Chapter 68: Good Night
Because of Jiang Lanyi's words before leaving, my heart was in chaos, and I just barely suppressed it, but no matter how I could hide it, it was Yan Ke, who was extremely concerned about my words and deeds, that Yan Ke noticed it.
In front of the attendants and guards, she didn't say anything, just led me all the way back to the room. Closing the door, he was not in a hurry to speak, and took a few sips of tea with great interest, and then asked slowly: "When did His Highness become so close to King Duan?" Didn't you look down on her the most before? She always complained to me that her blue eyes made you uncomfortable...... You don't even remember? ”
Teaching her such a reminder, I remembered the sporadic fragments of my childhood - Kuang Xihan at that time was indeed quite unkind to see Duanwang, who had half of Rouran's bloodline, and even had a little inexplicable contempt...... Thinking of this, I also felt a sigh in my heart: what did she want to explain when she suddenly mentioned this stubble? What do you want to know from me?
- Didn't you start to doubt me?
"Aunt Ke also said that it was all in the past...... This king now feels that King Duan is a man of true temperament and deserves fellowship. No matter how suspicious I was in my heart, I still didn't dare to show the slightest hint on my face, I also followed Yan Ke's example, picked up the teacup and took a sip leisurely, replied casually, and waited for her next words.
"Your Highness, don't teach her to deceive with false feelings," Yan Ke shook his head helplessly when he saw that I didn't care, put down the teacup, and analyzed with a straight face, "Duan Wang Qiren, although she looks awe-inspiring and upright, and has a comfortable temperament without a city, but she is a concubine who has fallen out of favor, and she is helpless in the palace, but she still lives well, and grows up to her teens unharmed; Not long after being sent to the fiefdom, he became the commander of the Nanfeng army, how can this ability be underestimated? ”
"This ...... What does Aunt Ke mean? "I had a lot of complaints about her describing Duanwang as such a scheming person, but I couldn't find an argument to refute it, so I had to follow her words and ask for advice.
Listening to her words, I suddenly gestured to the purse in my sleeve with my eyes: "I just heard His Highness mention the gift to her, but the half of the tiger talisman that commanded the Qingyuan garrison?" ”
I nodded and handed Yu Jue to her.
She took it, looked at it very casually, and then put it aside indifferently, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, and she smiled sarcastically: "King Duan is also a good abacus, just with such a piece of broken jade like chicken ribs, not only unloaded a body of trouble, but also sold a favor to His Royal Highness, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone." ”
"Aunt Ke's words, but the king is confused." I glanced at the red jade, and I knew that this was a hot potato, but according to Yan Ke's meaning, was this thing harmful to me and not beneficial?
"Your Highness can know that this Blood Jade Tiger Talisman was originally a circular pendant, which could command the 100,000 Qingyuan troops stationed in Nanfeng City, but at this moment, this jade pendant has become half a piece of jade, so its role is only a token of evidence, and it can't be counted," sneered, she said again, "Besides, how many miles away from Nanfeng City?" Far water can't dissolve the near fire, even if something happens, this half of the tiger talisman can't help. ”
She dusted off her sleeves and there was no zài on the dust, and the old god continued on the ground, "She is only double ten now, she is in her prime, and she has military power, and she has quite prestige in the army, but this stall asks for the order to marry the princess and challenge the etiquette law, which is tantamount to confronting the Qingliu officials, and even more against the scholars of the world, in this way, it is tantamount to self-destruction of the future - in fact, she is deliberately showing weakness to the emperor to prove that she does not have the slightest disobedience." ”
After Yan Ke's little touch, my heart suddenly brightened, but I was a little disappointed - in my heart, I would rather believe that Duanwang is like this because of his relationship with Jiang Lanyi.
"That day, I saw that the palace attendant presented half of the tiger talisman, and I thought that King Duan would trade with the imperial sister with half of the military power in exchange for Jiang Lanyi's position as the princess, if the pope sister knew that the other half of the tiger talisman fell into my hands......" Then Yan Ke's words, I expressed the worries in my heart, which was also a point that I had intentionally or unintentionally ignored before: I don't want to speculate on King Duan with malice, but this tiger talisman is a serious matter, and I have to plan for the worst.
"It's okay," Yan Ke's face turned slightly pale, and when he saw that I was worried, he comforted me instead, "Since King Duan took the initiative to hand it over to you, he will not leak this matter to the emperor, but your Royal Highness...... Don't teach her to say a few words, and just give it willingly. ”
It turned out that after saying such a lot, it turned out to be trying to persuade me to distance myself from her - the "she" that Yan Ke was referring to was naturally Kuang Xiqing.
According to Kuang Xihan's temperament before, it is not impossible...... I had no choice but to laugh and prevaricate.
"By the way, next month will be His Highness's Shao Ceremony, Your Highness can be ready?" Before leaving the door, Yan Ke leaned on the door frame, turned his head and asked in a low voice - the amorous peach blossom eyes were slightly raised, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows inadvertently passed a trace of time, as if he was relieved, as if he was melancholy, and as if he was looking at another person through my shadow.
"Hmm." Nodding his head, he barely pulled on a smile, but his heart was sour-I don't know who she remembered, but unfortunately no matter how much I imitated and covered it up, I was no longer the child she loved and cared about.
After talking to her in the room for a long time, she was distracted for a while after she left, and by the time I came back to my senses, it was already the beginning of the day.
After washing, I sat in front of the bronze mirror of dressing, and looked carefully at the people in the mirror - the facial features were exquisite, the eyebrows were soft, and she was clearly a naïve girl.
