As soon as the curtain opened, I could see her as she was now.

And the moment I saw her, I froze.

The Nangong Lizhu in front of me is still the same as before, although she is pale, emaciated, and haggard, but the real beauty, her beauty is not so easy to be destroyed, standing in front of me, she is still captivating, like a flower, a painting, a delicate and moist porcelain, people are cautious, for fear that a move will destroy this beauty, and a touch will make her shatter.

However, at this moment, a crack appeared on the originally perfect porcelain.

There was a scar on her right cheek.

I gasped and stared at her with wide eyes, but I couldn't believe what I was seeing, and she, trembling slightly, took my gaze, as if she couldn't bear my gaze after I looked at her for a while.

She grabbed the beaded curtain with a strong hand, and the curtain was torn off by her.

Those pearls crackled and scattered, as if something had shattered the ground.

When I spoke, my throat was hoarse, and it took me a while to find my voice: "You, what are you? ”

"What's wrong? Heh-"

She laughed, but the smile was more heartbreaking than crying, and even I could see the tears rolling in her eyes, but they didn't flow.

Perhaps, she had shed enough tears.

My brow tightened.

Admittedly, I don't have a good impression of her until now, especially since it used to be-for-tat, with a hostile relationship between you and me, even if I was barely able to calm down in the palace before, it was not a reconciliation. However, the heart of the four ends of people still exists after all, any normal person will have a pleasant perception of beautiful things, and hope to protect, and see beautiful things being destroyed and destroyed, there will be reluctance and compassion after all.

So, I still feel a little sad when I see that glaring scar on her beautiful face.

I frowned and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

“……”

"Who hurt you?"

“……”

"Wasn't it before, when you left the Imperial City—?"

At that time, the soldiers were in chaos, and the swords were all blind, could it be that someone was injured by mistake at that time?

Nangong Lizhu sneered: "If that's the case, then I'll accept my fate." ”

No? The more I doubted, the more uneasy I became.

"Who the hell is that?"

“……”

"Who hurt your face?"

Her whole body trembled violently, as if she had returned to some nightmare scene, and after a long while, she finally slowly squeezed out three words from between her teeth-

"Han-Zi-Tong!"

My heart sank: "What did you say? Is it Han Zitong? ”

Could it be that she was really so ruthless, for Pei Yuanxiu, or in order not to let anyone intervene between Pei Yuanxiu and her sister, she would be so ruthless to Nangong Lizhu?

Nangong Lizhu gritted his teeth, almost crushing his silver teeth, and said fiercely: "At that time, I had just arrived in Jinling, of course I didn't want to stay here, I didn't want to stay with them, I wanted to go back to the capital, back to the emperor, so I-I made trouble every day, and I kept making trouble." They put me under house arrest. ”

"So, how did they hurt you?"

"Not long after that, they suddenly talked about something," she said. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Recognize relatives by dripping blood."

“……！”

"I don't know why, they suddenly talked about it, and I don't know why I want to recognize my relatives and with whom, but suddenly one day, a group of people came to me, saying that they wanted to take something from me."

“……”

"Of course I refused to give in, but as soon as I resisted, they immediately arrested me and wanted to take my blood."

My breath froze.

Nangong Lizhu trembled more and more, and even her voice was trembling, as if she had returned to that day, the day when her heart was broken to death: "As a result, they cut my arm and took my blood. ”

"And the wound on your face—"

"After taking my blood, they left me this."

Nangong Lizhu said, stretched out his hand tremblingly, stroked the scar on his face, and said painfully: "After it was over, they also said that it was because I struggled that they missed and injured me." ”

“……”

"Because I kept making trouble before, everyone believed their words, and they all believed that it was because I struggled to resist and let them miss that I left this injury."

“……”

"So, I became, I took the blame and deserved it!"

Watching her talk more and more painfully, and finally she couldn't even speak, and the whole person seemed to collapse and knelt on the ground, I couldn't say anything for a while, just looked at her in silence.

I still vaguely remember that when she was in the palace, she was pregnant, but because she wanted to murder Chang Qing, she got into trouble and was pushed down by Yuwen to have a miscarriage.

