A few days ago, I am afraid that everyone in the cold and lonely city did not expect that now in such a dire situation inside and outside the palace, Lin Helin, who had already covered the sky with one hand within the palace walls, would also allow the Ministry of Rites to organize a birthday banquet for the palace concubine.

At this moment, the sound of silk and bamboo in the dusty star tower is lingering, and as far as the eye can see, the eyes are full of endless red silk satin, and the lights of the glazed palace of three zhang high are shining like a clear blank day.

Although with the current level of Mrs. Shuyun Congyipin, the banquet held here tonight is not as luxurious and grand as in the past, but now that it is in a special period, it is inevitable that people will not be able to attract attention with such special preferential treatment. At this moment, most of the invited harem ladies who sat in the banquet were uncertain and had different appearances, probably not knowing what the meaning of this sudden banquet was?

Although the court ladies under the white marble stage are delicate and beautiful, if they are compared with the people in today's main seat, they are one day and one place.

Today's unique protagonist Shu Yun is dressed in an elegant crimson Shu brocade inlaid agate dress, wearing an enamel hibiscus crown, and all the green silk is braided into a double-strand bun. The delicate and dexterous bun of the frightened bird makes people look from afar, as if a pair of plumply birds are stationed on the top of its hair and are ready to fly.

In this cold and lonely city, except for the supreme princess, I am afraid that no one can match the innate elegance and grace of Mrs. Rong Ying.

Shu Yun's hands wearing a pair of gold and jade bracelets were patting along with the tune of the audience, and his lips were slightly raised gracefully. But only she knows in her heart how chaotic she is at this moment!

In Xianyue's eyes, this most dangerous place may also be the safest place.

The night breeze is slightly cool, and Xianyue is alone in the bluestone corner tower under the stargazing tower.

Not far behind her is the grand scene of the heavenly feast, singing and dancing. Many years ago, in the Taishi's Mansion or her aunt's Chonghua Palace, she may have faintly longed for that prosperity. But at this moment, what she was staring at in her eyes was only the countless lights of thousands of homes outside the palace walls.

Upstairs, there are probably three or four tunes changed, and the top tune that is rising leisurely at this moment is the Lou Sang ballad that Xianyue loves in the past day.

Xianyue finally heard the slight sound of footsteps behind her, and she turned around with some joy for a while, but she didn't want to change her face in vain for a moment after seeing the comer.

The visitor was dressed in a navy blue red-crowned crane robe, with a steady pace and a straight figure, and his appearance was as handsome as in the past. In the huge Imperial Medical Bureau of Cold Silent City, who can wear this dark official robe with such excellent demeanor except Jiang Li?

"Why are you here?"

Xianyue's eyebrows frowned slightly, and then quickly turned sideways.

Even though her expression was subtle, she never escaped Jiang Li's eyes. Seeing that Xianyue seemed to be a little impatient with herself, Jiang Li's heart couldn't help but darken, and her voice was slightly hoarse, "Why don't you want to see me?"

"I'm in good health now, so I don't have to see you often. Xianyue continued to look back at the sparkling lights in the distance, and her tone was so calm that it seemed to be a matter of course. She caressed her lower abdomen with one hand, lifted her sideburns that were blown away by the night breeze with the other, and then raised her lips slightly and said, "If you come often, how can you not be suspicious?"

The meaning is cold.

After a moment of hesitation, Jiang Li still chose to move forward slightly, and then moved half a step closer to Xianyue. He speculated that she probably had unspeakable hardships, so he would be so deliberately clear about himself.

But suddenly, I could already smell the unique dark fragrance of her body in my snort. After holding his breath for a short time, Jiang Li finally seemed to have great courage, and then said softly to Xianyue with a slightly red cheek, "But if I can't see you, I won't be able to rest assured for a day......"

"Brother Jiang Li, you are joking. In the past few years, you and I were on opposite sides of the world, and we didn't know where the other party was. But you see, are you and I doing well?"

Xianyue still elaborated quietly, as if there was not a trace of emotion in her cold tone.

Jiang Liying's eyebrows raised slightly, "Do you think I've had a good time over the years?"

