40. Stealing life
The bow has been fully drawn, and the four fields are silent. The morning breeze fluttered its wings, and he stood in the tree and watched silently at the undercurrent under the tree.
At the last moment, Ye Xuan broke free from Yunzhu's restraints, jumped in front of Anyi, and put a sharp dagger against his neck, "Let him go, I'll go back with you." ”
"Yezi, don't ......" An Yi's body shook slightly, trying to pull her away.
"Shut up! As I said, I have nothing to do with you anymore, why do you keep forcing me to confess your affection? Ye Xuan ignored Anyi and looked at Yan Xu, "As long as he leaves safely, I will go back with you." Otherwise......" her hand strained slightly, and a trail of blood instantly stamped on her white neck, "all you get is my corpse." ”
Yan Xu's eyes suddenly froze, the bow in his hand was still full, and his tone was unwavering, "Are you going to negotiate terms with me?" ”
Yan Xu in Ye Xuan's eyes was just a vague shadow, although she couldn't see his face clearly, but after three years of getting along, she only listened to his voice a little, and she knew how angry he was at the moment. It's false to say that she is not afraid, but she has no way out, "No, you are mistaken, I don't plan to negotiate terms with you, don't you see that I am trying to blackmail you." Yan Xu, you have no choice. ”
Yan Xufeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked at her for a moment, and the coldness in her eyes became more and more intense. No one had ever dared to talk to him like this, and the delicate woman in front of her, obviously even her hands were trembling, was blatantly threatening him...... The corners of his mouth were hooked, and he smiled instead of anger. For a moment, the smile faded, and the hand that drew the bow suddenly loosened, and the arrow burst out of the air with a fierce wind.
The speed of the arrow was too fast, An Yi only had time to wrap his arms around Ye Xuan's waist in front of him, the arrow had arrived, with the momentum of breaking the earth, but it only pierced into the mud in front of Ye Xuan's toes, buzzing, and the feathers at the end of the arrow still trembled.
Yan Xu threw the bow away, looked at Ye Xuan, and a smile spread from his face again, "Cherish the moon, you have grown, so ...... Very good ......"
escaped death, but at that moment, it seemed that there were ten thousand arrows piercing the heart, Ye Xuan slowly opened her eyes, tried her best to suppress the trembling voice, turned her face sideways and whispered to An Yi: "You go." I don't want to owe you, what you owe me has already been paid off, and you and I will never owe each other. If you still want to help me and bring a message to Yili for me, the day of the extreme yin is September 15, and as for where the ten directions are, I will find a way to sue him again. ”
An Yi knew she was scared, and felt her body tremble slightly, but he couldn't do anything. His eyes were hot, his chest was blocked, he had to close his eyes, grit his teeth hard, there were a thousand words in his heart, but he couldn't say anything, and finally only said the word "good", and the hand around her slender waist tightened, then let go, and turned to leave.
Whether the scenery of Rui Wangfu is more beautiful than Jiyue Palace, Ye Xuan has no way to compare, when Yan Xu brought her back to the palace, her eyes can barely see, and she can only barely distinguish between human figures and light.
Yan Xu never said a word to her along the way, and she could guess how much he hated her in his heart. When Yunzhu helped her out of the car, he reminded her in a low voice, "Miss Xiyue, don't do it against the prince anymore, as soon as the time passes tonight, even if you take the antidote, your eyes will not be restored." No one can stop what the prince wants to do, so why are you bothered. ”
The two little maids waited for Ye Xuan to bathe and change clothes, although her eyes couldn't see, Ye Xuan knew that she was wearing all her previous clothes, and Yan Xu really took back all the things she left in the palace.
As the light dimmed and dimmed as she sat down on the verandah, she heard the wind blowing through the treetops, the rustling of leaves in the yard, and the chirping of birds that had gone out to forage for food. She didn't know how long she had been sitting until she could no longer hear the birds, the wind had begun to stop, and the surroundings had fallen silent.
The time was almost there, she thought. She suddenly felt a little cold, shrunk back, and clasped her knees with her hands. Finally, there was a sound behind him, all the more familiar, the sound of clogs stepping on the wooden floor. In the past, when she was still cherishing the moon, every time the sound of the clogs sounded, she would always cheer, it was Yan Xu's busy day, after freshening up and bathing, she went to see her, talked to her, watched her dance, and if the interest came, he would personally stroke the piano. And at this moment, the voice made her shudder.
"As early as three years ago, in order to prevent you from being taken away by others, I put a poison on you called a thousand mountains and rivers. Do you know why this poison is called thousands of mountains and rivers? Yan Xu stopped beside her, looked up at the hazy moonlight outside the corridor, he asked softly, but did not wait for her to answer, and said to himself: "Because this poison is usually harmless to people, the poisoned person will emit a smell, no matter that person goes to the ends of the earth, walks through thousands of mountains and rivers, and the strictly domesticated parrot can follow this unique smell and find the person who has been poisoned." Poetic name, isn't it? ”
His voice was soft and soft, as if he had long forgotten the unhappiness of the day, but it made Ye Xuan sweat coldly.
