The beauty is endless

Chapter 11
Murong Qi lay on the window sill, watched the sun rise little by little, thought twice, finally jumped off the couch, straightened the wrinkles on his clothes, and walked outside.

Yesterday, Ben and Ji Che made an appointment to discuss Nether Lotus, and she didn't want to be blocked by his sarcastic remarks. She felt a little unhappy, so she didn't go to the appointment in the afternoon.Now after a night, I gradually calmed down, and when I looked back, I felt a little embarrassed.

It's not that she doesn't know his temperament, it's been like this since she was a child, she doesn't recognize her relatives when she is principled, even if she begs him a hundred times, she still isn't interested in things that don't interest her, so it's really unnecessary to get angry with him over this matter.Maybe she was complaining about herself there, but he didn't take it to heart at all. No matter how he thought about it, he was at a disadvantage.

She pondered over it, thinking for a while that the two of them hadn't talked about the serious things they should talk about, and for a while thinking that he said yesterday that he invited her to eat fresh Dianjiang puffer fish, and now she didn't know how the puffer fish was doing... Between the above Regardless, it is still necessary to find him.

Unexpectedly, she turned a corner and bumped her head against a person before leaving the house. She rubbed her nose, and she saw a piece of black skirt out of the corner of her eye, and she froze for a moment.Raising his head, Ji Che was looking down at her with his usual indifference. For some reason, he was relieved, and suddenly smiled with his eyes closed.

"Ache, I was going to find you, let's have breakfast together."

Ji Che stared at her silently for a moment with a bit of inquiry in his eyes, and then gave a soft "um".

The two walked out side by side, Murong Qi asked as he walked, "Ah Che, is there any more puffer fish from yesterday?"

"Have."

"Such a rare ingredient, you should be able to make it yourself? It's been a long time since I tasted your handicraft."

"Ah."

"That..." She glanced at him secretly, "I went to bed early last night, so I didn't come over. Did you wait for a long time? I'm really sorry."

"No." He answered quickly, and then explained, "I didn't wait for you."

"Okay, okay..." She scratched her long hair, thinking about how to speak, "That incident yesterday..."

"Wei Nange can't do it."

He interrupted her suddenly, which made her stunned for a while.

"What doesn't work?"

"Wei Nange can't." He repeated, "He's not suitable for you. You can like anyone, but he can't. You'd better give up as soon as possible."

Murong Qi finally understood, but he didn't understand: "What do you mean he is not suitable for me?"

Ji Che thought for a while and said, "Wei Nange has another love in his heart."

"I know." Murong Qi nodded, still not understanding, "But what does it have to do with whether I like him or not?"

He frowned: "You don't care?"

It turned out that it was because of this, Murong Qi couldn't help laughing, and said: "It's a lie to say that you don't care, but they can't be together anymore, he will always like other women, and he will always have a wife, why can't that person Is it me?" She patted him on the shoulder as she spoke, "I have confidence in myself, Ah Che, you should also have confidence in me."

Looking at her confident smile, he seemed to be in a bad mood, and he frowned, and said coldly, "No, I don't agree."

His tone was very blunt, Murong Qi's hand froze immediately, he stared at him for a moment, until he confirmed that he had heard correctly, then silently took back the hand that was on his shoulder.

She lowered her head and bit her lip lightly, obviously a little unhappy.

"If you don't agree, you don't agree. I don't need your approval for someone I like. Just pretend that I didn't tell you those things..."

Her voice was soft and aggrieved, not as lively as before. To Ji Che's ears, it was more troublesome than her having a big fight with him. He didn't understand, it was obviously for her sake. Things, no matter how you talk about it, will become the current situation.

He reflected for a while, and continued to explain patiently: "I really don't care who you associate with. But Wei Nange is not a simple person. He secretly associates with the Crown Princess, and there is no clear relationship between him and the Crown Prince. , will be against you."

That's all I can say. The few words I heard last night are not enough to restore the truth of the whole matter. Before there is no conclusive evidence, he doesn't want to make any arbitrary guesses. This is his principle.

Unexpectedly, the word "Prince" touched Murong Qi's nerves, she immediately asked nervously: "What's the matter with the prince?"

Ji Che was inconvenient to explain, so he had to say vaguely: "In short, the relationship between Wei Nange and Xiao Jiu is not as simple as you think. He is not a good person, so stay away from him."

I know their relationship is not simple, but I can't explain it to you.Murong Qi murmured in her heart, but she had a lot of opinions on his sentence "he is not a good person". She will judge whether Wei Nange is good or not. Whether they are suitable or not needs to be verified by herself.In the eyes of others, he, Ji Che, is not a kind person. Don't they still get along well?So people can understand each other only through in-depth contact.She is not a child anymore, she has a sense of proportion.

