Following Emperor Jing's birthday, the envoys of various countries returned to the country one after another, but the second prince of Moyuan was nowhere to be found, and he had probably really returned to the territory of Moyuan, leaving only another accomplice who participated in the murder of the prince to stay in the post house, and Emperor Jing sent someone to escort him back to Moyuan.

Flat official road, on the side of the sycamore pine and cypress, the ancient trees are towering, impregnated with the maple forest, stacked green and golden.

The autumn breeze blows on the face, stirring up the green silk.

Murong Yan smiled as gently and elegantly as always, but his dark eyes were no longer shining, and there was a faint flash of loneliness and reluctance.

"Zi Ran, I'm leaving, you have to take care of yourself."

The woman on the opposite side bent her eyebrows, saying that she was saying goodbye to a friend she hadn't seen for years, but she didn't seem to be reluctant, and some were just strong blessings and a sentence: "I hope you cherish." ”

"I said a parting gift two days ago, but I didn't know what to give after thinking about it for two days, I ......"

Without waiting for him to finish, Su Ziran shook his head: "It's okay, just have this intention." ”

Murong Yan smiled helplessly: "Zi Ran, can't you listen to me?" Or are you able to avoid my gifts? ”

Her eyes flashed, and the smile on the corner of her mouth suddenly became a little embarrassed: "Why do you say that?" ”

The man took out a golden dragon token from the placket of his robe, and the sunlight reflected the token shiningly.

"This is my personal token, if you have time to enlighten the saint, you can go anywhere with it, and no one will stop you."

"How can this work?" Su Ziran snorted lightly, he dared to give her something like a portable token, wouldn't he be afraid of being killed by her?

Murong Yan looked at her with firm eyes, and scolded softly: "Don't refuse!" ”

It's just that she still didn't pick it up, and tilted her head helplessly: "What did Qiu'er tell you on the night of the Huiyang Festival?" ”

He frowned: "What is this for?" ”

"I can see that Qiu'er likes you very much. In fact, Qiu'er is a very good woman, as a princess, but she is not half squeamish, on the contrary, she has a free and honest personality, and ......"

"Su Ziran!" Murong Yan raised her voice suddenly, interrupting her unfinished words, "Are you so eager to push me to others?" ”

Her eyelashes twitched, and she lowered her voice: "No, I'm just ......"

Murong Yan sighed, his tone turned to calm again, and there was a helpless bitter smile on his thin lips: "You know I like you, and I know that you don't like me, but do you have to be in such a hurry to arrange my future?" ”

Su Ziran twisted her eyebrows, she wanted to say that this was not the case, she just didn't want to watch him waste time on her, she liked someone but couldn't ask for it, it was enough for her to experience it alone, and she didn't want others to be like her, and end up depressed all day long.

But before she could speak, her arms suddenly tightened.

It was the man who lifted her hand, and whether she wanted it or not, shoved the token into her palm.

"Take care."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of the horse's hooves had faded away, the sand and dust were diffuse, and the autumn wind blew his wide cuffs and robe, and his back was gloomy.

Su Ziran sighed helplessly, and only then did he turn around and go home.

Qingfeng House.

When I walked into the courtyard, I saw the familiar figure in white, and this man had come every day since he went with her to worship his mother on the day he was beaten. She would still feel unaccustomed to it in the first two days, but who made her adaptable, after a few days of his "it happened to be dinner time, come to the princess to have a look", she was already surprised by his behavior, and even the tone of conversation with him was much calmer.

It's just that he has to be late on weekdays, why did he come so early today?

A trace of embarrassment flashed in her heart that she had done something bad and was caught red-handed, and I wonder if this man would ask her where she had just gone?

Originally, the man was sitting with his back to the gate of the courtyard, so when she got closer, she realized that he was not simply sitting there today, Ruyu was still holding a large purple jade in his slender hand, which seemed to be carving something.

"Coming back?" The man didn't look back, but he could tell from the footsteps that it was her, "Murong Yan is gone?" ”

When he asked the question, his tone was as calm as if he were asking her what she was going to eat tonight.

Su Ziran was originally worried that he would be angry, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised, when did this man change his temper?

But she didn't want to stop at this issue and give the man a chance to find fault, so she said "En" and quickly opened the topic: "What is the prince doing?" ”

The man didn't answer her question directly, and stared at the purple jade in his hand intently: "You'll know in a while." ”

Also sell off!

Su Ziran pursed her lips, walked to the stone bench beside him and sat down, staring boredly at the work in his hand.

