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Chu Tan's face was embarrassed, he turned his head stiffly to avoid Xiangxia's hand, and suddenly stretched out his hand to push him. At this moment, he didn't know what he was thinking, he just thought that he should run away quickly and stay away from him.

Xiangxia didn't pay attention, and let go of her hand, almost letting the kitten escape.

He turned around and hugged the fleeing child in front of him, wrapped his arms around Chu Tan's clear and tall collarbone, and hugged the thin little master tightly in his arms.

Chu Tan froze, his eyes widened, and he felt the gentle warmth from behind in a daze.

No one has hugged him for many years.Chu Tan struggled even more panicked, his body was hugged even tighter, and his mind went blank. He gradually calmed down, and only then did he feel the person who was holding him behind him trembling slightly, and a hoarse and comforting whisper came from above his head: "Your subordinate is impolite."

Chu Tan's extremely tense body froze for a moment, and the expression that had just risen from his eyes dimmed again, and he softly reprimanded him: "I don't let go when I know I'm rude."

Nephrite is in my arms, so I can let it go if I say let it go.Xiangxia didn't want to let go, and said with a bitter smile: "Since I've been rude, let my subordinate hug me for a while longer."

"I made a slip of the tongue in the room in the evening. Your lord has a lot of people, so don't argue with the next martial artist, okay?"

Chu Tan lowered his eyelids, stroked the back of Xiangxia's hand with his pale and cold fingertips, resisted the choking in his throat, and pretended to be calm: "Do you often come here?"

"Not often."

Chu Tan's slender eyebrows frowned sadly, "Whoever's young lady you like, just... tell this king... as long as it's not a noble lady from the imperial family..."

"Is the lord going to be a matchmaker for his subordinates?" Xiang Xia leaned down slightly, and asked in a warm voice next to his ear, "This subordinate has no possessions. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the lord to enter the family's house?"

"Of course the dowry will come from the house." Chu Tan swallowed hard, and then swallowed back the sobs stuck in his throat, "Don't come here, you don't have to wrong yourself for me."

Xiangxia's gentle eyes gradually cooled down, and she squeezed Chu Tan's shoulders hard, and asked him helplessly, "Are you not at all reluctant to part with your subordinates going so far away?"

"Why should I not give up!" Chu Tan suddenly seemed to be pierced by the words "far away and high flying", and his bones ached all over, he broke away from Xiangxia suddenly, and went downstairs without looking back.

Xiangxia leaned against the wall and scratched her hair, and hurried to catch up, but didn't dare to get any closer, so she had to follow from a distance, and bumped into the little shadow guard who was anxiously waiting for her lord outside the door.

When Lianjiao saw the officer walking out with a dark face, her legs went limp.

"You..." Xiangxia pulled up Lianjiao's collar, brought her in front of her, and asked with a vicious smile: "Boy, you are so brave enough to let the master into a brothel! How old is he!"

"No, no, no..." Lianjiao hurriedly waved her hands, "It's not me, sir... The king and the king insist on following you... Besides, you made the prince angry first, so it's useless for you to vent your anger on me!"

"Besides... sixteen... not too young..." Lianjiao murmured in a low voice, "If it were the heir of the next mansion, even the heir concubine would have married in a long time ago. Isn't this a delay?"

It's fine not to mention it, but when this matter is mentioned, Xiangxia's liver hurts like burning.

Second Young Master Ning really has some useful news.

The Ning Mansion is not a noble family, but it is a well-known wealthy family. There is an Eldest Prince Ning serving in front of Shengjia. People in the Ning Mansion are thinking that the Second Young Master is also old, and he wants to go to the army for training, so he wants to find someone recommend.

It's not easy to be an official from a merchant family, but it's okay to join the army alone. If you want to be promoted and make a difference, it's hard to get anywhere without connections.

Zhennan King Chu Wei was once a general, and he made nine expeditions to finally pacify South Vietnam.Although Zhennan King is not alive, his loyal generals and old friends are still in the army, and Chu Tan is the only son of Zhennan King, and the people there take care of his old friend Dumiao's face, so they only need to write a letter of recommendation and call Ning If you take it with you, your official career must be magnanimous.

In the past, the Ning Mansion had some contacts with the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, and Mrs. Ning and the Zhennan Princess had several connections, so the Ning Mansion thought of a way to cling to Chu Tan.

Prince Ning sent a letter, saying that the emperor started to choose a marriage for Chu Tan, and selected a few noble girls to be the queen mother's eye, maybe there will be news after a while.

Thinking of this incident, Xiangxia had a severe headache. If she is really a pure and gentle lady, it would be good to be accepted into the mansion as a princess. Chu Tan is withdrawn and indifferent, and at least the two of them will not quarrel too stiffly. Li certainly can't treat others badly.

But what kind of heart does the Empress Dowager have? Xiangxia's heart is like a mirror. She must choose her own family members. Then control people, Chu Tan's life, every move has to be under the eyes of the court.

"Trash." Xiangxia threw the lotus horn on the ground and scolded him, "If the prince catches cold when he goes back, wait for me to clean you up."

Xiangxia chased Chu Tan back to the palace, Chu Tan went into her room, slammed the door, and took Xiangxia outside.

Xiangxia had no choice but to lean against the door and sat down quietly by the door.

He also understands Chu Tan quite well.He knew that he was dependent on himself, and liked to cling to himself since he was a child. When the old prince passed away, Xiangxia was the only one left in Chu Tan's life.He looks very strong, but how strong can a child be.

