Xu Lianlang pulled him to the bed and carefully tucked him in.
He was not a good drinker. After a while, he suddenly became more noisy and talked more, and his words had no central idea. Xu Lianlang was still trying to distinguish them, but he found that they were all nonsense, so he let it go.
He was originally lying on his back, but suddenly he turned over, wrapped his arms around Xu Lianlang's hand, and leaned his head against it. The silk quilt was opened, and the air warmed by his body temperature spilled out, and everything around him seemed to be steaming. His body temperature and breath.
Xu Lianlang thought he was feeling uncomfortable, so he bent his knees slightly, approached him and asked, "Do you want to vomit? Jieming?"
She freed up a hand and patted his back. When she heard him humming softly, it was probably because he was uncomfortable. He lay on the edge of the bed for a while and retracted his hand on Xu Lianlang's slender forearm.
As Zhang Cheng said, wine is a good thing, it can relieve a thousand worries, but it can also make people brave.
Lu Jieming half-opened his phoenix eyes that were completely confused, and stared at Xu Lianlang for a long time, then suddenly said: "Sister, I did something wrong again."
His words were very soft, and the smell of alcohol spewed out from his mouth was very strong. The wine jar collapsed on the ground casually, and candle tears flowed down the golden lotus holder lamp, and piled up into a thin layer of turbid white liquid on the tables, and then And slowly cooled in the air.
There was silence in the hall for a moment.
Xu Lianlang didn't know what he was apologizing for again. She smoothed away his sweat-dampened hair, and without the hair covering it, she could clearly see the tips of his frowning eyebrows, which formed a tight frown. Character.
Xu Lianlang couldn't help but want to smooth it for him, and threatened him, "If you keep frowning like this, you will get wrinkles when you get old, and you will be ugly."
I don't know if he heard it, but Xu Lianlang's cool hands gently pressed his temples, his almond-shaped eyes reflected the warm light of the candle, "Jie Ming, you can do whatever you want. I know that you have difficulties. .”
His apology fermented in the alcohol, and these words smoothed away all the ripples in Xu Lianlang's heart these days.
Maybe it will be like this from now on. The Seventh Highness, Lu Jieming, is His Seventh Highness, and the servant Xu Lianlang is the slave. They will no longer be as close as before, only master and servant are inferior, and it doesn't matter.
It really doesn't matter.
She is easy to coax, and just saying "Sorry" is enough.
"Woof! Woo! Ouch!"
Xiao Luzi's voice came from afar. Lu Jieming took a breath and opened his eyes wide, as if he suddenly woke up from drunkenness. But Xu Lianlang could tell by looking at his dizzy figure that he was still very drunk. .
She held his shoulders and said, "Be careful, did you hear the sound of Xiaoluzi? It has been barking for so long, probably because it wants to see you. Have a good sleep and hug it tomorrow. It is too clingy."< br>
Lu Jieming looked at her with his eyes open, his Adam's apple sliding up and down, "The master brought Xiaoluzi here. From now on, when I am not around, Xiaoluzi can accompany my sister. Xiaoluzi, Xiaoluzi, this is a good name, sister." Just call the dog and you will think of me.”
He seemed to be unable to hear Xu Lianlang's words at all. He was talking to himself about the words here and there.
However, Xu Lianlang felt that Lu Jieming was cute and nervous, and this night he felt like he was going to finish all the words he had swallowed before.
There are so many words that I couldn’t ask when I was sober, but now I feel no pressure to blurt them out.
Xu Lianlang looked at him. His face was still red, and his lips were also red. His eyes, which were originally unfocused, suddenly began to shine brightly. It was visible to the naked eye that his breathing began to become tense.
He stared at Xu Lianlang unblinkingly with his shining eyes. His crimson lips were raised, showing a very conceited look. This was the first time Xu Lianlang saw such an expression on his face. No, I don't know if it's because of drunkenness.
His face was red, his lips pursed and then opened, "What kind of person does my sister like?"
