[Naruto] Stunning

The fact that the eldest son of the Fire Nation's daimyo is going to get married has spread to other countries in just a few days.The speculation about the future mother of the largest country has also topped the headlines of tabloid newspapers. The degree of attention is comparable to Princess Rika's "Willing to exchange a castle for a Hatake Kakashi" last summer.

I don't know where I heard the wind, but most of the guesses are the Princess Tsurumi of the Country of Flowers.Although they all come from famous families in the same country, Tsurumi is definitely far behind Xiude and Rika in terms of family status.However, the princess of the land of flowers is famous all over the world for her talent and virtue, so she is the wife candidate that Hidetoku will prefer.

If Xiude really wants to marry Tsurumi, I'm afraid that Lixiang will quarrel in the Daming Mansion and have no peace.

In fact, the Daming Mansion at this time was indeed in a commotion.

Soo Touk brings his future wife back to meet his family, thankfully not Tsurumi.Arashiko is the only daughter of Masao Goto, one of the retainers of the Daimyofu.

Speaking of Goto Masao, he is a retainer of the Daming House with a very delicate status.This man is knowledgeable, decent, has his own political opinions, and never deliberately pleases the daimyo. He often condemns Nikaido and his like as moths of the country, and advocates that the monarch should be diligent in governing and loving the people, and stay away from sycophants.Probably he can be regarded as a loyal and virtuous minister, but it is a pity that he is definitely not a famous and favored minister.The daimyo was lukewarm to him, and of course he never got close to him, as if he was a dispensable person.However, the strange thing is that in the past 20 years, the retainers of the Daming Mansion have been replaced many times. He has always been there and has not been replaced, but he has still not been reused.

Arashiko Goto is much more famous than her father. As the number one talented woman in the Land of Fire, she even surpassed Princess Tsurumi of the Land of Flowers in the talent competition of noble ladies from various countries.By the way, Rika never participated in any talent contests, so she got the reputation that "the princess of the fire country has nothing but appearance".When the rumors spread to the Daming Mansion, Xiude reprimanded her for not being good at learning. Lixiang snorted disapprovingly, "What kind of talent do I have? It's none of their business? It's so boring." Xiude didn't Seeing her.

Cough, that's a long way off.In short, Goto Arashiko is as talented and virtuous as her father.Thinking about it, the person Xiude would choose to be his wife, how could he be an ordinary noble daughter.As Hidetoku said before, he would never marry a woman like his mother Shijimi and younger sister Rika.

The daimyo is not close to Goto Masao, of course Lanzi has no chance to go in and out of the daimyo mansion.Although Lixiang had never seen her before, she had heard a lot about her deeds. After all, the title of the number one talented woman in the country of fire was only second to the number one beauty in the country of fire.

As Xiude's fiancée, Lanzi visited Daming Mansion for the first time. After meeting the Daming couple, she met Lixiang in the back garden.Xiude was still discussing something with his parents in the hall.

"Good day, Mr. Lixiang." Lanzi hadn't officially married into the Daming Mansion yet, so she still had to salute when she saw Lixiang.

It was winter, and a plum tree bloomed in the garden. Li Xiang sat on the stone bench in the gazebo, nodding while looking at her, and didn't ask her to sit down beside her, but stood up by herself.

Lanzi is several years older than Lixiang, about half a head taller than Lixiang, but at the moment she is standing in front of the pavilion, and Lixiang is standing in the pavilion three steps above the ground, so Lixiang is looking down at her and talking: "My brother Said to marry you."

"Thanks to Lord Xiude's love." Lanzi replied neither humble nor overbearing.

Lixiang asked a question, and she answered a question, neither repeating unnecessary words, nor hiding anything.

Both being the number one talented woman, Lanzi and Tsurumi have completely different feelings for Rika.Tsurumi has always been proud of himself, but when facing Rika, he has to show a humble and ingratiating attitude.And Lanzi neither has a sense of innocence, nor deliberately pretends to be close to Lixiang, and there is not even a trace of intention to please Lixiang from her.She stood upright under the steps, answering Lixiang's questions without haste, with a gentle and flat expression, and just the right respect in her tone.

Goto Arashiko is a person who is knowledgeable in books and etiquette, understands the overall situation and has a sense of proportion, and most importantly - very sincere.She will not flatter others to please others, even if the other party is a daimyo family, but her respect is more sincere than many people.This may be inherited from her upright character father.

I heard that there will be some kind of wonderful telepathy between the family.

Lixiang suddenly felt that this woman and Xiude might really be a good match.

"Do you like my brother?" Li Xiang asked directly.

Lanzi's tone was still calm: "I respect and love Lord Xiude very much."

This answer made Lixiang stunned, she stared at her with wide eyes in a daze, and after a while she wondered: "... respect?"

Lanzi made a slight bow to her to express her affirmation.

Lixiang doesn't understand what kind of emotion "respect and love" is.

***

After Lanzi left, the four members of Daming's family had a short conversation.Neither Daimyo nor Shijimi had any objections. Shijimi said, "He's not an interesting person, and he's far from my lovely Rika. Well, forget it, he's indeed the type that Hidetoku would like."

