There was another suffocating silence in the room.
"Little Huangmei, you are not good at all." Xia Mingxuan came out of the room with a slightly sulky voice.
Xia Yuqing looks at Xia Mingxuan's disordered legs, and laughs: "hahaha, it's just A moment of conditioning, a moment of... "
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"I remember, you You are the little slave who showed me the way in Prince an's mansion that night
Familiar appearance, left and right characteristics, do you mean
Suddenly, Xia Yuqing seems to think of something, the whole person suddenly a shock, looked up at Hu you, the brain quickly across a light.
Xia Yuqing covers her mouth and tries her best to hold it back. After holding it for a long time, she almost doesn't suffocate herself. She can't help but gasp. She reaches out her hand to wipe the tears from the corner of her eyes and appreciates the embarrassed face of the person opposite.
Xia Yuqing was so happy that she almost fell down from the horse. Hu You's face turned red and became angry. "Don't laugh, don't laugh!" she said
Xia Yuqing was stunned for a moment. She turned her head and looked at another sword on the other side of Hu You's waist: "poof, OK, you win. No wonder you don't divide left and right. So Ha ha ha... "
"Well?" Hu you is still at a loss. Therefore, Ye Sheng on the side has seen Xia Yuqing's intention clearly. He reluctantly replies: "Miss Xia, he holds a sword in both hands. His weapon is Double swords
Xia Yuqing glanced at Hu You's sword. She said with a good heart, "don't look at others. Just look at yourself. Which hand do you usually hold the sword?"
"Ha ha ha ha ha..." Xia Yuqing can't help laughing. It's not that she laughs a little bit, but that the boy is too funny.
Hu you was stunned, which reflected the reason why Xia Yuqing laughed. Her little face turned red, and she scratched her face awkwardly and said, "didn't I forget it? In the building, except for grandfather Lei, who will have something to do? It's very elegant? When sister Qing'er said that, I didn't just look up and see grandfather Lei, and then... "
"Poof..." Xia Yuqing couldn't help laughing when she heard this. Seeing Ye Sheng and Hu you looking back at themselves at the same time, she covered her mouth and waved her hand and said, "you go on, go on..."
After a pause, Ye Sheng couldn't help looking up to the sky again and sighed: "Oh, Xiaoyou, who do you think is not good, but your grandfather Lei, don't you know that your grandfather Lei is actually left-handed?"
Hu you, that is, the young boy is very aggrieved to see Xia Yuqing and others.
"Why?" The little boy was stiff, his eyes widened, his face innocent and said, "is that so? Isn't this supposed to be on the right? Elder sister Qing'er said that the right hand with the pen is on the right side. I see that grandfather Lei's right hand with the pen is on this side! "
Ye Sheng, the young man beside the little boy, once again helplessly helped his forehead and sighed: "Xiao you, the side you are referring to is the left side."
“……” This is Xiaohei, who lives in xiayuqing's arms and looks at the sky silently.
“……” This is the summer rain and sunshine that was frightened.
"The landlord said, go right after going out, since it's going right, of course it should go this way!" The little boy pointed to the side of the road and said naturally.
"Well Is this going to be left or right? " Xia Yuqing asked with a stiff face.
Three people a cat big eyes stare small eyes of looking at in front of a left a right person fork in the road, don't know where to start.
At the same time, Xia Yuqing and others who have escaped from the villa are facing a very important choice in their life.
Although Xia Mingxuan was a little surprised, he also understood that it was a good thing that he could not find anyone at this time, so he dropped his head and had no words.
Xia Haotian listened to the determined words of the bodyguard. His face was a little ugly. He turned his head and looked at Xia Mingxuan thoughtfully.
"Yes, my subordinates have taken people to look for all the places, but there is no trace of the young master."
"Make sure every corner has been searched?" Xia Haotian's face was slightly heavy and he repeated it in a low voice.
As soon as these words came out, not only Xia Haotian and others sitting on the throne, but also Xia Mingxuan on the edge suddenly changed his face.
"Tell the emperor, his royal highness, his subordinates have searched every corner of the villa, and have not found the whereabouts of the young master."
About a quarter of an hour, the people in the front hall did not say a word, and the whole room fell into a chilling silence, until the guards rushed back to break the silence.
