The fighting Xiao Ren and Xu Jingxuan stopped at her voice and turned their heads to look at her simultaneously.
Chu Wei, who was watching the show from a distance with a sword in hand, also retracted his gaze and walked quickly to her side.
"Why are you not wearing shoes?"
Saying no more, he didn't wait for her reply, went into the house, picked up her embroidered shoes, and walked out. Ignoring the stares of others, he half-knelt in front of her and wiped her feet clean with a handkerchief before putting on the shoes for her.
Xiao Ren and Xu Jingxuan's faces were not very good. Although Xiao Ren knew the relationship between them, seeing it with his own eyes still made him feel uncomfortable.
The latter thought that Chu Wei, as a servant, especially a man, should not be so intimate with Lou Si.
Lou Si understood the disapproval in their eyes and her lips curved into a pleasing smile.
"Guests are honored, Xiang, serve tea." Lou Si sat down by the stone table and looked at them: "Please have a seat."
Xiao Ren and Xu Jingxuan exchanged a glance, then sat down opposite her without saying a word.
Lou Si scanned them both with a glance and asked, "What do you mean by coming to my princess's residence to fight?"
"I'm sorry, Sisi. I didn't mean to fight in your residence. It's just that he said something too much." Xu Jingxuan looked guilty at her.
"Oh, really?" Lou Si looked at Xiao Ren with a playful smile. "General Xiao, at this time, not staying in your own residence to indulge your young wife, but coming to my princess's residence instead? Could it be that you haven't forgotten your old feelings for me?"
When she said this, the faces of a few people besides her changed.
Standing behind her, Chu Wei's eyes narrowed as he watched Xiao Ren, and his hand holding the sword tightened continuously.
Xu Jingxuan's hand under the table was tightly clenched into a fist, and if Xiao Ren dared to say as much as one word, he would undoubtedly punch him without hesitation.
Xiao Ren also had a strange expression on his face, but it was only fleeting. "You're thinking too much. I came today just to ask you some things and then leave, I won't stay longer."
"To ask about things?" Lou Si suddenly became interested and asked: "What do you want to know?"
She was genuinely curious to hear what he wanted to ask.
Xiao Ren looked at Xu Jingxuan and hesitated for a moment before asking: "What happened to you when you went to the Western Regions, why... did you become a concubine to the Western Emperor?"
When Xiao Ren asked the last sentence, he regretted it because he saw the smile on Lou Si's face freeze, and his back behind Ruan's face turned white and bloodless instantly, and even his hand holding the sword was trembling lightly.
Xu Jingxuan also noticed the change in Lou Si's expression. Although he wasn't exactly sure of what Lou Si had experienced in the Western Regions, from the poison on her body before, he could at least guess some things.
"Xiao Ren, if you're bored, you can jump into the moat. No one will stop you."
"Shut up, it's none of your business." Xiao Ren gave him a cold look.
Xu Jingxuan opened his mouth to say something, but then Lou Si suddenly laughed, first wildly, then beautifully, and both he and Xiao Ren were so stunned that they couldn't help but watch.
Chu Wei heard Lou Si's laughter and felt like all the blood in her body had frozen. The last time she laughed like this was when she broke her own tendons.
He can never forget that scene. Lou Si, unable to bear the torment, ran to the city wall. Her wrists were bitten to a bloody mess, and blood flowed continuously, staining her gown. Even so, there was still a smile on her face, a beautiful smile.
Looking at Chu Yu, she said, "If I Lou Si do not die, there will always be someone who will trample all of you underfoot." Having said that, she leaped off the city wall.
He has forgotten what he was thinking at that time. Maybe it was to mock, or to think that it would be better if he died. However, now he is resentful that he didn't recognize his feelings and take her away from Chu Yu in the first place.
"Xi Xi." Chu Wei croaked a sound and put his hand on her shoulder.
Lou Si laughed as she turned to look at him, and Chu Wei quickly drew back his hand, taking a step back. The sword in his hand fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
Lou Si didn't look at him. She stood up and walked in front of Xiao Ren, looking down at him, and smiled: "Do you really want to know what I experienced in the Western Regions?"
For some reason, at that moment, Xiao Ren didn't want to know. He got up, hid the turmoil in his eyes, and said: "I don't want to ask anymore. After all, not a word out of your mouth is the truth."
After saying that, he turned and fled out of there as if he were escaping.
Lou Si, who had grown up with him since childhood, couldn't help but see the turmoil in his eyes. She laughed and said, "It's no problem. You can ask me anytime you want to know."
After saying this, Xiao Ren's steps obviously quickened, and he disappeared at the gate of the courtyard in three steps.
Lou Si smiled as she turned her gaze to Xu Jingxuan and asked, "And you, do you want to know as well?"
Xu Jingxuan shook his head unconsciously. He didn't want to but was afraid to. Because she had gone through those things, which was also related to him.
"What is your purpose for coming, then?" Lou Si leaned back against the stone table, her hands resting on the table in reverse, and looked up at the azure sky with eyes like a cat, slightly narrowed.
From Xu Jingxuan's perspective, he could see her extremely perfect side profile and her snow-white, slender neck.
Lou Si suddenly turned her head and met his gaze. Her red lips parted slightly, and she said slowly, "I don't think it's because you miss me."
As they locked eyes, Xu Jingxuan unconsciously averted his gaze. His heart involuntarily quickened.
"I came to ask you if you can marry me." Xu Jingxuan paused for a moment, then straightened his head and looked at her.
"Marriage?" Lou Si couldn't help but laugh: "Why would I give up being a princess for you?"
Xu Jingxuan fell silent for a moment before saying, "Xi Xi, the ministers in the court have always been wary of you because of the late imperial advisor's words. Today, you've executed the Prime Minister in front of all the officials. They will only believe more firmly in what the imperial advisor said back then."
"If we get married, then you will become part of my Xu family. If you die, it will be because of me and my Xu family, not because of the country, the people, or the prosperity."
Lou Si listened silently after hearing this, and nodded after a long time. She smiled and said, "You're right. That's a good idea."
Xu Jingxuan's face brightened upon hearing this: "You…"
"I can marry you, but you have to first get the approval of Lou Zheng. As long as he agrees, I will marry you immediately." Lou Si smiled and cut him off, her laughter having an indecent meaning.
"Okay, I'll go ask him to give us a blessing for our marriage," Xu Jingxuan didn't think much of it, only thinking that she wanted Lou Zheng to give them a blessing so that she could marry him in grandeur.
Lou Si smiled and looked away, a playful glint appearing in her eyes. Go ahead, ask Lou Zheng. It would be best if you turned against him, then it would be more interesting.
Lou Si watched as Xu Jingxuan left, and she didn't have the same sleepy mood anymore. She looked at Ruan Qi without speaking, who was still standing motionless.
After a long time, she said: "Xiang, prepare some things to accompany me to the Marquis's mansion."
Pei Yan spoke for her today, and she should personally go to thank him, even though he might not welcome it.