This should be the same as the little brother who doesn't want his brother to get married. He is jealous and thinks that he likes a girl, so he can't take care of him.

Xiangxia has never thought about it, and it is impossible to think that, separated by red walls and blue tiles, and the friendship between master and servant, Chu Tancun's thoughts will be love.

He stayed outside the door until late at night, when he heard the child fell asleep inside, he quietly opened the door a crack, slipped in sideways, then quietly closed the door tightly, and went to Chu Tan's bedside to look at him.

Xiangxia knelt down softly against the bed, tucked the corners of the quilt for Chu Tan, couldn't help but look down at his face, Chu Tan didn't sleep well, his brows were wrinkled, and his face was covered with dried tears.

I heard that the mole with long tears at the moment just loves to cry.

Xiangxia stretched out her hand to gently wipe away the tears hanging from the corners of Chu Tan's eyes, and muttered distressedly: "I have wronged my little master, it's my fault, it's my fault, I keep making you angry."

He silently accompanied him for a while, seeing that Chu Tan was sleeping peacefully, he wanted to get up and go back to tidy up the backlog of account books and official documents, but just as he was about to get up, his cuffs were gently pulled.

Chu Tan held Xiangxia's sleeve lightly, looked up at him: "Don't go, stay here with me."

"Not asleep yet." Thought he was asleep, Xiangxia was startled, smiled slightly, and knelt down beside Chu Tan's bed again: "I'm right here, I won't go anywhere else."

Chu Tan looked at him and said nothing.

"I promise you will see me tomorrow when you open your eyes." Xiangxia had no choice but to promise again.

"Okay." Chu Tan slowly closed his eyes.

Xiangxia knelt under the bed, leaned beside Chu Tan, and took a nap with her face buried in her arms.

In the blink of an eye, it's already the New Year's Eve.

Firecrackers were crackling outside, fireworks were flickering outside the mansion, and there was no one in the mansion.The maid guards in the mansion always let them go out to have fun during the New Year's Eve. After all, there are not many people in the mansion, so they don't need many people to serve them.

Chu Tan sat alone in the dormitory, indifferent to the hustle and bustle outside the mansion, staring blankly at the only thing in this room that had a sense of the New Year—the New Year picture pasted on the window, when I went to the market with Xiangxia before bought.

There was a knock on the wooden door, and Xiangxia pushed in with a bowl of dumplings.

"Is the lord so sad?" Xiangxia picked up one that was squeezed most like a dumpling, blew on the hot air, and brought it to Chu Tan's mouth, "For those who celebrate Chinese New Year, eat dumplings happily."

"Actually, my subordinates made 66 pieces, and then, why does it only have one bowl? I just put it in the pot, oh well, there are all kinds of postures, and they all turned into cakes in the end. I rescued a few survivors. It's here for you."

Chu Tan couldn't help showing a smile on his indifferent face, and opened his mouth to bite.

The appearance is not very good, but the taste is not bad.

Xiangxia fed Chu Tan a few times, Chu Tan waved his hand: "I'm full."

"You're not happy." Xiangxia pushed the bowl and chopsticks aside, tilted her head to look at him: "Then I'll show you cross-eyed, I'm the best at it."

"..." Chu Tan snorted, "You are so annoying."

"Come on, my lord." Xiangxia took out a square stack of papers from his bosom, and shook it from Chu Tan's eyes, "Come with me, I've been studying this for several days."

Chu Tan was really bored, but also a little curious, so he put on a fur coat and followed out.

Xiangxia shook out the stack of papers in her hand, blew the drum, it looked like a lantern, and there was a stick of fire inside, Xiangxia took out the fire pocket and lit the stick, the paper lantern gradually bulged.

Chu Tan's face was covered with a layer of warm and soft light, he looked at the thing, reached out to touch it, and supported Xiang Xia together.

"This thing is called a Kongming Lantern. Why is it called a Kongming Lantern? My subordinates have been thinking about it for a few days, and realized that the person who made this thing might be called Kong Ming. Then, Master Kong...the subordinates can't make it up anymore, my lord."

Xiangxia threw a thin charcoal stick to Chu Tan, and said seriously: "This thing can fulfill wishes, you write on your side, and subordinates write on the opposite side of you, we can't look at each other. Hurry up and burn it out later. "

Chu Tan found it novel, took the charcoal stick and wrote two words on the thin paper.

Xiangxia.

Since it's a wish, it's probably okay to be a little bit greedy.

"What did you write?" Xiangxia wanted to look at it in a blink of an eye.

"It has nothing to do with you." Chu Tan pushed Xiangxia's outstretched face back.

The two slowly let go, and the lamp slowly floated up into the night sky in the four corners of the palace. Chu Tan couldn't see clearly even if he stood on tiptoe, the lamp had Xiangxia written on one side, and Chu Tan written on the other side.

Chu Tan's cold expression softened a lot, and he turned around to go back, but Xiangxia stood behind him unknowingly, and suddenly picked up his armpit and lifted Chu Tan up.

Facing the moonlight, there were many fireworks outside, and Chu Tan's face was covered with a soft and warm halo.

He was born beautiful, he has what he wants, he has a glorious status, and he is lonely.

"Little master is one year older." Xiang Xia tilted one corner of his mouth, looking into Chu Tan's bright eyes.

Chu Tan twitched the corners of his mouth, wanting to laugh, but suddenly pursed his lips again, threw himself into Xiangxia's arms, hugged his neck and cried.