Shaozi Tang Yizheng, although no longer asked, but thoughtfully looked at Xia Haotian, and then pulled the hat down a little to cover the exploration in his eyes.
Xia Mingyuan's face was slightly awe inspiring, and his eyes were also shining with a few dark lights: "we have never mentioned this matter with our father.""Your Highness, you are very prescient. Even your father and emperor have been invited out." Shao Zi Tang lowered his voice and asked in a low voice.
And Shao Zitang is here, which means that Feng tingye must be among the guards who search. This cognition makes Xia Mingxuan's face more and more ugly.
There is no mistake. The man who is dressed up as a bodyguard and standing next to Xia Mingyuan is Shao Zitang, the Minister of the Army Department of Ye.
The bright eyes, the sword eyebrows, the pretty face with a frivolous smile, even in such a rough military uniform, it's still hard to hide the natural momentum.
After seeing the appearance of the bodyguard, Xia Mingxuan's face changed again.
Xia Mingxuan's face changed slightly. He looked up at Xia Haotian, but he didn't react to Xia Mingyuan's sarcastic words at all. Knowing that he was going to fall, he had to calm down and wave his hand to the attendant, so that he would step aside and not act rashly. At the same time, if you have a sense of eyes on the bodyguard who just caught the attendant back.
"Tea?" Xia Mingyuan chuckled, "no need. Who has the leisure to drink tea at this time? Fourth emperor younger brother, you'd better save your tea and drink it for yourself. "
The servant was startled and said, "I just want to pour a cup of tea for the emperor, his Highness the prince and other adults."
Xia Mingxuan slightly narrowed his eyes and winked at a servant on the side. The servant knew what he was thinking and turned to leave, but he was caught by a guard on the side and asked with a smile: "where do you want to go?"
People wake up and rush to all directions of the villa to search.
Xia Haotian's words are like putting Xia Mingyuan away from the relationship with this matter. People with a clear eye can see that he is helping Xia Mingyuan and others.
"That's good!" Xia Haotian then took back his sight and murmured: "don't go in and search. If something happens, I will bear it."
Xia Mingxuan slightly tightened his hand, bit his lip and said, "my father is the leader of the Xia kingdom. Everything in the Xia kingdom belongs to my father. My father naturally has this right."
Xia Haotian's cold vision scanned all the people, and finally settled on Xia Mingxuan. He asked in a deep voice, "xuan'er, do I have the right to let people search your mansion?"
"See you father (emperor)!"
All the people in the room were surprised, including Xia Mingxuan and Xia Mingyuan, especially Xia Mingxuan. They didn't expect that Xia Haotian would appear at this time, and they even helped Xia Mingyuan and others.
Just as the two brothers were fighting with each other, they lit the flames of war and were in a stalemate. Suddenly, a solemn voice came from behind them, breaking the deadlock between them: "yuaner is not qualified. Do I always have the qualification? I'll search all of them. I can't let them go anywhere. "
In the face of it, he deliberately moved out of the popular saying, which was clearly to dissuade, but actually to threaten. It's ok if it's sunny in summer today, but what if it's not here? He then sold a flaw to Xia Mingxuan, Xia Mingxuan will seize this opportunity, hit him more, let him not easily get the opportunity to fall short.
Xia Mingxuan's words are very skillful. On the one hand, he is warning himself to keep his duty and not to do things that disgust Xia Haotian and endanger his position as the crown prince. On the other hand, he is insinuating that he should not be too proud. Although he is respected by the crown prince and has a Dragon Pendant in his hand, now he is just a little farther away from Xia Mingxuan But there is still a certain distance to the throne. The final winner is still unknown.
Xia Mingxuan this words, Xia Mingyuan's face is changed.
Xia Mingxuan looked at Xia Mingyuan's calm face and said with a smile, "today, if someone is found in Huangdi's house, Huangdi will have nothing to say, and those people outside can't chew their tongue. But if not? When the time comes, people outside will have to talk about some gossip. When the time comes, your popularity among the people Tut tut For the sake of a young man, brother, the price you paid is Is it too big? "
Xia Mingxuan's eyes were slightly cold: "brother Huang is so dignified that he brings a group of people into the house, but he ignores the master's meaning. He is wanton to search and spread it out. I'm afraid someone will say that you bully your younger brother. I'm afraid it won't be very good for your reputation. What's more, although you are respected by the Crown Prince now, and you still have a Dragon Pendant in your hand, it can be said that it's just around the corner to inherit the great rule, but don't forget, brother, you haven't ascended the throne yet. Even the noble status of his royal highness under the crown prince and above thousands of people doesn't seem to be qualified to tamper with the emperor's younger brother's mansion for a rumor without real evidence? "
"Only?"