"How can it be called bad?" Xianyue pretended not to hear the hoarseness and forbearance in Jiang Li's tone, she just forcibly endured the cowardice in her heart, and then slowly looked back and said with a clever smile, "You see that you have joined the Imperial Medical Bureau at such a young age, and your career is smooth compared to your peers. And Brother Jiang Li, you are so dignified, I'm afraid that when you go in and out of the palace, you have already become the dream of many official ladies, right? If you tie the knot with a young lady in the future, it will be a good thing to be happy and happy, and I will personally prepare a big gift for you at that time!"

At this moment, Jiang Li's gentle and bone-eating look in his eyes had long since disappeared. His gaze seemed to penetrate the pulse of time, and instantly retraced to the appearance of the two of them when they first met in the post house a few years ago, and rejected everyone in the world thousands of miles away.

Xianyue hurriedly turned sideways, not daring to look at Jiang Li's eyes again.

"Do you want me to marry someone else?"

"Why don't I?" In the sea of lights under her eyes, Xianyue's vision gradually blurred, but the consciousness in her heart was still as solid as a rock, "You are destined not to belong to me in this life, I can see it clearly, and I think it clearly, and I don't want to delay your good time." Some things are missed, and for the sake of all these years, I should have woken you up early......"

"I see. ”

Looking at the stars upstairs, a song of mulberry is still there.

But Jiang Li decided to leave after coldly responding to Xianyue.

His heart suddenly seemed to be separated, and in a trance, he couldn't even feel the pain.

He never said what he had experienced over the years. And he can live until today, why hasn't it because he has always put her in his heart as a belief!

And Xianyue didn't say much, just quietly withdrew the faint flickering eyes that were briefly cast on Jiang Li's body. There seemed to be fine sweat oozing from her back, and her hands hidden under her sleeves were clenched into fists, and she secretly regretted in her heart if she had spoken too heavily to Jiang Li?

But if he doesn't talk seriously, how can he let go of his obsession with himself?

The night breeze was blowing, and Xianyue, who was alone and silently hung her head, finally had a drop of crystal liquid slipping from the corner of her eye.

She knew in her heart that she had talked too much with Jiang Li, but after all, fate was not enough.

It was, and it is.

Now it's good to let him walk here with him. The road behind was smoky, and every step was difficult. The last thing she wanted was for him to be in danger because of himself......

"Senior sister. ”

Suddenly, a soft and distant call sounded not far away, and Xianyue's heartbeat suddenly seemed to miss half a beat. So she hurriedly raised her hand to wipe her tears, and then immediately turned around, fortunately she saw Jingzhi holding a silk fan from the blue stone corridor in the north.

Although Xianyue was a little upset, she never panicked.

And the net eyebrows and eyes are clear, the demeanor is dignified, and the temperament is unconventional. I saw that she was wearing a lotus-colored silver silk lotus pattern palace dress, and there was a delicate sheep's horn jade pendant in the ribbon tied around her waist.

"Did you hear it all just now?"

"Miss Hua Yin asked me directly at the other end of the corridor. Jingzhi smiled, and there was no deliberate concealment in his soft expression, "Although I haven't heard a rough idea, I can guess what is going on." I just thought it wouldn't be appropriate for me to show up at that time, so I waited until the man was far away. ”

"Thank you," Xianyue sighed in her heart, not wanting to explain more, but lowered her eyes slightly embarrassed and said, "I hope I haven't lost my temper too much." ”

Jingzhi shook his head with a smile, and his appearance was as clear as a chrysanthemum of nine autumns. Then she walked to Xianyue's side, and that was also where Jiang Li was standing, "With all due respect, senior sister." In fact, it is not difficult to find that you care about that person in your heart. ”

Hearing this, Xianyue's eyebrows frowned, and she hurriedly subconsciously looked in the direction where Jiang Li had left.

Fortunately, I saw the blue bricks reflecting the moon, and the palace lights swaying in the wind. At the end of the towering palace wall, no one has long been gone.

Let's go, just go.

Xianyue's eyes still did not fade away from the previous fog, "I am now deep in the algae, like a bird in prison and unable to move for half a minute, but he has the opportunity to choose a completely different path to go on." It's not that I don't want to see him anymore, it's just that this world is too chaotic, and there are always people who should live well. ”

A word like a thin needle silently poked into the bottom of Jingzhi's heart.

