Chapter II
His eyelids moved slightly, his consciousness gradually returned, and Chu Yunxi slowly opened his eyes. It was a striking red, red candle tent, and the candle flame that burned to the end shook slightly, and was annihilated in the candlestick.
Chu Yunxi was a little unable to react for a while.
The door was gently pushed open, and a familiar figure walked in with a basin, with a shallow smile on his face: "Your Highness is awake, let's wash up first." ”
"Nishiki ...... Resignation? After seeing the person who came, Chu Yunxi was stunned for a while. Jin Ci is her cronie and grew up with her since she was a child. The two say that they are masters and servants, but they are actually more like sisters. She clearly remembered that in that assassination, Jin Ci was killed by several knives in order to protect herself, how could she be here? Full of doubts and burning headaches, Chu Yunxi rubbed the swollen and painful forehead.
Soon, a pair of hands massaged Chu Yunxi's head and relieved the discomfort. The voice of Jin Ci came from his ears, "Your Highness is afraid that I drank too much last night, and Jin Ci has already made people cook sobering soup, so Your Highness should drink some." I have to go to the palace with the princess to meet in a while, but I can't lose my honor. ”
"Wang ...... Imperial concubine? ”
"Your Highness doesn't remember?" Jin Ci chuckled, "You already married the daughter of the Xia family last night." ”
The Xia family's daughter...... Feng Lan!
Chu Yunxi jumped up from the bed with a "bump", and hit the bed frame with his forehead.
"Hmm......" Chu Yunxi snorted, only to feel dizzy for a while.
"Your Highness, you're eighteen, why are you still so frizzy." Jin Ci helped Chu Yunxi, quite a little crying and laughing.
"What did you say?" Chu Yunxi keenly caught a word and grabbed Jin Ci's wrist, "How old do you say this king is this year?" ”
"Eighteen." Jin Ci blinked and replied with some confusion.
After taking a closer look, Chu Yunxi realized that the brocade in front of him was much younger than what he remembered.
The bronze mirror on the dressing mirror reflected the figure of a wedding robe, Chu Yunxi trembled and walked towards the bronze mirror, gently touched his cheek, and the person in the mirror also made the same action, Chu Yunxi was a little stunned for a while. Come to think of it, isn't the red candle tent what it looked like when I got married? As if thinking of something, Chu Yunxi hurriedly opened the wedding dress, and the heart was extremely smooth, without the slightest scar.
Chu Yunxi trembled and stroked the smooth heart, only to feel that everything in front of him was like a dream. She's back, back to the time of the wedding?
Chu Yunxi wanted to laugh and sigh at the gift of heaven. But somehow, the tears kept slipping down like beads with broken threads, and they couldn't stop. She was reborn, so, Feng Lan, are you okay?
"The princess of this king ......" Chu Yunxi choked halfway through his words. Somehow, Feng Lan's words suddenly came to mind, "If there is an afterlife, may His Highness let Feng Lan go." She was afraid, afraid that Feng Lan would become a fool if she said something, and the two of them really never crossed paths again. In this world, only Feng Lan will be sincere to herself, she can't imagine what she will do without this trace of warmth.
"What does Your Highness want to say?" Jin Ci asked.
"Princess," Chu Yunxi hesitated for a long time, but couldn't help but confirm, "Your name is Feng Lan?" ”
"It's natural." Jin Ci smiled and said, "Your Highness slept all night, but did you even forget the name of the princess?" ”
Chu Yunxi only felt that a big stone that was suppressed in her heart fell to the ground with a bang, fortunately, fortunately, Feng Lan was still by her side.
"Then, Feng Lan, where is Feng Lan?" Chu Yunxi clutched Jin Ci's wrist tightly, with an anxiety in his eyes that he didn't even notice.
"Princess, she ......" Jin Ci frowned and said, "She was arranged in the West Side Hall last night, Your Highness, that place...... Your Highness! ”
Chu Yunxi didn't listen to Jinci's words at all, so he hurriedly ran to the west side hall. When she saw Feng Lan, she wanted to see Feng Lan very much, and she wanted to do it very much.
The west side hall, a courtyard of a subordinate who has long been abandoned in King Jing's Mansion, the red bricks on the wall of the courtyard are impregnated with a dilapidated atmosphere. The courtyard is deep and depressed.
Is this the courtyard where Feng Lan has lived all her life? Chu Yunxi stood at the far gate in a daze, only to feel a strong sense of guilt welling up in her heart, and she couldn't breathe when she was oppressed, how many excessive things she had done to Feng Lan!
The dilapidated door was hidden, Chu Yunxi gently pushed the door open, "squeak", the sharp sound stimulated the eardrums, Chu Yunxi frowned subconsciously.
The big red tent hung crookedly in the room, and the unburned red candles emitted pungent black smoke. The qiē in front of her seemed to be accusing her of indebtedness to Feng Lan.
Between the red candles, a slender figure leaned on the side of the bed, and her long fine black hair was draped over her shoulders, slightly feminine. Xia Fenglan held her cheek with one hand and looked out the window a little distractedly. Hearing the voice, Xia Fenglan raised her head, her clear eyes couldn't hide the blue and black that had not slept all night, and the tiredness that couldn't be erased was engraved on her face.
Is this beautiful woman Feng Lan? Compared with what I remember, it's much greener.
"Feng Lan......" Chu Yunxi called out with some uncertainty.
"Your Highness?" Seeing Chu Yunxi, Xia Fenglan's calm eyes were a little surprised.
