Chapter XVI: Conspiracy
Three days later, the big boat with the word "Sui" was floating on the canal again.
When he left, there were nearly half fewer officials than when he set out from Chang'an, and the maids and eunuchs died and escaped, and there were very few left.
It's just that Yang Guang is still full of interest, drinking and singing.
Ruyue pushed open the window, and the banks of the river were full of ill-intentioned people, and the back of the canal still followed the boat, only this time, it was not a courtesan, nor a dancer, but a rebel.
Ruyue couldn't guess Yang Guang's thoughts, even if she was reconciled with Xuan'er, Xuan'er stayed in the room all day and didn't come out, and the queen mother also resumed her previous incense and worship the Buddha, regardless of political affairs.
Ruyue once asked her how to be good, but she looked calm; "Where there is holiness, there is peace of mind."
Ruyue sighed, and asked Yang Lin unwillingly: "Since your mother is gone, this king has long since lost himself, what is the difference between dead and alive?" Yang Lin replied.
Ruyue finally understood that they were all cursed by fate, and they had already compromised with fate, whether they were life or death, they had already let go.
But Xuan'er is different, the person she is waiting for may still have a way back, she can't die here, Ruyue looks at the clear sky, the empty sky, and occasionally the returning swallows chirp and fly by, but no one answers herself.
In the evening of that day, the big ship stopped at Jiangdu.
Ruyue hadn't seen Li Shimin for a while, and then she realized that if he hadn't come to find him every day, she would have no way to find him.
Walking on the road, her mind was not at all on the rebels who were not good at carrying weapons, she wished that someone would stand behind her and pat herself, and when she turned around, it was the signature smile.
"Hey!" Someone really filmed themselves.
"Shimin!" With a smile raised, he turned away in high spirits.
A woman in red stood behind her, it was the girl she met at the market that day, not Li Shimin, and she subconsciously frowned slightly.
"Isn't the girl unwilling to see Bing'er?" Pretend to be a little sad to open your mouth. Since Yang Guang insisted on setting off, people from all walks of life followed the big ship almost every inch, after that battle, all the people and horses recuperated, and the drivers fought again, and now they are almost cultivated, I am afraid that the war will be rekindled.
And then all this is not what Shan Bing'er is worried about, what he cares about is just Mu Qingyang, since Samago came back that day, Mu Qingyang has been even more indifferent to her, but Samago is stupid, and his enthusiasm has never been extinguished. Shan Bing'er was disdainful of this, she followed the big ship day and night, and as soon as the big ship docked, she secretly paid attention to the crowd coming and going, eager to meet Yang Ruyue again, so that she and Mu Qingyang could meet again, and now, it was an excellent opportunity.
"Girl, ......" Ruyue looked at Shan Bing'er with some doubts, in her heart, she had already preconceived that Shan Bing'er was from Luoyang, but looking at Shan Bing'er's embarrassed expression, she immediately guessed that she might be a member of the rebels. However, Ruyue believes that she must not be the kind of person who has a heart, if she has a heart, there must be many opportunities to start, so she immediately comforted: "It's not easy to trek all the way, pay attention to your body." ”
Shan Bing'er smiled shyly, and immediately spoke again: "The princess is the same as Brother Qin described, empathetic and extremely smart. ”
"Brother Qin?" Ruyue's eyes flashed with surprise, "The girl is from Wagang?" Are Brother Qin and Miss Liu okay? ”
Shan Bing'er immediately understood that the girl Liu in Ruyue's mouth should be Samago, that stupid person didn't give herself a Central Plains name because of the gods, she rolled her eyes, and immediately pretended to be sad: "The body is recovering well, but I am just depressed in my heart." ”
"Why?" Ruyue said strangely, "Brother Qin has rescued Miss Liu, and the two of them are getting along, why are they still depressed?" ”
"Alas~" pretending to sigh, Shan Bing'er pulled Ruyue into a corner, "Bing'er just feels that she has a relationship with the princess, if Bing'er says it, the princess must not talk nonsense!" ”
Ruyue only felt that Shan Bing'er was mysterious and secret, and nodded with the mentality of caring about Qin Shubao.
"This Miss Liu, what she likes is not Brother Qin, but a general who is said to be from the Celestial Empire who suddenly appeared in Licheng five years ago." Shan Bing'er observed the change in Ruyue's expression, and pretended to be embarrassed to speak, "But, Brother Mu doesn't like her, and he thinks about his childhood sweetheart." Miss Liu has always been depressed in her heart, and she will not give Brother Qin a good face, and I also feel sorry for Brother Qin. ”
Five years ago, the generals of the Celestial Empire, Brother Mu, and childhood sweetheart Ruyue only felt cold hands and feet, and they didn't know what it was like in their hearts.
Shan Bing'er pretended not to see it: "Brother Mu is also very infatuated, and doesn't pay attention to Miss Liu, this girl is very willful, she has to go to Brother Mu's childhood sweetheart to compete, so she came to be a dancer, if I say, Brother Qin is not worth it, after so much thought, Miss Liu doesn't appreciate it, if you want to say Brother Mu, I don't know if her childhood sweetheart is still thinking about him, if someone gets married and has children, I think it's a pity......" Shan Bing'er was still babbling something.