But obviously in Ji Che's eyes, she is still that little girl who doesn't know anything. He always talks to her in the tone of what you should and shouldn't... Sure enough, Liu Guang is easy to throw people away. It will become divided, which is really something that can't be done at all.

So, on this bright spring morning, Miss Murong rarely felt a little melancholy, and sighed leisurely.

——She will remarry in the future, and he will marry a wife in the future. There will always be a day when they will drift away. It is better to keep a distance from now on, so as not to disagree with each other in the future and have disputes again. It is a disappointment The deep friendship of childhood...

Seeing her silent, Ji Che thought she had figured it out.She thought that she was not too young, she finally had a good impression of a man, but she had to keep thinking about it, she must be a little sad, as the instigator, she should comfort her, hesitated for a moment, and gently rubbed her cheeks Fa Ding said in a rare soft voice: "Let's go, go back to the house and steam the puffer fish, and I will treat you to dinner."

But Murong Qi didn't seem to hear it, and stood still.

"Seven seven?"

He lowered his head slightly to see her half-sagging face clearly, but she suddenly took a step back and said, "I, I suddenly realized that there are some important matters, I have to go first, and I can't accompany you for lunch." After finishing speaking, he added, "I'm not going to dinner either."

His brows that had just been loosened suddenly frowned again: "What are you making trouble about?"

"It's not awkward, don't get me wrong...it's really something." She raised her head and showed him a very sincere smile, then ran out of the door quickly without looking back, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Ji Che looked at her back, his dark eyes slowly narrowing.

She is avoiding him!

How dare she avoid him!
Why?For Wei Nange?

The sudden irritability in his heart made him, who was always calm, a little uncomfortable, so he ignored the fact that his emotional ups and downs in recent days were more than the usual year combined.

It wasn't until he saw the closed back door of the capital's mansion that Murong Qi realized that he had run aimlessly all the way to the door of Wei Nange's house.

It is naturally a lie to tell Ji Che that there is something important, and he did not make an appointment with Wei Nange today.In such a huge Liaoyang Jing, in her subconscious mind, this is the only place she can go.

She had never been to the capital, and Wei Nange had never invited her to be a guest, but she just stood under the wall for a while, and while there was no one around, with a flick of her robe, she jumped over the high wall lightly and landed on the On a rockery in the back garden.

She didn't think about what to do, she just came in for a visit on a whim, she came and walked quietly, she would never disturb him, she also wanted to maintain the image of a famous lady in front of him, such things as climbing over the wall, naturally Never reveal anything.

Courtyards, pavilions, flowers and plants... all the scenery is more quiet and elegant in the morning sunlight. His home, just like his people, has a feeling of ironing and comfort.

After sitting on the top of the rockery for a while, the feeling of suffocation accumulated by Ji Che just now subsided a lot, so he stood up, patted the hem of his clothes, and planned to return from the same way.

"Seven seven?"

The gentle voice was full of surprise, and Murong Qi, who was about to climb the wall, froze instantly.

She turned her head silently, looked at Wei Nange who had just come out of the cave directly below, then turned back silently, deliberated between jumping down to plead guilty and withdrawing as originally planned, and finally obediently let go , tap your toes lightly, and land in front of him with the most graceful posture possible.

Wei Nange's gaze followed the light white shadow across a shallow arc, and couldn't help but whispered: "Light as a frightened bird, graceful as a swimming dragon."

Murong Qi understood: "Is this a compliment to me?"

Wei Nange nodded and smiled: "Naturally."

Looking at the tall, handsome and gentle man in plain clothes in front of him, Murong Qi felt better, and bent the corner of his mouth and said: "Can Lord Shoufu exonerate me from the crime of trespassing?"

Wei Nange raised the small bamboo basket in his hand, and said with a smile: "Trespassing on a private house should have been sent to the government, but since it's your first offense, you'll be given a small punishment and punish you to drink tea with me. Hollyhock."

Murong Qi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "The tea is not satisfying, I'm in a bad mood and want to drink."

He took a step closer, bent down slightly, saw Yu Zu in her eyes that had not yet fully melted, and said softly, "What's wrong?"

"No...it's nothing." Under his lingering breath, Murong Qi was a little flustered. After gathering his composure, he turned to his concerned and inquiring eyes, and said seriously, "I was just joking about drinking, and I came to disturb you early in the morning. Why do you still have the nerve to drink your tea. I'm leaving now, if there is any news from Fengyou Palace, please let me know, and we should meet in Qinfang Garden."

Wei Nange stared at her for a moment, but didn't say goodbye, but said, "Qiqi, have you had breakfast yet?"

After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for her to answer, and then continued: "I haven't eaten yet, how about accompanying me?"