The color of purple jade is mellow, the texture is distinct, and there is a faint trace of fine fibrous crystals, and the palm-sized purple jade can actually refract the wisps of golden sunlight, presenting a kind of deep and bewitching beauty, which is the best in the jade at a glance. And the man's carving seems to have just begun, and the shape of the purple jade is still very indistinct, and it is impossible to see what it will look like after it is formed.

Involuntarily looked elsewhere.

His hands are really beautiful, his ten fingers are slender, his bones are distinct, his nails are round and full, and they are very clean.

Both of them were quiet and did not speak, one was too focused, and the other was afraid to speak, for fear that if she spoke, she would disturb the man's delicate work.

When the tip of the tiny knife cut most of the purple jade at once, Su Ziran was stunned, this is too wasteful!

In line with the principle of not opening her mouth to disturb him, she quickly reached out and brought the piece of purple jade that he had cut in front of her.

The man's hand moved, and he slowly raised his eyes, staring at her phoenix eyes with a hint of anger.

She laughed embarrassedly twice, scolded herself for opening a dye shop with some color, and explained indiscriminately: "I just think it's beautiful, take it and see ......."

The man didn't believe it, and narrowed his eyes dangerously, as if to say, "Do you think I'm going to believe you?"

"The piece in the prince's hand is used to engrave, I don't want it, show me what's wrong?" She pursed her lips in disgust.

Stingy man!

"Obviously, I saw that this king was going to use a knife for carving, but you didn't want this hand, and you dared to reach under the knife?"

Su Ziran was stunned.

After a pause, she smiled: "Don't worry, my eyes are fast, I won't be so short-sighted!" ”

The man glanced at her, then lowered his head silently, and his gaze returned to the purple jade in his hand.

Following the texture of the jade, his subordinates did not move quickly, and the phoenix eyes stared at the palm of his hand for a moment, and his cautious appearance was unexpected.

At the gate of the courtyard, Xixuanben wanted to come in with a teapot, but he suddenly stopped and was in a trance.

The woman's long eyelashes cast a faint shadow on the eye sockets, and she was staring intently at the man's angular side face at the moment, as if someone had taken her mind away, and the corners of her mouth still had a shallow and faint arc, and her smile was clear but distinct.

Xi Xuan turned away with a smile.

In a trance, time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the sun has slowly fallen, and the sky covered by the glow of the sun reveals a different style.

The man held the purple jade in his left hand and the carving knife in his right hand, the fine pieces of purple jade peeled off little by little, and the things in his hand gradually took shape - slender and long, the head was slightly pointed, and the tail was a purple lotus in full bloom, and each lotus leaf revealed a faint style.

It is a purple jade lotus hairpin!

Before she could think of something, the man suddenly chuckled, brushed away all the scattered dust traces on the purple hosta, and handed the transparent and crystal purple hosta to her.

"Happy birthday." He said.

Su Ziran was shocked.

To be honest, when she first saw the purple hosta take shape, she even thought for a moment that it was something for Ni Shang, but after thinking about it, according to this man's recent style, she shouldn't have come to her Qingfeng House to do such a thing. But no matter what, she didn't expect that this purple jade lotus hairpin was actually carved for her!

Slowly raising her eyes, facing the man's deep phoenix eyes, the tip of her nose was sour, and she almost burst into tears. A day that even she had almost forgotten could be mentioned in such a way.

Pursing her lips, she said in a muffled voice: "How did the prince know that today is my birthday?" ”

"Does it matter?" He was a little helpless, at this time, shouldn't this woman take the things in his hand first?

But this idea just came out, and in the next second, there was a light in his hand, and when he lowered his eyes, the thing in his palm was no longer there.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Afraid that he would regret it, she quickly tucked the hairpin into her sleeve.

The man raised his lips slightly, and his phoenix eyes stared at her deeply, only a trace of melancholy that she couldn't understand faintly disappeared in the smile at the corner of his mouth.

Dinner is carefully prepared in the evening and looks much more sumptuous than usual. Su Ziran was moved by her thoughts, and the smile in her eyes deepened a little.

Although it has been several days since I had dinner with the man next to me, today has a different meaning. Just let her be a little greedy, and today, completely forget the existence of such a person as Nishang.

A bowl of dishes was added to the man's place, piled up like a hill, and she asked with a smile: "When is the prince's birthday?" ”

The man's eyes flashed, and he returned to normal in an instant: "What, the princess has something to give to this king?" ”

Su Ziran didn't miss the fleeting bitterness in his eyes, and then he remembered that his biological mother was no longer there, but before he had time to think about it, he was disturbed by this man's joke.

"Yes, there are indeed some things that the prince has never seen, but the premise is that the prince still remembers this when the time comes."