"Brother Huang thinks too much. The Qing Dynasty is clear. Brother Huang didn't do anything wrong. Why do you feel guilty? It's just
"Wait!" Xia Mingxuan finally managed to make Xia Mingyuan and others smile. He said with a frivolous smile: "how, brother Huang, this is Are you guilty? "
Xia Mingyuan selfishly finish saying, completely ignore Xia Mingxuan gradually convergence smile, low drink a, raise a hand to let a person go in search.Xia Mingyuan pondered and said, "I came in a hurry just now. I didn't bring the man. He is still in the city. It's a waste of time. Otherwise, brother Huang, you should let brother Huang's people search your villa. If the young master is not here, brother Huang will make an apology to you. First, it proves your innocence. Second, it saves me time to find another place. Come on, search in. "
Xia Mingyuan really just wanted to cheat Xia Mingxuan, and there was no witness. He also expected that Xia Mingxuan would not be credulous, but now seeing that Xia Mingxuan was so determined, everyone on the scene was trembling. It seems that if Xia Mingxuan had nothing to do with it, it would be Those people have been killed, because only the dead can be trusted.
Xia Mingxuan said with a smile: "brother Huang is really wronged. Why don't you tell him to come out and confront brother Huang now?"
Xia Mingxuan was full of twists and turns in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face. He just frowned and said, "brother, that's not right. The little boy in your house is missing. I'm worried. Brother Huang can understand it. But brother Huang, you can't doubt me and my wife because of this! Although she didn't like to see the young master, she was always dignified and steady. How could she do such a disgraceful thing just because she didn't like to see her? The reason why my mother's concubine is here today is that I heard that the emperor's younger brother has been angry recently and is not feeling well, so I went out of the palace to visit her. It's not like what the emperor said. As for the witness who saw it with his own eyes that the Emperor said... "
Xia Mingxuan has a slight face. He really underestimates these people and uses his mother's wife to find them. However, I've already asked people to wipe out all those involved in this matter in advance. Is it difficult to say that there are still fish in the net, or Is Xia Mingxuan just deceiving himself?
"Don't you understand?" Xia Mingyuan sneered, "brother Huang, brother Huang, I won't go around with you today. The cousin of the crown princess, the little prince in the imperial brother's mansion, has not returned since he left yesterday. Someone once saw the emperor's younger brother, and your people took him away. Moreover, not long ago, the emperor's concubine just returned from your villa. The emperor's younger brother must also know that because of the third emperor's younger sister's affairs, the emperor's concubine has been reluctant to see the young master. Now the emperor's concubine has left you in a fierce manner. It's really hard not to let people doubt whether you are... "
Xia Mingxuan's eyes quickly passed by a trace of evil, but the smile on his face didn't change at all. He said with a smile: "brother, what do you say? Why can't brother Huang understand at all? "
Xia Mingyuan turns to see Xia Mingxuan and sneers: "ready? What have to prapare? Does it give you a chance to move people somewhere else? You are not afraid of neglecting us, but you think that brother Huang is too abrupt and bad for you? "
"How can brother Huang have time to visit his brother's humble place? Don't say in advance, let the emperor's younger brother have an opportunity to prepare and go out to meet him in person. "
After seeing several people in the front hall, Xia Mingxuan was stunned. His face immediately changed into a modest and decent smile, and hid the unhappiness in his eyes.
Xia Yuqing is busy trying to figure out how to get out of the villa. On the other side, Xia Mingxuan, who is disturbed and unhappy, is leaving for the front hall.
Does it really matter that she places her hopes on these people? But Is it her illusion? Why? She always thinks that little boy is a little familiar?
Xia Yuqing slightly twitched the corners of her mouth, looking at a cat and a person not far away with big eyes and small eyes.
You are stupid. If it were not for me, how could you find Xiao Qing'er so soon? How dare you say I am stupid? Human beings are indeed ungrateful people!