Murong Qi didn't expect that the place Wei Nange took her to have breakfast was neither the dining room of the Capital Mansion nor a restaurant, but an unremarkable small courtyard.

But when he stretched out his hand to push open the half-old wooden door, and greeted Murong Qi to step into the simple and clean courtyard together, she suddenly understood what kind of place it was.

Benches were placed on the green brick floor with the dew still, and there were twenty or thirty children sitting neatly. The youngest was no more than five or six years old, and the older one was eleven or twelve years old. Straightening his back, the sound of reading aloud echoed in the early morning mist.

Murong Qi recalled what Ji Che had said, that Wei Nange opened a voluntary school and used his status in the court to invite his colleagues to give lectures for free, so that children from poor families could also have the opportunity to be an official, thus gaining the respect of the people.

Today, she finally saw it.

The teacher who was teaching was a man in his thirties, and he was still wearing a court uniform that was too late to take off. When he saw Wei Nange from a distance, he paused, and was about to salute, but Wei Nange stretched out his hand and made a silent gesture, signaling him to continue. , and he led Murong Qi quietly through the yard and walked into a small room near the side door.

A burst of hot air came to her face accompanied by the fragrance of cooked rice, which immediately made her feel hungry.

There was a long table in the middle of the room, and the table was filled with large bowls. A stout middle-aged woman was holding an earthen pot in one hand and a spoon in the other, scooping hot porridge from the pot into the bowl.

"Aunt Luo." Wei Nange called softly, "Please serve me two bowls of porridge, and some side dishes."

Hearing Wei Nange's voice, the woman suddenly raised her head, her face full of surprise: "Master Wei!"

"Keep your voice down, Aunt Luo, I brought my friends here to sneak a meal." He tilted his head, the smile on his lips was relaxed and cheerful, with a bit of mischievousness, which made Murong Qi a little stunned.

Aunt Luo glanced at Murong Qi knowingly, grinned, quickly scooped up two bowls of porridge, found a few dishes of pickled vegetables, fermented bean curd and peanut buns on one side of the stove, put them all on the small table by the window, and said: "Where is Master Wei, this porridge is freshly cooked, eat it while it's hot."

Wei Nange signaled Murong Qi to sit down, with a playful smile in his eyes, but he said in a serious manner: "Although it is not a delicious food, there is enough porridge and rice here. You are welcome, my lord, please use it."

After drinking the hot and fragrant white porridge, the only haze left in Murong Qi's heart was swept away.She couldn't help raising her eyes, and looked at the man opposite through the dense mist.Today's him is very different from his gentle and elegant appearance in the past, and he is not the impeccable chief assistant in the court.But she knew that she liked to see him like this.

Livelier and more vivid is a person named Wei Nange.

Ji Che didn't know him well, so how could he say casually that he was not a good person?
Then she thought, everyone has many sides, if he is willing to show her a side that is different from usual, then at least it means that she is a little bit special to him than ordinary friends, right?
She grinned silently.

Wei Nange didn't notice her expression. He looked out of the window while drinking porridge. He was silent for a while amidst the sound of reading, and sighed softly, "Many years ago, my grandfather once asked me why I was an official in the court. ? Assisting the king? Helping the country? Or for power, for fame, for profit?"

Murong Qi asked cooperatively: "How did you answer?"

Wei Nange said: "At that time, I was young and very naive, so I replied that I would choose the most correct one. But he said that there is no right or wrong way to be an official, only the direction. Different pursuits will make me become different. people, there will be a different future."

"Then what did you choose in the end?"

"I said, I just want to be a good person and a good official."

Murong Qi couldn't help laughing: "There are so many roads, but you chose the most difficult one."

Wei Nange was startled, and couldn't help but look back at her. The girl's face was very rosy from the heat of the porridge, her eyes were bright and clear, and she looked back at him frankly.

"Qiqi is right, I'm too greedy." He smiled thoughtfully, "Fortunately, now that I know what I want most, it is inevitable to make a choice, even if No regrets, no confusion."

Murong Qi followed his gaze and saw the immature but radiant faces in the yard, these children might be one of the things he wanted.He gave them hope for the future, which was a very good thing, but the things he said made her feel bad.

She really wanted to ask him if Yin Zilan was also someone he couldn't let go of but had to let go?Is he now the same as before, would he give up Ruoshui Sanqian for her?

She wanted to say, Mr. Wei, you have done a good job, so when you are free occasionally, try to fight for something for yourself!

She bit her chopsticks in a daze for a while, then looked down at the bowl in her hand, and finally called out: "Aunt Luo, I want to add another bowl."

She couldn't ask, she burst into tears silently, the role of an understanding and gentle woman is really not suitable for her.

(End of this chapter)