However, only a few miles away, a place cut off by the red walls of the Forbidden City, a place shrouded in gloomy clouds and mist and a place where the spring breeze does not cross, there are no flowers blooming at the beginning of summer.

Prison.

It does not belong to the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, only accepts the emperor's order, and is used to detain the prisoners who have been specially ordered by the emperor, up to the royal family, down to the traitors, and a holy decree separates the yin and yang.

At this moment, in the depths of the palace, at the gate of the prison, crows hovered in mid-air, hissing and covering people's hearts, and the air was a few degrees lower out of thin air, freezing Li Jingting's hands and feet.

He swept the silver fox fur in the crook of his arm, and motioned to Nie Ke behind him: "Take another glass palace lamp and burn all the charcoal in Qinggang." ”

Nie Ke looked at the door of the prison with a slight hesitation: "Lord Wang, this fox fur is a tribute, and it is used in the ninth cold winter." Even if Jun Jun suffered a little in prison and his body was weak, the fox fur was warm enough. Is the prince too worried? Besides, the prince personally came to welcome the jun out of prison, which has caused a lot of criticism, and the eyes of those old foxes in the previous dynasty are staring, and the prince is not emotional......"

"Presumptuous!" Li Jingting's face was grim, and he said coldly, "When will this king act and use you to preach with a shadow guard?"

"The subordinates don't dare!" Nie Ke hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, and didn't dare to argue more, he disappeared like a gust of wind, and came back with a glass palace lamp in the blink of an eye.

The glass is brilliant, bright and rotten like a star, and the palm-sized fire is not a candlestick, but the green gang charcoal used by the emperor, even if it is a cold prison, the firelight will scorch the air within a radius of two feet.

Li Jingting's frozen blue eyebrows flashed warmly: "Very good...... Stand down...... The wing room of the palace in Beijing, the quilt, the fire pond, the imperial doctor, the food medicine, the soup...... Are you ready...... You personally check it again, and as soon as the county gentleman passes, you will have to serve the ...... immediately."

Nie Ke hesitated a few times, and finally swallowed the exhortation of "be affectionate, stop being polite", bowed silently, and disappeared into the field in the blink of an eye.

Only Li Jingting was left at the gate of the prison.

He held the fox fur in one hand and the palace lamp in the other, standing upright at the door of the prison, seriously waiting for the prison to release people, his cold eyebrows and eyes had irrepressible excitement, and the firelight jumped at the bottom of his eyes.

Half an hour, an hour, two hours......

Li Jingting didn't move half a step, the water and rice were not exhausted, obviously he arrived early, for fear of missing something, and waited for a few hours.

The sun sank into the West Mountain with a bang, Chang'an had no dreams at night, and the night poured down, hiding the ten-mile red wall behind the thick ink.

Finally, there was movement from the depths of the prison, and the clatter of chains being opened, the flattering greeting of the jailers, and the faint sound of embroidered shoes stepping on the stone steps.

Li Jingting suddenly became a little nervous, his Adam's apple moved, and he secretly clenched the palace lamp handle.

So, when the iron and bronze door opened and the shadow appeared in front of him, Li Jingting thought about it for several days, but he couldn't hold back half of his sentence.

The iron and bronze door was closed again, life and death were separated, the palace road was silent, and the cool evening breeze blew a wisp of the fragrance of hydrangeas in the city, which was faint and slightly smoky.

The shadow didn't move, nor did she approach, just looked at Li Jingting from a distance, her thin shirt was stirred by the evening breeze, and she instinctively shivered twice.

Li Jingting finally found the topic, hurriedly stepped forward, and handed over the fox fur: "...... Miss Xin...... Thou hast suffered, and thou hast fallen into the night...... Wear a coat and ......"

Xin Yi took the first step to reach out his hand, took the coat, and put it on himself, his pale lips returned to half of the blood, but he still didn't answer.

Li Jingting's hand handed over the clothes lingered in the air for a long time, and silently retracted: "You are suffering in prison...... The jailer has been dealt with by this king, so he shouldn't have embarrassed you...... Besides, the people in the prison are the emperor's fateful people, and they all obey the king's orders if they want to kill or chop, and those minions don't dare to treat you harshly...... But I'm still worried day and night...... Is there anything wrong ......with you?"

After Li Jingting finished speaking, his first reaction was to quickly look at Xin Yi, and saw that although the latter's breath was vain and his face was pale, there were no scars on his body, and his heart was suspended for a few days before he let go.

Xin Yi gathered the fox fur and was silent, Li Jingting touched his nose curtly: "That...... You can rest assured, the holy decree has been issued, and the emperor not only pardoned you, but also restored your position as the county monarch...... It's also a bittersweet ......."