These eyes overlapped with the memories of each other. It's the same, but it's a little different. The current Feng Lan, although it looks faint, but her eyes are still clear. And Feng Lan in her previous life, there was a dead silence in her eyes, and she didn't have any feelings, as if nothing could get into her eyes. In her previous life, Feng Lan experienced what she went through to become like that. Chu Yunxi only felt a heavy mood.
"Your Highness, it's time to change your clothes." The Jin Ci that followed reminded Chu Yunxi, "The time to enter the palace is coming, please change your clothes for the princess." ”
At the mention of the word dressing, Xia Fenglan opened her eyes a little uncomfortably, and her hand holding the placket on her chest tightened, with a little embarrassment. She was the unfavored concubine in the family, and married King Jing as an abandoned son. The Xia family is not to mention the servant girl who is serving, and even the dowry is hasty. Although the mother has a heart, she is just a concubine, and she can't even take out a decent dress.
"Your Highness......" After hesitating for a while, Xia Fenglan still spoke, "Can you give Fenglan a piece of clothing?" The audience in the palace cannot be rude......"
Although he tilted his head, Chu Yunxi still saw Xia Fenglan's reddish ears, and only felt that the shy appearance of the person in front of him was very moving. It turns out that Feng Lan, who has always been indifferent, will also have different emotions.
After not getting a response from Chu Yunxi for a long time, Xia Fenglan smiled self-deprecatingly, what was she looking forward to, this person wished she was making a fool of herself. Everyone in Beijing knows that King Jing is in love with the son of the Xiao family, because of her, King Jing cannot marry his beloved. King Jing must have hated her to death now.
Seeing Xia Fenglan's self-deprecation, Chu Yunxi felt a pain in her heart.
"Jinci!" Chu Yunxi shouted, "Hurry up and let people send the best clothes of this king, and also, call Chu Xiang to this king." ”
"Yes." Jin Ci nodded and went to Zhang Luo.
Xia Fenglan looked at Chu Yunxi suspiciously, a little unable to understand Chu Yunxi's approach.
After a short time, Jin Ci came with the steward of the house, followed by a row of subordinates with clothes.
"Feng Lan, you ......" wanted to say a lot, but in the face of Feng Lan, he suddenly didn't know what to say.
"You...... Go pick and choose. He was silent for a long time, but he only said these words.
Xia Fenglan nodded and walked towards the clothes, quite surprised, these clothes, at a glance, are the best. Xia Fenglan picked up a piece of clothing that looked the most plain and looked at Chu Yunxi with some uncertainty.
"This one suits you perfectly." Chu Yunxi nodded, feeling that Xia Fenglan's vision was really good.
"Your Highness, that dress was given by the Queen Mother a year ago." Chu Xiang's voice interjected, full of disapproval, "Your Highness himself is not willing to wear it, how can he give it to an outsider casually." ”
The corners of Xia Fenglan's mouth hooked up a sneering smile, and her heart said Sure enough, how could King Jing give her clothes so simply, just to humiliate her in front of his subordinates.
"Presumptuous! This king hasn't spoken yet, what are you talking about! Chu Yunxi snorted vigorously, and his sharp gaze swept towards Chu Xiang. Chu Xiang is another of her cronies, Chu Xiang's original surname was Ruan, and in order to show her closeness, she also specially gave her the surname "Chu". But in the previous life, it was this woman who was in harmony with King Xing! If it weren't for her, she wouldn't have been cornered!
She still remembered what Chu Xiang said to herself at that time: "Your Highness, everyone has the right to chase happiness. Xiang'er just fell in love with King Xing. Even if she is a concubine, she is willing. "What a pursuit of happiness!
"Chu Xiang, what are you going to do!" New hatred and old hatred were added together, and Chu Yunxi's tone became more and more aggressive, "Feng Lan is the princess of this king, how can she be asked to live in such a place!" ”
"Your Highness?" The first time he was scolded for being split on his head and covering his face, Chu Xiang couldn't react a little, "It's not you who said it......"
"Chu Xiang is not doing things well," Chu Yunxi said with a cold face, "Today, he will be removed from the position of steward of the palace, demoted to an ordinary maidservant, and deprived of the surname 'Chu'." In a word, all Chu Xiang's future was cut off.
"Your Highness!" Chu Xiang was stunned, "What is Chu Xiang's fault, you want to do this to Chu Xiang!" ”
"Not admonishing the king's momentary angry words, but instead treating the princess even harder, this alone is already a serious crime." Chu Yunxi said with a cold face, "From today on, all the affairs of the palace will be handled by the princess, if anyone doesn't obey, get out of this king as soon as possible!" Also, the princess moved to the king's courtyard and lived with the king. The princess of this king, how can others do it! ”
Such a result, not to mention everyone in the house, even Xia Fenglan was a little unexpected. King Jing's words were a disguised recognition of her status as a princess and gave her real power. originally thought that marrying King Jing would face endless humiliation, but he didn't expect that King Jing would relieve himself of the siege. Perhaps, King Jing is not as unbearable to her as she imagined.
"Pull Chu Xiang out, this king never wants to see her again." As he spoke, he didn't care about Chu Xiang's cry, turned around and took Xia Fenglan's hand, "Fenglan, let's go, this king will take you out of here." ”
Xia Fenglan struggled slightly, breaking away from Chu Yunxi's hand.
Chu Yunxi turned his head to look at her, only to see her dodging eyes. sighed lightly, it was her after all, she was too anxious.
"Let's go." As he spoke, he walked in front of Xia Xia Fenglan.
Glancing at Chu Yunxi's lonely back, Xia Fenglan opened her mouth, but finally lowered her eyes and followed silently.