Although this skin is not as beautiful as Kuang Xiqing, nor is it as charming and charming as Jiang Lanyi, it can also be called Peugeot and moving, and her appearance is elegant...... But what about Peugeot?
You can only take a self-portrait in the mirror and enjoy yourself alone.
Angrily untying the last strand of my hair, and waving off my attendant, I was just about to go to bed when I heard a soft knock on the door.
I was in a state of grief that I couldn't extricate myself from, and I was startled when I heard the voice, and my tone was a little rushed: "Who? ”
"Your Highness." A familiar cold female voice replied unhurriedly.
Recognizing her voice, my arrogance was suffocated, and I turned to a little apprehension, a little regret, and I hardened my heart because of the suspicions of the day, and forced myself to stay on the bed, and clung to the thin quilt under me, so as not to rush over and open the door in a moment of excitement - at least to dry her for a little longer.
"What's the matter? The king, the king, has slept. He cleared his throat, yawned pretendly, and saw the shadow of the unextinguished candle striking the wall with a thin silhouette - knowing that she could not see me, he quickly lay down on the bed, and waited with bated breath for her to speak.
"Listen to Bingsan say that His Royal Highness summoned...... Since there is nothing to do, the subordinates retired. Her voice was faint, and she couldn't hear any emotion.
Feeling that she had just finished speaking, she had turned to leave, I sat up suddenly, and wanted to get up to chase after her, but I tripped over the quilt wrapped under me, and almost fell to the ground - Rao was able to hold it up in time, and couldn't help but knock his elbow, and under the dull pain, I couldn't help but exhale in pain: "Ouch! ”
Before I could recover my strength, I listened to the sect and pushed it away, Jiang Zhuo immediately flashed in, like a gust of wind blowing, and in an instant he half-squatted in front of me, lifted my arm and carefully examined it, the cautious energy made me stunned, but the grievances in my heart rose slowly, mixed with the pain at the elbow, and taught me to cry out uncontrollably.
"Your Highness, Your Highness? Does it hurt? She seemed to be stunned, it is rare for a person who has always been calm to stumble, the hand holding me is not tight, nor is it loose, she wants to bandage me but is afraid that I will cry again, her eyebrows are frowned, and there is a trace of helplessness in her eyes.
After a while, I felt that something was wrong, wiped my eyes with my other hand, and felt her staring at me, and suddenly my face was so hot that I couldn't wait to crack a crack on the ground to teach me to get in.
"This king is fine, you ...... You go back first. I hid my elbow behind my back, and I turned my head away from her.
But she stood up in silence, turned and left, and did not even close the door for me.
I heard her leaving, and Huo Ran turned his head, only to see a piece of floating clothes.
――Actually, actually gone?
This king asked you to go, and you really left?
This king makes you like this king, why don't you like it!
The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and I grabbed a pillow and wanted to throw it at the door, but just as I raised my hand, I saw the departing figure go and return, still holding the tool for bandaging in his hand.
Seeing my movements, she just raised her eyebrows, walked to the edge of the collapse with her steps, lifted the hem of her clothes, knelt down on one knee, gently pulled my hand over, and gently applied the medicine - the injury was not big, only a little scratched skin, but teaching her to treat it so preciously, I really couldn't give birth to any thoughts of resistance.
Awkwardly put the half-held pillow to the other side and patted it with my hand, I was a little ashamed that I had misunderstood her, and I didn't want to break the warmth of this moment, so I bit my lip and stared at her silently - looking at her so closely, the more I looked at her, the more I was attracted to her: similar facial features to Kwong Xiqing, but with a completely different temperament.
If Kuang Xiqing is Lan, she is a lotus, if Kuang Xiqing is water, she is ice, as long as they are familiar with them, they will never be mistaken.
But compared to Kuang Xiqing, she always ignores me, neither gentle nor caring, and can even be said to be cold, even if she kissed out of control in Baiyun Valley at that time, she didn't explain anything after that, such an attitude is enough to burn all her infatuation.
But ah...... I just have no resistance to her, even if I was stunned by her injury a moment ago, as long as she smiled back and threw a little warmth at me, I could only throw away my armor and be defeated.
As she bandaged my wounds, covered the quilt, and lowered the curtain, my eyes followed her, refusing to turn away for a moment—all the half-truths and half-truths, the suspicions that seemed to be nothing, were all vanished by the tenderness of the moment.
I just remember that I loved this person, and I didn't want her to be hurt in the slightest, I didn't want her to frown, and as for the others, I didn't need to pay attention to them.
"Jiang Zhuo, are you, are you leaving?" Through the thin veil, I couldn't see her expression clearly, but I felt that she was smiling slightly.
"Your Highness, rest assured, your subordinates will be guarding outside tonight." She said softly.
"Oh......" Knowing that she was staying near me and would not leave, I was a little happy, and I felt sorry for her tiredness, so I hurriedly instructed, "Don't be too tired, just stay for a while...... Oh no, I'm going to rest when the time comes! You know what? ”
“…… Well. I felt her smile again, and her cold voice became tender.
Sleepiness hit, I took one last look at the figure beside the bed, and whispered, "Jiang Zhuo, good night." ”
In a daze, I couldn't wait for her answer, and I didn't know what I was insisting on, but I was unwilling to close my eyes and stare at her.
Suddenly, I heard her sigh shallowly, like a wisp of fragrance brushing my heart, teaching me to calm down, and after a while, I fell asleep: "Good night, Your Highness." ”
The corners of his lips are lightly raised, and he has no dreams all night.