There was a faint silence in the room. The incense burner beside the bed was burning with soothing incense, emitting a faint fragrance.

Lin Ruoxi raised her eyes to look at Li Qiao, who looked sincere. Her heart was like a withered petal, slowly sinking to the bottom of the lake.

This is the real fate between Situ Ruoxi and Li Qiao. Why should she be involved in it and unable to make a choice?

Li Qiao was lost in thought when he saw the beauty in front of him. He quickly walked a few steps and came to Lin Ruoxi. He stretched out his hand and handed the jade pendant to her eyes. He showed a bitter smile and said: "Ruoxi, I know your name now."

, I don’t know, are you still used to calling you this?”

Lin Ruoxi nodded: "Not bad!"

"Whether you remember this jade pendant or not, I hope you will accept it." Li Qiao's expression was so firm that Lin Ruoxi couldn't help but stretch out her hand and hold the jade pendant in her palm, but Li Qiao

Without any intention of giving up, he continued: "I returned it to you because I believe that one day, you will hand this jade pendant into my hands and tell me that you will marry me and become my wife."

My wife for life."

Lin Ruoxi trembled in her heart and raised her eyes to look at Li Qiao. She felt that if she didn't say anything, she would definitely break Li Qiao's heart. Even if the real Situ Ruoxi was still alive, she definitely didn't want to see him heartbroken.

"Your Highness King Qiao, I'd better leave this jade pendant to you." Lin Ruoxi put the white jade pendant into Li Qiao's hand and said seriously and solemnly: "Your Highness King Qiao, do you believe that there are people in this world?

Where are the people with the same appearance?”

Li Qiao's clear eyes were stained with doubtful mist, and he shook his head and said: "The book once mentioned that 'one flower, one world, one leaf, one bodhi' means that there cannot be complete things in this world, only through

Its appearance or one can imagine other things bit by bit."

"But Your Highness Prince Qiao, you are wrong. I want to tell you that the 'little junior brother' in your mind and I are not the same person at all. We are just women with the same appearance. You have recognized the wrong person."

Li Qiao's expression was very shocked. He looked at Lin Ruoxi blankly and said in disbelief: "Impossible, this is impossible!"

Lin Ruoxi's face was as calm as water: "Your Highness Prince Qiao, whether you believe it or not, I am Situ Ruoxi, not the 'junior brother' in your mind. Your mother and concubine must have met her, so you can

Ask her, after meeting me, will she regard me as

That woman? I think your mother-in-law will definitely see clearly that I am not her. You just haven’t seen her for a long time, so you got too deep. When you saw me, you thought I was her, and

She didn’t observe me carefully to see if there were any differences between her and me.”

After Lin Ruoxi said this, Li Qiao fell into deep thought. At first, he thought that she was just joking with him when she first met him, or because her current status was different and it was inconvenient to say hello to him, but now he heard that

After hearing her calm and serious words, he had to think that maybe the woman in front of him was really not his beloved 'little junior brother'.

"Miss……"

There was already Mo Xueyuan's soft call outside the door.

Li Qiao and Lin Ruoxi looked at each other, knowing that someone was coming outside. Li Qiao stuffed the white jade pendant into his arms. His clear and beautiful eyes looked at Lin Ruoxi tenderly and affectionately, but he did not give up.

Said: "Unless I find the true

It's true, Junior Brother Ruoxi, otherwise I won't give up thinking that you are her and bid farewell to Ruoxi." After saying this, he walked quickly to the wooden window and looked back at Lin Ruoxi deeply.

Jump out of the open wooden window and leave.

Mo Xueyuan opened the door first and saw Lin Ruoxi lying on the wooden window in the room, looking like she was resting. Then she turned around with peace of mind and whispered to Mrs. Situ: "Mrs. Hou, Miss, he is asleep.

Got it!"

Mrs. Situ leaned over and looked around the room, and then said with peace of mind: "I just heard something moving in this room, so I hurried over. Unexpectedly, nothing happened. It seems that I am really worried."

Already."

