Chapter 181: Power
Even when she was intimate before, Hua Lianyue didn't have the experience of waking up in Liu Hui's arms, let alone today, three years later. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Hua Lianyue blinked, looking at his sleeping face close at hand, her mind was in a trance for a moment, and she was a little embarrassed, and her arms were like a little rabbit in her arms.
She wanted to secretly remove his arm around her waist while he was asleep, but she only moved slightly, his eyelids twitched slightly, and he immediately woke up.
Hua Lianyue stiffened her head and said, "Why are you asleep here, does the wound still hurt?" she moved, trying to crawl out of his arms.
Liu Hui frowned, snorted in pain, and said, "Don't move, it finally doesn't hurt so much, if you move, the wound seems to be about to crack again." ”
Hua Lianyue was so frightened that her neck shrunk, and she didn't dare to move, so she only whispered in a trembling voice: "Then what should I do?"
Liu Hui grabbed her soft hand and said contentedly: "That's fine, don't move." ”
Hua Lianyue secretly rolled her eyes, she suddenly withdrew her hand, kicked him twice unceremoniously, and said viciously: "Do you think I'm stupid, and if I am coaxed by your words, I will be easily fooled." ”
Liu Hui's brows tightened, and his body trembled slightly.
"Why don't you put on your face and sing!" Hua Lianyue kicked him twice again before she hurriedly got up.
He lowered his head angrily, but saw that his face was a little paler. She froze and asked with some suspicion, "What's the matter, did it really hit the wound?"
"No, don't worry about it. Liu Hui didn't pretend anymore, he gritted his teeth and got up from the warm couch, and said, "It's not early, I'll go back to the house first." ”
"Wait, I'll send you back!" Hua Lianyue saw that his face was unusually ugly, and she was still not at ease after all, so she decided to send him back in person.
Liu Hui naturally couldn't ask for this kind of request. Considering his injuries, Hua Lianyue walked very slowly. The road was quiet, neither of them spoke, but walked slowly side by side in the howling cold wind.
After sending Liu Hui back, Hua Lianyue immediately said goodbye and left. Liu Hui was also tired when he thought about it, so he didn't play tricks to force him to stay.
Walking alone on the bluestone pavement, the wild grass on both sides shivered in the cold wind, and she wrapped her sheepskin jacket tightly, but her heart was confused.
Suddenly feeling an inexplicable sense of oppression, Hua Lianyue raised her eyes and looked out, and saw a slender strange man standing at the end of the bluestone road.
Because she was too far away, she couldn't see the man's face clearly, but she could see from his good outfit that the man who suddenly appeared must be from a wealthy background.
Hua Lianyue was looking at him, and he was also quietly looking at Hua Lianyue. His eyes were sharp and serious, as if he wanted to see every strand of her hair clearly.
Hua Liyue tucked the jacket on her shoulders, and the snow-white thick wool wrapped her like a cute snowman. The cold wind not only ruffled the hair on her sideburns, but also hurt her face and fascinated her eyes.
Gradually, she had come to the man, and she found that although he was not good-looking, he had a daunting indifference.
With every step she took closer, she could feel the unkindness in his eyes worsen a little, and when she stood in front of him, she even felt the intense killing intent in his eyes.
Hua Lianyue bent her knees slightly, bowed, and said, "I've seen Ji Shizi!"
The murderous intent in Ji Huang's eyes retreated slightly, he raised his eyebrows, and asked in surprise, "Have you seen me?"
Hua Lianyue hooked her lips and smiled, and said: "Although I haven't seen it, I have long heard that Ji Shizi is the companion of the virtuous king Liu Hui, and he is also his right-hand man in the court." Yesterday he was wounded, and today he hurried to see him. Except for Ji Shizi, I really can't think of anyone else who is so dedicated to him. ”
Ji Huang hooked his lips and smiled, nodded and praised: "Yes, you have a little bit of eyes." The killing intent in his eyes has been perfectly hidden, if it weren't for Hua Lianyue's ability to observe words and colors, he really wouldn't have been able to find it.
However, she still felt very curious why this Ji Shizi had murderous intent towards herself when they met for the first time. She calmly brushed the messy hair on her sideburns, smiled at him, and said, "Ji Shizi is waiting here on purpose, but you have something to say to me?"
Ji Huang raised his hand lightly, pointed to the pavilion surrounded by wool felt not far away, and said with a smile: "I have prepared tea there, can you please Miss Hua move over, let's have a cup of tea and chat!"
"Excuse me!" This is Liu Gu's territory, and there are sentinels patrolling back and forth at any time, and Hua Lianyue is not afraid that he will be unfavorable to herself here. Unless, like Li Ruolan, he also has the determination to die.
