"Hey, it's time to go. What are you thinking about, so lost in thought?"
After a few people finished chatting, Shui Yunji urged.
The middle-aged man cupped his hands towards Li Yunxiao and Shui Yunji: "You two, walk slowly, walk slowly..."
After the two left, the middle-aged man's wife came to him and whispered in his ear: "That guy just kept staring at our daughter, why are you rushing to talk to her?"
"Haven't you heard that the handsome bad guy among the bad guys eats children!"
The middle-aged man shook his head helplessly: "They are just rumors. Even if a dignified protector of the country practices some shady magic, isn't it for the sake of protecting the country?"
"Furthermore, who is sure that the current Imperial Preceptor is the original Imperial Preceptor during Zhenguan, and who has seen him cannibalizing people? They are all fooling people, do you really believe it?"
The woman snorted and held Ji Ruxue's little hand tightly: "Anyway, I think the rumors are true. What the bad guy said just now is right. My girl, you have to stay away from the court in the future. Don't always think about it." Isn't it a good thing to cling to Song Wentong and work as a maid in the prince's palace? It's better to let the girl practice martial arts and become a knight."
"Shh... you should keep your voice down, I am the county king now, it is Li Maozhen! I am doing this to make the girl live a better life in the future, don't you stop talking!"
"I'm not talking anymore? How can I not say anything about this girl's life?"
"Okay! Let's go, let's go quickly. We'll talk about the rest later."
....
Then, a few more months passed.
Shui Yunji is very free-spirited. When she comes to a new place, she is willing to look around. She will draw the places she finds interesting and will take the drawings back to show Li Yunxiao.
As the contact lasted longer, Shui Yunji had long forgotten that the bad guy in front of her was here to spy on them.
The entire county prince's palace, even before, because of Li Maozhen's existence, did not allow her to communicate too much with the outside world, let alone communicate with a man.
It's different now. Li Maozhen doesn't care. She is happy to have someone with similar experience to her who also likes to paint.
Gradually, after she finished painting a painting, she handed it to Li Yunxiao and secretly observed his reaction, as if she was an apprentice expecting praise from her master.
Everyone wants and hopes that the good things they share will be recognized by others, and Shui Yunji is no exception.
However, Li Maozhen has been busy dealing with things since he entered the court. Unlike when he had time to accompany her at first, now no matter what she takes out, Li Maozhen does it perfunctorily.
From then on, Li Yunxiao was no longer so cold towards Shui Yunji, and could at least reply a few words.
The relationship between the two changed from monitoring and being monitored to becoming friends who can chat.
After eating, the two came to the pavilion and took a seat.
Shui Yunji put her hands on her chin, looked at the beautiful dusk scenery on the horizon and murmured: "The days are passing so fast, winter is coming. It would be great if I can go to Chang'an after it snows."
"What? Your brother Wang won't let you go?"
Shui Yunji nodded: "Yes, my brother Wang said that the world outside is not as peaceful as it appears. He is worried that something will happen to me and won't let me go too far."
"I think if you accompany me, he will be very relieved, right?"
"It's better not to think about it, I don't have time."
Shui Yunji snorted: "Yes, you are Tiangang Star, you have no obligation to protect me, and you will not listen to me."
"Ah, by the way, how long do you plan to stay here?"
Li Yunxiao took a deep breath and said calmly: "I think the observation is enough. Your brother Wang has great ambitions and has managed well here."
"In this case, in a few days, I can go back to meet Your Majesty."
"What? So fast?"
When Shui Yunji heard this, she couldn't tell whether she was happy or uncomfortable.
She was happy that no one was watching them anymore, but this also meant that she would have no friends to talk to in the future.
Those servants and maids, even if she regarded each other as friends, they would not dare, and she could not stick to Brother Wang every day.
Although she felt a little disappointed, she still said: "It's good to go back. After all, we are with the emperor, which is much better than here, right?"
"Yeah." Li Yunxiao nodded, stood up and left.
"Oh! You..." Shui Yunji stamped her foot. She was just talking in reverse. What kind of attitude did the other party have? What does "hmm" mean? Is it that good to be by the emperor's side?
Watching Li Yunxiao leave, Shui Yunji always felt a little disappointed. A person who took the trouble to listen to her story was suddenly leaving, which made her feel uncomfortable.
"Forget it, forget it~~ Since you are leaving, what should I give you..."
Shui Yunji thought with some distress.
"Oh! Yes! Being a friend will give you an advantage! Huh!" Shui Yunji chuckled, stood up and left.
....
At night, Li Yunxiao was fiddling with the hexagrams in the house. The sound of footsteps outside the door made him put it away instantly.
"The prince came to visit late at night, why?"
Li Maozhen opened the door with one hand and walked in. After closing the door, she stared at Li Yunxiao.
"I didn't expect that I, Li Maozhen, could be personally monitored by the commander. It's a real honor."
"I heard from my sister that the commander-in-chief is going back to resume his duties. I came here to take a look. I apologize for my poor hospitality in the past."
"When you go back, the supervisor will send someone over. I, Li Maozhen, will never treat him badly."
Li Yunxiao was slightly startled: "Commander? Do you think I am a bad handsome man?"
"Ha." Li Maozhen said calmly: "There are many people in the world who are better than me, Li Maozhen, but as far as I know, there are not many people who can dislocate my arm in an instant."
"Including those words you said to me before, I can certainly hear them as warnings."
"You are obviously a bad commander in Tiankuixing, but you have lowered your identity to Tiangang Star. I really don't know what you, Marshal Yuan, are thinking in your heart. Could it be that I, Li Maozhen, have killed the Marshal's people before? So I asked you to condescend to come and personally Examine me?"
Li Yunxiao shook his head, feeling that this guy thought he was Yuan Tiangang.
"You are overthinking. I am not Marshal Yuan, let alone a national master."
With that said, Li Yunxiao took off the mask that covered his face even when he was eating.
Revealing the vicissitudes of life underneath, there was also a slight stubble on the face.
After Li Maozhen observed carefully for a while, he slowly clenched his fists with his hands behind his back. With his strength and observation ability, he felt that this face was his own, but he guessed wrong!
"I see, I have misunderstood. Excuse me. Please rest."
"I won't send it."
"snort."
After Li Maozhen left, Li Yunxiao chuckled, put on his mask again, and lay down.
Before he could lie down for long, a tiptoeing figure came over.
Dong dong dong...
After knocking on the door a few times, a beautiful figure walked in quietly with something in her hand.
Li Yunxiao stood up and was slightly startled: "You..."
"Shh~~ don't shout, my brother Wang will blame me if he finds out." Shui Yunji raised her hand to signal not to shout, and then took out the package.
Inside the package were some gadgets and a few paintings.
Shui Yunji also brought trouble to Li Yunxiao in the early days, and she sprinkled vinegar and salt countless times.
Now that the other party was leaving, out of guilt, she brought a lot of things she liked to give to him.
"Um...we've cleared up what happened before. You won't blame me, right?"
Li Yunxiao felt a little confused: "There are too many things, which one are you referring to?"
"It's just that you put a lot of salt and vinegar in your food. I know you forced yourself to eat it. If my brother Wang knew about it, he would definitely blame me. Thank you for not filing a complaint against me. I will tell you You apologize."
"Uh..." Li Yunxiao was stunned for a moment: "Hehehehe... So that's what happened. It doesn't matter. I never took it to heart."
Shui Yunji ignored what he said because this was the first time she heard Li Yunxiao laugh since the two got together.
