a hostage. Ma Yan had told his father, but his father flatly refused. Speaking of which, he didn't have to confront his father over this. Whether Ou Yue sent him to Shangjing was a hostage, and whoever he sent had nothing to do with him.

"I have no heirs, but I have quite a few nephews, so just choose one and go."

Seeing Mo Yan's silence, Mo Yi asked, "Is there a question for the special envoy?"

Every movement of Mo's hands and feet, he could see the demeanor of an emperor, especially when he lowered his voice, which was even more majestic. On the contrary, Ma Yan was a little out of breath.

"It's up to you who King Ouyue sends to the capital as a hostage, so ask me what an outsider would do." Ma Yan still chuckled lightly.

Mo Yi: "Since that's the case, then the matter is settled like this."

"Well, that's right, I hope the two countries will have a good relationship from now on, and there will be no war in five years." Ma Yan cupped his hands and raised his glass to celebrate.