The woman was stunned, not knowing why the two of them were so unfamiliar with each other.

After a long silence, she said:

"Master Li, long time no see."

Even Di Renxian could sense the awkwardness outside the door. He hurriedly pulled Li Cunxi over and said:

"Generals, you must be very tired after traveling all this way. I have prepared a welcoming banquet for you. Please follow me into the palace."

Hu Jinghui knew that the fun was over here, and laughed:

"Thank you, uncle. We shall be honored to receive your invitation. Zhang Huan, Li Lang, Yang Fang, and Ren Kuo, please follow me to the mansion for the banquet."

"The Qianniu Guards are taking turns to deploy defenses outside the palace, and they will naturally have time to rest later."

The other four military leaders followed Di Renjie on the expedition to the Turks, and these four were enough.

Hu Jinghui collected the soul of Bagua and helped Di Renxian into the Di Mansion.

Li Cunxi looked at the woman and said, "I am sorry that I cannot accompany you because of the emperor's order. After this welcoming banquet, I have to rush to the capital. I don't know when we will meet next time. I hope you are well."

"Cunxi, we haven't seen each other for only three years, but you've become so unfamiliar with me?" The woman gritted her teeth, "Do you know that I'm already old enough to get married?"

"Sister Xiao, I, Li Cunxi, am the descendant of an exile, so I should be more aware of my identity. How can a daughter of the Wang family marry the descendant of an exile?" Li Cunxi said.

"Why didn't you say that before?"

"I was still young and didn't know what love was. After traveling all over the country for the past three years, I finally realized my own... identity."

What is the identity?

The identity is that of a descendant of exiles!

There are many girls in this world who get married at the age of 15. How could Wang family of Taiyuan tolerate their eldest daughter not getting married for many years and falling in love with the daughter of a rogue?

Li Cunxi knew that even if he had the support of Di Renjie and the Di family, so what!

As long as the crime of being exiled is not cleared, he will have no hope of having children from a decent family in this life.

What's more... after two lifetimes, he is already mature enough.

Not to mention that the Wang family would not agree to any relationship between him and Wang Xiao, even marrying into the Wang family would be impossible.

In the past, when the children were together, the elders of the Wang family would only think that Wang Xiao was feeling sorry for a dog.

But as they get older, if Wang Xiao has other ideas and Li Cunxi doesn’t know where he stands…

How could a century-old family tolerate such a thing?

What they want is the power among the aristocratic families to control everything!

"Really, Cunxi?" Wang Xiao bit his lip tightly, "I thought you would have a chance if you came back. I don't want to marry into the Wei family in Hedong."

Li Cunxi licked his dry lips and said, "Then why don't you marry the Hedong Wei family?"

"Who should I marry then?"

"I do not know."

"Well, let's just say goodbye."

"Farewell."

Li Cunxi took a deep breath and felt mixed emotions.

Wang Xiao's maid glared at Li Cunxi with disappointment, then left with Wang Xiao.

"Tsk, if you don't want to marry the son of the Wei family, it seems I have to do something about it."

Li Cunxi said to himself that he sincerely hoped Long Feng could come to find him soon.

……

into the night.

Li Cunxi sat in the courtyard, he was the only one there.

On the table were cakes and pastries bought by the servants of the Di Mansion, as well as a pot of fine tea.

The pastry was a kind of hard biscuit with a filling. Li Cunxi didn't like it very much, so he just left it there and watched.

After admiring the moon for half a day, a figure suddenly flashed outside the courtyard.

"Who?"

Li Cunxi quickly stood up and placed one hand on the Youlan sword at his waist.

"I."

Xiaomei, who was wearing a cloth dress with tied hair and fast boots, was already sitting at the stone table. She reached out and picked up a piece of cake and ate it slowly.

"Isn't that sword Jinghui's? When did it become yours?"

While eating the cake, Xiaomei looked at the Youlan Sword.

As early as when the Snake Spirit built the altar in Dayang Mountain, this sword had been accompanying the Viper Tiger Jinghui.

Unexpectedly, after not seeing it for many days, the sword had actually belonged to Li Cunxi.

Li Cunxi then told about his plan in Youzhou, and naturally talked about the plot where the fake viper committed suicide.

"After the fake viper died, the sword was obtained by my uncle. My uncle asked who would be willing to take the sword? Brother Jinghui is the master of the sword. In order to avoid being discovered that he is the real viper, it is not convenient for him to use it."

"Brother Yuan Fang is also good with a knife, but not so good with a sword, so I used it for self-defense."

Xiaomei ate the cake and stared at Li Cunxi's face carefully.

"Sister Xiaomei, is there something on my face?" Li Cunxi asked puzzledly and reached out to touch his face.

"No, I just want to see... Speaking of which, wouldn't you feel heartbroken after rejecting the young lady from Taiyuan Wang's family?" Xiaomei asked with a smile, "She's so pretty, if it were me, I'd be tempted too."

Li Cunxi took a sip of tea and said seriously: "No one is as pretty as Sister Xiaomei. I like Sister Xiaomei the most."

Xiaomei paused, and finally looked at Li Cunxi seriously.

"I'm almost ten years older than you. Are you sure?"

"Didn't Sister Xiaomei give me the jade pendant?"

Xiaomei lowered her head for a while, then looked up and continued to eat the cake.

"The pastries in Taiyuan are really good. I like them very much. I can buy some when I go back."

"It's really good, Bang Hard."

"Yes, but I'm quite hungry."

No words were spoken.

Xiaomei lowered her head and ate the cake while Li Cunxi watched beside her.

As the time approached midnight, Xiaomei drank the last sip of tea and said:

"I have to go now. I don't know when we'll meet next time, but you have to ask your subordinates to be more careful next time."

"That night in the Yao family shop, they left too many people alive. If you are implicated, I'm afraid you won't be able to explain to Jinghui."

"Well... remember to protect yourself... well..."

"Okay, that's all. Your brother and Jinghui went out for a drink. It's time for them to leave. We're going back to Liuzhou."

Li Cunxi stood up, not knowing what to say. After a long pause, he finally said:

"Take care of yourself."

Xiaomei wiped her hands and rubbed Li Cunxi's face.

"The Youzhou incident failed, and something will happen to the Snake Spirit soon. We will be very busy. You must wait for me. I will come to you alive."

"Okay, I'll wait."

On the other side, in Hu Jinghui's room.

Two people sat opposite each other and drank.

Kui Wenzhong usually rarely drinks, but this time he made an exception.

"You are lucky to be alive. As for the thieves in Baihelin, we will do our best to find them. Don't worry."

"How's the leader doing?"

"She is still with Wu Zetian for the time being. However, if she knew you were still alive, she would be very happy. After all, losing one of the six snake heads would be a huge loss."

"It's a pity for Qingxia and Yufeng."

"It's a pity, but there's nothing we can do about it. My brother has already tried his best." Kui Wenzhong lowered his head, his mouth full of alcohol. "Well, it's really late. I have to leave quickly and have to travel tomorrow."

"It's a pity that we are brothers, but we only stayed together for an hour after meeting again. It's really a pity." Hu Jinghui said listlessly.

"As long as we are still alive, there will always be a chance to meet again!" Kui Wenzhong burped, "Farewell!"

He flashed and disappeared directly into Hu Jinghui's room.

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