Ruyue felt a pain in her head.
"Ruyue, when will I take you away......"
"It seems that you have troubled the queen a lot these days......"
"This is the only relic my mother left me, I used to think it was my life. Later, I found out that its existence may just be that the mother-in-law has something to leave to the daughter-in-law when she passes through the door, so as not to lose etiquette and embarrass you. ”
"The minister will protect the emperor with his life, and it is also the minister's most beloved thing."
"I'm sorry"
Ruyue suddenly became unsteady on her hands and feet, and held on to the corner of the wall and gasped for breath.
That day, Qin Shubao led himself to a desolate place, and the people who followed behind him, the white shadow......
On that day, the man in the mask, he came to see the old wounds......
I got off the boat that day, and the green in the snow was green......
That bamboo flute......
"Where is he?" Stretched out his hand and grabbed Shan Bing'er, who was talking like a river, Ruyue's voice was hoarse.
She didn't believe Shan Bing'er's words very much, and she could even see at a glance that she had deliberately mentioned Mu Qingyang, if it was really close to them, how could she talk nonsense about such things...... Moreover, everyone in the world knows that Yang Guang now favors the daughter of the former emperor, and only he has a way to rescue Liu Zimo. If she knew her identity, she was also a person in the rivers and lakes, how could she not know her relationship with Mu Qingyang, but, Mu Qingyang, he owed Ruyue an explanation, Ruyue didn't have the heart to explore Shan Bing'er's intentions, "Where is he?" Ruyue repeats it again.
"Uh......" Shan Bing'er wanted to continue acting, but was surprised that the woman's wrist strength was so great, Ruyue raised her head, and her slender eyes reflected a shrewd light.
Shan Bing'er shuddered.
"I guess Miss Bing'er wants to excuse herself and say that she has a very good relationship with them and doesn't reveal it, and if the acting is too much, it will be easy to be exposed. Ruyue didn't have the heart to explore the girl's intentions, but I was afraid that Miss Bing'er's original script was also a prevarication, but she told Ruyue the detailed address after the most, and even led the way for Ruyue herself. ”
Shan Bing'er never expected that this Princess Ruyue would see her trick in three or two clicks, she found that her confidence was obviously insufficient, she opened her mouth, but she had to speak: "Follow this street corner to the end, to the east of the fifth farmhouse." ”
Before the words fell, I vaguely felt that the strength of my wrist had disappeared a lot, and I could only see the figure of the woman trotting out of the corner of my eye.
She rubbed her wrist that was held red, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, fortunately, Princess Ruyue has Mu Qingyang, and no matter how she relates to the people, it's just that as a woman, she understands too well, and she can't let go of what she met first. If it was Shimin who she met first, how could she deal with it.
Ruyue's footsteps were chaotic, just like her own thoughts, she had no idea at all that Li Shimin behind her almost passed by herself, and at this moment Li Shimin was also in a hurry, hurrying towards the big boat, and neither of the two of them saw anyone.
Li Shimin walked to the place of the big boat in a daze, but she was not going in the direction of Ruyue's boudoir, the sky was completely dark, and no one paid attention to the expression on his face.
Li Shimin stopped suddenly, there was a vague figure in front of him, and after a long distance, he smelled the familiar rouge incense, the wind blew the corner of the person's skirt, and the torch in the distance shone on a bewitching plum blossom between the woman's eyebrows.
Li Shimin calmed down: "Yin'er, what are you asking me to do?" ”
Concubine Yin was bored of looking at the scenery, but now when she heard Li Shimin's voice, she walked over enchantingly without suspicion, almost hanging by Li Shimin's side like an octopus, and said lazily and coquettishly: "Isn't there something Shimin is willing to come to see me?" Yin Er misses you? ”
"Alright, don't make a fuss." Li Shimin helplessly dragged Concubine Yin off himself and pulled her to a hidden corner; "How can you not pay attention to your identity? If someone looks at it, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to Yin Er's position in the harem. ”
"What are you afraid of?" pursed his pink lips again, and began to play with the belt around Li Shimin's waist, but Li Shimin avoided it without a trace.
"It's not the first time I've been like this~" is still in a coquettish tone, and Li Shimin's hands are about to be circled, and his head is about to rub against Li Shimin's chest when he speaks.
Still with an attitude of refusal, Li Shimin not only pushed her away mercilessly this time, but even deliberately took several steps back.
Seeing Li Shimin like this, Concubine Yin finally became angry: "I said it was for my good, but in the end, I was not afraid that the damn little princess would see it, so what would I do if I saw it?" Is the friendship between you and me more important or the little princess? Li Shimin, you make it clear to me today, you can't say it clearly, don't want me to probe any news about the Sui Dynasty to you! ”
The night was deeper, Concubine Yin's anger did not decrease at all, and she looked at Li Shimin, who was silent and couldn't see his expression clearly hidden in the dark......