The stand-in didn't take it seriously for three years, and the minister was furious when they b

Mu Lianzhi was stunned.

This action is actually quite tiring and more uncomfortable than kneeling.

But at this moment, Beitang Yi was right in front of her, only one step away. The strong and burning masculine aura was like a mountain pressing down on her head, making her feel suffocated for some reason.

Mu Lianzhi really didn't move at all.

As if torturing her on purpose, or checking his prey, Beitang Yi walked slowly around her:

"This little bit of kindness is not enough to earn your bullying."

He walked back to her, raised his hand, and rubbed her cheek with his fingers, feeling it:

"This is so familiar, isn't it the first time?"

It's obviously the same face and the same person, but why do I feel like something is different?

The rhetorical question had an obviously affirmative tone. Upon hearing this, Mu Lianzhi knew that Leng Yun and Leng Yu must have reported something to him.

From the moment she asked him for the person, she had no intention of hiding it from him.

Without dodging his gaze, Mu Lianzhi neither admitted nor denied:

"Love is not enough, what about adultery?"

She didn't believe that he would really hold on to such a small matter and settle the score with her later.

However, the next second, her throat was completely strangled:

"who are you?"

With Mu Lianzhi's personality, it was impossible for her to say such words to him, and she definitely wouldn't dare to talk to him like that. The words were wrong, the attitude was wrong, and the expression was even more wrong.

"A person who died... and came back to life."

His face instantly turned the color of liver. Mu Lianzhi uttered these words with great difficulty. Their eyes met, and the sound of swords and sabers continued. Beitang Yi suddenly withdrew his hands and threw her out again:

"Don't think I won't do anything to you if you have something to do with me."

"Don't dare."

Taking a step back to create a safe distance, Mu Lianzhi lowered his head:

"I am nothing more than a substitute that has been played with, rejected, and discarded by the adults. I have never forgotten this and I know it myself."

"Sir, I didn't take advantage of my power to bully others. I just said a few idle words. As for what others think, it's not something I can control, right? Even if what I said was false, it doesn't deserve the death penalty, right?"

This man was even more unpredictable and difficult to approach than she had imagined. It seemed that she would have to be more cautious in the future.

I thought I could lend him some light.

Immersed in her own thoughts, Mu Lianzhi did not notice that after she said this, Beitang Yi's expression had changed several times. He clenched and unclenched his fists behind his back several times, and his annoyance was obvious.

He didn't know why, but every time she said such self-deprecating words, he found it irritating.

Even my heart felt like it was pricked by a sour and astringent needle.

Even though she had changed, it couldn't erase the reality that she was the only woman he had ever had. In fact, she was different.

Even though he was reluctant to admit it in his heart.

Beitang Yi's lips moved, and he was about to say something when Ying Feng suddenly knocked on the door and reported:

"Sir, Miss Cai Cui is here."

"I will not disturb you from rekindling your old love with your new lover. I will take my leave."

Mu Lianzhi turned around and strode away. By the time Beitang Yi reacted and chased after him, the door had already opened:

"Hey~"

Looking up, a familiar, plain pink figure holding a pipa and swaying gracefully entered his field of vision without warning. Suddenly, Beitang Yi's brain went blank.

At this moment, Mu Lianzhi, who instinctively gave way, turned sideways and looked back, and caught this scene. A hint of sarcasm unconsciously appeared at the corner of his lips.

"Caicui greets the adults."

As she stepped in, the woman gracefully knelt down to greet Beitang Yi.

Coming back to his senses in an instant, Beitang Yi's gaze swept past him and fell on Mu Lianzhi, who was outside the underground gate and also squatted to say farewell to him. The moment their eyes met, there was only coldness, indifference and alienation in the bright eyes that were just mischievous and charming.

It's like returning to the first time we met.

The red shadow disappeared from sight in a flash, but Beitang Yi's heart sank suddenly:

Is she unhappy?

In fact, he had called her in just now because he wanted to give her some advice. He knew very well what her reputation was outside. If she had too much relationship with him without his overt protection, it would only bring disaster to her.

If he wasn't really there, if Yingfeng hadn't made the noise and showed up at the right time, did she really think that she could scare people away with just a few words?

He had ordered this woman to act in the show before, but he came a little early and the women here are quite troublesome, so she has been delayed in her makeup and preparation until now.

He didn't expect to meet her, nor did he expect that they would meet each other, and he didn't expect that this person named Cai Cui would be so similar to that person, especially just now, when she opened the door and looked up while holding the pipa, she looked so much like her.

I still remember the first time they met. That person also fell into his heart so unexpectedly. But at that time they were in the prime minister's residence. Because something happened, she went in holding the guzheng.

The song "Galloping Horse" was so soul-stirring that he still remembers it vividly.

How did things become like this?

Beitang Yi felt extremely uncomfortable.

What's the new love and old love?

wrong!

Did she already know that Cai Cui looked very similar to her?

His eyes narrowed, and Beitang Yi looked even worse.

……

On the other side, after leaving the room, Mu Lianzhi did not stay for long, but quickly walked out of Baimingfang.

Next to the carriage, Chunmiao timidly pointed at the obvious purple finger marks on the side of Mu Lianzhi's neck, and finally had the chance to ask:

"Miss, your neck...is it okay?"

Instinctively reaching out to touch it, Mu Lianzhi inexplicably glanced at Leng Yun on the other side:

"fine."

Then she stepped into the carriage.

On the way back, Mu Lianzhi closed her eyes lightly. The atmosphere in the car was obviously weird and depressing. Leng Yun clutched her skirt several times. Chunmiao also realized something was wrong and remained silent all the way.

After returning to the Marquis' Mansion, Mu Lianzhi went to Fudeyuan as usual and reported her plans to leave the mansion to the old lady.

"Mother, since you have had the dream, I have ordered more houses, cattle, horses, and servants, thinking of burning them for my husband on the Ghost Festival. I just don't know if it is not the seventh day, is it appropriate to burn these?"

"I don't know if it will be in vain! If it's not suitable or appropriate, I can return it or exchange it for paper money another day?"

"I just want my husband to have a better life."

It's not even 37 days until the Ghost Festival, and she hopes she can burn more. The old lady feels better after taking a pill of reassurance:

"What's inappropriate about this? This is all from your heart, well done."

"Mother, I see your eyes are red, are you feeling unwell?"

The atmosphere was rarely peaceful during the casual chat. Mu Lianzhi was just about to take the opportunity to inquire about the scumbag's funeral, but Jiang noticed something unusual on her neck:

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with your neck? Where have you been? You didn't walk around like this all day, did you?"