Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 75 Ask him for help
The clean room in the imperial garden is surrounded by quiet trees, and in summer it is almost shaded by greenery. At this time, the trees are slack in winter, but the pines and cypresses are still proudly green. Chu Sui was hiding behind a cypress tree before, and Lu Mingyu didn’t see it all the way here. he.

Facing Chu Sui's smiling phoenix eyes, if Lu Mingyu still can't guess that Chu Sui is hiding here specially to wait for her, then he will have lived two lifetimes in vain.

Subconsciously, Lu Mingyu quickly glanced around.

"There's no one here, I've seen it all." Chu Sui thought he was considerate and authentic, and when he spoke, he winked at his cousin Chu Ying.

Chu Ying was entrusted by her cousin to help trick Sister Ah Nuan over here. Although her cousin said that he just wanted to apologize to Sister Ah Nuan for what she did wrong before, Chu Ying still felt a little inappropriate, so she felt uneasy and her palms were sweaty. On the way, he didn't dare to look at Lu Mingyu, nor did he talk to Lu Mingyu as usual.Seeing her cousin signaling that she could go now, Chu Ying breathed a sigh of relief, she gently broke away from Lu Mingyu's hand, lowered her head and said, "Sister Ah Nuan, I'll wash my hands first..."

Before Lu Mingyu could reply, Chu Ying blushed and ran to the clean room not far away. She didn't bring a maid, only longan followed Lu Mingyu.

Chu Sui looked at Longan and said lightly, "Go and take care of the second girl."

Longan was so angry that she wanted to laugh, she stared at Chu Sui in disbelief, "Second Master Chu, do you think I'm the maid of your Duke's mansion?" She is a maid, but she only listens to the Lu family's masters. The plan tricked the girl into coming here, and Gui Yuan knew that her girl didn't want to see Chu Sui, so how could she obediently be driven by him?

Lu Mingyu turned around directly, "Let's go."

She accompanied Chu Ying out of good intentions, but she didn't expect that Chu Ying had ulterior motives and her good intentions were let down. Lu Mingyu wouldn't hate Chu Ying, a real ten-year-old half-old, but she would not stay here any longer to be with her. Chu Sui circled around.

"A Nuan, I don't mean anything else, I just have two things I want to ask you clearly." Chu Sui quickly walked around in front of Lu Mingyu, lowered his head, looked at Lu Mingyu seriously, his sincere tone sounded like Gentle, "Ah Nuan, I only ask these two things. If you ask clearly, I will never come to hinder your eyes again."

Lu Mingyu didn't want to say a word to him, she pursed her lips sullenly, and was about to go around him.

"Ah Nuan, I still keep the purse you gave me." Chu Sui didn't move, but reached out to stop Lu Mingyu in front of him. He let go of his clenched fist, and immediately fell down a bamboo green background embroidered with lychees, longan, and walnuts. The purse and the thread were pinched between the man's slender, white fingers who were good at painting, and they swayed slightly with the man's previous movements.

Lu Mingyu froze, staring blankly at the purse.

Every stitch and thread on it was embroidered by her own hands.

At the age of seven, she secretly embroidered this purse with the big girl's female red stitch, carrying her maid on her back. Every stitch was sewed with her heart for Chu Sui, and every thread knew that she was hiding it. The shy longing in my heart, longing for myself to grow up soon and marry him again wearing a red wedding gown.

But Chu Sui is not worthy of this purse.

Lu Mingyu made a sudden move, trying to snatch the purse back.

Chu Sui had been guarding against her for a long time. He clearly watched the little girl's eyes turn from surprise and sadness to indifference and anger.But the position of his arm did not move, Lu Mingyu's small hand missed the purse, and slapped it firmly on his hand.

Cool and delicate, after Yue Yang's brief dewy marriage, this is the second time Chu Sui is touched by a cardamom girl.

She is still a good girl with a peony appearance and noble status, a girl who is really worthy of being his wife.