Yes, Rao is world is not peaceful, and she also hopes that the person in her heart will not be implicated in the slightest.

Regardless of success or failure, gain or loss.

"You're a Dan heart. I just don't know if that person will understand your painstaking ......"

"What about your Liu scholar?" Xianyue hesitated, and finally mentioned Liu Zhikang to Jingzhi, "Jingzhi, has he ever known your suffering since he separated from you?"

Xu was out of shape a moment ago, and Jingzhi was not too surprised that he was suddenly mentioned by Xianyue as a weakness. After chuckling as if self-deprecatingly, she replied in a normal voice, "I don't know, so I've been waiting for the day when I ask him in person!"

"You haven't seen each other since he moved out of your house?"

"I've seen it twice. But there are always too many followers around him, and I can only look at him without saying a word. ”

Xianyue sighed in her heart, it turned out that the current situation of Jingzhi and the colt was not as optimistic as she imagined. If we never have a heart-to-heart relationship again, we can no longer make accurate judgments about many things. She was ruthless, and then asked, "Then will you blame him? ”

"I don't blame him. In my eyes, nothing is more important than living well. "In the sea of lights outside the palace wall, every figure that is still or moving is like an ant-like dot. At this moment, Jingzhi's expression was extremely calm, but her eyes unconsciously fell to the most magnificent mansion in Shengjing City outside the palace walls, "As long as people are alive for a day, everything is still hopeful." Senior sister, did you say?"

"Yes...... It's like I also want Mrs. Rong Ying to live. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, although it was a midsummer night, it made people feel the slightest warmth.

Jingzhi was stunned suddenly, and then subconsciously looked up at the stargazing tower that was still lit with candles and endless silk and bamboo.

"What do you mean by that?"

Xianyue raised her head slowly, and the graceful arc of her jaw reflected the moonlight, which was so beautiful that it was difficult to describe. She looked at the white and flawless crescent moon in the dark sky, and finally a wisp of sigh escaped lightly.

"There is a crony named Lu Yicheng next to Lin Helin, and you must have heard of this name. That person may have borrowed great courage from his master, and now he not only picks on Shuyun's words, but even moves in front of Shuyun in front of the chamberlain and palace maids in the Liyin Palace. Today's sudden banquet must have been what he asked for in order to please Shuyun and Lin. Jingzhi, Shuyun is my best friend in the palace, and I am worried that something will happen to her if she continues like this, so I want to send her out of the palace as soon as possible. ”

"I see, it turned out to be Lu Yicheng's ......" Jingzhi squinted his eyes slightly, muttered the name thoughtfully, and then raised his face lightly and said to Xianyue, "Senior sister, it's just that today is so unpeaceful, not to mention the hardships and dangers of leaving the palace, where can you send her?"

Xianyue looked back, but there was still an unshakable firmness in those smiling beautiful eyes.

"The third prince in power owes me a personal favor, and I originally wanted to send Shuyun there. But then I thought, she is Ze Xiu's concubine, and where can she be safer for her than Ze Xiu's side?"

Jingzhi's eyes widened in disbelief, and he didn't hide the doubts in his heart, "But in this way, they will inevitably get along with each other every day, and you won't mind?"

"She is so important to me that I don't want to, even fear losing her. As long as I want her to be safe, I can't care about anything else......"

Xianyue was sure in her heart that Shuyun had long been like an inseparable family member to herself.

Only if she is good, can she feel at ease. Just like every time she is in a high place, looking at the lights of thousands of homes, Xianyue always subconsciously looks for the direction of the Taishi Mansion in the stars. Whenever she thinks of the love of her parents and the harmony of her brother and sister-in-law at home, she can feel relieved in her heart. Fortunately, in this battle for imperial power, no matter what the previous situation is, the Nalan family, which is neutral to the outside world, will not be affected too much in the end.

"Now that you've made up your mind, I'm here to help. Jingzhi gritted his teeth, and then leaned closer to Xianyue's ear and whispered, "There is something that His Majesty has not allowed me to tell you before, but I think you should know ...... now."