Not to be outdone, Xiao Hei yelled, bared his teeth at the boy, and called out: "meow, meow, meow..."
"Ah You stupid cat The young man also took care of the guards outside, deliberately lowered his voice, gritted his teeth and growled.
"Meow, meow, meow..." You are fat. Your whole family is fat to death! Xiao Hei, who was accidentally stabbed with painful feet, burst out with astonishing fighting power. With a scream, he flew a paw on the boy, grabbed and bit his own hand.
It's a pity that Xiao Hei didn't respond to her leisurely at this time. At the moment, all his attention was attracted by the sentence that the boy just said.
"Little black!" Xia Yuqing was pleasantly surprised.
"Xiao Hei, are you talking about this fat cat?" The little boy reached out behind him and pulled out a pure black cat who was still struggling.
"By the way, if we want to leave, we have to take Xiao Hei with us." After confirming that these two people are really huanongying people, Xia Yuqing relaxes a lot. As soon as she relaxes, she thinks of Xiaohei who was left in her room.
At this moment, the young man finally understood why the meaningful smile on his face was when he saw them off!
The young man looked at the two men who were playing tricks. He shook his head again helplessly. One second product was enough to make him headache. Now another
"Easy to say, easy to say!"
"Young Xia, you are so righteous!"The young man was the first to come back and said with a proud face: "since you have said that, I will take you with me."
“……” Young people and young people are scared by Xia Yuqing's sudden change of attitude. The sudden change of painting style does not mean that everyone can adapt to the sky at once!
Xia Yuqing holds the jade Jue in her hand. She suddenly looks up and looks at the two people opposite. It looks like she has found the owner's big cat. Dogleg says, "I believe it. Would you please take me away from here and find the Third Elder martial brother?"
"Now I believe?" The young man is very proud of asked, that complacent look at really flat.
"The landlord is afraid that you don't believe it, so he specially asked us to bring it here." As like as two peas, the little boy smiled and raised his hand. Next moment, a delicate jade jade appeared on Xia Yuqing's hand. When he first met with the plain, he was exactly the same piece on the jade plain.
“……” You're stupid. Your whole family is stupid!
The young man and the young man looked at each other and said with a low smile, "I didn't expect that you were not stupid!"
Xia Yuqing awkwardly took out the corner of her mouth, coughed, and looked at the two people with a little doubt: "how do I know if you are sent by someone else to abduct me in the name of my third elder martial brother?"
Xia Yuqing looks at the two people who are entangled with each other. She howls for a moment in her heart. As soon as she turns her head, she finds that they have stopped the noise. Now she is looking at her with a puzzled face.
These two Sure enough Sure enough, there is love! Gentle pet drown attack and AO Jiao fried hair by god horse, really is the official match King way!
"I've finished it for you. Don't talk nonsense. When you're finished, we can't go back. If you have anything to say, we can go back!"
"Brother Sheng, don't pull me. Let me finish."
The little boy nodded. Just as he wanted to continue boasting, he was pulled aside by the young man on one side and said, "well, yes, it's the landlord who asked us to take Miss Xia back."
"Killer building? Younger martial sister Xia Yuqing was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "is it Third Elder martial brother? Are you the Third Elder martial brother's people? "
"Who else? Of course, it's the owner of the first killer building in the world! " The little boy slightly arrogant raised his head, complacent way, "the landlord let us take his little sister out of the sea of suffering."
When Xia Yuqing heard the voice of the young man, she suddenly woke up. She knew that it was not a good time for YY. She hurriedly took back her saliva and said, "you just said Landlord? Which owner? "
Young see summer rain fine motionless stare at them two people to see, the heart next startled: "Hey, can't really scared?"? Well, I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it. Who knew you were so scared! "
Although it's a bit untimely to say this at this time, Xia Yuqing still wants to say, oh, oh, these two people stand together and look like a good match. Especially the young man's eyes at the young man, it's just a matter of love. Gentle pet drown attack and lovely obedience by god horse unprepared sprouted a face of blood ah, I go!
Following the young man, another young man flew down from the roof and landed behind him. His face was unspeakable helplessness and connivance.
Xia Yuqing found that he was a 17-year-old boy. He looked lively and jumping. He had a small face, but his ink like eyes were very eye-catching.