There was a slight ripple in Chu Sui's heart. Seeing Lu Mingyu's gaze became more and more gentle, seeing Lu Mingyu retracting his hand in anger, staring at his fist as if hesitating whether to stay for this purse, Chu Sui lowered his head again, his handsome face almost Face level with Lu Mingyu, coaxing the child softly: "A Nuan, I promise, as long as you answer my question, I will return the purse to you immediately."

Lu Mingyu's face was sullen, her eyes only fixed on his fist.

She embroidered the purse by herself. After so many years, she thought Chu Sui had lost it long ago, so she didn't think about it after returning to Beijing. She didn't expect Chu Sui to keep it.Does this mean that Chu Sui has her in mind?Lu Mingyu doesn't believe it, it's like her cousin Xiao Huan giving her an ordinary gift, she doesn't like it, so people put it away, and the maids must know where to put it, if she wants to see it someday, the maids will look it up and take it out up.

"Ah Nuan, you left today, I will find a way to see you next time, don't you want to be wary of me every time you go out?" Chu Sui followed carefully.

Lu Mingyu bit her lip.

"Why are you such a rascal?" Longan couldn't take it anymore, and threatened Chu Sui in a low voice, "Hurry up and hand over our girl's purse, or I will tell my wife!"

Chu Sui pretended not to hear such a naive threat, and stared at Lu Mingyu persistently with phoenix eyes. As he got closer, he felt that Lu Mingyu's facial features were exquisite, her fair face seemed to be made of water, and even a faint fragrance of facial fat wafted into her face. nose.Chu Sui took a light breath, um, it was rose fragrance.

It is white and fragrant, and I want to take a bite for no reason.

The man's Adam's apple was rolling, and Lu Mingyu was hesitating whether to answer Chu Sui's two questions just now, when she heard the voice and saw the familiar ambiguity in Chu Sui's eyes, she suddenly realized that the two of them were too close.Tomorrow she will be thirteen, and her appearance will only become more beautiful day by day, now Chu Sui has that kind of thought, if she continues to entangle her in the future, he will definitely be even more unwilling to let go.

"Longan, go over there and watch, if someone comes over, remind me immediately."

Having made up her mind, Lu Mingyu walked towards the cypress tree next to her with a cold face, Chu Sui smiled and followed consciously.

"You stand there." Lu Mingyu pointed at the back of the cypress tree and said, she was standing outside the tree three steps away, as long as one of them hid was enough.

The little girl was too guarded, Chu Sui was helpless and funny, he was more curious about Lu Mingyu than amazed, even if he liked her so much, he couldn't do anything beyond etiquette to her, unless he was sure that Lu Mingyu liked him as well , Chu Suicai might simply shake her little hand, steal a sweet once in a while, and would never do anything more.

"Aren't you going to ask me a question?" The man just looked at her without speaking, Lu Mingyu turned her head and asked coldly on the road.

This was in the palace, for the sake of Lu Mingyu's reputation, Chu Sui didn't dare to delay too long, after all he just wanted to clear up the confusion, and he didn't intend to harm Lu Mingyu.After coughing, Chu Sui stretched out the purse again, "The first question, when you saw me that year, you didn't even call me uncle, why did you think of giving me the purse?"

Lu Mingyu glanced at the purse, recalling the situation that day, while fabricating reasons in her mind, she said in a low voice: "I embroidered it for my father, I hope he will win three yuan in a row in the future, but that day I secretly went to the male guest's place to play, and you I found out that I was afraid that you would complain in front of my mother, so I had to give you the purse, and I hope you will keep it a secret for me for the sake of the gift."

Chu Sui was slightly stunned, staring suspiciously at Lu Mingyu's eyes, "I didn't expect you to remember things so clearly when you were seven years old, and you know how to give gifts and bribe people when you are only seven years old." Girl, how could you think of such a sophisticated solution in such a short time?Since it was given to Mr. Lu, why didn't Lu Mingyu keep it at home, but wear it on his body instead?

