The carriage drove out from the Third Prince's Mansion, with Aja and Atu following on both sides.
In the carriage, Meng Guxue and Baili Chengyou were sitting on the left and right against the walls of the carriage. They sat as far apart as possible in the small space.
Baili Chengyou frowned, his eyes swept over Meng Guxue's face many times, and finally asked:
"Why are you unhappy?"
Meng Guxue lowered her head and said nothing.
From Baili Chengyou's perspective, only Meng Guxue's calm profile could be seen, which was completely different from his usual cheerful and eloquent appearance.
Baili Chengyou thought for a while, leaned towards Meng Guxue, and softened his voice:
"Are you feeling uneasy? Don't be nervous. Don't leave my side at any time tonight. You'll be fine."
Meng Guxue suddenly raised her head when she heard this, her eyes fixed on Baili Chengyou's face.
"So, something is really going to happen tonight, right?"
Baili Chengyou was startled for a moment, then nodded, "The eldest brother suddenly proposed to host the night banquet and arranged it at the Jinghua River. He must have had a good plan in mind."
"What's the calculation?" Meng Guxue asked.
Baili Chengyou couldn't help but glanced at Meng Guxue, but didn't answer.
Seeing this, Meng Guxue slowly sat upright, leaned her back against the car wall again, and sneered:
"Baili, you have been good enough to me over the past year, whether it is your obedience on daily basis or your words at the engagement banquet that we will be together for the rest of our lives."
"The ladies in the boudoir in Kyoto are all envious. They say that I, a princess from a foreign country, am so unlucky and so shameless that I am so favored by you."
"Baili, even I almost lost myself."
Meng Guxue's voice was colder than ever before, and her normally smiling face was full of seriousness.
"But when I look back now, your favors have simply set me on fire, pushed me out, and made me a target that attracted everyone's attention."
"Everyone knows that the third prince loves the third emperor's concubine to the core, and the third emperor's concubine is the third prince's weakness."
"Baili, do you know my situation?"
When Baili Chengyou heard these words, his expression immediately changed.
Meng Guxue's coldness and calmness gave him a hunch that today's conversation must not be perfunctory, otherwise once something is broken, it will never be undone.
Thinking of this, Baili Chengyou looked directly into Meng Guxue's eyes and said in a deep voice:
"I, Baili Chengyou, never bother to do this kind of thing to others. I promised you this at the Eastern Suburbs Poetry Meeting of the Yong Dynasty."
"Now that I have brought you to Nanli, as a man, I will naturally fulfill my promise and do everything I promised you back then!"
"My only fault was that I thought too highly of myself and allowed them to take advantage of the loopholes. I was too exhausted mentally and physically to take care of you, which caused you to be poisoned by Fourth Sister."
"I'm fully prepared tonight, and I won't let you suffer from other people's calculations again."
Baili Chengyou has an open face, and he never says sweet words, but once he makes a promise, he will naturally spare no effort to fulfill it.
Meng Guxue came to Nanli Kingdom for more than a year. He asked himself that he had always protected her extremely well. Otherwise, how could she still retain such unfettered innocence in the strict and oppressive palace?
In fact, the suffering of his mother some time ago was beyond his expectation, and he found out some things that he had not foreseen in his dreams, which made him somewhat confused, causing Meng Guxue to be plotted by his fourth sister.
This incident was his fault, and he had already deeply reflected on himself.
Meng Guxue stared at Baili Chengyou steadily. After the two looked at each other for a while, Meng Guxue's shoulders relaxed slightly, and the cold look on his face slowly disappeared.
She adjusted her sitting posture slightly, with still a solemn look on her face, and said softly:
"Baili, I admit that I have often made trouble with Qiao this year, and occasionally made trouble unreasonably, but I always consider your bottom line."
"I don't expect you to understand my situation and hesitation, but I hope you know that I am also learning to grow."
"The situation in Nanli is so tense now. Even if you have no intention of involving me, I am already a part of it."
"You people often take one step and look at ten steps. Then I will learn to take one step and look at three or five steps. Do you know what I'm saying?"
"Baili, what I want is not to be ignorant and protected, but to grow up, become stronger, protect myself, protect Xiaotao, and even protect -"
Meng Guxue became more and more excited as she spoke. Her eyes suddenly fell on Baili Chengyou's face, and she stopped instantly.
She took a long breath and continued: "I know that I am weak, and I don't expect you to tell me everything about your plan."
"But when the situation involves me, Baili, I hope you can communicate with me. At least this way I can defend myself, or even fight back."
"For example, tonight's banquet, Baili, have you thought about it, do you have anything to say to me?"
Night had fallen outside the carriage, and there were no lights inside the carriage, making it dark and dull.
At this time, a faint light came in from outside the car curtain, and when it fell on Meng Guxue's face, it seemed to give her a layer of soft light.
Baili Chengyou looked stunned, his eyes were moved, and his heart was filled with indescribable emotions.
This simply... didn't look like the Meng Guxue he knew.
In the dream, she was the dodder flower and money tree beside Shen Yuanbai, soft and frail, with eyes full of love.
When Baili Chengyou woke up from his dream, he even doubted how he could fall in love with such a woman.
But he was so strong that in order to fight for his breath and for the formulas in Meng Guxue's mind, he tried his best to bring people to Nanli.
But after getting along with her for more than a year, he discovered that Meng Guxue may be weak, but she is indeed special.
Whether it’s the equality and freedom she talks about, or the quirkiness and unrestraint.
He thought that he just needed to take her under his wings and protect her like Shen Yuanbai in the dream.
But while he was unaware, Meng Guxue had grown up quietly. What she just said surprised and delighted him, and he even felt that he had underestimated her from beginning to end.
The current Meng Guxue is not weak, she even seems to be glowing.
"Baili?"
Meng Guxue saw Baili Chengyou staring at her blankly, and after hesitating for a while, she stretched out her hand and waved it in front of his eyes.
This was the last time she was honest. She didn't want to be pretentious, so she laid out all the questions and left it to Baili Chengyou to choose.
Baili Chengyou slowly raised his eyes, and when he looked at Meng Guxue, a different kind of light flashed in his eyes.
The corner of his mouth raised slightly, and suddenly he tightly grasped Meng Guxue's stretched out hand.
Meng Guxue frowned slightly when she saw this, "Why are you holding my hand? So what?"
Baili Chengyou opened his thin lips lightly and said with warmth: "If you want to know, I am willing to tell you, but you have to sit next to me."
Meng Guxue:?
What is the cause and effect relationship between this sentence?
She was filled with curiosity, and without hesitation, she moved her buttocks and sat next to Baili Chengyou, saying quickly:
"Okay, tell me quickly, I'm so curious!"
There was a faint smile on Baili Chengyou's eyebrows, he leaned slightly closer to Meng Guxue and whispered softly.
