Duan Ruran was originally a student of the Capital Superintendent. His family was well off, and the Duan family was considered one of the best in Hejia Lane in the south of the city.
After meeting Xia Chengyi in Yanweitang on the first day of March, he bought a farmhouse nearby and lived there with two boys.
From that day on, he seemed to have lost his soul, walking back and forth on the plank road along the river bank all day long, and never went to the superintendent again.
"Such a stunningly beautiful woman is rare to find in a hundred years. It has taken me three lifetimes to meet a scholar. If we can meet again, I will be punished to fall into the realm of animals and evil ghosts for ten lifetimes, and I will not hesitate..." ..”
However, the world is far away and I don't know where the beauty is going. Duan Ruran has no choice but to linger here day and night, looking around and looking around.
"Sir, I've brought food." A boy dressed in green clothes and a small hat caught up and called Duan Ruran breathlessly.
For more than four months, he got up early every day, washed up, put on decent clothes and went to Liuzhu Forest, returning home at night. During this period, the servant will deliver meals to him twice at noon and unitary hours.
Seeing that the person who came was his servant, Duan Ruran felt a little depressed and sighed softly: "Is it already noon? How come this hour flies by so fast today?"
Almost every time the waiter came to deliver food, he would say this unconsciously.
"How come time flies by so fast? Why hasn't that girl come here yet..."
The boy looked at his young master's sad and lost look, nodded sadly, and replied in a low voice: "Well, it's already noon, and it's time for the young master to have his meal."
After finishing speaking, he spread out the folding table and chairs in his hands, took out two cups of food from the food box, and placed them on the small desk.
... ...
"Masters, just let me go alone. If you follow closely, I won't be happy either." Xia Chengyi begged with a chuckle.
Hua Fang and Taotie looked at each other's expressions and nodded, thinking: "The view here is wide and it is not easy for thieves to hide. We will follow from a hundred feet away. If there is any situation, we can rush up after a few breaths. Nothing will go wrong."
"Okay." Hua Fang replied with a smile, "However, the princess can promise us that we will return home at most."
Some people like the Jaw Palace's rise to power, while others don't, and there are quite a few who want to interfere with it. Xia Chengxuan is in the palace, so the bad guys can't do anything to him, but Xia Chengyi is different...
At the moment, no one in the court knows that Xia Chengxuan’s only closest relative is her sister! It can be said that Xia Chengyi is his only weakness.
From this point of view, although she has more than 300 people to protect her during her trip, it is not necessarily foolproof. Naturally, it is better to go back early.
Without the attendant by his side, Xia Chengyi finally relaxed a little, walking meanderingly with his hands crossed behind his back.
Although it has just entered autumn, the willow trees on the embankment have already turned yellow and faded, far less beautiful than when the peach blossoms are in full bloom.
"When I came here last time, the peach blossoms were red and the willows were green, and the swallows were chirping briskly, just like singing and joking, and there were much more tourists. This time when I came back, the peach blossoms had fallen, the green willows had turned yellow, and they were withered and depressed. Is there any life at all? Haha... Isn't this just like Prince Jaw's Palace?" She moved lightly along the way, thinking non-stop in her heart.
Thinking that less than half a year had passed, I was already separated from my father and mother, and tears fell from my eyes.
"Four seasons come and go, autumn and winter are unpredictable, but spring will always come. At that time, the peach blossoms will bloom again, the willow branches will be green again, and the northern swallows will return. It will be a lively and lively scene. Where is Prince Jia's Mansion? Can my father and mother come back? Really?" The more Xia Chengyi thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became. He couldn't help but squat on his shoulders and cry bitterly.
It was lunch time, and there were not many pedestrians in Yanweitang. Her cry could be heard far away on the bank of the quiet river.
Duan Ruran was chewing his food when he heard the faint sound of sobbing. Suddenly he was stunned. He pushed the bowl and chopsticks on the table and ran hurriedly following the sound.
He was running so fast that he accidentally stepped on the hem of his clothes and fell to the ground hard. Although the boy didn't know why Duan Ruran suddenly ran away, he could clearly see him falling to the ground. Just as he was about to step forward to help him, he saw that he was struggling to get up, holding the hem of his clothes in both hands and continuing to run forward.
In a groove about a hundred feet away from Xia Chengyi, Hua Fang bent his body and stared at the movement on the plank road.
"Master Hua Fang, do you want to stop that scholar?" One of the guards of the Yizhi Palace stepped forward and asked Hua Fang respectfully.
"No need. This man's steps are frivolous, and he is not a martial arts practitioner. Look at the way his clothes are swinging, and there is no weapon on him, so it doesn't matter. The princess rarely comes out, and she must be in a lot of pain these days, so she let Let her cry there for a while. If the scholar does something inappropriate, I will naturally take action to stop him." Hua Fang replied in a deep voice without squinting.
Xia Chengyi was crying sadly when a strange man's trembling voice suddenly sounded next to him: "Girl, if you encounter something difficult, you can tell me. Duan Ruran will do it for you even if he is shattered to pieces."
The closer he got, the more convinced Duan Ruran was that the girl in purple clothes in front of him was the beauty of his dreams who had been waiting for months. At this time, he stood three feet away from Xia Chengyi and asked respectfully. Although he tried his best to calm down his mood, his teeth still chattered uncontrollably, and his words became shaky and unclear.
Hearing someone coming to ask herself, Xia Chengyi gradually stopped crying, wiped away her tears, raised her head, and replied softly: "I don't care, you..." She stopped mid-sentence. .
In front of him was a young man dressed as a scholar, bowing slightly to salute himself. I saw that his robe was stained with a lot of mud and dead grass, and his forehead and face were bleeding, as if he had been injured in a fall.
"You are bleeding, please wipe it." Xia Chengyi handed him the silk in his hand and whispered to him.
Although she didn't recognize the scholar in front of her, she could feel his kindness. Seeing him in such a mess, she naturally felt compassion.
Duan Ruran was shocked, slowly raised his head, looked at Xia Chengyi blankly, and murmured: "The girl finally talked to me... The girl finally talked to me... I... ...Am I dreaming?"
"Your forehead and face are bleeding, please wipe it quickly." Xia Chengyi suddenly remembered that a scholar stopped him here last time. After thinking about it carefully, wasn't it the person in front of him? Then he asked softly, "Are you that Mr. Duan from last time?"
Duan Ruran's eyes widened and he said happily: "Girl! Girl... you actually remember Xiaosheng?" As he spoke, his hands kept shaking, obviously he was extremely happy.
Xia Chengyi smiled and didn't answer him. He handed the silk silk in his hand closer and said to him, "Hurry up and wipe off the blood stains. It's quite scary."