Lu Mingyu looked away and reminded him coldly, "The second one."

Chu Sui put down his hands, thought for a while, bent down, looked at Lu Mingyu quietly with phoenix eyes, and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "In Yueyang, I went to the lake with my righteous sister. Going to take a boat, Ah Nuan saw this scene, why did she scold me so angrily, saying that she never wants to see me again?"

step sister...

Hearing Chu Sui lie to her face to face, Lu Mingyu couldn't hold back her sarcasm even though she forgot about it.Raising her eyes to meet Chu Yiwai's gaze, Lu Mingyu made no secret of her contempt, "Chu Sui, you know exactly what kind of relationship you have with that girl. Even though I was nine years old at that time, I already knew etiquette, righteousness and shame. Witnessing it with my own eyes... Naturally, I have to distance myself from a pious young man like you."

Chu Sui's face darkened, unexpectedly Lu Mingyu guessed his affair with Dong Yue'er.

He wanted to defend himself, but Lu Mingyu took a step forward and reached out to him, "Second Young Master, I've told you everything you want to know, please return the purse to me."

"You said it, but what you said was all lies." Chu Sui straightened up, and under Lu Mingyu's shocked and angry eyes, he put the purse back into his sleeve pocket unhurriedly.He even gave Lu Mingyu a bright smile after doing the same thing, "it's inconvenient to talk in the palace, I'm leaving first, and I'll talk to you next time. By the way, Xiangxiang can't hide things in his stomach, so I coaxed Yingying to help her." I, Yingying, are pure and weak, if Ah Nuan blames me, don't be angry with her?"

Lu Mingyu didn't have the heart to pursue Chu Ying's fault at this moment, she was so angry that Chu Xing blushed, and she gritted her teeth: "Give me back the purse!"

Chu Sui was still smiling, relying on Lu Mingyu to have nothing to do with him, he swaggered out from behind the cypress tree, and was about to leave along the way he came, and go there to meet the third prince and others, when he walked about ten steps unexpectedly, a road suddenly appeared in front of him. The figure in the gray robe, Chu Sui's face changed slightly, and he was about to hide before the other party found him, but there was an extremely wronged cry behind him, "Uncle Biao..."

Chu Sui couldn't believe his ears.

He wanted to turn around, but the little girl in the pink palace dress ran past him, flying like a pink butterfly towards the elder brother who was striding forward, with one hand still raised high, as if she was wiping away tears.Chu Sui was so shocked by the difference between Lu Mingyu's front and back that his whole body became stiff, until he remembered that a few years ago, Lu Mingyu ran away crying like this, and then sued his brother against his conscience, saying that he was bullying...

Chu Sui suddenly felt a terrible headache, and he didn't even want to chase after Lu Mingyu, intending to prevent her from complaining.

When Lu Mingyu heard footsteps, she was so frightened that she forgot to pretend to cry, and ran towards Chu Xing at a faster speed.

Husband and wife in the previous life, now one is running and the other is chasing, how decent is it to be seen?
The blue veins on Chu Xing's forehead twitched suddenly, and he shouted in a low voice: "Everyone stop!"

Lu Mingyu trusted him but was afraid of him, her heart skipped a beat when she heard the words, and she immediately stopped, looking at the man with a livid face opposite, she was inexplicably certain that Chu Xing would help her a moment ago, but now she suddenly lost her confidence.Chu Xing is a gentleman, but he is also Chu Sui's cousin, will he really support her?

Chu Sui was also afraid of his elder brother, but his fear was different from that of Lu Mingyu. After Chu Xing spoke, Chu Sui still ran forward a few steps, and finally stood beside Lu Mingyu, threatening, "If you dare to frame me again, or raise About the purse, I will tell you about the purse you gave me, and say that you have liked me a long time ago."

Lu Mingyu hated Chu Sui's deception, and looked down on him being promiscuous, but she thought she was familiar with Chu Sui, saying this was just a threat to her, and she would never really go outside to talk nonsense, so she kept her mouth shut , as soon as Chu Xing came to him, he immediately changed his face, and hid behind Chu Xing in tears to complain, "Uncle Biao, he robbed my purse..."