The boy hanging upside down on the top of the bed vomited his tongue, stepped on it, turned over and fell from the roof.
"Xiao you, don't be naughty. I'm scared of Miss Xia. I'll go back and see how the landlord will punish you."
"Poof Sure enough, as the landlord said, he is an interesting person! " With a slight childish boy's light laughter, a dark shadow suddenly fell from the Bed Tent above Xia Yuqing's head, just like the legendary upside down lady, er It seems that I've seen this way before!
"Come on, where are the demons? Don't pretend to be gods and ghosts. Come out!"
Xia Yuqing is thinking. Suddenly she hears a slightly abrupt voice. She is surprised. She sits up from the bed and looks around.
"It's too early for you to relax in this way?"
The continuous stimulation in the morning has made her exhausted to the extreme. But even so, Xia Yuqing knows that it's not the time to relax and the real crisis hasn't been solved. She still has to find a way to get around the guards outside and leave here quickly, whimpering She is so hard to force!
As soon as Xia Yuqing sees Xia Mingxuan leave the place where he can see, he can't help but feel relieved. His nervous tension suddenly relaxes, and the whole person collapses on the bed.
Xia Yuqing looks at Xia Mingxuan straight up and gets out of bed. At last, she takes a meaningful look at herself and goes out. After going out, she tells the guards outside to look at herself and forbid anyone to go out before he comes back.“!” Go on, go on, your sister, go on, who wants to go on with you!
Without waiting for Xia Yuqing to relax, Xia Mingxuan came close to her ear again and said in a low voice: "let you go first. Qing'er calms down first. We will Go on. "
The expression on Xia Mingxuan's face suddenly became cold and frightening. In a moment, Xia Yuqing just heard him shout to the people outside: "let them wait first, our hall will come right away."
The people outside seemed to be shocked by him and said, "master, there are distinguished guests coming from outside. I want you to go out to see them in person."
"What's the matter?" Xia Mingxuan's voice with obvious evil spirit, also don't know is desire discontent or other what.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, which made the two people in the room freeze at the same time.
Seeing the danger approaching again, Xia Yuqing stubbornly bit her lip, thinking about whether she would rather die than surrender in order to defend her chastity or try to die with the person in front of her.
It's not sure whether it's so sunny or not! For a while, the son is as tender as water, for a while, the son wants to kill himself like a butcher. Isn't this man a schizophrenic? Xia Yuqing looked at Xia Mingxuan's face, more and more determined that this is a living snake disease, but also a severe patient, the incurable kind!
After hearing Xia Mingxuan's whisper, Xia Yuqing is Spartan. Take another look at Xia Mingxuan's face, which is very similar to that when he just pinches his neck, and the hand that he is caught again. I just feel that the whole person is not good.
“……” You don't understand people, do you?!
"Don't you remember? Don't worry, I'll make you remember as soon as possible. Someone else's wife? You are still thinking about that man in your heart. It doesn't matter. I will let you forget him completely soon and leave me alone in your heart. "
Xia Yuqing's self blackness didn't shake Xia Mingxuan's obsession at all. Instead, it seemed to hurt him unintentionally, which made his face become strange again.
Xia Yuqing's heart villain once again sad down two noodles tears, in Xia Mingxuan's aggressive gaze, shiver way: "fourth emperor brother, that agreement I really I don't remember. What's more, I'm someone else's wife now. This is an unchangeable fact. You There is no grass in the world. Why hang on my crooked neck tree? "
“……” As a traveller, if you remember this so-called childhood agreement, you will have a ghost, OK? What's more, is it the same thing that this kind of life-long bridge has been established privately since childhood? It's not good for children to fall in love early, and the labor and capital really don't know about the labor contract at all! Don't say it's unheard of, even if it's true, it must be decided by the original owner and you, OK? It has nothing to do with me! I swear to God, I am really innocent! Master, you are really going to kill me this time!
"Have you forgotten our agreement?"
Xia Yuqing want to struggle strength suddenly relaxed down, stare a pair of eyes dare not set channel: "agreement?"
Xia Mingxuan ignored Xia Yuqing's silence and continued: "you are mine, you are mine. You said when you were a child that you would marry me and become my man. But now, I still stick to our original agreement, but you have violated the original oath, married others and become their wife. Are you not at all wrong? "
“……” In your opinion, I would rather die than surrender to defend my virginity. Is that wrong? So I'm to blame for being pinched? Xia Yuqing turns her eyes silently in her heart, and points her middle finger to Xia Mingxuan.