Li Jingting suddenly couldn't go on. There are two holy decrees, the first is to forgive and promote the seal is a common thing, and the key is the second way, marriage.

He was like a knot in his tongue at the moment, and his heart was a little weak, obviously he was unpredictable, but he felt that he had done something wrong, and he didn't even dare to look at Xin Yi's eyes.

Xin Yi stared at Li Jingting's expression change, and smiled meaninglessly: "Why didn't the prince say it?"

"It's not this king!" If a child hurriedly defended, Li Jingting suddenly said, "It's not the will of this king's request! It's the father's intention! The incident happened suddenly, both inside and outside the government and the opposition were shocked, this king is upright, and he hasn't done anything to be sorry for anyone!"

Although they didn't explain what they said before and after, they both understood each other what they were talking about, and what was close at hand and what was in the middle of them.

A decree to give marriage, double happiness is coming.

Xin Yi didn't speak, lowered his head slightly, and seemed to be pondering. The evening breeze blew her seven-foot green silk and brushed her dark eyes, mixed with pain and sorrow.

Li Jingting couldn't help but hand the palace lamp forward, wanting to make the woman warmer, and continued: "This king doesn't want to be strong, but after all, you don't have any jokes, and the girl is not impulsive...... The most important thing now is to take care of your body, if you go to the prison for a while, even if you don't suffer the punishment, you will lose your vitality...... The king's palace in Chang'an City has everything ready...... You...... Go back to the house with this king, and let the imperial doctor take a look at you......"

"Has he returned to Beijing?" Xin Yi interrupted Li Jingting's words, and his tone was eager.

Li Jingting's fingertips holding the handle of the palace lamp suddenly clenched. Xin Yifang Buddha didn't listen to him at all, or rather, he didn't care what state of mind he was, the two of them were obviously only a few steps apart, but they didn't seem to be in the same world at all.

Li Jingting pursed his lips, and only after a while did he spit out two words stiffly: "No." ”

Xin Yi stepped back half a step, barely steadied himself, and his eyes were gloomy: "...... He never returned to Beijing...... He was gone...... He didn't even give me any explanation...... He...... ......"

Xin Yi asked a series of questions, his breath was sudden, he stumbled a few steps, and suddenly fell to the red wall beside him, and he had to stretch out his hand to support it before he could stabilize his figure.

"Xin Yi!" Li Jingting exclaimed, subconsciously hesitating a few times to support the hand, and retracted back awkwardly, "You only committed dementia at the beginning of the year, and now you are in prison again, your body is not good, why use him to torture yourself!"

"Use him to torture yourself?" Xin Yihuang suddenly raised his eyes, and a drop of crystal glitter in the corner of his eyes was about to be unexpected, "Yes...... I tortured myself...... But he was promoted, worshipped, and was far away in Sichuan and Shu without asking Chang'an, and he was about to marry a beautiful girl......"

Li Jingting's heart twitched, and he was in great pain, and he wanted to persuade something, but he heard Xin Yi continue: "Lord Jin, do you know...... I had already noticed that he was hiding something from me, but I had been waiting for him to come and explain it to me...... I believe in him too much, and in the friendship between us, so I'd rather pretend to be blind...... But that day, I accidentally overheard his conversation with the shadow guard, which seemed to expose the truth of his identity...... He has been avoiding me until now, and he has not even seen me...... Didn't I wait enough, or did he have no intention of retrieving anything......"

"You don't speculate!" Seeing that the woman's face was pale and her eyes were confused, Li Jingting's own brows also frowned, "You ......"

"Speculation? There is speculation, but what is the presumption?" Xin Yi interrupted Li Jingting's words again, his thin figure kept chilling, and his miserable little face flushed with excitement, looking very weird.

"I have known him for several years, but he has always kept it a secret from me. This identity must be a great secret, and now that I accidentally punctured it, how much is his reason?" Xin Yi took a few steps forward and stared at Li Jingting fiercely, his pupils were red, but he was sad and piercing-

"Lord Jin, don't forget, he is the best chess player in the world. ”

Li Jingting trembled and couldn't refute it. Even if he knew some truth, he couldn't explain it, and even he began to wonder who was right between Jiang Li and Xin Yi.

In the end, who is playing chess, and who is wrong.

It's just that one person is too good at calculating, but the other person is too good at being fond of it.

Which is true, which is false, which game within a game, which person in chess, Li Jingting can't see clearly, and Xin Yi's eyes are also full of mist and can't see clearly.