Xiude didn't want to marry a "cute" wife like his younger sister Lixiang.

The daimyo even yawned and said with a bored face: "Marry the daughter of the Goto family... From now on, when Masao Goto comes to the daimyo mansion, Hidetoku will be able to meet him."

Only Lixiang still hasn't recovered from Lanzi's words.Hidetoku's handsome face does not show a hint of joy because the marriage is approaching, and Lixiang feels that his expression is almost exactly the same as that of Lanzi when talking about the upcoming marriage.

Maybe this is the so-called husband and wife picture-it always feels like something is wrong.

"Are you happy about the marriage?" Rika asked, staring straight at him with her big eyes.

Xiude thought for a while, and answered truthfully: "I can't say whether I'm happy or not, but I feel like I'm about to breathe a sigh of relief."

There was a feeling that a duty had finally been fulfilled—Soo-touk wanted to convey this to his sister.

"Does brother like Lanzi?"

"I respect her very much." Even the answer to this question is exactly the same as that of Lanzi.

"But..." There was an indescribable look on Li Xiang's face, it seemed a little tangled, a little sad, and more of a bewilderment.Xiude has never seen her younger sister show such a strange look, and she is completely out of tune with her. She can't help but guess what Lanzi said to Li Xiang just now, and the next second she heard Li Xiang's voice full of confusion: "If brother meets you in the future I like the girl I like very much, so what should I do?"

Xiu De couldn't answer.

But that's highly unlikely, he thought.

For Xiude, there are too many things more important than the girl he likes, more important than his own marriage.

This evening, the moon and the stars are scarce, and Li Xiang is wearing a thick feather and sitting on the wooden corridor in her courtyard watching the night sky. The more she thinks about it, the more she feels that her brother suddenly said that she is going to get married. Be mentally prepared to have a new family member join you.

"It's okay for my brother to mess around, but my parents and mother didn't stop me!" Li Xiang wrinkled her face, pursed her lips and complained displeasedly, her tone was a bit old-fashioned, which made people find it funny— —She is the most unqualified person in the world to say this.

"Daimyo-sama and Mrs. Shijimi indulge your waywardness on weekdays, so why don't you indulge Hidetoku-sama's waywardness once in a while."

Ryoko's voice with a slight smile sounded behind her, Rika was startled, and looked back at her in surprise.The night wind blew across the cheeks, and the plum petals were blown by the wind like snowflakes and fell on the black feather weaving, and Lixiang didn't notice it.

Liangzi felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, his expression changed, and he immediately bowed to Li Xiang, with his forehead lowered on the back of his folded hands, and said: "I overstepped the distance, please punish Li Xiang."

After waiting for quite a while, she didn't hear Lixiang's reaction. Liangzi felt a little apprehensive, but didn't dare to look up.How could she, a little maid, say such rude words?Ryoko was very annoyed.

The winter night is chilly, and the surroundings are so quiet that even the night insects don't come out to chirp.

"I know that you are different from them. Many things are not said for me to hear."

Li Xiang's clear and bright voice was like beads falling on a jade plate in this quiet night, for a moment, Ryoko wondered if she heard it wrong.

This sentence is very inexplicable, it is simply out of context, and the thinking jump is bigger than the sky that can be seen above the head. Where did "they" come from?Who is it referring to? What are the words "many words"?All of these appeared abruptly, without foreshadowing or foreshadowing, just like a stone flying from nowhere suddenly fell into the calm lake like a mirror with a plop.

But Liangzi actually understood it, and wondered if it was because of the tacit understanding cultivated in the past ten years of growing up together.She couldn't help looking up at Li Xiang, her expression was more surprised than Li Xiang just now.

The corners of Lixiang's mouth were curved upwards, and there was a pure smile in her big eyes, so bright that even the stars paled.

Liangzi suddenly felt her nose sore, and her voice was a little choked up: "Master Lixiang...has changed a lot..." She shook her head violently, and involuntarily curled the corners of her mouth: "I can't say you have changed...Master Lixiang... "She frowned, looking like she was thinking hard, but she still couldn't think of a suitable word to describe it.

Rika tilted her head and looked at her in bewilderment.

After all, Ryoko was unable to express what she meant.

A patrolling guard passed by and saluted Lixiang.The guard did not carry a lantern, and the light of the wall candles on the corridor was flickering, so faint that the faces of the visitors could hardly be seen clearly.

The guard turned around to continue patrolling after saying hello, but Rika stood up suddenly at that moment, and raised her voice to the back who was about to leave: "Kakashi!"

The beads fell into the jade plate and rang three times.

A certain silver-haired ninja who had been following the guard but had been silent all this time paused, sighed and turned around, his dead fish eyes blending into the vast night: "Princess, how do you know it's me in such a dim light? "

Li Xiang instantly put the previous matter behind her, a big smile seemed to fly from her face, and said without hesitation: "I just know."

"No matter how crowded the crowd is or how dark the night is, there is always someone you can recognize at a glance.

What do you say this is?I say this is where the heart belongs. "

——Excerpt from the first volume of the second part of "The Story of Rikako and Cassie".

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