"Xue Yuan, you take good care of your young lady here. If anything happens, you must come and report it to me!"

Mo Xueyuan said respectfully: "Okay, Madam Hou!"

After Mo Xueyuan sent Mrs. Situ away, she returned to the house and saw Lin Ruoxi sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Master, are you still thinking about His Highness Prince Qiao?"

Lin Ruoxi smiled faintly: "That's just the fate between Miss Situ and him. I was just thinking that I not only took away Miss Situ's identity, but also obliterated the happiness she deserved. Am I a very selfish person?

"

Mo Xueyuan replied: "Master, how can you talk about yourself like this? Everything you did was done out of necessity. No one will blame you, let alone anyone say you are selfish. Master...

"Mo Xueyuan saw that Lin Ruoxi's face was slightly pale, and she was afraid that Lin Ruoxi would be like before again.

Likewise, because she had been working so hard all day long, her body was getting weaker and weaker. She advised: "Master, if you want to fight that Empress Wu and avenge the old lady and Aunt Liu, you must have a healthy body. Do you understand?

?Otherwise you will definitely not be able to survive that vicious Empress Wu."

Lin Ruoxi knew that Mo Xueyuan was caring about her. She nodded with a smile and lay on the bed again. Mo Xueyuan went over and covered her with the quilt. She closed her eyes gently, but her mind was still in a mess.

However, she did not open her eyes again and forced herself to sleep with her eyes closed. She did not know how long she would keep this posture. When she woke up, it was almost three o'clock in the morning.

After Lin Ruoxi woke up, she stretched out her slender fingers to support her forehead and asked, "Xueyuan, what time is it now? Why didn't you wake me up?"

"Master, this is what Concubine Situ Hui and Mrs. Situ meant. They saw that you were sleeping too soundly, and they guessed that you were like this because you were too tired, so they let you sleep like this and couldn't bear to wake you up.

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Lin Ruoxi chuckled lightly. In fact, she knew very well that there must be Mo Xueyuan's thoughts in this. She must be worried about his health, so she agreed to Concubine Situ Hui and Mrs. Situ's words and did not wake her up.

After she got up, Mo Xueyuan served her, washed up, and had some simple breakfast before arriving at the main hall of Lanxin Palace. At this moment, Concubine Situ Hui had already taken out the embroidered handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. Obviously

It was because he was reluctant to leave Mrs. Situ and Lin Ruoxi that he felt so sad.

As soon as Lin Ruoxi appeared at the door of the palace, King Li Maomao, dressed in rich clothes and with a smile as warm and friendly as the sun, stood up from his chair.

He smiled with neat teeth, looking very cute and warm: "Ruoxi, you're here!" There was a silent silence.

Lin Ruoxi smiled and responded: "Yes, cousin Mao Wang!"

Concubine Situ Hui saw that the two cousins ​​were so friendly and had the feeling of being childhood sweethearts. She couldn't help but smile to Mrs. Situ: "Sister-in-law, look at the two cousins, they smile so amiably when they meet.

It makes people feel very happy just by looking at it.”

"They are all members of the same family, so meeting each other is naturally much more cordial." Of course Mrs. Situ understood the meaning of Concubine Situ Hui's words, but she knew that her daughter already had the third son of the Mo family in her heart, or perhaps Marquis Jingyu among them.

One of them, she didn't want her daughter to have another admirer. Wouldn't this make it even more difficult to make a choice and drive her crazy?

Concubine Situ Hui was a smart person. She did not say anything this time. Instead, she smiled and glanced sideways at Li Mao and then at Lin Ruoxi. Then she waved to Lin Ruoxi and said softly: "Ruoxi, come here.

Wait, my aunt has something to ask you."

"Okay, aunt!" Lin Ruoxi walked over with a gentle smile. Concubine Situ Hui held her delicate little hand and said very fondly: "Ruoxi, aunt has only seen you since you were one year old.