"By the way, although this poison is usually harmless, it still needs to be taken once a month to relieve it, otherwise, every seven days, the five senses will be lost, and in the end, the poisoned person will become a blind, deaf and dumb person, without taste or touch, living like a walking corpse. Live like this...... It's probably better to live than to die, right? What do you think? ”
He withdrew his gaze and looked down at the woman sitting on his knees, his eyes burning as if he was interested in her reaction. But she just stubbornly opened her eyes and "looked" at the quiet night outside the corridor.
He smiled at her and said, "Cherish the moon...... Although you have recovered your memory, and you are no longer the cherished moon you used to be, but in your bones, you have always been just that person, and you would rather become a walking dead than give in to me. I know what you're thinking, you're thinking, it's a big deal to end up with a dead one, so I can't open the ten directions with your blood, right? ”
She remained silent. Yan Xu shook her head and chuckled a few times, squatted down in front of her, pinched her chin with cold fingers, and forced those empty and stubborn eyes to "look at each other" with herself.
"You've been with me for three years, and all you've learned is how to blackmail me with your own life? It's disappointing. If I were you, you might as well learn to move with the times when you know you don't have the power to change the situation. After all, only when people live well can there be hope. ”
He got up, flicked his sleeves, glanced at the crescent moon that had climbed to the treetops again, and muttered, "The time is almost here, time flies so fast......"
Having said so much, it was just because he was reluctant to give up the woman who once loved him unreservedly. Everything that should be said has been said, his patience has been exhausted, if she is still obsessed, he does not bother to force her anymore, anyway, no matter what struggle she makes, in his eyes it is just a mayfly shaking the tree, not enough to affect the overall situation.
Leaning so close, Ye Xuan could clearly smell the cold fragrance left behind after bathing on his body, and the moment he turned to leave and his clothes were turned up, she stretched her hand and grabbed his sleeve, "Jinyun, don't go......"
He is right, only by living well can there be hope, even if the ending is doomed, she must persevere until the last moment.
Spring in Wing City is very short, and as soon as June begins, the weather starts to get hot.
Ye Xuan's life in the Rui Palace, except for changing places, is no different from when she was in Jiyue Palace. During the day, he danced and practiced the piano, and sometimes Yan Xu would give her some calligraphy for her to copy, and at night, if he was free, he would come to see her. He didn't say a word about the previous events, as if she hadn't changed in any way, and she was still the well-behaved and obedient Xiyue who was dead set on him.
Being in the palace, if you want to know the situation outside, you can only inquire from the mouths of the people who are waiting around you. She heard from a little maid that Yan Min married Hua Yuan only ten days after she ascended the throne, and now Hua Yuan is the queen. She was quite surprised, according to the rules of the Jin Dynasty, the emperor died, the new emperor ascended the throne, at least to keep filial piety for 100 days, although Yan Min was quite dissatisfied with the first emperor, he would not ignore the rules left by his ancestors.
She asked Yun Zhu, Yun Zhu first showed a look of disdain for Hua Yuan, and then told her: "Because our queen can't wait, she is unmarried and pregnant, if you wait for another hundred days, do you want to get married with a belly?" ”
Ye Xuan only knew at this time how deep Yan Xu's influence was in the palace. As Yan Xu himself said, he has always been eager to repay her, Hua Yuan harmed her, causing Yan Xu to almost lose this descendant with Fuxi blood flowing on her body, how could he let her go lightly? She didn't want to marry Yan Min, so he wanted her to marry him. At that time, Yan Xu was still far away in Wei, but he only gave an order, and in the deep palace thousands of miles away, someone put Hua Yuan and Yan Min in the same bed unconsciously.
A chill came to her heart, Ye Xuan began to worry about Yan Min, and also began to doubt whether her previous idea was feasible, but no matter what, she had to meet Yan Min.
The night is quiet, and the Xuanlan room has already been lit with the fragrance of turnips that Yan Xu loves.
This is the place where Ye Xuan practiced dancing, Yan Xu arranged the furnishings here exactly the same as the palace room where she practiced dancing in Jiyue Palace, this Xuan character is the same as the Xuan character in her name, I don't know if he was intentional or unintentional.
When he was getting closer, Ye Xuan yawned, guessing that Yan Xu would probably not come over tonight. She plucked the strings a few times at random, and was about to get up and go back to the bedroom, when she heard the sound of Yunzhu and Yunhai greeting from outside the door.
"If you are absent-minded, how can you play a good song." Yan Xu soon walked inside, and the thin clothes brought a gust of wind, and the curtains hanging under the beams swayed slightly. He sat down behind her, his hands around his waist, his chin resting on her shoulder, his ears grinding, "What do you think?" Even the tone is wrong. ”
He freed one hand, took her hand and put it on the string, and demonstrated hand by hand, "So...... Choose...... Wipe ......"
He had just been combed, his long hair had not yet dried, half bundled and half draped over his shoulders, his body seemed to be still watery, there was a faint scent of soap, his body was like ice cubes, through the thin clothes, a cool feeling spread from the tightly attached body to her.