Chapter 18: The Study II

Sure enough, hearing this, Wu Yan showed a hint of surprise in the puzzled expression on her face, she raised her face and quickly glanced at the king in the palace. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Xia Hao was still watching the dancing girl in the hall dancing at this time, smiling softly and sweetly in a white dress and yellow dress, holding the wine jug with her white jade fingers, and moving slightly, there was a jade liquid poured into the wine glass in Xia Hao's hand. After several cups of elixir into his throat, Xia Hao's face showed a bit of luster red, and there was no trace of gloom in his drunken expression. He seemed to realize his instrength in drinking, closed his eyes and leaned back on the dragon chair behind him, thoughtfully put the cup in his hand on the desk, and leaned on the armrest of the dragon chair, holding a bunch of crystal sweet grapes in the palm of his hand, gently picking the grapes one by one, and sending them into Xia Hao's mouth.

Wu Yan withdrew his gaze, and saw Xia Zihe's intentional or unintentional eyes on his face, smiled slightly, and said, "I see, I know your intentions." ”

"You don't know. Xia Zihe's eyes circled on Wu Yan's face, his thin lips were pursed, his head shook slightly, and he said, "I can find out the news from your mouth in a hundred ways, but I used the most futile method to startle the snake, just because I want to be open and honest, and exchange my sincerity for your sincerity." ”

Wu Yan still smiled and didn't say anything, just half-lowered his eyes, and his face was full of smiles, and it was difficult to distinguish his heart.

Xia Zihe didn't care, and continued, "The world is caused by cause and effect, today he treats his brother like this, after his father is a hundred years old, if he is the king, will there be a place for me in this world? After all, everyone has a heart that wants to live, whether or not they can be the king on this throne is just one of the ways to live, I just want to know, how I can live, how I will live, that's all. ”

The corner of his eye swept over Wu Yan, and he saw that after listening to his words, her eyes blinked slightly, and she asked in a low voice, "Is it?" in a low voice, but it was almost imperceptible.

He had some comprehension, and there was a faint "oh" in his mouth, and the feeling of not being trusted did not stimulate half of his anger, but only derived a faint helplessness and disappointment, his eyebrows narrowed slightly, and there was a weak smile on his lips, and he said, "You don't believe me?"

His voice was too pale and weak, which caused Wu Yan to take a conscious look, but the girl quickly bent her eyes and smiled, and said sweetly, "I don't believe you, the eldest husband is full of words, naturally it is not empty words, it's just that if you say it, I will believe it casually." ”

Knowing that what she said was nonsense, knowing that there was something in her words, knowing that what she cared about and indicated in her words at the moment was her own dishonesty, accusing herself of promising to let her leave but still not letting her go. He was helpless, but he could only say, "I have evidence to prove it to you, but I don't know if you dare to see it, do you want to leave or stay?"

The two were talking, and the bead curtain in the hall was lifted again at this time, and more than 100 beads swayed and sounded a soft dingdong. A young man dressed in a snow-white costume stepped into the hall slowly, there was not a single attendant behind him, and no one looked back at him, his face was like snow, and his expression was like ice, as if he had no soulless body, and like the snow-colored moonlight in the winter night. He was straight, he never turned his head, only looked ahead, his eyes looked at the hall without blinking, his eyes fell on the king sitting on the dragon chair, and this gaze followed the eyes of the king on the dragon chair to the dancing girl who was dancing on his side, at this moment, the mask on his face seemed to be a little broken, Wu Yan could almost see the fluctuations in his cold expression, but at the moment when he was delving, the young man in snow-white clothes suddenly turned his head, and caught Wu Yan who was looking at him with his eyes, there was a moment of doubt in his eyes, his eyes drifted from Wu Yan's body, slid over Xia Zihe's body, and then looked ahead again。 He walked slowly, the red carpet in the hall was thick and soft, and his steps were not startled at all, so he quietly passed in front of Wu Yan and sat down on the left hand side of Xia Zihe.

The young man nodded, took a sip of tea, and slowly turned his face as if intentionally or unintentionally, facing Xia Zihe, leaving lukewarm words, "The third brother is so interested, did you bring a maid to the banquet?"

Those peach blossom eyes are like deep cold pools of water, and they can't be seen through and guessed. The smile on Xia Zihe's face was lazy, as if he had hung a mask. He didn't answer Xia Ziyan's question, just yawned lazily, slowly stood up, and when Wu Yan looked at him suspiciously, his lips moved, and he said silently, "Let's go." ”

Xia Zihe said goodbye to the king on the dragon chair, bowed to Wu Ying, and turned to leave. Wu Yan walked out of a dark shadow by the window and followed him outside the hall.

At this time, I don't know what time it is, the moon is tilting on the horizon, and the hall behind me is already drunk and tired in the dead of night, except for these, the whole palace is only cold food, ethereal incense, astringent wine, and candles that burn tirelessly to the end of life.

Xia Zihe led Wu Yan back to the road when he just came, and then he said, "Go straight ahead, it is the garden when you came, and you will ...... south along the garden path."

The young man's voice crossed her ears, and the wind drifted behind her, and she couldn't hear a word in her ears, and the restless emotions in her heart were surging, was it curiosity? Was it just curiosity? She looked up at the young man in front of her, and all that sounded in her mind was the young man's words, "I just want to know how I can live, how I will live, that's all."