After all, I have to give it a try. If I try, I still have a chance to get my purse back. If I don’t try, I’m afraid I won’t get it back in this life.

In order to pretend to be more like a bullied junior, Lu Mingyu bit her lips, and with one move of her little hand, she gently grabbed a corner of Chu Xing's robe, and shook it beggingly, "Uncle Cousin, you are his brother, help me!" Can I come back? He bullied me and even asked sister Yingying to help him, and now Yingying is still hiding in the clean room..."

At this moment, Lu Mingyu was extremely thankful that she was short, and also very fortunate that she would be 13 years old tomorrow, one year younger, and she had enough confidence to "act like a baby".

Chu Xing's attention was all on the little hand that was pulling him, and when he heard that Chu Sui had actually involved his innocent and kind-hearted sister in order to get close to Lu Mingyu, the strange throbbing in Chu Xing's heart sank instantly.Raising his head, Chu Xing looked at his cousin, his eyes were cold, and his voice was even colder, "Shi Qian, is what the fourth girl said true?"

He just found out that his cousin was missing, so he came here to look for it out of worry.

Chu Sui didn't dare to meet his elder brother's gaze, and lowered his eyes, just in time to see Lu Mingyu's cute face...

Chu Sui was angry and liked it, this cunning fox, she thought that if she found her brother, he would have nothing to do?
From the corner of the eye, I saw my cousin walking over hesitantly. Chu Sui held his head high, looked back at his elder brother frankly, and said calmly: "Brother, I have some doubts. Only Ah Nuan can explain, so I planned to meet her here. It was my fault to use Yingying." After returning home, I am willing to be punished by my elder brother, but there is something else hidden about the purse, forgive me for keeping it for a while, when Ah Nuan tells me the truth, I will return it to her."

"Uncle Biao..." Lu Mingyu became anxious, and shook Chu Xing again.

Chu Sui bent down before his elder brother could speak, stared at Lu Mingyu and asked, "Ah Nuan, the conscience of heaven and earth, do you dare to look into my elder brother's eyes and say again that I stole this purse?"

Hearing this, Chu Xing turned around, looked down at the little girl on one side, and frowned slightly with her long eyebrows.Lu Mingyu looked over instinctively, and met Chu Xing Gujing's long and narrow phoenix eyes, like eagles and falcons, as if he could see through her heart with a single glance.With such eyes, Lu Mingyu's lips moved, but she could no longer lie.

I was still complaining before, but I couldn't justify myself in a blink of an eye.

It was like a slap on her face.

Lu Mingyu lowered her eyes, looked at the hem of the Chu brothers' clothes, and laughed at herself.Who is to blame? It's not her own fault. She was blind in her previous life, thinking that Chu Sui was devoted to her, and she couldn't suppress the miss of wrong payment after rebirth. She gave him a purse, and it was even more strange that she underestimated Chu Sui's mind, thinking that he would obediently return the purse to her because of his brother's prestige.

Since you don't want to return the purse, then admit it. Calm down and think about it, Lu Mingyu doesn't believe that Chu Sui dares to make a fuss about the purse. He kept the purse because he wanted something to restrain her.

Letting go, Lu Mingyu didn't want to say anything anymore, the two men from the Chu family walked around Chu Xing without looking at anyone.

The little girl looked calmly, but Chu Xing was still thinking about the faint wry smile at the corner of her mouth when she loosened his robe.

Is she disappointed?Trusting him to ask him for help, instead of immediately asking for the purse for her, he caused the cousin to ask such a question.The purse was not snatched by the third brother, it must have been given by Lu Mingyu before breaking through his cousin's affair, the little girl gave the purse to her sweetheart, it is not worthy of public praise, but she is as rigid as Chu Xing, and knows that it is normal.The girl was sincere when she gave her purse, her cousin had already hurt her once, yet again...