Ji Huang smiled and led Hua Lianyue into the pavilion, and she sat down on the stone bench covered with brocade piers unceremoniously. There was a copper kettle hanging from the stove next to it, and the copper kettle was gurgling softly, constantly emitting white smoke.
A set of purple sand tea sets had already been placed on the stone table, Ji Huang took a small pinch of tea leaves with a wooden spoon and put them into the potbelly teapot, took off the copper kettle and washed down the hot water, and a stream of white smoke lingered in the pavilion with the fragrance of tea miao.
Skimming off the tea foam, abandoning the first way, and filling it with boiling water again, it was served to Hua Lianyue. Hua Lianyue stretched out her hand to take the tea cup, sniffed the fragrance of the tea, sipped it shallowly, and slightly closed her eyes to taste it. She didn't speak, and Ji Huang didn't speak, and the two really seemed to be sitting together for tea.
After two or three times, the tea also became bland, and Hua Lianyue still held the tea cup and sipped it quietly. The principle that the enemy will not move and I will not move was only recently read in a military book, so of course we must apply what we have learned.
Ji Huang stared at her for a long time before smiling: "Although it is the first time we have met, I feel that I am an old acquaintance with Miss Hua." ”
"Yes!" Hua Lianyue put down the teacup, took a deep breath, and sighed: "It's a pity that I feel very strange to Ji Shizi." ”
"That's a shame. Ji Huang didn't care, and still said with a smile: "Liu Hui and I have known each other for many years, and our respective temperaments and temperaments can be regarded as understanding each other. Although outsiders look at him as noble, the hardships he has endured openly and secretly and the sins he has suffered are only seen by me in my eyes and hurt in my heart.
So when I was a child, I decided that I must protect him to fulfill his wishes, even if it is at the cost of my life, and let him get everything he wants. And we've been working on it all these years. ”
Speaking of this, a chill suddenly flashed in Ji Huang's eyes: "But I heard that he almost lost his life yesterday in order to save you, which I absolutely can't bear." ”
Hua Lianyue hooked her lips and smiled bitterly, and said helplessly: "At that time, it happened suddenly, if I had a choice, I didn't want him to block that sword for me." ”
Ji Huang shook his head and said, "Miss Hua Bingxue is smart, but she doesn't understand what she means. After a pause, he said: "Those who have always wanted to achieve great things must be as invulnerable as steel, and there must not be a trace of weakness caught by the enemy." And yesterday's events have been secretly spread, and perhaps in the near future, you will become a bargaining chip in the eyes of some people. ”
"Take his chips?" Hua Lianyue frowned, "Can you explain it clearly?"
Ji Huang used copper tongs to clip a few pieces of silver frost charcoal and threw them into the brazier, and then casually swept the ashes accumulated in the basin to make the flames burn more vigorously, before he smiled lightly and said, "Miss Hua would like to listen to someone Ji tell a story, a story that happened seven years ago." ”
"Since Ji Shizi has this Yaxing, I am willing to listen to it!" Even if Hua Lianyue said that she didn't want to hear it at this moment, I am afraid that she would not be able to stop him from telling the story. She simply agreed to see what kind of earth-shattering story he wanted to tell.
Ji Huang hooked his lips and smiled, raised his eyes to look at the dim and gloomy sky, and spoke unhurriedly.
He is talking about the story of Xiao Rong, the bright and delicate girl who loves to laugh very much, once became a glimmer of brilliance in Liu Hui's dark life seven years ago, but it is a pity that it is so short-lived, like a flash in the pan. After Xiaorong drowned, Liu Hui was sad and locked the door of his heart and returned to death.
However, the subsequent version is very different from what Liu Hui guessed. Xiao Rong seems to have no scheming, her family has long chosen to take refuge in the prince. She herself was personally selected by the prince and secretly facilitated her relationship with Liu Hui.
Her existence is to make the emperor jealous of Liu Hui, and her existence is to make Liu Hui and his supporters gradually separate. She is a sharp blade hidden by the prince's side next to Liu Hui, and as long as the master has a life, she will not hesitate to take his life.
But she was really cautious, not only did Liu Hui not notice it at all, but even Ji Xuan couldn't find her handle. When Ji Huang noticed that Liu Hui's infatuation with Xiao Rong was becoming more and more inextricable, his heart was crossed, and he arranged the bandit rebellion.
Xiao Rong did die in Ji Huang's conspiracy.
Hua Lianyue heard the story of Liu Hui and Xiaorong for the first time. She thought that she wouldn't care about the past. After hearing that Xiaorong died, Liu Hui had been decadent for a long time, and even did not hesitate to break with her best brother, but she found that she still overestimated herself.