Xia Yuqing is cold and shrinks her neck. Just when she thinks Xia Mingxuan is going to do the same thing again and kill herself, she finds that Xia Mingxuan gently embraces herself in her arms. Like a tender lover, she whispers: "Qing'er, it's my fault. I shouldn't hurt you. But are you not at all wrong? "
As soon as Xia Yuqing looked up, she saw that Xia Mingxuan's beautiful face was only a few centimeters away from her, only with her cold eyes and the blood oozing from the corner of her mouth just because of her fierce bite. How do you look like Vampires of the middle ages!
“……” It's not intentional. It's already half my life. If it's intentional, how can it be? Xia Yuqing make complaints about the pain of his neck, and make complaints about it.
"I was just too excited. I didn't mean to." Xia Mingxuan wants to reach out and hold Xia Yuqing, but Xia Yuqing quickly dodges, and the fierce color that has faded slightly between his eyebrows suddenly floats up again.
"You Don't come here. "
Xia Yuqing hears Xia Mingxuan's low call, and her whole body is stiff again. She stares at her eyes and shrinks to the bedside in panic, touching her neck while shrinking.
"Qing'er..."
Xia Mingxuan looks at Xia Yuqing's red eyes full of tears because of her severe cough, and then looks down at her trembling hands, just like waking up from a dream, almost He almost killed her himself!"Cough..." Xia Yuqing keeps coughing. She wants to cough up her lungs to prove that she is still alive in this world.
Wuwuwu, she never found that the air between the heaven and the earth was so precious. It was so important that she separated from it for less than a minute and felt that the sky was going to fall down!
As soon as Xia Mingxuan let go, Xia Yuqing suddenly sat up from the bed, covered his painful neck and coughed, breathing the air outside.
Just when Xia Yuqing thinks that he really wants to explain himself here, Xia Mingxuan looks at Xia Yuqing's despairing eyes, as if he was stabbed by something. He swishes and pulls his hand back in a hurry.
"Well..." Because of Xia Mingxuan's holding his hands to his neck, Xia Yuqing's hands finally get a hole, beating Xia Mingxuan's chest hard, holding his hands pinched in his neck, hoping to get a breath. Unfortunately, no matter how hard she earns, Xia Mingxuan doesn't mean to let go at all.
Xia Yuqing was startled by the force suddenly imposed on her neck. Without time to exclaim, she felt a sense of suffocation rushing from her throat to her brain.
Xia Mingxuan's slightly crazy laughter rang in the room, accompanied by this burst of laughter and Xia Mingxuan's gradually tightening strength.
Xia Mingxuan takes Xia Yuqing's pain as the default, and his face becomes more and more ugly. Holding Xia Yuqing's chin, his hand slowly slides down and directly pinches Xia Yuqing's slender neck: "you want to defend yourself for him, you want to hurt me for him? Ha ha ha Ha ha ha... "
Xia Yuqing only feels that her chin is crushed by Xia Mingxuan. She can't even jump out in pain.
"Say, are you so reluctant to defend yourself for that man?"
Xia Yuqing shivers all over. She wants to turn her head to avoid Xia Mingxuan's burning eyes, but Xia Mingxuan pinches her chin first and forces her to look at him.
"You are so reluctant, for that man?"
Xia Mingxuan looks at Xia Yuqing's pale face, and her frightened eyes. The color of her eyes becomes deep again.
Xia Yuqing's heart is extremely crazy, but she tries to maintain the facial paralysis on her face.
Xia Yuqing is really tearful now. She can't make a surprise attack, but she was made into a god horse. She didn't go out to see the Yellow calendar today. This is really not an ordinary back!
Before Xia Yuqing finished speaking, Xia Mingxuan had already let go of his legs. His slender legs suppressed the two legs that he had just been able to move. His hands were restrained again. Xia Yuqing could not move all over.
Thank you for the two monthly tickets that Lan Chou Chou didn't cry.
memeda (づ ̄ 3  ̄) づ╭ ~
well, the lid of the pot is not enough to protect me, but the bottom of the pot ~