Xu Lianlang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something that he had no chance to ask about that day. His eyes unconsciously looked at his lips. The words in his mouth were just subconscious, "I don't have any specific thoughts."
Lu Jieming's current appearance was extremely innocent. The wet eyes of the white-paper-like young man seemed to have not yet brought all the filthiness of the adult world. She felt guilty in her heart, and she automatically turned away the person who shared the same bed that night. The strangeness on his lips was attributed to his dream.
Lu Jieming is still young.
Now she was beginning to feel lucky that she didn't ask.
The young man was still looking at her eagerly. Lu Jieming was really a bit obedient tonight. This environment was very relaxed. The young man's movements were sluggish, and the movement of turning his eyes was half a beat too slow. This made all Xu Lianlang's guard disappear, and she said jokingly Said: "You should be as handsome as my Highness."
His fingers even hooked Lu Jieming's chin, which was smooth and had no stubble yet, "But he must be seven or eight years older than His Highness. They all say that old men will love others."
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She said to herself, "I'm too young for that. I'm still raising a son when I'm married."
Lu Jieming raised his chin, not allowing her to touch it again. No matter how many times he asked, the answer was always the same.
He was young, and if he were older, he would be able to enter her husband's career.
Lu Jieming's eyes lit up and then dimmed, as if it only happened in an instant. His heart was squeezed so tightly that he already felt suffocated. He had to open his mouth slightly to squeeze out a few words from his throat. , "My sister is biased against younger people, not everyone is..."
Xu Lianlang interrupted him and looked over with a smile. She said casually, "I don't know anything else, but my family really seems to be raising a son."
This time Lu Jieming was completely speechless.
Age is a gap, or a gap that cannot be crossed.
Xu Lianlang helped him put down the bed curtains. The huge main hall always had air-conditioning leaking in from the outside. After putting down the bed curtains, it felt much better. The weather is getting cooler, and I wonder if the red plum blossoms outside will bloom earlier this year.
Xu Lianlang saw that Lu Jieming was not sleepy, so he continued, "If I treat you as my husband, I just feel that it is against family ethics. I have always treated you as my biological brother, so I only reacted when Concubine Rong said that." Angry. □□Ah, Jieming, it’s terrible.”
She pinched a strand from his hair and braided it with her fingers nimbly, "Do you remember? One year you were angry with me and wanted to compare with Xu Lianpo. You were stubborn and only focused on the blood relationship. But in this world, it is not only blood that can create family ties. You and Xu Lianpo are no different in my heart. I have taken care of you for a long time, and we have already developed feelings and family ties. "
"Do you think it was because you were injured that I decided to go back to the palace with you?" The corners of her mouth curved slightly, "When you came to Mulan Paddock, I went to accompany Rong Zhao. Life was no different, but the children around me changed. I became Rong Zhao, Rong Zhao is very cute and coquettish, but I just couldn’t help but miss you. Only then did I realize that feelings are different after all, and you are also a biological brother.”
Lu Jie understood that his jade-like face flashed with astonishment. He suddenly couldn't understand the meaning of Xu Lianlang's series of words. Xu Lianlang's voice was soft and he wanted to continue talking.
The intention was to comfort him, but it made his heart hurt even more.
My senses were all blocked, and there was even the sound of wind blowing in my ears, and how many leaves had fallen.
"Sister, what if I said I like you."
He blurted out in a low voice unconsciously. The wine numbed the nerves, and his hands dropped down along the bed, without any strength to curl up.
He knows that all extravagant hopes and imaginary exits have become dead ends.
He mustered up the courage to confess, but Xu Lianlang dismissed it as the drunken nonsense of a child. She was not even surprised, but smiled brightly, "I know, of course you like me."
"It's not like a brother versus a sister..." He really felt that the wine had been completely digested by his stomach. In addition to his body becoming heavier and heavier, every nerve in his brain was clamoring.