How embarrassing is the little girl to force Lu Mingyu to admit that she gave the purse in front of him?

"Take it out." Looking at his cousin's face, Chu Xing said coldly.

"Brother?" Lu Mingyu acquiesced. The elder brother actually wanted to "serve justice". Chu Sui was upset. He didn't want to raise his eyes, but saw the coldness in his elder brother's eyes. The general on horseback put a spear at the throat of the enemy general and ordered him to surrender.

It was the first time Chu Sui saw such an elder brother, he was not afraid, because he knew that his elder brother would not kill him, but Chu Sui felt cold all over.

He couldn't figure out why his elder brother favored Lu Mingyu so much.

Isn't it just a purse?Without the purse, he still has a way to ask what he wants to know.

Taking out the purse and stuffing it into Chu Xing's hands, Chu Sui looked indifferent and left without looking back.

Chu Xing didn't care about him, and didn't look at the embroidery case with his cousin Yu Wen's purse in his hand, and went straight to Lu Mingyu.

When Lu Mingyu heard the majestic "take it out", she stopped in shock.

Chu walked up to her and stretched out his hand.

His palms are broad and white, covered with a thin layer of calluses, and the bamboo-blue purse sits there firmly, like a bud sprouting from a snow-capped mountain, out of place and inexplicably matched.

When the purse came back, the gloomy face of Chu Sui when he left flashed in front of his eyes, and a pang of guilt suddenly surged in Lu Mingyu's chest, because for helping her, Chu Xing must have been blamed by Chu Sui.She picked up the purse carefully so as not to touch Chu Xing, and was about to put it away first before thanking him, but the man in front turned around and was about to leave.

Lu Mingyu panicked and called him subconsciously, "Uncle Biao..."

Chu Xing stamped his feet, tilted his head slightly, and waited silently for her to continue.

Lu Mingyu bowed her head to make amends, "I'm sorry Uncle Biao, I, I shouldn't have brought you in, you helped me, he, he's upset."

"Shi Qian bullied you first. As an elder brother, I should teach him a lesson. Don't worry about the fourth girl. He will naturally forget about it after he has figured it out." Chu Xing comforted him in a low voice.The little girls may turn against each other because of a trivial matter. After 20 years of brothers and sisters, Chu Xing believes in the heart of his cousin.

Lu Mingyu still lowered her head, her words were full of guilt, "No matter what, I will cause trouble to my uncle."

Her voice was sweet, and she looked more cute when she said such words, Chu Xing's face softened a lot, and he waved to his younger sister who stood nervously watching.When his younger sister walked over, Chu Xing turned around while helping his younger sister by the shoulders, and apologized to Lu Mingyu for her younger sister, "Yingying lied to Fourth Miss, and Fourth Miss really feels sorry for me, then let's cancel each other out, I don't mind you, you also forgive Yingying this time ?”

He spoke softly, looked sincerely, and there was no frost in his eyes. Lu Mingyu relaxed her shoulders and looked at Chu Ying.

Chu Ying has never done anything bad, and when she realized that she had caused trouble, her eyes were red, and she sincerely assured Lu Mingyu: "Sister Ah Nuan, I will never lie to you again, please don't be angry, okay?" With that, Dou Da's tears fell down.

Lu Mingyu hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and coaxed with a smile: "Yingying, don't cry, sister knows you didn't do it on purpose, so she won't be angry."

"Really?" Chu Ying asked in disbelief.

Lu Mingyu smiled softly. Under the bright sunshine, she was wearing a pink dress and her smile was like a flower.

Chu Xing silently turned his eyes away, gave a few words of advice, and turned to leave.

Lu Mingyu led Chu Ying back, feeling the weight of the purse in her sleeve, she slowly turned her head to look back.

The man was dressed in a plain gray robe and walked alone. Under the azure blue sky, his slender figure was more handsome and straight than the green pines and cypresses on both sides.

(End of this chapter)