The wind is cool in the middle of the night, the moon is like a hook, and the frogs in the lotus pond are bursting.

In the front yard of King Jin's mansion, the light in the study is still on.

Closing the last newspaper, King Jin rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and took a sip of the soothing tea on the side.

Father-in-law Wang bowed into the door, arched his hand, and said, "Lord, it's late at night, it's time to rest, and I will go to court tomorrow." ”

King Jin nodded, suddenly remembered something, and beckoned: "I remember that Yuxia also sent someone to send a letter today, bring it to this king to see." ”

Wang Gonggong wanted to speak and stopped, always sighed silently, took out the letter in his sleeve, and presented it to King Jin.

King Jin unfolded it with great interest, approached the candle flame, and browsed carefully.

"Brother Xu, the summer heat is heavy and irritable, and I hope to take care of my body. When I heard that Sister Yan was seriously ill recently, I was anxious and wanted to visit, but I was afraid that my sister would not want to see her, so I only asked for the blessing ......of the Bodhisattva and made my sister recover as soon as possible."

Then looking down, there are some daily interesting things, King Jin couldn't help but smile, but when he saw the end, he couldn't help frowning.

"Yuxia knows that she is ashamed of her sister, and for more than ten years, she has not dared to expect her sister to forgive, and only hopes that her sister and Brother Xu will be in harmony and happiness for a lifetime."

"My sister has an extreme temperament, and I hope that Brother Xu will be more considerate, and now that my sister is seriously ill, Yuxia begs Brother Xu to take the time to accompany my sister more, so that my sister's illness can be cured as soon as possible......"

With a long sigh, King Jin sighed with emotion: "If Yuyan can have half of Yuxia's understanding, our husband and wife will not be in trouble to this step." ”

He shook the letter in his hand, and said to Wang Gong with indignation: "Yuxia not only asked me to be more considerate and tolerant of Yuyan in the letter, but also wished our husband and wife harmony and smoothness, and how did Yuyan do it?" Look at the words she said to Zhao Yi, it was simply an insult to me and Yuxia! She is even suspicious and jealous of her own sister! ”

Speaking of anger, he took a few deep breaths, as if he was suppressing something.

Grandpa Wang hung his head silently.

King Jin seemed to regard Gonggong Wang as the object of confiding, and whispered: "It's just because I misunderstood Lan'er, she has been messing with me until now, where has her gentle and virtuous lady gone?" She made me feel strange, horribly strange. ”

Grandpa Wang was still silent.

King Jin shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed again: "Now that my wife is not a wife, and my son is not a child, this palace is so dull that I almost can't breathe, and the letters written from time to time in Yuxia can give me some comfort." ”

Gonggong Wang wriggled his lips, and finally didn't want to be silent anymore, and said respectfully: "Rong slave said a bold word, since the prince can't bear it anymore, why not just obey the princess's wishes?" In this way, you can both be liberated. ”

As soon as the words fell, King Jin set the table and shouted: "Bold minion, who taught you to say such a daring thing?!" ”

"The prince is angry." Father-in-law Wang hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Looking at this old man who had served him since childhood, a heavy sense of powerlessness suddenly rose in King Jin's heart, he sat back in his chair in frustration, and muttered in distraction: "Even you can't understand the hardships of this king?" You don't understand the king's true ......."

Father-in-law Wang couldn't help but burst into tears, "Lord, the little princess has been gone for many years, don't remember her anymore, it's only right to live your own life!" ”

"You don't understand...... King Jin shook his head with a wry smile.

*****

The emperor saw that his face was pale and his complexion was not good, and he sympathized with him for his work for state affairs, so he announced his retirement from the dynasty early and let him go back to the palace to rest.

Coming out of the main hall, King Jin walked out of the palace gate with the flow of people, and suddenly a familiar call sounded behind him, King Jin turned around, and saw An Shiyan chasing after him quickly.

"Lord Wang." An Shiyan bowed respectfully, and arched his hand: "I don't know if the prince is convenient, the lower officials implore the prince to get together." ”

"Andy doesn't have to be polite." King Jin helped the person up and said with a gentle smile: "You and I are both confidants and brothers-in-law, so we shouldn't be so rusty." ”

An Shiyan showed a reluctant smile and stopped talking.

Seeing him like this, King Jin was slightly stunned, suspicious in his heart, paused, and said: "You and my brother may not have gathered for a long time, how about going to Juxian Pavilion for a cup of tea today?" ”

"The lower officials don't dare to refuse." An Shiyan arched his hand, and such an alienated attitude made King Jin frown again.

exchanged a word of invitation, and the two went out of the palace gate one after the other.

When I arrived at Juxian Pavilion, I still asked for the window cubicle that I used to come to, and the two sat opposite each other, cooking tea and burning incense.

"Brother An seems to have something to say to Brother Fool today?" King Jin opened his mouth first.

An Shiyan suddenly bowed his head, a look of shame appeared on his face, and said: "The lower officials don't know that they often harass the prince, and it is the lower officials who are negligent, and I hope the prince will not be surprised." ”

King Jin's hand holding the teacup suddenly stiffened, and he frowned: "You don't know about Yuxia writing to me?" ”

"Xia Guan also inadvertently discovered it in the past two days." An Shiyan shook his head.

"......" King Jin slowly put down the teacup, not knowing whether it was embarrassment or weakness in his heart.

He always thought that An Shiyan knew about it, because Yuxia always mentioned him naturally in his letters, so he thought that the correspondence between them was not a secret in front of An Shiyan.