Xu Lianlang looked at his childish features and sneered, without any derogation, simply thinking he was childish, "If it's a relationship between a man and a woman, doesn't it mean that when he gets older, he starts to pay attention to the girls around him? It just so happens that your sister and I are "Beautiful."
Her tone was lively, and she treated it as a child's joke. Her nonchalant attitude made Lu Jieming more aware of it.
"Jie Ming, this is not true love. If you look outside, you will find that your feelings for me are really just family affection. You are just young and think that this inexplicable feeling is love, a man to a woman. ”
She spoke earnestly, and when she saw Lu Jieming finally nodded, she finally let go of her tightly held breath.
She was far less calm than she appeared, but what she said was exactly what she thought.
She was not completely surprised that Lu Jieming liked her, but as she said, this love would definitely not be the love between a man and a woman.
He was just a young man who had just begun to fall in love. He mistook family affection for love, and mistook dependence for possession.
Fortunately, Lu Jieming wasn't too fussy about this matter. He didn't mention it again. He yawned lazily, pulled up the quilt by himself, and turned his back to Xu Lianlang, as if he was finally sleepy.
Si'er knocked on the door and brought the sobering soup cooked by the cook.
The sobering soup was still very hot. Xu Lianlang brought it in. Seeing that he was half-covered with a quilt, he thought it would not be appropriate to stay any longer, so he thought of staying for Si'er instead. When the time comes, ask His Highness to get up and drink. If he is sleepy, he must drink, otherwise he will have a headache when he gets up in the morning.”
Si'er remembered it all and said: "Then I'll wake up Your Highness in half an hour. Miss Xu, thank you for your hard work. Please go back to sleep quickly."
Xu Lianlang waved his hand with a smile and pushed open the heavy red door. The red door creaked and the moonlight filtered in through the cracks in the door.
Lu Jieming, who was on the bed, suddenly sat up. The bed curtain was lifted up by him. The boy's soles were in direct contact with the cold ground. He did not get close to Xu Lianlang. He grabbed the tassel on the edge of the bed curtain with the back of his hand. He didn't know how hard he used it. With so much strength, he tore off a lot of the tassels.
"Sister, I will leave for the northwest tomorrow. Although the drought in the northwest has been alleviated, many refugees have nowhere to stay. I don't know how long it will take to get there. Don't miss me, sister."
Xu Lianlang always felt that something was different about Lu Jieming at this moment. The boy's growth happened every moment, and his height, bones, voice... everything was changing.
But it was different at this moment. The silver light under the moon shrouded his whole body. His brows were firm, his eyes wandered, and his whole body was filled with strong emotions, but his emotions suddenly became very light.
It's like growing up all the time, but growing up only happens in a moment.
A long, long time later, Xu Lianlang recalled this moment again, and suddenly realized that growing up was cruel to separate from his past self. Lu Jieming disliked himself, and his separation was due to this relationship.
The next day, when Xu Lianlang woke up, he heard that Lu Jieming had left Kyoto.
He left overnight without disturbing anyone. Xu Lianlang later went to clean the bed and saw the empty bowl and the jade bracelet under the pillow.
Si'er was left behind by him, following Xu Lianlang like a little tail. He said that His Highness waited until the bowl of hangover soup had cooled down and drank it all before leaving yesterday.
He listened to Miss Xu's words and drank every drop of the bowl of hangover soup, but he never fell asleep again.
Xu Lianlang took the jade bracelet. It was very thin. The jade quality was cool but the tentacles were a little warm. Xu Lianlang was very familiar with this jade bracelet.
It's her original one.
It has been so long that Xu Lianlang can hardly remember that he still has such a jade bracelet, or even the reason why he gave it to the steward in the first place.
But it doesn't matter, someone will remember it for her.
Si'er didn't know the reason, but said truthfully: "Your Highness asked me to hand it over to the girl, saying that the property would be returned to its original owner.
(End of chapter)
The author said: Come on, come on, what does Miss Xu want?
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Xu Lianlang: Please, please let me live a few more chapters!