But after seeing you this time, my aunt found out that she likes you very much, so my aunt sincerely hopes that you can visit more palaces to accompany her in the future. If you can marry into the palace, my aunt will be even more happy. "

Lin Ruoxi smiled but did not answer, but her expression showed that she was much more polite, neither talkative nor careless, and able to obey others' wishes. This was already the image of a standard daughter-in-law.

Mrs. Situ took the words and said: "Ms. Hui Fei, it's getting late. Ruo Xi and I will take our leave now. When we still have a chance to enter the palace, we will stay here with you longer to avoid unnecessary trouble."

You always look depressed."

On the surface, Concubine Situ Hui looks like a woman with a strong heart, but she always looks affectionate in front of the people of her Situ Mansion. It seems that she has a special kind of affection for this Situ Mansion.

Concubine Situ Hui knew that Mrs. Situ could not sit still. If Mrs. Situ did not return to Pingyang Marquis Mansion, then the people of the Situ family in Pingyang Marquis Mansion would definitely be impatient and worried about their mother and daughter.

Because Concubine Situ Hui was an imperial concubine, she was unable to leave the harem gate. Instead, she sent Mrs. Situ and Lin Ruoxi to the harem gate and ordered King Mao to personally send their mother and daughter back to the palace. Only then did Yiyi

Reluctantly, he waved to the carriage that was going away, and started to shed tears. It was easy to find the way for the carriage in the palace, but

When we arrived at the market, the heavy rain disturbed the vendors who were buying and selling and the pedestrians walking on the street in a hurry. The rain became heavier and heavier. In order to prevent the carriage from rushing in, Li Mao

Feeling danger among the crowd, he kept riding his horse and stood guard beside the carriage, together with the entourage he had brought with him.

It wasn't until the crowds on the street became thinner and thinner and the rain became heavier that the carriage could continue to move.

Mrs. Situ was a little worried about Li Mao's health. After all, it was raining heavily outside, and Li Mao was in a hurry when he went out.

They were all wet. She was afraid that Li Mao would be infected with the wind and cold, so she stretched out her hands worriedly.

He opened the curtain on the wooden window of the carriage next to him and called out to Li Mao, who was riding a horse in sync with the carriage outside the window: "Your Highness, King Mao, you are already soaked. If you don't change your clothes, you will definitely catch a cold."

, you should go back to Prince Mao's Mansion, Ruoxi and I can go back by ourselves, you don't have to worry."

King Mao can still smile as warmly as the sun in the rain, and his eyes are as bright and moving as black pearls. Even if it rains outside, he can't hide his brilliance: "Auntie, you don't have to worry about me.

Wang Zhengzheng is young and energetic, this little rain will not do anything to me."

Mrs. Situ wanted to say something more, but when she saw King Mao's stubborn look, she stopped talking. She lowered the curtain on the wooden window, turned around and asked Lin Ruoxi: "Ruoxi, what do you think of King Mao?"

?”

This was the second time that Mrs. Situ asked what she thought of King Mao. Lin Ruoxi thought about it and decided to tell the truth. After all, if the knot is cut quickly, at least unnecessary things will not happen in the future.

"Mother, King Mao is certainly nice, but Ruo Xi hopes that he will definitely find a good match that he likes."

Mrs. Situ understood her daughter's thoughts and stopped asking any more questions until the carriage arrived at the gate of Pingyang Marquis' Mansion. Pingyang Marquis Situ Yu and three outstanding young men from the Situ family were already waiting outside the door of Pingyang Marquis' Mansion.

.

They took Mrs. Situ and Lin Ruoxi off the carriage, and invited Prince Mao into the Pingyang Marquis's residence.

With a snicker on his face, Situ Zhan thought that it was someone who created a romantic contact and encounter between Li Mao and Lin Ruoxi. Thinking about it, he felt that it was very heart-warming.

Mrs. Situ asked Situ Zhan to accompany Li Mao to change into clean clothes to prevent him from getting cold. Situ Zhan happily accompanied Li Mao back to his room and took out a piece of clean clothes.

Let Li Mao replace it.

"Your Highness Prince Mao, do you really like my little sister?"
To be continued...