He can hide his wife and secretly contact Yuxia, but he can't carry his brother behind his back and exchange letters with his brother's wife.

At this moment, King Jin fell into deep self-loathing.

An Shiyan didn't notice his abnormality, and blamed himself: "The lower official heard that the princess of Jin was seriously ill recently, so he thought about whether it was caused by the cheap nei writing a letter to the prince privately, the lower official felt guilty and difficult to speak, so he didn't come to make amends to the prince until today, and in the future, the lower official will definitely restrain the cheap and prevent her from committing it again, and ask the prince to apologize to the princess on behalf of the lower official." ”

He took a "lower official" one by one, his tone was more than respectful, and he was indeed unfamiliar, King Jin listened in a daze, and only after a while did he spit out a sentence with difficulty, "Brother An, could it be that you are also mistaken for a brother?" ”

Hearing this, An Shiyan fell silent.

Ask yourself, he is not angry, any man will not be indifferent when he finds out that his wife is secretly exchanging letters with other men, but because the object is the king of Jin, he will not be misunderstood, because he believes in his friend.

However, believing does not mean that you are not angry and sad.

The lines at the corners of his mouth suddenly tightened, and An Shiyan said with a sullen face: "Shiyan doesn't dare to misunderstand Brother Xu, but Shiyan doesn't understand, Brother Xu and Yuxia are both people who have read poetry and books and are familiar with etiquette and morality, why do you make such a ...... So ......"

Speaking of this, he gritted his teeth, clenched his hands into fists, and said angrily: "Do such a degrading thing!" Yuxia is not sensible, Brother Xu, why do you have to accompany her to mess around? If you treat each other as brothers and sisters, why don't you associate openly with each other? Sister Yan was already suspicious of her back then, and you still hurt her so much, you forced her to be worried! Brother Xu, where did you put Sister Yan?! ”

questioned loudly, and asked King Jin in a cold sweat, and he couldn't answer a word.

"The lower officials will restrain the lowly inside, and ask the prince to think twice." Arching his hand, An Shiyan got up and left.

The tea on the table was already cold, and King Jin sat alone at the table, unable to recover for a long time.

This is a morning.

It was almost noon, the King of Jin dragged his tired steps back to the Jin Palace, as soon as he entered the door, he saw the mess in the house, frowned unhappily, he caught the little guy who ran out in a hurry, and asked in a deep voice: "What happened, how panicked?!" ”

The little guy was frightened, and was busy begging for mercy, and stammered, "Yes, it's the princess...... The king, the princess, she, she vomited blood! ”

This sentence was a thunderbolt from the sky, and the soul of King Jin was destroyed.

"You made Sister Yan worry!"

An Shiyan's rebuke echoed in his mind, and King Jin only felt a sweetness in his throat, and a mouthful of blood had spurted out.

"Lord Wang!"

Someone in the chaos screamed in panic, King Jin stretched out his hand, and before the two words of "Yuyan ......" could be spoken, he fainted and fell to the ground.

This night, An Ruolan dreamed of picking mushrooms again.

The woods filled with white mist were lush and green, and she picked one flower after another with a basket, as if she could never finish it, and vaguely, she heard someone calling her name.

Lan'er, Lan'er-

The voice was very soft and soft, but she couldn't hear who it was, and when she raised her eyes to look for it, she found a familiar figure standing in the shade of a tree, dressed in snow-white clothes, unable to see her face clearly, almost melting into the fog, she walked a few steps to see who it was, but as soon as she took a step, she suddenly woke up.

The white light fell on the quilt through the gauze curtain, and when I looked up, the sky outside the window was bright, and it was already past the time to say goodbye.

"Bailing-Bailing-" She lifted the curtain and shouted, and after a while, hurried footsteps sounded outside, and Bailing and the green vulture rushed in with a group of maids, and when they saw her wake up, they all showed happy looks.

"Miss, you're awake!" Bai Ling rubbed the corners of his eyes.

"What's wrong with me?" An Ruolan touched the door of his head, and his tentacles were cold.

"The young lady suddenly had a high fever in the middle of the night, and she fell asleep for most of the day." The vulture hurriedly twisted her handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"We were all terrified, and all of a sudden we had a fever." Bai Ling patted his heart thankfully, obviously still shocked.

An Ruolan didn't have any memory of last night, thinking that maybe it was the heat that caused the night to be hot, so he smiled and said, "Let you worry, I'm fine." ”

Bai Ling and the green vulture saw that there was indeed no difference on her face, so they were relieved, and hurriedly ordered the rest of the people to prepare warm water and wait for her to bathe and change clothes.

After taking a warm bath and freshening up, An Ruolan was suddenly refreshed, she heard that the old lady and the Murong clan had come to see her earlier, so she took the two maids to ask the old lady and the Murong clan to say goodbye, so that the two elders could rest assured.

An Ruolan went to Songhe Hall first and found that several ladies were there, but the atmosphere in the room was not as lively as before, and it looked a little dignified and dull.

With doubts, An Ruolan was called to sit down next to the old lady, the old lady patted her on the back, and said angrily: "Such a big person, I don't know how to take care of myself, and I suddenly had a high fever at night, which scared the old woman enough." ”

He sighed again, "You guys, neither of you are worried. ”

Seeing the sadness in her eyes, An Ruolan was even more puzzled, and was about to ask, but Murong said with a sad face: "This morning, the Jin Wangfu came to report that your cousin is dying, she loves you the most, you should go and see her today." ”

An Ruolan blinked, her mind went blank, and she felt that she had misheard something. R1152