However, there is also a trace of unspeakable, doubts.

Speaking of which, in fact, the moment I saw that she was injured, and it was injured on her face, that possibility appeared in my mind, after all, when Han Zitong saw me for the first time, he wanted to kill me for her sister, and now it is not surprising to do this to Nangong Lizhu.

But not only why, I always felt a little ...... in my heart It's a little uneasy.

Could it really be Han Zitong!

It's really Han Zitong, ruining Nangong Lizhu's appearance!

Would she really do such a thing for her sister?!

But why do I think she's like—

My heart kept entangled, and then I looked down at Nangong Lizhu curled up in pain, knowing that it shouldn't be, but there was still a little indescribable and inexplicable pity in my heart.

After a long time, I sighed softly.

I think I'm still -- I can't harden my heart after all.

I leaned down and took her arm to help her up, feeling that she was in pain and weak, and it was almost difficult to stand up, I could only support her as much as I could, and helped her to the edge of the bed and sat down, and along the way, stepping on those beads, I knocked down a lot of things, and crackled.

When she sat back on the bed, I stood aside and was silent for a while before asking, "Are you really sure it's Han Zitong?" ”

"If it's not her, who else will there be? She and her sister are the heads of Jinling Mansion, and many things are entrusted to her. ”

“……”

This time, I have nothing to say, after all, she was the one who followed Pei Yuanxiu to Xichuan.

I glanced around the room and said, "So you've been here all these days?" ”

"What can I do if I'm not here?"

“……”

"I'm not like you, I don't have that much ability, I can come and go freely."

I was silent for a moment, then lowered my voice a little more and said, "Still, I want to thank you. ”

She was originally covering her face, but her twitching shoulders froze slightly.

I said: "I received a message from Xiao Yusheng, he said that when he was saving Yao Lao and leaving here, he was almost discovered, but he was covered by a woman and hid in the mansion next to Jinling Mansion, so he escaped the search of those guards. ”

“……”

"I didn't know who he was talking about before, but now I know that it's you."

“……”

She didn't speak, just kept her head down.

I said seriously, "Thank you." ”

Nangong Lizhu was silent for a long time, and then said, "Don't thank me." ”

“……”

"I'm just unwilling to be reconciled to myself."

“……”

"I'm just, I remember what you told me back then."

"What......?"

"Don't let my opponent do what he wants."

Hearing this, I somehow smiled bitterly.

I didn't expect that it was just a sentence that fooled her back then, which would make her remember it so deeply, and even after so many years, because of this sentence, she helped me by mistake.

At this time, Nangong Lizhu raised his head to look at me and said, "That old man, has he left safely now, right?" Is he okay? ”

I was slightly stunned.

I didn't expect that when she was in so much pain, she would take a little out of her mind and ask about the safety of Yao Lao.

In fact, until now, I haven't told her the truth about her life experience, but from Nangong Jinhong's desperate help to Pei Yuanxiu, I think with her keenness, she should have guessed some, but the relationship between Yao Lao and her, I don't think she may know, otherwise she shouldn't have been in that tone just when she asked me.

Perhaps, in the dark, there is always something that is destined.

Like the feeling of being connected by blood.

I glanced back, the doors and windows of this room were closed, and I didn't talk to her loudly, even if there were people listening to the corner outside, they shouldn't be able to hear the conversation between us, but I still stopped very cautiously for a while, and then turned back to look at Nangong Lizhu, hesitated for a moment, and said, "He's fine." My people rescued him, and according to their footsteps, they should be about to return to Xichuan. ”

"Oh......"

"I'll have someone find a way to help him get in touch with someone from the Miaoshan Sect."

“……”

"His medical skills are very good, I want him to save someone."

Nangong Lizhu looked at me with a frown, not knowing why I had to say this to her all of a sudden—something that was almost inexplicable and had nothing to do with herself.

Speaking of this, I myself stopped, looking at her slightly frowning brows, I hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Nangong Lizhu, do you know who the old man you rescued by my people is?" ”

Her brows furrowed even tighter, and her clear eyes still looked at me: "He, who is he?" ”