Although she knew that she didn't have to deal with a person who had passed away for a long time, Hua Lianyue still felt that her heart was full of mixed tastes, and she couldn't tell whether it was anger, annoyance, worry, regret, or sourness for a while...... In short, it was like a thousand insects and rats, gnawing at her heart.
Hua Liyue's fingers lightly scratched on the cold and rough stone table, but her thoughts were chaotic. After half a ring, she said lightly: "I'm not Xiaorong." ”
She is not Xiao Rong, she is Hua Lianyue, she has always been herself. She acts freely and casually, always from the heart, and will not be manipulated by anyone, nor will she be any pawn. Not to mention the prince, even the current emperor can't do it.
Ji Xuan glanced at her expression, coughed lightly, and said, "I know you are not Xiao Rong, but your eyebrows and eyes are indeed somewhat similar to Xiao Rong." I'm afraid that in his heart, you are her, which is why he is so crazy about you and desperate. ”
If it was jealousy before, now Hua Lianyue is like being struck by lightning, her mind is blank, and she doesn't feel anything. After half a ring, she said in a daze: "You said that I am somewhat similar to Xiao Rong, what evidence can I prove?"
Ji Xuan hooked his lips and smiled, slowly pulled out a small painting scroll from his wide sleeve pocket, put it in front of Hua Lianyue, and said, "Presumably you are familiar with his handwriting, this painting was drawn by Xiao Rong after his death, you can see for yourself." ”
Painting, painting again, Hua Lianyue suddenly felt a buzzing in her head. Despite the hint of trepidation in her eyebrows, she slowly reached out and touched the scroll on the stone table.
Closing her eyes, she slowly unfolded the scroll until the woman in the painting was completely displayed in front of her eyes, and she suddenly felt that all the sounds around her had disappeared, and the deathly silence was like her state of mind at the moment.
Maybe it's some years, and the paper has revealed the old brittle yellow. But the painting of the girl standing under the tree and smiling with flowers is still very clear. The pretty face with a bright smile really resembles her.
There are also two lines of small characters at the bottom left of the painting scroll: overlapping tear stains and brocade characters, life is only love and hard to die. She is so familiar with the vigorous brushstrokes, and I don't know how much was left on those official documents back then, and this painting is really from Liu Hui's hand.
A snow-white velvet flower suddenly appeared on the painting scroll, was baked by the heat, and soon turned into a trace of water and soaked in silently.
"It's snowing!" Hua Lianyue raised her head blankly, and saw that the long-dark sky finally began to tear, and it began to snow heavily like salt. Although the pavilion was surrounded by wool felts to block the wind and rain, the wind still carried snowflakes through the cracks, and pounced on the two of them in all directions.
The scroll on the table was wet with snow and gradually dissolved. The sound of snow sneered, and her heart was cold. Seeing this, she slowly rolled up the scroll again and returned it to Ji Xuan.
Hua Lianyue took a deep breath and said lightly: "I want to know, what is your purpose for looking for me today." Do you want me to know and leave him immediately?" she stared at him quietly, her clear and shining dark eyes revealing deep suspicion.
"No!" Ji Xuan smiled, his smile was so cold, without a trace of temperature, like snowflakes outside.
He said lightly: "Xiao Rong is dead, he has been decadent for a long time." The three years when your life and death were unknown also made him slump for a long time. Now the emperor is getting weaker and weaker, and the battle for the throne is imminent. He can't waste too much energy on his children's affection. If you really have him in your heart, I hope you can marry him as soon as possible. I believe that even if you can't become a concubine in the future, you will be the most important person in his heart. ”
Hua Lianyue let out an "oh" slowly, her eyes were as bright as ice, exuding a chill. Ji Xuan raised his eyebrows and looked at her, waiting for her next words.
The corners of her lips rose slightly, revealing a cold smile, and said softly: "Who do you think you are, you dare to control my life." ”
The smile on the corner of Ji Xuan's mouth suddenly froze, seven years ago, Liu Hui also asked him such a question in grief. Hearing the same words from Hua Lianyue's mouth today made him feel in a trance, and the face in front of him seemed to coincide with the angry face seven years ago, and the corners of his eyes twitched violently involuntarily.
Hua Lianyue got up suddenly, looked at him condescendingly, and sneered: "Being able to say such a thing shows how pitiful you are Ji Shizi." Although Liu Hui chases power, at least he still has a touch of humanity. But Ji Shizi, you don't even have a trace of humanity, and you only deserve to be a slave of power in this life. ”