For some reason, she only felt that something in her heart fluctuated, whether it was sighing, sympathy, or even pity, it was for him, or not just him, it was the twists and turns of the world's lives. But isn't she a nobody in the world, a drop in the ocean, who completes from birth to death in a hundred years old or less.

But her life has never been simple and happy, and she never has to worry about how to live, everything falls into place. But what about Xia Zihe, he is obviously the same age as himself, and he is the pride of the sky, but he is in a high place, but what he wants to do is to live, just to live, and decide to fight against fate?

She looked at Xia Zihe, at this moment, because of what he said, even if she was skeptical, she wanted to choose to believe him.

Her thoughts drifted away in the night, only the voice seemed to have thoughts, and it came out of her mouth, "What about the evidence, aren't you going to show me the evidence?"

Xia Zihe didn't speak, but a light cough sounded behind him. Wu Yan turned his head to look, only to see a man in a navy blue palace uniform standing behind him, I don't know when he came, how long he stood here, like a shadow. Seeing Wu Yan turn his head to look at him, this person smiled slightly, his face was handsome, almost male and female. He walked over to Wu Yan and handed the thing he was holding in his hand to Wu Yan.

At this time, they had already walked to a corner of the palace corridor next to a certain temple, and there were guards walking around, and when they saw that it was Xia Zihe, they immediately gave a salute and walked away. Wu Yan looked at the object in the man's hand, it was clearly a set of clothes.

- And the style of the clothes was obviously the same as what he was wearing, the difference was in the color, the man was dressed in navy blue, but the suit on his hand was a faint touch of blue.

Seeing that Wu Yan was only looking at his clothes, the man finally spoke, and his voice was delicate and charming, almost comparable to that of a woman. Wu Yan thought he was Xia Zihe's guard, but he didn't expect him to be a person from the palace, and he was stunned in his charming voice for a while, and it wasn't until he patiently said it again that he came back to his senses. It turned out that she was going to change into this palace dress, isn't it?

Xia Zihe saw Wu Yan's brows frowning slightly, and couldn't help but say, "Don't you dare to do this?"

Wu Yan glanced at him, said no more, and took the clothes. He followed the eunuch who claimed to be promoted to change his clothes, and followed him to the Dusheng Palace.

They passed in front of the temple and walked along the corridor towards a pavilion in the southwest direction of the temple. They entered the palace, which was divided into cabinet and outer cabinet, and there were only three or two palace people in the outer cabinet, and when they saw Rongsheng and Wu Yan coming in, a eunuch in the same color palace clothes as Wu Yan immediately greeted him, and respectfully called Rongsheng, "Rong Gonggong", and at the same time looked at the cabinet and gave Rongsheng a look.

Wu Yan didn't dare to raise his head, but fortunately, no one noticed him all the way, but he was very respectful to the Rongsheng beside her.

Seeing that only Wu Yan and himself were left in the outer pavilion, Rong Sheng turned his head and whispered to Wu Yan, "This palace is the study of the Holy Lord, and it is also the place where the Holy Lord and the Great Prince will meet. We are not commanded to enter, but we can only wait in the outer cabinet. ”

Seeing that Wu Yan nodded, he gently instructed again, "Childe told me to take care of the girl, the girl just remembers, don't panic, I will take care of everything, it's okay." β€œ

Wu Yan answered, looked up at the cabinet, but saw that the cabinet door was open, only the curtain of flowers and beads fell, and behind the curtain was a four-fold golden sand screen to separate people's sight, and there was a black shadow standing still behind the screen, but I didn't know if it was Xia Zihai.

Just as he was in a trance, suddenly the door of the big red palace was pushed open, and a vermilion figure flashed into the hall, ignoring the two witches and Yan in the outer hall, and walked straight to the cabinet.

Wu Yan raised his head, only to see that the vermilion figure had just disappeared behind the screen, and the black shadow moved, and Xia Zihai's voice came out, "Gonggong Ge, why is it only you, Father?"

The person with the purple figure spoke, his voice was sharp, but it was a soft and slow voice, "The saint has drunk one or two more cups, at this time the dragon body is not safe, I am afraid that he will not be able to come, the night is quieter, I am afraid that the eldest prince will wait here for a long time, and the special servant of the saint will come to inform him, and please return to the mansion as soon as possible to rest." ”

He said a bunch of words leisurely, but he didn't finish speaking, and continued, "The coming day is long, why should the eldest prince be in a hurry, worrying that there will be no chance in the future?"

There was a cold silence in the palace, the lights in the outer pavilion were dim, the shadows spread and climbed everywhere, Wu Yan stood in the outer pavilion where light and shadow were mixed, only to feel that there was an inexplicable coldness behind him, and he attacked one after another. The cabinet was brightly lit, and the voice of the words came from it was small, as if there was a dark shadow beside him, only the movement was visible, almost inaudible, and there was always an undercurrent fluctuating in his heart, which made people feel uneasy.

In the cabinet, the man's deep voice came again, "...... Whether he is really a dragon or does not want to see me, I know very well in my heart...... I don't know who came up with a good idea, once it passed tonight, the imperial edict was stamped with the jade seal, and it was sent back to the Chongtai Hall overnight, when the book and the door were signed and sealed, I was afraid that it would be read out when it was time, and when it was dawn, it was already known to the world, and it was difficult to collect it when it was covered with water...... Is there really a chance to come to Japan?"

Xia Zihai chuckled, "He didn't come to see me, I'm afraid he won't even want to appease me, he just wants to wait for the edict to be announced tomorrow to the world, so that I can accept my fate, right?"